AGENDA CAPTION:
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Consider approval of Ordinance 2023-47, on the first of two readings, authorizing the installation of speed cushions in both directions in the 500 through 700 blocks of Uhland Road (from Mill Street to IH 35 West Access Road); including procedural provisions; and providing an effective date.
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Meeting date: June 6, 2023 - 1st Reading
July 3, 2023 - 2nd Reading
Department: Department of Public Works - Sabas Avila, Director
Amount & Source of Funding
Funds Required: $12,000
Account Number: 10006147.53091
Funds Available: 51,388.97
Account Name: Traffic-Pavement Marking
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Background Information:
Pursuant with Sec. 82.066, all regulatory signs where the authority to install is not specifically delegated to the traffic engineer, requires approval from City Council by ordinance.
Uhland Road is a two-way collector street characterized by mixed land-use (multi-family residential, single-family residential and business). Based on a speed study conducted during December 5th to 6th, 2022, the average eighty-fifth percentile speed on Uhland Road is 38.8 mph between Mill Street and IH 35 West Access Road.
Local residents have submitted a petition for the installation of speed cushions on Uhland Road between Mill Street and West IH 35 Access Road. The petition included 14 responses. All of respondents supported the installation of speed cushions.
Speed cushions are similar to speed humps except speed cushions maintain a gap in the middle of humps to allow emergency vehicles to straddle the humps so as to not adversely affect response times.
The traffic conditions warrant the installation of speed cushions. The approximate cost for installation is $12,000. City staff recommends approval of the speed cushions on Uhland Road.
Pursuant with 82.067- The traffic engineer shall develop and maintain a traffic register containing a record of every location in the city where any traffic control device or special regulation is made applicable, whether by ordinance or by the traffic engineer's authority established under this chapter.
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Recommendation:
City staff recommends approval of the speed cushions on Uhland Road from Mill Street to IH 35 West Access Road.