Reso 2022-186 Local Roadway Safety Plan

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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO.2022-186 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE 2022 SAN LEANDRO LOCAL ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN WHEREAS, the Highway Safety Improvement Program serves as a vital source of funds for the City to implement safety measures to eliminate traffic fatalities and reduce serious injuries on local streets; and WHEREAS, the California Department of Transportation has established the criteria that in order to remain eligible for future Highway Safety Improvement Program funds, local cities and counties must develop a Local Roadway Safety Plan; and WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro requested, and was granted, state funds to develop the City's Local Roadway Safety Plan; and WHEREAS, City staff worked with a traffic engineering consultant, Fehr and Peers, who conducted a safety analysis, investigating collision records from 2017-2022 to describe historic collision trends and identify high -risk locations, and developed collision trends, a high injury network, collision profiles, a countermeasure toolbox, and seven priority project locations; and WHEREAS, the plan was developed with a stakeholder group that included representatives from Police, Public Works and Engineering & Transportation Departments as well as regional transit partners and bike and environmental advocacy groups; and WHEREAS, the project team developed the City's Vision Zero Policy for traffic safety impacts for the health and comfort of all those who live and travel in the City of San Leandro and the implementation of this plan is a step towards making the transportation system safer and more equitable for users of all transportation modes; and WHEREAS, the Local Roadway Safety Plan will serve as a framework for the City to identify, analyze, and prioritize safety improvements on local streets and will render the City eligible for future federal Highway Safety Improvement Program funds; and WHEREAS, on October 5, 2022, City staff and consultants presented the Local Roadway Safety Plan to the City Council Facilities Committee and received the Committee's feedback. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of San Leandro City Council does RESOLVE that: The above recitals are true and correct and have served as the basis for the findings and approvals set forth in this Resolution.