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<br />RIEPOR T <br /> <br />98 <br />Page 1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />To the Hònôtåblø Mayor and CityÖouncU <br />Ftôtfi thØOØU):ìCU iråffiC 'Ad, Hoc Comm'itté.ë <br /> <br />May 8, 2006 <br /> <br />Subject <br />Signage Around Uncontrolled Intersections <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Adopt a policy on signage around uncontrolled intersections: <br /> <br />Recommended wording: City Council policy is that all intersections where two or more <br />through streets intersect shall be under control, either by stop light or signage. <br /> <br />Background <br />Redwood City's neighborhoods have developed in different ways. According to City <br />staff, Redwood City has approximately 1600 intersections. While 99.7% of these have <br />stop signs, stop lights. there are a handful of intersections with no controls whatsoever. <br />While this may be permissible under California state vehicle code, we believe <br />Redwood City should set a higher standard. <br /> <br />Ideally, the City should conduct an inventory of intersections to determine what signage <br />we have, find out exactly how many of our intersections do not have any signs, and <br />determine which need improvement. Staff has estimated that hiring a consultant to do <br />this inventory would cost $25,000-$30,000. Although we still believe this would be a <br />good investment, we are proposing a less expensive alternative. <br /> <br />The committee is currently aware of the following four~way intersections that have no <br />signage whatsoever: <br /> <br />Ruby/Vera <br />Ruby/Madison <br />Topaz/Madison <br />Allerton/Hopkins <br />Lowell/Katherine <br /> <br />Although residents of the street may be used to it, there is always the wild card of <br />someone driving through the neighborhood for the first time. This includes delivery <br />trucks, landscapers, pizza delivery persons, out-of-town visitors, etc. These visitors <br />tend to drive 25-30 mph -- and correctly or not -- they assume that if they don't see a <br />stop sign, that the other side has one. <br /> <br />In 2005. we installed stop signs at Jeter/Harrison, at an intersection very similar to <br />those listed above. The stop signs had the strong, unanimous support of the <br />neighborhood. We are suggesting we adopt a policy that no four-way intersections <br />remain uncontrolled. That leaves three~way intersections alone, as most drivers <br />recognize the need to slow down at these types of intersections. We (the City) would <br />