Title
Resolution to Approve the Installation of Traffic Calming Devices on Northside Avenue ($12,000.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your consideration is a resolution for the installation of traffic calming devices on Northside Avenue. The construction is expected to take place during the 2022 construction season. Signage will be installed by City staff, and a speed hump will be installed by the City of Ann Arbor’s contractor for the 2022 Annual Local Street Resurfacing project. The cost for these devices will be included in the proposed FY 2023 Traffic Calming Budget. The traffic calming plan includes one (1) speed hump and two (2) traffic calming signs as shown on the attached final plan.
The residents of the Northside Avenue neighborhood have been surveyed and support the attached proposed traffic calming plan for their neighborhood (based on the level of support required for the program). The Northside Avenue traffic calming project began when the residents’ petition was received in September 2019. After the initial evaluation the traffic calming public meetings were scheduled using the established traffic calming process. All meetings were held virtually and included a self-guided walking tour of the petition area. Meetings were held on October 7, 2021 and November 10, 2021.
The adopted program allowed staff to send an initial questionnaire to each address in the project area to determine their concerns and location of those concerns, among other information. This information was used to prepare starter concepts for the first meeting. Staff and the residents discussed neighborhood interests and concerns, worked through a tabletop exercise with initial concepts, and refined concepts to be reviewed at the second meeting. In advance of the second meeting, staff painted the device locations on the street and established a self-guided walking tour of the project limits including signs describing the different devices. At the second meeting, staff shared the revised plan and discussed it with the neighborhood to determine preferences.
The final plan from the second meeting was mailed to the residents in the project area. Each household was surveyed if they support the plan. The project passed the criteria requiring 50% of the responses support the plan.
The results are as follows:
20 No. of valid addresses in project area
11 No. of survey responses received
11 No. of surveys supporting all or part of the final plan as shown
100%* Percent of surveys received supporting all or part of the plan as shown
*Must receive support of 50% or higher to pass
Budget/Fiscal Impact: Funding for this project will be available in the FY23 Local Street Fund Traffic Calming budget, if so, approved by City Council.
Staff
Prepared by: Raymond Hess, Transportation Manager
Luke Liu, Transportation Engineer
Reviewed by: Brian Steglitz P.E., Interim Public Services Area Administrator
Approved by: Milton Dohoney Jr., Interim City Administrator
Body
Whereas, The residents of Northside Avenue petitioned for traffic calming devices on their street;
Whereas, The survey results support the proposed traffic calming plans;
Whereas, The Transportation Commission recommended approval of the Northside Avenue traffic calming devices on February 16, 2022;
Whereas, The total estimated construction cost for the traffic calming devices is estimated to be $12,000.00; and
Whereas, Funding for the construction of the traffic calming project is included in the approved FY 2023 Engineering Local Street, Traffic Calming budget;
RESOLVED, That City Council approve the installation of the traffic calming devices on Northside Avenue from Barton Drive to Pontiac Trail; and
RESOLVED, That the City Administrator be authorized to take the necessary administrative actions to implement this resolution.