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Home My WebLink About4/10/2008CITY OF DIAMOND BAR MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING APRIL 10, 2008 CALL TO ORDER: Vice Chairman Lin called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. in the South Coast Air Quality Management/Government Center Hearing Board Room, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California 91765. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Shay led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: Commissioners Kevin House, Liana Pincher, Michael Shay, Vice Chairman Jimmy Lin Absent: Chairman Kenneth Mok Also Present: David Liu, Public Works Director; Rick Yee, Senior Engineer; Kimberly Molina, Associate Engineer and Marcy Hilario, Senior Administrative Assistant. I. ,APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. Minutes of the March 13, 2008 regular meeting. C/House moved, C/Pincher seconded, to approve the March 13, 2008 minutes as corrected. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS NOES: COMMISSIONERS ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS II. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None III. ITEMS FROM STAFF: House, Pincher, VC/Lin, None Shay Chair/Mok A. Received and Filed Traffic Enforcement Updates for: 1. Citations: January, February & March 2008 2. Collisions: January, February & March 2008 3. Street Sweeping: January, February & March 2008 APRIL 10, 2008 PAGE 2 T&T COMMISSION IV. STATUS OF PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS: PWD/Liu stated that on April 1St, the City Council approved the award of design services contract for the Palomino Drive Neighborhood Traffic Management Program. Also, staff is currently working on the FY 2008/09 budget. V. ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS: C/Shay thanked the Commissioners for letting him serve as the Chairman. He is honored to continue as a member for the good of the comm Pnityf the Commission and ciates that the worked Commissioners have together C/House said he had seen a lot of trucks in all lanes at the SR57/60 interchange. He asked if staff could send vehicularto the traffic. CHP PWD/asking Liufor saidenforcement st staff would creates ask for difficulty for regular enforcement from CHP and Caltrans. VI. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS SE/Yee reported on the fiber optic network project proposed by Verizon. Verizon will provide bundled high speed Internet, TV and phone service to the property line of every residence in the City. The City will inspect and verify that the public right-of-way is protected during and after the project is completed. SE/Yee stated that the Grand Avenue Phase 111 Project will be advertised next week for construction. The 90 -day project will complete the roadway rehabilitation of Grand Avenue from Rolling Knoll easterly to the City limits. SE/Yee responded to C/Shay that the total budget for the project is $1.65 million. Slightly more than $300,000 was set aside from the City's General Fund. The project is scheduled to come in lower than anticipated and, based on the current federal funding level, there is $1.1 million secured for this project anda local match assumed cost f $1 2 obligation in the amount of slightly less than $170,000 toward the SE/Yee updated the Commission on the Traffic Signal Interconnect Link Project. At its April 15th meeting, the City Council awarded a contract to install the fiber line interconnect along Grand Avenue and Golden and be completed eted betwee Springs J Drive. The project is slated to commence In two wee ne and July 2008 A. Lorbeer Middle School Access — SE/Yee referred the Commissioners to the handout and talked about the request to restrict left turns between 6:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. The City's traffic engineer evaluated the situation and spent time researching historical data. If the left turns were allowed, it would essentially eliminate a lot of curbside parking. Staff is communicating with the school to determine whether the proposed solution would be workable. C/Shay suggested that if the City and school decided to move forward, it should be on a trial basis. SE/Yee responded that staff is still discussing the matter and evaluating the issue. APRIL '10, 2008 PAGE 3 T&T COMMISSION C/Pincher pointed out that as referenced by a January speaker, the school is very busy during after-school hours and many cars are parked on the street. A few years ago, the left turn at Gold Rush Drive was changed to allow more cars to make a left or U-turn. There have been accommodations made for left turns and the fact that there are after-hours sports and it is such a busy intersection she appreciates that it is being very carefully considered. B. Various Traffic Signal Improvements on Golden Springs — SE/Yee reported that the traffic signal has been turned on at the intersection of Golden Springs Drive and Racquet Club Road and is operating successfully. C. NTMP — Sunset Crossing Road and Prospectors Road — SE/Yee stated that staff expects to receive the project landscape design tomorrow. Following review, staff hopes to go out to advertise the project about the middle of May. Affected residents will be so notified. D. Industry's Grand Avenue Bridge Widening/Interchange Project — PWD/Liu reported that there has been no further activity on the project. E. Lemon Avenue On/Off Ramps Project — PWD/Liu stated that the consultants are preparing responses to the public comments. All responses will be submitted to Caltrans and Caltrans will need three weeks to review the responses. Once the responses are completed, a study session will be scheduled to include the T&T Commissioners for an understanding of all comments and responses as well as staffs recommendation for the on/off ramp project. F. SR57/60 Feasibility Study— PWD/Liu reported that the consultant continues to prepare the analysis for the three alternatives and he believes that a presentation will be ready for the Commission shortly. G. Prospectors Road Rehab Project —AssocE/Molina reported that this project was completed on April 4th and staff will take a Notice of Completion to the City Council on April 15th. AssocE/Molina responded to VC/Lin that the project came in under budget. H. "Rocket Launcher" SCE Tower Relocation — AssocE/Molina stated that staff met with Edison today. Edison proposed to begin the relocation beginning 4:00 a.m. on Monday, April 21St with Grand Avenue closed to one lane for the duration of the three-day 24-hour project. No power outages are anticipated as a result of this project. VC/Lin suggested the City post dates and lane closure information on DBTV and recommend that Edison send postcards or flyers to all residents to let them know about the lane closures. C/Shay agreed. 2007-2008 CDBG Curb Ramp Project —AssocE/Molina reported that the project was out to bid for 20 new curb ramps to be installed in the neighborhood of Quail Summit Elementary and Paul C. Grow Park. Bid opening is scheduled for April 17th at 2:00 p.m. APRIL 10, 2008 PAGE 4 T&T COMMISSION J. Slurry Seal — Area 4 Residential/Zone 2 Arterial — AssocE/Molina stated that this project covering north of Pathfinder Road bounded by the northerly and westerly City limits and the SR -57 to the east, is being done in accordance with the City's annual slurry seal program. Plans and Specs are being reviewed at this time. AssocE/Molina responded to VC/Lin that Area 4 Residential consists of about 14 centerline miles and just less than two centerline miles for Zone 2 Arterial. PWD/Liu further responded that the estimate staff is preparing is about $1.3 million for the residential portion — the arterial portion is about $700,000. PWD/Liu stated that this year's Traffic Commissioners workshop will be held on Saturday, May 10'' at Cal Poly Pomona. VII. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE CITY EVENTS: As listed in the Agenda. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Traffic and Transportation Commission, VC/Lin adjourned the meeting at 8:11 p.m. The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this ` A day of 4A , 2008. Respectfull tl G. iu, Secretary Atte t: Vice Chairphan Jim y Lin