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Home My WebLink AboutMin - TSP - 1988.01.14TRAFFI C, CALL TO ORDER - 7:30 Approval Approved SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION MINUTES JANUARY 14, 1988 p. m. by Chalrman Auran. TO THE FLAG.- Keith Dellaway,PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Traffic Engr. ROLL CALL. CURRENT BUSINESS . El,ection of new officers for the Commission. Comn. Koenigs wasnominated for Chairmani unanimousty approved by Comm. Comm. Doug Holt was nominated and elected as Vice Chairmani Comm. Tom McDonnell was nominated and elected as Secretary. The meeting was then turned over to the new Chairman Koenigs byformer Chairman Auran. 1 Action 4.L.L Items.4 of as Minutes for December 10, 1987. submitted. 4.L.2 Two-Hour Parking on Balrview Place ( formerly VictoriaStation. ) 4.1.3 Request for Ye1low zone - L6O6/1-6LO Rollins RoadLimit for 30 Minutes during Business Hour 8:0O a. 6:0O p. m. (Jos. DiMaio, Owner. ) m Time 1. 2. 3. 4. Comm. Hollman motioned that this request be deniedwithout prejudice; seconded by Comm. Evans. Un- animousLy approved by the Commission. Reason fordenial was the results of several weeks of obser-vation of this location and it was determined thatthere was not a need for two-hour parking here. Commissioir requested that a representative of this company attend the meeting so he could make a pre-sentation before Commission. There was no onepresent for this. Commission requested staff send aletter to this firm inforning them of the Commission,sdenial of this request and that is was made $rithoutprejudice should they wish this requestto be reconsidered in the future. Commissioner OrDonnelI visited this location again andstated that he had not seen a truck parked here and wasnot in favor of a yel1ow Zone. He made the motion todeny this request; seconded by Comm. Auran; unanimouslyapproved by Cotnmission. Commission requested letter besent to owner j.nforming him of the Commissionrsdecision and after weeks of observation, it was decidedthat the need for a yel,low Zone r"ras insufficient. 4 Traffic probLems - Burlingame Avenue at IntersectionsAnita Road and Arundel Road - SamTrans Bus Routes. Discussi-on Items. None ITEMS. 2 and Burl ingame/Broadway Area ( de-meeting. ) 4 .1_ 4.2 INACTIVE 5.L.1 5.1 Mr. Bil]. Friedman of SamTrans attended meeting and gavepresentation to Commission regarding their buiestraveling in this area and trow it wis possibte toreroute them if necessary. He invited suggestions onhow to alleviate the problems involved. Ee stated thatSamTrans had been looking at the Burlingane Avenue arearecently. He reviewed the present bus r6utes to theComml-ssion and is wil1ing to explore changes of variousroutes . Commission would like a survey made by SamTrans todetermine just how many people are utilizing certainbus routes for transportation each day. Commissionwould like the results of this survey for the Februarymeeting sj.nce this will be on the agenda under ActionItems. Tom Sine expressed his concern regarding seniorcitizer's who depend entirely on pibtic ira.r=_portation, especially to get to ttre RecreationCenter to the various daily activities. Request for Stop SignsBayswater/Lorton Avenuemeeting. ) Intersection Bayswater/HighIand(deferred until March 10, 19gg 6. NEW BUSINESS. None INFORMATION ITEMS. 2 Motorcycle parking ferred until March None None Spaces -10, 1988 7 8 FROM THE FLOOR. 5. TSP MINUTES Cont I d.z After some discussion by the Commj.ssion it was moved and seconded (Comm. Hott/Evans) that the Traffic Engineerrs proposal be adopted. The Commissj.on ap-proved unanj-mous Iy. Cor- Traffic Problems - Burlingame Avenue sections Anita Road and Arundel Boad Signs/SamTrans Buses on Streets. at Inter- - No Stop Traffic Engineer prepared a report for the Com- mission entitled "Intersections of Burlingame Ave- nue/Anita, Arundel and Myrtle Road. " This reportprovides data that has been collected on volume counts, traffic accidents, vehicle speeds and busoperations. The data shows that the warrants for Stop signs on Burlingame Avenue are not met at anyof the referenced intersections. This report con-sisted of five Exhibits; the Traffic Engineer pre- sented each of these to the Commission. It was moved and seconded (Comm. McDonnell/Evans )that Traffic Engineerrs proposal be accepted. Com-mission decided to place this item in the Inactive Items untj.I November white the Traffic Engineer i^rilI do another traffic count in the interim and bringthe information back to the Commission. 4.2 Discussion Itens. 4.2.La Request for Three 2s-Minute Parking Meters ners of Primrose and Chapin. Mr. Walter Kentzler, 401 Primrose Road, attended themeeting. The Commission had received previously his correspondence stating his requests and also sig- natures of his neighboring retailers. The Com-mission requested the Traffic Engineer to look atthis area and make a report to determine if there is abuse regarding the parking meters. He will bringthis report to the October meeting. This item $riII be on the Agenda under Action Items for October. 4.2.Lb Request Loading Zone Located in Front of Cornish & Carey Realty on Primrose, be Removed and Two (2) One-Hour Meters be Installed. Traffic Engineer to look at this and wi.l] bring backreport to Commission at the October meeting. Will be on October Agenda under Action Items. Recreation Center Parking Lot - Open for Public Parking. 4.2.2 4.1.3 4.L.4 L TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION MINUTES SEPTEMBER LO, L987 CALL TO ORDER - 7:3O p. m. by Vice Chairman Hollman Chairman Auran vras absent due to recent surgery. Thewished him a fast recovery. Comm. Auran $rilI be backOctober meeting. Commi s sionfor the 2 2 4 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO ROLL CALL. See attached CURRENT BUSINESS. 4 . L Acti.on Items . THE FLAG. sheet . Request for Short-TermBurlingame parking. Comm. Jim Evans. Parking Meters Downtor^rn 4.t.7 Approval of Minutes for August 13, l9A7 meeting.Approved by the Commission as submitted. Sisters of Mercy School Student parking - 2509Adeline Drive, Two Houses East of eoppy Orive(petition att . ) Eight home owners from the Adeline Drive area werepresent for the meeting. Each introduced. tfremstevesand stated their resident ad.dresses to the Commis-sion. After much di-scussion from the visitors, eachstating that there did not appear to be a problemwith the student parking.and they were much opposedto an hourly limit on the parking in this area.Terry Fibich acted as spokesmah for the residents.He stated that any time limit measure on the parkingin this area would be a hi.ndrance to the residents - since many of them have domestic help reporting for$/ork each day and have to park on the street forseveral hours. A1so, that may of the residents hravemore than one car and must park on the street. It was moved and seconded (Comm. Koenigs/McDonnet t )that the proposal for two-hour parking be deniedwithout prejudice to Ms. Johnston of 2509 AdelineDrive and that she has the option to pursue thiswith the City Council. 4.L.2 4.1.3 The Traffic Engineer did a survey of Lorton Ave-nue/Park Road south of Howard. Hj.s recommendationto the Commission was that six ( 6 ) of these metersbe changed over to t$ro-hour meters. I 3 At the close of the meeting sincere thanks were extended by theCommission to Comm. Hollmai for his service and dedication to thecommission and the city of Burlingame during his tenure. 9. ADJOURNMENT: 8:15 p. m. ! . ; \l'q- TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION MINUTES JANUARY ].4, 1988 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: ALL PRESENT STAFF PRESENT: ALL PRESENT VISITORS: BILL FRIEDMAN, SAMTRANS, TOM SINE, 344 BAYSWATER, 945 CALIF. DRIVE, BURLINGAME BURLINGAME