HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution MV-303 Stop Sign on Paseo Presada at Dundee Ave 10-17-2012RESOLUTION NO. MV- 303
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A STOP SIGN
ON PASEO PRESADA
The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby resolves as follows:
I. Based upon an engineering and traffic study, the following parking
restrictions shall be designated on Paseo Presada in the location specified
below:
NAME OF
LOCATION
RESTRICTION
STREET
Paseo Presada
A Stop sign be placed at the
north west corner of Paseo
Presada where it intersects
with Dundee Avenue
Complete Stop for
vehicle traffic at
intersection
II. All prior resolutions and other enactments imposing a parking restriction at the
location specified above are hereby repealed to the extent of their inconsistency
with the restriction specified above.
III. This resolution shall become effective at such time as the signs and /or
markings are installed.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Saratoga at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of October, 2012, by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Member Manny Cappello, Emily Lo, Howard Miller, Vice
Mayor Jill Hunter, Mayor Chuck Page
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
?Yu-Maio
Cista1 Bothelio, City Clerk
Chuck Page, Mayor
DATE: i°tIa'7ja/-Z
FEHR '' PEERS
MEMORANDUM
Date: October 3, 2012
To: John Cherbone, Public Works Director, City of Saratoga
From: Franziska Church /Sohrab Rashid
Subject: Stop Sign Installation at the Paseo Presada /Dundee Avenue intersection,
Saratoga, California
1025 -446 -1
Fehr & Peers has completed an evaluation of traffic concerns at the Paseo Presada /Dundee
Avenue intersection in Saratoga, California. A resident requested a stop sign at this location
during the September 13, 2012, Saratoga Traffic Safety Commission (TSC). After review of the item
and input from Fehr & Peers, the TSC recommended the installation of a stop sign on Paseo
Presada. This memorandum summarizes the traffic concerns expressed by the resident and our
recommendation regarding the sign installation.
BACKGROUND
The Paseo Presada /Dundee Avenue intersection is a "T" intersection located about 0.4 miles south
of Cox Avenue. Paseo Presada is a north- south, two -lane local roadway linking Bucknall Road to
Dundee Avenue. Dundee Avenue is a short (0.25 -mile) east -west, two -lane local roadway. Paseo
Presada is the north leg of the "T" intersection and Dundee Avenue forms the east and west legs.
Both streets provide access to the neighborhood south of Cox Avenue between Saratoga Avenue
and Quito Road, and the intersection serves relatively low roadway volumes based on
observations but not actual counts. While both streets are approximately 40 feet in width, the
intersection is wider than normal (roughly 70 feet across Paseo Presada) due to a large curb
radius at the northeast corner..
Unless indicated otherwise through appropriate traffic control signs, the California Vehicle Code
(CVC 21800 (b)) requires motorist on the T -leg (in this case Paseo Presada) to yield to motorists
on the through roadway (in this case Dundee Avenue). Currently, no yield signs or stop signs are
provided at this intersection. In either case, drivers are expected to exercise caution at an
intersection with no traffic control devices on any of the approaches and should only proceed
when safe to do so.
TRAFFIC CONCERN
The concern raised at the September 2012 TSC meeting is that vehicles traveling southbound on
Paseo Presada do not stop as they approach Dundee Avenue. The resident requested the
installation of a stop sign to clearly delineate the right -of -way at the Paseo Presada /Dundee
Avenue intersection.
160 West Santa Clara Street, Suite 675, San Jose CA 95113 (408) 278 -1700 Fax (408) 278 -1717
www.fehrandpeers.com
John Cherbone
October 3, 2012
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FEHRkPEERS
Field observations by Fehr & Peers confirm the concern raised during the September 2012 TSC
meeting. The wide approach at Paseo Presada does result in many vehicles from Paseo Presada to
assume they have the right -of -way. Additionally, between Bucknall Road and Dundee Avenue, the
right -of -way at all intersections is clearly marked along Paseo Presada with all -way stop - controls
or side - street stop controls. Thus, many drivers assume they have the right -of -way as they
approach Dundee Avenue, since no signs or markings indicate otherwise.
RECOMMENDATION
In keeping with the character of the neighborhood and the presence of all -way or side - street stop
controls at most other intersections, Fehr & Peers recommends the installation of a stop sign on
Paseo Presada to delineate clearly the right of way at the Paseo Presada /Dundee Avenue
intersection.