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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - TSP - 1999.02.11TRAFFIC SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION MII{UTES February ll, 1999 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:T. AI]RAN L. DeANGELIS M, HARBER D. MAYER A. SIMONETTI STAFF PRESENT:PHILIP HO, TRAFFIC ENGINEER FRANK ERBACIIER, CITY ENGINEER POLICE SERGEANT PETE TOKARSKI DORIS MORTENSEN, ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY \- COMMISSIONERS ABSENT:J. EVANS J. McIVER VISITORS:STEVE KARP, 1745 ADRIAN RD., BI,JRLINGAME JOE KARP, 1207 BTJRLINGAME AVE., BI,'RLINGAME DAVID CURTIS, 1745 ADRIAN RD., BIJRLINGAME RON NOYES, 1541 ADRIAN RD., BI,JRLINGAME DANIEL CAIJLFIELD, 1541 ADRIAN RD., BIJRLINGAME JIM PARKER, 45 ADRIAN COURT, BI'RLINGAME DICK LAVENSTEIN, RE: ADRIAN COI]RT, BI,]RLINGAME AL LOVOTTI, JR., 1588 GILBRETH RD., BURLINGAME R.H. BROWN, 1722 GILBRETH RD., BTJRLINGAME J. MILLET, 730 CROSSWAY ROAD, BI,]RLINGAME 1 TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION TRAFFIC SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION MII\IUTES February l1.,1999 CALL TO ORDER. 7:00 p.m. by Chairwoman Harber. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAC. If,d by Chairwoman Harber. ROLL CALL. 5 of 7 Commissioners present. CURRENT BUSINESS. 4.I ACTION ITEMS. 4.1.1 Minutes of lanuary 14, 1999, were submitted and approved. 4.2 DISCUSSION ITEMS. 4.2.1 Request for Parking Restrictions on Adrian Court Mr. Erbacher suggested the time limitation b€ hstalled before any height limitation since doing so might solve the problem. Also, gross weight limitation might be more feasible than height limitation. It was moved and seconded to make this an Action item immediately. It was then moved and seconded (Comms. Auran/Simonetti) to recommend to City Council to install 4-hour parking on Adrian Court. Unanimously approved by the Commission. -2- 1. 2. J. 4. From the floor, Mr. lavenstein requested that the Commission reconsider their action last month and recommended a 4-hour parking limit instead of a two- hour limit. He also asked for a 6-foot height limitation to keep trucks from parking overnight and up until 12 Noon. Mr. S. Karp asked that the same restriction apply for Adrian Road as Addan Court and that the whole neighborhood should be considered as one. Comm. Auran suggested a recommendation to Council to survey for a Parking Master Plan due to BART. Mr. Erbacher advised that staff will do a parking baseline near BART in the fall or late spring and hopes that Hertz will be at SFO by then which will eliminate a lot of the parking problems in this area. Comm. Auran stated that the City of Millbrae is planning to build a town center just north of Millbrae Avenue, east of El Camino Real, as well as a new hotel structure which will replace King's Bowl on the west side of El Camino Real. This will impact Adrian Road parking space availability. 4.2.2 Request for Parking Restrictions on Adrian Road From the floor, David Curtis stated he prefers 4-hour parking time limits to 2-hour limits and suggested permit parking which would generate money for the City. Ron Noyes stated he favors no restrictions. Daniel Caulfield also favors no restrictions. Mr. Erbacher advised that permitting is a Council issue. Any permitting requires tracking and enforcement. Comm. DeAngelis suggested permit parking for tenants and time limits for non-permittees. Comm. Auran stated that Council will be doing a parking study of the downtown area and that the Commission might ask Council to do a study of this area also. It was moved and seconded (Comms. Auran/Simonetti) to move this to an Action Item immediately. Unanimously approved by the Commission. It was then moved and seconded (Comms. Auran/Simonetti) to recommend to City Council to install 4-hour parking on the 1600 and 1700 blocks of Adrian Road. Unanimously approved by the Commission. Further, it was moved and seconded (Comms. Auran/Mayer) that the Commission request that the City Council add to the downtown parking study, Burlingame Plaza and the east and west industrial areas of the City due to (l) SFO customers using the City's on-street parking, (2) SFO employees (specifically Hertz) using the City's on- street parking, (3) businesses located outside of the City storing their trucl$ on our streets, and (4) the impact of the pending City of Millbrae town center and hotel structure developments. Unanimously approved by the Commission. 4.2.3 Parking Restrictions on Gilbreth Road 5. INACTryE ITEMS. Staff Recommendation to Increase Lock Box Fee to $1 Effective July l, 1998 for Parking Lots Adjacent to Railroad There was no new business for this item. It was moved and seconded (Comms. Simonetti/I\4ayer) to remove this item from the Agenda. Unanimously approved by the Commission. 5.1 -5- TRAFFIC SAI'ETY AND PARKING COMMISSION MINUTES February LL, L999 Mr. S. Karp thanked the Commission for "No Ovemight Parking" signs on west side of Gilbreth Road and is now requesting the same signs on the east side. It was moved and seconded to make this an Action item immediately. It was then moved and seconded (Comms. Auran/Mayer) to recornmend to City Council to install 4-hour parking limitation and no overnight parking signage on both sides of Gilbreth Road. Unanimously approved by the Commission. Comm. Mayer cornmented that a possible solution for getting cars off the street in this area would be the construction of a City parking garage. TRAFFIC SAIETY AND PARKING COMMISSION MINUTES February lL, L999 5.2 Request for Traffic Control for Pedestrian Crosswalk at 841 Califoraia Drive There was no new business for this item. It was moved and seconded (Comms. Simonetti./Mayer) to remove this item from the Agenda. Unanimously approved by the Commission. 6, NEWBUSINESS. 6.1 Request for 4-Way Stop Signs at Hillside Drive and Cortez Avenue Mr. Ho advised that there have not been the required number of accidents at this intersection to warrant Stop signs, and the recent accident suffered by the petitioner's spouse was not caused by the lack ofa Stop sign. After some discussion, it was moved and seconded (Comms. Auran/Mayer) to make this an Action Item immediately. It was then moved and seconded (Comms. Auran/Mayer) to deny this request. Unanimously approved by the Commission. Comm. Auran asked that the letter to the petitioner state that this request was denied for the reasons stated by Mr. Ho. 7. INFORMATION ITEMS. 7 .l Existing parking occupancy in the vicinity of the future Millbrae BART Station Mr. Erbacher advised that in the next fiscal year's budget, the City will propose to do a parking count on two weeks for either one or two days each as a baseline from Marriott frontage to Avis and count commercial parking lots and the Plaza and on- street parking. FROMTHEFLOOR. None. ADIOIIRNMENT. 8:45 p.m. 8 9 -4-