Salinas Council Agenda Includes $1 Million Purchase of Speed Cushions

The Salinas City Council is scheduled to consider authorizing up to $1 million for speed cushions as part of the city’s traffic-calming program on Tuesday, August 4, 2026.

Agenda item 26-368, listed on the council’s consent agenda, recommends a resolution allowing the Purchasing Agent to directly purchase the devices from Traffic Logix. The proposed authorization is capped at $1 million for traffic-calming projects under Capital Improvement Program 9163.

What the council is being asked to approve

The item concerns a proposed purchase, not a completed transaction or a confirmed installation plan. The agenda identifies Traffic Logix as the vendor and sets a not-to-exceed amount of $1,000,000.

That ceiling does not establish that the city will spend the full amount. The council could approve the recommendation, request a different action or reject it. The agenda states that council action may differ from the proposed action.

Part of Salinas’ traffic-calming program

City materials describe the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program as a way to address and resolve traffic concerns on Salinas neighborhood streets, including the negative effects of speeding and traffic volumes.

The city identifies Measure X as the funding source for the Traffic Calming Program. The adopted fiscal year 2025-26 capital improvement budget also lists Traffic Calming 9163 among Measure X-funded capital investments.

The current agenda does not say which neighborhoods or streets would be considered under the proposed purchase.

Details residents cannot yet determine

The agenda does not specify:

• How many speed cushions the city could purchase;
• The unit price for each device;
• Which streets or neighborhoods could receive them;
• When the devices would be delivered; or
• When installation work could begin.

Those omissions mean the $1 million proposal cannot be used to calculate a neighborhood-by-neighborhood rollout or an installation schedule. Any such details would require additional city action or project information.

How neighborhood requests work

According to the city’s traffic-calming program information, residents seeking consideration for traffic calming in a neighborhood begin with a petition. The petition must include at least 10 signatures from separate households in the neighborhood.

The city lists Assistant Engineer Gerardo Rodriguez as the program contact through its Public Works traffic and transportation engineering division. The published phone number is (831) 758-7992.

Next step

The council is scheduled to consider item 26-368 on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at Salinas City Hall. Until the council acts and the city provides project-level information, the proposal establishes a potential purchasing authorization—not confirmed speed-cushion locations, quantities or construction dates.

Sources

• City Council Meeting Agenda — August 4, 2026
• Traffic Calming (Neighborhood Traffic Management Program)