1 week Ago By DAVID GOLBITZ FREMONT TRIBUNE
It has been nearly a year since the traffic signals at the intersection of West 23rd Street and North Somers Avenue malfunctioned and were replaced by what at the time were thought to be temporary four-way stop signs. According to an agenda item for Tuesday night’s Fremont City Council meeting, the stop signs aren’t so temporary after all. The council is scheduled to vote on whether to authorize the removal of the traffic signals and poles and installation of permanent four-way stop signs as recommended by the JEO Consulting Group following a traffic study of the intersection.
Per the traffic study, “removal of unwarranted signals improves safety, and it is likely to reduce crashes by 24% for all crash types and severities.” The same study also recommends no changes be made to the traffic signals at West 23rd Street and North Nye Avenue. According to the minutes from the March 25 traffic committee meeting, should the traffic signals at 23rd and Nye malfunction, “The City can continue to operate the intersection with existing equipment as replacement parts are now available from the 23rd and Luther Road project.
” In addition to the traffic signals, the city council will also vote on awarding the new police station and 911 call center construction manager at risk contract to Sampson Construction. A CMAR over sees a construction project from design through completion, while taking responsibility to deliver results within an agreed upon guaranteed maximum price and time frame. The city council will also hold a public hearing for ordinance 5712, which would change the zoning of the Meadow Brook mobile home park from rural and general contractor to mobile home planned development.
A developer, Kenna Investments, proposes to deliver a multitude of improvements to the mobile home park, including a storm shelter, a connection to the City of Fremont’s sanitary sewer system, adding a recreation area and paving roads and driveways, in order to increase the inventory of affordable housing in Fremont by approximately 175 homes, according to the staff report. “(The developer) will also cap and decommission a well and demolish the well head building, remove dead and diseased trees and demolish dilapidated concrete slabs,” the report states. “They intend to rehabilitate and/or replace community owned homes in poor condition and bring in new homes which will be sold to new Resident Homeowners.
They propose a paint program available to select residents at a low-cost or free to improve the appearance of Resident owned homes.” The next Fremont City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 8, at 7 p.m.
in the city council chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 400 E. Military Ave..
