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Council formalizes stop sign at Third and Sycamore after city installs sign; debate centers on emergency procedure and notice
Summary
The council approved an ordinance amendment to formalize a stop sign at Third Street and Sycamore Street that city engineers and police said addressed safety risks; councilors criticized the administration's decision to install the sign before council notification and debated liability and process.
The City Council voted to amend the traffic ordinance to add a multi‑way stop at Third Street and Sycamore Street after the city installed the sign earlier in the month. The change followed an engineering review and neighborhood requests citing crashes and pedestrian use of a nearby park.
Bill Borden, the city engineer, told the council the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) criteria and crash reports justified the stop…
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