DATE: December 11, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: No Stopping signs on Shaw Avenue between Third Street and Biola Avenue (West)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt Resolution authorizing No Stopping signs on Shaw Avenue between Third Street and Biola Avenue (West) and direct the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning to install said No Stopping signs.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the installation of No Stopping signs at this location, which are appropriate due to a traffic engineering study. The signs will improve pedestrian and traffic safety by prohibiting parking along the south road shoulder of Shaw Avenue. This item pertains to a location in District 1.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended action is not approved by your Board, the signs will not be installed on Shaw Avenue between Third Street and Biola Avenue (West).
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The estimated cost is $575 for materials and $100 for equipment and labor that will be performed by Department of Public Works and Planning personnel. Sufficient appropriations are included in the Department’s Roads Org 4510 FY 2018-19 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION:
Biola is a small rural community west of the City of Fresno, generally bounded by Ashlan, Bishop, Howard, and Shaw Avenues. There are several pedestrian walkways and/or sidewalks in the community, except for those built in the newer subdivision and in the central business district at Biola Avenue and G Street.
Department staff has received complaints from the Biola Community Service District (BCSD) regarding cargo carrying trucks parking on or near pedestrian walkway along the south road shoulder of Shaw Avenue. Pedestrians using the asphalt concrete walkway must go around the parked trucks, placing pedestrians close to high-speed traffic on Shaw Avenue. The dirt road shoulder is narrow between the roadway and the walkway. The line of sight at the cross street will be improved without cargo carrying trucks parked on the south road shoulder of Shaw Avenue. The BCSD has reached out to Biola residents who are parking their trucks along the south road shoulder, in an attempt to have the residents park elsewhere; efforts that have not produced any results and the problems still persist.
With your Board’s approval, posting No Stopping signs along the pedestrian walkway on the south road shoulder of Shaw Avenue will improve traffic and pedestrian safety.
ATTACHMENTS INCLUDED AND/OR ON FILE:
Vicinity Map
On file with Clerk - Resolution
CAO ANALYST:
Sonia M. De La Rosa