HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/28/1991CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
AUGUST 28, 1991
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Ortiz called the meeting to order at 6:33
p.m. at City Hall, 21660 East Copley Drive, Suite
100, Diamond Bar, California.
ROLL CALL: Commissioner Beke, Commissioner Fritz, Commissioner
Chavers, and Chairman Ortiz. Vice Chairman
Gravdahl was absent..
Also present were Assistant City Manager Terrence
Belanger, Administrative Analyst Tseday Aberra,
Sergeant Rawlings, and Contract Secretary Liz
Myers.
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES:
Aug. 8, 1991
C/Beke requested the Minutes of August 8, 1991 be
amended on page 4,, third paragraph, to correct
"has" to "is"; page 7, first paragraph, to omit
.."if deemed warranted."; and page 8, first
paragraph, to correct "directed" to "asked".
C/Fritz requested that the Minutes be amended to
indicate the correct spelling of Mr. Chaput.
C/Chavers requested the Minutes be correct on page
4, sixth paragraph, to correctly indicate "TRB";
and page 7, ninth paragraph to read ". . to place
illuminated numbers on the illuminated signs
attached to the mast arms."
Motion was made by C/Beke, seconded by C/Fritz and
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to approve the Minutes of
August 8, 1991, as amended.
July 23, 1991 Motion was made by C/Beke, seconded by C/Fritz and
CARRIED to approve the Minutes of the Study
Session of July 23, 1991. C/Chavers abstained.
ACM/Belanger explained that he is the acting Public
Works Director, while CE/Mousavi is attending the
APWA conference.
OLD BUSINESS:
"Right Turn Lane" ACM/Belanger addressed the Commission regarding the
Grand approaching staff request for a "Right Turn" lane on Grand
Montefino Avenue, approaching Montefino Avenue, to help ease
the traffic situation. It is recommended that the
Commission concur with staff's recommendation to
stripe the third lane for approximately 200 feet,
and include a pavement marking to read "Right Turn
Only" on Grand Avenue.
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Following discussion, the Commission suggested that
staff do a follow up, and closely monitor the area.
Motion was made by C/Chavers, seconded by C/Beke
and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to accept staff's
recommendation.
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Chavers, Beke, Fritz, and
Chairman Ortiz.
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None.
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: Vice Chairman Gravdahl.
Modif. of Bike ACM/Belanger addressed the Commission regarding the
Lane: DB Blvd at modification of the bicycle lane on Diamond Bar
Golden Springs Blvd. at Golden Springs Road, under State Route 60.
Staff had previously submitted a conceptual
striping plan for the Diamond Bar/Golden Springs
area. However, the Commission expressed a need for
the bicycle lane modification to extend past
Palomino/Gentle Springs up to SR 60. A second
conceptual striping plan has been drafted by staff.
It is recommended that the Commission direct staff
as necessary.
C/Chavers suggested that, if the striping lane is
to remain as illustrated, then it should not be a
right turn only at Gentle Springs, but a through
lane all the way to Golden Springs, and make the
right turn lane there. The Commission concurred.
Motion was made by C/Fritz, seconded by C/Chavers
and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to accept staff's proposal,
as modified.
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Fritz, Beke, Chavers, and
chairman Ortiz.
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None.
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: Vice Chairman Gravdahl.
Reorganization The Commission requested the reorganization matter
be continued to the September meeting.
Circulation Kathy Higley informed the Commission that the
Element Study: Commission's requested changes to the document have
DKS Assoc. been highlighted with orange marker on the margin.
She reviewed the document by sections and indicated
the changes made. The changes can be found on the
fallowing pages: page III -2; page 1I1-27; page
III -32; page III -5, table and graphics on next
page; page- III -43 to page 11I-51; and page V-4.
Chapter VI will have to be reviewed and compared to
the latest Congestion Management Program. Chapter
VII will be revised after Chapter II has been
reviewed. Chapter II will not be revised until
after the Public Hearing process.
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The following are suggestions made by the
Commission.
C/Chavers noted that on page III -4, local
residential streets are defined as having 2,500 per
day, and 200-300 vehicles per hour, but on page
III -27, level service A for local roads begin at
3,000 per day. He suggested that the City should
have set standards. He suggested that the figures
indicated are too high, and should be changed to
2,500 cars per day for Level Service C; 3,500 -
4,000 per day for upper bound Level Service B; and
Level Service A to be the 1,000 per day category.
C/Chavers stated that there needs to be a
correlation between the classifications used in
Chapter 5 and Chapter VII -3 & 4.
C/Chavers, referring to Chapter V-10, Future
Circulation Systems, questioned if it was the
intent to go to the Public Hearing with the
statement "grade separate intersections with key
arterial."
Kathy Higley explained that the intent is to
suggest that a backbone regional infrastructure be
built on Grand Ave. to move traffic quickly to and
from the freeway, thereby keeping traffic off of
Diamond Bar Boulevard. If Diamond Bar is grade
separated, then it is returned to local use.
C/Chavers indicated that the suggested concepts are
not environmentally feasible. He questioned why an
unworkable solution would be included in the
document.
C/Fritz suggested that the concept of grade
separation is so ludicrous that it may cast out the
rest of the program.
C/Chavers suggested that the following wording be
used as an alternative in page V-10: "If the
development of Tonner Canyon, or something else,
does not occur, then the magnitude of the problem
on Grand Ave. could suggest the kind of solutions
that could include grade separation.".
ACM/Belanger stated that the Commission's opinion,
as it relates to this particular alternative to
page V-10, will be conveyed to the Planning staff
and the Planning consultant.
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C/Chavers pointed out that the specified number of
options on page V-14 is inaccurate.
ACM/Belanger informed the Commission that the first
Planning Commission Public Hearing on the draft
General Plan is scheduled for September 9, 1991.
The City Council will be meeting on September 10,
1991 to have an update on the General Plan process.
They will be indicating that we will probably be
seeking an extension, from the State, of our
October 17th date. This will allow for a thorough
public hearing process before the document gets to
the adoption stage. The Traffic and Transportation
Commission is encouraged to attend and express
their comments at the Public.Hearing.
ITEMS FROM C/Beke inquired what happened to various items that
COMMISSIONERS: were supposed to be carried over to this agenda.
AA/Aberra stated that a couple of the
intersections, that were supposed to be discussed,
were turned over to DKS Assoc. for further
analysis. --
ACM/Belanger stated that the street cleaning item
will come back to the Commission at a later date.
Chair/Ortiz stated that he received a complaint
from a citizen regarding the near traffic accident
southbound on Diamond Bar Boulevard at Cold
Springs. Motorists are making U turns and nearly
colliding with people making right turns. Another
complaint regarding the same intersection is that
the street lights at that intersection go out,
completely, late at night.
Sgt. Rawlings informed the Commission that section
#40802 of the Vehicle code, that defines a speed
trap, is being revised January 1, 1993 to delete
the section that refers to the "no requirement for
speed survey on residential streets". After the
indicated date, we will not be allowed to use radar
on residential streets unless a speed survey has
been done.
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ITEMS FROM C/Fritz indicated to staff of his intentions of
STAFF: attending the September 14, 1991 workshop.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:13 p.m. to the next
regular meeting of September 12, 1991.
Respectively,
Sid
Sid Mousavi
Secretary
Attest:
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Chairman