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Council opens policy conversation on traffic-calming program after petition, legal concerns
Summary
Staff reported traffic-calming requests, treatment installations and funding; council discussed whether neighborhood votes should continue to determine installation given liability questions raised by the Milton case and argued for a staff-led, engineering-based scoring and prioritization system.
City staff told council that from Jan. 1, 2020, through May 12, 2025, the city received 85 eligible traffic-calming requests; staff completed 22 technical traffic studies and installed calming treatments in five neighborhoods. The capital program currently contains about $229,090 and staff proposed adding $50,000 in FY2026.
Councilmembers and the city attorney discussed legal challenges that have affected other…
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