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MEETING OF: TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATING COMMITTEE
DATE OF MEETING: March 21,2013
TIME OF MEETING: 8:30 a.m.
PLACE OF MEETING: Room 218 " Faraday Center
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John Kim called the meeting to order at 8:33 a.m.
Committee Members Present: John Kim, Associate Engineer
Sgt. Paul Reyes, Police Department
Dominic Fieri, Rre Department
Heidi Versteeg, Engineering Technician II
Staff Members Present: Jim Gale, Engineering Technician 11
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
ACTION: Motion by Heidi Versteeg and duty seconded by Paul Reyes to approve
the minutes of the regular meeting held on January 24, 2013, as
presented.
VOTE: 4-0-0
AYES: Versteeg, Reyes, Fieri, Kim
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
There was no Committee meeting held in the month of February.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
None
PREVIOUS BUSINESS;
Jim Gale mentioned that a previous item discussed by this committee, to install an All-Way STOP at the
Intersection of Las Flores DrIve/PIo Pico Drive, Is scheduled to be heard by City Council In the first week
of April.
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NEW BUSINESS:
6A: Revise the speed limit upon Chestnut Avenue from Pio Pico Drive to El Camino Real
John Kim presented the staff report stating that this portion of Chestnut Avenue Is currentiy posted at
35 mlies per hour and the Item being discussed Is to lower the speed limit to 30 miles per hour.
John said work was recently done to Install bike lanes on both sides of Chestnut Avenue between
Monroe Street and El Camino Real to connect to the existing bike lanes west of Monroe Street. The
California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (California MUTCD) recommends that speed limits
shouM be re-evaluated after roadways have undergone a significant change In roadway characteristk:s.
As a result of painting additional bike lanes and the narrowing of the roadway, staff determined that a
re-evaluation ofthe speed zone was appropriate.
John explained the Engineering and Traffic Survey for the roadway including the following points:
Unclassified on Circulation Element but functions as a Collector
1.25 miles in length
All-Way STOP Intersections at Plo Pico Drive, Highland Drive, and Valley Street
Traffic Signals at Monroe Street and El Camino Real
Vertical grades between 0.4% and 9.33%
Seven reported traffic collisions over two-year period; 5 of which were speed-related
Adjacent land uses include a high school, two churches, residential, park, office building
John said travel lanes were reduced to 10 feet wide In the area where the new bike lanes were painted
and a speed survey conducted on March 6, 2013 Indicated a critical {S5^ percentile) speed of 33 miles
per hour. The California MUTCD allows the speed limit to be rounded down to the nearest 5 mph
Increment below the 85*" percentile speed which, in this case. Is 30 miles per hour.
Based on these findings, staff recommends revising the speed limit upon Chestnut Avenue, from Pio Pico
Drive to El Camlno Real, from 35 to 30 miles per hour.
ACTION: The Traffic Safety Coordinating Committee concurred with staffs recommendation that
the speed limit on the subject portion of Chestnut Avenue be lowered to 30 miles per
hour.
VOTE: 4-0-0
AYES: Fieri, Reyes, Versteeg, Kim
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
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QTHER PVaWE??:
Jim Gale said the next Traffic Safety Coordinating Committee is scheduled for Thursday, April 25,2013.
The time and room location will be noted on the agenda. John Kim said the item to be discussed will be
establishing All-Way Stop control at the intersectton of Glasgow Drive and Edinburgh Drive near
Calavera Hills Park.
By proper motion, the meeting of March 21,2013 was adjourned at 8:45 a.m.
Respectfully submitted.
fames Gale
Engineering Technician II
Traffic Division
Transportation Department