TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, Public Services Director
DATE: September 3, 2024
RE:
Title
Market House Pedestrian Improvement and Traffic Mobility
end
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
2
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 1: Safe and Secure Community
Goal 3: High Quality Built Environment
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
With the City completing the study to repurpose the Market House, Council was previously presented two options that detailed changes to the footprint of the Market House and the traffic pattern surrounding the structure. Prior to advancing the project forward, staff wanted to bring attention to potential challenges with completing the project as Council previously directed.
As the scope of the project has evolved to a more traffic and pedestrian safety centric project, the two main concerns pertain to the constructability/functionality of expanding the brick paver footprint to a square pattern and the available budget for the project as proposed.
Staff is recommending to move forward with a traffic operational and safety analysis and a conceptual evaluation of the previously presented alternatives to ensure that as the project moves forward, all consideration is given to pedestrian and traffic mobility around the Market House.
Background:
Council was previously presented two options for improvements at the Market House to improve ADA access and pedestrian safety around the building. Option A consisted of extending the brick paver into the inner traffic circle, with traffic rated concrete brick paver crosswalks. Option B consisted of milling and paving ~4,400 sf, creating a square traffic pattern with ADA slopes, traffic rated concrete brick paver crosswalks, and extending the arcade from the base of the steps. Council selected to move forward with Option B.
Issues/Analysis:
Construc...
Click here for full text