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Council Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor Hall and Members of the City Council
From: Paz Gomez, Deputy City Manager, Public Works
Via: Geoff Patnoe, Assistant City Manager@ -
Re: Local Roadway Safety Plan Update (Districts -All)
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This memorandum provides an update on development of the Local Roadway Safety Plan, or
LRSP, which provides a framework for the city to systematically identify, analyze and prioritize
roadway safety improvements with the goal of reducing fatalities and serious injuries on local
roadways.
Background
On Jan. 9, 2020, the California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, notified staff that the
city had been selected for a grant in the amount of $72,000 to prepare the city's LRSP. On
Oct. 6, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-195, authorizing execution of the
program supplement agreement with Caltrans to accept the LRSP grant. On Feb. 2, 2021, the city
executed a professional services agreement with the local transportation consulting firm, Chen
Ryan Associates, to prepare the LRSP.
Discussion
The LRSP is a data-driven traffic safety plan that uses a systematic approach to address unique
roadway safety concerns in the city. Completion of the LRSP would qualify the city to apply for
and receive future Highway Safety Improvement Program, or HSIP, funds.
Development of the LRSP includes an analysis of citywide collision data to identify locations,
patterns and trends of roadway safety issues in the city and recommend safety improvements
that integrate the "four E's" approach, which represents engineering, enforcement, education
and emergency responses.
The LRSP development effort includes involvement of a range of stakeholders with different
background and local knowledge, which is critical to the success of the LRSP. The city's LRSP
stakeholder group comprises members from various city departments including those in the
Public Works Branch, Fire and Police, as well as outside agencies and civic groups including the
Traffic and Mobility Commission, school districts, Caltrans, North County Transit _District and Bike
+ Walk Carlsbad.
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Council Memo -Local Roadway Safety Plan Update (Districts -All)
Feb.3,2022
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The project team has completed the citywide analysis of collision data, which included over 3,000
collision records during a 5-year period, from 2015 to 2019. Top collision profiles by accident
type and location, also referred to as emphasis areas, have been identified. Two stakeholder
group meetings were conducted in a virtual platform in October and December 2021, during
which the collision data analysis results and emphasis areas were presented and discussed.
The team is currently working on development of roadway safety improvement
recommendations for the emphasis areas identified, which are expected to be finalized in
fall 2022. The project team will conduct additional stakeholder group meetings in February and
April 2022, to discuss and prioritize the recommended roadway safety improvements.
Next Steps
Staff plan to present a status update on the LRSP development to the Traffic and Mobility
Commission in March 2022, followed by a presentation of the draft LRSP report at a subsequent
meeting. Staff plan to finalize the LRSP and present the findings and results to the City Council in
fall 2022.
cc: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Celia Brewer, City Attorney
Gary Barberio, Deputy City Manager, Community Services
Laura Rocha, Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services
Michael Calderwood, Fire Chief
Mickey Williams, Police Chief
Robby Contreras, Assistant City Attorney
Kristina Ray, Communication & Engagement Director
Tom Frank, Transportation Director/City Engineer
Jason Jackowski, Lieutenant, Police Department
Hossein Ajideh, Engineering Manager
John Kim, City Traffic Engineer
Nathan Schmidt, Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager
Miriam Jim, Senior Engineer