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WS – Item #5 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item No. 5 Date: April 7, 2014 To: City Council From: Jason C. Wedel, City Engineer Re: Tart Lake Road Traffic and Speed Review Background The City has received a few complaints each year regarding perceived vehicle speeding and cut through traffic on Tart Lake Road. The City had a traffic study done in 2009 and the result of the study was that there wasn’t a significant speeding issue and recommended that the City provide additional education to the residents in the area to help them better understand traffic speeds. This past summer, the City received several e-mails and phone calls again regarding speeding on Tart Lake Road. These complaints triggered the idea of creating a Traffic Safety Committee made up of various City staff to review and evaluate traffic safety complaints as they are presented to the City. The committee contains staff from the Engineering, Community Development, and Police departments. In order to address speeding complaints it was decided by the Traffic Safety Committee that we needed a process to evaluate complaints consistently throughout the City. We therefore created a document that outlines the process for evaluating speeding concerns. A copy of that process is outlined in the attached memo for your use. Once the process for evaluating speeding concerns was agreed upon, we then conducted a speed study for Tart Lake Road. The data was collected the week of August 12, 2013. The results of the study and recommendations are shown in the attached memo. Requested Council Direction The recommendation from the Traffic Safety Committee was to increase police enforcement of the area and to install drive feedback speed signs. The estimated cost to install the driver feedback signs is $4,000 to $6,400 depending on the power supply for the signs. Staff is asking for City Council direction on whether or not to pursue the installation of the drive feedback signs.