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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1999 0818 CC REG ITEM 10FITEM �0= ()F N100RPAV0'':, C- C ity Council iiNteetin¢ of ACTiON': CITY OF MOORPARK AGENDA REPORT TO: Honorable City Council FROM: Kenneth C. Gilbert, Director of Public Works DATE: August 6, 1999 (CC Meeting 8- 18 -99) SUBJECT: CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 99- RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 97 -1287 AND APPROVING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS FOR CERTAIN STREET SEGMENTS AND APPROVING THE POSTING OF SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ON SAID STREETS OVERVIEW The City recently retained a Traffic Engineer to prepare a new Traf f is Speed Zone Survey and Engineering Study. A copy of that Study has been distributed to the City Council under separate cover. This report presents a Resolution re- affirming and /or revising the Speed Limits on all of the local streets within the City, based on the findings, conclusions and recommendations set forth in that study. BACKGROUND Section 40802 of the California Vehicle Code (CVC) requires, as a prerequisite to the enforcement of any speed law with radar, the preparation and adoption of a Traffic Speed Survey and Engineering Study within the past seven years. In some cases the effectiveness of the Speed Survey can be extended to ten years when certain findings are made. Although the majority of the street segments in the City were last surveyed in June of 1994, changed conditions on a number of those streets rendered the Speed Surveys for those streets obsolete. It was determined, therefore, that a new Speed Survey was required for all of the street segments within the City which are not designated State Highways. 00026'1 Speed Survey 1999 August 6, 1999 Page 2 DISCUSSION A. Speed Survey A stated above, a copy of by a consultant retained City Council under separate that Survey be approved. B. Scope of Work the Speed Survey recently completed by the City, was distributed to the cover. It is recommended below that As stated above, all of the street segments not designated a State Highway were surveyed. Attached as Exhibit 1 is a map identifying all forty segments. C. General Criteria As stated in the Speed Survey, in order to employ radar enforcement, the posted speed limit for any street must be no more than five miles per hour (5 MPH) less than the 85th percentile speed (the speed at which eighty -five percent [850] of the vehicles surveyed travel). Except as noted in Section D below, the speed limits recommended in the Speed Survey conform to this requirement. D. Conditions Not Readily Apparent to the Driver The findings and conclusions set forth in the Speed Survey list a number of street segments where there are conditions which are not readily apparent to the driver. These conditions include such matters as traffic accident history or other unique characteristics not discernable to the driver. For a description of the specific conditions not readily apparent to the driver on any given street segment, please refer to the survey page for that street segment. Spdsrvy99b 000265 Speed Survey 1999 August 6, 1999 Page 3 A list of the street segments which have conditions not readily apparent to the driver is as follows: No. Street Limits 2 Hearon Drive Collins Dr. to 85th Recommended Percentile Speed Limit Speed (MPH) (MPH) 36 ** 30 North end 3 Collins Drive Campus Park Dr. to 42 ** 35 Campus Rd. 5 [old] L. A. Avenue Collins Dr. to 47 ** 40 the City Limit 11 Condor Drive Entire street 35 30 12 Los Angeles Avenue Princeton Ave. to 46 ** 40 High Street 13 High Street Moorpark Ave. to 35 30 Spring Rd. 20 Peach Hill Road Mesa Verde Dr to 40 35 Spring Rd. 21 Peach Hill Road Mesa Verde Dr. to 38 35 Tierra Rejada Rd. 22 Tierra Rejada Rd. East City Limit to 48 45 Moorpark Rd. 23 Tierra Rejada Rd. Moorpark Rd to 53 ** 45 Spring Rd. 26 Mountain Trail St. Tierra Rejada Rd. 36 ** 30 northerly to Walnut Creek Rd. 28 Mountain Meadow Dr. Tierra Rejada Rd. 37 ** 30 northerly to Walnut Creek Rd. 29 Walnut Creek Rd. Tierra Rejada Rd. 35 30 southerly to Mountain Meadow Dr. 40 Tierra Rejada Rd. Science Dr. to 50 45 Spring Rd. ** Recommended Speed Limit is more than five miles per Hour (5 MPH) less than the eighty -fifth percentile (85th %) speed. Spdsrvy99b 0002 GG Speed Survey 1999 August 6, 1999 Page 4 E. Reductions to Speed Limits The Traffic Speed Survey recommends that the speed limits be reduced on a number of street segments. Those recommended changes are listed as follows: Current Recommended Speed Limit Speed Limit No. Street Limits (MPH) (MPH) 3 Collins Drive Campus Park Dr. to 40 35 Campus Rd. 20 Peach Hill Road Mesa Verde Dr. to 40 35 Spring Rd. 22 Tierra Rejada Rd. East City Limit to 50 45 Moorpark Rd. 23 Tierra Rejada Rd. Moorpark Rd to 50 45 Spring Rd. 26 Mountain Trail St. Tierra Rejada Rd. 35 30 northerly to Walnut Creek Rd. 28 Mountain Meadow Dr. Tierra Rejada Rd. 35 30 northerly to Walnut Creek Rd. 29 Walnut Creek Rd. Tierra Rejada Rd. 35 30 southerly to Mountain Meadow Dr. 40 Tierra Rejada Rd. Science Dr. to 50 45 Spring Rd. The reasons for the recommended reduction to the speed limits for the above street segments, as set forth in the Speed Survey, are the existence of conditions not readily apparent to the driver which, in most instances, justify a speed limit more than five miles per hour less than the 85th percentile speed. Spdsrvy99b 0002G'7 Speed Survey 1999 August 6, 1999 Page 5 F. Increased Speed Limits The Traffic Speed Survey recommends that the speed limits be increased on a number of street segments. Those recommended changes are listed as follows: No. Street 10 Princeton Avenue 15 Science Drive 16 Science Drive Limits Current Recommended Speed Limit Speed Limit (MT)WI (MT)u1 Los Angeles Ave. to 35 40 Campus Park Dr. New L. A. Ave. to * 35 40 Peach Hill Rd. Peach Hill Rd. to * 35 40 Tierra Rejada Rd. Note: * No previous Speed Survey A discussion of the reasons set forth in the Speed Survey, for the above recommend increased speed limits, is as follows: Princeton Avenue: The survey found that the 85th percentile speed for this street segment was 41 MPH. In that no unusual conditions not readily apparent to the driver could be identified, the posted speed limit must be 40 MPH if radar enforcement is to be utilized. Science Drive (north of Peach Hill Road): The 35 MPH signs on Science Drive were installed by the developer of the Carlsberg Specific Plan without the benefit of a Speed Survey. The survey found that the 85th percentile speed for this street segment was 45 MPH. In that no unusual conditions not readily apparent to the driver could be identified, the posted speed limit must be 40 MPH if radar enforcement is to be utilized. Science Drive (south of Peach Hill Road): The 35 MPH signs on Science Drive were installed by the developer of the Carlsberg Specific Plan without the benefit of a Speed Survey. The survey found that the 85th percentile speed for this street segment was 43 MPH. In that no unusual conditions not readily apparent to the driver could be identified, the posted speed limit must be 40 MPH if radar enforcement is to be utilized. Spdsrvy99b 0002GS Speed Survey 1999 August 6, 1999 Page 6 G. Deferred Work Due to the Spring Road bridge reconstruction, Spring Road traffic has been detoured to Science Drive. There is no traffic on Spring Road north of Peach Hill Road, and the traffic on Spring Road south of Peach Hill Road is not typical of the type and volume of traffic expected when the street is re- opened to traffic (changed conditions after re- opening the street would require a new survey) . Therefore, the surveying of both of these segments of Spring Road has been deferred to the next year, after Spring Road is re- opened to traffic. As an interim measure, the 1994 Speed Survey for these two street segments has been included in the Speed Survey distributed to the City Council. When the new speed survey for these two streets is completed, an amendment to the Speed Survey and the Speed Limit Resolution will be presented to the City Council for approval. There will be no additional consultant cost for this work. RECOMMENDATIONS Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions: 1. Approve the Traffic Speed Zone Survey and Engineering Study dated July 1999; 2. Adopt Resolution No. 99- Rescinding Resolution No. 97- 1287 and Approving Prima Facie Speed Limits for certain street Segments and approving the Posting of Speed Limit Signs on Said Streets. Attachments: Exhibit 1: Map of Survey Street Segments Spdsrvy99b 0002G9 © O �% � �.�- � ��` � Q m ® � _� 0 �� © '�` � � ' ' \ *I� lid _�� © � -� -- ® �1 E 1� AL's% �j� ��� ^. _7 � , �ru � � � � � � +� '` ® ®® � ® ® ® m c N k '� A O � RESOLUTION NO. 99 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 97 -1287 AND APPROVING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS FOR CERTAIN STREET SEGMENTS AND APPROVING THE POSTING OF SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ON SAID STREETS WHEREAS, a Traffic Speed Zone Survey and Engineering Study has been performed on certain of the local streets within the City of Moorpark; and WHEREAS, the findings in said study support certain changes to the prima facie speed limits and the posted speed limit for certain of those street segments; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 97 -1287 setting the current speed limit for all of the local streets within the City is, at least in part, in conflict with the speed limits recommended by the aforesaid study. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Resolution No. 97 -1287, pertaining to the establishment of speed limits, is hereby rescinded. SECTION 2. That the speed limit for each of the street segments listed on Exhibit 'A', shall be the Adopted Speed Limit cited on said Exhibit "A ". SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby directed to replace and /or post new speed limit signs to reflect the Adopted Speed Limits set forth in Exhibit "A ". SECTION 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original resolutions. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of August, 1999. Patrick Hunter, Mayor ATTEST: Deborah Traffenstedt, City Clerk Attachments: Exhibit 'A': List of Streets and Speed Limits ooc z 1 Resolution No. 99- Exhibit A: Adopted Speed Limits Notes: A: Conditions not readily apparent to the driver B: To be surveyed in early 2000 after the bridge is completed and the street open to traffic. 00C 2 "i 2 85% Adopted Survey Percentile Speed Code Street Name Limits Date Seed Note Limit 1 University Drive Collins Dr to Griffin Lane July 99 33 30 2 Hearon Drive Collins Dr to north end July 99 36 A 30 3 Collins Drive Campus Park Dr to Campus Rd July 99 42 A 35 4 Collins Drive Old Los Angeles Ave to Campus Park Dr July 99 37 35 5 Old L. A. Ave. Collins Drive to City Limit July 99 47 A 40 6 Campus Park Dr Beragan St to Collins Dr July 99 43 40 7 Campus Park Dr Collins to Marquette St July 99 42 40 8 Campus Park Dr Marquette St to Princeton Ave July 99 47 45 9 Campus Park Dr Princeton to west end July 99 39 35 10 Princeton Ave L. A. Ave. to Campus Park Dr July 99 41 40 11 Condor Drive L. A. Ave to L. A. Ave. July 99 35 A 30 12 Los Angeles Ave Princeton to High Street July 99 46 A 40 13 High Street Moorpark Ave to Spring Road July 99 35 A 30 14 Spring Road High St. to New Los Angeles Ave. July 99 43 40 15 Science Drive New L A Ave to Peach Hill Rd July 99 45 40 16 Science Drive Peach Hill Road to Tierra Rejada Road July 99 43 40 17 Peach Hill Road Spring Road to Science Drive July 99 38 35 18 Spring Road New L. A. Ave. to Peach Hill Road June 94 -- B 45 19 Spring Road Peach Hill Rd to Tierra Rejada Rd June 94 — B 45 20 Peach Hill Road Mesa Verde Drive to Spring Road July 99 40 A 35 21 Peach Hill Road Mesa Verde Drive to Tierra Rejada Rd July 99 38 A 35 22 Tierra Rejada Rd East City Limit to Moorpark Road July 99 48 A 45 23 Tierra Rejada Rd Moorpark Road to Science Drive July 99 53 A 45 24 Tierra Rejada Rd Spring Road to Mountain Trail St. July 99 48 45 25 Tierra Rejada Rd Mountain Trail St to Los Angeles Ave. July 99 42 45 26 Mountain Trail St Tierra Rejada Rd north to Walnut Crk Rd July 99 36 A 30 27 Walnut Creek Road Tierra Rejada Rd north to Mt Trail St. July 99 34 30 28 Mountain Meadow Dr Tierra Rejada Rd north to Walnut Crk Rd July 99 37 A 30 29 Walnut Creek Road Tierra Rejada Rd south to Mt Meadow Dr July 99 35 A 30 30 Mountain Meadow Dr Tierra Rejada Rd south to Mt. Trail St July 99 33 30 31 Cedar Springs Street Mountain Meadow Dr to Mt Trail St July 99 34 30 32 Mountain Trail Street Tierra Rejada Rd south to Mt Meadow Dr July 99 33 30 33 Mountain Trail Street Woodhill Dr to Mountain Meadow Dr July 99 33 30 34 Countryhill Drive Countrywood Dr to Mountain Trail St July 99 33 30 35 Countrywood Drive Tierra Rejada Rd to Woodhill Dr July 99 35 35 36 Gabbert Road Los Angeles Ave to Poindexter Ave July 99 42 40 37 Commerce Drive Gabbert Rd to Poindexter Ave July 99 32 30 38 Poindexter Avenue Sierra Ave to Gabbert Rd July 99 43 40 39 Poindexter Avenue Sierra Ave to Moorpark Ave July 99 41 40 40 Tierra Rejada Road Science Dr to Spring Road July 99 50 A 45 Notes: A: Conditions not readily apparent to the driver B: To be surveyed in early 2000 after the bridge is completed and the street open to traffic. 00C 2 "i 2