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Brentwood commission signals support for 'hybrid' traffic‑calming approach, keeps two‑thirds threshold
Summary
After extended discussion, commissioners agreed to take a traffic‑calming policy off the consent agenda and direct staff to pursue a hybrid triggering approach (HOA or resident petition) while maintaining a two‑thirds approval threshold and extending the election period to 45 days.
The Brentwood City Commission on a lengthy agenda discussion directed staff to pursue a “hybrid” trigger for neighborhood traffic‑calming requests while retaining the existing two‑thirds approval threshold for installations such as speed humps and speed tables.
Moderator (Speaker 1) told commissioners the consolidated policy is intended mainly to clarify longstanding practices: it applies only to public streets, formalizes a minimum separation for devices of about 300–600 feet, reduces the prior 1,000‑foot bookend distance to no more than 600 feet in most cases, and recommends increasing the resident‑response period from 30 to 45…
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