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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OFT E CITY COUNCIL C1 ry 114A A (3 j-1
FROM: OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
BY: DELFINO R. CONSUNJI, P.E., DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINE R
DATE: JULY 23, 2019
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In May 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
Brookshire Avenue between Cherokee Drive and Florence Avenue 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:
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Gallatin Rd 11 -
Brookshire Ave.
Florence Ave.
Brookshire Ave.
Cherokee Dr.
Brookshire Ave.
Imperial Hwy. ..... ..... .
Limits Seeed (mph)
Brookshire Ave.
Firestone Blvd.
Brookshire Ave.
Stewart and Gray Rd.
Brookshire Ave.
Alameda St.
Brookshire Ave.
Imperial Hwy. ..... ..... .
*25 MPH when children present in school zone
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Florence Ave.
35/25*
35
No Change
Cherokee Dr,
35
30
Decrease
No Change
Firestone Blvd.
35
35
No Change_
Stewart and Gray Rd.
40
40
No Change
Alameda St
40
40
No Change
Imperial Hwy.
40
40
No Change
Gardendale St.
40
40
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concurs with the proposed speed limits. The proposed change was presented to the Public
Works Committee on May 16, 2019.
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ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - Ordinance
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY AMENDING
SECTION i OF DOWNEY MUNICIPAL CODERELATING TO THE SPEEZ
LIMITS • • BROOKSHIRE AVENUE BETWEEN CHEROKEEDRIVE r'
FLORENCE
WHEREAS, the California Vehicle Code (CVC) requires Engineering and Traffic surveys
to be conducted periodically for streets such as Brookshire 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 Brookshire Avenue between Gallatin Road and Gardendale Street
which produced results that indicate a lower speed limit is justified on Brookshire Avenue
between Cherokee Road and Florence Avenue; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends the proposed change to the speed limit on Brookshire
Avenue between Cherokee Drive and Florence Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the results of the Engineering and Traffic surveys and proposed speed limit
change were presented to the Public Works Committee on May 16, 2019 and the Committee
concurred with staff's recommendation.
NOW, - •`E, THE CITY COUNCIL OF OF DOWNEY DOES
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SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby approve the Engineering and Traffic surveys
for Brookshire Avenue.
SECTION 2. Subsection (c) of Section 3199.10 of the Downey Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Brookshire Avenue. Between Gardendale Street and Firestone Boulevard, the prima
facie speed limit shall be forty (40) miles per hour; between Firestone Boulevard and
Cherokee Drive, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
between Cherokee Drive and Florence Avenue, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty
(30) miles per hour; between Florence Avenue and Gallatin Road, the prima facie speed
limit shall be thirty-five (35) 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.
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RICK RODRIGUEZ, Mayor
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 9th day of July 2019, and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey held on the 23`d day of
July 2019, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
Council Members:
NOES:
Council Member:
ABSENT:
Council Member:
ABSTAIN:
Council Member:
I 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
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