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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - TSP - 2023.07.131 TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION Approved Minutes Regular Meeting of Thursday, July 13, 2023 1. CALL TO ORDER 7:01 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 3. ROLL CALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Israelit, Martos, Ng, Rebelos MEMBERS ABSENT: Leigh 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) April 13, 2023 Regular Meeting Minutes The meeting minutes were approved with one change requested by Commissioner Martos to correct the reference of “Chair Martos” to “Commissioner Martos” on page ten. Vice-Chair Rebelos made the motion to approve the minutes, which was seconded by Commissioner Martos, and passed by a roll call vote of 4-0. b) June 8, 2023 Regular Meeting Minutes Commissioner Ng moved to approve the meeting minutes as written, which was seconded by Vice-Chair Rebelos and passed by a roll call vote of 4-0. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS – NON-AGENDA Mr. Pessner thanked the Commissioners and staff for their work. He indicated he has lived in Burlingame for 25 years. He said his comments reflect the unanimous support from the HOA board for traffic calming at the intersection of Bellevue and Almer Road. Mr. Pessner stated this is a route for high school students. He indicated traffic appears to travel at speeds between 15-40 MPH, pedestrian traffic is present at all times, and that slight lines coming in and out of driveways are 2 impacted in the area. As a result, Mr. Pessner said the local HOA has requested the following traffic calming improvements: • Stop sign on Bellevue near current crosswalk. • Stop sign on southbound Almer. • Stop sign westbound on Bellevue just before 500 Almer. • Crosswalk westbound on Bellevue • All-way stop (could not make out location due to poor audio, will follow up with resident). 6. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS a) City Council Vision Zero Committee Mr. Wong provided the following information regarding the City Council’s Vision Zero Committee efforts. At the January 28, 2023 Goal Setting Session, the City Council identified Vision Zero to be included among their goals and identified City Council subcommittee members of Beach and Stevenson to work with members of the Traffic Safety and Parking Commission (TSPC). Vision Zero is an international movement that aims to reduce traffic deaths and life-changing injuries to zero, while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all. It addresses all collisions, whether people travel by foot, wheelchair, bike, motorcycle, car, or truck. After the TSPC nominations, staff will set up a meeting with the entire group in late July to early August depending on availability and introduce them to Vision Zero and the proposed process. The steps have been outlined below. • Step 1 – Have the TSPC appoint two members to work with Council. • Step 2 – Set up an initial meeting with joint Council and TSPC committee members to provide info on Vision Zero and process. • Step 3 – Staff is applying for a federal grant this summer, and after obtaining the grant, staff will set up follow up meetings with the Joint Committee to obtain their input and retain a consultant to develop a vision zero plan. • Step 4 – The Committee will meet as needed to review the Vision Zero Plan and provide input and guidance as part of the public process. This will be similar to a General Plan Update and will involve the community at large. Chair Israelit stated she had an interest in participating in the committee. Commissioner Martos asked a few questions and expressed an interest. Commissioner Ng stated he does not have the extra time to dedicate to this effort. Vice-Chair Rebelos stated he was interested. Chair Israelit tentatively appointed Vice-Chair Rebelos and Commissioner Martos for the committee in order to give Commissioner Leigh an opportunity to express her interest before any formal appointments are made. 3 b) Introduction of 2024 Street Resurfacing Locations Mr. Wong provided a presentation on the upcoming 2024 streets identified for resurfacing. He stated this list will be shared with bicycle advocates as well. He provided the following background before going into the proposed locations. Based on the PCI, available budget, coordination of other City projects, and other factors, staff identifies streets proposed for the annual resurfacing project and then presents the list to City Council at the annual budget meeting. At this time, only the street segments for the 2024 Street Resurfacing Project have been identified. The type of resurfacing work (dig-out” repairs, surface milling, asphalt concrete overlay) has not yet been determined. Staff will be seeking feedback regarding traffic markings and traffic striping associated with the streets listed below. • Airport Boulevard – from San Mateo city limit to 300 Airport • Airport Boulevard (NB only) – from Bayview to Anza • Broderick Road – from Rollins to end • Channing Road – from Burlingame to Lexington • Concord Way – from Dwight to Channing • Cowan Road – from Gilbreth to Bayshore • El Prado Road – from El Quanito to Summit • Oxford Road – from El Camino Real to Cambridge • Vancouver Avenue – from Broadway to Carmelita Mr. Wong explained the intent is to obtain feedback (by September) regarding the roadway segments identified for the 2024 Street Resurfacing Program. He said construction is anticipated for summer 2024. Vice-Chair Rebelos indicated he frequents Airport Boulevard and wanted to point out that the new bayfront trail “dumps” people blindly from the trail onto Airport. Mr. Wong said that segment was identified for the 2023 Resurfacing Program, but it ended up being pulled so B/PAC could provide their comments on this segment. No public comment was received for this item, but Chair Israelit reopened the non-agenda public comment period for Arleen Cauchi. Ms. Cauchi shared that she is with Walk Bike Burlingame and advocated that their group have an opportunity to comment on the list of streets for the 2024 Resurfacing Program. 7. INFORMATION ITEMS a) Public Comment Related to Informational Items No public comments received. 4 b) Community Group Updates No update. c) Engineering Division Reports Mr. Wong provided the following update on various Public Works – Engineering projects. • Mercy Traffic Calming – Remaining phase of project involving the speed cushions along Alvarado, Benito, and Adeline to be installed within the next couple of weeks. He said they had to do some additional outreach to the homes where the speed cushions would be in front of. Mr. Wong said they did not get any comments back from the residents. • Lyon Hoag Traffic Calming Project – The final follow-up neighborhood survey is now available through the City website. Mr. Wong said they have received 193 survey responses to date. • BIS Pedestrian Improvements – due to Sidewalk Program work, the curb ramp work at Marco Polo and Quesada will occur a little sooner, this includes striping and RRFBs. He said the last item is the turn restriction sign coming out of the school, which will be implemented prior to the start of school in the fall. Commissioner Martos stated the survey was advertised to stay open through July and requested that it say open until the end of the month. Commissioner Ng said that the BIS work feels very sequential and asked if they could do notifications in parallel. He said his concern is that if we are not willing to install physical indications of the rules are, no one is going to pay attention to it—its doesn’t matter how many emails are sent on the matter. Commissioner Ng said unless someone is standing there directing traffic, how are people going to know? Mr. Wong said they are trying to ease the neighborhood into it and said they would outreach the community in August. Mr. Wong explained that turnaround for signage installation can be quick, but also said it may be tight in terms of getting them in before the start of school. Commissioner Ng thought the installation could happen now to allow the residents in the area time to get used to the change before school rolls around. Chair Israelit said the plan was approved three months ago and she feels like they missed a window of opportunity. She said this isn’t the first time we have done this and pointed out Hoover, Roosevelt, McKinely, and Lincoln. Mr. Wong said another option would be to hold a special meeting before the next TSPC meeting on August 10 to obtain resident feedback. He also said that although he doesn’t want to speak for the Corp Yard, the signs can go up quickly. Commissioner Martos stated that Hoover is the “pathfinder” for something like this and 5 pointed out that it took a while to get people to abide by the new rules. With that, he felt the sooner we can get the information out there repeatedly, the more effective it will be. Commissioner Martos said he’d be in favor of a special meeting. Vice-Chair Rebelos felt it was a smart approach to have a special meeting in the next 7-14 days. Mr. Wong said staff would need about a week to put together a special meeting and in addition he and Mr. Tsai can do some door-to-door outreach. In closing, Commissioner Ng wanted to be clear that the intent is to gather any feedback/objections from the impacted residents and the sooner they know what those are, the sooner they can do something about it. d) Police Department Reports Sergeant Roberts reported 34 collisions over this reporting period (June 2023). He stated there were 19 vehicle/vehicle collisions, 10 vehicle/parked vehicle collisions, 3 vehicle/fixed object collisions, and 2 vehicle/bicycle collisions. Sergeant Roberts said of those collisions, 6 occurred on private property, 10 resulted in minor injuries, and 2 resulted in major injuries. He shared there were 7 DUI collisions, which accounted for the two major injuries. Sergeant Roberts indicated the primary collision factors included unsafe driving, ROW violations, and an increase in DUI related collisions. Sergeant Roberts shared additional details regarding the bicycle collisions. He stated the first one occurred at the 100 block of California Drive and was a result of a vehicle clipping a bicyclist while trying to pass it. He said this caused a minor injury to the bicyclist. Sergeant Roberts stated the second bicycle collision occurred at the 900 block of Rollins Road and was a result a vehicle backing out of driveway. e) TSPC Chair/Commissioner’s Communications Chair Israelit confirmed that emails received by staff and the Commission do not need to be repeated during the Chair/Commissioner’s communications. Commissioner Ng stated he had a conversation about bike parking at BIS. He said there was good conversation surrounding the location of bike parking and the flow in conjunction with the school safety route plan. Commissioner Ng said one interesting anecdote they were given, is the school architect said the parking circle will potentially be extended so the exit from the parking area would flow directly into Clarice without any turns. He said that is not set in stone yet but certainly sounds like it has been budgeted for. 6 8. COMMITTEE REPORTS a) Public Comment Related to Committee Reports No public comments received. b) Burlingame Avenue Pedestrian Safety Improvements (Leigh) Mr. Wong stated he walked the area with Commissioner Leigh and identified things staff can look into. The area they walked was Burlingame Avenue, and parts of Howard and El Camino Real. c) BIS School Safety Study (Israelit & Ng) No update. d) US 101 Bicycle and Pedestrian Connectivity (Leigh & Rebelos) Vice-Chair Rebelos stated he felt it was not appropriate to make the presentation without Commissioner Leigh. He said they should have an update for the August meeting. 9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • US 101 Bicycle and Pedestrian Connectivity Update • Bernal/Hillside • California Drive Bike Facility Project – update Municipal code with new restrictions • BIS turn restrictions • Murchison, Trousdale, Davis Drive Project 10. ADJOURNMENT 8:02 p.m.