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Council directs staff to draft ordinance for 4-way stop at W. Third and Park Street
Summary
After residents and council members raised pedestrian-safety concerns near Liberty Park, the council directed staff to prepare an ordinance to convert the intersection of West Third and Park Street to a four-way stop and to return the ordinance for consideration at the next council meeting.
Council members from the First Ward said residents walking to Liberty Park and the nearby Hecker Community Center face increased foot traffic and asked the City Council to add stop signs to make the intersection of West Third and Park Street a four-way stop.
Council members said the Traffic Advisory Commission was split on the proposal and that engineering studies and traffic counts would be appropriate; several councilors nonetheless moved to direct staff to draft an ordinance to add stop signs to the east and west approaches and return the drafted ordinance at the next council meeting. One council member noted that waiting for a full traffic study could delay safety improvements by several months and favored immediate action followed by later study.
The council voted to direct staff to prepare the ordinance; the council chair confirmed the item will return on the next regular meeting agenda for formal ordinance consideration. During the public comment period, local resident David Goodson said the southwest corner geometry could make sight lines difficult for eastbound drivers and urged careful engineering review.
The motion was recorded as direction to staff rather than as final ordinance adoption; staff will prepare the formal ordinance and any supporting traffic counts or engineering analyses before the council votes on sign installation.
