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Council directs overhaul of speed-hump policy, raises petition threshold and orders prioritization process
Summary
After an extended debate, the council unanimously approved a motion to raise the petition threshold for traffic-calming requests to 60%, create a rolling application period with a prioritized list and direct staff to return with a combined traffic-calming policy; active petitions already in process will be grandfathered.
The Vista City Council voted unanimously June 10 to revise its process for neighborhood traffic-calming requests, raising the petition-signature threshold to 60 percent, directing staff to create a rolling application period with a set budget and a prioritized list for implementation, and returning to council with a single, combined traffic-calming policy.
Council members debated threshold levels, petition procedures and prioritization. Council Member Fox proposed consolidating the speed-hump petition and the traffic-calming petition processes so residents could request a street-level traffic-calming review rather than petitioning for a single device. After discussion and a friendly…
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