City of Corona
Staff Report
400 S. Vicentia Ave.
Corona, CA 92882
File #: 22-0191
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 03/02/2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Public Works Department
SUBJECT:
First reading of an Ordinance amending Ordinance Numbers 3203, 3245, 3273, 3292, and 3305 to update the prima facie speed limits on certain street segments in the City of Corona.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
City Council consideration for amending the prima facie speed limits on certain street segments in the City of Corona. The engineering study surveyed 43 road segments and recommends that the speed limits on 42 road segments remain unchanged. The segment of Mountain Gate Drive from Lincoln to Main is recommended for a speed limit reduction where the speed survey justifies decreasing the posted speed limit from 40 MPH to 35 MPH.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
That the City Council introduce by title only and waive full reading for consideration of Ordinance No. 3340, the first reading of an Ordinance amending Ordinance Numbers 3203, 3245, 3273, 3292, and 3305 to update the prima facie speed limits on certain street segments in the City of Corona.
BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The California Vehicle Code (CVC), Section 40802, requires that Engineering and Traffic Surveys be performed at least once every seven years on street segments whose prima facie speed limits are being enforced by radar or other electronic devices used to measure the speed of moving vehicles.
To meet the State requirements in the CVC, the City updates its Speed Zone Surveys on a rotating basis, resulting in all required road segments being updated every seven years.
ANALYSIS:
According to the City’s seven-year survey schedule, a total of 43 roadway segments listed in Exhibit 1 were surveyed and updated this year. The recommended speed limits were determined in consultation with the Corona Police Department, and provide enforceability and support by the courts, promote consistency and uniformity between streets of similar design, provide for a safe and City of Corona Page 1 of 2 Printed on 2/23/2022
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orderly movement of vehicular traffic, and are reasonable and safe for those street segments.
As noted, a total 43 road segments were surveyed in the engineering study. The existing speed limit posted for 42 road segments will remain unchanged. The segment of Mountain Gate Drive from Lincoln to Main is recommended for a speed limit reduction. This segment is fronted by a public park and an elementary school which experiences heavy vehicular and student traffic during school letin/let-out times. Crossing guards at the intersections of Lincoln at Mountain Gate and Mountain Gate at Rowena assist pedestrians and students during school let-in/let-out times. It is recommended that the existing 40 MPH be reduced to 35 MPH to maintain safe conditions for pedestrians and students and to ensure adequate egress opportunities onto Mountain Gate Drive from the school driveways.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Signage for the road segment with changing speed limits will be funded by the Citywide Traffic Signs Capital Improvement Project. Funding is included in the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Capital Improvement Budget.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the commonsense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. The action merely reaffirms the existing speed limits on certain street segments and reduces the speed limit at one location, and there is no possibility that approving this amendment to City ordinances will have a significant effect on the environment. Therefore, no environmental analysis is required.
PREPARED BY: ROSALVA URENO, P.E., T.E., CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER REVIEWED BY: SAVAT KHAMPHOU, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
Attachments:
1. Exhibit 1 - Proposed Speed Limits
2. Exhibit 2 - Ordinance No. 3340
3. Exhibit 3 - Technical Report
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