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BROOKINGS TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
City & County Government Center, 520 3rd Street
Room 300 (3rd floor)
Thursday, September 10, 2020
12:10 p.m.
The Brookings Traffic Safety Committee held its monthly meeting on Thursday, September
10, 2020 at 12:10pm in the City & County Government Center, Room 300.
Members Present: Kacie Richard, Jackie Lanning, Tony Sonnenburg, Dave Erickson,
Charles Schnabel, Justin Bucher, and Lewayne Erickson.
Members Absent: Don Norton, Matt Bartley, Jake McGlade Gary Gramm, Stacy Perry
Tim Heaton, and Brian Lueders.
Others Present:
Call to Order: Lewayne Erickson called the meeting to order. It was noted that a quorum
was not met for the meeting.
Approval of Minutes:
Additions to Agenda:
Old Business:
New Business:
Discussion on stop sign safety at the intersection of 8th Street and Medary Avenue
J. Lanning passed out a map of this intersection. A concerned citizen had witnessed
vehicles traveling south bound not stopping at this intersection. J. Lanning stated the south
bound turn lane was widened and parking was removed along Medary Avenue. She
stated the visibility is good and there is good crosswalk striping. T. Sonnenburg suggested
putting stop signs with flashing lights at the intersection. J. Lanning stated the flashing
stop signs are approximately $3,000. K. Richard said she travels this area every day and
hadn’t noticed a problem. D. Erickson asked what the cost comparison to adding a single
little red flashing light on top of the sign. J. Lanning will have to check with the street
department to see if they have flashing lights available or other ideas. It was noted there
were not many accidents at the intersection.
Request to remove one parking stall on 5th Street between Main Avenue and 5th Avenue
J. Lanning passed out a photo of the parking stall that the Post Office requested to be
removed. The stall is located on 5th Street on the west side of the Post Office driveway.
The postmaster mentioned when employees are leaving the driveway it’s hard to see
around vehicles parked in this stall. Lewayne recommended to remove the parking stall.
The committee members agreed.
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Request to remove one parking stall on 5th Street between 3rd Avenue and Main Avenue
J. Lanning passed out a photo for the parking stall. A concerned citizen noticed when
vehicles are turning from 3rd Avenue onto 5th Street, that the vehicles that are parked in
this stall seem to nearly be hit by the turning traffic. J. Lanning emailed the Brookings
Register and they were ok with removing the one stall. C. Schnabel suggested making this
stall a motorcycle parking. T. Sonnenburg stated that the motorcycle parking is hard to
enforce. The group discussed that the stall is very similar to other downtown parking stalls.
L. Erickson suggested monitoring this area for now.
Request for crosswalk at the intersection of Southland Lane and 12th Street South
J. Lanning passed out a photo of this location. The Boys and Girls director requested a
crosswalk at this intersection. She described that the City installed two curb ramps at this
location. She said that staff generally helps children cross at this intersection to get to the
teen center. The director stated with no in town bussing between schools he thought there
would be a higher volume of students crossing at this intersection. Some ideas J. Lanning
and the director came up with included crosswalk signage with pedestrian ahead signs
with flashing lights. The flashing lights would cost $3,000 , although the drawback is the
lights would blink 24/7 even when no pedestrians were present. The committee discussed
a concern with just the signage and no blinking lights that this would be a new crosswalk in
the middle of 12th Street South and whether that provided a safe crossing. K. Richard
stated vehicles drive fast on 12th Street South and she was concerned about children
feeling safe in the crosswalk. L. Erickson stated if we do recommend a crosswalk it should
have a blinking light. J. Lanning stated there a number of crosswalks on Medary with
signage for example. D. Erickson stated that City Ordinance states you have to yield to
pedestrians. The group asked if we know the level of pedestrian traffic in this area. J.
Lanning suggested putting a camera up and count the number of pedestrians using this
intersection. T. Sonnenburg suggested we either do all striping and lights or leave it as is.
Lanning will provide the pedestrian count information.
Member Reports:
D. Erickson requested for a future meeting agenda to look at putting the sp eed limit on 20th
Street South from Main Avenue to the west back to 35 mph. He stated the pedestrians
can now use the new shared use path and suggested the speed limit be similar to 20th
Street South east of Main Avenue.
The next meeting is scheduled for November 12, 2020. Meeting adjourned.
Submitted by: Chris Larson