ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: Engineering Item No: D2
Prepared by:
Husam Hasenin, Traffic Engineering
Division Manager Meeting Date: March 11, 2025
Approved by:
Greg Mayer, Director of Engineering/City
Engineer
John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Discussion
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UBJECT: SPEED LIMIT UPDATES IN COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2 AND 4 RECOMMENDATION: Provide direction on updating speed limits for City Council District 2 and District 4.
CORRELATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Traffic: Continue to enhance mobility safety, improve flow of traffic for all forms of travel, reduce congestion, and improve our roads and sidewalks.
PRIOR ACTION: On January 14, 2025, Approved staff's recommendation for speed limit updates on various City streets in Districts 1 and 3 and directed staff to bring back the speed limit updates on various streets in Districts 2 and 4 at a regular meeting in February 2025 (Vote: 4-1, Franklin Opposed).
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n January 23, 2024, received a report on new state regulations for establishing speed limits; and authorized staff to add a task, through the City’s as-needed traffic engineering professional consultant services contract, to the ongoing Citywide Safety Action Plan to evaluate the City’s speed limits and make recommendations to the City Council at a future meeting for speed limit reductions in accordance with new state regulations (Vote: 5-0).
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RIOR TRAFFIC COMMISSION ACTION: On December 4, 2024, approved the updated speed limits in Exhibit 2 (Vote: 5-0; Commissioner Vielma Absent, One Vacancy).
STATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: State law governs the establishment of speed limits on public streets through provisions in the California Vehicle Code (CVC) and standards detailed in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CAMUTCD). In October 2021, Assembly Bill (AB) 43, titled "Traffic Safety", was approved into law by Governor Newsom which modifies provisions of the CVC and provides local authorities with greater flexibility in setting and reducing speed limits. This information was presented to the City Council on January 23, 2024, at which time staff was directed to work with a professional consultant to evaluate the City’s speed limits and come back with recommendations for reductions in accordance with the new State regulations.
On January 14, 2025, staff presented speed limit updates for various streets in the City. At this meeting, the City Council approved the speed limit updates in Council Districts 1 and 3 and directed staff to return at a regular meeting approximately a month later with the speed limit updates for Districts 2 and District 4 to allow the Councilmembers in these two districts time to reach out to their constituents and gather input.
AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
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SUBJECT: SPEED LIMIT UPDATES IN COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2 AND 4 Based on input received from the community through Councilmember Fox, the following street segments were requested for speed limit reductions in Council District 2:
Street From To District
Total
Collisions
(7/1/2019 -
6/30/2024)
Current
Posted
Speed Limit
(mph)
Maximum
Allowable
Reduction
(mph)
Requested
Speed
Limit
(mph)
Bobier Drive Santa Fe Avenue (N) Vista Way (E) 1,2 80 40 5 35 Foothill Drive Vista Way (E) Eastern City
Limit 2 49 35 5/10 30
Monte Vista
Drive Santa Fe Avenue (S) Easterly City
Limit 2 2 35 5 30
Santa Fe
Avenue (S) Main Street Civic Center
Drive 2 63 25/35 5 25
Santa Fe
Avenue (S) Civic Center Drive Southerly
City Limit 2,4 61 35/40 5 35
Taylor Street Santa Fe Avenue
(N) Vista Way (E) 1,2 11 35 5/10 30
Vista Village
Drive Hacienda Drive Civic Center
Drive 1,2,3,4 162 40 10 35
Vista Way (E) Northerly City Limit
Bobier
Drive/Foothill
Drive
2 99 40 5 35
Warmlands
Avenue Vista Way (E) Foothill Drive 2 9 35 5 30
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ased on input received from the community through Councilmember O’Donnell, the following street segments were requested for speed limit reductions in Council District 4:
Street From To District
Total
Collisions
(7/1/2019 -
6/30/2024)
Current
Posted
Speed Limit
(mph)
Maximum
Allowable
Reduction
(mph)
Requested
Speed
Limit
(mph)
Longhorn
Drive Melrose Drive (S) Shadowridge
Drive 4 11 35 10 30
Melrose
Drive (S) Hacienda Drive Shadowridge
Drive 3,4 95 40/45 5/10 40
Phillips Street Lado De Loma Drive Phillips Circle 4 1 25 5 20 Santa Fe
Avenue (S) Civic Center Drive Southerly
City Limit 2,4 61 35/40 5 35
Sycamore
Avenue
Watson Way/
Hibiscus Avenue
Easterly City
Limit 4 59 40 5 35
Thibodo Road Sycamore Avenue Mar Vista
Drive 4 22 40 10 30
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ontingent on the City Council approval of this item, staff will return to City Council with updates to the engineering & traffic surveys and the associated ordinance as required by the CVC. 03/11/2025
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SUBJECT: SPEED LIMIT UPDATES IN COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2 AND 4 F
ISCAL IMPACT: There is no direct fiscal impact associated with the approval of the updated speed limits. If the updated speed limits are approved by the City Council, staff will bring this item back with an updated speed limit ordinance, which will also include the estimated costs to change the speed limit signs and markings on the affected streets.
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XHIBITS:
None.
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