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Home My WebLink AboutResolution 2013-02 - Establishment of a 25 mile per hour pla 0111� Dept. ID PW 13-004 Page 1 of 2 Meeting Date: 1/22/2013 , rev✓L-t s-° -a, J CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH a REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION MEETING DATE: 1/22/2013 SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members SUBMITTED BY: Fred A. Wilson, City Manager PREPARED BY: Travis K. Hopkins, PE, Director of Public Works SUBJECT: Adopt Resolution No. 2013-02 authorizing the establishment of a 25 mile per hour playground zone on Delaware Street, adjacent to Manning Park Statement of Issue: Staff is recommending that a 25 mile per hour speed zone be established during daytime hours on Delaware Street adjacent to Manning Park to improve traffic safety conditions at that location. Financial Impact: Funds to implement the recommended speed zone are included in the Public Works Department operating budget. Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 2013-02, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Authorizing the Establishment of a 25 Miles.Per Hour Playground Zone on Delaware Street, Adjacent to Manning Park." Alternative Action(s): Deny approval and recommend alternative action. Analysis: Residents near Manning Park have contacted Public Works staff several times over the past six months raising concerns about pedestrian and traffic safety in the area near the park. Residents suggested several measures of improving traffic safety in the area including the following: • lowering the speed limit on Delaware Street • making the intersection of Delaware Street and Detroit Avenue an all-way stop intersection • extending parking prohibitions/red curb north of Detroit Avenue on Delaware Street installing a marked crosswalk across Delaware Street at Detroit Avenue As a result of the inquiries, staff investigated conditions in the area and- potential options for addressing the resident's concerns. Staff evaluated the options and based the concerns expressed and the criterion for each treatment, pursing the reduced speed limit is the most viable option. While lowering the existing posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour is not an option that can be unilaterally implemented without jeopardizing enforceability of the speed limit, staff did identify an option available in the California Vehicle Code that allows a localized speed limit of 25 miles per hour near playground areas. This treatment combined with enforcement may help address many of the complaints voiced by residents in the specific area where they expressed their concerns. The Item 7. - 1 HB -90- Dept.ID PW 13-004 Page 2 of 2 Meeting Date: 1/22/2013 amount of pedestrian activity and age of the pedestrians make a lower speed limit near the park a reasonable treatment commensurate with the conditions in the area. Per California Vehicle Code Section 22357.1, a local jurisdiction, by ordinance or resolution, may establish a speed limit of 25 miles per hour on a street adjacent to a children's playground in a public park during particular hours or days when children are expected to use the facility. Manning Park has a children's play ground and is actively used by children during the day. The park is located on the west side of Delaware Street approximately 600 feet north of Atlanta Avenue. The recommended speed zone would be established on Delaware Street between Detroit Avenue and the south boundary of Manning Park. Public Works Commission Action: Public Works Commission will review the recommendation on January 16, 2013. Environmental Status: None required for this action. Strategic Plan Goal: Maintain public safety Attachment(s): 1. Location Map 2. Location Aerial Photo 3. 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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH PUBLIC WORKS LOCATION MAP ATTACHMENT MANNING PARK ON DELAWARE STREET 1 HB -93- Item 7. - 4 ATTACHMENT #2 Item 7. - 5 xu -94- s l F o c F ` i t' CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH * PUBLIC WORKS +ff LOCATION AERIAL PHOTO ATTACHMENT MANNING PARK ON DELAWARE STREET 2 HB -95- Item 7. - 6 ATTACHMENT #I- Item3 RESOLUTION NO. 2013-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 25 MILES PER HOUR PLAYGROUND ZONE ON DELAWARE STREET, ADJACENT TO MANNING PARK WHEREAS, a children's playground, along with other park facilities and amenities, are located adjacent to Delaware Street, within Manning Park; and Staff has determined that, due to the use of this playground and other park facilities by children, it is necessary to post the decreased speed limit of 25 miles per hour on Delaware Street, adjacent to Manning Park; and California Vehicle Code Section 22357.1 authorizes a local authority to set a prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour on a street adjacent to a children's playground in a public park. NOW, THEREFORE,the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby resolve as follows: Pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22357.1, a 25 miles per hour playground zone is hereby established on Delaware Street, directly adjacent to Manning Park daily between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the-City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 22nd day of January , 20 13 a Mayor REV AND APPROVED: PROVED AS TO FORM: Ci ager /* 6ityAttoA&yZxco M�-k t z INITIATED AND APPROVED: r Director of Public orks ,12-3549/86795.doc Res. No. 2013-02 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I, JOAN L. FLYNN the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council at a Regular meeting thereof held on January 22, 2013 by the following vote: AYES: Sullivan, Harper, Boardman ,Carchio, Katapodis NOES: None ABSENT: Hardy, Shaw ABSTAIN: None Ci . Clerk and ex-officio(Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California