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6.3.B. - Page 4 regularly used by fire apparatus going from Fire Station 12 to the Woodside Plaza neighborhood. Adding speed humps to Fernside could increase emergency response times: • As the fire apparatus slow down and speed up after traversing additional speed humps, or • If the addition of speed humps causes them to alter their route. Engineering Division and Fire Department staff collected travel time data in the area to estimate the impact of adding new speed humps to Fernside. Travel times were collected along the current response route and along two alternative routes. Based on the data collected, adding two speed humps to Fernside, between McGarvey and Roosevelt is estimated to add six seconds to Fire response times. If these speed humps were added, the fastest average travel time going to Woodside Plaza from Fire Station 12 would still be by taking Roosevelt as is done today (by roughly 10 seconds). Adding only one speed new speed hump is estimated to increase travel time along the route by 4 seconds. Recommendation The goal of this project is to reduce the amount and speed of cut through traffic on Fernside Street while minimizing increases to emergency response times. Rather than install two new speed humps as originally proposed, staff is recommending the installation of only one speed hump. Staff recommends installing one new speed hump on Fernside Street, between McGarvey and Roosevelt Avenues, and replacing the two temporary speed humps on Fernside, between Roosevelt and Carson) with permanent speed humps. ALTERNATIVES The City Council could: • Not approve the construction of one additional speed humps on Fernside, or • Approve the construction of two permanent speed humps on Fernside, or • Direct staff to switch the direction of the stop signs at Fernside and Roosevelt (stopping Roosevelt traffic instead of Fernside traffic) to further reduce emergency vehicles' travel time. FISCAL IMPACT The estimated cost to install three speed humps (convert two from temporary to permanent and install one new hump) is $40,000. Funds are available for this purpose from the Traffic Mitigations Fees Fund — Traffic Calming which has sufficient available balance. Minor maintenance costs will be incurred in future years.