HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - TSP - 1999.08.12TRAFFIC SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION MINUTES August 12, 1999
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:T. ATJRAN
L. DeANGELIS
I. EVANS
M. HARBER
D. MAYER
A. SIMONETTI
STAFF PRESENT:PHILIP HO, TRAFFIC ENGINEER
POLICE SERGEANT PETER TOKARSKI
POLICE SERGEANT BOB RANSOM
DORIS MORTENSEN, ADMINISTRATWE SECRETARY
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: J. McIVER
VISITORS:NONE
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TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION
TRAFFIC SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION MINUTES August 12, 1999
1. CALL TO ORDER. 7:00 p.m. by Chairwoman Harber.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. l,ed by Chairwoman Harber.
ROLL CALL.6 of 7 Commissioners present. Sgt. Tokarski iffroduced the new
Traffic Sergeant, Bob Ransom.
4. CT]RRENT BUSINESS.
4.1 ACTION ITEMS.
4.1.1 Minutes of June 10, 1999, were submitted and approved.
5. INACTIVE ITEMS. None.
6. NEWBUSINESS,
6.1 Request to Move Yellow Loading Zollre at 301 California Drive
Mr. Ho handed out more pictures of this site showing double parked trucks which
deliver to the two restaurants fronting this block, namely Burlingame Station
(Steelhead Brewing Company) and Left at Albuquerque. He had been advised that
trucks parked in the yellow zone also encroach into the adjacent red zone. This is
often the case when the length of the truck exceeds the length of the yellow loading
zone which is 24 feet long, or when two trucks are parked one behind the other.
Trucks parked in the yellow zone usually reduce the width of the travel lane to less
than 10 feet, making it unsafe for vehicles to pass without crossing into the adjacent
travel lane.
Mr. Ho recommended moving the yellow loading zone northerly and extending it to
45 feet and removing one 2-hour metered curb space. It was moved and seconded
(Comms. EvansiMayer) to make this an Action Item immediately; it was then moved
and seconded (Comms. Evans/ Mayer) to extend the existing yellow zone northerly
to 61 feet and remove two 2-hour metered curb spaces. Unanimously approved by the
Commission.
Request to Change Parking Meter Time from 24 Minutes to 2 Hours at 311 California
Drive
Mr. Ho advised that the manager of Shear Magic requested that the existing green
zone at this site be changed to a 2-hour metered space, especially since the remaining
parking spaces on this block have 2-hour meters. There appears to be no need for a
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green zone at this site. It was moved and seconded (Comms. Simonetti/Evans) to
make this an Action Item immediately; it was then moved and seconded (Cornms.
Evans/ Mayer) to recommend to Council to change the existing green zone to a 2-hour
metered parking space. Unanimously approved by the Commission.
7. INFORMATION ITEMS.
7.1 Comm. Simonetti requested that future requests to this Commission be written and
include who is making the request and why.
7.2 Comm. Auran stated that tlrc rwo mid-block brick pedestrian crosswalks on the 1400
block of Burlingame Avenue are difficult to identi$ for some drivers because they are
not marked with white paint. Comm. Simonetti disagreed and stated that vehicles
generally drive slowly on Burlingame Avenue so motorists do not have difficulties
seeing the brick crosswalks. Comm. Simonetti does not believe that the crosswalks
need to be marked with white paht.
t.3 Comm. Simonetti stated that the Eucalyptus trees on Easton Drive continue to
encroach into the street farther and appear to be taking over the driving lanes space.
8. FROMTHEFLOOR. None.
9. ADIOIIRNMENT. 7:30 p.m.
TRAI'FIC SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION MINUTES August 12, 1999
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