REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Follow-Up Information and Possible Council Action on the Written Petition for Traffic Calming Measures along Briarwood Drive [Council Pillar: Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency and Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure]
Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Residents living on a portion of Briarwood Drive between Cabrillo Avenue and Warburton Avenue submitted a written petition to the City to consider a Council item for a future agenda regarding traffic calming and speed concerns. The item was discussed by Council at the February 11, 2020 meeting and many residents along this portion of Briarwood requested that the City install speed humps to reduce the volume and speeds of vehicles in the neighborhood. City Council ultimately directed staff to return on March 31, 2020 with a report on the situation. Staff conducted data collection in February 2020 and analyzed speeds along Briarwood Drive. Although traffic volume levels were in the range allowing the installation of some level of traffic calming, the speeds that were measured do not meet the Council approved Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program requirements to install Level 2 and Level 3 traffic calming measures (which include speed humps). However, due to some of the resident concerns, Council may consider making an exception to the City's Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program allowing the installation of these types of traffic calming measure in this area of Briarwood Drive.
BACKGROUND
On January 7, 2020, the City Clerk's Office received a Written Petition from Alan Todd Bevis (Attachment 1) signed by 62 residents requesting an item on traffic calming measures and noise/sideshow activity along Briarwood Drive between Cabrillo Avenue and Warburton Avenue be placed on a future City Council agenda. Briarwood Drive is a 25 miles per hour north-south residential street that is approximately 800 feet east of Lawrence Expressway, as shown on the attac...
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