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CITY MANAGER
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: OFFICE OF THE CITY
BY: DELFINO R. CONSUNJI, P.E., DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGI ER
DATE: MARCH 26, 2019
RECOMMENDATION
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In January 2019, Public Works staff utilized the services of Hartzog and Crabill, one of the City's
on-call traffic engineering consultants, to conduct Engineering and Traffic (E&T) surveys on
Ardis Avenue between Foster Road and Imperial Highway in accordance with the current
California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CAMUTCD) procedures which must be
followed to document changing roadway and traffic conditions in order to make appropriate
adjustments to statutory speed limits to complement speed enforcement. The results of the
E&T surveys were as follows:
The only proposed change is to decrease the speed limit on Ardis Avenue between Foster Road
and the 1-105 Freeway overcrossing from 30 miles per hour (mph) to 25 mph. The speed limit
for the remaining portion of Ardis Avenue between the 1-105 Freeway overcrossing and Imperial
Highway will remain posted at 30 mph. The Police Department concurs with the proposed
speed limits. The proposed change was presented to the Public Works Committee on March
21,20 19.
SPEED LIMITS ON ARDIS AVI
MARCH 26, 2019
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FISCAL IMPACT
There will be two speed limit sign installations, The estimated cost of said installations is
approximately $300. Sufficient funds are available in the 2018-2019 approved budget account
number 10-3145 (Traffic and Street Maintenance Program) to cover the cost of the new signs.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - Ordinance
Attachment B - Speed limits location map
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCILOF THE CITY OF DOWNEI
AMENDING SECTION 3199.10 OF THE DOWNEY MUNICIPAL COD
RELATING • THE SPEED LIMITS FOR ARDIS
FOSTER R•,ii AND IMPERIAL HIGHWAY
WHEREAS, the California Vehicle Code (CVC) requires Engineering and Traffic surveys
to be conducted periodically for streets such as Ardis Avenue in order to post speed limits and
allow enforcement by RADAR; and
WHEREAS, the City of Downey has recently completed Engineering and Traffic surveys
along the entire limits of Ardis Avenue between Imperial Highway and Foster Road which
produced results that indicate a lower speed limit is justified on Ardis Avenue between Foster
Road and the 1-105 Freeway overcrossing; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends the proposed change to the speed limit on Ardis Avenue
between Foster Road and the 1-105 Freeway overcrossing; and
WHEREAS, theresultsof the Engineering and Traffic surveys and proposed speed limit
change were presented to the Public Works Committee on March 21, 2019 and the Committee
concurred with staffs recommendation.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby approve the Engineering and Traffic surveys
for Ardis Avenue.
SECTION 2. Subsection (c) of Section 3199.10 of the Downey Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Ardis Avenue. Between Foster Road and the 1-105 Freeway Overcrossing, the prima
facie speed limit shall be twenty-five (25) miles per hour and between the 1-105
Overcrossing and Imperial Highway, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty (30) miles
per hour."
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or otherwise
invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published or posted as required by law. A certified original of same shall
also be forwarded to the Director of Public Works.
ORDINANCE NO.PAGE 2
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this - day of __, 019.
RICK •OD •
ATTEST:"
MARIA ALICIA DUARTE, CMC
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss:'
CITY OF DOWNEY )
I`HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No. 19 was introduced at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey held on the 26th day of March 2019,
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey held on the 9th day of
April 2019, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES`
Council Members:
NOES:
Council Member:
ABSENT:
Council Member:
ABSTAIN
Council Member:
FURTHER CERTIFY that a Summary of the foregoing Ordinance No. , was
published in the Downey Patriot, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Downey, on
2019 (after introduction), and on 2019 (after adoption,
including the vote thereon). It was also posted in the regular posting places in the City of
Downey on the same dates.
MARIA ALICIA DUARTE, CMC
City Clerk