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CITY OF BLAINE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN 5.0 Procedural Details step 1 - Identify Candidate Streets/Neighborhoods Residents may identify candidate streets or areas for traffic improvements. Some request may be handled by phone or verbally from residents to City Staff, which could result in increased police enforcement or placement of the City's speed display trailer. Any requests for permanent traffic management strategies require a written application with 25% of the project neighborhood signing the application. Appendix A provides a sample petition and request letter. It should be noted that it is the policy of the City that only residential streets are to be considered for implementation of traffic management strategies set forth in this document. Application of these strategies on collector or arterial streets is excluded and not included in this process. Step 2 -Preliminary Screening and Evaluation The City Traffic Engineer will review requests to determine whether or not they should be handled as part of normal traffic engineering procedures or police enforcement of the City, or if they qualify for consideration under the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program. Some requests may be able to be handled within the current traffic engineering procedures such as planned infrastructure improvements or reconstructions. In addition, common requests for increased traffic enforcement, participation in a neighborhood speed watch program, and placement of the variable speed display trailer are commonly handled by the Police Department and will be forwarded to the appropriate staff. Review of requests will consist of comparing the identified street characteristics with the following initial criteria: . The street in question must be classified as a Local (residential) street in the City of Blaine Transportation Plan (see Figure 4.10 from Blaine Transportation Plan in Appendix D). . The requests must be related to speeding, excessive traffic volumes, crashes, cut-through traffic, truck traffic or other related impacts on a residential street. If it is determined that the request falls under the function of this plan, then Step 3 will be initiated. If not, the request shall be followed up as appropriate by the City Traffic Engineer as part of the Departments normal function, including coordination with Police, Fire, and Public Works Departments as needed. Step 3 - Data Collection and Traffic Study If it is determined that the request falls under the guidelines of the management program, the City Traffic Engineer will conduct an engineering study of the street(s) or neighborhood. The study will include the following actions: Define Project Area / Impacted Area The definition of the project area and impacted areas sets up the project boundaries and will be used to determine neighborhood support during the petition process and for the assessment process if a strategy is implemented. APRil 2005 5