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ATTY/RESO.0077/CC RESO APPROVING THE INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS ON JEFFERSON AVENUE <br />REV: 08-26-16 RL <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />RESOLUTION NO. ______ <br /> <br /> <br />RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS ON JEFFERSON <br />AVENUE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH EMERALD HILL ROAD <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Redwood City Policy and Guidelines for Stop Signs on <br />Residential Streets states: <br /> “The use of all-way stop signs should be considered at locations where the following <br />conditions exist: <br />• When 20 or more elementary school children use the intersection going to or from <br />a school or park during an hour when at least 300 vehicles (total from all <br />approaches passing through the crosswalk) are in direct conflict with pedestrians; <br />• When 3 or more accidents of types correctable by all-way stop control have <br />occurred at the intersection within a recent 12-month period; for intersections <br />within 800 feet of a school (K-12), the threshold is 2 or more accidents; and <br />• An engineering study performed to evaluate conformance to these warrants has <br />determined no alternative measures are more appropriate to address the <br />identified traffic concerns, and that installation of all-way stops is compatible with <br />the overall traffic considerations for the area.” <br />WHEREAS, City staff’s investigation has confirmed the existence of these <br />conditions at the subject site. <br />WHEREAS, as the lead agency, City of Redwood City has determined that <br />Jefferson Avenue and Emerald Hill Road are existing public streets within Redwood City’s <br />6.3.A. - Page 5