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studies and actions. This ensures that simple or incidental requests can be addressed by City staff without the necessity of a petition. Roadway Eligibility: • Road classification (local or collector) • Length > 1,000 ft • Volume > 1,000 vpd • Posted speed ≤ 30 MPH • Not a cul-de-sac Petition No. 1 (neighborhood consensus): If a street is eligible for traffic calming, City staff will request that resident(s) submit a petition to the City to determine if the concern is widespread and there is consensus among the neighborhood to pursue installation of a traffic calming device(s). City staff will prepare a map defining the households within the affected area. The requester will be asked to circulate and complete a City furnished petition form for residents living within the affected area. Below are the established requirements needed for a successful petition effort. • 67 percent of the households located in the affected area • 80 percent of the households on the affected street Only one vote per residential unit will be counted towards the petition. Level 1 Analysis: Staff will identify the issue or problem by collecting the appropriate traffic information, such as but not limited to: • Crash history • Speed data collection (speed trailer and/or tube counters) • Traffic volume (turning movement counts or tube counters) • Existing traffic control devices • Type of access points • Road condition • Site visit (sight distance measurements / analysis) Staff will also conduct field observations and review the signing, striping, and traffic control in the area. The Level 1 speed study will consist of speed data collected by a speed trailer or tube counters. In analyzing the speed data, the Pace of the traffic and the 85th Percentile Speed will be calculated from this data. Pace and 85th Percentile speed are defined as follows: • Pace – The 10 MPH range of speeds containing the largest number of observations • 85th Percentile Speed – The speed at or below which 85 percent of the traffic is moving. Typically, the 85th Percentile Speed is within two miles per hour of the upper limit of the Pace. A normal speed distribution will contain approximately 70% of the sample within the Pace with 15% above and 15% below. Based on the data collected, a preliminary speeding issue will be identified if: • The calculated 85th Percentile speed from the Level 1 data is greater than the posted speed. • More than 15% of the vehicles are traveling faster than the 10 MPH Pace.