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6.1 G Page 25 Response The City is unable to comment on tne piacement of signs by other cities. However, 21455.5 (a� {1} of the California Vehicle Code states that the governmen#al agency may maintain an automated traffic enforcement system if it identifies the system by signs that clearly indicafie the system's prese�ce and are visible #a traffic approaching from all directions, or posts signs at a!1 major entrances ta the city, including, at a minimum, freeways, bridges, and state highway routes. There are signs posted at a!f major en#ry points into Redwood City, including, a# a minimum, freeways, bridges, and state highway routes (19 tota4}. Findr'ng #97 Police depa�tments view the use of recl light cameras and the associated signage as "behavior modrf�cation'; baslcally ec�ucafing the publlc that they musf be car�ful to obsen,�e moving violat�ons at all�n�ersecticns. Response The City agree� with the finding. Fi�tdP�g#1 S The cameras opera�e 24 hours per day seven days per week compared to a pollce officer who, ff avaitable, would monitor the infersectlon only sporadically. Response The City agrees with fhe finding. In addition, some in�ersections, including the intersection at Whipple Avenue and Veterans Boulevard, are extremely difficu�t and dangeraus for tradifiiona� enforcement due to the number of fraffic lanes, traffic congestion and #he configuration of the intersecfions. RECU11flN1ENDAT14lrtS The 20�9-2010 San Mateo County Civii Grand Jury recommends the following fio the Ci#y Gouncils of the cities of San Ma�eo County: Recammerrdation #� Consideration of vvhere a rec�Iight camera is to be insta�led should be clriven by the number of vehicle coll�sions occurr�ng at thaf intersecfion and not fhe potenfral amounf of revenue genera�ed from citat�ons. Because of the impacf on the courts as well as the citizenry, a frnal decision should be made by the respective cify council in open hearings. 8