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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 20 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />August 29, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Ordinance Amending Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code Establishing <br />Speed Limits <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Ordinance Amending Article VII, Prima Facie Speed Limits, of Chapter 36 of the Santa <br />Ana Municipal Code Establishing Speed Limits on Certain Streets and Portions of <br />Streets in the City (Project No. 22-2992) (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve first reading of an ordinance amending Article VII, Prima Facie Speed Limits, of <br />Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code establishing speed limits on certain streets <br />and portions of streets in the city. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The California Vehicle Code requires the City to conduct speed survey studies every <br />five years to establish, among other things, legal speed limits on City streets. The last <br />survey was conducted in 2016. The next survey was due in 2021, however due to the <br />COVID-19 pandemic, the survey was delayed and conducted in 2023. AGA <br />Engineers, Inc. conducted the city-wide survey in accordance to the State of California <br />codes and regulations and produced the survey report (Exhibit 1). The survey report <br />makes recommendations on speed limits based on three major factors: streets <br />geometric characteristics, spot speed, and accident rates. <br />The survey report included an evaluation of 177 segments made up of arterial and <br />commuter streets, which was based on the California Roads System map (CRS). The <br />CRS dictates which streets to be included in the survey. <br />The 2023 Survey Report follows the California Vehicle Code to set the speed limits to <br />be at or near the 85 percent of the surveyed speed. Of the 177 segments surveyed, <br />no change in the posted speed limits was recommended to 167 locations. The survey <br />report requires decreasing the speed limit at two locations and increasing the speed at <br />two others. There were six locations that are currently under construction that will be <br />resurveyed next year. One residential street segment was removed since residential <br />streets have a posted speed limit set at 25 miles per hour. The survey reports with