HomeMy WebLinkAbout3491 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. _3.� � I
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 3412 AND GRANTING
TEMPORARY LEFT -TURN ACCESS FROM ROAD 68 TO SANDIFUR PLAZA RETAIL
CENTER
WHEREAS, the City of Pasco conducted the Road 68 Corridor Study with
recommendations for traffic congestion mitigation, safety improvements and access management
within the limits of the Study, which was endorsed by City Council on July 16, 2012 by
Resolution No. 3412; and
WHEREAS, the property owner of Sandifur Plaza Retail Center requested that left -turn
access be provided in order to assist new businesses in establishing clientele; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pasco has determined that allowing temporary left -turn access
from Road 68 to Sandifer Plaza Retail Center is reasonable subject to conditions providing for
immediate closure as safety, traffic operations, or other conditions change; NOW
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Council concurs with the City Engineer's recommendation and
hereby amends Resolution No. 3412 to grant temporary left -turn access from Road 68 to the
Sandifer Plaza Retail Center with the following conditions and limitations:
A) The City may revoke this permission and restrict left -turn movements into the
site driveway, at any time, upon notice when, within the City's sole discretion
a hazard exists upon finding:
• Accident or risk events occur or other operational factors lead the City to
conclude that the left -turn movement poses a safety hazard or operational
burden; or
• The completion of an alternative access route between the subject
property's shared access with Les Schwab and Road 76 to the west
(Savary Drive Extension).
B) The City will consider the following threshold triggers in monitoring
intersection safety and operations and shall close the interim left -turn access if
one or more of the following conditions occur:
• Northbound left -turn queues on Road 68 at Sandifur Parkway exceed 160
feet for more than three (3) signal cycles per hour.
• Northbound left -turn queues turning into the subject driveway queuing
into Road 68 northbound through- traffic.
• One or more documented crashes involving northbound Road 68 through -
movement vehicles and northbound left -turn movements at either the site
driveway or the Sandifur Parkway intersection.
• One or more documented accidents involving northbound left -turn traffic at
the site driveway and southbound through traffic on Road 68.
Section 2. That the City Manager or his designee shall implement the conditional
authority set forth herinabove.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this 29th day of July, 2013.
Matt Watkins
Mayor
ATTEST:
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De ra L. Clark
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Leland B. Kerr
City Attorney