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Adopt a Resolution Repealing and Replacing Traffic Resolution No. 25-083, and Hereby Approving a Multi-Way Stop Control on Century Boulevard at Scarborough Drive (PW)
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MEETING DATE:
June 18, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Public Works Director
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a Resolution Repealing and Replacing Traffic Resolution No. 25-083, and Hereby Approving a Multi-Way Stop Control on Century Boulevard at Scarborough Drive.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Traffic control devices, including signs, striping and pavement markings on City streets are designed, installed and maintained in accordance with the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA-MUTCD). Stop controls are installed to assign right-of-way. CA-MUTCD identifies criteria for stop sign installation so that there is uniformity in the use throughout the state.
Stop control evaluations at intersections are based primarily on the following CA MUTCD criteria: traffic volume, collision data and the approaching speed on the major street that has higher daily traffic volume. Other considering factors are left turn conflicts, vehicle/pedestrian conflicts near locations with high pedestrian volumes, sight visibility, traffic approach volumes, and any unusual intersection geometrics such as intersection offsets and vertical or horizontal curves.
Public Works staff has received requests from the public for improvements at the intersection of Century Boulevard and Scarborough Drive. Within the vicinity of the intersection, there are apartments, residential homes, and multiple schools: Tokay High School, Beckman Elementary School, and Liberty Christian Academy. Century Boulevard is an east-west 35 mile per hour (MPH) collector roadway with two travel lanes, a center turn lane, bike lanes, and parking lanes. The segment of Century Boulevard near Scarborough Drive was designed with a horizontal curve. Scarborough Drive is a north-south 25 MPH speed roadway wit...
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