HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/14/2016 Minutes - Regular MeetingCITY OF DIAMOND BAR
MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING
APRIL 14, 2016
Chair/Pechy 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: Chair/Pechy led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL: Commissioners Cynthia Quan, Surendra Mehta,
Vice Chair, Ed Pechy, Chair
Absent: Commissioners Mahendra Garg and Shokoufeh
Mirzaei
Also Present'. David Liu, Public Works Director; Kimberly Young,
Senior Civil Engineer; Christian Malpica, Associate
Engineer; John Beshay, Associate Engineer; and
Marcy Hilario, Administrative -Coordinator.
A. Minutes of the January 14, 2016 Regular Meeting
B. Minutes of the March 10, 2016 Regular Meeting
VC/Mehta moved, Chair/Pechy seconded, to approve the Minutes of the
January 14, 2016 Regular Meeting and the Minutes of the March 10, 2016
Regular Meeting. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote with C/Quan
abstaining from approval of the January 14, 2016 Regular Meeting Minutes:
AYES:
COMMISSIONERS:
VC/Mehta, Chair/Pechy
NOES:
COMMISSIONERS:
None
ABSTAIN:
COMMISSIONERS:
Quan
ABSENT:
COMMISSIONERS:
Garg, Mirzaei
PUBLIC COMMENTS: None
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III. ITEMS FROM STAFF:
A. Receive and File Traffic Enforcement Updates for:
1. Citations: January, February and March 2016
2. Collisions: January, February and March 2016
3. Street Sweeping: January, February and March 2016
C/Quan moved, VC/Mehta seconded, to receive and file the Traffic
Enforcement Update reports for January, February and March 2016. Motion
carried by the following Roll Call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IV. OLD BUSINESS:
V
V1.
NEW BUSINESS:
COMMISSIONERS
COMMISSIONERS
COMMISSIONERS
None
None
STATUS OF PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS
VII. ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS:
Quan, VC/Mehta,
Chair/Pechy
None
Garg, Mirzaei
None
VC/Mehta stated that upon leaving the City, the monument sign at Longview Drive
and Grand Avenue has a tree in front of it, which renders the sign unreadable.
PWD/Liu explained that the tree and surrounding landscaping was purposely
designed and placed at the back of the sign because all of the features are on the
"entry" side only and not on the back side of the sign.
VC/Mehta suggest to install a "no right turn on red" sign posted at the intersection of
Copley Drive and Golden Springs Drive, as one makes a right turn from Copley Drive
onto Golden Springs Drive. PWD/Liu explained that any modifications to signalized
intersections would require the City to engage a Traffic Engineer to analyze the
conditions and typically, with a "no right turn on red" it is due to visibility issues (line -
of -sight) or other geometric challenges. Staff will look at the situation for possible
line -of -sight, speeding issues and accident history.
C/Quan commented while driving down Grand Avenue to get onto the westbound SR -
60, she noticed the road had been restriped. SCE/Young said she would provide the
details of the project under Item H. All of the temporary striping and changes at
Grand Avenue and Golden Springs Drive are part of the construction of the new
westbound on-ramp and the striping is subject- to further changes as construction
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proceeds through its phases. C/Quan stated it was an improvement. SCENoung
agreed and said that additionally, it increased capacity by allowing traffic to go
through in that lane as well.
Chair/Pechy asked if signs suggesting alternate routes could be installed as the area
gets more congested. SCE/Young replied that staff can consider doing so. At this
time, there are changeable message boards the contractor has installed on Grand
Avenue that simply indicate "road work ahead — expect delays". If staff continues to
see major impacts to traffic, we can request that the contractor add signs encouraging
alternate routes. In addition, detour signs are implemented when the ramps are
closed; however, the closures are done only during nighttime hours.
VISI. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:
A. Traffic Signal Infrastructure Upgrades Project — AE/Malpica reported that
staff received seven (7) bids for Phase I on February 1 It with Elecnor Belco
being the lowest bidder with a bid of $396,957. Subsequently, the contract
was approved by the City Council at its February 16th meeting. Pre -
construction is tentatively scheduled for the end of April, with construction to
cornmence mid-May and be completed by the end of August. The Phase 11
RFP was issued on March 23rd. Today, staff received four (4) proposals with a
tentative schedule of proposal review by the end of April. It is anticipated that
the contract will go to the City Council for consideration at its May 17th
meeting.
13. Adaptive Traffic Control Signal System — RFP — AE/Malpica indicated that
the RFP was developed by a traffic signal consultant and is scheduled to be
released by the end of April, with proposals due on May 20th. The design
phase will begin in June -July, or sooner if possible. This system will benefit
three (3) major corridors including Grand Avenue, Golden Springs Drive and
Diamond Bar Boulevard by adjusting the cycle and split offsets based on real
time traffic needs in order to better address the traffic demands.
C. Area 4 Road Maintenance Project — AE/Beshay reported that the project
kickoff meeting was held this week. Area 4 is located north of Pathfinder
Road, west of the SR -57. Onward Engineering began the design process by
performing a field investigation to assess current pavement conditions. The
design is scheduled to be completed by early May, with construction to follow
mid-June.
D. Willow Heights Construction Update — AE/Beshay s ' poke about the
Diamond Bar Boulevard/Brea Canyon Road enhancement project which is a
shared project between the City and Lennar. Plans and specs were finalized
and approved for the intersection and will be advertised beginning Monday,
April 18th with a bid opening date of May 5th. The engineer's estimate for this
project is $500,000. Construction is expected to begin May/June with
completion in September. There are a total of eight poles being installed at
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the intersection, with Lennar installing three (3) and the City installing the
remaining five (5).
E. Lemon Avenue Interchange Project— SCE/Young shared that the Office of
the Engineer at Caltrans has indicated that the plans are nearing completion
for the Ready to List designation and staff expects to receive the RTL by the
end of April. This will allow the project to move to the next phase which is the
advertising, award of contract and construction to begin in about six months
from the RTL
F. SR -57160 Confluence Project — SCE/Young reported that, as discussed
earlier, construction of the westbound on-ramp is well underway as is
evidenced by the striping changes along Grand Avenue. The latest striping
was partially implemented last week and completed this week, which allowed
for more capacity along northbound Grand Avenue. This significantly helps
congestion that has been occurring at the Grand Avenue/Golden Springs Drive
intersection; however, the restriping on the southbound side has created more
congestion for vehicles traveling from Industry into and through Diamond Bar.
The cause is capacity from being reduced by creating one designated left -turn
lane, one combined left turn and thru lane and only one designated thru lane.
Because of the combined left turn and thru lane, it became necessary to
implement split -phased timing which means that each leg of the intersection
gets a green light one at a time. At some intersections there is a green light in
both directions, which cannot be done at this intersection because the
combined thru and left turn would create a conflict in movements. Once the
$10 million TIGER grant is fully obligated through Caltrans, the second phase
of the project (the westbound off -ramp reconstruction) will be advertised for
award of construction.
PWD/Liu further stated that the improvements have been designed and will be
implemented in phases due to funding considerations. The first three (3)
phases are fully funded and the last phase, Phase III (mainline improvements
inside the freeway corridor) has a value of about $230 million. For the past 10
years, City officials have been visiting legislators in Washington D.C. to
advocate for funding. Yesterday the City of Diamond Bar, in partnership with
the City of Industry, submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation a
FASTLANE Grant application requesting $35 million. If successful, it will serve
as leverage to Metropolitan Transportation Authority for additional funds.
Currently, this project is scheduled to receive funds in 2029. However, the $35
million grant will serve as a catalyst for MTA to advance the funds from 2029 to
2019, based on the current schedule. Diamond Bar and the City of Industry
are working together to complete the design and have this Phase III "shovel
ready" for 2019, ten years ahead of schedule.
G. TR 63623 — South Pointe Residential Development— SCE/Young explained
that grading is nearing completion for this 99 single family unit Lennar Homes
project. Construction of the sewer and storm drain have commenced. Lennar
expects to begin pulling building permits by the end of 2016.
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Grand/Golden Springs Intersection Improvements Update — SCE/Young
stated that the City continues to work with the City of Industry on the design
plans for this intersection, which is part of Industry's mitigation requirements
for improvements that are taking place within their jurisdictional limits along
Grand Avenue north of the SR -60. Mitigation requires Industry to widen the
intersection into the golf course side only. Since these improvements are
taking place, staff concluded that it offered an appropriate opportunity to
implement the beautification design elements that occurred at Grand Avenue
and Diamond Bar Boulevard.
Morning Canyon Road Rehabilitation Project — AE/Beshay reported that
plans and specs are near completion and staff is working with LA County to
obtain a storm drain connection permit. The design is scheduled to be
completed by mid-May, with construction commencing in early July.
J. City Council Goals & Objectives — FY 2016-17 — PWD/Liu read and
discussed the list of eight (8) City Council Goals & Objectives for FY 2016-17
adopted on April 15th which identifies projects, challenges and any legislative
matters deemed to be important to the City Council. He emphasized the goals
and objectives that directly relate to the Traffic and Transportation Commission
and spoke about the General Plan update which will create a 20 -year vision for
the City of Diamond Bar. This will include engaging the residents and
businesses. The update process will include ad hoc committees and a
General Plan Advisory Committee, comprised of residents, to identify the 20 -
year vision for the City and will include consideration of a myriad of items from
land uses to circulation elements. In short, the updated document will serve
as a blueprint for the City.
IX. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE CITY EVENTS:
As stated in the agenda.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Traffic and
Transportation Commission, Chair/Pechy adjourned the meeting at 7:55 p.m.
The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this AITO day of HA -q 12016.
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