Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 07-27-1976 Regular — reading text

See Item # 3 above, 7, Pedestrian Crossing Markings Repaited, Blinking Light With Appropriate Signst A painted and marked crossing will help, however, the City might examine the possibility of a pedestrian overpass in the vicinity of the Indian Mound, 8, ~ Left Turn Out of Municipal Parking Lot between Mr. " A" s and Jimmy' s Newsstand: Agree with DOT recommendation, 9, ~ Lef~~ urn at Foot of Brooks Bridge Going East and West: Agree w~ th DOT R~ commenda~~ on,  7/ 7~ - - 279 10, Install Left Turn Arrow on Santa Rosa Boulevard, Although Santa Rosa Boulevard is not within Fort Walton Beach jurisdiction, its operation affects downtown traffic and was I 11, included in our survey, Install on Brooks Bridge- Business District, Signal Ahead Sign: Recommend that due to high acci- dent rates, volume of traffic, and limited visibility approach- ing a congested area DOT reconsider this item, 12, Install Arrow on Left Turn or No Left Turn at Traffic Light on Perry, Recommend that the signal remain a two. phase operation, Left turn demand is low but should be allowed for the immediate future, Some parking should be removed as recommended by DOT, 13, Explore Possibility of Installa- tion of Electronic Pedestrian Crossing Devices, Agree with DOT recommendation, See Item # 7 for further discussion, 14, Traffic Light at Eglin and Hospital going west on Hospital Drive request Right of Left Turn Only be allowed, from Hospital Drive No Through Traffic, " T" inter- section, Agree with DOT recommendation, I 15, Eglin Signal Synchronization, 35, 000, Recommendwe proceed with Eglin Parkway Synchronization, TUFFIC HAZARDS OF 10, Mr, Baughman requested update regarding EMERGENCY RUNS OF PATROL traffic hazards of emergency runs of patrol CARS cars,  I'.,~""",..._.=~"...~"._;...~ t ""...., .<>."'...._,._........_".,_.;'''^._-,...-"',_.~--_,........ 1! 280 tr1P/ 11, Recommend approval of hiring one new policeman to go into the Patrol Division and assigning experienced police- man from the Patrol Division to walking duty on Main Street from 3100 p, m, until 111gg p, m, on Tuesday through Saturday. ~ O~ h~~ # c~~~~~:~~ ons, _ IthR~~~ x~~;~~ o~ Motion was seconded by Mr, carried unanimously, k~ ~: Hill and J SYNCHRONIZATION OF EGLIN Mr, Rigdon stated that he felt that PARKWAY TRAFFIC LIGHTS this should be made a matter for the records, After reading the correspondence about the syncronization of the traffic lights on Eglin Parkway, I talked with Jack Nichols, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, He told me that he would assure me that the County Com- missioners would participate in the synchronization of the traffic lights on Eglin Parkway, I think it would be in order to ask the County Commissioners if they would go along with a recommen- dation to participate with this Council in synchronization of the lights. We are talking about somewhere in the neighborhood of $ 30, 000, The State has said they would put up $ 10, 000, I think it would be in order for the City to put up $ 10~ 000 and the County Commissioners to put up v10, OOO, and for Cinco and Sha1imar to pick up the balance, Mr, Rigdon moved that such a recommen- dation be adopted, Motion was seconded by Mr, Baughman and Mayor Pro Tem called for discussion, Mr, Palmer stated that he believes that Sha1imar declined from participating in the study and Cinco declined from paying the fee for the synchronization. LETTER FROM DOT Motion carried Mayor unanimously, Pro Tem presented a letter from DOT reference Safer Roads Demonstration Program, l City Manager stated that he had received a call today from Mrs, Butler, Adminis- trative Assistant to Bob Sikes, informing  7/t~- 281 him that HUD has approved the second year Community Development Block Grant program in the amount of $ 504, 000. PARKING COMMITTEE RECOM. Mr,Hill presented the following recom- MENDATIONS mendations from the Parking Committee: I 1, Retain the firm of Ricks, Stokes and David to I a, Kendricks, Survey the parking requirements of bothshoppers, visitors, and employees along Main Street from Bea1 Street to Perry Avenue, b, Match these requirements against existing available parking, i, e. curbside and city owned lots, excluding leased parking lots, c, Prepare preliminary drawings locating any proposed new parking to meet above requirements,