Argo Imlay 4way stop

1. POLICE DEPARTMENT
Presented by:
Rick Pruitt
Police Chief
ORDINANCE – ALL-WAY STOP
ARGO AVENUE AND IMLAY STREET
ITEM # 4
January 13, 2020

2. SUMMARY
 Argo Avenue residents’ concern for vehicle
volume and speeds
 Residents desire a safer neighborhood
environment for pre-teen children
 Ordinance to change an existing two-way stop
intersection to a four-way stop intersection on
Argo Avenue and Imlay Street

3. BACKGROUND
 Argo Avenue
 30’ width, 100% residential, front drive-
ways, no sidewalks, unobstructed corner
vision
 Imlay Street
 29’ width, 100% residential, side driveways,
no sidewalks, unobstructed corner vision

4. BACKGROUND
300 block Argo Ave. # veh 26-30 mph >30 mph % >25mph avg speed
eastbound 514 129 20 29% 23 mph
westbound 445 114 12 28.3% 23 mph
959
400 block Argo Ave.
eastbound 573 125 22 25.6% 22 mph
westbound 487 84 17 20.7% 21 mph
1,060
24 hour traffic study data

5. BACKGROUND
 Peak traffic periods – Officers’ observations
 majority of vehicles traveling at or less than
25 mph on Argo Avenue
 some vehicles failed to stop for the stop sign
posted on Imlay Street

6. BACKGROUND
 Common concern of residents are vehicle
speeds, driver behaviors and child safety
 Traffic control devices may be warranted
where traffic enforcement efforts fail or
special circumstances exist

7. BACKGROUND
 Traffic volume diversions impacts on other
street are considered
 All streets intersecting Imlay between Corona
Avenue and Ogden Lane have all-way stop
intersections except at Argo Avenue and
Abiso Avenue

8. Argo Ave

9. BACKGROUND
 An adverse impact on adjacent streets is not
anticipated

10. PROPOSAL
 An Ordinance to change the existing two-way
stop intersection on Imlay Street and Argo
Avenue to an all-way stop

11. POLICY ANALYSIS
 The proposed Ordinance to create an all-way
stop intersection is allowed in provisions of the
Texas Transportation Code and Section 18-98
“Stop Intersections” of the City Code

12. FISCAL IMPACT
 Limited to the cost of cement and labor to
install two stop signs

13. COORDINATION
 A petition was signed by residents of
twenty (20) homes in the 300 blk. Argo
Avenue and nineteen (19) homes in the
400 blk. Argo Avenue
 Letters mailed to all addresses in the 300
and 400 blocks of Argo Avenue

14. COORDINATION
 The City Manager has reviewed the proposal
and the City Attorney prepared the proposed
Ordinance
 The Ordinance will be published in the San
Antonio Express-News and posted on the
COAH website

15. COORDINATION
 Public works will install the sign poles and
signs
 Corner lot property owners were contacted
and do not oppose the proposed signage
locations

16. 335 Argo Ave.

17. 402 Argo Ave.