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4 Cherry to Dice Street, allowing parking on one side. She said balloting was done and twice as many respondents favored one waying. 2) Locust Grove: one way Calhoun Street westbound from Locust to St. Clair. She said a survey revealed that 25 to 27% of the cars using the street are from out of the neighborhood. She said it is used as a cut through at peak hours. She said one waying has the full support of Calhoun residents. She said half of those who attended a neighborhood meeting were in favor of no change and half in favor of one waying Calhoun. 3) Woolen Mills: one way Franklin Street southbound from Market to the self storage business. She said an informal origin and destination study showed that 25% of the cars were neighborhood cars and 75% were from out of the area. 4) North Downtown: median closures on 250 Bypass at Birdwood Road and Hillcrest. She said there are currently left turn restrictions in the morning and evening peak hours, but the recommendation is being made because of the frequency of accidents. She said 65% of the accidents at Birdwood and 40% of the accidents at Hillcrest could have been prevented by closing the median. She said 62 letters were sent to residents and eleven responses were received, two opposed, two in favor, with the remaining concerned about the inconvenience or asking that other options be considered. She said there are 36,000 cars per day on the bypass and it is infeasible to have a traffic signal at those streets because there is no left turn lane and because of its proximity to the McIntire Road light. She said the option of a light at the Park Street ramp was considered, but backing up onto the Bypass would be a problem. Ms. Hamilton asked for clarification about the diverter, and Mr. Tolbert said that Council agreed last year too replace the diverter with “porkchops” at Cedar Hill and Swanson, unless the median strip is constructed beyond Swanson, on the condition that County would do the same on their two streets. Mr. Taliaferro asked how vehicles will turn around if Franklin Street is made one way, and Ms. Tucker said that the concern is that the self storage business will become the defacto turn around. She said good signage will be needed. Ms. Hamilton asked if it is alright with the owner of the self storage business that his property be used as a turnaround, and Ms. Tucker said that the owner prefers that the street not be made one way. She said the City would not support using his property as the turn around. Responding to a question from Mr. Lynch about accident incidents and other traffic data on Franklin Street, Ms. Tucker said that 600 plus truck traffic trips per day has been reduced by H. T. Ferron’s voluntary agreement to not use Franklin except when a train is blocking the alternate route. She said there have been two recent instances of a tractor trailer getting hung up, and staff is looking into signage to prevent this. Mr. Norris asked about the balloting procedure regarding one waying of Calhoun, and how it is decided which streets are balloted. Ms. Tucker said that the general policy is to include those residents on surrounding streets that have no choice to avoid the street, but the streets included can be expanded beyond that. Ms. Hamilton said that one waying 7 ½ Street northbound would mean there would be two northbound streets together and the one southbound beyond that which is not intuitive. She asked if residents expressed a preference for 7 ½ Street to be north or soundbound. Ms. Tucker said two residents suggested that it be southbound. Ms. Hamilton asked if it would be possible to have a connection from Birdwood Road to Allied Street, and Ms. Tucker said the topography would be challenging and there are houses built at the end of the street. Mr. Brown said that Council will not be making a decision tonight and there will be a opportunity in the future for comments by the public.