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MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING A regular meet ing of the Traff i c and Transportation Commission of the Ci t y of Atlanta was held i n Committee Room No . 1 of the City Hall on Monday, May 29, 1967, at 2~00 p.m . The follow i ng members were present ~ Mr . John R. Wi lson, Jr . Mr. Charles C. Mathias Absent : Mr . George Goodwi n , Chairman Mr. Jack E. Crowder , Vi ce Chairman Mr . Robe r t F. Adamson Mr . Grady A. Lee Mr. Peter J. S t ell i ng Also present were City Traffic Engineer Karl A. Bevi ns ; Mr . P . Andrew Springer, Safety Engineer, The Atlanta Tra ffic and Safety Council; Mr. Edmund W. Hughes, Managing Director , The Atlanta Traffic and Safety Council ; Mr . John Gerson, Atlanta Transit System, I n c.; Super intendent J. L. Moseley and Sergeant Michael Edwards , At lanta Po l i ce Departmen t. In the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman , Mr . J ohn R. Wi lson , Jr ., presided as Chairman a nd the following bus i ne s s wa s considered . I. II. HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. None. PERMITS FOR OFF-STREET PARK NG FACI LITIES. A. 200 PRYOR STREE T, S . W. Mr . Ra lph R. Carroll, A A A Park i ng , Inc. ; 75 Houst on Street, N.E ., Atlanta, Georgi a 3 03 03, an open lot with 44 spaces; self =parking; 4 i nbou n d and 4 ou tb ound reservoir spaces; one ent r ance on Pryor Stree t and one e x i t on Pryor Street. Mr . Ge orge E. Wi lliams a ppeared rep resent i ng A A A Parking , Inc., and expl aine d t he proposed park ing lot . The Traffic Engineer called attenti on f or t he need f or a wi der i sle spa ce a t the rear of the l ot connec ting the two ma in i sles of t he lo t and recommended that one of the proposed park ing s pace s be e l imi nated to provide suffic i e nt i sle wi dt h for traf fic t o circulate between the two main is l es . The Tr af fic Eng i ne er r ecommended t hat one park ing sp ace be eliminated from e a ch of the t h r ee proposed l ines of parked cars in order to permi t wi der park i ng sta ll s . The Tr aff i c Engineer a l so recommended elimina ting one of t he proposed pa rking sta ll s a l ong the north edge of the roa d in order t o pr ovi de f or the pa rking a ttenda nt ' s business �Mi nutes of the Tra f fi c an d Transpor ta t i on Connn i ss i on Meet i ng ; Ma y 29 ~ 196 7 ; page - 2 off ice o These change s e l i mi nat e 5 of th e pr oposed 44 parking spa ce s and the Tr a f f i c Eng ineer r e commende d approval of the facil i ty with a max i mum of 39 spa c es o Mr o Wi ll iams stated tha t t h i s was entirely s at i s fa c t ory o I N EXECUTIVE SESS I ON9 the Commi ss i on a pp r oved th i s re c omme nda t ion o III o REPORT OF TRAFFIC ACC I DE NTS; Sup e r i nt enden t J o Lo Mosele y o Super i n t e n de nt Mos e l ey r epor t e d that th e y c on t inu e to h av e a decrease in th e number of fata l accident s a nd i n ju r ed accid e n ts o He reported tha t the fa t al a cci dent s were down 22%9 injure d a cci dents were down 3 or 4% 9 pro pe r ty dama ge acciden ts down 70 8%9 and t he total down 7o4 %0 The e nfor ceme nt vi o l at i ons are up g dru nk dr i v ing 1 08% and speeding 24o 4%o Super in te n de n t Mose l ey re por te d t he f oll owing traff l c a c c i dents through May 28 9 1967 9 a s omp a r e d with the same per i od i n 1966 0 1967 1966 32 Fata l Ac c i den t s . 0000000 00000 00 000 00 0 In jured Acci den t s ooooooo oo ooo oooo oool 9 044 Pr op e r t y Dama ge Ac c i den t s ooooooooooo 8 9 25 6 IV. RE PORT OF THE CI TY TRAFFI C ENGINEE Ro The Traffi c Eng ine e r br i ef l y reviewed the foll owi n g items ~ lo Th e May 18 9 196 7 9 letter fro m the Ge orge Ao Fu l le r Compa n y asking fo r a 45 t o 60 day e xtens i on of the use of a porti on of t h e wes t s i de of Spr i ng Street f or a ba rr i cade in c onne tion wi t h t he construct i on of the Tra i lwa ys Bus Term i nal o 2o A r equ e s t fro m the D nk ler Plaza Hote l for t h e tempo rary use of Fors yt h Stre et f or t he load i ng a nd unlo a d ing of hotel gue s t s at hou r s o t her tha n 7 gQO a offi o t o 9 gQQ ao mo a nd 4 gQQ p orn o to 6 gQQ p orn o 3o The ne ed f or a dd it i onal protect ion for th e s c hool cross ing at the int e r se cti on o f Oakl and Dr i ve and Me r r i ll Av e nue 9 S oWo 9 as well as a numbe r o f o the r s c hool r oss i ngs with simi lar probl ems o 4o A requ es t f r om i tiz e ns living in t he ne i ghborhood of Be r ea n Av e nue 9 Ga sk i l l Stree t 9 Powell Stre et a n d Ki rkwood Av enue 9 S oEo 9 f or th e r emoval of re c e n t l y i ns t alled One =Way s i gns and No Park i ng s i gns o The Tra ff i Enginee r explained t ha t t he One - Way s i gns and the No Pa rking s i gns we r e i ns t alled a t the re que s t of c i t i zens of t his a r ea through t he i r c iv i c c lub a n d that a f te r a few mo nt hs ' t r i al �. Mi nutes of the Traf fic and Trans por t at i on Corrnn i ss i on Meet i ng; May 29 9 196 7 ; p~ge 3 now prefer to go ba ck to the former met hod of traffic operation and the former pa rk i ng r est ric t i ons o So Vo The planned change from Two=Wa y t o One=Way for the se c tion of Pi edmont Ave nue lyi ng b e t ween t he Georg i a Ra i lroad and Decatur Street 9 t hu s c omple t i ng One- Wa y ope ra t i on on the e nt i re sect i on of Pi edmont Av e nue from Hun ter S tre e t nort hbound t o Twelfth Stree to NEXT MEETINGo The Tr affic Eng i neer sta t ed that he planned t o be ou t of t h e c i t y mos t· of t he week beg i nning J une 26 9 196 7 9 and t he Corrnni s s i on membe r s r eques te d t h a t he canva s s t he other members of the Corrnni ssion t o det e rm i ne an a ppr opr i a te date f or t he next meeting o The mee ting was adj our ned at 3 ~25 o �