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Home My WebLink About03-10-15 packet Please be advised that the City needs to be notified 72 hours in advance of a meeting if any specific accommodations or interpreter services are needed in order for you to attend. The City complies with ADA requirements and will attempt to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities upon request. I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted on the bulletin board at the main entrance of the City of Ukiah City Hall, located at 300 Seminary Avenue, Ukiah, California, not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting set forth on this agenda. Dated this 6th day of March, 2015 Lory Limbird, Recording Secretary TRAFFIC ENGINEERING COMMITTEE AGENDA REGULAR MEETING UKIAH CIVIC CENTER ANNEX Conference Room No. 5 411 W. Clay Street Ukiah, California 95482 TUESDAY, March 10, 2015 3:00 P.M. _________________________________________________ 1. CALL TO ORDER: 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: November 18, 2014 3. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS: The Traffic Engineering Committee welcomes input from the audience. In order for everyone to be heard, please limit your comments to three (3) minutes per person and not more than 10 minutes per subject. The Brown Act regulations do not allow action to be taken on non-agenda items. 4. OLD BUSINESS: 5. NEW BUSINESS: a. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Request for School Zone at New Life Preschool. b. Discussion Regarding the Operation of the Traffic Signals at the North State Street and Scott Street Intersection and at the North State Street and Norton Street Intersection (verbal report). c. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Removal of Passenger Loading Zones and Posting School Area Signs on South Dora Street near St. Mary of the Angels Catholic School. 6. COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS: 7. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: 8. ADJOURNMENT: MINUTES of the Traffic Engineering Committee November 18, 2014 Page 1 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING COMMITTEE MINUTES 1 November 18, 2014 2 Minutes 3 4 MEMBERS PRESENT OTHERS PRESENT 5 Ben Kageyama, Staff April Simmons, Oak Manor School 6 Roger Vincent, Public Representative 7 Trent Taylor, UPD 8 Jerry Whitaker, Staff 9 John Lampi, Public Representative 10 Tim Eriksen, Director of Public Works 11 Marty Nelson, MTA 12 13 MEMBERS ABSENT STAFF PRESENT 14 Kim Jordan, Staff Jarod Thiele 15 Rick Seanor, Staff Lory Limbird 16 Dan Baxter, Chairman Nancy Sawyer, UPD Community Services 17 Officer 18 19 1. CALL TO ORDER 20 The Traffic Engineering Committee meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Lampi 21 at 3:30 pm in Conference Room No. 5, Ukiah Civic Center Annex, 411 W. Clay St., 22 Ukiah, California. 23 24 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 12, 2014 25 Correction noted on Line 38 of Committee Member Reports to change street name from 26 Betty to Lorraine. 27 Motion/Second: Taylor/Vincent to approve August 12, 2014 minutes as corrected. 28 Motion carried by an all AYE voice vote of the members present. 29 30 3. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS 31 none 32 33 4. OLD BUSINESS 34 none 35 36 5. NEW BUSINESS 37 a. Discussion and Possible Action regarding request for no parking zone at 38 732 S. State Street (Ellie’s Mutt Hutt). 39 The request is for a no parking zone on the curb section between Freitas Avenue 40 and the driveway which provides access to Ellie’s Mutt Hut. Staff reviewed the 41 location and confirmed that for vehicles entering South State Street from Freitas 42 Avenue, sight distance can be severely restricted when a vehicle is parked on 43 the street in front of the restaurant. The curb return on the corner of Freitas 44 Avenue is currently painted red, as well as 17 feet of adjoining straight curb on 45 South State Street, leaving 23 feet of curb for parking of one vehicle. 46 47 Ellie’s Mutt Hut is currently proposing to construct an outdoor dining patio 48 adjacent to the building facing South State Street. The vehicle sight distance at 49 Freitas Avenue will not be significantly impacted by the proposed patio, but when 50 a vehicle is parked in front of the restaurant, sight distance would be drastically 51 MINUTES of the Traffic Engineering Committee November 18, 2014 Page 2 reduced causing a vehicle to pull out far over the crosswalk before entering 1 South State Street. Therefore, the owner is requesting the parking space by 2 eliminated. 3 4 Motion/Second: Eriksen/Vincent to approve the recommended action of 5 sending the request to the City Council for a No Parking Zone at 732 South State 6 Street. 7 Motion carried by an all AYE voice vote of the members present. 8 9 b. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Proposed No Parking Zone on 10 West Church Street between Spring Street and Thompson Street. 11 A letter was received from Elaine Shore and Kathy Holt requesting a review of 12 curbside parking on West Church Street in the vicinity of Trinity School. This 13 letter states that residents in the 800 block of West Church Street have difficulty 14 backing out of driveways when vehicles are parked along both sides of West 15 Church Street. 16 17 West Church Street, in the three blocks adjacent to the Trinity School property 18 (Spring Street to Thompson Street) is 25 feet wide. By restricting parking on one 19 side of West Church Street, vehicles will have 17 feet of street width between 20 Spring Street and Thompson Street. Since West Church Street does not have a 21 centerline stripe, traffic can use the full street width, if necessary, to drive around 22 a parked car. For consistency in traffic flow, staff recommended removal of the 23 No Parking Zone on the north side of West Church street and designation of a 24 No Parking Zone on the south side of West Church Street from Spring Street to 25 Thompson Street. 26 27 Member Whitaker noted that a No Parking zone is not needed on the south side 28 of West Church Street between Thompson and Barnes Streets. 29 30 Motion/Second: Taylor/Whitaker to recommend to the City Council the 31 removal of the existing No Parking Zone on the north side of West Church Street 32 between Hope Street and Barnes Street and to also recommend to the City 33 Council the designation of a No Parking Zone on the south side of West Church 34 street between Spring Street and Barnes Street. 35 Motion carried by an all AYE voice vote of the members present. 36 37 c. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Oak Manor School Crosswalk. 38 Adjacent to Oak Manor School, there is one marked school crosswalk on Oak 39 Manor Drive. The Oak Manor School entrance and exit driveways are also 40 marked as crosswalks; however, these crosswalk markings are non-standard 41 applications. The one school crossing guard has the challenge of controlling 42 school children crossing Oak Manor Drive and both the entrance and exit 43 driveways. A crosswalk relocation on Oak Manor Drive has been requested. 44 45 Public Comment: Nancy Sawyer, April Simmons. 46 47 April Simmons noted that the exit driveway is the biggest problem with buses 48 turning both left and right. The existing crosswalk on Oak Manor Drive is quite a 49 distance from the exit driveway. The school provides only one crossing guard so 50 if the crosswalk could be moved closer to the exit driveway, that guard would be 51 MINUTES of the Traffic Engineering Committee November 18, 2014 Page 3 available to help children cross both the street and the exit driveway. 1 2 Member Kageyama contributed that a painted divider or median for the exit 3 driveway would increase the visibility of children crossing the driveway. 4 5 Member Whitaker stated that painting a divider or median for the exit driveway 6 on school property is the school’s responsibility. 7 8 Member Taylor stated the school could erect a stop sign to be located at the exit 9 driveway but it would not be enforceable by the Ukiah Police Department. All 10 vehicles are required to stop and yield the right-of-way when entering the street 11 from the driveway. 12 13 Member Eriksen noted that proposed site #1 located south of the exit driveway 14 is the best site except it leads into a driveway on the east side of Oak Manor 15 Drive and parking would need to be eliminated in that area. 16 17 Member Vincent added there is an existing ADA handicap ramp in this location 18 on the west side of the street under the tree but a ADA handicap ramp would be 19 needed on the east side of the street. 20 21 Motion/Second: Eriksen/Whitaker to have Public Works investigate this site 22 further and report back at the next Traffic Engineering Meeting. 23 Motion carried by an all AYE voice vote of the members present. 24 25 d. Verbal Report on the composition of the Traffic Engineering Committee. 26 Director of Public Works, Tim Eriksen, reported on the composition of the Traffic 27 Engineering Committee because a concern was raised at a City Council meeting 28 that there is not enough public input on this committee. 29 30 City Code §7030 states “The office of City Traffic Engineer shall consist of a 31 committee… consisting of the City Manager, the Chief of Police, the City 32 Engineer, the Planning Director, the Superintendent of Public Works or their duly 33 appointed representatives, together with a representative of the local transit 34 authority, and two (2) City residents of driving age, each of whom may from time 35 to time be determined and appointed by the Council. The chairman shall be 36 chosen by vote of the committee.” 37 38 The City Manager is represented by Ben Kageyama, the Chief of Police is 39 represented by Captain Trent Taylor, the City Engineer is represented by Rick 40 Seanor, the Planning Director is represented by Kim Jordan and the 41 Superintendent of Public Works is Jerry Whitaker. The MTA representative is 42 Dan Baxter who was voted in as chairman. The two public members appointed 43 by City Council are John Lampi and Roger Vincent. 44 45 46 6. COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS 47 48 49 7. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 50 MINUTES of the Traffic Engineering Committee November 18, 2014 Page 4 Member Kageyama reported that the Rail Trail Project has started and is mostly paved 1 from Gobbi Street to Clara Street. Fencing will be going in soon and the lighting will be 2 installed in January. The Rail Trail opening will be held in February. Additional funds 3 are needed to extend the trail south another ¾ mile. There are no gates or bollards at 4 the entrances to allow immediate access for emergency vehicles and the street 5 sweeper. 6 7 Member Kageyama reported it has been approved to extend Clay Street east across 8 the railroad tracks by the California Public Utilities Commission. Clay Street will connect 9 with Leslie Street. This will happen with or without the courthouse relocation to this 10 area. 11 12 8. ADJOURNMENT 13 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m. 14 15 16 17 Lory Limbird, Recording Secretary 18 New Life Preschool Attachment B D o r a S t . Luc e A v e . Passenger Loading Zone MTA Bus Stop Cones for Bus St. Mary of the Angels Catholic School - Passenger Loading Zones (white curbs) Attachment B