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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/13/1993CITY OF DIAMOND BAR MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION I MAY 13, 1993 CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Chavers called the meeting to order at 6:36 p.m. at the South Coast Air Quality Management District Hearing Room, 21865 East Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California. PLEDGE OF The audience was led in the Pledge of Allegiance by ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Cheng. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Ury, Cheng, Beke, and Chairman Chavers. Vice Chairman Gravdahl was absent. Also present were Senior Engineer David Liu, Administrative Analyst Tseday Aberra, Sergeant Rawlings, and Contract Secretary Liz Myers. MINUTES: Apr. 8, 1993 Motion was made by C/Beke, seconded by C/Ury and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to approve the Minutes of April 8, 1993, as presented. COMMISSION C/Ury requested staff to give an update to the COMMENTS: Commission, later in the meeting, regarding the meeting with Supervisor Dana's aide, as well as an update on the plans proposed for improving the Grand Ave./Diamond Bar Boulevard intersection. C/Beke stated that Supervisor Dana and his staff was supportive of Diamond Bar's priorities for the 57/60 freeway project. C/Cheng, noting the difficulty to turn left, requested staff to investigate the need for a left turn movement at the intersection of Pathfinder northbound to Diamond Bar Blvd. Chair/Chavers encouraged those in the audience to attend the General Plan revision public hearings to be held before the City Council, or to submit comments or inquiries to staff if so desired. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Mr. Anderson, residing at 2628 Rising Star Drive, stated that the accident rate at the intersection of Diamond Bar Blvd. and Fountain Springs Road has decreased since the implementation of the "No Parking" on the northside of Fountain Springs Road. However, the posted "No Parking" on the southside of Fountain Springs Road is not being observed and needs additional enforcement. Parking in that area is a problem due to the inadequate parking area May 13, 1993 Page 2 provided by the two story office building and the Country Hills Towne Center. CONSENT CALENDAR: Chair/Chavers pulled items A and B from the Consent Calendar. Item B, a request to install stop signs at the intersection of Deer Crossing Drive and Country View Drive, will be combined with item X.A, the results of a 60 -day observation of the "No Right Turn" restriction at Rolling Knoll Road and I Country View Drive at Grand Avenue. Restrict AA/Aberra presented the staff report regarding the Parking in request received from the tenants of the Shea front of Business Center businesses to restrict parking ("No Shea Business Parking, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Monday -Friday") on Center the west side of Brea Canyon Road south of Washington Street. Currently, the west side of Brea Canyon Road south of Washington street directly in front of the businesses has a 2 -hour parking limit. Though trucks park there less than two hours at a given time, each truck, reportedly, seems to be quickly replaced by another, and visibility of the stores is restricted because the _ businesses are lower than the street level. Staff has requested, as was requested in June of 1979 when the 112 -hour parking" signs were first installed at the request of the businesses from Shea Business Center, for a consensus among the businesses regarding the request to restrict parking. Since staff did not observe any trucks parking on the westerly side of Brea Canyon road during the field investigation, it is recommended that the Commission maintain the existing 2 -hour parking limit and deny the request. Felicia Bryant, owner of American TV & Video, representing the 6 businesses mentioned in the letter submitted to the City, stated that there has been an increase in the traffic of trucks on Brea Canyon Road due mostly from the increase of warehousing space in the City of Industry. Though the Shea Business Center management has indicated that they feel that the 112 -hour parking" restriction is sufficient, the businesses feel that visibility should not be obstructed since they pay extra rent to be located in the front of the center. She then submitted a video, for the record, illustrating the traffic flow and the amount of trucks parked in front of the Center. Sgt. Rawlings informed the Commission that City Ordinance No. 4 (1990), subsection (b), already restricts parking, stopping, or standing of a commercial vehicle for more than 1/2 hour on any May 13, 1993 Page 3 street located within the City of Diamond Bar in a commercial or industrial zone, except when loading/ unloading property for such time as is necessary. SE/Liu stated that Ordinance No. 4 (1990) is a City wide ordinance, and staff will have to investigate if there is an ordinance for the current 112-hour parking" restriction that was adopted by the County Board of Supervisors. C/Beke, noting that the County probably does have an Ordinance behind the 2-hour time limit parking, requested staff to verify which ordinance would prevail, and if there can be an ordinance that exempts one street from the 1/2 hour restriction. Motion was made by C/Beke, seconded by C/Ury and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to continue the matter to the next meeting, with direction to staff to research with the City Attorney and the Sheriff's Department how this restriction might be posted and enforced, and what precedent is set within the rest of the City. AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Beke, Cheng, Ury, and Chair/Chavers. NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None. ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: None. ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: VC/Gravdahl. Request to SE/Liu reported that the Commission accepted install stop staff's recommendation, at the February 11, 1993 signs at Deer meeting, to deny the request to install stop signs Crossing/Country at the intersection of Deer Crossing Drive and View Country View Drive, and tabled the balance of the items recommended by staff until the Country View Drive cut-through issue is brought back to the Commission in sixty (60) days. It is recommended that the Commission approve the installation of the following: install a yield sign on Deer Crossing Drive; paint double yellow centerline striping on Country View Drive (entire length); and post "Down Hill Speed" sign on Country View Drive. C/Ury, noting that the volume counts indicated in the staff report was conducted prior to the installation of the "No Right Turn" signs, pointed out that there is probably a tremendous difference in the volume of traffic going through the area. The report also indicates that there is a lot of westbound traffic in the early morning hours, indicating that there are illegal turns being made in the area. May 13, 1993 Page 4 Chair/Chavers opened the meeting to public testimony. The following individuals expressed their support for the installation of a yield sign at Deer Crossing Drive only because the traffic significantly decreased as a result of the "No Right turn" signs posted on Rolling Knoll Road and Country View Drive at Grand Avenue: Tony Ruiz, residing at 23649 Country View Dr.; Debra Kline, residing at 23812 Country View Dr.; Jean Puchihara, residing at 23717 Country View Dr.; and Karen Mahoney, residing at 23834 Country View Dr. Hearing no further testimony, Chair/Chavers closed the meeting to public testimony. Motion was made by C/Beke, seconded by C/Cheng and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to accept staff's recommendation's to install a yield sign on Deer Crossing Drive, and to deny staff's recommendation to paint the double yellow centerline, and post the "Watch Down Hill Speed" sign on Country View Drive. AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Beke, Cheng, Ury, and Chair/Chavers. NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None. ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: None. ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: VC/Gravdahl. The results of SE/Liu reported that the "No Right Turn, 4-7:00 PM, a 60 -day Monday -Friday" signs on Rolling Knoll Road and observation of Country View Drive at Grand Avenue were installed the "No Right on March 3, 1993 and enforcement began on March 10, Turn" restriction1993. Additional signs on the traffic signal mast signs on arm and in the median island on Grand Avenue were Rolling Knoll Rd.installed on April 27, 1993. There has been a and Country View total of 496 citations given by the Walnut Sheriff at Grand Avenue Station during the months of March and April of 1993, On April 22, 1993, the Department of Public Works mailed out approximately 600 surveys to the residents in the Quail Summit Drive/Rolling Knoll Road area to assess the effect of the "No Right Turn" signs on the neighborhood. Of the 217 surveys received as of May 6, 1993, 143 residences wanted the signs to remain as presently posted; 50 requested the removal of the signs; and 24 wanted the signs modified. The City also received signed petitions from 48 residences from the Long View Drive area requesting the removal of the signs. This matter will come before the City Council on June 15, 1993 for further discussion. J May 13, 1993 NEW BUSINESS: Page 5 Chair/Chavers opened the meeting to public testimony. The following individuals expressed their support to retain the "No Right Turn" signs posted on Rolling Knoll Road and Country View Drive at Grand Avenue because the signs are effective, and the area is now safe for children: Tony Ruiz, residing at 23649 Country View Dr.; Mark Segal, residing at 1342 Rolling Knoll Rd.; Karen Mahoney, residing at 23834 Country View Dr.; Sh ila Olivas, residing at 23481 Quail Summit Dr.; Adolf and Rosalita Neder, residing at 23229 Quail Summit Dr.; Don Lemly, residing 1387 Rolling Knoll Rd.; and Dave Mansa, 1356 Rolling Knoll Rd. Hearing no further testimony, Chair/Chavers closed the meeting to public testimony. There were approximatel 60 hands raised in response to C/Beke's inqui y of how many people in the audience are in favor f the restrictive signs. One individual raised hi hand in favor of the removal of the signs. Chair/Chavers directed staff to reflect in their staff report to the City Council that the Traffic Commission stands by their original recommendation without any modification. Chair/Chavers recessed the meeting at 7:25 p.m. the meeting was reconvened at 7:30 p.m. 4 -way stop sign AA/Aberra presented the staff report regarding the at Castle Rock request received from a Diamond Bar resident to and Cold Springs replace the existing 2 -way stop signs with a 4 -way stop sign at the intersection of Castle Rock Road -- and Cold Springs Lane. Upon staff's investigation, it was determined that the intersection did not meet the requirements of the multi -way stop warrant analysis in the CalTrans Traffic Manual. It is recommended that the Commission deny the request to install a 4 -way stop sign at the intersection of Castle Rock Road and Cold Springs Lane. Motion was made by C/Ury, seconded by Chair/Chavers and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to accept staff's recommendation to deny the request. AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Beke, Cheng, Ury, and Chair/Chavers. NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None. May 13, 1993 Page 6 ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: None. ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: VC/Gravdahl. STATUS OF SE/Liu, in response to Chair/Chavers, reported that PREVIOUS the far side secondary "No Right Turn" signs have ACTION ITEMS: been posted on the mast arm of the signal at Rolling Knoll Road at Grand Avenue. ITEMS FROM SE/Liu, in response to C/Ury's inquiry regarding COMMISSIONERS: the progress of the study to improve the intersection of Grand Avenue and Diamond Bar Boulevard, reported that staff is currently working with the traffic engineer to explore all options for that intersection. An operational analysis will also be conducted. In response to C/Cheng, SE/Liu stated that the Commission did study the intersection of Grand Ave. and Golden Springs Drive and concluded to add double left turn pockets on the Grand Ave. approaches. SE/Liu, upon the request of C/Ury, reported that Supervisor Dana's office was very supportive of CalTrans HOV lanes along the 57 and 60 freeways, and the 57/60 freeway interchange project. Additionally, the City submitted two other projects: the Grand Ave Traffic Signal Synchronization and Arterial Improvements; and the Brea Canyon Road Widening Project. ITEMS FROM STAFF: Metrolink SE/Liu stated that any Commissioner interested in Tour the Metrolink tour, tentatively scheduled for June 17, 1993, should notify staff. Ranch Festival SE/Liu stated that this matter will be brought back Booth/Ride to the Commission at the next meeting after staff Sharing has communicated with the people at CTS. ADJOURNMENT: Motion was made by C/Cheng, seconded by C/Beke and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 p.m. Respecti ely s David G. Liu, Secretary Attest: . Todd Chavers, Chairman