Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 01, 2018
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 18-054 APPROVING THE INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS ON HILLFORD AVENUE AND NESTOR AVENUE AT ABBOTTSON STREET (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
A request was received to install stop signs on Hillford Avenue and Nestor Avenue at the location where each of these streets intersects with Abbottson Street (Exhibit No. 1). These are "T" intersections that currently have no stop signs. The primary reason for the stop sign request is to improve safety for motorists and pedestrians by making the traffic control at these two intersections consistent with the other "T" intersections in the neighborhood.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. 18-054, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS ON NORTHBOUND HILLFORD AVENUE AND NESTOR AVENUE AT THE LOCATION WHERE EACH OF THESE STREETS INTERSECTS WITH ABBOTTSON STREET."
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III. ALTERNATIVES
1. DENY the request to install stop signs on Hillford Avenue and Nestor Avenue at Abbottson Street.
2. TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The intersections of Hillford Avenue at Abbottson Street and Nestor Avenue at Abbottson Street are "T" intersections that are not currently equipped with traffic control (stop signs or yield signs). Hillford Avenue and Nestor Avenue are two-lane north-south local residential streets that connect with Abbottson Street, which is a two-lane east-west local residential street. These streets are in the neighborhood north of Del Amo Boulevard and east of Central Avenue near Mills Park.
As the intersections of Hillford Avenue at Abbottson Street and Nestor Avenue at Abbottson Street do not have stop signs on any of the approaches to the intersections, the right-of-way rules that are stated in Section 21800 of the California Vehicle Code are appli...
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