AgdaPkt 2014-01-27 Closed and Regular

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7.1.D. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager January 27, 2014 SUBJECT Installation of Stop Signs on Redwood Avenue at Gordon Street RECOMMENDATION Confirm determination that the Project is exempt from CEQA. Approve, by resolution, the installation of stop signs on Redwood Avenue at the intersection with Gordon Street. BACKGROUND Many residents living near the intersection of Redwood Avenue and Gordon Street are concerned with traffic safety and undesirable driving behavior in the neighborhood. Staff has evaluated the conditions at this intersection and recommends that new stop signs be installed on Redwood Avenue at its intersection with Gordon Street. Gordon Street, (the minor-volume street) is already stop-controlled and would remain stop- controlled. As proposed, Redwood Avenue, (the major-volume street) would be stop- controlled and the intersection would then become a multi-way (four-way) stop- controlled intersection. Staff reviewed roadway safety concerns expressed by residents of Redwood Avenue and Gordon Street. Specifically, their concerns about the lack of sufficient traffic control, the difficulty navigating the intersection, and the increasing amount of accidents ANALYSIS The Redwood Avenue/Gordon Street intersection meets the criteria set forth in the California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for the installation of stop signs, due to the number of collisions that occurred at the intersection over the last year. A traffic and speed census near the intersection indicates that Redwood Avenue carries about 3,161 vehicles eastbound and 3,874 vehicles westbound per day. A similar study conducted on Gordon Street found that the northbound approach carries about 828 vehicles per day and southbound carries about 252 vehicles per day. The eighty-fifth percentile speed on Redwood Avenue was approximately 32 miles per hour in both directions. On Gordon Street, the eighty-fifth percentile speed is 28mph in the northbound direction and 24mph in the southbound direction. The data indicates that there are some elevated speeds on Redwood Avenue.