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Council accepts parking and traffic study; staff to identify which signals remain
Summary
The council accepted a 40-page parking and traffic study as a planning reference. Staff emphasized acceptance does not require implementing all recommendations and highlighted that traffic-signal warrants may justify keeping about three signals.
Greg Persinski asked the council to accept a parking and traffic study intended to guide future parking and signal decisions downtown.
Persinski said accepting the study "doesn't mean you're going to implement 100% of it" and described it as a reference the council can use to pull specific components (for example, which traffic signals to retain). He said the study includes traffic-warrant guidance and suggested the warrants currently point to keeping about three signals. Councilor Bayless moved to accept the study and the motion carried.
Councilors discussed particular intersections, noting that some signals (including at 23rd and 31st) are slated for removal while others (such as the 5th Avenue signal) may need further deliberation because of nearby pedestrian and redevelopment activity. City staff said acceptance makes the study part of the planning record, with future conversations about implementation to follow.
