City of Milwaukee - File #: 180817

• File #: 180817
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/5/2018
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/25/2018
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of Public Works to develop a protocol for the installation of solar-powered speed boards as traffic-calming installations under s. 115-42.5 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. JOHNSON
• Indexes: TRAFFIC REGULATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/4/2018	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/25/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Johnson was added as a sponsor, there were no objections.	Pass	14:0
9/12/2018	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Mary Dziewiontkoski - DPW Joseph Blakeman - DPW	Pass	5:0
9/5/2018	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
180817
Version
SUBTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN, JOHNSON
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of Public Works to develop a protocol for the installation of solar-powered speed boards as traffic-calming installations under s. 115-42.5 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Public Works to develop a protocol for the installation of solar-powered speed boards as traffic-calming installations under s. 115-42.5 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances. As part of developing this protocol, the Department shall identify a preferred solar-powered speed board design, as well as a preferred vendor and an approximate price for a speed board with that design, and shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to Common Council’s Public Improvements Committee within 60 days of adoption of this resolution.
Body
Whereas, Milwaukee residents all across the city face serious, pervasive and growing problems of speeding and reckless driving; and

Whereas, Speeding and reckless driving daily threaten the public health, safety and peaceful enjoyment of Milwaukee neighborhoods; and

Whereas, Section 115-42.5 of the Code of Ordinances sets forth a process by which Milwaukee property owners may initiate the public works process for the construction or placement of traffic-calming installations that may help promote the public health, safety and peaceful enjoyment of their neighborhoods; and

Whereas, Examples of traffic-calming installations include speed humps, speed tables, bump-outs, chicanes and traffic circles; and

Whereas, A “speed board” is a sign posted along the side of a street, facing oncoming traffic, that has a changeable display area showing the speeds of passing vehicles; and

Whereas, Since a speed board may cause passing motorists to think about their driving speeds, and to reduce them if appropriate, it should be considered a type of traffic-calming installation; and...