Traffic Safety Committee Meeting

CITY OF LOS BANOS TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES April 3, 2018 ACTION MINUTES – These minutes are prepared to depict action taken for agenda items presented to the Traffic Safety Committee. CALL TO ORDER: Public Works Director/City Engineer Fachin called the Traffic Safety Committee Meeting to order at the hour of 2:00 p.m. ROLL CALL – MEMBERS OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE PRESENT: Mason Hurley, Assistant Fire Chief (Fire Department); Mark Fachin, Public Works Director/City Engineer (Public Works Department); Stacy Elms, Community & Economic Development Director (Community & Economic Development Department); Absent: Gary Brizzee, Police Chief (Police Department); Erik Limon (Planning Commission Representative). STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Assistant City Clerk/Human Resources Analyst Sousa. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Elms, seconded by Hurley to approve the agenda as submitted. The motion carried by the affirmative action of all committee members present; absent: Brizzee, Limon. PUBLIC FORUM: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE ON ANY ITEM OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY; INCLUDES AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO A FIVE (5) MINUTE PRESENTATION. TRINA PATTERSON, Los Banos, stated she has lived in the same spot for sixteen years, there is a park across from her home, just this morning her son was leaving for school and cars were stopped on Cabernet Street waiting to turn and the cars on Birchwood Avenue were traveling 50-60mph and there was near miss, last week there was a three car pileup and that is what prompted her to come in and request a stop sign, she personally goes to stop traffic because she is afraid the children will be hit, how as a mother she cannot watch children get hit by cars, there are no painted crosswalks to get to Birchwood Park, if on Cabernet looking toward Lorena Falasco you cannot see what is coming in your direction, she’s witnessed three car accidents in front of her home, she’s witnessed three accidents at the intersection as well, she has a camera on her home and can show several near miss accidents at the intersection, one of her neighbors brought a petition last year and someone came out to survey the area at 11 a.m. on a rainy day, she’s requesting that someone come out to survey the area again during peak hours, a few years ago a young boy was crossing the road with a dog on a leash and a vehicle struck and killed the dog while the boy was walking it. No one else came forward to speak and the public forum was closed. CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO INSTALL STOP SIGNS ON WEST I STREET AT THE INTERSECTION OF 3RD STREET. LAURIE MARQUES, Los Banos, stated that vehicles stopped on 3rd Street are expecting the traffic on I Street to stop, she works at the Germino Law Firm and sees traffic at this intersection every day, recently she saw a vehicle crossing I Street from 3rd Street and it was almost hit, speeding on I Street is a problem. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER FACHIN stated that not one of the required stop sign warrants was met at the intersection and there is no sight distance issue. Motion by Hurley, seconded by Elms to deny the request. The motion carried by the affirmative action of all committee members present; absent: Brizzee, Limon. CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO INSTALL STOP SIGNS ON LIMESTONE BOULEVARD AT TRAVERTINE WAY. Public Works Director/City Engineer Fachin stated there is a sight distance issue at this intersection and stop signs are recommended. Motion by Elms, seconded by Hurley to install stop signs on Limestone Boulevard at Travertine Way. The motion carried by the affirmative action of all committee members present; absent: Brizzee, Limon. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS. Public Works Director/City Engineer Fachin stated he is waiting on signs to install speed cushions on Quail, over budget for this fiscal year so no additional speed cushions may be installed and there is a pending application on Colorado Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue. ADJOURNMENT. The meeting was adjourned at the hour of 2:16 p.m. APPROVED: / s / Mark Fachin _______ ATTEST: Mark Fachin, Chairman / s / Jana R. Sousa ______ Jana R. Sousa, Assistant City Clerk