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Home My WebLink Abouttecp_021197TRAF'"C ENGINEERING COMP "'TTEE UKIAH CIVIC CENTER Conference Room 5 300 Seminary Avenue Ukiah, California 95482 FEBRUARY I1, 1997 3:00 P.M. AGENDA KENNEDY, DEWEY, FERNANDEZ, HARRIS, LOONEY, TURNER, SAWYER AND ROBERTS 1. CALL TO ORDER II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: DECEMBER 10, 1996 I[I. 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. IV. DISCUSSIONlACTION ITEMS: NEW BUSINESS a. Clearance and Site Distance at Intersection of Norton and Mason Streets - Steve Turner, MTA b. Request for Northbound Bus Stop at 631 South Orchard -Steve Turner, MTA. c. Request for Extension of Red Curb at Exit Driveway from Ukiah High School, and Consideration of a Mid-Block Crosswalk Crossing Despina Drive - Jerry Garcia d. Request for Limited No Parking Zones Adjacent to City Parks - Larry DeKnoblough, Director of Community Services e. Verbal Repoli of Traffic Speed on Empire Drive Between State and Bush Streets - Rick Kennedy, Director of Public Works/City Engineer OLD BUSINESS None. V. COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS VI. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS VII. ADJOURNMENT Please call Kathy Kinch at 463-6214 if you are unable to attend the meeting. R:I~TEG A02119] ~~ CA 95482-5400 ADMIN. 707/463-6100 PU&JC SAFE7V 463-6142/6274 FA% k 707/463-6104 February 18, 1997 Mr. Jerry Garcia Assistant Principal UKIAH HIGH SCHOOL 1000 Low Gap Road Ukiah, California 95482 RE: REQUEST FOR MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK AND EXPANSION OF RED CURBING ON DESPINA DRIVE Dear Mr. Garcia: This is to confirm that the Traffic Engineering Committee acted on your two requested items at their meeting of February 11, 1997, and the Committee is making a recommendation to the City Council that the red curb on the west side of Despina Drive in front of the tennis courts be extended to the light pole for the purpose of increasing pedestrian visibility. The Committee, however, denied your request for amid-block marked crosswalk at the same location. The Committee's recommendation will be presented to the City Council on March 5, 1997, for the extension of the "NO PARKING ZONE". Concerning the crosswalk issue, you may ask the City Council directly to act on your request. You may have this issue agendized by calling the City Clerk, Colleen B. Henderson, at 463-6217. If I can be of further assistance, please call me at 463-6280. Rick H'. Kennedy ~G'~` Director of Public Works/City cc: Candace Horsley -City Manager ~~ ~ Traffic Engineering Committee RIIX:kk R:I~MV LGARCIA '1X/e Are Here To Serve" ~l \H, CA 95482-5400 • ADMIN. 707/463-6200 PUBLIC SAFE7V 463 6242/6274 • FA% r 707/463-6204 January 14, 1997 Jerry Garcia Assistant Principal, Ukiah High School 1000 Low Gap Road Ukiah, California 95482 RE: Crosswalk and red curb request on Despina Drive Dear Mr. Garcia, As we discussed on the phone, the extension of the existing red curb at the exit driveway to Despina Drive and the placement of a crosswalk crossing Despina Drive between Low Gap Road and Capps Lane are matters that need to be directed through the City of Ukiah Traffic Engineering Committee. Their next meeting is scheduled to be on the second Tuesday of February which is February 11,1997 (I mistakenly told you Feb 10, 1997). The meetings are held at the City Civic Center at 300 Seminary Drive at 3:00 PM. Since the agenda packet is sent out to the members of this committee the week before the meeting, it will be necessary to have your request available for that packet by Feb. 4, 1997. If you send me a more detailed description of what you are requesting, I will see that your request is put on the agenda for the next meeting. Enclosed please find enclosed the information I mentioned concerning the safety of crosswalks If you have any questions, please call me at (707) 463-6284. Sincerely, ~~` ~ ~~~ ~J~7~~ Larry J. Woods Senior Civil Engineer cc: Rick Kennedy, Director of Public Works/ City Engineer "We Are Here To Serve" T RAFFIC INFORMATION SERIESM ~L`~COVV YVL S~K~ WHEN IS A CROSSWALK UNSAFE? Apparently, whenever it is painted on the street! A number of years back, the City of San Diego published some startling results of a very extensive study of the relative safety of marked and unmarked crosswalks. San Diego looked at 400 intersections for five years (without signals or four-way stops) that had a marked crosswalk on one side and an unmarked crosswalk on the other. About two and one half times as many pedestrians used the marked crosswalk, but about six times as many accidents were reported in the marked crosswalks! Long Beach studied pedestrian safety for three years (1972 through 1974) and Found eight times as many reported pedestrian accidents at intersections with marked crosswalks than at those without. One explanation of this apparent contradiction of common sense is the false security pedestrians feel at the marked crosswalk. Two painted lines do not provide protection against an oncoming vehicle and the real burden of safety has to be on the pedestrian to be alert and cautious while crossing any street. A pedestrian can stop in less than three feet, while a vehicle traveling at 25 MPH will require 60 feet and at 35 MPH approximately 100 feet. The California Vehicle Code says that a crosswalk exists at all intersections unless pedestrian crossing is prohibited by signs. Some of these crosswalks are marked with painted lines, but most of them are not. Pedestrian crosswalk marking is a method of encouraging pedestrians to use a particular crossing. Such marked crossings may not be as safe as an unmarked crossing at the same location. Therefore, crosswalks should be marked only where necessary for the guidance and control of pedestrians, to direct them to the safest of several potential routes. ~\ n ~- - _ - IM/1-77 ~' ~ ~ ~~ \ \ ~ ~~~~\ \ -C VQ ~~ ~~ Ukiah High School 1000 Low Gap Road Ukiah, CA 95482 707-463-5253 Fax 707-463-4859 Jcrrry Garcia, Assistant Principal Larry J. Woods Senior Civil Engineer City of Ukiah 300 Seminary Avenue Ukiah, CA 95482 Dear Mr. Woods, Literacy Respect Service Philip Gary, Gd.D., Principal James L. Ilatfield, Assistant Principal Francine Selim, Assistant Principal January 14, 1997 Thank you for your timely response to my inquiry for extending the red curb and placement of a crosswalk on Despina Drive. The information you provided on the crosswalk is interesting and if you and your department feel that this is not feasible, please advise me. Regardless, we would like to extend the red curb to the next light pole north. Enclosed you will find a diagram of the existing school plant and the proposed changes. Thank you for your assistance. Sincerely, ~-~~ J rry a cia ssist t Principal Ukiah High School I1H fflGi{ SCHOOI, ~ ~ IAN L " 01S PI~~ F!L'J-r P1k~1N' 3 6 4 ~ 4 S 2 3{ S 6 t o 9 ~ N 2 ~ y 1 z ro ~ 5 2 } l5 l4 G i 2 A 5 6 7 2 F t2 ~ ~~ ~a~~ ~ ~~~~~ ~ I v ~ ~~ a o_ Q Y+ ~~ Q 1 D d~~' ~~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ,(U ~ prr/~ G~~ MEMORANDUM DATE: January 30, 1997 TO: Rick Kennedy, City Engineer FROM: Larry W. DeICnoblough, Community Services Director ~-.~'~ SiJBJECT: Request for Limited No Parking Zones Adjacent to City Parks Due to on going Public Safety concerns I have received a request for a No Parking Between the Hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. designation along the State and School Street frontages of Thomas Plaza. I have attached a memo from Sgt. Art Barclay detailing Public Safety's concerns and request. While this request could be addressed in accordance with the provisions of the Downtown Parking Program, I would like to additionally request this provision be considered by the Traffic Engineering Committee for street frontages adjacent to all municipal parks. This limitation has been in effect on Live Oak and Park Blvds. around Todd Grove Park for several years. In the interest of greater public safety for all our municipal parks I would recommend we include the sections of Ehn and Pine fronting Vinewood; Dora, Bush, Clay and Stephenson Sts. fronting Mcgarvey; and Main and Clay Sts. fronting Carpenter. No prohibition is necessary at Oak Manor as on-site parking is provided and Parks staff will complete these postings. Consideration of this request by the Traffic Engineering Committee at the next available meeting would be greatly appreciated. cc: City Manager LD/NOPARK.MEM UKIAH POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM To: Larry DeKnoblough, Director of Community Services From: Sgt. A. Bazclay Subject: No Parking Signs Date: 1-26-97 We have been having groups of people dressed in gang type attire pazking on the S. State St. side of the Alex Thomas Park during evening hours, loitering by the pazk's east planters. It was during one such gathering that we had a fight resulting in a stabbing last weekend. To assist the Police Department in keeping the peace in the pazk, and to keep any one group from claiming the park as its own, I suggest that City Staff consider posting signs prohibiting pazking next to the pazk between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. I feel that this small measure would truly aid us in protecting the park and the citizens who use it. Rfespectfully, "~~_ ~ ~. ~~ n -, Arthur D. Barclay, Sgt. #rl: