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RESOLUTION NO. SC-2019-_____
RESOLUTION OF THE SAFETY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING A LANE
REDUCTION ON HILLTOP DRIVE, BETWEEN EAST
RIENSTRA STREET AND MAIN STREET FROM FOUR
LANES TO TWO LANES AS A PILOT STUDY TO BE
REVERSED SHOULD FUTURE TRAFFIC VOLUME
REQUIRE
WHEREAS, the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) Major Pavement
Rehabilitation Phase II FY2018-19 (STM0396) project will be performing pavement
rehabilitation on Hilltop Drive between East Rienstra Street and Main Street (the “Segment”); and
WHEREAS, the Segment currently has two southbound lanes and two northbound lanes
with parking permitted on both sides for the majority of the Segment; and
WHEREAS, vehicles attempting to turn left to a driveway on the Segment must stop in
traffic to do so; and
WHEREAS, a similar lane reduction was performed north of the Segment on Hilltop
Drive from Palomar Street to East Rienstra Street has improved conditions for the safety of
bicycles and pedestrians without impeding traffic flow; and
WHEREAS, existing traffic volume obtained in November 2018 indicate that the traffic
volumes on the Segment are sufficiently low such that they can be conveyed safely and
efficiently with one travel lane in each direction; and
WHEREAS, the proposed striping plans will maintain dedicated right turn and/or left
turn lanes, as applicable, at the East Rienstra Street, Orange Avenue, and Main Street
intersections; and
WHEREAS, inclusion of the two-way left turn lane will allow vehicles turning left into
driveways to safely exit the through lanes before turning; and
WHEREAS, some residents along the Segment have notified the City of illegally parked
semi-trucks idling along the southerly portions of the Segment near Tourmaline Street; and
WHEREAS, as a result of its investigation, staff is proposing the following for
consideration by the Safety Commission: modification to the Segment lane count from one
southbound parking lane, two southbound travel lanes, two northbound travel lanes, and one
northbound parking lane (“Existing Road Section”) to (Option 1) one southbound parking lane,
one southbound bike lane with buffer, one southbound travel lane, one two-way left turn lane,
one northbound travel lane, one northbound bike lane with buffer, and one northbound parking
lane along the length of the segment with the exception of portions of the segment approaching
major intersections, and the portion of the Segment south of Tourmaline Street would have no
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parking, one southbound bike lane with buffer, one southbound travel lane, a raised median with
openings for turning vehicles, one northbound travel lane, one northbound bike lane with buffer;
(Option 2) same as Option 1 except the portion of the Segment south of Tourmaline Street would
have no parking, one southbound bike lane with buffer, one southbound travel lane, a painted
center median with openings for turning vehicles, one northbound travel lane, one northbound
bike lane with buffer; or (Option 3) same as Option 1 except the number of lanes on the portion
of the Segment south of Tourmaline Street would not be changed and on-street parking would
continue to be permitted; and
WHEREAS, as a pilot study, traffic volumes and flow patterns on the Segment will be
monitored, and the proposed change will be reversed to restore existing conditions should traffic
volumes and patterns necessitate the reversal.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Safety Commission of the City of
Chula Vista does hereby approve staff’s proposed change to existing operations along the
Segment in the form of Option _____ as described above, to be monitored and potentially
reversed should new traffic volume indicate that two lanes in each direction are required in the
subject Segment should the Existing Road Section not be maintained.
ACTION by the Safety Commission of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 5th day of June
2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioners:
NAYS: Commissioners:
ABSENT: Commissioners:
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Ronald Hidinger, Chair
ATTEST:
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Florence Picardal, Secretary