CITY OF PACIFICA
COUNCIL AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
7/10/2023
1 SUBJECT:
Pacifica Local Roadway Safety Plan
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a Resolution Adopting the Pacifica Local Roadway Safety Plan STAFF CONTACT:
Lisa Petersen, P.E., Director of Public Works
(650) 738-3770
[email protected]
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:
On August 8, 2022, the City Council approved an agreement with Fehr & Peers traffic consultants for development of a Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) for Pacifica. As discussed during this meeting, development of a LRSP provides cities an opportunity to address the unique roadway safety needs in their jurisdictions. Approved LRSP plans are required for cities to receive Highway Improvement Safety Program (HSIP) grants, a core federal-aid grant that is used to achieve reductions in fatalities and injuries on public roadways.
To be eligible for HSIP grants, the development of the LRSP must be data driven. This complied accident and injury data results in a prioritized list of improvements and actions that become part of the LRSP and can be used for applying for HSIP grants and other state and federal roadway safety grants. The LRSP provides a framework for organizing stakeholders to identify, analyze and prioritize roadway safety improvements on local roadways based on the data reviewed.
As discussed with the Council at the August 8, 2022 meeting, to help with development of the LRSP, staff provided Fehr and Peers with complied public comments on roadway safety concerns that had previously been collected by the City. The City also conducted a social media outreach to the community to allow new comments related to roadway safety in Pacifica to be collected and these 114 comments were also provided to the consultant. The City organized a stakeholder’s group to assist with the development of the LRSP that included members from Fehr & Peers, Public Works, Fire, Police, Planning, Planning Commission, Emergency Preparedness and Safety Commission and the School District Safe Route to Schools Coordinator to discuss and review the data collected in the study.
Development of the LRSP required review of the collected traffic data to identify trends, select countermeasures and identify priority projects. This allowed for these to be applied to Emphasis Areas, Priority Locations, and other local roadway areas of concern. Emphasis Area treatment recommendations were provided for at-grade Caltrans facilities (ie. HWY 1), frontage roads, mixed-use areas, winding roads in hills and the Community Center, schools, and senior housing. As required for grant eligibility, Priority Locations were developed based on accident Pacifica City Council 2
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and injury data and Priority Locations include Crespi Drive and HWY 1, Fassler Avenue and HWY 1, Sharp Park Road, Clarendon Road and Lakeside/Lakeview Avenues, and Linda Mar Boulevard. Other local roadway areas of concern are addressed through a Toolbox of available countermeasures that can be installed.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
Council may choose not to adopt the Local Roadway Safety Plan; however, this will prevent the City from qualifying for upcoming HSIP grants. Staff does not recommend this alternate action.
RELATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS AND WORK PLAN:
Approval of the LRSP is consistent with the following Council adopted Goals:
• Improve and steward City infrastructure, streets and facilities: The LRSP will allow for identified roadway safety improvements in Pacifica that will be HSIP eligible.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
ORIGINATED BY:
Public Works - Engineering
ORIGINATED BY:
Public Works
ATTACHMENT LIST:
Attachment A - Pacifica LRSP (PDF)
Attachment B-Appendix 1_Countermeasure Toolbox (PDF)
Attachment C - Appendix 2_Priority Location Cutsheets (PDF) Pacifica City Council 3
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RESOLUTION NO. ______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PACIFICA ADOPTING THE
PACIFICA LOCAL ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN
WHEREAS, the City Council approved an agreement with Fehr & Peers traffic consultants on August 8, 2022 to develop a Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP); and WHEREAS, a LRSP is required for the City to receive grants from the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP); and
WHEREAS, where the LSRP was developed through the required data driven process with input from the community and stakeholders’ group; and WHEREAS, the Project is complete and the LRSP has been discussed with the Council at the July 10, 2023 City Council meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pacifica to:
Adopt the Pacifica Local Roadway Safety Plan
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Pacifica, California, held on the 10th day of July 2023, by the following vote:
AYES, Councilmembers:
NOES, Councilmembers:
ABSENT, Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN, Councilmembers:
Tygarjas Twyrls Bigstyck, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________ _________________________________ Sarah Coffey, City Clerk Michelle Kenyon, City Attorney