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Council delegates stop‑sign placement authority to city engineer, asks for public info on warrants
Summary
Council repealed an older stop‑sign placement policy and delegated authority to the city engineer to evaluate and place stop signs under MUTCD warrants; council asked staff to publish the federal MUTCD criteria and to make the city’s internal warrant documentation available to the public.
The council voted unanimously to repeal the city’s prior stop‑sign placement policy and delegate stop‑sign placement authority to the city engineer.
Staff explained that the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) provides technical warrants for traffic control devices; city engineer Bradley said staff will use MUTCD criteria and document analyses when responding to resident requests. Councilmembers asked for transparency: planning staff agreed to post MUTCD warrant guidance and to provide a frequently asked‑questions page explaining the city’s process for evaluating stop signs so residents know how requests will be reviewed.
The action replaces the prior policy, which used multiple committee‑style criteria, with staff engineering review under federal warrants and an internal documentation process. Council adopted the change by motion and vote without amendment.
Next steps: engineering to document stop sign requests and warrant analyses and post guidance on the city website; residents may continue to request reviews, which staff will evaluate using MUTCD criteria.
