City Council
MEETING DATE: 7/22/2015
TITLE:
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Second Reading and Adoption of Amendments to the 2015 City Speed Limits Ordinance
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FROM:
Pat Milos, Community Development Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends City Council provide a second reading and approve an amendment to the existing 2015 City Speed Limits Ordinance.
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BACKGROUND:
On June 22, 2015 the City Council approved the first reading of an amendment to the existing 2015 City Speed Limits Ordinance, effectively lowering the speed limit on the section of Cathedral Canyon Drive north of East Palm Canyon Drive to the intersection of Terrace Road, from the current posting of 40 MPH to a new posting of 25 MPH.
On April 18, 2015 City Council approved the 2015 Speed Limits Ordinance No. 751, authorizing revised Speed Limits on widened roadway segments at: 1. Ramon Road (Date Palm Drive to Neuma Road), 2. Ramon Road (Neuma Road to the East City Limits at Da Vall Drive), and 3. East Palm Canyon Drive (Perez Road to the West City Limits at Golf Club Drive).
DISCUSSION:
Starting in 2013, and more recently in early 2015, City staff received concerns from Cove Area residents about the 40 MPH Speed Limit posted on Cathedral Canyon Drive from East Palm Canyon Drive to Terrace Road (especially the segment between Kings Road and Terrace Road). When conducting Speed Surveys on this roadway segment, it was discovered that this segment was listed on the City General Plan as a Secondary Highway (an undivided 4-lane road). In actuality the roadway is an undivided 2-lane Local Collector road, within a predominately residential neighborhood.
City staff hired Darnell to re-survey the speed limits on this lower Cove segment of Cathedral Canyon Drive. Darnell submitted his Traffic Survey report and recommendations to the City Engineer and Staff on May 19, 2015.
On June 3, 2015 City Staff and Darnell presented Darnell's Cathedral Canyon Drive Engineering...
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