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Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the Traffic Mitigation Program Fifteenth Annual Report (Fiscal Year 2005-06) and making findings relative thereto, and amend the Traffic Mitigation Program to add the following projects:
1. Downtown Traffic Management. Improve traffic operations and enhance vehicular and pedestrian safety through modernization of traffic signals, installation of countdown pedestrian indications, and the installation of two new traffic signals at Broadway and Lime Avenue and at 4th Street and Chestnut Avenue.
2. Artesia Traffic Signal Synchronization Project. Upgrade the traffic signals along Artesia Boulevard between Harbor Avenue and Downey Avenue to enhance peak period traffic operations and safety.
3. South Street and Paramount Boulevard Traffic Flow and Safety Improvement Project. Upgrade the traffic signal and provide left-turn arrows to improve traffic operations and safety.
4. Atherton Street and Ximeno Avenue Traffic and Parking Improvement Project. Revise lane configurations and upgrade an aging traffic signal to provide signalized dual westbound left-turns with overlaps. Angled parking will also be provided on Atherton Street west of the intersection. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Traffic Mitigation Program Fifteenth Annual Report (Exhibit A of the attached resolution) summarizes the status of implementation of the citywide Traffic Mitigation Program (TMP), and provides detailed information on development, capital improvement, and financial activity related to the program. This report covers the fiscal year ending on September 30,2006.
The TMP is the City's program for implementing the transportation improvements needed to meet increased traffic resulting from economic growth using a combination of public funds, such as gas tax and federal grants, and impact fees from new development. The TMP was designed as the mechanism by which the City could . implement its basic access strategy to support economic growth ...
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