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PARKS AND RECREATION
TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION
JOINT MEETING
RECREATIONAL TRAILS AND BICYCLE ROUTE MASTER PLAN
MARCH 19, 2001
CALL TO ORDER: P&R/Chair/Finnerty and T&T/Chair/Morris called
the Joint Meeting of the Parks and Recreation and the Traffic & Transportation Commissions to
order at 6:50 p.m. in Room CC -8 of the SCAQMD Headquarters Building, 21865 E. Copley
Drive.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Parks and
Recreation Chairman Annette Finnerty.
ROLL CALL: Parks and Recreation Chairman Annette Finnerty,
Vice Chairman Patty Anis and Commissioners Jeff Hull and Mark St. Amant..
Commissioner Marty Torres arrived at 6:58 p.m.
Traffic and Transportation Chairman Arun
Virginkar and Commissioner, Joseph Kung and Roland Morris.
Vice Chairman Jack Istik and Commissioner Joyce
Leonard -Colby were excused.
Staff Members Present: Bob Rose, Community Services Director; David
Liu, Director of Public Works; Gary Olivas, Recreation Superintendent, Marsha Roa, Associate
Engineer and Sharon Gomez, Administrative Secretary.
Also Present:
Marlene Roth, The Roth Group, Inc.
MATTERS FROM THE AUDIENCE: None Offered.
1. CONSENT CALENDAR:
1.1 Approval of Minutes of the February 22, 2001 Joint Meeting of the Parks and
Recreation Commission and the Traffic and Transportation Commission.
P&R/C/St. Amant moved, T&T/Chair/Virginkar seconded, to approve the minutes
of the February 22, 2001 joint meeting as presented. Motion carried with
P&R/VC/Patty Anis abstaining.
RECREATIONAL TRAILS AND BICYCLE ROUTE MASTER PLAN -
Marlene Roth, The Roth Group, reviewed the Draft Recreational Trails and Bicycle Route
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of the February 22, 2001 joint meeting as presented. Motion carried with
P&R/VC/Patty Anis abstaining.
2. RECREATIONAL TRAILS AND BICYCLE ROUTE MASTER PLAN -
Marlene Roth, The Roth Group, reviewed the Draft Recreational Trails and Bicycle Route
Master Plan page by page. She stated that the document will be corrected to reflect the
incoming Commission officers.
T&T/Chair/Virginkar suggested that following paragraph be inserted in the cover letter:
"The plan also offers the Commissioners' suggestions and recommendations for
implementation of the proposed bike routes, etc." When this plan is presented to the
Planning Commission for review and approval he assumes that the implementation
schedule will also be reviewed and approved. He further suggested that an Abbreviation
Key be included in the Appendices under Item C.
DPW/Liu recommended that the cover page refer to Council Member rather than Member
for the individual listing. Further, consideration should be given to the Mayor's listing as
Robert S. Huff.
Pa2e 6: Line 9 - Correct spelling of Los Angeles; Line 10 - correct Metropolitan
Transit Authority to Metropolitan Transportation Authority; under A.
RECREATIONAL TRAILS, bullet two, capitalize Golf Course.
Page 7: The second bullet under B. Bicycle Routes as well as the third sentence in
paragraph 2 should indicate Golden Springs Drive instead of Road or
Avenue.
Page 8: Correct Golden Springs Road to Drive; Brea Canyon to Brea Canyon
Road.
Page 9: Eliminate the hyphen (-) between Cut and off in the first bullet so that the
second line indicates Brea Canyon Cutoff.
Page 10: Insert casual in the 4 1 line under second bullet Recreational trails so that it
reads: "for the use of hikers, casual walkers, and, etc."; Correct Golden
Springs Boulevard to Golden Springs Drive in the first bullet under 1.
Urban Walkways.
Page 11: Add South Pointe Middle School to the end of bullet l; Correct the second
sentence under bullet 2 as follows: "It links or provides access to a number
of corporate offices: Diamond Bar City Hall, South Coast Air Quality
Management District, and the University of Phoenix."; add future to the
last sentence under bullet 3 so that it reads: South Pointe Middle School,
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and future Larkstone Park and Trail."
Page 13: Bullet 4 - Summitridge Park Trail. The length indicated in the first line
seems too short when combined with Sycamore Canyon; last bullet -
Larkstone Park Trail, delete a from the third line; add completely to the
first sentence on the page in 2. Recreational Trails so that it reads: "This
plan identifies five trails completely within the city, etc."; capitalize
Skyline in the second sentence of the first paragraph. (Marlene Roth will
rewrite the paragraph.)
Page 16: Third bullet - insert Future in front of Larkstone Park Trail -;
Figure 2: Change dotted line up to Tin Drive to a solid line (Sycamore Canyon Park
Trail).
Page 20: Change ridership to dependents in the third line of paragraph 1 under A.
BACKGROUND
Page 21: Correct the spelling of Los Angeles in the second paragraph, fourth line.
Pa a 22: Change Medians to Median in the first sentence of the second bullet.
Page 24: Correct the last sentence on the page to read: "Restrictions for sidewalk
use are provided in the State of California Vehicle Code."
Pa2e 26; Clarify the first paragraph under MTA Long Range Plan to indicate the
relationship between the plans.
Figure 5: The map does not include the Park N Ride north of Pathfinder Road at the
SR 57.
Page 29: Correct Pathfinder to Pathfinder Road in the fourth line of the first bullet
entitled Brea Canyon Road (middle of the page).
Page 32 : Correct street names and spelling thereof and add future in front of
references to Larkstone Loop or Park.
Marlene Roth said that text and names will be corrected within the tables on pages 35 and
36.
Page 38: Change the third sentence under 2. Conceptual Cost Estimates to indicate
a cost per sign of approximately $25 instead of $100. All peripheral cost
indications will be reduced accordingly. The paragraph will be rewritten
for ease of reading. Delete double wording "for these improvements"
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from the last line on the page.
Page 41: Correct the last sentence in the first paragraph as follows: Capitalize
Skyline and Trail at the beginning of the sentence.
Table 6 & 7 will be condensed to fit on one page.
Page 43: Marlene Roth explained that the section entitled Bicycle Parking Facilities
is for information purposes only. These facilities are not necessarily being
recommended. However, the City of Diamond Bar's transportation
demand management ordinance requires private property owners to
provide certain types of facilities.
Page 46: Correct Metropolitan Transit Authority to Metropolitan Transportation
Authority in Line 8 of Paragraph 1. Rewrite the last paragraph.
Page 50: Rewrite the first bullet: "Prepare a color map/brochure for distribution
Rewrite the last bullet for clarification and refer to appendage C.
GENERAL DISCUSSION:
A discussion ensued regarding prioritization and presentations to the Planning Commission and
the City Council.
Marlene Roth will present the draft plan to the Planning Commission and to the City Council
based upon the Commissioners' input
FUTURE MEETING SCHEDULE:
The Commissions concurred to schedule their next joint meeting at a future time to be
determined when the Planning Commission has received the presentation and has had all of their
questions and comments incorporated into the draft plan. Marlene Roth asked Commissioners to
be thinking about possible topics they may wish to speak on when the consultant and
Commissions make their presentation to the City Council.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the joint session of the
Parks and Recreation Commission and the Traffic & Transportation Commission, P&R/
Chair/Finnerty and T&T/Chair/Morris adjourned the meeting at 9:10 p.m.
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Respectfully Submitted,
Bob Rose
Secretary
Attest:
Annette Finnerty, Chairman
Parks and Recreation Commission
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David G. iu
Secretary
Attest:
Arun Virginkar, Chairman
Traffic and Transportation Commission