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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 21, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 36 <br />OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE <br />ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS FOR <br />CITY STREETS <br />~._~= <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1ST Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />establishing speed limits on certain streets and portions of streets in <br />the City. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ETAC) RECOMMENDATION <br />Accept the Citywide Speed Limit Study and recommend to City Council that <br />an ordinance amending Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />establishing speed limits on certain streets and portions of streets in <br />the City be adopted; by unanimous vote at the meeting of July 13, 2006. <br />DISCUSSION <br />To enforce speed limits on City streets using radar, the California <br />Vehicle Code requires that the City conduct new speed surveys every five <br />years. The prior study was approved in 2001, based upon 2000 speed <br />surveys. Last year, the City hired a consultant, Albert Grover and <br />Associates, who has completed this 2006 study according to regulations <br />set forth by the State. <br />The study has recommended speed limits based upon four major factors: (1) <br />the geometric characteristics of the roadways (including pedestrian and <br />bicycle activity), (2) speed surveys using radar, (3) accident rate <br />comparisons of actual versus the average accident rates that typically <br />occur for each type of roadway in the City, and (4) any roadway <br />characteristics not readily apparent to motorists. <br />For this study, approximately 177 segments within the City's arterial and <br />collector (also referred to as commuter) street network were surveyed <br />based on the Federal Highway Functional Classification Map. This map <br />determines which street should or shouldn't be included in the speed <br />survey. <br />50A-1 <br />