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BROOKINGS TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
City & County Government Center, 520 3rd Street
Room 300 (3rd floor)
Thursday, September 12, 2019
12:10 p.m.
The Brookings Traffic Safety Committee held its monthly meeting on Thursday, September
12, 2019 at 12:10pm in the City & County Government Center, Room 300.
Members Present: Matt Bartley, Gary Gramm, Dave Erickson, Charles Schnabel, Kacie
Richard, Lewayne Erickson, Don Norton, Jake McGlade, and Stacy Perry.
Members Absent: Jackie Lanning, Tony Sonnenburg, Justin Bucher, Tim Heaton, and
Brian Lueders.
Others Present: Dean Kattelmann, Derek Peterson, Cindy Ostlie, and Don Auger.
Call to Order: L. Erickson called the meeting to order.
Approval of Minutes: K.Richard / C. Schnabel made a motion to approve the minutes
from the August 8 2019 meeting. All present voted aye. Motion passed.
Additions to Agenda:
Old Business:
Discussion on request to remove parking from the east side of Jackrabbit Avenue between
7th Street and 8th Street
Dean Kattelmann Associate Vice President of facilities at SDSU is recommending to
remove the remaining 3 parking spaces on this block for safety. There are 27 spaces in the
parking lot to accommodate the students and Starbucks customers. L. Erickson read the
email he received from J. Bucher who is in support of removing the parking. J. McGlade
mentioned visibility is also bad coming out of the parking lot. L. Erickson asked if there is a
crosswalk. Dean Kattelmann said next year he would like to talk to the city about putting i n
a midblock crosswalk. C. Schnabel/D. Norton made the motion to remove the 3 spaces
and put in a midblock crosswalk across Jackrabbit Avenue.
K. Richard asked if there are crosswalk requirements that have to be met. D. Erickson
suggested the crosswalks be a separate motion until we get answers from J. Lanning on
the crosswalk requirements. M. Bartley stated there has to be some control measures
because this is not at an intersection. He suggested looking at the METCD guidelines
before proceeding. An amendment to the motion was made D. Norton/G. Gramm
amended the motion to remove the parking spots and have the City Engineer look at
the possibility of a midblock crosswalk. All present voted aye. Motion passed.
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Discussion on request to remove parking from the north side of 7th Street between 14th
Avenue and Jackrabbit Avenue
Dean Kattelman described on numerous occasions he has witnessed several students
cross in-between vehicles parked along 7th Street and would like parking removed for
safety reasons as well as for maintenance reasons during winter. He stated the road isn’t
wide enough and there is plenty of parking available on campus to handle all the
commuters. D. Erickson explained 7th Street is the same width down the street and there
is parking allowed on one side or the other all the way down. So his question is what
makes this block any different.
Kattelman said there has been an increased in the amount of people in this block from 40
to now over 200 now with the new student housing. M. Bartley’s concern is for the families
in this block that would like to have guests over but no place to park. Kattelman suggested
to allow parking on the south side of 7th Street. D. Erickson stated the driveways are too
close together and with the parking ordinance too close to a drive way would have a lot of
violations. Kattelman would entertain no parking from 7am – 10pm. D. Norton asked if
homeowners use the on street parking and asked if they would be opposed to removing
parking on the north side. Cindy and Don are homeowners at 1454 7th Street. They are not
in favor of putting parking on the south side. M. Bartley said he doesn’t agree with moving
parking to the south side and the visibility wouldn’t get any better. Cindy mentioned the no
parking signage on the south sided is not as visible. D. Erickson said having no parking on
either side in a residential area as a homeowner himself, he would want the ability to have
a place for company or services to park. L. Erickson read an email he received from Justin
stating he cannot support this due to the already being no parking on the south side of the
street. There are driveways on the south side and none on the north side. The north sided
is a prime candidate for parking and Lanning agreed. Don Auger wanted to add with the
exception of two homes and one being there’s. The other residents on 7th Street have
parking in the back with alley access. L. Erickson asked what they would want. Don stated
in some ways it would be nice not to have parking on the street. 7 th street is being used
more as a through street where traffic is going fast. M. Bartley said if parking was removed
he thinks speed will increase. D. Kattelman said visibility would be better with the cars
removed. No motion was made.
New Business:
Requesting a right turn only sign be placed on Main Avenue closer to the railroad tracks to
give drives more of a warning when the right lane changes into a right turn only lane.
D. Erickson stated if a sign was placed in front of Front Street that would indicate they
would have to turn at Front Street so if one was to be placed it would have to be placed
between Front Street and 3rd Street and there isn’t enough room there.
Member Reports:
K. Richard was approached by a citizen with concerns about the speeds on Larkspur and
Trail Ridge areas. M. Bartley suggested moving the speed signs to these areas.
K. Richard is concerned with the increase of speed on Orchard and 17 th Ave. D.Erickson
will have officers patrol this area.
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Cindy asked what the procedure would be to get a traffic signal put on 6th Street and
Jackrabbit Ave. D. Erickson said 6th Street is a state highway and that request would have
to go through the state.
Cindy suggested a 4-way stop at the corner of Jackrabbit Avenue and 7 th Street. D.
Erickson stated 4-way stops have to meet warrants. J. Lanning would know those
requirements and suggested Cindy email Lanning and get put on a future agenda.
The next meeting is scheduled for October 10, 2018. Meeting adjourned.
Submitted by: Chris Larson