1.    The unacceptable situation with the traffic on Third and Fourth Streets has been an issue for years.  Regardless of the posted speed limits the actual speed of the traffic has remained excessive. 

2.    The Coronado Transportation Commission recognized the need to improve the safety of Third and Fourth Streets for motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians, when it requested and obtained the agreement of the City Council to have the city perform the Third and Fourth Streets Traffic Calming Study. 

3.    Based on the results of the study the Commission has recommended to the City Council that it proceed with the preliminary engineering for the following comprehensive and integrated set of projects proposed by the consultant: 

- Traffic signals at the intersections at Fourth Street and Alameda Boulevard, Third and Fourth Streets at F Avenue, and Third and Fourth Streets at B Avenue; 

- Modifications to the intersection at Pomona Avenue and Third Street required by the installation of a traffic signal at Third Street and B Avenue; 

- Raised crosswalks with rapid flashing beacons west of the intersections of H and I Avenues and Fourth Street and east of the intersection of Third Street and I Avenue; 

- Speed tables with advanced signage and pavement markings on Third Street west of D Avenue and on Fourth Street east of A Avenue and west of Glorietta Boulevard, and Pomona Avenue west of A Avenue;

- and Curb extensions at the intersections of C and A Avenues and Fourth Street. 

4.    Other Commission recommendations to the City Council are that it:

- Direct the city staff to maintain ongoing and close liaison with Caltrans to ensure coordination, feedback and other actions necessary to obtain permits and other agreements required to implement the foregoing improvements; 

- Instruct the city staff to establish a formal and ongoing public involvement process to ensure that those most affected by the improvements receive timely updates and have opportunities to provide input and feedback; 

- Have the city staff prepare a timeline showing project schedules with critical path activities and due dates and to provide monthly updates to the Commission and the City Council; 

- Direct the Commission to continue to monitor developments in the Third and Fourth Streets corridor as well as progress in implementing the foregoing improvements and to report its findings to staff and the City Council on a regular basis;

- and Instruct the Commission to continue to assess the merits of the additional improvements recommended in the consultant’s report, with the possibility of recommending the implementation of some or all of them to the City Council in the future. 

5.     In response to the proposed increase in the speed limit on Third and Fourth Streets east of Orange Avenue by Caltrans, the City Council adopted the following resolution. 

“Caltrans recent speed survey indicates actual speeds on Third and Fourth exceed reasonable levels for those neighborhoods; that these speeds are the result of the design of the highway; that Coronado wishes to accommodate use of the streets by all users; that Caltrans and the City should work to redesign Third and Fourth to maintain speeds that are compatible for the neighborhood and accessible to all modes of transportation; and that the City Council does not support increasing the speed limit from 25 to 30."  

6.    The recommendations of the Transportation Commission provide a comprehensive plan for implementing the City Council’s resolution.  Their acceptance and implementation by the City Council would:

- Result in the redesign of the highway thereby reducing the speed of the traffic to a level consistent with the residential character of the neighborhood; 

- Accommodate the needs of all modes of transportation by improving the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and motorists crossing Third and Fourth Streets; 

- Establish an on-going dialogue with interested community groups and provide for the continued identification of methods to mitigate any adverse consequences that would result from the improvements to Third and Fourth Streets; 

- Provide for continued oversight by the Transportation Commission;

- and Add discipline to the process by requiring the creation and updating of a schedule for the further development, approval, and implementation of the recommended improvements to Third and Fourth Streets.