CITY OF SAN MATEO
CITY OF SAN MATEO
Agenda Report
City Hall
330 W. 20th Avenue
San Mateo CA 94403
www.cityofsanmateo.org
Agenda Number: 18 Section Name: {{section.name}} Account Number: 10-4661 File ID: {{item.tracking_number}} TO: City Council
FROM: Alex Khojikian, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Public Works Department
MEETING DATE: May 20, 2024
SUBJECT:
Local Roadway Safety Plan – Adoption
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a Resolution to adopt the Local Roadway Safety Plan.
BACKGROUND:
In August 2020, staff from the Police and Public Works Departments introduced the topic of addressing traffic safety with a data-driven approach to City Council and shared preliminary data correlating staff’s efforts on neighborhood Traffic Action Plans to collision trends. Council supported applying funds and concentrating efforts where they would yield the greatest safety results. Staff brought additional data to Council in November 2020, which identified the challenges with vehicle-to-pedestrian collisions in the City. In June 2021, more detailed information regarding collision trends was presented, and Council directed staff to continue pursuing traffic safety project prioritization through completion of a Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP).
The LRSP creates a data-driven and community-informed decision framework that works toward the goal of eliminating fatal and severe injury collisions on local roadways. The LRSP uses historical collision data and an understanding of local context, while factoring in equity priority communities, to assess existing roadway safety conditions in San Mateo, identifies areas for improvement, and provides recommended actions and an implementation plan that will help create a Safe System (an approach to roadway safety adopted by the United States Department of Transportation and Caltrans) and culture of roadway safety in the City. Additionally, having an approved LRSP qualifies the City for certain types of grant funding, such as the Highway Safety Improvement Program and Safe Streets for All grant programs.
City Council Feedback
In April 2024, staff presented the draft LRSP to City Council. Council provided feedback on prioritization of the proposed systemic treatments in the LRSP, which are improvements that can be made proactively at locations that do not have collision data trends but have similar characteristics to locations that do. Council also recommended modifying the LRSP’s Vision Statement to align with the goals of the Safe Systems Approach.
During the meeting, staff will present the revised Vision Statement prior to the request to adopt a Resolution to adopt the Local Roadway Safety Plan.
BUDGET IMPACT:
There are no budget impacts for adopting the Local Roadway Safety Plan. The LRSP is funded through Caltrans grant funds, matching funds from the Citywide Traffic Calming project (466600), and supplementing funds from the Neighborhood Traffic Management project (462226).
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ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION:
The Council action is not subject to CEQA review because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the adoption of a Local Road Safety Plan may have a significant effect on the environment as the plan is comprised of location- based collision data and strategies to reduce collisions that may be used to develop future safety-related projects. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15061). In addition, any improvements as a result of the Local Road Safety Plan is exempt from CEQA review as an “existing facility,” in that they will consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15301.) Additional analysis may be found in Section 10 of the Local Roadway Safety Plan, “CEQA Exemption Eligibility Memorandum.”
NOTICE PROVIDED
All meeting noticing requirements were met.
ATTACHMENTS
Att 1 – Proposed Resolution
Att 2 – Local Roadway Safety Plan
STAFF CONTACT
Bethany Lopez, Senior Engineer
[email protected]
(650) 522-7313