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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-11-2004 - Minutes TCCITY OF ORANGE CITY TRAFFIC COMMISSION Minutes of a Regular Meeting: August 11, 2004 Tape #CTC-24.07 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 744-5536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated. I. OPENING A. Flag Pledge B. Roll Call Present – Commissioners: J. Fortier, F. Sciarra, F. Petronella, J. Beil, N. Lall Present – Staff: T. Mahood, D. Allenbach, P. Then, W. Winthers, Sgt. J. Burton D. Approval of Minutes Š June 9, 2004 ACTION: Approved as published by the Recording Secretary. MOTION: F. Sciarra SECOND: F. Petronella AYES: Unanimous II. ORAL PRESENTATIONS None this meeting. III. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Request for the installation of red curb markings on the north side of the driveway serving 1022 N. Lemon Street. Becky Harris 1022 N. Lemon Street Orange CA 92869 The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your copy. There was no discussion of this item. ACTION: Approved the installation of 20 ft. of red curb markings on both sides of the subject driveway. MOTION: F. Sciarra SECOND: J. Beil AYES: Unanimous  August [N:/Traffic/CTC/2004 Minutes] Printed on Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting – City Traffic Commission – August 11, 2004 Pg. 2 B. Request for the installation of red curb markings at the intersection of Marmon Avenue and Earlham Street. Jim Geisert 379 S. Earlham Street Orange CA 92869 The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your copy. There was no discussion of this item. ACTION: Approved the installation of 30 feet of red curb markings for all approaches to the subject intersection. MOTION: F. Sciarra SECOND: J. Beil AYES: Unanimous C. Request for the installation of a “Loading” zone (yellow curb) in front of 646 E. Katella Avenue. Justa Doratt 846 E. Katella Avenue Orange CA 92867 The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your copy. There was no discussion of this item. ACTION: Approved the installation of 30 feet of yellow curb markings for loading zone purposes. MOTION: F. Sciarra SECOND: J. Beil AYES: Unanimous D. Request for the installation of red curb markings on the south side of Heim Avenue on both sides of Cameo Street. Jeanne Casiello 39 Argonaut, #100 Aliso Viejo CA 92856 Tape #CTC-24.07 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 744-5536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated. The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your copy. There was no discussion of this item.  August [N:/Traffic/CTC/2004 Minutes] Printed on Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting – City Traffic Commission – August 11, 2004 Pg. 3 ACTION: Approved the installation of 30 feet of red curb markings on both sides of the intersection. MOTION: F. Sciarra SECOND: J. Beil AYES: Unanimous E. Request for the installation of a driveway vision zone for the driveways serving Richland High School located at 615 N. Lemon Street. Brent Bailey, Principal Richland High School 615 N. Lemon Street Orange CA 92866 The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your copy. There was no discussion of this item. ACTION: Approved the installation of 30 feet of red curb markings on both sides of the driveways that serve 615 N. Lemon Street. MOTION: F. Sciarra SECOND: J. Beil AYES: Unanimous 777777777777777 End of Consent Calendar 77777777777777777 IV. CONSIDERATION ITEMS 1. Request for “NO RIGHT TURN ON RED” restrictions for westbound Walnut Avenue at Prospect Street. Mark Strickert Stops & Zones Dept. Orange County Transportation Authority 550 S. Main Street Orange CA 92866 The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your copy. Chairman Fortier opened the public hearing for the following discussion. Tape #CTC-24.07 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 744-5536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated.  August [N:/Traffic/CTC/2004 Minutes] Printed on Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting – City Traffic Commission – August 11, 2004 Pg. 4 Mark Strickert, 550 S. Main Street – In favor of the request. Chairman Fortier closed the public hearing and returned the issue to the Commission for further discussion and a motion. Commissioner Beil – I agree with the request as is, sight distance is pretty horrible and restricting right turns on red would enhance safety at that intersection. ACTION: Approved the installation of a “NO RIGHT TURN ON RED” sign for westbound Walnut Avenue at Prospect Street. MOTION: J. Beil SECOND: N. Lall AYES: Unanimous 2. Request prohibiting on-street parking on the east side of Glassell Street from Collins Avenue to 320 feet north of Locust Avenue, to accommodate striping modifications on Glassell Street. Traffic Engineering Division CITY OF ORANGE The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your copy. There was no discussion of this request. Chairman Fortier – Looking at that area it would be a problem if the left-turn lanes were not aligned. Commissioner Beil – I think the proposal would have a lot of benefit enhaning sight distance so all traffic coming out of Jacaranda and Locust onto Glassel. ACTION: Approved the prohibition of on-street parking from the east side of Glassell Street from Collins Avenue to 320 feet north of Locust Avenue. MOTION: F. Petronella SECOND: J. Beil AYES: Unanimous Tape #CTC-24.07 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 744-5536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated.  August [N:/Traffic/CTC/2004 Minutes] Printed on Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting – City Traffic Commission – August 11, 2004 Pg. 5 3. Request for the implementation of a Neighborhood Parking Permit Program on the north side of Chapman Avenue and on both sides of Grant Place. Jose Galicia 4507 W. Chapman Avenue Orange CA 92868 The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your copy. Chairman Fortier opened the public hearing for the following discussion. Mitzie Carroll, 124 N. Grant Pl. – In favor of the permit program. It is terrible trying to park there, we have abandoned vehicles that are not even locked and the kids play in there. The people living in the apartments on the other side of Chapman park there they have no respect for our trash cans, they push them out of their way and park. They park in front of our mailboxes, so we really need some permits. Anny Altamirano, 137-139 N. Grant Pl. – In favor of the permit program. People still park in the marked “no parking” spaces, we have 3 fire hydrants where people are still parking every day, and not only is the problem from the apartment residents but the Crystal Cathedral is across the street and when they run their holiday shows the residents have no parking. Chairman Fortier closed the public hearing and returned the issue to the Commission for further discussion and a motion. Chairman Fortier – I’ve been out to this location and there are a lot of people parked who I’m pretty sure don’t live there. I think they have a legitimate complaint. Vice Chairman Sciarra – It appears the traffic staff has reviewed this situation pretty well and their recommendations seem to be worthy of our consideration. ACTION: Approved the implementation of a Neighborhood Parking Permit Program on the north side of Chapman Avenue and on both sides of Grant Place. Commissioner Beil – I think you have put up with this for a long time and I commend you for bringing this forward as a community to try to solve some problems in your neighborhood. MOTION: F. Sciarra SECOND: F. Petronella AYES: Unanimous Tape #CTC-24.07 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 744-5536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated.  August [N:/Traffic/CTC/2004 Minutes] Printed on Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting – City Traffic Commission – August 11, 2004 Pg. 6 4. Results of the three-month trial speed hump installation on Fairway Drive between Cambridge Street and Tustin Street. Tanya Jaramillo 1452 E. Greenview Dr. Orange CA 92866-3222 The oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your copy. Chairman Fortier opened the public hearing for the following discussion. Chairman Fortier – How many residents signed the 2nd petition to keep the speed humps? Dave Allenbach, Assoc. Transportation Analyst – There were 69 residents that signed the petition in favor, 34 residents did not sign the petition either approving or opposing the request, there were 3 residents who signed the petition opposing the permanent installation of the speed humps. Kyle Speer, 930 E. Fairway Dr. – In favor of keeping the speed humps. I’m very pleased with the results. I’m concerned with the severity of the hump. It appears that there is a 1 inch bump on either side of the hump. I’ve never seen speed humps like these. Is there a way they can be smoothed out? We live in the 3rd house from Cambridge so we see people who are slowing down to get over the hump then they speed up again. I’m sure that because the humps have lowered the traffic volume on the street that has made it a lot safer. Chairman Fortier – Usually we get requests to make them higher. If they were to be reduced you would probably see quite an increase in speed because people learn how fast they can go over the humps. Dave Allenbach – We lowered the profile during the moratorium of the speed hump program. We originally put in a 3 ½ inch high hump, now they are 2 ½ inch. This allows emergency apparatus, namely the Fire Dept. vehicles to negotiate easier for their personnel. The lip comes from the template our street crew made from the rubberized speed humps that we had used and they actually did have a small lip on the leading edges. Scott Dutrhof, 1601 E. Fairway Dr. – In favor of keeping the speed humps. I live at the other end of Fairway Dr. I’m very please with the results of these humps. Chairman Fortier closed the public hearing and returned the issue to the Commission for further discussion and a motion. Chairman Fortier – It sounds to me that this is their neighborhood, they have initiated this and they have a vast majority of the residents in favor of the humps, it sounds like it has worked and I think we might like to keep this in as a permanent fixture. Tape #CTC-24.07 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 744-5536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated.  August [N:/Traffic/CTC/2004 Minutes] Printed on Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting – City Traffic Commission – August 11, 2004 Pg. 7 Commissioner Lall - We’ve got the percentages right, the majority still want it and have taken aggressive effort to solve the problem. I am concerned that 34 people did not sign the petition, I would have liked their input, but they meet the minimum requirements and all I have heard is favorable comments. ACTION: Approved the permanent installation of speed humps on Fairway Drive between Cambridge Street and Tustin Street. MOTION: N. Lall SECOND: F. Petronella AYES: Unanimous 777777777777777 End of Consideration Calendar 77777777777777 V. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS None this month. VI. ADJOURNMENT After discussion of today’s Agenda items 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 – September 15, 2004 Respectfully submitted, CITY OF ORANGE Phyllis Then, Recording Secretary Traffic Engineering Division pthen@cityoforange.org CITY OF ORANGE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION 300 E. CHAPMAN AVENUE ORANGE CA 92866 PH: (714) 744-5536 FAX: (714) 744-5573 Tape #CTC-24.07 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 744-5536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated.  August [N:/Traffic/CTC/2004 Minutes] Printed on Recycled Paper