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File #: 17-6920    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance amending Schedule III of the Traffic Register by updating school zone effective times for all Grand Prairie ISD elementary school zones within the City of Grand Prairie in response to changes to their bell times for this upcoming school year.
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 7/7/2017 In control: Engineering
On agenda: 7/18/2017 Final action: 7/18/2017
Title: Ordinance amending Schedule III of the Traffic Register by updating school zone effective times for all Grand Prairie ISD elementary school zones within the City of Grand Prairie in response to changes to their bell times for this upcoming school year
From
Maxine Snow

Title
Ordinance amending Schedule III of the Traffic Register by updating school zone effective times for all Grand Prairie ISD elementary school zones within the City of Grand Prairie in response to changes to their bell times for this upcoming school year

Presenter
Sholeh Karimi, P.E., Senior Traffic Engineer

Recommended Action
Approve

Analysis
GPISD has changed their elementary school afternoon bell times to 3:35 pm making it necessary to modify effective times for all 23 GPISD elementary schools within the City of Grand Prairie from 3:00 - 4:00 pm to a new time of 3:20 pm to 4:20 pm. This affects a total of 57 existing school zones.

Financial Consideration
The effective time changes will be reprogrammed for school flasher and/or static signs will be modified with the new times. Any cost associated with these modified school zones will be paid out of the Street operating budget.

Body
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AMENDING SCHEDULE III OF THE TRAFFIC REGISTER TO ESTABLISH MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS LESS THAN 30 MPH; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND TO BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON ITS PASSAGE, APPROVAL AND PUBLICATION

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS:

SECTION 1. THAT Schedule III - Establish Maximum Speed Limits less than 30 mph shall be amended as follows:

RESCIND:
STREET OR PART OF MAXIMUM SPEED TIME EFFECTIVE

AUSTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Hill Street
From: NW 6th Street 20 MPH 7:30 am to 9:30 am
To: 325’ W of NW 7th Street 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

NW 7th Street
From: 70’ N of Burleson Dr 20 MPH 7:15 am to 8:30 am
To: 200’ S of Hinton St 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

BONHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Baylor Drive
From: Coral Way 20 MPH 7:15 am to 8:30 am
To: 400’ S of Coral Way 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Cober Drive E
From: 150’ W of SE 14th Street 20 MPH 7:15 am to 8:30 am
To: Varsity Drive 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Coral Way
From: Varsity D...

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