HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2022-138RESOLUTION NO. 2022 --138
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA ADOPTING VISION ZERO TO ACHIEVE ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS AND
SERIOUS INJURIES ON NATIONAL CITY STREETS BY 2030
WHEREAS, Vision Zero is a data -driven approach to eliminate traffic fatalities and
severe injuries on our roadways, within a specific time frame, by increasing safe, healthy,
and equitable mobility; and
WHEREAS, S, Vision Zero started in Sweden in 1997, where it was adopted as a
national strategy. since then Sweden has seen its number of transportation deaths drop
by 30%; and
WHEREAS, Vision Zero has become a national (San Francisco, New York City,
City of Los Angeles, City of San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, etc.) traffic safety
initiative that works to eliminate traffic related fatalities and serious pedestrian injuries;
and
WHEREAS, E S, a formal adoption of Vision Zero will complement current city efforts
to help ensure pedestrian and bicyclist safety within the City; and
WHEREAS, E ►S, these efforts include the City's Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP)
and Systemic Safety Analysis Report Program SS RP that evaluate accidents in the
past five years and identify systematic and specific countermeasures in an effort to
increase safety throughout the City's mobility network; and
WHEREAS, the City is in the process of updating the Bicycle and Pedestrian
Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, these plans promote safetyforpedestrian and bicyclist activity
throughout the City by providing guidance for implementation of new improvements in a
more balanced approach to mobility; and
WHEREAS, Vision Zero will maximize the City's significant efforts across
departments to prevent injury while encouraging active transportation and creating
comfortable, welcoming networks for bike and pedestrian transport.
NOW, THEREFORE, E, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
section 1: The City of National City adopt a goat of eliminating traffic deaths and
serious injuries by 2030; and endorses Vision Zero as a complement to the City's current
efforts.
Section 2: The City Council directs the City Manager to form an
interdepartmental ental working group to develop a Vision Zero Plan, based upon the City's
LRSP and SSARP that contains comprehensive analysis of traffic deaths and injuries in
National City for the City to reach the goal of zero deaths and serious injuries by 2030.
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Section 3: The City Council directs the City Manager to ensure that the Vision
Zero Plan addresses traffic deaths and serious injuries through a combination of
engineering, enforcement, education, and evaluation throughout the city.
Section 4: The City Council directs the City Manager to engage the community
in the development and implementation of a Vision Zero Action Plan.
Section 5: The City Council directs staff to provide an annual report on
implementation of the progress toward eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries by
2030.
Section 6: The City Council directs staff to submit the Vision Zero Network
questionnaire with data supplement.
Section 7: The City Council directs staff to include a provision within the Mobility
Element that includes a strategy to evaluate traffic deaths and serious injuries and
develop a Vision Zero program that outlines the framework, to work towards eliminating
pedestrian and bicycle related deaths and serious injuries in National City.
Section 8: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions
PASSED and ADOPTED this 6th day of September 2022.
Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, Mayor
ATTEST:
b
Luz Molina, citylerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Barry J. huh., Interim Cit ,,ttorney
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of National City, California, on
September 6, 2022 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Sotelo-Solis, Bush, Morrison, Rios, Ro6riguez
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None,
AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
BY
Mayor of the City of National City, California
Luz Molina
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
She
ley Chape !vivo, Depuiy City Clerk