REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
City Hall - Council Chambers
4381 Broadway St., Suite 201, American Canyon
August 16, 2022
6:30 PM
AMEMDED AGENDA
This agenda was amended to add Item 16 Anticipated Future Agenda Items of Note.
Consistent with Government Code Sec on 54953 and the American Canyon City Council Resolu on Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, City Council and other public mee ngs will be conducted both in person at City Hall, 4381 Broadway, Suite 201, and also via Zoom Teleconferencing to promote local, state, and federal guidelines and social distancing recommenda ons for the containment of the coronavirus. City officials and members of the public are invited to a8end the mee ng either in person or via teleconference. This meeting will be broadcast live to residents on Napa Valley TV, on our website here and on YouTube here.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Oral comments, during the mee(ng: Oral comments can be made in person during the mee$ng. A Zoom Webinar has been established for public comments made via zoom. To give your public comment via zoom, use the Register to Speak feature of eComments, connect via the below Zoom link and use the “raise your hand” tool, or call into the zoom mee$ng at 408-638-0968 and press *9 to “raise your hand” when the item is called. To avoid confusion, all hands raised outside of Public Comment periods will be lowered.
Written comments, via eComments: Please submit wri3en comments through the eComments link, located on the Mee$ngs & Agendas page of our websitehere. Comments will be available to council members in real $me. eComments will remain open throughout the mee$ng. All comments received will be posted online and become part of the meeting record.
Zoom Meeting Link: Click here
Webinar ID: 836 1946 5437 Passcode: 873516
The above-iden$fied measures exceed all legal requirements for par$cipa$on in public comment, including those imposed by the Ralph M. Brown Act. For more informa$on, please call the Office of the City Clerk at (707) 647-4369 or email [email protected].
AGENDA MATERIALS: City Council agenda materials are published 72 hours prior to the mee$ng and are available to the public via the City’s website at www.cityofamericancanyon.org.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: The City Council will provide materials in appropriate alterna$ve formats to comply with the Americans with Disabili$es Act. Please send a wri3en request to City Clerk at 4381 Broadway, Suite 201, American Canyon, CA 94503 or by email to Mayor: Leon Garcia
Vice Mayor: Mariam Aboudamous
Councilmembers: Mark Joseph, David Oro, Pierre Washington CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA AUGUST 16, 2022
1 [email protected]. Include your name, address, phone number and brief descrip$on of the requested materials, as well as your preferred alterna$ve format or auxiliary aid, at least three calendar days before the meeting.
PUBLIC ADDRESS – CLOSED SESSION 4:30 P.M.
The Mayor will call the mee ng to order and conduct role call. Council will immediately convene into Closed Session a;er hearing any public comment on Closed Session items. At 6:30 p.m. the Council will reconvene into Open Session and then resume Closed Session at the end of the meeting to address outstanding items, if necessary. 4:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
1. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (d)(2).
Three Matters.
2. Conference with Legal Counsel - Exis(ng Li(ga(on (4 ma>ers). Authorized pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1):
a. City of American Canyon v. City of Vallejo, et al. (Napa Superior Court Case No. 22CV000772).
b. Napa County Flood Control and Water Conserva
on District, Solano County Water
Agency, and City of Yuba City v. California Department of Water Resources (Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34-2022-0032338). c. Russell Charpen
er and William Baker v. City of Vallejo, et. al (Solano Superior Court Case No. not yet available).
d. In the Ma(er of Inspec
on and Order to Abate at 106 Wilson Way (APN: 058-370-
002) (Napa Superior Court Case No. 22CV000850)
3. Conference with Labor Nego(ators: Authorized Pursuant to Government Code Sec(on 54957.6
Agency Designated Representa(ves: City Manager Jason Holley and Labor Counsel Sloan, Sekai, Yeung & Wong
Employee Organization: Teamsters
4. Conference with Real Property Nego(ator: Authorized pursuant to Government Code section 54956.8.
Property: APN 058-320-015 (Right of Way at Napa Junction Road) Agency Negotiator: Jason Holley, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: City of American Canyon and Napa Valley Unified School District Under Negotiation: Terms of Acquisition of Property
6:30 P.M. OPEN SESSION - REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA AUGUST 16, 2022
2 ROLL CALL
REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION/CONFIRMATION OF REPORTABLE ACTION
PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
5. Presentation - Eagle Scouts Troop 7062 Wetlands Edge Project
PUBLIC COMMENTS - ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
This me is reserved for members of the public to address the City Council on items of interest that are not on the Agenda and are within the subject ma8er jurisdic on of the City Council. Comments are limited to 3 minutes.
Comments for items on the Agenda will be taken when the item is called. The City Council is prohibited by law from taking any ac on on ma8ers discussed that are not on the Agenda, and no adverse conclusions should be drawn if the City Council does not respond to public comment at this me. Speakers are asked to please speak clearly, and provide their name. Any handouts for distribu on to the City Council must be emailed by 3:00 p.m. on mee ng day. To comment via zoom during the mee ng: click the “raise your hand” bu8on if joining by computer, or press *9 if joining by phone, when the item is called. To avoid confusion, hands raised outside of Public Comment periods will be lowered.
AGENDA CHANGES
The Mayor and Council may change the order of the Agenda or request discussion of a Consent Item. A member of the Public may request discussion of a Consent Item by making that request during Public Comment.
CONSENT CALENDAR
6. Minutes of August 2, 2022
Recommendation: Approve the minutes of the City Council meeting of August 2, 2022.
7. AB361 In Person and Remote Teleconferenced Mee(ngs - August 16, 2022 - September 15, 2022
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolu$on reaffirming that, due to the con$nuing COVID-19 Pandemic, a local emergency exists, re-ra$fying the Proclama$on of a State of Emergency by Governor Newsom on March 4, 2020, and authorizing in-person and remote teleconferenced mee$ngs of legisla$ve and advisory bodies of the City of American Canyon for the period of August 16, 2022 - September 15, 2022 pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act.
8. City Conflict of Interest Code
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolu$on taking the following ac$ons in conjunc$on with the City's Conflict of Interest Code:
1. Approving the 2022 Conflict of Interest Code;
2. Authorizing future updates by Resolution;
3. Authorizing the City Clerk to Complete and file the 2022 Local Biennial Notice.
9. Coastland Development Engineering Services
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolu$on authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Coastland Civil Engineering, Inc. for Development engineering Services in an amount not to exceed $330,000.
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3 10. Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act (Measure T) - 2022 Master Funding Agreement Recommendation: Adopt a Resolu$on authorizing the City Manager to execute the 2022 Master Funding Agreement with Napa Valley Transporta$on Authority-Tax Agency rela$ng to Measure T.
11. Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 Public Improvements
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolu$on of the City Council of the City of American Canyon accep$ng the public streets and appurtenant u$li$es improvements associated with the Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 Project.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
12. Proposed Residential Solid Waste Rate Increase for Enhanced Services (SB 1383) Recommendation: Take the following actions in conjunction with Proposition 218:
1. Conduct a Public Hearing on Proposi$on 218 and determine the official number of written protests received on the proposed residential solid waste rate increase; and
2. If the number of valid protest votes are below 50% of the number of property owners or customers authorized to vote, adopt the Resolu$on approving a residen$al solid waste rate increase.
BUSINESS
13. City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolu$on adop$ng the City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan.
14. Adoption of Labor Agreements, Salary Schedules and related documents.
Recommendation: Take the following ac$on in conjunc$on with the Labor Agreements, Salary Schedules and related documents:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute labor agreements with the members of Teamsters Local 315 - General Unit and of Teamsters Local 315 - Mid-Management Unit; and
2. Authorize the City Manager to make corresponding changes to the Unrepresented Compensation Program; and
3. Adopt an updated Salary Schedule for Fiscal Year 2022/2023; and
4. Revise the Recruitment and Reten$on Strategic Plan and the Performance Management Guidelines, Policies and Procedures for At-Will Managers; and
5. Amend the Classifica$on Plan to revise the Deputy Public Works Director Classification Specification.
MANAGEMENT AND STAFF ORAL REPORTS
MAYOR/COUNCIL COMMENTS, COMMITTEE REPORTS, AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS The Mayor and Council may comment on ma8ers of public concern and announce ma8ers of public interest; no collective council action will be taken.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA AUGUST 16, 2022
4 15. Council Committee Report - Councilmember Mark Joseph
16. Anticipated Future Agenda Items of Note:
August 30, 2022 September 6, 2022 September 20, 2022
Special Joint CC/PCS Meeting
Annual PCS Workplan
Proclamation - Latino
Heritage Month
Proclamation - Cert Week
UWMP First Reading
Climate Action Committee
Skatepark Relocation
UWMP Second Reading
AB1600 Report
ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATION
I, Taresa Geilfuss, CMC, City Clerk for the City of American Canyon, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda of the City Council was posted in compliance with the Brown Act prior to the meeting date. ______________________________________
Taresa Geilfuss, CMC, City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA AUGUST 16, 2022
5 CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
ACTION MINUTES
August 2, 2022
PUBLIC ADDRESS – THERE WILL BE NO CLOSED SESSION MEETING. 4:30 P.M. OPEN SESSION - REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 4:31 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Leon Garcia, Vice Mayor Mariam Aboudamous, Councilmember Mark Joseph, Councilmember David Oro, Councilmember Pierre Washington
Absent: None
Excused: None
REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION/CONFIRMATION OF REPORTABLE ACTION There was no closed session.
AGENDA CHANGES
There were no agenda changes.
PUBLIC COMMENTS - ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Mayor Garcia called for public comments. There were no public comments. The public comments period was closed.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Action: Motion to adopt the consent calendar. made by Councilmember David Oro, seconded by Councilmember Pierre Washington, and CARRIED by roll call vote.
Ayes: Mayor Leon Garcia, Vice Mayor Mariam Aboudamous, Councilmember Mark Joseph, Councilmember David Oro, Councilmember Pierre Washington Nays: None
Abstain: None
6 Absent: None
Excused: None
1. Minutes of July 19, 2022
Action: Approved the Minutes of the City Council meeting of July 19, 2022.
2. Purchase of Camera System for Sewer Collections
Action: Adopted Resolution 2022-65 approving the purchase of Camera System for Sewer Collections in the amount not to exceed $63,000.
BUSINESS
3. Property Exchange with Napa Valley Unified School District Council received a staff report from City Manager Jason Holley. Mayor Garcia called for public comments.
None. The public comments period was closed.
Action: Motion to adopt Resolution 2022-66 approving a Property Exchange and Acquisition Agreement to transfer approximately 5.6 acres of land where the community center/gymnasium is located to the Napa Valley Unified School District in exchange for receiving the 6.57-acre property where the former Napa Junction Elementary School is located (on Napa Junction Rd.) from the Napa Valley Unified School District made by Councilmember Pierre Washington, seconded by Vice Mayor Mariam Aboudamous, and CARRIED by roll call vote.
Ayes: Mayor Leon Garcia, Vice Mayor Mariam Aboudamous, Councilmember Mark Joseph, Councilmember David Oro, Councilmember Pierre Washington Nays: None
Abstain: None
Absent: None
Excused: None
4. Termination of Amended and Restated Improvement Agreement and First Amendment to Subdivision Improvement and Reimbursement Agreement for the Napa Logistics Phase 2 Project
Council received a staff report from Public Works Director Erica Ahman Smithies as introduced by City Manager Jason Holley. Mayor Garcia called for public comments. Justin Hamilton Hole was called to speak. The public comments period was closed.
Action: Motion to adopt Resolution 2022-67 taking the following actions in conjunction with the Napa Logistics Phase 2 Project: adopting the Initial Study/Addendum prepared by First Carbon Solutions, dated June 2022 for the NLP 2 Project; and, authorizing the City Manager to execute the Termination of Amended and Restated Improvement Agreement and First Amendment to Subdivision Improvement and Reimbursement Agreement 2022- 7 A107 for the Napa Logistics Phase 2 Project made by Councilmember Mark Joseph, seconded by Councilmember David Oro, and CARRIED by roll call vote.
Ayes: Mayor Leon Garcia, Vice Mayor Mariam Aboudamous, Councilmember Mark Joseph, Councilmember David Oro, Councilmember Pierre Washington Nays: None
Abstain: None
Absent: None
Excused: None
MANAGEMENT AND STAFF ORAL REPORTS
There were no oral reports.
MAYOR/COUNCIL COMMENTS, COMMITTEE REPORTS, AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
5. Matters Related to Arguments for Measure J
Council received information regarding Measure J arguments from City Clerk Taresa Geilfuss.
No council action was taken.
6. American Canyon 2022 Climate Action Plan
Council received an update from City Manager Jason Holley.
7. Future Agenda Items
Future agenda items were reviewed.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:48
CERTIFICATION
Respectfully Submitted,
_____________________________________
Taresa Geilfuss, CMC, City Clerk
8 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
AUGUST 16, 2022
STAFF REPORT
CONSENT
ITEM NUMBER: 7.
TITLE
AB361 In Person and Remote Teleconferenced Meetings - August 16, 2022 - September 15, 2022
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolu-on reaffirming that, due to the con-nuing COVID-19 Pandemic, a local emergency exists, re-ra-fying the Proclama-on of a State of Emergency by Governor Newsom on March 4, 2020, and authorizing in-person and remote teleconferenced mee-ngs of legisla-ve and advisory bodies of the City of American Canyon for the period of August 16, 2022 - September 15, 2022 pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act.
CONTACT
Taresa Geilfuss, CMC, City Clerk
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the City Council, as well as the City Planning Commission and Board of Directors of the American Canyon Fire Protec-on District, have been conduc-ng mee-ngs via Zoom teleconference, as allowed by Execu-ve Order N-29-20. However, the Execu-ve Order expired on September 30, 2021.
Assembly Bill 361, which was approved at by the Governor on September 16, 2021, allows local agencies such as the City to con-nue to meet by Zoom or other teleconferencing methods, provided that certain conditions are met.
The effect of Execu-ve Order N-29-20 was to suspend certain provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Open Mee-ng Act (Government Code Sec-on 54950 et seq.), which only allowed remote teleconference par-cipa-on by City Council Members through a pos-ng process at each teleconferenced member’s loca-on, with agenda provisions indica-ng that each teleconferenced location be accessible to the public.
The aAached Resolu-on complies with the provisions of AB 361 to allow con-nued Zoom mee-ngs of the City Council, while also allowing the mee-ngs to be conducted with in-person aAendance.
This “hybrid” style of mee-ng con-nues to promote social distancing by allowing members of the Council, City Staff, and members of the public to par-cipate in the manner in which they feel most safe, thereby promo-ng public par-cipa-on while simultaneously protec-ng vulnerable members of 9 the public, such as those with compromised immune systems.
The ability to con-nue to meet by Zoom, even in conjunc-on with Open Mee-ngs, can be accomplished by the City Council provided that monthly resolu-ons as agendized are enacted with provisions referencing appropriate confirmation of declared emergencies are described.
Stated plainly, the City Council will have to enact a “361 Resolu-on” at least every 30 days to allow the Zoom teleconferencing procedure to continue.
Changes to the first page of the City Council Agendas were made beginning October 2021, as the means for the public to par-cipate via con-nued Zoom teleconference will have to be described consistent with the AB 361 procedures rather than the now-expired Execu-ve Order N-29-20. These changes indicate that, pursuant to this authority, members of the public and members of the City Council may con-nue to par-cipate by Zoom video/teleconferencing, or alterna-vely par-cipate inperson at the designated physical meeting location.
COUNCIL PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
15378(b) - The ac-on is not a "Project" subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") because it does not qualify as a "Project" under Public Resources Code Sec-ons 21065 and 21080 and in Section 15378(b) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution - AB361 In-Person and Remote Teleconferenced Meetings 10 1
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON CITY COUNIL REAFFIRMING THAT A
LOCAL EMERGENCY EXISTS, RE-RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM ON MARCH 4, 2020, AND AUTHORIZING IN-PERSON AND REMOTE
TELECONFERENCED MEETINGS OF LEGISLATIVE AND ADVISORY BODIES OF THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON FOR THE PERIOD OF AUGUST 16, 2022 – SEPTEMBER 15, 2022, PURSUANT TO THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT
WHEREAS, the City of American Canyon (“City”) is committed to preserving and nurturing public access and participation in meetings of the American Canyon City Council (“City Council”), Council committees, Planning Commission, and all other advisory, elected and appointed committees and commissions (“City Decision Making Bodies”); and,
WHEREAS, all meetings of the City’s legislative bodies are open and public, as required by the Ralph M. Brown Act (Cal. Gov. Code 54950 – 54963), so that any member of the public may attend, participate, and watch the City’s legislative bodies conduct their business; and, WHEREAS, the Brown Act, Government Code section 54953(e), makes provisions for remote teleconferencing participation in meetings by members of a legislative body, without compliance with the requirements of Government Code section 54953(b)(3), subject to the existence of certain conditions; and,
WHEREAS, a required condition for such teleconference meetings is that a state of emergency be declared by the Governor pursuant to Government Code section 8625, proclaiming the existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by conditions as described in Government Code section 8558; and, WHEREAS, that proclamation is made when there is an actual incident, threat of disaster, or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the jurisdictions that are within the City’s boundaries, caused by natural, technological, or human-caused disasters; and, WHEREAS, that proclamation also requires that state or local officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing, or, the legislative body meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health and safety of attendees; and, WHEREAS, emergency conditions exist in the City, specifically, a State of Emergency has been proclaimed by Governor Newsom on March 4, 2020, proclaiming a State of Emergency to exist in California because of the threat of COVID-19; and,
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WHEREAS, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council has conducted remote, teleconferenced meetings consistent with the Governor’s Executive Orders promoting social distancing; and
WHEREAS, consistent with AB 361, as a condition of extending the use of the provisions found in section 54953(e), the City Council must reconsider the circumstances of the state of emergency that exists in the City, and the City Council has done so; and, WHEREAS, in response to COVID-19, the Governor of the State of California issued a Proclamation of a State of Emergency in response to COVID-19 on March 4, 2020, and issued Executive Order N-25-20 on March 12, 2020, proclaiming temporary amendments to State law and regulations related thereto; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, the City’s Director of Emergency Services issued a Proclamation of a Local Emergency by the City of American Canyon Director of Emergency Services and Acknowledgement of a State Proclamation Declaring of a State of Emergency and Acknowledgement of a Federal Proclamation Declaring of a National Emergency (P2020-001) (the “Proclamation”); and
WHEREAS, due to the emergence of new variants of COVID-19, such as Delta Variant, followed by the surging Omicron Variant of COVID-19, not all members of the public may feel safe to participate personally at in-person meetings; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that conducting “hybrid” style meetings with the option for members of the public and members of the City Council to attend either virtually or in person would allow participation in a way individuals feel most safe, thereby promoting public participation while simultaneously promoting social distancing and protecting vulnerable members of the public, such as those with compromised immune systems; and, WHEREAS, as a consequence of the local emergency, the City Council does hereby find that City Decision Making Bodies shall conduct their meetings without compliance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Government Code section 54953, as authorized by subdivision (e) of section 54953, and that such legislative bodies shall comply with the requirements to provide the public with access to the meetings as prescribed in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of section 54953; and,
WHEREAS, the City is providing teleconference access via a conference phone-line number to the meetings to ensure public access.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated into this Resolution by this reference.
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Section 2. Affirmation that Local Emergency Exists. The City Council hereby proclaims that a local emergency continues to exist throughout the city, and the surging of Delta and Omicron Variants of COVID-19 would present an imminent risk to meeting in person.
Section 3. Re-Ratification of the Governor’s Proclamation of a State of Emergency. The City Council hereby re-ratifies the Governor’s Proclamation of State of Emergency issued on March 4, 2020.
Section 4. Remote Teleconference Meetings. City Decision Making Bodies and City Staff are hereby authorized and directed to take all actions necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this Resolution, including conducting open and public teleconferenced meetings in accordance with Government Code section 54953(e) and other applicable provisions of the Brown Act.
Section 5. Effective Date of Resolution. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and shall be effective until such time as the City Council adopts a subsequent Resolution in accordance with Government Code section 54953(e)(3) to extend the time during which City Decision Making Bodies may continue to conduct teleconferenced meetings without compliance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of section 54953.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regularly scheduled meeting of the American Canyon City Council held on the 16th day of August 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
____________________________
Leon Garcia, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
____________________________ _____________________________ Taresa Geilfuss, CMC, City Clerk William D. Ross, City Attorney 13 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
AUGUST 16, 2022
STAFF REPORT
CONSENT
ITEM NUMBER: 8.
TITLE
City Conflict of Interest Code
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolu&on taking the following ac&ons in conjunc&on with the City's Conflict of Interest Code:
1. Approving the 2022 Conflict of Interest Code;
2. Authorizing future updates by Resolution;
3. Authorizing the City Clerk to Complete and file the 2022 Local Biennial Notice.
CONTACT
Taresa Geilfuss, CMC, City Clerk
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
The Poli&cal Reform Act of 1974 (the "Act") created, among other things, the Fair Poli&cal Prac&ces Commission (FPPC). The purpose of the Act and the FPPC is to ensure that public officials act in a fair and unbiased manner in the governmental decision-making process.
To that end, the City has adopted a Conflict of Interest Code (ACMC 2.40, et. seq.). The Act requires the City to periodically review the Conflict of Interest Code and take ac&ons to ensure the City’s decision-making process is free from prohibited conflicts of interest. The City last updated its Code in September 2020. Since that &me, no new posi&ons or &tle changes have been added to "Appendix A," which sets forth the City’s structure that makes disclosures of financial interest in accordance with the disclosure categories as set forth in "Appendix B" of the City’s Conflict of Interest Code.
Appendix A provides a list of designated posi&ons performing services and lists their disclosure categories. Staff recommends approving the Conflict of Interest Code as contained in Appendix A and providing authority to make subsequent requests by resolu&on if changes are needed in the future. Appendix B describes reportable investments, interest in real property, and income that must be disclosed in each disclosure category. No changes are recommended to Appendix B.
FISCAL IMPACT
14 The recommended action will have no impact on the City’s General Fund.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The recommended ac&on is not a “project” subject to environmental review under CEQA (PRC §21065). d
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution - Conflict of Interest Code
2. Exhibit A - Appendix A Designated Positions
3. Exhibit B - Appendix B Disclosure Categories
15 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-
ADOPT A RESOLUTION AS FOLLOWS: 1) APPROVING THE 2022 CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE, 2) AUTHORIZING FUTURE UPDATES BY RESOLUTION; AND 3) AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO COMPLETE AND FILE THE 2022 LOCAL AGENCY BIENNIAL NOTICE.
WHEREAS, the Political Reform Act of 1974 (“Act”), Government Code Section 81000 et seq., requires state and local government agencies including the City of American Canyon (“City”) to adopt and promulgate a Conflict of Interest Code pursuant to Government Code Section 87300 et seq.; and WHEREAS, the “Act”, in Government Code Section 87306.5 requires those same agencies to conduct a biennial review of their codes for any necessary changes; and WHEREAS, the Fair Political Practices Commission (“FPPC”) is authorized to implement the conflict of interest requirements of the Act through regulations which are set forth in Title 2, Division 6, of the California Code of Regulations, Sections 18700 et seq., (“FPPC Regulations”); and WHEREAS, the City Council, in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Act and the FPPC Regulations, adopted a Conflict of Interest Code set forth in Sections 2.40.010 et seq. of Chapter 2 of the City Municipal Code which has been most recently further implemented by the adoption of Resolution 2020-82; and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 87302 sets forth specific content required to be contained in Conflict of Interest provisions; and
WHEREAS, the City incorporates Government Code Section 87302 and FPPC regulation 18730 into its Conflict of Interest Code by reference, setting forth provisions of the Code to include designated positions and disclosure categories; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of Resolution No. 2020-82 no new positions have been added to “Appendix A,” the City’s structure that makes disclosures of financial interest in accordance with the disclosure categories as set forth in “Appendix B” of the City’s Conflict of Interest Code; and WHEREAS, the terms of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations Section 18730, and any amendments to it duly adopted by the FPPC, are hereby incorporated by reference, and this Resolution and Appendices (attached hereto as Exhibit A) shall constitute the City Conflict of Interest Code.
NOW, BE IT RESOLVED that Resolution No. 2020-83 and all other prior Conflict of Interest resolutions are hereby current.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of American Canyon does hereby adopt this Resolution – including Appendices attached hereto as Exhibits A and B - which shall, along with the terms of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations Section 18730 and any amendments to it duly adopted by the FPPC, constitute the City Conflict of Interest Code.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that future updates to the Conflict of Interest Code are authorized to be implemented by resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that City Clerk is authorized to complete and file the 2022 Local Agency Biennial Notice.
16 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 16 th day of August 2022, by
the following vote.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
____________________________
Leon Garcia, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_______________________________ _________________________________ Taresa Geilfuss, CMC, City Clerk William D. Ross, City Attorney Exhibit A – Appendix A – Designated Positions
Exhibit B – Appendix B - Disclosure Categories
17 APPENDIX A
DESIGNATED POSITIONS AND PERSONS PERFORMING DESIGNATED SERVICES
POSITION DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES
Assistant City Manager All
Assistant Planner/Associate Planner 1, 2, 3, 4
City Attorney All
City Clerk 1, 2, 5, 6
City Manager All
Chief Building Official 1, 2, 3, 4
Code Enforcement Officer 1, 2, 3, 4
Consultants1 All
Community Development Director 1, 2, 3, 4
Development Services Engineer All
Finance Director All
Finance Manager All
Human Resources Officer All
Management Analyst All
Maintenance and Utilities Director All
Parks and Recreation Director 1, 2, 6
Police Chief 1, 2
Public Works Director All
Public Works Superintendent All
Recreation Manager 5,6
Senior Civil Engineer All
Temporary or Provisional Positions2
Volunteer and Retired Annuitant3
Plant Operations Manager 1, 2, 5, 6
Wastewater Systems Manager 1, 2, 5, 6
Water Systems Manager 1, 2, 5, 6
1 Consultants – All key personnel listed in consultant firm contracts are required to file a Form 700 – Statement of Economic Interests (as well as consultants/temporary staff acting in staff capacity). 2 Temporary or provisional positions may be included in the list of designated employees when the City Manager determines that the temporary position is the functional equivalent of a designated position. If such a determination is made, then disclosure shall be pursuant to the disclosure category required by this Code for the comparable designated staff position.
3 Volunteers and retired annuitants may be included in the list of designated employees when the City Manager determines that the temporary position is the functional equivalent of a designated position. If such a determination is made, then disclosure shall be pursuant to the disclosure category required by this Code for the comparable designated staff position.
18 APPENDIX B
DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES
REPORTABLE INVESTMENTS, INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY AND INCOME
1. All investments and sources of income.
2. All interest in real property.
3. All investments, interests in real property, and sources of income subject to the regulatory, permit, or licensing authority of the department.
4. Investments in business entities and business positions and sources of income which engage in land development, construction or the acquisition or sale of real property.
5. Investments in business entities and business positions and sources of income of the type which, within the past two years, have contracted with the City of American Canyon to provide services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment.
6. Investments in business entities and business positions and sources of income of the type which, within the past two years, have contracted with the designated employees’ department to provide services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment. 19 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
AUGUST 16, 2022
STAFF REPORT
CONSENT
ITEM NUMBER: 9.
TITLE
Coastland Development Engineering Services
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolu'on authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Coastland Civil Engineering, Inc. for Development engineering Services in an amount not to exceed $330,000.
CONTACT
Erica Ahmann Smithies, P.E., Public Works Director
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
Demand for private development review services fluctuates cyclically over 'me. While it is expected to remain high for the foreseeable future, it could diminish at any 'me. The City maintains permanent staffing levels at the mid-range of demands - it does not “staff up” to accommodate peak demands. Instead, the City maintains a cadre of experienced, outside consultants to assist staff as needed throughout the year.
On November 5, 2013, the City Council approved the selec'on of Coastland Civil Engineering, Inc. (Coastland) to assist City staff with the review of development projects. Their on-going work includes reviewing development applica'ons, building permit applica'ons, civil improvement plans, and assisting with water supply determinations.
Coastland consistently provides high quality work and con'nues to meet the City’s needs in their current role. An'cipated development in FY22/23 include the Watson Ranch, Oat Hill Development, Canyon Estates projects and review of County building permit referrals (for water supply).
COUNCIL PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
Infrastructure: "Develop and maintain infrastructure resources to support sustainable growth."
FISCAL IMPACT
The FY22/23 budget is sufficient for the recommended ac'on. Line item 105-60-660-42160, $300,000 will be offset by a corresponding increase in revenue from developers who will reimburse the City for these costs and 105-60-660-42165, $30,000 for General non-reimbursable charges. 20 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
15378(b) - The ac'on is not a "Project" subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") because it does not qualify as a "Project" under Public Resources Code Sec'ons 21065 and 21080 and in Section 15378(b) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution - Coastland Development Engineering Services 21 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH COASTLAND CIVIL ENGINEERING, INC. FOR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEEED $330,000 WHEREAS, the City of American Canyon has specific and highly technical requirements regarding the development of infrastructure associated with private development; and WHEREAS, Coastland has been providing Civil Engineering assistance to the City for private development since November 2013; and
WHEREAS, Coastland continues to meet the needs of the City and provides excellent service to City staff and Developers; and
WHEREAS, the existing budget in 105-60-660-42160 and 105-60-660-42165 is sufficient to pay for anticipated Engineering Services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of American Canyon hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute an Agreement with Coastland Civil Engineering, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $330,000.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council of the City of American Canyon held on the 16th day of August, 2022 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
____________________________
Leon Garcia, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVE AS TO FORM:
____________________________ _____________________________ Taresa Geilfuss, CMC, City Clerk William D. Ross, City Attorney 22 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
AUGUST 16, 2022
STAFF REPORT
CONSENT
ITEM NUMBER: 10.
TITLE
Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act (Measure T) - 2022 Master Funding Agreement
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolu,on authorizing the City Manager to execute the 2022 Master Funding Agreement with Napa Valley Transportation Authority-Tax Agency relating to Measure T.
CONTACT
Erica Ahmann Smithies, P.E., Public Works Director
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
At the General Elec,on held on November 6, 2012, the voters of Napa County approved a ½-cent sales tax increase known as Measure T, the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act of 2012. The Measure T County-wide sales tax began July 1, 2018, implemented by the Napa Valley Transporta,on Authority - Taxing Authority (“NVTA-TA”), with the tax proceeds to be allocated among all local agencies within the County. Measure T funding is to be used for maintenance, reconstruc,on, and/or rehabilita,on of streets, roads, and transporta,on infrastructure within the public right-of-way including but not limited to sidewalks, curb and gu=ers, curb ramps, ligh,ng, traffic signage, striping, local roadway drainage and intelligent transportation systems.
On February 6, 2018, the City entered into a Master Funding Agreement (Agreement No. 2018-01) with NVTA-TA that outlined funding condi,ons and procedures necessary for Local Agencies to receive sales tax disbursement.
On March 16, 2022, NVTA-TA adopted an amended Master Funding Agreement; while most revisions are minor in nature (for instance, subs,tu,ng the term “City” in lieu of “Recipient”) there are several revisions which are as follows:
Sec,on 3. Class I Bike Facility Funding paragraph has been revised to include the following clause:
“By January 31st of each calendar year, the City must provide a copy of the Equivalent Fund Class I Facili,es Expenditure Resolu,on approved by the City’s governing body, along with backup documenta,on, showing the qualifying funding spent on Class I facili,es for the prior fiscal year.” This revision will result in an addi,onal yearly resolu,on for the term of the Measure T program.
The resolution will certify applicable expenditures for the prior fiscal year and be used by NVTA-TA in 23 the tracking the program par,cipants’ collec,ve contribu,on towards the required Class I Facility spending over the term of the Measure T program.
Sec,on 4. Maintenance of Effort paragraph has been updated to indicate that the City has completed the process to determine and cer,fy the average maintenance of effort for Fiscal Years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 (“baseline years”) and that it was consistent with the criteria set forth in Sec,on 9 of Ordinance No. 2012-01. Maintenance of Effort cer,fica,ons deadline has been revised to January 31 of the next fiscal year instead of January 1 and a copy of the State Controller’s Street Report is no longer required with the submission of the certificate.
Sec,on 30. Exhibits paragraph has been updated to include the new Exhibit G: Equivalent Fund Spending Resolution Template.
A copy of the Master Funding Agreement is included as A=achment 2 to this staff report. That agreement includes the following exhibits:
Exhibit A - Measure T Ordinance and Expenditure Plan
Exhibit B - Five-Year Project List Template
Exhibit C - Accounting, Reporting and Auditing Guidelines Exhibit D - Project List Adoption Resolution Template
Exhibit E - Progress Report Template
Exhibit F - Maintenance of Effort Certificate Resolution Template Exhibit G - Equivalent Fund Spending Resolution Template City staff will prepare to address the addi,onal annual repor,ng requirements of the amended Master Funding Agreement. The revisions may require minor adjustments in the schedule of the yearly resolution certifying the Maintenance of Effort. In addition, City staff has included Attachment 3, the latest 5-year Measure T street maintenance expenditure plan that is updated biennially.
FISCAL IMPACT
There are no financial impacts associated with this ac,on as projects that will be funded by Measure T are eligible for 100% reimbursement of incurred project costs. However, to receive annual alloca,ons, all jurisdic,ons in the County must collec,vely demonstrate as a whole that at least
6.67% of the value of the Measure T alloca,ons received each year are commi=ed to Class I bike lane project(s) iden,fied in the adopted Countywide Bicycle Plan through funding not derived from this Ordinance.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The appropriate level of environmental review for any Measure T project will be undertaken prior to construction.
ATTACHMENTS:
24 1. Resolution - 2022 Master Funding Agreement
2. NVTA-TA Agreement No. 2022-01 Master Funding Agreement with Exhibits A-G
3. 5-year Measure T Street Maintenance Expenditure Plan 25 RESOLUTION NO. 2022‐______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE 2022 MASTER FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH NAPA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY‐TAX AGENCY RELATING TO MEASURE T WHEREAS, on November 6, 2012 the voters of Napa County passed the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act, also known as Measure T, which imposes a half cent transaction and use (sales) tax to provide supplemental funding for road maintenance as detailed in the Measure T Expenditure Plan; and WHEREAS, the Napa Valley Transportation Authority – Tax Agency (NVTA‐TA) is the designated agency that administers and oversees the Measure T revenues; and WHEREAS, the City of American Canyon is an eligible recipient of Measure T funds; and WHEREAS, on February 6, 2018, the City entered into a Master Funding Agreement with NVTA‐TA that outlines funding procedures necessary for Measure T sales tax disbursement; and WHEREAS, on March 16, 2022, the governing Board of NVTA‐TA adopted an amended Master Funding Agreement; and
WHEREAS, revisionsto the Master Funding Agreement include a requirement for the City to submit a copy of the Equivalent Fund Class I Facilities Expenditure Resolution by January 31st of each calendar year, including backup documentation; and
WHEREAS, the annual deadline for Maintenance of Effort Certification has been revised to January 31st of the next calendar year instead of January 1st and a copy of the State Controller’s Street Report is no longer required with the submission of the certificate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of American Canyon hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute the 2022 Master Funding Agreement with Napa Valley Transportation Authority‐Tax Agency relating to Measure T.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council of the City of American Canyon held on the 16th day of August, 2022 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
____________________________
Leon Garcia, Mayor
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ATTEST: APPROVE AS TO FORM:
____________________________ _____________________________ Taresa Geilfuss, CMC, City Clerk William D. Ross, City Attorney 27
MASTER FUNDING AGREEMENT
THE NAPA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY – TAX AGENCY
AND
City of American Canyon
NVTA-TA AGREEMENT NO. 2022-01
CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON AGREEMENT NO. 2022-____
This Master Funding Agreement (“Agreement”) is made this _____ day of ______________, 2022, by and between the Napa Valley Transportation Authority – Tax Agency, a local transportation authority authorized by the provisions of Division 19 of the California Public Utilities Code, hereinafter referred to as “NVTA-TA”, and the City of American Canyon, hereinafter referred to as “City.”
SECTION 1. RECITALS
1. The voters of Napa County approved the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act (also known as, and hereinafter referred to as, “Measure T,” “the Measure,” or “Ordinance No. 2012- 01”) at the General Election held on November 6, 2012, thereby authorizing NVTA-TA to administer the proceeds from a one-half cent transaction and use tax.
2. The tax proceeds will be used to pay for the projects eligible under Measure T (Ordinance No. 2012-01 ) submitted by and allocated to the County of Napa and the cities and town within Napa County (“Local Agencies”) as set forth in Measure T as approved by Local Agencies’ Board or Councils and by the NVTA-TA.
3. Under Measure T and the Expenditure Plan, Measure T funds are provided to the Local Agencies to be used for streets and roads maintenance projects as defined in the Measure.
4. The parties previously approved a Master Funding Agreement identified as NVTA-TA Agreement No. 2018-01 and this amended Master Funding Agreement completely repeals and replaces Agreement No. 2018-01. This Agreement sets forth all future Measure T sales tax funding requirements, terms, and conditions between NVTA-TA and City.
SECTION 2. PURPOSE OF FUNDING AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into by and between NVTA-TA and the City to document the funding conditions necessary for the City to receive sales tax disbursements. This Agreement includes additional documents, listed in Section 30 of this Agreement, which are listed herein for reference.
TERMS
SECTION 3. CLASS 1 BIKE FACILITY FUNDING. In order to receive funding under this Agreement, the Local Agencies must demonstrate to NVTA-TA that they have collectively committed eligible revenues totaling at least 6.67% of the value of the total annual allocations of
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Measure T funds to Class 1 Bike Facility projects identified in the adopted Countywide Bicycle Plan, as that Plan may be amended from time to time and as provided in the Measure. By January 31st of each calendar year, the City must provide to NVTA-TA a copy of the Equivalent Fund Class I Facilities Expenditure Resolution approved by the City’s governing body, along with backup documentation, showing the qualifying funding spent on Class I facilities for the prior fiscal year.
SECTION 4. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. Prior to January 1, 2018, the City determined and certified to NVTA-TA that the average maintenance of effort for Fiscal Years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 (“baseline years”) was consistent with the criteria set forth in Section 9 of Ordinance No. 2012-01, certifying a memorandum detailing the supporting financial documentation and the methodology utilized to calculate the average fiscal year street and roads costs. That amount is deemed the City’s “Maintenance of Effort,” which must be maintained annually throughout the term of the Measure from the City’s General Fund. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the City must certify to NVTA-TA that it will meet its Maintenance of Effort expenditures that fiscal year. By January 31st each calendar year, the City must provide to NVTA-TA a copy of a Resolution approved by the City’s governing body, along with backup documentation, showing that the Maintenance of Effort was met the prior fiscal year. In the event the City does not meet its requirement for local Maintenance of Effort over a three-year average period, NVTA-TA shall reduce the City’s allocation for the following fiscal year in an amount equal to the deficiency in the Maintenance of Effort. Any such reduction based on a deficiency in the Maintenance of Effort will be withheld by NVTA-TA until a plan to meet the Maintenance of Effort amount moving forward has been approved by NVTA-TA. Any funds not allocated due to failure to meet the maintenance of effort requirement shall be reserved for the Agency until any and all maintenance of effort expenditures are fulfilled.
SECTION 5. FIVE-YEAR LIST OF PROJECTS. The City has and shall continue to provide to NVTA-TA at least biennially on January 1st, its Measure T five-year list of projects (hereinafter “Project List”).
SECTION 6. ALLOCATION & DISBURSEMENT
No later than the 20th day following the end of each quarter, the City shall be allocated the funding allotted to the City as defined by Measure T, provided the City has complied with the terms of this Agreement. The allocated funds will be disbursed to the City upon NVTA-TA’s determination that the projects are consistent with the City’s approved Project List and in conformance with the Accounting, Reporting and Auditing Guidelines.
SECTION 7. COST ELIGIBILITY
Cost eligibility shall be determined by NVTA-TA based upon the City’s approved Project List.
Funds may be expended only for streets and roads project(s) included on the City’s approved Project List.
SECTION 8. BUDGET AND SCOPE
The City shall maintain a project(s) or program budget. The City shall carry out the project(s) and shall incur obligations against and make disbursements of Measure T revenues in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement and the budget.
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SECTION 9. PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The City shall be responsible for the project(s) and provide for the management of consultant and contractor activities for which the City contracts, including responsibility for schedule, scope and budget.
SECTION 10. PROJECT OVERSIGHT
The City shall cooperate with NVTA-TA staff or its Measure T consultants for project information and financial information necessary to fulfill the requirements outlined in NVTA-TA Ordinance No. 2012-01.
SECTION 11. ATTRIBUTION AND SIGNAGE
If any portion of Measure T revenues is used for production of reports, acknowledgment of the NVTA-TA’s role shall be included in the documents. If any project(s) funding receives $250,000 or more, the City shall, upon initiation of field work or at the earliest feasible time thereafter, install and maintain a sign or signs at the construction site, utilizing the adopted Measure T logo, text, project, and identifying the City and NVTA-TA. The City shall demonstrate compliance with attribution and signage requirements as an indispensable condition for authorization of future Measure T allocations. The City may provide signage for projects with a value of less than $250,000 if they so desire.
SECTION 12. PRESS RELEASES
The City shall notify NVTA-TA in advance of any press releases about project(s) and program activities, particularly groundbreakings and ribbon cuttings, in connection to Measure T revenues expended from this Agreement.
SECTION 13. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW
In the performance of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement, the City shall keep itself fully informed of the federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations in any manner affecting the performance of this Agreement, and must at all times comply with such laws, ordinances, and regulations as they may be amended from time to time.
SECTION 14. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
The City shall comply with the requirements under the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.; as implemented through California Code of Regulations Title 14, Chapter 3, Sections 15000 et seq.).
SECTION 15. FINANCES
All costs charged to the project(s) shall be supported by properly prepared and documented time records, invoices, vouchers, or other documentation evidencing in detail the nature and propriety of the charges.
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SECTION 16. RECORDS
All checks, payrolls, invoices, contracts, vouchers, journal entries, work orders, or other accounting documents pertaining in whole or in part to the project(s) shall be maintained by the City for a period of five (5) years after the later of project(s) closeout or termination of Agreement. Such project(s) documents shall be clearly identified, readily accessible, and, to the extent feasible, kept separate and apart from all other similar documents not pertaining to the project(s).
SECTION 17. ELIGIBLE EXPENSES
The City shall expend funds only on eligible direct expenses as follows: operating costs, direct staff time (salary and benefits), material costs related to construction of improvements, consultants; right of way engineering and acquisition costs (including permitting), and competitively bid construction contracts. Indirect costs (as defined by OMB Circular A-87) will not be considered an eligible expense. Funds shall also be expended according to the applicable provisions of Measure T and of the Public Utilities Code Section 180000 et seq.
If in the course of an audit or a semi-annual expenditure review it is determined that an ineligible expense(s) was made, the County will be required to transfer the amount of ineligible expense into the Special Revenue Fund from any source other than Measure T Funds.
NVTA-TA shall provide notice to the City of any audit determination if any expenditure made by the City is found not to comply with this Agreement, the Expenditure Plan or Measure T promptly after NVTA-TA becomes aware of any such finding.
SECTION 18. AUDITS
The City shall cooperate with and allow NVTA-TA’s Auditor, or any of its duly authorized representatives, to inspect all work, materials, payrolls, and other data and records with regard to the Measure T projects, and to audit the books, records, and accounts of the City and its contractors. The City shall see Accounting, Reporting and Auditing Guidelines (Exhibit C).
SECTION 19. THIRD PARTY CONTRACT AUDITS
NVTA-TA reserves the right to request an audit of other third party contracts for any reason related to Measure T. If the City is subject to third party financial audit requirements imposed by another funding source, for a project(s) related to Measure T, copies of audits performed in fulfillment of such requirements shall be provided to the NVTA-TA.
SECTION 20. PROJECT REPORTING AND CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES
The City shall provide to NVTA-TA a Semi-Annual Update on Expenditures as show in Accounting, Reporting and Auditing Guidelines (Exhibit C).
SECTION 21. INDEMNIFICATION
To the fullest extent permitted by law, NVTA-TA and the City shall each defend, indemnify and hold harmless each other as well as their respective officers, agents, employees, volunteers or representatives from and against any and all liability, claims, actions, proceedings, losses, injuries, damages or expenses of every name, kind and description, including litigation costs
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and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in connection therewith, arising out of or connected with any acts or omissions of that party or its officers, agents, employees, volunteers, or contractors or their subcontractors, when performing any activities or obligations required of that party under this Agreement. Each party shall notify the other party immediately in writing of any claim or damage related to activities performed under this Agreement. The parties shall cooperate with each other in the investigation and disposition of any claim arising out of the activities under this Agreement, providing that nothing shall require either party to disclose any documents, records or communications that are protected under peer review privilege, attorney-client privilege, or attorney work product privilege.
SECTION 22 INTEGRATION
This Agreement represents the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof. No representations, warranties, inducements or oral agreements have been made by any of the parties except as expressly set forth herein, or in other contemporaneous written agreements.
SECTION 23. AMENDMENT
Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement may not be changed, modified or rescinded except in writing, signed by all parties hereto, and any attempt at oral modification of this Agreement shall be void and of no effect.
SECTION 24. INDEPENDENT AGENCY
The City performs the terms and conditions of this Agreement as an entity independent of NVTA-TA. None of the City’s agents or employees shall be agents or employees of NVTA-TA.
No third parties have any rights or remedies under this Agreement.
SECTION 25. ASSIGNMENT
The Agreement may not be assigned, transferred, hypothecated, or pledged by any party without the express written consent of the other party.
SECTION 26. BINDING ON SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNEES OR TRANSFEREES This Agreement shall be binding upon the successor(s), assignee(s) or transferee(s) of NVTATA or the City, as may be the case. This provision shall not be construed as an authorization to assign, transfer, hypothecate or pledge this Agreement other than as provided above.
SECTION 27. LEGAL EXPENSES
Each party shall be solely responsible for and shall bear all of its own respective legal expenses in connection with any dispute arising out of this Agreement and the transactions hereby contemplated. The City may not use Measure T funds, or other NVTA-TA or NVTA programmed funds, for the aforementioned purpose.
SECTION 28. SEVERABILITY
Should any part of this Agreement be declared unconstitutional, invalid, or beyond the authority of either party to enter into or carry out, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the
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remainder of this Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect; provided that the remainder of this Agreement can, absent the excised portion, be reasonably interpreted to give effect to the intentions of the parties.
SECTION 29 ACCEPTANCE OF ALLOCATION
The City does hereby declare that all written statements, representations, covenants, and materials submitted as a condition of this Agreement are true and correct and does hereby accept NVTA-TA’s allocations and agrees to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
The parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above, and it shall remain in effect until such time as no Measure T revenues remain available for expenditure, or until this Agreement is rescinded in accordance with Section 23 of this Agreement.
SECTION 30. EXHIBITS
The following Exhibits are hereby referenced to provide guidance to the jurisdictions and Measure T process and procedures:
EXHIBIT A: Measure T Ordinance and Expenditure Plan
EXHIBIT B: Five-Year Project List Template
EXHIBIT C: Accounting, Reporting and Auditing Guidelines EXHIBIT D: Project List Adoption Resolution Template
EXHIBIT E: Progress Report Template
EXHIBIT F: MOE Certification Resolution Template
EXHIBIT G: Equivalent Fund Spending Resolution Template Napa Valley Transportation
Authority – Tax Agency
By: _______________________________ Date: ________________ Kate Miller
NVTA-TA Executive Director
"RECIPIENT”
By: ________________________ Date: ____________________ Jason B. Holley, City Manager
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Attest: Countersigned:
By:________________________ By:_______________________
Taresa Geilfuss, City Clerk Jemelyn Cruz, Interim Finance Director Approved as to form:
By:_________________________ By: ______________________ DeeAnne Gillick, General Counsel William D. Ross, City Attorney
34 NAPA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (NVTA)
ORDINANCE NO. 2012-01
NAPA COUNTYWIDE ROAD MAINTENANCE ACT
IMPOSING A TRANSACTION AND USE TAX
TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
The Napa Valley Transportation Authority (the "Authority") ordains as follows:
SECTION 1. TITLE: This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act, hereinafter referred to as the Ordinance. This Ordinance establishes a retail transactions and use tax for a twenty-five year period commencing July 1, 2018, or upon early termination of the Measure A Flood Protection tax provided however that should the Flood Protection tax be extended by a vote of the electorate then this measure will not take effect until the expiration of such extension.
SECTION 2. EXPENDITURE PLAN PURPOSES: This Ordinance provides for the implementation of the Napa Valley Transportation Authority Transportation Improvement Expenditure Plan (the "Expenditure Plan") which will provide funding resulting in countywide local street and road improvements. This funding program will ensure improved maintenance of currently under-funded local community streets and supporting infrastructure (e.g., sidewalks, gutters, curbs) within the public right-of-way.
These improvements shall be funded by a one-half of one percent transactions and use tax established for a twenty-five year period commencing July 1, 2018, or upon expiration of the Measure A Flood Protection tax as expressed in Section 1 above. The revenues shall be deposited in a special fund, used solely for the identified improvements as provided herein, and made available to the agencies responsible for the improvements for all purposes necessary for the approval and implementation of the tasks. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, identified improvements (the "projects" or "programs") that are eligible to receive revenues from the tax are described in the Expenditure Plan, which Expenditure Plan is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 3. EXPENDITURE PLAN SUMMARY: The revenues received by the Authority from this Ordinance, after deduction of required Board of Equalization costs for performing the functions specified in Section 180204(b) of the Public Utilities Code, reimbursing the County of Napa for its cost in conducting the election if the measure is approved per Section 180203(a) of the Public Utilities Code, administration (Section 12 A), and the costs of the annual financial and biennial performance audits (Section 11), shall be used to fund the improvements set forth herein. In the event the measure does not pass, the costs for conducting the election shall be borne by the Authority. A summary of the projects and programs that are eligible to receive this funding is provided in the following sections. All funding and revenues are expressed in 2011 dollars. The annual revenues shall be allocated as follows:
A. Local Streets and Roads Maintenance Program: Subject to Paragraph B, of the annual revenues available, ninety-nine percent (99%) shall be allocated on a
35 fair and equitable basis (pursuant to the distribution formula set forth below) to each city, town, and the county (hereinafter referred to individually as Agency and collectively as Agencies) to provide revenue for such projects and to supplement, but not supplant, other revenues available for the Local Streets and Road Maintenance Program. The revenues allocated to each Agency under this Section 3(A) must be used for maintenance, reconstruction or rehabilitation of local streets, roads, and infrastructure within the public right-of-way. Total estimated funding= $282.15 million (2011 dollars).
1) The revenue allocated to the Local Streets and Roads Maintenance Program shall be allocated to, and expended by, each Agency pursuant to the following distribution formula:
a. To the City of American Canyon 7.7% of the annual revenues available. b. To the City of Calistoga 2.7% of the annual revenues available. c. To the City of Napa 40.35% of the annual revenues available. d. To the County of Napa 39.65% of the annual revenues available. e. To the City of St. Helena 5.9% of the annual revenues available. f. To the Town of Yountville 2.7% of the annual revenues available.
Net revenues, plus interest earned, shall be apportioned to the Agencies' transportation improvement account on a quarterly basis.
B. Once this measure becomes operative, in order to receive annual allocations under this measure, the Agencies (collectively) must demonstrate that at least six and sixty-seven one-hundredths percent (6.67%) of the value of the allocations each year under Section 3(A) has been committed to Class I Bike lane project(s) identified in the adopted Countywide Bicycle Plan, as that Plan may be amended from time to time, through funding not derived from this Ordinance. This obligation may be fulfilled by the NCTPA and NVTA in programming Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) funding (or its successor), plus other local or formula specific funds, in an amount that equals 6.67% over the term of this ordinance. Funding for Class I Bike lane projects that are funded by philanthropy, state discretionary funding or federal discretionary funding shall not count toward the six and sixty-seven one-hundredths percent (6.67%). As used in this Section, discretionary funding means any funding that is not tied to a specific state or federal program or formula.
C. Administration: Actual costs, not to exceed one percent (1 %) of the annual revenue, may be used for administration of this Ordinance by the Authority. Total estimated funding = $2.82 million (2011 dollars).
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36 SECTION 4. IMPOSITION OF RETAIL TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX: In addition to any other taxes authorized by law, there is hereby imposed in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the County of Napa, in accordance with the provisions of Part
1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and Sections 7261 and 7262 of the Revenue and Taxation Code except insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, all of the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 6001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and Division 19 of the Public Utilities Code commencing with Section 180000, which provisions are adopted by reference, a retail transactions and use tax at the rate of one-half of one percent (1/2%) for a twentyfive year period commencing July 1, 2018, or upon expiration of the Measure A Flood Protection tax, which tax shall be in addition to any existing or future authorized state or local transactions and use tax.
SECTION 5. CONTRACT WITH STATE: The Authority shall notify the State Board of Equalization at least 11 0 days prior to the operative date and shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of this transactions and use tax Ordinance, provided that if the Authority shall not have contracted with the State Board of Equalization prior to the operative date, it shall nevertheless so contract and in such a case the operative date shall be the first day of the first calendar quarter following the execution of such a contract.
SECTION 6. EXPENDITURE PLAN PROCEDURES:
A. Each Agency shall biennially develop and submit to the Authority a five-year list of projects to be funded with revenues made available for the Local Streets and Roads Maintenance Program (Section 3(A)). Each Agency shall conduct a local public hearing and adopt a Resolution in support of the proposed list of projects prior to submitting the project list to the Authority pursuant to Section 7.
B. In the allocation of all revenues made available under Section 3, the Authority shall make every effort to maximize state, federal, and local transportation funding to the Agencies. The Authority may amend the Expenditure Plan in accordance with Section 21 as needed to maximize the transportation funding available throughout the county. It is also the intent of the Authority to encourage the purchase of goods and services for the projects described in Section 3 from suppliers based in Napa County.
C. The Agencies and the Authority shall fully consider the needs of non-motorized travelers, including pedestrians, bicyclists and persons with disabilities, in all planning, maintenance, construction, operations and project development activities and products. Projects funded in full or in part with Authority revenues shall not remove or reduce existing facilities for bicycling or pedestrians.
SECTION 7. PROJECT PROGRAMMING APPROVAL: Prior to the operative date of the tax, and biennially thereafter, the Authority shall approve a five-year list of projects eligible to be funded with the revenues made available under Section 3 herein, provided that the submittal meets all of the requirements of this Ordinance and funding is, or is 3
37 estimated to be, available. Prior to Authority approval, the Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee shall consider each Agency's biennial five-year list of projects and make a finding that such projects are consistent with the intent of the measure, and make a recommendation on which of the items on those project lists should be approved to the Authority.
SECTION 8. COOPERATIVE FUNDING AGREEMENTS: To max1m1ze the effectiveness of the retail transactions and use tax revenues, the Authority and/or Agency(ies) may loan revenues actually received, allocated or granted to any public agency within the area of jurisdiction of the Authority provided that the percentage of revenues allocated as provided in Section 3 is maintained over the duration of the Ordinance. Any exchange or loan agreement must include detailed repayment provisions, including appropriate interest earnings based upon the current treasury rate of interest. All loans and/or exchanges must be approved by the Authority's Auditor and by the Authority by a majority vote, and shall be consistent with any and all rules approved by the Authority relating thereto.
SECTION 9. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT: It is the intent of the State Legislature and the Authority that revenues provided from this Ordinance be used to supplement, not supplant, existing local general fund revenues being used for the transportation improvements described in the Expenditure Plan (see Attachment 1 ). Each Agency receiving revenues pursuant to Section 3 shall annually maintain, as a minimum, the "maintenance of effort" as defined in this Section 9. The maintenance of effort shall be maintained at the same level that local general fund revenues were expended on average for fiscal years 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10 for Local Streets and Roads Maintenance and supporting infrastructure within the public right-of-way for pavement sealing, overlays, reconstruction, associated infrastructure, as required, excluding any local revenues expended for the purpose of storm damage repair as verified by an independent auditor. One-time allocations that have been expended for Local Streets and Roads Maintenance, but which may not be available on an ongoing basis shall not be considered when calculating an Agency's annual maintenance of effort. Prior to the operative date, Agencies shall determine and certify to the Authority the Agency's average maintenance of effort for the 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/1 0 fiscal years. Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year thereafter, Agencies shall certify to the Authority that the maintenance of effort requirement required by this Section will be met that fiscal year, copies of which shall be provided to the Authority Auditor. Any Agency that does not meet its local maintenance of effort requirement for a three year average period shall have its funding under Section 3 the following year reduced by the amount the Agency did not meet its required average maintenance of effort level for the three prior years. Any funds not allocated due to failure to meet the maintenance of effort requirement shall be reserved for the Agency until any and all maintenance of effort expenditures are fulfilled.
SECTION 10. PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING: Revenues provided from this measure shall not be used to replace private developer funding that has been or will be committed for any project to help alleviate the direct traffic impacts of any new or redeveloped residential, commercial or industrial development in Napa County or its cities.
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38 SECTION 11. INDEPENDENT TAXPAYER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:
A. ITOC Goal and Functions: Voter adoption of this transportation retail transactions and use tax Ordinance shall result in creation of the Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee ("ITOC") upon the operative date of this tax. The ITOC shall remain in existence for so long as the tax herein exists. The ITOC shall review the fiscal and program performance of the retail transactions and use tax transportation program through a biennial performance audit to ensure that all transportation retail transactions and use tax revenues are spent by the Authority in accordance with all provisions of the voter-approved Expenditure Plan and Ordinance. The ITOC's secondary mission is to provide positive, constructive advice to the Authority on how to improve implementation over the twenty-five year course of the program; this role shall include consideration by the ITOC of the biennial project lists submitted by the Agencies under Section 6.
Up to $70,000 per year, with adjustments for inflation based on the Consumer Price Index, may be used for activities necessary to the ITOC as described in this Section 11, including financial and performance audits of the Authority and the Agencies receiving revenue from the Authority.
B. Audit Requirement: The ITOC shall oversee the independent financial audit of the Authority and the financial and performance audits of the Agencies, which shall be performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States and performance goals adopted by the Authority consistent with Public Utilities Code Section 180000 et seq. The audits shall include the basic financial statements of the Authority as defined by the Governmental Accounting Standard Board pronouncement No. 34 and the performance of all aspects of the program based on the specific performance goals adopted by the Authority. The ITOC audit shall not relieve the Authority from performing its auditing obligations as imposed by law.
1) Role of Fiscal and Performance Audit and the ITOC:
a. The ITOC shall, under the procurement rules of the Authority, jointly recommend with the active involvement of the Executive Director and the Authority Auditor, an independent California Certified Public Accountant to conduct an annual financial audit of the Authority pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance, report findings based on the audit to the Authority, and to recommend any additional considerations which the ITOC believes may improve the financial operation while meeting all voter mandates.
b. The ITOC shall, under the procurement rules of the Authority jointly recommend with the active involvement of the Executive Director and the Authority Auditor, retention of an independent California Certified Public Accountant to conduct a biennial performance audit of the Agencies, pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance, report findings based on the 5
39 audits to the Authority, and recommend any additional considerations which the ITOC believes may improve the integrity of program implementation while meeting all voter mandates.
c. The ITOC shall review each Agency's annual independent financial audit, . report relevant findings based on the audits to the Authority, and recommend any changes which the ITOC believes may improve the financial operations while meeting all voter mandates.
d. The Authority shall hold a publicly noticed meeting annually, which may be a regular or special Authority Board meeting, with the direct participation of the ITOC, to consider the findings and recommendations of the audits.
A report of the findings and recommendations of each audit by the ITOC shall be made readily available to the public in print and on the Authority's electronic website.
e. The Authority shall publish a biennial report to the community to be published at the expense of tax revenues in all local Napa County newspapers of general circulation.
C. Membership and Selection Process
1) The Authority shall develop an open selection process, actively recruit, and appoint seven (7) Committee members who shall be residents of the County of Napa possessing the following credentials:
a. One member who is a professional, retired or active, in the field of municipal audit, finance and/or budgeting with a minimum of five years in a relevant and senior decision-making position in the public or private sector.
b. One member who is a licensed civil engineer, retired or active, with at least five years of demonstrated experience in the fields of transportation in government and/or the private sector.
c. One member who is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and experienced in financial audits.
d. One member shall be a representative of a Napa region Chamber of Commerce.
e. One member from a bona fide taxpayers association.
f. Two members from the public at-large.
2) The Chair and the Executive Director of NCTPA, the Chair of the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency Technical Advisory Committee, 6
40 and the County Auditor-Controller shall serve as non-voting ex-officio members of the ITOC.
D. Terms and Conditions for Committees
1) The voting Committee members shall serve a two, three, and four year term, determined by the drawing of lots. Thereafter, Committee members shall serve four-year terms.
2) The Authority shall develop by-laws for the operation of the ITOC. The ITOC members shall receive a stipend of $250 per quarterly meeting and no other payment shall be made for any purpose. This stipend will increase by $50 per quarterly meeting every five years. A position on the Committee shall become vacant as a result of a member failing to attend two consecutive meetings.
3) The voting Committee members cannot be current local elected officials in Napa County or a full time staff member of any city, town, or county government, a local transit operator, or state transportation agency. 4) Non-voting ex-officio Committee members shall serve only as long as they remain incumbents in their respective positions and shall be automatically replaced by their successors in those positions.
5) If and when vacancies on the ITOC occur on the part of voting Committee members, either due to expiration of term or a vacancy occurring during a term, the Authority shall appoint an appropriate replacement within 90 days of the vacancy to fill the remainder of the term pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Sections 54970, et. seq (the Maddy Act).
E. ITOC Operation Protocols
1) The ITOC shall be appointed within 180 days prior to the operative date of the retail transactions and use tax and continue as long as retail transactions and use tax revenues from the current voter authorization are available for expenditure.
2) The Authority Board and staff shall fully cooperate with and provide necessary financial and staff support to ensure the ITOC successfully carries out its duties and obligations.
F. Conflict of Interest
1) ITOC voting members shall have no legal action pending against the Authority and are prohibited from participating in any commercial activity directly or indirectly involving the Authority or Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency (NCTPA), such as being a consultant or vendor to the Authority or NCTPA during their tenure on the ITOC.
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41 2) ITOC voting members shall not have direct and/or indirect commercial interest or employment with any public or private entity which receives transportation retail transactions and use tax revenues authorized by this Ordinance.
SECTION 12. ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS AND EXPENSES:
A. Revenues may be expended by the Authority for the actual expense of salaries, wages, benefits, and those services, including contractual services, necessary to administer the Ordinance; however, in no case shall such administrative expenditures exceed one percent (1 %) of the annual revenues provided by the Ordinance. ·
B. Administrative functions include providing overall program direction and management necessary to implement Authority policy, formulating organizational goals and objectives, coordinating activities with other agencies and organizations, performing finance, accounting, purchasing, personnel, government and community relations, and legal matters.
SECTION 13. RECEIPT AND ALLOCATION OF TAX REVENUES: The Authority Auditor shall receive the tax revenue and shall allocate funds to the Agencies on a calendar quarter basis, together with any accrued interest, by the 20th day of the month following the end of the quarter.
SECTION 14. ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE ACCOUNTING: Each Agency receiving the revenues identified in Section 3 shall have its revenues deposited in a separate interest bearing Transportation Improvement Fund. Interest earned on revenues allocated pursuant to this Ordinance shall be expended only for those purposes permitted by this Ordinance.
SECTION 15. IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCES: Upon approval of this Ordinance by the voters the Authority shall, in addition to the rules required to be provided pursuant to this Ordinance, adopt implementing ordinances, rules, and policies that are not inconsistent with the purpose and intent of this Ordinance and take such other actions as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out its responsibilities.
SECTION 16. EFFECTIVE AND OPERATIVE DATES: This Ordinance shall be effective on November 6, 2012, if two-thirds of the electors voting on the ballot proposition approving the Ordinance vote to approve the ballot proposition on November 6, 2012. The imposition of the tax authorized by this Ordinance shall be operative on July 1, 2018, or upon termination of the Flood Protection tax, and after at least 110 days notice to the State Board of Equalization.
SECTION 17. PLACE OF SALE: For the purposes of this Ordinance, all retail sales are consummated at the place of business of the retailer unless the tangible personal property sold is delivered by the retailer or his agent to an out-of-state destination or to a common carrier for delivery to an out-of-state destination. The gross receipts from 8
42 such sales shall include delivery charges, when such charges are subject to the state sales and use tax, regardless of the place to which delivery is made. In the event a retailer has no permanent place of business in the state or has more than one place of business, the place or places at which the retail sales are consummated shall be determined under rules and regulations to be prescribed and adopted by the State Board of Equalization.
SECTION 18. LIMITATIONS ON ADOPTION OF STATE LAW AND COLLECTION OF USE TAXES: In adopting the provisions of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code:
A. Wherever the State of California is named or referred to as the taxing agency, the name of this county shall be substituted therefor. However, the substitution shall not be made:
1) The word "State" is used as a part of the title of the State Controller, State Treasurer, State Board ·of Control, State Board of Equalization, State Treasury, or the Constitution of the State of California; 2) The result of that substitution would require action to be taken by or against this Authority or any agency, officer, or employee thereof rather than by or against the State Board of Equalization, in performing the functions incident to the administration or operation of this Ordinance.
3) In those sections, including, but not necessarily limited to sections referring to the exterior boundaries of the State of California, where the result of the substitution would be to:
a. Provide an exemption from this tax with respect to certain sales, storage, use or other consumption of tangible personal property which would not otherwise be exempt from this tax while such sales, storage, use or other consumption remain subject to tax by the state under the provisions of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or; b. Impose this tax with respect to certain sales, storage, use or other consumption of tangible personal property which would not be subject to tax by the state under the said provision of that code. 4) In Sections 6701, 6702 (except in the last sentence thereof), 6711, 6715, 6737, 6797 or 6828 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
B. The word "County" shall be substituted for the word "State" in the phrase "retailer engaged in business in this State" in Section 6203 and in the definition of that phrase in Section 6203.
SECTION 19. PERMIT NOT REQUIRED: If a seller's permit has been issued to a retailer under Section 6067 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, an additional transactor's permit shall not be required by this Ordinance. 9
43 SECTION 20. EXEMPTIONS AND EXCLUSIONS:
A. There shall be excluded from the computation of the transactions tax and the use tax the amount of any sales tax or use tax imposed by the State of California or by any city, city and county, or county pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law or the amount of any state-administered transactions or use tax.
B. There are exempted from the computation of the amount of the transactions tax the gross receipts from:
1) Sales of tangible personal property, other than fuel or petroleum products, to operators of aircraft to be used or consumed principally outside the county in which the sale is made and directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common carriers of persons or property under the authority of the laws of this State, the United States, or any foreign government. 2) Sales of property to be used outside the county which is shipped to a point outside the county, pursuant to the contract of sale, by delivery to such point by the retailer or his agent, or by delivery by the retailer to a carrier for shipment to a consignee at such point. For the purposes of this paragraph, delivery to a point outside the county shall be satisfied:
a. With respect to vehicles (other than commercial vehicles) subject to registration pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code, aircraft licensed in compliance with Section 21411 of the Public Utilities Code, and undocumented vessels registered under Division 3.5 (commencing with Section 9840) of the Vehicle Code by registration to an out-of-county address and by a declaration under penalty of perjury, signed by the buyer, stating that such address is, in fact, his or her principal place of residence; and
b. With respect to commercial vehicles, by registration to a place of business out-of-county and declaration under penalty of perjury, signed by the buyer, that the vehicle will be operated from that address. 3) The sale of tangible personal property if the seller is obligated to furnish the property for a fixed price pursuant to a contract entered into prior to the operative date of this Ordinance.
4) A lease of tangible personal property which is a continuing sale of such property, for any period of time for which the lessor is obligated to lease the property for an amount fixed by the lease prior to the operative date of this Ordinance.
5) For the purposes of subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this Section, the sale or lease of tangible personal property shall be deemed not to be obligated 10
44 pursuant to a contract or lease for any period of time for which any party to the contract or lease has the unconditional right to terminate the contract or lease upon notice, whether or not such right is exercised.
C. There are exempted from the use tax imposed by this Ordinance, the storage, use or other consumption in this county of tangible personal property:
1) The gross receipts from the sale of which have been subject to a transactions tax under any state-administered transactions and use tax ordinance. 2) Other than fuel or petroleum products purchased by operators of aircraft and used or consumed by such operators directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common carriers of persons or property for hire or compensation under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to the laws of this State, the United States, or any foreign government. This exemption is in addition to the exemptions provided in Sections 6366 and 6366.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State of California.
3) If the purchaser is obligated to purchase the property for a fixed price pursuant to a contract entered into prior to the operative date of this Ordinance.
4) If the possession of, or the exercise of any right or power over, the tangible personal property arises under a lease which is a continuing purchase of such property for any period of time for which the lessee is obligated to lease the property for an amount fixed by a lease prior to the operative date of this Ordinance.
5) For the purposes of subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this Section, storage, use, or other consumption, or possession of, or exercise of any right or power over, tangible personal property shall be deemed not to be obligated pursuant to a contract or lease for any period of time for which any party to the contract or lease has the unconditional right to terminate the contract or lease upon notice, whether or not such right is exercised.
6) Except as provided in subparagraph (7), a retailer engaged in business in the county shall not be required to collect use tax from the purchaser of tangible personal property, unless the retailer ships or delivers the property into the county or participates within the county in making the sale of the property, including, but not limited to, soliciting or receiving the order, either directly or indirectly, at a place of business of the retailer in the county or through any representative, agent, canvasser, solicitor, subsidiary, or person in the county under the authority of the retailer.
7) "A retailer engaged in business in the County" shall also include any retailer of any of the following: vehicles subject to registration pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code, aircraft 11
45 licensed in compliance with Section 21411 of the Public Utilities Code, or undocumented vessels registered under Division 3.5 (commencing with Section 9840) of the Vehicle Code. That retailer shall be required to collect use tax from any purchaser who registers or licenses the vehicle, vessel, or aircraft at an address in the county.
D. Any person subject to use tax under this Ordinance may credit against that tax any transactions tax or reimbursement for transactions tax paid to a district imposing, or retailer liable for a transactions tax pursuant to Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code with respect to the sale to the person of the property the storage, use or other consumption of which is subject to the use tax.
SECTION 21. AMENDMENTS: This Ordinance and Expenditure Plan may be amended to provide for the use of additional federal, state, and local revenues or to account for unexpected revenues by approval of a two-thirds vote of the members of the Authority; the two-thirds must include the City of Napa, the County of Napa, and at least three other jurisdictions. No amendment may, in the aggregate, reduce the percentage of tax revenue allocated to the Local Streets and Roads Maintenance Program as apportioned in Section 3. No amendment shall operate so as to affect the rate or duration of tax imposed by this Ordinance.
Amendments constituting expenditures for new programs or new projects that were not a part of the voter approved Expenditure Plan or referred to in the Local Streets and Roads Maintenance Program may only be approved with the subsequent consent of the electorate.
All amendments subsequent to the effective date of this Ordinance to Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code relating to sales and use taxes and which are not inconsistent with Part 1.6 and Part 1.7 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and all amendments to Part 1.6 and Part 1.7 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall automatically become a part of this Ordinance, provided however, that no such amendment shall operate so as to affect the rate of tax imposed by this Ordinance.
SECTION 22. TEN-YEAR PROGRAM REVIEW: After the tax has been in effect for ten years after the operative date, the Authority shall conduct a comprehensive review of all revenues, projects and programs under the Expenditure Plan to evaluate the performance of the overall program over the previous ten-year period and to make revisions to the Expenditure Plan to improve its performance and allow for changed demographic conditions, transportation needs, revenues, and technology over the subsequent ten years. Revisions to the Ordinance and Expenditure Plan required as a result of the ten-year review shall be subject to the amendment process in Section 21.
However, the 99% local street and road allocation provided in Section 3 shall not be altered.
SECTION 23. DESIGNATION OF FACILITIES: Each project or program receiving in excess of $250,000 funded in whole or in part by revenues from the Ordinance shall be clearly designated with project signage at the project site during its construction or implementation as being provided by revenues from the Ordinance. 12
46 SECTION 24. SEVERABILITY: If any section, part, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining portions shall not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 25. ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT: Article XIII (B) of the California Constitution requires the establishment of an annual appropriations limit for governmental entities. The maximum annual appropriations limit for the Authority is hereby established as $40 million. The appropriations limit shall be subject to adjustment as provided by law. All expenditures of the retail transactions and use tax revenues imposed by Section 4 are subject to the appropriations limit of the Authority.
SECTION 26. ENJOINING COLLECTION FORBIDDEN: No injunction or writ of mandate or other legal or equitable process shall issue in any suit, action or proceeding in any court against the state or the Authority, or against any officer of the state or the Authority, to prevent or enjoin the collection under this Ordinance, or Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, of any tax or any amount of tax required to be collected.
SECTION 27. DEFINITIONS:
A. Agency means those cities, town, and county that lie within the geographic boundaries of the County of Napa.
B. Authority means the Napa Valley Transportation Authority created by the Napa County Board of Supervisors with the concurrence of a majority of cities having a majority of the incorporated population of the county.
C. Expenditure Plan means the expenditure plan required by Section 180206 of the Public Utilities Code to be adopted prior to the call of an election on this Ordinance. The expenditure plan includes the allocation of revenues for each authorized purpose. To the extent the summarized provisions of the expenditures contemplated by this Ordinance cannot be reconciled with the Expenditure Plan set forth in Attachment 1, the provisions of Attachment 1 shall prevail.
D Effective Date means the date the measure was passed by the electorate.
E. Highways means all purposes necessary and convenient to the design, right-ofway acquisition, and construction of highway facilities, including all state highway routes and any other facilities so designated in the Expenditure Plan.
F. Infrastructure means all components within the right-of-way necessary to support the roadway which includes road pavement, sub-grade, curb, gutter, sidewalks, curb ramps, surface and subsurface drainage, replacement traffic control devices, replacement roadway lighting, striping, pavement marking, intelligent transportation systems, and signage.
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47 G. Maintenance means repair, reconstruction or rehabilitation, and/or replacement of streets, roadways, and other infrastructure within the public right-of-way.
H. Operative Date means the date the tax begins to collect revenue for this measure.
I. Project is a single effort with a beginning and an end that would cause the construction or maintenance or reconstruction of some tangible portion of a transportation asset owned or operated by public agency that has independent utility. A project is not repeated on an annual basis, it does not appear without a detailed description as to cost and location in a local agency budget, and it must appear in a capital budget.
J. Reconstruction or Rehabilitation includes any overlay, including the placement or replacement of base materials and any sub-grade work or widening of the roadway, if the widening is necessary to bring the roadway width to the desirable minimum width consistent with the geometric design criteria of the state for 3R (reconstruction, resurfacing, and rehabilitation). This does not include widening for the purpose of increasing the traffic capacity of a street or highway. This does include additions, changes or reconstruction of Infrastructure directly associated with the function of a street or roadway. It also includes additions necessary to incorporate and/or maintain bicycle facilities called for in the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency's Countywide Bicycle Plan or adopted bicycle plans of the Agencies and any improvements or alterations necessary to the roadway and or pedestrian or bicycle travel ways to improve overall circulation and to meet American's with Disabilities Act requirements.
K. Regional Transportation Improvement Program Submission means any program of projects sent or otherwise caused to be delivered to the Regional Transportation Planning Agency for Napa County by the entity designated by the Regional Transportation Planning Agency with the submission of that program for the local agencies for consideration by the Regional Transportation Planning Agency for inclusion in the Regional Transportation Improvement Program or its related documents.
L. Local Streets and Roads means the pavement facilities and supporting Infrastructure within the street, road, or highway right-of-way.
M. Storm damage repair means repair or reconstruction of local streets and highways and related drainage improvements that have been damaged due to storms and flooding, in those jurisdictions that have been declared disaster areas by the President of the United States and/or by the Governor of California.
SECTION 28. PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE: A summary of this Ordinance shall be published at least five days before its passage in the local newspapers of general circulation published in the County of Napa, and at least once before the expiration of 15 days after its passage together with the names of the Directors voting for and against the same.
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48 The foregoing Ordinance was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the Napa Valley Transportation Authority, held on May 16, 2012, and passed at a regular meeting of the Napa Valley Transportation Authority held on June 20, 2012, by the following vote:
Chair Ayes: GARCIA, BENNETT, GINGLES, KRIDER,
TECHEL, DODD, LUCE, CHILTON, DUNBAR
Noes: NONE
Absent: DUNBAR, BRITTON, WHITE
ATIEST:
nderlin, NVT A Board Secretary
APPROVED:
Attachment (1) Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act Expenditure Plan 15
49 ATTACHMENT 1
NAPA COUNTWIDE ROAD MAINTENANCE ACT EXPENDITURE PLAN
The net revenues received by the Authority from the proposed transactions and use tax shall be used to fund the projects described below after paying for the costs of this election, the costs of the Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee, and administering the program. Only one percent (1%) of the net revenues may be expended on the costs of administration. The revenues received by the Authority will be less than the gross revenues actually collected because the fees the State Board of Equalization charges to collect the sales tax will be deducted before the revenues are transferred to the Authority. All funding and revenues are expressed in 2011 dollars over the twenty-five year life of the program.
The revenue allocated to each Agency under this Expenditure Plan may be used for any direct costs of design, materials testing, all project required environmental reviews, construction management, inspection, and construction of the projects.
Local Streets and Roads Maintenance Program
Description:
Of the annual revenues available, ninety-nine percent (99%) shall be allocated to the Local Streets and Roads Maintenance Program. Under the Ordinance, the funds for the Local Streets and Roads Maintenance Program must be used for maintenance, reconstruction or rehabilitation of local streets, roads, and infrastructure within the public right-of-way as defined.
The estimated funding for the Local Streets and Maintenance Program is (millions of dollars):
Project Percentage Transaction and
Distribution Use Tax
American Canyon 7.7% $21.945
Calistoga 2.7% $7.695
City of Napa 40.35% $114.997
Napa County 39.65% $113.003
St. Helena 5.9% $16.815
Yountville 2.7% $7.695
Total 99% 282.15
Amendments
This Ordinance and Expenditure Plan may be amended to provide for the use of additional federal, state, and local revenues or to account for unexpected revenues by 16
50 approval of a two-thirds vote of the members of the Authority; the two-thirds must include the City of Napa, the County of Napa, and at least three other jurisdictions. No amendment shall operate so as to affect the rate of tax imposed by this Ordinance.
Amendments constituting expenditures for new programs or new projects that were not a part of the voter approved Expenditure Plan or referred to in the Local Streets and Roads Maintenance Program may only be approved with the subsequent consent of the electorate.
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51 FY Total Estimated Measure T Revenues
Proposed
Amount for
Administratio
n (1%)
Total
Estimated
Measure T
Revenues
Available for
LS&R
Improvements
American
Canyon
Measure T
(7.7%)
American
Canyon Class
1 Bike Lane
Expenditure
Obligation
Calistoga
(2.7%)
Calistoga
Class 1 Bike
Lane
Expenditure
Obligation
City of Napa
(40.35%)
City of Napa
Class 1 Bike
Lane
Expenditure
Obligation
County of
Napa
(39.65%)
County of
Napa Class 1
Bike Lane
Expenditure
Obligation
City of St.
Helena
(5.9%)
City of St.
Helena Class
1 Bike Lane
Expenditure
Obligation
Town of
Yountville
(2.7%)
Town of
Yountville
Class 1
Bike Lane
Expenditur
e
Obligation
FY 2023-24 $21,942,500.00 219,425 21,723,075 1,689,573 112,694 592,448 39,516 8,853,799 590,548 8,700,201 580,303 1,294,608 86,350 592,448 39,516 FY 2024-25 $22,363,100.00 223,631 22,139,469 1,721,959 114,855 603,804 40,274 9,023,511 601,868 8,866,969 591,427 1,319,423 88,006 603,804 40,274 FY 2025-26 $22,810,400.00 228,104 22,582,296 1,756,401 117,152 615,881 41,079 9,203,996 613,907 9,044,324 603,256 1,345,814 89,766 615,881 41,079 FY 2026-27 $23,266,700.00 232,667 23,034,033 1,791,536 119,495 628,201 41,901 9,388,113 626,187 9,225,247 615,324 1,372,735 91,561 628,201 41,901 FY 2027-28 $23,732,000.00 237,320 23,494,680 1,827,364 121,885 640,764 42,739 9,575,862 638,710 9,409,738 627,630 1,400,188 93,393 640,764 42,739 FY 2028-29 $24,206,600.00 242,066 23,964,534 1,863,908 124,323 653,578 43,594 9,767,363 651,483 9,597,917 640,181 1,428,189 95,260 653,578 43,594 FY 2029-30 $24,690,900.00 246,909 24,443,991 1,901,199 126,810 666,654 44,466 9,962,778 664,517 9,789,942 652,989 1,456,763 97,166 666,654 44,466
52 1. Fund structure for Measure T Funds held by NVTA-TA (held in County Treasury) Fund 8310 – Napa Valley Transportation Authority
Dept 830 – Napa Valley Transportation Authority
Division 83100 – Napa Valley Transportation Authority
Sub-Division 83100-00 – NVTA Administration
83100-01 – NVTA Unincorporated County
83100-04 – NVTA City of American Canyon
83100-02 – NVTA City of Napa
83100-05 – NVTA Town of Yountville
83100-06 – NVTA City of St. Helena
83100-07 – NVTA City of Calistoga
Each sub-division will maintain its own cash accounts and fund balance.
2. Receipt of Tax Allocations and Interest to the Authority Each Sub-division will receive the direct allocation of sales tax proceeds at the time funds are received monthly by NVTA-TA. Sales tax revenues received will be recorded in account #41400 – Sales and Use Tax.
Allocation to agencies specified in Ordinance No 2012-01 is as follows:
City of American Canyon 7.70%
City of Calistoga 2.70%
City of Napa 40.35%
County of Napa 39.65%
City of St. Helena 5.90%
Town of Yountville 2.70%
Authority Administration 1.00%
Total 100.00%
The Board of Equalization administration fee (estimated 1 to 1.5%) is deducted from the gross receipts prior to calculating the Measure T allocations to the agencies.
Each sub-division will earn interest at the Treasurer’s pooled interest rate and will be earned quarterly, based on average daily balance. Interest received will be recorded in account #45100 – Interest.
Revenues are to be recorded on an accrual basis.
53 3. Disbursements
a. Allocations of Taxes to the Agencies from the Authority As stated in Section 13 of Ordinance No 2012-01 “The Authority Auditor shall allocate funds to the agencies on a calendar quarter basis, together with any accrued interest, by the 20th day of the month following the end of the quarter.” In order to comply with this section, once the agencies are deemed eligible for receiving funds by NVTA-TA, on a quarterly basis as prescribed above, the Auditor-Controller shall run a detailed report on the activity in each sub-division’s cash account showing the monthly sales tax allocations and interest earnings. This will be attached to a payment claim form to transfer the funds to each agency. The expenditure line for the allocation will be recorded in account #52525 – Maintenance-Infrastructure/Land.
Expenditures are to be recorded on an accrual basis. Sales tax is generally three months in arrears, therefore at each year end, there will be an accrual set up as of 6/30 for the amount due to each agency once all sales taxes are received and interest is posted. b. Administration Expenditures: Sub-Division 83100-00
All direct administrative expenses will be accounted for directly out of the Administration budget unit, capped to the 1% of revenues generated from the Tax in accordance with Section 12 of Ordinance No. 2012-01. Expenditures are limited to “administrative functions providing overall program direction and management necessary to implement Authority policy, formulating organizational goals and objectives, coordinating activities with other agencies and organizations, performing finance, accounting, purchasing, personnel, government and community relations, and legal matters.”
c. ITOC Stipends – Section 11.D.2
ITOC members are to receive a stipend of $250 per quarterly meeting, with an increase of $50 per meeting every five years, scheduled as follows:
Fiscal Year Quarterly Stipend
2018-19 through 2022-23 $250.00
2023-24 through 2027-28 $300.00
2028-29 through 2032-33 $350.00
2033-34 through 2037-38 $400.00
2038-39 through 2042-43 $450.00
• ITOC members must fill out a W-9 for IRS purposes to remain on file with the County Auditor-Controller, and will receive a 1099-misc form at the end of each calendar year for compensation received.
• Members must sign a stipend request form validating their attendance. No payment will be issued without a signed and dated form. (Exhibit A – Stipend Certification) • Stipends are construed as Administrative Expenditures and will be paid directly from this budget unit.
54 d. Auditor-Controller Administrative Salaries and Expenditures As the Authority Auditor, with the role of fiscal oversight and integrity of the Measure, the Napa County Auditor-Controller will be required to track all hours and expenses and provide a detailed accounting for all items requested to be reimbursed. As with all other Districts and JPA’s the Auditor-Controller will provide an annual hourly rate schedule, which varies by staff position, to ensure fair and equitable charges for work performed related to Measure T.
Quarterly charges will be assessed for general accounting work including processing checks, reimbursement requests, journal entries, reports, audits and other work completed on behalf of the Napa Valley Transportation Authority and ITOC. These costs are construed as Administrative Expenditures and will be paid directly from the Administration budget unit. e. NVTA-TA Contracted Administrative Salaries and Expenditures As the administrators of the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act, NVTA shall be reimbursed for salaries and expenditures related to official business of the Act, including work completed on behalf of the Napa Valley Transportation Authority and ITOC. NVTA will be required to track all hours and expenses and provide a detailed accounting for all items requested to be reimbursed.
NVTA will provide an annual hourly rate schedule, which varies by staff position, to ensure fair and equitable charges for work performed related to Measure T.
A claim, including a journal entry to transfer the funds from the Administration Sub-division to NVTA, with all back up documentation, shall be approvedby the Executive Director or designee and submitted to the Auditor-Controller forposting. These costs are construed as Administrative Expenditures and will be paid directly from the Administration budget unit. f. Authority Counsel Expenditures
The Authority will be provided legal counsel by Napa Valley Transportation Authority Counsel .
NVTA’s Counsel will be required to track all hours and expenses and provide a detailed accounting for all items requested to be reimbursed. NVTA Counsel will provide an annual hourly rate schedule, which varies by staff position, to ensure fair and equitable charges for work performed related to Measure T.
These costs are construed as Administrative Expenditures and will be paid directly from the Administration budget unit.
g. Auditor-Controller’s Authority on Disbursements
The Auditor-Controller may dispute a claim from the Administration budget unit if the expenditure does not appear in accordance with the Ordinance or reasonable in amount.
Disputed claims may be brought forth by the claimant to the Authority for approval in a public meeting.
55 4. Financial Reporting Requirements for Measure T Funds held by NVTA-TA a. As stated in 3.a above, after quarterly interest is posted by the County Treasurer the funds will be transferred to each agency.
b. Quarterly review of all transactions within each sub-division will be completed to ensure all postings are accurate and timely.
c. An annual review will occur prior to official close of the books to ensure all postings are accurate and timely and that all funds have been transferred to the appropriate agency as specified in the Master Agreement
5. Agency Record Keeping
a. Each agency must keep the funds segregated in a special revenue fund specifically for Measure T.
All revenue sources and expenditures using the revenues sources shall be fully accounted for.
Measure T funds should be recorded as Other Governmental Revenue on the agency books. All project expenditures should be budgeted for and disbursed from these funds so that a full accounting is captured, within proper accounting categories.
Each agency accounts for and tracks its capital projects in a capital project fund and each project may include multiple funding sources. Each agency must provide a full accounting of all revenues and expenses attributed to each specific project. Therefore, expenditures within the Measure T special revenue fund, shall include “transfers out” to other funds for the monies being used within a capital project that was approved by the Master Agreement, as may be amended. Agencies shall keep the records using accrual accounting, setting up both receivables and payables as of June 30, of each fiscal year.
Definition: A Special Revenue Fund is a governmental fund type used to account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources that are restricted or committed to expenditure for specified purposes other than debt service or capital projects. The use of a special revenue fund ensures segregation of restricted funds, the ability to allocate proper interest earnings and ease of tracking the inflows and outflows of the revenues.
b. To ensure compliance with the 6.67% Class 1 path requirement, each agency will track all revenues and expenditures related to these projects and include the information on the progress reports discussed in #6 below.
6. Financial Reporting Requirements for Each Agency
Every expenditure will have supporting documentation, including invoices and proper authorizations, to ensure that all costs charged to the funds are eligible and in full compliance with the Master Agreement. This documentation shall be maintained by each agency and shall be made available for inspection and audits upon request by either the Auditor-Controller or NVTA-TA.
Semi-Annual Progress Reports are due March 1st (for the period of July – December) and September 1st (for the period of January – June). Each progress report shall provide a summary listing consisting
56 of the Project Name, Approved Budget, Amount spent to date, Amount remaining, Percentage of Completion, and Date Completed if applicable. In addition, each agency will provide an accounting of the Class 1 path requirement, both year-to-date and cumulative since inception of the tax. (Exhibit E – Agency Progress Report)
Attached to each summary shall be a system generated trial balance report and detailed expenditure listing for the Special Revenue funds listed in Item 5 above. If, in the course of an expenditure review or audit, it is determined that an ineligible expense was made, the jurisdiction will be directed to return the funds to the LS&R Special Revenue fund for a future eligible expense.
Once the agency’s general ledger is considered closed for the fiscal year and a comprehensive audit is completed, as stated in Section 4 of the Master Funding Agreement, and after approved by the jurisdictions governing body, each Agency will provide a copy of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) January 31st of the next fiscal year.
7. Annual Audits
All audits and record keeping will be performed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and Government Accounting Standards (GAS) • The Auditor-Controller will oversee the annual accounting and fiscal process through review of quarterly and annual reports submitted by each agency.
• NVTA-TA will oversee project performance through review of semi-annual reports submitted by each agency.
• Each Agency (County/Cities/Town) will procure an independent certified public accountant to conduct an annual financial audit that includes in its scope all transactions regarding Measure T.
This will NOT be an additional audit on top of their Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, as these funds are included in their overall agency operations for specified projects. Any findings will be communicated to the Authority Auditor, who will then present to the ITOC and Authority. • NVTA-TA will have an independent annual financial audit.. The audit will contain supplementary schedules which summarize each jurisdiction financial status regarding Measure T funds. This audit will be presented by the Independent Auditor and the Authority Auditor to the ITOC and Authority.
• Each agency will undergo a performance and compliance audit every three years, which is nonfinancial in nature. This audit shall be focused on the projects and compliance with the Master Agreement. This audit will be presented by the Independent Auditor to NVTA-TA and the ITOC.
The audits will be completed on a rotating basis with the City of Napa and Town of Yountville the first year, the County of Napa and City of St. Helena the second year, then the Cities of American Canyon and Calistoga thereafter. .
• The above audits satisfy all audit requirements in the Ordinance. Each agency is audited through their respective fiscal comprehensive annual audit process, the Authority will undergo a separate independent financial audit, and the independent performance and compliance audits on each agency will be completed triennially.
• Audits are construed as Administrative Expenditures and will be paid directly from the ITOC budget unit. There is a maximum of $70,000 per year (adjusted for inflation on the CPI) for annual financial and performance audits. NVTA-TA and the Authority Auditor will track these expenditures annually to ensure the maximum is not exceeded.
57 8. Community Report
Section 11.B.e of Ordinance No. 2012-01 specifies that the Authority shall publish a biennial report to the community. For clarification, this report may be completed annually and will be compiled in collaborative manner between NVTA-TA, the Jurisdictions, ITOC and the Auditor-Controller. The Community Report is construed as Administrative Expenditures and will be paid directly from the ITOC budget unit.
9. Interagency Loans
In the event that one agency requests a loan from another for approved projects, an interagency loan agreement will be executed. Each agency shall record a due to/due from amount on their respective books with an approved pay back schedule. Total pay back must occur prior to the sunset of the tax.
[RESERVE THIS SECTION FOR THE INTERAGENCY LOAN AGREEMENT.]
58 RESOLUTION No. X-X
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF XXX
APPROVING PROJECTS UNDER MEASURE T PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2012 the voters of Napa County passed the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act, also known as Measure T, which imposes a half cent transaction and use (sales) tax to provide supplemental funding for road maintenance as detailed in the Measure T Expenditure Plan; and WHEREAS, the Napa Valley Transportation Authority-Tax Agency is the designated agency that administers and oversees the Measure T revenues; and WHEREAS, the [City/Town/County of XX] is an eligible recipient of Measure T funds; and
WHEREAS, the tax proceeds will be used to pay for the projects outlined in the Measure T Expenditure Plan allocated to the County of Napa and the cities and town within Napa County (“Local Agencies”) as set forth in Measure T; and WHEREAS, under the Measure T Expenditure Plan, Measure T funds are provided to the Local Agencies to be used for streets and roads projects as defined in the Measure; and
WHEREAS, the [City/Town/County of XX] has entered into a Master Agreement with NVTA-TA that outlines procedures for Measure T expenditures, and WHEREAS, the [City/Town/County of XX] provided a draft five-year project list to NVTA-TA for the expenditure of Measure T funds as required by the Measure; and WHEREAS, it has been determined by the NVTA-TA Board that these expenditures meet the requirements of the Measure T Master Agreement; WHEREAS, Measure T project(s) will comply with the requirements under the California Environmental Quality Act (California Code Sections 21000 et seq.; as implemented through California Regulations Title 14, Chapter 3, Sections 15000 et seq.);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the [City/Town Council of XX/County Board of Supervisors] as follows:
1. The [Council/Board of Supervisors] hereby adopts the five-year project list as set forth in Exhibit “A,” and authorizes the Public Works Director to file the list with NVTA-TA.
59 Resolution No. XX-XX
Passed and adopted this X day of XXX, 2014.
_______________________ Ayes:
Chair
Nays:
Absent:
ATTEST:
______________________________________
Clerk
APPROVED:
______________________________
Counsel
60 Measure T: Progress Report
Due March 31st and September 30th
Jurisdiction:Period:
Measure T
Project No. Project Name Location
Road
Segment
Length
Sidewalk
Length
Number of Curb
ramps installed
or replaced
Program Approved Budget Measure T Funds Other Funds Measure T Amount Spent Measure T Amount Remaining Project Status (% Complete) Project Start Date Estimated Completion Date Notes overlayreconstructionconcrete worksafetyclass 1 multi-use facility TOTALS $0 $0 $0
Project Name Project Description Location Total Cost
Funding
Source Start Date
Estimated
Completion
Date
Measure T Semi-Annual Progress Report
"Recipients must demonstrate that 6.67% equivalent to Measure T funds received has been committed to Class 1 Bike facilities.
Class I Facility Tracking
Amount of funds in Special Special Measure T Revenue Fund: $0.00
61 RESOLUTION No. X-X
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF XXX
APPROVING MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AMOUNT UNDER MEASURE T
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2012 the voters of Napa County passed the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act, also known as Measure T, which imposes a half cent transaction and use (sales) tax to provide supplemental funding for road maintenance as detailed in the Measure T Expenditure Plan; and WHEREAS, the Napa Valley Transportation Authority is the designated agency that administers and oversees the Measure T revenues; and WHEREAS, the [City/Town/County of XX] is an eligible recipient of Measure T funds; and
WHEREAS, the tax proceeds will be used to pay for the projects outlined in the Measure T Expenditure Plan allocated to the County of Napa and the cities and town within Napa County (“Local Agencies”) as set forth in Measure T; and WHEREAS, under the Measure T Expenditure Plan, Measure T funds are provided to the Local Agencies to be used for streets and roads projects as defined in the Measure; and
WHEREAS, the [City/Town/County of XX] has entered into a Master Agreement with NVTA-TA that outlines procedures for Measure T expenditures, and WHEREAS, the [City/Town/County of XX] shall determine and certify to NVTA-TA the average maintenance of effort amount for Fiscal Years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10, consistent with the criteria set forth in Section 9 of Ordinance No. 2012-01, including a memorandum detailing the supporting financial documentation and the methodology utilized to calculate the average fiscal year street and roads costs; and WHEREAS, that amount set forth in Exhibit “A” will be deemed the “Maintenance of Effort” of the [City/Town/County of XX], which must be maintained annually throughout the term of the Measure from the General Fund of the [City/Town/County of XX]; and
WHEREAS, by January 1st each calendar year, the [City/Town/County of XX] must certify to and provide NVTA-TA a copy of supporting documentation as well as a Resolution approved by the governing body of the [City/Town/County of XX], including backup documentation, demonstrating that the Maintenance of Effort was met the prior fiscal year; and;
62 Resolution No. XX-XX
WHEREAS, Measure T project(s) will comply with the requirements under the California Environmental Quality Act (California Code Sections 21000 et seq.; as implemented through California Regulations Title 14, Chapter 3, Sections 15000 et seq.);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the [City/Town Council of XX/County Board of Supervisors] as follows:
1. The [Council/Board of Supervisors] hereby adopts the Maintenance of Effort amount as set forth in Exhibit “A,” and authorizes the Public Works Director to file the amount with NVTA-TA.
Passed and adopted this X day of XXX, 2021.
_______________________ Ayes:
Chair
Nays:
Absent:
ATTEST:
______________________________________
Clerk
APPROVED:
______________________________
Attorney
63 RESOLUTION No. X-X
A RESOLUTION OF XXX
APPROVING CERTIFICATION OF EQUIVALENT FUND EXPENDITURES UNDER
MEASURE T PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2012 the voters of Napa County passed the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act, also known as Measure T, which imposes a half cent transaction and use (sales) tax to provide supplemental funding for road maintenance as detailed in the Measure T Expenditure Plan; and WHEREAS, the Napa Valley Transportation Authority is the designated agency that administers and oversees the Measure T revenues; and
WHEREAS, the [City/Town/County] is an eligible recipient of Measure T funds; and WHEREAS, the tax proceeds will be used to pay for the projects outlined in the Measure T Expenditure Plan allocated to the County of Napa and the cities and town within Napa County (“Local Agencies”) as set forth in Measure T; and WHEREAS, under the Measure T Expenditure Plan, Measure T funds are provided to the Local Agencies to be used for streets and roads projects as defined in the Measure; and
WHEREAS, the [City/Town/County] has entered into a Master Agreement with NVTA-TA that outlines procedures for Measure T expenditures, and WHEREAS, the [City/Town/County] shall determine and certify to NVTA-TA the annual spending towards qualifying Class I Bicycle Facilities, consistent with the criteria set forth in Section 3 B of Ordinance No. 2012-01, including a memorandum detailing the supporting financial documentation and the methodology utilized to calculate the total spending and funding source; and
WHEREAS, that amount set forth in Exhibit “A” will be deemed the “Equivalent Fund Spending for Class I Bicycle Facilities” of the [City/Town/County], which must be maintained annually throughout the term of the Measure from the General Fund of the [City/Town/County]; and
WHEREAS, by January 31st each calendar year, the [City/Town/County] must certify to and provide NVTA-TA a copy of supporting documentation as well as a Resolution approved by the governing body of the [City/Town/County of], including backup documentation, demonstrating that the Equivalent Fund Class I Bicycle Facilities spending occurred during the prior fiscal year; and;
64 Resolution No. XX-XX
WHEREAS, Measure T project(s) will comply with the requirements under the California Environmental Quality Act (California Code Sections 21000 et seq.; as implemented through California Regulations Title 14, Chapter 3, Sections 15000 et seq.);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the [City/Town Council /County Board of Supervisors] as follows:
1. The [Council/Board of Supervisors] hereby adopts the Equivalent Fund Class I Bicycle Facilities expenditures amount as set forth in Exhibit “A,” and authorizes the Public Works Director or designee to file the amount with NVTA-TA.
Passed and adopted this X day of XXX, 2022.
_______________________ Ayes:
Chair
Nays:
Absent:
ATTEST:
______________________________________
Clerk
APPROVED:
______________________________
Attorney
65 RESOLUTION NO. 2021-94
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON APPROVING A FIVE-YEAR EXPENDITURE PLAN FOR FY 2022-23 THROUGH FY 2026-27 UNDER MEASURE T (NAPA COUNTYWIDE
ROAD MAINTENANCE ACT)
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2012 the voters of Napa County passed the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act, also known as Measure T, which imposes a half cent transaction and use (sales) tax to provide supplemental funding for road maintenance as detailed in the Measure T Expenditure Plan; and WHEREAS, the Napa Valley Transportation Authority – Tax Agency (NVTA-TA) is the designated agency that administers and oversees Measure T revenues; and
WHEREAS, the City of American Canyon is an eligible recipient of Measure T funds; and WHEREAS, the tax proceeds will be used to pay for the projects outlined in the Measure T Expenditure Plan allocated to the County of Napa and the cities and town within Napa County ("Local Agencies") as set forth in Measure T; and
WHEREAS, under the Measure T Expenditure Plan, Measure T funds are provided to the Local Agencies to be used for streets and roads projects as defined in the Measure; and WHEREAS, the City of American Canyon has entered into a Master Agreement with NVTA-TA that outlines procedures for Measure T expenditures, and
WHEREAS, Measure T project(s) will comply with the requirements under the California Environmental Quality Act (California Code Sections 21000 et seq.; as implemented through California Regulations Title 14, Chapter 3, Sections15000 et seq.); and
WHEREAS, on this date, December 7, 2021 proper public notice was given in accordance with the law.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of American Canyon does resolve as follows:
1. The City Council of the City of American Canyon hereby adopts the Five-Year Expenditure Plan (for FY 2022-23 through FY 2026-27 attached hereto as Exhibit “A,” and authorizes the Public Works Director to file the list with NVTA-TA.
2. The Resolution is hereby adopted and becomes effective and in full force immediately upon adoption.
DocuSign Envelope ID: CD5C65BD-1941-48B5-9E71-22CD7B317563 66 Measure T Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Active Five-Year List of Projects Project Submittal Form
Jurisdiction Name:
Primary Contract # 1 Email: Phone: 707-647-4366
Secondary Contract # 2 Email: Phone: 707-647-4559
Email: Phone: 707-647-4559
Maintenance of Effort (MOE)
Please provide the certified MOE amount of the jurisdiction:$ 370,015 Planned Measure T Expenditures
Program Project Description Year Total Cost Measure T Other Length Location Start End Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 136,012.80$ 560 BENTON WY HUMMINGBIRD HUNTINGTON WY Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 294,952.46$ 1214 BENTON WY HUNTINGTON WY ELLIOTT DR Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 80,514.72$ 468 BENTON WY HUMMINGBIRD WETLANDS EDGE RD Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 176,330.88$ 1056 BLANCO ST MARLA DR CAPRA DR Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 176,330.88$ 1056 BROPHY ST KIMBERLY DR W. KIMBERLY DR E.
Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 88,165.44$ 528 CORSICANA DR W CAROLYN DR N. END Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 46,754.40$ 264 DODD CT PAOLI LOOP RD W. END Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 167,587.20$ 720 DONALDSON WY EUCALYPTUS DR 1060 DONALDSON WAY Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 104,625.62$ 667 ELKE DR DONALDSON WY GISELA DR Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 160,169.24$ 833 ELLIOTT DR KIMBERLY DR FOLLAND RD Overlay Mill+Overlay & Pedestrian Im2022/2023 175,000.00$ 450 EUCALYPTUS DRIVE 450' E OF THERESA THERESA AVE Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 98,629.52$ 629 GISELA DR DONALDSON WY RIO DEL MAR Overlay Mill+Overlay 2022/2023 96,180.48$ 528 KLAMATH CT PAOLI LOOP RD W. END Reconstruct Full Reconstruct (AC) 2023/2024 725,210.00$ 940 DONALDSON WY RIO DEL MAR AMARILLO Overlay Mill+Overlay 2023/2024 528,264.00$ 2900 CARTAGENA WAY BROADWAY EAST END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 4,432.32$ 216 ARANDA CT CARTAGENA WAY N END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 9,131.40$ 445 BARCELONA DR CARTAGENA WAY ENTRADA CIR Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 9,582.84$ 467 CATALONIA DR CARTAGENA WAY ENTRADA CIR Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 9,690.00$ 500 CONDOR CT HIGHRIDGE DR S END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 4,001.40$ 195 EISENHOWER CT VENTANA S END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 69,357.60$ 3380 ENTRADA CIR CARTAGENA WAY W END CARTAGENA WAY E END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 40,424.40$ 1970 FORD DR INDEPENDANCE INDEPENDENCE Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 31,550.64$ 1628 GOLDFINCH DR MONTEVINO MONTEVINO Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 4,457.40$ 230 HIGHRIDGE CT VENTANA N END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 34,806.48$ 1796 HIGHRIDGE DR VENTANA STARLING CT Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 9,496.20$ 490 HILLCREST CT HIGHRIDGE DR S END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 4,247.64$ 207 INDEPENDENCE CT VENTANA DR SOUTH END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 23,515.92$ 1146 INDEPENDENCE DR VENTANA DR EAST END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 7,387.20$ 360 MARBELLA CT CARTAGENA WAY N END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 9,690.00$ 500 MOCKINGBIRD DR MONTEVINO HIGHRIDGE DR Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 17,442.00$ 900 MONTEVINO DR SOUTH GOLDFINCH VENTANA Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 9,108.60$ 470 ORIOLE CT HIDGERIDGE DR S END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 2,770.20$ 135 PALENCIA CT CARTAGENA WAY N END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 5,038.80$ 260 STARLING CT HIGHRIDGE DR N. END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 6,422.76$ 313 TRUMAN CT VENTANA DR S END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 15,855.12$ 732 VENTANA DR BROADWAY HIGHRIDGE DR Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 22,059.00$ 1075 VENTANA DR HIGHRIDGE EAST WEST INDEPENDENCE DR Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2023/2024 14,535.00$ 750 VINE TERRACE WAY BROADWAY GOLDFINCH Reconstruct Full Reconstruct (AC) 2024/2025 135,784.00$ 264 BRIXTON CT NORTH HAMPTON DR E. END Reconstruct Full Reconstruct (AC) 2024/2025 271,568.00$ 528 DORCHESTER PL KNIGHTSBRIDGE WY S. END Overlay Mill+Overlay 2024/2025 201,894.00$ 1140 FOLLAND DR ELLIOTT DR DANROSE DR Overlay Mill+Overlay 2024/2025 41,411.04$ 264 KEMP LN SHEFFIELD WY FOLLAND DR Overlay Mill+Overlay 2024/2025 41,411.04$ 264 KEMP WY SHEFFIELD WY FOLLAND DR Overlay Mill+Overlay 2024/2025 308,579.04$ 1848 MARLA DR KILPATRIC ST BLANCO Overlay Mill+Overlay 2024/2025 43,718.40$ 240 MARLA DR KILPATRIC 240 FEET WEST Overlay Mill+Overlay 2024/2025 82,822.08$ 528 SHEFFIELD WY W. END E. END Overlay Mill+Overlay 2024/2025 45,418.56$ 264 TYLER CT KIMBERLY DR N. END Overlay Mill+Overlay 2024/2025 174,013.40$ 905 WEST CAROLYN DR RIO GRANDE DONALDSON WY Reconstruct Reconstruct inc. SD & C&G 2025/2026 261,384.20$ 462 ANDREW RD THAYER WY CRAWFORD WY Reconstruct Reconstruct inc. SD & C&G 2025/2026 544,267.53$ 962 ANDREW RD CRAWFORD WY DONALDSON WY Reconstruct Reconstruct inc. SD & C&G 2025/2026 402,825.87$ 712 ANDREW RD DONALDSON WY WILSON WY Overlay Mill+Overlay 2025/2026 204,383.52$ 1122 THERESA AV NAPA JUNCTION RD 422' NORTH OF EUCALYPTUS DR Reconstruct Full Reconstruct (AC) 2026/2027 1,086,272.00$ 2640 FLOSDEN RD AMERICAN CANYON ROAD SOUTH CITY LIMITS Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 11,819.52$ 576 BETTONA WAY SAN MARCO WAY VINCI WAY Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 5,950.80$ 290 BLUE ELDER CT RED CLOVER WY EAST END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 6,007.80$ 310 BRESSO CT VINCI WAY E END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 3,303.72$ 161 BULLRUSH CT RED CLOVER WY EAST END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 5,600.82$ 289 CARRARA CT VINCI WAY EAST END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 4,709.34$ 243 GULL PEACOCK E END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 27,907.20$ 1440 HUMMINGBIRD BENTON WAY W. AM. CAN. RD Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 13,461.12$ 656 KENSINGTON WY CHAUCER WETLANDS EDGE RD Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 8,614.98$ 458 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WY W. END CHAUCER LN Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 17,117.10$ 910 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WY CHAUCER LN ELLIOTT DR Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 4,709.34$ 243 LARK PEACOCK E END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 2,872.80$ 140 NORTHHAMPTON DR CHAUCER SAN MARCO WAY Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 6,201.60$ 320 NORTHRUP LN CHAUCER WEST END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 5,620.20$ 290 NORTHRUP LN CHAUCER WEST END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 30,019.62$ 1549 PEACOCK HUMMING BIRD HUMMING BIRD Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 36,402.48$ 1774 RED CLOVER WY NORTH END SOUTH END Please provide 5 year planned streets and road maintenance projects beginning in FY 2022-23 (add more lines as needed). Per the Measure T Expenditure Plan, a Project is a single effort with a beginning and an end that would cause the construciton or maintenance or reconstruction of some tangible portion of a transportation asset owned or operated by public agency that has indepdependent utility. A project is not repeated on an annual basis, it does not appear without a detailed description as to cost and location in a local agency budget, and it must appear in a capital budget. Project numbers will be assigned by NVTA-TA.
Please note: Eligible expenses include local streets and roads maintenance and supporting infrastructure within the public right of way including, but not limited to pavement, sealing, overlays, reconstruction, associated infrastructure, as required, excluding any local revenues expended for the pupose of storm damage repair as verified by an independent auditor. One time allocations that have been expended for local streets and road maintenance, but which may not be available on an ongoing basis shall not be considered when calculating an Agency's annual maintenance of effort.
Staff Member Completing LS&R State Controller
Report:
City of American Canyon
Erica Smithies
Ron Ranada
Ron Ranada
esmithies@cityofamericancanyon. org
[email protected]
[email protected]
67 Program Project Description Year Total Cost Measure T Other Length Location Start End Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 6,156.00$ 300 REED GRASS REDCLOVER E END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 41,245.20$ 2010 SAN MARCO WAY WETLANDS EDGE RD BETTONA WAY Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 57,558.60$ 2805 SPIKE RUSH CIR SOUTH WETLANDSEDGE RD NORTH WETLANDSEDGE RD Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 19,124.64$ 932 VINCI WAY SAN MARCO WAY BETTONA WAY Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 6,894.72$ 336 WATER FERN REDCLOVER E END Surface Treatment Slurry Seal 2026/2027 2,967.42$ 137 WEST CAROLYN DR RIO GRANDE SPIKERUSH CIR TOTAL $ 7,589,748
Program Definitions:
Surface Treatment includes: slurry seal, fog seal, chip seal, microseal, etc.
Overlay - asphalt resurfacing
Reconstruction - includes in or all components associated with complete reconstruction of the roadway including road bed, widening to meet complete streets requirements, and paving Concrete work - includes ramps, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and pavement Drainage - includes any work required to address water run off and drainage including culverts, etc. associated with a roadway Safety includes lights, signage, striping, traffic signals and pavement markings Intelligent Traffic Systems - includes traffic signal interconnects or other systems to improve traffic management/operations and safety on raodways Note: Final project list to be determined, depending on available revenues and when revenues become available, but distributed proportionately unless otherwise agreed to as part of a funding exchange proportionately as outlined in the Measure T Expenditure Plan. Prior to any allocation, jurisdictions will also be required to submit all of the necessary documentation requested above as well as a Resolution of support of the proposed project list. Requirements associated with the Class 1 Bike Facility expenditures to be agreed upon between the jurisdictions and memorialized in resolutions of support by affected jurisdictions.
Note: The above Program Definitions and listed project types are not all-inclusive. Other project types and/or means and methods may be included in the work plan provided the type of work is consistent with the intent of the Measure T Ordinance language.
68 PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council of the City of American Canyon held on the 7th day of December, 2021, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aboudamous, Oro, Washington, Vice Mayor Joseph and Mayor Garcia NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
Leon Garcia, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Taresa Geilfuss, City Clerk William D. Ross, City Attorney DocuSign Envelope ID: CD5C65BD-1941-48B5-9E71-22CD7B317563 69 ENTRADA CIR DRSPIKEFORD
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Slurry Seal 2024/ 2025,
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Slurry Seal 2025/ 2026,
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Reconstruct Surface 2025/2026,
70 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
AUGUST 16, 2022
STAFF REPORT
CONSENT
ITEM NUMBER: 11.
TITLE
Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 Public Improvements
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolu*on of the City Council of the City of American Canyon accep*ng the public streets and appurtenant utilities improvements associated with the Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 Project.
CONTACT
Erica Ahmann Smithies, P.E., Public Works Director/City Engineer
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
On December 15, 2015, the Planning Commission approved the Napa Logis*cs Park Phase 2 Condi*onal Use Permit (Resolu*on No. 2015-09) to develop the 173 acres with up to 2,271,000 square feet of warehouse, distribu*on, e-commerce, manufacturing, and accessory retail/office space uses.
On March 22, 2018, The Planning Commission approved the Tenta*ve Map for the Napa Logis*cs Park Phase 2 Project to subdivide a 173 acre parcel into four lots, public rights-of-way, and one remainder parcel on APN 057-090-083 (Resolution No. 2018-06).
On December 19, 2018, the City of American Canyon and DWF IV NLP II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, entered into a Subdivision Improvement and Reimbursement Agreement for the development of Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 (Napa County Official Records 2018-0024204).
On August 7, 2019, the City of American Canyon Public Works Department approved the Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 Improvement Plans (Exhibit A to Resolution).
On August 9, 2022, the project engineer submi@ed a le@er cer*fying the improvements and grading associated with the project have been constructed in substan*al conformance with the approved plans and any subsequent revisions (Exhibit B to Resolution).
On August 9, 2022, the project engineer submi@ed the Project Record Drawings (Exhibit C). The public streets and all appurtenant u*li*es improvements associated with the Napa Logis*cs Park Phase 2 Project have been completed to the City’s sa*sfac*on. Therefore, it is appropriate to accept 71 them into the City’s system for operation and maintenance.
COUNCIL PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
Infrastructure: "Develop and maintain infrastructure resources to support sustainable growth."
FISCAL IMPACT
All costs associated with the opera*on and maintenance of the public facili*es will be the responsibility of the City.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The City examined the environmental effects of the Project in an Environmental Impact Report prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA,” Pub. Res. Code § 21000 et seq). The environmental impacts of the Project were adequately considered in the Final Environmental Impact Report (“FEIR”) for the Napa Logis*cs Park Phase 2 Project (State Clearinghouse No. 2014082033), cer*fied on December 15, 2015 (including a Mi*ga*on Monitoring and Repor*ng Program, and a statement of overriding considera*ons for the Project), and in the 2017 Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 Project Initial Study/Addendum. The Project environmental review contemplates the acceptance of the public streets and all appurtenant u*li*es improvements associated with the Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 Project.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution - Public Improvement Acceptance
2. Exhibit A - Approved Napa Logistics Park Phase II IP
3. Exhibit B - CEOR Certification Letter
4. Exhibit C - NLP Ph2 Record Drawings
72 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON ACCEPTING THE PUBLIC
STREETS AND APPURTENANT UTILITIES IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAPA LOGISTICS PARK PHASE 2 PROJECT.
WHEREAS, on December 15, 2015, The Planning Commission approved the Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 Conditional Use Permit (Resolution No. 2015-09) to develop the 173 acres with up to 2,271,000 square feet of warehouse, distribution, e-commerce, manufacturing, and accessory retail/office space uses; and WHEREAS, on March 22, 2018, The Planning Commission approved the Tentative Map for the Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 Project to subdivide a 173 acres parcel into four lots, public rights-of-way, and one remainder parcel on APN 057-090-083 (Resolution No. 2018-06); and WHEREAS, on December 19, 2018, the City of American Canyon and DWF IV NLP II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, entered into a Subdivision Improvement and Reimbursement Agreement for the development of Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 (Napa County Official Records 2018-0024204); and WHEREAS, the City of American Canyon Public Works Department approved the Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 Improvement Plans, attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein; and WHEREAS, on August 9, 2022, the project engineer, submitted a letter certifying the improvements and grading associated with the project have been constructed in substantial conformance with the approved plans and any subsequent revisions, attached as Exhibit B and incorporated herein); and WHEREAS, on August 9, 2022, the project engineer submitted the Project Record Drawings (Exhibit C).
WHEREAS, the public streets and all appurtenant utilities improvements associated with the Napa Logistics Park Phase 2 Project have been completed to the City’s satisfaction. Therefore, it is appropriate to accept them into the City’s system for operation and maintenance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of American Canyon hereby accepts all the public improvements constructed per the approved plans.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council of the City of American Canyon held on the 16th day of August, 2022, by the following vote:
73 AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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Leon Garcia, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________ ______________________________ Taresa Geilfuss, CMC, Interim City Clerk William D. Ross, City Attorney Attachments:
Exhibit A: Approved Watson Ranch Offsite Utility Extension Plans Exhibit B: Project Engineer Letter
Exhibit C: Project Record Drawings.
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2850 Collier Canyon Road
Livermore, CA 94551
925.245.8788
www.kierwright.com
August 9, 2022
CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON
Attn: Engineering Department
4381 Broadway, Suite 201
American Canyon, CA 94503
RE: Napa Logistics Phase II
Project No. DV18-0007
To Whom it May Concern,
This letter is to confirm that we are the Civil Engineer of Record for the above referenced project. Based on our observations, the completed project is in conformance with the civil drawings prepared by our office, specifications, local codes, and ordinances. Below are the items that were observed during construction:
1. Grading and paving
2. Storm drainage
3. Storm water treatment
4. Domestic and fire water systems
5. Sanitary sewer
6. Building setbacks
7. Pad/Finished floor elevations
Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
KIER & WRIGHT
Adam Mahoney, PE, PLS
ASSOCIATE
[email protected]
925.412.3053
8/9/2022
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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
AUGUST 16, 2022
STAFF REPORT
PUBLIC HEARING
ITEM NUMBER: 12.
TITLE
Proposed Residential Solid Waste Rate Increase for Enhanced Services (SB 1383)
RECOMMENDATION
Take the following actions in conjunction with Proposition 218:
1. Conduct a Public Hearing on Proposi5on 218 and determine the official number of wri8en protests received on the proposed residential solid waste rate increase; and
2. If the number of valid protest votes are below 50% of the number of property owners or customers authorized to vote, adopt the Resolu5on approving a residen5al solid waste rate increase.
CONTACT
Erica Ahmann Smithies, P.E., Public Works Director
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
Background
On November 16, 2021, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2021-08 modifying Title 8 (Health and Safety) of the American Canyon Municipal Code to add “Chapter 8.20 Mandatory Municipal Solid Waste, Recycling and Compost Material Disposal Reduc5on.” The adopted Ordinance is a requirement of State Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383), the Climate Pollutant Reduc5on Act of 2016, requiring the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to develop regula5ons to reduce organics in landfills as a source of methane and went into effect on January 1, 2022.
As adopted by CalRecycle, these SB 1383 regula5ons require all local agencies to implement a mandatory organic recycling ordinance and enforcement mechanisms to ensure that all covered residen5al and commercial generators are compliant with the regula5ons. This legisla5on requires all businesses, residents, and mul5-family apartments to have access to recycling programs that capture food scraps, landscaping waste, among other organic waste materials.
SB 1383 is the most significant waste reduc5on unfunded mandate the State of California has adopted in the last 30 years. It requires the State to reduce organic waste into landfills by 75% by 2025, which equates to over 20 million tons annually. The purpose of this effort is to reduce the amount of methane gas released into the atmosphere as food and green waste decomposes in 146
landfills. The law also requires the State to increase edible food recovery by 20%. Since the law establishes statewide targets, a prescrip5ve approach to compliance is being used. This is different from AB 939 (Integrated Waste Management Act), which set local agency waste diversion mandates and allowed local governments to develop their own programs for reaching compliance.
AB 341 (mandatory commercial and mul5-family recycling) and AB 1826 (mandatory commercial and mul5-family organics recycling) are incorporated into SB 1383 regula5ons. These two (2) unfunded State mandates make local jurisdic5ons ul5mately responsible for ensuring 100% compliance with the State's recycling goals. SB 1383 further extended the implementa5on of organic waste recycling programs to single family homes and made local jurisdic5ons directly responsible for programming and enforcement actions starting on January 1, 2022.
The following is a summary of unfunded SB 1383 mandates that the City is required to comply with:
Recycle all food waste generated by all waste generators, including residents, businesses, City facilities, and large events and venues;
Monitor and enforce compliance for all generators and track ac5vi5es via an electronic database for annual reporting;
Implement ordinances or similarly enforceable mechanisms; Establish (via ordinance and otherwise) all required enforcement protocols that include a schedule of fines for non-compliant en55es. This ordinance must match State developed standards, including minimum fine structure;
Establish an edible food recovery program that recovers edible food from the waste stream for human consumption;
Conduct regular outreach and educa5on to generators, haulers, facili5es, and edible food recovery organizations;
Conduct regular inspec5ons of waste generator facili5es to ensure regulatory compliance and to reduce contamination of recyclable materials; and,
Procure products derived from California recycled organic waste such as compost, mulch, and renewable natural gas (RNG) produced from organic waste at levels to be prescribed by the State annually. Such procurement standards must also be incorporated into the new City ordinance.
Analysis
In 2003, the City entered into a Franchise Agreement ("Agreement") for solid waste collec5on services with USA Waste of California, LLC which through ownership changes is now known as Recology, Inc. ("Recology"). Agreement Ar5cle 6 Compensa5on and Rates and subsequent amendments, provided that solid waste rates are to be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index ("CPI") for All Urban Customers for the San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose metropolitan area as published in the Bureau of Labor Sta5s5cs for the 12-month period ending in August, mul5plied by the then-current rate for each service. In addi5on to annual CPI, Recology and/or the City can consider a Special Rate Review, if there is change in law that was not reasonably 147
known to the Collector before the date of the Agreement, that Collector substan5ates would result in a significant and direct increase in Collector's cost of providing Collection Services to the City.
Recology is proposing an adjustment to residen5al rates effec5ve September 1, 2022, in response to the State unfunded mandate of SB1383.
Other than the annual CPI adjustment, commercial rates are not increasing at this 5me as recycling requirements, including inspec5on, repor5ng, and enforcement, have been in place for some 5me with the current rate structure. The last non-CPI related residen5al and commercial rate adjustment took place in December 2013.
In addi5on, to the provisions established in the Franchise Agreement, the City’s ability to adjust rates is governed by Proposi5on 218. In 1996, California voters approved Proposi5on 218 which requires a specific process for ci5es to impose or increase certain types of fees. The provisions of Proposi5on 218 set forth in Ar5cle XIII D of the California Cons5tu5on provide that certain types of “Property Related Fees," such as fees for refuse, water and sewer, are subject to a "majority protest" process.
The fees must be set so that:
The revenues generated by the fee do not exceed the cost of service; No property owner's fee exceeds his/her proportionate share of the costs; and, The City does not impose a property-related fee for a service that is not available to the property owner.
In prepara5on for the Proposi5on 218 process, on May 3, 2022, Recology and City staff presented to City Council six different residen5al rate increase op5ons to implement the baseline collec5on requirements of SB 1383 and several service op5ons to consider to meet the City's obliga5on to implement SB 1383 program outreach, monitoring, and enforcement. The baseline requirements and options considered are below:
SB1383 Requirements (baseline increase)
Organics collection for all residential customers, including food waste Color-compliant carts and containers
Additional Service Options
Route reviews (inspecting trash bins)
Public Outreach & Education
City staff member
The presenta5on detailed the various rate structure op5ons proposed as well as a solid waste rate comparison of other agencies within Napa County and immediately adjacent agencies. APer careful deliberation, City Council reached consensus on Rate Option 3. 148
The table below is a snapshot of the current City residen5al rate, baseline increase referred to as Rate Option 1, and the recommended increase, Rate Option 3:
Residential Bin Size
Current Residential
Rates
Baseline Increase
(Option 1*)
Recommendation
(Option 3**)
32-gallon $25.46 $27.24 $29.79
64-gallon $38.71 $41.42 $45.29
96-gallon $56.24 $60.18 $65.80
* Increase for Residential Food Waste Only
** Residential for Food Waste and 8.2% franchise fee (City) for 1 full time employee Recology's anticipated expenditures to cover the SB1383 mandates for residential customers:
Recology Expenses Baseline Increase (Option 1) Recommendation (Option 3) Increase in Franchise Fees
(Distributed to City)
$0 $150,000
Liability insurance $3,537.19 $8,474.22
Disposal Costs $111,181.79 $111,181.79
Regional Allocations $2,476.04 $5,931.95
Corporate Allocations $6,190.09 $14,829.88
Total Expenses $123,385.11 $290,417.84
The Op5on 3 recommenda5on will provide the funding equivalent to one full-5me City staff member, currently the Environmental Specialist series classifica5on, to implement the City's recycling and waste management related programs. While there will be one dedicated staff member to the program, the intent will be to cross-train the environmental team with solid waste requirements and as needed be able to provide for contract services to navigate the new solid waste mandates. Again, the various State mandates are currently unfunded requiring all jurisdic5ons in California to bring their commercial businesses and/or residents into compliance.
The dedicated City Staff member will coordinate with the City's waste hauler, will perform outreach and monitoring, and will address repor5ng requirements established by CalRecycle under the various legisla5on men5oned above. In addi5on, this person will serve as the main point of contact for residents and businesses alike to resolve service issues with Recology as well as an educa5onal resource to ensure compliance with State law.
Proposed City residential rate increase in comparison to other agencies:
Agency Rates 32-gallon 64-gallon 96-gallon
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City of American Canyon
(Proposed Rate
Increase)
$29.79 $45.29 $65.80
City of St. Helena $32.62 $65.24 $97.86
Town of Yountville $33.75 $67.50 $101.25
City of Benicia $34.03 $42.56 $58.70
City of Napa $38.29 $58.71 $90.30
City of Vallejo $38.33 $60.85 $86.05
Napa County $39.78 $58.49 $84.12
Napa Upper Valley $44.86 $89.72 $134.58
As seen in the rate table above, the City of American Canyon will s5ll have the lowest collec5on rates for 32-gallon sized bins, and other than Benicia that is on a bi-weekly pick-up schedule, will remain the lowest for 64-gallon and 96-gallon bins for all of Napa County and the City of Vallejo with the recommended rate increase. Once the residen5al rates are adopted, the rates will be adjusted annually based on CPI and the provisions in the Agreement.
With the adop5on of the proposed rates and implementa5on of the organics waste recycling, there is a poten5al opportunity for residents to reduce their larger landfill bin size depending on their ability to recycle organics in their yard waste bin. In addi5on, eligible residents are able to apply for the Recology Cares Program which equates to an approximate 15% rate reduction to their bill.
Conclusion
On June 7, 2022, City Council adopted Resolu5on No. 2022-42 to set a public hearing date of August 16, 2022 for the rate increase to conform with Proposi5on 218 and directed Staff to commence the 45-day protest process consistent with Proposi5on 218. On June 27, 2022, 6,080 no5ces including procedures for submiTng a wri8en protest were mailed to all property owners shown on the last equalized property tax assessment roll of single-family households and all current residen5al customers (lis5ng provided by Recology). The no5ce included informa5on about refuse collec5on services in the City, the reason for the proposed rate increase, as well as the current rates and proposed rates. Owners were informed that if they wished to protest the proposed new rates, they were to submit their wri8en protest to the City Clerk in advance or on the night of the public hearing prior to the close of the hearing.
Between June 27, 2022 and August 2, 2022, the City received 42 validated wri8en protests. As stated above, wri8en protests may s5ll be received prior to the close of the hearing and a total number will be provided orally at the mee5ng. If wri8en protests against the proposed rate increase are presented by a majority, or 50 percent plus one, of the property owners of the iden5fied parcels upon which the rates are proposed to be imposed and tenants directly responsible for the payment of the solid waste serves fees, the City Council cannot adopt the rate increase.
City staff received Council feedback to provide informa5on on what waste goes in which bin and 150
that informa5on has been a8ached to this staff report. In addi5on, City staff created a website:
CityofAmericanCanyon.org/OrganicsRecycling to inform customers of the proposed rate increase as well as educate them on what needs to go in which solid waste bin. Staff also circulated public outreach on Facebook and Nextdoor. Addi5onal outreach will be needed pending the adop5on of the resolution.
COUNCIL PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
Organizational Effectiveness: "Deliver exemplary government services."
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the General Fund at this 5me. However, if the protest succeeds in reaching 50 percent plus one, the City will need to iden5fy other funding to implement the necessary rates to meet the State requirements of SB1383.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The recommended ac5on is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a project which has a poten5al for resul5ng in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, pursuant to CEQA Guideline sec5on 15378. Further, the ac5on is exempt under CEQA Guidelines Sec5ons 15307 and 15308 for ac5ons by regulatory agencies for the protec5on of natural resources and the environment.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution Solid Waste Rate Increase
2. Exhibit A Monthly Residential Rates
3. 5/3/22 Solid Waste Presentation
4. Prop 218 Public Hearing Notice
5. What to Put in Recycling, Composting, and Trash Bins Flyers 151
RESOLUTION NO. 2022‐ XX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON, CALIFORNIA APPROVING A
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE RATE INCREASE
WHEREAS, the City of American Canyon (“City”) is committed to meeting its mandated solid waste diversion requirements through program implementation of its Solid Waste, Recycling and Organic Mandatory Collection Implementation plan; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill (SB) 1383 (Lara, 2016) was signed into law and establishes methane emissions reduction goals of 50 percent in the level of the statewide landfill disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020 and 75 percent by 2025 and an increase edible food recovery by 20 percent by 2025; and WHEREAS, the State Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) developed regulations in California Code of Regulations (“CCR”) Title 14 Natural Resources, Division 7, Chapter 12, to implement the goals of SB 1383; and
WHEREAS, CCR Section 18984 entitled Organic Waste Collection Services requires jurisdictions implement an organic waste diversion program that provides organic waste collection services to all businesses and residences; and
WHEREAS, the City’s solid waste and recyclables collection, processing and disposal services Franchise Agreement(Agreement) with Recology, Inc. (Recology) does not presently include organic waste collection services to residences; and
WHEREAS, Recology hasrequested the consideration of a special rate increase for providing organic waste collection services to residences in accordance with the Agreement with the City; and WHEREAS, Recology has submitted documentation outlining the cost increase due to residential organic waste collection services associated with the new SB1383 mandates; and WHEREAS, the City has requested a Franchise Fee adjustment to be included in Recology’s residential rate structure to provide full implementation of all SB1383 recycling and waste management related program requirements; and
WHEREAS, the requested rate adjustments will help ensure the health and safety of the community while protecting the City’s financial health; and
WHEREAS, City Council intends to adopt the solid waste residential rate structure proposed by the analysis following the procedures required by Proposition 218, article XIII D, section 6 of the California Constitution; and
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2021, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022‐42 setting a public hearing date and time for the rate increase to conform with Proposition 218 and directed City staff to commence the 45‐day protest process consistent with Proposition 218; and WHEREAS, on August 16, 2022, City Council held the public protest hearing and gave persons the opportunity to protest the residential solid waste rate increase, in writing and oral testimony although oral comments do not not qualify as a formal protest; and WHEREAS, City Council has fully heard and considered all matters and things pertaining to the proposed solid waste rate adjustments in conformity with Proposition 218. 152
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that in accordance with Proposition 218 requirements, the American Canyon City Council does hereby adoptthe residentialsolidwaste rate increaseassetforthinthe attachedExhibitA.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the rate increase shall take effect on September 1, 2022.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council of the City of American Canyon held on the 16th day of August, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Leon Garcia, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Taresa Geilfuss, City Clerk William D. Ross, City Attorney 153
CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON
SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLES COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL SERVICES
PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL MONTHLY RATE INCREASE
EXHIBIT A
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Current
Rates (effective 1/1/22)
New
Rates
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Monthly
Increase
32‐gallon $25.46 $29.79 $4.33
64‐gallon $38.71 $45.29 $6.58
96‐gallon $56.24 $65.80 $9.56
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SB1383 Service Options
May 3, 2022
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SB 1383 services must include:
Organics collection for all customers, including food waste Color-compliant carts & containers • Route reviews• Outreach & Education • New City Recycling Coordinator (City Hire) 157
Current Residential
Rates
32-gallon $25.4664-gallon $38.7196-gallon $56.24
Option 1
Baseline Option 2
Option 3
Staff
Recommendation
32-gallon $27.2464-gallon $41.4296-gallon $60.18• Residential Food waste 32-gallon $28.5264-gallon $43.3696-gallon $62.99• Residential Food waste• +6.9% to franchise fee for ½ FTE
32-gallon $29.7964-gallon $45.2996-gallon $65.80• Residential Food waste• +8.2% to franchise fee for 1 FTE
Option 4 Option 5
32-gallon $27.7564-gallon $42.1996-gallon $61.30• Residential Food waste• SB 1383 outreach & route reviews 32-gallon $28.7764-gallon $43.7496-gallon $63.55• Residential Food waste• +6.9% to franchise fee for ½ FTE• SB 1383 outreach & route reviews Option 6
32-gallon $30.0464-gallon $45.6896-gallon $66.36• Residential Food waste• +8.2% to franchise fee for 1 FTE• SB 1383 outreach & route reviews 158
Benicia Rates
32-gallon $38.3364-gallon $60.8596-gallon $86.05
32-gallon $34.0364-gallon $42.5696-gallon $58.70• Every other week organic/green waste collection
Option 3
Staff
Recommendation
St. Helena
Rates
32-gallon $29.7964-gallon $45.2996-gallon $65.80• Residential Food waste• +8.2% to franchise fee for 1 FTE
32-gallon $32.6264-gallon $65.2496-gallon $97.86
Vallejo Rates
32-gallon $38.2964-gallon $58.7196-gallon $90.30
Napa (City)
Rates
Napa (County)
Rates
32-gallon $39.7864-gallon $58.4996-gallon $84.12
Napa Upper Valley
Rates
32-gallon $44.8664-gallon $89.7296-gallon $134.58
Yountville
Rates
32-gallon $33.7564-gallon $67.5096-gallon $101.25
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Ci
Current Residential
Rates
32-gallon $25.4664-gallon $38.7196-gallon $56.24
Option 1
Baseline
Option 3
Staff
Recommendation
32-gallon $27.2464-gallon $41.4296-gallon $60.18• Residential Food waste 32-gallon $29.7964-gallon $45.2996-gallon $65.80• Residential Food waste• +8.2% to franchise fee for 1 FTE
City of American Canyon
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Next Steps
• Feedback and Direction to City Staff (5/3/22, City Council Meeting)• Prop 218 process, set hearing date (6/7/22, City Council Meeting)• Prop 218 protest hearing/ rate approval (8/2/22, City Council Meeting)• Approval of Recology Franchise Amendment (following rate approval) 161
California State Law SB 1383 requires all California residents and businessesto separate "organic" waste from other trash. To help customers comply with new mandated requirements, the City of American Canyon and Recology have amended our franchise agreement to expand the services provided. Beginning in September 2022, residents will be required to put green waste, food waste, and food-soiled paper in the green bin.
The proposed ratesremain the lowest in Napa County. Visit our website to see the comparisons.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Proposed Rate Adjustmentfor Residential
Garbage, Recycling & Organic Waste Customers
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Upang i-download ang pabatid na ito
sa Filipino, i-scan ang QR Code o bisitahin ang
CityofAmericanCanyon.org/RateIncrease
For more information scan QR Code, or visit
CityofAmericanCanyon.org/RateIncrease
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PUBLIC HEARING
Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 6:30 PM
City of American Canyon City Council Chambers
4381 Broadway Street, Suite 201, American Canyon
Customer Name
Customer Signature
Customer Service Address
A statement indicating customer protest to the proposed increase How to Protestthis Increase:
The City will accept written protests (emails or faxes will not be accepted) against the proposed rate increase from property owners and customers of record. Protests may be hand-delivered or mailed to the City Clerk at 4381 Broadway Street, Suite 201, before 6:30 PM on August 16, 2022.
Customers may submit objections to the rate increase in person at the Public Hearing until the end of the public input portion of the Hearing.
If the majority (51%) of our residential customers submit valid written protests, the City will not implement the proposed rate increase.
Valid Written Protests must Include:
1. 2.
3. 4.
Reduce organic waste disposal by 75%
by 2025.
Rescue for people to eat at least 20% of
currently disposed of surplus food by
2025.
Organics like food scraps, yard trimmings,
paper, and cardboard make up half of what
Californians dump in landfills.
California Senate Bill (SB) 1383 aims to:
Visit Calrecycle.ca.gov/organics/slcp for
more information.
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AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA
Ajustes propuestos de las tarifas para clientes de
basura residencial, reciclaje y residuos orgánicos
La Ley Estatal de California SB 1383 requiere que todos los residentes y negocios de California separen los desechos “orgánicos” del resto de la basura. Para ayudar a los clientes a cumplir los nuevos requisitos obligatorios, el Ayuntamiento de American Canyon y Recology han modificado nuestro acuerdo de franquicia para ampliar los servicios prestados. A partir de septiembre de 2022, a los residentes se les requerirá depositar los desechos verdes, los restos de comida y el papel sucio de alimentos en el contenedor verde.
Las tarifas propuestas siguen siendo las más bajas del condado de Napa. Visite nuestra web para ver las comparativas.
Tamaño
del cubo
Tarifas
actuales
(efectivas el 1/1/22)
Tarifas
propuestas
(efectivas el 9/1/22)
Aumento
mensual
Para obtener más información, escanee el código QR
o visite CityofAmericanCanyon.org/RateIncrease
Upang i-download ang pabatid na ito sa Filipino,
i-scan ang QR Code o bisitahin ang
CityofAmericanCanyon.org/RateIncrease
Para descargar este aviso en español, escanee el Código QR o visite CityofAmericanCanyon.org/RateIncrease
32 galones $ 25.46 $ 29.79 $ 4.33
64 galones $ 38.71 $ 45.29 $ 6.58
96 galones $ 56.24 $ 65.80 $ 9.56
Papel
sucio
Restos de
comida
Plantas
Sin bolsas de plástico
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AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA
Martes, 16 de agosto de 2022, 6:30 p. m.
Cámaras del Concejo Municipal de American Canyon,
4381 Broadway Street, Suite 201, American Canyon
Cómo protestar este aumento:
El Ayuntamiento aceptará protestas por escrito (no se aceptarán por correo electrónico ni por fax), por parte de los propietarios y clientes registrados, contra el aumento de tarifas propuesto. Las protestas pueden entregarse en mano o enviarse por correo al Secretario Municipal, a 4381 Broadway Street, Suite 201, antes de las 6:30 p. m. del 16 de agosto de 2022.
Los clientes pueden presentar objeciones al aumento de las tarifas en persona, en la Audiencia Pública, hasta que termine la parte de comentarios públicos de la Audiencia. Si la mayoría (51 %) de nuestros clientes residenciales presenta protestas válidas por escrito, el Ayuntamiento no implementará el aumento de tarifas propuesto.
Las protestas válidas por escrito deben incluir:
1. nombre del cliente,
2. firma del cliente,
3. dirección del servicio del cliente,
4. una declaración de protesta del cliente por el aumento propuesto.
Los desechos orgánicos, como restos de comida,
recortes de jardín, papel y cartón son la mitad de
los residuos que los californianos tiran en los
vertederos.
El proyecto de ley del Senado de California (SB)
1383 tiene como objetivo:
• haber reducido la eliminación de residuos
orgánicos en un 75 % en 2025,
• que en 2025 se recupere como comida para
personas al menos el 20 % de los excedentes
de alimentos que ahora se desechan.
Para obtener más información, visite
Calrecycle.ca.gov/organics/slcp.
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ABISO SA PAMPUBLIKONG PAGDINIG
Iminumungkahing Pagsasaayos ng Singil para sa Mga
Customer sa Residensiyal na Basura, Pag-recycle at
Nabubulok na Basura
Hinihiling ng SB 1383 ng Batas ng Estado ng California sa lahat ng residente ng at negosyo sa California na ihiwalay ang “nabubulok o organic” na basura mula sa ibang basura. Para tulungan ang mga customer na sumunod sa mga bagong iniuutos na kinakailangan, binago ng City of American Canyon and Recology ang aming kasunduan hinggil sa prangkisa para palawakin ang mga ibinibigay na serbisyo. Simula Setyembre 2022, hihilingin sa mga residente na ilagay ang mga organic o green na basura, basura sa pagkain, at papel na narumihan ng pagkain sa berdeng basurahan.
Nananatiling pinakamababa sa Napa County ang mga iminumungkahing singil.
Bisitahin ang aming website para tingnan ang mga paghahambing.
Laki ng
Lata
Mga
Kasalukuyang
Singil
(Nagkabisa noong 1/1/22)
Mga
Iminumungkahing
Singil
(Magkakabisa sa 9/1/22)
Buwanang
Pagtaas ng
Singil
Para sa higit pang impormasyon, i-scan ang QR Code, o
bisitahin ang CityofAmericanCanyon.org/RateIncrease
Upang i-download ang pabatid na ito sa Filipino, iscan ang QR Code o bisitahin ang CityofAmericanCanyon.org/RateIncrease
Para descargar este aviso en español, escanee el Código QR o visite CityofAmericanCanyon.org/RateIncrease
32-Gal $ 25.46 $ 29.79 $ 4.33
64-Gal $ 38.71 $ 45.29 $ 6.58
96-Gal $ 56.24 $ 65.80 $ 9.56
Maruming
papel
Mga tiratirang pagkain
Mga halaman
Bawal ang mga plastik na bag
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PAMPUBLIKONG PAGDINIG
Martes, Agosto 16, 2022, 6:30 PM
City of American Canyon City Council Chambers
4381 Broadway Street, Suite 201, American Canyon
Paano Tumutol sa Pagtaas na ito:
Tatanggap ang Lungsod ng mga nakasulat na pagtutol (hindi tatanggapin ang mga email o fax) laban sa iminumungkahing pagtaas ng singil mula sa mga mayari ng ari-arian at customer na nasa rekord. Maaaring personal na ipadala o ipadala sa mail ang mga pagtutol sa City Clerk sa 4381 Broadway Street, Suite 201, bago ang 6:30 PM ng Agosto 16, 2022.
Maaaring personal na magsumite ang mga customer ng mga pagtutol sa pagtaas ng singil sa Pampublikong Pagdinig hanggang sa katapusan ng bahagi ng Pagdinig para sa input ng publiko. Kung magsumite ang karamihan (51%) ng aming mga residensiyal na customer ng mga wastong nakasulat na pagtutol, hindi ipapatupad ng Lungsod ang iminumungkahing pagtaas ng singil.
Dapat kasama sa Mga Wastong Nakasulat na Pagtutol ang:
1. Pangalan ng Customer
2. Lagda ng Customer
3. Address para sa Serbisyo ng Customer
4. Pahayag na nagsasaad ng pagtutol ng customer sa iminumungkahing pagtaas
Binubuo ng mga nabubulok o organic, na tulad ng
mga tira-tirang pagkain, damo at/o halaman mula sa
bakuran, papel, at karton, ang kalahati ng mga
itinatapon ng mga taga-California sa mga landfill.
Nilalayon ng Panukalang-Batas sa Senado (Senate
Bill, SB) 1383 ng California na:
• Bawasan ang pagtapon ng nabubulok na
basura nang 75% bago ang 2025.
• Magsagip para kumain ang mga tao nang hindi
bababa sa 20% ng kasalukuyang itinatapong
sobrang pagkain bago ang 2025.
Bisitahin ang Calrecycle.ca.gov/organics/slcp
para sa higit pang impormasyon.
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回收 RECYCLING RECICLAJE
Clean paper
乾淨紙張
Papel limpio
Hard plastics
硬塑料
Plásticos duros
Bottles and cans
玻璃瓶，鐵罐及
鋁產品
Botellas y latas
No plastic bags
禁止膠袋
No ponga bolsas
de plástico
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PUT THESE MATERIALS IN YOUR BLUE RECYCLING BIN
Paper (All clean and dry paper)
✓ Cardboard (uncoated only)
✓ Cereal boxes (remove plastic liner)
✓ Egg cartons
✓ Envelopes (windows OK)
✓ Junk mail and magazines
✓ Packing or kraft paper
✓ Paper bags
✓ Phonebooks
✓ Sticky notes
✓ Shredded paper: place in sealed paper bag
and label “Shredded Paper”
✓ Wrapping paper (non-metallic)
Glass
✓ Glass bottles and jars only (metal caps and lids too) Metal
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
Aluminum cans
Aluminum foil/trays: ball foil up to softball size
Metal caps and lids
Paint cans (must be empty or dry)
Spray cans (must be empty)
Steel (tin) cans
Hard plastics (no plastic bags, wrappers, or Styrofoam) Bottles: leave caps on
Buckets (metal handle OK)
Coffee cup lids
Containers and clamshells
Cups and plates (plastic only, no Styrofoam)
Flower pots and trays
Toys (no electronics, metal, or batteries)
Tubs and lids
Put these in your Green Composting Bin instead
Dirty paper (plates, napkins, tissues, take-out boxes)
Food
Paper coffee cups
Plastic labeled “Compostable”
Coated or greasy paper or cardboard
Wood: no plywood/pressboard or treated,
stained, painted wood.
Put these items in your Black Landfll Bin instead
Broken ceramic dishware and glassware
Diapers and feminine products
Composite items made of multiple materials
Glass (other than bottles and jars)
Juice, soup, or soy milk type boxes with foil/plastic liner Light bulbs: Incandescent only are OK for trash
Plastic items mixed with metal, fabric or rubber
Rubber or latex gloves
Styrofoam meat trays or other dirty Styrofoam
These don’t belong in your blue or green bins,
but should still be recycled.
Batteries: small residential quantities can be recycled.
Cooking oil.
Construction and demolition debris
Electronics
Hangers: take to your local garment cleaner for reuse
Light bulbs containing mercury (fuorescent/HID)
Metals other than cans or lids (pots/pans/scrap metal)
Plastic bags and flm: recycle clean plastic bags
at participating California supermarkets
Styrofoam: take packing peanuts to local shipping store for reuse.
Wood (pallets and other)
PLEASE DO NOT PUT THESE MATERIALS
IN YOUR BLUE RECYCLING BIN!
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堆肥 COMPOSTING ABONO
Soiled
paper
污紙
Papel sucio
Food scraps
廚餘
Desechos de
alimentos
Plants
樹木
Plantas
No plastic bags
禁止膠袋
No ponga bolsas
de plástico
15-39
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PUT THESE MATERIALS IN YOUR GREEN COMPOSTING BIN
Dirty paper
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
n
n
n
n
n
n
Greasy pizza boxes and paper bags
Paper coffee flters
Paper cups and plates
Paper ice cream containers (metal rim is OK)
Paper napkins, tissues, and paper towels
Paper take-out boxes and containers
Paper milk and juice cartons (no foil liner)
Food scraps
All fruits and vegetables (pits and shells too)
Coffee grounds
Dairy products (no liquids)
Eggshells and eggs
Leftovers and spoiled food
Meat (including bones)
Seafood (including shellfsh)
Plants
House plants
All plant debris including fowers, leaves, weeds, and branches Tree trimmings (less than 6” in diameter and 4’ long)
Other
Bags labeled “Compostable” only
Cooking grease: Small amounts can be soaked up
with a paper towel and composted.
Corks (no plastic)
Cotton balls/cotton swabs with paper stems
Hair, fur, and feathers (non-synthetic/colored)
Plastic clearly labeled “Compostable”
Vegetable wood crates (metal wire OK)
Waxed cardboard and paper
Wood: small pieces of clean wood/sawdust (no plywood/
pressboard/painted/stained/treated)
Wooden chopsticks, coffee stirrers, toothpicks
Put these in your Blue Recycling Bin instead
Aluminum foil or trays
Glass bottles and jars
Metal cans and lids
Plastic not labeled “Compostable”
Recyclable/clean cardboard or paper
Put these items in your Black Landfll Bin
Composite items made of multiple materials
Juice, soup, or soy milk type boxes with foil/plastic liner Styrofoam meat trays or other dirty Styrofoam
These items don’t belong in your green or
blue bins, but should still be recycled.
Batteries: small residential quantities can be
recycled.
Cooking oil.
Electronics
Hangers: take to your local garment cleaner for reuse
Plastic bags and flm: recycle clean
plastic bags at California supermarkets.
Styrofoam: take packing peanuts to local shipping store for reuse.
PLEASE DO NOT PUT THESE MATERIALS
IN YOUR GREEN COMPOSTING BIN!
NO PLASTIC BAGS NO GLASS
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垃圾填埋塲 LANDFILL BASURA
Clean, dry plastic bags can’t
go in the blue or green
bins, but can be recycled at
participating supermarkets.
15-39
172
PUT THESE MATERIALS IN YOUR BLACK LANDFILL BIN
These items go in your black landfll bin
bcause there are currently no recycling options
in San Francisco:
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
Broken ceramic dishware and glassware
Diapers
Feminine products
Composite items made of multiple materials
Glass (other than bottles and jars)
Juice, soup, or soy milk type boxes with foil/plastic
liner
Kitty litter and animal feces (bagged)
Light bulbs: incandescent only, no mercury-containing
bulbs, i.e., fuorescent or HID
Plastic items mixed with metal, fabric, or rubber
Plastic labeled “biodegradable” because it cannot
be composted or recycled
Plywood, pressboard, and painted, stained,
or treated wood
Rubber or latex gloves or rubber bands
Styrofoam meat trays or other dirty Styrofoam
Food, dirty or waxy paper, waxy cardboard,
or plants (compostables) or plastic labeled
“compostable” — Green Composting Bin
Recyclable clean paper / cardboard, glass,
metal, or hard plastic — Blue Recycling Bin
Find recycling options for these toxic or bulky
items
Appliances
Asbestos
Batteries: small residential quantities can be recycled Construction debris.
Electronics
Household hazardous waste or chemicals
Large items (furniture, metal, plastic, wood, etc.)
Light bulbs containing mercury (Fluorescent/HID)
Motor oil
Needles or syringes
Paint
Toys with electronics or batteries
PLEASE DO NOT PUT THESE MATERIALS
IN YOUR BLACK LANDFILL BIN!
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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
AUGUST 16, 2022
STAFF REPORT
BUSINESS
ITEM NUMBER: 13.
TITLE
City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolution adopting the City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan.
CONTACT
Erica Ahmann Smithies, P.E., Public Works Director
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
Background
The City, through the assistance of a consultant, GHD, has developed a Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) to analyze the City's collision trends and develop countermeasures that can most effec6vely address the safety issues contribu6ng to collisions within the City. The proposed LRSP iden6fies key safety ac6vi6es and projects to ensure a safe public transporta6on system for all modes. The countermeasures and recommenda6ons includes the “5 E’s” of highway safety – engineering, enforcement, education, emergency response, and emerging technologies.
A LRSP is different from a transporta6on planning document, or bicycle and pedestrian plan, in that the LRSP is a data driven process and recommend countermeasures to enhance traffic safety, whereas transporta6on planning documents focus on crea6ng programs, policies and projects to enhance traffic safety and plan for roadway, bicycle and pedestrian connec6vity, expansion projects and requirements. In addi6on, the LRSP will be used for the purpose of complying with new state and federal requirements related to the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grant funding opportuni6es. In order to qualify for project specific grant funding, local agencies are required to show iden6fied safety issues through traffic data, and demonstrate that the implementa6on of Caltrans approved countermeasures will enhance roadway safety.
Community Engagement/Outreach
Community engagement and outreach was an important part and requirement of the development of the LRSP. City staff performed public no6fica6on and outreach using its social media plaBorms Facebook and Nextdoor, as well as the City Manager’s Friday Update digital newsleDer. A project website was created at hDps://ghd.mysocialpinpoint.com/american-canyon-lrsp/home to solicit public input by hos6ng a survey and interac6ve map in which the public could iden6fy loca6on of 174
safety concerns and provide input on how to enhance safety at par6cular loca6ons as well as review and provide input on the draG LRSP. The project website had the Google Translate op6on enabled that could translate the webpage in over 100 languages and detect the user’s browsers seHngs to automatically display the website in their language preference.
The City began publicizing the project website on May 19, 2022, the same evening as the City's Traffic Calming Workshop. Visitors to the page were invited to provide comments on an interac6ve project map and share their thoughts through a project survey through July 29, 2022 as well as public comments on the draG LRSP through August 5, 2022. Those comments are listed and addressed in Appendix A: Stakeholder and Public Input of the DraG LRSP A( Dachment 3). The community also had opportuni6es to comment on the LRSP process at City Council on July 19 and the Planning Commission on July 28, 2022.
A stakeholder group was created to provide input into the LRSP. Stakeholders included staff from the City of American Canyon Public Works and Police Departments, American Canyon Fire Protection District, Napa County, Napa Valley Unified School District, Napa County Office of Educa6on, California Department of Transporta6on (Caltrans), Napa Valley Transporta6on Authority, and Napa County Bicycle Coali6on. On May 3, 2022, the stakeholder group discussed the LRSP process, ideas for the LRSP visions, goals, and priori6es, and reviewed the data collec6on and analysis. On June 16, 2022, the group met a second 6me to discuss public comments and concerns, recent developments, safety countermeasures and projects, refined LRSP’s guiding principles, and coordinated next steps.
In addition, the stakeholders were asked to provide input on the draft LRSP.
Discussion/Analysis
The past five (5) years of collision history (2017-2021) was collected and evaluated for City roadways and shown on the aDached map. Based on the collision data analysis and the stakeholder working group input, the LRSP addresses mul6ple Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) challenge areas such as bicyclists, intersec6ons, pedestrians, distracted driving, and aggressive driving. The LRSP provides a list of countermeasures for priority intersec6ons and roadways segments based on collision analysis and the feedback from City staff, other stakeholders, and the public. Non-engineering strategies were also developed through stakeholder and public input with City staff.
The LRSP addresses some of the safety improvements that the City has already iden6fied as projects in the five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) as well as the Highway 29 Corridor Improvement Project led by the Napa Valley Transporta6on Authority. On March 15, 2022, City Council approved five CIP projects that are being funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. The proposed ARPA projects are as follows:
Benton Way Enhanced Crosswalk Improvements
Class II Bike Lanes and Intersection Improvement Projects Elliott Drive Enhanced Crosswalk Improvements
Melvin Road Sidewalk and Drainage Improvements
Paving and Utility Improvements (Rancho Del Mar Area)
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The engineering countermeasures in the plan also coincide with HSIP funding requirements. Table 1 lists the top eight City street intersec6on improvements and top six Caltrans Highway 29 intersection improvements. Table 2 lists the top seven City roadway segment improvements and top five Caltrans Highway segment improvements iden6fied through the data analysis, and the suggested countermeasures that may be applied to those loca6ons. Table 3 is a general list of countermeasures that can be deployed citywide including educa6on, enforcement and engineering components. Lastly, Table 4 is a general list of recommended non-engineering strategies that may be applied throughout the City of American Canyon. The LRSP is a living document that should be updated every five years to remain eligible for state and federal funding.
Following the adop6on of the LRSP, it is City staffs inten6on to apply for Cycle 11 HSIP grant funding before the September 12, 2022 deadline.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no financial impact at this time.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The appropriate level of environmental review for any project undertaken as part of the LRSP will be conducted once funding has been secured for any specific projects that are iden6fied for processing.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution Local Roadway Safety Plan
2. Exhibit A American Canyon LRSP
3. Appendix A Stakeholder and Public Input
4. Table 1 LRSP
5. Table 2 LRSP
6. Table 3 LRSP
7. Table 4 LRSP
8. Collision Density Map
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022‐ XX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING A
LOCAL ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN
WHEREAS, a Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) is a data driven process that provides the framework for organizing stakeholders to identify, analyze, and prioritize roadway safety improvements on local and rural roads while contributing to the success of the state Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP); and WHEREAS, the LRSP is being created for the purpose of complying with new state and federal grant funding requirements related to the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP); and WHEREAS, the LRSP has been developed through the coordinated efforts of City of American Canyon staff and consultants,stakeholder working group meetings, and input from the public through a series of public online and virtual engagements and a public review period; and WHEREAS, based on five years of collision history (2017‐2021) analysis and stakeholder working group input, the LRSP addresses multiple SHSP challenge areas such as bicyclists, intersections, pedestrians, distracted driving, and aggressive driving as well as providing a list of safety countermeasures for priority intersections and roadway segments; and
WHEREAS, the LRSP will serve not only as a requirement for grant fund eligibility but also a blueprint for addressing traffic safety issues throughout the community across the “5 E’s” of highway safety – engineering, enforcement, education, emergency response, and emerging technologies; and WHEREAS, the LRSP is a living documents that should be updated every five years to remain eligible for state and federal funding.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of American Canyon hereby adopts the Local Roadway Safety Plan detailed in Exhibit A.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council of the City of American Canyon held on the 16th day of August, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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Leon Garcia, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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A special thanks to all the Safety Partners that contributed to this plan.
City of American Canyon
Public Works Department
City Council
Planning Commission
Napa County
Public Works
Caltrans, District 4
American Canyon Police Department
American Canyon Fire Protection District
Napa Valley Transportation Authority
Napa County Bicycle Coalition
Napa Valley Unified School District
Napa County Office of Education
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City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan | Draft ii Executive Summary
A Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) is a data driven traffic safety planning document that is now a requirement for Cycle 11 of the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). The goal of the LRSP is overall road safety improvements with an emphasis on reducing fatal and severe injury collisions. This plan also involves input from stakeholders and the public in identifying priority locations that could benefit from safety improvements but might not currently show a collision issue. This comprehensive plan is focused on mitigating the City of American Canyon (City) primary collision types and factors, with an overall reduction in collisions citywide.
The development of American Canyon’s LRSP was a collaborative process with a local leadership group that represents the 5 E’s (not just engineering) and public outreach. The 5 E’s of traffic safety include Engineering, Enforcement, Education, Emergency Response, and Emerging Technologies.
This holistic approach allows certain areas of concern not showing a crash pattern to be analyzed. Also, it fosters local, state, and agency partnerships to advance local road safety.
In following the overall LRSP process, a Stakeholder Working Group (Working Group) was formed with the City as the lead and local organizations from the 5 E’s and anyone with an interest in improving the City’s roadway safety. This group gathered for meetings to discuss the overall collision analysis, goals, priorities, safety recommendations, and overall development of the safety plan.
Based on the past 5 years’ collision analysis and the City’s Stakeholder Working Group Meetings, this LRSP will address multiple Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) Challenge/Emphasis Areas including but not limited to:
• Pedestrians
• Bicyclists
• Intersections
• Aggressive Driving/Speeding
• Distracted Driving
In addition, the vision, mission statement, and goals were established in guiding the development of the LRSP. It was also decided that the LRSP for the City of American Canyon would be a living document with official updates every five (5) years.
Data analysis, public input, and City feedback helped to determine the priority locations in the City. State Route 29 (SR 29) runs at grade through American Canyon and divides the east and west sides of the City. These locations have been separated from the City jurisdiction intersections. All the locations, along with their proposed countermeasures per Caltrans Local Roadway Safety Manual for HSIP grant funding, are shown in the tables below. 180
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Intersection Recommended Countermeasures
Improve sight distance to intersection (Clear Sight Triangles) Install pedestrian crossing at uncontrolled locations (new signs and markings only) Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Rio Del Mar and Los Altos Pl Evaluate conversion of intersection to mini-roundabout Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Install high visibility yellow school crosswalk striping Relocate existing school crossing
Install/upgrade pedestrian crossing at uncontrolled locations (with enhanced safety features)
Caltrans Jurisdiction*
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) SR 29 and Napa Junction Rd Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) SR 29 and Donaldson Way Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Install signage for traffic merging onto SR 29
*Only low -cost countermeasures considered. Larger corridor improvements planned and anticipated to begin construction in FY 2025/26 City Jurisdiction
Flosden Rd and Daniel Dr
American Canyon Rd and Broadway/Silver Oak Trail
American Canyon Rd and Newell Dr/Flosden Rd
Flosden Rd and Canyon Creek Dr
Flosden Rd and Via Bellagio
American Canyon Rd and Via Firenze
SR 29 and American Canyon Rd
Rio Del Mar and Rio Grande
SR 29 and Rio Del Mar
SR 29 and Eucalyptus Dr
SR 29 / Green Island Rd
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Recommended Systemic Countermeasures
Segment Recommended Countermeasures
Newell Dr (Silver Oak Trail to American Canyon Rd) Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install guardrail
Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers
Repair and paint (retroreflective) median end caps
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install centerline rumble strips/stripes
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install pedestrian crossing (with enhanced safety features) Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install pedestrian crossing (with enhanced safety features) Caltrans Jurisdiction*
Add segment lighting
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Add segment lighting
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Add segment lighting
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Add segment lighting
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Add segment lighting
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
*Only low -cost countermeasures considered. Larger corridor improvements planned and anticipated to begin construction in FY 2025/26 American Canyon Rd (Newell Dr to E City Limit)
SR 29 (Rio Del Mar to Donaldson Way)
SR 29 (Donaldson Way to American Canyon Rd)
SR 29 (Napa Junction Rd to Rio Del Mar)
Paoli Loop Rd (SR 29 to SR 29 Overpass)
Flosden Rd (Daniel Dr to S City Limit)
American Canyon Rd (Silver Oak Trail to Newell Dr)
SR 29 (American Canyon Rd to S City Limit)
SR 29 (Green Island Rd to Napa Junction Rd)
Silver Oak Trail (American Canyon Rd to Newell Dr)
Benton Way (Wetlands Edge Rd to Donaldson Way/Elliott Dr) City Jurisdiction
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– Active Transportation Program (ATP)
• Next call for funding projects is scheduled to start in March 2024 – Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program
– Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant (Sustainable Communities) – Stimulus funding sources
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City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan | Draft vi Contents
1. Introduction 2
2. Background 3
2.1 Purpose and Need 3
2.1.1 City Roadways 3
2.2 Standards and Guidelines 5
2.2.1 California Strategic Highway Safety Plan 5
2.3 Methodology 5
3. Safety Partners/Stakeholders 7
3.1 Stakeholder Working Group Members 7
3.1.1 Stakeholder Working Group Meetings 7
3.2 SHSP Challenge Areas 8
3.3 Guiding Principles 8
3.3.1 Vision Zero 8
3.3.2 Safe Systems Approach 8
3.3.3 Vision, Mission Statement, and Goals 9
3.3.3.1 Vision 9
3.3.3.2 Mission Statement 10
3.3.3.3 Goals 10
3.3.3.4 Motto and Pledge 10
4. Analyze Safety Data 11
4.1 Recent/Planned Safety Projects 11
4.1.1 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Proposed Projects 11
4.1.2 State Route 29 Multimodal Improvement Project 11
4.1.3 Other Projects 12
4.2 Collision Data 13
4.2.1 Collisions on City Roadways 15
4.2.1.1 Additional Locations 17
4.2.2 Collisions on Caltrans Roadways 17
4.2.3 Collisions Related to Challenge/Emphasis Areas 18
4.2.3.1 Pedestrians 18
4.2.3.2 Bicyclists 20
4.2.3.3 Intersections 22
4.2.3.4 Aggressive Driving / Speeding 22
4.2.3.5 Distracted Driving 22
5. Public Outreach 23
5.1 Public Website 23
5.1.1 Interactive Map 24
5.1.2 Public Survey 25
5.2 Public Engagement 25
6. Identify Strategies 26
6.1 Engineering Strategies 26
6.1.1 Intersection Projects 26
6.1.2 Segment Projects 28
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6.1.3 Systemic Safety Countermeasures 30
6.1.4 Active Transportation 30
6.2 Non-Engineering Strategies 31
7. Prioritize and Incorporate Strategies 32
7.1 Funding Sources 32
7.2 Prioritized Projects 32
8. Evaluation Process 35
9. Next Steps 36
10. References 37
Table Index
Table 4.1 Comprehensive Collision Costs and Equivalent Property Damage Only (EPDO) Weights (2020 dollars) 16
Table 4.2 Top Intersections on City Roadways, Per Collision Analysis 16 Table 4.3 Top Segments on City Roadways, Per Collision Analysis 17 Table 4.4 Top Intersections on Caltrans Roadways, Per Collision Analysis 17 Table 4.5 Top Segments on Caltrans Roadways, Per Collision Analysis 18 Table 4.6 Aggressive Driving Collisions on All Roadways (2017-2021) 22 Table 6.1 Priority Intersection Characteristics 26
Table 6.2 Recommended Countermeasures for Priority Intersections 27 Table 6.3 Priority Segments Characteristics 28
Table 6.4 Recommended Countermeasures for Priority Segments 29 Table 6.5 Systemic Countermeasures 30
Table 6.6 Non-Engineering Strategies 31
Table 7.1 Priority of City Intersection Projects 33
Table 7.2 Priority of City Segment Projects 34
Figure Index
Figure 1.1 California SHSP (2020-2024) 2
Figure 1.2 FHWA’s LRSP Development Process 2
Figure 2.1 Fatal and Severe Injury Collisions in the City of American Canyon (2017-2021) 4 Figure 2.2 SHSP Challenge Areas 5
Figure 2.3 FHWA’s LRSP Development Map (Source: Federal Highway Administration) 6 Figure 3.1 Safe Systems Approach 9
Figure 4.1 Proposed ARPA Funded Bike Lane and Intersection Improvement Project 11 Figure 4.2 SR 29 Roundabout Corridor Alternative 12
Figure 4.3 Total Collisions within the City of American Canyon (2017-2021) 13 Figure 4.4 Collision Density on All Roadways (2017-2021) 14 Figure 4.5 Summary of City Collisions (2017-2021) 15
Figure 4.6 Top Violation Categories on City Roadways (2017-2021) 15 185
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Figure 4.8 Map of Pedestrian Collisions (2017-2021) 19
Figure 4.9 Bicycle Collision Types and Severity 20
Figure 4.10 Map of Bicycle Collisions (2017-2021) 21
Figure 4.11 Top 5 Violation Categories for Intersection Collisions 22 Figure 5.1 Public Website Home Page 23
Figure 5.2 Public Website Interactive Map 24
Figure 5.3 Public-Identified Roadway Issues 25
Appendices
Appendix A Stakeholder and Public Input
Appendix B Collision Data
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City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan | Draft ix List of Abbreviations
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials APS Accessible Pedestrian Signal
ATP Active Transportation Program or Plan
AWSC All-Way Stop Control
BCR Benefit to Cost Ratio
BUI Biking Under the Influence
CA MUTCD California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices CMAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
DUI Driving Under the Influence
EPDO Equivalent Property Damage Only
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FSI Fatal or Severe Injury
HSIP Highway Safety Improvement Program
HSM Highway Safety Manual
LRSM Local Roadway Safety Manual
LRSP Local Roadway/Road Safety Plan
SHSP Strategic Highway Safety Plan
SSAR Systemic Safety Analysis Report
SWITRS Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System
TIMS Transportation Injury Mapping System
TWSC Two-Way Stop Control
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1. Introduction
The project involves the development of a Local Roadway/Road Safety Plan (LRSP), which provides local agencies an opportunity to address unique roadway safety needs in their jurisdictions. This comprehensive document will both help to guide the City in safety countermeasures and allow eligibility for funding in future HSIP applications. The process of preparing an LRSP creates a framework to systematically identify and analyze local safety problems and recommend engineering safety improvements for future Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding.
Preparing an LRSP facilitates local agency partnerships and collaboration, resulting in a prioritized list of improvements and actions that contribute to California’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) overall vision and goals. This SHSP focuses on reducing fatal and severe injury collisions (FSI collisions) with focused challenge/emphasis areas with a focus on the Five “E’s” of Traffic Safety (see Figure 1.1).
The City and GHD will follow the Federal Highway
Administration’s (FHWA) Local Road Safety process in the following six (6) steps as shown in Figure 1.2:
Figure 1.2 FHWA’s LRSP Development Process
In working with the first step of establishing leadership, GHD and the City of American Canyon reached out to the various stakeholder representative for the LRSP working group in capturing the “5E’s” and local community members that can contribute to the overall safety plan for the City of American Canyon. This working group was key in developing a comprehensive safety plan that is tailored to address the local needs and issues.
Figure 1.1 California SHSP (2020-2024)
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2. Background
2.1 Purpose and Need
American Canyon is located at the southern tip of Napa Valley and serves as a gateway to wine country. The City lies approximately 40 miles northeast from San Francisco and has easy access to the San Francisco Bay Ferry located in Vallejo. Its population is approximately 22,000 as of the 2020 Census, up from approximately 20,000 in the 2010 Census. American Canyon is host to multiple recreational areas with the Newell Open Space Preserve in the east, the Napa River Bay Trail and Wetlands Edge Park in the west, and Eagle Vines and Chardonnay Golf Clubs to the north.
Additionally, Napa County Airport lies just north of the City near the industrial area.
With its recreational options, local wineries, and close proximity to both Napa Valley and San Francisco, American Canyon sees many different types of roadway users each day. State Route 29 runs through the City at grade and serves as a main thoroughfare for local and pass through traffic. In addition, the City of American Canyon roadways serve a variety of users including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, passenger cars, and heavy trucks for freight, with a mix of local, recreational, and regional trips.
In focusing in on the roadway safety needs, the past five years of collisions (2017-2021) were evaluated for City roadways and the high severity collisions are discussed below.
2.1.1 City Roadways
During the five-year period between 2017 and 2021, there were 2 fatal and 5 severe injury collisions recorded for the roadways under the City of American Canyon’s jurisdiction. There were 2 fatal and 10 severe injury collisions on SR
29. Figure 2.1 shows a map of the 4 fatal and 15 severe injury collisions on City and Caltrans roadways between 2017 and 2021. In improving roadway safety for the City of American Canyon, it is important to focus on mitigating these high injury and loss of life collisions.
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2.2 Standards and Guidelines
In developing the City of American Canyon LRSP, the following standards and guidelines were followed:
• “Local Roadway Safety, A Manual for California’s Local Road Owners”, Caltrans, Version 1.6, April 2022. • 2020-2024 California’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), “California Safe Roads: 2020-2024 Strategic Highway Safety Plan”, Caltrans.
• “Developing Safety Plans, A Manual for Local Rural Road Owners”, Federal Highway Administration, March 2012.
• “Highway Safety Manual”, American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHTO), 1st Edition, 2014 supplement.
• “California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA MUTCD)”, Revision 5, 2014.
2.2.1 California Strategic Highway Safety Plan
The LRSP will complement California’s SHSP 2020-2024. Per this plan, the recommended challenge areas are shown in Figure 2.2. This plan will focus on challenge/emphasis areas that are determined through data analysis and stakeholder input.
Figure 2.2 SHSP Challenge Areas
For HSIP Cycle 11, Caltrans has updated the SHSP Challenge Areas to incorporate speed management in conjunction with aggressive driving.
2.3 Methodology
The LRSP methodology followed the FHWA’s LRSP development process as shown in Figure 2.3.
Below is a roadmap created by the Federal Highway Administration to show the process of creating the Local Road Safety Plan. Here are the primary steps used to create this plan:
1. Identify Stakeholders
i) Working Group was formed of the 5 E’s and other interested representatives.
2. Use Safety Data
i) Past 5 years of collisions were analyzed with discussion of other high-risk locations.
3. Chose Proven Solutions
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4. Implement Solutions
i) Projects were identified for specific location and systemically.
Figure 2.3 FHWA’s LRSP Development Map (Source: Federal Highway Administration) 192
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3. Safety Partners/Stakeholders
3.1 Stakeholder Working Group Members
Based on community connections, the City of American Canyon led the formation of the LRSP Stakeholder Working Member Group. This leadership group was crucial in the development of the LRSP and helped in capturing the safety needs, goals, and priorities including safety countermeasures for the City of American Canyon.
The Stakeholder Working Group included the following representatives:
• City of American Canyon
• Napa County
• Caltrans, District 4
• American Canyon Police Department
• American Canyon Fire Protection District
• Napa Valley Transportation Authority
• Napa County Bicycle Coalition
• Napa Valley Unified School District
• Napa County Office of Education
3.1.1 Stakeholder Working Group Meetings
Two meetings were held with the stakeholder working group and facilitated by GHD. The virtual meetings were as follows:
• Tuesday, May 3, 2022 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
o Discussed the LRSP overall process, working group member’s safety priorities, past 5 years of collisions (City and Caltrans roadways), vision, goals, and priorities. • Thursday, June 16, 2022 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
o Reviewed first meeting, discussed public comments and ways to address their concerns, recent developments, safety countermeasures and projects, refined LRSP’s guiding principles, and coordinated next steps.
The meeting agendas for the stakeholder working group meetings are in Appendix A: Stakeholder and Public Input.
The stakeholder working group provided their feedback and comments on the Draft Local Roadway Safety Plan document before the plan was finalized. With many of the safety countermeasures to include engineering, enforcement, and emergency response, it is important to have buy off from the stakeholders in understanding how the plan will be implemented.
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3.2 SHSP Challenge Areas
Based on the LRSP Working Group Meetings, this LRSP will address multiple Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) Challenge Areas including:
• Pedestrians
• Bicyclists
• Intersections
• Aggressive Driving/Speeding
• Distracted Driving
3.3 Guiding Principles
The members of the working group coordinated to establish the vision, mission statement, and goals that guided the development of the document. Ideally, this document will help the City move toward Vision Zero. The aim of Vision Zero is to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all.
Traditionally, traffic deaths and severe injuries have been considered as inevitable side effects of modern life. The reality is that these tragedies can be addressed over time by taking a proactive, preventative approach that prioritizes traffic safety as a public health issue.
3.3.1 Vision Zero
Vision Zero is a significant departure from the status quo in two major ways:
• Vision Zero recognizes that people will sometimes make mistakes, so the road system and related policies should be designed to minimize those inevitable mistakes and reduce their likeliness to result in severe injuries or fatalities. This means that system designers and policymakers are expected to improve the roadway environment, policies (such as speed management), and other related systems to lessen the severity of crashes. Roadway users are however still responsible for their mistakes and should follow all applicable laws and use reasonable judgement when conducting themselves within the public right of way. • Vision Zero is a multidisciplinary approach, bringing together diverse and necessary stakeholders to address this complex problem. In the past, meaningful, cross-disciplinary collaboration among local traffic planners and engineers, policymakers, and public health professionals has not been the norm. Vision Zero acknowledges that many factors contribute to safe mobility -- including roadway design, speeds, behaviors, technology, and policies -- and sets clear goals to achieve the shared goal of zero fatalities and severe injuries.
3.3.2 Safe Systems Approach
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is using the Safe System approach to work towards their goal of zero fatalities in vehicles. In providing a comprehensive approach to safety, the Safe System approach is to design our vehicles and infrastructure in a manner that anticipates human error and accommodates human tolerances with a goal of reducing fatal and serious injuries. The following framework is intended to assist the vehicle and infrastructure communities in making decisions in alignment with Safe System principles. Implementing and selecting safe system practices and design will incrementally improve safety over time.
FHWA defines the Safe System Approach Principles and Elements as follows:
• Safe Road Users—The safety of all road users is equitably addressed, including those who walk, bike, drive, ride transit, or travel by other modes.
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City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan | Draft 9 • Safe Speeds—Humans are less likely to survive high-speed crashes. Reducing speeds can accommodate human-injury tolerances in three ways: reducing impact forces, providing additional time for drivers to stop, and improving visibility.
• Safe Roads—Designing transportation infrastructure to accommodate human mistakes and injury tolerances can greatly reduce the severity of crashes that do occur. Examples include physically separating people traveling at different speeds, providing dedicated times for different users to move through a space, and alerting users to hazards and other road users. • Post-Crash Care—People who are injured in collisions rely on emergency first responders to quickly locate and stabilize their injuries and transport them to medical facilities. Post-crash care also includes forensic analysis at the crash site, traffic incident management, and other activities.
Adopting a Safe System approach does not absolve users of their responsibility. Other safety practices such as speed management strategies, driver education, enforcement, and effective emergency response will remain essential to improving road safety. With the passing of Assembly Bill (AB) 43, there will be flexibility in setting speed limits.
Figure 3.1 shows a graphic displaying the safe systems approach.
Figure 3.1 Safe Systems Approach
3.3.3 Vision, Mission Statement, and Goals
3.3.3.1 Vision
A vision statement describes what the Local Road Safety Plan is trying to achieve.
The City of American Canyon will strive toward the elimination of all traffic fatalities and severe injuries while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all. 195
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3.3.3.2 Mission Statement
The mission statement defines the purpose of the plan, what it does, and what it is about. The mission statement was developed in collaboration with the working group.
3.3.3.3 Goals
Safety goals were developed for the Local Roadway Safety Plan. It is important to capture realistic goals that can be measurable or evolve over time.
Goal #1: Create a safe, healthy, convenient, and connected community by developing a roadway safety plan targeted to American Canyon’s transportation and roadway safety needs.
Goal #2: Reduce the potential for fatal and severe injury collisions citywide.
Goal #3: Reduce rear end collisions on SR 29 by implementing strategies that mitigate speed.
Goal #4: Reduce broadside collisions on City roadways by implementing strategies that reduce Right of Way and Signals/signs violations.
Goal #5: Improve multimodal transportation safety by expanding the City’s non-motorized transportation infrastructure using context sensitive design.
Goal #6: Improve safety around schools by increasing multimodal infrastructure, enhanced crossings, and education and enforcement
3.3.3.4 Motto and Pledge
The City of American Canyon adopted a motto as part of their on-going efforts to create safer streets in the community. This motto encompasses the efforts of the LRSP as well as the Traffic Calming Program. The motto is:
“We Safe Streets”
Residents are invited to take the safe streets pledge and proudly display the above decal to encourage others to take the pledge.
The City of American Canyon will provide a safe, sustainable, and equitable multimodal transportation system for all users of the public roadways in the city. 196
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4. Analyze Safety Data
4.1 Recent/Planned Safety Projects
4.1.1 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Proposed Projects In March 2021, United States Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide additional relief in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of American Canyon was successful in receiving funding for multiple Capital Improvement Projects. The proposed projects are as follows:
• Benton Way Enhanced Crosswalk Improvements
• Class II Bike Lanes and Intersection Improvement Projects (See Figure 4.1 below) • Elliott Drive Enhanced Crosswalk Improvements
• Melvin Road Sidewalk and Drainage Improvements
• Paving and Utility Improvements (Rancho Del Mar Area) Figure 4.1 Proposed ARPA Funded Bike Lane and Intersection Improvement Project
4.1.2 State Route 29 Multimodal Improvement Project
Regionally, State Route (SR) 29 provides a direct connection between counties along Interstate 80 (I-80) and I-580 and counties along US 101 in the North Bay. Locally, SR 29 is also the lifeblood of access into and out of Napa County. Notwithstanding their disparate local context, vehicular volumes on SR 29 are comparable to other nearby state highways (SR 12 and SR 37). However, because the SR 29 Corridor functions as American Canyon’s “Main Street”, it experiences significant safety, operational, and context sensitive design issues between American Canyon Road and Napa Junction during weekday and weekend peak hour conditions. 197
City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan | Draft 12 This plan builds upon the previously completed SR 29 Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor Plan (completed May 2020) by identifying three alternative solutions to relieve traffic congestion, improve safety, support transit, and increase multimodal options for pedestrians and cyclists. These options then moved forward to the next phase of project development Project Initiation Document (PID). Per the SR 29 Corridor PID the preferred alternative is shown in Figure 4.2.
Figure 4.2 SR 29 Roundabout Corridor Alternative
Once the PID is approved, the preferred alternative will move forward to the Project Approval & Environmental Documents (PA&ED) phase and Project Plans, Specifications, and Estimate (PS&E) design package with construction anticipated to begin in FY 2025/26.
4.1.3 Other Projects
In addition to the above projects, American Canyon has other projects in construction, planned, continually on-going, and recently completed. These projects are as follows:
In construction:
• Green Island Road Reconstruction and Widening Project – Updating signal crossing, reconstructing railroad crossing, and constructing Class I multi-use trail (Napa Valley Vine Trail) On-going/Planned:
• Bike Rodeos in coordination with the Napa County Bicycle Coalition • Child Seat and Bike Helmet giveaways with pedestrian and bicycle safety presentations by ACPD • Community Safety Booklets
• Broadway District Specific Plan
• Updates to the Traffic Calming Guidelines
• Complete Streets Safety Assessment in coordination with Berkeley SafeTREC – currently underway and recommendations are being coordinated
• Pedestrian Crossing Improvements at Daniel Drive and Flosden Road – previously evaluated improvements in consideration
• Safe Routes to School in coordination with Napa County Bicycle Coalition and Napa Valley Transportation Authority
• Citywide Speed Survey – currently underway by Fehr and Peers 198
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• Devlin Road and Vine Trail Extension – Extension of Devlin Road to Green Island Road to improve circulation
4.2 Collision Data
The City of American Canyon collision data was gathered using the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS) and Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS). The City supplemented some missing collision data using collision reports. Each data set was analyzed, crosschecked, and compiled into one complete comprehensive data set. This process was done to ensure that all reported collisions occurring within the City are accounted for and to provide additional information that one system may not have captured. The data set contains five years’ worth of collisions spanning from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2021.
Between 2017 and 2021, 671 collisions were reported in the City of American Canyon. These collisions were classified based on roadway jurisdiction (City or Caltrans). Collisions were further categorized into intersection related collisions and roadway segment related collisions with a separate focus on the City streets and Caltrans roadways.
The pie chart in Figure 4.3 depicts the number of collisions by collision location (intersection or segment) and jurisdiction (City, SR 29). The highest number of collisions were at SR 29 intersections (270 collisions).
Figure 4.3 Total Collisions within the City of American Canyon (2017-2021) As shown on the collision density map (see Figure 4.4 below), areas with high density of collisions include along all of SR 29, American Canyon Road, Newell Drive, and Flosden Rd, 199
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4.2.1 Collisions on City Roadways
There were 312 collisions recorded on roadways under the City’s jurisdiction between 2017 and 2021. There were 2 fatal collisions and 5 severe injury collisions on City roadways. Sideswipe collisions were the most common collision type followed by broadside and hit object collisions. Figure 4.5 summarizes the City collisions based on severity and type.
Figure 4.5 Summary of City Collisions (2017-2021)
The top five violation categories (not including unknown or not stated collisions) for City roadways are presented in Figure 4.6. The top violation category on City roadways was unsafe speed. Many of the unsafe speed collisions resulted in rear end collisions.
Figure 4.6 Top Violation Categories on City Roadways (2017-2021) 201
City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan | Draft 16 With the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding concentrating on the past five (5) years of collision data, further collision analysis focused on collisions from 2017 to 2021. The total number of collisions and Equivalent Property Damage Only (EPDO) rating were assessed to determine the top study intersections (refer to Appendix B:
Collision Data). Per the Caltrans Local Roadway Safety Manual, it is recommended to rank locations with higher severity as higher focus. The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) methodology of Equivalent Property Damage Only (EPDO) rating assigns a weight to collisions in capturing the relative severity in equivalent property damage only (PDO =1).
Table 4.1 provides the comprehensive collision costs and EPDO weights that were used in ranking the collisions.
Collision costs include both direct and indirect costs. Direct crash costs include ambulance service, police and fire services, property damage, insurance, and other costs directly related to the crashes. Indirect collision costs account for the value society would place on pain and suffering or loss of life associated with the crash.
Table 4.1 Comprehensive Collision Costs and Equivalent Property Damage Only (EPDO) Weights (2020 dollars) For the purposes of identifying priority locations for this plan, the intersection and segment collisions on City roadways were analyzed based off the LRSM EPDO ranking and total collisions. The top five intersections and segments in each of these three categories were identified as a priority. After removing duplicates between the lists, 7 unique City intersections, 7 unique State Route 29 intersections, 7 unique City roadway segments, and 5 unique State Route 29 segments were identified.
The intersection of American Canyon Rd and Broadway/Silver Oak Trail had the highest severity ranking due to multiple severe injury collisions as well as the highest number of collisions (28). The intersection of Flosden Rd and Daniel Dr ranked second due to a fatality at the intersection. Table 4.2 shows the top intersections, per collision analysis. Further detailed collision analysis is in Appendix B: Collision Data.
Table 4.2 Top Intersections on City Roadways, Per Collision Analysis American Canyon Rd Broadway/Silver Oak Trail 311 28
Flosden Rd Daniel Dr 209 5
American Canyon Rd Newell Dr/Flosden Rd 198 19
Rio Del Mar Los Altos Pl 197 3
Flosden Rd Canyon Creek Dr 32 7
Flosden Rd Via Bellagio 27 7
American Canyon Rd Via Firenze 22 7
Primary Road Secondary Road EPDO
Total
Collisions
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City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan | Draft 17 The segment collisions were also analyzed EPDO and total number of collisions. Table 4.3 shows the top segments, per collision analysis. The segment of American Canyon Road (Newell Drive to East City Limit) had the highest EPDO (178) and tied with two other segments for the highest number of collisions (9).
Table 4.3 Top Segments on City Roadways, Per Collision Analysis
4.2.1.1 Additional Locations
Per stakeholder feedback, the segments of Silver Oak Trail from American Canyon Road to Newell Drive and Benton Way from Wetlands Edge Road to Donaldson Way/Elliott Drive are included as priority locations. These two locations did not have significant enough severity or number of collisions to appear in the top segments on their own but are still top priorities due to their proximity to schools. Both locations are main routes to schools and see significant numbers of vulnerable road users during school hours.
Additionally, the Planning Commission identified the intersection of Rio Del Mar and Rio Grande as a location in need of improvements. The existing school crossing is located approximately 60 feet south of the intersection and lies at the end of a curve resulting in limited sight distance. Due to its proximity to a public park and multiple schools, this location sees significant numbers of vulnerable road users as well.
4.2.2 Collisions on Caltrans Roadways
There were 312 collisions recorded on Caltrans roadways between 2017 and 2021. Of these collisions, 179 were at SR 29 intersections and 133 were along segments. The intersection of SR 29 and American Canyon Road had the highest EPDO (650) and the highest number of collisions (59) in the five-year period between 2017 and 2021. Table
4.4 shows the top intersections, per collision analysis.
Table 4.4 Top Intersections on Caltrans Roadways, Per Collision Analysis The segment of SR 29 from American Canyon Road to the South City Limit had the highest EPDO (416) due to a fatality. The segment of SR 29 from Green Island Road to Napa Junction Road had the highest number of collisions (25). Table 4.5 shows the top segments per collision analysis. Further detailed collision analysis is in Appendix B:
Collision Data.
American Canyon Rd (Newell Dr to E City Limit) 178 9
Newell Dr (Silver Oak Trail to American Canyon Rd) 166 2 American Canyon Rd (SR 29 to Silver Oak Trail) 47 7
Paoli Loop Rd (SR 29 to SR 29 Overpass) 29 9
W American Canyon Rd (James Rd to SR 29) 22 7
Flosden Rd (Daniel Dr to S City Limit) 19 9
American Canyon Rd (Silver Oak Trail to Newell Dr) 18 8 Location
Total
EPDO Collisions
SR 29 American Canyon Rd 650 59
SR 29 Rio Del Mar 522 50
SR 29 Poco Way 424 16
SR 29 Green Island Rd 244 15
SR 29 Napa Junction Rd 126 31
SR 29 Eucalyptus Dr 87 27
SR 29 Donaldson Way 70 25
Primary Road Secondary Road EPDO
Total
Collisions
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4.2.3 Collisions Related to Challenge/Emphasis Areas
4.2.3.1 Pedestrians
There were twenty (20) total collisions involving pedestrians from 2017 to 2021. These majority took place at City intersections – 13 collisions occurred at City intersections, 5 occurred at SR 29 intersections, and 2 occurred along City segments. The pedestrian location at the time of collision, along with corresponding severity, is shown in Figure
4.7. Of the 20 collisions, 4 included pedestrians in the road (including the shoulder), and 14 included pedestrians crossing in the crosswalk at an intersection.
Figure 4.7 Pedestrian Location at Time of Collision
The mapped location of each pedestrian collision is shown in Figure 4.8.
SR 29 (American Canyon Rd to S City Limit) 416 23
SR 29 (Green Island Rd to Napa Junction Rd) 80 25
SR 29 (Rio Del Mar to Donaldson Way) 76 21
SR 29 (Donaldson Way to American Canyon Rd) 68 13
SR 29 (Napa Junction Rd to Rio Del Mar) 54 14
Location
Total
EPDO Collisions
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4.2.3.2 Bicyclists
There were twelve (12) total bicycle collisions in the City from 2017 to 2021 including one (1) fatal incident. The highest collision type was broadside with 5 collisions. The majority of these collisions took place at the intersections of SR 29 at American Canyon Rd and American Canyon Rd at Broadway/Silver Oak Trail. The type of bicycle collisions, along with corresponding severity, is shown in Figure 4.9.
Figure 4.9 Bicycle Collision Types and Severity
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4.2.3.3 Intersections
For the past 5 years (2017-2021), there were 671 collisions on all roadways in American Canyon (City and Caltrans jurisdictions). Of those collisions, 449 (67%) occurred at intersections. The majority of intersection collisions (270) occurred at intersections under Caltrans jurisdiction. There were 179 intersection related collisions at City intersections. The top violation category for intersections was unsafe speed (see Figure 4.8). The majority of unsafe speed violations resulted in rear end collisions.
Figure 4.11 Top 5 Violation Categories for Intersection Collisions
4.2.3.4 Aggressive Driving / Speeding
Aggressive driving including speeding can be assessed through collision violation categories for unsafe speed and traffic signals and signs violations. There were 279 collisions on all roadways in the City due to these violations between 2017 and 2021 (see Table 4.6). This is approximately 42 percent of all collisions on City roadways. Many of these collisions resulted in rear end or broadside collisions.
Table 4.6 Aggressive Driving Collisions on All Roadways (2017-2021)
4.2.3.5 Distracted Driving
Distracted driving is categorized in collision data as inattention. Categories for inattention include cell phones (handheld or hands-free), electronic equipment, smoking, eating, children, animal, personal hygiene, and reading.
There were 108 collisions between 2017 and 2021 that had inattention as a factor of the collision. Most of these Aggressive Driving Total
Fatal 1 4 25% 0%
Severe Injury 8 15 53% 1%
Injury (Other Visible) 24 57 42% 4%
Injury (Complaint of Pain) 94 183 51% 14%
Property Damage Only 152 412 37% 23%
TOTAL 279 671 - 42%
Collisions on All Roadways Percentage of
Collisions Per
Severity Severity
Percentage of
Total
Collisions
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5. Public Outreach
5.1 Public Website
A project website was created on the Social Pinpoint platform to inform the public about the LRSP and provide a platform for public engagement. Figure 5.1 displays the homepage for the website found at ghd.mysocialpinpoint.com/american-canyon-lrsp. The project website had the Google Translate option enabled that could translate the webpage in over 100 languages and detect the user’s browsers settings to automatically display the website in their language preference. In addition, the user could toggle the preferred language on the upper right corner of the webpage. Visitors to the page were invited to provide comments on an interactive project map and share their thoughts through a project survey. Comments from the interactive map and detailed results from the survey are included in Appendix A: Stakeholder and Public Input.
Figure 5.1 Public Website Home Page
The website was open to public input from May 11, 2022 to July 29, 2022 (80 days). It was promoted through a variety of sources including, but not limited to:
– City Facebook
– City Newsletter
– City website
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– Traffic Calming Workshop on May 19, 2022
5.1.1 Interactive Map
The interactive map feature on the website allowed the public to drag icons to a location within the City and leave a comment regarding driving, transit, schools biking, or pedestrians at that location. At the end of the open comment period, there were 292 map comments. Figure 5.2 shows the interactive map feature from the website. Areas with high densities of interactive map comments within American Canyon include Elliott Way between Benton Way and W American Canyon Road, James Road between Wilson Way and Donaldson Way W, Wetlands Edge Road, Donaldson Way E, Newell Drive, and Melvin Road.
Figure 5.2 Public Website Interactive Map
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City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan | Draft 25 Individual comments, along with their respective responses, are presented in Appendix A: Stakeholder and Public Input. As the comment collection period is still on-going, not all provided comments have been addressed at the time of this draft. All comments will be addressed in the final report appendices.
5.1.2 Public Survey
As shown in Figure 5.3, the City of American Canyon Public Survey asked respondents six questions relating to the LRSP and received 90 survey responses during the open comment period. According to the survey, the primary safety issues for American Canyon are intersections and speed related collisions. Other identified issues included lack of protected bike lanes, drivers running stop signs, and lack of traffic calming in neighborhoods.
Figure 5.3 Public-Identified Roadway Issues
All survey questions and their corresponding responses are provided in Appendix A: Stakeholder and Public Input.
5.2 Public Engagement
On May 19, 2022, the City of American Canyon held a Traffic Calming Workshop to update the public on the plans for traffic calming within the City. This workshop also addressed the LRSP and promoted the public website to receive public feedback.
Additionally, the American Canyon LRSP was presented at a City Council meeting on July 19, 2022, and at a Planning Commission meeting on July 28, 2022. These meetings provided updates to the public with the work completed on the plans and provided time at the end of the presentation for the attendees to address any questions or concerns they had. Attendees were also directed to the public website to leave comments on the interactive map and respond to the survey after these meetings.
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6. Identify Strategies
Through coordination and feedback from the City of American Canyon, LRSP stakeholder working group, and public outreach, safety projects and strategies were identified for the Local Roadway Safety Plan.
The LRSP references specific location engineering projects and systemic safety applications. In addition, safety strategies and projects that address the other E’s to include Enforcement, Education, Emergency Response, and Emerging Technologies will be discussed below.
6.1 Engineering Strategies
Recommended countermeasures for the priority locations were chosen per the most recent Caltrans, Local Roadway Safety Manual (Version 1.6), April 2022, guidance from the City and stakeholders on preferred countermeasures, crash characteristics, and observations from Google Maps.
6.1.1 Intersection Projects
The locations and characteristics of the seven (7) City and seven (7) Caltrans priority intersections are shown in Table
6.1 below.
Table 6.1 Priority Intersection Characteristics
The countermeasures recommended for these locations are presented in Table 6.2.
Primary Road Secondary Road Control Relative Severity (EPDO) Total Crashes Top Type of
Collision
(Number of
Collisions)
Top Violation
Category (Number of
Collisions) Fatal + Severe Injury % at Night Wet Ped Bike Involv. w/Fixed Object Pedestrian Not in Crosswalk Alcohol Involved Dark with No Streetlights City Jurisdiction
Flosden Rd Daniel Dr TWSC 209 5 All Unique All Unique 1 40% 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 American
Canyon Rd
Broadway/Silver
Oak Trail Signal 311 28 Broadside (11) Traffic Signals and Signs (8) 2 39% 3 3 3 1 0 6 0 American
Canyon Rd
Newell Dr/Flosden
Rd Signal 198 19 Broadside (7) Traffic Signals and Signs (6) 1 32% 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 Rio Del Mar Los Altos Pl AWSC 197 3 Other (2) All Unique 1 0% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Flosden Rd Canyon Creek Dr Signal 32 7 Broadside (3) Traffic Signals and Signs (2) 0 43% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Flosden Rd Via Bellagio Signal 27 7 Broadside (3) Unsafe Speed (2) 0 29% 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 American
Canyon Rd Via Firenze Signal 22 7
Sideswipe (2),
Hit Object (2)
DUI (2), Traffic Signals
and Signs (2) 0 57% 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Caltrans Jurisdiction
SR 29 American Canyon
Rd Signal 650 59 Rear End (30) Unsafe Speed (20) 4 36% 7 7 3 4 1 9 1 SR 29 Rio Del Mar Signal 522 50 Rear End (38) Unsafe Speed (34) 3 26% 9 9 0 2 0 6 1 SR 29 Napa Junction Rd Signal 126 31 Rear End (20) Unsafe Speed (16) 0 29% 3 3 0 1 1 1 2 SR 29 Poco Way TWSC 424 16 Rear End (7) Auto Right of Way (5) 2 13% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 SR 29 Eucalyptus Dr Signal 87 27 Rear End (22) Unsafe Speed (14) 0 37% 2 2 0 1 0 6 1 SR 29 Green Island Rd TWSC 244 15 Rear End (9) Unsafe Speed (9) 1 27% 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 SR 29 Donaldson Way Signal 70 25 Rear End (16) Unsafe Speed (8) 0 20% 4 4 1 0 0 5 0 Crash Characteristics
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City of American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan | Draft 27 Table 6.2 Recommended Countermeasures for Priority Intersections Intersection Control Relative Severity (EPDO) Total Collisions Top Type of Collision Countermeasure Number* CRF Funding Eligibility Recommended Countermeasures NS11 20% 90% Evaluate and improve sight distance to intersection NS20PB 10% 90% Install pedestrian crossing (new signs and markings only) S03 15% 50% Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation)
S02 15% 90% Improve signal hardware: lenses, backplates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
S21PB 60% 90% Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI)
S03 15% 50% Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation)
S02 15% 90% Improve signal hardware: lenses, backplates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
S21PB 60% 90% Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI)
Rio Del Mar / Los Altos Pl AWSC 197 3 Other (2) NS05mr 30% 90% Evaluate conversion to mini-roundabout1 S03 15% 50% Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation)
S02 15% 90% Improve signal hardware: lenses, backplates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
S21PB 60% 90% Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI)
S03 15% 50% Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation)
S02 15% 90% Improve signal hardware: lenses, backplates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
S21PB 60% 90% Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI)
S03 15% 50% Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation)
S02 15% 90% Improve signal hardware: lenses, backplates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
S21PB 60% 90% Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI)
- - - Install high visibility yellow school crosswalk striping - - - Relocate existing school crossing
NS21PB 35% 90% Install/upgrade pedestrian crossing at uncontrolled locations (with enhanced safety features)
S21PB 60% 90% Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI)
S03 15% 50% Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation)
S21PB 60% 90% Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI)
S03 15% 50% Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation)
SR 29 / Napa Junction Rd 4 126 31 Rear End (20) S03 15% 50% Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation)
S03 15% 50% Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation)
S21PB 60% 90% Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI)
- - - Install signage for traffic merging onto SR 29
- - - Replace botts dots with thermoplastic striping
SR 29 / Donaldson Way 4 70 25 Rear End (16) S03 15% 50% Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation)
*Countermeasure number is per the LRSM and can be found in the Appendix 1 Intersection must meet CA MUTCD warrants to implement countermeasure Mitigations along SR 29 influence the operations and safety of this intersection.
Flosden Rd / Daniel Dr TWSC 209 5
Flosden Rd / Via Bellagio Signal
0 4 424 Rear End (7)
Rear End (38)
Sideswipe (2),
Hit Object (2)
Broadside (3)
0 -
27 SR 29 / Eucalyptus Dr
SR 29 / Green Island Rd 4 244 15 Rear End (9)
3 87 27 Rear End (22)
16 7
7 Broadside (11)
198 19
7 Broadside (3)
All Unique
Broadside (7)
City Jurisdiction
American Canyon Rd / Via
Firenze Signal 22
American Canyon Rd /
Broadway/Silver Oak Trail Signal 311 28
American Canyon Rd /
Newell Dr/Flosden Rd Signal
59 50
Caltrans Jurisdiction
SR 29 / American Canyon
Rd 4 650 Rear End (30)
Flosden Rd / Canyon Creek
Dr Signal 32
Rio Del Mar / Rio Grande AWSC
SR 29 / Poco Way
SR 29 / Rio Del Mar 3 522
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6.1.2 Segment Projects
Throughout the analysis period, there were 133 collisions reported on City of American Canyon roadway segments and 89 collisions on SR 29 roadway segments (non-intersection related). A breakdown of roadway collisions on City streets are included in Appendix B: Collision Data. Priority segments and their crash characteristics for the City of American Canyon are displayed in Table 6.3 below.
Table 6.3 Priority Segments Characteristics
The countermeasures recommended for these locations are presented in Table 6.4.
Primary Road Limits Length
(mi) Relative Severity (EPDO) Total Crashes
Top Type of
Collision
(Number of
Collisions)
Top Violation
Category (Number of
Collisions) Fatal + Severe Injury % at Night Wet Ped Pedestrian Not in Crosswalk Bike Involv. w/Parked Car Involv. w/Fixed Object Alcohol Involved City Jurisdiction
Newell Dr
Silver Oak Trail to
American Canyon
Rd
0.31 166 2 Hit Object (2) DUI (1), Unsafe Speed
(1) 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
American
Canyon Rd
SR 29 to Silver
Oak Trail 0.12 47 7 Rear End (4) Unsafe Speed (4) 0 29% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 American
Canyon Rd
Newell Dr to E City
Limit 0.38 178 9 Hit Object (3) Unsafe Speed (3) 1 22% 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 Paoli Loop Rd SR 29 to SR 29
Overpass 0.46 29 9 Head On (3) Unsafe Speed (7) 0 44% 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 W American
Canyon Rd James Rd to SR 29 0.13 22 7 Broadside (5) Auto Right of Way (5) 0 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Flosden Rd Daniel Dr to S City
Limit 0.26 19 9 Hit Object (5) Improper Turning (3), Auto Right of Way (3) 0 44% 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 American
Canyon Rd
Silver Oak Trail to
Newell Dr 0.55 18 8 Hit Object (4) Unsafe Speed (3) 0 13% 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 Silver Oak Trail American Canyon
Rd to Newell Dr 0.59 3 3
Rear End (1),
Broadside (1),
Hit Object (1)
Improper Turning (1),
Auto Right of Way (1),
Unknown (1)
0 0% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Benton Way
Wetlands Edge Rd
to Donaldson
Way/Elliott Dr
0.36 16 6
Sideswipe (2),
Broadside (2)
Traffic Signals and
Signs (2) 0 16% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Caltrans
SR 29 American Canyon
Rd to S City Limit 0.69 416 23 Rear End (11) Unsafe Speed (9) 2 48% 3 0 0 1 0 6 4 SR 29 Green Island Rd to
Napa Junction Rd 0.71 80 25 Rear End (16) Unsafe Speed (18) 0 20% 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 SR 29 Rio Del Mar to
Donaldson Way 0.55 76 21 Rear End (16) Unsafe Speed (13) 0 43% 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 SR 29
Donaldson Way to
American Canyon
Rd
0.38 68 13 Rear End (6) Unsafe Speed (5) 0 46% 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 SR 29 Napa Junction Rd
to Rio Del Mar 0.39 54 14 Rear End (12) Unsafe Speed (12) 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Crash Characteristics
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Relative Severity (EPDO) Total Collisions Top Type of
Collision
Length Countermeasure Number* CRF Funding Eligibility Recommended Countermeasures City Jurisdiction
Newell Dr (Silver Oak
Trail to American
Canyon Rd)
166 2 Hit Object (2) 0.31 R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs American Canyon Rd
(SR 29 to Silver Oak
Trail)
47 7 Rear End (4) 0.12
R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs R04 25% 90% Install guardrail
R27 15% 90% Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers - - - Repair and paint (retroreflective) median end caps R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs R30 20% 90% Install centerline rumble strips/stripes
W American Canyon
Rd (James Rd to SR
29)
22 7 Broadside (5) 0.13 - - - Evaluate sight distance at driveways R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs R27 15% 90% Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs R27 15% 90% Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers R35PB 35% 90% Install/upgrade pedestrian crossing (with enhanced features)
R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs R35PB 35% 90% Install/upgrade pedestrian crossing (with enhanced features)
R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs Caltrans Jurisdiction
R01 35% 90% Add segment lighting
R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs R01 35% 90% Add segment lighting
R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs R01 35% 90% Add segment lighting
R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs R01 35% 90% Add segment lighting
R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs R01 35% 90% Add segment lighting
R26 30% 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs *Countermeasure number is per the LRSM and can be found in the Appendix Benton Way
(Wetlands Edge Rd to
Donaldson
Way/Elliott Dr)
16 6
Sideswipe (2),
Broadside (2)
Silver Oak Trail
(American Canyon
Rd to Newell Dr)
3 3
Rear End (1),
Broadside (1),
Hit Object (1)
0.39 25
SR 29 (Napa Junction
Rd to Rio Del Mar) 54 14 Rear End (12)
0.55 SR 29 (Donaldson
Way to American
Canyon Rd)
68 13 Rear End (6) 0.38
SR 29 (Rio Del Mar to
Donaldson Way) 76 21 Rear End (16)
SR 29 (American
Canyon Rd to S City
Limit)
416 23 Rear End (11)
80 Rear End (16)
SR 29 (Green Island
Rd to Napa Junction
Rd)
0.71 0.38
0.46 0.69
0.59 0.36
29 Head On (3)
Flosden Rd (Daniel
Dr to S City Limit) 19 Hit Object (5)
American Canyon Rd
(Silver Oak Trail to
Newell Dr)
18 Mitigations at American Canyon Rd/SR 19 and American Canyon Rd/Silver Oak Trail intersections influence the operations and safety of this segment.
Hit Object (4) 0.55
9 9
9 8
0.26 178 Hit Object (3)
American Canyon Rd
(Newell Dr to E City
Limit)
Paoli Loop Rd (SR 29
to SR 29 Overpass)
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6.1.3 Systemic Safety Countermeasures
When selecting countermeasures, just focusing on locations with current collision issues is a reactive approach to roadway safety planning. A reactive approach targets recent hot-spots and specific problems that are associated with these locations; as a result of this approach, locations with low traffic volumes but with similar safety issues as hot spot locations are not addressed. To mitigate collisions in a both a reactive and proactive approach, Caltrans’ Local Roadway Safety Manual suggests agencies utilize a comprehensive approach that includes systemic and hot spot location improvements in developing a safety plan.
Potential countermeasures that can be applied systemically throughout various locations in the City are presented in Table 6.5 below.
Table 6.5 Systemic Countermeasures
6.1.4 Active Transportation
American Canyon has an active walking and biking community, with multimodal improvements already on the roadways or in planning and design. In evaluating future transportation projects, it is important to look for opportunities to incorporate facilities and safety improvements for bicycle, pedestrians, and transit, including evaluating protected bicycle and pedestrian pathways. This will help to provide a safe alternative to driving and reduce greenhouse gases while increasing the health and vitality of the community. The reduction of greenhouse gases and increase of active transportation coincides with the City’s Climate Adaption Plan which is in the process of being updated.
Location Type of
Countermeasure Countermeasure
Education
Pedestrian and bicycle education
campaign (crossing at crosswalks,
wearing high-visibility clothing at night,
following the bicycle rules of the road etc.)
Education Safe driver education for all drivers
Education Safe driving campaign for students
Enforcement Speed enforcement and management2
Engineering Install bike infrastructure1
Engineering Add sidewalks/close sidewalk gaps
Engineering Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements1
Engineering
Provide pedestrian countdown timers,
updated push buttons, AND Leading
Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs) at signalized
intersections (as needed)
Engineering
Flashing Yellow Arrows/Protected Left
Turn signal heads at signalized
intersections
Engineering Evalute installation of green bike conflict markings at intersections1
Engineering Evalute adding bike boxes at
intersections1
1 Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements and Bike Safety Improvements are part of the HSIP Set Aside funding and do not require previous collision history 2 Speed Management can include the installation of traffic calming devices and/or speed limit changes through AB 43
Citywide
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6.2 Non-Engineering Strategies
A comprehensive approach to selecting countermeasure recognizes that not all safety issues can be addressed through infrastructure improvements. The comprehensive approach to safety involves the 5 E’s of traffic safety.
Besides engineering safety countermeasures, it is important to recommend safety countermeasures to coincide with the other safety E’s. Non-engineering strategies for the American Canyon LRSP are shown in Table 6.6 below.
Table 6.6 Non-Engineering Strategies
Recommended Strategy
Pedestrian education campaign
Bicyclist education and resources
Safe Routes to School maps and outreach at schools
Social media blasts with quick education tool for all users Dangers of speeding/speed management campaigns
Driver education through distracted driving campaigns
Partner with Regional and Local partners (NVTA, Napa Bike, NCOE) ITS infrastructure, web/mobile application (apps) and smart cities practices Crash warning system
Changeable message signs
Bicycle detection
Upgraded controllers for leading pedestrian intervals as needed.
Installing touchless Accessible Pedestrian Signals
Targeted speed enforcement
Focused DUI check points or routine stops
Increasing number of traffic enforcement officers through OTS grants Distracted driving enforcement
Maintain emergency preemption at signalized intersections Improve and maintain access for emergency response vehicles Emergency
Response
Strategy Type
Education
Emerging
Technologies
Enforcement
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7. Prioritize and Incorporate Strategies
7.1 Funding Sources
Funding opportunities can come through grant funding such as HSIP, Active Transportation Program (ATP), and other state funded grants. It should be noted that the Active Transportation Program (ATP) funding is very competitive and typically awarded for larger projects in high-density communities.
Each HSIP cycle has available project funding for Benefit to Cost Ratio (BCR) and funding set-aside projects. BCR projects use expected benefit and estimated cost to determine eligibility and likelihood for receiving funding. The expected benefit is determined using the crash history and the predicted collision reduction from the recommended countermeasures.
HSIP also provides funding set-aside projects that do not require a collision history. Set aside funding consists of guardrail upgrades, pedestrian crossing enhancements, installing edge-lines, bike safety improvements, and set-aside for tribes. Each of the set-aside projects except the tribal set-asides are applicable for the City of American Canyon.
For funding for the non-engineering strategies, the California Office of Traffic Safety has resources that can be used by the City to help in traffic safety education for residents. Some campaigns highlighted in their website include impaired driving, distracted driving, pedestrian & bicycle safety, and speeding. The website provides educational materials, safety tips, facts, and resources to use in educating the public on traffic safety.
7.2 Prioritized Projects
In evaluating how to implement safety projects, preliminary benefit-to-cost ratios (BCRs) for priority intersection and segment projects were calculated using the HSIP Cycle 11 Analyzer. Tables 7.1 and 7.2 contain lists of the proposed intersection and segment projects and their corresponding BCRs. These tables also show additional potential funding opportunities. It should be noted that some of the recommended countermeasures are not current HSIP countermeasures. However, these improvements can typically be included in an HSIP project provided the cost does not exceed 20% of the total project cost.
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Intersection Recommended Countermeasures Max Project Cost for B/C Ratio of 10 Preliminary B/C Ratio Total Expected Benefit Preliminary Estimated Project Cost* HSIP Funding Reimbursement Ratio HSIP Set-Aside** City Jurisdiction
Improve sight distance to intersection (Clear Sight Triangles) 90% Install pedestrian crossing at uncontrolled locations (new signs and markings only) 90% PCE
Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number 90%
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) 50%
Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) 90%
Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number 90%
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) 50%
Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) 90%
Rio Del Mar and Los
Altos Pl Convert intersection to mini-roundabout $353,856 18.1 $3,538,561 $195,000 90% Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number 90%
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) 50%
Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) 90%
Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number 90%
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) 50%
Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) 90%
Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number 90%
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) 50%
Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) 90%
Caltrans Jurisdiction
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) 50%
Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) 90%
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) 50%
Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) 90%
SR 29 and Napa
Junction Rd
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) $56,547 8.7 $565,471 $65,000 50%
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) 50%
Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) 90%
SR 29 and Donaldson
Way
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) $31,275 4.8 $312,751 $65,000 50%
* Includes 30% contingency
**PCE = Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements
66.0 $87,750
$22,272 2.5 $222,722 $87,750
American Canyon Rd
and Via Firenze $18,054 2.1 $180,542 $87,750
SR 29 and Eucalyptus Dr $39,009
Flosden Rd and Daniel
Dr $134,976 34.6 $1,349,760 $39,000
Flosden Rd and Canyon
Creek Dr $34,389 3.9 $343,893 $87,750
American Canyon Rd
and Newell Dr/Flosden
Rd
$171,784 19.6 $1,717,839 $87,750
American Canyon Rd
and Broadway/Silver
Oak Trail
$579,442 $5,794,422
5.2 $390,091
Flosden Rd and Via
Bellagio
$74,750
SR 29 and Rio Del Mar $597,777 80.0 $5,977,771 $74,750
SR 29 and American
Canyon Rd $328,342 43.9 $3,283,423
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Segment Recommended Countermeasures Max Project Cost for B/C Ratio of 10 Preliminary B/C Ratio Total Expected Benefit Preliminary Estimated Project Cost* HSIP Funding Reimbursement Ratio HSIP Set-Aside** City Jurisdiction
Newell Dr (Silver Oak
Trail to American
Canyon Rd)
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs $148,554 76.2 $1,485,541 $19,500 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs 90%
Install guardrail 90% G
Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs 90%
Install centerline rumble strips/stripes 90%
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs 90%
Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs 90%
Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers 90% Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs 90%
Install pedestrian crossing (with enhanced safety features) 90% PCE Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs 90%
Install pedestrian crossing (with enhanced safety features) 90% PCE Caltrans Jurisdiction
Add segment lighting 90%
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs 90%
Add segment lighting 90%
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs 90%
Add segment lighting 90%
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs 90%
Add segment lighting 90%
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs 90%
Add segment lighting 90%
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs 90%
* Includes 30% contingency
**G = Upgrade Guardrail, PCE = Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements SR 29 (Green Island Rd
to Napa Junction Rd) $108,508 4.1 $1,085,076 $262,600
$21,967 9.4
SR 29 (Napa Junction Rd
to Rio Del Mar) $83,636 5.1 $836,357 $162,500
SR 29 (Rio Del Mar to
Donaldson Way) $111,604 5.4 $1,116,040 $205,400
SR 29 (Donaldson Way
to American Canyon Rd) $125,012 8.4 $1,250,116 $148,200 Silver Oak Trail
(American Canyon Rd to
Newell Dr)
$2,682
American Canyon Rd
(Silver Oak Trail to
Newell Dr)
$219,674 $23,275
SR 29 (American Canyon
Rd to S City Limit) $761,181 29.0 $7,611,811 $262,600
0.3 $26,821 $84,500
Benton Way (Wetlands
Edge Rd to Donaldson
Way/Elliott Dr)
$9,924 1.2 $99,241 $84,500
American Canyon Rd
(Newell Dr to E City
Limit)
$426,984 49.0 $4,269,843 $87,108
Flosden Rd (Daniel Dr to
S City Limit) $23,174 10.9 $231,743 $21,285
Paoli Loop Rd (SR 29 to
SR 29 Overpass) $37,321 4.5 $373,209 $82,649
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8. Evaluation Process
To evaluate the success of this plan, yearly collision analysis, along with requests for public feedback, can take place and be compared to the established goals.
Goal: Create a safe, healthy, convenient, and connected community by developing a roadway safety plan targeted to American Canyon’s transportation and roadway safety needs.
Measure of Success: The number of residents choosing alternative modes of transportation more often noticeably increases after the implementation of this plan and proposed countermeasures. Residents report feeling safe and are better able to navigate the City without a vehicle. This can be captured through a public survey.
Goal: Reduce the potential for fatal and severe injury collisions citywide.
Measure of Success: There is a downward trend of fatal and severe injury collisions throughout the City over a 5-year period.
Goal: Reduce rear end collisions on SR 29 by implementing strategies that mitigate speeding.
Measure of Success: There is a downward trend of rear end collisions on SR 29 after speed management strategies have been implemented over a 5-year period.
Goal: Reduce broadside collisions in City roadways by implementing strategies that reduce Right of Way and Signals/Signs violations.
Measure of Success: There is a downward trend of broadside collisions on City roadways after strategies have been implemented over a 5-year period.
Goal: Improve multimodal transportation safety by expanding the City’s opportunities for nonmotorized transportation infrastructure using context sensitive designs.
Measure of Success: American Canyon prioritizes multimodal improvements in grant and city funding opportunities with context sensitive design solutions. With these improvements, there will be a downward trend in bicycle and pedestrian collisions with vehicles over a 5-year period.
Goal: Improve safety around schools by increasing multimodal infrastructure, enhanced crossings, and education and enforcement.
Measure of Success: Residents will feel more comfortable choosing multimodal transportation to travel to and from school zones and express an increased feeling of safety in these areas. This can be captured through a survey from the schools.
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9. Next Steps
The City of American Canyon plans to send the Local Roadway Safety Plan to City Council for adoption in August 2022. This safety plan will be a living document and will guide the City’s roadway safety needs for the next five years.
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10. References
Recent/Planned Projects
Traffic Data
– City of American Canyon Collision Data, Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System, 2017-2021. – City of American Canyon Collision Data, Transportation Injury Mapping System, 2017-2021.
Plans/Manuals/Articles
– “Developing Safety Plans, A Manual for Local Rural Road Owners”, Federal Highway Administration, March 2012, http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/local_rural/training/fhwasa12017/. – 2020-2024 California’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), “California Safe Roads: 2020-2024 Strategic Highway Safety Plan”, Caltrans.
– “Local Roadway Safety, A Manual for California’s Local Road Owners”, Caltrans, Version 1.6, April 2022 – “Highway Safety Manual”, American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHTO), 1st Edition, 2014 supplement.
– “California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA MUTCD)”, Revision 5, 2014.
Websites
– California Department of Transportation, “Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP)”, https://dot.ca.gov/programs/safety-programs/shsp.
– California Department of Transportation, “Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) and Systemic Safety Analysis Report Program (SSARP)”, https://dot.ca.gov/programs/local-assistance/fed-and-state-programs/highway-safetyimprovement-program/local-roadway-safety-plans. – California Department of Transportation, “HSIP Cycle 10”, https://dot.ca.gov/programs/local-assistance/fed-andstate-programs/highway-safety-improvement-program/apply-now. – City of American Canyon Local Road Safety Plan, https://ghd.mysocialpinpoint.com/american-canyon-lrsp – Institute of Transportation Engineers, https://www.ite.org/technical-resources/topics/safe-systems/.
Surveys
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Project City of American Canyon Local Road
Safety Plan
From Kathryn Kleinschmidt
Subject Stakeholder Working Group Meeting Tel +1 805 858-3147 Date/Time May 3, 2022 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Project no. 12574952
1. Introductions
a. Erica Ahmann Smithies -Safety Champion/Project Manager for the City b. LRSP Stakeholder Working Group members
i. Role and interest in serving on this committee
2. Background
a. Purpose of LRSP
i. Engages stakeholders representing all E’s and other local community stakeholders (neighboring jurisdictions, advocacy groups, and officials) in developing a plan of action to increase safety and create a prioritized list of projects b. LRSP Process
3. Data Analysis
a. Collision data from the past 6 complete years (2015-2020) i. Location
ii. Hot Spot Locations
iii. Collision Severity
iv. Collision Type
v. Fatal and Severe Injury Collisions
vi. Environmental Factors
vii. Top Violation Categories
viii. Pedestrian Collisions
ix. Bicycle Collisions
b. Focus challenge areas per Strategic Highway Safety Plan c. Top ranking intersections and segments
d. Safety Approach
i. Safe System Approach
e. Safety Projects
i. Recent, on-going, and planned
ii. ARPA proposed projects
iii. SR 29
4. Vision, Goals, & Priorities
i. Vision
ii. Goals
iii. Mission Statement
iv. Metrics and Strategies
v. FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures
vi. HSIP Funding
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5. Plan Updates
a. Track metrics
b. Update every 5 years
c. Living document
6. Other Items
a. Public Outreach
b. Action Items
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Project City of American Canyon Local Road
Safety Plan
From Kathryn Kleinschmidt
Subject Stakeholder Working Group Meeting #2 Tel +1 805 858-3147 Date/Time June 16, 2022, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Project no. 12574952
1. Introductions
a. Facilitators
b. Safety Champion/Project Manager for the County/City
c. LRSP Stakeholder Working Group members
2. 1
st Meeting Summary
a. Meeting summary
i. Challenge/emphasis areas
ii. Sample mission, vision, and goals
iii. Collision analysis from past 5 years
b. Guiding principles
i. Finalize mission, vision, and goals
3. Recent Developments
a. Public website engagement
i. Overall engagement
ii. Summarized interactive map comments
iii. Summarized survey results
4. Safety Countermeasures
a. Methodology
b. Countermeasures for City and Caltrans roadways
i. Recent projects
ii. Priority locations
1. Intersection countermeasures
2. Segment countermeasures
iii. Systemic countermeasures
iv. Non-engineering strategies
5. Next Steps
a. Provide feedback on meeting topics
b. Public meeting to follow
c. Draft LRSP document
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August 11, 2022
To Erica Smithies, Becky Hendryx Tel +1-805-858-3147
From Kathryn Kleinschmidt Email [email protected] CC Kiera Bryant Ref. No. 12574952
Subject Summary of Current Public Engagement from the American Canyon LRSP Public Website
1. Introduction
This memorandum documents the public website engagement from the American Canyon Local Roadway Safety Plan public website (ghd.mysocialpinpoint.com/american-canyon-lrsp). The website opened for public input on May 12, 2022 and is still accepting responses at the time of this memorandum. It was promoted through a variety of sources including, but not limited to:
– City of American Canyon Facebook post (May 12, 2022) and news feed – City of American Canyon city website home page
– City of American Canyon Traffic Calming Workshop (May 19, 2022)
2. Public Website Results
2.1 Overall Engagement
Figure 1 shows the number of unique stakeholders, interactive map comments, and survey responses that the website gathered during the current public input period. Unique stakeholders are the number of people who are interacting with the website (adding comments/answering surveys).
Figure 1 Summary of Current Engagement
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Figure 2 Stakeholder Engagement by Day
2.2 Interactive Map Engagement
There were 151 comments on the interactive map feature of the website. This feature on the website allowed the public to drag icons to a location within the city and leave a comment regarding driving, transit, schools, biking, or pedestrians at that location. The recorded interactive map comments are mapped in Attachment 1.
The top comment type was a driving comment (see Figure 3 for the breakdown of responses).
Figure 3 Type of Comments for the Interactive Map
Figure 4 shows a heatmap of the interactive map comments. Areas with high densities of interactive map comments within American Canyon include Elliott Way between Benton Way and W American Canyon Road, James Road between Wilson Way and Donaldson Way W, Wetlands Edge Road, Donaldson Way E, Newell Drive, and Melvin Road.
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Figure 4 Heatmap of Interactive Map Comments
2.3 Public Survey
The City of American Canyon Public Survey asked six primary questions relating to the LRSP. The survey received 44 responses as of July 14, 2022. The results from the survey are documented below.
1. What are the main roadway safety issues for American Canyon? Figure 5 Responses to Public Survey Question 1
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Other safety issues and concerns identified by the public include:
• Accidents
• Additional bike paths that connect neighborhoods and provide an alternative to driving. Safer pedestrian and bike crossings for hwy 29 (Rio Del Mar, American Canyon Road, Donaldson Way) • A lot of the streets are in poor condition. A lot of speeding on main roads that are used to go around HWY29 traffic and people not knowing how to use a stop sign. There are also portions that do not have sidewalks or ramps that make it difficult for people walking with strollers or handicap. • A lot of traffic in neighbors.
• Alot of vehicles use Dan Rose and Elliott to bypass hwy 29 traffic. Cars are speeding, not paying attention and running stop signs. Suggesting Speed bumps- similar to what was added on Wetlands Edge near the new Napa Junction campus. Continued Police presence at school bus stops, Dan Rose drive and near schools during Commute time.
• Anything to help with making people Stop instead of rolling through . Plus on 29 the lane that turns into the shopping center with Westamerica bank. Cars race Down the strip and at last minute shoot back Into traffic on many time going well over the painted white stripes, can raised white concrete and raised material to stop drivers from going over it.
• Donaldson & Eucalyptus and Donaldson & Jana stop signs impact me directly. • Donaldson Way East/West stop light has grown into a major traffic back up intersection. A round about is a GREAT idea. it could be mirrored off of several larger roundabouts that have been successfully installed down towards Pebble Beach off of hwys 1 and 68 in Carmel Woods. • Drivers flying (speeding) through our residential streets, and hardly anyone stops at stop signs-they just blow through. It’s very unsafe on our residential roads. • Drivers -- particularly those younger than age 50 -- routinely drive beyond the posted speed limits. A notable number of drivers operate their vehicles while using a mobile device. • Drivers routinely drive beyond the posted 25MPH speed limit along Shenandoah Drive and Silver Oak Trail -- typically driving 30-40MPH (based both on my estimation and by way of the speed indicator on Shenandoah Dr.). About 30% of all drivers are driving while simultaneously attending to a mobile device. On rare occasion, drivers will run stop signs -- the few times I've seen this it was 100% young Black males. An extremely reckless act I increasingly observe regards drivers stopped on the railroad tracks (on American Canyon Road) while awaiting the to signal change; the drivers committing this unsafe act are overwhelmingly females of all ages.
• Every day I see total disregard for safety like speeding, ignoring stop signs, endangering pedestrians etc.
• Excessive speeding down Rio Del Mar. Running 4-way stops by schools. • Few residents seem concerned with speed and stop signs. As someone who has been hit by a car as a child and now has grandchildren living in American Canyon, I find the lack of enforcement unfortunate.
I hope it doesn't take a tragedy to make changes.
• Google maps routes traffic through vintage ranch on Newell and then Donaldson so that it is non-stop traffic and people drive way to fast and ignore and blow through the stop signs. I see this almost daily. • Heavy volume of traffic on roads not designed to bear that level of traffic • Hello I resigned at 20 Corrina Way in American Canyon I’m concerned about the speeding that on our street now. Corvina court was a private Court . It’s no longer a private Court . I think we should think about speed bumps. Also the Street light at night time. 234
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• I live on Danrose and you'd never know there were stop signs at every corner if you just watched all the cars blowing through all day.
• I live on Melvin Rd and it is the frontage road to highway 29. People use Melvin Road to keep from traveling on the conjested highway. It is particularly heavily traveled in early morning and afternoon during rush hour. People traveling on Melvin Road are very rude, speeding and overtake you while you are pulling out of your driveway. I realize there is no resolve to this issue but I wish drivers would be more considerate.
• Inconsistent traffic flows, caused backups
• Infrastruture is need on American Canyon Road leading to Hwy 80. No road divider or lights. We hear screeching all night long from cars speeding and braking. The lights on 29 thru AC are not timed and create a hellacious commute.
• I see a lot of people running through stop signs and speeding in neighborhoods. • Its no secret we have too many cars commuting thru our town. Many using side streets to speed thru to avoid the traffic of the highway. There also needs to be more speed measure put into place near schools.
• Las personas cada vez manejan muy distraídos y muy alta velocidad • Many of the large setbacks and large parking lots on commercial lots make it dangerous for pedestrians to shop and dine out because there are many unmarked traffic lanes in the parking lot and there is a large space to traverse that is solely designed for cars. We should consider reducing free parking requirements on these businesses and create design standards that protect pedestrians who are crossing the parking lot that the businesses can opt into. It will be good for businesses, pedestrians, and the city.
• Many streets are very crowded during peak morning rush and many children are walking to school.
People in vehicles speeding through intersections. More stop signs, speed bumps ands crossing walk lights could help. Also our streets are crowded with cars, trucks and RVs that never more or just rotate and block streets and views of driveways and crosswalks. • Mobile home parks with no speed bumps!!! Signs are posted for 10 MPH HOWEVER, after recently removing the speed bumps traffic goes 40-60 MPH on a daily basis • No one stops at stop signs, lots of speeding. Traffic from the highway diverts to residential surface streets causing major problems in morning and evening commutes. I could go on and on and on and……
• Not enough ada sidewalks
• Not stopping for stop signs
• On American canyon road people drive very fast. In order to curb this speeding maybe another stop sign or stop light would help.
• People speeding on residential streets. People running stop signs. People doing donuts qnd burning rubber on residential streets/intersections.
• People speed through the neighborhoods running stop signs. • Road discipline is in steep decline as drivers rush due to busy lives. Probably most of us fall in that category. A great tactic is simply to tell drivers to leave a little early to get there on time. This reduces a primary cause of accidents, namely rushing. If that doesn't work, traffic cameras can force better behavior and be a revenue stream for the city.
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• Some motorist are either speeding or not stopping at the stop signs ( intersection of Broadway & Vine Terrace Way (by Montevino)
• Some speed limits are too high for the streets. Tall plants at corners make it hard to see on coming traffic. When Newell drive and Summerwood are extended for Watson ranch please keep the speed limit 25mph on Summerwood and change Newell drive to 30 mph • Speed bumps are very effective, and needed on Elliott Drive but....the City most likely will turn a blind eye to the possibility.
• Speeding and not stopping at stop signs is a big problem. • Speeding is a big factor. Northampton Drive is a big cut thru street, reckless speeders every day.
Drivers blowing thru stop signs is also prevalent.
• Speeding on James road between Donaldson and Crawford during rush hours. • Speeding on residential streets Need more stop signs
• Speeding on residential streets where it is "25" and standard is 45 plus. • Stop signs. They are not followed by drivers they roll through them or just drive straight through them.
Was almost broad sided today by someone turning right never even slowed down to see if anyone was coming as he swung into my lane
• The main safety issue is people driving 50 to 60 miles per hour down certain residential streets. West Donaldson and Eucalyptus to Wetlands edge to name a few. Another safety issue is all the pot holes from terribly maintained roads. People have to drive around the deep holes and go onto the wrong side of the road to do it.
• There are roads in neighborhoods without proper sidewalks, which makes it dangerous for pedestrians.
Also the speeding and rush hour traffic on roads parallel to 29 are dangerous from people cutting around traffic on 29. There seems to be a lack of people stopping at stop signs and speeding in neighborhoods.
• There have been a lot of incidents that have made my family feel unsafe in American Canyon, I would love if it were possible to install cameras on certain parts of the city to reduce crime rates. • There should be a 4-way stop in Marla x Elliot and Marla x Danrose due to blind spots brought about by curved road.
• The speedway/Race track on Newell Dr at night. Someone is going to get really hurt one night. The number of speeding trucks (especially heavy construction trucks) running stop signs and crossing over the line. Plus we havea residence on Granite Springs Way who likes to race his dark green Mustang with loud pipes up and down the street at all hours of the day and night • The traffic on Elliott Dr, between Benton/DonaldsonWay and American Canyon Road. This is a main road for before and after school auto traffic and kids walking and riding their bikes. People driving on Elliott are going extremely fast, which presents a safety issue for our kids, people walking their dogs and the people stopping at the fruit vendor on the corner. Maybe speed bumps or rumble strips could help to slow the traffic
• This is the same for all cities. People with no talent not paying attention • Too many large RV's parked on streets that obstruct views, especially near intersection. These same RVs are left in the same parking spot for longer than 72hours. The police do not follow up as needed with these situations. Bicyclists should not be allowed to share the sidewalk with pedestrians on Wetlands Edge Rd. It was a terrible decision to allow that. A bicycle lane should be added on Wetlands Edge Rd.
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• Too many people speeding up and down quiet neighborhoods. Also, Taking residential streets to avoid signals at 29!
• Traffic and driver behavior is a big problem throughout the state, but we definitely have our fair share of problems that the city needs to address and help mitigate. • Traffic speeds are unsafe. Speed cushions decreased speeding on the 500 block by 54%! We are tracking cars and their speeds as they pass our house. This speed study has been underway for twoyears. A similar study was conducted in the 500 block of Wetlands Edge. After speed cushions, speeding reduced from 72% to 18%. Excessive speeding (>35mph) has decreased to one-half percent!!! Traffic calming works! More please - the length of Wetlands Edge. • We need more sidewalks to walk safely around town and from east side to west side of the city • Wetlands edge continued Ed to be a problem for speeders. The end towards Kensington does not have any sign indicating the road ends. In the past 3 years we have had numerous accidents with residents cars being damaged. City property has been damaged and fencing destroyed. The fence remains damaged still.
• You can't fix stupid. 1) darting across the Hwy 29 divider to enter the Union 76 gas station from the Southbound left turn lane. 2) Completely and utterly misjudging the differential in speed between Hwy 29 50-ish mph traffic and right turn from a feeder onto Hwy 29 from a complete standstill. 3) Pick a lane, any lane, be clear what lane you are in. But you can address Vehicle Code issues: 1) "California Stops" that aren't even close (all 4 way stops); or, take a turn at speed (slowing only to not roll over) (W Am Can Rd and Elliot, W Am Can Rd and Wetlands Edge) 2) Bicyclists that don't realize the Vehicle Code applies to them (signalling, stopping at stop signs/traffic lights). 3) Distracted driving, not using hands free devices.
2. Are you familiar with the City’s traffic calming program? Figure 6 Responses to Public Survey Question 2
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3. Do you find the traffic calming program difficult to navigate or understand? Figure 7 Responses to Public Survey Question 3
4. What changes would make the program easier to navigate/understand? • Add more lanes
• Easier process to submit a project for traffic calming • I am familiar that the city has a recently adopted traffic calming program, started as a response to overwhelming complaints about road safety. What makes the program hard to understand is lack of transparency. We don’t know what you are doing. The city needs to not just provide traffic calming where people have recently fought hard to get it like Wetlands Edge. The city needs to adopt a working program where dangerous road conditions are sought after and dealt with. Example: on Eucalyptus by West Donaldson, no one can walk on the side walk toward Wetland’s edge because the dead grass and weeds at the lot the city owns have overtaken the sidewalk. We have to go into the road and pray someone is not coming up the road in a car at 60 miles per hour cutting the corner sharply and hitting us. If the city is going to own a large lot of weeds by homes, the weeds should be maintained. It is a fire hazard and a pedestrian hazard. We should not have to keep repeatedly complaining about it. The citizens have a right to safety and we have a right know what you are doing to keep us safe. This is why we pay taxes.
• Improvements in both communication, awareness and understanding have already started. Clearing hurdles around who needs to approve and securing funds would help. • Make it easier to locate by putting on the front page of the City website in "blue/green box" like the construction updates, community calendar, etc.
• Make the resolve to the issues more appealing, ex. Speed humps on Wetlands Edge are ugly and only put where people complain instead of the entire road.
• Most traffic calming has been very good. A few traffic calming improvements seem to be overengineered. For example sidewalk corner bump-outs ended up being too large for Donaldson Way / 238
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James Road intersection and had to be scaled back. It would have been helpful to test the sizes of the bump-outs with temporary barriers before pouring the concrete. • none
• None. ( Done motorist don’t read/understand traffic rules!) • Once you introduce round-abouts, you'll need an VERY EXTENSIVE education campaign. • Stop it!!
• Streamline some of the paperwork. Make it easier to initiate traffic calming study, but still require a majority of residents to support road changes. Work out the conflict between tenants and property owners.
• The barrier of entry is very high and the city ignores some requests for traffic calming - even when the majority of a specific neighborhood have requested help. • The extreme bump outs at some intersection are a hazard. Longer speed bumps would make more sense than the bump outs
5. What roadway safety improvements would you like to see in and around school zones? • 15 miles per hour enforced
• Add divider
• add same traffic calming humps on 'all roads' leading up to schools, particularly the elementary and middle schools. Maybe at 75 yards and 25 yards prior to the school site or pedestrian crossing areas. • All of the schools should have the safety lights at the crosswalk like the ones at the elementary school at Eucalyptus and Wetlands edge.
• better crosswalks, improved directions for drop-off cars (busing would be the best option to limit cars). more crossing guards to help with pedestrian and car flow. • Better response to speeding
• Better stop sign alignment, flags, possibly speed bumps near schools and parks. • Cameras
• Cameras so parents can get tickets for U turns in front of people and in intersections. • Change traffic light by high school so each side has a protected turn arrow. That is a major cause of traffic and safety issues. Impatient drivers will turn within inches of students in the crosswalk nearly hitting them
• Crossing guards and police presence
• Crossing guards to help foot traffic as well as street traffic during peak hours. • Crosswalk attendants
• Definitive turn lanes and holding pattern for pick-up. Sadly this is an accident waiting to happen. • Enforced speeding and running stop signs.
• Enforcement: drivers, cyclists, pedestrians.
• Enforcement of speed limits.
• Flashing crosswalk lights on the ground.
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• Flashing crosswalks at all schools. Police department present every morning and every school dismissal.
• Get rid of bottlenecks
• Greater enforcement, including significantly increased fines, and limiting left turns while, also, considering a further reduction of speed limits.
• Improved or complete sidewalk connections to allow children to walk to school. Add safe bike routes so children can bike to school.
• Improved pedestrian crossing mechanisms
• I would like to see speed bumps on both Newell and Donaldson. I would like to see about 4 x more crosswalks in Vintage Ranch with flashers, especially near Shenandoah park. There are not enough crosswalks across Newell and not enough across Shenandoah. (Every 1/4 mile is too far for a cross walk.) It is only a matter of time before someone is killed crossing Donaldson because the heavy traffic and people literally going 50 mph past the police station. Hey - why doesn’t the police install a speed trap camera there and just send tickets to anyone going over 35 mph? • Lighted crosswalks
• Más vigilancia
• Modified Pick up and Drop off times,
• More clearly marked bicycle lanes and pedestrian walkways in residential areas and more crossing guards for busy intersections. Also some educational signs and city communication, cars don't always know they're supposed to yield to pedestrians and bicycles. • More crack downs on racing and speeding
• more crossing guards at all Elementary, Middle and High Schools. • More crossing guards at large intersections.
• More crossing guards, parents could also volunteer to assist • More efficient pick up/drop off systems. More sidewalks. • More illuminated signs showing how fast cars are going! Enforcement! There is rarely any police officers at any schools!
• More lightup crosswalks, more road bumps like wetlands edge.. • More measures to slow down speeders thru the side streets. • More police patrols during high traffic times. Speed bumps/controls. • More police presence during school starts and outs. Especially at the 4-way intersections. Speed bumps put on Rio Del Mar to slow people down. I have seen animals hit, near misses on people and cars.
• More specific flow during school times. More crossing guards and education around keeping our neighborhood safe.
• More speed bumps.
• More speed humps and all around measures to slow drivers down. • More visible law enforcement.
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• Parents picking up their children should not be allowed to double park in front of the schools, or in the middle of the school parking lots, for extended periods of time, waiting for their children. • PD watching the school intersections. Traffics patrol by school officials. Start sighting people for not stopping at stop signs and for speeding
• Pedestrian Beacons.
• Perhaps blinking crosswalks so drivers see a pedestrian is crossing • Potholes fixed
• Reduced speed limits to 15 mph around neighborhoods within 500 feet of schools (which can be enacted by Council per AB 321)
• Safe walkways for students, even across the highway.
• Sidewalks
• Slowing traffic and mitigation of traffic
• Speed bumbs and traffic lights where it’s appropriate. • Speed bumps
• Speed Bumps
• Speed bumps & cameras
• Speed Bumps in Hummingbird Way Cars are flying before and after school starts ( ACMS ) • Speed bumps or more cops present
• Stop sign enforcement.
• Stop sign in more places to slow traffic down in residence streets. More radar endorecment • Stop signs at Canyon Oaks. Speed limit enforcement. Maybe another crosswalk for the HS kids that J walk across Newell
• Streetlights instead of people directing traffic.
• Targeted speed enforcement around school zones.
• the corner of Benton/Donaldson and Elliott Dr. is a 4-way stop, but I see many people running that stop sign every day. They also run the stop sign by the Boys and Girls Club at Chaseur. • The issue is not the roadways -- which are fine. Rather, the issue resides squarely with the drivers.
California does not require recurring driving competency assessments (like it did in the 1960s and 1970s), and as a result the driving culture of Californians has shifted from that of an earned "privilege" to that of an expected "right". Add to this the cultural shifts seen in the past 25 years and one can understand why the average American driver is increasingly self-absorbed and clearly less socially concerned.
• The new elementary school is causing traffic on Wetlands Edge drive. Parents queue on that road northbound to drop off and pick up their children. Eucalyptus Westbound is wide enough to accommodate the traffic queues but Wetlands Edge is not. Some drivers drive up the left side to turn right, which is dangerous. Please prevent drivers from going straight from Wetlands during pick up and drop-off. This is exactly the same as the old elementary school setup so we have a direct precedent. • The state allows speed reduction to 15MPH around schools. We should look at that, plus adding rumble strips or speed humps. Parents are sometimes the biggest speeding offenders. 241
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• Touch ups on road lines to have more visibility.
• Traffic calming on streets leading to schools, especially around the middle school - Hummingbird Way • Traffic enforcement and signage to reduce speed limits to 15 mph around neighborhoods within 500 feet of schools (which can be enacted by Council per CA law AB 321) https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB321
6. What other roadway safety improvements would you like to see? • A bicycle lane on Wetlands Edge Rd.
• ACPD to start giving tickets. No consequences, no one cares. • A project to create a road to avoid traffic
• Better accessibility for disabled citizens better traffic lights • Better bike trails, possibly decided from the roadway. • Better markings and caution lights for crosswalks.
• Better paved roads, better times stop lights, should be able to drive from one end of town to another, if following the speed limit, without encountering a red light. • Better roads and better enforcement of speed violations • Clearly marked walking and bike lanes. Many pedestrians walking the hwy along the should/breakdown areas. Better merge lanes (where they exist) to the hwy. • Complete SR29 improvements and the Newell extension, so there will be less cut through traffic on local streets, and offer an alternate route when there an accident on SR29. • Donaldson Way East/West stop light has grown into a major traffic back up intersection. A round about is a GREAT idea. it could be mirrored off of several larger roundabouts that have been successfully installed down towards Pebble Beach off of hwys 1 and 68 in Carmel Woods. • Fix the worn out roads Need more stop signs
• Get rid of the merger lane at the entrance of American Canyon road at the intersection of Flosom and American Canyon Road.
• Giant underpass for highway 29/broadway and allow cross streets to flow better • Highway 29 needs a new image and underpass connections for pedestrians safety. • I know police can't be everywhere all the time but increased enforcement would help • I would like to see lower speed limits on Danrose Drive along with speed limit signs. We have a lot of accidents and people drive so fast it is ridiculous and dangerous. Check the police department records of the crashes on Danrose Drive. Please help this street. Even speed bumps would be a great help. • Less congestion
• Less stop signs. Wider streets. Fix potholes. Roads in the city are so bumpy. • License plate readers on the highway.
• main road, heavily auto-use, non traffic lighted intersections should be reworked to be round-a-bouts.
This could easy speeding, allow for continuous flow, and open up difficult areas (or turns) to merging automobiles.
• Maintain the streets better
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• Make sure roads are clearly and properly stripped. The white or yellow lines are not faded. If the road need replaced get it done.
• More lanes on Hwy 29 and a freeway overpass through town! • More lighted crosswalks. improve the street paving, FIXING the large number of manhole covers that are no longer flush with the rest of the street.
• More measures to reduce speed on our side streets.
• More sidewalk
• more sidewalks
• More sidewalks and better crosswalks marking. Especially around parks. e.g. Around almost Elliott Park that extend the length of the west side. It crosses multiple roads that have very bad curb drops or miss-aligned curbs forcing. Some on blind corners with evidence of speeders and "side-show" donut marks.
• More sidewalks on school routes. The intersection of Rio Del Mar and American Canyon Road seems to have a lot of rear-ending accidents, maybe it needs a flashing light to warn when the signal is about to change or better timing with the other signals around it? • more speed buttons (?) at intersections, perhaps in an X pattern, preventing donuts and speeding car thru the intersections
• More striping within crosswalks to make them more visible • no idea how you get people to stop at stop signs, but it would be nice. Safer crossing for highway 29.
Biking and walking are difficult.
• On Donaldson Way in Broadway I would like to see handicap assessability walking from . From the gas station across the railroad tracks
• People do donuts at Newell and Donaldson on weekend nights and speed and drag race there. Plus they blow through the stop sign. This is only going to get much, much worse when the road is expanded. This is a suburban neighborhood and it is now a major thoroughfare but the city seems to be completely ignoring that fact even though the police/fire department must be aware. • Pothole management in all neighborhoods
• Put signal lights for left turn lanes to blinking red when opposing traffic is absent from from view, rather than waiting for a full signal cycle. Also longer left turn lanes would help thru traffic. • Red light runner cameras More police patrol at intersections • Reduce speed on Flosden.
• Re paving American Canyon Rd toward 80
• Roadway safety strategies at stop signs, lights and unmarked intersections. Safe pedestrian crossings on SR29.
• Safe bike routes to allow the community to bike around the city for work, pleasure or school • Safe sidewalks
• Sidewalk repair and put sidewalks in where there aren’t any. • Sidewalks
• Sidewalks!
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• Sidewalks along 29 especially by rio Del Mar. Lots of kids walk along to roadside. • Sidewalks and clearly marked bike lanes on main streets to protect pedestrians and bicyclists.
Especially an alternative path along the east side of Highway 29 for pedestrians and cyclists to go from American Canyon Road to Napa Junction - for east side residents to get to the WalMart shopping center.
• Sidewalks on both sides of the street, throughout McKniight Acres. Repave all streets. • Smoother and even pavements along highway 29.
• Something in the crosswalk that slows cars down so they cannot just blow through the crosswalk and speed down the road. One example is West Donaldson and Eucalyptus. So much speeding and reckless driving.
• Speed bumps/controls. Giving fines to cars that park on top of sidewalks in the Rancho del Mar neighborhood. Many vehicles park on the sidewalk which is already small making it more difficult for pedestrians to walk safely.
• Speed bumps in 25 mph streets. More ticketing and pullovers for driving infractions. • Speed bumps in neighborhoods. People driving fast.
• Speed bumps on Dan Rose near the bus stop. Flashing lights at the cross walk. • Speed cushions in Elliott Dr Stop sign at Crawford Way and Elliott Dr • speed monitoring signs on streets where cars frequently speed, pedestrian islands for crossing hwy 29, more share the road messaging, green bike lanes in high traffic areas • Stop sign violators are a danger to pedestrians, other drivers and each other. Enforcement with additional officers. We've seen it working in targeted areas, but there are so many violators throughout the city. They are our own neighbors, we know.
• Streets repaired, stop sign brighter
• The crosswalk on Rio Del Mar and highway 29 needs to he relocated further south of red light. Where it is presently located causes traffic turning left onto highway 29 to stop and traffic backs up and people get restless because the light is short.
• There should also be a stop light at Kimberly x 29 esp for those turning left to 29 from Kimberly. • Time hwy 29 and Rio del mar on the same schedule to help traffic flow. Roundabouts will not help, they will just move traffic backup to the side streets. With a steady flow of traffi On hwy 29 due to roundabouts cars on side streets will have a difficult time entering roundabouts ( will happen at soscal junction too). What we need are better timedlights an maybe an extra lane. Every where has traffic during commute timesits normal.
• To combat continuous increasing traffic, build a freeway connecting Vallejo to Napa. (Doing so is the only logical solution at this time given 40+years of immigration patterns from Central America indicate California's population will continue to increase unabated.) • Use of more speed humps in parts of town that have become SR 29 bypass routes, additional class I bicycle lanes, sidewalks built-out throughout town and undergrounding of utility poles. • Walking path along 29. You have to walk through a bunch of meandering neighborhoods to get up and down 29 safely.
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7. Additional Comments
• Can someone please pay attention to why the congestion is so bad and ignored in and out of AC? • During fires in the Newell Open Space (and we’ve had 2) we need about 10 times more police presence to keep the looky loos away from blocking our evacuation route in case the fire would jump Newell. This was an extremely dangerous situation last year and there was absolutely no Sheriff deputys on hand to help manage this. Only volunteers. Luckily it didn’t jump Newell - but what if that would have happened? No one living in houses with evacuation orders would have been able to get out of their culdesacs due to looky loos blocking it with their cars so that they could post on Instagram.
It was a huge failure of the city to not protect everyone from this potential disaster. • I know hwy 29 is caltrans but they honestly need to make it an underpass with off ramps for those who live or want to shop in our town.
• I know my comments don't mean squat to anyone, but... • I think the city has been very lucky that there hasn’t been more serous injury/fatalities to pedestrians. • Keep us safe and informed.
• Love the traffic calming changes on Wetlands Edge
• Many people cross the street at dangerous places, spend time sitting or standing in the street or the median, and live in disused street parking and commercial parking lots. I think all this behavior would be reduced if American Canyon embraced Vallejo's supportive housing initiative using HomeKey money to build a supportive housing facility.
• Many thanks for initiating the LRSP
• More police patrols are needed during peak traffic times especially on Theresa Ave, Los Altos Dr. and Rio del Mar. Too many cars run stop signs and drive at excessive speed as they avoid the traffic on highway 29. It's dangerous for other drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. • No more housing projects. Needs were meet with Watson ranch ,canyon estates, and new ones by 7-
11. Building on oat hill near a fault line is ridiculous. Please reduce apartmentsfor napa cove so there is proper parking. Please notify all residents for any projects becauseit affectsthe city as a whole not just those living in the immediate area,
• Our local police need to do a better job enforcing parking and traffic laws. Too many people are allowed to block the sidewalks with their vehicles, and monopolize street parking. • PLEASE DO NOT USE MY EMAIL ADDRESS TO ANYONE!!! I do not want any repercussions from my landlord!
• Roads need to be repaired and repaved.
• Thanks for the survey. Keep harping!
• Thank you for your consideration and taking up this survey. • Thank you for your work to improve traffic in American Canyon! • The boys and girls responsible for managing the applicable infrastructure need to convert CA-29 into a freeway between CA-37 and Napa. Unfortunately, this will never happen...because none of these people truly care.
• The problems seem to be mostly bad, impatient drivers. I think AC has very nice sidewalks and streets • The traffic calming program needs to be set for periodic review, maybe every 4 years. As we are doing a review now, we should be thorough and gather as much information as possible. Additionally, 245
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information on how citizens can record speeds and other traffic infractions should be included in the plan.
• Wish for an overpass over American canyon road
• Next Steps
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CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON
LOCAL ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN
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City Limits
PUBLIC COMMENT LOCATIONS
Green Island Rd
American Canyon Rd
Newell Rd
W American Canyon Rd
Eucalyptus Dr
Benton Way
Donaldson Wy E
Flosden Rd
Rio Del Mar
Wetlands Edge Rd
Napa Junction Rd
Kimberly Dr
Commerce Blvd
Paoli Loop Rd
Watson Ln
Broadway
Oak Trl
Silver
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1 5/12/2022 14:01 Driving
Comment
The drivers turning from Flosden on to American Canyon need better lane guidance for the turn. Also, during school hours, keep crossing guards staffed. 2 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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location is addressed in the LRSP.
2 5/12/2022 14:03 Driving
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Speed bumps should be in place for Via Bellagio. Drivers are going excessive speed on this road and there are children walking to school plus with bus pickup/drop-off that are endangered by this activity.1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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Speeding/aggressive driving is addressed as a priority
in this report.
3 5/12/2022 14:05 Driving
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Drivers going west to east on American Canyon Road are doing so over the speed limit. There are numerous close calls with cars turning into Safeway complex at gas station and Starbucks.
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location as well as speeding/aggressive driving are
addressed as a priority in this report.
4 5/12/2022 14:06 Biking
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There are no bike lanes provided on Highway 29. Pedestrians are also at risk when attempting to walk or cross over. 2 0
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00907
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There are planned multimodal improvements for SR 29.
5 5/12/2022 15:06 Driving
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People speeding continuously especially before school and after school buuut at all times 2 0
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Speeding/aggressive driving is addressed as a priority
in this report.
6 5/12/2022 17:00 Driving
Comment
This intersection requires a 4-way stop; Donaldson runs on a hill, and has no stop signs (which Gisela does) and drivers invariably go too fast downhill from west to east. There are many kids who live in this area & play in the street. 1 0
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Intersection safety is addressed as a priority in the
LRSP. To install an All-Way Stop, the intersection
would need to meet CA MUTCD warrants.
7 5/12/2022 17:02 Driving
Comment
Eucalyptus requires speed bumps or rumble strips - drivers take this back road well over the speed limit, especially headed west/downhill towards the school, and around the bend where I placed the marker. The bend is a nearly-blind curve.
Considering current traffic plans will route more cars along this road, speed bumps will decrease the danger to pedestrians on the south sidewalk, and students at the school.
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Speeding/aggressive driving is addressed as a priority
in this report.
8 5/12/2022 17:04 Driving
Comment
This is another intersection that, if it had a complete 4-way stop, would prevent drivers from taking the downward slope of Donaldson too quickly - at present, it is a hazard, and it is dangerous to turn left onto Elke from eastbound Donaldson, since you can't see who's coming over the hill on the westbound side. 1 0
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Intersection safety is addressed as a priority in the
LRSP. To install an All-Way Stop, the intersection
would need to meet CA MUTCD warrants.
9 5/12/2022 17:09 Driving
Comment
We need multiple radar-sensored speed signs that flash at you when you go over the speed limit, along the 29. The long downhill slope moving northbound is a good place for ACPD to nab speeders with radar guns, but it'd be nice if they didn't have to.
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Speeding/aggressive driving is addressed as a priority
in this report.
10 5/12/2022 17:21 Driving
Comment
People use Kimberly as a way around traffic but people use it as a highway. There have been multiple time someone has crashed into the houses adjacent to hwy 29 from going too fast and you can rarely pull out of your driveway. The road conditions are also terrible and cars kick up rocks onto the sidewalk and into cars parked. 1 0
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Speeding/aggressive driving is addressed as a priority
in this report.
11 5/12/2022 18:28 Pedestrian
Comment Need a full side walk along this road with wheelchair ramps 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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Sidewalk improvements and installation are
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12 5/12/2022 18:29 Driving
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13 5/12/2022 18:33 Driving
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14 5/12/2022 19:39 Driving
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Lately there has been a lot of fast driving and near miss accidents around this area..
It is an area of concern because there are many kids that play around this area in front of their homes.
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15 5/12/2022 19:41 Pedestrian
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Would love to see some kind of pedestrian bridge built on this road.. it would provide access for children walking from school and also encourage residents to exercise or even walk to local stores.
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16 5/12/2022 20:53 Pedestrian
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17 5/12/2022 20:54 Driving
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18 5/12/2022 20:55 Driving
Comment A underpass is needed here 0 0
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19 5/12/2022 22:39 Driving
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Drivers routinely drive above the posted 25MPH speed limit. The average speed appears to be 30-40MPH (based on the speed indicator and personal estimation). 2 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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20 5/12/2022 22:45 Driving
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Drivers routinely drive above the posted 25MPH speed limit. The average speed appears to be 30-40MPH (based on personal estimation).
Also consider relocating the center stripe closer to the "east-bound side". Currently, the stripe is centered; however, given parking is allowed only on the "west-bound side", more roadway could be freed-up to the west-bound drivers, which would promote an overall safer roadway.
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21 5/13/2022 8:15 Pedestrian
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Need police presence and or Crossing guards to keep our kids from being hit.
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Drivers speed down this street every morning. Running the stop signs. Putting pedestrians and bikers at risk. 1 0
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24 5/14/2022 9:46 Pedestrian
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25 5/14/2022 9:48 Driving
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Sidewalks! Taking a walk would be much safer with sidewalks on Melvin. Cars drive way too fast on this road 0 0
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27 5/14/2022 9:57 Driving
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Traffic enforcement at this intersection. Many drivers roll right through the stop signs without stopping. 1 0
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A dedicated bike lane would be nice along this road. I worry for the people I see biking on these roads. 0 0
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29 5/16/2022 0:28 Driving
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During commute hours, I have seen many vehicles using the shoulder and/or turn lanes on both side of 29 to bypass traffic illegally and at unsafe speeds at the intersection of Broadway & Napa Junction Rd. One of many reasons I choose not to commute to work on my bike.
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I often see people not stopping at this stop sign. I don't mean "California stop" either, they don't even seem to slow down. Most often, I notice it during commute traffic in the morning.
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Cars speed on Elliott. Cars often don’t stop when making a right from Kimberly onto Elliott. We have kids and feel the crosswalks and sidewalks are dangerous because of the cars. For example our neighbors car was totaled while parked on Elliott. When I do yard work next to the street our neighbors express concern about being hit by speeding cars.
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32 5/20/2022 19:59 Driving
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Cars drive too fast on Kimberly. The street is exceptionally wide, which facilitates speeding. I what traffic calming measures might lower speeds and improve the aesthetic of the street? Street trees or shrubs? There’s a lot of room for improvement on Kimberly between 29 and Elliott.
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33 5/20/2022 20:03 Biking
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When biking or walking to the parking lot between DWES, BGC, and ACMS it’s awkward to cross Benton. The crosswalks don’t align with the driveway. Making the left onto Benton from this parking lot is very difficult on bike with school traffic. It’s especially sketchy when biking with kids
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34 5/21/2022 7:05 Pedestrian
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Bicycle / pedestrian path from dog park to tennis & basketball courts to community garden -- need crosswalk on these streets, please and would be nice if the curb drops lined up to minimize time to cross the street 0 0
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35 5/22/2022 17:07 Driving
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Corner of Rio Grande and West Carolyn should be a 4-way stop sign. The curve on Rio Grande is somewhat blind and large vehicles often are parked, legally, but making it hard t o see cross-traffic if you are stopped at West Carolyn. 1 0
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36 5/22/2022 17:14 Driving
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Lots of speeding on Melvin during commute hours. Speed humps might slow everyone down and make this a safer street. 0 0
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37 5/23/2022 11:22 Driving
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Speeding cars, heavy traffic during school drop off/pick up times, dangerous conditions for kids/pets/elderly when crossing street to walk along wetlands edge trail. Requesting traffic calming in the form of speed cushions as installed in the 500 block.
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38 5/23/2022 15:38 Pedestrian
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All the crosswalks on Wetlands Edge Road are highly used by the neighborhood to reach the Wetlands Linear Path trail or outdoor gym/park Please ADD striping to the crosswalks to make them more visible, and remove bushes (or keep trimmed short) that impede visibility of smaller pedestrians waiting to cross.
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39 5/23/2022 19:29 Driving
Comment Roads are terrible. People speed after turning onto Kimberly. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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40 5/23/2022 19:30 Driving
Comment Road repairs, please! 0 0
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41 5/23/2022 21:02 Driving
Comment There is continuously speeding 0 0
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42 5/25/2022 13:16 Driving
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every morning during peak drop-off hours (7:45 to 8:10 AM) multiple drivers create their "own" turning lane to turn on Donaldson way towards the middle school. If cars are stopped at the intersection, they split the lane to turn right. Most of the time, the car is stopped because somebody is crossing the street. I have witnessed at least five incidents where somebody almost got hit by a driver who decided to split the lane and cross the crosswalk without looking.
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43 5/27/2022 16:04 Driving
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44 5/28/2022 13:11 Driving
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There are many accidents here going from 55 to a dead stop… is there any way to have a overpass? So there is a straight drive from Mini Drive to Walmart? I understand there is a fault line along 29 but just thought it was worth a shot to ask! Thank you for your time!!
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45 5/30/2022 7:58 Driving
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Theresa Avenue is "officially" the alternate Route 29. The traffic, especially during commute hours, is horrendous. As a 45 year resident of American Canyon, having always lived on Theresa Avenue, I have witnessed dramatic traffic changes, both on our street and in our city. I noted that traffic calming measures were implemented on Wetlands Edge. I believe that similar measures should be considered for Theresa Avenue. Additionally, the STOP sign at Napa Junction and Theresa is mostly ignored.
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46 6/8/2022 13:29 Pedestrian
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the fruit vendor on this corner often takes up the entire sidewalk. The fruit stand, the chairs, the pets and the umbrella take up so much space, that pedestrians have to walk in the bike lane to get around them. This creates a problem with cyclists and with the cars. It is a dangerous intersection already, and this makes it worse. 0 0
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47 6/12/2022 16:12 Biking
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Many Bikers tend to use the sidewalk for biking because they don’t want to bike next to 40+ mph cars. This applies to other roads such as Donaldson. Do either:
A) intentionally narrow lanes to slow car speed
B) have cars yield to bicycles at stop signs because bicycles are most vulnerable after stopping (they should be continuous)
C) Define the bike lane (green or physical barrier)
D) widen bike lane (Also possibly contributes to A)
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48 6/16/2022 14:24 Biking
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49 6/16/2022 14:25 Biking
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Pedestrian/bike lane ends before the train tracks. Need alternative for bikes/pedestrians going over the over pass. 1 0
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50 6/16/2022 14:29 Biking
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Biking Southbound on 29 from Kelly Road to Green Island is so treacherous. Many cracks and rough pavement. There is a less than one foot space from the white line that there is no shoulder and gravel for cyclists right by Doshier Gregson. 2 0
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51 6/16/2022 14:30 Biking
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No bike lane from Donaldson to Walmart area. Roads are rough and many deep cracks. 1 0
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52 6/16/2022 14:31 Biking
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53 6/16/2022 14:32 Biking
Comment Need Share Road painted here. 0 0
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54 6/16/2022 17:02 Pedestrian
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This is one of the primary pedestrian routes between the Napa Junction shopping center and the southbound bus stop, as the north one located directly on the highway. There is a crosswalk here, but once you go to the eastern side of the highway, it instantly dips into a drainage pit with the path being a dirt road. This is dangerous, especially during rainy weather
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55 6/16/2022 17:05 Transit
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This bus stop sits directly to the side of the highway with no shelters, sidewalks or benches. Could the vacant lot be used for a transit stop, similar to the one in Benicia at Military and 1st?
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56 6/16/2022 17:12 Driving
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This is American Canyon's transit hub; however it's not served by the normal Route 11, one of Napa County's lifeline routes. The closest stops are located about 1/2 a mile away, I recommend the 11 turn at Donaldson and W. American Canyon way 1 0
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57 6/16/2022 17:13 Transit
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This is American Canyon's transit hub; however it's not served by the normal Route 11, one of Napa County's lifeline routes. The closest stops are located about 1/2 a mile away, I recommend the 11 turn at Donaldson and W. American Canyon way 0 0
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58 6/17/2022 21:28 Driving
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Too many speeders and non stops at stop signs. Accidents are to frequent, roll overs, cars parked on the street being hit. Just waiting for someone to get hit. Lots of kids are always on the street. People don't always obey the school bus lights or stop sign.
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59 6/18/2022 6:07 Driving
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East American Canyon Rd is too dark. Too many close calls with drivers passing on double lines, need divider poles on all double line sections 2 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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60 6/18/2022 8:31 Driving
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Constant excessive speeding; hit and run accidents; drivers losing control of their vehicles; high noise levels due to speeding. Pedestrian safety concern. Residential street has turned into "AC Speedway". Need traffic calming along Newell Drive before completion of its extension and development on either side. Would post pics of speeding vehicles but they would only show up as a blur. 0 0
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61 6/18/2022 8:35 Driving
Comment Granite Springs Way - excessive speeding through residential street. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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62 6/18/2022 8:39 Driving
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Granite Springs Way and Newell Drive - Intersection traffic calming needed. Suggest "raising" intersection to help reduce excessive speeding. Raising would not impair emergency vehicle response or damage to vehicles.
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63 6/18/2022 8:41 Driving
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E Donaldson Way and Newell Drive - Intersection traffic calming needed. Suggest "raising" intersection to help reduce excessive speeding. Raising would not impair emergency vehicle response or damage to vehicles.
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64 6/18/2022 8:42 Driving
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Silver Oak Trail and Newell Drive - Intersection traffic calming needed. Suggest "raising" intersection to help reduce excessive speeding. Raising would not impair emergency vehicle response or damage to vehicles.
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65 6/18/2022 8:44 Driving
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Shannondoah and Granite Springs Way and Newell Drive - Intersection traffic calming needed. Suggest "raising" intersection to help reduce excessive speeding.
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66 6/18/2022 8:46 Driving
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Silver Oak Trail and Shannondoah - Intersection traffic calming needed. Suggest "raising" intersection to help reduce excessive speeding. Improve pedestrian safety and school crossing safety. Raising would not impair emergency vehicle response or damage to vehicles.
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67 6/18/2022 8:48 Driving
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68 6/18/2022 8:56 Biking
Comment Bike-Ped Bridge installation for safety. Less impediment of traffic flow on SR29. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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69 6/18/2022 8:58 Pedestrian
Comment Bike-Ped Bridge installation for safety. Less impediment of traffic flow on SR29. 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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70 6/18/2022 8:59 Pedestrian
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71 6/21/2022 13:35 Driving
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Broadway should have all double yellow lines. I’ve seen too many close calls with people zipping around other vehicles, doing the speed limit, on the dotted lines. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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72 6/21/2022 23:39 Driving
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Close this cross through and push traffic to safer ways to access 29 via one of the lighted intersections at Rio Del Mar or Donaldson. 0 0
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73 6/21/2022 23:44 Biking
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Create a connection here so bikers have full paved access to the large industrial area as a commute option and can stay completely off 29. 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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74 6/22/2022 17:00 Driving
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People regularly go well over the 30mph speed limit. This is right in front of the police station. 0 0
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75 6/22/2022 17:00 Driving
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76 6/22/2022 17:01 Pedestrian
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77 6/22/2022 17:01 Driving
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People do not stop at this stop sign. It can make it difficult to cross over Donaldson Way. 0 0
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78 6/22/2022 17:02 School
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There is no "School Zone" speed limit set for this area where two schools are located. 0 0
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79 6/22/2022 17:03 Driving
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Many people go 40+ on this part of the road. There are tons of kids playing, pedestrians, and cyclists. Every time we cross the street we make sure there is no one even at the stop sign. It's particularly concerning because of the soccer fields and picnic area. we have seen many people run into the street to get their balls. 0 0
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80 6/22/2022 17:05 School
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This area becomes very congested with pedestrians and cars at pick-up and dropoff. A crossing guard at the stop sign could be really helpful to manage flow and safety.
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81 6/22/2022 17:06 Driving
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This stopsign is hard to see. There is a tree that regularly grows in front of it. I have seen many people run through this intersection and was once almost hit while in the crosswalk.
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82 6/22/2022 17:07 Driving
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Caution light should be added for when light is changing (Northbound on Flosden at Via Bellagio). Numerous times where stoplight is run by inattentive drivers. This is a crosswalk well that needs better markings. Should be a "No Truck" zone as well.
Have seen a number of large rigs coming through to avoid 29. 2 0
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83 6/22/2022 17:08 Biking
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This intersection feels very unsafe to cross. A bridge or slower traffic would make it better. 0 0
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84 6/22/2022 17:08 Biking
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There is always a lot of gravel buildup in this crosswalk. If a bike is using the street it is rather dangerous. 0 0
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85 6/22/2022 17:10 Driving
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It would be great to have a right turn lane at this intersection. Then people are not blocked when turning right nor would they squeeze past stopped cars and not see pedestrians in the cross walk.
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86 6/22/2022 17:10 Pedestrian
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This has become a dangerous intersection with new traffic coming through due to new school and warehouse just north. Better markings needed and caution lights for crosswalk. Pedestrians are also crossing for wetlands access. 1 0
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87 6/22/2022 17:11 Driving
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I have seen many near misses and a few hits at the turn into safeway. People will go around stopped traffic, in the left turn lane, and people trying to pull out don't see them. This entire spot is tricky.
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88 6/22/2022 17:14 Driving
Comment What stop sign? 0 0
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89 6/22/2022 17:17 Driving
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The left turn lane is not long enough for morning traffic. The left lane gets backed up all the way to the Walmart light some mornings. This needs to be extended like the one on airport drive.
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90 6/22/2022 17:18 Pedestrian
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There is no safe route for pedestrians to get from neighborhoods to these shops or the park. 1 0
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91 6/23/2022 12:22 Driving
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people drive very fast on Elliott, even though there is a stop sign at the corners of Benton and American Canyon Road 5 0
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92 6/23/2022 12:23 Pedestrian
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the fruit vendor on this corner often takes up the entire sidewalk. The fruit stand, the chairs, the pets and the umbrella take up so much space, that pedestrians have to walk in the bike lane to get around them. This creates a problem with cyclists and with the cars. It is a dangerous intersection already, and this makes it worse. 0 0
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93 6/23/2022 12:29 Driving
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this is one of the worst intersections in the whole town. Several (like more than 30) times I have had to back up in order to accommodate a truck or bus getting through the intersection. The way the sidewalk is constructed, it has narrowed the intersection and makes it unsafe for pedestrians, cyclists and autos. It seems like City Council is trying to make the city less safe - I don't know wy 3 0
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94 6/24/2022 6:30 Driving
Comment Drivers often don't stop at this stop sign, it's dangerous for peds and kids. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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95 6/24/2022 6:31 Driving
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Drivers often don't stop at this stop sign, it's dangerous for peds and kids. Stop sign from the south is often hidden by foliage, hard to see. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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96 6/24/2022 6:32 Driving
Comment Drivers often speed down this part of the street, it's dangerous for peds and kids. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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97 6/25/2022 19:46 Driving
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Parking in the streets during the days and all nights I have pictures to show you.
Plus we have speed bumps in the mobilehome park. They don’t work.
The water was shut off all day no one called the firehouse to have a water tanker ready if there was a fire in the park. They other managers use to call and let the firehouse know about water off.
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98 6/28/2022 23:20 Driving
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Traffic is so fast on flosden road, I’ve almost been hit head on so many times when turning left onto via Bellagio from flosden and cars heading north run the light.. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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99 6/28/2022 23:23 Driving
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Vehicles turning left from sarcedo to via Bellagio and vehicles coming from flosden onto via Bellagio - many near miss accidents here - difficult to see one another 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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100 6/28/2022 23:27 Pedestrian
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So dangerous to walk here with fast moving traffic and path leading right to roadway.
Numerous accidents have happened here thankfully no pedestrians (yet). 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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101 6/28/2022 23:29 Pedestrian
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Traffic travels so fast on flosden it’s very scary to walk on the sidewalk between the via bellagios. 0 0
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102 6/28/2022 23:31 Driving
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103 6/30/2022 8:48 Driving
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I see cars drive straight through these stop signs, all four of them This a heavy traffic area. I have almost been hit from the side by cars, twice. 2 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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104 6/30/2022 8:50 Driving
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Cars drive right through this stop sign. On an evening walk I counted 8 cars go through the intersection. ONLY 2 OF THEM STOPPED. 0 0
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105 6/30/2022 8:53 Pedestrian
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People use this stretch of road to race. So fast I can only make out the colors of the cars, no license plate or even make/model. Children play in this area. Since living here I have picked up 3 dead cats on Rio Del Mar and 4 dead squirrels. This is a horrible dangerous block to live on.
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106 6/30/2022 8:55 Pedestrian
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Need police presence and or Crossing guards to keep our kids from being hit.
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107 6/30/2022 8:56 Pedestrian
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Need police presence and or Crossing guards to keep our kids from being hit.
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108 6/30/2022 15:29 Pedestrian
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Another cat was killed by a speeding car in this location. Please do better American Canyon!! 0 0
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109 6/30/2022 15:30 Pedestrian
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Another cat was killed by a speeding car. Please do better American Canyon ! Lives depend on it. 0 0
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110 7/1/2022 14:23 Biking
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111 7/1/2022 14:24 Driving
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Could we open this road to allow pedestrian, bikers and cars another safer route into Napa? 0 0
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112 7/1/2022 14:44 Driving
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Traffic is a major problem on Melvin Road, especially during commute times and early evening. Dangerous/illegal driving by passing on double yellow lines happens frequently. Exciting private driveways is becoming less safe due to the way people drive down this street.
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113 7/1/2022 14:44 Pedestrian
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The crossing at American canyon rd And Elliott is extremely dark in the evening and could use either new lighting or the flashing crosswalks. There have been several times I have seen close call near misses when drivers can’t see pedestrians crossing the street.
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114 7/1/2022 15:53 Driving
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Constantly witness cars NOT stopping at the stop sign at Donaldson and Andrew road.
Some cars never touch the brakes and fly through the intersection.
Have called AmCan PD many times.
We need to put speed bumps down Donaldson.
The fire trucks won’t be bothered a bit
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115 7/1/2022 16:13 Driving
Comment Worst design ever. Too narrow. And the stop areas are too set back. 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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116 7/1/2022 16:16 Driving
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Can we put speed bumps. Too many cars come barreling from here and its hard to turn onto this street when u have people speeding. 0 0
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117 7/1/2022 16:21 Driving
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We need to stop semi trucks from using the road. 2x i have had to pull to the side to let them by as they were too large for the turn. They r tearing up the road. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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118 7/1/2022 16:38 Driving
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Too much speeding on James Road. Consider speed bumps or other methods to slow vehicular traffic. This will only become worse with all the new traffic from the housing going in on Melvin Road.
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119 7/1/2022 18:04 Driving
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This is a long curved road with a blind spot and cars are traveling at excessive speed coming from Donaldson Way toward American Cyn. Rd. No four way stop for pedestrians to walk across safely.
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120 7/1/2022 18:07 Driving
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121 7/1/2022 19:10 Driving
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We need something to slow cars down on Elliott dr! Several people take walks and bikes on this street when cars go up to 50mph. I am not exaggerating. What can I do to help support any and all initiatives to slow cars down for our street. You can contact me if you need additional resources. Thank you in advance for constructing this platform.
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122 7/1/2022 19:16 Driving
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We need something to slow cars down on Elliott dr! People go for walks and bike on this street and cars go way above the speed limit. I I would be glad to help support any initiative to fix this problem.
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123 7/2/2022 14:27 Driving
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SR29 Northbound at the American Canyon Rd. intersection.
The left turn lane going towards Safeway should be extended by 2-3 times its current length.
This would alleviate northbound traffic as a large percentage of traffic on 29 will be going to the large residential area down West American Canyon Rd. 1 0
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124 7/2/2022 14:30 Driving
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Busiest intersection in American Canyon
This 6 lane intersection has enough space to be replaced with a round-about. Will cut down on traffic and provide more safety for pedestians. 0 0
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125 7/2/2022 16:16 Driving
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Daily occurrence of a driver peeling out in a truck, cars doing doughnuts and turning at high speeds drifting sideways towards American Canyon Rd. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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126 7/3/2022 7:47 Driving
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Constant speeding. Favorite U turn location which is unsafe with blind curve.
Impatient drivers drive in bike lane rather than wait for residents to turn into their driveways. They even honk and yell. The 30 mph sign for American Canyon to Donaldson is perplexing with it being a school route. Even buses speed down the road.
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127 7/3/2022 7:49 Driving
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128 7/3/2022 7:53 Driving
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The stop sign all four ways is ignored completely during almost all hours. Often multiple cars will ease on through right behind each other to prevent other direction from moving. Complete chaos!
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129 7/3/2022 8:00 Driving
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Excessive speeding all along Elliott, but particularly on this stretch I have been passed by cars who go into oncoming traffic if I am trying to actually drive the 25mph speed limit. Tailgating every single day. With the park and Senior Center nearby, this is an extreme hazard.
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130 7/3/2022 8:09 Driving
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This is a favorite cut through road to avoid 29 traffic and I also take it. However, I generally have other vehicles riding my bumper as I go the proper speed navigating the bendy road. And then when they hit the intersection they want to turn on, they blow through the stop sign to get around me.
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131 7/3/2022 8:13 Driving
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Recognizing you are looking for residential road issues to fix, the reality is the bulk of them are caused by cars seeking to avoid 29 traffic. This road needs to be expanded and have overpasses and pedestrian walkovers to make it safe and flow better. 0 0
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132 7/6/2022 11:23 Pedestrian
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No crosswalk for two blocks around the school. Many people cross near the bridge/school and it's a really speedy location for cars. Please consider a 3 way stop and add a crosswalk.
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133 7/6/2022 11:24 Pedestrian
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Drop curb but no matching curb on other side. Please install a real crosswalk here.
This is a blind corners and there's a lot of evidence of speeders and "side-show" donuts on the road.
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134 7/6/2022 11:25 Pedestrian
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Same as my other comment for this block. This is the other side of drop curb. Pleas re-align the drop curbs to make it easier for wheel chair, stroller and bikes crossing thru the trail.
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135 7/6/2022 11:26 Pedestrian
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Drop curb but crosswalk or matching curb on opposite side. Please align and make it easier for wheelchair, stroller and bikes passing through the park. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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136 7/6/2022 11:27 Pedestrian
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Drop curb but crosswalk or matching curb on opposite side. Please align and make it easier for wheelchair, stroller and bikes passing through the park. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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137 7/6/2022 11:28 Pedestrian
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Very busy road and hard to get traffic to stop for pedestrians. Please consider flashing crossing and better markings. 0 0
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138 7/6/2022 11:30 Biking
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Add divided bike lane. I've seen drivers use the bike lane to overtake the the traffic is too slow (doing speed limit). Make Amcan road safe the entire length for bikers. It's wide enough to put in a concrete divider.
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139 7/6/2022 11:30 Biking
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Add divided bike lane. I've seen drivers use the bike lane to overtake the the traffic is too slow (doing speed limit). Make Amcan road safe the entire length for bikers. It's wide enough to put in a concrete divider.
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140 7/6/2022 11:31 Pedestrian
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141 7/6/2022 11:33 Driving
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Extend northbound turn lane and add 2nd turn left lane. Traffic backs up here all the time. People often take an unsafe left turn on Kimberley to avoid the backup. There have been countless accidents on Hwy 29/Kimberley because of this. 0 0
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142 7/6/2022 11:33 Biking
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Install bike parking at the park. Some people want to walk the park but ride their bikes there. 0 0
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143 7/6/2022 11:35 Biking
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Add bike lanes through length of commerce. Now we have Devlin open more people will want to take this route to work, but it's very dangerous at some spots to bikes. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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144 7/6/2022 11:36 Driving
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Close off Theressa to Los Altos Pl to thru traffic. This will reduce cut through traffic in the area incl. Melvin. 0 0
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145 7/6/2022 11:36 Pedestrian
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146 7/6/2022 11:37 Driving
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147 7/6/2022 11:38 Driving
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Lots of speeding on wide open stretches of Wetlands Edge Road. Excess speed and only a matter of time until someone gets hit. 0 0
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148 7/6/2022 11:38 Driving
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149 7/6/2022 11:38 Driving
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Lots of speeding on wide open stretches of Wetlands Edge Road. Add speed humps. 0 0
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150 7/6/2022 11:41 Driving
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Even newly installed speed limit signs. People love to speed up and down Eucalptus even when kids are around. The new 3 way stop sign is optional to many too. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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151 7/6/2022 12:31 Pedestrian
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Some times of the year pedestrians are hidden from approaching vehicles waiting @ crosswalk due to overgrown plants. Making it dangerous to cross.
Please replace the tall "grassy" plants with sometime more appropriate. Don't do the usual tactic of just removing everything. We need landscaping but sometime more appropriate.
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152 7/15/2022 18:09 Pedestrian
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It would be great to have this intersection fully cross walked. Though there is a cross walk connecting both sides of Greenwing, to get to the heavily used Gadwall park from Greenwing, one must either jaywalk or walk all the way to Ringneck street (past the park) to cross.
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153 7/16/2022 9:10 Pedestrian
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We need a sidewalk through here and connecting around along Melvin. This is a very dangerous intersection, and it's only a matter of time before a real tragedy occurs. As it is, we can never let our children be unattended out front. I worry for the kids I see walking through here.
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154 7/16/2022 9:11 Pedestrian
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155 7/16/2022 9:14 Pedestrian
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This would be a great spot for a pedestrian/bike over-crossing. I ALWAYS take me car to go across 29 because it is too dangerous as a pedestrian or on my bike. 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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156 7/16/2022 9:16 Pedestrian
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This would be another location that a pedestrian/bike over-crossing might work, but we need a bike lane on Rio Del Mar to make it work. 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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157 7/16/2022 9:22 Pedestrian
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This may be a better location for a bike rack because our bikes would be safer from someone cutting our lock and stealing it (being able to have easy access to tools in their car). I am another who rides my bike to the park to go for a walk. As it is, I lock it to the gate here, or along the fence somewhere.
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Cars that drive in here frequently drive too fast. There seems to be more of them than ever before. There needs to be strict rules regarding the speed limit here, and the correct behavior for anyone driving there (as you would see in a campground where pedestrians and bicycles use similar trails).
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159 7/16/2022 9:29 Driving
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People drive very fast around this corner, adding to the unsafe conditions for pedestrians/bikers, especially given there are no sidewalks or bike lane. And we all "pray" that we aren't hit going in/out of our driveways. 0 0
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160 7/16/2022 9:31 Driving
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It seems that this (now) difficult corner has become a challenge to thrill seekers.
Cars can frequently be seen to turn left onto James from Wilson way as fast as possible. I'm literally afraid for the neighbor who's had their fence taken out twice. It may someday be their livingroom, along with their dogs and/or our neighbors themselves.
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161 7/16/2022 9:34 Biking
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This would be a convenient route for us to take across the highway to visit Newell preserve, but it is far too dangerous for my taste to ride my bike along the block before and after the highway crossing. This would be another good location for a pedestrian/bike over-crossing. As it stands, I have no choice but to drive to Newell from our side of town.
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162 7/16/2022 9:40 Biking
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Bike lanes here might help us get through this unsafe narrowing of the road where the tracks cross Donaldson. This is one reason that I don't ride my bike to Newell. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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163 7/16/2022 9:57 Driving
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People speed with abandon along this stretch of Wetlands Edge Rd. When you notice how many reports of speeding there are throughout the city, you can't help but wonder about our residents. Would a city-wide road safety campaign help? I doubt it. At the very least, all high-school students should be receiving a course on safe driving like we used to get half-a-century ago. Removing those classes from school curriculum was a big mistake.
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164 7/16/2022 9:59 Biking
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To add to other comment here, a review of bike hand signals in the community would be a smart move. I feel like using my hand signals on my bike simply confuses car drivers.
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165 7/16/2022 10:09 Driving
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I feel bad for people living on this street. This is the only route to take from this side of town to bypass the highway (I live nearby, so I'm not an outsider cutting through, but neither do I want to deal with the few blocks of the mess of 29). I wish I had a solution for this stretch of road, but I cannot think of anything feasible. 0 0
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166 7/16/2022 10:13 Driving
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Do not proceed with any further constructio until the traffic problems in our city have been solved. The more we build, the more restricted our options will be when we are finally forced to address our roads and paths. Let's get the infrastructure in place and THEN consider more businesses and resident construction. It is a slap in the face to our residents who have been suffering from the local traffic problems for years to continue to add to the problem while dragging feet to fix the problems. 0 0
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167 7/16/2022 10:17 Driving
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A wall along this stretch of 29 should reduce people driving on right shoulder to pass stopped/slowed traffic as we are entering the insanity of the highway going through town. As many predicted. Walmart did nothing that was promised to ease traffic from the new congestion their development created. Easing the frustration of getting through town would probably ease many of the other problems reported on this map. 0 0
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168 7/16/2022 10:35 Driving
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Closing this road to through would remove one of the few emergency evacuation routes from this side of town. As it is, we have very few ways to evacuate American Canyon, should the need arise. This is an important consideration when planning traffic improvements for our city.
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169 7/16/2022 14:46 Driving
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With all the truck traffic related to the warehouses (with even more warehouses being planned!) we need to tax these businesses money directly to help maintain the roads through this city. AmCan is essentially a hub for a lot of shipping. Since we seem willing to embrace it, infrastructure to smooth truck the impact, and access in and out of these areas, should be carefully thought out now. And encourage those businesses to invest in our communities traffic solutions. 2 1
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170 7/16/2022 14:50 School
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I mentioned this elsewhere, but I realize now that it belongs here. All children should receive road safety education at all ages, and particularly in high-school as they are beginning to drive vehicles. We had classes that taught us defensive driving in high school a half-century ago, let's bring those back as basic curriculum.
Also, a campaign to educate our community at large may possibly benefit us. 0 0
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171 7/16/2022 20:35 School
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People use park parking lot as drop off zone for canyon oaks traffic . Turning around needs to be easier. 0 0
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172 7/16/2022 20:39 Driving
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173 7/16/2022 20:40 Driving
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174 7/19/2022 19:42 Driving
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Add back or repair "Flashing" Speed Signs. They used to around the school and along Wetlands Edge.
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175 7/19/2022 19:42 Driving
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Add back or repair "Flashing" Speed Signs. They used to around the school and along Wetlands Edge.
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176 7/22/2022 11:35 Driving
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Reduce speed limits to 15 mph around neighborhoods within 500 feet of schools (which can be enacted by Council per CA law AB 321)
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177 7/22/2022 11:47 School
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Reduce speed limits to 15 mph around neighborhoods within 500 feet of schools (which can be enacted by Council per CA law AB 321)
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178 7/22/2022 11:48 School
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Reduce speed limits to 15 mph around neighborhoods within 500 feet of schools (which can be enacted by Council per CA law AB 321)
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179 7/22/2022 11:49 School
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Reduce speed limits to 15 mph around neighborhoods within 500 feet of schools (which can be enacted by Council per CA law AB 321)
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180 7/22/2022 11:50 School
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Reduce speed limits to 15 mph around neighborhoods within 500 feet of schools (which can be enacted by Council per CA law AB 321)
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181 7/22/2022 12:28 Biking
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Very busy road with cars. And with the new bike trail on Devlin now open, seeing more groups of bicyclists who ride together in the streets. Due to their speed/size, it's great they are on the road and not the linear path. However, still too much car speeding on Wetlands on 200-400 blocks
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182 7/22/2022 14:05 Driving
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Corner of Silver Oak Trail & American Canyon Rd ( there’s a traffic light) I noticed that some motorist will make a right turn even the light is red. The sign says NO TURN ON RED, but its ignored.
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183 7/22/2022 14:11 Driving
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I live on spike rush circle. It is being used like a race track. Why can’t speed bumps be installed like the ones on wetlands edge. I was told the fire department said no but now they are on wetlands edge.
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184 7/22/2022 14:14 Driving
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Speeding around the “corner” from Melvin onto James Rd is an issue. It’s being used as a racetrack with people speeding around it very fast and then driving even faster down James Rd.
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185 7/22/2022 14:18 Pedestrian
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Please extend the sidewalks to connect James and Melvin Rd. I see many kids walking to and from school or the bus stop having to walk in the street on a blind curve. It is nerve wracking hoping someone doesn’t get hit by a car. 1 0
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186 7/22/2022 14:21 Driving
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More signage to slow down drivers are needed at this corner. This curve is somewhat sharp and drivers take it very quickly. Pedestrians have to cross the street here to reach the area where there is an actual sidewalk, and pulling out of our driveways is a hazard.
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187 7/22/2022 14:26 Driving
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Fix the light at the high school so those making a left turn out of the high school have a green arrow when the crosswalk is not engaged. The only time drivers have to make a left turn is when pedestrians are also allowed to cross the crosswalk so there are always a lot of back ups and drivers chance it and get close to pedestrians. 1 0
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188 7/22/2022 14:32 Driving
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James rd it’s not only the second busiest road in AmCan, but it’s treated as a speedway fire through traffic. I understand that the fire dept used this road, but there need to be either speed bumps installed and/or electronic does signs. The amount of speeding done on this road doesn’t allow for safe pedestrian crossing etc. 0 0
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189 7/22/2022 14:36 Driving
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Make a single left turn lane but extend it and then turn the far right lane (the lane immediately to the left of the Safeway gas station) into a dedicated right turn lane. I constantly see people who are going straight stopped at the light in the far right lane and blocking all those who want to turn right. This causes a lot of congestion. 0 0
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190 7/22/2022 14:40 Pedestrian
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This is a general comment but I recommend putting a red curb ten feet from crosswalks which drivers turn right into them. Often drivers park so close to the crosswalk that drivers turning right cannot see pedestrians until they are nearly hitting them.
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191 7/22/2022 14:53 Driving
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The traffic calming work on the 500 block appears to be a success. The city has been given factual data of that fact.
What is the real reason that project is not being continued the length of Wetlands Edge Rd?
The city has also been given evidence that that success in slowing down speed has not carried over to the remaining section of the road.
Is there a reason for not making a better effort by the city to enforce the law for the stop sign violations on Wetlands and Rio Del Mar and Benton? 1 0
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192 7/22/2022 15:01 School
Comment Over crowded middle school. 0 1
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193 7/22/2022 15:01 Driving
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Might it be time to add a traffic light to the intersection between CA-29 and Kimberley? I ask because, with the increase in traffic, it’s becoming more and more difficult to turn into Kimberley and onto CA-29. Matter of fact, most drivers heading north on CA-29 from Kimberley, don’t even try. I know I don’t. Instead most drive down Danrose to AC Rd, causing more congestion near Safeway. Turning onto CA29 from Kimberley is getting dangerous at times and we shouldn’t wait for a wreck to happen.
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194 7/22/2022 15:05 Driving
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195 7/22/2022 15:05 School
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196 7/22/2022 15:08 Pedestrian
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197 7/22/2022 15:52 Driving
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there are multiple trucks with trailers full of various items like wine barrels, huge plastic containers and pallets among other things, parked along Kimberly in front of the park on both sides of the street. This is very dangerous as if you are coming from Marshcreek or Poppyfield, your vision is blocked by these parked commercial vehicles and you can't see oncoming traffic. it also obstructs the driver's view of pedestrian crossing the street, particularly children who are coming from the park 3 0
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198 7/22/2022 16:04 Driving
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This intersection needs a 4 way stop sign. The curve in the road, coupled with the cars that park on the street closest to the corners, create a bad blind spot against oncoming cross traffic. Going west on W. Carolyn, after stopping at the Stop sign, there is a major blind spot to the left and slightly to the right. Crossing cars tend to speed and its difficult to see cross traffic.
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199 7/22/2022 16:05 School
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For heaven's sake, please start enforcing helmet laws with our local children. I rarely see a helmet on a kid when they're riding bikes on our unsafe streets. Just because we haven't had a tragedy related to lack of a helmet, doesn't mean that it can't/won't happen. As an RN, I have seen those injuries first hand among many people over the years, including children. The odds of survivors having a normal life after a head injury goes WAY down.
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200 7/22/2022 16:06 Driving
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We need a right turn lane at Kimberley and CA-29. Some drivers slow down and almost stop on the CA-29 right lane to turn onto Kimberley, slowing down traffic and causing near misses.
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201 7/22/2022 16:08 Driving
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202 7/22/2022 16:08 Driving
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Add DEAD END or Turn indicator sign to prevent people from speeding around the corner. This would also help with people driving through the fence. 2 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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203 7/22/2022 16:18 Driving
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the potholes at this turn and curve are deep and dangerous. The big rigs that use this road have created unsafe road hazards that need to be filled or repaved.
Someone mentioned having the trucking warehouses pay a fee or 'big rig' tax to help pay or offset the cost of road repairs.
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204 7/22/2022 16:29 Driving
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this is 'drag strip alley'.. you can hear the cars gun their engines going east bound (after a rolling stop at Elliott) or west bound after sorta stopping at Danrose.
Residents are one drunken fool away from having their backyard plowed. How do we enforce speed limits down here? Can we implement the speed humps that are on Wetlands Edge?
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205 7/22/2022 17:20 Driving
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There is a white line painted on Silver Oak Trail attempting to look like a crosswalk but am pretty sure it is not. If it is, it needs to be made compliant. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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206 7/22/2022 17:22 Driving
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Can we have 'Napa County' painted on the street at the County line here? There is one on American Canyon road near HWY80. This seems to be a part o a State Highway ("Lincoln Highway").
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207 7/22/2022 17:57 Driving
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People are often going 40plus miles an hour here especially in the middle of the day 10:30am- 11am. 1 0
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208 7/22/2022 18:54 Driving
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209 7/22/2022 20:54 Driving
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210 7/22/2022 22:22 Driving
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What are we going to do to stop the cars from speeding? We need to find a way to slow them down! Let me know what I can do to help with this. People walk dogs, ride bikes and take strolls on this street. Our personal car was hit while it was parked! Luckily no one was injured. Please do something about the safety on this street and speeders! This is not a raceway.
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211 7/22/2022 23:49 Driving
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Official Dedicated Turning Lane - - It has come to my attention that during school hours this intersection is very busy and unofficially people have used the right shoulder as a dedicated turning lane to go right on Newell. 2 0
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212 7/23/2022 0:44 Driving
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213 7/23/2022 3:55 Biking
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Can the yellow posts that narrow down the passage be replaced with speed bumps ? It is dangerously narrow for a car to pass thru while a cyclist is passing through. I have been squeezed off to the side by cars passing through that won't wait for the cyclist to pass through. Accident waiting to happen !
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214 7/23/2022 6:32 Driving
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Many cars drive fast past this park while there are often many children running or riding bikes across the street. Could speed bumps be put in around Gadwall park to deter a tragedy? We have witnessed little ones nearly being run over on several occasions!
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215 7/23/2022 10:23 Driving
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This is one of the most heavily regulated stretches of street in the city. I would not want this replicated elsewhere. 0 1
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216 7/23/2022 10:25 Driving
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Visibility at this corner, particularly pulling out from Los Altos, is very difficult. Much worse when traffic is heavier during the school year. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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217 7/23/2022 10:34 Driving
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I appreciate the recent enforcement activity on Theresa by a traffic officer. Deploying such a technique on identified trouble spots more regularly would help train drivers on lawful speeds.
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218 7/23/2022 11:17 Biking
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Bicyclists are vehicles and subject to the vehicle code. Stop signs apply to them too.
During the pandemic I saw 2 folks out of at least 100 be safe crossing this intersection. One used hand signals to demonstrate intent, the other slowed to genteel "California Stop". The rest just blew through the intersection at speed. 0 0
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219 7/23/2022 12:41 Driving
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220 7/24/2022 17:11 Pedestrian
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Glad the city is finally adding a connecting sidewalk between Theresa and Donaldson Way but now the need is to finish the connecting bike path from the new Napa Junction School as well
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221 7/25/2022 11:25 Driving
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Rio Grande needs some stop signs. All to often people tend to speed on this road.
W. Carolyn and Rio Grande need a 4 way to many time have I seen people almost get T boned.
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222 7/25/2022 13:32 Driving
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300 and 400 block wetlands edge rd. Speeders.
General observation stop signs not observed in city. I see people running red lights.
As a pedestrian I have to avoid people backing out of driveways without looking.. always on high alert when walking as drivers take eyes off the road and are careless.
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223 7/25/2022 15:28 Driving
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The shoulder should be marked off somehow as there are too many drivers treating it like a third lane heading SB in the late afternoon/evening. It’s not like we all like sitting in traffic.
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224 7/25/2022 18:46 Driving
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I moved to 224 Wetlands Edge Rd. 21 years ago, and I have since seen a tremendous increase of traffic on my street. We really need some type of speed bumps on this road due to speeders who don't abide by the 25 mph postings. I realize neighborhoods change; however, a traffic study to observe the speeding would be appreciated.
Also, the proposed Eco Center on Wetlands will cause more traffic congestion to our neighborhood.
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225 7/26/2022 0:59 Driving
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Just have a cop stand with a radar gun at the edge of Ashby Ct. just out of sight from the speeding vehicles flying down Danrose each afternoon. He can write about 50 tickets during the afternoon commute. Seriously! Northampton has gotten real bad also. You wanna drive fast, take it to Sears point.
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226 7/26/2022 6:47 Driving
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Please reduce the speed on American Canyon Road, 45 m.ph. is way too fast for the area 0 0
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227 7/26/2022 6:52 Driving
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Change the light so both sides on Silver Oak Trail go at different times with dedicated turn lights. This light is a huge cause of school traffic and safety issues for pedestrians.
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228 7/26/2022 6:54 Driving
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Reduce speed limit especially if/when extended to Watson Ranch project. I have seen to many near misses with speeding impatient drivers and pedestrians (most kids going to school)
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229 7/26/2022 6:56 Driving
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speed limit should have never changed this a residential area with a blind curve on this street. Please set it back to 25 m.ph. an maybe add some traffic calming too. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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230 7/26/2022 6:59 Driving
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Please make this a 4 way stop. There is a a lot of fast drivers coming out of the apartments making this a dangerous intersection. It is a safety issue for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers.
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231 7/26/2022 7:02 Driving
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Please make a no parking area at this intersection. The little area at the corner on Tapestry Lane on both sides are NOT parking spots but people often park there any way. It makes it more difficult to navigate this intersection. 0 0
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232 7/26/2022 7:06 Driving
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Please reduce the speed limit, 55 m.p.h. is too fast for a road with a lot of curves.
Most of the time you can only go 45-50 m.p.h. because of the curves. It would also make it a little safer for the residents on that street. I have seen many close calls with people slowing down to turn to their homes or trying to get out onto American Canyon Road.
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233 7/26/2022 7:09 Driving
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Plants at this intersection (and several others) make it difficult to see to the left for on coming traffic. You need to pull up close to Donaldson Way E. to be able to see on coming cars. Please plant low growing plants at corners. 1 0
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234 7/26/2022 7:18 Driving
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Traffic calming measures would be nice on this loop of Los Altos Pl. going from Rio Del Mar/Cassayre/ Los Altos intersection to Rio Delmar/Los Altos Place intersection.
That whole loop has issues with speeding traffic, and one side is narrow and has blind a curve.
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235 7/26/2022 7:28 Driving
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Please make this a 3 way stop intersection. It is very difficult to see on coming cars when you are on Spikerush Circle. It would improve safety especially during school hours. And adding a crosswalk to cross Wetlands Edge would be helpful once there is stop signs.
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236 7/26/2022 11:21 Pedestrian
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The crosswalks have slightly improved the safety of crossing benton way but this area is still unsafe. I've had many run ins walking/biking my kids to school here. This is an ill aligned way of entering the parking lot. I have also seen drivers make u turns in this intersection after picking up children. The most trouble is with middle school pick up/drop off.
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237 7/26/2022 15:23 Driving
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Drivers do not stop at the stop signs and speed on this road. This should have speed bumps or some deterrent to slow drivers. 0 0
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238 7/26/2022 15:25 Pedestrian
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This trail is never maintained. The weeds are always overgrown, the sidewalk path isn't walkable by pets due to all the cattails and spikey weeds on the tail that affect their paws. Ground crews must maintain this trail to keep it as nice as the primary parks.
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239 7/26/2022 20:14 Driving
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The speed for this road (Elliot Dr.) should not be over 25 mph as this is a residential area. People living along this road should feel safe pulling in and out of their driveways. Suggest lowering speed limit AND installing speed bumps. 0 0
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240 7/26/2022 20:16 Driving
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241 7/26/2022 20:19 Biking
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Need a safer way to bike through American Canyon towards Napa or Vallejo. A Class 1 bike lane is highly recommended along Highway 29. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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242 7/26/2022 20:22 Driving
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Several intersections along Crawford Way lack stop signs. Almost seems like an accident just waiting to happen. Might be best to remedy this BEFORE an accident actually occurs.
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243 7/26/2022 20:25 Driving
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Stop signs are generally ignored along Wetlands Edge Road. Traffic officers regularly stationed along this road every day may help to curb this very bad habit.
Police officers would definitely fulfill their monthly ticket quotas if they took this suggestion to heart.
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244 7/26/2022 20:34 Driving
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Traffic coming from the church (Holy Family), the strip mall, and the hotel is bottlenecked here, as there is no light and cars can only make a right turn here.
Suggest installing a 4-way intersection across Highway 29 and a traffic light. 0 0
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245 7/26/2022 20:38 Driving
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There is no other way out of the hotel, church, and strip mall areas except to exit via Highway 29. There should be an alternate route that allows access to other roads on the East side of Highway 29.
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246 7/27/2022 9:18 Driving
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Newell Drive from American Canyon Road traveling northbound. Without a doubt, morning commuters will use this stretch of road to bypass traffic from NB highway
29. Please consider speed calming alternatives (solar speed sign, rumble strips, speed bumps, speed traffic ticket cameras). It appears 2 NB lanes will converge into 1 NB lane after crossing Donaldson once construction is complete on the Newell Dr extension. The opposite will happen in the afternoon going southbound on this road.
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247 7/27/2022 10:13 Driving
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This intersection needs more signs reminding drivers that it is a 4 way stop a flashing light or something else. Drives heading south on James can not see and choose to not see the people stopping on the right side of Donaldson Way heading East towards Highway 29. So many times drivers have rolled and either almost hit us, others and pedestrians too.
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248 7/27/2022 10:16 Driving
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This intersection is very dangerous. This has a blind curve coming from Rio Grande towards Carolyn. Many drive speed down this road. This intersection could use a crosswalk with a light. We live on this street and trying to back out is getting more difficult every day.
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249 7/27/2022 20:12 Driving
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Cars speed down Donaldson Way, the majority at speeds over 35mph. We've run our own traffic studies here. We have much more extensive traffic surveys running 2+ years on Wetlands Edge Road. If it will help, we can expand our study on Donaldson Way to provide statistical evidence of the problem as we've done for Wetlands Edge. Appreciate the city's help with traffic calming. 12 0
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250 7/27/2022 21:48 Driving
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Vehicles routinely fail to yield at this three-way stop. When they do stop, many southbound drivers accelerate towards the middle school, reaching 35+mph by the time they pass our speed camera, just three houses down. Cars turning from Rio Del Mar too often speed up through the turn instead of stopping. I'm thankful and surprised that nobody has been seriously injured yet.
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251 7/27/2022 22:04 Pedestrian
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The crosswalk between Rio Del Mar and Wetlands Edge Road is heavily trafficked by pedestrians, parents with strollers and lots of dog walkers. Cars that assume people will wait while they run the stop sign is a fatality waiting to happen. 14 0
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252 7/28/2022 17:56 Driving
Comment
Optional stop sign. Cars turn off of Wetlands Edge without stopping, then cruise through this turn without stopping. Same drivers, our neighbors, run the same course in reverse too.
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253 7/28/2022 18:14 Driving
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It makes safe-sense to install speed cushions the length of Wetlands Edge. The 500 block proves that it makes cars slow down and drive more safely. But when they reach the 400 block, they take off again. By the time they reach the 300 block, they are dangerous and we can only hope they slow past the middle school. In reverse, there is no reason for people to drive safely until they reach the end of Wetland Edge near the park.
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254 7/28/2022 18:22 Pedestrian
Comment
A hit-and-run driver killed a 13-year-old dog, nearly killed his owner, and never even slowed down. Mottu flew into the air and landed 40 ft from where his owner was nearly killed as well. This was February 3rd, 2019, but could easily happen today. 0 0
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25148
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management/aggressive driving is addressed as a
priority in this report.
255 7/28/2022 18:23 Pedestrian
Comment
A hit-and-run driver killed a 13-year-old dog, nearly killed his owner, and never even slowed down. Mottu flew into the air and landed 40 ft from where his owner was nearly killed as well. This was February 3rd, 2019, but could easily happen today. 0 0
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25150
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priority in this report.
256 7/28/2022 18:39 Driving
Comment
Our neighbor was pulling out of her driveway in 2018 and was T-boned by a car that police estimated was speeding at 50 mph. Luckily her children were not in the car. 13 1 https://ghd.mysocia
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25154
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priority in this report.
257 7/28/2022 19:22 Driving
Comment
Speeding cars overtake bicyclists and slower (e.g., 25mph) vehicles at high rates of speed. 12 1
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258 7/28/2022 19:25 Driving
Comment
Traffic speeds are unsafe. Speed cushions decreased speeding on the 500 block by 54%! We are tracking cars and their speeds as they pass our house. This speed study has been underway for two-years. A similar study was conducted in the 500 block of Wetlands Edge. After speed cushions, speeding reduced from 72% to 18%.
Excessive speeding (>35mph) has decreased to one-half percent. Traffic calming works! More please - the length of Wetlands Edge.
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25162
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259 7/28/2022 19:32 Pedestrian
Comment
hit-and-run driver ended the life of a 13-year-old dog, nearly hitting his owner, and never even slowed down. Mottu flew into the air and landed 40 ft from where his owner was nearly hurt as well. This was February 3rd, 2019, but could easily happen today.
12 0
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25163
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260 7/28/2022 20:18 Driving
Comment
I agree with others that there needs to be traffic calming measures. I watched several cars speed by and a few were clocked at 36 m.p.h. and 38 m.p.h by "this is your speed" sign.
1 0
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25169
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261 7/29/2022 12:08 Driving
Comment
Fix the road! My car is vibrating apart here. I may go back to Tijuana. It was better roads there. 0 0
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262 7/29/2022 15:26 Pedestrian
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Distracted drivers do not pay attention to pedestrians crossing to go back and forth to the park. Pedestrian Beacons would be a great addition. 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25504
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263 7/29/2022 15:27 Pedestrian
Comment Pedestrian beacons are a must at this intersection. 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25505
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264 7/29/2022 15:27 Pedestrian
Comment Pedestrian beacons are a must at this intersection. 10 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25506
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265 7/29/2022 15:29 Pedestrian
Comment Pedestrian beacons are a must at this intersection. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25507
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266 7/29/2022 15:30 Pedestrian
Comment Pedestrian beacons are a must at this intersection. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25508
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267 7/29/2022 15:31 Pedestrian
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25509
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268 7/29/2022 15:31 Pedestrian
Comment Pedestrian beacons are a must at this intersection. 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25510
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269 7/29/2022 15:32 Pedestrian
Comment Pedestrian beacons are a must at this intersection. 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25512
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270 7/29/2022 15:33 Pedestrian
Comment Pedestrian beacons are a must at this intersection. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25513
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271 7/29/2022 15:35 Pedestrian
Comment
Pedestrian beacons are a must at this intersection. It’s extremely dangerous to cross specially for students going to ACMS or ACHS at either side of town. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25514
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272 7/29/2022 15:42 School
Comment
Students cross this intersection every day, and it’s so dangerous. Add extra preventative systems to ensure safety. 0 0
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25516
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273 7/29/2022 15:43 Biking
Comment Need more bike signage, green bike lanes, more safety for bikers of all ages. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25517
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274 7/29/2022 15:45 Pedestrian
Comment Pedestrian beacons are a must at this intersection. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25519
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275 7/29/2022 15:46 Pedestrian
Comment Pedestrian beacons are a must at this intersection. 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25520
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276 7/29/2022 15:47 Biking
Comment Bike lanes all the way on American Canyon Rd. 0 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25521
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277 7/29/2022 15:49 Biking
Comment Add green biking lane all along Benton. 0 0
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25523
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location is addressed as a priority in the LRSP.
278 7/29/2022 15:54 Pedestrian
Comment
Vegetation too tall. Drivers can't see someone behind this tall grass. We've reported it multiple times. 7 0
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25524
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Intersection safety is addressed as a priority in the
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279 7/29/2022 16:03 Driving
Comment
I routinely see people speed/slide around this corner. A few months ago someone lost control and took out the fence (yet to be replaced).
There are children on this street to play and walk to the adjacent park.
Please figure out a way to slow down the curve
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25525
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Speed management/aggressive driving is addressed as
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280 7/29/2022 16:09 Driving
Comment Giant underpass for hwy29/broadway!!! 0 0
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25528
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281 7/29/2022 16:10 Driving
Comment
Can we restrict left turn off of Hwy 29 onto Kimberley. Way too many accidents over the years. I feel sorry for those living on the corner. Their fence has been rebuilt so many times. Someone will be killed one day.
0 0
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282 7/29/2022 16:11 Driving
Comment
So many speeders! This is another hwy29!!! This area needs help. Also need to be replaced or speed humps placed. 0 0
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25530
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283 7/29/2022 16:13 Driving
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This road needs to be repaired badly. Lots of highway traffic from 29 cuts these surface streets when the highway gets backed up during high traffic hours. Major speed trap needs to happen here! They’d make lots of $$ 0 0
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284 7/29/2022 16:29 Driving
Comment
The quality of the road here is very bad on the 300 block of Rio Del Mar. This is very difficult for the bus, cars and our neighbors. 7 0
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285 7/29/2022 16:31 Driving
Comment Road quality is very poor. It's been 40+ years since the street was repaved. 7 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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25539
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286 7/29/2022 16:32 Driving
Comment
Road needs to be repaved. The bus and cars use this heavily and it throws rocks now.
7 0
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25540
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287 7/29/2022 16:43 Driving
Comment
Drivers are constantly running the stop signs and speeding down Theresa Ave/Los Altos Dr/Eucalyptus at high speeds. I live on this street and traffic has progressively gotten worse over the last few years. Even attempting to cross the street here has become dangerous during peak traffic hours. More police presence is needed here during traffic peak times and traffic calming measures would be helpful as well. 1 0
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Speed management/aggressive driving and increased
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288 7/29/2022 16:54 Driving
Comment
Large trucks/Semis often drive through Los Altos. Those vehicles are way to large and big to have them driving through residential streets. 1 0 https://ghd.mysocia
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289 7/29/2022 21:04 Driving
Comment
Everyday there are cars speeding down our street, Elliott Dr., past the speed limit.
We have two small children, and we are always worried whenever we walk out our front door. Would it be possible to place speed bumps on our street? I think this would help in terms of forcing people to slow down. Maybe even add a speedometer sign too. This is my top concern for our city.
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290 7/30/2022 0:35 Driving
Comment
Blind spot for drivers turning left. People speed around the curb, or even if going slightly over speed limit, it's always nearly a missed collision as the driver turning left from Toscana is also watching cars turning right around corner onto Silver Oak Trail from AC Road. It's dangerous.
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291 7/30/2022 0:36 Driving
Comment
Drivers are constantly speeding down this street, putting our young children playing outside in danger. 0 0
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25660
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292 7/30/2022 0:40 Transit
Comment
Parking is extremely congested on this street due to apartment tenants not being given sufficient parking spots within their complex. Have also had multiple commercial vehicles (Adecco) using this street as their commercial parking lot. 1 0
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293 7/30/2022 7:16 Driving
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PLEASE consider adding a stop sign here on Rio Del Mar between Carolyn and Los Altos. The high speeds are very dangerous! 0 0
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is addressed as a priority in the LRSP.
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GHD | City of American Canyon | 12574952 | Local Roadway Safety Plan This document is in draft form. The contents, including any opinions, conclusions or recommendations contained in, or which may be implied from, this draft document must not be relied upon. GHD reserves the right, at any time, without notice, to modify or retract any part or all of the draft document. To the maximum extent permitted by law, GHD disclaims any responsibility or liability arising from or in connection with this draft document.
Appendix B
Collision Data
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Collisions at Selected Intersections
FatalInjury (Severe)Injury (Other
Visible)
Injury (Complaint of Pain)Property Damage OnlyHead-onSideswipeRear EndBroadsideHit ObjectOverturned Vehicle/ Pedestrian
Other/Not Listed20172018201920202021HSM Severity Ranking (EPDO)LRSM Severoty Ranking (EPDO)Fatal + Injury 1 Green Island Rd Mezzetta Ct City 2 1 1 2 12 12 2 2
2 Green Island Rd Commerce Blvd City 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 0 3 3 Green Island Rd Paoli Loop Rd City 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 2
4 Commerce Blvd Hanna Dr City 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 2
5 Paoli Loop Rd Klamath Ct City 0 0 0 0
6 Paoli Loop Rd Watson Ln City 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2
7 Napa Junction Rd Theresa Ave City 0 0 0 0
8 Napa Junction Rd Lombard Rd City 0 0 0 0
9 Napa Junction Rd Main St City 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2
10 Eucalyptus Dr Main St City 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 12 1 2
11 Eucalyptus Dr Theresa Ave City 0 0 0 0
12 Theresa Ave Los Altos Pl City 1 1 1 6 6 1 1
13 Rio Grande Bufflehead St City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
14 Eucalyptus Dr Rio Del Mar City 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2
15 Wetlands Edge Rd Bluebell St City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
16 Redhead St Bluebell St City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
17 Donaldson Way Landana St City 1 1 1 11 11 1 1
18 Rio Del Mar Spikerush Cir City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
19 Rio Del Mar Donaldson Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
20 Rio Del Mar Gisela Dr City 1 1 1 11 11 1 1
21 Rio Del Mar Los Altos Pl City 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 36 197 2 3 22 Donaldson Way Amarillo Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
23 James Rd Wilson Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
24 Summerwood Dr Mascota Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
25 Tapestry Ln Covina Ct City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
26 Tapestry Ln Summerwood Dr City 1 1 1 11 11 1 1
27 Tuscan Oak Trail Golden Brook Ln City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
28 Benton Way Wetlands Edge Rd City 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2
29 Benton Way Huntington Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
30 Benton Way Chaucer Ln City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
31 Donaldson Way W Elliott Dr City 2 1 1 2 12 12 2 2
32 Donaldson Way W Carolyn Dr City 1 1 1 1 6 6 1 1
33 Donaldson Way E Tuscan Oak Trail City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
34 Donaldson Way E Summerwood Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
35 Donaldson Way E Vinegate Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
36 Donaldson Way E Shenandoah Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 12 1 2 37 Donaldson Way E Newell Dr City 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 20 20 2 5 38 Newell Dr Granite Springs Way City 2 1 1 1 1 1 12 12 2 2 39 Newell Dr Silver Oak Trail City 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 0 3
40 Huntington Way Abbey Ct City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
41 Elliott Dr Crawford Way City 0 0 0 0
42 Crawford Way Norwick Ct City 1 1 1 11 11 1 1
43 Crawford Way Andrew Rd City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
44 James Rd Crawford Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
45 Shenandoah Dr Sirah Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
46 Silver Oak Trail Toscana Dr City 1 1 1 6 6 1 1
47 Toscana Dr Stonecreek Dr City 0 0 0 0
48 Toscana Dr Karly Ct City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
49 W American Canyon RdWetlands Edge Rd City 2 1 1 1 1 1 12 12 2 2 50 W American Canyon RdHummingbird Way City 0 0 0 0
51 W American Canyon RdChaucer Ln City 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 52 W American Canyon RdElliott Dr City 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 8 8 1 3 53 W American Canyon RdJames Rd City 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 8 1 3 54 American Canyon Rd Broadway/Silver Oak Trail City 2 9 17 3 2 6 11 1 4 1 3 3 4 2 13 4 5 129 311 11 28 55 American Canyon Rd Redwood Cir City 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 18 18 2 3 56 American Canyon Rd Newell Dr/Flosden Rd City 1 2 8 8 1 4 3 7 2 1 1 1 7 4 6 2 107 198 11 19 57 American Canyon Rd Via Firenze City 1 1 5 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 22 22 2 7 58 Vinci Way Carrara Ct City 0 0 0 0
59 Northampton Dr Chaucer Ln City 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1
60 Northampton Dr Brixton Ct City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
61 Northampton Dr Danrose Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
62 Wetlands Edge Rd Kensington Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
63 Chaucer Ln Northrup Ln City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
64 Elliott Dr Folland Dr City 1 1 2 1 1 12 12 1 2
65 Folland Dr Kemp Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
66 Folland Dr Danrose Dr City 2 1 1 1 1 12 12 2 2
67 Kemp Ln Sheffield Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
68 Danrose Dr Reed Dr City 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2
69 Kimberly Dr Meadow Bay Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
70 Kimberly Dr Poppyfield Dr City 0 0 0 0
71 Kimberly Dr Elliott Dr City 1 1 1 6 6 1 1
72 Kimberly Dr Danrose Dr City 0 0 0 0
73 Kimberly Dr Tyler Ct City 1 1 2 2 12 12 1 2
74 Cattail Dr Cattail Ct City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
75 Danrose Dr Patricia Dr City 1 1 1 6 6 1 1
76 Marla Dr Meadow Bay Dr City 0 0 0 0
77 Elliott Dr Lisa Ct City 0 0 0 0
78 Elliott Dr Marla Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
79 Broadway Veterans Memorial Park City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
80 Broadway Ventana Dr City 1 2 1 1 1 3 13 13 1 3
81 Ventana Dr Independence Ct City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1Total
Intx ID Primary Road Secondary Road
Location
Severity Type
PedestrianBicycle
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Fatal
Injury (Severe)Injury (Other
Visible)
Injury (Complaint of Pain)Property Damage OnlyHead-onSideswipeRear EndBroadsideHit ObjectOverturned Vehicle/ Pedestrian
Other/Not Listed20172018201920202021HSM Severity Ranking (EPDO)LRSM Severoty Ranking (EPDO)Fatal + Injury Total
Intx ID Primary Road Secondary Road
Location
Severity Type
PedestrianBicycle
82 Michael Ln Karen Dr City 0 0 0 0
83 Spring Mountain Ln Canyon Creek Dr City 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 84 Flosden Rd Canyon Creek Dr City 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 32 32 4 7 85 Flosden Rd Daniel Dr City 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 562 209 3 5 86 Flosden Rd Via Bellagio City 1 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 27 27 3 7 87 Via Bellagio Verona Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
88 Via Bellagio Via Firenze City 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1
89 Via Bellagio Via La Morra City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
90 Via La Morra Biella Ct City 0 0 0 0
2901 SR 29 S Kelly Rd 29 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
2902 SR 29 Green Island Rd 29 1 2 4 8 1 1 9 3 1 6 4 2 2 1 83 244 7 15 2903 SR 29 Napa Junction Rd 29 3 13 15 1 2 20 5 1 1 1 1 8 6 8 6 3 126 126 16 31 2904 SR 29 Main St 29 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 9 9 1 4
2905 SR 29 Eucalyptus Dr 29 2 8 17 1 1 22 2 1 6 5 10 2 4 87 87 10 27 2906 SR 29 Rio Del Mar 29 3 5 13 29 2 2 38 4 1 2 1 2 7 13 13 10 7 249 522 21 50 2907 SR 29 Poco Way 29 2 1 4 9 2 7 6 1 3 5 2 3 3 102 424 7 16 2908 SR 29 Donaldson Way 29 2 5 18 4 16 3 1 1 1 1 5 5 7 4 4 70 70 7 25 2909 SR 29 Holcomb Ln 29 1 1 1 6 6 1 1
2910 SR 29 Crawford Way 29 1 3 7 1 6 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 36 36 4 11 2911 SR 29 American Canyon Rd 29 4 1 21 33 2 7 30 15 3 1 1 1 3 18 8 8 11 14 286 650 26 59 2912 SR 29 Kimberly Dr 29 3 8 5 1 4 8 2 1 3 4 5 4 86 86 11 16 Total 1 14 40 126 252 24 52 188 94 38 5 18 14 18 11 91 94 107 69 72 - - - 433 267
Collisions at Selected Segments
Begin Segment
FatalInjury (Severe)Injury (Other
Visible)
Injury (Complaint of Pain)Property Damage OnlyHead-onSideswipeRear EndBroadsideHit ObjectOverturned Vehicle/ Pedestrian
Other/Not Stated20172018201920202021HSM Severity Ranking (EPDO)LRSM Severity Ranking (EPDO)Fatal + Injury 1 Devlin Rd Middleton Way N City Limit City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 Green Island Rd W City Limit Jim Oswalt Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 Green Island Rd Commerce Blvd Paoli Loop Rd City 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 17 2 2 4 Mezzetta Ct Green Island Rd End City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
5 Commerce Blvd Green Island Rd Hess Collection Dwy City 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 6 Paoli Loop Rd SR 29 SR 29 Overpass City 2 7 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 29 29 2 9 7 Watson Ln Paoli Loop Rd End City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
8 Lombard Rd Napa Junction Rd End City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
9 Napa Junction Rd SR 29 Steel Mill Recycling Dwy City 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 10 Main St Napa Junction Rd Eucalyptus Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 11 Eucalyptus Dr SR 29 Shopping Center Dwy City 0 0 0 0 12 Eucalyptus Dr Wetlands Edge Rd Donaldson Way City 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 13 13 1 3 13 Gadwell St Ring Neck St Greenwing St City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 14 Donaldson Way Elke Dr Eucalyptus Dr City 0 0 0 0
15 Los Altos Pl Rio Del Mar Theresa Ave City 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 16 Rio Del Mar Spikerush Cir Carolyn Dr City 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 17 Rio Del Mar Carolyn Dr Eucalyptus Dr City 5 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 5 5 0 5 18 Cassayre Dr Rio Del Mar Melvin Rd City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 19 Los Altos Pl Rio Del Mar Carolyn Dr City 1 2 2 1 1 2 13 13 1 3 20 Del Rey Ct Los Altos Pl End City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
21 Melvin Rd Poco Way Wilson Way City 1 1 1 1 2 12 12 1 2 22 Tapestry Ln Mascota Way Summerwood Dr City 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 23 Corvina Ct Tapestry Ln Tuscan Oak Trail City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 24 Golden Brook Ln Tuscan Oak Trail Summerwood Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 25 Summerwood Dr Golden Brook Ln Donaldson Way E City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 26 Donaldson Way E SR 29 Newell Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 1 2 27 James Rd Wilson Way Thayer Way City 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 10 10 1 5 28 Wetlands Edge Rd Spikerush Cir W American Canyon Rd City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 29 Elliott Dr Donaldson Way W W American Canyon Rd City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 30 Andrew Rd Donaldson Way W Thayer Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 31 Thayer Way Andrew Rd James Rd City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
32 Donaldson Way W Carolyn Dr SR 29 City 0 0 0 0
33 W American Canyon Rd James Rd SR 29 City 3 4 2 5 4 1 2 22 22 3 7 34 American Canyon Rd SR 29 Silver Oak Trail City 3 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 2 47 47 5 7 35 American Canyon Rd Silver Oak Trail Newell Dr City 2 6 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 1 18 18 2 8 36 American Canyon Rd Newell Dr E City Limit City 1 1 7 2 2 3 1 1 2 4 2 1 42 178 2 9 37 Silver Oak Trail American Canyon Rd Newell Dr City 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 0 3 38 Newell Dr Silver Oak Trail American Canyon Rd City 1 1 2 1 1 544 166 1 2 39 Kensington Way Wetlands Edge Rd Chaucer Ln City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 40 Northampton Dr Elliott Dr Danrose Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 41 Elliott Dr W American Canyon Rd Knightsbride Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 42 Elliott Dr Knightsbride Way Marla Dr City 4 1 3 2 1 1 4 4 0 4 43 Ashby Pl Danrose Dr End City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
44 Linwood Ln Knightsbride Way End City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
45 Folland Dr Elliott Dr Corbin Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
46 Danrose Dr Folland Dr Marla Dr City 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 8 1 3 47 Kimberly Dr Elliot Dr Folland Dr City 0 0 0 0
48 Meadow Bay Dr Kimberly Dr Marla Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 49 Poppyfield Dr Kimberly Dr Marla Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 50 Capra Dr Elliott Dr Blanco St City 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 1 2 51 Marla Dr Meadow Bay Dr Elliott Dr City 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 52 Ventana Dr Broadway Highridge Dr City 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 53 Independence Dr Ventana Dr Ford Dr City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 54 Goldfinch Dr Montevino Dr Vine Terrace Way City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 55 Flosden Rd American Canyon Rd Daniel Dr City 0 0 0 0 56 Flosden Rd Daniel Dr S City Limit City 2 7 1 3 5 2 3 2 2 19 19 2 9 57 Tolentino Dr Palazzo Way Palestrina Ct City 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2901 SR 29 (Lincoln Hwy) Kelly Rd Green Island Rd 29 3 4 2 4 1 5 1 1 22 22 3 7 2902 SR 29 (Broadway) Green Island Rd Napa Junction Rd 29 11 14 1 3 16 5 7 4 6 3 5 80 80 11 25 2903 SR 29 (Broadway) Napa Junction Rd Rio Del Mar 29 1 6 7 1 1 12 2 3 4 3 2 54 54 7 14 2904 SR 29 (Broadway) Rio Del Mar Donaldson Way 29 1 9 11 2 16 2 1 3 9 2 5 2 76 76 10 21 2905 SR 29 (Broadway) Donaldson Way American Canyon Rd 29 2 7 4 4 3 6 3 5 1 1 3 68 68 9 13 2906 SR 29 American Canyon Rd S City Limit 29 2 4 5 12 5 1 11 3 2 1 1 5 5 3 3 7 1172 416 11 23 Total 3 1 17 57 152 24 41 87 20 43 3 2 10 2 1 58 50 43 43 36 - - - 230Total Segment
ID Street Name End Segment Location
Severity Type
PedestrianBicycle
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Countermeasures for Non-Signalized Intersections
No. Type Countermeasure Name Crash Type CRF
Expected Life
(Years)
HSIP
Funding
Eligibility
Systemic
Approach
Opportunity?
NS01 Lighting Add intersection lighting Night 40% 20 90% Medium NS02* Control Evaluate conversion to all-way STOP control (from 2-way or Yield control)* All 50% 10 90% High NS03* Control Evaluate installing signals* All 30% 20 90% Low NS04 Control Convert intersection to roundabout (from all way stop) All Varies 20 90% Low NS05 Control Convert intersection to roundabout (from stop or yield control on minor road) All Varies 20 90% Low NS05mr Control Convert intersection to mini-roundabout All 30% 20 90% Medium NS06 Operation/ Warning Install/upgrade larger or additional stop signs or other intersection warning/regulatory signs All 15% 10 90% Very High NS07 Operation/ Warning Upgrade intersection pavement markings All 25% 10 90% Very High NS08 Operation/ Warning Install Flashing Beacons at Stop-Controlled Intersections All 15% 10 90% High NS09 Operation/ Warning Install flashing beacons as advance warning All 30% 10 90% High NS10 Operation/ Warning Install transverse rumble strips on approaches All 20% 10 90% High NS11 Operation/ Warning Improve sight distance to intersection (Clear Sight Triangles) All 20% 10 90% High NS12 Operation/ Warning Improve pavement friction (High Friction Surface Treatments) All 55% 10 90% Medium NS13 Geometric Mod. Install splitter-islands on the minor road approaches All 40% 20 90% Medium NS14 Geometric Mod. Install raised median on approaches All 25% 20 90% Medium NS15 Geometric Mod. Create directional median openings to allow (and restrict) left-turns and u- turns All 50% 20 90% Medium NS16 Geometric Mod. Reduced Left-Turn Conflict Intersections All 50% 20 90% Medium NS17 Geometric Mod. Install right-turn lane All 20% 20 90% Low NS18 Geometric Mod. Install left-turn lane (where no left-turn lane exists) All 35% 20 90% Low NS19PB Ped and Bike Install raised medians / refuge islands Ped and Bike 45% 20 90% Medium NS20PB Ped and Bike Install pedestrian crossing at uncontrolled locations (new signs and markings only) Ped and Bike 25% 10 90% High NS21PB Ped and Bike Install/upgrade pedestrian crossing at uncontrolled locations (with enhanced safety features) Ped and Bike 35% 20 90% Medium NS22PB Ped and Bike Install Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) Ped and Bike 35% 20 90% Medium NS23PB Ped and Bike Install Pedestrian Signal (including Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon (HAWK)) Ped and Bike 55% 20 90% Low 269
Countermeasures for Signalized Intersections
No. Type Countermeasure Name Crash Type CRF
Expected Life
(Years)
HSIP
Funding
Eligibility
Systemic
Approach
Opportunity?
S01 Lighting Add intersection lighting Night 40% 20 90% Medium S02 Signal Mod. Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number All 15% 10 90% Very High S03 Signal Mod. Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) All 15% 10 50% Very High S04 Signal Mod. Provide Advanced Dilemma Zone Detection for high speed approaches All 40% 10 100% High S05 Signal Mod. Install emergency vehicle pre-emption systems Emergency Vehicle
70% 10 90% High
S06 Signal Mod. Install left-turn lane and add turn phase (signal has no left-turn lane or phase before) All 55% 20 90% Low S07 Signal Mod. Provide protected left turn phase (left turn lane already exists) All 30% 20 90% High S08 Signal Mod. Convert signal to mast arm (from pedestal-mounted) All 30% 20 90% Medium S09 Operation/ Warning Install raised pavement markers and striping (Through Intersection) All 10% 10 90% Very High S10 Operation/
Warning
Install flashing beacons as advance warning All 30% 10 90% Medium S11 Operation/
Warning
Improve pavement friction (High Friction Surface Treatments) All 55% 10 90% Medium S12 Geometric Mod. Install raised median on approaches All 25% 20 90% Medium S13PB Geometric Mod. Install pedestrian median fencing on approaches P & B 35% 20 90% Low S14 Geometric Mod. Create directional median openings to allow (and restrict) left-turns and u-turns All 50% 20 90% Medium S15 Geometric Mod. Reduced Left-Turn Conflict Intersections All 50% 20 90% Medium S16 Geometric Mod. Convert intersection to roundabout (from signal) All Varies 20 90% Low S17PB Ped and Bike Install pedestrian countdown signal heads P & B 25% 20 90% Very High S18PB Ped and Bike Install pedestrian crossing P & B 25% 20 90% High S19PB Ped and Bike Pedestrian Scramble P & B 40% 20 90% High S20PB Ped and Bike Install advance stop bar before crosswalk (Bicycle Box) P & B 15% 10 90% Very High S21PB Ped and Bike Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) P & B 60% 10 90% Very High 270
Countermeasures for Roadway Segments
No. Type Countermeasure Name
Crash Type
CRF
Expected Life
(Years)
HSIP
Funding
Eligibility
Systemic
Approach
Opportunity?
R01 Lighting Add segment lighting Night 35% 20 90% Medium R02 Remove/ Shield Obstacles Remove or relocate fixed objects outside of Clear Recovery Zone All 35% 20 90% High R03 Remove/ Shield Obstacles Install Median Barrier All 25% 20 90% Medium R04 Remove/ Shield Obstacles Install Guardrail All 25% 20 90% High R05 Remove/ Shield Obstacles Install impact attenuators All 25% 10 90% High R06 Remove/ Shield Obstacles Flatten side slopes All 30% 20 90% Medium R07 Remove/ Shield Obstacles Flatten side slopes and remove guardrail All 40% 20 90% Medium R08 Geometric Mod. Install raised median All 25% 20 90% Medium R09 Geometric Mod. Install median (flush) All 15% 20 90% Medium R10PB Geometric Mod. Install pedestrian median fencing on approaches P & B 35% 20 90% Low R11 Geometric Mod. Install acceleration/ deceleration lanes All 25% 20 90% Low R12 Geometric Mod. Widen lane (initially less than 10 ft) All 25% 20 90% Medium R13 Geometric Mod. Add two-way left-turn lane (without reducing travel lanes) All 30% 20 90% Medium R14 Geometric Mod. Road Diet (Reduce travel lanes from 4 to 3 and add a two way left-turn and bike lanes) All 30% 20 90% Medium R15 Geometric Mod. Widen shoulder All 30% 20 90% Medium R16 Geometric Mod. Curve Shoulder widening (Outside Only) All 45% 20 90% Medium R17 Geometric Mod. Improve horizontal alignment (flatten curves) All 50% 20 90% Low R18 Geometric Mod. Flatten crest vertical curve All 25% 20 90% Low R19 Geometric Mod. Improve curve superelevation All 45% 20 90% Medium R20 Geometric Mod. Convert from two-way to one-way traffic All 35% 20 90% Medium R21 Geometric Mod. Improve pavement friction (High Friction Surface Treatments) All 55% 10 90% High R22 Operation/ Warning Install/Upgrade signs with new fluorescent sheeting (regulatory or warning) All 15% 10 90% Very High R23 Operation/ Warning Install chevron signs on horizontal curves All 40% 10 90% Very High R24 Operation/ Warning Install curve advance warning signs All 25% 10 90% Very High R25 Operation/ Warning Install curve advance warning signs (flashing beacon) All 30% 10 90% High R26 Operation/ Warning Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs All 30% 10 90% High R27 Operation/ Warning Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers All 15% 10 90% Very High R28 Operation/ Warning Install edge-lines and centerlines All 25% 10 90% Very High R29 Operation/ Warning Install no-passing line All 45% 10 90% Very High R30 Operation/ Warning Install centerline rumble strips/stripes All 20% 10 90% High R31 Operation/ Warning Install edgeline rumble strips/stripes All 15% 10 90% High R32PB Ped and Bike Install bike lanes P & B 35% 20 90% High 271
No. Type Countermeasure Name
Crash Type
CRF
Expected Life
(Years)
HSIP
Funding
Eligibility
Systemic
Approach
Opportunity?
R33PB Ped and Bike Install Separated Bike Lanes P & B 45% 20 90% High R34PB Ped and Bike Install sidewalk/pathway (to avoid walking along roadway) P & B 80% 20 90% Medium R35PB Ped & Bike Install/upgrade pedestrian crossing (with enhanced safety features) P & B 35% 20 90% Medium R36PB Ped and Bike Install raised pedestrian crossing P & B 35% 20 90% Medium R37PB Ped and Bike Install Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) P & B 35% 20 90% Medium R38 Animal Install animal fencing Animal 80% 20 90% Medium 272
Priority Intersection Mitigations
Intersection Recommended Countermeasures
Improve sight distance to intersection (Clear Sight Triangles) Install pedestrian crossing at uncontrolled locations (new signs and markings only) Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Rio Del Mar and Los Altos Pl Evaluate conversion of intersection to mini-roundabout Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective borders, mounting, size, and number
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Install high visibility yellow school crosswalk striping Relocate existing school crossing
Install/upgrade pedestrian crossing at uncontrolled locations (with enhanced safety features)
Caltrans Jurisdiction*
Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) SR 29 and Napa Junction Rd Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) SR 29 and Donaldson Way Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) Install signage for traffic merging onto SR 29
*Only low-cost countermeasures considered. Larger corridor improvements planned and anticipated to begin construction in FY 2025/26 American Canyon Rd and Via Firenze
SR 29 and American Canyon Rd
SR 29 and Rio Del Mar
SR 29 and Eucalyptus Dr
SR 29 / Green Island Rd
Flosden Rd and Via Bellagio
Rio Del Mar and Rio Grande
City Jurisdiction
Flosden Rd and Daniel Dr
American Canyon Rd and Broadway/Silver Oak Trail
American Canyon Rd and Newell Dr/Flosden Rd
Flosden Rd and Canyon Creek Dr
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Intersection Recommended Countermeasures
Priority Segment Mitigations
Segment Recommended Countermeasures
Newell Dr (Silver Oak Trail to American Canyon Rd) Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install guardrail
Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers
Repair and paint (retroreflective) median end caps
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install centerline rumble strips/stripes
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install pedestrian crossing (with enhanced safety features) Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Install pedestrian crossing (with enhanced safety features) Caltrans Jurisdiction*
Add segment lighting
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Add segment lighting
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Add segment lighting
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Add segment lighting
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Add segment lighting
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
*Only low-cost countermeasures considered. Larger corridor improvements planned and anticipated to begin construction in FY 2025/26 SR 29 (American Canyon Rd to S City Limit)
SR 29 (Green Island Rd to Napa Junction Rd)
SR 29 (Rio Del Mar to Donaldson Way)
SR 29 (Donaldson Way to American Canyon Rd)
SR 29 (Napa Junction Rd to Rio Del Mar)
Benton Way (Wetlands Edge Rd to Donaldson Way/Elliott Dr) City Jurisdiction
American Canyon Rd (Newell Dr to E City Limit)
Paoli Loop Rd (SR 29 to SR 29 Overpass)
Flosden Rd (Daniel Dr to S City Limit)
American Canyon Rd (Silver Oak Trail to Newell Dr)
Silver Oak Trail (American Canyon Rd to Newell Dr)
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Location Type of
Countermeasure Countermeasure
Education
Pedestrian and bicycle education campaign
(crossing at crosswalks, wearing highvisibility clothing at night, following the bicycle rules of the road etc.)
Education Safe driver education for all drivers
Education Safe driving campaign for students
Enforcement Speed enforcement and management2
Engineering Install bike infrastructure1
Engineering Add sidewalks/close sidewalk gaps
Engineering Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements1
Engineering Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs) at
signalized intersections
Engineering Flashing Yellow Arrows/Protected Left Turn
signal heads at signalized intersections
Engineering Evalute installation of green bike conflict markings at intersections1
Engineering Evalute adding bike boxes at intersections1 Citywide
1 Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements and Bike Safety Improvements are part of the HSIP Set Aside funding and do not require previous collision history
2 Speed Management can include the installation of traffic calming devices and/or speed limit changes through AB 43
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NON-ENGINEERING
Recommended Strategy
Pedestrian education campaign
Bicyclist education and resources
Safe Routes to School maps and outreach at schools
Social media blasts with quick education tool for all users Dangers of speeding/speed management campaigns
Driver education through distracted driving campaigns
Partner with Regional and Local partners (NVTA, Napa Bike, NCOE) ITS infrastructure, web/mobile application (apps) and smart cities practices Crash warning system
Changeable message signs
Bicycle detection
Upgraded controllers for leading pedestrian intervals as needed.
Installing touchless Accessible Pedestrian Signals
Targeted speed enforcement
Focused DUI check points or routine stops
Increasing number of traffic enforcement officers through OTS grants Distracted driving enforcement
Maintain emergency preemption at signalized intersections Improve and maintain access for emergency response vehicles Emergency
Response
Strategy Type
Education
Emerging
Technologies
Enforcement
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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
AUGUST 16, 2022
STAFF REPORT
BUSINESS
ITEM NUMBER: 14.
TITLE
Adoption of Labor Agreements, Salary Schedules and related documents.
RECOMMENDATION
Take the following ac.on in conjunc.on with the Labor Agreements, Salary Schedules and related documents:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute labor agreements with the members of Teamsters Local 315 - General Unit and of Teamsters Local 315 - Mid-Management Unit; and
2. Authorize the City Manager to make corresponding changes to the Unrepresented Compensation Program; and
3. Adopt an updated Salary Schedule for Fiscal Year 2022/2023; and
4. Revise the Recruitment and Reten.on Strategic Plan and the Performance Management Guidelines, Policies and Procedures for At-Will Managers; and
5. Amend the Classifica.on Plan to revise the Deputy Public Works Director Classifica.on Specification.
CONTACT
Maria Ojeda, Assistant City Manager
Scott Corey, Human Resources Officer II
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
This staff report presents and seeks City Council approval of five inter-related but distinct items:
1. Adopt new labor agreements with employees represented by Teamsters Local 315
2. Revise the Unrepresented Compensation Program for unrepresented employees
3. Revise the Salary Schedule
4. Revise the Recruitment and Reten.on Strategic Plan and the Performance Management Guidelines, Policies and Procedures for At-Will Managers
5. Revise the Deputy Public Works Director Classification Specification Labor Agreements with Teamsters Local 315
On October 6, 2020, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a one-year extension to the Memorandums of Understanding with members of Teamsters Local 315 - General Unit and of Teamsters Local 315 - Mid-Management Unit (the "MOUs"). The ac.on resulted in expira.on of the 278
City's labor agreements on June 30, 2022.
The City and its represented employees engaged in a meet and confer process to reach agreement on new Memorandums of Understanding for the General Unit and the Mid-Management Unit with effec.ve dates of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2027. In July, the Teamsters membership representing a majority of each group approved the terms of the agreements.
The primary elements of the agreements are (Attachments 2 and 3).:
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA)
Effective July 2022 - 5%
Effec.ve July 2023 - 3% to 5% based on the San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Price Index for April 2023.
Effec.ve July 2024 - 2% to 5% based on the San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Price Index for April 2024.
Effec.ve July 2025 - 2% to 5% based on the San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Price Index for April 2025.
Effec.ve July 2026 - 2% to 5% based on the San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Price Index for April 2026.
Cafeteria Benefit Plan - Amount increases by same percentage as COLA Paid Holidays - Addition of Juneteenth (June 19)
Health-in-Lieu Payment - Increases to $475 from $400
Standby Pay - Increases to $50 from $30 for weekdays and $75 from $50 for weekends and holidays (General Unit)
Cer.fica.ons - Increases maximum limit to $200 from $100 to cover up to four cer.fica.ons above requirements for the classification
Safety Shoes - Increases to $275 from $250
Vacation Accrual Caps - Returns limit to pre-pandemic level of 320 hours Revised Unrepresented Compensation Program
On October 6, 2020, the City Council also authorized the City Manager the revise the Unrepresented Compensation Program (Attachment 5) to extend its term through June 30, 2022.
AJer the Teamsters approved its tenta.ve agreement in July, the City met with its unrepresented employees to review similar applicable changes to the Unrepresented Compensa.on Program, primarily the COLA, cafeteria plan benefit, paid holidays, health-in-lieu payment, and vaca.on accrual caps.
Revised Salary Schedule
The City's Recruitment and Reten.on Strategic Plan (the "Recruitment Plan") directs staff to 279
perform a market-based compensa.on study for City job classifica.ons approximately every five years and/or prior to periodic labor nego.a.ons over a new contract. The purpose of such a study is to determine the City's rela.ve posi.on within a compe..ve recruitment market, and to equip the City with data necessary to adjust its wages and benefits to aKract and retain the most qualified workforce possible. The City had last conducted such a study in 2016.
In December 2021, the City engaged Koff and Associates (the "Koff") to perform a comprehensive Total Compensa.on Study (the "Study") reviewing the wage and benefits paid by similar Bay Area public agencies for work performed in 47 similar job classifica.ons. The Recruitment Plan iden.fies 10 comparator agencies for use in such a study as the ci.es of Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Mar.nez, Napa, Pleasant Hill, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, St. Helena and Vallejo. The Study also compared six districts suppor.ng those ci.es with water and wastewater services to mirror as closely as possible the full-range of services offered by the City.
AJer examining the class specifica.ons for each comparator agency and collec.ng the relevant wage and benefit informa.on, the Study determined the median pay for each benchmark job classifica.on. Using the Study and the Recruitment Plan as guiding principles, the following changes were made to the City salary schedule:
1. Market Adjustments - the Recruitment Plan defines wages within market as those that are between 10 percent above and 7 percent below the market median. Teamsters Local 315 nego.ated adjus.ng represented classifica.ons that were more than 5% below the market median to 5% below market median.
2. Internal Alignments - the Recruitment Plan iden.fies op.mal class level differen.als between job classes, such as entry-level, journey-level, supervisory, and management. Koff reviewed the alignments and made recommenda.ons. Updated alignments were incorporated in the salary schedule.
3. Range Placement - staff requested that Koff and Associates provide a method to repair minor inconsistencies in the salary schedule that developed over several years by repeated applica.on and rounding of annual COLAs, which had compacted internal alignments. To address this issue, Koff and Associates recommended use of a salary range table (range placement) to stabilize the rela.onship between classes within job families. Staff has incorporated this tool into its process to enhance fairness and equity in the salary schedule.
The revised Salary Schedule (AKachments 7 and 8) incorporate these changes and the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 COLA outlined in the labor contracts. Staff is recommending a separate salary schedule for part-.me, re.red annuitant and extra help classifica.ons with salaries linked to minimum wage or other non-market-based factors for ease of administration and transparency.
Recruitment and Reten/on Strategic Plan, and the Performance Management Guidelines, Policies and Procedures for At-Will Managers
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In 2007, the City Council adopted the Recruitment and Reten.on Strategic Plan and the Performance Management Guidelines, Policies and Procedures for At-Will Managers (the "Plan").
At that .me, compensa.on for at-will managers were typically arranged in pay bands that grouped together job classifica.ons with similar educa.on, experience, scope and span of responsibility, and rela.ve value to the organiza.on for purposes of seNng salaries. Since then, human resources best prac.ces have incorporated increased sensi.vity to both diversity and market condi.ons in recrui.ng and retaining execu.ve talent. Rather than relying on a rigid set of bands to set salaries, human resources prac..oners have applied similar market-based approaches used for nonexecu.ve job classes to set at-will manager salaries. As a result, the influence of compensa.on surveys for at-will manager salaries has increased as the recruitment market has become more competitive.
To enable the City to remain as compe..ve as possible, staff is recommending the Council adopt revisions to the Plan (AKachments 10 and 11) to eliminate the use of pay bands for at-will managers, but retain the current structure of a minimum, control point and maximum wage in brackets into which the City Manager may place incumbents and to which COLAs and pay-forperformance adjustments can be applied.
The salary schedule provided as part of this item an.cipates removal of at-will manager pay bands in favor of a market-based salary setting approach.
Revise the Deputy Public Works Director Classification Specification In reviewing the Deputy Public Works Director Classifica.on, staff is recommending reassigning it from the category of At-Will Manager to the Unrepresented group. While more substan.ve changes may be needed in the future, this is the only change recommended at this .me. The salary schedule and the Unrepresented Compensa.on Program, which have separate resolu.ons as part of this item, have been modified in anticipation of Council approval of this modification (Attachment 13).
COUNCIL PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
Organizational Effectiveness: "Deliver exemplary government services."
FISCAL IMPACT
The FY 2022-23 Budget includes $9,042,000 in expenditures for employee salary and benefits across the General Fund, the Water Fund, the Wastewater Fund and various other funding sources. The Recommended Ac.on will result in addi.onal expenditures of approximately $206,000 across these funding sources. In contrast, reduced expenditures are expected due to currently vacant posi.ons not immediately being filled at the beginning of the fiscal year. Staff expects to recommend changes (if necessary) at the Mid-Year Budget in February 2023 - but for now, sufficient funding exists to implement the Recommended Action.
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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
15378(b) - The ac.on is not a "Project" subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") because it does not qualify as a "Project" under Public Resources Code Sec.ons 21065 and 21080 and in Section 15378(b) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution MOU Adoption - 2022-27
2. Exhibit A - MOU Teamsters General - 2022-2027 - Red-line
3. Exhibit B - MOU Teamsters Mid-Management - 2022-2027 - Red-line
4. Resolution - Unrepresented Compensation Program Adoption - 2022-2027
5. Exhibit A - Unrepresented Compensation Program - 2022-2027 - Red-line
6. Resolution Salary Schedule - FY23
7. Exhibit A - Full-Time Salary Schedule 2022-2023
8. Exhibit B - Part-Time Salary Schedule 2022-2023
9. Resolution Revise Recruitment & Retention Plan
10. Exhibit A - Recruitment and Retention Strategic Plan - Red-line
11. Exhibit B - Performance Management for At-Will Mangers - Red-line
12. Resolution to Modify Classification Plan
13. Exhibit A - Revised Deputy Public Works Director Classification - Red-line 282
RESOLUTION NO. 2021‐______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON
ADOPTING THE MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE TEAMSTERS LOCAL 315 – GENERAL AND MID‐MANAGEMENT UNITS
WHEREAS, Section 37206 of the Government Code requires the City Council to prescribe the time and method of paying salaries and wages of employees of the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution 2017‐14 approving Memorandums of Understanding with the Teamsters Local 315 for the General Unit and the Mid‐Management Unit for the term of July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution 2020‐87 to amend and extend those memorandums of understanding for one year expiring on June 30, 2022; and WHEREAS, the City representatives acting on behalf of the City Council met and conferred in good faith on a number of occasions with Teamsters Local 315 representatives for both the General Unit and Mid‐ Management Unit relative to wages, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment; and WHEREAS, the City representatives acting on behalf of the City Council and the Teamstersrepresentatives have reached agreement on new Memorandums of Understanding, attached hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B and made a part thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of American Canyon hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute the Memorandums of Understanding with Teamsters Local 315 representing the General Unit employees and the Teamsters Local 315 representing the Mid‐ Management Unit employees.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council of the City of American Canyon held on the 16th day of August, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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Leon Garcia, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________ _____________________________________ Taresa Geilfuss, City Clerk William D. Ross, City Attorney
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FOR THE GENERAL UNIT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON
AND TEAMSTERS LOCAL 315
July 1, 2016 2022 – June 30, 20212027
Extended through June 30, 2022
This document combines into a clean baseline document
the original MOU and the 2021-22 Extension Revisions,
which are shown in strikethrough format
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1. RECOGNITION. ................................................................................................................. 1
2. PURPOSE. ........................................................................................................................... 1
3. DEFINITIONS. .................................................................................................................... 2
4. EMPLOYEE RIGHTS. ...................................................................................................... 34
5. ACCESS TO WORK LOCATIONS. .................................................................................. 4
6. USE OF BULLETIN BOARD. ........................................................................................... 4
7. STEWARDS. ..................................................................................................................... 45
8. PAYROLL DUES DEDUCTIONS. .................................................................................... 5
9. UNION SECURITY. ......................................................................................................... 56
10. HOURS OF WORK. ............................................................................................................ 6
11. TARDINESS........................................................................................................................ 8
12. OUT-OF-CLASS ASSIGNMENT. ..................................................................................... 8
13. OVERTIME AND COMPENSATING TIME OFF. ........................................................... 9
14. STANDBY. .......................................................................................................................... 9
15. “CALL BACK.” ............................................................................................................ 1011
16. CERTIFICATION RENEWALS/CERTIFICATE PAY/EDUCATIONAL
REIMBURSEMENT. ................................................................................................................... 11
17. VACATION. ...................................................................................................................... 12
18. SICK LEAVE. ............................................................................................................... 1413
19. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE. ............................................................................................... 15
20. HOLIDAY LEAVE. ...................................................................................................... 1615
21. BASIC SALARY SCHEDULE. ........................................................................................ 17
22. APPLICATION OF COMPENSATION PLAN TO POSITIONS. ................................... 17
23. INCREASES IN SALARIES. ........................................................................................... 19 285
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25. SAFETY SHOES. .......................................................................................................... 2221
26. WORK clothing. ............................................................................................................ 2221
27. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. .............................................................................................. 2322
28. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE. .................................................................................. 2827
29. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. ....................................................................................... 2827
30. CONCERTED ACTIVITIES. ........................................................................................ 3129
31. MANAGEMENT RIGHTS. .......................................................................................... 3130
32. EFFECT OF THE MOU. ............................................................................................... 3231
33. SAVINGS PROVISION. ............................................................................................... 3231
34. CITY POLICY REGARDING SURVEYS ................................................................... 3231
35. TERM OF THE MOU. .................................................................................................. 3432 ATTACHMENTS:
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
PREAMBLE
This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is a mutual agreement between the City of American Canyon ("City") and the Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers, Union No. 315 ("Union"). This MOU has been jointly prepared by the parties and is entered into and is pursuant to provisions of all state and federal laws applicable to public sector employee organizations formed for the purpose of employee representation. As approved by the City Council of the City of American Canyon and the Union, this MOU is binding upon City, Union and the represented employees.
1. RECOGNITION.
A. The Union has been recognized by the City, pursuant to the City Employer-Employee Relations Ordinance as the certified majority representative of the regular full-time and regular part-time employees assigned to the classifications listed below. The Union shall be recognized as representing employees in the classifications listed. Accountant
Accounting Assistant I/II/III
Accounting Technician
Administrative Assistant
Administrative Clerk I/II/III
Aquatics Supervisor
Assistant Planner
Associate Planner
Building Inspector I/II
Building Maintenance Worker
Capital Projects Coordinator
Civil Engineer I/II/III
Civil Engineering Technician
Code Enforcement Officer
Deputy City Clerk
Engineering Technician
Environmental Specialist I/II/III
Laboratory Chemist
Maintenance Worker I/II/III
Mechanic
Permit Technician
Plant Mechanic I
Plant Operator I/II/III
Police Technician
Senior Maintenance Worker
Sustainability Coordinator
B. City and Union agree to meet on the proper designation of any new employee classification or the significant modification of any existing classification. Based upon that meeting, the following actions may occur. If it is a new classification, that position may be included in the unit or left out of the unit. If it is a modification of an existing classification which was previously included in the unit, then it may remain in the unit or be re-designated to some other more appropriate unit. If it is a modification of an existing classification which was not previously part of the unit, it may be transferred into the unit or designated to some other more appropriate unit.
2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this MOU to promote and provide for harmonious relations, cooperation and understanding between the City, the employees covered by this MOU, and the Union, to assure an 287
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orderly and equitable means of resolving any misunderstanding or difference which may arise under this MOU, and to set forth the full and entire understanding of the parties reached as a result of meeting and conferring regarding wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment of the employees covered by this MOU.
3. DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this MOU words, phrases and terms used herein shall be deemed to have the meanings specified unless it is apparent from the text that a different meaning is intended:
A. City means the City of American Canyon.
B. City Council means the elected City Council Members of the City of American Canyon.
C. Conciliation means the efforts of an impartial third person, or persons, functioning as intermediaries, to assist the parties in reaching a voluntary resolution of impasse, through interpretation suggestion and advice. Mediation and conciliation are interchangeable terms.
D. Confidential Employee means an employee who, in the course of his or her duties, has access to confidential information relating to the City's administration of employeremployee relations.
E. Consult or Consultation in Good Faith means to communicate orally or in writing for the purpose of presenting and obtaining views or advising of intended actions; and as distinguished from meeting and conferring in good faith regarding matters within the required scope of such meet and confer process, does not involve an exchange of proposals and counterproposals with the Union in an endeavor to reach agreement in the form of an MOU.
F. Days mean “calendar days” unless otherwise stated.
G. Employer-Employee Relations means the relationship between the City and its employees and their employee organization, or, when used in a general sense, the relationship between City management and employees or employee organizations.
H. Fact-finding means a process requested by the Union following impasse where a factfinding panel hears evidence on the negotiation issues in dispute and provides findings and recommended terms of settlement.
I. Impasse means a deadlock in the discussions between the Union representative and the City over any matters which they are required to meet and confer in good faith.
J. Management Employee means an employee having responsibility for formulating, administering or managing the implementation of City policies and programs. 288
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K. Meet and Confer in Good Faith (sometimes referred to herein as “meet and confer” or “meeting and conferring”) means that duly authorized City representatives and duly authorized representatives of the Union shall have a mutual obligation to meet to confer in good faith regarding specified matters within the scope of representation, in an endeavor to reach tentative agreement. Once tentative agreement has been reached on any matter requiring ratification or City Council adoption, the parties shall recommended ratification by the membership and adoption by the City Council. Nothing herein shall require either party to agree to any proposal or make concessions.
L. Memorandum of Understanding means a written document enumerating any agreement reached as a result of meeting and conferring in good faith on matters within the scope of representation and signed by the Union and the City.
M. Part-Time Employees are regular part-time employees who are employed at least twenty (20) hours but less than forty (40) hours per week. They shall be paid an hourly rate that is a pro-rated portion of an amount. See Table 1 for the applicable class or position.
N. Probationary Employees are those employees who have worked less than nine (9) consecutive months (270 calendar days) for the City. Probationary employees may be terminated at will, with or without notice, and said terminations shall not be subject to the grievance procedure.
O. Regular Employee means any person employed by the City for an indefinite period and eligible for all benefits and privileges.
P. Scope of Representation means all matters relating to employment conditions and employer-employee relations, including, but not limited to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, except, however, that the scope of representation shall not include consideration of the merits, necessity, organization of any service or activity provided by law or executive order.
Q. Supervisory Employee means any employee having authority, in the interest of the City, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, discipline other employees, or responsibility to direct them or to adjust their grievances, or to recommend such action if the exercise of such authority is not of a routine or clerical nature, but requires the exercise of independent judgment.
4. EMPLOYEE RIGHTS.
All employees of the City have the right:
A. To form, join and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations, including but not limited to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. 289
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B. To be free from intimidation, restraint, coercion, interference, discrimination or reprisal because of their exercise of any of the rights herein enumerated or granted by law.
However, managerial, supervisory and confidential employees may only be included in units that do not include non-managerial, non-supervisory and non-confidential employees.
5. ACCESS TO WORK LOCATIONS.
A. Union representatives may visit work locations where bargaining unit members are performing work for the following purposes: To post literature on bulletin boards; to leave and/or distribute literature; to represent an employee on a grievance or in investigating proceedings that may lead to discipline and/or disciplinary proceedings, or to contact a Union officer on a matter within the scope of such grievance; provided, however, that advance arrangements including disclosure of the purpose of the visit is made to the City Manager or his/her designated representative and that the visit does not interfere with the normal conduct of work or duties of the employees, as determined by the City Manager. Any meetings with employees must be held during lunch hour or such other time period approved by the City Manager or his/her representative which does not conflict with City business if held on the worksite.
B. Activities such as the soliciting of membership, collection of dues, holding membership meetings, campaigning for office, conducting elections, and distributing literature are strictly prohibited during working hours without the prior approval of the City Manager or his/her representative.
C. In the event the City believes that the Union representatives are abusing the provisions of this Section, it shall contact the Union in writing to arrange a mutually acceptable time and place to investigate the City's complaint and to assure full compliance by Union representatives.
6. USE OF BULLETIN BOARD.
The Union may use a portion of the designated City bulletin board(s) at the various City facilities for communications having to do with official Union business. This provision also applies to the use of e-mail for communications having to do with official Union business. A copy of e-mail communications will be e-mailed to the City Manager or his designee.
7. STEWARDS.
Two (2) stewards and one (1) alternate shall be selected by the employees on the job. Whenever possible, one steward shall be selected from the Public Works Department and one steward shall be selected from another City department, by the employees on the job. There shall be no discrimination of any kind against the Steward or any employee because of Union affiliations or Union activities. The duties of the Steward shall be to report to the Local Union any and all 290
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grievances which may arise and cannot be adjusted on the job. Other duties of the Steward shall be as follows:
A. The investigation and presentation of grievances to the City or the designated City representative in accordance with the provisions of the MOU.
B. Participation with the Union Official and/or the aggrieved employee in meetings with the City's representative involving grievances.
C. Participation, if requested by the employee, in all investigatory proceedings that may lead to discipline and disciplinary proceedings.
8. PAYROLL DUES DEDUCTIONS.
A. City agrees to deduct on a monthly basis periodic membership dues from the pay of each employee who voluntarily executes and delivers to City a valid dues deduction authorization form approved by the City Manager or his/her representative.
B. If for any reason an employee does not have sufficient funds due him/her to provide for the payment of any of the above payroll deduction after all other authorized or mandatory deductions or garnishments have been made, if any, no such sums shall be payroll deducted and the Union shall assume the duties of direct collection from the employees.
C. The dues deduction authorization shall remain in effect until the employee gives the City thirty (30) days notice in writing that he/she is revoking his/her authorization.
D. The City shall not be required to collect any initiation fees, special assessments or shorttime changes in rate.
E. The Union shall indemnify, defend and hold the City and its officers and employees, including but not limited to the City Finance Director, harmless from any and all claims, liabilities and damages arising from or connected with following the instructions contained in such dues deduction authorizations.
F. The Union shall indemnify and hold the City, its officers and employees harmless from any costs or liability resulting from any and all claims, demands, suits, or any other action arising from the operation of this provision or from the use of the monies remitted to the Union, including the costs of defending against any such actions or claims.
G. The Union shall immediately refund to the City any amounts paid to it in error upon the discovery of such error by the Union or upon notification of the error from the City.
9. UNION SECURITY.
A. Employees in the bargaining unit hired after the ratification of this MOU shall as a condition of continued employment, have thirty (30) calendar days from date of hire to 291
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either join Teamsters Local 315, or pay to it a fee equivalent to its standard dues, initiation and general assessment. Payment of dues/fees shall be made by the last business day of the month in which they are due.
B. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, in the event of the failure of an employee to comply with their obligation under this provision, the Union shall send a written communication to such employee informing him/her of his/her delinquency, with a statement of the amount of such delinquency, the months for which dues/fees are owed, the total amount required to bring the employee into compliance, and specifying the date upon which the delinquency must be removed in order to remain on the job. If the employee fails to remove the delinquency within the stated time, a certified letter shall be sent by the Union to the City requesting the City comply with applicable termination proceedings with respect to the involved employee. The Union shall give the employee fair notice of his/her delinquency before requesting termination or such other remedy, as may be required by law.
C. It is agreed between the parties that the Union indemnifies and holds the City harmless against any actions, claims or liabilities arising from action taken by the City in adherence with this Section. Such indemnification shall include reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred to defend against such asserted claims or liabilities.
10. HOURS OF WORK.
A. Intent. The following provisions are intended to define the normal hours of work and shall not be construed as a guarantee of work per day or per week, or of days of work per week. There is no guarantee that there shall be no layoffs for lack of work, lack of funds or other good and sufficient reason.
B. Hours. The City Manager or designee shall designate the number of hours and days per week to be worked by each Department.
C. Workday. The normal workday shall be eight (8) hours of work in a twenty-four (24) consecutive hour period, except in cases of emergencies. The normal workday may be modified consistent with an alternate workweek schedule as provided for in sub-section F of this Section. Employees are expected to be at their work station, ready to begin work, at the beginning of their assigned shift, and to notify their supervisor at a minimum of fifteen (15) minutes prior to the start of the scheduled shift, if they expect to be absent or tardy on any given day, subject to departmental operating procedures.
D. Workshift. The City shall have the sole discretion to determine the assignment of employees to work shifts, the number and type of shifts and the starting times thereof.
Shift work shall be permitted in all classifications without restriction. Employees shall be scheduled to work on regular workshifts having regular starting and quitting time.
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be made to provide the employee with at least a 5-working-day notice in making a workshift change. Neither call out nor overtime constitute a change in the workshift.
E. Workweek. The normal workweek shall be forty (40) hours consisting of five (5) workdays and two (2) consecutive days of rest in a calendar week, except in cases of emergencies, or at the specific request of an employee and approval of the Department Head as provided for in sub-section F of this Section.
F. Alternate Work Schedules. The City supports alternate work schedules, subject to the operating needs of the City and relevant Federal/State laws and regulations. An alternate work schedule must be approved in writing by the appropriate Department Head or designee prior to forwarding the request to the City Manager or designee for implementation of a new schedule. The parameters of an employee participating in an alternate work schedule shall be governed by the City of American Canyon Policy #09- 121-1, “Alternate Work Schedule Policy– Revised” (Policy #09-121-1).
Any employee who is on an alternate workweek schedule that has been in place since July 1, 2003 will be allowed to continue their schedule through June 30, 2011, even if that employee would otherwise not be eligible based on Policy #09-1. Effective July 1, 2011 – or earlier if by voluntary discontinuance of the alternate workweek schedule by the affected employee, all alternate work schedules shall be governed by Policy #09-1.
G. Meal Period. Each regular full-time employee shall be entitled to an uninterrupted, unpaid meal period of a minimum of thirty (30) minutes and a maximum of sixty (60) minutes at or about the midpoint of the work day. The length of the meal period and the time the meal period is taken shall be determined by mutual agreement of the employee and the Department Head. If agreement cannot be reached, the determination shall be made by the City Manager. Employees are entirely relieved of responsibilities and restrictions during their meal period, unless they have been notified, in writing, to work an on-duty meal period which will be treated as paid time.
H. Rest Periods: Employees shall be provided rest periods at the rate of fifteen (15) minutes for each four (4) hours worked, and should occur as near as possible to the middle of the work period. Rest breaks shall be considered paid work time, but shall not be accrued nor combined with other rest periods. If an employee works less than three and one-half (3-1/2) hours, no rest period is required.
I. Emergency Assignments: Nothing herein shall be constructed to limit or restrict the authority of the City to make temporary assignments to different, or additional locations, shifts, or duties for the purpose of meeting an emergency. For purposes of this MOU, emergency shall mean an unanticipated circumstance which requires an immediate response. Such emergency assignments shall not extend beyond the period of said emergency.
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J. Accruals: All references to accrual or use of vacation, holiday or sick leave in this MOU shall be interpreted as one (1) normal workday.
11. TARDINESS.
A. Any tardiness infraction will remain in effect one year from the time of the infraction.
Tardiness infractions shall not be cumulative from year-to-year.
B. Tardiness up to fifteen (15) minutes, inclusive, will result in an infraction. Tardiness in excess of fifteen (15) minutes will result in loss of pay for time absent, in addition to constituting an infraction. Time will be computed to nearest one-quarter (1/4) hour. (1) First Infraction - Verbal Reprimand
(2) Second Infraction - Written Reprimand
(3) Third Infraction - Written Reprimand
(4) Fourth Infraction - One (1) Day Suspension
(5) Fifth Infraction - Five (5) Days Suspension
(6) Sixth Infraction - Discharge
C. Employees shall be able to present the City with an excuse for a tardiness, but it shall be up to the City to determine whether said excuse is reasonable so as not to constitute an infraction.
12. OUT-OF-CLASS ASSIGNMENT.
A. Out of class: An out of class assignment is a temporary assignment of a regular employee to an established position at a higher level of pay which requires the employee to perform a significant part of the duties of the higher classification. Such an assignment shall be temporary and shall terminate when the position is filled permanently, when the incumbent employee returns to work, or when the temporary assignment is discontinued.
An out of class assignment shall not exceed a period of six (6) months, unless an extension is approved by the City Manager.
B. Authorization: An out of class assignment shall be recommended by the Department Head and approved by the City Manager prior to being effective.
C. Minimum Qualifications: A regular employee in an out of class assignment must meet all the minimum qualifications of the higher classification, but need not be qualified by examination or have standing on an Eligibility List.
D. Compensation: An employee in an out of class assignment shall receive Step A of the salary of the higher classification or five (5) percent, whichever is greater, on the first day of the pay period after the time worked in the higher classification exceeds fifteen (15) consecutive work days. Benefits of the higher classification are not available and the employee will continue to receive the benefits of the employee’s regular position. 294
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Any vacation pay off during the employee’s out-of-class assignment will be made at the employee’s regular hourly rate.
13. OVERTIME AND COMPENSATING TIME OFF.
All employees who are eligible for overtime shall receive overtime pay computed at one and onehalf (1-1/2) times their regular hourly rate for hours worked up to sixteen (16) hours and two (2) times their regular hourly rate of pay for hours worked beyond sixteen (16) hours. These overtime hours must be authorized by the City and worked by the employee in excess of the employee's normal work schedule. times their regular hourly rate for all hours authorized by the City and worked by the employee in excess of the employee's normal work schedule. Overtime hours shall be paid to the nearest quarter hour of time worked. Official City holidays and paid leave, in increments of an employee’s normal work day shall be considered as actual hours worked for purposes of computing overtime eligibility.
Overtime shall be authorized in advance in writing by the employee's direct supervisor/manager, on the City’s official “Authorization to Work Overtime” form. An employee not specifically exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act shall not begin work more than fifteen (15) minutes before their established schedule begins, nor work longer than fifteen (15) minutes after it ends, unless specifically authorized by the appropriate supervisor.
Employees eligible for overtime pay may elect to receive compensatory time off (“CTO”) at time and one-half (1-1/2) in lieu of overtime pay. An employee may accrue and have a maximum current credit of one hundred twenty (120) hours of CTO.
REQUIRED ATTENDANCE AT CITY COUNCIL OR ANY COMMISSION MEETINGS
SHALL BE COMPENSATED AT THE OVERTIME RATE OF PAY WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO (2) HOURS OVERTIME PER OCCURRENCE.
Required attendance at City Council or any Commission meetings that occur outside of an employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work shall be compensated at the overtime rate of pay with a minimum of two (2) hours overtime per occurrence. In lieu of this minimum overtime provision, an employee required to attend a City Council or any Commission meeting may “flex” their regularly scheduled work hours to maintain an eight (8) hour work day, with the prior approval of their supervisor.
14. STANDBY.
A. “Standby duty” is defined as that circumstance which requires a City employee so assigned:
(1) To be ready to respond immediately to calls for services; (2) To be readily available at all times by telephone and/or City-provided communications equipment and to leave a telephone number and/or beeper number with the City answering service where he/she can be reached at all times; (3) To refrain from activities which might impair the performance of assigned duties 295
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upon call; and
(4) To be able to arrive in the City boundaries within forty (40) minutes of being contacted.
(5) To be trained and capable of handling the typical problems that may arise during off-hours of the City.
B. Standby duty shall be assigned by a Department Head or his/her designee in writing and/or scheduled posting. A City vehicle may be provided for the standby duty assignment at the City’s discretion. Standby duty schedules shall only be approved by the City Manager or his designated representative. In order to minimize the costs of standby duty to the City and employees, the goal is to keep the number of standby assignments as limited as possible. New assignments shall be approved by the City Manager, based on a recommendation from the appropriate Department Head or designee.
C. Effective the pay period after approval of this Agreement by the City Council, standby duty shall be compensated at thirty fifty dollars ($3050) per day on weekdays and seventy-fivefifty dollars ($5075) per day on weekends and holidays.
D. Standby duty assignments shall be apportioned equitably among the bargaining unit technical employees of the City. Employees assigned standby will be permitted to exchange standby schedules with other employees qualified for the standby duty with the approval of the Department head or his/her designee.
E. “Standby work” is defined as that portion of Standby duty that is:
(1) Regularly scheduled for actual work to be performed (time worked on service calls is defined as “call back”); and
(2) Work that requires the employee to travel to a specific place of work to perform duties.
F. Standby work shall only be paid on Saturdays, Sundays and official holidays. Standby work shall be paid at the time-and-one-half overtime rate.
G. Employees who are on furlough, and are required to be on standby, shall be compensated as overtime for actual hours worked.
15. “CALL BACK.”
A. Call back is defined as that circumstance where an employee is called back to work for unscheduled hours after completion of the employee’s regular workday or workweek, and departure from the worksite.
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B. Call back duty shall be compensated at the employee's overtime rate for a minimum of two (2) hours per occurrence (“minimum pay”) unless two (2) or more service calls overlap each other. The employee shall receive the greater of the minimum pay or overtime pay for hours actually worked.
C. Assignments such as staff meetings, attendance at City meetings, and training sessions or schooling shall not be compensated as call back duty.
D. Call back duty will not be authorized to an employee on Standby Pay, when that standby employee is able to resolve a service call over the phone, and is not required to report to work. If there is a question regarding whether a matter can be resolved over the phone, the standby employee’s supervisor will make the determination. An employee who is able to resolve a service call without returning to the worksite will be paid overtime at a minimum of one hour (1-hour).
E. Employees called back to work after midnight or for work performed after midnight who have worked in excess of two (2) hours after midnight may arrive at work past their normal starting time that same day one-half (1/2)hour-for-hour the amount of the time that they worked past midnight and shall be paid from their normal starting time. The employee shall be responsible for any additional time off, i.e., compensatory, vacation, sick leave.
16. CERTIFICATION RENEWALS/CERTIFICATE PAY/EDUCATIONAL
REIMBURSEMENT.
A. The City will reimburse employees for the cost of the renewal of certification(s) or license(s) required by the employee’s job description.
B. The City will pay fifty dollars ($50) per month per certificate or skill, up to a maximum of one two hundred dollars ($100200) per month, to any employee who has the following verifiable certifications or skills.
(1) Ability to speak fluently in either Spanish or Tagalog (no more than $50 will be paid for either or both languages)
(2) Industrial Waste Inspector
(3) Grade IV or Grade V for Water or Wastewater Operations (4) Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
(5) Combination Building Inspector
(6) Licensed Surveyor
(7) Notary. The City shall have the right to designate the number and location of notaries covered under this provision who provide notary service to or on behalf of the City.
(8) Certified Code Enforcement Officer (Code Enforcement Officer classification only)
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(9) Grade II Laboratory Certificate and Grade 1 Environmental Compliance Inspector Certificate for Environmental Specialist I
(10) Grade III or higher Laboratory Certificate and Grade II Environmental Compliance Certificate for Environmental Specialist II/III
(11) CWEA Laboratory Analyst Certificate for Plant Operator I/II/III (12) Water Safety Instructor Trainer and CPR/First Aid/AED Instructor Certificate for Aquatics Supervisor.
(13) Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC) for Deputy City Clerk (13) ISA Certified Arborist for Senior Maintenance Worker (14) CWEA Environmental Compliance Inspector Grade 2 for Laboratory Analyst (15) CWEA Laboratory Analyst Grade III or higher for Laboratory Analyst Additional certificates, licenses, or skills may be eligible for certification pay in accordance with the process and criteria outlined in the joint City/Teamsters Memorandum – City Policies on Certification Renewal, Certificate Pay, and Tuition Reimbursement.
C. For educational classes directly related to enhanced value to the City for the employee’s current position, or for educational classes not directly related to the employee’s current position, tuition reimbursement will be made in accordance with the process and criteria found in the joint City/Teamsters Memorandum – City Policies on Certification Renewal, Certificate Pay, and Tuition Reimbursement.
D. The City agrees to meet and confer to update the list of certifications to include new certifications and eliminate any antiquated certifications. Certification pay shall apply to the updated list.
17. VACATION.
A. Full-Time Employees. Every employee in a regular full-time position provided for by this article shall accrue paid vacation leave. Paid vacation leave accrues from the date of hire on a biweekly basis and increases after completion of the required years of service as follows:
Years of Days of Vacation & Hours
Continuous Service Accrued Per Anniversary Year
0 through 3 12 ( 96 hours)
4 through 9 15 (120 hours)
10 through 15 20 (160 hours)
16 and more 25 (200 hours)
No employee may, however, take any vacation leave, nor receive payment in lieu thereof, until he/she has completed nine (9) months of service.
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B. Part-Time Employees. Section A shall also apply to regular part-time employees, except vacation days shall mean the same number of hours as a regularly scheduled work day for that employee. For instance, if an employee works a regularly scheduled four (4) hours per day, the vacation day earned shall be a day off with four (4) hours’ pay.
C. Earned vacation may be accumulated up to a maximum of three hundred and twenty (320) three hundred and twenty (320) four hundred and eighty (480) hours.
All employees with excess vacation hours as of the last day of the pay period containing April June 30 will have their vacation accruals adjusted down to the 320 480 320 hours accrual cap.
This section and the corresponding vacation accrual caps will also apply to part-time employees on a prorated basis based on their regularly scheduled hours in a workweek.
For example, a part-time employee who works 20 hours/week will have a vacation accrual cap of one hundred and sixty (160) one hundred and sixty (160) two hundred and forty (240) hours – one-half the three hundred and twenty (320) four hundred and eighty (480) three hundred and twenty hours cap applicable to full-time employees.
D. All vacations shall be taken at such time or times during the calendar year as may be approved by the employee’s supervisor or manager. The current practice of scheduling vacations shall be maintained.
E. A person separating from City service, about to retire, or who is to be laid off, and who has earned vacation time to his/her credit, shall be paid for such vacation accrued up to the effective date of such resignation, retirement or layoff. A person retiring from City service may remain on the payroll after the date of such retirement and utilize accrued vacation leave until such leave is exhausted, in lieu of a lump sum payment.
F. In lieu of vacation time off, an employee may cash out up to forty (40) hours of accrued but unused vacation time at the employee’s straight time hourly rate, subject to the following restrictions: (1) the employee must have taken at least forty (40) vacation hours during the past year; and (2) after any such cashout of vacation, the employee has a remaining vacation balance of at least 160 hours. During fiscal year 2020-2021, the ability to cash out vacation leave is suspended.
Qualifying employees must file an irrevocable election identifying the specific amount of vacation he or she wishes to cash out during the month of December. Vacation will be paid out in the first paycheck in the month of January in the year following the irrevocable election.
G. If a holiday falls within a scheduled vacation period, then the holiday shall not be counted as vacation pay.
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18. SICK LEAVE.
A. Accrual. Sick leave shall be accrued at the rate of eight (8) hours for each calendar month of service (3.69 hours per biweekly pay period) for regular full-time employees. For regular part-time employees, accrual shall be pro-rated, consistent with Vacation Pay.
No payment for accumulated and unused sick leave shall be made at the time of termination or upon retirement, although it may be applied towards additional retirement service credit, as set forth in Section 24, Retirement.
B. Use. Sick leave may be used for an employee's personal illness or injury, emergency or routine medical or dental appointments, including pregnancy, for reasonable travel time to and from health care facilities and for enforced quarantine of the employee in accordance with community health requirements and family care. Employees shall, to the extent possible, schedule medical or dental appointments during non-working hours.
Sick leave will not be authorized for illness or injury to replace any other paid leave of absence except if such illness or injury causes the employee to be hospitalized, and then only for the time hospitalized. A Department Head may use discretion in allowing sick leave use during other paid leave to accommodate recovery periods or other related care.
C. Family Care. Sick leave may be used to care for the employee’s child, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, who is incapacitated by a serious health condition as defined by State or Federal Law. Sick leave utilized for Family Care shall not exceed forty-eight (48) hours per occurrence.
D. Administration.
(1) A request for leave form for all doctor and dental appointments shall be submitted to the employee’s supervisor. Employees shall provide as much advance notice as possible for scheduled appointments or changes to appointments. Such leave shall be at the convenience of the City, unless there is an emergency. Sick leave shall be utilized in a minimum of one-quarter hour increments.
(2) Such leave may be utilized only for the actual time needed to drive to the doctor or dentist’s office, time of treatment and time to drive back to work. Any leave taken in excess of this time shall be charged to Vacation Leave or Leave Without Pay. (3) If a day shift employee is sick, he/she shall call, email or text the Department Head or designee and respective Department Admin employee at least fifteen (15) minutes before the time he/she would normally report to work. If an employee does not call, email or text at least fifteen (15) minutes before the time he/she would normally report to work, the employee may be docked pay for time off. If a Graveyard or Swing Shift or Weekend employee is sick, he/she shall call, email or text the employee he/she is relieving at least two (2) hours in advance of the time he/she would normally report to work. If an employee does not call, email or text 300
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the employee he/she is relieving at least two (2) hours before the time he/she is to report to work, the employee may be docked pay for the time off. (4) If an employee is absent for three (3) consecutive days, a valid physician’s certificate may be required stating the cause of the absence and attesting to the employee’s ability or inability to resume work.
E. Sick Leave Abuse. When, in the judgment of the Department Head or designee, an employee's reason(s) for being absent because of alleged sickness are inadequate, the Department Head or designee shall require a valid physician’s certificate for any lost time and such absence may be charged without pay, or may be charged to vacation leave. In addition, the Department Head or designee shall impose such disciplinary action(s) as appropriate.
F. Temporary Disability Integration. An employee who is receiving temporary disability workers compensation benefits, State Disability Insurance (SDI) benefits, or Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits has the option to integrate accumulated sick leave or accumulated vacation time as shall result in a payment to the employee of full regular salary.
G. Medical/Dental Premiums. Except as otherwise required by State or Federal law, the City will continue to pay group insurance premiums, i.e., medical and dental premiums, provided the employee is in a paid status of at least one working day at any time during any given month. If an employee is on unpaid leave for the entire month or longer, it is the employee's responsibility to pay the premiums for the balance of the leave. At the request of the employee, the City will provide the employee with the amount of insurance premium and arrange a payment schedule. Failure to do so will result in termination of benefits as applicable under the Public Employees Retirement System (“PERS”) medical benefit guidelines.
19. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.
Any employee who is compelled to be absent from duty by reason of the death of a spouse or domestic partner, parent or stepparent, grandparent, child or stepchild, brother or sister, parent-inlaw, brother/sister-in law, son/daughter in-law, or any relative living in the immediate household of the employee, may be allowed, with the approval of the Department Head or designee, to a maximum of thirty-two (32) hours absence with pay, as to each instance of death.
In instances involving extraordinary circumstances, or individuals not covered in the paragraph above, up to an additional twenty-four (24) hours leave of absence may be granted, upon approval of the Department Head or designee. The additional paid leave will be deducted from accumulated CTO or vacation leave balance(s).
The employee may be required to submit proof of a relative's death or critical illness before final approval of bereavement leave is granted.
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20. HOLIDAY LEAVE.
The following days are recognized as official City holidays. Employees normally scheduled to work on these days will be given the day off with pay. For employees on flex-schedule, holiday pay shall follow the Alternate Work Schedule Policy –Revised Policy #09-121-1. For regular parttime employees, holiday pay shall be pro-rated, consistent with Vacation Pay.
Holiday Day Observed
New Year's Day January 1st
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Third Monday in January Washington’s Birthday Third Monday in February
Caesar Chavez March 31st
Memorial Day Last Monday in May
Juneteenth June 19
Independence Day July 4th
Labor Day First Monday in September
Columbus Day Second Monday in October
Veteran's Day November 11th
Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November
Day After Thanksgiving Friday after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve See Below
Christmas Day See Below
Day After Christmas See Below
Floating Holiday As requested by the employee and approved by the appropriate Department Head or supervisor;
must be taken in the fiscal year it is given.
Any day appointed by the President of the United States or the Governor of the State of California as a holiday
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the Day after Christmas shall be observed on the following days during the term of this Agreement:
2022 23, 26 and 27th
2023 25, 26 and 27th
2024 24, 25 and 26th
2025 24, 25, and 26th
2026 23, 24 and 25th
2017: 25, 26 and 27th
2018: 24, 25 and 26th
2019: 24, 25 and 26th
2020: 24, 25, and 28
2021: 24, 27 and 28th
If one of the remaining holidays listed falls on a Sunday, then it shall be observed on the following Monday. If one of the remaining holidays listed above falls on a Saturday, then it shall be observed on the previous Friday.
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An employee who works on the day a holiday is observed, as provided above, shall be paid at straight time for the holiday, just as all employees are paid for the holiday, and, in addition, the employee shall be compensated for the hours actually worked on the holiday. By mutual agreement, a holiday may be traded for a regular workday within the fiscal year.
To be eligible for holiday pay, the employee must work on the last regularly scheduled workday preceding the holiday and the first regularly scheduled workday following the holiday, unless the employee is in an approved paid leave status. An employee on vacation shall not be charged vacation time for a holiday that falls during the vacation period.
21. BASIC SALARY SCHEDULE.
A. The Base Salary Schedule is attached as Exhibit A and represents the Base Salary Schedule after approval of this Agreement by the City Council. The annual salary adjustments as set forth in Section 23 of this MOU will be applied to the attached Exhibit A rates and become part of the Base Salary Schedule for the ensuing fiscal year.
B. The parties agree that, during the term of this MOU, salaries for all new or modified classifications covered by this MOU shall be determined through the meet and confer process.
C. The Base Salary Schedule referenced in Exhibit A also includes salary percentage increases for the following job classifications with such salary adjustments phased in with 50% of the salary adjustment effective the pay period beginning February 11, 2017, and 100% of the salary adjustment effective the pay period after July 1, 2017:
Plant Maintenance Mechanic I/II (10%)
Plant Operator I/II/III (10%)
Recreation Coordinator (10%)
Aquatics Supervisor (4.4%)
Code Enforcement Officer (8.1%)
Permit Technician (7.2%)
To move classifications determined to be paid more than 5% below the market median to a rate 5% below the market median, the Base Salary Schedule referenced in Exhibit A includes percentage increases to salary for the impacted job classifications, as well as equity adjustments to maintain appropriate internal alignment of classifications effective the first full pay period following every July 1 through July 1, 2026
22. APPLICATION OF COMPENSATION PLAN TO POSITIONS.
The Salary Schedule for the respective classes of positions shall be as set forth in the published Salary Tables for fiscal years 2016-17 through 2020-2021with such amendments to classifications or addition of new classifications as may be adopted by the City Council from time to time by Resolution, and shall have the force and effect and shall be interpreted and applied as follows:
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in full-time positions, unless otherwise designated. The rates of pay prescribed shall be deemed to include pay in every form except for necessary expenses authorized and incurred incident to employment, or except as herein provided.
B. Normally and as a general rule, upon progress and productivity, employees may be considered eligible for increases in salary according to the following general plan.
(1) Step “A” shall be paid upon initial employment, except when another Step is authorized by the City Manager as the beginning pay step for a class. (2) At the satisfactory completion of nine (9) months continuous, acceptable service at Step “A”, employees may be considered for an increase to Step “B” subject to the provisions of subsections D and G below.
(3) Thereafter, at the satisfactory completion of twelve (12) months service in Step “B” and every subsequent anniversary date, employees may be considered for an adjustment in pay by way of a one-step increase until the employee reached Step E, subject to the provisions of subsection C and D below.
C. Annual performance evaluations will be completed and salary adjustments implemented within sixty (60) days after the employee’s anniversary date. If a person’s anniversary date falls within the first week of a pay period, any increases will then be effective at the beginning of that pay period; if a person’s anniversary date fall within the second week of a pay period, any increases will then be effective the pay period following the employee’s anniversary date.
Failure to complete a performance evaluation within sixty (60) days after the employee’s anniversary date shall move said employee to the next higher pay rate, and the pay increase shall become effective on the employees’ anniversary date.
D. Advance in pay shall not be automatic upon completion of the periods of service outlined hereinabove, but shall be based on satisfactory performance as established by the employee's service, and after approval of the City Manager. Increase in pay shall be withheld in cases of inferior work, lack of application, or indifferent attitude. The pay of any employee may be reduced to a lower step within the pay range established pursuant to disciplinary proceedings, in cases where the quality and manner of performance of services do not justify the pay being received.
E. Where a pay range for a given class or for several classes is revised upward, the incumbents of positions in classes affected shall maintain their current salary step. The existing pay shall be held at the same amount if the pay is adjusted downward.
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effective date, unless otherwise required by insurance providers, or Federal/State agencies.
G. All new employees are to be probationary from the date of hire to completion of nine (9) months of continuous, acceptable employment. Up to three (3) months work as a temporary employee in the same or similar classification may be credited toward the completion of the probationary period, subject to the approval by the City Manager. Such approval will not be unreasonably withheld.
H. Members shall receive longevity pay in the following increments:
After the completion of 10 years $100.00 per month, or
After the completion of 15 years $150.00 per month, or
After the completion of 20 years $200.00 per month, or
After the completion of 25 years $250.00 per month
Payment will be made in 24 bi-weekly payments.
Longevity pay shall be in addition to all other pay received under the terms of the MOU and shall be considered as part of the Total Compensation calculation.
23. INCREASES IN SALARIES.
Effective with the pay period beginning February 11, 2017, there shall be an across the board increase of 3% in wages.
Effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2017, there shall be an across the board increase of 3% in wages.
Effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2018, there shall be an across the board increase of 3% in wages.
Effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2019, there shall be an across the board increase of wages based on the percentage of annual increase (to the nearest one-tenth of a percentage point) of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, San Francisco Area (CPI-U) for April 2019 with a 2% floor and a 4% ceiling.
Effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2020, there shall be an across the board increase of wages based on the percentage of annual increase (to the nearest one-tenth of a percentage point) of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, San Francisco Area (CPI-U) for April 2020 with a 2% floor and a 4% ceiling.
Effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2021, there shall be an across the board increase of wages based on the percentage of annual increase (to the nearest one-tenth of a percentage point) of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, San Francisco Area (CPI-U) for April 2020 with a 2% floor and a 4% ceiling. 305
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Separate from the wage increases noted above, the City will provide each employee a one-time off-salary schedule payment in a lump sum amount to be paid in the next pay period after approval of this Agreement by the City Council as follows:
4.5% of the annual base salary after approval of this Agreement by the City Council.
Such one-time off-salary schedule payment is intended to be non-pensionable compensation in accordance with CalPERS regulations and interpretations, including, but not limited to CalPERS Circular Letter 200-048-16 (November 10, 2016).
Effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2022, there shall be an across the board increase of 5%in wages.
Effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2023, there shall be an across the board increase of wages based on the percentage of annual increase (to the nearest one-tenth of a percentage point) of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, San Francisco Area (CPI-U) for April 2023 with a 3% floor and a 5% ceiling.
Effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2024, there shall be an across the board increase of wages based on the percentage of annual increase (to the nearest one-tenth of a percentage point) of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, San Francisco Area (CPI-U) for April 2024 with a 2% floor and a 5% ceiling.
Effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2025, there shall be an across the board increase of wages based on the percentage of annual increase (to the nearest one-tenth of a percentage point) of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, San Francisco Area (CPI-U) for April 2025 with a 2% floor and a 5% ceiling.
Effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2026, there shall be an across the board increase of wages based on the percentage of annual increase (to the nearest one-tenth of a percentage point) of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, San Francisco Area (CPI-U) for April 2026 with a 2% floor and a 5% ceiling.
24. RETIREMENT.
A. Eligible employees, who were hired by the City, were members of CalPERS, or were members of a retirement system that has reciprocity with CalPERS, prior to January 1, 2013, shall be covered by the PERS retirement plan two percent (2%) at fifty-five (55) full formula for local miscellaneous employees and shall receive the following benefits:
Effective January 1, 1999 the City’s PERS contract was amended to include service credit for military time or any other type of service credit for which an employee may be eligible. The participating employee shall absorb the cost of any type of service credit or conversion permitted under this subsection. Effective September 1, 1998 employees’ salaries were increased by seven percent (7%), to reflect the employee’s share of PERS retirement cost. The employee’s 306
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share of PERS retirement was thereafter the responsibility of the employee to pay.
The PERS contribution is shown as a deduction from the employee’s pay on a pretax basis.
Effective January 1, 2003, the City’s PERS contract was amended to allow conversion of unused sick leave hours towards service credit, up to a maximum of one year of service credit.
Effective on or about July 1, 2004, the City’s PERS contract was amended to include the Single Highest Year benefit.
Effective on or about July 1, 2004, the City’s PERS contract was amended to include employee-paid Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefits. Effective July 1, 2005 the City’s PERS contract was amended to include City-paid Post-Retirement Survivor Benefits.
B. Eligible employees hired on or after January 1, 2013, and who meet the definition of “new member” under Government Code Section 7522.04(f), shall be covered by the PERS retirement plan two percent (2%) at sixty-two (62) formula for local miscellaneous employees and shall receive the following additional benefits:
The employee’s contribution rate towards this benefit shall be 50% of the normal cost. The PERS contribution shall be shown as a deduction from the employer’s pay on a pre-tax basis.
Final compensation shall be based on a three-year average.
C. If the City’s PERS contribution rate exceeds sixteen percent (16.00%), the employee and City shall share equally such excess rate, provided, however, that the additional employee maximum contribution under this formula shall not exceed five percent (5%). The City agrees to begin the process to implement a CalPERS contract amendment for this cost sharing arrangement as provided in California Government Code section 20516(a) immediately upon approval of this Agreement. The parties agree to engage in this cost sharing arrangement beginning with the pay period beginning February 11, 2017 as provided in California Government Code section 20516(f) until the CalPERS contract amendment is approved and can become effective.
Beginning September 18, 2021, or at the beginning of a pay period as soon thereafter as practical, the employee contribution will be 5%.
To the extent that the cost sharing formula reaches the above-referenced cap of 5% (26% City PERS contribution rate overall) during the term of this Agreement, the parties agree to meet further to discuss this issue.
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D. Other Post Retirement Benefits (OPEB). See Section 27 Health and Welfare Benefits.
25. SAFETY SHOES.
All employees who work in classifications whose work has been determined by the City to require wearing safety shoes, shall wear such shoes. Failure to wear safety shoes may result in disciplinary action. The City will buy or reimburse for up to $250275, Red Wing Boots or equivalent, provided they meet CAL-OSHA guidelines. Covered employees are eligible for a new pair of boots/shoes once a year unless the boots/shoes are still in relatively good condition.
If safety boots/shoes are damaged during the year, an employee may request review of the damaged boots/shoes to their Supervisor or Department Head with the possibility of purchasing another pair of boots/shoes. Each case will be evaluated separately and a decision shall be made on its merits.
Classifications whose work has been determined by the City to require safety shoes include:
Building Inspector Environmental Specialist
Building Maintenance Worker Maintenance Worker
Civil Engineer Mechanic
Civil Engineering Technician Plant Mechanic
Code Enforcement Officer Plant Operator
Engineering Technician Senior Maintenance Workers
26. WORK CLOTHING.
All employees who work in classifications, whose work has been determined by the City to require wearing City uniforms as designated in this section, shall wear such uniforms. The City shall provide City shirts, pants and cleaning of both. Failure to wear City uniforms may result in disciplinary action. Employees shall use all diligent care to maintain their work uniforms in good condition.
Jackets, shirts, pants and hats shall be supplied by the City to those employees working in classifications where outdoor/field work is routinely required.
A. The following designated classifications of employees within the unit where outdoor/field work is required shall be eligible for City provided jackets and hats:
Building Inspector Environmental Specialist
Building Maintenance Worker Maintenance Worker
Civil Engineer Mechanic
Civil Engineering Technician Plant Mechanic
Code Enforcement Officer Plant Operator
Engineering Technician Senior Maintenance Worker
B. The following designated classifications of employees within the unit shall be eligible for City provided and laundered shirts, pants and overalls. Designated classifications include:
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Building Maintenance Worker Plant Operator
Environmental Specialist Plant Mechanic
Maintenance Worker Senior Maintenance Worker
Mechanic
C. The City and Union have agreed to form a committee to review the current uniform vendor and contract in an effort to improve service. If the committee determines a new vendor or contract terms are required members shall participate in the formation of contract terms and selection of the new vendor.
D. This Section does not reference safety/protective equipment or clothing, which shall be provided by the City to those classifications for which it is necessary.
27. HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS.
A. City Contributions Towards Medical Premiums for Employees and Covered Retirees Enrolled in CalPERS Health Coverage Through the City
(1) Upon approval of this Agreement, tThe City agrees to continue contributing the following towards medical insurance for employees and covered retirees enrolled in CalPERS health coverage through the City:
Employee Only $ 679
Employee plus One Dependent $1,356
Family $1,762
The employee/covered retiree shall be responsible for paying the difference between the City’s contribution and the full cost of the medical premium for the plan selected by the employee/covered retiree.
(2) Effective as soon as practical, but not later than 120 days from the effective date of this Agreement, the City agrees to contribute the following towards medical insurance for employees and covered retirees enrolled in CalPERS health coverage through the City:
(a) Current Employees
The City will directly contribute a monthly payment equal to 100% of the current “Supplement/Managed Monthly Employee Only Rate for Kaiser Senior Advantage” to CalPERS for the employee.
The City will also contribute a monthly payment equal to 90% of the selected Kaiser HMO premium rates at each rate of coverage (Employee only, Employee plus One Dependent, and Family) less the monthly payment of the “Supplement/Managed Monthly Employee Only Rate for Kaiser Senior Advantage” referenced above into the employee’s Section 125 Plan with the employee designating such City payment to CalPERS 309
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through the Plan.
The employee shall otherwise be responsible for paying the difference between the City’s contribution and the full cost of the medical premium for the plan selected by the employee. The covered employee must authorize a payroll deduction for their required contribution. If no authorization is made by the employee, the City will not make a contribution to the Section 125 Plan.
In no event will the City’s contributions noted above exceed the actual cost of the medical insurance benefit provided.
Any administrative costs associated with the formation or implementation of the 125 Plan will be paid by the City.
(b) Current Covered Retirees and Employees Hired on or Before the Effective Date of this Section 27.A.(2)June 30, 2016, Who Retire from City Service and Enroll in CalPERS Health Coverage
The City will directly contribute a monthly payment equal to 100% of the current “Supplement/Managed Monthly Employee Only Rate for Kaiser Senior Advantage” to CalPERS for a covered retiree.
CalPERS will deduct the balance of the medical premium from the covered retiree’s retirement payment. The City will simultaneously reimburse the covered retiree for the CalPERS healthcare payment equal to 90% of the selected Kaiser HMO premium rates at each rate of coverage (Employee only, Employee plus One Dependent, and Family) less the monthly payment of the “Supplement/Managed Monthly Employee Only Rate for Kaiser Senior Advantage” referenced above. The covered retiree shall otherwise be responsible for paying the difference between the City’s contribution/reimbursement and the full cost of the medical premium for the plan selected by the covered retiree. In no event will the City’s contributions noted above exceed the actual cost of the medical insurance benefit provided.
Any administrative costs associated with the formation or implementation of the 125 Plan will be paid by the City.
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current “Supplement/Managed Monthly Employee Only Rate for Kaiser Senior Advantage” to CalPERS for the covered retiree.
CalPERS will deduct the balance of the medical premium from the retiree’s retirement payment.
In no event will the City’s contributions noted above exceed the actual cost of the medical insurance benefit provided.
(3) Annual Retiree Health Net Trust
The City is responsible for maintaining a trust account for the purpose of accumulating funds to ensure retiree health benefits will be paid in the future. The City will update the actuarial analysis on this trust fund every two years and provide a copy of the actuarial report to the Union.