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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - TSP - 2011.12.08BURL TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION AGENDA December 8, 2011 7:00 p.m. — Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES —November 10, 2011 6. 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 Ralph 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 FII out a "Request To Speak" card located on the table by the door and hand it to staff. The Commission Chairperson may limit speakers to three minutes each. 7. CURRENT BUSINESS 7.1 Short-term parking around Lot G/Howard/Primrose area —Discussion 8. INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF 8.1 Engineer's Report —Report and update on various construction projects 8.1.1 Thermoplastic striping project update 8.1 .2 Requests for stop signs, crosswalks, and speed control • Murchison/California stop signs • Alvarado/Hillside stop signs • Neuchatel narrow streets Peninsula/Humboldt left -turn • Larkspur/Linden speed control 8.2 Traffic Sergeant's Report —General/Selective Traffic Enforcement Report 8.3 Commissioners' Comments and Concerns 9. COMMUNICATIONS Report by Staff or Commissioners of citizen concerns or complaints regarding traffic, safety and parking ssues that are within the Commission's jurisdiction. 10. COMMISSION & COMMITTEE REPORTS 10.1 Burlingame Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee (B/PAC) Committee meets 5:30PM in Conference Room B before each TSPC meeting. 10. 1.1 City Bike OF 10.2 Website/Communications Subcommittee 10.3 Pedestrian Corridors Subcommittee 10.4 Neighborhood Parking subcommittee 11. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Dates for discussion to be determined later by Staff or Commissioners. 11.1 Burlingame Avenue Downtown Parking Analysis (January) 11.2 Residential Parking Permit —Crescent Avenue (January) 11.3 Alternate parking lot uses: Post Office &others (Date pending) 12. ELECTIONS FOR 2012 12.1 Nomination and vote for Chairperson 12.2 Nomination and vote for Vice -chair 13. ADJOURNMENT Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at the Engineering Counter at City Hall located at 501 Primrose Road during normal business hours. -2- MINUTES (OCTOBER 13I 2011 - I The City Of Burlingame CALIFORNIA 94010-3997 ww .burlingame.org TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION Meeting Minutes - Unapproved Thursday, October 13, 2011 Commissioners Present: Jeff Londer, Chair Laurie Simonson, Vice Chair Nicklas Akers Mark Noworolski Caroline Serrato Commissioners Absent: None Staff Present: Augustine Chou, Transportation Engineer, Public Works Corporal Chuck Witt, Police Department Joanne Louie, Administrative Secretary, Public Works Visitors: Lynne Iwamoto Bruce Iwamoto Pat Giorni 1. CALL TO ORDER. 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. 3. ROLL CALL. 5 of 5 Commissioners present. 4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT None. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Motion: To accept the minutes of September 8, 2011 with an amendment to Item 7.1 adding "The Commission supported Commissioner Akers suggestion to look at the parking lots near the Burlingame Recreation Center which could then potentially be a power source." M/S/C: Simonson/Akers; 5/0/0 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS Ikii''Tm 1 I . CURRENT BUSINESS 7.1 Oak Grove Ave. Traffic concerns — Discussion Mr. Chou reported receiving an email from resident Gavin Duncan requesting installation of traffic calming measures on Oak Grove Avenue. Mr. Chou reported that the city has a thermoplastic striping project starting mid-November which includes Oak Grove Avenue between California Drive and EI Camino Real. Commissioner Akers suggested that this be included in eNews. Mr. Chou stated that he would inform Mr. Gavin of the project and report back to Commission if additional measures were need. 7.2 Carmelita Ave. Traffic concerns —Discussion Lynne Iwamoto spoke regarding the traffic problems on Carmelita Avenue, with the worse situations being at the intersection at Chula Vista Avenue. She stated that the problem was worse during off-peak hours when vehicles are allowed to park on both sides of the street. Bruce Iwamoto spoke regarding the dangerous traffic and parking problems on lower Carmelita Avenue, which is intolerable at nights and weekends. Mr. Iwamoto suggested limiting parking to one side of the street; however, he did add that this might create a hardship for residents in that area. Mr. Chou reported that speeding concerns on Carmelita have been a recurring problem; and, that as a result, the street is consistently on the Police Selective Enforcement list. He stated that City staff was already evaluating other measures and that staff would approach Caltrans regarding signal timing and signal split -phasing at EI Camino Real and Carmelita. Pat Giorni stated that bicyclists used this street as an alternate to Broadway and thought the split phasing was an interesting idea. Mr. Chou stated staff will contact Ms. Iwamoto and come back to this Commission if necessaryI Corporal Witt stated parking enforcement will regularly check this intersection in the mornings and afternoons. 7.3 Broadway Pedestrian Over -crossing (POC) Naming —Discussion Chair Londer acknowledged the numerous letters recommending the Broadway Pedestrian Over -crossing be named in honor of Rosalie O'Mahony. Mr. Chou presented a staff report asking the Commission to review and recommend to Council the naming of the Broadway POC in Rosalie O'Mahony's honor. 2 Ms. Giorni reported that several residents and citizens worked hard to have some type of recognition for Rosalie O'Mahony for her years of public service. She said that it was felt that the pedestrian overcrossing should be named in her honor. Ms. Giorni tried to get this permanently named through legislature by contacting Assemblyman Jerry Hill but learned that there is a moratorium on these requests. However, it was learned that Senator Simitian just named a similar POC in honor of a mayor. Me. Giorni said that Worts would continue to have the Broadway POC permanently named in Rosalie O'Mahony's honor. Motion: Recommend to Council the naming of the Broadway Pedestrian Over -crossing (POC) in honor of former Mayor and Councilmember Rosalie O'Mahony. M/S/C: Akers/Noworolski; 5/0/0 7.4 City Parking Lot S & Lot T Improvements —Discussion Mr. Chou reported that Police and Engineering staffs have been working together on improving the parking conditions and lot usages at Lots S and T in the Broadway area. Corporal Witt made a presentation on consideration of rate modifications for Lot S and revitalization of Lot T. He stated that the goal was to increase occupancy of Lot T, improve space turnover of Lot S, and generally provide better access to both short and long term parking, thus creating more space availability for merchants and visitors. Motion: Accept the staff report to approve the proposal and recommend to Council to adopt a rate/duration change to Burlingame City Lot S, and revitalization of City Lot T. M/S/C: Akers/Serrato; 5/0/0 8. Staff Reports 8.1 Engineer's Report Mr. Chou provided an update on the following items: • The corners of Lincoln and California and also at Grove will be examined and will install red curbs to improve sight visibility if it is appropriate. • An email was received from Lisa Kreft regarding BIS traffic issues. This matter was handled on a staff level. The School Superintendent met with his staff to deal with the parking situation and will take care of the internal flow of traffic. The City will implement a couple of red curbs by the school driveway to increase visibility. Trousdale and Quesada will also be looked at. • The thermalplastic striping project will be occurring in November and December. Project includes Oak Grove Avenue and Trousdale Avenue. 3 • Safeway officially opens tomorrow. • The driveway to Lot K from EI Camino Real is open. Commissioner Serrato mentioned that some an Mateo residents received a letter regarding the Peninsula overpass and inquired if Burlingame was out there taking measurements and doing related construction work. Corporal Witt said what might have been seen was planning for the Divas Marathon and various intersections on the route were looked at. Commissioner Akers inquired if there was any report on the Trousdale and EI Camino Real intersection. Mr. Chou said he was in contact with the City of Millbrae to coordinate work to conduct a stop sign warrant study at Murchison. Permission was secured from Millbrae for traffic counts and a study would take place in the next week and a half. He added that another location being studied was at Alvarado and Hillside. Mr. Chou stated that if these locations meet the minimum warrants requirements for stop signs, the matter would be brought to the Commission. 8.2 Traffic Sergeant's Report Corporal Witt reported that selective enforcement was done around the high schools due to a number of complaints. He stated that the complaints could be derived from an alternate flow of traffic due to the water pipe project on Bloomfield and would subside once that work was done. 8.3 Commissioners' Comments and Concerns None. 9. COMMUNICATIONS 9.1 Letter from Gavin Duncan —Oak Grove Addressed —Item 7.1 9.2 Letter from Lynne Iwamoto — Carmelita Avenue traffic concerns Addressed —Item 7.2 9.3 Letter from Lisa Kreft —BIS parking and traffic concerns Addressed —Item 7.3 10.COMMISSION &COMMITTEE REPORTS 101 Burlingame Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory committee (B/PAC) Mr. Chou reported that the committee met this evening and discussed several projects. He said that they would be looking at one potential project — to tie Carolan Avenue in as a Class II bike route. Mr. Chou added that as the design comes together, the committee would update the Commission. He also added that there was discussion to update the City bike map. Finally, Mr. Chou stated that there was also a discussion to look at Bloomfield Road for Class II bike lanes. 10.2 Website/Communications Subcommittee Commissioner Akers noted that the TSPC email works. Commissioner Akers also suggested as a method of public outreach to have a TSPC table with bike maps and invite folks to give their feedback. He said that the TSPC could push forward with this idea and take the lead for other commissions; and, if there was enough interest perhaps other commissions would want to follow. An ad hoc subcommittee was formed consisting of Commissioners Akers and Serrato. 10.3 Pedestrian Corridors Subcommittee Mr. Chou reported that they have not been able to meet and may meet early next month. Commissioner Akers noted that the Murchison & California crosswalk feeds into this as a major corridor to BART. 10.4 Neighborhood Parking Working Group No report. 11. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 11.1 Burlingame Avenue Downtown Parking Analysis (November) 11 .2 Short -Term parking around Lot G/H oward/Pri m rose area (November) 11 .3 Alternate parking lot uses: Post Office &others (date pending) ADJOURNMENT 8:28 p.m. 5 MINUTES (NOVEMBER 107 2011 - I The City of Burlingame CALIFORNIA 94010-3997 www.burlingame.org TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION Meeting Minutes - Unapproved Thursday, November 10, 2011 Commissioners Present: Jeff Londer, Chair Nicklas Akers Mark Noworolski Commissioners Absent: Laurie Simonson, Vice Chair Caroline Serrato Staff Present: Augustine Chou, Transportation Engineer, Public Works Corporal Chuck Witt, Police Department Joanne Louie, Administrative Secretary, Public Works Visitors: Gavin Duncan, 1262 Oak Grove Avenue 1. CALL TO ORDER. 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. 3. ROLL CALL. 5 of 5 Commissioners present. 4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Motion: To review and make a motion on the October 13, 2011 minutes at next month's meeting. M/S/C: Akers/Noworolski; 3/0/2 (Simonson and Serrato absent) 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS 1►['TiL� 7. CURRENT BUSINESS 7.1 Oak Grove Ave. Traffic concerns —Discussion 1 Mr. Chou provided a follow-up to last month's meeting on this matter. He said that actions such as crosswalks striping was already included in the annual thermoplastic striping project; and, that the street was on the selective enforcement list. He added that Engineering would be carrying out spot radar surveys to get a "snapshot" of when most speeding violations might occur. Mr. Chou stated that he would be happy to meet with Mr. Duncan to review these ideas if needed. Chair Louder opened the floor for public comment. Mr. Duncan explained that the he thought the peak period was during the start and stop times for Burlingame High School — approximately 8:00 am and between 3:00 and 4:00 pm. Mr. Chou presented illustrations of the crosswalk thermoplastic installation plans. 7.2 Carmelita Ave. Traffic concerns —Discussion Mr. Chou explained that this situation was very similar to Oak Grove in that this street was used as an alternate for east/west traffic. He stated that staff was evaluating installation of marked crosswalks, as well as studies to investigate whether stop signs were warranted. He concluded by saying that staff would try to conduct studies within the next several weeks. 7.3 Short-term parking around Lot G/Howard/Primrose area —Discussion Mr. Chou explained that since the Safeway construction was nearly complete, it was necessary to re -address the short term parking concerns at Howard & Primrose. He added that the area -wide parking study was still being completed. Mr. Chou presented an illustration of the current parking situation and time limits. He explained that some previous ideas concerned changing some time limits in the long-term parking lot (Lot G) to short-term parking. He reported that due to the land -exchange deal between the City and St. Catherine church, it was unknown as to how the church plans to handle their portion of the lot. Mr. Chou said he would bring study results back to the Commission next month. 8. Staff Reports 8.1 Traffic Engineer's Report 8.1.1 Thermoplastic striping project update Mr. Chou presented aerial plans on what was included in the project. Plans for the Oak Grove Avenue portion had already been shown previously in Current Business Item 7.1 above. On Trousdale Drive between Marco Polo and California Drive, the project is to replace worn out painted stripes and buttons with new thermoplastic striping and replacement buttons. Mr. Chou explained that the plans aIso showed the removal of an old, near-midblock crosswalk between the 2 intersections at Marco Polo and at Ogden; and, the installation of new ones at the stops immediately at Marco Polo and at Ogden. 8. 1.2 Requests for stop signs, crosswalks and speed control Murchison/California — Mr. Chou reported that upon collection and evaluation of data for the stop sign warrant study, staff would share results with the City of Millbrae. If the minimum requirements were met, then coordination work would commence between the two city staff to proceed with stop sign installations. If warrants weren't met, other safety actions would be considered. • Alvarado/Hillside — Mr. Chou explained that a stop sign warrant study was also being conducted at this location, per a resident request. He said that the intersection configuration was unusual; and, that if the minimum requirements are met for stop signs, the neighborhood would be notified for public input. Updates to the Commission would be presented once all the data was tabulated. • Sanchez — Mr. Chou reported that there was speeding concerns for this street, especially between California Drive and EI Camino Real. He stated that evaluations regarding new marked crosswalks, speed enforcement, and stop signs were being conducted to address the concerns similar to Current Business Items 7.1 and 7.2 above. Updates to the Commission would be presented once all the data was tabulated. • Lincoln/Laguna —Same concerns and actions as Sanchez Avenue above. • Grove/Laguna —Same concerns and actions as Sanchez Avenue above. 8.2 Traffic Sergeant's Report Corporal Witt stated that it was still too early to report on the status of the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) grant. Parking enforcement has been working on Carmelita Avenue. Oak Grove Avenue has been placed on the Selective Enforcement list. He added that Police staff was also preparing for the December 2"d Tree Lighting Ceremony which should produce significant traffic. 8.3 Commissioners' Comments and Concerns None. 9. COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Chou received three communications: 3 • Letter from Jackie Martin regarding lane configuration and left -turn problems at Humboldt and Peninsula Avenues. Mr. Chou stated that he had contacted City of San Mateo; and, that they would take the lead on these concerns. Mr. Chou explained that he would update the Commission on this matter depending on the outcome of San Mateo efforts. • Email from Janet McDonald regarding speeding concerns at Larkspur Drive and Linden. Mr. Chou stated that staff would contact her directly and determine if her concerns could be addressed on a staff level, then follow up with the Commission. • Letter from Katie Treu regarding safety concerns and parking issues for Neuchatel Avenue. Mr. Chou stated that staff would meet with Ms. Treu and return to the Commission if greater action was required. Chair Londer added that he responded to the first two communications to acknowledge receipt and would also be responding to the 3`d one. 10.COMMISSION &COMMITTEE REPORTS 10.1 Burlingame Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory committee (B/PAC) B/PAC did not meet this evening. They will be looking at possible future bike lanes and will present some conceptual ideas/drawings of possibility of bike lanes on Carolan Avenue. 10.1.1 Bike maps will be modified and brought to this Commission for review. 10.2 Website/Communications Subcommittee 10.2.1 TSPC at Farmer's Market Chair Londer saw the TSPC table at Farmers Market and thanked Commissioners Akers and Serrato for their time. Mr. Chou provided bike maps and parking guides maps to distribute. Commissioner Akers stated that approximately 25-30 people, including the Mayor, stopped by the table. He added that residents gave input on their streets; and, that he would follow-up with a report. There was Commission discussion about repeating this form of outreach again. 10.3 Pedestrian Corridors Subcommittee No report. 10.4 Neighborhood Parking Subcommittee No Report 4 11. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 11.1 Burlingame Avenue Downtown Parking Analysis (December) 11.2 Alternate parking lot uses: Post Office & others (date pending) 12.ADJOURNMENT 8:10 p.m.