HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-04-05; Traffic and Mobility Commission; ; Restripe Tamarack Avenue to accommodate on-street parking from Saddle Drive to Knollwood DriveItem 5
Meeting Date: April 5, 2021
To: Traffic and Mobility Commission
Staff Contact: John Kim, City Traffic Engineer
John.Kim@carlsbadca.gov, 760-602-2757
Subject: Restripe Tamarack Avenue to accommodate on-street parking from
Saddle Drive to Knollwood Drive.
Recommended Action Support staff recommendation on the proposed restriping of Tamarack Avenue to accommodate on-street parking from Saddle Drive to Knollwood Drive.
Background
Tamarack Avenue is located in the northwest corner of the city and spans from Carlsbad
Boulevard in the west and terminates at College Boulevard in the east. Tamarack Avenue loops
and intersects College Boulevard at two locations, see Exhibit 1- Location Map. The segment
between Saddle Drive to Knollwood Drive is located east of College Boulevard within the loop.
Even though there are no homes fronting Tamarack Avenue in this segment, there are
residential neighborhoods that utilize Tamarack Avenue to access College Boulevard. This
segment of Tamarack Avenue was originally paved as a single 12 feet travel lane and an eight
feet bike lane in each direction.
In 2011, the city received multiple public requests to provide on-street parking for those who
access the hiking trails at Lake Calavera. Lake Calavera resides to the east of Tamarack Avenue
and its trail head is located approximately 350 feet north of Strata Drive. The original striping on
Tamarack Avenue does not allow parking, therefore requires visitors to park in the adjacent
neighborhoods. In response to the parking concerns, the city issued a work order to restripe
Tamarack Avenue from Strata Drive to the Lake Calavera trail head to reduce the travel lanes to
10 feet and the northbound bike lane to four feet to accommodate an eight feet wide parking
lane along the eastside of Tamarack Avenue. This work order generated approximately 15 new
on-street parking spaces.
In 2013, a similar request was received to provide additional parking along Tamarack Avenue to
access the hiking trails. A second work order was issued to restripe Tamarack Avenue 350 feet
north of Lake Calavera trail head to provide approximately 15 additional parking spaces on the
eastside of Tamarack Avenue.
Discussion
In January 2021, the Carlsbad Police was notified by residents of illegal parking in the bike lane
along the eastside of Tamarack Avenue and of the increase traffic in their neighborhoods.
Police Officer investigated the concerns and issued sixty-two parking citations in March.
Staff is proposing to restripe Tamarack Avenue to allow parking on the eastside of Tamarack
Avenue from Saddle Drive to Knollwood Drive. The proposed striping will provide a 10 feet
travel lane and a 6 feet bike lane in each direction along with an 8 feet parking lane on the
eastside of Tamarack Avenue, See Exhibit 2. The proposed striping will generate approximately
35 parking spaces in addition to the existing 30 parking spaces that were previously established.
Based on the parking needs to access Lake Calavera and its hiking trails, staff recommends the
Traffic and Mobility Commission to support the proposed restriping of Tamarack Avenue from
Saddle Drive to Knollwood Drive to accommodate on-street parking on the eastside of
Tamarack Avenue.
Next Steps
Upon approval, staff will issue a work order for the proposed striping work.
Exhibits
1. Project Location Map
2. Proposed Striping
1
PROJECT LOCATION
LAKE CALAVARA
TRAIL HEAD
EXHIBIT 1
LOCATION MAP
NOT TO SCALE
TAMARACK AVENUE EXHIBIT
FROM SADDLE DRIVE TO KNOLLWOOD DRIVE
EXHIBIT 2
PROPOSED STRIPING FOR TAMARACK AVENUE FROM SADDLE DRIVE TO KNOLLWOOD DRIVE
EXISTING SIDEWALK
CALAVERA HILLS
ELEMENTARY AND
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
LAKE CALAVERA
TRAIL HEAD
PROPOSED TYPICAL SECTION
EXISTING
SIDEWALK
PARKING
8 ft.