To: Honorable Mayor and Members of Town Council
From: Thomas Reiff, Transportation Planner
Title
Resolution: Repealing and Reenacting the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program
Body
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Executive Summary
The purpose of this item is to review and gain approval from Town Council on proposed revisions to the Town’s Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program (NTCP). This is a follow up to the April 28, 2015 meeting when Council directed Staff to amend the current NTCP based on feedback and experience gained from previous projects.
This program was originally established to uniformly assist residents of a local residential Town street where vehicle speeds or cut through traffic is perceived by them to negatively impact their quality of life. The program is resident driven meaning they decide whether to proceed if a concern is verified by a formal study as well as which traffic calming measures to implement. The proposed Program revisions are based on experiences of Staff while managing and implementing the Program since it was last revised in 2012.
The following bullet points reflect the main subject matter of the proposed changes.
• Amend the public outreach and involvement approach in the program, including Home Owners Associations
• Establishment of the study area and impacted residents
• Revision of the data collection methods
• Clarification of what happens to a traffic calming project that does not get approved by residents
• Process for how to modify an existing traffic calming plan
• More clearly define the term Point of Contact and role in the process
• Clarification of program terms and definitions
To better review the proposed changes, a redlined copy of all the proposed changes is attached for your review (Attachment B).
Budget Impact
No budgetary impacts are expected.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends that Town Council approve the proposed resolution repealing and reenacting the NTCP. This item was reviewed with the Public Works Commission at their August meeting. The Commission unanimously voted to recommend approval of the proposed program amendments.
Proposed Motion
“I move to approve a Resolution Repealing and Reenacting the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program as presented by staff. “
Attachments
Staff Report
Attachment A Resolution
Attachment B Redline Version of the Proposed Revisions to the NTCP