HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution MV-302 No Parking on Trinity 2012_06_06RESOLUTION NO. MV -302
RESOLUTION IMPLEMENTING A NO PARKING RESTRICTION
ON TRINITY AVENUE
The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby resolves as follows:
I. Based upon an engineering and traffic study, the following parking restrictions shall
be designated on Trinity Avenue in the location specified below:
NAME OF
LOCATION
RESTRICTION
STREET
Trinity Avenue
Along the frontage of 20677 Trinity
Avenue (APN: 503-49-040) starting
at the driveway and traveling west
for seventy (70) feet.
No Parking or Stopping
Anytime
II. All prior resolutions and other enactments imposing a parking restriction at the location
specified above are hereby repealed to the extent of their inconsistency with the
restriction specified above.
III. This resolution shall become effective at such time as the signs and/or markings are
installed.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Saratoga at a regular meeting held on the 6th day of June, 2012, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Member Manny Cappello, Emily Lo, Howard Miller, Vice Mayor Jill
Hunter, Mayor Chuck Page
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
61(1. Cr.\s al Morrow, City Clerk
DATE:
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uck Page, Mayor
Trinity Avenue Parking Restriction
"No Parking or Stopping Anytime" Restriction
Foothill Elementary
School
FEHR'PEERS
MEMORANDUM
Date: May 28, 2012
To: John Cherbone, Public Works Director, City of Saratoga
From: Franziska Church/Sohrab Rashid
Subject: Review of On -Street Parking on Trinity Avenue, Saratoga, California
1025-446-3
Fehr & Peers has completed an evaluation of traffic concerns on Trinity Avenue near Foothill
Elementary School in Saratoga, California. The school's principal brought this item to the attention
of the Saratoga Traffic Safety Commission (TSC) at the March 8, 2012 meeting. After review of the
item and input from Fehr & Peers, the TSC recommended prohibiting parking on the north side of
Trinity Avenue just west of the Lacey Avenue intersection. This memorandum addresses parking
concerns on Trinity Avenue during the school's peak periods and our recommendation for
parking restrictions on Trinity Avenue.
BACKGROUND
Trinity Avenue is an east -west, two-lane local roadway with a posted speed limit of 25 miles per
hour. Trinity Avenue forms an "L" intersection with Lacey Avenue, where Trinity Avenue extends
west at the northern terminus of Lacey Avenue. Lacey Avenue is a short (approximately 325 -foot),
north -south, two-lane local roadway that connects to Reid Lane. At the corner of the Trinity
Avenue/Lacey Avenue intersection is a footpath to Foothill Elementary School that provides an
unofficial access to the school (i.e. parents are discouraged from using this area as a drop-
off/pick-up location).
A marked crosswalk is painted across the east end of Trinity Avenue near the Lacey Avenue
intersection. On -street parking is generally permitted on both side of Trinity Avenue, except for 10
feet west of the crosswalk on the north side of Trinity Avenue and 25 feet west of the crosswalk
on the south side of the roadway.
No sidewalks or walking paths are provided on Trinity Avenue, except for 145 feet west of the
crosswalk along the first two residential properties on the north side of the roadway.
ON -STREET PARKING EVALUATION
Field observations were conducted on February 29, 2012 to observe traffic operations during the
schools morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up times. Since the Trinity Avenue/Lacey Avenue
intersection is a secondary school drop-off/pick-up area, congestion at this location was not
observed to be substantial. Approximately 30 vehicles used this location as an access point to the
school.
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John Cherbone
May 28, 2012
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FEHRk PEERS
Drivers parked their vehicles on both sides of Trinity Avenue and Lacey Avenue to drop-off/pick-
up school children. Since Foothill is an elementary school, many parents/guardians parked their
cars and walked to drop-off/pick-up children at the school.
Many children were observed with rolling backpacks, which makes the uneven surface on the
pathway in front of the second residential property less convenient to children and guardians
walking to and from the school. And vehicles that parked on the north side of Trinity Avenue just
west of the crosswalk and the 10 -foot red curb would essentially block access to the short even
sidewalk on the north side of Trinity Avenue. This effectively forced children and their guardians
to walk in the travel way next to the parked cars. Trinity Avenue is about 38 -feet wide near the
Lacey Avenue intersection, which provides about 19 feet for each travel direction. Assuming a
width of 8 feet for a parked car, this leaves approximately 11 feet in each direction where
pedestrians and vehicle travel comingle.
Since Trinity Avenue intersects with Lacey just east of the crosswalk, there are visibility concerns
for vehicles traveling north on Lacey Avenue and turning left onto Trinity Avenue. Drivers do not
need to stop or yield to vehicles to make this turn and drivers do not necessarily expect
pedestrians to be walking in the street, especially when vehicles are parked on the north side of
Trinity Avenue and the overall traveled way in narrowed.
CONCLUSIONS
To allow for adequate travel lane width and improved visibility of pedestrians in the area, we
recommend that parking and stopping be prohibited on the north side of Trinity Avenue for an
additional 70 feet west of the crosswalk. Parking should be prohibited during one of the following
time periods on weekdays school is in session:
A. Peak drop-off/pick-up times (generally 8:00 am to 9:00 am and noon to 3:15 pm)
B. School hours (8:00 a.m. to 3:15 pm)
C. All day (24 -hours)
All of these restrictions would increase visibility, encourage pedestrians to use the available
walking paths/sidewalk, and would enhance safety. Options A and B provide some flexibility and
restrict parking either during the school's peak drop-off/pick-up times (Option A) or when school
parking would be most expected to occur (Option B). Option C would restrict parking all day and
would prohibit parking in front of the first residence all day Monday through Friday, and would
apply to all vehicles including those owned by adjacent residents.
To address the issue with school -generated traffic, Option A or B would be sufficient. While
Option C is feasible, a parking prohibition is outside school hours is not required from an
operational or perspective. If there are activities at the school and associated sport fields during
non -school times the City could implement parking/stopping restrictions for longer time periods.
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CITY OF SARATOGA AND SARATOGA EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION (SEA)
JULY I.201 1 TO JUNE 30, 2015
For example, the standard 9/80 work schedule for most SEA members is as follows:
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
off
9
9
9
9
4
(end)
off
4
(start)
off
9
9
9
9
off
(end)
off
off
(start)
off
9
9
9
9
4
(end)
off
4
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off
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off
(end)
off
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(start)
Written Authorization signed by the City Manager is required for a work schedule arrangement
different from the standard 9/80 schedule. The written authorization must be filed with the Human
Resource and Payroll Divisions.
Fridays when the CITY is not open for business are referenced as "off -Fridays."
The work period (pay period) is the period encompassing two consecutive workweeks.
A holiday furlough will exist whereby the CITY operations are closed from December 24 through
January 1 of every year. Employees shall utilize their available balances (administrative leave, earned
paid time off, or earned compensatory time), if applicable. Employees that utilize unpaid leave due to
an insufficient leave balance shall maintain regular benefit status. Employees may not utilize unpaid
leave prior to exhausting their available balances.
V. OVERTIME WORK
Those employees eligible through the Fair Labor Standards Act for overtime shall receive it
according to the law:
(1) Overtime for all eligible SEA members shall be defined as any time worked beyond the
standard work week as described above. The 9/80 work schedule may not be used in any
application that requires entitlement to FLSA overtime as the CITY and SEA agree to the
9/80 work schedule;
(2) Overtime compensation shall be computed at one -and -a -half times the employee's regular
rate of pay for hours worked over 40 hours in one workweek; Overtime is paid only for
hours worked beyond 40 hours in a week, not hours paid.
All employee overtime must be preapproved in advance of the employee working overtime and in
writing by the Department Head. The employee's written authorization to work overtime is
required to be turned in with the employee's time sheet for each pay period.
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