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Commission asks council to direct a second vote on Roche Avenue traffic-calming plan after low ballot return
Summary
Staff recommended closing the Roche Avenue petition due to a 43% ballot return rate, but the Traffic and Transportation Commission voted to ask city council to direct staff to conduct a second community vote so the project can proceed.
The Traffic and Transportation Commission voted to recommend that the City Council direct the city manager to instruct staff to return the Roche Avenue neighborhood traffic-calming plan to the plan-support phase for a second community vote.
Staff had recommended closing the Roche Avenue petition because it did not meet the policy—s valid return-rate requirement. "The neighborhood did not meet the support criteria required by the policy," staff told the commission, citing a 43% ballot return (35 of 81 households) when policy requires a 50% valid return and a 67% in-favor rate. Of the 35…
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