AgdaPkt 2016-09-12 Closed and Joint SA PFA

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9 THE REQUEST PROCESS In most circumstances a resident or a group of residents requests that the City lower the speed or volume of traffic on a street. Following this request the requestor will receive a copy of this policy and the attached application, Exhibit B. Requestors wishing to continue the process must fill out the traffic calming application and obtain a signature of support from one additional property owner on the requested street, then submit it to the City. At the time of the initial request the Police Department will be notified of the requestor’s traffic concerns. Engineering will review the existing signage and striping along the requested street to see if minor modifications can mitigate the concerns. Following receipt of the application City staff will schedule data collection and complete a traffic evaluation of the requested street(s). Once collected the data will be analyzed to see if the City’s minimum traffic calming standards are met. If they are, the request will be prioritized and the results reported to the applicant. If the minimum standards are not met and there are no special circumstances that warrant additional consideration, the request will be closed with no further action and the applicant notified. A location that has been evaluated cannot be re-evaluated for at least one year. Upon successfully passing the request process, the application will be placed on the City’s active traffic calming application list. Placement within the list will be determined by the score the project receives based on the data collected for the location. Due to staff and financial resources required for these type of projects, Redwood City must prioritize requests to address the areas of highest need first. The application with the highest score will be placed at the top of the list and will be first to receive funding for development and implementation. The scoring criteria are listed in Table 2. THE DEVELOPMET PROCESS Once a request reaches the top of the priority list it will move into the Development Phase of the process and the applicant will be notified. First step is for the requestor to confirm neighborhood support by providing the City a petition signed by residents in the traffic calming area. Greater than 50 percent representation of the properties in the area is required to move forward with the design of a traffic calming plan. If greater than 50 percent support cannot be obtained, the request will be closed with no further action by the City and the applicant notified. Following the successful submittal of the petition, the requestor and the City will meet to discuss initial design ideas and concerns. The City will use feedback from this meeting along with the previously-completed analysis to develop an initial design for the traffic calming plan. Depending on the size and scope of the requested traffic calming area the City may request the assistance of a consultant to develop the plan. If this is necessary, additional time will be needed to secure the services of the consultant. At the completion of the initial design the City will schedule a neighborhood meeting to review the design and allow the neighborhood to provide comments and feedback. This meeting may be held at a resident’s house or at an offsite location depending on what is most convenient and accessible for the neighborhood. At the meeting residents will be asked to approve the design of the plan. If a general consensus is obtained the process will move forward. If there is no consensus on the plan design at the meeting, the residents will be asked to select a steering committee to work with City staff on the redesign of the traffic calming plan. Upon completion of a revised plan with the help of the steering committee, the City will hold a second neighborhood meeting to share the plan and solicit resident 6.3.B. - Page 26