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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - TSP - 2023.01.121 TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION Approved Minutes Regular Meeting of Thursday, January 12, 2023 1. CALL TO ORDER 7:03 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 3. ROLL CALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Israelit, Leigh, Martos, Ng, Rebelos MEMBERS ABSENT: 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) December 8, 2022 Regular Meeting Minutes Commissioner Rebelos made a motion to accept the regular meeting for the December 8, 2022 meeting as written; seconded by Commissioner Leigh. The motion passed by a roll call vote of 5- 0. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS – NON-AGENDA Ms. Brewer read the following public comment received via email from Manito Velasco for the record. Good evening, Commissioners and Happy New Year, I was just hoping to finally hear about the status of the Oak Grove and Carolan traffic signal. If you recall, this was intended to improve safety at that critical BHS intersection. My understating is that the signals have been fully designed by the consultant hired by the city. But unfortunately this is a project that has gone dark. With no updates to TSPC or the website. When will this fully designed project go to construction? Speaking of quiet project, glad and excited to hear that the California Drive Bikeway project is 2 proceeding to advertising. The last time anyone from the public has seen the plans are from August/Sept 2021 when it was a TSPC and Council agenda item. Much input was given. But it sounds like the plan has since been fully vetted thru TSPC and Council. Including all the new traffic regulations like No Turn On Reds at multiple intersections and new lane merges near Broadway and near Oak Grove. Thanks for fully approving the endorsing the plans. 6. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS a) TSPC Subcommittee Review Assistant City Attorney Scott Spansail joined the Commission to go over the types of subcommittees, specifically the difference between an ad-Hoc committee and a standing committee. Mr. Spansail clarified that an ad hoc committee is created for a defined purpose, goal, or time. He stated a standing committee is subject to the Brown Act, where meetings would need to be noticed with a defined agenda, and open to the public. He used the Burlingame Avenue Safety and Access subcommittee as an example and stated should that subcommittee continue on in perpetuity, it would need to be a standing committee. Mr. Spansail kindly answered various questions from the Commission. He also clarified that the intent here is not to “chop” any particular subcommittee. No public comment was received for this discussion item. The Commission reviewed the following active subcommittees and their goals: 1. Burlingame Avenue Safety and Access (Leigh & Ng); 2. Community Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (Leigh & Rebelos); 3. BIS Safety Audit (Israelit & Ng); 4. Mercy School Traffic Calming (Israelit & Martos); and 5. Hwy 101 Corridor Connectivity (Leigh & Rebelos). Ultimately, no changes were made to the above TSPC subcommittees. Chair Israelit stated that there would be another opportunity at their next meeting to make changes. The intent of this evenings review is to clarify the difference between an ad-hoc and standing committee and to give Commissioners time to think about their current subcommittees and how to move forward. In closing, Chair Israelit reminded the Commission that subcommittees need to be formed by a formal motion. b) 2023 TSPC Priority List After a productive exercise to prioritize the Commission’s efforts in 2023, the TSPC outlined their upcoming priorities as presented in the table below. 3 Rank Topic/Area of Focus 1 BIS School safety improvements 2 BHS area school safety improvements 3 Bike facilities through intersections 4 Pedestrian safety along Broadway 5 Pedestrian safety along Murchison Avenue 6 Lyon-Hoag neighborhood traffic calming 7 Caltrans’ ECR corridor 8 Downtown parking strategies 9 City Hall roundabout 7. INFORMATION ITEMS a) Public Hearing Related to Informational Items No public comments received. b) Community B/PAC Update No update. c) Engineering Division Reports Senior Engineer Andrew Wong thanked the Commissioners that sent in their project preferences and he said they will do their best to address them, but stated they are not all on the list for tonight. Transportation Engineer Michael Tsai provided the following updates on Public Works- Engineering related efforts. • BIS School Safety Study – Staff working with the TSPC committee have developed a circulation option. This option to be shared with BIS staff and then brought to the TSPC for additional feedback. • Chapin Avenue Feasibility Study – The San Mateo County Stormwater Resource Plan identified Chapin Avenue as a priority green street development project to reduce stormwater and pollutant runoff. Burlingame approved funding for a feasibility study to identify conceptual alternatives of Chapin Avenue. Final design and construction were not part of the funding approved by Council, therefore this project is currently on hold until other funding opportunities have been secured. • California Drive Bike Facilities (Broadway to Oak Grove) – Project is currently being advertised for construction. Project bid opening is scheduled for the end of January and award by the end of February. Start of construction is anticipated for April. 4 Chair Israelit stated there is not a complete list of updates since Mr. Wong did not receive everyone’s list of projects they would like regular updates on. She went on to say the updates will be more fully flushed out and developed for the next TSPC meeting. TSPC Priority List (revised December 2022): TSPC Led Effort 1 Broadway/Carmelita Bike/Ped TSPC Study 2/10/22: Item 6c 2 BIS School Safety Improvements 3 Pedestrian Safety at California/Burlingame Ave 4 Lorton Corridor TSPC Study (Roundabout to Howard) 5 SB California Lane Configuration (Bike Mobility) 6 Bike\Ped Plan Priorities 7/14/22: Item 6b 7 Parking Garage Usage 2/10/22: Item 7a 8 Downtown Parking and Access 9 Broadway Parking 10 School Transportation and Safety Issues 11/10/22: Item 6a Staff Updates 1 Caltrans’ ECR Corridor 2 Downtown Parking Strategies 3 City Hall Traffic Calming/Floribunda 4 Oak Grove/Carolan Traffic Signal 5 Bike\Ped Plan Implementation 7/14/22: Item 6b 6 Chapin Avenue Green Streets Project 7 Old Bayshore Corridor Study (n/o Broadway) 8 Grant Opportunities 7/14/22: Item 7a 9 Broadway Grade Separation 6/9/22: Item 6b 10 San Mateo's Peninsula Ave OC 11 School Speed Limit Updates 12 School Safety Improvements 13 Lyon-Hoag Neighborhood Traffic Calming 14 300 Burlingame Point Traffic Impacts 15 Broadway/California Update 2022 Agenda Item Action Status 1 Various Stop Signs Approved at the 4/4/22 CC mtg. 5 d) Police Department Reports Sergeant Jason Roberts introduced himself and then reviewed the collision report. He reported 18 documented collisions for this reporting period. He shared there were no pedestrian or bicycle related collisions. Sergeant Roberts indicated that many of the collision factors were due to unsafe turning movements or backing/starting on a highway. Commissioner Martos welcomed Sergeant Roberts and shared with him that the Commission looks for trends in the collision reports. He also encouraged Sergeant Roberts to share any areas that are not safe or problematic with the Commission. Commissioner Leigh also welcomed Sergeant Roberts and pointed out the previous traffic sergeant maintained a heat map of the various collisions that the Commission can review. She inquired if Sergeant Roberts would continue to maintain the map. Commissioner Leigh also requested a report of moving violations to see what tickets BPD is issuing (DUI, speeding, etc.). Commissioner Rebelos welcomed Sergeant Roberts and thanked him for his time dedicated to the Commission. He said the Commission looks for a visual representation of collisions with the map so they can see what is happening and where. Commissioner Rebelos also said the Commission is looking for trends and opportunities to increase safety. Chair Israelit stated she will reach out to Sergeant Roberts to make some changes to the collision report to make it easier to read. She thanked Sergeant Roberts for being at the meeting. e) TSPC Chair/Commissioner’s Communications Commissioner Leigh stated she received an email from Parks and Recreation Director Margaret Glomstad regarding the additional 10 feet of red curbing in front of the Recreation Center. She said Director Glomstad went out to measure the additional 10 feet and Commissioner Leigh was hopeful that Mr. Wong could follow up with Director Glomstad on the request for the additional red curbing. Commissioner Leigh stated this was a request from several residents. Vice-Chair Rebelos said he heard from a couple of merchants along Broadway about their concern with pedestrian safety on Broadway. He also said a resident reached out about decreasing the speed or adding speed humps on Dufferin, as he said it is a cut through (at a brisk pace) to California Drive in order to bypass the intersection of ECR and Trousdale. 8. COMMITTEE REPORTS a) Public Hearing Related to Committee Reports No public comments received. 6 b) Burlingame Avenue Safety and Access (Leigh & Ng) No update. c) Community Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (Leigh & Rebelos) Commissioner Leigh stated they are excited to have a new B/PAC member that is very active. She stated B/PAC would like to work on celebrating the start and completion of the new bike lane. d) BIS Safety Audit (Israelit & Ng) Commissioner Ng stated there was no additional update on this item as an update was provided during the Engineer’s Report by Mr. Tsai. Commissioner Ng just added that the information will be presented in a format to those associated with the school and stakeholders before it is brought back to the TSPC. Chair Israelit indicated the goal is to get something implemented before the end of the school year so people can start getting used to it prior to the start of the next school year. e) Mercy School Traffic Calming (Israelit & Martos) Commissioner Martos indicated that he felt this subcommittee can be disbanded but would leave that up to Mr. Wong. f) Hwy 101 Corridor Connectivity (Leigh & Rebelos) No update. 9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • TSPC subcommittees • Grant projects 10. ADJOURNMENT 9:03 p.m.