City Traffic Engineer Miller stated staff was contacted by the property owner at 825 North Raymond Avenue concerning the speed of vehicles on Raymond Avenue between Chapman Avenue and Dorothy Lane. Although this portion of Raymond Avenue is exempt from the provisions in the California Vehicle Code requiring that the speed limit be established on the basis of a traffic engineering survey, staff has conducted engineering studies and found that the combined 85th percentile speed is 34 miles per hour. The criteria used by the City to warrant stop signs at an intersection are based upon volume of traffic entering the intersection, the intersection accident history for 12 months and the prevailing speed of traffic. All criteria must be met to satisfy the request. Based on State warrants not being met and a favorable collision history, no traffic controls are mandated at this intersection at this time.
Staff recommends the request be denied.
Commissioner Seminara made a motion to accept staff's recommendation to deny the request for a stop sign at the intersection of Raymond Avenue and Union Avenue. Vice-Chairman Hardwick seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. City Traffic Engineer Miller stated the City received a request from the resident at 611 North Pomona Avenue asking that a disabled persons parking be designated on the street in front of his residence. Parking restrictions are now limited to one hour at this location. City Traffic Engineer Miller visited Mr. Negrete who has recently been disabled due to diabetes and is wheelchair bound and would like to pull up to his property in front of his house.