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369 June 23, 1987 "As you recall, at your April 14 and April 28, 1987 Council ~eetings Mr. Henry Fallon requested that City Council consider erecting a "No U-Turn" sing at the intersection of Portsmouth Boule. yard' and Jacquelyn Drive. City Ccuncil, after considering Mr. Fallon's requesT, directed me to relocate the school guard from the Alliance Christian Church's exit to the intersection and to stu~ the traffic pattern over the following thirty day period. At the conclusion of this thirty day period, I submitted my recommendation~ Ilto you. ~ity Council, upon hearing my recommendations, requested t~t ~ ~ef ~oth par~ies and'$eek~ input from. the Virgini~ Depart- ment of Transportation s District Engineer. On Friday, June 12, I met with representatives of the neighbor- hood as ~ell as ~fficials of Alliance Christian Church. Mr. A1 Nas~ District Engineer f~m the Department of Transportation, was also in attendance. At this meeting [ indicated to those present that I could support the following actions: O H~ve the Police Department to assign radar to Portsmouth Boulevard during school zone hours and other times as needed. o Have Traffic Engineering install flashing lights to better identify school zone sings. O Have Alliance Christian Church widen its entrance at Portsmouth Boulevard and Jacquelyn Dr~ve from 18 to 30 feet to allow for both an entrance and exit (three lanes striped). Have the Department of Public Works remove 30 feet of the median (west side) at Portsmouth Boulevard and Jacquelyn Drive to allow for better turning movement from the church. WI~ile an attempt was made to arrive at a consensus with representatives of the church and the neighborhood, Mr. Fallon indicated that he would not be satisfied with anything less than having a "No-U-Turn" sign erected at the intersection. There were some residents of the neighborhood who indicated they would spppo~t the recommendations which I submitted if the church would agree to go one step further to have a left turn storage lane constructed from Portsmouth Boulevard into the church property. There was some discussion regarding the proposed median cut near Charlotte Drive, however, the District Engineer concurred with staff's recommendatio~ that the median cut would create more of s traffic hazard than it could eliminate. While consensus could not be reached, I do feel that the recom- mendations as submitted would eliminate many of the problems identi- £ied by the residents along Jacquelyn Drive. As previusly indicate~ ~ will continue ro monitor the situation and if problems continue to exist, I would not be adverse to considering additional modifi- cations. If City Council concurs with the recommendations as pre- sented, I will coordinate with the Church the ~rovosed improvements. M.~t~on of~ Mr. Simpson'and secondqd ~y~.~arnes/ to~suspen~a th_e ~ules f~r citizen to s~eak. Richard Ramsey, 4300 South Street, representing Precinct Civic Fornms, made comments on matters discussed at the meeting held on June 12, 1987, with the neighborhood, Alliance Christian Church, an~ City staff, concerning the ~mprovements to interse~c~ion of Portsmou- Boulevard and Jacg~uelyn Drive.