HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-09-2008 - Minutes TCCITY OF ORANGE
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Minutes of a Regular Meeting: April 9, 2008
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I. OPENING
A. Flag Pledge
B. Roll Call
Present – Commissioners: J. Beil, N. Lall, W. King, L. Dick (arrived 5:45 p.m.)
Absent – Commissioners: J. Pyne
Present –Staff: A. Farahani, D. Allenbach, W. Winthers, Sgt. D. Adams, P. Then
C. Approval of Minutes
February 13, 2008
ACTION: Approved minutes published by the Recording Secretary,
with the following change: Delete second paragraph on pg. 15.
MOTION: J. Beil
SECOND: W. King
AYES: J. Beil, N. Lall, W. King
ABSENT: J. Pyne, L. Dick
II. ORAL PRESENTATIONS
None this meeting.
III. CONSENT CALENDAR
None this meeting.
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IV. CONSIDERATION ITEMS
1. Request to reduce the length of red curb on the north side of the Orange St.
driveway serving the Pre-School at 146 N. Grand St.
Traffic Engineering Division
Public Works Department
CITY OF ORANGE
The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your
copy. There being no one in the audience to address this issue, following is the
discussion by the Commission concerning this request.
ACTION: Approved the removal of 30 feet of red curb from the
north side of the driveway.
MOTION: N. Lall
SECOND: W. King
Chairman Beil – This section of Grand St., when it has the parallel parking and
our tradition of painting the little slash marks delineating the parking along the
curb. This section of actually has some little red pieces in between the parking
spots that are delineated.
Dave Allenbach, Transportation Analyst – Our recommendation includes
removing that little red spot that goes between the parking stalls. It goes from
the end of where the old parking stall was up to the back end of this car. Th ere
was about 2 ft. of red curb that we would take out.
Chairman Beil – There is another spot of red curb a little further south on Maple
Ave., it’s about 2-3 ft. long
Dave Allenbach, Transportation Analyst – We’ve been letting those fade out. It is
cheaper for us to let them fade out.
AYES: Unanimous
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2. Request for the installation of protected left-turn phasing at the
intersection of Hewes St. at Chapman Ave.
Regina Somboonsiri
18682 E. Pearl Ave., #B
Orange CA 92869
The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your
copy. There being no one in the audience to address this issue, following is the
discussion by the Commission concerning this request.
Chairman Beil – On the southbound Hewes St. left-turn numbers, interestingly it
is fairly high in the A.M. peak. What do you believe that is indicative of? Is that a
traffic pattern of A.M. commutes avoiding the SR-55 Fwy. and heading up
Chapman Ave. to either Jamboree or the Toll Road?
Dave Allenbach, Transportation Analyst – It could be that, or El Modena High
School isn’t too far away, there’s also a school attached to La Pur isma Catholic
Church just to the north of the study area, and this could be parents dropping
their kids off and returning home or continuing on to business. While there is a
heavy left-turn move in the area there are also rather substantial pedestrian
crossings on all four legs of the intersection. I think this is holding up the left -
turn move long enough so the corresponding through move, or the conflicting
through move actually has a change to clear out. Once the pedestrians have
cleared the intersections then the left-turn vehicles actually can go. I suspect that
if there hadn’t been much pedestrian traffic in the area, there actually might have
been a higher amount of delay for both left-turn lanes.
Chairman Beil – Those points you just made on the pedestrians are exactly what I
have witnessed while driving it and observing the operations. Pedestrians are
probably the biggest impact on left-turn and all turn moves right now.
There being no further discussion Chairman Beil closed the public hearing and
returned the item to the Commission for final deliberations and a motion.
ACTION: Denied the request.
MOTION: J. Beil
SECOND: W. King
AYES: Unanimous
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2. Request for installation of red curb markings on the east side of Philo Ave.
at Hewes St.
Barry Slate
4543 E. Philo Ave.
Orange CA 92866
Dave Allenbach, Transportation Analyst - I’d like to make a note in the report on
our recommendation there is a typo, it shows we recommend approval of 20 ft. of
red curb on either side of the subject intersection. Actually we are recommending
approval of 20 ft. of red curb on the south side of the intersection and 35 ft. of red
curb on the north side of the intersection.
The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your
copy. There was no discussion of this request.
ACTION: Approved the installation of 20 ft. of red curb on the south
side and 35 ft. of red curb on the north side of the
intersection.
MOTION: W. King
SECOND: J. Beil
AYES: Unanimous
End of Consideration Items
V. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
None this month.
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VI. ADJOURNMENT
After discussion of today’s Agenda the City Traffic Commission meeting was
concluded, and as there were no further requests for action under Oral
Presentations, the Chairman adjourned this session of the City Traffic
Commission.
The next meeting of the City Traffic Commission is scheduled:
5:30 P.M.
Wednesday - May 14, 2008
Respectfully submitted,
CITY OF ORANGE
Phyllis Then, Recording Secretary
Traffic Engineering Division
pthen@cityoforange.org
CITY OF ORANGE
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
300 E. CHAPMAN AVENUE
ORANGE CA 92866
PH: (714) 744-5536
FAX: (714) 744-5573