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Recommendation to Approve Quick-Build Traffic Calming in the Neighborhood Around Gibbons Drive Followed by Long-Term Data Collection and Planning for the Fernside Boulevard Traffic Calming and Bikeways Project; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget to Increase Authorized Expenditures in the Capital Improvement Project Fund C61000 by $200,000, Appropriated from the General Fund.
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this project is categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c) Existing Facilities (Minor alterations to existing facilities) and Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land on existing public rights of way). (Public Works 31041520)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This staff report presents updated recommendations for the intersection of Gibbons Drive, High Street, and Fernside Boulevard (Gibbons/High/Fernside), based on a traffic study and extensive community feedback.
The Transportation Commission recommends fast-tracking quick-build neighborhood traffic calming to 2026-2027, as described below and shown in Exhibit 1:
* Interim safety measure at Gibbons/High/Fernside. Reduce turning speeds onto Gibbons Drive by installing a paint-and-post bulb-out at the southwest corner (no restriction on left turn).
* Roundabouts and new pedestrian crossings inside the neighborhood. Reduce vehicle speeds and improve pedestrian access by constructing quick-build roundabouts and add temporary Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) curb ramps at the Gibbons/Northwood/Southwood and Southwood/Bayo Vista/Fairview intersections.
* New speed humps. Add speed humps at locations on Gibbons Drive, Southwood Drive, and Cambridge Drive.
After these improvements are installed, the Transportation Commission recommends collecting updated traffic data, returning to them for discussion, then conducting a temporary pilot tur...
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