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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - TSP - 2007.02.081 2 3 4 5 6 TRAFFIG, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA Februaru 8,2007 CALL TO ORDER - 7:00 p.m. - Council Chambers PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL ACKNOWLEDGMENT APPROVAL OF MINUTES - January 11,2007 CONSENT Those items included under Consent are items not expected to require discussion before action. All items will be enacted in one motion. lf discussion is desired by any Commissioner on any item, the item should be identified and removed from the Consent agenda for separate action. 8. NEW BUSINESS 1361 N. Carolan Avenue/City Corp Yard - Designation of three, 2-hr parking spaces 7 PUBLIC COMMENTS Persons in the audience may speak on any item on the agenda or any other matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission. The Ralih M. Brown Act (the State-Local Agency Open Meeting Law) prohibits the Commission from acting on any matter that is not on the agenda. Speakers are requested to fill out a "Request To Speak" cird located on the table by the door and hand it to staff. The Commission Chairperson may limit speakers to three minutes each. 8.1 I 10. 11 CURRENT BUSINESS 9.1. Traffic and Parking lssues 9.2. Staff Reports 9.2.1 Traffic Engineer's Report 9.2.2 Traffic Sergeant's Report ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT ACTION OLD BUSINESS12. I Traffic, Safety & Parking Commission - Agenda February 8, 2007 Page 2 13. 14. COMMISSION & COMMITTEE REPORTS 14.'l Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee 14.2 Broadway/Paloma - Traffic safety measures 14.3 Bi-annual Commission Report to Council 14.4 Quad Map 15. ADJOURNMENT COMMUNICATIONS Report by Staff or Commissioners of citizen concerns or complaints regarding traffic, safety and parking issues that are within the Commission's jurisdiction. 13.1 Letter from Pat Giorni regarding stop signs at Hillside Drive and Balboa Avenue. 13.2 Communication from Dr. Sonny DeMarto, Burlingame School District, on crosswalks at Trousdale Drive and Ogden Avenue. The City of Burlingame California 94010-3997 www.burlinqame.org TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION Meeting Minutes - Unapproved Thursday, January 11, 2007 Comm issioners Present:Victor James, Chair Dan Conway, Vice Chair Michael Bohnert J. Mark Noworolski Stephen Warden Commissioners Absent:None Staff Present: Visitors: Augustine Chou, Traffic Engineer, Public Works Traffic Sergeant Dean Williams, Police Department Joanne Louie, Administrative Secretary, Public Works Rudy Horak, 1332 Edgehill Farris Horak, 1332 Edgehill Pat Giorni, 1445 Balboa Craig Horak, 1332 Edgehill 1 1. CALL TO ORDER. 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 3. ROLL CALL. 5 of 5 Commissioners Present Chair James took a moment to welcome and introduce Commissioner Noworolski the Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission. Chair James expressed his gratitude for the Commission nominating him as the Chair for this year. Chair James also acknowledged Augustine Chou, Joanne Louie, the Police Department and Mr. Horak for their contributions. 4. CURRENT BUSINESS- 4.1. ACTION ITEMS 4.1 .1 Approval of Minutes for October 12, 2006, November 9, 2006 and September 21 , 2006 Motion: To accept the October 12, 2006 minutes as submitted. M/S/C: Warden, Conway; 3/0/2 (James and Noworolski abstained) Motion: To accept the November 9, 2006 minutes as submitted. M/S/C: Warden, Conwayi 41011 (Noworolski abstained) Motion: To accept the September 21, 2006 minutes as submitted. M/S/C: Warden, Conway; 4lol1 (Noworolski abstained) 5. CONSENT Mr. Chou explained that this was new to the agenda format. He said that items which needed no discussion but merely full consent from the Commission could be moved to this part of the agenda for action provided it was agreed upon by all Commissioners. No items from this agenda were moved to Consent 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS Rudy Horak expressed the need for two pedestrian high-visibility posts for the Broadway/Chula Vista intersection. These posts needed to be at the bulb-outs on both sides of the street. He also mentioned that he recently saw a news article regarding Belmont's use of a plainclothes police officer that posed as a pedestrian for enforcement issues. He added that citations were given out. Mr. Horak said that during this test period, Belmont issued 80 citations, each ranging from 9180 to 9250. Farris Horak provided a copy of the Belmont news article for the Commission and stated that this "sting" operation had also been used in Millbrae. She felt that this news article was well worth reading. Pat Giorni congratulated Chair James in his new role. She agreed that the previously mentioned "sting" operation was a good idea. Ms. Giorni also wanted to publicly thank the individuals that wrote letters of support for the TDA grant applications. She suggested that the B/PAC Committee try to utilize the press to attract the public for involvemeni. 2 Ms. Giorni also commented on the Easton Tree issue. She said it is her recollection that the Traffic Study was requested, but never occurred. She suggested that the study be taken up as New Business. Finally, Ms. Giorni suggested that the Commission also offer a second public comment period to the agenda as City Council has recently done. 7. NEW BUSINESS 7 .1 . 1821 North Carolan Avenue - Designation of 2-hr parking spaces Mr. Chou advised the Commission that this was a request from the Public Works Corporation Yard to change the on-street parking time limits of certain spaces in front of the facility. He also noted that the address noted might be incorrect and needed to be verified. 8. CURRENT BUSINESS 8.1. Bicycle Safety lssues 8.'l.l.Transportation Development Activities (TDA) project applications and letters of support Mr. Chou reported that three grant applications are being submitted for the January 12, 2007 TDA deadline. The grant applications were for three projects developed by the Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee (B/PAC) and staff. Mr. Chou recommended that the Commission provide a formal letter of support for these projects. Motion: To move to action M/S/C: Conway, Bohnerti 5/0/0 8.1.2.Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee (B/PAC) vacancy. Mr. Chou reported that there was a vacancy for the B/PAC. Chair James asked if Commissioner Noworolski would be interested in filling the vacancy based on his bicycling interests. Commissioner Noworolski agreed to fill the position left by former Commissioner Gene Condon. 8.2. Ftatlic and Parking lssues 8.2.1 . Broadway/Paloma - Traffic safety measures irr. Chou reported that one of the projects submitted for TDA grants was LED lighted crosswalks for the Broadway/Paloma intersection. Mr. Chou said he would also verify with the Maintenance Division on the availability of high-visibility pedestrian warning signs. He said that an installation timeframe was for within the next week or so. Mr. Chou also recommended that the sub-committee meet once more with the stakeholders for full agreement on the various installations in order to clarify the work and ensure that lhere would be no conflicts with future installations. Commissioner Bohnert agreed that meeting once more was a good idea and expressed the need for the sub-committee to continue to move forward by coming up with some formality with consistent follow-up. 3 Mr. Chou stated that the merchants may not have known the proper channels to voice their concerns. He added that there were lessons learned as new roles were being assumed. Chair James reiterated that there was no intent to undermine the sub-committee; and, that he was invited to meetwith the merchants because he was the new Chair. Commissioner Bohnert asked Mr. Chou whether a Commissioner could expedite installations for work. Mr, Chou said that staff was responsible for carrying out installations. lt was the responsibility of the sub-committee to filter and form ideas to bring to the entire commission. He said that any delay of installation would be due to staff resources and not the sub-committee, or the Commission. Commissioner Noworolski asked for clarification of the process in terms of inquiries to the Commission. He asked if items go from sub-committee to commission, and then onto City Council. Mr. Chou explained that smaller issues could be handled fairly quickly, but costlier work had to go through staff and Council because they would impact the City's budget. 8.3. Staff Reports 8.3.1 .Traffic Engineefs Report None. 8.3.2.Traffic Sergeant's Reports None 9, ACTION Mr. Chou explained the Action area on this new agenda format. This area is for all items that are moved to "Action". As opposed to the Consent area, these items include discussion. Having all the Action items in one section should make the process more expedient. 9.'l Transportation Development Activities (TDA) project applications and tetters of support Motion: The Commission supports the projects submitted for the TDA grants and will provide a formal letter as such. M/S/C; Conway, Warden; 5/S/0 10. OLD BUSINESS None. 4 Commissioner Warden inquired about a meeting between Chair James and some of the Broadway/Paloma merchants. Chair James said that this meetrng was the result of a request by the merchants to meet him. Commissioner Warden expressed his concern over the meeting without the sub- committee. Commissioner Conway stated that there were two issues: 1) it was the right of the Chair to meet with whomever and whenever it was necessary, 2) good form and lesson learned from this experience. 1 1 .1 Eucalyptus Tree at 1 800 Easton Drive - Council Meetlng Mr. Chou informed the Commission about a Council meeting Tuesday, January 16, at 7PM to discuss the Easton Drive eucalyptus tree issue. He suggested that a TSPC commissioner should attend to provide representation for the commission if questions arose. Commissioner Warden stated that he would be attending that meeting Commissioner Bohnert asked for clarification and updating on TSPC involvement over this matter. Commissloner Warden explained that he, staff, and former Commissioner Cohen had inspected the area, surveyed the tree locations, and brainstormed over various options. A Traffic Study was discussed, but was put on hold since it was decided that the Beautification Committee still needed to consider a reforestation plan. Mr. Chou added that there was an informal discussion with Randy Schwartz, Director of Parks & Recreation, regarding traffic volume counts and the need to wait for a reforestation program. Pat Giorni asked, and received permission to speak. She stated that at the recent City Council meeting, the Council decided to cut down the tree but Councilman Cohen asied Council to perform a Traffic Study. She said that despite this, it was still voted upon to cut down the tree. 1 1.2 Minor/Miscellaneous Commission Comments Commissioner Warden said that he agreed with the idea of a second public comment period at the end of the agenda. Commissioner Warden reported that the lawnmower shop on California Drive had closed, and that the 700 block is doing well with signage. Commissioner Warden also commented on the signage on westbound Oak Grove and Carolan, just north of Burlingame High School. He thought there was no sign indicating that on-coming traffic did not stop over the railroad tracks. Mr. Chou explained that there was a sign on the northwest corner of the intersection. Commissioner Bohnert thanked Chair James for proposing his ideas for the upcoming year, and expressed his appreciation for the enthusiasm. 12. ADJOURNMENT: 8:23 p.m. 5 1 1, COMMUNICATIONS Meeting Date: Februarv 8, 2007STAFF REPORT AGENDA ITEM 8.1 Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission January 31,2007 Augustine Chou, Traffic Engineer 1361 N. Carolan Avenue - 2-Hour Parking Zone SUBMITTED BY TO: DATE: FROM: SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the installation of three (3) 2-hour parking spaces at 1361 N. Carolan Avenue (Burlingame Public Works Corporation yard). BACKGROUND: Prior to December 2006, the Burlingame Public Works corporation yard used on- street parking to accommodate both employee and guest parking to the facility. The City owned an adjacent building to the corporation yard site, and held off plans to demolish the building in order to convert the land to employee parking when the new corporation yard facility was originally built four years ago. ln October of last year, the City finally exercised its option to demolish the building and convert it to much-needed employee parking. Parking for corporation yard and fire station visitors is still necessary. The new parking lot allows for employee parking only. The lot is fenced off for security purposes because City construction vehicles are also parked there. As a result, there is no public access. As a possible way to address the lack of visitor parking, the Public Works Corporation Yard staff is requesting the designation of three on-street parking spaces in front of 1361 N. Carolan as 2-hour parking for visitors and other short{erm parkers. DISCUSSION: The on-street parking both in front of the corporation yard, as well as the rest of North Carolan Avenue currently has unlimited time parking. Additionally, the spaces along the corp yard frontage are individually marked. Since the installation of the corporation yard parking lot, a majoriiy of the on-street parking is now being taken up by the businesses on the street. Because there is-no parking time limit on the street, the auto repair businesses have begun to use the newly available on- street spaces as their employee parking and daytime storage area. Based upon field investigations, staff determined that there are no short{erm parking spaces available on North Carolan Avenue. The designation of a few short-term, on-street parking spaces would be a benefit to the corporation yard and to the auto businesses in the immediate vicinity. Specifically, a 2- hour parking limit for 3 spaces would allow visitors and vendors wishing to conduct short-term business a place to park on N. Carolan Avenue. lf this approach proves useful, staff could further investigate the possibility of designating one or two other on-street spaces farther down the street to serve as additional short-term pirking-for vendors. This, however, should only be considered after discussions with the businesses nearest the areas to be considered in the future. Page 1 of 1 s:\A Public works Direclory\TsP commission\staff R6portsuooT\02-08-07 corp yard 2-hr parking.doc LITJ.IJ LIIJ Proposed 2- Hour Parking N. Garolan Avenue Corp Yard / Fueling Station The Gity of Burlingame Public Works Department 1361 N. Garolan Avenue 2 - Hour Parking Scale: NTS Date:2t2t07 Drawn byl Jon Roldan Public Works Gorp Yard FaciliQr 1361 N. Carolan Ave.Public Works Corp Yard Parking Lot PVII/ANG -G h o u, Au g usti ne From: Sent: To: Subject: pat giorni Ihogorni@yahoo.com] Monday, January 22,2007 6:08 PM PW/ENG-Chou, Augustine ..Hillside and Balboa Dear Augustj-ne, Since a traffic study was done about a year agoi and since the findings will have grown worse rather than better,' and since there was a 2-car accident atthat intersection about 6 months ago due to inadequateline of sighti and since it has become atl butlmpossible to cross Hillside on foot, bicycle, or in avehlcle without taking one's life in one's hands, f amformally requesting that the Traffic Safety andPedestrian Commission schedul-e a public hearing on j_ts Agenda at the closest possible date.ft is time to consider 4-way stop signage at thatcorner as it has become nothing l-ess than a speedwayas motori-sts careen downhi-]I to make the El Caminostoplight, or enter at hlgh speed from the El_ Camino.This j-s a major connecting arterial between 280 and ECR, and I am sorry to say that most motorists treatit other than the residential street that it is.A1so, it is past ti-me to schedul-e the promised ADAcurb-cuts that force at least one wheelchair residentto rol-l- herself uphilI on Adaline to Cortez, a rolJ-y-poJ-1y street, to get to Our Lady of Angels acouple of times a week, rather than being able to access the FLAT route of Balboa to Hillside and Cortez. Please let me know at the earliest possibl-e date when this wil-l- come up on the agenda so that I can l_et my nei-ghbors know when to attend the meeting. Thank you for your consideration. S incere 1y, Patricia Giorni 1445 Balboa Ave. Burlingame 3 41 -8 418 Looking f or earth-friendly autos? Browse Top cars by "Green Rating" at yahoo! Autos'Green center.http: / / aufos. yahoo. com/green center/ Ik,n l3.t 1 a----- sr.!r A I tt I Ii \ \ \\ { ) \ WARDEN STEVE t; ,d F ts $ "*- l/.rt /4.4 MIKE BOHNERT MARK NOWOROLSKI DAN CONWAY -_+