DATE:
| Friday, July 7,2000
|
TO:
| Neighborhood Traffic Management Task Force
|
VIA:
| Jim Romero, Director, Public Works Department
Anne Condon, Director, Planning and Land Use Department
Cyrus Samii, Planning Division Team Leader
|
FROM:
| John Nitzel, Traffic Engineer, Traffic Division
Carrie LaCrosse, Senior Planner, Planning Division
|
RE:
| Traffic Management Policies Memo
|
ACTION REQUESTED
Approval of the final version of the recommended policies of the
Neighborhood Traffic
Management Task Force as provided below.
ITEM & ISSUE
The Neighborhood Traffic Management Task Force yoted at their
June 15, 1999 meeting to
develop a supplementary report to the City Council containing
recommended policies related to
traffic management for the City of Santa Fe. Subsequent
discussion and decisions by thetask
force and staff has led to the further refmement of these
policies. The four recommendations
contained herein supplement the Neighborhood Traffic Management
Program (NTMP) to
propose other actions that the city can undertake to improve the
climate for traffic management
in the city.
Two of the policy recommendations deal with revisions to the Land
Development Code of the
City of Santa Fe (Chapter 14). One deals with changes to the
internal policies of the Public
Works Department. One recommends support for legislative changes
at the state level regarding
the use of automated traffic enforcement devices ~hoto radar).
NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS:
- The task force recommends that code revisions be made to the
Land Development Code
(Chapter 14) and the Traffic Code (Chapter 24) of the City of
Santa Fe to require new
residential subdivisions to include traffic management and
calming measures in the project
design. A set of standards for traffic management techniques and
traffic calming devices
consistent with the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program would
be developed and
included in the Traffic Code chapter. Changes would be proposed
to the Land Development
Code, which will reference those standards and clarify the
process as it relates to new
subdivisions. The task force recommends that these code changes
be considered during the
substantive Chapter 14 re-write process that will be undertaken
in the coming fiscal year.
- The task force recommends that code revisions to the Land
Development Code (Chapter 14)
be considered to require commercial development to include
traffic management and calming
measures consistent with the Neighborhood Traffic Management
Program within their
circulation design, including the enhancement of pedestrian
facilities. The task force
recommends that these code changes be considered during the
substantive Chapter 14 re-
write process that will be undertaken in the coming fiscal year.
- The task force recommends that the City Public Works Department
develop the following:
- As much as possible and given adequate staff resources, a
process to coordinate
scheduled reconstruction activities with the installation of
devices in approved projects
for the purpose of cost savings; and
- As much as possible and given adequate staff resources, a
process to coordinate
maintenance activities with installation of devices in approved
projects for the purpose of
cost savings; and
- Internal policies that ensure that installed traffic calming
devices oil streets within the
City of Santa Fe are not negatively affected by regular
maintenance activities.
The task force recommends that Traffic Division staff be
responsible for coordinating
discussion and development of such a process and pohci~~ 'vithin
the Public Works
Department.
- The task force recommends that the Governing Body support a
resolution written by Santa Fe
Police Department staff and approved by unaninious vote of the
task force on May 16, 2000,
to support enabling legislation at the state level for the use of
photoradar enforcement and red
light cameras. The task force recommends that staff and the
Governing Body continue to
support and lobby for the amendment of the state statute to allow
this type of enforcement,
and to subsequently develop a program for installation of such
measures in Santa Fe.
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