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Establish Funding Funding for the plan should be considered throughout the plan development process. If funding limitations will impact the range of options available, this needs to be identified early in the process and the range of appropriate devices should reflect these limitations. If a finite amount of funding is anticipated, the planning process should use this as a guideline on the number and combination of devices to be considered. If a neighborhood feels that it has developed the best plan for the area and the plan includes a number of "high-end" options, such as landscaped, raised medians or roadway realignment, it may be necessary for the residents to participate at a higher financial level in the program. Landscaping also creates an ongoing cost of irrigation and maintenance. Maintenance agreements with homeowners are an option for deferring the City's cost of such options. Funding will play a significant role in the timing of plan implementation. Less expensive plans that have the financial support of the neighborhood have an opportunity to be built more quickly than very expensive plans that require the City to budget for the improvements over time. The City of Pleasanton has adopted a shared funding approach to traffic calming, with the cost of the project shared between the City and residents. The shared funding logic stems from the general Citywide overviews that the established Pleasanton Plan (General Plan of the City) lays out a street network and circulation system which guides overall development. The residential environment varies from housing located on short cul-de-sac streets to busy arterials. The ambient traffic volumes on these streets should be readily apparent to the home buyer. It is not the City's intent, nor in its capability to replicate on all residential streets the traffic environment of the short cul-de-sac. Residents must accept their willingness to live on a street of higher traffic volume when they purchase the homes on a collector street and not expect to change the existing circulation system. The benefits of most NTCD are quite localized, therefore any assessment of the costs should recognize this dynamic. The two Pleasanton demonstration projects determined that many residents questioned the need for such devices or their need to participate in the funding. The City policy will be that unless the immediately adjacent residents perceive a need of at least $100 that the City would be best advised to not fund the devices. The percentage of the cost the residents are responsible for is dependent on the nature of the traffic conditions on that street. In order for any traffic calming project to receive City funds, it must meet the following thresholds: · The street must be a residential street, either a local or residential collector · The street must be posted at or below a speed limit of 25 mph · Traffic studies must indicate that the 15% of traffic is traveling at speeds above 35 mph, or 50% of traffic is traveling at speeds of 30 mph or above. · The traffic volumes on the street must be in excess of 700 vehicles per day.