THE €GRPOQRATION OF THE CITY OF PGRT COGHITLAN
Re: Pwe ~2- May 7, 1981.

ITEM IT

Re: Request for STOP siqns

The Committee has received a request for STOP signs at
two locations. These are on Knappen Street at Pooley Avenuca
and on Pooley Avenue at Taylor Street. Both of these locations
have children crossing the intersection to get to the school.
Knappen Street has recently been opened at both ends so it is
now a through street. The attached sketch indicates the present
location of STOP signs in the area and the location of the
proposed STOP signs. The Committee recommends that these STOP
Signs be approved.

ITEM IIT

Re: Request for Crosswalk across Prairie Ave. at Newberry St.

A letter from Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ballantyne dated
January 11, 1981 was considered by the Committee. This letter,
a copy which is attached, requested a reinstallation of the
above crosswalk which had been relocated to Regina Street.
The letter makes the point that crosswalks in themselves are
not unsafe but that it is the way people drive or cross the
street which is at fault for the high accident rate within
cxosswalks. Mr. Ballantyne is precisely correct in that state-
ment. However, it is for this reason that the City has attempted
to keep the number of crosswalks to a minimum. There is no doubt
that we could find sufficient people crossing at almost any point
along Prairie Avenue to "justify" the installation of crosswalks.
However, the installation of all these crosswalks would simply
result in even less respect paid by the drivers towards them.

The crosswalk as presently located provides for a majority
of the crossing needs to the school and to other major traffic
generators. The Committee does not recommend the reinstallation
of a crosswalk at Newberry Street.

ITEM IV

@: Mr. and Mis. R. Coville - Cracking of fish tank

Mr. and. Mrs. Coville have writton to the City requesting
some form of compensation for damage caused by a leaking fish
tank in the basement, which they claim was cracked because of