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BROOKINGS TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
City & County Government Center, 520 3rd Street
Room 300 (3rd floor)
Thursday, April 12, 2018
12:10 p.m.
The Brookings Traffic Safety Committee held its monthly meeting on Thursday, April 12,
2018 at 12:10pm in the City & County Government Center, Room 300.
Members Present: Jackie Lanning, John Howard, Matt Bartley, Dave Erickson, Skip
Webster, Kacie Richard, Lewayne Erickson, Justin Bucher and Stacy Perry.
Members Absent: Tony Sonnenburg, Gary Gramm, Tim Heaton, Brian Lueders and
Rodney Farke
Others Present: James Weiss and Dave Law.
Call to Order: Howard called the meeting to order.
Approval of Minutes: Webster / Bartley made a motion to approve the minutes from the
January11, 2018 meeting. All present voted aye. Motion passed.
Additions to Agenda:
Old Business:
Discussion on visibility at the southeast corner of the intersection of 8th Street South and
Main Avenue South
Lanning provided a map of this area. She described the ordinance for the site triangle for
two arterial streets is measured 25 feet measured along the property lines at the right-of-
way, which was shown on the map. She stated what is difficult about the intersection is
the current right-of-way widths do not match up on each leg of the intersection, which were
shown on the map. She said the offset right-of-way makes it difficult for west bound
vehicles to look to the south. She stated the owner of the property on the southeast corner
is not violating the site triangle ordnance and has been putting his low equipment in this
area. Lanning was unsure of any ordinances that would provide a better way to improve
this area.
New Business:
Discussion on the roundabout design at the intersection of Jackrabbit Avenue and
University Boulevard.
Lanning provided a map showing a proposed roundabout at the intersection of Jackrabbit
Avenue and University Boulevard. Dave Law from SDSU described the new roundabout
at the intersection. Law stated it would make this intersection safer and traffic would flow
better through the area. The project will be funded by the university and will be starting
after graduation. Lanning stated the reason this issue was brought to the committee was
because the eastern leg of University Boulevard is city right-of-way to 22nd Avenue.
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Richard/Bucher made the motion to concur with the project proposed. All present
voted aye. Motion passed.
Discussion on request for possible parking changes to 7th Street, including the following
options:
Remove parking from the north side of 7th Street between 14th Avenue and
Jackrabbit Avenue
Move parking from the north side of 7th Street between 14th Avenue and Jackrabbit
Avenue to the south side of the street
Move parking from the north side of 7th Street between Medary Avenue and
Jackrabbit Avenue to the south side of the street
Lanning gave an update about a meeting the City held with SDSU to discuss an upcoming
housing project, and SDSU provided a drawing of the layout. Lanning described several
parking options that the committee could discuss. Jim Weiss and Dave Law described the
project which will increase the student housing units and the parking lot spaces. They
stated SDSU has enough parking spots for every resident and they would like to
encourage students to park in the lot provided. They stated by removing the parking on the
north side of 7th Street, the students would park in the lot provided and it would also help
with maintenance of the boulevards. L. Erickson stated with the new design, there would
be no driveways on the north side of 7th Street and with the number of houses and
driveways on the south side of 7th Street that there wouldn’t be enough parking stalls for
the guests of those homes. Bartley stated parking does affect snow removal. Webster
said he was in favor of the parking lots, but would prefer to leave the parking on the street
for now and the committee could readdress it if it poses a problem. L. Erickson/ Bucher
made a motion to reject all the proposals. All present voted aye. Motion passed.
Lanning suggested monitoring this area and the item could be brought back to the
committee at a later date if needed.
Member Reports:
Bucher would like the City to look at the signal timing at 12th Street South and 17th Avenue
South, as the timing seems too short going north in the morning.
Richard mentioned the traffic backs up on 13th Avenue and 6th Street when making left
turns.
Webster asked about the recommendation of the 4-way blinking stop signs at the
intersection of 22nd Avenue South and 32nd Street South. Lanning stated the signs have
been ordered and should be installed soon.
Bartley stated a citizen asked him to talk to the committee about allowing parking on the
south side of 8th Street South during church hours. The committee didn’t think this was a
safe decision.
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D. Erickson had a couple requests from citizens for allowing Summit to be the through
street and having stop signs on Copper Mountain Road, Powderhorn Pass and Telluride
Lane.
The next meeting is scheduled for May 17, 2018. Meeting adjourned.
Submitted by: Chris Larson