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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSafety Commission mins 1992/12/10 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHULA VISTA SAFETY COMMISSION . Thursday, December 10, 1992 7:03 p.m. Council Chambers Public Services Building CALL TO ORDER 1. Roll Call: Present: Chair Thomas, Vice Chair Padilla, Commissioners Chidester, Koester, and Pitts Excused Absence: Commissioners Braden and Matacia Also Present: Hal Rosenberg, Traffic Engineer; Frank Rivera, Associate Traffic Engineer; Sgt. Tom Schaefer, Police Sergeant; Shirley Buxton, Recording Secretary 2. Pledoe of Alleoiance/Silent Praver 3. ODenino Statement Read by Chair Thomas 4. ADDroval of Minutes August 13, 1992 and November 12, 1992 August 13, 1992 - No action taken. . MSC (Koester/Chidester) to approve the Safety Commission Minutes of November 12, 1992 as presented. Approved 4-0-2-1 with Vice Chair Padilla abstaining and Commissioners Braden and Matacia absent. MEETING AGENDA 5. REPORT on Traffic Concerns for 100 block of E Street Frank Rivera presented staff's report. Chair Thomas asked if the delineators mentioned in the report were the same delineators being used in the Country Club area. Frank Rivera said they were the same delineators. Chair Thomas if the 8' spacing between delineators would be adequate. Hal Rosenberg said they had found the 8' spacing satisfactory, but if there were any problems, delineators could be spaced closer together. Vice Chair Padilla asked the fiscal impact was of the painted median. Frank Rivera said the cost for the painted median was approximately $300. . MSC (Thomas/Pitts) the Safety Commission recommend to the City Council that a raised asphalt median be installed on E Street between Second Avenue and the 100 block of Minot Avenue. Approved 5-0-2 with Commissioners Braden and Matacia absent. 6. REPORT on Request for an All-Way Stop at E. Naples Street and Foxboro Avenue Frank Rivera presented staff's report. Mr. Rivera added that new traffic counts were just completed and the intersection still did not meet the warrants necessary to install an all-way stop. Safety Commission Minutes December 10, 1992 Page 2 MSC (Chidester/Padilla) the Safety Commission deny the request for an all-way stop at the intersection of East Naples and Foxboro Avenue. Approved 5-0-2 with Commissioners Braden and Matacia absent. 7. REPORT on Request for 2-hour Parking on a portion of Shasta Street Frank Rivera presented staff's report. Chair Thomas asked how many spaces would be affected by the 2-hour parking limit and why staff recommended that it be a trial traffic regulation. Frank Rivera said approximately 20 spaces would be affected by the 2-hour parking limit. The reason for recommending a trial traffic regulation was to see if after installing a two-hour zone, the parking problem shifted to another street. Staff was concerned that a "domino" effect might occur, shifting the parking problems onto other area streets. If this happened, staff could remove the 2-hour zone and find another solution to the parking problem. This would be an eight month trial traffic regulation. Commissioner Koester asked if most vehicles parked on Shasta belonged to Sharp Rees-Stealy. Frank Rivera said that other business owners believe that most of the cars belong to Sharp Rees-Stealy since they are there for extended periods of time. Commissioner Koester questioned why employees prefered to park on Shasta Street. Ms. Carmen Arias, On-Site Manager, Sharp Rees-St88/Y, 525 Third Avenue, Chu/a Vista, CA 91910 said she received a letter from the City and was concerned because the letter made it appear that Sharp Rees-Stealy (SRS) was not complying with conditions set forth by the City. SRS, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (morning hours) provided 52% of their parking spaces for their employees. She agreed with the study that indicated there was not a parking problem in the afternoon. All employees scheduled to work an afternoon/evening shift (2:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.) park on site. She said that some vehicles were listed as belonging to SRS employees but mostly likely were not. Ms. Arias drove around the area and found that some cars did not belong SRS, but to other businesses including the court house. As a health care facility, SRS has a commitment to their patients. There were a large number of complaints from patients regarding lack of adequate parking. SRS must provide at least 77-100 spaces per hour to adequately provide parking for patients. Ms. Arais was concerned with the cost of enforcing the two hour parking and the possible domino effect it could have on the streets. SRS encouraged employees to park away from the facility, however, it was difficult to enforce. Some employees had been reported to be parking on lawns and blocking driveways of residents, but she did not know of any cars being towed away. No one had called Ms. Arias complaining of problems. Vice Chair Padilla referred to a letter received by SRS employees from management to park away from the facility and asked if it was a result of patient complaints. Ms. Arais said that inti ally all employees were asked to park on site, which created complaints from patients. At that time, SRS surveyed their staff and found that approximately 100 employees parked in the morning hours on-site with only 146 parking spaces available. There were a total of 151 parking spaces, but 5 were handicapped spaces. In the morning hours, SRS saw approximately 500 patients. She said on a monthly basis, SRS reminded employees not to park in residential areas, but it was difficult for employees because all the surrounding areas were residential. She said on the weekends, SRS allows parishioners of St. Rose of Lima Church to park in the upper part of the parking structure. Also, in the evening, near-by apartment residents and their guests used the parking facility. SRS was working with the community. SRS had looked at alternatives to try and find different parking solutions for employees. There was space available at Third Avenue and Alvarado Street which was presently Safety Commission Minutes December 10, 1992 Page 3 . monitored by a different committee (Community Development) and was empty most of the time. If arrangements could be made, she would like to offer it to SRS employees as alternative parking. MSC (Thomas/Chidester) the Safety Commission concur with staff and recommend to the City Council to establish a trial traffic regulation for 2-hour parking on Shasta Street between Third Avenue and Del Mar Avenue. Approved 5-0-2 with Commissioners Braden and Matacia absent. 8. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. STAFF REPORTS 9. 1992 Dioest of Traffic Leoislation - Distributed for Commissioner information. 10. 1992-93 CIP Status ReDort - Distributed for Commissioner information. 11. Chula Vista Police DeDartment Traffic Summarv for October 1992 - Distributed for Commissioner information. . OTHER BUSINESS 12. Commissioner Comments Commissioner Koester asked for an update on the meetings with the residents of the Country Club Drive/Sierra Way/Palomar Drive area. Frank Rivera reported he hoped to have the meetings scheduled by the end of December and would report back to the Commission on the outcome. Chair Thomas asked Commissioners to come to the January 1993 meeting approximately 10 minutes early. He would like to have a mini-meeting on Roberts Rules of Order. 13. CDmmission WorkshoD None. ADJOURNMENT Chair Thomas adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, . ~'~!-8r-~ . Shirley BuxtJ.::" Recording Secretary SB:SAFETY/121092.MIN 121692