10-14-1992 - Minutes TC ��� ��
CITY OF ORANGE
MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
CITY TRAFFIC COMMISSION
Minutes of a Regular Meeting: October 14, 1992
ROLL CALL: Present - Commissioners: D. Yarger, J. Fortier, B. Leming
N. Hower, F. Sciarra
Present - Staff: C. Glass, D. Allenbach, Lt. E. Tunstall
B. Herrick, P. Then
Absent - Staff: B. Dennis
I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
September 9, 1992 - APPROVE as published by Recording Secretary.
MOTION: F. Sciarra
SECOND: J. Fortier
AYES: Unanimous
I1. CONSENT CALENDAR
1 . Request for driveway vision zone in front of 845 W. Grove Ave.
Lauren Schapp - Truly Nolen Co.
2015 W. Grove Ave.
Orange, CA 92665
Oral presentation was based on the written staff report, please refer to your
copy. There was no discussion on this item.
RECOMMENDATION: That the CTC, by Motion, APPROVE the request.
MOTION: J. Fortier
SECOND: F. Sciarra
AYES: Unanimous
III. CONSIDERATION ITEMS
A. Request for the installation of a '3-Way STOP' control device at the
intersection of Sycamore Ave. and Waverly St.
Mrs. Holmstrom
333 N. Waverly St.
Orange, CA 92666
Oral presentation was based on the written staff report, please refer to your
copy. There was no public discussion on this item.
Commissioner Fortier - I went out to the school to observe the afternoon
traffic when school lets out and I observed that traffic was moving very
slowly. The main problem is that people are doing U-turns, 1 saw 5 U-turns;
several are stopping within the red curb area obstructing views. There
weren't 10-11 kids crossing the street at the crosswalk and I saw it as a
fairly safe access.
RECOMMENDATION: That the CTC, by Motion, DENY the request.
MOTION: D. Yarger
SECOND: N. Hower
AYES: Unanimous
B. Request for the installation of a '4-Way STOP' control device at the
intersection of Bond Ave. and Rancho Santiago Blvd.
Larry Pore'
645 N. Ranchroad Dr.
Orange, CA 92669
Oral presentation was based on the written staff report, please refer to your
copy. Chairman Yarger opened the public hearing for discussion of this
request.
Larry Pore' 654 N. Ranchroad Dr. - I live just around the corner from this
intersection. We want to maintain the quality of life in our neighborhood
and we should have a say in what happens in our neighborhood. We drive
through this intersection every day and our children have to cross the street
here to catch their school busses.
Commissioner Fortier - How is this going to promote this neighborhood's
welfare?
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Larry Pore' - Every time we approach the intersection we're all
apprehensive. I walk through this intersection 3 times a week and on the
south side of the street there is no sidewalk so I have to cross to the north
side and there is no crosswalk on the north side of the intersection. If you
cross at the existing crosswalk on the south side you're about 50-75 ft. into
the intersection because southbound cars cannot see you and at night I can
assure you they cannot see you and 1've almost been hit a few times. I
have seen the busses stop there to pick-up children for school and people
are going around the busses not even paying attention to the busses and I
think a STOP sign would fix that. Southbound traffic on the bike trail;
there is a itty-bitty STOP sign for the bikes only, I've seen southbound
traffic come to this intersection and STOP for that bike lane and then
proceed. I don't know how the City has allowed these irregular
intersections to occur, it is extremely wide. The west side of Rancho
Santiago and Bond is a 4-lane highway, they say it's a secondary road, I
� don't know why they make it that wide and 4 lanes if it's a secondary road.
There are alot of cars going through this intersection all the time.
Commissioner Sciarra - On Rancho Santiago there is a main concern then on
the speed and the number of vehicles?
Larry Pore' - I was unaware that the volume was as high as was reported by
staff, 535 vehicles is pretty heavy. I have witnessed alot of speeding cars
along the street and I say it's not the Police Dept. problem to try to deal
with all these, obviously they can't be out there all the time and it's not a
area where they would want to be high profile. There are alot more places
that should receive the attention of Traffic Div. motor officers.
Chairman Yaraer - I happen to live in that area too, and like yourself I walk
alot. One of the things I picked up in your statement was that it seems like
there may have been a greater concern for the children crossing here, would
it help to have the school bus pick-up point on the south side of the street
at Bond Ave., it is wide enough at the southeast side of the street. Would
that be of any help to the residents of the neighborhood? I know there
aren't that many houses up in that area, nor that many vehicles because it
is a dead-end serving just your tract.
Larry Pore' - One of the residents operates Santiago Greenhouses and they
have 6-10 employees there on a daily basis and we have large semi-trucks
coming in that partially block the intersection as they are entering the
nursery driveway. Junior High school age kids cross here most of the time,
and they cross the street anywhere they feel like it.
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Carolyn Caverly, 638 N. Birchwood Rd. - I support the requested STOP sign.
There are 60 single-family homes and those residents must pass through
this intersection at least twice daily in their activities, there is no alternative
route. I would like to see, at the minimum a posted 4-Way STOP, I would
really like to see the Commission authorize the installation of a dedicated
traffic signal for this intersection.
Ben Conner, 725 Rancho Santiago Blvd. - We will directly affected by this
decision since I live 2 houses north of the proposed STOP. We are opposed
to this STOP. In staff's analysis of the accidents were they the type of
accidents where someone was disobeying the posted STOP sign, was that a
contributing factor to the accidents?
Dave Allenbach - One of the accidents was listed as entering the
intersection and we can maybe assume from the police report that they did
not stop or yield the right-of-way to the traffic on Rancho Santiago. The
other accident was listed as a right-angle type accident and those are the
type of accidents we look at with regards to being correctable with the
installation of a 4-Way STOP. Normally, we do not get details on County
intersections, however, we did receive a report from the County and they
listed only 2 accidents and I believe neither of those were correctable by the
installation of a 4-Way STOP.
Ben Conner - Basically, his study pointed out that there is significant traffic
here and the installation of a 4-Way STOP, particularly during the morning
and evening commute hours for north and southbound traffic would cause
significant back-up of vehicles at this location. For the houses north of
Bond Ave. that could very likely result in our inability to go southbound
while waiting for the cars to clear. Possibly as an alternative would be a
4-Way STOP, or a pedestrian actuated crosswalk device to assist in
crossing the street. There would be an increase in traffic volume, noise, air
pollution. I would recommend more police enforcement of the speeding
problem and not utilize a STOP sign.
Chairman Fortier - Dave did you have an opportunity to perform a turn count
in the morning peak hours of people going west on Bond entering the
intersection did they make right turns or were they going straight through
the intersection, or were they making left turns?
Dave Allenbach - We did a turn count at this location both morning and
afternoon peak hours. For eastbound traffic on Bond Ave. we have 7 cars
making a left turn, 7 vehicles going through, 57 vehicles making a right turn
and this was during the morning peak hour.
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The afternoon peak hour we counted 18 vehicles making left turns, 19 cars
going through and 110 vehicles making right turns for the eastbound
direction.
Chairman Yaraer - In the afternoon count, was that westbound traffic?
Dave Allenbach - No, that was eastbound traffic going toward Mr. Pore'
residential area. The westbound moves for the morning hours we had 4
vehicles making right turns, 28 cars going through and 11 vehicles making a
left turn. In the afternoon peak hours there were 4 vehicles making a right
turn, 13 cars going thru and 10 vehicles making left turns.
Commissioner Hower - Do you have total ADT's on each leg of this
intersection?
Dave Allenbach - We have an ADT for Rancho Santiago Blvd. which is one
of our normal count stations which indicate an average of 7,800 vehicles a
day. We do not count Bond Ave. as a rule.
Del Westlund, 636 Ranchroad Dr. - This is a scary intersection and every
time I enter it I am on guard. I don't know the classification of Rancho
Santiago Blvd. and Hewes St. but when you go from Chapman Ave. north
on Hewes St., there are 3 STOP signs within this same range; on Rancho
Santiago there is only one and I don't understand the reasoning there
because it seems to me, without a traffic counts, that Rancho Santiago is
every bit in need of more control.
Dan Klonsky, 644 Ranchroad Dr. - I'd like to rebut the issue of traffic
backing-up at this intersection. Because Walnut and Rancho Santiago has a
4-Way STOP installed and they have excessive traffic coming in all
directions and there doesn't seem to be any major traffic back-up in that
area and there doesn't seem to be any excessive pollution. This is a
dangerous intersection and it should be considered for a 4-Way STOP.
Chairman Yaraer - There being no other members of the audience wishing to
address the Commission, I am closing the public hearing and returning this
request to the Commissioners for further discussion.
Commissioner Fortier - Dave, on volume alone, what would warrant a 4-
Way STOP, and not considering the safety issue at this time.
Dave Allenbach - Volume alone would require 300 vehicles approaching the
intersection from all approaches during the 8 highest traffic hours within a
24-hour period. We barely have that during the two peak hours, the rest of
the day the intersection is fairly quiet with very little traffic entering the
intersection from any approach.
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Chairman Yarger - The southeast corner of that intersection is in the
County, so realistically without us coordinating with the County and getting
their approval, there is nothing the City of Orange could do about installing
a 4-Way STOP; is that correct?
Dave Allenbach - Yes sir. Were a STOP to be approved it would have to be
a cooperative effort between the City and the County. If it were the
Commission's desire to approve the installation of a 4-Way STOP, then it
would be our recommendation that we forward all our information on to the
County so they can do their study and the approval and installation should
be based on their cooperation.
Chairman Yarqer - The morning figures for traffic coming westerly out of
Bond, how many cars are coming out of that area in the morning peak
hours?
Dave Allenbach - Westerly out of Bond during morning peak hours we have
a total 43 vehicles between 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Chairman Yaraer - That's not many cars to be stopping everybody else
going north and south along Rancho Santiago Blvd.
Commissioner Fortier - It should be pointed out that installing STOP signs at
locations where they don't meet the minimum warrants established by the
State of California creates a situation where we would never be able to get
traffic flowing efficiently.
Commissioner Sciarra - I'm concerned with the minimum warrants based on
traffic accidents. We have a history of two recorded accidents having
occurred during a one-year period susceptible to correction by a 4-Way
STOP; from what I hear there have been a number of near-misses that
possibly could have occurred, maybe we should look at that too. If it's that
dangerous then maybe we should look at something else that could be
done.
Chairman Yarrc,�er - If there is not further discussion by the Commissioners, I
will re-open the public hearing to the audience for their final comments.
Please keep these comments within 3 minutes as we have other items on
today's agenda for consideration.
Unidentified Member of the Audience - Every morning as I leave for work at
EI Modena High School I often have to wait up to 15 minutes to get out and
there have been several times I have almost been hit because I have to pull
way out into the intersection to see to my right if there are any on-coming
traffic. I'm usually making a left turn out of Bond Ave. but I can't see
around the telephone pole, plus there is a large wall here as well.
Larry Pore' - This is probably the biggest utility pole you have ever seen.
Also, it has been my experience when dealing with the County, that since 3
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legs of the intersection are within the City of Orange the County would go
along with your findings. I spoke with the County of Orange Traffic
Engineer because I was concerned with them performing a duplicate study.
I'm looking at the potential for liability to the City and I think it's something
we look at quite frequently in dealing with civil liability issues. I don't want
the City to be exposed to unnecessary liability because we, the citizens of
Orange and the Traffic Commission has exposed ourselves. If we bring our
concerns to your attention and the City fails to act will this be held against
the City if a citizen brings a civil suit?
Ben Conner - A STOP sign means each and every car coming through the
intersection would have to STOP, I would strongly recommend you install a
traffic signal rather than a STOP sign. If there is a major concern with the
ability to cross Rancho Santiago Blvd. from this location then perhaps some
kind of a regulated crossing device could be installed. I think that would be
more appropriate than a 4-Way STOP.
Carolyn Caverly - I would like to reiterate my request for a fully dedicated
traffic signal be installed at this intersection. The signal could be designed
so that the primary traffic along Rancho Santiago would receive the priority
of the green time over the Bond Ave. traffic and allow traffic to flow
efficiently through the intersection.
Chairman Yarger - Please don't take this wrong, but if you wish to request a
signal for this location, I would recommend you go directly to the City
Council. There is a long priority list of intersections waiting for signalization
that have already qualified. I don't think most of our residents recognize
that traffic signals now cost in excess of S 100,000 these days.
Carolyn Caverl� - Human lives are valuable too.
Chairman Yaraer - I know, but when you have a City that is cutting people's
hours down now and closing City Hall one day a week to cut costs and that
our whole nation is in a financial crisis right now and I'm sure that there are
certain intersections that might be higher on the priority list than this
location.
I am going to close the public hearing and return the item to the
Commissioners and staff for their final comments and a motion.
Commissioner Sciarra - What is the speed limit on Rancho Santiago Blvd.?
Dave Allenbach - Currently it is posted at 35 MPH.
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Chairman Yarqer - I live in this area and in the morning and afternoon peak
hours there is a bit of traffic, but you get away from the peak times and
there is no traffic at all. I have very mixed emotions about stopping cars for
no reason at all when there's only 43-45 cars in the morning exiting the
area and yet I understand the residents problems when they don't have
vision.
Commissioner Lemina - The residents comments indicate they feel there is
alot more traffic than staff's research. I have traveled this route on a daily
basis and have never encountered any kind of a problem at the intersection,
nor have I ever witnessed a near-miss or an accident at this location.
Chairman Yaraer - I'd like staff to go out again and conduct additional turn
counts and traffic counts. Maybe the best thing to do is delay this 30 days
and obtain further data, maybe we can put someone out there and find out
how long it takes to make a left turn out of Bond in the morning. If there is
a problem then there has to be a solution somewhere.
Chuck Glass - We did perform manual turn counts, you have heard some of
the numbers. Based on the approach peak hour volumes you can pretty
well estimate what the total ADT volumes are, it should be pointed out that
on Rancho Santiago we estimate there are probably 7,800 vehicles per day.
On Bond Ave. west of Rancho Santiago where you have an A.M. peak hour
two-directional volume of a little more than 200 and a P.M. peak of 240 you
can estimate the ADT is 2,500 to 3,000 west of the intersection.
On the east side of Bond Ave. where the total A.M. volumes of 59 and P.M.
peak of 76 cars you can pretty accurately estimate that the total 24-
volumes on that street probably doesn't exceed 800 - 900.
If you are suggesting we do additional studies of traffic gaps, they get
pretty labor intensive and involved. My personal observations during the
peak hour are that we are not going to find what is considered "excessive"
gaps.
Commissioner Hower - Could we get 24 hour approach counts by machine
so we can see off-peak times are?
Chuck Glass - We won't have enough time between this meeting and the
November meeting, which was moved up due to the holiday which falls on
our normal Commission date, to perform these studies and prepare the data
for submission. It would be best to hold this for the January 13, 1993,
meeting.
Chairman Yaraer - Let's hold this for the January 13, 1993 meeting.
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RECOMMENDATION: That we continue this request until the 1-13-93, CTC
meeting. Also, let's perform the count on a normal weekday when school is
in session and the residents have to work so we get an accurate view of
traffic patterns.
MOTION: B. Leming
SECOND: F. Sciarra
AYES: Unanimous
C. Request for an amendment to the Permit Parking Ordinance making each
permit area exclusive of one another.
Traffic Engineering Division
City of Orange
Chairman Yarqer - There's not going to be anyone in the audience on this
item, can staff give us a verbal report on this request.
Chuck Glass - We are requesting that you review the existing permit parking
areas to make each exclusive, so a permit for Area A would not be valid in
any other permit parking neighborhood, such as B, C, D, etc. The primary
staff concern is cost should we try to separate all these areas and the cost
of administering the program both for the stickers, as well as staff time. I
don't really know if there are any issues pro or con on the enforcement end.
There is a draft ordinance attached which was prepared by the City
Attorney's office which would do this. Another option would be to have
the area which seems to be the basis for the request to be exclusive of itself
and not change any of the other areas.
Commissioner Sciarra - What brought this up in the first place?
Chuck Glass - This request was initiated by the Traffic Engineering Division,
through Bernie Dennis, who if I'm not mistaken received this directive from
the City Manager's office.
Phyllis Then - As you know, there are some residents from Area A who give
alot of input to the City Council, and they are indicating that there are alot
of cars from outside the community that are parking that have permits; and
some of those people do live in E. Orange and attend Chapman University.
When this was discovered by the members of the Area A neighborhood they
decided that was not appropriate and therefore they are requesting that we
look into this.
Commissioner Sciarra - It's not flagrant is it? It's pretty isolated?
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Phyllis Then - I don't think it could possibly be more than a dozen vehicles.
However, that has potential to change as more parking permit programs are
established throughout the city and then those people may visit other
residents or have legitimate business in other parts of the city which also
have parking permit programs.
Chairman Yarqer - The way to resolve that is to no longer approve these
programs. I feel, from seeing some of the figures that were presented to
us on the cost of having individual decals printed for each of the areas, I am
opposed to doing this due to the fact that if the City has to cut back
employees hours and close one day a week to cut costs, then I don't think
the city should be spending money on something of this nature at this time.
Commissioner Lemina - I have to agree with you, at this time of a budget
crisis, these costs of printing new decals doesn't make sense, unless these
individual areas want to assume the costs themselves. To take money from
the general funds at a time when we can't even provide full services to the
entire city is wrong.
Commissioner Hower - I agree, I feel there should be a fee attached to
permit parking and at that time we could reconsider this action.
Phyllis Then - We approached our City Manager with the request to have
the permit parking program become self-supporting and thereby avoid these
costs; our suggestion was flatly rejected by the City Manager. I would like
to suggest that whatever your motion is, whether to approve or deny the
request, we could send a letter to the City Council to reconsider our request
to attach a fee to the permit parking program. You might want to include
that in your recommendation.
Chairman Yaraer - Would you draft a letter for me, as Chairman of the City
Traffic Commission, in this regard.
RECOMMENDATION: That the CTC, by Motion, DENY the expense for
making new decals for the parking permit area, and that if the City Council
so deems to let residents pay for these expenses then that would be a new
item to consider.
MOTION: D. Yarger
SECOND: F. Sciarra
AYES: Unanimous
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D. Request to adopt by ordinance a new Speed Zone on Serrano Ave. between
Loma St. and Orange Park Blvd.
Orange Police Department - Traffic Bureau
City of Orange
Chairman Yarger - There's not going to be anyone in the audience on this
item, can staff give us a verbal report on this request.
Dave Allenbach - This section of Serrano was posted for 35 MPH, however,
it was never adopted as part of the city's Speed Zone Ordinance. In order
for OPD to enforce speed with radar we have to perform a speed zone
survey, have it added to the speed zone ordinance. Results of the speed
zone survey are that the 85°/a percentile is 45 MPH, the pace speed is 35-
45 MPH and the median speed is 39 MPH. The south side of Serrano Ave.
is fully improved with curb, gutter, sidewalk and street lights; however, the
north side at the present time is unimproved. In the future Serrano will
continue eastward and connect with Weir Canyon Rd. in Anaheim Hills. The
road is classified as a Secondary Arterial roadway; there will be signals
installed at Loma/Serrano and at Yellowstone/Serrano in the very near
future, as part of the roadway extension. Based on our survey, even as the
road is posted at 35 MPH now, we feel that a more accurate posting would
be 40 MPH. This is a comfortable speed for the motorist to drive, they will
be able to drive it safely in our opinion, so we recommend the speed limit be
raised to 40 MPH and the speed zone be adopted into the city speed zone
ordinance.
Commissioner Sciarra - Aren't they already driving it at 40 MPH on that
street?
Dave Allenbach - Yes they are.
RECOMMENDATION: That the CTC, by Motion, APPROVE the request to
raise the speed limit on this section of Serrano Ave. to 40 MPH; and that
the speed zone study be adopted into the city speed zone ordinance.
MOTION: J. Fortier
SEC�ND: B. Leming
AYES: Unamious
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E. Review of speed limit on Jamboree Rd. from Canyon View Ave. to the south
City limits.
Traffic Engineering Division
City of Orange
Chairman Yarqer - There's not going to be anyone in the audience on this
item, can staff give us a verbal report on this request.
Dave Allenbach - Last month, if you remember, when we discussed this
issue staff was directed to contact the City of Tustin and obtain information
on how their speed zone was adopted, when it was adopted, and if they
would consider raising their speed limit to 55 MPH. We have talked to
staff from the City of Tustin by phone and they informed us they adopted
their speed zone of 50 MPH on Tustin Ave. adjacent to the city boundary on
9-11-90, this was 3 months before the City Council approved ours and
before the staff performed their speed zone survey.
The City of Tustin's speed zone survey did indicate a rather 85th percentile
at 57.2 MPH, however, the city felt that posting it for 55 MPH was only
justified on a state highway and not on a city street even though this area
happens to be of a rural nature right now. They cited other factors such as
striped bike lines, a rather high amount of bicycle traffic in the area, a large
number of large trucks, downgrades and other things that did contribute to
the 50 MPH speed limit. We asked if they would consider raising the speed
limit up to 55 MPH, and they replied that they would categorically oppose
the idea. .
Based on the results of this information and our own survey, we recommend
that the speed limit on Jamboree Rd. between Canyon View Ave. and the
south city limits remain at 50 MPH. We would not recommend raising the
speed limit 5 MPH to have a 55 MPH between an existing 50 MPH and a 45
MPH area. We must consider the fact that this is a continuous section of
roadway even though it goes into another jurisdiction.
Commissioner Lemina - Right after reading the letter and the conversation
between our Traffic Engineering Dept. and that of the City of Tustin,
although it probably would make more sense to have 55 MPH, I think we
would be in the same situation where you have people coming out of a 50
MPH posted area going into the City of Tustin where it's posted 50 MPH,
and I'd like to see it consistent between the two cities.
RECOMMENDATION: RETAIN the existing 50 MPH speed limit.
MOTION: B. Leming
SECOND: F. Sciarra
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FURTHER DISCUSSION BY COMMISSIONERS �
Commissioner Hower - I can't accept 50 MPH for this section of Jamboree, �
it is not consistent with the CVC provisions and I don't possible see how
the City of Tustin can justify it on what they're saying. It's isn't justified in
Tustin or Orange.
Commissioner Leminq - Tustin is saying they are taking into consideration
the bike lanes, the grades and also the types of large trucks on the
roadway.
Commissioner Hower - You have to go back to the CVC and its definition of
a traffic and engineering survey. The highway and traffic and roadside
conditions not readily apparent to the driver are the only downzoning
excuses. Anything stated here and certainly the CVC does not state that its
only applicable to state highways, and there isn't anything in this letter that
is not readily apparent to motorists.
Commissioner Leminq - Construction equipment traffic for the newly
developing areas is something the motorist wouldn't expect to encounter.
Commissioner Hower - That's all at controlled intersections by signals.
Chairman Yarqer - At what speeds is the police issuing citations?
Lt. Ed Tunstall - It's not a constant, excessive speed but they routinely write
citations out there from 75 MPH and above; it's a high speed area.
Chairman Yarger - Are they issuing the citations at that location where the
roadway downgrades from the City of Tustin into Orange? Or are they
leaving Orange going into the City of Tustin?
Lt. Tunstall - I can't speak to that.
Vice-Chairman Fortier - I'd like to call for the vote on the Motion that's on
the floor.
Chairman Yarger - Okay. The Motion was made to Retain the existing
50 MPH speed limit.
MOTION: B. Leming
SECOND: F. Sciarra
AYES: F. Sciarra - D. Yarger - J. Fortier - B. Leming
NOES: N. Hower
Chuck Glass - Since this was a review of the speed limit and the CTC has
voted not to change the speed limit, does the Commission want this item to
go to the City Council? The review was done at the request of the CTC.
Asst. City Attorney Bob Herrick - The CTC asked for the review, has voted
not to recommend a change and therefore there is no obligation to send it to
the City Council although you certainly would have that option.
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Chuck Glass - We could send it as an item that the CTC was concerned,
asked for a review, and after that review decided not to make any change
to the existing posted speed limit and then make the recommendation to the
City Council that they receive and file.
, Chairman Yaraer - I'd like to see staff to call Tustin a couple more times and
discuss with them the possibility of increasing the speed limit in their
jurisdiction. They designed a nice highway and I'd like to see motorists be
able to use it.
IV. INFORMATION ITEM
F. Summary of Brown Act and Conflicts of Interest
Chuck Glass - You've had the item to read over. This was originally
submitted to the City Planning Commission and Mr. Herrick and I decided
we would go ahead and put it on your agenda for your information. If you
wish to discuss it or if you have any questions you may wish to direct them
to the City Council.
Bob Herrick. Asst. City Attornex - The only thing I would add to the memo
is that it does not cover the adjournment procedure, which is something we
have found several of the Boards and Commissions in the city were not
aware of, in that, if you were to adjourn to a special study session it does
require that a 'NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT' must be posted in the same
way we would post the agenda, and in so doing any item that is continued
to an adjourned meeting is automatically agendized by the posting of that
'Notice of Adjournment' so if for some reason you wanted to hold a special
meeting to complete some item of business that had been discussed in a
public hearing here and said it can't really wait a month, let's hold a special
meeting in 2 weeks, and then adjourn to that, there is a procedure for you
to do that and this memo didn't cover that, but it part of the Brown Act.
Also, with respect to the conflicts of interest portion of the memo you may
get some degree of indigestion from the real property rolls in talking about if
the official's property is within 300 ft. then there is a presumptive
disqualification unless the official can demonstrate that the decision will
have no economic effect on the official's real property interest. I think the
majority of the items this Commission hears would probably fall within that,
, I wouldn't bee too terribly concerned about the 300 ft. radius for this
Commission except in the case where you're dealing with the
Main/Chapman/LaVeta EIR - a major project, that may have substantial
impacts such as street widening, etc. but the posting of speed limits
wouldn't have a economic effect. If you do have questions our office can
answer them for you.
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V. ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Nothing reported from any member of the public, or any Traffic
Commissioner.
G. The next regular CTC meeting is scheduled for January 13, 1993.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion of all today's Agenda items before the City Traffic Commission
being complete, and there being no further requests for action under Oral
Presentations, it was moved to adjourn this session of the CTC to it's next
regular meeting.
MOTION: D. Yarger
SECOND: B. Leming
AYES: Unamious
Respectfully submitted,
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Phyllis Then
Recording Secretary
City Traffic Commission
Traffic Engineering Division
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