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MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Hugh R. Riley, Assistant City Manager
DATE: April 10, 2002 (CC Meeting of April 17, 2002)
SUBJECT: Consider Resolution to Support the Extension of
Operating Hours at the State Route 118 Highway
Inspection Station and Enhanced Traffic Enforcement on
SR 118 Through Moorpark.
DISCUSSION:
On April 3, the City Council directed staff to prepare a
resolution to express the City's support and desire to increase
the operating hours for the Weigh Station on State Route 118
west of the City. Heavy local and through truck traffic on State
Route 118 continues to increase. The prospect of expanded
Ventura County area port activity together with major
construction activity on U.S. 101 in 2002 -2003 is expected to
divert additional truck traffic onto SR 118 through Moorpark.
Available statistics indicate that, in addition to causing
congestion, this intense use of SR 118 by heavy trucks is a
significant contributor to traffic accidents on the highway.
The increase in operating hours at the SR 118 Station together
with increased traffic enforcement in Moorpark and on the two -
lane route west of the City is viewed as a positive step to
reduce truck traffic through Moorpark. This action should deter
trucks that use SR -118 highway to avoid the delays created by
the Conejo Grade Inspection Station and the slower speeds
required by the highway conditions of the U.S. 101 corridor.
Honorable City Council
April 17, 2002
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The City has made numerous requests for assistance to eliminate
or reduce heavy truck traffic on SR -118. The attached resolution
supports aggressive local efforts to seek funding assistance
from state and federal agencies to increase the operations at
the SR -118 Station, increase traffic enforcement along SR 118
and improve public awareness of the situation and possible
solutions. The California Highway Patrol and the County of
Ventura are preparing an application to the California Office of
Traffic Safety for this purpose.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution No. 2002- and direct the City Clerk to
distribute copies to the appropriate governmental authorities
and officials.
Attachment: Resolution No. 2002-
RESOLUTION NO. 2002-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE
APPLICATION BY THE COUNTY OF VENTURA AND THE
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL TO THE CALIFORNIA
OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY FOR A TRAFFIC
SAFETY GRANT TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC SAFETY
CONCERNS ON THE TWO LANE PORTION OF SR -118.
WHEREAS, the City Council has continuously expressed
concern over traffic safety in Moorpark and on SR -118 due to the
heavy volume of truck traffic; and
WHEREAS, there is a higher incidence of traffic collisions
on some stretches of roadway, or "corridors ", than on others;
and
WHEREAS, SR -118 is a primary connector between U.S. 101 and
Interstate 5 that is heavily used by trucks and commercial
vehicles to bypass both the Conejo and Castaic inspection
facilities, and is expected to gain increased, diverted truck
traffic due to major construction planned on U.S. 101 in 2002-
2003; and
WHEREAS, of 5,451 total collisions that occurred Countywide
in Ventura County between 1998 -2000, 70 or 355 of those occurred
on SR -118, with 77 of the 355 collisions involving trucks, and
560 of those 77 being the fault of the truck driver; and
WHEREAS, in the interest of traffic safety, the City
Council is interested in having the California Highway Patrol
maintain operations on a 12 to 24 -hour basis at the SR -118 Truck
Inspection Station west of Moorpark; and
WHEREAS, in the interest of traffic safety, the City
Council has been working diligently with the California Highway
Patrol and other entities to secure enhanced enforcement of
commercial truck regulation on SR -118; and
WHEREAS, in 2001, the California Highway Patrol applied for
grant funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety for
enhancement of commercial enforcement on SR -118 to reduce fatal
and injury collisions on that corridor, and was not successful;
and
Resolution No. 2002 -
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WHEREAS, in 2002, the California Highway Patrol is again
applying for grant funding from the California Office of Traffic
Safety for enhancement of commercial traffic enforcement on SR-
118 to reduce fatal and injury collisions on that corridor.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council does support the grant
application by the County of Ventura and the California Highway
Patrol to the California Office of Traffic Safety for
enhancement of commercial traffic enforcement on SR -118.
SECTION 2. That the City Council strongly supports the
increase of Operating Hours at the SR -118 Highway Inspection
Station west of Moorpark to a 12 to 24 -hour basis, seven days a
week.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of April 2002.
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
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