DISCUSSION ITEM
FROM: City Council Member Sherri Myers
SUBJECT:
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INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES PETITION PROCESS
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SUMMARY:
For a citizen to request / obtain the installation of traffic calming devices, there is a petition process that must be completed.
Prior to any traffic calming devices being installed a traffic study has to be completed and in order for the device to be installed, it has to fall within a certain percentile (75%) I believe. So that, as an example, if the average speeds are 6 mph over, a location would be eligible for a device…under six, it would not). The $150 fee, is not a fee that goes to the City but rather is used to pay an agreed upon price to a 3rd party, unbiased vendor, to conduct the traffic study (the study is done for 24-hrs on a day identified by the requestor as the most problematic). If the location is deemed eligible for a device, then the signatures of neighbors are required. If a location does not meet the criteria for a device, no signatures would be required.
If the $150 processing fee is removed, another funding source would need to be located for the payment of the traffic study.
This item allows Council to discuss the process in general, looking at the cumbersome nature of the process and addressing the $150 processing fee that must accompany the application.
PRIOR ACTION:
None
STAFF CONTACT:
Don Kraher, Council Executive
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Traffic Calming Petition
2) Traffic Calming Signature Sheet
3) Traffic Calming Device Process Legal Opinion
PRESENTATION: No