CITY OF DIXON, CA (MPG) - The third time was almost a charm for Chief Engineer Christopher Fong when presenting three suggestions on Brian Way traffic calming. 

"I am back here again," Fong said on Aug. 20 to Mayor Shon Bird and the Dixon City Council. "It's been a long time; I know this issue started in December last year."

A staff report shows Transportation Engineering firm OKS & Associates study showed Brian's Way "does not meet the criteria to install speed humps per established criteria, and they do not meet the thresholds for traffic calming measures." 

However, according to the staff report, Brian's Way's speed and volume data are close to the thresholds.

"After some time, if the less intensive measures proved not to work, or the speeding and traffic volume increased after further data collection, the installation of speed humps could be reconsidered," the staff report reads. 

After "several meetings and discussions," Fong said he was back with various options and costs. 

"In total, we are talking about a cost of $6,000 for installation of these things that could be done by city staff," Fong said. "It can be done relatively quickly once it is ordered."

Fong used an aerial view of Brian's way, detailing each type of marker by color. Marked in red, Bot Dots are $80 per box, with six boxes needed. Marked in yellow, lane delineators range from $20 to $100, with 15 needed. Marked in green, solar speed feedback signs cost between $2,700 and $5,500 for two. 

 "They are both going to be placed on the west side of the street because that is where street lights are located, but the way the curves are located, going in both directions," Fong said. "You will be able to see so that way we can save costs in terms of not having to buy new poles; we will just put on existing street lights."

Councilmember Jim Ernest suggested eliminating the one in the south and spreading out further in each direction.

"That way, we get a little more coverage over by the park, and at the same time, we are getting a little more coverage going into the turn without the additional cost of the more southern one," Ernest said.

Fong said he could change locations, but he did need to settle on a consensus of funding that even, which is what Vice Mayor Kevin Johnson, who originally raised the Brians Way traffic concern, wanted to do too. 

Councilmember Don Hendershot said he believed, "At the last meeting we had, I asked to finish this tonight." Hendershot proposed accomplishing all of that evening. 

"We have some costs, and we have some ideas; I think we can put this to bed today," Hendershot said. "School started, and I would like to see it as soon as possible."

Like it or not, Fond would have to return one last time to make a budget adjustment for the three types of speed markers, making Mayor Steve Bird encourage an immediate decision. 

"I think we should hear from the public, too," Mayor Bird said, adding that delineators have not stood new and straight for as long as he has seen in Solano. "They are already starting to get knocked down, but I don't know if that is the case here because of the lower speed. 

Council members quickly discussed passing the resolution to budget the markers but wanted them moved. The council decided to move the Bot Dots next to solar-paneled signs, which Hendershot suggested.

"So you have a noise and visual together," Hendershot said of the idea, which was approved immediately by the council. 

As noted by Hendershot, with school starting, he wants to see markers up as soon as possible, so Brians Way residents should see improvements soon.