PRESENTER: Presenter
Carly Farmer, Assistant City Engineer
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SUBJECT: Title
Discuss and consider approval of the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy to replace the current Speed Hump Policy.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation and Capital Improvements
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: All
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City’s Speed Hump Policy was adopted by the City Council in 1999. Staff is developing a new Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy to replace the existing policy to be more responsive to the community, address traffic safety issues and concerns, and develop a program based on the latest state of the practice. Updating the 1999 Speed Hump Policy is a recommendation from the City’s Street Safety Action Plan adopted by the City Council in early 2024.
ISSUE:
The City’s Speed Hump Policy was adopted by the City Council in 1999 and needs to be updated to the latest state of the practice.
STRATEGIC PLAN REFERENCE:
☐Economic Mobility ☒Enhanced Connectivity ☒Community Identity
☐Organizational Excellence ☒Community Well-Being ☐N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
The implementation of traffic calming plans approved in accordance with the new Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy will be funded through the annual dedicated traffic calming budget, which is allocated from the General Fund.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Transportation and Traffic Advisory Board
The Transportation and Traffic Advisory Board unanimously recommended approval at their June 12, 2025, meeting.
Staff
Staff recommends adoption of the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy to replace the existing Speed Hump Policy.