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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/8/20011 1 CITY OF DIAMOND BAR MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION NOVEMBER 8, 2001 I. CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Virginkar called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. in the South Coast Air Quality Management/Government Center Hearing Board Room, 21865 E. Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California 91765. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The audience was led in the Pledge of Allegiance by Commissioner Morris. ROLL CALL: Present: Chairman Virginkar, Vice Chairman Istik and Commissioners Kung and Morris. Commissioner Leonard was excused. Also Present: David Liu, Director of Public Works, Kirk Phillips, Associate Engineer, Todd Strojny, Senior Administrative Assistant, Linda Smith, Development Services Assistant, Deputy Diane Dodd and Sharon Gomez, Administrative Assistant. 11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. Minutes of October 11, 2001. C/Morris moved, C/Kung seconded to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 11, 2001 as presented. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Kung, Morris, Chair/Virginkar NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: VC/Istik ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: Leonard III. COMMISSION COMMENTS: None Offered IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Monica Moya, University of Phoenix, 1370 So. Valley Vista Drive #140, asked that the "No Parking" signs on Valley Vista Drive between the building's driveways be covered so that their students are able to park on the street on Tuesday evenings between the hours of 5:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Currently, 280 parking spaces are allocated and the university is at full capacity (336 students) on Tuesday evenings. DPW/Liu stated that staff has been looking into this and other issues concerning this matter. When this project was originally reviewed, adequate parking spaces 1 1 1 NOVEMBER 8, 200'1 PAGE 2 T&T COMMISSION were proposed by the applicant and provided for the project. This matter will require additional review by staff in order to make a presentation to the Commission at a later date. VC/Intik pointed out that street parking may present sight safety concerns for street traffic. C/Kung suggested that the University of Phoenix offer to negotiate with their neighbors for parking spaces in their complex that are not in use during the evening hours to resolve this problem rather than ask the Commission to solve the problem. V. CONSENT CALENDAR: None - VI._ OLD BUSINESS: A. Consideration of Parking on the East Side of Lemon Avenue from the Southerly SR -60 Freeway Right-of-way to the Northerly Driveway of the Commercial Center. DSA/Smith presented staffs report. Staff recommends that the Traffic and Transportation Commission receive public comments, discuss, and concur with staffs recommendations to allow 1 -Hour Commercial Vehicle Parking, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the east side of Lemon Avenue from the southerly _SR -60 freeway right-of-way line to the northerly driveway of the commercial center for a trial period of six months and forward said recommendation to the City Council. Mary Ricotta, Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe, 20651 Golden Springs Drive, thanked staff for their recommendation and Charlie's would like to recommend that this parking consideration be permanent. C/Morris moved, C/Kung seconded, to recommend that the City Council approve staffs recommendation to allow 1 -Hour Commercial Vehicle Parking, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on the east side of Lemon Avenue from the southerly SR -60 freeway right-of-way line to the northerly driveway of the commercial center for a trial period of six months. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Kung, Morris, VC/Istik, Chair/Virginkar NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: Leonard NOVEMBER 8, 2001 PAGE 3 T&T COMMISSION VII. NEW BUSINESS: A. Sheriff's Department Traffic Safety Program. Staff recommends that the Traffic and Transportation Commission review, discuss and provide further comment on the Sheriffs Department Traffic Safety Program. Lt. Mike Walker, D.B./Walnut Sheriffs Station, presented the report. C/Morris liked the idea of increased enforcement. He asked for statistics pertaining to the number of citations when laser guns are used and when no laser guns are used. Lt. Walker explained that there will be a significant increase in citations issued as a result of the new laser technology. Currently, all motor officers have, the hand-held laser devises. The City has agreed to purchase three additional hand-held laser devises that will be given to the motor officers. The old hand-held laser devises will be given to the patrol deputies working in the radio cars. This will more than double the department's ability to engage in radar enforcement within the city. VC/Istik asked if there is anything the City can do to assist the Sheriffs Department. The City receives a lot of complaints about traffic enforcement and those complaints should be addressed fairly. Lt. Walker responded that the Sheriffs Department has an active partnership with the City's management and staff. Diamond Bar has been extremely supportive of the Sheriff's Department. ChairNirginkar hopes additional enforcement will be provided on residential streets to reduce the speeding. Lt. Walker assured the Commission that the Sheriffs Department is very responsive to citizens' concerns. The department is aware of residential traffic problems, particularly during peak school morning and afternoon traffic hours. He indicated that data is available for any location and parameter within the City on an as -needed basis. C/Morris said he believes the primary concern of people living in residential areas is the cut -through traffic. Communication between the City and the Sheriff's Department is essential. Having Deputy Mark St. Amant as a concerned resident has served this community well. C/Morris reiterated his request that the proposed location of the speed control trailer be provided to the Commission on a monthly basis. NOVEMBER 8, 2001 PAGE 4 T&T COMMISSION Chair/Virginkar said he understood the Commission did not want to be advised about the speed trailer location in advance. He would prefer to have an after -the -fact monthly update regarding the trailer placement. SAA/Strojny responded to VC/Istik that the Traffic Safety Program is scheduled for presentation to the City Council at its first meeting in December. Vlll. STATUS OF PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS: DPW/Liu reported on the Chaparral Middle School traffic circulation and signage. Most of the signs are in place. Beginning next week the Sheriff's Department will commence with a warning period followed by full enforcement. He stated that the Dial -A -Ride program will be discussed by the City Council on November 20. The Golden Springs Drive street improvement project between Torito Lane and Temple Avenue is moving forward ahead of schedule. It is likely that the paving will be completed by Thanksgiving. The Brea Canyon Streetscape and Street Improvements Project began on Monday, November 5, 2001. IX. ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS: C/Kung asked that staff follow up on his comments during the October meeting. DPW/Liu responded that staff has compiled a report on the input received from an elected official and the information was forwarded to the City Manager and Deputy City Manager. C/Morris asked that staff monitor time -restrictions placed on contractors. The Golden Springs Drive project commences at or before 7:00 a.m. and continues well into the evening during peak travel hours which disrupts traffic flow and causes major disruption to certain residential neighborhoods. In addition, the contractor failed to establish specific travel lanes. Lt. Walker said that during a meeting with his motor officers today this subject was discussed and this situation is closely monitored on a daily basis. VC/Istik suggested that if the contractor fails to comply with specific requests, he should have to pay for on-site traffic control. X. ITEMS FROM STAFF: A. Monthly Traffic Enforcement Update for October, 2001 — report provided by Deputy Dodd. ILt. Walker agreed to provide graphics to show trends on a quarterly basis. VC/lstik would prefer to have a report for a given area on an as -needed basis rather than an overall citywide view. NOVEMBER 8, 200'1 PAGE 5 T&T COMMISSION XI. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: A. Portable Speed Humps on Navajo Spring Road/Decorah Road. DPW/Liu reported that staff met with about 17 neighborhood residents to update them regarding the portable speed hump pilot project on Navajo Spring Road and Decorah Road. In accordance with the survey, staff has determined to install three speed humps rather than two speed humps. Interestingly, three percent of the vehicles traveling on Navajo Springs Road were observed to exceed 55 miles per hour. C/Kung suggested that the area be monitored by video. It is likely that the speeders are habitual offenders and by determining their identify, most of the speeding problems in the area could be eliminated. C/Morris said that he is not a fan of speed humps. This is one area where cut -through traffic does not exist. Therefore, it must be the residents who are speeding and that fact is of great concern to him. He believes there are other ways to address this problem. B. Diamond Ranch High School Traffic Circulation. DPW/Liu reported that the school's staff has invited City staff members to discuss the study. No off-site recommendations are proposed in the study. C/Morris is concerned about multiple jurisdictions being involved in the traffic enforcement at the school. C. Brea Canyon Road and Golden Springs Drive Traffic Signal Repairs. AE/Phillips presented staff's report. The work has been completed and the situation will continue to be monitored over the next month with a report back to the Commission. D. Future Agenda Items. The Commission concurred to go dark for their December meeting and schedule the next regular meeting for January 10, 2002. XII. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE CITY EVENTS — as agendized. Lt. Walker stated that the second community meeting will be held at D.B.H.S. on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. NOVEMBER 8, 2001 PAGE 6 T&T COMMISSION ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the. Traffic and Transportation Commission, Chairman Virginkar adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m. to Thursday, January 10, 2002. Respectfully, - av' iu, Secretary Attest: i-- Chairman Arun Virginka`r �—