Presenter/Contact
Presenter
Garry Ford, City Engineer
Contact Info
(830) 221-4020 - gford@nbtexas.org
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SUBJECT:
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Approval of the first reading of an ordinance to create school speed zones for Voss Farms Elementary and Veramendi Elementary.
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BACKGROUND / RATIONALE:
Council Districts: 2 and 3
The new Voss Farms and Veramendi Elementary Schools will open in Fall 2017. School speed zones for each school are proposed to be created at this time. A school zone is a section of roadway adjacent to a school or a school crosswalk where signs designating a school are present. A school speed zone is a special reduced speed zone for schools allowed by ordinance and defined by school speed signs. Ideally, school speed zones should be kept short to enhance driver compliance. School speed zones are intended for pedestrian safety and not to facilitate vehicle movements.
An amendment to the school speed zone in Section 126-136 (a) to create school speed zones for both schools is recommended. Twenty mph school speed zones are proposed on Pahmeyer Road and Rising Sun Boulevard for Voss Farms Elementary and on Oak Run Parkway for Veramendi Elementary. The regulatory school zone for a portion of Oak Run Parkway and Eskola will be processed through Comal County as it is outside the city limits.
ADDRESSES A NEED/ISSUE IN A CITY PLAN OR COUNCIL PRIORITY:
2006 Comprehensive Plan: Transportation Goal 21: Provide a system of convenient and safe transportation facilities through comprehensive, cooperative, and continuing transportation system planning and development.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Traffic control signs cost approximately $150 each. Sufficient funding is available in the FY16-17 approved street and drainage budget.
Recommendation
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
The Transportation and Traffic Advisory Board unanimously approved the recommendation to City Council to create the school speed zones for Voss Farms Elementary and Veramendi Elementary on July 13, 2017.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends creating 20 mph school speed zones on Pahmeyer Road and Rising Sun Boulevard for Voss Farms Elementary and on Oak Run Parkway for Veramendi Elementary.