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Home My WebLink About11-08-2012 Traffic Safety Commission Minutes 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 In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and you need a disability - related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 408.868.1269 or ctclerk@saratoga.ca.us Requests must be made as early as possible and at least one full business day before the start of the meeting. 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.