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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT DATE: October 1, 2007 TO: John Jermanis, City Manager FROM: Uchenna Udemezue, Director= Engineering and Transportatic BY: Keith R. Cooke, Principal APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL Jo . Jermanis Ci anager ~~, ~1r~~ ,,- f` i SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RESOLUTION AMENDING TITLE 8, CHAPTER 7, SECTION 8.7.120 OF THE SAN LEANDRO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE RELATING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution amending the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program section of the Administrative Code to allow for a Composite Voting System (e.g., weighted voting) to be more effective in processing requests. BACKGROUND Past and Current Traffic Calming Efforts The City of San Leandro receives numerous requests, complaints and suggestions from residents about speeding and cut-through traffic in neighborhoods. In 1997, the City Council approved the Speed Hump Program to address these issues. Since its inception, approximately fifty (50) speed humps have been installed across the city. Although the Speed Hump Program has been successful in certain applications, speed humps may contribute to the diversion of traffic onto other parallel residential routes by moving the problem to other inappropriate residential roadways. Additionally, the use of speed humps is limited in application due to physical constraints. For these and other reasons, in July 2003 the City Council approved the expansion of the Speed Hump Program to include a toolbox of various other traffic calming devices to provide solutions and objective guidelines for administering available funds. This expanded program is called the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program. Purpose of Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program The purpose of the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program (NTCP) is to improve livability and quality of life through the deployment of a wide array of engineered traffic calming devices. The NTCP provides a comprehensive approach to traffic calming on local residential and residential collector streets. It is the City's intent to continue to supplement the NTCP through educational and enforcement efforts, and expand these efforts as resources become available.