#5 and #6 Franklin Street Conversions Memo report.docx (2)Community Development Department Memorandum
Date: June 22, 2009
TO:
City Council
FROM:
Terry Nolan, Associate Planner
RE:
(A) Second reading, public hearing, and action on a proposed ordinance
designating North Franklin Street, between Highland Avenue and Mineral Point
Avenue as a two-way street. (File Ordinance No. 2009–435)
(B) Second reading, public hearing, and action on a proposed ordinance change
adding the intersection of North Franklin Street/Highland Avenue/North Pearl
Street and North Washington Street to the list of all-way stop intersections
(File Ordinance No. 2009–436)
RECOMMENDATION
The Administration recommends that following a public hearing, the City Council support a
motion to adopt Ordinance No. 2009–435, designating North Franklin Street between Highland
Avenue and Mineral Point as a two-way street; and Ordinance No. 2009–436, adding the
intersection of North Franklin Street/Highland Avenue/North Pearl and North Washington Street
to the list of all-way stop intersections.
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
I concur with the recommendation.
SUGGESTED MOTION
Move to adopt Ordinance Nos. 2009-435 and 2009-436.
REQUEST
Mercy Hospital has approached the City regarding the continued conversion of North Franklin
Street to two-way between Mineral Point Avenue and Highland Avenue. The City required
Mercy to perform a traffic study to evaluate the impact of such a conversion on its facility and
the surrounding uses. The recommendations of the study favor the conversion of Franklin
Street. The Dean Riverview clinic and Mercy Hospital support the two-way conversion. The Fire
Department is also supportive due to the access improvements it will provide for emergency
vehicles traveling to the hospital.
ANALYSIS
Jackson and Franklin streets were converted to two-way streets between Mineral Point and
Rockport Road in order to provide for increased vehicle circulation in the Downtown and
adjoining residential areas. The segment between Centerway and Rockport Road was
completed in 2006. The segment between Centerway and Mineral Point was completed in
September of 2008. The Administration considers both conversions to be successful.
Map 1 illustrates the proposed traffic improvements associated with this project. As shown, the
conversion will increase vehicle circulation around the Mercy/Dean Campus areas. The
conversion to two-way traffic will require that an all-way stop be created at the intersection of
Franklin Street, Highland Avenue, North Pearl Street and North Washington Street. The
intersection may be controlled with stop signs until such time when the hospital expands or
other extensive traffic growth occurs within the area causing a significant increase in traffic.
When this occurs, a roundabout is recommended as the optimum long-term solution based on
the geometry of the intersection, right-of-way availability and traffic operations.
The cost of the necessary intersection modifications, signage, and roadway marking changes is
estimated to cost $36,000. If approved, the conversion project will be coordinated with currently
scheduled street improvement projects on North Franklin Street and North Washington Street
and be converted to two-way in the summer of 2009. The funds to cover these improvements
will be provided from TIF District 33, which is the district around Mercy Hospital’s latest building
addition.
CC: Brad Cantrell, Community Development Director
Duane Cherek, Manager of Planning Services
Map 1: Traffic improvement to N. Franklin Street
ORDINANCE NO. 2009 – 435
An ordinance changing North Franklin Street from Mineral Point to Highland from a one way street to
a two way street , with a penalty for violations thereof as provided in JGO Section 10.20.020.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JANESVILLE DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I.
Section 10.20.010 D. of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of Janesville is
hereby repealed in its entirety.
D. North Franklin Street, from its intersection with Mineral Point Avenue northerly
to its intersection with Highland Avenue, is designated as a one-way street on
which traffic shall move in a northerly direction only at all times.
ADOPTED:
Motion by:
Second by:
APPROVED:
Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent
Brunner
McDonald
Eric Levitt, City Manager
Perrotto
Steeber
ATTEST:
Truman
Rashkin
Voskuil
Jean Ann Wulf, City Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______
City Attorney
Proposed by: Community Development Department
Prepared by: Community Development Department
And City Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 2009 – 436
An ordinance adding North Franklin Street/Highland Avenue/North Pearl Street/North Washington
Street to the list of designated All-Way Stop Sign Intersections, with a penalty for violations thereof as
provided in JGO Section 10.04.020.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JANESVILLE DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I.
Section 10.18.020 of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of Janesville is hereby
amended by creating and adding the following subsection:
QQ. North Franklin Street / Highland Avenue / North Pearl Street / North
Washington Street.
ADOPTED:
Motion by:
Second by:
APPROVED:
Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent
Brunner
McDonald
Eric Levitt, City Manager
Steeber
Perrotto
ATTEST:
Truman
Rashkin
Voskuil
Jean Ann Wulf, City Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Proposed by: Applicant
Prepared by: Community Development Department