TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Erik Zandvliet, T.E., City Traffic Engineer
SUBJECT: Title
Approve Continuation of West Marine Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan Traffic Calming Measures and Implementation of Follow-Up Measures (Community Development Director McIntosh).
a) RECEIVE AND FILE FOLLOW UP REPORT
b) APPROVE CONTINUATION OF EXISTING TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES
c) APPROVE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED FOLLOW-UP MEASURES
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve continuation of West Marine Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan traffic calming measures and implementation of the following additional measures:
1. Install "Not a Truck Route" signs with directional guidance on Marine Avenue at Highland Avenue.
2. Construct curbs and gutters to replace the temporary street realignment at Marine Avenue and 25th Street.
3. Remove overgrown vegetation on Flournoy Road and 27th Street to improve corner sight distance for vehicles and pedestrians.
4. Install pedestrian warning signs and high-visibility crosswalks on the north and south legs of Flournoy Road at 27th Street.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The installation of signs will have minimal cost. The curbs, gutters, and crosswalk treatments have an estimated cost of $12,000, which will be paid from the Non-Motorized Transportation project funds already appropriated in the Capital Improvements Fund.
BACKGROUND:
On November 19, 2002, the City Council approved the Citywide 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 all school area neighborhoods. The NTMP Program has been fol...
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