Encinitas council sends Mobility and Traffic Safety Commission work plan back for prioritization after safety, signage and enforcement concerns

The Encinitas City Council and the Mobility and Traffic Safety Commission met in a special joint session to review the commission's draft work plan and voted unanimously to send the plan back to the commission to be narrowed and prioritized, returning to the council in about four weeks or "as soon as practicable." The motion to return the plan for revision was moved by Council member Jim O'Hara and seconded by Council member Tony Schaffer; the council recorded the motion as carrying unanimously.

City Traffic Engineer Abe Bandigan presented background on the commission, noting its advisory role under the city's municipal code and that the commission has not met jointly with council since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Bandigan described the commission's scope — including reviews of items that by municipal code require council approval (new traffic signals, stop signs and speed-limit changes), Safe Routes to School referrals, CIP-related striping plans, and ad hoc public requests — and said the…