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January 4, 1985 MEMO To: City Council via City Manager From: Fire Chief James Dougherty Subject: Traffic on Fairview Avenue I would like to take this opportunity to apprise the Council of our concerns with the volume of traffic on Fairview Avenue from County Road B north to County Road C. On a number of occasions, our fire apparatus has been seriously delayed due to the volume of traffic. Recently, our vehicles had a serious delay in getting out of station two onto Fairview due to the traffic. With the proposed shopping center to be constructed on Fairview (Loehmann's Plaza) and to some extent, Pavillion Place on B2, this situation will only become worse and ultimately this may result in an unfortunate delay. We have in the past requested an accelerated program to provide Opticom on the traffic control lights at County Road B2 and both sides of Highway 36. This need i•s becoming critical and is sure to get worse. With the close proximity of the exit from Loehmann's Plaza to station two, we would request the Council consider installing red traffic control lights on Fairview approximately 300 feet north and south of station two. This control device could be activated by an Opticom sensor or other device from station two. The activation would turn the signal on and allow it to remain on for a period not to exceed one and one-half to two minutes. This would allow apparatus to exit the station and proceed in either direction. This practice is commonly used in many areas of the country with good success. It provides a rapid, dependable and relatively inexpensive solution to highly conjected traffic situations.