TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Erik Zandvliet, T.E., City Traffic Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Approve the West Marine Avenue Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan Initial Measures as Recommended by the Parking and Public Improvements Commission (Community Development Director McIntosh).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the West Marine Avenue Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan initial measures as recommended by the Parking and Public Improvements Commission (PPIC) on a six-month trial basis.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
On November 19, 2002, the City Council approved the City-Wide Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP). This Program established a set of procedures to evaluate neighborhoods in an effort to improve livability of neighborhood streets. Since 2003, NTMP's have been completed in the Northeast, Southeast, El Porto and South Valley Drive sections of the City, as well as eight school area neighborhoods.
The NTMP process includes the following seven steps:
Step 1- Identify Candidate Streets/Neighborhoods
Step 2- Preliminary Screening and Evaluation
Step 3- Engineering Analysis/Preliminary Recommendations
Step 4- Neighborhood Meetings and Survey/Petitions
Step 5- Develop, Install, and Evaluate Test projects
Step 6- Determination of Permanent Project
Step 7- Monitoring
The NTMP Program has been followed in developing a comprehensive traffic calming plan and conducting public outreach in the West Marine Avenue neighborhood bounded by 20th Place, Highland Avenue, 23rd / 25th Streets and Valley Drive.
In June 2016, the City received a petition from residents along the 500 block of Marine Avenue asking to address speeding and safety issues on their street segment. The petition is ...
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