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CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
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MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL eY.
AGENDA REPORT
To: The Honorable City Council 7
From: Brad Miller, City Engineer����
Date: June 23, 2005 (Council Meeting of 7 -6 -05)
SUBJECT: Consider Establishment of a Crossing Guard Warrant
DISCUSSION
A. Definition
A Warrant is an established minimum standard or requirement
which normally would have to be met in order to warrant a
particular action. For example, one of the Caltrans Stop Sign
Warrants is: "intersection traffic volume exceeding 500
vehicles per hour for any 8 hour period during an average
day." If this condition exists at an intersection,
installation of a STOP sign would be warranted.
B. Caltrans Traffic Manual
The Caltrans Traffic Manual sets the crossing guard warrant
at forty (40) elementary school [K thru 51 aged pedestrians
per hour.
C. vocal Standards
It is not uncommon for local communities to continue to staff
crossing guard posts which do not meet the Caltrans Warrant.
However, it is the view of staff that some minimum standard
should be established in order to assure that the resources
dedicated to this function are utilized in an effective
manner.
D. Crossing Guard Warrant
It is recommended below that the City of Moorpark establish a
Crossing Guard Warrant of five (5) elementary school -age (K
thru 5) pedestrians per hour.
Crossing—Guards-0507
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Crossing Guard Warrant
July 7, 2005
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F.
Survey
A recent survey of the City's crossing Guard posts revealed
the following statistics:
Post No.
Location
No. / Hr. **
1
Marquette St. / Campus Park Dr.
0.09
2
Wm. Ranch Road / Peach Hill Road
11.50
3
Spring Rd. / New Los Angeles Avenue
1.80
4
unassigned
5
Mt. Meadow Dr. / Tierra Rejada Rd.
9.50
6
Moorpark Ave. / Los Angeles Ave.
50.00
7
Mt. Trail St. / Tierra Rejada Rd.
15.40
8
Country Hill Rd. / Mt. Trail St.
70.60
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Evaluation of Existing Posts
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As noted above, Post No. 1 and Post No. 3 do not meet the
Crossing Guard Warrant discussed herein. If the recommended
action is taken, it would be the intent of staff to advised
the Moorpark Unified School District that crossing guard
services at those intersection will not be provided by the
City in the future. Such notice will include a request that
all affected parents be notified of this change.
G. Public Safetv Committee
On June 8, 2005, the City Council Public Safety Committee
[Mayor Hunter and Mayor Pro Tern Harper] discussed this matter
and recommended that the City Council establish the Crossing
Guard Warrant described herein.
H. Letter from MUSD
Staff has received a letter (Exhibit 1) from Dr. DePascuale,
Superintendent of the Moorpark Unified School District,
requesting that this matter be postponed and re- evaluated
next year.
RECOMMNDATION
Staff and the Public Safety Committee recommend that the City
Council approve and adopt the Crossing Guard Warrant described in
this report.
Attachments:
Exhibit 1: Letter from MUSD
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June 13, 2005
Mr. Steven Kueny, City Manager
City of Moorpark
799 Moorpark Avenue
Moorpark, California 93021
Dear Steve,
I reviewed the memorandum you shared with me regarding the warrants for crossing guard posts.
The Board of Education recently approved changes to the District's elementary schools' grade
configurations. Effective for the 2005 -2006 year, Campus Canyon School and Peach Hill School
will be serving students in grades K -4 and in 2006 -2007, grades K -5. Board adopted walking
distances increase for students in the upper elementary grades. Due to these changes in the grade
configuration and approved Board revisions increasing walking distances for the upper elementary
grades, foot traffic to the sites will increase. Based on this factors I am requesting that the City
postpone any modifications to the warrants and conduct another study next year.
Your consideration of this request is appreciated. Please call me if you have any questions or to
further discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
Frank DePasquale, Ph.D.
District Superintendent
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