Council Advances Safer Roads and School Zones
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The Council approved requests for a 25-mile-per-hour speed limit near the State Highway 84 and State Highway 35 intersection and a 15-mile-per-hour zone along Woodside Road at the Woodside Elementary School property line, with a school-zone warning sign within 500 feet west of the school.
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What this means
The speed-limit changes require action by the California Department of Transportation, including a traffic study for the school-zone request. The Council also accepted the annual report on automated license plate readers and directed staff to seek monthly reporting from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. It approved a $48,700 contract amendment for Woodside Road bicycle and pedestrian improvements, bringing the project’s total design contract to no more than $210,308.
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- Approved appointments and reappointments to Town committees, including new appointments to the Trails Committee and Circulation Committee.
- Appointed Daron Evans to represent District 1 and Matthew Garr to represent District 3 on the Planning Commission.
- Approved an updated records retention schedule and operational policy implementation.
- Approved a $48,700 NV5 contract amendment for the Woodside Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements Project, for a total design contract not to exceed $210,308.
- Accepted the quarterly and annual report on the Town’s automated license plate reader program.
- Directed staff to request and formalize monthly automated license plate reader reports from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.
- Directed staff to explore vendors for annual audits of the Flock Safety automated license plate reader system; the motion passed 3-2.
- Approved a request for a 25-mile-per-hour speed limit 500 yards from the intersection of State Highway 84 and State Highway 35.
- Approved a request for a 15-mile-per-hour speed zone within the Woodside Elementary School property line and directed staff to install a sign warning drivers of an approaching school zone within 500 feet west of the school.
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