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Home My WebLink About2006-05-11 SC MINUTES1 4. MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHULA VISTA SAFETY COMMISSION May 11, 2006 Community Room 6:00 p.m. Chula Vista Police Department Headquarters CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 6:00 p.m. 1. Roll Call: Present: Chair White; Vice -Chair AI-Ghafry; Commissioners Lopez, Gove, Perrett, and Rosario Absent: Commissioner Willett Also present: Principal Civil Engineer, Frank Rivera Acting Senior Civil Engineer, Patrick Moneda Recording Secretary, Lindsey Walters MSC (White/AI-Ghafry) to excuse absence of Commissioner Willett (6-0-1) Willett absent. 2. Pledge of Allegiance/Silent Praver 3. Opening Statement Opening statement read by Chair White. 4. Approval of Minutes MSC (White/Al-Ghafry) to approve minutes from March 9tn �4-0-1-2) Willett absent; Gove, Rosario abstain. MSC (AI-Ghafry/Rosario) to approve minutes from April 13t (4-0-1-2) Willett absent; White/Lopez abstain. MEETING AGENDA 5. Oral Communications None. 6. Report on Request for an All -Way Stop at the Intersection of East Palomar Street and Raven Avenue. —CONTINUED FROM 04/13/06 - Brief presentation given by Senior Civil Engineer Moneda. Staff received a written request from Ms. Olivia Juarez residing at 1319 Raven Avenue, requesting an all -way stop at East Palomar Street and Raven Avenue. Ms. Juarez feels that in the northbound direction, it is very difficult to enter the intersection from Raven Avenue because of the obstructed view of oncoming traffic on East Palomar Street. Staff conducted a study of the intersection and forwarded this report to the Safety Commission for consideration on April 13, 2006. A majority vote was not attained on the recommendation for the all -way stop proposal; therefore, this reportwas continued to the following Safety Commission meeting with a request to discuss additional factors/options for this location. All area residents have been notified of tonight's meeting. Staff Recommendation: That the Safety Commission concur with staff's recommendation to: • Deny installation of an all -way stop at East Palomar Street and Raven Avenue. • Modify the existing lane layout of East Palomar Street from 4 -lanes to 2 -lanes between Nacion Avenue and Brandywine Avenue as an interim measure. Commission Discussion: Chair White asked what was different between April's Meeting and this present meeting, and also why the recommendation to do bike lanes was not in the report. Senior Civil Engineer Moneda replied that action regarding bike lanes is directly related to the number of lanes, which needs to be decided on by the Commission before anything can be implemented. Safety Commission Minutes May 11, 2006 Pacte 2 Public hearing opened. The following persons spoke in opposition to staff's recommendation: (favored all -way stop) 1) Albert Servin, 1319 Raven Avenue 2) Ron Garcia, 1349 Raven Avenue (spoke at last month's meeting) 3) Harvey Currey, 1325 Raven Avenue (spoke at last month's meeting) 4) Bill Odle, 1211 Raven Avenue 5) Gifford Justice, 1343 Raven Avenue (spoke at last month's meeting) 6) Ed Dulude, 1336 Raven Avenue (spoke at last month's meeting) 7) Fernando Felix, 449 Sparrow Street a. Unable to attend meeting, but sent an email through Ms. Walters that was added in as part of meeting. Also favored all -way stop. 8) 23 Phone Calls were also received by City Staff, the majority of which were also in favor of the all - way stop installation. Public hearing closed. Commission Discussion: Vice -Chair AI-Ghafry mentioned the fact that an improperly installed stop sign can give a false sense of security. It can actually go so far as to increase speeds, once cars are through stop sign, so as to make up for lost time. He did however say that City staff did a greatjob, and supported staffs recommendation Commissioner Rosario stated that he was in favor of all -way stop installation. Commissioner Perrett was also in favor of all -way stop, however held some misgivings about lane changes and striping. He and Commissioner Gove were in favor of all -way stop the previous Commission Meeting as well. MSC (White/Rosario) to approve all -way stop installation (5-1-1) AI-Ghafry (no); Willett absent. 7. Report on Speed Limit Revision on Olympic Parkway between the 1-805 Northbound ramps and Brandywine Avenue. 0 Brief presentation by Principal Civil Engineer Rivera. Due to the recent completion of the roadway improvements on Olympic Parkway, staff completed an Engineering and Traffic survey for this segment. Based on the results of this speed survey and pursuant to the authority under the Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 10.48.020, city staff has determined that the speed limit on Olympic Parkway between 1-805 Northbound ramps and Brandywine Avenue should be increased from 35 mph to 45 mph. Staff Recommendation: That Safety Commission concur with staffs recommendation to recommend to Council to modify the survey's westerly boundary from Oleander Avenue to the 1-805 Northbound ramps, to increase the existing speed limit of 35 mph to 45mph, and that Schedule X of the register maintained in the office of the City Engineer be revised to include this revised speed limit. Public hearing opened. The following person spoke in opposition to staffs recommendation: 1) Richard Allshouse, 640 Rivera Street Public hearing closed. Commission Discussion: Vice -Chair AI-Ghafry stated that if you do not post the speed at the 85'" percentile, it becomes a speed trap due to the inability by police to enforce it. Some discussion of noise levels, as mentioned by public speaker, however, with lack of expert on regulations, discussion was nothing more than conjecture. MSC (White/AI-Ghafry) to concur with staffs recommendation. (6-0-1) Willett absent. 8. All -Way Stop at the Intersection of Emerson Street and Del Mar Avenue Brief presentation by Senior Civil Engineer Moneda. City Staff received a request from Sandra Sato living at t Safety Commission Minutes May 11, 2006 Page 3 224 Emerson Street concerning excessive speeding along Emerson Street and requested an all -way stop • installation along Emerson Street to inhibit the fast flow of traffic. After reviewing the location staff decided that the intersection at Del Mar Avenue would be the most viable location for an all -way stop installation. Staff is forwarding this report to the Safety Commission for consideration. Staff also mentioned that they received no calls on this item. Staff Recommendation: That the Safety Commission concur with staffs recommendation to deny the installation of an all -way stop control at the intersection of Emerson Street and Del Mar Avenue. Commission Discussion: With lack of public support, as shown by zero attendance for a public hearing to be held, it was simply mentioned that volumes are almost identical between Emerson and Del Mar, and the Raven Avenue item, however, they are worlds apart in terms of community outcry. Little discussion based on this. MSC (Gove/Rosario) to accept staffs recommendation (6-0-1) Willett absent. 9. Traffic Enaineerinci CIP Proiect Update—March 2006 10. Traffic Accident Summa No one from the Police Department was in attendance, which Chair White took great notice of. Felt it was essential to have Police presence to inform Commission of Traffic Accident information, and noted the frequent absences at past meetings. Chair White also added it might be something he'd complain to the appropriate people about in the Police Department. 11. Action Summary Update/Staff Comments October 13. 2005 ■ Speed Establishment at Rutgers Avenue –Commission concurred with staffs recommended 35mph speed establishment. It is scheduled to go to Council on June 13, 2006. March 9, 2006 ■ Speed Establishment at Stone Gate Street – Commission concurred with staffs recommended 35mph speed establishment, and work has been completed. ■ Left & U -Turn Restriction @ East J Street & Carla Avenue – Commission concurred with staffs recommended prohibition of U-turns and left turns during peak school hours. No further status is available at this time. ■ Bay Blvd Parking Restriction (E Street to F Street) – Commission concurred with staffs recommendation to restrict parking to allow for bike lanes. This item will be taken to Council on June 20th, 2006. 12. Potential Safety Commission Agenda Item ■ Proposed Traffic Signal at the Intersection of Second Avenue and Quintard Street. ■ Proposed All -Way Stop at First Avenue & Kearny Street – CONTINUED - ■ Automated Traffic Signal Enforcement in the City of Chula Vista (Red Light Camera Program) OTHER BUSINESS 13. Election of Chair and Vice -Chair for FY06-07 MSC (White/Gove) to table elections until next meeting/full quorum (4-0-3) Willett absent; AI- Ghafry/Perrett left early. 14. Commissioner Comments: None. Safety Commission Minutes May 11, 2006 Page 4 ADJOURNMENT AT 7:39 P.M. to the next regularly scheduled meeting of June 8, 2006. Respectfully submitted, 40 %w # "&-o 0 Lindsey Walters, Recording Secretary J:\Engineer\SAFETY\2006\051106—MIN.doc • IP,