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Home My WebLink About1-09-2020 TSC Meeting MINUTES CITY OF SARATOGA TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES DATE: January 9, 2020 TIME: 6:30 PM LOCATION: Administrative Conference Room 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 Call to Order Present: Belal Aftab (Chair), Ray Cosyn, Michelle Fitzsimmons, Mitch Kane Absent: Jonathan Choi, Chris Coulter, David McIntyre Staff: Mainini Cabute, John Cherbone, Ashley Brooks, Franziska Church, Sgt. L. Gonzalez Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the agenda for this meeting was properly posted on January 3, 2020. Accept Agenda Items: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2. 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. Jim Stallman- Thanking Staff and Commission for the work that everyone does. Talked about Cox between Saratoga Sunnyvale and Quito Approval of Draft Minutes November 14, 2019- Regular Meeting - COMMISSIONER COSYEN MOTIIONED TO APPROVE. - COMMISSIONER KANE GAVE SECOND MOTION. - APPROVED 4-0-0 (CHOI, MCINTYRE, COULTER ABSENT) Sheriff’s Report to the Commission No report. Old Business None. New Business 1. Traffic Matrix # 462—moved to the end of the agenda. 2. Traffic Matrix # 463 – item deferred to March 2020 TSC meeting. Issue: Request by resident for speed bumps on Hill Avenue. Action: The TSC will review the item and make a recommendation. 3. Traffic Matrix # 464 Issue: Request by resident for painted Stop Ahead signs to be installed on Scully at the intersection of Scully and Viewridge. Action: The TSC will review the item and make a recommendation. - COMMISSIONER KANE MOTIONED TO MOVE STOP SIGN AND DO ANY NECESSARY TREE TRIMMING TO IMPROVE VISIBILITY. - COMMISSIONER FITZSIMMONS GAVE SECOND MOTION. - APPROVED 4-0 (CHOI, MCINTYRE, COULTER ABSENT) 4. Traffic Matrix # 465 Issue: Request by resident to install radar feedback signs on Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road in between Cox and Herriman to help with reducing speeding. Action: The TSC will review the item and make a recommendation. - COMMISSIONER FITZSIMMONS MOTIONED FOR STAFF AND ENGINEERS TO EVALUATE LOCATIONS AND VISIBILITY OF EXISTING SPEED LIMIT SIGNS TO INCLUDE ASSESSING SPEED LIMIT LEGENDS. - COMMISSIONER KANE GAVE SECOND MOTION. - APPROVED 4-0-0 (CHOI, MCINTYRE, COULTER ABSENT) - COMMISSIONER KANE MOTIONED TO ADD RADAR FEEDBACK TRAILER ON SARATOGA SUNNYVALE ROAD - COMMISSIONER FITZSIMMONS GAVE SECOND MOTION. - MOTION DOES NOT PASS 3-1-0 (CHOI, MCINTYRE, COULTER ABSENT/ COSYN DID NOT APPROVE) - PLAN WILL RETURN TO MARCH MEETING- WITH POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR SIGNS 5. Traffic Matrix # 466 Issue: Request by resident to install speed humps or other methods on Chester Avenue to deter speeding. Action: The TSC will review the item and make a recommendation. - COMISSIONER FITZSIMMONS GAVE MOTION TO INSTALL CHEVRONS AROUND THE CURB AND INSTALL SPEED HUMPS. - COMMISSIONER COULTER GAVE SECOND MOTION. - APPROVED 4-0-0 (CHOI, MCINTYRE, COULTER ABSENT) - COMMISSIONER COULTER MOTIONED TO BRING BACK PLAN TO COMMISSION. - COMMISSIONER KANE GAVE SECOND MOTION. - APPROVED 4-0-0(CHOI, MCINTYRE, COULTER ABSENT) 6. Traffic Matrix # 467 Issue: Request by resident to install traffic safety improvements on Fruitvale Avenue. Action: The TSC will review the item and make a recommendation. - COMMISSIONER COSYN MOTIONED TO ADD MORE 25 MPH SIGNS WHEN SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE PRESENT ON FRUITVALE NEAR REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ON SARATOGA AVE NEAR SAINT ANDREWS AND SACRED HEART. - COMMISSIONER KANE GAVE SECOND MOTION. - Approved 4-0 (CHOI, MCINTYRE, COULTER ABSENT) - COMMISSIONER FITZSIMMONS RECOMMENDED TO ADD RADAR FEEDBAACK TRAILER ON FRUTIVALE AVE IN THE AREA SOUTH OF DOUGLAS AVE - COMMISSIONER COSYN GAVE SECOND MOTION. - APPROVED 4-0 (CHOI, MCINTYRE, COULTER ABSENT) 7. Traffic Matrix # 468 Issue: Request by resident to decrease speeds on Cox Avenue between Saratoga Avenue and Quito Road. Action: The TSC will review the item and make a recommendation - COMMISSIONER KANE GAVE MOTION TO DO DIRECTED ENFORCEMENT AT THE PASEO PRASADA INTERSECTION. - COMMISSIONER COULTER GAVE SECOND MOTION - APPROVED 4-0 (CHOI, MCINTYRE, COULTER ABSENT) - COMMISSIONER COSYN MOTIONED FOR ENGINEERING TO DESIGN A PLAN THAT INCLUDES A DOUBLE YELLOW AND SHOULDER STRIPING ON COX AVENUE. - COMMISSIONER KANE GAVE SECOND MOTION. - APPROVED 4-0 (CHOI, MCINTYRE, COULTER ABSENT) 8. Traffic Matrix # 462 Issue: Request by Saratoga resident for the City to improve placement of slip through lane at the intersection of Allendale and Theater Way for the safety of cyclists. Resident also requests to make Allendale a 25 mph speed limit along the full stretch. Action: The TSC will discuss and make a recommendation. - COMMISSIONERS DIFFERED THE ITEM TO THE MARCH MEETING. ENGINEERS WILL DEVELOP A PLAN THAT CONSIDERS REMOVING THE SLIP THROUGH LANE AND EVALUATING THE LEFT LANE MOVEMENT FROM THEATER WAY. 9. Discuss street reclassifications and speed survey in Saratoga. - COMMISSIONERS DISCUSSED THE TOPIC OF STREET RECLASSIFICAITONS AND ADDED THE ITEM TO THE MARCH 2020 AGENDA FOR ACTION. 10. Staff Updates • Safe Routes to School Program Update o Discussed SRTS and considered PTA education in a pilot approach • TSC forms Adjournment 9:54 - COMMISSIONER AFTAB MOTIONED TO ADJOURN - COMMISSIONER FITZSIMMONS GAVE SECOND MOTION. - APPROVED 4-0 (CHOI, MCINTYRE, COULTER ABSENT) 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 Debbie Bretschneider, City Clerk’s Office at 408.868.1294 or debbieb@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, Mainini Cabute, 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 January 3, 2020 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.