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Residents press for stop signs on Hollywood; city to add signage and study long‑term solutions
Summary
A resident pressed council to add stop signs and other traffic calming measures on Hollywood; staff said $50,000 has been allocated for traffic calming and the city will add signage, increase enforcement and study long‑term options.
XENIA, Ohio — During public comment on Oct. 23, a Sterling Greens HOA president urged the city to install stop signs and traffic‑calming measures on Hollywood, saying national traffic engineering guidance is unsuitable for residential streets.
“Outside of paying the fees, the most complaint I get is with traffic within our residential streets,” JD Mosqueda, Sterling Greens HOA president, told council. Mosqueda said he supported the city’s $50,000 traffic‑calming allocation and recommended placing stop signs on Hollywood, citing safety concerns and a view that highway‑oriented guidance can be inappropriate for city streets. He suggested a book for council members and offered to provide a copy.
City Manager Brent Merriman and staff acknowledged the complaint later in the meeting and said preliminary steps already are under way. Merriman told council the city has begun adding signage and directed additional enforcement while staff study longer‑term engineering solutions and data. “We're taking some preliminary steps to try to improve that. But then also taking some steps to study it, to understand what the best course of action in terms of long‑term, how we address that,” Merriman said.
Finance Director Ryan Duke also discussed the $50,000 allocation earlier in the meeting as a committed traffic‑calming expenditure; council and staff did not adopt an immediate ordinance or binding schedule to install particular signs on Hollywood during the Oct. 23 meeting. Councilmembers said they would address the issue further in work session and that engineering and enforcement steps were intended as short‑term and study‑oriented actions rather than final policy decisions.
No formal motion on specific traffic control devices was taken at the meeting; staff will follow up with engineering data and recommendations for council consideration.
