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DATE:
TO:
FROM:
STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
January 21, 2014
Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
Christopher L. Foss, Acting City Manager
CITY CLERK
File #800 -80
SUBJECT: Introduction of Ordinance Converting the existing "Yield" Control to "Stop" Control
on Callan Street at Burnham Way
Prepared by Obaid Khan, Senior Civil Engineer (Traffic /Transportation)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City received a request to review traffic safety in the area of Burnham Way. Staff has
reviewed the request and found that it is appropriate to convert the existing "Yield" control on the
Callan Street approach at Burnham Way to "Stop" control in order to increase traffic safety.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is adequate funding in the FY 13 -14 Street Maintenance Operating Budget to remove the
existing "Yield" pavement marking and to install a "Stop" sign and associated pavement
markings.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council waive the reading and introduce the Ordinance
amending the Dublin Traffic Code designating a "Stop" control on the Callan Street approach to
Burnham Way.
ubmitte` By
Public Works Director
DESCRIPTION:
Reviewed By
Acting Assistant City Manager
Callan Street runs north -south from Brighton Drive to Burnham Way and provides access from
Dublin High School to the surrounding residential streets. Currently, traffic from Callan Street
has a "Yield" control when approaching Burnham Way.
The City received a request from a resident to evaluate traffic safety in the vicinity of Burnham
Way. Staff has reviewed the request, including existing field conditions and found that, due in
part to the horizontal curvature of Burnham Way and the fact that Callan Street is an access
point from Dublin High School to the surrounding neighborhood, a "Stop" control at this
approach would be appropriate. Requiring motorists to come to a complete stop at this
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intersection will enable motorists to better observe gaps in traffic, as well as the presence of
pedestrians before entering the intersection.
Staff has determined that it is appropriate to convert the existing "Yield" control to "Stop" control
at this intersection to increase traffic safety. This item has been reviewed at a Traffic Safety
Committee meeting and has the support of Dublin Police Services' Traffic Unit.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS /PUBLIC OUTREACH:
Motorists on Callan Street are already legally required to yield to traffic on Burnham Way,
therefore, this modification is considered minor and not controversial. For this reason, public
notification was not required.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Location Map
2. Ordinance amending the Dublin Traffic Code Designating the Callan
Street Approach to Burnham Way as stop - controlled
3. Street level view of location
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ORDINANCE NO. — 14
A ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AMENDING THE DUBLIN TRAFFIC CODE
MODIFYING THE CALLAN STREET APPROACH TO
BURNHAM WAY TO STOP - CONTROLLED
WHEREAS, the Callan Street approach to Burnham Way is currently yield - controlled;
and
WHEREAS, the existing roadway geometry and traffic circulation patterns justify the
implementation of a stop - control on Callan Street.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby ordain as
follows-
Section 1: The following language shall be added to Section 6.16.020 ( "Stop
Mandatory on Designated Approaches ") of the City of Dublin Traffic Code:
Callan Street at the intersection of Burnham Way
Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable and if any
provision, clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional,
or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity,
unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair any of the remaining
provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts thereof of the ordinance or their
applicability to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30)
days following its adoption.
Section 4. Posting. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to
be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with
Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4t" day of February, 2014
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Burnham Way
Figure 2. Driver view from Burnham Way looking east at the Callan Street intersection
Figure 3. Driver view from Burnham Way looking west at the Callan Street intersection