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CR 93-197 Weight Restrictions - 5th Ave N .. " 'r' _ ~w " "I Y 0 \ . November 10,1993 .:M Council Report # 93-197 ! OPKI~ WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS - 5TH AVENUE NORTH Recommended Action Staff recommends adoption of the following motion: Move to adopt alternative #1 tak- ino no immediate action on Fifth Avenue sionaoe and directino staff to establish a task force to review and recommend action on the City's transportation plans. Adoption of this motion will begin a planning process wherein the staff and representa- tives of the business and residential community will analyze the traffic plans for the community and recommend options for Council consideration. Overview Earlier in 1993, the City staff received numerous complaints and requests for enforce- ment of weight limit signs on 5th Avenue, south of Minnetonka Mills. In response, the staff analyzed the existing signage and enforcement activities and determined that the existing signage was not enforceable. . The signs were removed by the staff with the intent of initiating a discussion with the Council regarding the signage. After determining that the signs were placed at Council direction in 1973, the staff replaced the signs.. A petition was circulated and presented to the City Council asking the Council to install enforceable signage on 5th Avenue which would keep the trucks off 5th Avenue and asking for police enforcement. The City Council directed staff to review and present options to the City Council for ac- tion. Staff is recommending that the Council review the transportation system to ensure a network of appropriate roadway classifications and.signage which is sensitive to both the needs of the residential and business communities. Primary Issues to Consider 0 Does 5th Avenue require weight restrictions due to roadway conditions? 0 What traffic patterns currently exist on 5th Avenue? 0 What other collector roadways have restrictions placed on them? 0 How can enforcement of load limits be accomplished? 0 How do restrictions on 5th Avenue impact traffic patterns? . -" , ;' . , Council Report # 93-173 -II . Supportina Documentation' 0 Staff analysis of issues 0 Petition - August 27, 1993 0 Correspondence, Hopkins Business and Civic Association, Nov. 3, 1993 0 Memorandum - Results of truck count on 5th Avenue, October 22, 1993 0 Figure 4, major roadways and LRT plan, Comprehensive Plan 0 Hopkins thoroughfare system .0 Alternatives d~~ , . Steven C. Mielke, City Manager . --.-/": . ~ ~ ,~. ~_ d' , 7 . Council Report # 93-173 -III . . ',' ",', , ' , ",,- " '- -',,\,' '-"',;:",,-, ':'-, )::", '",,:,:;'-,"" '-'--, -' ",- -, "', , '_.,-, ,,--':' - ;, '-"'-- , In 1988, the City Council approved the placing of "no truck" signs on a collector road- way in the Park Valley area, consisting of 5th Street South and Second Avenue South. This collector system was restricted based upon request from the Park Valley neighbor- hood due to semi traffic utilizing this collector roadway to access the south industrial parts of Hopkins. To date, the restrictions seem to be effective in limiting truck traffic on this roadway and it has forced truck traffic to exit to County Road 3 for access to the south industrial parts of town. . ','" ., , 0 How can enforcement of load limits be accomplished? " ~, - .,- ---- -~~-- .' -1 , Council Report # 93-173 -IV . trucks which are stopped for enforcement purposes would need to directed to the Hen- nepin County shops for weighing and enforcement would be somewhat arduous. . Staff would suggest that enforcement of weight limits on 5th Avenue be accomplished with friendly reminders for an initial period of time accompanied by actual weight limit tickets for offending vehicles at a later time. - The police department does not have the capaci- ty to heavily monitor activities on anyone City street and thus, staff would accomplish enforcement on an random basis as time permits. 0 How do restriCtions on Fifth Avenue impact traffic patterns? Truck traffic on Fifth Avenue from Minnetonka Mills to First Street North appear to be_ servicing local commercial and industrial sites in the central Hopk.ins area. Access to Fifth Avenue is generally from either Highway 7 or County Road 3. Restricting traffic going. north/southon Fifth Avenue would require truck traffic to utilize another north- Isouth route to the central Hopkins area. Options would include Highway 169, 12th Avenue, 17th Avenue and Shady Oak Road. Restrictions on Fifth Avenue would likely _ . cause traffic servicing the central Hopkins area to utilize one of these other unrestricted , ' roadways. The City should be careful in establishing restrictions on a north/south route since it will likely cause traffic to utilize another similar roadway in central Hopkins. The restrictions on Fifth Street South and Second Avenue South near the Park Valley . neighborhood are somewhat different in that the alternative-route for servicing the south industrial area is restricted to County Road 3 and it does not impact other resi- dential areas. Restrictions placed by the City on Fifth Avenue should be considered as appropriate for other north/south corridors wIth residential components. . - - I Alternatives: I I I With regard to this issue, the I staff has identified the following alternatives: - 1. Take no immediate action on 5th Avenue signage and direct staff to es- tablish a task force composed of representativesofthe Neighborhood Advisory Board . and the Hopkins Business and Civic Association to a) review and analyze the current transportation system, b) to designate a network of designated roadways which is sen- sitive to the needs of both the residential and commercial segments of the community and, c) toCouncil Report 93-197 - IV report to the Planning Commission for review and comment. 2. Direct staff to sign 5th Avenue to allow "no trucks" from Minnetonka Mills to First Street North and to initiate appropriate changes to the City planning documents to reflect the changes. . 3. City Council can determine the types of traffic it wishes to allow and/or ..,-' " , Council Report # 93-173-V . disallow (i.e. no semi trucks) and direct staff to recommend the best alternative signage to meet the Council's determination.. 4. Leave signage as is on 5th Avenue and direct staff to monitor/enforce vio- lators with friendly reminders. . 5. Remove weight limit signs and allow commercial traffic to use 5th Avenue as depicted in the City's planning documents. 6. Other alternatives as directed by the City Council Recommendation: Staff is recommending that the Council adopt alternative Number 1. It seems likely that enforcing restrictions on 5th Avenue will likely cause spillover ef- fects on 12th and 17th Avenues as well.as Washington Avenue. Prior to deciding this issue it seems appropriate to determine what restrictions would be applicable to all of these roadways so as to be consistent in regulating north/south traffic through central Hopkins. Since both residential and commercial interests are at stake, staff recom-' mends that Council initiate a task force composed of both components and to ask them . to review and recommend action on these issues. Staff expects that there are alterna- tives which meet both segment's needs and with discussion they can be appropriately determined. Staff is not recommending a traffic consultant for this process and would handle staffing of the committee with current City staff. . . , , , " ~ ~ August 27,1993 . ATTENTION HOPKINS CITY COUNCIL: We the homeowners of 5th Avenue North, who live between 1st Street North and Minnetonka MillsRoad,~several ~ears ago petitioned to remove the semi-trucks from driving on 5th Avenue North. The council approved a weight limit on 5th Ave. North. the signs were put in place. On August 26,1993 the weight limit signs were removed without notifying anyone in the neighborhood. We are again petitioning the city council to keep the trucks off of 5th Ave. North and to put s~gns up that h~ve~pt6per~wo~ding so that the police can enforce them. The police chief in a letter on 7 23, 1993 said the old weight limit signsNwere not adequate for enforcement. Address ( al 5 -t.7.- the IV, . ../ 1'1 1(' / ( />-':7 ."c7 /-:./~ . ~\l ' f. ~ I~c ~"!VJ-1 /Vlg a,., , ._,,-' ;_,_.,__,;,c~~;~"..;.;.-~-,,-_ . . August 27,1993 ..... ATTENTION HOPKINS CITY COUNCIL: ~ ... We the homeowners of 5th Avenue North, who live between 1st Street North and Minnetonka Mills Road,~seueral ~ears ago petitioned to remove the semi-trucks from driving on 5th avenue North. The council approved a weight limit on 5th Ave. North. the signs were put in place. On August 26,1993 the weight limit signs were removed without notifying anyone in the neighborhood. We are again petitioning the city council to keep the trucks off of 5th Ave. North and to put B~gns up that have"pr6perLwording so that the police can enforce them. The police chief in a letter on 7 23,'1993 said the old weight limit signs were not adequate for enforcement. Address . . l> <( :2.~~ 0 c-ih. AU ..... e .N C;; 'f1lj (v(fl/ j/). rlqJfC40 ,..- H ( ( ( l It - 511\ Ave ;J . /~.' _1.1\.',,( J (~' - \15 _?~~. R~ II <'.,-..",,-- .. . August 27,1993 ATTENTION HOPKINS CITY COUNCIL: We the homeowners of 5th Avenue North, who live between 1st street North and Minnetonka Mills Road,~se~eral y.ears ago petitioned to remove the semi-trucks from driving on 5th Avenue North. The council approved a weight limit on 5th Ave. North. the signs were put in place. On August 26,1993 the weight limit signs were removed without notifying anyone in the neighborhood. We are again petitioning the city council to keep the trucks ~ff of 5th Ave. North and to put s~gns up that have, proper::.woit:ding so that the police can enforce them. The police chief in a letter on 7 23,"1993 said the old weight limit signs were not adequate .for enforcement. Address D 5-./17 j . - . . --- ,~-~ -' HOPKINS tf11~s~~s~ ~SOW!ATI.30~ ovem er , 993 City of Hopkins 1010 South First Street Hopkins, MN 55343 Dear Honorable Mayor & Council Members During the most recent General Membership Meeting of the Hopkins Business &. Civic Association, the issue of 5th Avenue Weight Restrictions was brought forth, at the request of City staff for discussion and input from the business community. Comments made by the general membership were recorded and the Board of Directors then adopted the following recommendations for your consideration: 1) The City of Hopkins should initiate a process of adding additional signage throughout the community which would direct commercial traffic to other routes, such as County Road . 3 i and to provide friendly reminders to those users of such roadways. 2) A collaboration of representatives from the Hopkins Business &. civic Association and the Neighborhood Advisory Board should be created, called the Transportation Review Task Force, to provide a review and analysis of the entire transportation system within the City of Hopkins. Until this analysis is completed, it is not our recommendation to eliminate 5th Avenue as a commercial route. 3) The City of Hopkins should review the possibility of including a slip-off ramp from..Highway 169. to MainstrE:!et. dUJ:::!_n,g the final phase of completion for Mainstreet. This ramp may alleviate many of the issues involving commercial traffic on other routes. It is the intention of the Hopkins Business &. Civic Association to provide constructive recommendations on this and other business issues. Thank you for your consideration. ;;~I Sincerely a /,/ ~ I t /~"~- ../'/. ,;.~,~tf1JA /~___". ~ark O. Senn, President . Hopkins Business & Civic Association Marcus Corporation cc: Mr. Steve Mielke 10550 Wayzata Boulevard Hopkins, Minnesota 55305 (612) 540-0234 Hopkins Community Line (612) 939-1420 '. /, . .. . MEMORANDUM DATE: October' 22, 1993 TO: steve lo!:ielke, City Manager FROM: Gary Morrison, Intern RE: Results of the truck count on 5th Ave. Attached are the results of the truck count on 5th Ave between 1st street Nand 3rd street N. There are three four hour shifts, and I surveyed each shift twice. The numbers depicted in the chart below are daily averages. DAILY AVERAGE OF VEHICLES PER FOUR HOUR PERIOD VEHICLE J:f 6am-10am 0 10am-2pm 0 2pm-6pm o.TOTAL 0 I SEMI 1 2..5 X.5 4 TRUCK 6.5 5.5 12 24 , . VAN 2.5 1 5.5 9 . MISC.:, 20 17 9 46 . school bus 10.5 8 1 19.5 " . half-size schc:>ol bus 6.5 4.5 ,3 14 other. 3 4.5 5 12.5 In any given 24 hour period their is an average of 6500 vehicles using this stre1:ch of road. Our surveys between6am and 6pmshow . that of these 6500 vehicles there are, on average: SEMI. . . . . . . . . 4 SCHOOL BUS................... 19.5 TRUCK. . . . . . . . 24 HALF SIZED SCHOOL BUS........ 14 VAN . . . . . . . . . . 9 OTHER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 The results of t:he survey are attached, please contact me if you . have any questicms. 0 '. J " , ':"'.J FIGURE 4 J J 1 ) 1 0 0 0 1 J ] I~ .- '" ( INTERMEDIATE ARTERIAL - -, MINOR ARTERIAL I .... - COLLECTOR I *" PLANNED LRT STATION - LOCATIONS .. · · · · PLANNED LRT ROUTE . I . ~ o 0 0 0 POSSIBLE FUTURE LRT ROUTE . -====; II I c-r. :1' :,1 ;; ..- - . ]\1"-': -'":'; . MINNETONKA '\ I 8 N . ~- City Of .' I o 600' 1200' 2400' - I I - - HOPKINS :",cotnprehensive ' ~plan ffilll~'" MAJOR ROADWAYS AND LRT PLAN " . .. 0" .0;:; .A ( ~-- 1 I ,,_ I . ._ _.,,_~ M@ 'ii'lXl~ ""n"""" I ." _": ~ 0 m ." "" .,. // . . ' ~CKG~~ I .~. 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VAN N 8:30 SB MLL MISC S 8:31 SB MLL MISC N 8:33 DUMP TRUCK FOSS MISC S 8:33 SB MLL MISC N 8:35 SB MLL MISC S 8:41 1/2 SB MLL MISC S 8:44 1/2 SB MLL MISC S 8:47 WHITE UNMARKED TRUCK S 8:47 SB MLL MISC N 8:47 SB MLL MISC N 8:47 SB MLL MISC N 8:47 WHITE TONKA SEAMLESS GUTTER TRUCK S . 8:49 1/2 SB MLL MISC S 8:50 WHITE UNMARKED TRUCK N 8:53 1/2 SB MLL MISC S 8:53 C&B TRUCKING SEMI S 8:56 SB MLL MISC S 8:56 SB MLL MISC S 9:10 SB MLL MISC S 9:11 HAPPY'S POTATO CHIPS TRUCK S 9:20 BERTELSON OFFICE PROD. TRUCK S 9:30 HALDEMENN HOMME TRUCK N 9:32 OLD DUTCH POTATO CHIPS VAN S 9:32 FOSS DUMP TRUCK MISC S 9:34 SAFETY KLEEN VAN N 9:39 SB MLL MISC N 9:43 UPS VAN N 9:47 1/2 SB MLL MISC N 9:55 ROYAL FOODS TRUCK S . " . :':.. -< .. . DAILY AVERAGE OF VEHICLES ON 5TH AVE N, BETWEEN 1ST ST N AND 3RD ST NORTH FROM lOam to 2pm KEY 4 S=SEMI 2 T=TRUCK V=VAN 0 M=MISC VEHICLE. LIST SB MLL SCHOOL BUS MEDICINE LAKE ,LINES 1/2 SB MLL HALF SIZE SCHOOL BUS MEDICINE LAKE LINES VEHICLE TIME IDENTIFICATION TYPE DIRECTION 10:02 COKE SEMI S 10:12 DORITOS, FRITO-LAY VAN S 10:12 UNMARKED TRUCK N . 10:14 LUNDS TRUCK N 10:16 RAINBOW PRINTING TRUCK S 10:17 PLAIN YELLOW, NO PRINTING TRUCK S 10:19 LANTER COURIER VAN S 10:24 1/2 SB MLL MISC N 10:27 S LUMB ERLAND TRUCK S 10:31 BARLOW SEMI N 10:31 NO WRITING ON TRAILER SEMI N 10:32 ARMARCOUNTERTOP MANUFACTUR. TRUCK S 10:35 HAPPY'S POTATO CHIPS TRUCK S 10:44 1/2 SB MLL MISC N 10:44 AVR CEMENT TRUCK MISC S 10:46 A&B AUTO ELECTRIC TRUCK N 10:5-1 PLAIN WHITE UNMARKED TRUCK N 11:07 CITY OF HOPKINS WATER TRUCK MISC S 11:08 RPS PARCEL DELIVERY VAN N 11:09 PLAIN WHITE UNMARKED TRUCK S 11:12 TWIN CITY FILTER CO. TRUCK N 11:14 1/2 SB MLL MISC N 11:20 1/2 SB MLL. MISC S 11:23 SMALL PASSENGER BUS MISC N 11:26 SB.MLL MISC N 11:31 SB MLL MISC N 11:32 DAMSACH TRUCK S 11:40 MAIL TRUCK VAN S 11:42 1/2 sa MLL MISC N . 11:49 CEMENT TRUCK AVR MISC N 11:52 TWIN CITY FILTER CO TRUCK S 11:53 HOPKINS DUMP TRUCK MISC S 11:53 OLD DUTCH POTATO CHIPS VAN S ., ~, , ~ '. ." VEHICLE . TIME IDENTIFICATION TYPE DIRECTION 12:00 WHITE TRUCK "TOOLSII TRUCK N 12:04 OVERNITE DELIVERY SEMI N 12:15 CULLIGAN TRUCK N 12:22 GARDER MISC N 12:32 OLD DUTCH POTATO CHIPS VAN N 12:41 OLSON GRAPHICS PRODUCTS TRUCK N 12:41 UNITED RECYCLING CARPET TRUCK S 12:44 WHITE UNMARKED TRUCK N 12:55 CITY OF HOPKINS DUMP TRUCK MISC S 12:55 UPS VAN S 12:55 RYAN CONSTRUCTION MISC N 1:03 CULLIGAN TRUCK N 1:10 SPEEDEE DELIVERIES VAN N 1:11 1/2 SB MLL MISC N 1:23 UPS VAN N 1:27 UNITED RECYCLING CARPET TRUCK N 1:27 HOPKINS DUMP TRUCK MISC N 1:31 UNITED STORES TRUCK S 1:36 UPS VAN S 1:40 UNMARKED TANKER SEMI.. N 1:42 UNMARKED TRUCK N 1:49 CULLIGAN VAN S 1:49 DUMP TRUCK UNMARKED MISC N 1:51 PENSKE TRUCK S . 1:51 UNMARKED HEAVY DUTY FLATBED MIse S 1:54 METRO MOBILITY SHUTTLE BUS MISC N 1:55 OLD HOME FOODS TRUCK N . '" ,.. ~ ~... , "" l'" DAILY AVERAGE ST N FROM2pm 10 : . . . . 8 . . . . DUMP TRUCK - - 1/' -. .;:.I. ",i:" , ' VEHICLE TIME IDENTIFICATION TYPE DIRECTION 3:21 SB MLL MISC S . 3:32 1/2 SB MLL MISC S 3:36 PLAIN WHITE "TOOLS" TRUCK N 3:40 SB MLL MIse S 3:40 SB MLL MISC S 3:43 SB MLL MISC N 3:44 SB MLL MISC S 3:45 1/2 SB MLL MISC N 3:48 1/2 SB MLL MISC N 3:52 SB MLL MISC N 3:53 SB MLL MISC N 3:54 1/2 SB MLL MISC S 4:07 WHITE TRUCK N 4 : 32 SB MLL MISC N 4:33 SB MLL MISC N 4:36 SB MLL MISC N 4:43 SPEEDEE DELIVERIES VAN N 5:47 WHITE TRUCK N . .