Fiscal Note
The estimated cost of $50,000 is available in City Engineering's 2006 traffic calming budget. Funds are available in Acct. No. CS53-58250-810360-00-53W0323.
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SUBSTITUTE - Regarding a long-term closure and operational plan for the closure of Jerome Street at Coldspring Avenue and a gated traffic diverter on Coldspring Avenue at Bainbridge Street with limited hours of passage.
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WHEREAS, City of Madison Legislative File ID 02382, RES-05-00986, created the Lake Edge/Monona Grove School District Ad Hoc Committee, comprised of five members appointed by the Mayor of Madison and five members appointed by the Mayor of Monona; and
WHEREAS, the mission/charge of the ad hoc committee as set forth in the resolution shall be to seek a compromise resolution to the issue of cut-through and speeding traffic in the Lake Edge neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, City of Madison Legislative File ID 02382, RES-05-00986, directed the traffic diverters stay in place until such time as this committee reports, dissolves, but no later than September 30, 2006;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lake Edge/Monona Grove School District Ad Hoc Committee recommends:
1. A traffic diverter with a gate on the north leg of Jerome Street at its intersection with Coldspring Avenue. The purpose of the barricade with the gate closed is to preclude traffic from entering and/or exiting Coldspring Avenue to/from Jerome Street. This closure will be accessible to bicyclists and pedestrians only.
2. A traffic diverter with a gate on the west leg of Coldspring Avenue at its intersection with Bainbridge Street. The purpose of the barricade when the gate is closed is to preclude traffic from proceeding eastbound and westbound through the intersection on Coldspring Avenue. The barricade will be accessible by bicyclists and pedestrians at all times.
3. The City of Madison will construct temporary gates at this time, to be replaced with permanent gates when conditions permit. The traffic diverters and gates will be designed and landscaped in order to be an asset to the neighborhood and the Monona Grove High School.
4. The gates will be closed from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday all year except holidays. During all other times the gates will be open. City of Madison staff will close the gates at 6:30 a.m. and Monona Grove High School staff will open the gates at 4:30 p.m.
5. The City of Madison will monitor compliance with respect to these operating hours via an electronic monitoring system.
6. Passage for emergency vehicles through the gates will be provided either by key or lock removal (bolt cutters) or other effective electronic/mechanical machinery.
7. The City of Madison and the City of Monona will jointly sponsor improvements to Coldspring Avenue. The City of Madison will participate in the cost of improving Coldspring Avenue between Monona Drive and Jerome Street to the extent that it would participate in the cost of a standard City new street construction project. (The City would assess four feet of the pavement, the curb and gutter, terrace treatment, and sidewalk to the adjoining properties, all of which are owned by the Monona Grove High School.)
8. The City of Monona may improve Coldspring Avenue between Jerome Street and Bainbridge Street through the construction of a standard pavement and curb and gutter. The City of Madison will consider the installation of curb and gutter on the north side of Coldspring Avenue between Jerome Street and Bainbridge Avenue through its normal public hearing process. In the event that the City of Madison elects not to install curb and gutter on the north side of Coldspring Avenue between Jerome Street and Bainbridge Street, the City of Madison will pay for the cost of a standard pavement as necessary to facilitate the City of Monona's construction.
9. The Monona Grove School District is requested to consider implementation of an athletic code of conduct that includes exercising appropriate driving behavior in the Lake Edge neighborhood.
10. The Monona Grove School District is requested to consider implementation of a shuttle service to/from remote satellite parking locations to disperse some of the parking demands related to the operation of Monona Grove High School for school and special events and to establish a drop-off zone in the school parking lot.
11. The Monona Grove School District is requested to consider improvements to traffic flow on high school grounds.
12. The Monona Grove School District is requested to develop a safety evacuation plan for Monona Grove High School.