Traffic Safety Advisory Board

The City of Gladstone is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the city’s streets, roads and transportation safety programs.

The Traffic Safety Advisory Board consists of seven (7) members appointed to a four-year term by the City Council. Individuals may not be appointed to more than two boards, commissions or committees at one time. If an individual is serving on more than one board, commission or committee they may not serve as the chair of both. The Board shall be responsible for, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Surveying transportation safety needs of city residents and recommending the roles the city should or ought to pursue in meeting such needs;
• Serving in an advisory capacity to the City Council, through their regular master planning and capital improvement plan process, on the location, service areas, siting, standards, class, number and needs for existing and future safety standards within the community;
• Identifying desirable future safety plans and standards;
• Ensuring the development of a transportation system plan;
• Exploring the feasibility of meeting traffic safety needs through consolidating programs of local public and private entities;
• Recommending current or potential traffic safety issue locations and financing methods to the City Council;
• Participating in planning and development processes for traffic safety programs or facilities which provide services benefiting Gladstone citizens;
• Establishing and evaluating maintenance standards of city parks and advising Council of the status; and
• Such other activities as the Council may assign.

The Traffic Safety Advisory Board meets bi-monthly (on the even months) on the 4th Monday at 6:00 PM