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HomeMy WebLinkAbouttecm_082013r' 1 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING COMMITTEE MINUTES l2 Members Present 3 SPECIAL MEETING 4 Benj Thomas, Councilmember 5 UKIAH CIVIC CENTER ANNEX 6 Conference Room No. 5 7 411 West Clay Street 8 Ukiah, California 95482 9 18 10 TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013 11 3:00 P.M. 12 20 13 Members Present Others Present 14 Steve Turner, Chair Benj Thomas, Councilmember 15 Dan Baxter, MTA, Vice -Chair Eliza Wingate 16 Ben Kageyama, Staff Dana Milani 17 John Lampi, Public Representative Mary Anne Landis, Councilmember 18 Trent Taylor, UPD Sandra Harrington 19 Jerry Whitaker, Staff Christy Pedroncelli 20 Rick Seanor, Staff Jonathan Middlebrook 21 Kim Jordan, Staff 22 Members Absent Staff Present 23 Jarod Thiele, Recording Secretary .24 Z5 2 6 1. CALL TO ORDER 27 Chair Turner called the Traffic Engineering Committee meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. 28 29 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES -March 12, 2013 30 31 M/S Taylor /Baxter to approve the minutes of March 12, 2013, as presented. Motion carried by 32 an all AYE voice vote. 33 34 3. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON - AGENDA ITEMS 35 36 4. OLD BUSINESS 37 38 None 39 40 5. NEW BUSINESS 41 42 b. Discuss and Provide Direction Regarding Library Parking (Report Attached) 43 Chair Turner commented that Ms. Wingate submitted a request 44 45 Ms. Wingate commented that the library purchased a new book mobile and it is lower to the ground 46 and would like to install a book drop box on the sidewalk. There is a handicapped space but it is in 47 the middle of the parking section and requested the handicap zone be relocated to the end of the 48 parking zone 49 50 Member Seanor commented that the yellow loading zone is to take the place of the existing loading )1 zone and the space to the north of it. The request came for 28 feet in length as that is the size of the '52 book mobile. TEC August 20, 2013 Page 1 of 5 53 4 Chair Turner commented that it could be a loading zone and asked if there could be a 30 foot 55 loading zone instead of 2 parking spaces. 56 57 Member Seanor commented there is about 105 feet of usable space which amounts to about 5 58 parking spaces. 59 60 Member Whitaker inquired about the location of the book drop would be and Ms. Wingate said it 61 would be at the end of the current yellow loading zone. 62 63 Member Taylor commented that the parking space marking on the street will need to be removed 64 and is okay with one long yellow zone. 65 66 Consensus of the commission was to allow the yellow zone and to leave discretion to the Streets 67 Department as to the best us of all the space. 68 69 Member Whitaker commented that moving the handicapped space to the north would be a better 70 location. 71 72 Member Jordan commented that there are probably more wheelchairs that will have to walk a further 73 distance. 74 75 Member Taylor commented that a handicapped placard allows parking in a white zone. 76 77 Member Seanor commented that it was probably located where it currently is to make it closer to the 78 door. 79 -8 0 Ms. Wingate requested rearranging the parking across the street. If it had a handicapped spot there, 1 1 it could negate this issue. 82 83 Member Turner commented that may be an issue for a future meeting 84 85 Member Jordan said we know concerns for some people but have not heard concerns from all 86 people that could be affected. 87 88 Ms. Wingate commented that the blue space is always full. 89 90 NO motion was made regarding the handicap zone 91 92 Vice -Chair Baxter commented that he would like to see this item return if Ms. Wingate would try to 93 collect some information 94 95 Book Drop: 96 Member Whitaker commented it needed to be back at least 6 inches. 97 98 Member Turner commented that if it was on the sidewalk by the curb someone in a wheelchair could 99 not access it as they would be in the street. 100 101 Member Seanor commented that an encroachment permit would be needed. 102 103 Member Turner asked if the library could develop what all changes they wanted in front of the library 104 including the book drop, bike rack and ADA accessibility. 105 016 Member Baxter commented that the TEC does not need to approve the book drop. )7 108 Member Seanor agreed and just brought it forward with the other requests. TEC August 20, 2013 Page 2 of 5 IN "10 Ms. Wingate commented that she preferred it at the north end of the loading zone. 111 112 MIS: JordanlWhitaker to defer the book drop location to Public Works and to approve the loading 113 zone. Motion carried with an all AYE voice vote from the Committee 114 115 MS. Wingate left the meeting at 3:29 116 117 a. Discuss and Provide Comment on City of Ukiah Safe Routes to School Plan (Report 118 Attached) 119 120 Member Seanor entered the room at 3:06pm. 121 122 Member Seanor presented the item. It was funded by MCOG. Alta Planning and Design prepared the 123 plan. Preparation of the report will allow opportunities for funding to implement the plan. City Council 124 will approve the draft report once comments are received from the committee. In Appendix B it is 125 suggested to reduce the speed limit in a school zone to 20 mph on certain streets as listed on page 126 21. Also if there is a priority on the projects that should be discussed and to include a standing item 127 on the TEC agenda. 128 129 Member Turner commented that Yokayo School has a lot of issues concerning it. 130 131 Member Turner inquired what the matching percent is and Member Seanor thought it was around 132 20 %. 133 134 Ms. Harrington asked if the City of Ukiah would pay the match or if the school would and requested 135 more time to look at the draft and provide comments. ',3 6 %37 Ms. Milani commented that the traffic is driving around the crossing guard. Also the curb ramp on the 138 northwest corner of Mendocino and Dora is a concern as drivers will drive over it. 139 140 Ms. Harrington commented the same about Nokomis School and Washington Avenue 141 142 Member Taylor commented that there is a vehicle section code requiring it to have approval from the 143 TEC. 144 145 Ms. Pedroncelli commented that there is an item listed for Ukiah High regarding an issue with 146 crosswalks and corners. 147 148 Ms. Milani commented about installing a bike lane and asked if the parking spaces would be 149 removed. She also commented that constructing an access road for student drop -off on the north end 150 of the property and through to Gardens Avenue would be the best. 151 152 Member Turner commented the way to eliminate the parent pick up area and relocate it. 153 154 Member Kageyama agreed with Ms. Milani. 155 156 MIS: No motion was made. 157 158 d. Discuss and Provide Comment on Draft Complete Streets Policy (Report Attached) 159 160 Former member Councilmember Rodin had expressed hope that a councilperson would keep this 161 project moving forward and Councilmember Thomas agreed to. There was a write up done for the 62 council and if this moves forward he would like the TEC to weigh in on before it returns to council. He ,03 requested that at the next monthly meeting it be discussed in further detail. 164 TEC August 20, 2013 Page 3 of 5 -165 Member Whitaker commented that he currently does not have the resources do to overlays. 06 167 Member Seanor commented that if the cost of the improvements exceeded 20% of the cost of the 168 project, they would not be done. 169 170 Chair Turner requested this item be on the agenda for the next meeting. 171 172 Member Seanor commented that when Caltrans funding is accepted, they have certain requirements 173 including ADA facilities and other pedestrian access requirements. 174 175 : No motion was made 176 177 f. Discuss and Provide Direction Regarding "Cross Traffic Does Not Stop Signs" (Report 178 Attached) 179 180 Mr. Middlebrook requested adding signs in the downtown areas from Dora to State and Clay to 181 Henry streets that say "Cross Traffic Does Not Stop" to allow drivers and pedestrians to know which 182 intersections have through traffic and wants streets to be safer for all. 183 184 Member Seanor commented that he did some initial research with the need to be consistent with 185 state and federal signage laws. There is one that says "Cross Traffic Does Not Stop" as well as 186 directional ones. In order to determine whether this type of sign would be warranted an engineering 187 study must be completed. Member Seanor requested the TEC to identify which location(s), if any 188 should be evaluated for the signs. 189 190 Member Jordan agreed with Mr. Middlebrook's comments. 191 `.�2 Member Taylor commented that people already stop at intersections they are not supposed to and ,93 that a majority of people don't pay attention to them anyway but agreed the traffic is an issue. 194 195 Vice Chair Baxter inquired if there was accident history and Member Taylor said there were not a lot 196 of accidents at this location. 197 198 Member Kageyama commented that if they were put downtown they would need to be put up city 199 wide to be consistent. 200 201 MIS: No motion was made. 202 203 c. Discussion and Possible Action regarding request for no parking zone at 203 South Main 204 Street (Report Attached) 205 206 Chair Turner commented that they are asking for a space to be eliminated to allow for further sight 207 distance. 208 209 Member Whitaker thinks it should removed 210 211 M /S: Jordan /Lampi: To approve the request for no parking zone to be approved by City Council. 212 Motion carried with an all AYE voice vote of the committee. 213 214 e. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Advanced Crosswalk Yield Lines at the 215 Intersection of South State Street and Luce Avenue (Report Attached) 216 217 Member Kageyama presented the item. South State Street is an area where pedestrian accidents 18 have occurred. The problem is mainly where there are two lanes going both directions. A vehicle will 19 stop in one lane and a vehicle in the next lane won't see the pedestrian. The advanced warning 220 markers are relatively new to the MUTCD. It is being suggested at the intersection of South State TEC August 20, 2013 Page 4 of 5 221 Street and Luce Avenue. b2 223 Vice Chair Baxter inquired if people follow them. 224 225 Member Taylor commented that there would have to be public education on them. 226 227 M /S: Taylor /Lampi: to evaluate the intersections from Freitas and down to Observatory to determine 228 the location of the highest pedestrian traffic 229 230 6. COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS 231 Member Whitaker commented that all of the humps on State Street have been ground and 232 smoothed 233 234 Member Taylor commented that painting the speed on North Oak Street has helped slow traffic 235 236 Member Seanor commented that bids opened for a slurry seal project and bids came in lower than 237 anticipated. 238 239 Member Seanor also commented that in 1988 Steve Turner first started serving on the Traffic 240 Engineering Committee and thanked him for his years of service. 241 242 Member Turner commented that this will be his last meeting as he had moved out of the city limits 243 and the requirement is that the member at large must live in the city limits. He also commented that 244 this has been the most productive committee he has served on. 245 246 7. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 247 '\4 8 4 9 8. ADJOURNMENT 250 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:45pm 251 253 254 255 256 Jar 'I Thiele, R cording Secretary 257 TEC August 20, 2013 Page 5 of 5