Placement: Resolutions
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Resolution 19-R57, A Resolution of the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida Amending the City of Port St. Lucie Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy to Remove Arterial Roads from Consideration Under this Policy and Clarify the Approval Process; Providing for Conflict; Providing for Severability; Providing an Effective Date
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Submitted By: Heath Stocton, P.E., Transportation Engineer, Public Works
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Vision to have great neighborhoods.
Executive Summary (General Business): Staff is presenting for approval a Resolution repealing and replacing the City's existing Traffic Calming Policy to allow more applications to be considered for Traffic Calming.
Presentation Information: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the Resolution repealing and replacing the existing Traffic Calming Policy.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and provide revisions to the Resolution and approve the motion.
2. Move that the Council not approve the Resolution and provide staff direction.
Background: The City's Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy was adopted via Resolution 15-R86 on September 28, 2015. The Traffic Calming Policy was subsequently amended via Resolution 17-R38 on June 26, 2017. The policy provides a process for identifying and addressing problems related to speeding, excessive volumes, and safety on local neighborhood streets.
Issues/Analysis: These revisions are proposed to allow for consideration of more traffic calming projects annually. Also, this revision removes Arterial Roadways from consideration under this Policy but allows them to be considered on a case-by-case basis. Since the inception of the Traffic Calming Policy, one (1) project has met the existing minimum criteria and received physical traffic calming measures. There is a desire for more traffic calming projects to be completed annually and as such...
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