Agenda Item No. 9
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council DATE: September 26, 2022 FROM: Matthew Bronson, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Greg Ray, Public Works Director/City Engineer Gabriel Munoz-Morris, Senior Engineer
SUBJECT: Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance to Approve a Speed Survey of South Oak Park Boulevard and Adopt a New Speed Limit
RECOMMENDATION
Introduce and conduct the first reading, by title only, of an Ordinance amending Section 16 of Section 3302 of Chapter 3 of Article III of the Grover Beach Municipal Code to reflect an updated speed limit recommendation for South Oak Park Boulevard from West Grand Avenue to Mentone Avenue based on a speed survey and schedule the second reading and public hearing for the next regularly scheduled meeting.
BACKGROUND
The Public Works Department commissioned an engineering and traffic investigation to determine the recommended speed limit for safe operation of vehicles on major city roadways in 2020.
Council adopted the speed limit recommendations from that report on April 26, 2021. In accordance with California Vehicle Code Section 22358, the City is authorized to decrease speed limits on streets and roads under its jurisdiction on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation. An engineering and traffic investigation is required to be performed every seven to ten years unless significant changes to roadway or traffic conditions have occurred, which would reduce this timeline to every five years and warrant a new engineering and traffic investigation.
The City recently completed a reconfiguration of the intersection of West Grand Avenue and Oak Park Boulevard. Additionally, the City recently completed a paving project on South Oak Park Boulevard from West Grand Avenue to Mentone Avenue which included the restriping of South Oak Park Boulevard from two travel lanes in each direction to one travel lane in each direction along with the installation of buffered bike lanes in both direction. The changes to the intersection and to South Oak Park required a new engineering and traffic investigation to determine the speed limit for safe operation of vehicles on North and South Oak Park given these significant changes to the roadway conditions.
The commissioned engineering and traffic investigations determined that current speed limit of 30 miles per hour on North Oak Park Boulevard from Atlantic City Avenue to West Grand Avenue is appropriate even after the intersection reconfiguration. However, the investigation of South Oak Park Boulevard from West Grand Avenue to Mentone Avenue determined the recommended speed limit should be reduced from 35 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour. Speed limit recommendations in the engineering and traffic investigations were made in accordance with 2014 revisions to the California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and California Vehicle Code Sections 627 and 22358.5, which determine that speed limits shall be set Staff Report: First Reading of Ordinance Update to Adopt Speed Limit Page 2 September 26, 2022
within a 5-mph range of the 85th percentile speed on a roadway or street as determined by an engineering and traffic investigation. The recommendation to reduce the speed limit on South Oak Park Boulevard from West Grand Avenue to Mentone Avenue is directly attributed to lower traffic speeds than previously observed which is in part due to the traffic calming and speed management focus of the new roadway striping.
The following table highlights the segments of Oak Park Boulevard with their current and recommended speed limits:
STREET LIMITS CURRENT
SPEED LIMIT
RECOMMENED
SPEED LIMIT
North Oak Park
Boulevard
Atlantic City Avenue
to West Grand
Avenue
30 30
South Oak Park
Boulevard
West Grand Avenue
to Mentone Avenue
35 30
Staff recommends that the Council schedule a second reading and public hearing for this Ordinance at the next regularly scheduled meeting on October 11, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is a minimal cost for purchasing and installing new speed signs and modifying roadway markings estimated to be between $500 and $1,500 which would be funded by road maintenance funds within the General Fund operating budget.
ALTERNATIVES
The Council has the following alternatives to consider:
1. Conduct the first reading of an Ordinance amending Section 16 of Section 3302 of Chapter 3 of Article III of the Grover Beach Municipal Code; or
2. Provide staff with additional direction.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
The agenda was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.
Attachments
1. Ordinance No. 22-__
2. South Oak Park Boulevard Speed Survey
Attachment 1
ORDINANCE NO. 22-__
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GROVER BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 16 OF SECTION 3302 OF CHAPTER 3 OF
ARTICLE III OF THE GROVER BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the City of Grover Beach is a General Law city organized pursuant to Article XI of the California Constitution; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority granted the City by Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution, the City has the police power to adopt regulations designed to promote the public convenience or the general prosperity, as well as regulations designed to promote the public health, the public morals or public safety; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22358, the City has the authority to decrease speed limits on streets and roads under its jurisdiction, on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 40802 of the California Vehicle Code, an engineering and traffic investigation must be performed every five years, but the City does have the ability to extend valid surveys to seven years if no significant changes in roadway or traffic conditions have occurred; and
WHEREAS, significant changes to roadway and traffic conditions have occurred on South Oak Park Boulevard from West Grand Avenue to Mentone Avenue warranting a new engineering and traffic investigation; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Vehicle Code, the City may extend the recommendations of an engineering and traffic investigation up to seven years provided that law enforcement complies with Section 40802.c.1; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the 1999 revision to Section 40802 of the California Vehicle Code by the California Legislature, the City cannot use radar to enforce speed limits unless justified by an engineering and traffic investigation.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GROVER BEACH AS FOLLOWS:
PART 1. Section 16 of Section 3302 of Chapter 3 of Article III of the Grover Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 3 – TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
SECTION 16. ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS IN CERTAIN ZONES. In accordance with Vehicle Code Section 22358, an engineering and traffic investigation has been performed that provides recommendations to establish the speed limit necessary for safe operation of vehicles on the following streets. It is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit for the following streets shall be as designated below when signs are erected giving notice thereof:
Ordinance No. 22-__ Page 2 of 2
STREET LIMITS DECLARED PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT
South Oak Park Boulevard West Grand Avenue to
Mentone Avenue
30 All other speed limits shall remain in place as previously established and as confirmed as appropriate per the most recent engineering and traffic investigation commissioned by the City in 2020.
PART 2. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
PART 3. This Ordinance shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. on the 31st day after the date of its adoption, and within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, it shall be published once, together with the names of the Council Members voting thereon, in a newspaper of general circulation within the City.
INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on September 26, 2022 and PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council on October 11, 2022, on the following roll call vote to wit:
AYES: Council Members –
NOES: Council Members –
ABSENT: Council Members –
ABSTAIN: Council Members –
RECUSED: Council Members –
JEFF LEE, MAYOR
Attest:
WENDI B. SIMS, CITY CLERK
Approved as to Form:
DAVID P. HALE, CITY ATTORNEY
**DRAFT**
LOCATION: Oak Park Boulevard From: W. Grand Avenue To:
SEGMENT NUMBER: 23
LENGTH: 0.42 miles CRS DESCRIPTION:
DIRECTION: NB - SB DATE:
STREET CROSS-SECTION: 2-Lane Divided DAY:
PAVED WIDTH: 80 ft TIME:
BUSINESS OR RESIDENCE DISTRICT: No OBSERVER:
IN / <=
84% 85%
SPEED FREQUENCY CUMULATIVE
MPH # % # %
21 0 0% 0 0%
22 0 0% 0 0%
23 0 0% 0 0%
24 1 1% 1 1%
25 1 1% 2 2%
26 1 1% 3 3%
27 8 8% 11 11%
28 4 4% 15 15%
29 2 2% 17 17%
30 15 15% 32 32%
31 10 10% 42 42%
32 9 9% 51 51%
33 14 14% 65 65%
34 4 4% 69 69%
35 8 8% 77 77%
36 7 7% 84 84%
37 6 6% 90 90%
38 4 4% 94 94%
39 0 0% 94 94%
40 3 3% 97 97%
41 1 1% 98 98%
42 0 0% 98 98%
43 1 1% 99 99%
44 1 1% 100 100%
45 0 0% 100 100%
Jay D. Walter
P.E. # TR 1749
Wednesday
Radar Speed Survey - Calculation Worksheet
2020 Speed Survey Update
City of Grover Beach
Mentone Ave
Minor Arterial
6/8/2022
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9:45 to 10:45
JS
POSTED SPEED CALCULATIONS
RECOMMENDED SPEED
LIMIT
CURRENT POSTED
SPEED LIMIT
10 MPH
PACE SPEED
AVERAGE / MEDIAN
SPEED CRITICAL SPEED
15%
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CONSIDERATIONS
NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS RECORDED
( Most Recent 5 Years)
EXPECTED COLLISION RATE
(On similar St. Highways)
CALCULATED COLLISION RATE
(MVM)
30 35 27 - 36
33 33
85% 15% 6% 10%
37 <=
Total collisions Injury + Fatality Total collisions Injury + Fatality Total collisions Injury + Fatality COMMENTS / UNUSUAL CONDITIONS:
Primarily residential area with sidewalks, street parking and class II bike lanes on both direction. The critical speed can be rounded down to 35 mph. The recommended speed limit can be reduced by an additional 5 mph below the 85th percentile speed allowed under CA-MUTCD Section 2B.13(16) because of the critical speed being outside of the 10 mph pace speed and a higher than average collision rate. 33 4 1.87 / MVM 0.75 / MVM 5.74 / MVM 0.7 / MVM
0% 5% 10% 15% 20%
21 23
25 27
29 31
33 35
37 39
41 43
45 SPEED MPH
PERCENT OF TOTAL OBSERVATIONS
Attachment 2