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Commission approves traffic‑calming median for Flagler and Clark with pilot review
Summary
The commission approved a quick‑build median narrowing treatment at the Flagler Lane/Clark Lane intersection to reduce speeds on Flagler. Staff will implement a pilot version and return with monitoring; commissioners discussed permanent modular medians versus low‑cost domed markers.
City staff presented the results of an engineering study of the Flagler Lane at Clark Lane intersection and recommended a “quick‑build” traffic‑calming median to narrow travel lanes and encourage lower speeds on Flagler.
Staff reported two potentially correctable collisions in the past five years, 80th/85th‑percentile speeds of about 30 mph on Flagler and daily traffic volumes near 2,600 vehicles—higher than a typical local street because Flagler links to higher‑capacity arterials. The proposed mitigation narrows lanes at the intersection with a lateral shift (a raised or painted median island) that can be installed as a lower‑cost quick build (glued domes) or a more durable modular curb product that requires drilled anchors and is visually similar to permanent curbing.
Several neighbors who live on Clark and Flagler spoke in favor of calming. Resident Steven Pizzanti described near misses and frequent high speeds during school drop‑off. A resident who lives on Clark urged an all‑way stop because most nearby Flagler blocks already have all‑way stops; staff explained stop signs are not generally recommended for speed control under the California MUTCD and that adding an all‑way stop could create rolling‑stop compliance problems across the corridor.
Commissioners discussed cost, enforcement and maintenance tradeoffs and directed staff to pursue the quick‑build option now and return with further budget and durability analysis; the commission voted to approve the traffic‑calming installation and to bring monitoring and a type selection (domes vs modular median) back to the commission for review. The vote was approved by roll call.
