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Agenda Item 11.
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| City Council Meeting |
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| Subject: |
| Community Neighborhood Traffic Calming Improvements |
| RECOMMENDATION |
| Discuss and rrovide direction. |
| BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION |
At the March 2, 2021 City Council Study Session, staff provided background and summarized the traffic recommendations for City Council consideration. City Council asked several questions and directed staff to bring the item back to City Council for further discussion. Subsequent to the meeting, staff received additional questions from City Council members. As follow-up, attached is a summary of the questions received from City Council along with staff responses.
At tonight's City Council meeting, staff will provide a general overview of the item and the entire City team will be available for questions. For City Council background and information, attached are the documents that were included as part of the March 2nd agenda packet, which include the PowerPoint presentation, Draft Traffic Study Report and the Re-Survey results. Also, as a quick reference, the proposed Implementation Plan as previously shared is as follows:
PHASE 1
| Recommendation # |
Location |
Scope |
Cost |
| 3 |
Cliffwood & State College |
New Right Turn Restriction Sign |
$500 |
| 4 |
Cashew at Lambert |
Re-stripe Median to Convert to a Two-Way Left Turn Lane with no Limited Time Turn Restrictions |
$1,000 |
| 7 |
Buttonwood Drive |
New Yellow Centerline |
$500 |
| 8 |
Apricot & Buttonwood |
New Intersection Striping & Signage |
$4,500 |
| 10 |
Lambert & Country Lane |
New Crosswalk |
$2,500 |
| 11 |
State College & Live Oak |
New Crosswalk |
$500 |
| 12 |
State College & Park Lane |
New Crosswalk |
$500 |
| 13 |
State College & Citrus |
New Crosswalk |
$500 |
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TOTAL |
$10,500 |
PHASE 2
| Recommendation # |
Location |
Scope |
Cost |
| 2 |
Cliffwood Avenue (Lambert to State College) |
New Street Trees, Additional Speed Humps, New Striping and Signage |
$12,000 |
| 6 |
Balsa Avenue (State College and Carmichael Dr) |
New Speed Humps, New Striping and Signage |
$10,000 |
| 9 |
Apricot & Laguna Canyon |
New ADA Ramps, New Striping and Signage |
$25,000 |
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TOTAL |
$47,000 |
PHASE 3
| Recommendation # |
Location |
Scope |
Cost |
| 1 |
Cliffwood & Lambert |
Prohibit NB Thru, Signal Modification, New Striping and Signage |
$15,000-$50,000* |
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TOTAL |
$15,000-$50,000* |
| *Cost based on grant approval. Lower cost is with grant, higher cost is without grant. |
| Recommendation # |
Location |
Scope |
Cost |
| 3 |
Cliffwood & State College |
Signal Modification "Speed Control" |
$25,000-$75,000* |
| 5 |
Balsa & State College |
Add EB Protected Left and "Speed Control" |
$55,000-$125,000 |
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TOTAL |
$80,000-$200,000* |
| *Cost based on grant approval. Lower cost is with grant, higher cost is without grant. |
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| COMMISSION/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION |
On November 19, 2020, the Traffic Committee recommended the following for City Council approval:
- Approve Traffic Recommendations #1, #6 through #13
- Approve Traffic Recommendations #5 as a priority recommendation
On January 21, 2021, the Traffic Committee recommended the following for City Council approval:
- Approve Traffic Recommendations #2 and #3
- Approve Traffic Recommendation #4, but modify the scope to only striping and no signage
- Discontinue Traffic Recommendation #2A with an option to revisit at later date as needed.
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| FISCAL IMPACT/SUMMARY |
In the approved 2020-21 CIP Budget, CIP #7219 Traffic Calming Improvements and CIP #7313 City Sidewalk Replacement Program have sufficient Gas Tax funds to cover the cost of $57,500 for Phases 1 and 2. The improvements can be constructed and installed within three months after approval.
Phase 3 can be funded in two ways, with or without a grant. If the City was awarded a grant, it would only cost $15,000 for the City to pay the local match requirement. If the City was not awarded a grant, the full cost to construct the signal modifications would be $50,000. Fortunately, the City was recently awarded an OCTA grant for the Lambert Road Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (TSSP) to improve and synchronize the signals along Lambert Road within city limits. The grant has a local match requirement of approximately $285,000 which will come from Traffic Impact Fees. At the next quarterly budget adjustment, staff will add this Lambert TSSP project into the FY20-21 Capital Improvement Program. If Phase 3 is approved, the scope of work will be added to the Lambert Road TSSP project for an additional $15,000 of Traffic Impact Fees. The design and construction could start as early as April 2021 and completed by Winter 2021.
Phase 4 can be funded through a grant for a local match cost of $80,000 or without a grant of $200,000 for the full cost. Staff intends to submit a grant application in the next OCTA grant call in October 2021 for the projects in Phase 4 to supplement local funds. In the meantime, the project will be added to the upcoming CIP to assure that it will be programmed for design and construction as soon as possible. |
| RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: |
William Gallardo, City Manager
Prepared by: Michael Ho. P.E., Deputy Director of Public Works / City Engineer
Concurrence: Tony Olmos, P.E., Public Works Director |
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