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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-04-01; Traffic Safety Commission; ; AMEND THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO RENAME AND EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION RELATING TO MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSItem # 3 Meeting Date: April 1, 2019 To: Traffic Safety Commission Staff Contact: Doug Bilse, Senior Engineer Doug.Bilse@Carlsbadca.gov or 760-602-7504 Subject: Amend the Carlsbad Municipal Code to rename and expand the scope of the Traffic Safety Commission relating to multimodal transportation systems. Recommended Action Information only. Background At the annual goal setting workshop held on March 20, 2018 City Council directed staff to change the name and amend the duties of the Traffic Safety Commission to align with the implementation of the General Plan Mobility Element. The proposed amendments adjust all references to the traffic safety commission, update the duties of the Traffic Safety Commission relating to multimodal transportation systems, and remove sections from Chapter 2.28 to eliminate redundancy with Chapter 2.15 that relates to all boards and commissions. The proposed name change is intended to do two things: 1. Expand the duties of the commission to be involved in all mobility issues, and not just automobile and pedestrian traffic 2. Emphasize that safety is a priority in all decisions going forward; the Mobility Safety Commission will not be limited to issues related only to safety. Discussion A goal setting workshop was hosted by the City Council on March 20, 2018. City Council approved Resolution No. 2018-052 on April 17, 2018 establishing the City Council goals that included the following: By April 2019, amend the duties of the Traffic Safety Commission to include advising the City Council on matters related to implementation of the General Plan Mobility Element. Staff is scheduled to submit an ordinance for City Council approval on April 23, 2019 proposing specific changes to the CMC directly tied to this City Council goal. Staff is in the process of preparing a work plan for the Mobility Safety Commission that will guide work over the next year as it relates to matters related to the implementation of the General Plan Mobility Element. Staff took this opportunity to review all CMC sections that related to, or referenced, the Traffic Safety Commission with the resulting recommendations: e TRAFFIC SA. FETY COMMISSION Staff Report . • revise CMC Section 2.28.010 to rename the traffic safety commission the Mobility Safety Commission; • revise CMC Section 2.28.050 to change the duties of the renamed Mobility Safety Commission relating to multimodal transportation systems; • revise CMC sections 2.15.050, and 2.12.125 to reference the Mobility Safety Commission instead of the Traffic Safety Commission; • eliminate CMC sections 2.28.020 and 2.28.040 because sections found within Chapter 2.15 have been added or revised to address the same subject matter. Necessary Council Action An ordinance will be required to be adopted by the City Council to make changes to the CMC. Next Steps Staff will prepare a staff report to City Council to introduce the ordinance for the recommended changes to the CMC. Staff will prepare a draft work plan for the renamed Mobility Safety Commission. The work plan is expected to emphasize the commission’s new duties and City Council directive to have the Mobility Safety Commission advise City Council on matters related to implementation of the General Plan Mobility Element. Exhibits 1. Proposed Ordinance. 2. Proposed Redline/strikeout version of the Ordinance. EXHIBIT 1 ORDINANCE NO. . AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.28, SECTION 2.15.050 and SECTION 2.12.125 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, on July 2, 1968, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad established a Traffic Safety Commission to study and make recommendations regarding traffic safety; and WHEREAS, the City Council has established a goal to have the City of Carlsbad become a leader in multimodal transportation systems and creative approaches to moving people and goods through and within the City of Carlsbad; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to expand the scope of the Traffic Safety Commission so that the commission can advise the City Council on matters related to implementation of the General Plan Mobility Element; and NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, does ordain as follows: SECTION I: The above recitations are true and correct. SECTION II: That Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.28 is amended to read as follows: Chapter 2.28 MOBILITY SAFETY COMMISSION Sections: 2.28.010 Created. 2.28.050 Duties. 2.28.010 Created. A Mobility Safety Commission for the city is created. 2.28.050 Duties. It shall be the duty of the Mobility Safety Commission to study all matters referred to it concerning mobility and traffic safety, including implementation of the General Plan Mobility Element, and to make written recommendations to the City Council regarding measures that should be taken to promote mobility and traffic safety within the city as follows: A. Review staff studies and reports, and make recommendations to the City Council on mobility and traffic safety matters, including those related to pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular modes of travel; B. Provide a public forum to review community input regarding mobility issues, including those related to pedestrian, bicycle, vehicular and other modes of travel; EXHIBIT 1 C. Review and provide recommendations for revision to the city codes and plans on mobility and traffic safety matters, including those related to pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular modes of travel, and parking and school traffic safety. SECTION III: That Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.15, section 2.15.050 is amended to read as follows: 2.15.050 Appointments. A. Appointments to the Planning Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, and Mobility Safety Commission, shall be made by the following process: 1. The mayor and each council member shall nominate one individual to serve on each of the commissions for a term coinciding with the term of the council member making the appointment. The mayor shall nominate two additional individuals to serve on each of the commissions. All nominations shall be subject to ratification by a majority vote of the City Council. If a nominee is not approved by a majority vote of the City Council, the council member making the nomination may nominate another individual at the same or a subsequent meeting. In the event that a member of the City Council does not make any nomination within 45 days of the date the council member is sworn into office or within 60 days of the occurrence of a vacancy, the appointment will be made by the mayor with the approval of the City Council. 2. Although each member of the City Council elected by a district shall use his or her best efforts to appoint individuals residing in that district to these commissions, members of the City Council may appoint individuals not residing in their districts in their discretion in order to assure that the most interested and qualified individuals serve on the commissions. B. Appointments to all other city boards and commissions shall be made by the mayor with the approval of the City Council. SECTION IV: That Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.12, section 2.12.125 is amended to read as follows: 2.12.125 Attendance at commission meetings. The city manager may attend any and all meetings of the Planning Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, Harbor Commission, Library Commission, Mobility Safety Commission and any other commissions, boards or committees created by the City Council, upon the city manager’s own volition or upon direction of the City Council. At such meetings which the city manager attends, he or she shall be heard by such commissions, boards or committees as to all matters upon which the city manager wishes to address the members thereof, and he or she shall inform the members as to the status of any matter being considered by the City Council, and the city manager shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the members of all commissions, boards or committees appointed by the City Council. EXHIBIT 1 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption. INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the ______ day of __________, 2019, and thereafter. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the __ day of ________, 2019, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: _________________________________ CELIA A. BREWER, City Attorney _________________________ MATT HALL, Mayor _________________________ BARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk (SEAL) EXHIBIT 2 Chapter 2.28 TRAFFIC MOBILITY SAFETY COMMISSION Sections: 2.28.010 Created. 2.28.020 Membership—Appointment—Terms. 2.28.040 Officers—Meetings—Reports—Conduct of meetings. 2.28.050 Duties. 2.28.010 Created. A traffic mMobility Ssafety cCommission for the city is created. 2.28.020 Membership—Appointment—Terms. The traffic safety commission shall consist of five seven members appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council. Each member shall serve until their successor is duly appointed. The members shall serve staggered terms at least two years apart. In order to stagger the terms, upon the next appointment of commission members after the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives, two members will be appointed for terms expiring two years thereafter and three members will be appointed for terms expiring four years thereafter. All subsequent appointments will be for four-year terms. Members of the commission may be removed by the mayor with the consent of the city council at any time. The transportation director shall be an ex officio member and serve as secretary to the commission. The ex officio member shall not be entitled to vote. 2.28.040 Officers—Meetings—Reports—Conduct of meetings. The commission shall elect a chair, a vice chair, and such other officers as it deems desirable. The officers shall serve for a term of one year and until the election of successors. The commission shall hold meetings no less than once during each calendar month (provided agenda items exist), and shall send a report of each month’s meeting to the city council. The commission may adopt its own rules and regulations. 2.28.050 Duties. It shall be the duty of the traffic safety mMobility Safety cCommission to study all matters referred to it concerning mobility and traffic safety and pedestrian safety, including implementation of the General Plan Mobility Element, and to make written recommendations to the cCity cCouncil regarding measures that should be taken to promote mobility and traffic and pedestrian safety within the city as follows: A. Review staff studies and reports, and make recommendations to the cCity cCouncil on mobility and traffic safety matters involving, including those related to traffic and pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular modes of travel safety; B. Provide a public forum to review citizen complaints and requestscommunity input regarding traffic and pedestrian safety mobility safety mattersissues, including those related to pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular and other modes of travel; C. Review and Pprovide recommendations for revision to the city codes and plans on mobility and traffic safety matters involving including those related to traffic and pedestrian safety, bicycle and vehicular modes of travel, and parking and school traffic safety. --- -- EXHIBIT 2 2.15.050 Appointments. A. Appointments to the pPlanning cCommission, pParks and rRecreation cCommission, and traffic mMobility sSafety cCommission, shall be made by the following process: 1. The mayor and each council member shall nominate one individual to serve on each of the commissions for a term coinciding with the term of the council member making the appointment. The mayor shall nominate two additional individuals to serve on each of the commissions. All nominations shall be subject to ratification by a majority vote of the cCity cCouncil. If a nominee is not approved by a majority vote of the cCity cCouncil, the council member making the nomination may nominate another individual at the same or a subsequent meeting. In the event that a member of the cCity cCouncil does not make any nomination within 45 days of the date the council member is sworn into office or within 60 days of the occurrence of a vacancy, the appointment will be made by the mayor with the approval of the cCity cCouncil. 2. Although each member of the cCity cCouncil elected by a district shall use his or her best efforts to appoint individuals residing in that district to these commissions, members of the cCity cCouncil may appoint individuals not residing in their districts in their discretion in order to assure that the most interested and qualified individuals serve on the commissions. B. Appointments to all other city boards and commissions shall be made by the mayor with the approval of the cCity cCouncil. 2.12.125 Attendance at commission meetings. The city manager may attend any and all meetings of the pPlanning cCommission, pParks and rRecreation cCommission, hHarbor cCommission, lLibrary cCommission, traffic mMobility sSafety cCommission and any other commissions, boards or committees created by the cCity cCouncil, upon the city manager’s own volition or upon direction of the cCity cCouncil. At such meetings which the city manager attends, he or she shall be heard by such commissions, boards or committees as to all matters upon which the city manager wishes to address the members thereof, and he or she shall inform the members as to the status of any matter being considered by the cCity cCouncil, and the city manager shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the members of all commissions, boards or committees appointed by the cCity cCouncil.