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HomeMy WebLinkAbouttecp_060893TRAFFIC ENGINEERING COMMITTEE UKIAH CIVIC CENTER Conference Room 3 300 Seminary Avenue Ukiah, California 95482 JUNE 8, 1993 2:00 P.M. A G E N D A BEARD, BORECKY FOR GOFORTH, BUDROW, FERNANDEZ, FORD, HARRIS, AND TURNER I. CALL TO ORDER II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MAY 11, 1993 III. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS: a. Request for Four-Way Stop at Mill and Spring Streets - Nina Woolsey, Dennis Patton b. Consider "NO PARKING", East Side of Helen Avenue, along Nokomis School Frontage. c. Removal of Red Curb located in Front of Redwood Manor Apartments on Waugh Lane - Sean Leech IV. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS V. ADJOURNMENT 1\TEC A060893 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING COMMITTEE M I N U T E S MAY 11, 1993 2:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order at 2:03 Conference Room 3, at the Ukiah Civic Members present were: Beard, Budrow, arriving at 2:15 p.m. Members Absent: Fernandez and Harris. Others Present: Diane V. Anastasio DISCIISSION/ACTION ITEMS c. p.m. by Chairman Turner, in Center, Ukiah, California. and Ford, with Borecky Bill Beard stated that he received a letter from Diane Anastasio, Plowshares, requesting that the curb between 150 Luce Avenue and 180 Luce Avenue be painted red. Diane Anatasio expressed that the curb length between the driveways of 150 Luce Avenue and 180 Luce Avenue is a short curb and customers for Plowshares park at the curb. The curb is to short to accommodate a compact or any size vehicle and, therefore, the vehicles block the access to the driveway of 180 Luce Avenue. She is requesting that the curb be painted red to eliminate parking by Plowshares customers. She also expressed that this has caused bad relations between Plowshares and the neighbor. Discussion followed regarding that blocking access to a driveway is cause to issue a parking ticket; maintenance for painting the red curb; customers parking at the curb are for short periods of time; the area is not patrolled by the Parking Enforcement Officers; Plowshares placing a "No Parking" sign located behind the sidewalk, perhaps that could be attached to the fence and could be placed up in the morning and removed at closing. 1 APPROVAL OF MINQTES ON A MOTION by Beard, seconded by Borecky, the Traffic Engineering minutes of March 9, 1993, were approved as submitted: AYES: Beard, Borecky, and Budrow. NOES: None. ABSENT: Fernandez and Harris. ABSTAIN: Ford and Chairman Turner. ON A MOTION by Beard, seconded by Borecky, the Traffic Engineering minutes of April 13, 1993, were approved as submitted: AYES: Beard, Borecky, Ford and Chairman Turner. NOES: None. ABSENT: Fernandez and Harris. ABSTAIN: Budrow. DISCQSSZON/ACTION ITEMS a. Bill Beard stated that Smith Street is a one-way street, 24 feet curb-to-curb, and directly opposite the mail boxes is a white passenger loading zone, and that a vehicle takes 6 1/2 feet next to the curb. He also noted that if a car is temporarily parked at the mail boxes, and a car is parked on the opposite side of the street in the loading zone, there is sufficient space for vehicles to pass between the two parked vehicles. Steve Ford expressed that the mail boxes on Smith Street are in the wrong location. He noted that there have been some close accidents when a vehicle is turning left from Oak Street onto Smith Street when a vehicle is temporarily parked at the mail boxes and vehicles are parked on the opposite side of the street. Steve Ford asked Ken Budrow about the status of traffic accidents at this location. Ken Budrow responded that he is not aware of any accidents at this location. Discussion followed regarding there are businesses located on the south side of the street; it is the responsibility of the driver making a left-hand turn from Oak Street onto Smith Street to take caution that a vehicle may be parked at the mail boxes, and it is the responsibility of the driver parked by the mail boxes to observe oncoming traffic. It was the consensus of the Committee to take no action. 2 b. Bill Beard reported that he received a letter from Betty Hartnett, 1171 North Bush, requesting to red curb the east side of North Bush, 20 feet south of the light standard in front of 1771, north to driveway of 1201 North Bush. She wrote when vehicles are parked on the east side of North Bush a dangerous situation is created for people driving or bicycling in a north-south direction, and when exiting the driveway there is limited visibility to the north of vehicles coming from the south. Discussion followed regarding painting red curb from the light standard 20 feet to the south; there are shrubs in excess of 36 inches in height in a 24 foot setback, and if the shrubs were trimmed in height that would allow for more site visibility. ON A MOTION by Ford, seconded by Beard, to approve the request to red curb the east side of North Bush Street, 20 to 30 feet south of the light standard at 1171 North Bush Street. AYES: Beard, Borecky, Budrow, Ford and Chairman Turner. NOES: None. ABSENT: Fernandez and Harris. ABSTAIN: None. ON A MOTION by Budrow, seconded by Borecky, that the Engineering Department send a letter to the residents located within the subject area of the proposed red curb to receive their input regarding the red curb. AYES: Beard, Borecky, Budrow, Ford and Chairman Turner. NOES: None. ABSENT: Fernandez and Harris. ABSTAIN: None. d. Request for Temporary Bus Stop at Pomolita School on Dora Avenue, at Northwest Corner of S ring Street for Summer School. June to August. 1993 - Steve Turner (MTA1 ON A MOTION by Beard, seconded by Borecky, to approve the request by MTA for a temporary bus stop at Pomolita School on Dora Avenue, at Northwest corner of Spring Street for Summer School, June to August 1993. AYES: Beard, Borecky, Budrow, Ford and Chairman Turner. NOES: None. ABSENT: Fernandez and Harris. ABSTAIN: None. 3 MZBCELLANEOIIB ITEMS None. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. Steve urn'"~irman ~ n ~ ~-.~~ ~ ~~ r ~ Kathy Kinch, ecording Sec etary B:1\TEC M051193 M S M O R A N D II M DATE: June 8, 1993 TO: Captain John Williams FROM: Steve Turner, Chairman RE: TRAFFIC ENGINEERING COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM "REQUEST FOR FOUR-WAY STOP AT MILL AND SPRING STREETS The Traffic Engineering Committee moved to request the Police Department use radar to enforce the existing speed limit on West Mill especially in the areas of the Spring Street intersection and to report the results of that enforcement to the Traffic Engineering Committee at their meeting of July 13, 1993. Thank you. e:~~rec MwwnMs NL:y 27, 1993 Mr. Dennis Patton Ms. Nina Woolsey 415 W. Mill Street Ukiah, CA 95482 (707) 463-0782 City of Ukiah Traffic Engineering Committee ATTENTION: Mr. Bill Beard, City Engineer Dear Mr. Beard: This letter ccncerns the desire of our neighborhood to establish a 4-way stop at the corner of Spring and Mill Streets in Ukiah. Stop signs currently exist on Spring Street. However, Mill Street is uncontrolled and traffic tends to speed down from the hill on West Mill Street through this intersection. Numerous pets have been killed and young children have had close calls with speeding vehicles near this intersection. We are al~are that the council is reluctant to install stop signs for speed control. However, tae strongly fear that worse accidents involving young children are inevitable if we do not take preventive measures now to force traffic to slow doi~rn and stop. Mill Street is extremely busy during morning and evening commute hours and on weekends. Yokayo School is in close proximity and many children are on the street after school. We have heard that a new stop sign was established on Hortense and Church Streets after that neighborhood experienced similar problems. If this is indeed true, we would like to cite that example to support our request, particularly since Mill Street is far more traffic-heavy than Hortense Street. We hope you will consider this request as it arises from a genuine concern for safety in our neighborhood. We are willing to formulate a petition if that -+i 11 be necessary. We will attend that June 8th meeting to answer any additional questions that committee members may have. Thank you very much for your consideration. Sincerely, Nina Woolsey Dennis Patton