Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ann M. Stillman, Director of Public Works
Subject: Menlo Oaks Area Road Standards
(County Project No. RW301; Project File No. E5075)
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution adopting:
A) Minimum road standards for future road improvements in the Menlo Oaks Area; and
B) A priority list to be used to determine the priority of future road improvements in the Menlo Oaks Area.
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BACKGROUND:
On April 28, 1998 this Board adopted Resolution No. 061884, which adopted the existing width of the roads in the Menlo Oaks Area (Menlo Oaks) as the road standard for Menlo Oaks and that future road improvements would consist solely of maintaining the existing roads. This standard was based on the results of property owner surveys relative to road standards.
On August 2, 2022 this Board approved an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) transferring district- discretionary Measure K funds of $250,000 from Non-Departmental Services to the San Mateo County Department of Public Works for a road conditions and standards survey in the unincorporated area of Menlo Oaks.
DISCUSSION:
The Department of Public Works (Department) worked with the Menlo Oaks community on the Menlo Oaks Roads Standards Project (Project) to determine if the road standards should be updated based on input from the property owners within the neighborhood.
The Project did not include roadway standards for Ringwood Avenue and Coleman Avenue as road standards in that area will be determined through a separate process. Specifically, the Sustainability Department is working on the Coleman and Ringwood Avenues Transportation Study (Study) to determine multi-modal improvements to those two roads, as they are included in the County's Active Transportation Plan. The recommendations from the Study will be used to determine the road standards for Ringwood Avenue and Coleman Avenue.
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