Res 05-11    
                                        
ANC 3F RESOLUTION SUPPORTING TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURERS
 FOR THE 2800/2900 BLOCK OF DAVENPORT STREET, N.W.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F
 North Cleveland Park, Forest Hills, & Tenleytown
 4401-A Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Box 244
 Washington, D.C. 20008-2322


                                
WHEREAS, the 2800/2900 block of Davenport Street, N.W. is located within ANC 3F; and

WHEREAS, speeding vehicles in the 2800/2900 block of Davenport Street, N.W. have been a problem for years; and

WHEREAS, in 1994 ANC 3F supported the installation of rumble strips in this section of Davenport Street, as a traffic calming measure; and

WHEREAS, the rumble strips were not installed and in 1996 DDOT reported that the rumble strips installed on Brandywine Street were having little or no effect controlling vehicular speed; and

WHEREAS, on November 18, 2002, ANC 3F voted to support a petition signed by nine of the ten households in the 2800/2900 block of Davenport Street, requesting traffic calming measurers; and

WHEREAS, on November 19, 2002 ANC 3F sent a letter to DDOT requesting that traffic calming devices be installed at the earliest possible date; and

WHEREAS, on February 15, 2005 DDOT advised ANC 3F that a traffic calming study had been initiated for the 2800/2900 block of Davenport Street; and

WHEREAS, the DDOT traffic calming study proposed the following recommendations to address the issues of cut-through traffic, speeding and residential safety:

    ● Median islands at two locations along Davenport Street, near Linnean Avenue                  and at the 5+00 station.

    ● Longitudinal mini-curb median strips at three locations along Davenport Street,                  at the 4+00 station, 8+00 station, and the 10+00 station.

    ● One warning sign in each direction at least 100 feet prior to the raised islands.                     Small reflective diamond-shaped signs at both ends of the islands as a safety                  measure.

    ● Reconstruction of the traffic barrier to protect against the steep slopes along the                  side of Davenport Street.

WHEREAS, ANC 3F considered the DDOT recommendations at a public meeting, with proper notice, and quorum present on March 21, 2005, receiving testimony from DDOT and residents, and

WHEREAS, on March 21, 2005 ANC 3F voted that it was the sense of the Commission to support a median island, raised pavement markers and reconstruction of the traffic barrier.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, ANC 3F recommends and urges the following traffic calming measurers for the 2800/2900 block of Davenport Street, N.W.

    ● Median island starting east of 4+80 station as shown on DDOT’s Draft -                  Overall Plan, 3/21/05.

    ● Reflective pavement markers along the center line of the roadway from the                          median island to Broad Branch Road.  (white markers such as Armorstud
                360-RM1)

    ● Reconstruction of the traffic barrier on the south side of Davenport Street.

    ● Appropriate signage including “hidden driveway” and “speed limit” signs.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, ANC 3F urges that the traffic calming measurers be installed at the earliest possible date.

    
Adopted April 18, 2005, at a duly noticed public meeting with a quorum (a quorum being four)  present by a vote of 7-0-0.


/s/ Karen Lee Perry                             /s/ Frank Lee Perry
 Karen Lee Perry, Chair                       Frank Winstead, Secretary