ACTION REQUESTED
Approval of the final version of the recommended policies of the Neighborhood Traffic Management Task Force as provided below.

ITEM & ISSUE
The Neighborhood Traffic Management Task Force yoted at their June 15, 1999 meeting to develop a supplementary report to the City Council containing recommended policies related to traffic management for the City of Santa Fe. Subsequent discussion and decisions by thetask force and staff has led to the further refmement of these policies. The four recommendations contained herein supplement the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) to propose other actions that the city can undertake to improve the climate for traffic management in the city.

Two of the policy recommendations deal with revisions to the Land Development Code of the City of Santa Fe (Chapter 14). One deals with changes to the internal policies of the Public Works Department. One recommends support for legislative changes at the state level regarding the use of automated traffic enforcement devices ~hoto radar).

NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. The task force recommends that code revisions be made to the Land Development Code (Chapter 14) and the Traffic Code (Chapter 24) of the City of Santa Fe to require new residential subdivisions to include traffic management and calming measures in the project design. A set of standards for traffic management techniques and traffic calming devices consistent with the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program would be developed and included in the Traffic Code chapter. Changes would be proposed to the Land Development Code, which will reference those standards and clarify the process as it relates to new subdivisions. The task force recommends that these code changes be considered during the substantive Chapter 14 re-write process that will be undertaken in the coming fiscal year.
   
   
2. The task force recommends that code revisions to the Land Development Code (Chapter 14) be considered to require commercial development to include traffic management and calming measures consistent with the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program within their circulation design, including the enhancement of pedestrian facilities. The task force recommends that these code changes be considered during the substantive Chapter 14 re- write process that will be undertaken in the coming fiscal year.
   
   
3. The task force recommends that the City Public Works Department develop the following:
   
   
   • As much as possible and given adequate staff resources, a process to coordinate scheduled reconstruction activities with the installation of devices in approved projects for the purpose of cost savings; and
     
     
   • As much as possible and given adequate staff resources, a process to coordinate maintenance activities with installation of devices in approved projects for the purpose of cost savings; and
     
     
   • Internal policies that ensure that installed traffic calming devices oil streets within the City of Santa Fe are not negatively affected by regular maintenance activities.

   The task force recommends that Traffic Division staff be responsible for coordinating discussion and development of such a process and pohci~~ 'vithin the Public Works Department.
   
   

4. The task force recommends that the Governing Body support a resolution written by Santa Fe Police Department staff and approved by unaninious vote of the task force on May 16, 2000, to support enabling legislation at the state level for the use of photoradar enforcement and red light cameras. The task force recommends that staff and the Governing Body continue to support and lobby for the amendment of the state statute to allow this type of enforcement, and to subsequently develop a program for installation of such measures in Santa Fe.
   
   

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