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Resolution to Approve the Installation of Traffic Calming Devices on Wells Street ($23,920.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your consideration is a resolution for the installation of traffic calming devices on Wells Street (Packard to Prospect). The construction is expected to take place in the 2014 construction season by the City's contractor for the 2014 Annual Local Street Resurfacing project, and to be paid for from the approved FY 2015 Project Management Local Street, Traffic Calming Budget. The traffic calming plan includes two (2) speed humps and three (3) raised crosswalks as shown on the attached final consensus plan.
The residents of Wells Street 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 Wells Street traffic calming project began with the residents' petition received on November 24, 2009. After the initial evaluation and completion of the required speed study, the traffic calming public meetings were scheduled using the established process. All meetings were held on site and included walking the study street. Wells Street's meetings were held on March 19 and April 16, 2014.
The adopted program allowed us to send an initial questionnaire to each address in the project area to determine their concerns, location of those concerns, and preferred traffic calming devices, among other information. This information proved useful in allowing us to attend the first meeting with a draft plan based on feedback from the residents. Staff and the residents walked the project limits and discussed the draft plan, making adjustments to be reviewed at the second meeting. At the second meeting, staff shared the revised draft plan, had the devices painted on the street for visual review, and walked the project limits and discussed the revised draft plan, allowing for modification as necessary.
The draft plan from the second meeting was ma...
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