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The San Ramon City Council is set to debate recommended changes to the city’s speed limit ordinance as part of a routine update, which would see different speeds allowed on five different portions of roadways.
The results of the most recent Engineering and Traffic surveys that aim to guide the speed limit ordinance update process mean that speed limits on portions of Albion Road, Bishop Drive, Ivy Leaf Springs Road, South Monarch Road, and Wedgewood Drive are required to be changed according to state regulations, with the required changes necessitating an update to the speed limit ordinance that reflects them.
The California Vehicle Code (CVC) requires municipalities to update their speed limit ordinances at least every seven years, and when survey results show a change in traffic patterns and critical speed on roadways.
Without complying with the CVC, speed violations would be unenforceable via radar and electronic devices, according to acting City Clerk Joan Snashall in a staff report prepared for the upcoming meeting.
“The resulting condition would reflect minimal police presence or speed enforcement. Furthermore, if speed-related citations are issued using radar along these roadway segments, a challenged citation may be dismissed,” Snashall wrote.
The changes required by the survey results would see speeds reduced from 35 miles per hour on four of the affected portions of road – Albion Road between Bollinger Canyon Road and Windemere Parkway,, Ivy Leaf Springs Road between South Monarch and Stoneleaf roads, South Monarch Road, and Wedgewood Drive between North Monarch Road and Stoneleaf Drive – with the speed limit set to increase from 30 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour on Bishop Drive between Norris Canyon Road and Sunset Drive.
Staff are recommending that the council hold a public hearing on the proposed update and provide feedback, and schedule a vote on the final version at their Sept. 12 meeting.
The San Ramon City Council is set to meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday (Aug. 8). The agenda is available here.
In other business
*Councilmembers are poised to approve the final contract for City Manager Steven Spedowfski as an item on their consent agenda. The contract provides for a $297,900 annual salary as well as a $27,204 annual contribution to a deferred compensation plan via the city, as well as $6,000 annually in management incentive pay.
The contract also includes an agreement to maintain a minimum 5.5% salary differential between Spedowfski’s salary and the top salary range for department directors, which can be changed pending performance evaluation results. Annual performance evaluations are required by the contract.
Spedowfski is allowed to resign or be removed by a majority vote by the council at any time, with 30 days written notice required should he choose to leave the position, and 60 days notice should he choose to exit employment with the city altogether.
In addition to a majority council vote being required for his removal under any circumstances, the contract prohibits the council from considering or voting on removal for at least six months after a change in membership on the body.
* Councilmembers are set to make appointments to the city’s housing and transportation advisory committees.
* The council is set to discuss forming an ad-hoc subcommittee to explore the possibility of creating a committee or commission on climate action.
