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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to direct City Traffic Engineer to impose traffic restrictions on a portion of Henderson Avenue between 19th Street and 20th Street. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
It is requested that the City Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing the Long Beach City Manager to direct the City Traffic Engineer to post signs prohibiting vehicles from stoppin~ standing or parking along the east or west curbs of that portion of Henderson Avenue between 19 Street and 20thStreet. The traffic restrictions will take effect 72 hours after traffic control signs are posted. the restrictions will apply to all hours ofthe day or night and will remain in effect for 30 days. This request is submitted by the City Prosecutor as part of an overall collaborative plan with other city agencies to prevent criminal or nuisance behavior that is being facilitated by vehicles that stop. stand or park along the subject portion of Henderson Avenue.
BACKGROUND
Henderson Avenue between 19th Street and zo" Street has a history of crime, particularly drug offenses, and other nuisance behavior. In 1991. Henderson Street was closed to through traffic in an effort to reduce the incidence of crime. This street closure had a short-term positive deterrent effect on crime, but when the street closure was lifted the criminal element returned to the area. The substantial majority of the housing in this area consists of non-owner-occupied multiple-unit apartment buildings. These apartment buildings are not members of Apartment Watch and typically do not have on-site property managers. Tenancies in this area tend to be very transient with a high turnover rate. There is an unacceptably high concentration of high-risk tenants such as parolees or probationers.
A survey of crime reports for the subject portion of Henderson Avenue from January 2005 through September 2005 shows there were 85 Part 1 or Part 2 crimes in the subject area. The crimes ...
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