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CITY OF BLAINE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN 4.0 Procedure Summary A flow chart, Exhibit 1, provides a summary of the procedures for implementing a traffic management sh'ategy on a residential street. The process includes the following steps: step 1 - Identify Candidate streets/Neighborhoods First residents must identify candidate streets for traffic improvement and submit a written request to the City Engineering Department. Any requests for project proposals require a written application with 25% of project neighborhood signing the application. Appendix A provides a sample request form. step 2 - Preliminary Screening and Evaluation The City Engineering Department will review requests and determine whether they can be handled as part of the normal traffic engineering process or police enforcement function of the City or if they qualify for consideration under the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program. Step 3 - Data Collection and Traffic Study If it is determined that the request falls under the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program the City will undertake an engineering study of the street(s) or neighborhood including gathering relevant data of the proposed street. Step 4 - Develop/Evaluate Traffic Management Strategies Based on the traffic study and input from other departruents, the City Engineering Departruent will make a preliminary determination of the need for traffic management measures and make recommendations as to which measures would be appropriate, Step 5 - Conduct Neighborhood Meeting and Petition A neighborhood meeting will be held, or a summary letter will be sent, to present the conclusions of the traffic study and discuss appropriate next steps in the process. At this time a petition will be sent out to determine neighborhood support for the recommended traffic management strategy and to receive input from affected residents. Step 6 - Traffic Management Strategy Approval The recommended strategy will not be implemented without the support of 65% of the project neighborhood and 50% of any affected neighborhood. In addition to neighborhood approval, the City Council must also approve the implementation of the traffic management strategy. Step 7 - Implement Temporary Measures and Monitor If measures are approved it may be possible to implement first a temporary measure, If a temporary measure is used, it will be monitored for 3 months to determine its effectiveness, Step 8 - Approve Permanent Measures Results from the monitoring of the temporary measure will determine if the strategy will be made permanent by approval from the City Council. If the temporary measure is not effective the Engineering Department will revisit the analysis and development of strategies (Steps 3 and 4) or choose to not continue the process, Step 9 - Monitoring Once a traffic management strategy has been implemented the City will continue to conduct periodic monitoring of the site to collect data for future implementation of strategies and to document the effectiveness of existing measures. This program and the associated Toolbox may be amended at any time by the City Council. Appeals - Decisions of staff can be appealed to the City Council. The appeals process will follow established City procedures, Removal- Existing traffic management measures and! or measures installed under the Program may be requested to be removed. The request for removal of a project will be processed generally using the same procedures as outline in this program requiring written request and appropriate neighborhood approval. APRIL 2005 3