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• <br /> <br />CITY OF LA PORTE <br />INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />T0: Mayo nd Council <br />FROM: J rr L. ge, Director of Public Works <br />SUBJECT: S' n/Gr <br /> <br />DATE: January 4, 1982 <br />4 <br />On August 19, 1981, the City Council passed Resolution 81-19, authorizing <br />the City Manager to request grant funds from the State of Texas Office of <br />Traffic Safety in the amount of $5,865.20, to place all warning and regulatory <br />signs in the City into compliance with the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic <br />Control Devices. <br />The Office of Traffic Safety is withholding approval of the contract until the <br />City submits warrants for the 14 four-way stop signs and one (1) three-way <br />stop sign. Four-way plaques were requested under the grant for existing <br />four-way stops. These intersections have been four-way for several years, and <br />only two (2) meet the warrants as per the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control <br />Devices. <br />The confusion, as well as possible accident rate increases, and citizen complaints, <br />caused by the removal of these installations could cause multiple problems. <br />The Traffic Control Department has funds available to go ahead with this project, <br />and the project cost was based on supplied prices. Actual costs, excluding <br />hardware, will be less than the contract amount. <br />I recommend that the City pay for materials to upgrade the City's regulatory <br />and warning signs to conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, <br />due to the difficulty of removing unwarranted installations. <br />JH/lw <br />Attachments <br />• <br />