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Home My WebLink AboutResolution 2020-072RESOLUTION NO. 2020-072 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ATASCADERO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS ON VARIOUS CITY STREETS WHEREAS, Division 11, Chapter 7, Article 1 of the California Vehicle Code (Section 22348 et seq.) provides the mechanism for local authorities to "determine and declare" a prima facie speed limit in excess of 25 mph, and less than 70 mph on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey; and WHEREAS, Section 4-2.501, et. seq, of the Atascadero Municipal Code allows the City Engineer, through an Engineering and Traffic Survey (E&TS), to determine the appropriate speed limit for streets within the City; and WHEREAS, an Engineering and Traffic Survey for various streets was performed by GHD Inc. that determined proposed speed limits using the 85h percentile (critical) speed and applicable reductions allowed under the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA-MUTCD); and WHEREAS, the Engineering and Traffic Surveys were compiled into the 2020 Speed Zone Survey Update, dated January 2020, which has been reviewed and approved by the Director of Public Works/City Engineer to determine the appropriate and reasonable speed limits on various City streets; and WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the 2020 Speed Zone Survey Update at the August 11, 2020 City Council Meeting and made changes to the Update, one such change being to remove the study segment of Mercedes Avenue from Highway 41 to Capistrano from the Update; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-063 approving speed limits for various City streets as determined by the Engineering and Traffic Surveys in the 2020 Speed -^Zone Survey Update and desires to supersede said Resolution with this Resolution without rescinding said adoption; and WHEREAS, the adoption of this Resolution will add the study seghwnt-,6k Mereedes Avenue from Highway 41 to Capistrano into the approved 2020 Speed Zone $urvey.Update. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Atascadero: SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and the City Council so finds and determines. SECTION 2. The speed limits for various City streets as determined by the Engineering and Traffic Surveys in the 2020 Speed Zone Survey Update listed on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, are hereby approved and effective immediately or when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected. City of Atascadero Resolution No. 2020-072 Page 2 of 2 SECTION 3. The Director of Public Works/City Engineer is authorized to place and maintain appropriate signs and/or pavement markings to indicate the prima facie speeds determined by the Engineering and Traffic Surveys contained in the 2020 Speed Zone Survey Update. SECTION 4. The Director of Public Works/City Engineer, as authorized under the California Vehicle Code Section 40802, may extend the renewal for the Engineering and Traffic Surveys conducted with the 2020 Speed Zone Survey Update from five to seven and ten years if certain criteria are met. SECTION 5. The Director of Public Works/City Engineer, as authorized under the California Vehicle Code, may perform additional Engineering and Traffic Surveys for various City streets during the valid term of the Engineering and Traffic Surveys to determine modified or new speed limits. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 13"' day of October, 2020. On motion by Council Member Fonzi and seconded by Council Member Newsom the foregoing Resolution is hereby adopted in its entirety on the following roll call vote: AYES: Council Members Bourbeau, Fonzi, Funk, Newsom and Mayor Moreno NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None CITY OF ATASCADERO 4,\�no��HoMayo APu ^TO1`bRM: Brian A. Pienik, City Attorney n 71 EXHIBIT A 2020 Speed Zone Survey Update No. No. Study Segment Study SegmentTFromLimit From To Posted Speed Critical Speed (85th Percentile) Recommended Speed Limit Posted Speed Change? 1 Ardilla Rd San Anselmo Rd Portola Rd - 35 30 - 2 Atascadero Ave Atascadero Mall Highway 41 - 32 25 - 3 Atascadero Ave Highway 41 Curbaril Ave 35 43 40 Yes 4 Atascadero Ave Curbaril Ave Santa Rosa Rd 35 43 40 Yes 5 Atascadero Ave Santa Rosa Rd San Rafael Rd 35 37 35 No 6 Atascadero Ave San Rafael Rd Santa Barbara Rd 50 45 40 Yes 7 Capistrano Ave West Mall Lewis Ave - 37 30 - 8 Capistrano Ave Lewis Ave Highway 41 - 28 25 - 9 Curbaril Ave San Marcos Rd Carmelita Ave - 26 25 - 10 Curbaril Ave Highway 41 EI Camino Real 35 34 30 Yes 11 Curbaril Ave EI Camino Real Sycamore Rd 40 36 30 Yes 12 Del Rio Rd Monterey Rd EI Camino Real - 39 35 - 13 Del Rio. Rd. EI Camino Real Potrero Rd - 38 35 - 14 East Front St SR 101 NB Ramps Santa Rosa Rd - 40 35 - 15 EI Camino Real San Ramon Rd Del Rio Rd 1 45 41 1 40 Yes 16 EI Camino Real Del Rio Rd Rosario Ave 45 46 40 Yes 17 EI Camino Real Rosario Ave Highway 41 25 -<35 30 Yes 18 EI Camino Real Highway 41 San Diego Rd 40 43 40 No 19 : EI Camino Real San Diego Rd Santa Barbara Rd 45 51 45 No 20 Lewis Ave Traffic Way Capistrano Ave - 26 25 - 21 Portola Rd Ardilla Rd Highway 41 35 39 35 No 22 Portola Rd Highway 41 Atascadero Ave 3S 37 30 Yes 23 Portola Rd Atascadero Ave West Front Rd - 36 30 - 24 Portrero Rd Del Rio Rd Traffic Way - 41 35 - 25 San Anselmo Rd Ardilla Rd EI Camino Real - 42 35 26 San Anselmo Rd Del Rio Rd Dolores Ave 35 40 35 No 27 San Anselmo Rd Dolores Ave EI Camino Real 35 41 35 No 28 San Benito Rd EI Camino Real Del Rio Rd 30 35 30 No 29 30 San Gabriel Rd San Gabriel Rd San Marcos Rd Highway 41 Highway4l Atascadero Ave 45 - 40 41 35 35 Yes - 31 San Jacinto Ave EI Camino Real Nogales Ave - 34 30 - 32 San Jacinto Ave Nogales Ave Traffic Way - 27 25 - 33 San Marcos Rd San Andres Ave Portola Rd - 31 25 - 34 San Ramon Rd EI Camino Real SR 101 SB Ramps - 31 25 - EXHIBIT A 2020 Speed Zone Survey Update No. [Study Segment From To Posted Speed Limit Critical Speed (85th Percentile) Recommended Speed Limit Posted Speed Change? 35 Santa Cruz Rd EI Camino Real Carrizo Rd - 45 40 - 36 Santa Barbara Rd Atascadero Rd SR 101 - 44 40 - 37 Santa Barbara Rd SR 101 Viejo Camino - 46 40 - 38 Santa Lucia Rd Ardilla Rd Portola Rd 40 40 35 Yes 39 Santa Rosa Rd EI Camino Real I Highway 41 35 41 35 No 40 Santa Ysabel Rd Highway 41 Curbaril Ave 25 36 30 Yes 41 Traffic Way EI Camino Real Olmeda Ave - 26 25 42 Traffic Way Olmeda Ave San Jacinto Ave 35 41 35 No 43 Traffic Way San Jacinto Ave Carrizo Rd 40 44 40 No 44 Via Ave Traffic Way Capistrano Ave - 28 25 - 45 Viejo:Cami no EI Camino Real Santa Barbara Rd 40 36 30 Yes 46 Capistrano Ave Sycamore Rd West Mall 35 40 35 No 47 Del Rio Rd Potrero Rd San Anselmo Rd 30 39 35 Yes 48 Graves Creek Rd Monterey Rd San Fernando Rd - 43 40 - 49 Monterey Rd San Anselmo Rd Del Rio Rd 35 42 35 No 50 San Gabriel Rd Santa Lucia Rd San Marcos Rd - 39 35 - 51 Santa Lucia Rd Portola Rd Laurel Rd 40 42 35 Yes 52 San Marcos Rd Portola Rd San Gabriel Rd - 39 35 - 53 Sycamore Rd Capistrano Ave Curbaril Ave 40 48 45 _ Yes 54 West Mall EI Camino Real Atascadero Creek - 30 25 - 55 Carmelita Rd San Andres Ave Curbaril Ave 30 25 56 Carmelita Rd Curbaril Ave Portola Rd - 31 25 - 57 Carmelita Rd Portola Rd San Gabriel Rd - 28 25 - 58 Mercedes Ave Highway 41 Capistrano Ave - 33 30 - 59 Navarette Ave San Marcos Rd Santa Lucia Rd 25 25 - 60 Venado Ave Santa Lucia Rd Ardilla Rd - 34 30 - 61 West Front Rd SR 101 SB Off Santa Rosa Rd - 38 35 - 62 West Front Rd Santa Rosa Rd SR 101 SB On - 44 40 -