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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - TSP - 2017.10.121 TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION Approved Minutes Regular Meeting of Thursday, October 12, 2017 1. CALL TO ORDER 7:01 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 3. ROLL CALL MEMBER PRESENT: Akers, Bush, Londer, Martos, Wettan MEMBERS ABSENT: 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion: To accept the minutes of September 14, 2017 as submitted. M/S/C: Londer/Martos; 4/0/1 (Wettan abstained) 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS – NON-AGENDA None. 6. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS a) Community BPAC Charter Mr. Wong provided a staff report recommending that TSPC review, discuss and support the charter submitted by the Community BPAC. Chair Wettan said BPAC had previously shared a charter which was voted upon with a few adjustments. The BPAC Chair and Vice Chair returned this evening with a revised charter with adjustments to seek approval. Chair Wettan opened the floor for public comment. Lesley Beatty, BPAC Chair, was seeking the Commission to formally recognize the 2 Community BPAC and approve their charter. On behalf of BPAC, Ms. Beatty was also requesting that two members of TSPC participate every month at their meetings. Chair Wettan sought input from the Commissioners. Commissioner Londer thought it was a good that BPAC is going forward. Commissioner Londer did have some concerns with the charter in regards to Section b. Approved Group Organization as follows: i. Spell out TSPC and then use the acronym going forward ii. Change Chair and/or Vice-Chair instead of or iii. Utilize titles and omit specific names. Add to be appointed every year by majority vote. vii. In reference to the one Planning Commissioner remove (if available). Specify voting members of the public. The committee should consist of an odd number of participants and must have a quorum for a meeting. Arvind Raghavan explained if a Planning Commissioner participates then there would be five voting members from the public and if there is not a Planning Commissioner participating then there would be six voting members from the public. Commissioner Akers has seen several different iterations of BPAC and how they function. Commissioner Akers appreciates the willingness of Ms. Beatty and Mr. Raghavan to serve and is supportive any structure that functions. Commissioner Akers asked that staff investigate as to whether or not this charter would be incorporated into the City Charter or if it would be a standalone document. The Commissioners as a group were excited to see the formation of the new Community BPAC and support their structure and organizational focus. They also expressed their appreciation to Lesley Beatty and Arvind Raghavan for continuing to work on this charter. Chair Wettan would like to figure out what could be done this evening and thought it was three components: - Designate two people to keep attending BPAC meetings. - Agree to keep a slot on the agenda every month for BPAC. - How to endorse this charter and recognize Ms. Beatty and Mr. Raghavan for their contributions to the Community BPAC and take another pass at the charter next month. Motion: The TSPC supports the creation of the Community BPAC as described in the draft charter; establishes a standing agenda item to discuss matters related to BPAC; and directs the Chair to designate two TSPC members to serve as liaisons to BPAC. 3 M/S/C: Akers/Martos; 5/0/0 b) Electric Vehicle Charging Station Update Sigalle Michael, Sustainability Coordinator, made a presentation on the proposed EVgo electric vehicle charging stations at Lot Y in the Broadway area. One of the reasons EVgo approached the City for this particular location is due to the density in the Broadway area. The proposed EVgo EV Charging Plaza Project would consist of: - 3 super-fast EV chargers; charges in 20 minutes - Wiring for 3 more in future - Loss of up to 5 parking spots - One hour time limit A major concern is that there would be a loss of 5 parking spaces. Ms. Michael said this proposal was shared with the Broadway Business District and in turn they wrote a letter supporting this project. Ms. Michael said this proposal will be a Study Session item at the City Council meeting on November 6, 2017 and hopefully at the November 20, 2017 meeting for approval. Ms. Michael would like feedback from TSPC on this proposal. Chair Wettan opened the floor for input from the Commissioners. There was discussion amongst the Commissioners with the following comments, concerns and questions: - Clarification of EVgo paying for all the costs, permits, striping and the project would be at no cost to the City. EVgo would pay the City a one-time $20,000 to go forward with the project. EVgo would collect all revenue. The revenue would be the fee to charge the vehicle however no parking fee. The agreement would be in effect for 10 years. - Concern that EVgo maintains the functionality of their stations. What to do to terminate this agreement and at what cost? - Staff needs to look at maneuverability in this lot. - Concern that one of the only lots that has capacity to not have capacity due to loss of spaces. - Perhaps a shorter time limit rather than an hour. - Concern that EVgo has complete freedom in setting prices – profitability versus optimization. - What happens if EVgo no longer exists? - Are there other opportunities with other vendors? RFP? - Perform due diligence understanding the legal documents – what are potential consequences? - Concern for costs for enforcement by the City while EVgo makes revenue. - Get input from Community of which there are private citizens who are in the clean 4 power industry. Deals are sophisticated. Reach out via eNews, etc. - Can the City itself do this project? The Commissioners were generally pleased with the forward thinking idea of electric vehicle charging stations for Broadway. Ms. Michael thanked the TSPC for their comments and input regarding this project in preparation for the City Council Study Session. c) Multi-Way Stop Installation Review Mr. Wong presented a staff report seeking the Commission’s recommendation for the installation of multi-way stops at the six locations: 1) Rollins Road/North Carolan Avenue (All-way) 2) Hillside Drive/Alvarado Avenue (All-way) 3) Trousdale Drive/Marco Polo Way (All-way) 4) Trousdale Drive/Ogden Drive (All-way) 5) Hillside Drive/Cortez Avenue (All-way) 6) Bayswater Avenue/Anita Road (All-way) Chair Wettan recused himself from the Hillside Drive/Cortez Avenue stop sign discussion and vote. Vice Chair Bush sought input from the Commissioners. Commissioners Londer, Akers and Martos were supportive of the stop sign at Hillside Drive/Cortez Avenue. Vice Chair Bush asked that a process be put in place to make people aware of the new stop sign. Commissioner Londer suggested that lighting be brighter at this intersection. Motion: Move to accept the staff recommendation to install a multi-way stop at Hillside Drive/Cortez Avenue. M/S/C: Martos/Londer; 4/0/1 (Wettan abstained) Chair Wettan returned and sought input from the Commissioners on the remaining locations. Commissioner Martos was in favor of the Bayswater Avenue/Anita Road and the Hillside Drive/ Alvarado Avenue. He was somewhat leery of the Trousdale Drive/Marco Polo Way and Trousdale Drive/Ogden Drive locations. Commissioner Akers gave a brief history of the issues and expressed the importance of the need at the Trousdale Drive locations. Vice Chair Bush inquired if the Trousdale Drive location could be controlled with a traffic signal to which Mr. Wong said the precursor to a signal if an all-way stop. 5 Vice Chair Bush, Commissioner Londer and Commissioner Akers were in favor of the multi-way stops at the five locations being discussed. Commissioner Akers did have a visibility concern at the location at Rollins Road/Carolan Avenue due to it being a wide street and only a small stop sign. He expressed the need for pavement markers to indicate stop ahead and encouraged staff to look into this. Motion: Move that this Commission recommends the implementation on a permanent basis to install multi-way stops at the following locations: - Rollins Road/North Carolan Avenue (All-way) - Hillside Drive/Alvarado Avenue (All-way) - Trousdale Drive/Marco Polo Way (All-way) - Trousdale Drive/Ogden Drive (All-way) - Bayswater Avenue/Anita Road (All-way) M/S/C: Akers/Londer; 5/0/0 7. INFORMATION ITEMS Mr. Wong provided updates on various Public Works – Engineering projects and activities: a) Engineering Division Reports • US101/Broadway Interchange Project – Contractor working through punch list items. The contractor will be revert the two left turn lanes on westbound Broadway at Carolan back to one left turn lane in the next two weeks. • Carolan Avenue Complete Streets – The project has started, with the work on the bulb outs. Work progressing even with the overlap with Summerhill’s sewer construction operations. Chair Wettan asked that BPAC have the opportunity to provide feedback to the designer. • South Rollins Utility Improvement Project – Contractor has started work on this project. Work includes sewer and water mainline improvements. For next two weeks, portions of Rollins will be impacted with single lane traffic control during construction activities. • Easton Addition, Ray Park, and Neighborhood Sewer Rehab Project – Ph 2 – Contractor has been working on upgrading the sewer facilities along Benito, Montero, Castillo, and Carlos between Hillside Drive and Easton Drive. During construction hours (8 am to 4 pm), roadways will be closed to through traffic. Project completion anticipated for mid-November. • Larkspur/Linden Traffic Circle – Project has been completed. The landscaping has been restored and the residents are pleased. • Hoover School Update – Through our monitoring we have observed the effectiveness of the new parking restriction in effect, as well as the flashing beacons along Easton. 6 • Roosevelt School Update – Staff has not observed vehicles heading northbound along Vancouver Avenue during the restriction period. Chair Wettan also brought up that Lincoln School had line of vehicles going the wrong way. Perhaps our School liaison can work with the new principal to educate the parents. • City Hall Traffic Calming – Staff along with CCFD have completed a demonstration of circulation through a coned-off layout for the traffic circles. Observations made will be incorporated into the designs. Neighborhood was invited to the demonstration, but were unable to attend. No update from the neighborhood regarding their RPPP efforts. Chair Wettan asked that BPAC be able to review the California Drive design at their November meeting and have this item on the TSPC December agenda. • Bicycle/Pedestrian Plan Update – Staff presented our application to the San Mateo County’s BPAC on September 28th as well as responded to comments. • TSPC Email Communications – None for the month. Per Chair Wettan there was one email from Randy Vandenbrink. Commissioner Akers found that this email only went to the TSPC Commissioners. Commissioner Akers forwarded this email to Mr. Wong. Discussion in Item 7d. • TSPC Priority List (Updated October 2017): TSPC Led Effort 1 Downtown Modal Access 2 School Traffic Issues 10/12/17: Item 7a 3 California Complete Streets 7/13/17: Item 7a 4 B/PAC setup 10/12/17: Item 6a 5 Neighborhood Traffic Calming 6 SR2S Review 7 Broadway Parking 8 Public Shuttles/Transit 9 Grant Strategies 7/13/17: Item 6a 10 ECR Corridor (ECR Task Force) 9/14/17: Item 8e 11 San Mateo's Peninsula Ave OC 7/13/17: Item 7a 12 Parking and traffic considerations w/Planning 13 Bay Trail 14 Intro to Paving Staff Update via Report 1 Caltrans’ ECR/Floribunda 2 Hoover School Update 10/12/17: Item 7a 3 Downtown Parking Strategies 9/14/17: Item 6b 4 City Hall Traffic Calming/Floribunda 10/12/17: Item 7a 5 California Roundabout 6 General Plan – Circulation Element 9/14/17: Item 8d 7 Bike\Ped Plan Update: fwd to BPAC 10/12/17: Item 7a 7 8 Rec Center Parking 9 Carolan Complete Streets Update 10/12/17: Item 7a 10 Grant Opportunities 10/12/17: Item 7a 11 Grade Separation 5/11/17: Item 7a 12 San Mateo's Peninsula Ave OC 4/13/17: Item 7a 13 School Speed Limit Updates 9/14/17: Item 7a 14 Burlingame Point - Bay Trail 15 School Safety Improvements 9/14/17: Item 7a 16 California Complete Streets 5/11/17: Item 7a 17 California Drive parking restrictions Completed 18 Traffic Brochure Completed b) Police Department Reports Sergeant Shepley reviewed the selective enforcement list and collision report for the past month. Chair Wettan asked that School Traffic be a future agenda item utilizing education through the schools for school traffic issues. c) Farmers Market Commissioners Londer and Martos participated at last month’s Farmers Market and have nothing to report. d) TSPC Chair/Commissioner’s Communications Commissioner Londer spoke with a resident who wants a traffic circle at Willborough/Crossway/Farrington. He encouraged the resident to take a look at the Linden/Larkspur traffic circle and to come to a meeting to express their concerns. Chair Wettan reported that the Commissioners received an email from Randy Vandenbrink regarding the stop signs. Mr. Vandenbrink observes that the stop sign at Hillside Drive and Hillside Circle is constantly getting run. This is a concern because of the foot traffic to Hoover School and the speed of vehicles travelling on the downslope of a hill. Chair Wettan is asking again for better visibility measures at this intersection – reflectors, addressing the tree obscuring the stop sign, and/or painted stop sign ahead although there is one further up the hill. 8. COMMISSION & COMMITTEE REPORTS a) Downtown Parking (Martos & Wettan) Commissioner Martos reported that on September 22nd he met with Citifyd (and Chair Wettan was conferenced in) to discuss their app which utilizes private business parking 8 spaces. They met with Jason Petz, Design Director of Products and Eddie Sohirad, Business Development Manager and Proprietor of Del Oliva in Burlingame. Commissioner Martos thought it was an interesting program and would like them to make a presentation to this Commission to determine if TSPC would like to endorse and make a proposal to Council. They also talked about another product they offer which is LIME (Live Inventory Management Engine), which measures capacity in parking lots – i.e., number of spaces available in a lot. This is a camera based system counting the number of cars going in and out to determine number of spaces available. Commissioner Martos said there was discussion about bringing back to this Commission to change the long term time limits in the downtown core lots. Commissioner Martos asked that this be a future agenda item. b) Broadway Parking (Bush & Wettan) Chair Wettan mentioned that there has been some loss of restaurants in the area and there will be some new ones coming in and will need to see the impact on parking. c) School Speed Limits (Akers & Londer) Discussed in Item 7a of the Engineering Division Report. d) Envision Burlingame (Londer & Martos) Commissioner Londer said Envision Burlingame has wrapped up. Yesterday evening there was a community open house and encourages people to view the draft online. Although the process is coming to an end there is still time for comments to be incorporated. e) El Camino Real Task Force (Londer & Wettan) Commissioner Londer reported that the ECR Task Force met on September 21st. There was a lot of discussion about criteria and constraints regarding trees. Commissioner Londer also mentioned that there will be another meeting next week. f) BPAC (Bush & Wettan) Discussed in Item 6a. 9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS - California Drive Complete Streets – November - School Traffic - Downtown Parking – December - Bike Share Program 9 10. ADJOURNMENT 9:52 p.m.