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RESOLUTION NO. 2012-073
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDDING ADOPTING CITY COUNCIL POLICY NO. 1303 RELATED
TO COMPLETE STREETS INFRASTRUCTURE
WHEREAS, the term "Complete Streets" describes a comprehensive, integrated transportation
network that is designed, constructed, and maintained to foster safe and convenient travel along and across
streets for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motor-vehicle drivers, public-transportation riders,
emergency vehicles, and people of all ages and abilities, including youth, families with children, older adults,
and individuals with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding recognizes the importance of Complete Streets infrastructure that
enables safe, efficient, convenient, and comfortable travel for all users. Such infrastructure includes
sidewalks, shared-use paths, bicycle lanes, paved shoulders~ accessible curb ramps, crosswalks, refuge islands,
pedestrian signals, signs, street furniture, bicycle parking facilities, public-transportation stops and facilities,
street trees and landscape, parkway strips, and other features assisting in the provision of safe travel for all
users, such as traffic-calming circles, narrow vehicle lanes, raised medians, transit bulbouts, and those features
identified in the General Plan; Parks, Trails, and Open Space Master Plan; and Bikeway Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, streets that are not designed to provide safe transport for all users can present a barrier
to pedestrians, bicyclists, and public-transportation riders and motorists; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding recognizes that the careful planning and coordinated development
of Complete Streets infrastructure offers long-term maintenance cost-savings for local government by
reducing the number and width of motor-vehicle lanes, benefits public health by facilitating physical activity,
and can provide financial benefits to property owners by increasing pedestrian activity in commercial areas,
while yielding a safe, convenient, efficient, and integrated transportation network for all users; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding wishes to encourage walking, bicycling, and public-transportation
use as safe, convenient, and economical modes oftransportation that promote public health and independence
for all people; and
WHEREAS, streets are a key public space, shape the experience of residents of, and visitors to, the
City of Redding, directly affect public health safety and welfare, and provide the framework for current and
future development; and
WHEREAS, both public and private development activities should participate in developing and
implementing a Complete Streets network throughout the community; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Redding wishes to implement its existing policies and standards that
recognize the importance of addressing the transportation needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, public-
transportation riders, and motorists as contained in the Complete Streets policies of the Redding General Plan
and the City of Redding Subdivision Ordinance;
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Redding that the
attached City Council Policy No. 1303, titled "Complete Streets Infrastructure," is hereby adopted.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 21 sl day of August, 2012, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Bosetti, Jones, McArthur, Sullivan & Dickerson
None
None
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DICK DICKERSON, Mayor
Attest:
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Form Approved:
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SUBJECT
RESOLUTION
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POLICY
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EFFECTIVE
DATE
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COMPLETE STREETS
INFRASTRUCTURE
2012-073
1303
AUGUST 21, 2012
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BACKGROUND
On September 30, 2008, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 1358, "The
California Complete Streets Act." The legislation requires local jurisdictions to amend their
General Plans as necessary to ensure that they include polices that will lead to the construction of
streets that can accommodate use by pedestrians, bicyclists, disabled persons, and transit users, in
addition to motor vehicles. The City of Redding adopted amendments to the Transportation
Element of the General Plan on August 21, 2012, to comply with the Complete Streets Act.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this Council policy is to provide specific direction to affected City departments in
the implementation of the City's Complete Street policies.
POLICY
The following shall be the policy of the City of Redding to ensure that Complete Streets are, and
will continue to be, a vital element of the City's transportation infrastructure.
1. The various departments of the City of Redding shall make Complete Streets practices a
routine part of everyday operations, shall approach transportation projects and programs as
opportunities to improve public streets and the transportation network for all users, and shall
work in coordination with other departments, agencies, and jurisdictions to achieve Complete
Streets. For purposes of this resolution, projects and programs include the public and private
construction, reconstruction, retrofit, maintenance, alteration, or repair ofthe street system and
includes the planning, design, approval, and implementation processes. Projects and program
do not include minor routine upkeep such as cleaning, sweeping, mowing, spot repair, or
interim measures on detour routes.
2. Street projects, including those constructed within and adjacent to, or necessary to serve, new
development should incorporate Complete Streets infrastructure that balances the needs of all
users, provided, however, that such infrastructure may be excluded upon written approval by
the Public Works Director where documentation and data indicate that:
a. Use by nonrnotorized users is prohibited by law.
b. The existing right-of-way does not allow for the accommodation of all users. In such
cases, alternatives shall be explored, such as the use of revised travel-lane configurations,
paved shoulders, signage, traffic-calming, or similar alternatives.
c. The cost would be excessively disproportionate to the need or probable future.
d. There is a documented absence of current or future need.
e. The safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, or vehicular traffic may be placed at
an unacceptable risk
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SUBJECT
RESOLUTION
NUMBER
POLICY
NUMBER
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PAGE
COMPLETE STREETS
INFRASTRUCTURE
2012-073
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AUGUST 21, 2012
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3. If the safety and convenience of users can be improved within the scope of pavement
resurfacing, re-striping, signalization operations, and similar routine activities on public streets,
such projects shall incorporate Complete Streets components unless to do so would be
unreasonable or inappropriate in light ofthe scope of the project or the project is subject to the
limitations noted in Item 2 above.
4. The City of Redding Public Works Department and the Development Services Department
shall review the City's existing street-related standards and ordinances and prepare revisions
as may be necessary to apply Complete Streets practices throughout the transportation network
The review shall consider right-of-way needs, cross-section templates, design-treatment details,
street/intersection curb radii, and other standards to achieve a balance between the needs of
various users of streets.
5. In its review of proposed development projects, the City will ensure that the intent of this
Complete Streets policy is implemented by ensuring that the design of the development
includes streets that will accommodate all multimodal users of the facility in a safe and
efficient manner and that appropriate street, pedestrian, and bicycle connections from
developments to adjacent main streets, open-space areas, parks, transit stops, schools,
employment and commercial centers, and other activity centers are provided. It is recognized
that streets must be designed in a context-sensitive manner and that not all streets, such as
many local residential streets, will necessarily incorporate separate facilities for each use, as
long as they provide safe accommodation for all users,
6. The Public Works Director shall:
a. Establish a program to identify critical pedestrian- and bicycle-route gaps in the
transportation network for all roadway users, which categorizes and prioritizes necessary
improvements to correct identified deficiencies through street-maintenance programs as
funding allows.
b. Identify those streets and sections of streets within the City that, given existing and
forecast traffic volumes, have been designed and/or constructed to accommodate traffic
in excess of existing and future need. Establish a program for the redesign/retrofit of
said streets to be implemented when funding is available. Such retrofits may include, bu
are not limited to, reducing the number oftraffic lanes and adding bike lanes (i.e., "road
diet"), reducing lane widths to accommodate bike and pedestrian facilities, and providi
pedestrian-safety enhancements at intersections, such as "bulbouts" and refuge islands.
c. Establish a process to facilitate public participation in policy decisions and transparency
in determinations concerning the design and use of streets.
d. Develop funding strategies for addressing transportation needs; actively pursue funding
from state, federal, and other sources.
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SUBJECT
RESOLUTION
NUMBER
POLICY
NUMBER
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PAGE
COMPLETE STREETS
INFRASTRUCTURE
2012-073
1303
AUGUST 21, 2012
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e. Report to the City Council regarding the steps taken to implement this policy, additional
steps planned, and any desired actions that would need to be taken by the City Council
or other agencies or departments to remove impediments to implementation of this
policy.
7. Provide opportunities for City staff and the public to participate in training programs in how
to integrate, accommodate, and balance the needs of all users when such training becomes
available.
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