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Home My WebLink About01/11/2018 - Minutes - Regular MeetingCITY OF DIAMOND BAR MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING JANUARY 11, 2018 CALL TO ORDER: Chair Mehta called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Diamond Bar City Hall Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California 91765. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Vice Chair Quan led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: Commissioners Mahendra Garg, Ed Pechy, Lisa Washington, Vice Chair Cynthia Quan and Chair Surendra Mehta Also Present: David Liu, Public Works Director; Kimberly Young, Senior Civil Engineer; John Beshay, Associate Engineer; Christian Malpica, Associate Engineer (Traffic); Fabian Aoun, Associate Engineer; and Marcy Hilario, Administrative Coordinator. I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. Minutes of the November 9, 2017 Regular Meeting C/Pechy moved, VC/Quan seconded, to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of November 9, 2017 as presented. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Pechy, Washington, VC/Quan, Chair/ Mehta NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: Garg ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: None 11. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None January 11, 2018 PAGE 2 T&T COMMISSION L V. VI. ITEMS FROM STAFF: A. Traffic Enforcement Update: 1. Citations: 2. Collisions: 3. Street Sweeping October, November & December 2017 October, November & December 2017 October, November & December 2017 VC/Quan moved, C/Pechy seconded to receive and file the Traffic Enforcement Update for October, November & December 2017. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: OLD BUSINESS: None NEW BUSINESS: None Garg, Pechy, Washington, VC/Quan, Chair/Mehta None None STATUS OF PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS: A. Cold Spring Lane Commercial Vehicle Parking Restrictions — AE/Malpica reported that staff is proposing to install seven (7) signs on Cold Spring Lane in accordance with the exhibits provided to the Commission. This action is being proposed to notify truck drivers of Commercial Vehicle Parking Restrictions as requested by a resident during the November 2017 meeting. In addition, staff requested that the Diamond Bar Plaza property management notify its tenants of the proposed signs. Once staff has received Commission concurrence for the installation, staff will order and install the signs the first week of February. B. Palomino Drive — No Truck Signs — AE/Malpica explained that the City's Traffic Consultant recommends installation of "no oversized vehicles" signage 20 feet east of the Smart & Final driveway exit. This will prevent truck drivers from making a right turn into the residential area when exiting. With Commission concurrence, staff will move forward to install the signage, which the City has in stock. Chair/Mehta recommended staff install a no -right -turn or left -turn -only at the exit. SCE/Young responded that staff wants to make certain that whatever signage is installed is "regulatory" so that it can be enforced. Staff will determine whether there is a regulatory sign that reads "no right turn for January 11, 2018 PAGE 3 T&T COMMISSION trucks" because, in this instance, the restriction is specific to trucks as opposed to the regulatory sign that indicates a "no right -turn" for all vehicles. VC/Quan asked if staff would consider installing signage further down Palomino Drive within the residential area because she has seen trucks in those areas. Staff will look into this request. VII. ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS: None Offered. VIII. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: A. Traffic Signal Infrastructure Upgrades Project - Phase III — AE/Malpica — Staff is finalizing plans for this project which is tentatively scheduled to be advertised by the end of January with commencement of construction two months later. B. Adaptive Traffic Control Signal System — AE/Malpica — Staff expects to issue the RFP to select a vendor by the end of January with selection of the contractor within the next couple of months. C. Copley Drive/Golden Springs Drive Intersection Enhancements — AE/Malpica — Staff held the bid opening on January 4th. The apparent low bidder is P.T.M. General Engineering Services, Inc. Riverside, with a bid amount of $138,318, which is $10,000 over the Engineer's estimate. The contract will be taken to the February 6th City Council meeting for consideration. Construction is slated to begin within the following two months. D. City Entry Monument Sign Design — AE/Beshay — The final monument design including full median improvements is near completion. The project is anticipated to go out to bid by early February. E. Pathfinder Road Rehabilitation (LA County) — AE/Beshay — Pathfinder Road within city limits, between Peaceful Hills Road and Canyon Ridge Road, will be cold milled and resurfaced with asphalt. This project is being completed in conjunction with LA County as a cost-saving measure while they are rehabilitating Fullerton Road and Pathfinder Road within their jurisdiction. The project will start within LA County jurisdiction Friday, January 12th and the estimated start date within the City of Diamond Bar limits will take place by the end of February. The entire project is expected to be completed in early April F. Lemon Avenue Interchange Project — SCENoung — Construction continues. The lanes on Golden Springs Drive were opened on the weekend of November 17th. Similarly, the lanes along Lemon Avenue are being opened as paving continues. The paving of the ramps is the next milestone January 11, 2018 PAGE 4 T&T COMMISSION for the project. Yesterday, the contractor and ACE approached Caltrans to request a special modification to the freeway lane closures. The proposal is for six 55 -hour number 3 and 4 lane closures (Friday evening to Monday morning) in both the eastbound and westbound directions along the SR -60 in order to fully and appropriately pave the ramps. This will provide sufficient safety room for the workers and equipment. If approved, the first closure will take place on the weekend of January 26th. Once the ramps are fully paved, there will be additional work to get the new traffic signal at the eastbound on/off ramp fully functional prior to opening of the ramps. The goal is to have the westbound on-ramp and eastbound off -ramp opened sometime in March, if construction progresses as scheduled barring weather delays. G. SR -57/60 Confluence Project — SCE/Young — Construction continues. The closure along Grand Avenue for the westbound on-ramp and right -turn restriction for the westbound off -ramp continues. Staff has seen very minimal impacts to Diamond Bar due to these long term closures following an initial learning curve, especially for truck traffic. H. Grand Avenue/Golden Springs Drive Intersection Improvements Update — SCE/Young — The landscape design continues. Post and Rail and steel panels were added to the medians along Grand Avenue as part of the design. As a result of that change, the designer has engaged an electrical engineer to complete a design to accommodate lighting for the steel panels. Morning Canyon Road Rehabilitation Project — SCE/Young — Staff met with the contractor this morning to address some of the areas in the pavement that still do not meet specifications. The contractor will propose a repair scheme to the City to fix the areas of concern and apply a Type I slurry over the entire length of the project limits. What was originally applied is actually a parking lot seal coat, which did not meet the City's specifications. J. TR 63623 — Southpointe Residential Development/Larkstone Park — AE/Aoun — Both items are underway. The Southpointe Development is in Phase VI of ten (10) for the homes. Once completed, buyers will be able to move into Phase VI. With respect to Larkstone Park, the contractor has the final punch list of items to correct in order to bring the park up to conformance and proceed through final approval. Larkstone Drive, leading to the development and the park, is proceeding through final improvements. K. Diamond Bar Ranch Shopping Center (Sprouts) — Development Update AE/Aoun — Sprouts has been open for a while and Ross is opening soon. On Tuesday, The Coffee Bean will open under a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy, pending minor site corrections. Chipotle will open soon thereafter. The McDonald's rehab is well underway and will be finished sometime in the next two months. January 11, 2018 PAGE 5 T&T COMMISSION IX. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE CITY EVENTS: As noted in the agenda with the addition of the January 20, 2018 Winter Snow Fest. VC/Quan stated she would not be present for the February T&T meeting. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Traffic and Transportation Commission, Chair/Mehta adjourned the meeting at 7:40 p.m. The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this `a day of2018. Respectfully Submitted, Id G. Liu, Secretary Attest: Chair/Surendra Mehta