Colton Municipal Code Ch. 10.50 Traffic Safety Committee

This Chapter shall be known as the Traffic Safety Committee. The City of Colton hereinafter shall be called "City." This Chapter shall be applicable in the incorporated territory of the City.

(Ord. No. O-18-16, § 1, 10-18-2016)

The purpose of the City of Colton Traffic Safety Committee ("the Committee") is to provide the City Council with recommendations on policy related to traffic safety and operational issues based on sound technical and practical criteria and to act as a sounding board for citizens' concerns.

(Ord. No. O-18-16, § 1, 10-18-2016)

The Committee shall have the following functions:

A. To adopt a comprehensive set of traffic safety guidelines for recommendation to the City Council, which shall apply to all items reviewed by the Committee;

B. To study and make recommendations to the City Council on matters related to traffic safety;

C. The Traffic Safety Committee shall conduct investigations and reports on traffic safety issues requested by appropriate public agencies, Committee members, private citizens and private organizations. Examples of traffic safety items include:

1. Parking Issues

2. Speeding and Speed Enforcement Issues

3. Sight Distance Issues

4. School Safety Issues

5. Traffic Control Requests

(Ord. No. O-18-16, § 1, 10-18-16)

A. The Committee shall consist of seven members, with the following membership: The Police Chief or his/her representative, the Public Works Director or his/her representative, the Fire Chief or his/her representative, the City Engineer or his/her representative, the Development Services Director or his/her representative, a representative of the Local Business community, and one appointed Representative of the City Council.

(Ord. No. O-18-16, § 1, 10-18-2016)

A. Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held at City of Colton Council Chambers, 650 N. La Cadena Drive, Colton, California 92324. Regular meetings shall be held on a day and time established by the Committee. There shall be no minimum number of meetings per year.

B. Regular and Special meetings shall be called in the manner specified by applicable state law.

C. Four members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. When there is no quorum at a regular meeting, the chairperson, or any member of such body, shall adjourn such meeting until the next regular meeting.

(Ord. No. O-18-16, § 1, 10-18-2016)