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City to install permanent speed tables after Duane Avenue pilot; council seeks implementation criteria
Summary
City staff said a bid for permanent speed tables on Duane Avenue was within the procurement threshold and reported plans to expand traffic-calming measures, while councilors asked for a public package showing which streets qualify and how petitions will be verified.
The city engineer's office reported that bids for permanent speed tables tested on Duane Avenue returned below the formal procurement threshold and that the city will use the result to budget and expand traffic-calming deployments.
Staff said temporary speed humps piloted on Duane Avenue proved effective and that the permanent installation (including striping and signage) will cost roughly $26,000 for the Duane Avenue work; staff said that figure now allows planners to budget similar projects in future years. The city plans two implementation tracks: a city-initiated evaluation based on traffic data (police, traffic counts and engineering review) and a resident-request track using a petition form the council will review in the next cycle.
Councilors asked staff to publish a clear package that lists streets eligible and ineligible for speed tables, explains verification procedures and clarifies how petitions will be counted. Staff noted a key verification challenge: the city typically verifies petitions using property-tax records, which complicates petitions on blocks with many renters. Councilors asked staff to consider allowing resident signatories (not just property owners) and to propose verification steps for renter-occupied blocks.
Officials also discussed parallel-street effects: adding speed tables on one block can increase traffic on adjacent parallel streets, and some primary arteries are not suitable for speed tables. Staff said they will bring a standard form and a recommended annual implementation cadence (how many locations the city can reasonably deploy per year) to the next meeting and will include the list of streets where speed tables are not appropriate.
