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HomeMy WebLinkAbouttecp_051193TRAFFIC DRIAH CIVIC CENTER Conference Room 3 300 Seminary Avenue IIkiah, California 95482 MAY 11, 1993 2:00 P.M. A G E N D A I. II III. IV. v. CALL TO ORDER COMMITTEE BEARD, HORECRY FOR GOFORTH, BIIDROW, FERNANDEZ, FORD, HARRIS, AND TIIRNER APPROVAL OF MINIITEB: MARCH 9, AND APRIL 13, 1993 DISCII88ION/ACTION ITEMB: a. Request to Consider Red Curb, North Bide of Smith just West of North Oak, opposite Drive-IIp Mail Boa - Ford b. Request to Consider Red Curb, Eaet Side of North Bush Street, 20 Feet South of Light Standard at 1171 North Buah Street to Driveway at 1201 North Bush Street - Betty Hartnett c. Request to Consider Red Curb, North Bide of Luce Avenue, between Driveway at 150 Luce and Driveway to adjacent Property to the West - Diane v. Anastasio (Plowshares) d. Request for Temporary Bus Stop at Pomolita School on Dora Avenue, at Northwest Corner of Spring Street for Summer School, June to August, 1993 - Steve Turaer (MTA) MISCELLANEOIIS ZTEMS ADJOIIRNMENT 1\TEC A041393 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING COMMITTEE M I N U T E S APRIL 13, 1993 2:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m. by Chairman Turner, in Conference Room 3, at the Ukiah Civic Center, Ukiah, California. Members present were: Beard, Borecky, Fernandez and Ford. Members Absent: Ken Budrow and Michael Harris. Others Present: Yvette Kennedy and Lisa Artz APPROVAL OF MINIITES The Traffic Engineering minutes of March 9, 1993, will be approved at the May il, 1993 meeting. DISCIISSION/ACTION ITEMS b. Reauest for Sneed Bumos or "Children At Play" sians for oak Manor Court - Yvette Kennedy Bill Beard reported that he received a letter from Yvette Kennedy requesting a "Children at Play" sign or the installation of speed bumps on Oak Manor Court to help slow the speed of traffic on the street and for the safety of children playing in the area. Lisa Artz expressed there are numerous children who live on Oak Manor Court, and two to three children have been hit by a vehicle within the last two years, and numerous close calls. The parents have put up street signs, but the teenagers destroy the signs. Yvette Kennedy expressed that there are a lot vehicles that use the street as a turn-around street. Chairman Turner stated that this item has been brought before the Committee on several occasions. However, speed bumps or dips in the street would create a potential liability, because a vehicle could hit the speed bump or dip a certain way and could cause an accident. Steve Ford noted that in the Davis area City streets that are not through streets are made narrow, and by placing planters on the sides of the street to make the street entrances and exits appear narrow to help slow traffic speed. MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING COMMITTEE APRIL 13, 1993 1 Discussion followed regarding the placement of planters on the side of the street could prevent emergency vehicles from entering and exiting the street and street maintenance; Oak Manor Court is wider than normal cul-de-sac widths; the flow of traffic on Oak Manor Court; there are no signs indicating that it is not a through street; placement of a "Not a Through Street" sign; cul-de-sacs are difficult to enforce by radar due the length of the street; "Children at Play" signs are not installed by the City due to the fact that the City does not want to acknowledge that it is acceptable for children to play in the street. Bill Beard noted that to enforce traffic speed, the City performs a Speed Study Survey on streets such as Dora and State Street and monitors 100 vehicles to determine the average speed limit. The City Council approves the speed limit and then Police Department can enforce the speed limit by radar. He recommended a "Not a Through Street" sign, on both sides of the street, at the entrance into the Court. ON A MOTION by Beard, seconded by Fernandez, that the Public Works Department install a "Not A Through Street" sign at the entrance into the Oak Manor Court, and to install the sign as soon as possible to monitor the effectiveness of traffic speed. AYES: Beard, Borecky, Fernandez, Ford and Chairman Turner. NOES: None. ABSENT: Budrow and Harris. ABSTAIN: None. Chairman Turner requested that Yvette Kennedy and Lisa Artz notify the Committee several weeks after the installation of the sign to inform the Committee if the sign has made a difference on the amount of traffic and traffic speed. a. Request to Remove Parkins Meters in Front of 435 North State Street - Ken Cordren Bill Beard reported that he received a letter from Ken Cordren requesting that the parking meters be removed from in front of his business. He stated that several of his customers have received parking tickets within the last few months that makes for bad customer relations, and that the parking meters are hurting his business. The Parking District stops at the north edge of the building of this address. Stops just on the north edge of the an old building that was demolished on the north side. Discussion followed regarding that there are parking meters located across the street; the meters are two hour meters and if the meters are paid, the customer should not be receiving tickets; revenue MINIITEB OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING COMMITTEE APRIL 13, 1993 2 from parking meters; making the parking spaces limited two hour parking and removing the parking meters; removal of the parking meters would create all day parking, and the employees of the local businesses would use the parking and move their vehicles from parking space to parking space to prevent a parking ticket; there is one meter located in front of 435 and one meter after that; the Committee does not have the authority to remove the parking meters, but can make a recommendation to the City Council; refer this matter to the Planning Department for inclusion in the Downtown Revitalization Program. Steve Ford expressed that he is against parking meters and anything installed in the sidewalk. ON A MOTION by Beard, seconded by Borecky, that this item be referred to the Downtown Master Plan for review of parking and traffic in the downtown area. AYES: Beard, Borecky, Fernandez, Ford and Chairman Turner. NOES: None. ABSENT: Budrow and Harris. ABSTAIN: None. MISCELLANEOIIS ITEMS George Borecky requested that a memorandum be written to the Electric Department regarding the lights on Gobbi Street and Orchard Avenue. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. p~ Ste Turner, Chairman _~ Kathy Kinch, cording Secr tary B:1\TEC M041393 MINOTEB OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING COMMITTEE APRIL 13, 1993 3 G'ity of Zlk~al~ 300 SEMINARY AVE., UKIAH, CA 95482 ^ ADMIN. 707/463-6200 ^ POUCE 463-6242 ^ FIRE 463-6274 May 11, 1993 Dear Property Owner: At a recent meeting with the City Manager, many of the residents of your neighborhood were concerned with the safety of school children trying to gain access to Nokomis School yard. A concerned citizens stated that automobiles parked on the east side of Helen Avenue were forcing the children to walk in the street on South Helen Avenue. One possible solution to this problem is removing parking from the east side of South Helen Avenue along the entire length of Nokomis School. As a Nokomis School neighbor, we would like to inform you that the Traffic Engineering Committee will consider this parking restriction at their next regular schedule meeting of Tuesday, June 8, 1993, at 2:00 p.m. at the Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Avenue, Ukiah. We would like to hear your opinions on this proposal. You may address letters or telephone call to Bill Beard, City Engineer at 463-6287 and you are welcome to attend the meeting and express your opinion as well. We look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, ~C~~~l~ Steve Turner Chairman Traffic Engineering Committee B:IITfC LNOKOMlS April 28, 1993 Bill Beazd City Engineer 300 Seminary Dr. Ukiah, CA 95482 RE: Unsafe pazking conditions on N. Bush St. -Agenda item for May 4 meeting For several yeazs now, I have been concerned about a stretch of N. Bush that I consider dangerous when cars and trucks, including my own, are parked at curbside (see sketch, attached page). From the middle of the Frank Zeek School field north to 1191, N. Bush makes an "S" curve that has become quite dangerous with the increased traffic (which generally races through the area at speeds over the limit), increasing number of young children in the area, and frequent afternoon and evening use of the Frank Zeek field Cor ball games. Because many of the houses along the street have more vehicles than can be pazked in the two-car driveways, the street is usually loaded with curbside parked vehicles. When cars and trucks are parked on the east side of N. Bush, a dangerous situation is created for people driving or bicycling in a north-south direction. When entering N. Bush from Garrett, the driver has very limited visibility to the north, and cannot see vehicles coming from [he south unless one pulls at least one-half car length into N. Bush. The curbside visibility is reduced dramatically, as is visibility for people exiting driveways. Although I am unaware of any major accidents YET, I have witnessed many "close calls", heard many others, been told of still more, and experienced several myself. My request to the Traffic Engineering Committee is to paint the east side of [he N. Bush curb red from 20 fee[ south of the light standard in front of 1171, north to the driveway of 1201. In this manner, the frequent close calls and a possible future tragedy might be prevented. I will be happy to meet with you and both show and discuss with you the problem briefly outlined here. Thank you for considering this matter. Sin cerely,~ Be'°t~t°1Hly'~`J~'I~itnett P.O. Box 893 Ukiah, CA 95482 (707)463-0452 (Homeowner, 1171 N. Bush) M E M O R A N D II M April 21, 1993 To: Bill Beard, City Engineer From: Darryl L. Barnes, Director of Electric Utility Subject: Street Light Request The Traffic Engineering Committee has requested the installation of two street lights at the intersection of Orchard and East Gobbi as described in the attached memorandum of April 13, 1993. Since this request involves the public streets, it is my belief that this request should have been directed to the Engineering Department for your approval, before requesting the work to be performed. I'm assuming that your department has reviewed this request and that the Electric Utility has your approval to proceed with this project. Due to the current availability of circuits in the area, we would propose the installation of the lights on the northeast and southwest corners, rather than as requested on the southeast and southwest corners of the intersection. If you should have any changes or recommendations relative to this request, please let me know. We will schedule this project in our work schedule and will begin installation as soon as possible. cc: Martin Wobig Gegrge Borecky eve Turner p0 ~~~ ° Community Dining Room • Peace and Justice Center P.O. Box 475 •150 Luce Street • Ukiah, CA 95482 707/462-8582 April 22, 1993 Mr. Bill Beard Public Wanks City of Ukiah 300 Seminary Dr. Ukiah, Ca 95482 RE: Red Zone between ~ drveways Dear Mr. Beard: 1 am writing on behalf of Plowshares Community Diniag Room w request that a curb between our 150 Luce Avenue address and the neighbar to the west be painted red. The curb length between the two addresses is such that it is almost big enough far a compact car, and if parked mare to the east than the west it does not obstruct our wider driveway, but i[ the car is large and parked mare to the west if blocks part of the driveway of our neighbor to the west. We are making this request in an effort to help our neighbar be assured that his driveway will always be accessible to him, and that guests who come to our dining room understand there is no parking in that spot. 1 do hope that our request will be approved. Please feel free to contact me if yw have any questions. Very uvly yours, Diane V. Anastasio Directar ... and they shall brat their awards ieto plowshares, and their spars iteo proa9o~ hoots, aatioa shall net !ift ap sward a~ nation, neither shall they learn war anymore' Isaiah 2:4