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CITY OF SARATOGA
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION
Action Minutes
DATE: November 8, 2012
TIME: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
LOCATION: Administrative Conference Room
13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070
Call to Order at 6:30 p.m.
Roll Call: Biester, Coulter, Guichard, Harris, Kirk, Musselman and Vita
Absent: None
Staff: Traffic Planner Church, PW Director Cherbone and Analyst Borel
Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the agenda
for this meeting was properly posted on November 1, 2012. Borel reports
Accept Agenda Items: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code
Section 54954.2. No changes
Oral & Written Communication
Any member of the public may address the Commission about any matter not on the agenda
for this meeting for up to three minutes. Commissioners may not comment on the matter
but may choose to place the topic on a future agenda.
No speakers
Approval of Draft Minutes
Draft Traffic Safety Commission Minutes September 13, 2012. APPROVED 7-0
Sheriff’s Report to the Commission (6:33 p.m.)
Lt. Sung reports
Old Business
1. Traffic Matrix #289 (7:05 p.m.)
Issue: Request for Stop sign on Big Basin Way at 4th Street
Action: TSC will make recommendation
MOTION: Recommend no action be taken on this item. APPROVED 6-1-0 (Kirk
recused).
New Business
2. Traffic Matrix #294 (7:14 p.m.)
Issue: Review speed limit on Saratoga Avenue
Action: TSC will make recommendation
MOTION: Accept Traffic Engineer’s recommendation that the speed limit on Saratoga
Avenue not be changed. APPROVED 7-0
3. Traffic Matrix #295 (6:40 p.m.)
Issue: Speeding on Pierce Road
Action: TSC will make recommendation
MOTION: Recommend that the Traffic Engineer investigate a location for a radar
feedback sign - close to Pike Road. APPROVED 7-0
4. Traffic Matrix #296 (7:25 p.m.)
Issue: Speeding on Bucknall Road
Action: TSC will make recommendation
MOTION: Recommend the installation of an in-pavement warning sign. APPROVED
7-0
5. Traffic Matrix #297 (7:35 p.m.)
Issue: Speeding on Brookglen Drive
Action: TSC will make recommendation
MOTION: Accept Traffic Engineer’s recommendation to use the radar feedback trailer
and directed enforcement, and reevaluate at a later date. APPROVED 7-0
6. Traffic Matrix #298 (8:00 p.m.)
Issue: Request Stop sign on Beaumont Avenue at Saratoga Vista Court
Action: TSC will make recommendation
MOTION: Recommend no action on the request for a Stop sign. APPROVED 7-0
MOTION: Recommend the radar feedback trailer be used to make drivers aware of
their speed. APPROVED 7-0
Announcements by Commissioners and Staff
- 2013 Meeting Calendars
Adjournment at 8:30 p.m. to Next Regular Meeting
Thursday, January 10, 2013
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In accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, copies of material provided to the Traffic Safety Commission by City
staff in connection with this agenda are available at the office of the Public Works Department at 13777 Fruitvale
Avenue, Saratoga, California 95070. Any materials distributed by staff after the posting of the agenda are made
available for public review at the Public Works office at the time they are distributed to the Traffic Safety
Commission.
Certificate of Posting of Agenda:
I, Kristin Borel, Public Works Analyst for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of
the Traffic Safety Commission of the City of Saratoga was posted on November 1, 2012 at the office of the City of
Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070 and was available for public review at that location. The agenda
is also available on the City’s website at www.saratoga.ca.us.