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11-09-2011 - Minutes TCH CITY OF ORANGE K CITY TRAFFIC COMMISSION Minutes of a Regular Meeting: November 9, 2011 I. OPENING A. Flag Pledge B. Roll Call Present - Commissioners: J. Beil, J. Lebeau, N. Lall, W. King, C. Vaughan Absent - Commissioners: None Present - Staff: A. Farahani, W. Winthers, D. Allenbach, Sgt. J. Bird, P. Then C. Approval of Minutes ACTION: Minutes of October 12, 2011 are not available at this time. II. ORAL PRESENTATIONS None this month. III. CONSENT CALENDAR None this month. City of rang Public Works Department Tape #CTC -31.08 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. L� November 2011 [N:/Traffic /CrC /2011 Minutes] a Printed On Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting - City Traffic Commission — November 9, 2011 Pg. 2 IV. CONSIDERATION ITEMS 1. Request for the installation of two disabled parking spaces on the east side of Glassell St. at the northerly boundary of Hart Park. Community Services Department CITY OF ORANGE Oral presentation is based on the written staff report, please refer to your copy. Chairman Beil opened the public hearing for discussion of this item (there were no comments from the public during this discussion). Commissioner Lebeau — Were alternate locations looked at that could provide possible solutions other than Glassell St.? Dave Allenbach, Transportation Analyst — We looked at River Ave. This is a nice level area with a direct level path into the Park. As you can see from this photograph there is direct access on a fairly level graded concrete pathway that goes to the north side of the Park where most of the activities occur. There are areas along River Ave. that could be looked at in the future, but there are grade considerations there as well. Commissioner Vaughan — We have received a letter, can you tell us about it? Dave Allenbach — That letter came in at the last minute after you had all received your packets. The person is alluding to a speed limit change, we are not aware of any speed limit requirements for a disabled parking space. We have a handful of disabled parking spaces throughout the City that are on residential streets, but as far as we know there is no ADA requirement for slowing traffic, it's just another parking space. It should be noted that the curbside northbound travel lane here on Glassell is 24 ft. wide, more than enough to accommodate an 8 ft. parking lane, a 4 ft. wide door swing should the disabled person actually be the driver. If they are the passenger there is a level landing area on the sidewalk for them to disembark the vehicle. ACTION: Approved the installation of two disabled parking spaces at this location. MOTION: W. King SECOND: M. Lebeau City of Tape #CTC -31.08 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. rang Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 744 -5536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated. Public Works Department B November 2011 1N:frraffic /CTC /2011 Minutes] Printed On Recycled Paper Minutes of a Reeular Meeting - City Traffic Commission — November 9, 2011 Pg. 3 Amir Farahani, City Traffic Engineer — One of the conditions, due to the investigations it seems it is recommended the State and ADA doesn t have requirements for an access ramp adjacent to the handicap parking space but the US Access Board recommends having it close to an access ramp. The driveway which is access to the existing disabled space can be partially modified. The grade is acceptable but as part of this project we are going to grind the lip of the curb for compliance with the ADA ramps. AYES: Unanimous NOES: None ABSTAIN: None 2. Request to change three street names that serve as entry points for The Block At Orange. Blake Windal, General Manager The Outlets At Orange [Formely known as The Block At Orange] 20 City Blvd. West, Suite C -5 Orange CA 92868 Oral presentation is based on the written staff report; please refer to your copy. Chairman Beil opened the public hearing for the following discussion (there were no comments from the public during this discussion). Chairman Beil — Because the direct access directly opposite the eastbound SR -22 Fwy. /City Drive ramps is a new connection it did not have to come through for renaming? That street is already signed with the new name. Dave Allenbach, Transportation Analyst — That's correct. They had constructed that street and named it at that time. Chairman Beil — The staff report doesn't really have a lot of information on fiscal impact, who is covering the cost of all these changes? Amir Farahani, City Traffic Engineer — The Outlets At Orange is responsible for the costs associated with these changes. City of Tape #CTC -31.08 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. rang Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 744 -5536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated. Public Works Department ffi November 2011 [N:/rrac /CTC /2011 Minutes] a Printed On Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting - City Traffic Commission — November 9, 2011 Pg. 4 Commissioner Lebeau — Does anybody review these street names to make sure they don't conflict with other street names in the city before this proposal? Dave Allenbach, Transportation Analyst — Yes, the Fire Dept., Police Dept. and our Subdivision Group reviewed it to make sure the names are compliant and they don t repeat. We have a limit on the number of characters and these street names all fall within those limits. Chairman Beil closed the public hearing and returned the item to the Commission for final discussion and a motion. ACTION: Approved the following street name changes: a) Entertainment Parkway becomes Outlet Drive b) Shoppertainment Way becomes Style Street c) City Parkway South becomes Entertainment Drive MOTION: M. Lebeau SECOND: C. Vaughan AYES: Unanimous NOES: None ABSTAIN: None 3. Request for the implementation of a Neighborhood Parking Permit Program for the streets of Heatherview Ln., Firenza Way, Biscayne Way, Fairfield Ln. and Deershire Ct. Rosalind Chu 2722 N. Longhurst St. Orange CA 92867 Oral presentation is based on the written staff report, please refer to your copy. Chairman Beil opened the public hearing for the following discussion: Rosalind Chu, 2722 N. Longhurst St . — Myself and a few of the residents of the Enclave Community are here to support the request for permit parking. We have had a lot of disturbances, a lack of parking space, and noise issues in the morning when they come in at 6 a.m. to park their car and they leave their radios on. There are people undressing in the street, doing a lot of not very nice things on the street. City of Tape BCTC -31.08 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. rang Please contact the Recording secretary at (714) 7445536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated. Public Works Department November 2011 [N:/Praffic /CTC /2011 Minutes] a Printed On Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting - City Traffic Commission — November 9, 2011 Pg. 5 Terese Dann, 231 S. Firenza Way - In favor of parking permits. The parking lot is quite large at Peter's Canyon, a lot of the time it is half empty. Generally I would say that I don't mind people parking in front of my house because it is a public street, but I am continuously awakened almost every weekend between 6 -7 a.m. with people parking in front of my house with loud radios. I've been approached for water, to call AAA towing service. If there were no parking lot available at the Park, or if it cost $15 to park there that would be a different story. They are using the Park, I think the fee is reasonable, and I think this will give us our quality of life back. Edward Morawski, 259 S. Firenza Way - In favor of permits. The situation has just gotten out of hand lately. I brought photographic evidence, taken in the last 3 days, and as you can see people are changing their clothes in front of my house, leave water bottles and trash everywhere. If they were considerate I don't think any of us would mind the situation but they're not. Roy Sepulveda, 260 S. Firenza Way - In favor of permits. They come early in the morning and create a lot of noise. They can park across the street. Robin Golder, 8526 E. Heatherview Ln . - In favor of permits. I have a CD of various inconveniences we encounter with this situation. I have had my life threatened by 4 men going to the Park, they almost hit me with their car and they stared me down until I went back into my home. For me it's more of a safety issue now, it's gone beyond the noise. Sean Okamoto, 8534 E. Heatherview Ln . - In favor of permits. I am a mountain biker and I have parked in front of people's homes I understand consideration and there's been many instances where I have had park patrons come up and use my hose for water, and I have confronted them and it almost became a physical confrontation. There have been times there have been so many people from the park in front of my home that I have actually parked in Peter's Canyon and paid the fee when they park for free in front of my house. Tohn Golder, 8526 E. Heatherview Ln . - In favor of permits. There is an annual pass you can get from the County that is $55 -$60 allowing people to use all parks in the County. City of Tape #CTC -31.08 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. rang Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 744 -5536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated. Public Works Department November 2011 [N:/rraffic /CTC /2011 Minutes] a Printed On Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting - City Traffic Commission — November 9, 2011 Pg. 6 Tom Harpenell, E. Heatherview Ln . — In favor of the permits. I agree with everything everyone has said. I built a barricade to keep my front yard being used as a dog toilet by park users walking their animals. Craig Flores, 8438 E. Deershire Ct . — In favor of the permits. How many permits will be issuesd, and other details for getting the permits? Chairman Bed closed the public hearing and returned the item to the Commission for final discussion and a motion. Chairman Beil — I think I can remember quite a while back, I used to park on Old Camp Rd., then I went there one time and it had been posted for "No Parking' so I parked on Heatherview. Dave Allenbach — The "No Stopping" signs go back to just prior to when The Enclave was constructed. At that time we had received a request from the Orange County Parks & Beaches to prohibit parking along Old Camp Rd. because while the gate to the driveway closes as sunset you can still get in the park, you just can't drive into the Park. They were finding that a number of young people were parking in this area at night and walking into the Park and creating noises and at that time having an effect on the quality of life the residents of the condo development on the east side of the street. At that time the Traffic Commission decided to remove parking from both sides of the street. The residents of the condo development were upset with this because they were using Old Camp Rd. as ancillary parking. Through another Traffic Commission meeting we replaced the parking within the cul -de -sac itself and prohibited parking along the major part of the street, which is how it is today. There is space for approximately 8 vehicles to park in this area and it is being used quite a bit during the day, mostly by Park goers, as we can tell. ACTION: Approved the request to implement a Neighborhood Parking Permit Program and forward it to the City Council for approval. Both sides of the 8500 block of Heatherview Lane Both sides of the 200 block of Firenza Way Both sides of the 8500 block of Biscayne Way Both sides of the 200 block of Fairfield Lane Both sides of the 8500 block of Deershire Court City of Tape #CTC -31.08 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. rang Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 7445536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated. Public Works Department V'� November 2011 [N:/Traffic /CTC /2011 Minutes] Printed On Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting - City Traffic Commission — November 9, 2011 Pg. 7 MOTION: N. Lall SECOND: W. King AYES: Unanimous NOES: None ABSTAIN: None Chairman Beil — Could staff advise use on how the permits work, how many are issued per household. Amir Farahani, City Traffic Engineer — I have that information available. The cost for the permits is $5.00 for each 3 years. Single - family residences receive 7 permits and duplexes get 4 each, and apartments receive 3 permits. The permits are valid 3 years and cost $5, for the entire 3 years, it's very inexpensive. Sgt. Leff Bird, OPD Traffic Bureau — This will be Area Q. If you have permanent vehicles at your house do not put the hanging permits in the vehicle. One day you will forget to hang the permit and have to come home real quick to pick something up and you will forget to hang it and you will probably get a ticket that day. Instead use the sticker you can put that on your window, you will never have to worry about it and if you have to make a quick stop you won't run the risk of a citation. The hanging permits are for your visitors. If you have a party you may exceed the number of permits issued to you. If you're going to have a party you should notify the Police Dept. in advance, during normal business hours, that way we can advise our parking control officers by a memo that this resident at such address is having a party. The resident will create a flyer for their invited guests advising that the car belongs to your party and nobody else, and we wori t cite your guests. The fine is $54.50 for each citation. End of Consideration Items City of Tape #CTC -31.05 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. rang Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 744 -5536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated. Public Works Department k� November 2011 [N:/rraffic /CTC /2011 Minutes] a Printed On Recycled Paper Minutes of a Regular Meeting - City Traffic Commission — November 9, 2011 Pg. 8 V. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS None this month. 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 - December 14, 2011 Respectfully submitted, CITY OF ORANGE Phyllis Then, Recording Secretary Traffic Engineering Division then @citvoforanee.or CITY OF ORANGE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 300 E. CHAPMAN AVENUE ORANGE CA 92866 PH: (714) 744 -5536 FAX: (714) 744 -5573 City of Tape #CTC -31.08 of this City Traffic Commission meeting is available for your review. rang Please contact the Recording Secretary at (714) 7445536 in this regard, advance notice is appreciated. Public Works Department L: November 2011 [N:/Traffic /CTC /2011 Minutes] a Printed On Recycled Paper