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Home My WebLink About10/11/2018 - Minutes - Regular MeetingCITY OF DIAMOND BAR MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING WINDMILL COMMUNITY ROOM DIAMOND BAR CITY HALL 21810 COPLEY DRIVE, DIAMOND BAR OCTOBER 11, 2018 CALL TO ORDER: Chair Quan called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. in the Diamond Bar City Hall Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California 91765. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: ROLL CALL: Commissioner Washington led the Pledge of Allegiance. Commissioners Michael Mehta, Lisa Washington, Garg, Chair Cynthia Quan Gonzalez, Surendra Vice -Chair Mahendra Also Present: David Liu, Public Works Director; Kimberly Young, Senior Civil Engineer; John Beshay, Associate Engineer; Fabian Aoun, Assistant Engineer; and, Marcy Hilario, Administrative Coordinator. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. T&T Commission Meeting Minutes of August 9, 2018. C/Mehta moved, C/Gonzales seconded, to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of August 9, 2018 as submitted. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSTAIN COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: PUBLIC COMMENTS: None ITEMS FROM STAFF: Gonzalez, Mehta, VC/Garg, Chair/Quan None Washington None A. TRAFFIC STATISTICS — July and August 2018: C/Washington asked why DUI's were higher in July and August. C/Mehta commented that citations are up as well and asked if there was more Sheriff's OCTOBER 11, 2018 PAGE 2 T&T COMMISSION activity. In addition, Chair/Quan noticed that citations for street sweeping were up in August. PWD/Liu said he would have to check with the Sheriff's Department regarding the Commissioners' comments. He noted that the average number of monthly citations for street sweeping is approximately 300. The Fourth of July holiday may have had an impact on the number of citations versus the month of August; however, 517 seems to be on the high end. Chair/Quan moved, C/Mehta seconded, to Receive and File the July and August 2018 Traffic Statistics. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Gonzalez, Mehta, Washington, VC/Garg, Chair/Quan NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: None B. MONTHLY UPDATES OF VARIOUS PROJECTS/PROGRAMS: a) Traffic Signal Infrastructure Upgrade Phase III — SCE/Young — Installation of the hardware was completed in September by the contractor. The communications consultant continues to fine tune the configuration of the new controllers and components that were added at the various intersections. Staff anticipates presenting a Notice of Completion to the City Council in November. b) Adaptive Traffic Control Signal System (ATCS) — SCE/Young — Staff is scheduled to present a contract to the City Council on October 16th and is recommending Siemens be the selected vendor to install/implement the system. c) Copley Drive/Golden Springs Drive Intersection Improvement — SCE/Young — The protected only left turn signal at Copley Drive has been installed. Tomorrow the No -Right -Turn signage will be installed prohibiting right turns on red from Copley Drive onto Golden Springs Drive. d) City Entry Monument Sign Project — AE/Beshay — This project includes two locations (Diamond Bar Boulevard at Temple Avenue and Golden Springs Drive at Calbourne Drive). Installation of the masonry block wall with stone veneer for the monument signs have been installed at both locations, as well as the irrigation system and boulders in the medians. This project is expected to be completed early to mid- November. e) Area 6 Residential Neighborhood ADA/CDBG Curb Ramp Project— AE/Beshay — This project has been completed and the Notice of Completion will be presented to the City Council on November 61n OCTOBER 11, 2018 PAGE 3 T&T COMMISSION f) Area 6 Residential & Collector Road Rehabilitation Project — AE/Beshay —Council approved the contract at its August 7th meeting to Hardy & Harper, Inc. This project is scheduled to commence next week. This is a 60 working day project and consists of slurry seal, edge grind and overlay applications. g) Lemon Avenue Interchange Project— SCE/Young — The eastbound on-ramp will be opened on Tuesday, October 16th. A press conference is scheduled for Monday, October 15th to notify the public of the ramp opening and closure of the existing ramp at Brea Canyon Road/Golden Springs Drive. Once the new ramp is opened and the existing ramp is closed, work will continue with signal modifications to permit left -turns into and out of the shopping centers. Sidewalk will be installed where the ramps were located. Improvements including striping on Golden Springs Drive and grind and overlay along Lemon Avenue from Golden Springs Drive to Earlgate Street, after which landscaping will be installed. h) SR -57/60 Confluence Project—SCE/Young—Thewestboundslipon- ramp was opened yesterday, which means that traffic traveling south on Grand Avenue can now turn right onto the westbound SR -60. Prior to the opening, City of Industry held a ribbon -cutting ceremony with the Diamond Bar City Councilmembers present. A semi -truck was driven down the on-ramp to commemorate the event. This puts the project one step closer to fulfillment of the SR -57/60 Confluence Project's goals to ease congestion within the area. i) Grand Avenue/Golden Springs Drive Intersection Improvements— SCE/Young — Final plans were given to staff last week for review. Staff is confident that all requested changes have been made. City of Industry will likely go out to bid in November, with construction to begin in early 2019. j) Morning Canyon Road Rehabilitation Project — SCE/Young — This project has been completed. Final repairs were made and a Notice of Completion was issued at the last City Council meeting. After a year, this project was finally completed and residents in the area are very pleased with the improvements. k) Diamond Bar Boulevard Complete Streets Corridor— SCE/Young — Staff presented two conceptual alternatives to the City Council on August 21St. A review of those two alternatives prompted additional questions from Councilmembers who wanted more detail of the two alternatives and how bicyclists and pedestrians would interact. Consequently, staff will make a presentation at an upcoming City Council Study Session. Information will be provided regarding the two alternatives and Council's questions will be answered in the hope that they will provide direction to staff for their preferred alternative. OCTOBER 11, 2018 PAGE 4 T&T COMMISSION TR63623—South Pointe Residential Development/Larkstone Park —AE/Aoun — Phase 8 of the development was finalized and is ready for occupancy, and Phase 9 is currently being finalized. Once Phase 9 is finalized, Phase 10 and the buildout phase will be the only remaining phases. Larkstone Park is opened and is being maintained by City staff. m) Diamond Bar Ranch Shopping Center (Sprouts/Chipotle/Coffee Bean/Ross/The Habit) and McDonald's Redevelopment—AE/Aoun — Rough grading is complete forthe Habit pad and the building is being constructed. Final grading will occur over the next several months. Opening is estimated for the end of 2018/e6rly 2019. Chair/Quan moved, VC/Garg seconded, to receive and file the Updates on Various Projects/Programs. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: IV. NEW BUSINESS VI COMMISSIONERS: COMMISSIONERS: COMMISSIONERS: None STATUS OF PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS VII. ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS: Gonzalez, Mehta, Washington, VC/Garg, Chair/Quan None None None C/Gonzales asked if the Sprouts center (Diamond Bar Ranch Shopping Center) will have synchronized traffic signals once traffic increases. He noticed that traffic gets backed up during rush hour at the Palomino Drive traffic signal. SCE/Young replied that staff can look into what can be done. Generally, what happens is that the City's traffic signals are synchronized; however, the traffic signals at the on and off ramps to the eastbound SR -60 are not synchronized with the City's signals because those are operated and maintained by Caltrans. C/Mehta asked about storage places being converted within the City. SCE/Young explained that there is a project under consideration by the Planning Commission to convert the RV/Storage area on Brea Canyon Road to a hotel/mixed-used building. C/Mehta reminded staff that the bougainvillea at the left turn into The Country Estates at Shotgun Lane from westbound Grand Avenue needs trimming. Chair/Quan shared the bougainvillea is a variety that gets really woody and stringy and sticks up a lot. She recommended that it be removed and replaced with something less view - impeding. OCTOBER 11, 2018 PAGE 5 T&T COMMISSION VC/Garg asked for an update on the overnight parking regulations in relationship to burglaries. PWD/Liu responded he does not have an update; however, he spent some time relaying the concerns to the City Manager's office. The request for overnight parking regulations would have to come from the City Council. The City Manager's office will make contact with VC/Garg to discuss. C/Gonzalez said he would not be able to attend the November meeting VIII. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE CITY EVENTS: As noted in the Agenda ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Traffic and Transportation Commission, Chair/Quan adjourned the meeting at 7:03 p.m. The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this q uj day of 2018. Respectfully Su ed, r - I David -6 Lliu, Secretary Attest- air/Cynthia ttest air/Cynthia Quan