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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/08/2012 AGENDA Regular MeetingTRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AGENDA November 8, 2012 7:00 P.M., Regular Meeting Diamond Bar City Hall Windmill Community Room 21810 Copley Drive Diamond Bar, California Chairman Vice -Chairman Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Ted Carrera Kenneth Mok Jen "Fred" Mahlke Liana Pincher Peter Pirritano Written materials distributed to the 7Y affic and Ti-ansportation Connnission iwhhin 72 homy ofthe Ti•afjic and Transportation Connnission meeting are available forpublic inspection immediately upon distribution in the Ctty Clerk's office at 21810 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar California, during normal business hours. Copies ofstaff reports or other written documentation relating to agenda items are on file in the Public Works Department located at 21810 Copley Drive, and u e available for public inspection. Ifyou have questions regarding an agenda item, please call (909) 839- 7040 during regular business hours. 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Please refrain fi•oin stroking, eating or drinking The City of Diamond Bar uses recycled paper in the Auditorizmu and encourages you to do the same CITY OF DIAMOND BAR TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AGENDA November 8, 2012 DIAMOND BAR CITY HALL WINDMILL COMMUNITY ROOM 21810 COPLEY DRIVE, DIAMOND BAR CALL TO ORDER: 7:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Vice -Chairman Mok ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE OF INCOMING TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER, PETER PIRRITANO — ADMINISTRERED BY TOMMYE CRIBBINS, CITY CLERK ROLL CALL: Commissioner Mahlke, Pincher, Pirritano, Vice -Chairman Mok, Chairman Carrera I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Minutes of October 11, 2012 II. PUBLIC COMMENTS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Commission. Items to be discussed here are those which do not already appear on this agenda. III. ITEMS FROM STAFF A. Traffic Enforcement Update 1. Citations: August, September & October 2012 2. Collisions: August, September & October 2012 3. Street Sweeping: August, September & October 2012 IV. OLD BUSINESS A. Sunbright Drive Petition for Removal of Preferential Parking District Recommendation: It is recommended that the Traffic and Transportation Commission table this matter and concur with staff to monitor the parking condition along Sunbright Drive. V. NEW BUSINESS VI. STATUS OF PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS VII. ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS VIII. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS A. CDBG Curb Ramp Project IX. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE CITY EVENTS A. VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY — Monday, November 12, 2012. In observance of the holiday, City Hall offices will be closed. B. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING—Tuesday, November 13, 2012 — 6:30 p.m., Diamond Bar City Hall, Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive. C. PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING — Thursday, November 15, 2012 — 7:00 p.m., Diamond Bar City Hall, Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive. D. CITY COUNCIL MEETING — Tuesday, November 20, 2012 — 6:30 p.m., AQMD/Government Center, Main Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive E. THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY — Thursday, November 22, 2012 and Friday, November 23, 2011. In observance of the holiday, City Hall offices will be closed. F. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING—Tuesday, November 27, 2012 —6:30 p.m., Diamond Bar City Hall, Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive. G. TRANSIT LATE NIGHT — Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - City Hall front counter will remain open until 7:00 p.m. H. CANDY CANE CRAFT FAIR — Saturday, December 1, 2012 — 9:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m., Diamond Bar Center, 1600 Grand Avenue I. CITY COUNCIL MEETING—Tuesday, December4,2012-6:30p.m., AQMD/Government Center, Main Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive J. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING—Tuesday, December 11, 2012 — 6:30 p.m., Diamond Bar City Hall, Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive. X. ADJOURNMENT * THIS INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE NOVEMBER 8, 2012 MEETING CITY OF DIAMOND BAR MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING OCTOBER 11, 2012 CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Carrera called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. in the Diamond Bar City Hall Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California 91765. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Liana Picher led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: Commissioners Jen "Fred" Mahlke, Liana Pincher, Vice Chairman Kenneth Mok and Chairman Ted Carrera. Absent: Commissioner Kevin House was excused. Also Present: David Liu, Public Works Director; Kimberly Young, Associate Engineer; Christian Malpica, Associate Engineer (Traffic), and Marcy Hilario, Administrative Coordinator. I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. Minutes of the August 9, 2012 regular meeting C/Pincher moved, VC/Mok seconded, to approve the Minutes of the August 9, 2012 meeting. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Mahlke, Pincher, VC/Mok, Chair/Carrera NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: House B. Minutes of the September 13, 2012 regular meeting C/Mahlke moved, C/Pincher seconded, to approve the Minutes of the September 13, 2012 meeting. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Mahlke, Pincher, VC/Mok, Chair/Carrera NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: House OCTOBER 11, 2012 PAGE 2 T&T COMMISSION II. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Nicole Guerena, 2543 Sunbright Drive, shared her concerns on Pathfinder Road at Brea Canyon Road. There is a "no parking" zone during a designated time that many people ignore, which creates traffic issues during congested traffic hours. Drivers cannot get into the lane to turn right. She suggested the City make the area a permanent no parking zone and designate the right lane as a "right turn lane" only. Gilbert Guerena, 2543 Sunbright Drive, further explained that drivers are often backed up to the other side of Brea Canyon Road when school lets out because they cannot make the right turn. Drivers have to wait for all of the vehicles to get into Diamond Bar High School and pass the cars that are parked in the no -parking zone. In fact, store owners park there. He sees the same cars every day. Mr. Guerena has already spoken to the Sheriff's Department about the problem. PWD/Liu stated that the two-hour parking limit was an agreement with the businesses. Staff will look at the congestion issue to see if there is a reasonable solution and contact the stakeholders to get their participation. III. ITEMS FROM STAFF: A. Received and Filed Traffic Enforcement Updates for: 1. Citations: July, August & September 2012 2. Collisions: July, August & September 2012 3. Street Sweeping: July, August & September 2012 VC/Mok moved, C/Mahlke seconded, to receive and file the Traffic Enforcement update. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Mahlke, Pincher, VC/Mok, Chair/Carrera NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: House IV. NEW BUSINESS: A. Sunbright Drive Petition for Removal of Preferential Parking District AE/Malpica presented staff's report and recommended that the Traffic and Transportation Commission receive public comments, discuss the preferential parking district/permit program, and request staff to bring back a recommendation at the next Traffic and Transportation Commission meeting. VC/Mok asked if any incidents had been reported or if there were actually complaints about vehicles being cited. PWD/Liu responded that staff verified with the Sheriff's Department that there had been no parking citations issued OCTOBER 11, 2012 PAGE 3 T&T COMMISSION for any residents along Sunbright Drive. Staff looked at other Preferential Parking Districts (about 12 residential streets) included in the 2012 report and there were no single tickets issued on any of the given streets within the Preferential Parking Districts, including Sunbright Drive. VC/Mok asked for confirmation that this did not necessarily mean there had not been illegally parked vehicles and PWD/Liu responded "correct." Gilbert Guerena, 2543 Sunbright Drive, spoke again and shared there probably had not been any citations issued in 2012 because there was not much enforcement. There have been neighbors on that block that have received five or six citations; the same person and the same car. In his observation, there has never been a problem on Sunbright Drive. The Preferential Parking District was initiated in 2003; however, signs were installed only a couple of years ago. He said he was one of the people who asked for the signs because in 2004 or 2005 the City restricted students from parking on Pathfinder Road, which in turn "flooded" the neighborhood with student parking. Currently, the students park up by the high school on Fountain Springs Road or on the smaller neighborhood streets. In his experience, the students have never parked on Sunbright Drive. Unfortunately, residents cannot get enough permits for their visitors, which is the reason they started the petition to remove the district. Nicole Guerena, 2543 Sunbright Drive, also spoke again and shared that she is a Civil Engineering Major at CalPoly with a Minor in Business Management and for her this is a very interesting meeting. She believes that residents are allowed to have as many permits as needed; however, residents can only have a permit for a vehicle registered at the address. This means she could not request numerous permits for her visitors' cars without each vehicle registration. Chair/Carrera asked for clarification on the number of permits allowed. PWD/Liu responded that annual permits are limited to two (2) per year per household. The number of temporary and visitor permits allowed is unlimited. All permits are at no cost to the residents. VC/Mok asked for the history behind the parking around the high school. PWD/Liu responded with respectto diagonal parking along Brea Canyon Road and parallel parking along Pathfinder Road, he recalled that parking along those two streets was implemented shortly after 1999, upon completion of the Comprehensive School Safety Study. It was an incremental approach with the addition of about 80 parking spaces along Brea Canyon Road. Subsequently, as staff continued working with the school district and Diamond Bar High School, it was decided that by opening up Pathfinder Road with parallel parking all the way down to Diamond Bar Boulevard, it would give further relief. It is evident how well used those parking spaces are. Over the years there have been improvements and progress. OCTOBER 11. 2012 PAGE 4 T&T COMMISSION Chair/Carrera stated that, as a result of these improvements, there does not seem to be the same issue for Sunbright Drive parking. C/Pincher asked the street width of Sunbright Drive. AE/Malpica responded that Sunbright Drive is 30 feet wide from curb to curb. C/Pincher asked for confirmation that if vehicles were parked on both sides of the street, it would narrow the travel to one lane. C/Pincher said she observed a sign in the cul- de-sac that stated parking was restricted. AE/Malpica responded it was also part of the parking district. The width on that side is two feet wider. C/Pincher asked how many spaces were added on Brea Canyon Road. AE/Malpica responded that 83 parallel spaces were added on the west side of the street and 85 diagonal on the east side of the street, south of Pathfinder Road. C/Pincher commented that residents should have input regarding parking in their neighborhood. It may or may not be a problem; however, Sunbright Drive is very convenient to the freeway and the Park `n Ride near the freeway get filled to capacity. The City recently had parking issues on another street where carpoolers were parking. It was not working out well for the residents in that area; therefore, a portion of the street had to be red curbed because of those particular issues for that street. C/Pincher explained that removing the restrictions may open up issues with carpoolers and with students. She wanted to make sure the residents are aware that once the restriction is removed, the street is open to parking for everyone. C/Mahlke asked Mr. Guerena if, when he obtained signatures for the petition, any discussions ensued about what will happen if the restriction is lifted and again negates the ability for him to park in front of his house. Mr. Guerena responded yes. It would be odd because Evergreen Springs Drive and Fountain Springs Road would still have the restriction; therefore, students would have to pass up a block to get to his street. He did not think it would be a problem if the traffic overflowed to his street. The only concern they had was on the corner of Sunbright Drive and Evergreen Springs Drive. The resident who lives there did not want the restriction lifted was concerned because people park in front of his house everyday to pick up their kids from Evergreen Elementary School. Mr. Guerena stated that he informed that resident that it would not matter because people would still park there to pick up their kids. At the cul-de-sac on Sunbright Drive, the area is flooded when kids get picked up from Evergreen Elementary School. Parents wait in their cars and kids walk along the street. Mr. Guerena said that as long as the City does not close Pathfinder Road to parking, their street should be fine. Nicole Guerena shared that many residents along Sunbright were unaware of the parking restrictions and she and her dad were informing them as they were getting the petition signed. It seems that there was more of a problem toward the Fountain Springs Road side and she did not know if it was an area that was more heavily patrolled or if it was enforced because people were calling in complaints. OCTOBER 11, 2012 PAGE 5 T&T COMMISSION V C/Mahlke noticed that one of the letters the City received in favor of retaining the restriction was from someone who lived at the same residence as one who signed the petition. There is clearly a house divided on the street. Chair/Carrera said he was pleased that the City would take time to address this type of issue. The process works in Diamond Bar. He is somewhat perplexed because he was concerned that, in the future, the Commission may be looking ata reverse request when traffic again begins to create a parking issue. Staff will come back with a recommendation. Staff received letters from the following four addresses on Sunbright Drive: 2530, 2464, 2453 favored removal of the Preferential Parking District and also signed the original petition; 2408 submitted a letter indicating she wanted to keep the Preferential Parking District and another individual from that address signed the petition. The petition was signed by 33 households and staff received a total of five (5) feedback letters — 3 for removal and 2 against removal. VC/Mok moved, C/Mahlke seconded, to request staff to bring back a recommendation for consideration at the next Traffic and Transportation Commission meeting for the Sunbright Drive Petition for Removal of Preferential Parking District. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Mahlke, Pincher, VC/Mok, Chair/Carrera NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: House OLD BUSINESS: A. PRESENTATION: UPDATES OF REGIONAL FREEWAY AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS; PRESENTATION OF FREIGHT PROVISIONS OF MAP 21—AE/Young and PWD/Liu AE/Young stated that the Partial Diamond Interchange will consist of a westbound on-ramp and an eastbound off -ramp and on-ramp. Once the interchange is constructed, the Brea Canyon Road hook ramps at Golden Springs Drive will be removed; however, the existing westbound Brea Canyon Road on and off -ramps will remain open. Since the April update, right-of-way coordination began with the State as lead on all right-of-way acquisitions and negotiations with affected property owners. The authorization to proceed was received in March and residents and commercial property owners were sent notice of decision for acquisitions and negotiations for partial property takings and temporary construction. Inspections were set up with the appraisers to determine fair -market value of properties. Once the appraisal amount was approved by the State, they had 30 days to present an "offer to purchase" to each of the property owners. Likewise, the property owners had 30 days to OCTOBER 11, 2012 PAGE 6 T&T COMMISSION ( accept or deny the offer. In the event the owners reject or ignore the offer, condemnation proceedings will begin. The right-of-way impacts that will be imposed are to seven private properties requiring partial property takes which include five residential rear yard takes, and two commercial property slivers (the landscaped corner at the shopping center located at the northwest corner of Lemon Avenue and Golden Springs Drive and approximately nine parking spaces at LA Fitness). In addition to the property partial takes, there are 13 temporary construction easements which will be reverted back to the property owners once construction is completed. There are nine (9) rear yard TCE's and four commercial property TCE slivers. The commercial property acquisitions have not been completed. Residential Parcels 1 through 4 are temporary construction easements only. Parcel 4 has accepted the State's offer and escrow has closed on that TCE. Parcels 5 through 9 are partial takes and have temporary construction easements. Offers have been presented to Parcels 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and the owners have either ignored or denied the State's offer and are scheduled to go to the October CTC review, at which time a resolution of necessity will need to be passed to begin condemnation proceedings. Property owners will have the opportunity to negotiate during the condemnation proceedings. Parcels 2, 3 and 9 have requested that the TCE lines be redrawn in an attempt to avoid impacts to certain property features — Parcel 2 — patio cover, Parcel 3 — pool and Parcel 9 — pool. Once the designers redraw the TCE's the appraisers will go back out ( to reappraise the property and present new offers to the property owners. In the event the owners do not accept the new offers, they will be scheduled for the December CTC meeting. AE/Young reported that the State's current estimated right-of-way budget is $2.23 million. The City of Industry has committed to pay the State 100 percent of the cost up -front and DB will obtain reimbursement to the City of Industry through the Federal SAFETEA-LU Funds (a reimbursement fund) after invoices are submitted to provide expenditure of funds up to $1.12 million. The remaining $1.1 million will be funded fully by the City of Industry. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which is on the upcoming City Council agenda for consideration, is to be executed between the City of Industry and Diamond Bar to outline the reimbursement funds. The total project resources and budget include about $16 million in funds that includes $8.6 million in SAFETEA-LU Funds; $400,000 in Highway Safety Improvement Program funds; $2.3 million in Metro Prop C; and $4.9 million from City of Industry. The current suggested cost for the project totaled $22.33 million and includes the Environmental Document and Design $2.78 million, Right -of -Way Phase $2.23 million, Estimated Construction with 5% Contingency for $13.60 million, and Construction Management Costs of $3.72 million (Caltrans estimate). This leaves a project shortfall of $6.14 million which Industry has verbally committed to paying in the event that additional funding sources cannot be obtained through DB or Industry. Current schedule is as follows: Right-of-way phase: Projected completion in December 2013; Ready to List December 2013; Construction project to begin May 2014 with completion by the end of calendar year 2015. OCTOBER 11, 2012 PAGE 7 T&T COMMISSION PWD/Liu reported that the SR60/Grand Avenue Confluence Project is purposely designed to alleviate some of the weaving movements within the Grand Avenue segment of the interchange by building a series of bypass collector roads. As part of the funding strategy, this project has been developed into three phases: 1) Westbound SR -60 Slip Ramp; Phase II — Local Improvements at Grand Avenue and Golden Springs Drive and along street frontage to the Diamond Bar Golf Course; Phase III — Grand Avenue Bridge Widening, Bypass roads, and on/off ramp reconfiguration. Phase I is fully funded by the county as well as Industry's participation. Total cost is estimated at $16.5 million and to date, the Environmental Document has been certified, the plans and specs are currently being reviewed by Caltrans, right- of-way activities have commenced, and construction is scheduled to begin July 2013 and completed by the end of 2014. The channel replacement for this project has been completed. Phase II is fully funded between the County, Metro and City of Industry. The EIR approval is expected next year with construction scheduled to begin in 2014 and proceed through 2015. Estimated resource needs are at $15 million and Caltrans is conducting the administrative review of the Draft EIR. Phase III has yet to be finalized with respect to funding. The estimated cost is at $233.5 Million; however, in order to move the project forward, the City of Industry has committed to completing the EIR and design. Completion of this project will depend on funding sources and availability. This phase is expected to begin in late 2015 and continue through 2017. There are other major components of the "Big Fix" for the SR57/60 and staff would like for the City Council to continue to note that these major and missing components are critical to staff's ongoing efforts. There are missing connectors within the SR57 and SR60 as well as the westbound SR60 bypass to Grand Avenue and the carpool lane connectors from the SR57 to the SR60 and vice versa. With respect to the City's next step, staff will continue to pursue funding options forthe Project Study Report to further study the missing connectors and the westbound 60 bypass road to Grand Avenue. PWD/Liu reported that the SR71 Freeway Gap Closure is really a widening project to the existing four -lane expressway by adding additional mixed flow and carpool lanes in each direction between the SRI and SR60. The project has been divided into two segments — the first being the segment (approximately 1.7 miles) between Interstate 10 to Mission Boulevard and the second being Mission Boulevard to Rio Rancho Road near the SR60 (about 2.6 miles). In order to accelerate delivery of these improvements, Metro will advance this project by funding the project with five other projects as part of the Highway Goods Movement public/private partnership bundle/package. If the project begins in 2014, it is estimated it will be completed in 2018-2019. The first segment is estimated to cost $115 million and the second segment $330 million. Metro believes it can accomplish this under P-3 and, of course, Pomona is very excited about this strategy. At the same time DB needs to watch this project very closely to determine whether this project will actually help to eliminate cut -through traffic on DB streets. OCTOBER 11, 2012 PAGE 8 T&T COMMISSION PWD/Liu indicated that another project important to Orange County is the SR57 northbound Truck Climbing Lane between Lambert Road to the Orange County/LA County line. This high priority highway project is part of the Orange County Goods Movement Policy as well as the SCAG Multi -County Goods Movement Action Plan. The project is considered a pilot project by Orange County with an estimated cost of $155 million and will add a northbound truck lane for approximately two miles in addition to the four (4) general purpose lanes and one (1) carpool lane. The stated goals are that this will help Orange County improve truck travel speed, reduce congestion, increase mobility and improve safety. C/Pincher asked if this project was from Lambert to the County line only. PWD/Liu responded that C/Pincher was correct. Currently, this project is in the process of completing a Draft EIR and construction is tentatively scheduled to start in 2028. DB knows there have been on-going efforts to accelerate this project to much sooner than 2028. DB learned that according to OCTA, truck traffic is very, very considerable. In 2000, northbound vehicular traffic was over 110,000 daily vehicles with 22,000 of that number being truck traffic. Projecting to 2020, the daily traffic will be 280,000, 40,000 of which will be truck traffic coming from Lambert toward DB. Unfortunately, Metro does not have this project in their long-range transportation plan. PWD/Liu reported on MAP -21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21St Century Act) which was signed into law by President Obama on July 6, 2012, which establishes a National Freight Policy and calls for the establishment of a National Freight Network consisting of three (3) components: A primary Freight Network (PFN), Interstate System, and critical rural freight corridors and provides over $105 billion for FY 2013-2014. What is important is that MAP -21 contains specific provisions for a national freight policy and funding. He explained the details of the program using a slide presentation. When it comes to MAP -21 provisions, the Federal DOT has until October 2013 to come up with the networking system. The two-year bill will expire October 1, 2014 so the City needs to make sure that the House and Senate are willing to commit more resources to establish a $2 billion investment for the freight transportation infrastructure for FY 2015 and beyond. VI. STATUS OF PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS: None VII. ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS: C/Pincher said she and her neighbors were having problems with their trash cans and green waste containers flowing downhill when it is raining hard. OCTOBER 11, 2012 PAGE 9 T&T COMMISSION VIII VC/Mok asked if there was a problem with the signal at Grand Avenue and Diamond Bar Center Drive because it seems to malfunction frequently. AE/Malpica responded that when he noticed it red flashing this morning he consulted with the engineer who told him it was possible it had to do with some ongoing Edison issues at this particular intersection. After conducting their initial survey Edison concluded that there were issues along their feeding line. The signal has been working fine since that time until this morning and staff will be studying the matter to see if it is an Edison related problem. The signal is in working order and staff believes it is still an issue with the feeding line. Staff will contact Edison to see if they can do a further assessment. VC/Mok encouraged everyone to study initiatives, measures and the candidates and vote wisely. Chair/Carrera stated that as of October 2"d, Commission House submitted his resignation. Kevin was deeply committed and highly professional in his work on the Commission and it is sad that his new position with his company will not allow him to continue on the serving on the Commission. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: A. Copley Drive Crosswalk Beacon & Foothill Transit Bus Stop Relocation — AE/Malpica said that he filed the Notice of Completion on October 2nd. Thirty days after recordation of the NOC, staff will release the retention and soon after that, the project will be closed. B. Golden Springs Drive Drainage Improvement Project—SE/Young reported that the project is substantially complete. The only items left to complete are the final coat of striping and installation of the raised pavement markers. Staff anticipates taking the Notice of Completion to Council by the first meeting in November. PWD/Liu referred to an email from C/House that addressed his concerns about the signal timing and circulation at DBHS. Upon receipt of his request, staff commenced to study the intersection. There is no problem with the signal at Brahma Road; however, staff is working with the Sheriff's Department and will eventually discuss this matter with the high school officials. IX. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE CITY EVENTS: As stated in the agenda. Chair/Carrera said he looks forward to Election Day and the Veteran's Day Recognition Ceremony at the Diamond Bar Center in November. OCTOBER 11. 2012 PAGE 10 T&T COMMISSION ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Traffic and Transportation Commission, Chair/Carrera adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m. The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this day of 2012. Respectfully, David G. Liu, Secretary Attest: Chairman Ted Carrera CITY OF DIAMOND BAR TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEMORANDUM DATE: November 1, 2012 MEETING DATE: November 8, 2012 TO: Chair and Members of the Traffic and Transportation Commission VIA: David G. Liu, Director of Public Works f/ FROM: Christian Malpica, Associate Engineer 11 SUBJECT: PETITION FOR REMOVAL OF PREFERENTIAL PARKING DISTRICT ON SUNBRIGHT DRIVE At the October 11, 2012, Traffic and Transportation Commission Meeting, affected residents along Sunbright Drive were invited to share their comments related to the existing preferential parking district (42 households in the district) on Sunbright Drive. This item originated because of a petition that was signed by 33 Sunbright households 1 requesting the removal of the existing parking restriction. In response to the City's follow up requests, to date, staff received a total of five (5) feedback letters, 3 for removal and 2 against removal. Two (2) residents (from the same household) along Sunbright Drive were present at the meeting to share their support for the removal of the parking district. Based on very limited input and comments during the October meeting, staff recommends monitoring this street before bringing a final recommendation before the Traffic and Transportation Commission. Monitoring the area will include field checking the street during school hours, vehicular volume, parking permit requests, and working closely with the Sheriff's Department to monitor parking citation/enforcement activities. Recommendation: It is recommended that the Traffic and Transportation Commission table this matter and concur with staff to monitor the parking condition along Sunbright Drive. Steve Tye Mayor Ling -Ling Chang Mayor Pro Tem Ron Everett Council Member Carol Herrera Council Member Jack Tanaka Council Member Herydedpaper City of Diamond Bar 21825 Copley Drive • Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4178 (909) 839.7000 • Fax (909) 861-3117 www.diamondbarea.gov CHANGE OF MEETING LOCATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that due to unforeseen circumstances the Regular Meeting of the Diamond Bar Traffic and Transportation Commission will be held in Conference Room B of the Diamond Bar City Hall, located at 21825 Copley Drive beginning at 7:00 p.m., November 10, 2011. David Lid', Secretary Traffic and Transportation Commission Dated/Posted: November 9, 2011