The Building & Grounds Committee approved a cluster of actions on traffic signs, studies and parking rules at its January 6 meeting.

Key outcomes included:
- Washington Avenue at Lindbergh Avenue: Staff recommended installing a horizontal curve warning sign with an advisory speed plaque (15 mph suggested on the package) and an additional plaque reading “Traffic from right does not stop.” Committee members accepted the second sign option and approved installation. The recommendation referenced the MUTCD sign templates and a ball-bank indicator test for the curve.

- Cleveland Avenue: The committee approved a traffic study to assess increased traffic and speeders on Cleveland Avenue between Niagara Street and Moreland Boulevard. Staff had already deployed two counters and reported 50th- and 85th-percentile speeds at other locations; the approved action extends study work for the broader corridor.

- East Avenue speed data and enforcement: Staff reported northbound 50th-percentile speeds of 46.2 mph and an 85th of 52.1 mph at the study location between Garfield and Les Paul Parkway; southbound 50th-percentile was 38.5 and 85th 42. Committee members and staff agreed the northbound pattern likely requires police enforcement and staff said they would supply time-of-day data to help target enforcement rather than changing the posted limit immediately.

- No overnight parking at 624 E. North Street: The committee approved signage to prohibit overnight parking along the north side of that block after a resident complaint about large trucks and trailers blocking driveways.

- Caution sign for disabilities at 1325 Garfield Avenue: The committee approved installing “caution children with disabilities” signs in the block where an autistic child lives to raise driver awareness after neighborhood concern about higher speeds on the reconstructed Garfield Avenue.

- On-street handicapped parking sign adjustment (Washington Avenue): A time-sensitive request from a constituent to adjust the location of an installed handicapped parking sign was advanced; the committee authorized removal of the pole closest to a driveway to relieve an immediate obstruction and directed staff to return with a final location for the reserved space.

Why it matters: The actions are a mix of preventive signage, targeted studies to gather more data, and immediate parking-enforcement measures. Committee members repeatedly asked staff to provide time-of-day data to police to focus enforcement efforts where measured speeds and resident complaints indicate the highest violation rates.

Ending: Staff will implement approved signage and studies, forward targeted speed/time-of-day datasets to the police department, and return to the committee with any proposed regulatory changes or final handicapped-parking placements.