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Home My WebLink About2025-10-16; Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program Projects Update (Districts – All); Gomez, PazTo the membtrs of tht: CITY COUNCIL V Date 1 of 1t,!1._c;cA v cc CM-~ ..J,COCM (3) V--:- October 16, 2025 Council Memorandum To: From: Honorable Mayor Blackburn and Members of the City Council Paz Gomez, Deputy City Manager, Public Works Via: {city of Carlsbad Memo ID# 2025062 Re: Sheila Cobian, Assistant City Manager~' Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program Projects Update (Districts -All) This memorandum provides an update to a previous Council Memorandum dated August 28, 2025 (Attachment A) on the Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program (CRTMP) projects. Background In the previous Council Memorandum dated August 28, 2025 (Attachment A), it outlined the seven residential streets being considered for Phase II of the CRTMP. It also indicated that the proposed CRTMP 2025 update would be presented to the Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission (TS&MC) in October 2025, with a recommendation to the City Council for consideration and adoption. The proposed revisions to the CRTMP are being developed to incorporate industry best practices and balance traffic safety, emergency response and enforcement needs. Discussion After further consideration and discussion, staff will continue to review traffic calming programs from other cities or agencies to identify the latest industry best practices. Additional time is needed to research and develop appropriate traffic calming strategies for Carlsbad moving forward; hence, a draft update was not presented to the TS&MC at its meeting on October 6, 2025. At the TS&MC meeting on October 6, 2025, staff presented the Phase II CRTMP project for the road segment on Unicornio Street from El Fuerte Street to Rancho Cortes in Council District 3. The TS&MC voted in support of staff's proposed recommendation to the City Council 5-1-0-1 (with Commissioner Kohl voting no and Commissioner Proulx absent). Staff will present this project for the City Council's approval at a future meeting. Since the road segment on Celinda Drive from Carlsbad Village Drive to Chestnut Avenue in Council District 1 had traffic calming measures that were previously presented at a neighborhood meeting, staff plan to continue with scheduling a follow-on neighborhood meeting in the fall. Public Works Branch Transportation Department 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008 I 442-339-5332 t Council Memo -CRTMP Projects Update (Districts -All) October 16, 2025 Page 2 Next Steps Staff will continue to work on updating the CRTMP. Once the draft is finalized, staff will present the proposed revisions to the TS&MC for feedback, public input and recommendations and subsequently to the City Council for consideration and adoption. For the Unicornio Street Phase II proposed project, staff will schedule an item for the City Council's approval at a future meeting. For the Celinda Drive Phase II proposed project, staff will schedule a neighborhood meeting in the fall, which will be followed by a support survey mailer to the affected residents. Attachment: A. Council Memorandum dated August 28, 2025 cc: Geoff Patnoe, City Manager Cindie McMahon, City Attorney Gary Barberio, Deputy City Manager, Community Services Laura Rocha, Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services Christie Calderwood, Police Chief Michael Calderwood, Fire Chief Nick Ordille, Assistant Fire Chief Reid Shipley, Assistant Police Chief Tim Lyons, Assistant City Attorney Tom Frank, Transportation Director/City Engineer Jeff Murphy, Community Development Director Amy Ventetuolo, Communication & Engagement Director Darcy Davidson, Fire Marshal Jason Arnotti, Lieutenant Hossein Ajideh, Engineering Manager John Kim, City Traffic Engineer Nathan Schmidt, Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Miriam Jim, Senior Engineer To the members of the: CITY COUNCIL Date~l~l:fJ:A v' cc✓ CM~✓ DCM(3)V -- August 28, 2025 ATTACHMENT A Council Memorandum To: Honorable Mayor Blackburn and Members of the City Council From: Paz Gomez, Deputy City Manager, Public Works Via: Sheila Cobian, Assistant City ManagerJ>W {city of Carlsbad Memo ID# 2025048 Re: Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program Projects Update (Districts -All) This memorandum provides the status of seven residential streets being considered for Phase II of the Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program (CRTMP) while staff are concurrently revising the CRTMP, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2025. Background The CRTMP was developed in 2001, and subsequently revised in 2011, to address safety and speeding concerns on residential streets. It is an ongoing program and is initiated when staff receive a complaint or concern about speeding on residential streets. The CRTMP is a three-phased program that offers traffic calming solutions in a phased approach. Phase I: Using less intrusive measures, the program focuses on education, enforcement and engineering strategies: • Police presence and enforcement • Engineering tools such as speed limit signs, warning signs, pavement legends and temporary speed feedback signs Phase II: If Phase I tools are found to be insufficient and the speed of the street is measured to be 32 miles per hour (mph) or higher, staff will develop a plan that addresses resident concerns using cost- effective traffic calming tools suggested in the CRTMP. Community support of the proposed plan by mail survey is required to move the project to implementation. Phase 111: If the implemented Phase II solutions do not adequately address the reported issues, residents can request Phase Ill of the CRTMP. Phase Ill utilizes more complex traffic calming strategies to address speeding concerns. Public Works Branch Transportation Department 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008 I 442-339-5332 t Council Memo -CRTMP Projects Update (Districts -All) August 28, 2025 Page 2 Phase Ill of the CRTMP has not been initiated or implemented on any street in the city since the CRTMP's adoption. This has been due to the effectiveness and success of the traffic calming measures utilized in Phase II. Discussion There are seven residential streets that are being considered for CRTMP Phase II. Four of the streets have a measured critical speed at/or exceeding the 32-mph threshold for CRTMP Phase II, and the other three streets have a measured critical speed lower than the 32-mph threshold but have been granted an exception by the Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission (TS&MC) to be eligible for CRTMP Phase II, as shown in Table 1. Among the seven residential streets, Unicornio Street is the only street that has started the Phase II process. Staff held a neighborhood meeting with the residents of Unicornio Street in April 2025 and finalized a traffic calming plan with two speed cushions to address residents' speeding concerns. The residents have supported the proposed traffic calming plan as measured by a mail survey. The other six streets on the list have not moved to the Phase II process yet. Concurrently, staff have been working on updating the CRTMP to better reflect the latest industry practices and balance the needs for traffic safety, emergency response and enforcement efforts. Staff's proposed actions for the seven residential streets being considered for Phase II of the CRTMP are provided in Table 1. Council Memo -CRTMP Projects Update (Districts -All) August 28, 2025 Page 3 Table 1-Proposed Action & Status of Streets Being Considered for CRTMP Phase II " Reside~tial •• --........ ,t ~-'· ;J.•--; . .ci) ... -J:~ ~-~•'·-• ,.• f:•. ' • • -, •1 I Measurea·. '" • ". • • •. ' • --~-:, No. . Street Street Segment t Distrjct-~ s· •,d • _ • . _.; ~~op_osed Action & Statu~ .1 " •. •_. • • df' ' ·, I , ()f• ;..,;, .JJ~t~~-.-:'--~. -_,., ..... , .. r, .. : ->--, . !--\""> , ~- Do not move forward with 1 Park Drive* Monroe Street to 1 27 mph CRTMP Phase II based on Westhaven Drive measured speeds and impact on emergency response Carlsbad Village Reevaluate after City Council 2 Celinda Drive Drive to Chestnut 1 33 mph adoption of the CRTMP Avenue Update, planned for later this year Edinburgh Drive Do not move forward with CRTMP Phase II based on 3 Glasgow Drive* to southern 2 27 mph measured speeds and impact terminus on emergency response Carlsbad Village Do not move forward with 4 Pontiac Drive Drive to Spokane 2 34mph CRTMP Phase II due to impact Way on emergency response El Fuerte Street Move forward with 5 Unicornio Street to Rancho Cortes 3 32 mph implementation of two speed cushions Anillo Way_- Levante St to La Gran Via Reevaluate after City Council Anillo Way/ La Gran Via - 6 La Gran Via/ Anillo Way to 4 30 mph adoption of the CRTMP Madrilena Way* Levante St Update, planned for later this Madrilena Way_-year Anillo Way to La Gran Via Reevaluate after City Council 7 Esfera Street Cadencia Street 4 34 mph adoption of the CRTMP to Fosca Street Update, planned for later this year Note: *Street has been granted an exception by the TS&MC to be eligible for CRTMP Phase II Next Steps Staff plan to present the proposed CRTMP 2025 Update to the Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission in October 2025 for feedback and recommendations and subsequently to the City Council for consideration and adoption. Staff will prepare the design plans and construction package for the implementation of two speed cushions on Unicornio Street. Sufficient funds are available for this project. Council Memo -CRTMP Projects Update (Districts -All) August 28, 2025 Page 4 cc: Geoff Patnoe, City Manager Cindie McMahon, City Attorney Gary Barberio, Deputy City Manager, Community Services Laura Rocha, Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services Christie Calderwood, Police Chief Michael Calderwood, Fire Chief Nick Ordille, Assistant Fire Chief Reid Shipley, Assistant Police Chief Tim Lyons, Assistant City Attorney Tom Frank, Transportation Director/City Engineer Jeff Murphy, Community Development Director Amy Ventetuolo, Communication & Engagement Director Darcy Davidson, Fire Marshal Jason Arnotti, Lieutenant Hossein Ajideh, Engineering Manager John Kim, City Traffic Engineer Nathan Schmidt, Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Miriam Jim, Senior Engineer