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TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION
Approved Minutes
Regular Meeting of Thursday, August 8, 2019
1. CALL TO ORDER 7:06 p.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
3. ROLL CALL
MEMBERS PRESENT: Bush, Israelit, Londer, Wettan
MEMBERS ABSENT: Martos
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a) July 11, 2019 Meeting Minutes
Motion: To accept the July 11, 2019 meeting minutes with the following edits:
• Page three, paragraph one – capitalize Bush; and
• Page three, paragraph one – remove apostrophes from Fridays and Saturdays.
M/S/C; Londer/Israelit, 4/0/0
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS – NON-AGENDA
No public comment.
6. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS
a) Community B/PAC Update (Informational Only)
Ms. Beatty stated the B/PAC is gearing up for a pedestrian/bike tour to be led by Alta
Planning next month. She said it would be about a two hour tour starting at 3 PM prior to
the start of next month’s B/PAC meeting. Ms. Beatty also said the B/PAC will have a few
comments to submit to the City regarding the 2018 striping plans. She also said they saw
the initial list for 2020 striping and will be providing feedback on those plans as well.
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Commissioner Wettan clarified the striping plans for Carolan and Cadillac do not include
the crossings.
b) Lyon Hoag Traffic Calming Update
The City’s consultant, TJKM, provided a presentation regarding the Lyon Hoag traffic
calming efforts. Topics covered included project background and goals, progress to date,
outreach efforts, refined alternatives, and next steps. (See presentation for details.)
No public comments were received.
Commissioner Londer inquired about the timing of the phasing. Mr. Wong indicated the
shorter term projects would take a few months depending on the cost, Council approval,
etc. Mr. Wong also confirmed that the traffic circles would use the current roadway and
would also result in the loss of a small number of parking spaces. Commissioner Londer
also confirmed speed humps would allow for emergency vehicles to pass through.
Commissioner Wettan requested an example use case regarding cut-through routes and
what those percentages were. The consultant stated that traffic from Rollins Road uses
Dwight Road as a shortcut to Highway 101. Although the percentage off cut-through traffic
is not high, the consultant explained that the goal is to ensure that percentage does not
increase.
Vice-Chair Israelit expressed her concern with the number of traffic calming measures in
one specific neighborhood considering there are other areas in the City in need of
improvements, such as bulbouts on Trousdale near the Middle School. She did not want
to put a full focus on one neighborhood since improvements in other neighborhoods have
been delayed due to lack of funding. The consultant explained the traffic calming
measures will be reviewed at the third community meeting and will be narrowed down at
the time—what was presented is not the final design for the traffic calming efforts. The
consultant also stated that the improvements selected will also be determined by available
City funding.
Chair Bush shared that the Girl Scout Troop that meets in the Lyon Hoag area expressed
their concern about the speeding that occurs on Dwight Road. He also stated there is a
lot of interest in containing the issues within the neighborhood. Chair Bush also confirmed
with the consultant that bulbouts are a more effective way to reduce speeds compared to
a roundabout at the intersection of Rollins and Bloomfield.
The Commission continued to ask some clarifying questions and then thanked TJKM for
their comprehensive presentation. TJKM also thanked everyone on the Citizen’s Advisory
Panel (CAP) for their thoughtful input and assistance.
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7. INFORMATION ITEMS
a) Engineering Division Reports
Mr. Wong provided the following updates regarding Public Works – Engineering projects
and activities.
• Bicycle/Pedestrian Master Plan Update – The data collection period has ended.
The data is being reviewed and will be presented to the community on October 8.
This will be the second community meeting and will again be at the Recreation
Center.
• TDA Article 3 Grant – The application was submitted on July 25. The Community
B/PAC provided a video for inclusion with the application.
• Broadway Grade Separation – A community meeting is tentatively scheduled
for Wednesday, September 25. At this meeting an update of the project will be
presented to the community. At their July 11 Board meeting, the SMCTA Board
approved $18.3 MIL for final design of the project. The meeting was attended by
Mayor Colson, City Manager Goldman, and Director Murtuza.
• Lots F and N Construction Update – October is the anticipated construction
start date for the parking structure and is expected to last 12-18 months.
Construction on the affordable housing project is slated for April 2020. The Sub-
committee met last week to discuss the project.
– Council to enter into agreement with Caltrain to lease 38 parking
spaces adjacent to Parking Lot O.
– Council to review valet-assist program, including vendors.
– If approved, anticipated implementation of program in late-September.
– Request for $20K budget for employee incentives program. Specifics
of the program to be determined at a later date.
The proposed mitigation measures will be going to the City Council on August 19.
• Old Bayshore Highway Corridor Study – Staff met with the design team on July
31. The team is working towards a community meeting later this year.
• 300 Burlingame Point Traffic Impacts – The existing portion of Airport
Boulevard around the site to be permanently closed sometime in mid-October.
The new roadway through the site will be at a reduced capacity as improvements
will be made at a later phase.
• TSPC Priority List (revised August 2019):
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TSPC Led Effort
1 Downtown Parking and Access 8/8/19: Item 7a
2 Bike\Ped Plan Update: fwd to BPAC 8/8/19: Item 7a
3 School Traffic and Safety Issues 5/9/19: Item 6c
4 Neighborhood Traffic Calming 8/8/19: Item 6b
5 Citywide Transportation Alternatives
6 Electric Vehicles 5/9/19: Item 7a
7 Broadway Parking 5/9/19: Item 6b
8 Bike Share Feedback
9 Parking and traffic considerations w/Planning *
10 Joint meeting with City Council *
11 Halloween Traffic Impacts (July) * 7/11/19: Item 7a
Staff Update via Report
1 Caltrans’ ECR Corridor
2 Hoover School Update
3 Downtown Parking Strategies 8/8/19: Item 7a
4 City Hall Traffic Calming/Floribunda 4/11/19: Item 6b
5 California Roundabout 5/9/19: Item 7a
6 Oak Grove/Carolan Traffic Signal
7 Bike\Ped Plan Update: fwd to BPAC 8/8/19: Item 7a
8 Rec Center Parking
9 Old Bayshore Corridor Study 8/8/19: Item 7a
10 Grant Opportunities 8/8/19: Item 7a
11 Broadway Grade Separation 8/8/19: Item 7a
12 San Mateo's Peninsula Ave OC
13 School Speed Limit Updates 6/13/19, Item 7a
14 School Safety Improvements 5/9/19: Item 6c
15 Lyon-Hoag Neighborhood Traffic Calming 8/8/19: Item 6b
16 300 Burlingame Point Traffic Impacts 8/8/19: Item 7a
17 Broadway/California Update
2019 Agenda Item Action Status
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Council Direction Regarding Improving
Short-Term Parking in the Burlingame
Avenue Downtown Area
South and West Lane to be
converted in late-July
2 TSPC’s Lot N Parking Structure
Recommendation Completed
3 School Speed Reductions Completed
4 North Carolan Avenue Parking Restrictions Restrictions adopted. Working
on sign installations.
5 McKinley Turn-Restrictions Completed
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6 Stop Signs at 3 locations Completed
b) Police Department Reports
Sergeant Dave Perna reported 17 documented accidents in this reporting period with no
bicycle related accidents or accidents at the intersection of El Camino Real (ECR) and
Floribunda. Sergeant Perna elaborated about an accident at the intersection of Rollins
and Cadillac that involved a juvenile driver and was due to an unsafe turn movement onto
Cadillac Way, resulting in a minor injury (complaint of pain).
c) Farmer’s Market
Commissioner Londer indicated there was no presence at last month’s Farmer’s Market.
He stated there is an upcoming opportunity to work the Art and Wine festival in lieu of the
Farmer’s Market; times were not yet determined.
d) TSPC Chair/Commissioner’s Communications
Commissioner Wettan received an email from a resident regarding a stop sign on Paloma.
He said the resident was unhappy that not everyone was noticed about the discussion
related Sanchez and that the traffic counts were taken mid-day instead of during the peak
traffic times (morning and evening).
Chair Bush observed a near pedestrian and vehicle related collision on Burlingame
Avenue behind the train station. He stated the driver apologized and said the sun was in
his eyes. Chair Bush felt there are challenges at that location since vehicles are not
required to stop and are moving fairly quickly.
8. COMMISSION & SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
a) Downtown Parking (Martos & Wettan)
Commissioner Wettan stated the estimate was approximately $100k for valet-assist
services three days per week. He said based on the calculation, the City will be paying
$16 per car per day. He also said the next marginal batch of spaces would cost almost
twice as much. Commisioner Wettan said that 40 additional spaces from the valet-assist
services and 38 spaces from Lot O was a cost effective deal, but it still puts the City in the
negative (give or take 22 spaces) when Lot N goes offline. When Lot F goes offline, he
said the City will be down more than 100 spaces. Commissioner Wettan said they had a
lengthy discussion regarding transit incentives to discourage employees of the downtown
area to drive to work.
Commissioner Wettan stated a lot of time has been dedicated to reviewing the supply side
of the equation but no time has been devoted to an incentive program for employees. He
was hopeful the TSPC could think through a pilot program that would help determine how
people respond to certain transit incentives. Commissioner Wettan said he would reach
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out to Mayor Colson, Councilmember Ortiz, and Commissioner Martos to see if they would
be open to the idea.
Vice-Chair Israelit encouraged staff to reach out about the vacant medical building parking
on California Drive again. She also asked if the City could approach Caltrain again
regarding their underutilized lot near Maverick Jack’s. Lastly, she inquired if the City was
going to look into additional spaces up against the fence in Lot Q.
Commissioner Wettan inquired if staff was going to look into converting some of the red
and yellow zones where the City could pick up a few spots.
b) Broadway Parking (Bush & Israelit)
No update.
c) School Traffic (Israelit & Londer)
No update.
d) Citywide Transportation Alternatives (Londer & Wettan)
Commissioner Wettan stated that some ideas were floated around such as specific ride
share assistance from Millbrae Bart to the Downtown areas and an open ride share
subsidy program.
9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
• Downtown demands
• Turn restriction time change on Vancouver
• Broadway Business District discussion (October timeframe)
• Review of striping plans
• Sanchez stop sign petition
• Bike share providers
• EVgo charging stations update
10. ADJOURNMENT 8:56 pm