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SAFETY ADVISORY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AGENDA September 27, 2005 - 5:00 P.M. - Council Chambers - City Hall - City of Dover Public comments are welcomed on any item and will be permitted at appropriate times. When possible, please notify the City Clerk (736-7008 or e-m ail at Jgreen@dover.de.us) should you wish to be recognized. AGENDA ADDITIONS/DELETIONS 1. Discussions with Secretary Hayward - City of Dover Transportation Projects 2. Proposed Ordinance Amending Chapter 106 - Traffic and Vehicles, Section 106-17 - Truck Routes /jg S:\ClerksOffice\Agendas&Minutes\Committee-Agendas\2005\09-27-2005 SA&T.wpd THE AGENDA ITEMS AS LISTED MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED IN SEQUENCE. THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OR THE DELETION OF ITEMS, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

INFORMATION ONLY Memorandum Office of the City Manager PO Box 475 Dover, DE 19903 Phone: (302) 736-7005 FAX: (302) 736-7002 E-mail tdeprima@dover.de.us To: Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee From: Anthony J. DePrima, AICP City Manager Date: September 22, 2005 Subject: Signalization Project – Wyoming Mill Rd. I believe at the last Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee meeting, I stated I would try to get answers to the questions below. My findings are as follows: 1. What happened to the Signalization Fund? – I spoke with the DelDOT Planning Director at the MPO meeting about the funding of the signalization project. He was not sure that funding had, in fact, been taken away. He promised to look into this. He also alerted Rep. Stone who was not aware of the situation. She is also awaiting Mr. Reeb’s information. 2. Can land donation count toward the 20% local match for Wyoming Mill Road? – Mr. Reeb did confirm that the developer’s land donation could count toward the 20% local match for the Wyoming Mill Road project. /clc cc: Mayor and Council Janice Green Ralph Reeb Gary Laing c:Tony/City Manager/Signalization Project-Wyoming Mill Rd.

ACTION FORM TITLE: Proposed Ordinance - Chapter 106 - Traffic and Vehicles, AGENDA ITEM: 09-27-2005 - 2 Section 106-17 - Truck Routes PROCEEDING: Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee DEPARTMENT OF ORIGIN: Police PREPARED BY: Major Ray Taraila, Jr. SUBJECT: Truck Route Ordinance DATE SUBMITTED: 9-21-2005 RELATED PROJECT: This will tie in with the New CDO 14-8(b)17. Excessive Noise Prohibited. Engine Compression Brakes. APPROVALS: Chief Jeffrey Horvath; Deputy City Solicitor William W. Pepper, Sr. EXHIBITS: #1 - Draft Ordinance amending Chapter 106 - Traffic and Vehicles EXPENDITURE REQUIRED: $ AMOUNT BUDGETED: $ FUNDING SOURCE (Dept./Page in CIP & Budget): TIMETABLE: First Reading by City Council on October 10, 2005; Final Reading on October 24, 2005. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adoption of Ordinance amending Chapter 106 - Traffic and Vehicles by Adding New Section 106-17 - Truck Routes BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS • 11/23/04, in response to newly passed Ordinance prohibiting Trucks from utilizing Engine Compression Brakes, City Manager requests that signs be posted on truck routes entering the City of Dover. • 12/03/04, This task was assigned to me. • 12/03/05, Contact DELDOT and learned of two options: 1. Order and purchase signs at expense to the City and subsequently have Dover Public works place the signs and be responsible for maintaining them. 2. Follow the lead of Smyrna and Seaford and have an Engineering Study done by DELDOT, followed by enacting a DCO establishing Truck routes in Dover, followed by a State Resolution. This would enable DELDOT to purchase the signs, and erect them just outside the city at the designated truck routes. DELDOT would also be responsible for maintaining the signs. • Set up meeting with DELDOT engineer, Tom Meyer on 02/14/05 and identified Truck Routes and proposed signs. • 06/24/05, I learned that Adam Weiser had been assigned this project by DELDOT, and he provided a draft resolution. • 07/27/05, I met with Deputy City Solicitor, William Pepper and briefed him on what was needed. • 08/11/05, received a draft of Ordinance prepared by Bill Pepper (see attached) and reviewed it with Police staff who concluded it was fine as written and met our needs. S:\ClerksOffice\Packets\2005\Committee Packets\SA&T Packets\09-27-2005 SA&T\Truck Route Ordinance Action Form - 2.wpd

EXHIBIT #1 SA&T ACTION FORM - 09/27/2005-2 ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, IN COUNCIL MET: That Chapter 106 - Traffic and Vehicles - of the Dover Code be amended by adding a new section 106-17, to read as follows: (a) Except as hereinafter provided, no commercial vehicle having three (3) or more axles shall be operated on any street in the City of Dover except on a “truck route.” (b) The following roads are designated as “truck routes” within the City of Dover: (1) U.S. Route 13 (2) Bay Road (3) Governors Avenue (4) Saulsbury Road (5) Dover-Kenton Road (6) Persimmon Tree Lane (7) Delaware Route 1 (8) State Street (9) Scarborough Road (10) McKee Road (11) South Little Creek Road (12) Leipsic Road (13) Denny’s Road (14) Delaware Route 8 (15) North Street (16) New Burton Road (17) White Oak Road (c) This section shall not apply to any commercial vehicle with three (3) or more axles: (1) Making a local delivery to or a pickup from a place in the City of Dover incapable of being directly accessed from a designated “truck route.” The driver must have available proof of intended place of delivery or pickup and: (a) If entering the City limits, the driver shall use the most direct practical route from a designated truck route to and from the delivery or pickup, and (b) If originating from within the City limits, the driver shall use the most direct practical route to and from the place of delivery or pickup within the City and/or the most direct practical route to a designated

EXHIBIT #1 SA&T ACTION FORM - 09/27/2005-2 “truck route” if going outside the City limits. (2) Owned by or leased to the City or any volunteer fire company or emergency response organization when engaged in official business, including, by way of example, those vehicles of any fire department, or any police department or agency, or to any town or state public works department or agency. (3) Owned by, leased to, or operated by any public utility company (or its subcontractor) while engaged in public utility operations. (4) Garbage and solid waste haulers in the course of their business operations. (5) Operated on any City street officially designated as a detour route where such vehicle could otherwise be lawfully operated upon the street for which such detour is established.