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City of Des Plaines Neighborhood Traffic Management Policy Prioritization of Projects It is important to note that even with the resident cost share, the City still faces limitations in staff resources to perform the traffic management studies and traffic management design as well as a limit in the amount of money available to front the project construction costs. The City will make every effort to address traffic concerns in a timely manner. However, if the demand outstrips available resources, then the City will apply the prioritization formula to the project to determine where it fits in relative to the other petition areas that the City has received. If there is a current waiting list in excess of available City resources, then the location will be put onto the waiting Iist pending the availability of traffic monitoring equipment, staff time and/or funding. The traffic management program is designed as a triage rather than a first -come first served program. Therefore, a petitioned location on the waiting list can be superseded by a newly petitioned street if the new street scores higher in terms of priority. Step 3 Neighborhood Survey If the STAC recommended physical changes to the street, then the City will mail a survey, specific to the type of traffic calming or other measure recommended, to all affected residences. Some measures (e.g. speed humps, diagonal diverters, etc.) have the potential to divert traffic to other local streets. In these cases, surveys will also be sent to residents on adjacent blocks who are likely to be affected. The survey will include: Summary of the results of the traffic study Explanation of the measures recommended by the City based upon the study Concept drawing for any infrastructure changes Ranking of the proposed project in the City's priority queue Rough preliminary cost estimate of the proposed changes including the cost to each individual residence if the measures are implemented Description of the Special Service Area process Page 8 of 12 The City will then tabulate the survey results. The following conditions must be met for the process to continue: A minimum of 75% of the residences on the block requesting the traffic calming measure must vote in favor of the project. The survey will state that any surveys not returned will be counted as a "NO" vote. AND, for measures that may divert traffic to other local streets.. A separate survey will be mailed to the residences on the likely affected adjacent blocks. A minimum of 51% of the residences on all of the adjacent blocks must vote in favor of the traffic calming measure. The survey will state that any surveys not returned will be counted as a "YES" vote.