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Home My WebLink About2/10/2005CITY OF DIAMOND BAR MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 10, 2005 CALL TO ORDER: Chair Pincher called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. in the South Coast Air Quality Management/Government Center Hearing Board Room, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California 91765. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Vice Chair Torng led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: Present: Chair Pincher, Vice Chair Torng and Commissioner Morris Commissioner Virginkar arrived at 7:15 p.m. Commissioner Shah was excused. Also Present: David Liu, Director of Public Works; Fred Alamolhoda, Senior Engineer; Sharon Gomez, Senior Management Analyst and Debbie Gonzales, Administrative Assistant. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. Minutes of regular meeting of January 13, 2005, C/Morris moved, VC/Torng seconded, to approve the January 13, 2005 minutes as presented. Motion carried by the following Roil Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: If. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None Offered. Ili. CONSENT CALENDAR: None IV. ITEMS FROM STAFF: Morris, VC/Torng, Chair/Pincher None Shah, Virginkar A. Traffic Enforcement Update — Received and filed on the following items: 1. Citations: January 2005 2• Collisions: January 2005 3. Future Deployment of the Radar Trailer V. OLD BUSINESS: None VI. NEW BUSINESS: None FEBRUARY 10, 2005 ' PAGE 2 VII. STATUS OF PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS: None V11i. ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS: None Offered. IX. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: A. Caltrans 57/60 Freeway Construction Project. T&T COMMISSION SE/Alamolhoda reported the project is on schedule and the Brea Canyon Road on-ramp re -opening has been delayed; plans are to meet with Caltrans next week to determine the reason for the delay. Chair/Pincher asked if the connector that loops around from the SR -57 north to the SR -60 westbound would be improved. SE/Alamolhoda responded that the situation should improve after construction and removal of the concrete barrier is completed. He said he would review the situation tomorrow by driving the area. PWD/Liu said he was fairly confident that no further improvements would be made to the area in question. However, construction of the collector road may help to alleviate the situation to some extent. C/Morris asked if the quality of work issue regarding the SR -57 transition to the SR -60 westbound had been resolved. SE/Alamolhoda responded that the issue had been resolved, the concrete was accepted and the ramp is open. B. Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) SMA/Gomez reported that staff held two NTMP meetings in January for the Northern district of Diamond Bar, January 6, 2005 -- Prospectors Road and Sunset Crossing and January 11, 2005 — north of the SR -60 between the SR -57 to the easterly City boundary and to the north on Temple. She referred the Commissioners to staff's report that included residents' comments and concerns. The Commission will receive a summary of the three February meetings at the March Traffic and Transportation ` Commission meeting. C/Morris reiterated that he felt staff should be able to defer to the consultants to come up with long-term effective solutions and not Band-Aid solutions. And, that the City should be working from the outside in, rather than the inside out, to get the most benefit from every dollar spent. F FEBRUARY 10, 2005 PAGE 3 T&T COMMISSION C. Leyland Drive Speed Humps SMA/Gomez stated that after VC/Tomg voiced a concern that some of the residents felt that the speed humps were not as effective as they were purported to be. She had spoken with Sgt. Chris Blasnek to request additional enforcement in the area. However, the Sheriff's Department personnel were unable to get to the area between the January and February Commission meeting because they were concentrating on problem areas in and around certain schools. SMA/Gomez further stated that the Sheriff's Department would monitor the area during February and that she would therefore be able to present an update -to the Commission at its March 2005 meeting. C/Morris asked staff to provide information regarding speed "cushions" as opposed to speed "humps" and whether the City would consider speed cushions as. an alternative. PWD/Liu said that "speed cushions" are an acceptable traffic calming device. When the City considers implementation of any traffic calming devices, "speed cushions" could be a further consideration. CNirginkar asked if staff could propose modifications to the speed hump Policy to include speed cushions. VC/Torng felt that some residents might prefer to have speed humps. He wanted, to know if the NTMP manual would include the l changing a speed cushion installation to a speed hump installatiion andwhat it would cost the City to change the device. His understanding was that the speed humps in the City of Walnut were more effective than Diamond Bar's speed humps because .Diamond Bar's speed humps were already more like speed cushions in comparison. PWD/Liu felt that once the NTMP Manual is completed the City would have a toolbox of mitigation devices from which to choose including speed humps and speed cushions. CNirginkar recommended that the Commission pass a resolution to establish a standardized process for future requests once the consultant has completed his work. DPW/Liu responded that the toolbox is just one part of the consultant's work product. The consultant is also charged with assisting the City to establish a procedure for neighborhood traffic issues. X. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE CITY EVENTS — as adgendized. XII. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: FEBRUARY 10, 2005 PAGE 4 T&T COMMISSION ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to come before the Traffic and Transportation Commission, Chair/Pincher adjourned the meeting at 7:43 p.m. Respectfully, f'� Dad"G. L Secretary Attest: 7 Chair Liana Pincher