DISCUSSION ITEM
FROM: City Council Member Sherri Myers
SUBJECT:
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DEVELOPING AN ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC CALMING, SUCH AS SPEED BUMPS AND OTHER MEASURES.
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SUMMARY:
This item seeks to discuss the development of an Ordinance or other appropriate mechanism to address traffic calming request process.
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.
PRIOR ACTION:
Previous Discussion Item
STAFF CONTACT:
Don Kraher, Council Executive
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Traffic Calming Petition Process
2) Traffic Calming Sign in Sheet
PRESENTATION: No