TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Peter Wingert, Chief of Police
DATE: February 23, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Police Department
Staff Contact Peter Wingert, 480-948-7418
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Review and Consideration of Invergordon Speed Study
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Council Goals
* Improve Public Safety Services including prevention, enforcement, communication and community/victim outreach.
* Maintain and Improve the Paradise Valley quality of life.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Arizona Revised Statute 28-703 and Paradise Valley Town Code 11-2-1 allow Town Council to set speed limits on streets by resolution.
In 1977, the Paradise Valley Town Council adopted Resolution 227, which set the speed limit on Invergordon Road for 700 feet north of McDonald Drive at 25-miles per hour (mph) due to school and church traffic in the vicinity. At that time, a school was located at 6050 McDonald Drive. This action was taken pursuant to a traffic and engineering investigation.
In 1985, the Paradise Valley Town Council adopted Resolution 472, which set the speed limit on Invergordon Road for 700 feet north of McDonald Drive at 25-mph due to church and school traffic in the vicinity. A school was located at 6050 McDonald Drive. A traffic and engineering investigation was required prior to the establishment of a speed zone.
In 2009, after the school located at 6050 Invergordon Road had closed, the Paradise Valley Town Council rescinded Resolutions 227 and 472 by the passage of Resolution 1192.
The Montessori Academy is located on Invergordon Road between McDonald Drive and Lincoln Drive. The Montessori Academy has been operating at this location since 2012.
In 2012, the Paradise Valley Engineer authorized the placement of 15-mph signs by the Montessori Academy for one hour during "drop off" and "pick up" times, five days a week. The signs were to be placed and removed in the roadway by Montessori employees. No formal traffic invest...
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