TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Marisa Lundstedt, Director of Community Development
Erik Zandvliet, T.E. City Traffic Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Update of El Porto Beach Traffic Circulation Study (Community Development Director Lundstedt).
MAINTAIN EXISTING TURN RESTRICTIONS; APPROVE FUNDING APPROPRIATION AND INSTALLATION OF DYNAMIC TURN RESTRICTION SIGNS
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Maintain Existing Turn Restrictions and approve appropriation of $10,000 from the General Fund unreserved fund balance for the purchase and installation of dynamic turn restriction signs.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Purchase and installation of dynamic turn restriction signs would cost approximately $10,000. Savings include recovered staff time of police personnel not required to deploy and retrieve temporary signs on a daily basis.
BACKGROUND:
Between 1983 and 2009, various neighborhood traffic calming measures were implemented in the neighborhood surrounding the El Porto Beach area pursuant to a series of actions taken by the Parking and Public Improvements Commission and the City Council. These measures were intended to reduce traffic and speeding on Ocean Drive, as well as to reduce the impact of beach traffic on certain streets within the neighborhood. From 1998 to 2011, eastbound vehicles exiting the El Porto Beach parking lot on 40th Street were required to make a left turn onto northbound Ocean Drive, and southbound vehicles on Ocean Drive were required to make a left turn onto eastbound 40th Street between 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM on weekdays.
The City Council's 2009-2010 Work Plan also included an item to evaluate a modification to the turn restrictions on 40th Street at Ocean Drive. On November 16, 2010, the City Council reviewed the initial measures and approved a trial measure to allow drivers to make right turns ...
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