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Votes at a glance: Buildings & Grounds Committee approves multiple signage and parking changes
Summary
The committee approved several staff recommendations on Oct. 6 including new speed and stop signage near parks and schools, removal of select parking restrictions, an event street closing, and no-parking alley signage; multiple items were discussed but taken no action.
At its Oct. 6 meeting the Buildings & Grounds Committee approved a slate of mostly low-cost traffic and parking measures. Key approvals and outcomes:
- Pebble Valley Road (Item C): Added a 25 mph speed limit sign west of Pebble Valley Park, relocated a 15 mph 'when children are present' sign and adjusted another sign obscured by foliage. Voice vote passed.
- Dead-end sign at Parkton Drive & Richter Drive (Item D): Approved to deter drivers entering a long cul-de-sac; motion passed.
- Remove university-related parking restrictions in the Sunkist/Cherrywood/West End area (Item F): Approved removal as staff recommended.
- Manhattan & Niagara (Item G): Staff will add pedestrian crossing signs and advanced warning signs to improve access to Woodman's plaza; committee approved staff recommendation and added advanced signs.
- Street closing and municipal-lot use for the Waukesha Downtown Business Association Scarecrow Stroll (Item H): Approved; event scheduled Oct. 11.
- Buckner Park safety (Item I): Approved multiple signing and pavement-treatment recommendations (see separate article).
- No-parking at Moreland & Madison (Item J): Approved per staff recommendation to prevent vehicles from blocking turn lanes.
- School-area no-parking revisions near Butler Middle School (Item K): Approved with a direction to staff to confirm bus exemptions with PD.
- 'No parking in alley' sign for Alley 71 (Item L): Approved.
- Removal of two-hour restriction at 337 Palmer (Item P): Approved removal of the time-limited parking.
Items that received discussion but no action: the Arcadian & Oakland all-way stop request (Item E) died for lack of a motion; proposed painted crosswalk at Madison & North Comanche (Item N) failed for lack of a second; multiple HOA court no-parking requests (Item O) died for lack of a motion due to physical constraints and committee opposition.
Votes were typically taken by voice vote; for items where a roll-call tally was recorded the clerk noted unanimous or majority approval.
