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AGENDA
November 10, 2011
7:00 p.m. — Council Chambers
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES —October 13, 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 fill 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 Oak Grove Ave. Traffic concerns —Discussion
7.2 Carmelita Ave. Traffic concerns —Discussion
7.3 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
• Alvarado/Hillside
• Sanchez
• Lincoln/Laguna
• Grove/Laguna
8.2 Traffic Sergeant's Report —General/Selective Traffic Enforcement Report
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9. COMMUNICATIONS
Report by Staff or Commissioners of citizen concerns or complaints regarding traffic, safety and parking
issues 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 Map
10.2 Website/Communications Subcommittee
10.2.1 TSPC at Farmer's Market
10.3 Pedestrian Corridors Subcommittee
10.4 Neighborhood Parking subcommittee
11.
FUTURE AGENDA
ITEMS
regarding any
item on this
Dates for discussion to be
determined
later by Staff or Commissioners.
11.1 Burlingame Avenue Downtown Parking Analysis (December)
11.2 Alternate parking lot uses: Post Office &others (Date pending)
12. 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.
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MINUTES -ITEM 5
The City of Burlingame
CALIFORNIA 94010-3997
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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
None.
7. 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
necessaNY,
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
Mr. Chou presented a staff report
numerous
letters
recommending the Broadway
Pedestrian Over -crossing
be named
in honor of
Rosalie
O'Mahony.
asking the Commission to review and recommend to
Council the naming of the Broadway POC in Rosalie O'Mahony's honor.
Ms. Giorni report
ed 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
efforts 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
rate/duration
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
• An email was received from Lisa Kreft
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.
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 thermal plastic striping project
will be
occurring in
November and
December. Project includes
Oak
Grove
Avenue
and Trousdale
Avenue.
• Safeway officially opens tomorrow.
• The driveway to Lot K from m 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
10.1 Burlingame Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory committee (B/PAC)
Mr. Chou report
ed 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)
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.2 Short -Term parking around Lot G/Howard/Primrose area (November)
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.3 Alternate parking lot uses: Post Office &others (date pending)
12.ADJOURNMENT 8:28 p.m.