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Discuss the City’s Road Hump Policy
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DISCUSSION:
The Road Hump Policy was adopted by City Council on April 17, 2000 by Resolution No. 2000-065. A brief summary of the Policy is as follows:
In order to perform a needs assessment, the City must receive a written request for road humps signed by citizens representing a minimum of 25% of properties along the street. Staff then evaluates the following technical criteria:
o Must be local residential street more than 1500 feet in length for the street segment under consideration.
o The 85th percentile speed on the street must be greater than or equal to 36 miles per hour.
o Traffic volume must be between 400 to 4,000 vehicles per day.
o The Fire Department must review the request in order to determine effect on emergency response time. A Street where installation of road humps will cause emergency response times from the first responding station to increase beyond 4 minutes and 59 seconds shall not be considered.
o A public meeting will be held to discuss the road hump request, answer residents’ questions and explain the petition requirements and funding process.
o Citizens representing a minimum of 80% of the properties on the street must sign the petition. Residents are responsible for obtaining the signatures along the street. The petition will be forwarded to the City Council for consideration.