July 19, 2023

District 1 Community Meeting

Representative Brian Kennedy

Streets and Maintenance

Streets and
Maintenance
Department
      This is a follow up meeting to the June 21st Community Meeting 

• During the June 21 meeting the community members provided excellent

qualitative information about traffic conditions on Emory Road

• With the information learned on June 21 and the traffic data collected
between June 21 and June 26 – sufficient information was collected
Emory Street to address the traffic control issues

Traffic o During first community meeting the residents expect timely results

and that the matter not be put through extensive studies 
Control Plan o The data collected would have qualified Emory Road for the City's
Neighborhood Traffic Managment Program (NTMP)

o The decision to implement as a Vision Zero Project will result in more

timely installation due to the structure of the program
      Internal Review of the Traffic Layout for Emory 
• This has been reviewed by members of the City's Vision Zero Cross
Functional Team
• Traffic Engineers in Streets and Maintenance
• Streets and Maintenance Signs and Markings team
Emory Street • Streets and Maintenance Westside Street Maint. Operations team
• Director of CID Grant Funded Programs – (City's Vision Zero Lead)
Traffic • EPPD Westside Regional Commander
• City Management 
Control Plan • District 1 Representative Brian Kennedy 
• Information was shared with the Mayor's Office 

• This traffic calming plan is comprehensive, and we will continue to monitor

traffic conditions on Emory going forward 

• The Vision Zero approach is based on traffic engineering judgement 

 Emory Street Issues

Public Meeting June 21, 2023

Traffic Data was collected from June 21 to June 26

Traffic Speed – 10% of the traffic volume must be traveling 5 MPH or more over the
Traffic Volume – Must be between 500 and 7,500 vehicles per day 
speed limit (90th percentile speed)

There was sufficient Traffic Data collected to develop a traffic calming plan for Emory:
Traffic calming on Emory will not be
Project is a special project under the City's Allows for more timely installation and Does not require us to collect more traffic
handled through the City's Neighborhood
Vision Zero Program avoids NTMP process and restrictions data or perform more studies
Traffic Management Program (NTMP)
Traffic Data Collected on Emory
Point 1

3939 Emory
Point 2

4140 Emory
Point 3

4356 Emory
Point 4

4521 Emory
Point 5

4528 Emory
Point 6

4627 Emory
Point 7

4712 Emory
 New Traffic Layout for Emory St. will include the following:

• Ten speed cushions between Sunland Park and Sunset 

Emory Street • Yellow hash centerline striping 

• White edge line striping
Traffic • Raised profile markers every 40 feet within the striping
Control Plan lines
• Improved striping at stop sign approaches
• Additional signage
Sunset to Mahogany Ln
Mahogany LN to Frontera
Frontera to Sunland Park
4-Way Stop Approaches
4-Way Stop Detail
Project Summary

Project will be installed by Streets and

Streets Traffic Engineers have  drafted the
Maintenance crews – there no third
project plan – it will next go to our
parties and no procurement actions
Operations Divisions for implementation
required

The project will take 60-90 days to

complete – please note that emergency
Cost Estimation - $100k response operations during monsoon
season can affect our timeline as well as
other City maintenance operations
Vandalism at City Parks
 Over the recent past we have seen an increase in
vandalism at our City Parks Citywide 
Park • In recent months, the City has experienced vandalism and targeted theft of

Vandalism copper wiring from our Park lighting and irrigation systems affected several
parks Citywide including in District I
o There has been an uptick in outdoor restroom vandalism
o Includes damage to playground equipment, park amenities, sports
courts, irrigation systems, lighting systems, and graffiti
o The impact of the damage caused by vandalism at Parks affects other
maintenance areas of the City; Facility Maintenance, Graffiti
crews, Signs and Signals Crews (park lights)

• Recent vandalism has resulted in costly damages and forced the City to
adjust our operation to mitigate, repair and establish counter measures to
protect our assets, such as:
o Added roving security for City Parks during peak usage
o Parkland Maintenance Staff has an established line of communication
working with PD on these matters 
o Working with PD on a camera system that feeds directly to the City
Fusion Center 
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