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MEMORANDUM
Date: July 22, 2003
To: Mayor Cohen
Common Council
Board of Public Works
From: Julie Conley Holcomb, City Clerk
Re: IURA Concerns
Please take note that we received this resolution that was adopted at the IURA meeting
on July 17, 2003 regarding Improved Pedestrian Accommodations on South Meadow
Street - Request for Action by the Board of Public Works.
If you need further information, please contact Sue Kittell at 274-6559.
Thank you.
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IURA
July 17,2003
Improved Pedestrian Accommodations on South Meadow Street-Request for Action by the Board of
Public Works
WHEREAS,the Housing,Neighborhoods,and Infrastructure Committee of the Ithaca Urban Renewal
Agency(IURA)is charged with identifying community development needs as they relate to quality
neighborhoods in the City,and
WHEREAS,the Housing, Neighborhoods and Infrastructure(HNI)Committee has a particular interest in
promoting pedestrian safety and a more walkable community,and
WHEREAS,the HNI Committee is concerned about pedestrian safety,especially along the Meadow Street
corridor and Cecil A.Malone Drive,and at the intersection of South Meadow Street and Cecil A. Malone
Drive,and
WHEREAS,the increased development and accompanying increased vehicular traffic in the area,as well
as the increased numbers of pedestrians,particularly seniors citizens,disabled persons,and people with
children,trying to cross Meadow Street at this intersection pose an identifiable and imminent hazard,and
WHEREAS,the members of the HNI Committee,after examining the situation and its possible solutions,
have identified actions they believe will contribute to lessening the safety hazard along the Meadow Street
corridor and at this intersection,now therefore be it,
RESOLVED,that the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency,in accepting the recommendations of the HNI
Committee,now strongly urges the City of Ithaca Board of Public Works to do everything in its power to
influence the NYS Department of Transportation to
1) improve pedestrian amenities on the Meadow Street bridge over Six Mile Creek particularly in
terms of wider sidewalks and greater separation between pedestrians and motorists;
2) change the timing on the pedestrian crossing signals to a longer cycle of stopped traffic to
allow a realistic amount of time for crossing Meadow Street at Cecil A.Malone Drive;
3) change the traffic restrictions to prevent tuming cars from crossing pedestrian travel lanes
while north/south Meadow Street vehicular traffic is stopped for pedestrians,and;
4) investigate alternatives to the'talking lights'to address the nuisance created by the loud and
repetitive voice on neighboring residences,and,be it further
RESOLVED,that the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency requests that the Board of Public Works use its
authority to cause standard sidewalks(five foot minimum width and 8'to 10'setbacks from the street)
where feasible to be constructed along both sides of Meadow Street through the entire business district
including Cecil A. Malone Drive,but most especially in the areas approaching the dangerous intersection at
South Meadow Street and Cecil A.Malone Drive.
Carried unanimously July 17,2003.
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