CC Resolution 2004-029
r--
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-029
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINT A, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING INSTALLATION
OF A FOUR:'WAY STOP AT THE AVENUE 58/MADISON
STREET INTERSECTION
WHEREAS, the City has conducted a traffic count of traffic entering the
. intersection and performed an engineering and traffic safety evaluation of the
intersection to consider installation of a four-way stop at the subject intersection;
and
WHEREAS, the traffic volume on the approach legs to the A venue
58/Madison Street inters~ction have changed significantly because of new.
development occurring sou h of, and west of the intersection, to the extent that
Avenue 58 which was fórmerly considered the major street based on traffic
volume, but now Madison Street is the major street based on traffic volume; and
- WHEREAS, the configuration of the street improvements has changed
significantly to the extent that there are. now more traffic lanes connecting to the
intersection on Madison Street (a total of 7 counting the north and south legs),
than there are traffic lanes connecting to the intersection on Avenue 58 (a total of
5 counting the east and west legs); and
WHEREAS, the original placement of stop signs on Madison Street causing
traffic on Madison Street to stop and yield to traffic on Avenue 58 is an obsolete
consideration, for proper placement of stop signs when stop signs are placed on
only two .Iegs of an intersection, a consideration which has been rendered obsolete
by the changing traffic patterns and volume occurring at the intersection; and
WHEREAS, the intersection does not meet warrants for a four-way stop at
the time of the traffic count, but in consideration of the rate of land development in
the area served by the subject intersection it is anticipated the warrants will be met
within two years when 1 00 new homes are constructed at locations west or east
of the intersection.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La
Quinta, California, as follows:
,--
Resolution No. 2004-029
Four-Way Stop Avenue 58/Madison Street
Adopted: March 2. 2004
Page 2
1. The City must take action to improve the safety of the intersection
because the existing stop sign arrangement has been rendered obsolete
by changing traffic patterns coupled with the installation of new street
improvements that complicate a motorist's perception and expectations
at the intersection.
2. The City Council deems it safer to make the intersection a four-way stop
as an interim measure until permanent traffic control improvements can
be evaluated, designed and installed, than it is to rearrange the stop sign
configuration to make traffic on Avenue 58 stop and yield to traffic on
Madison Street.
3. City staff is directed to install stop signs and other appropriate signs,
striping and pavement legends as needed to make the Avenue
58/Madison Street intersection a four-way stop by April 2, 2004.
4. City staff is directed to pursue further evaluation of the intersection
regarding permanent traffic control improvements for that location and
report its findings to the City Council before January 1, 2005.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Ouinta
City Council held on this 2nd day of March, 2004, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Council Members Henderson, Osborne, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
--.- ---- __.M_-
Resolution No. 2004-029
Four-Way Stop Avenue 58/Madlson Street
Adopted: March 2. 2004
Page 3
r
¡
I
i
,
. ATTEST:
~-, ~~ ..j¿
J . GREEK, CMC, I Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
(City Seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
,..--
!
M. KATHERI JENSON, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
:';>
-