NTMP Update

Streets and Maintenance Department

Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) Update – Public Engagement Process – COVID-19 Response July 6, 2020

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Strategic Goals Goal 7 – Enhance and Sustain El Paso’s Infrastructure Network  7.2 - Improve competitiveness through infrastructure improvements impacting the quality of life  7.5 - Set one standard for infrastructure across the city

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Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP)  Evaluates traffic concerns to determine appropriate traffic calming measures in residential areas  Formal application process that includes community involvement  44 completed projects since 2015 (Total 140 since 2008)

Tier 1 – Speed Humps, Signage and Striping Process addresses most traffic situations and is implemented with in-house resources Tier 2 – Capital Projects More robust approach using physical narrowing roadway devices and require City Council authorization

NTMP Implementation:  Applicant submits an application with resident signatures  Upon receipt of a completed application, staff schedules applicable studies to determine speed, volume, and accident trends  If street qualifies for program, staff drafts plan of device locations  Staff holds a Public Meeting to discuss findings and proposed device locations and to gain consensus  Staff confirms device location with directly abutting property owners  Devices are installed  A follow-up study is conducted 6-12 months after installation to verify effectiveness

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Background Revised NTMP Process  City Council approved – 9/17/2018  Replaces all prior versions  Major changes  Two tier process  Eligibility requirements  Updating removal process

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COVID-19 Effect

City is providing Virtual Meetings

 Limiting face-to-face meetings  Public facilities are closed

 Live streaming City Council and Board/Committee meetings  Video presentations for public comments on Capital Improvement Projects

NTMP Tier 1 Active List 6

46 Applications

COVID - 19

NTMP Tier 1 - In Queue

Postponed All NTMP Public Meetings

33 Applications Pending Public Meetings

NTMP Tier 1 – FY2020 Active List #

Dist STREET

Limit From

Limit To

Status

#

Dist STREET

Limit From

Limit To

Status

#

7

(46 projects)

Dist STREET

Limit From

Limit To

1

5

TENAHA

Proud Eagle

Running Deer

Completed

17

3

SAM SNEAD

Lee Trevino

Lee Elder

33

1

BANDOLERO

Los Robles

Los Cerritos

2

7

WHITTIER

Alameda

Independence

(Installed 43 speed cushion locations)

18

1

THORN RIDGE

Thorn Ridge

Ridge

34

1

PINEHURST

Bandolero

Thunderbird

3

1

IMPERIAL RIDGE

Redd

Sun Ridge

19

2

HASTINGS

Gateway N

Radford

35

1

CINCINNATI

Piedmont

Park

4

7

TREY BURTON

George Dieter Chito Samaniego

20

4

YVETTE

Rushing

Eloice

36

3

DARLINA

Hawkins

Viscount

5

7

BESSEMER

Leo Collins

Vista Del Sol

21

6

DAVID CARRASCO

George Dieter

Pebble Hills

37

1

TARASCAS

Belvidere

Westwind

6

6

ROBERT WYNN

Lake Victoria

Lake Superior

22

3

BAYO AVE

Saigon

Karen

38

6

BOB MITCHELL

Robert Wynn George Dieter

7

5

RUFUS BRIJALBA Juliette Low

Saul Kleinfeld

23

1

THUNDERBIRD

Los Cerritos

Broadmoor

39

5

TIERRA SERENA Pebble Hills

8

2

COMET

Hondo Pass

Moonlight

24

3

ALBUM

Yarbrough

Escarpa

40

6

ROSE BUD

Amber Morgan Thunder Bolt

9

6

GERANIUM

Marigold

Kingswreath

25

1

HEMPSTEAD

Amsterdam

San Marino

41

2

SACRAMENTO

Copia

Dyer

10

4

WREN

Roanoke

McCombs

26

5

TIERRA SONORA

Tierra Mission

Tierra Mina

42

8

TOBIN

Alameda

Dunne

11

1

BROADMOOR

Thunderbird

Pinehurst

27

6

BUENA PARK

Cathedral Circle Padres

43

2

MOUNT DELANO Hondo Pass

Blue Ridge

12

7

JANWAY

Springwood

Causeway

28

7

LAKEWOOD

Vista De Oro

Vista Lomas

44

4

STAHALA

Diana

Rutherford

13

1

CHELTENHAM

Meridian

Rochester

29

3

LIMERICK

Shamrock

Edgemere

45

3

EDITH

Little Flower

Sparrow

14

1

PALMDALE

Camden Lake

Stoneheath

4

BABE RUTH

Colin Powell

Mickey Mantle

46

5

PENDLETON

Edgemere

Turner

15

3

SAIGON

Edgemere

Ballymote

7

ARNOLD PALMER

Montwood

Trawood

16

2

PIERCE

Piedras

Byron

5

EDWARD JAMES

Lee

Saul Kleinfeld

Public meetings 30 being scheduled Postponed due to 31 COVID-19 32

Tierra Robles

Status

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Recommended NTMP Public Engagement Outreach  Partner with PIO to create video presentations for remaining active list  Mail notifications with video link to impacted residents in project scope area (ranges from 10 to 75 households)  Certified mail for properties abutting proposed traffic devises and staff hand-delivery of notices  Make final adjustments based on feedback from residents and traffic engineering  Submit work order upon consensus

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NTMP – Funding Recap Source

FY13

FY14

FY15

FY16

FY17

FY18

FY19

2012 Street Infrastructure Capital Plan ($5M)

$2M

$516K

$500K

$500K

$500K

$267K

$717K

FY20

Remaining $711K

(Encumbered)

2020 Capital Plan

$312K

General Funds

$200K

$204K

(Pending COVID-19 Deferment)

$0

NTMP Tier 1 – Remaining Active List #

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Dist STREET

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1

1

PALMDALE

Camden Lake Stoneheath

2

3

SAIGON

Edgemere

Ballymote

3

2

PIERCE

Piedras

Byron

4

3

SAM SNEAD

Lee Trevino

Lee Elder

5

1

THORN RIDGE

Thorn Ridge

Ridge

6

2

HASTINGS

Gateway N

Radford

7

4

YVETTE

Rushing

Eloice

8

6

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Status

# Dist STREET

Complete 12 installation based on current in13 stock inventory (14 proposed speed cushion locations) *

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HEMPSTEAD

(33 projects - 114 proposed locations)

Limit From

Limit To

Amsterdam

San Marino

23

3

Tierra Mina

24

5 TIERRA SONORA Tierra Mission

Status

#

Limit From

Limit To

DARLINA

Hawkins

Viscount

1

TARASCAS

Belvidere

Westwind

Robert Wynn George Dieter

Dist STREET

14

6 BUENA PARK

Cathedral Circle Padres

25

6

BOB MITCHELL

15

7

Vista De Oro

Vista Lomas

26

5

TIERRA SERENA Pebble Hills

16

3 LIMERICK

Shamrock

Edgemere

27

6

ROSE BUD

Amber Morgan Thunder Bolt

17

4 BABE RUTH

Colin Powell

Mickey Mantle

28

2

SACRAMENTO

Copia

Dyer

18

7

Trawood

29

8

TOBIN

Alameda

Dunne

DAVID CARRASCO George Dieter Pebble Hills

19

5 EDWARD JAMES

Lee

Saul Kleinfeld

30

2

MOUNT DELANO Hondo Pass

Blue Ridge

3

BAYO AVE

Saigon

Karen

20

1

BANDOLERO

Los Robles

Los Cerritos

31

4

STAHALA

Diana

Rutherford

1

THUNDERBIRD

Los Cerritos

Broadmoor

21

1

PINEHURST

Bandolero

Thunderbird

32

3

EDITH

Little Flower

Sparrow

33

5

PENDLETON

Edgemere

Turner

3

ALBUM

Yarbrough

Escarpa

May complete if 2020 Capital funds are available (48 proposed speed cushion locations) *

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LAKEWOOD

ARNOLD PALMER Montwood

CINCINNATI

Piedmont

Park

Wait-listed pending additional funding (52 proposed speed cushion locations) *

Tierra Robles

* Proposed speed cushion locations may be added or removed based on public feedback, which may adjust active list. (Estimates based on average of four-sets of speed cushions per location.

Project sites range from 1 to 9 locations.)

 FY 2020 – New NTMP Applications Unfunded (2 Eligible / 4 Pending Traffic Studies)  Over 100 ineligible applications (FY2015-FY2019) – Applicants may request to reapply if traffic study is over a year old

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NTMP – Summary Recap  Completed 140 project since 2008  44 projects since 2015  Revised eligibility requirements in 2018

 Start of FY 2020 – 46 projects on Active List (over 150 proposed speed cushion locations)     

13 completed (43 speed cushion locations installed) 4 in progress/pending in-stock inventory (14 proposed speed cushion locations) 29 pending funds (100 proposed speed cushion locations) Spent $200K General funds and $108K (out of $312K) 2020 Captial Plan Additional $425K to complete remaining projects on Active List

 Staff moving forward with NTMP review process on the Active List with video presentations in lieu of public meetings due to COVID-19  New or re-applying NTMP applications will be reviewed for eligibility and placed on waiting-list

Streets and Maintenance Department

Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) Update – Public Engagement Process – COVID-19 Response