Item C: Agate/Fairmount Transportation Study Update

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Phase I : Install speed humps/ tables (as appropriate) on Moss, Villard, Orchard and th Walnut Streets, as well as 17 Ave. to address travel speeds and cut-through vehicle travel. (See staff report for maps and estimated cost information.) These improvements can be completed in the summer of 2007 through use of budgeted Traffic Calming th Program funding. Phase I also includes redesign/reconfiguration of the 14 Ave./Agate pedestrian crossing in close coordination with the University. Phase II: Install additional traffic calming/pedestrian safety, and potential stormwater management improvements in the Study area, such as raised crosswalks, traffic circles, “bump-outs” for pedestrian safety, and landscaped stormwater quality bump-outs. (See staff report for maps and estimated cost information.) These improvements would further enhance pedestrian safety throughout the neighborhood, which would support the City’s objective to increase the “walkability” and pedestrian access to the future redeveloped Walnut Station Mixed-Use Area, future University development etc. Moreover, the recommended stormwater treatment bump-outs and strategically located raised crosswalks will work toward meeting both City environmental management/stormwater objectives and neighborhood livability and safety objectives. The Neighborhood seeks to continue to partner with the City to identify funding and implementation strategies for Phase II improvements. Additional Recommendations: The following are additional recommendations/requests the Fairmount Neighbors Association respectfully submits for City Council consideration. 1.The Neighborhood emphasizes that while the Phase I and Phase II improvements derived from this study will have a marked effect on existing conditions, they are limited in their long-term effects and will not mitigate, in any fashion, the extensive future redevelopment planned in the Walnut Station Mixed-Use Area or a potential new sports arena. The Neighborhood requests that the City Council, in accepting this Study, acknowledges and commits that steps will be taken to ensure that significant future land use development in or adjacent to this Study area that is not contemplated in the scope of this Study will be required to identify potential traffic impacts in the neighborhood and to identify and fund mitigation measures that will protect the residential character of the neighborhood and local residential street character. 2.The Neighborhood recognizes that implementation of traffic calming and management and calming measures in the Study area may have impacts to surrounding areas. The Neighborhood recommends that the City continue to monitor and study the traffic volumes and speeds on streets that do not receive traffic calming treatments, and that adaptive management strategies are implemented to identify and implement supplemental traffic management or calming measures as appropriate. Agate St/Fairmount Traffic Calming Study Recommendations page3