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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - TSP - 2009.08.13August 13, 2009 7:00 p.m. — Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES —June 11, 2009 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 8. INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF 8.1 Traffic Engineer's Report California Drive Signal Controller Upgrade Project —Verbal Report 01 r) Bayshore Highway Signal Interconnect Project —Verbal Report 8.2 Traffic Sergeant's Report 8.2.1 Selective Enforcement Report 8.3 Commissioners' Comments and Concerns 8.3.1 Miscellaneous Comments and Concerns 8.1 .3 US101 Auxiliary Lane Project —Verbal Report 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. 1UM COMMISSION & COMMITTEE REPORTS 10.1 Burlingame Bicycle/Pedestrian AdvisoryCommittee (13/PAC) 10.2 Website/Communications Subcommittee 10.3 Neighborhood Parking. Working Group 10.3.1 Capuchino Avenue 10. 3.2 Myrtle Road 11. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Dates for discussion to be determined later by Staff or Commissioners. 11.1 City Parking Lot Q —Possible lot re -configuration 11.2 Radar Speed Trailer —Future discussions about City procurement and use 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. -2- The City of Burlingame CALIFORNIA 94010-3997 www.burlingame.org TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION Meeting Minutes - Unapproved Thursday, June 11, 2009 Commissioners Present: Commissioners Absent: Michael Bohnert, Chair Jeff Londer Jerry McDonnell Caroline Serrato Mark Noworolski, Vice -Chair Staff Present: Augustine Chou, Traffic Engineer, Public Works Sgt. Don Shepley, Police Department Joanne Louie, Administrative Secretary, Public Works Visitors: Pat Giorni, 1445 Balboa Alix Lindblom, 355 Primrose Road #2 Richard Steffen, 1420 Howard Avenue Denise Baggiani, 2649 Martinez Drive Dean Trefl, 136 Myrtle Road Doris Mortensen, 124 Myrtle Road Don McGrath, 130-132 Myrtle road Jan Bunzel, 927 Howard Avenue Dorothy Church, 140 Myrtle Road Karen Olden, 1541 Burlingame Avenue 1. CALL TO ORDER. 700 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. 3. ROLL CALL. 4 of 5 Commissioners present. (Vice Chair Noworolski absent) 4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS None. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Motion: To accept the minutes of May 14, 2009 as submitted. M/S/C: Londer, Bohnert ; 3/0/2 (McDonnell —abstained, Noworolski —absent) Page 1 of 6 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS Ms. Giorni stated that the new placement of the improvement and requests that the second rack also more than one bicycle. 7. CURRENT BUSINESS bicycle rack outside City Hall is an be placed so that it can accommodate 7.1 City Parking Lot X —Conversion to free parking to pay parking Mr. Chou presented a staff report seeking concurrence City Lot X from free parking to pay parking at this time. Chair Bohnert opened the floor for public comment. not to consider conversion of Ms. Giorni stated that she disagreed with the staff report considering the budget cuts the City is facing. Mr. Chou stated that this matter will be sent with this Commission's recommendation to the City Council for the final decision. Motion: Concur with staff not to consider conversion of City Lot X from free parking to pay parking at this time and to re-examine this matter in the future. M/S/C: Londer, Serrato; 4/0/1 (Noworolski —absent) 7.2 Myrtle Road — 2 hour parking limits Mr. Chou presented a staff report recommending the Commission continue to gather public input and comment on whether to consider a time limit for on -street parking along the 100 block of Myrtle Road. The City received a request to examine the feasibility of designing some portion of the street for limited time parking. The purpose of the request was to see if shorter -term parking may be made available for the businesses during working hours. Or. Chou stated that the best approach to addressing this request was to have the Commission hold one or more public meetings with the neighborhood stakeholders to work cooperatively for a solution that addresses a majority wof the neighborhood needs. Chair Bohnert opened the floor for public comment. Ms. Mortensen is a resident of the 100 block of Myrt le Road and presented a letter to the Commission expressing her concerns. Due to the number of businesses and Caltrain commuters parking on the street and limited resident garage spaces, Ms. Mortensen requested that all residents of this block be excluded from any posted time restrictions. Page 2 of 6 Mr. Trent stated that the parking on this block has gotten worse and worse. By 8 a.m. the parking spaces are taken often times by dealership employee parking. Mr. Trent expressed his concern that metered parking would create a problem for everyone and push the problem further out and feels time restrictions will hurt everyone. Ms. Giorni suggested that residential permits be considered for this block. Chair Bohnert closed the public comment period. Discussion occurred amongst the commissioners regarding the concerns raised by residents and the pilot residential permit program. Chair Bohnert requested Mr. Chou to have staff do studies and analysis for further discussion. Or. Chou said that he would speak with the dealerships to voluntarily have their employees park on their premises. Mr. Chou stated that the solution would have to balance the needs of the residents and businesses. He also said that he could meet i wth each group separately. 7.3 City Lot H —conversion from free parking to pay parking Mr. Chou presented a staff report seeking Commission concurrence to recommend to the City Council the conversion of City Lot H from free parking to pay parking in line with the other peripheral lots in the Burlingame Avenue downtown business district. Chair Bohnert opened the floor for public comment. Ms. Baggiani, an employee of Lucy's, expressed the need to have the free parking remain free so that employees can utilize this free lot. Ms. Baggiani also stated that she receives numerous complaints from customers regarding parking issues in the Burlingame Avenue area. Mr. Steffan of a local retail shop stated that employees do utilize the free parking lot and is also used by apartment dwellers. Mr. Steffan stated that paying $40 per month for parking is a lot of money for employees. He said that Lot H is usually packed by 10:00 a.m. and that the parking lots' usage is balanced right now. Ms. Lindblom expressed her disagreement with convert ing Lot H to a pay lot. Ms. Lindblom is a tenant with no assigned parking and her residence is not eligible for a residential parking permit. Ms. Giorni stated that she saw no reason not to charge for parking in Lot H. She said that employees of local businesses would only pay $20 per month and that it was a misconception that charging a parking fee would generate revenue due to marking tires, ticketing, etc. Chair Bohnert sought input from the Commissioners. Commissioner Londer stated he saw no reason why it shouldn't be converted to a pay lot. Mr. Chou clarified that the pay lot would be a pay box not meters. Commissioner McDonnell concurred with Commissioner Londer. Chair Bohnert asked Mr. Chou about the current residential parking permit program. Mr. Chou stated that the Police staff would need to conduct a follow up study on the effectiveness of the pilot residential parking program. He also stated that the Commission would need to go to Council to determine the need to modify or expand the program. Motion: Concur with staff to recommend to the City Council the conversion of City Parking Lot H from free parking to pay parking to be consistent with Lot G. M/S/C: Londer/McDonnell; 4/0/1 (Noworolski absent) 8. INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF 8.1 Traffic Engineer's Report 8.1.1 City Parking Lot C "Green Project" Reconfiguration —Verbal Report Mr. Chou reported that Lot C will be restriped and redeveloped which will capture storm drain runoff. Additionally the improvements will add esthetic appeal. California Drive Signal Controller Upgrade Project —Verbal Report Mr. Chou reported that they were currently waiting for the main signal equipment to be delivered, and that this should occur before the end of this month. Mr. Chou aIso reported the new service cabinet at Broadway and California Avenue has already been hit. Our street crew will put in bollards to help protect it. 8.1.3 Bayshore Highway Signal Interconnect Project —Verbal Report Mr. Chou report ed that staff is going to City Council on Monday, June 15 to reject all bids on this project. The City received two bids which were 50K to 80K higher than the engineer's estimate due to a misunderstanding about the software licensing. He said the specifications would be rewritten and the project would be re -advertised. 8.1.4 US101 Auxiliary Lane Project —Verbal Report Page 4 of 6 Mr. Chou reported that Caltrans would be doing work at Peninsula Avenue. He added that Airport Road was closed off south of the Human Society for five days and should be open again by the middle of next week. Traffic Sergeant's Report 8. 1.5 Selective Enforcement Report Sergeant Shepley reported that the Mollie Stone accident has been sent to the District Attorney for review and the investigation is ongoing. Sergeant Shepley reported that during the first full month since the red light camera installation, there were 75 citations written with a break even point at 50. Sergeant Shepley also reported that during the last month there were 700-800 oving violations and 2,700 parking citati mons issued. The revenue on parking was down but Sergeant Shepley said he could not provide revenue figures by specific parking lots. 8.2 Commissioners' Comments and Concerns 8.2.1 Miscellaneous Comments and Concerns The Commission had have on High Speed on this matter. 9. COMMUNICATIONS None. some discussion regarding the level of input TSPC would Rail. Mr. Chou said that City Council was currently working 10. COMMISSION &COMMITTEE REPORTS 10.1 Burlingame Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee Chair Bohnert report ed that the committee did not meet this month. 10.2 Downtown Specific Plans (DSP) Commissioner Louder report ed that the committee did not meet this month. 10.3 Website/Communications Subcommitt ee Commissioner McDonnell reported that he visited the websites of 13 cities within San Mateo county. He reported that many cities did not have a Traffic Commission website. Commissioner McDonnell then briefly described what he found on each website pertaining to traffic, safety and parking. Commissioner McDonnell also said Page 5 of 6 that he would follow up with a phone call or email to confirm the information he reported on at this meeting. 10.4 Neighborhood Parking Working Group Chair Bohnert and Commissioner Noworolski will be serving on this subcommittee. 11. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 11.1 City Parking Lot Q —Possible lot re -configuration 11.2 Radar Speed Trailer —Future discussions about city procurement and use Meeting adjourned at 8:34 p.m.