Item Coversheet
Town of Miami Lakes
Memorandum

To:Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers
From:Councilmember Tony Lama
Subject:Traffic flow and Miami "Raceway" North and South
Date:10/4/2016

Recommendation:
This is a two-part new business item to address traffic and mobility concerns around town.

1. Over the last few years, we have had numerous conversations with the county about putting a traffic signal at Lockness Drive and NW 67th Ave. I believe that there were objections from certain traffic engineers on the placement of a traffic signal due to the proximity to Windmill gate Drive. I'd like to direct staff, hopefully with unanimous support of the council, to engage with the county and it's engineers to have this come to fruition. If humans can capture particles from asteroids millions of miles away and return them to earth...truly an engineering marvel… I'm sure that we have smart people capable of figuring this out and making it a reality for the residents in adjacent neighborhoods.

2. On multiple occasions I have referred to Miami Lakeway south as Miami raceway south due to the reckless amount of speeding up and down that road. This is also a problem on Miami Lakeway north. Numerous residents have once again raised this issue as a major public safety concern and I've discussed a solution with the manager. I am asking that the council direct staff to procure the solar speedometers and place them on both of those roads. The habitual lawbreaker and speeder may only change their ways with proper law enforcement, but a visual notification of ones speed works as a reminder and deterrent. We may never know how many accidents we will prevent, but we cannot wait until a vehicle loses control and ends up in someone's living room...or worse, injures or kills a resident or child...to take action.

Fiscal Impact: Large

Item 1: A traffic study will be required as part of.
Item 2: Purchase and install solar special meter