TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Jarad Hildenbrand, City Manager
FROM: Christopher Cash, Public Works Director
1. SUBJECT
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Discussion of potential traffic modifications and safety enhancements to the Orange Plaza.
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2. SUMMARY
At the September 23, 2025, City Council meeting, staff presented an item to discuss potential traffic modifications to the Orange Plaza to further reduce vehicular intrusion into Plaza Park. City Council directed staff to conduct additional analysis of incursion trajectories and refine recommendations if appropriate. Staff was also directed to bring back follow-up reports to City Traffic Commission, which was received and filed on December 10, 2025, and to City Council.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Consider refined recommendations discussed in the staff report and provide staff with direction.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
None at this time. Potential costs would vary based on the selected enhancements and are discussed in the report. Actual fiscal impacts will be determined and reported when engineering design and construction contracts are awarded, or when a related budget appropriation is requested.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 5: Improve infrastructure mobility and technology
Goal 6: Ensure the preservation of historic resources
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
Background
In response to historic concerns over Plaza incursions, several modifications had been implemented to the approaches to the circular roadway, including the installation of reflective raised pavement markers, supplemental traffic signs, roadway delineators, and nighttime traffic signal timing modifications.
In March 2022, City Council authorized the purchase of protective bollards to protect pedestrian walkways at select locations along the perimeter of Plaza Park. In November 2022, a construction contract was awarded to, among other things, install the protective bollards. The installation was completed in 20...
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