TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Ann McIntosh, Community Development Director
Erik Zandvliet, T.E., City Traffic Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Valley Drive Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan - Follow Up Study (Community Development Director McIntosh).
a) RECEIVE STATUS REPORT
b) APPROVE CONTINUATION OF IMPLEMENTED TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the continuation of the Valley Drive Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan traffic calming measures as implemented.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are 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 and El Porto 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 neighborhood bounded by Valley Drive to the east, 1st Street to the south, Crest Drive to the west, and 7th Street to the north.
In January 2015, the City received a petition from residents along 6th Place between Crest Drive and Valley Drive to either reduce traffic volumes and speeds on 6th Place. The residents are concerne...
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