Glendale City Council
November 19, 2024

All-Way Stop Controls at Adams St and
Scofield Dr
City Council
November 19, 2024
Prepared by: Department of Public Works, Engineering
Item 9b
￿ Adams￿Street￿–￿From￿Palmer￿Ave￿to￿Stanford￿Dr
￿ Concern￿about￿cars￿speeding￿beyond￿posted￿speed￿
limit￿on￿Adams￿Street
￿ Traffic￿Calming￿Study￿conducted￿
2 Background
Criteria Guideline Prevailing
Condition Satisfied
Travel￿Lane One￿Travel￿Lane￿per￿Direction One/lane/dir YES Residential￿District Street￿must￿be￿located￿in￿Residence￿District Residential YES Street￿Classification Local￿Street￿or￿Neighborhood￿/￿Community￿Collector Local￿Street YES Posted￿Speed￿Limit 25￿MPH 25￿MPH YES
Block￿Length￿ 500ft￿between￿intersections￿ Below￿500ft NO 85th￿Percentile￿Speed 30￿MPH￿or￿greater 34￿MPH YES
Daily￿Volume 1,000￿–￿10,000￿ADT 6,242 YES
Truck￿or￿Transit￿Route Cannot￿be￿installed Not￿a￿Truck￿Route YES Primary￿Fire￿Response￿Route Cannot￿install Emerg.￿Resp.￿Route NO Street￿Width 40￿feet￿maximum￿for￿speed￿humps 36￿feet YES Speed Hump Evaluation
Traffic￿Calming￿Guidelines–￿Adams￿St￿between￿Palmer￿Ave￿ and￿Stanford￿Dr
3 Traffic￿Calming￿Guidelines￿-￿Adams￿St￿and￿Scofield￿Dr￿ Criteria Guideline Prevailing
Condition Satisfied
Stop￿Sign￿Pattern Distance￿between￿traffic￿controls￿meet￿or￿exceed￿ distance￿threshold￿(1500￿ft)
Exceeds￿distance￿
threshold￿(1910￿Ft) YES
Collision￿History Meets￿or￿exceeds￿3￿collisions￿in￿a￿single￿12-month￿ period￿within￿most￿recent￿2￿years
Meets￿3￿collisions￿
recorded￿in￿12-month￿
period
YES
Excessive￿Speeds 85th￿percentile￿speed￿meets￿or￿exceeds￿speed￿ threshold￿(30￿mph)￿
Exceeds￿30￿mph￿–￿(34￿
mph) YES
All Way Stop Evaluation
Community Support
Support￿via￿Petition￿ Meets/Exceeds￿75%￿ Exceeds￿75% Yes • Petition￿Package￿sent￿to￿Adams￿Hill￿Neighborhood￿Association￿representative￿ • 33￿(out￿of￿43)￿residents￿signed￿petition
4 ￿ 3￿Collisions￿Analyzed￿from￿last￿5￿years￿(2018-2023) ￿ (6/30/2021)￿Adams￿Street￿and￿Yale￿Drive￿
￿ (9/24/2021)￿Adams￿Street￿and￿Palmer￿Avenue￿
￿ (1/8/2022)￿Adams￿Street￿and￿Berkeley￿Avenue￿
￿ Speed￿and￿Volume￿Traffic￿Counts￿-￿11/9/2022
(Adams￿St￿between￿Cornell￿Drive￿and￿Yale￿Dr)
5 Street Name Direction
Percentile & Volume
85th ADT
S￿Adams￿St North￿
Bound 35￿MPH 2802
S￿Adams￿St South￿
Bound 34￿MPH 3440
S￿Adams￿St Combined 34￿￿MPH 6242
Traffic￿Calming￿Guidelines￿-￿Adams￿St￿and￿Scofield￿Dr￿
Reasons￿for￿Appeal
￿ Background:￿Excess￿speeds￿found,￿and￿other￿traffic￿
calming￿measures￿attempted￿on￿South￿Adams￿Street
￿ Recommended￿Action:￿An￿All-Way￿Stop￿at￿South￿
Adams￿Street￿and￿Scofield￿Drive￿satisfy￿all￿
implementation￿criteria
￿ Undisputed￿and￿indisputable￿facts,￿and￿the￿record￿of￿ the￿commission￿belie￿rationales￿underlying￿the￿two￿
“no”￿votes;￿the￿department￿presented￿all￿information￿
pertinent￿to￿its￿recommendation.￿￿
6 Motions

1. Motion￿reversing￿the￿decision￿of￿the￿Transportation￿and￿ Parking￿Commission,￿and￿approving￿the￿installation￿of￿all- way￿stop￿controls;￿or,￿in￿the￿alternative

2. Motion￿affirming￿the￿decision￿of￿the￿Transportation￿and￿ Parking￿Commission,￿and￿denying￿the￿installation￿of￿all- way￿stop￿controls;￿or,￿in￿the￿alternative￿

3. Motion￿referring￿the￿matter￿back￿to￿the￿Transportation￿ and￿Parking￿Commission,￿with￿directions,￿for￿further￿
consideration;￿or,￿in￿the￿alternative￿
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