HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 02-05 Traffic Signals Installed at Private Entries Resolution No. 02-5
CITY OF PALM DESERT
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 02-5 establishing a
policy that private developers or homeowners associations share in the
engineering, construction, maintenance and energy costs for traffic
signals installed at private entries.
DATE: January 24, 2002
CONTENTS: 1. Staff Report
2. Resolution No. 02- 5
Recommendation:
Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 02- 5 establishing a policy that
requires private developers and homeowners associations enter into an agreement with
the City of Palm Desert to share in the engineering, construction, maintenance and
energy costs for signals installed at private entries.
Background:
Prior to 1995, developers and associations were required to participate only in traffic
signal engineering and construction costs. In 1995, the City of Palm Desert began
requiring private developers and homeowners associations to share in the costs
associated with traffic signal engineering, construction, maintenance and energy costs.
When a private development requests a traffic signal at its main entry, the City performs
a study to determine whether or not a signal is appropriate at the location. The City then
enters into a formal agreement with the developer or homeowners association to share
in the costs for engineering, construction and on-going maintenance and energy costs.
Up to this time, the policy has been handled on an informal basis with the developer or
homeowners association willingly agreeing to share in all the costs. We have recently
been put into the position of justifying this policy because without a resolution, the
enforcement of this policy is being challenged. Therefore, we believe a resolution
requiring the developer or homeowners association to pay their fair share of costs
associated with signalization will benefit the City as a whole.
Staff Report
Resolution for Traffic Signal Costs Resolution No. 02-5
January 24, 2002
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RESOLUTION NO. 02- 5
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A POLICY THAT PRIVATE DEVELOPERS OR
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO SHARE IN THE
ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND ENERGY COSTS FOR
TRAFFIC SIGNALS INSTALLED AT PRIVATE ENTRIES.
WHEREAS, private developers and homeowners associations occasionally request
the installation of a traffic signal at their private entries; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert has installed traffic signals at various private
entries where it has been appropriate; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert believes that private developers and
homeowners associations should share in all costs associated with the engineering,
installation and on-going maintenance and energy costs of traffic signals; and
WHEREAS, a binding agreement is needed for the enforcement of this policy.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, that private developers or homeowners associations enter into an
agreement with the City of Palm Desert to share in the engineering, construction and on-
going maintenance and energycosts for traffic signals installed at private entrances.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert
City Council, held this 24th day of January, 2002, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
RICHARD S. KELLY, MAYOR
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. GILLIGAN, CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA