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Ordinance No. 10991 ORDINANCE NO. 1099 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 3 VERNON AMENDING SECTIONS 16.14, 16.15, 16.16, 16.17, AND DELETING SECTION 16.18 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY 4 OF VERNON, CALIFORNIA, 1959, TO CHANGE SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN STREETS AND TO REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES OR 5 PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH 6 7 WHEREAS, on November 2, 1999, the City Council of the City of 8 Vernon adopted Ordinance No. 1078 to establish speed limits on certain 9 streets in accordance with Speed Zone Survey dated October 1999; and 10 WHEREAS, the Community Services Department of the City of 11 Vernon has prepared a Speed Zone Survey: Engineering and Traffic Study 12 dated January, 2004 ("Engineering and Traffic Study") for the purpose 13 of evaluating existing speed limits on various streets within the City 14 of Vernon; and 15 WHEREAS, the Community Services Department has recommended 16 that the City Council accept and approve the recommendations contained 17 in the Engineering and Traffic Study and that, accordingly, the Code 18 of the City of Vernon, California, 1959, be amended by retaining 19 existing speed limits on some streets and changing speed limits on 20 other streets based on the Engineering and Traffic Study; and 21 WHEREAS, Vehicle Code Section 22357 authorizes cities to 22 determine and declare prima facie speed limits greater than 25 miles 23 per hour on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey; and 24 WHEREAS, according to the Engineering and Traffic Study, the 25 recommendations for prima facie speed limits of 30, 35, 40 and 45 26 miles per hour on certain streets will facilitate the orderly movement 27 of vehicular traffic and will be reasonable and safe on those streets; 28 and 1 WHEREAS, said Engineering and Traffic Study supports the 2 enforcement of the prima facie speed limit of 30, 35, 40 and 45 miles 3 per hour on certain streets; and 4 WHEREAS, the California legislature has established various 5 criteria for preparing an engineering and traffic survey and 6 determining speed limits therein, in order to promote uniformity 7 throughout the State; and 8 WHEREAS, Vehicle Code Section 40802 provides that radar may 9 not be used as an enforcement tool if the posted limits are set 10 without being justified in fact by an engineering and traffic survey; 11 and 12 WHEREAS, certain sections of the Vernon Code need to be 13 amended to establish the speed limits recommended in the Engineering 14 and Traffic Study. 15 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS: 16 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 17 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true 18 and correct. 19 SECTION 2: Section 16.14 of the Code of the City of Vernon, 20 California, 1959, is hereby amended to read as follows: 21 Sec. 16.14. Speed limits on certain streets --Forty-five miles per hour. 22 23 Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22357, the city council 24 hereby determines and declares that the prima facie speed limit on the 25 following streets shall be forty-five (45) miles per hour: 26 BANDINI BOULEVARD From Soto Street to the eastern city boundary 27 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD From the western city boundary to 28 Downey Road and from 700 feet east of Downey Road to the eastern city boundary -2- 1 2 3 4 5 6 FA 9' 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25' 26I 27 28 Every violation of this section by propelling a vehicle in excess of the speed limit provided for herein is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. SECTION 3: Section 16.15 of the Code of the City of Vernon, California, 1959, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 16.15. Speed limits on certain streets --Forty miles per hour. Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22357, the city council hereby determines and declares that the prima facie speed limit on the following streets shall be forty (40) miles per hour: ALAMEDA STREET -WEST The northbound lanes from the northern city boundary to the southern city boundary DISTRICT BOULEVARD From Downey Road to Atlantic Boulevard 37" STREET From Santa Fe Avenue to Soto Street VERNON AVENUE From Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue PACIFIC BOULEVARD From Santa Fe Avenue to the southern city boundary 38th STREET From Santa Fe Avenue to the BNSF Railroad tracks east of Santa Fe Avenue Every violation of this section by propelling a vehicle in excess of the speed limit provided for herein is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. SECTION 4: Section 16.16 of the Code of the City of Vernon, California, 1959, is hereby amended to read as follows,: Sec. 16.16. Speed limits on certain street --Thirty-five miles per hour. Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22357, the city council hereby determines and declares that the prima facie speed limit on the -3- 1 following streets shall be thirty-five (35) miles per hour: 2 ALAMEDA STREET -EAST The two-way street on the east side of the railroad right-of-way from 3 the northern city boundary to the southern city boundary 4 ATLANTIC BOULEVARD From the northern city boundary to 5 the southern city boundary 6 BOYLE AVENUE From Vernon Avenue to Slauson Avenue and the northbound lanes 7 from Slauson Avenue to Randolph Street 8 DISTRICT BOULEVARD From Atlantic Boulevard to eastern 9 city boundary 10 DOWNEY ROAD From the northern city boundary to Fruitland Avenue and the western- 11 most southbound lane from Fruitland Avenue to Slauson Avenue 12 FRUITLAND AVENUE From Santa Fe Avenue to Downey Road 13 LEONIS BOULEVARD From Pacific Boulevard to Downey 14 Road 15 SANTA FE AVENUE From the northern city boundary to the southern city boundary 16 SLAUSON AVENUE From Boyle Avenue to Downey Road 17 SOTO STREET From the northern city boundary to 18 the southern city boundary 19 26TH STREET From Soto Street to Atlantic Boulevard 20 38TH STREET From Alameda Street to the Santa Fe 21 Avenue 22 55TH STREET From Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue 23 24 Every violation of this section by propelling a vehicle in 25 excess of the speed limit provided for herein is hereby declared to be 26 a public nuisance. 27 SECTION 5: Section 16.17'of the Code of the City of Vernon, 28II California, 1959, is hereby amended to read as follows: 1 Sec. 16.17. Speed limits on certain street --Thirty miles per hour. 2 Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22357, the city council 3 hereby determines and declares that the prima facie speed limit on the 4 followingstreets shall be thirty (30) miles y per hour: 5 6 ALCOA AVENUE From Vernon Avenue to Slauson Avenue 7 FRUITLAND AVENUE The north half of the street 8 (westbound lanes) from Downey Road to Corona Avenue and from Corona 9 Avenue to Cudahy Avenue 10 VERNON AVENUE From Santa Fe Avenue to Downey Road 11 25TH STREET From Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue 12 26TH STREET From Santa Fe Avenue to Soto Street 13 37T STREET From Alameda Street to Santa Fe 14 Avenue 15 16 Every violation of this section by propelling a vehicle in 17 excess of the speed limit provided for herein is hereby declared to be 18 a public nuisance. 19 SECTION 6: Section 16.18 of the Code of the City of Vernon, 20 California, 1959, is hereby deleted. 21 SECTION 7: Any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict 22 with this ordinance are hereby repealed. 23 SECTION 8: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, 24 phrase or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be void or 25 unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the 26 remaining portions of this Ordinance; it being the intention of the 27 City Council of the City of Vernon to pass and adopt this Ordinance 28 and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof -5- 2 3 4 5 6 7 416 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 irrespective of the fact that one or more of the sections, subsections, clauses, sentences or phrases thereof may be declared to be invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 9: There being no newspaper printed, published or circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall post the same, or cause the same to be posted, within fifteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, in three (3) of the most public places in the City of Vernon, to wit: the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue, the northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard, and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of said City, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California. SECTION 10: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage of the same. V cl APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 8 day of March, 2004. ATTE S BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk EONIS C. MALBURt,, Mayor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1099, was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Vernon, held on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 and thereafter finally adopted at a regular meeting of said City rc\ Council held on Wednesday, Marcfil.�, 2004 and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the City of Vernon, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen:Malburg, Ybarra, Gonzales,Davis, and McCormick NOES: Councilmen:None ABSTAINED: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen:None (SEAL) BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk Q►il of VR °Z GB�r$LY iNOJ6 COMMUNITY SERVICES & WATER DEPARTMENT OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: Bruce Malkenhorst, City Administrator FROM: Samuel Kevin Wilson, of Community Services & Water DATE: December 15, 2003 SUBJECT: Speed Study — Citywide — Request for the Acting City Attorney to Prepare an Ordinance to Adopt Speed Limits The speed limits in the City of Vernon are established under the California Vehicle Code Sections 627 (a), (b) which require an engineering, traffic analysis and report every five years to validate the speeds as enforceable in a court of law. The last analysis was done in 1998 and the City Council approved the limits in 1999. Community Services secured the services of a qualified traffic engineering firm, Austin -Foust Associates, Inc. to do the investigation, analysis and report which is now complete. The survey encompassed all the posted streets in the City of Vernon. The Police Department and my staff reviewed the report with the consultant and have concluded there should be four increased speed limits of five miles an hour to the existing speeds. The locations are as follows: 1.37t` Street from Santa Fe to Soto 35 mph to 40 mph 2. Vernon Avenue from Alameda to Santa Fe 35 mph to 40 mph 3. Pacific Blvd from Santa Fe to Fruitland 35 mph to 40 mph 4. Soto Street from Vernon to 57' 30 mph to 35 mph I recommend we accept the recommendations of the report and, if you concur, I will request the Acting City Attorney to prepare the ordinance for the adoption of the new speed limits. SKW/sn Enclosure Street Table 1 CITY OF VERNON SPEED LIMIT ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY Actual 1stCross Accident Street 2nd Cross Street Rate 2003 85% 2003 Posted MPH Proposed seed limit 1. 25th St. Alameda Santa Fe 2.08 37.1 30 30 2. 26th St. Santa Fe Soto 5.07 37.1 30 30 3. 26th St. Soto Downey 1.35 36.9 35 35 4. 26th St. Downey Bonnie Beach 1.88 44.0 35 35 5. 26th St. Bonnie Beach Ayers 1.25 37.8 35 35 6. 37th St. Alameda Santa Fe 5.84 34.5 30 30 7. 37th St. Santa Fe Soto 2.28 43.0 8. Bandini Blvd. Soto Downey 0.88 48.0 45 45 9. Bandini Blvd. Downey Bonnie Beach 1.41 43.5 45 45 10. Bandini Blvd. Bonnie Beach Atlantic 3.09 39.6 45 45 11. Vernon Ave. Alameda ' Santa Fe 2.41 44.4 12. Vernon Ave. Santa Fe Downey 4.33 39.3 30 13. Leonis Blvd. Pacific Downey 2.19 39.0 35 35 14. District Blvd. Downey Corona 1.72 40.0 40 40 15. District Blvd. Corona Atlantic 3.47 41.8 40 40 16. Fruitland Ave. Santa Fe Soto 1.59 34.3 35 35 17. Fruitland Ave. Soto Downey 1.46 38.1 35 35 18. Fruitland Ave. Downey District 7.46 34.8 30 30 19. Santa Fe 25th 38th 4.12 36.4 35 35 20. Santa Fe 38th Fruitland 3.33 37.5 35 35 21. Santa Fe Fruitland 57th 2.74 39.1 35 35 22. Pacific Blvd Santa Fe Fruitland 1.60 42.7 23. Soto St. 26th Vernon 0.83 39.8 35 35 24. Soto St. Vernon 57th 1.03 39.7 25. Boyle Ave. Vernon Fruitland 3.36 38.8 35 26. Boyle Ave. Fruitland Slauson 0.99 39.5 35 35 27. Alcoa Ave. Vernon Fruitland 6.16 34.8 30 30 28. Alcoa Ave. Fruitland Slauson 5.46 37.6 30 30 29. Downey Rd. Washington Vernon 1.70 39.1 35 35 30. Downey Rd. Vernon Fruitland 2.52 38.1 35 35 31. District Blvd. Atlantic Ave. 52nd 4.85 39.8 35 35 32. Atlantic Blvd. 26th District 3.91 39.5 35 35 33. Washington Blvd. Downey E City limits 0.26 48.7 45 45 34. Alameda Ave. 25th Vernon 0.78 39.6 35 35 35, Alameda Ave.(EAST) Vernon Slauson 0.31 39.3 35 35 36. 56th St. Alameda Santa Fe 1.36 39.4 35 35 37. Slauson Boyle Downey 1.80 36.0 35 35 RE'C El VED FEBMy 9 2004 COMMUNITY SERVICES & WATER DEPARTMTSTRATOR'S OFFICE OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: Bruce Malkenhorst, City Administrator FROM: Samuel Kevin Wilson Director of Community Services & Water DATE: February 4, 2004 SUBJECT: Speed Study - Citywide - Ordinance to Adopt Speed Limits The speed limits in the City of Vernon are established under the California Vehicle Code Sections 627 (a), (b) which require an engineering, traffic analysis and report every five years to validate the speeds as enforceable in a court of law. The last analysis was done in 1998 and the City Council approved the limits in 1999. Community Services secured the services of a qualified traffic engineering firm, Austin -Foust Associates, Inc. to do the investigation, analysis and report which is now complete. However, three locations were not included in the report and City Staff completed the analysis for these three locations as an addendum. The combined survey encompassed all the posted streets in the City of Vernon. The Police Department and my staff reviewed the report with the consultant and have concluded there should be five increased speed limits of five miles an hour to the existing speeds. The locations are as follows: l . 37`" Street from Santa Fe Avenue to Soto Street 35 mph to 40 mph 2. 38t" Street from Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue 30 mph to 35 mph 3. Vernon Avenue from Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue 35 mph to 40 mph 4. Pacific Blvd. from Santa Fe Avenue to Fruitland Avenue 35 mph to 40 mph 5. Soto Street from Vernon Avenue to 57 h Street 30 mph to 35 mph I recommend we accept the recommendations of the reportand, if you concur, please request the City Council to approve and enact an ordinance implementing the speed limits. SKW/sn Enclosure c: City Attorney CITY COUNCIL LEONIS C. MALBURG Mayor THOMAS A. YBARRA Mayor Pro-Tem WM. 'BILL" DAVIS Councilman H. "LARRY" GONZALES Councilman W. MICHAEL MCCORMICK Councilman BRUCE V. MALKENHORST City Administrator / City Clerk FAX (323) 826-1438 City Council City of Vernon Honorable Members: Cs`/ C'e �) EPIC T. FRESCH ��Acting City Attorney (� FAX: (323) 826-1433 (1t../ KEVIN WILSON `�/ Director of Community Services & Water FAX: (323) 826-1435 KENNETH J. DeDARIO Director of Light & Power FAX: (323) 826-1425 CITY HALL 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058 TELEPHONE (323) 583-8811 STEVEN E. PARKER Fire Chief FAX: (323) 826-1407 BRUCE W. OLSON Police Chief FAX: (323) 826-1481 February 10, 2004 d ANO "\10 CG �� r In accordance with the California Vehicle Code Sections 627(a),(b), the Community Services and Water Department retained the consulting services of Austin -Foust Associates, Inc., to conduct a speed limit study for the City of Vernon. Three locations were omitted from the report and City staff completed the analysis and included the locations as an addendum to the study. The Police Department in conjunction with the consultant have reviewed the report and concluded that the speed limits for the following locations should be increased: 1. 37th Street from Santa Fe Avenue to Soto Street 35 mph to 40 mph 2. 38th Street from Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue 30 mph to 35 mph 3. Vernon Avenue from Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue 35 mph to 40 mph 4. Pacific Blvd. from Santa Fe Avenue to Fruitland Avenue 35 mph to 40 mph 5. Soto Street from Vernon Avenue to 57th Street . 30 mph to 35 mph This has been reviewed by the City Attorney and it is hereby recommended that the recommendations of the report be accepted and an ordinance be approved to implement the new speed limits. Very truly yours, Bruce V. Malkenhorst City Administrator/City Clerk BVM/gm CERTIFICATE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES)§ CITY OF VERNON ) I, Manuela Giron, Assistant to the Chief Deputy City Clerk of the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California, do hereby certify that the attached is a true and correct copy of Ordinance 1099, entitled: Ordinance No. 1099 - An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Vernon Amending Sections 16.14, 16.15, 16.16, 16.17, and Deleting Section 16.18 of the Code of the City of Vernon, California, 1959, to Change Speed Limits on Certain Streets and to Repeal All Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith. The original of said record has been retained in the offices of the City Clerk of the City of Vernon, said offices being in the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California. IN WITNESS HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California, this loth day of March, 2004. SEAL: M nuela Giron Assistant to the Chief Deputy City Clerk AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss CITY OF VERNON ) I, Martha Valenzuela, Office Manager, of the City of Vernon do hereby certify that I did, on the 15th of March 2004, post two (2) copies of: Ordinance No. 1099 - An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Vernon Amending Sections 16.14, 16.15, 16.16, 16.17, and Deleting Section 16.18 of the Code of the City of Vernon, California, 1959, to Change Speed Limits on Certain Streets and to, Repeal All Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith. On each of the following places, to wit: at the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; the northeast corner of Leonis Blvd., and Pacific Blvd., all in said City, there being no newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Vernon. Date 5 Martha Valenzuela Office Manager State of California ) )ss County of Los Angeles) On 7 / before me, Notary Public personally appeared "ar-I t- Personally known to me (� -vtee) to be the person (o-) whose name (a) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that h-e/she/t-4ey executed the same in his/her/t-htei-r authorized capacity, and that by -4+irs/her/thei signature(-) on the instrument the person(.a), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(&) acted, executed the instrument. TNESS my hand and official seal MANUELA GIRON . r "" commission # 1328374 Z NratarY Public - Caiifomia i r Los Angeles +.,aunty My Comm. Expires Nov 4, 2005 AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss CITY OF VERNON ) I, Manuela Giron, Assistant to the Chief Deputy City Clerk, of the City of Vernon do hereby certify that I had, on the 15th of March 2004, posted one (1) copy of: Ordinance No. 1099 - An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Vernon Amending Sections 16.14, 16.15, 16.16, 16.17, and Deleting Section 16.18 of the Code of the City of Vernon, California, 1959, to Change Speed Limits on Certain Streets and to Repeal All Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith. At the following place, to wit: on the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of the City of Vernon located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in said City, there being no newspaper of general circulation printed and publi hed in the C'ty of Vernon. Date: anuela Giron Assistant to the Chief Deputy City Clerk State of California ) ) ss County of Los Angeles) On �' �5I C)L+ before me, AcA o Notary Public personally appeared r v10_'1, X,t --ka, Personally known to me (or known to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person X) whose name Q�) is/awe subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/executed the same in -h-i-s/her/- -r authorized capacity, and that by -ems/her/thee-r signature W on the instrument the person �gj, or the entity upon behalf of which the person( acted, executed the instrument. WITNESS my hand and official seal MARTHA S. VAUNZUEiA Commission # 126190 r Notary PUM - Cd1011i1 MyComm.BOssMg23�11 1 CITY OF VERNON SPEED ZONE SURVEY — ADDENDUM Engineering and Traffic Study January 2004 Analysis Three locations in the City of Vernon were not analyzed for speed limits by Austin - Foust Associates, Inc. The City of Vernon Police gathered the speed data for an analysis and the Engineering Division of Community Services inspected and evaluated the physical and documentary information to derive the recommended the speeds in the attached Table 1-A. This addendum shall be considered part of the Speed Zone Survey. Street 38d' Street Alameda Street (West) Alameda Street (West) Table 1-A City of Vernon Speed Limit Engineering and Traffic Survey I" Cross 2nd Cross 2003 85% Street Street Speed (mph) 2003 Proposed Posted Speed Speed Limit (mph) (mph) Alameda Santa Fe 37.4 30 35 North City Vernon 42.6 40 40 Boundary Vernon South City 45.6 40 40 Boundary CITY OF VERNON Year of Survey: 2003 ENGINEERING& TRAFFIC SURVEY TREET: Alameda Street between 2e Street and Vernon Avenue PAI PAI PAI Direction One Direction X Northbound Eastbound Southbound Westbound 2T 1: PREVAILING SPEED MEASUREMENT Location of Speed Measurement Midpoint Date of Measurement 1/21/2004 Time of Measurement (24 hour) 9:00 am- 9:16 am 15%ile 50%ile 85%ile 27.7 __[35.2 42.6 10 mph Pace (% of Vehicles) 32-42 Posted Limit Prevailing Limit 40 40 mph mph mph IT IL ACCIDENT RECORDS Period Evaluated Number of Accidents Intersection 3 Midblock 0 Accident Rate Expected-Statewide/Yr 1.98 per MVM Actual IT III: HIGHWAY & ROADSIDE CHARACTERISTICS NOT READILY APPARENT HIGHWAY: Traffic signal congestion, wide intersections requiring long clearance times Sight distance, driveways, intersections, etc. TRAFFIC: Heavy trucks, school crossing Pedestrians, truck friction, parking turnover, school xin s, etc. ROADSIDE: industrial Land uses (park, school), sidewalk or shoulder, etc. COMMENTS: Two Lanes Northbound direction PART IV: ADDITIONAL REMARKS RECOMMENDATION 40 (mph) (mph) (mph) * May be used in cases where two or more separate roadways are provide( SPEED SURVEY FORM 364004speed1orm.doc ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY ADT= 6,700 CITY: VERNON LOCATION (ST. NAME): ALAMEDA AVE. (WEST) LIMITS (BTN): 25TH & VERNON AVE DIRECTION: NB/SB OBSERVATION POINT: - MIDPOINT POSTED SPEED LIMIT: 40 mph DATE OF OBSERVATIONS: 1/21/04 DAY OF OBSERVATIONS: WEDNESDAY TIME OF OBSERVATIONS: 9:00 AM TO 9:18 AM COMMENTS: 2-WAY Observed Speed Frequency OBSERVER: POLICE WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY ROAD SURFACE: DRY ROAD CONDITION: GOOD ROADWAY SEGMENT LENGTH: 0.8 NUMBER OF LANES: 2 STREET WIDTH (Ft.): 25 FT DATA COLLECTION METHOD: RADAR DEVELOPMENT: INDUSTRIAL Normal Distribution Actual Distribution V f IV rMA2 Freq. Cum. (%) Cum. Cum. (%) 10 0 0 0 0.01 0.0 0 0.0 11 0 0 0 0.02 0.0 0 0.0 12 0 0 0 0.03 0.1 0 0.0 13 0 0 0 0.05 0.1 - 0 0.0 14 0 0 0 0.08 0.2 0 0.0 15 0 0 0 0.11 0.3 0 0.0 16 0 0 0 0.16 0.5 0 0.0 17 0 0 0 0.24 0.7 0 0.0 18 0 0 0 0.33 1.0 0 0.0 19 2 38 722 0.45 1.6 2 2.0 20 2 40 800 0.61 2.1 4 4.0 21 1 21 441 0.81 2.9 5 5.0 22 1 22 484 1.05 4.0 6 6.0 23 4 92 2116 1.34 5.3 10 10.0 24 2 48 1162 1.68 7.0 12 12.0 25 2 50 1260 2.06 9.1 14 14.0 26 2 52 1352 2.48 11.5 16 16.0 27 0 0 0 2.92 14.5 16 18.0 28 1 28 784 3.38 17.8 17 17.0 29 3 87 2523 3.84 21.7 20 20.0 30 2 60 1800 4.28 26.0 22 22.0 31 3 93 2883 4.68 30.6 25 25.0 32 5 160 5120 5.02 35.7 30 30.0 33 6 198 6534 5.28 40.9 36 36.0 34 8 272 9248 5.45 46.4 44 44.0 35 5 175 6125 5.52 51.9 49 49.0 36 5 180 6480 5.48 57.4 64 54.0 37 9 333 12321 5.34 62.7 63 63.0 38 2 76 2888 5.11 67.8 65 65.0 39 6 234 9126 4.79 72.6 71 71.0 40 2 80 3200 4.41 77.0 73 73.0 41 5 205 8405 3.98 81.0 78 78.0 42 7 294 12348 3.52 84.5 85 85.0 43 2 86 3698 3.06 87.6 87 87.0 44 5 220 9680 2.61 90.2 92 92.0 45. 5 225 10125 2.18 92.4 97 97.0 48 1 46 2116 1.79 94.2 98 98.0 47 0 0 0 1.44 95.6 98 98.0 48 0 0 0 1.14 96.8 98 98.0 49 1 49 2401 0.88 97.6 99 99.0 50 0 0 0 0.67 98.3 99 99.0 51 1 51 2601 0.50 98.8 100 100.0 52 0 0 0 0.36 99.2 100 100.0 53 0 0 0 0.26 99.4 100 100.0 54 0 0 0 0.18 99.6 100 100.0 55 0 0 0 0.13 99.7 100 100.0 66 0 0 0 0.09 99.8 100 100.0 57 0 0 0 0.06 99.9 100 100.0 58 0 0 0 0.04 99.9 100 100.0 59 0 0 0 0.02 99.9 100 100.0 60 0 0 0 0.01 100.0 100 100.0 61 0 0 0 0.01 100.0 100 100.0 62 0 0 0 0.01 100.0 100 100.0 63 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 64 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 65 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 SUM 100 3515 128723 99.98 Arithmetic mean = 35.15 mph Critical Speed (85th percentile) = 42.6 mph Sample Variance= 62.23 501h percentile speed = 35.2 mph Standard Deviation- 7.23 mph 158r percentile speed = 27.7 mph Variance of the Mean= 0.52 Std. error of the Mean= - 0.72 mph 10 MPH Pace= 32 to 42 mph, ( 55 % in Pace ) IDENTIFIED AS HIGH ACCIDENT RATE SEGMENT? ACCIDENT RATE - 0.0 MVM FACTORS NOT READILY APPARENT: RECOMMENDED SPEED LIMIT.. mph Note: Theoretical frequency from normal distribution. File: ALA-25-VER CITY OF VERNON Year of Survey: 2003 ENGINEERING & TRAFFIC SURVEY TFEET: Alameda Street between 57t' Street and Vernon Avenue PAI PAI PAI Direction One Direction X Northbound Eastbound Southbound Westbound 2T 1: PREVAILING SPEED MEASUREMENT Location of Speed Measurement Mid point Date of Measurement 1/21/2004 Time of Measurement (24 hour) 9:30 am- 9:55 am 15%ile 50%ile 85%ile 29.4 _[_37.5 45.6 10 mph Pace (% of Vehicles) 28-38 Posted Limit Prevailing Limit 40 ]_4�5_ mph mph mph 2T II: ACCIDENT RECORDS Period Evaluated Number of Accidents Intersection 3 Midblock 0 Accident Rate Expected-Statewide/Yr 1.98 per MVM Actual IT 111: HIGHWAY & ROADSIDE CHARACTERISTICS NOT READILY APPARENT HIGHWAY: Traffic Signal congestion and very wide intersections requiring long vehicle Sight distance, driveways, clearance times. intersections, etc. TRAFFIC: Heavy trucks, School Crossing Pedestrians, truck friction, parking turnover, school xin s, etc. ROADSIDE: industrial Land uses (park, school), sidewalk or shoulder, etc. COMMENTS: Two lanes Northbound direction PART IV: ADDITIONAL REMARKS Reduce speed by 5 mph due to Part III and continuity of speed limit RECOMMENDATION 40 (mph) (mph) (mph) * May be used in cases where two or more separate roadways are provide( SPEED SURVEY FORM 364004speedform.doc ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY ADT= 6,700 CITY: VERNON OBSERVER: POLICE LOCATION (ST. NAME): ALAMEDA AVE. (WEST) WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY LIMITS (BTN): VERNON AVE. & 67TH ST ROAD SURFACE: DRY DIRECTION: NB ROAD CONDITION: GOOD OBSERVATION POINT: MIDPOINT ROADWAY SEGMENT LENGTH: 1.01 POSTED SPEED LIMIT: 40 mph NUMBER OF LANES: 2 DATE OF OBSERVATIONS: 1 21104 STREET WIDTH (FL): 25 FT DAY OF OBSERVATIONS: WEDNESDAY DATA COLLECTION METHOD: RADAR TIME OF OBSERVATIONS: 9:30 AM TO 10:00 AM DEVELOPMENT: INDUSTRIAL COMMENTS: 1-WAY Observed Normal Distribution Actual Distribu5on Speed Frequency V f IV r(V)A2 Freq. Cum. (%) Cum. Cum. (%). 10 0 0 0 0.01 0.0 0 0.0 11 0 0 0 0.02 0.0 0 0.0 12 0 0 0 0.02 0.1 0 0.0 13 0 0 0 0.04 0.1. 0 0.0 14 0 0 0 0.06 0.1 0 0.0 15 0 0 0 0.08 0.2 0 0.0 16 0 0 0 0.12 0.3 0 0.0 17 0 0 0 0.16 0.5 0 0.0 18 1 16 324 0.23 0.7 1 1.0 19 0 0 0 0.31 1.0 1 1.0 20 1 20 400 0.41 1.5 2 2.0 21 0 0 0 0.55 2.0 2 2.0 22 0 0 0 0.71 2.7 2 2.0 23 1 23 529 0.91 3.6 3 3.0 24 0 0 0 1.14 4.8 3 3.0 25 2 50 1250 1.42 6.2 5 5.0 26 1 26 676 1.72 7.9 6 8.0 27 3 81 2187 2.06 10.0 9 9.0 28 3 84 2352 2.43 12.4 12 12.0 29 4 116 3364 2.82 15.2 16 16.0 30 5 150 4500 3.21 18.4 21 21.0 31 3 93 2883 3.60 22.0 24 24.0 32 4 128 4096 3.98 26.0 28 28.0 33 6 198 6534 4.32 30.3 34 34.0 34 5 170 5780 4.61 34.9 39 39.0 35 3 105 3675 4.84 39.8 42 42.0 36 8 288 10368 5.01 44.8 50 50.0 37 3 111 4107 5.09 49.9 53 53.0 38 3 114 4332 6.09 55.0 66 56.0 39 3 117 4563 6.01 60.0 59 59.0 40 2 80 3200 4.85 64.8 61 61.0 41 3 123 5043 4.62 ,69.5 64 64.0 42 5 210 8820 4.33 73.8 69 69.0 43 5 215 9245 3.99 77.8 74 74.0 44 3 132 5808 3.62 81.4 77 77.0 45 5 225 10125 3.23 84.6 82 82.0 46 4 184 8464 2.83 87.6 86 86.0 47 6 282 13254 2.45 89.9 92 92.0 48 2 96 4608 2.08 92.0 94 94.0 49 0 0 0 1.74 93.7 94 94.0 50 1 50 2500 1.43 95.1 95 95.0 51 1 51 2601 1.16 96.3 98 96.0 52 2 104 6408 0.92 97.2 98 98.0 53 0 0 0 0.72 97.9 98 98.0 54 2 108 5832 0.55 98.5 100 100.0 65 0 0 0 0.42 98.9 100 100.0 56 0 0 0 0.31 99.2 100 100.0 57 0 0 0 0.23 99.5 100 100.0 58 0 0 0 0.17 99.6 100 100.0 59 0 0 0 0.12 99.7 100 100.0 60 0 0 0 0.08 99.8 100 100.0 61 0 0 0 0.06 99.9 100 100.0 62 0 0 0 0.04 99.9 100 100.0 63 0 0 0 0.03 - 99.9 100 100.0 64 0 0 0 0.02 100.0 100 100.0 65 0 0 0 0.01 100.0 100 100.0 SUM 100 3752 146828 99.97 Adthmetrc mean = 37.52 mph Critical Speed (85th percentile) _ Sample Venence= 61.14 50th percentile speed = Standard Deviation= 7.82 mph 15th percentile speed = Variance of the Mean- 0.61 Std. error of the Mean-- 0.78 mph 10 MPH Pace- 28 to 38 mph, ( 44 % in Pace) IDENTIFIED AS HIGH ACCIDENT RATE SEGMENT? ACCIDENT RATE = 0.0 MVM FACTORS NOT READILY APPARENT: RECOMMENDED SPEED LIMIT.. mph Note: Theoretkal frequency from normal dishibullom 45.6 mph 37.5 mph 29.4 mph File: ALA-VER57 CITY OF VERNON Year of Survey: 2003 ENGINEERING & TRAFFIC SURVEY TREET: 38th St. between Alameda and Santa Fe PA IQ FQ Direction Bi-directional Northbound X Eastbound Southbound X Westbound IT 1: PREVAILING SPEED MEASUREMENT Location of Speed Measurement Mid point Date of Measurement 1/21/2004 Time of Measurement (24 hour) 8:10 am-8:36 am 15%ile 50%ile 85%ile 26.6 32.0 1 37.4 7- 10 mph Pace (% of Vehicles) 25-35 Posted Limit Prevailing Limit 30 35mph mph mph IT II: ACCIDENT RECORDS Period Evaluated Number of Accidents Intersection 13 Midblock 1 Accident Rate Expected-Statewide/Yr 1.98 per MVM Actual IT III: HIGHWAY & ROADSIDE CHARACTERISTICS NOT READILY APPARENT HIGHWAY: Sight distance, driveways, intersections, etc. TRAFFIC: Heavy trucks, heavy on street parking Pedestrians, truck friction, parking turnover, school xin s, etc. ROADSIDE: Industrial Land uses (park, school), sidewalk or shoulder, etc. . COMMENTS: Single lane each direction PART IV: ADDITIONAL REMARKS RECOMMENDATION 35 (mph) (mph) (mph) * May be used in cases where two or more separate roadways are provide( SPEED SURVEY FORM 364004speedform.doc ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY - - ADT= 6,700. CITY: VERNON OBSERVER: POLICE ' LOCATION (ST. NAME): 38TH ST. WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY LIMITS (BTN): SANTA FE & ALAMEDA ROAD SURFACE: DRY DIRECTION: EB & WB ROAD CONDITION: GOOD OBSERVATION POINT: MIDPOINT ROADWAY SEGMENT LENGTH: 0.5 POSTED SPEED LIMIT: 30 mph NUMBER OF LANES: 2 DATE OF OBSERVATIONS: 1/21/04 STREET WIDTH (FL): 40' DAY OF OBSERVATIONS: WEDNESDAY DATA COLLECTION METHOD: RADAR TIME OF OBSERVATIONS: 8:10 AM TO 8:36 AM DEVELOPMENT: INDUSTRIAL COMMENTS: 2-WAY Observed Normal Distribution Actual Distribution Speed Frequency Freq. Cum, Cum. Cum. V f tV P(V)A2 (%) N 10 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 11 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 12 - 0 0 0 0.01 0.0 0 0.0 13 0 0 0 0.01 0.0 0 0.0 14 0 0 0 0.02 0.0 0 0.0 15 0 0 0 0.04 0.1 0 0.0 16 0 0 0 0.07 0.1 0 0.0 17 0 0 0 0.12 0.3 0 0.0 16 0 0 0 0.21 0.5 0 0.0 19 0 0 0 0.35 0.8 0 0.0 20 3 60 1200 0.55 1.4 3 3.0 21 1 21 441 0.84 2.2 4 4.0 22 1 22 484 1.23 3.5 5 5.0 23 1 23 529 1.74 6.2 6 6.0 24 4 96 2304 2.38 7.6 10 10.0 25 1 25 625 3.13 - 10.7 11 11.0 - 26 4 104 2704 3.97 14.7 15 15.0 27 6 162 4374 4.86 19.5 21 21.0 28 6 168 4704 5.71 25.2 27 27.0 29 3 87 2523 6.49 31.7 30 30.0 30 4 120 3600 7.11 38.8 34 34.0 31 5 165 4805 7.51 46.3 39 39.0 32 7 224 7168 7.64 54.0 46 46.0 33 14 462 15246 7.49 61.5 60 60.0 34 9 306 10404 7.09 68.6 69 69.0 35 11 385 13476 6.46 75.0 80 80.0 36 2 72 2592 5.68 80.7 82 82.0 37 7 259 9583 4.81 85.5 89 89.0 38 2 76 2888 3.93 89.4 91 91.0 39 3 - 117 4563 3.10 92.6 94 94.0 40 0 0 0 2.35 94.9 94 94.0 41 2 82 3362 1.72 96.6 96 96.0 42 1 42 1764 1.21 97.8 97 97.0 43 2 Be 3698 0.82 98.6 99 99.0 44 1 44 1936 0.54 99.2 100 100.0 45 0 0 0 0.34 99.5 100 100.0 46 0 0 0 0.21 99.7 100 100.0 47 0 0 0 0.12 99.9 100 100.0 48 0 0 0 0.07 99.9 100 100.0 49 0 0 0 0.04 100.0 100 100.0 50 0 0 0 0.02 100.0 100 100.0 51 0 0 0 0.01 100.0 100 100.0 52 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 53 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 54 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 55 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 56 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 57 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 58 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 59 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 60 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 ' 61 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 62 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 63 0 0 - 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 64 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 65 0 0 0 0.00 100.0 100 100.0 SUM 100 3198 104972 100.00 Arithmetic mean = 31.98 mph Critical Speed (85th percentile) = 37.4 mph Sample Variance= 27.27 501h percentile speed = 32.0 mph Standard Deviation= 5.22 mph 15th percentile speed = 26.6 mph Variance of the Mean= 0.27 Sid. error of the Mean= 0.52 mph 10 MPH Pace= 25 to 35 mph, ( 69 % in Pace) IDENTIFIED AS HIGH ACCIDENT RATE SEGMENT? ACCIDENT RATE= 0.0 MVM FACTORS NOT READILY APPARENT: RECOMMENDED SPEED LIMIT.. mph Note: Theoretical frequency from normal distribution. File: 38-SANTAFE