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EVENING. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, PLEASE. HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
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ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. I AM HERE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ.HERE. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. HERE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER BEELI. HERE. COMMISSIONER TSAO. HERE.
CHAIRPERSON ARRATA. PRESENT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER TSAO, IF YOU COULD CALL THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG, PLEASE.
APPROVE THE ORDER OF AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE?
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SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS, OR ADDITIONAL BACKUP TO ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS AND OR PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED AFTER THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE AGENDA PACKET FOR RECEIVE AND FILE.WE DO NOT HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS, IS THAT CORRECT? NO BLUE FOLDER ITEMS TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. CONSENT CALENDAR.
[F. CONSENT CALENDAR]
BUSINESS ITEMS EXCEPT THOSE FORMALLY NOTICED FOR PUBLIC HEARING OR DISCUSSION OR ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.THE COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY REQUEST THAT ANY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS BE REMOVED, DISCUSSED, AND ACTED UPON SEPARATELY. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE TAKEN UP UNDER THE NEW EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR SECTION BELOW.
THOSE ITEMS REMAINING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION, FOLLOWING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. ALL IN MOTION? SECOND. ANY SECOND?. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. THIS SECTION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON ANY SUBJECT THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THIS AGENDA FOR ACTION. THIS SECTION IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE.
WRITTEN REQUESTS, IF ANY, WILL BE CONSIDERED FIRST UNDER THE SECTION.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. AND FOR THE RECORD, THERE IS ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS AGENDAS. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSIONS
[J. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]
PRIOR TO ACTION. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET INTO IT.DISCUSSION OF REMOVING THE CENTERLINE ON MEYER LANE 190TH TO BOSTON TO RALSTON.
SORRY. GOOD EVENING. PUBLIC WORKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.
RYAN LIU, CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER. THE FIRST ITEM IS A PROPOSAL TO REMOVE THE CENTERLINE ON MEYER LANE, ABOUT 50FT NORTH OF 190TH STREET, UP TO RALSTON LANE.
THE ORIGIN OF THIS REQUEST CAME FROM A RESIDENT WHO APPROACHED THE DISTRICT 3 COUNCILMEMBER ABOUT OVERNIGHT HIT-AND-RUN COLLISIONS ALONG MEYER BETWEEN THE, YOU KNOW, DRIVERS ON MEYER LANE AND THE PARKED CARS.
AS SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, MEYER LANE IS ABOUT 36FT WIDE.
THAT ROUGHLY EQUATES TO EIGHT FOOT WIDE PARKING LANES AND TEN FOOT DRIVING LANES.
IT'S CLASSIFIED AS A LOCAL STREET. SPEED LIMIT, 25MPH.
THESE LANE WIDTHS ARE ACTUALLY THE MINIMUM RECOMMENDED WIDTHS FOR INDUSTRY PRACTICE.
SO A TEN FOOT THROUGH LANE AND A EIGHT FOOT PARKING LANE.
MEYER LANE ALSO EXPERIENCES HIGHER THAN USUAL TRAFFIC VOLUMES, ABOUT 3400 VEHICLES PER DAY.
THIS DATA WAS COLLECTED BACK WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING ALL THE RED CURVES.
BUT SOME OF THE CAUSES COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE POPULARITY OF LARGE TRUCKS AND SUVS.
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IT'S JUST A HIGHER CHANCE FOR THESE PARKED VEHICLES TO GET HIT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE LANE WIDTHS ARE AT THEIR MINIMUMS. THERE'S ALSO CHANGES IN DRIVING BEHAVIOR, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.WE´RE SEEING A INCREASE IN HIT-AND-RUNS ACROSS OUR SOCIETY AS WELL AS MORE, YOU KNOW, UNDERINSURED, UNINSURED DRIVERS AND, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES BEING MORE EXPENSIVE NOWADAYS, I THINK.
ALL THAT PUT TOGETHER WE'RE HEARING MORE ABOUT THESE HIT-AND-RUNS.
AND SO THE RESIDENT REACHED OUT TO THE COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER REACHED OUT TO US ASKING IF THERE WERE ANY SOLUTIONS THAT COULD BE DONE FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT. I BELIEVE THEY REACHED OUT TO POLICE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY INFORMATION, BUT IT CAN BE DIFFICULT WITH HIT-AND-RUN COLLISIONS.
AND SO IN THE MUTCD CENTERLINE . SO THOSE YELLOW CENTERLINE S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, THEY ARE REQUIRED ON ARTERIALS AND COLLECTORS WITH MORE THAN 6000 VEHICLES PER DAY.
RECOMMENDED IF THERE'S MORE THAN 4000 VEHICLES PER DAY.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS QUITE UNIQUE TO REDONDO BEACH.
THE PICTURES BELOW, YOU KNOW, HERE ON THE LEFT IS REDONDO BEACH, A TYPICAL TWO-WAY STREET.
WE SEE THOSE LINES EVERYWHERE. OVER TO THE RIGHT HERE IS TORRANCE.
THEY ARE A BIT MORE MINIMALISTIC ON THE STRIPING.
AND SO BASED ON THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY REPAVES AND RESURFACES THE STREETS WE'RE PEELING BACK ON THOSE CENTERLINE S, ESPECIALLY ON THESE RESIDENTIAL STREETS. EXCEPT FOR, YOU KNOW, 50FT AT THE APPROACH OF A STOP CONTROL.
SO WE WILL KEEP 50FT OF THE DOUBLE YELLOW SOLID CENTERLINE , ALONG WITH THE STOP BAR AND THE STOP PAVEMENT MARKING, THAT ON ITS OWN IS ALREADY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT A LOT OF CITIES DO.
AS YOU CAN SEE, TORRANCE HAS A STOP BAR. THE STOP WORD NO CENTERLINE .
SOME CITIES DON'T EVEN PUT THE WORD STOP. THEY JUST HAVE A BAR AND A CENTERLINE .
A SMALL CENTERLINE OR NO CENTERLINE AT ALL. SO THAT'S OUR PRACTICE MOVING FORWARD.
BUT FOR THIS CASE IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE COMING WITH A PROPOSAL TO REMOVE THAT CENTERLINE ON MEYER PRIMARILY TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL BREATHING ROOM AND MANEUVERABILITY SPACE FOR DRIVERS WHO MAY NEED TO DRIVE CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF THE STREET.
PERHAPS THERE'S A LARGE VEHICLE WHERE THEIR WHEELS ARE NOT PARKED RIGHT UP AGAINST THE CURB, SO THEY'RE STICKING OUT A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE REMOVING THE CENTERLINE COULD YOU KNOW, PREVENT OR DECREASE THE CHANCES OF THESE TYPES OF COLLISIONS FROM OCCURRING, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN VISIBILITY IS NOT AS GOOD.
IT CAN ALSO ENCOURAGE SAFER PASSING OF CYCLISTS IN THE LANES.
SOME DRIVERS MIGHT NOT FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO PASS A CYCLIST WITH SAFE ENOUGH DISTANCE.
THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT THAT STATE THAT THE CENTERLINE SORT OF ASSIGNS OWNERSHIP OF A ROAD, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE SIDE OF THE STREET THAT'S CLOSEST TO YOU IS YOURS AND YOURS ONLY.
SO IT MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEED UP A BIT.
AND WHEREAS IF YOU ADD SOME UNCERTAINTY AT LEAST TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY, PERHAPS THAT COULD ENCOURAGE SOME EXTRA CAUTION PUSHING THOSE DRIVERS AWAY FROM THE SIDES OF THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY AS THEY MEET SOME ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
THEY MIGHT SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THOSE TWO VEHICLES CAN SORT OF SQUEEZE BY EACH OTHER.
SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS JUST TO REMOVE ABOUT 1200 LINEAR FEET OF THAT SOLID LINE ALONG MEYER LANE, GIVEN THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT BUSIER AND A BIT OF A NARROWER STREET, BUT MAINTAINING, YOU KNOW, 50FT OR SO AT THE 190TH INTERSECTION SO THAT VEHICLES CAN GET INTO THE PROPER LANE TO TRIGGER THE TRAFFIC LOOPS AND ENSURE A TWO WAY TRAFFIC, AND THEN KEEPING THE CENTERLINE NORTH OF RALSTON DUE TO THE GRADE IN THE STREET AT SECTIONS WHERE THE STREET IS A LITTLE BIT STEEPER, WE DO WANT TO HAVE THAT CENTERLINE . SO, YOU KNOW, IF DRIVERS CAN'T SEE OVER A HILL.
SO HERE ARE THE AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVES AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. THANK YOU, RYAN. FIRST OF ALL, VERY WELL PRESENTED.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA.
BUT IF YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING HIGHER YOU KNOW, 85TH PERCENTILE SPEEDS AND YOU KNOW, YOUR PLAN IN THE CITY IS TO REMOVE THEM GOING FORWARD OR NOT REINSTALL THEM AFTER RESURFACING, I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION,
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SEE HOW IT GOES. I ALSO THINK THOUGH IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE JUST MORE OUT OF ENGINEERING CURIOSITY TO SEE IF THERE IS A SPEED REDUCTION IN THE FUTURE.YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT. W E HAVE THE BEFORE DATA ALREADY.
YEAH. AND I THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN COLLECT AND SEE KIND OF IS YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S NO CENTERLINE , DOES THAT CREATE, YOU KNOW, THAT DRIVING SPACE IN THE MIDDLE THAT HOPEFULLY DRIVERS MIGHT BE MORE CAUTIOUS? BUT I THINK THE PRIMARY GOAL HERE IS TO SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE COLLISIONS.
I HAVE A. COMMISSIONER TSAO. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, RYAN AND THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ONE IS IN LOOKING AND UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE STREETS AROUND MEYER.
WILL REMOVING THE CENTERLINE SET A BAD PRECEDENT FOR NEIGHBORING STREETS? BECAUSE WE HAVE RINDGE, WE HAVE BLOSSOM, WE HAVE SLAUSON, WE HAVE RIPLEY.
THEY ALL HAVE CENTERLINE S. SO WILL THIS CAUSE A, YOU KNOW, TRICKLE DOWN APPROACH IN TERMS OF ALL THE RESIDENTS SAY, HEY, WE WANT ALL OF THIS REMOVED, LIKE OUR STREET IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SIDESWIPING ISSUES ON OUR STREETS TOO, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST ONE CONCERN OF MINE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT KIND OF AN OUTLIER, AN ANOMALY ON MEYER.
IT'S LIKE THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE PART OF THE CITY.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT MEYER SEEMS TO BE A VERY CONTENTIOUS AREA BECAUSE OF HIGH TRAFFIC.
I'M ACTUALLY SHOCKED THERE'S, LIKE, NO RESIDENTS HERE SITTING IN THE IN THE CROWD RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY A VERY BIG TOPIC FOR THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ALL THE RESIDENCIES IN THIS AREA.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT THINGS, ESPECIALLY THOSE RESIDENTS, AS CONCERNS. YEAH. I THINK TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT THE ABOUT THE CENTERLINE S, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW THE EFFECT ON DIFFERENT STREETS SO THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, NOT PUTTING BACK IN THE CENTERLINE WHEN WE RESURFACE THE STREET THAT'S OUR SORT OF POSITION MOVING FORWARD. I THINK WE'LL TAKE IT ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. IF WE GET THOSE REQUESTS THAT COME IN, I DON'T WE HAVE TO THIS DATE, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A SPECIFIC REQUEST TO REMOVE THE CENTERLINE , I SUPPOSE FOR MOST RESIDENTS, IT HASN'T BEEN A BIG ISSUE FOR THEM.
SOME RESIDENTS HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND WE'RE ANSWERING THOSE AS THEY COME IN.
WE DON'T THINK THAT WILL CHANGE. YOU KNOW, IT WON'T MAKE IT WORSE, NOR BETTER.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT IF A DRIVER IS DRIVING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF THE STREET, MAYBE THERE'S JUST SLIGHTLY EVEN MORE VISIBLE TO SOMEONE COMING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY SO THERE COULD BE A SECONDARY BENEFIT TO THAT.
OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF A DRIVER'S HOOD IS SORT OF STICKING OUT AT ONE OF THOSE DRIVEWAYS, THAT COULD ENCOURAGE THE DRIVER ON THE MAIN ST TO MAYBE MANEUVER AROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE. HOW ABOUT A DOTTED LINE? IS THAT A HAPPY MEDIUM IN TERMS OF BEING A SOLID STRIPE VERSUS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STREETS WITH KIND OF THE DOTTED LINES? MAYBE THAT'S A HAPPY MIDDLE GROUND? I DON'T KNOW.
WITH RESPECT TO THE DASHED LINE. SO LEGALLY SPEAKING, THE DOUBLE SOLID ONE MEANS YOU CAN'T PASS AND THE DASH ONE IS JUST TECHNICALLY ONE COULD PASS ON THAT STREET. I DON'T THINK RESIDENTS LOOK FAVORABLY ON GETTING PASSED ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET.
CLEARLY, THAT MEANS THAT DRIVER IS PROBABLY GOING, YOU KNOW, MUCH HIGHER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT.
I THINK AT THIS TIME WE STILL WANT TO RECOMMEND THE COMPLETE REMOVAL.
I THINK MOST DRIVERS WILL TREAT THOSE LINES ONE AND THE SAME.
SO WE DON'T THINK THAT'S A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, DASH VERSUS SOLID.
COMMISSIONER SIMPSON? YEAH. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO DO IT AND WHAT'S THE COST?
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THAT COST CAN BE FOLDED INTO OUR RESTRIPING BUDGET AS THE CITY STRIPING CONTRACTOR COMES AROUND.SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE LIKE, 7 OR 8 OTHER JOBS IN THE CITY FOR THEM TO DO.
SO THE COST IS GENERALLY PRETTY LOW. AND WE HAVE THE FUNDS FOR IT.
HOW LONG BEFORE IT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE'RE APPROVED.
BUT DUE TO THE RAIN, THEY COULDN'T COME IN. AND WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THEM TO TRY TO SET A NEW TIME TO COME IN, BUT THEY SHOULD BE COMING IN PRETTY SOON. AND WE'RE HOPING, IF RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION, TO ADD THAT TO OUR LIST. COMMISSIONER BEELI. BECAUSE THE EXISTING DELINEATION BETWEEN THE TWO LINES. LANES. THE TWO LANES. THANK YOU.
IS A SOLID DOUBLE YELLOW LINE CURRENTLY. AND BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THIS STREET GETS, WOULDN'T IT BEHOOVE THE CITY IN ORDER TO PUT A DASH LINE OR LEAVE A DASH LINE THERE JUST BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IT GETS? ACCORDING TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE STANDARD THAT WE'RE USING HERE IS MUTCD AND THE TRAFFIC LEVELS ARE LOWER THAN THAT RECOMMENDED FOR, YOU KNOW, THEY REQUIRE ON THE STREETS WITH OVER 6000 CARS A DAY.
RECOMMENDED IF THERE'S OVER 4000 CARS A DAY, WE'RE NOT AT 4000.
OKAY. FROM WHAT I REMEMBER , THERE'S A LOT OF AMAZON, UPS DELIVERY-LIKE, A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENCIES THERE. SO THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF DOUBLE PARKING THERE, RIGHT? OF DELIVERY TRUCKS.
PERHAPS. YEAH. DOUBLE PARK REMOVE. OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WANT TO GET AROUND IT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO IGNORE WHATEVER LINES ON ON THE ROAD.
I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE IMPLICATION OF THE REMOVAL.
DOES THAT HELP OR, YOU KNOW, DOES IT CREATE MORE OF A HAZARD I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO MATERIALLY CHANGE ANY ONE DRIVER'S HABITS.
TECHNICALLY AS A STRIPE NOW YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO GO AROUND.
YEAH, RIGHT. SO IF THERE'S AN AMAZON TRUCK THERE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WAIT UNTIL THAT DELIVERY DRIVER PROBABLY WALKS DOWN SOME STAIRS OUT OF A COURTYARD AND BACK INTO THE TRUCK, WHICH COULD BE A COUPLE MINUTES.
AND I DON'T THINK DRIVERS ARE WAITING THAT LONG.
SO EVEN IF WE REMOVED IT, I DON'T THINK THAT BEHAVIOR WOULD CHANGE MATERIALLY.
COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT RESIDENTS ON MEYER LANE, AND PRETTY MUCH THE CONSENSUS IS THAT CONCERN OF THESE BIG TRUCKS, THE DELIVERY TRUCKS, IT'S NOT THE AMAZON TRUCKS, IT'S ACTUALLY THE DELIVERIES, THE 7-ELEVEN, THAT ARE VERY PROBLEMATIC WITHIN THE FIRST THREE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THERE.
AND THEY TEND TO DOUBLE PARK. IT HAS GOTTEN BETTER.
BUT MY CONCERN IS WHEN YOU REMOVE THAT LINE IS THAT THE DELIVERY TRUCKS WILL FILL THIS FREEDOM TO TURN AROUND IN THE STREET, AND IT'S A VERY NARROW STREET, SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO EXACERBATE THAT A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL AND VERY CONSISTENT ABOUT WHAT THOSE CONCERNS ARE.
SO MY HESITATION IS THAT, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S SOME OTHER WAY TO THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT IS A VERY NARROW STREET AND THERE ARE VERY BIG, LARGE TRUCKS THAT COME THERE. AND IT'S VERY COMMON FOR THEM TO DO THOSE THREE POINT TURNS.
SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, HOW REMOVING THE LINE MIGHT EXACERBATE THAT OR MAYBE LIMIT THAT OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY. YEAH. I THINK JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IT PROBABLY DOESN'T IT PROBABLY WON'T HAVE A MATERIAL CHANGE ON THOSE TYPES OF BEHAVIORS. I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE WITH THIS CHANGE IS SORT OF THOSE DRIVERS WHO ARE PSYCHOLOGICALLY FEELING THAT THEY NEED TO STICK TO ONE SIDE OF THE LINE AND ARE POTENTIALLY COMING IN CONFLICT WITH A PARKED CAR.
AND SO THIS IS SORT OF AS THEY'RE GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREET, WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER THIS WILL SOLVE THE ISSUE, BUT PERHAPS THAT ADDITIONAL BREATHING ROOM IN THE MIDDLE STREET WILL REDUCE SOME OF THOSE COLLISIONS.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL CHANGE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE BEHAVIORS THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THAT YOU KNOW, SOMEONE TURNING AROUND IN THE MIDDLE STREET BECAUSE I THINK IN ANY AMOUNT OR NO AMOUNT OF STRIPING, THEY WILL TRY TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO NO MATTER WHAT.
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BRIEFLY, THE COMMISSIONER HERE ON THE EDGE-LINE STRIPING.WITH THAT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, DECENT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, IF YOU THOUGHT THAT THAT MIGHT BRING SOME MORE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE PARKING AND KIND OF CREATE THAT DEMARCATION LINE. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT STAFF'S THINKING ABOUT ON THESE STREETS.
YEAH, WE THINK THAT WITH THE EDGE LINE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE A SECOND STEP IF WE'RE STILL HEARING MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE HIT AND RUNS OR OTHER TYPES OF SIDESWIPE COLLISIONS, WE COULD ELEVATE THAT TO THE NEXT STEP.
DOESN'T REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL OR ANYTHING.
IT'S A FAIRLY EASY THING THING TO STRIPE, BUT THAT COULD BE DONE AS A SECOND STEP.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, BUT I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER BAJAJ DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, COMMISSIONER TSAO.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO. NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER BEELI. NO. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI.
THANK YOU. OKAY, MADAM CHAIRPERSON, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE COMMISSION'S EXCUSE ME.
THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE THE SIDEWALK.
ALMOST. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE IS NO ECOMMENTS.
AND THERE IS NO ONE ON ZOOM. OKAY. NOBODY. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON.
YES. SO, I MOVE THAT THE STAFF REPORT BE ACCEPTED TO REMOVE THE CENTER STRIPE.
I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE CAN TAKE A ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON.
AYE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. AYE. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
AYE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. NAY. COMMISSIONER BEELI.
AYE. COMMISSIONER TSAO. AYE. CHAIRPERSON ARRATA.
AYE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MOVING ON TO REDONDO UNION HIGH ACCESS STUDY UPDATE. OKAY.
GREAT. SO LAST WEEK AT THE DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY MEETING THE CITY'S CONSULTANT AND PUBLIC WORKS STAFF HELD A PUBLIC MEETING. SO THE HISTORY OF THIS ITEM WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD DISCUSSED ALWAYS STOPS ALONG DIAMOND, YOU KNOW, IN PROXIMITY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THE RESULTS OF THAT DISCUSSION WAS A BRR FOR THE CITY COUNCIL 'S BUDGET TO FUND A MORE HOLISTIC AND COMPREHENSIVE STUDY LOOKING AT ACCESS TO AND FROM REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL, MAINLY AROUND DIAMOND STREET. AND WHAT CAN BE DONE IF WE DID A SLURRY SEAL, YOU KNOW, RESTRIPING OF THE STREET AND ALSO LOOKING AT CURB MANAGEMENT OF THE PICK UP DROP OFF ZONES ON THE ON THE VINCENT SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, MAINLY AROUND EL REDONDO AVENUE EAST WEST AND VINCENT PARK IN THE CENTER.
SO THE STAKEHOLDER SESSION WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT A COUPLE STUDENTS PTA PRESIDENT SCHOOL ADMIN, POLICE, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY. AND THEN THE PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD ONLINE WITH COUNCILMEMBER LOWENSTEIN ON FEBRUARY 19TH.
SO THESE SLIDES ON THE SCREEN SHOW THAT THE SLIDES THAT WERE FROM THAT MEETING, YOU KNOW, JUST AN AGENDA, THE STAFF AND COUNCILMEMBER THAT WAS INVOLVED THE CONSULTANT USED MENTI.
IT WAS A PUBLIC OUTREACH PLATFORM WHERE PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING COULD SCAN A QR CODE, OR LOG ON TO A WEBSITE AND THEN PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED DURING THAT MEETING.
SO OVER HERE WE CAN SEE THE SLIDES AND SHOWING THE RESULTS.
AND WHO WAS ATTENDING THAT MEETING. THAT MEETING WAS PRIMARILY ATTENDED BY THE NEIGHBORS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T GET ANY STUDENTS AT THAT MEETING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE STUDENTS HERE TONIGHT, SO THAT'S GREAT. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, HOW THOSE PEOPLE GET AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL AREA.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS JUST TO GATHER DATA, COMMUNITY INPUT, WANTING TO MAKE DIAMOND STREET A BIT SAFER, A BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE CHANGES TO PICK UP DROP OFF AREAS AND ANY QUICK BUILD CHANGES THAT COULD BE PART OF,
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YOU KNOW, WHEN DIAMOND STREET GETS RESTRIPED.SO, YOU KNOW, NOT LOOKING INTO BIG CHANGES TO THE CURB RAMPS OR THE ALIGNMENT OF THE STREET, BUT SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE EXISTING CURB TO CURB WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE WIDTH THAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SCHOOL HAS LIMITED SPACE TO BUILD.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIMITED SPACE ON OUR STREETS, SO IT'S A LOT OF GIVE AND TAKE AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRADE OFFS AS WE CONSIDER WHAT COULD BE DONE TO THIS AREA. SO RIGHT NOW, AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THEY´RE COMPILING ALL THE FEEDBACK AND HOPING TO COMMENCE WITH THE DESIGN AFTER WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER AND THEN LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF DESIGN AND TO MOVE FORWARD THIS FALL.
SO HERE ARE THE, YOU KNOW, GENERAL STUDY AREA OF THIS PROJECT.
SO IN BLUE HIGHLIGHT IS THE STREETS THAT ARE BEING STUDIED DIAMOND ON THE NORTH.
AND THEN THEY PICK UP DROP OFF AREAS THAT ARE SURROUNDING THE SCHOOL ON THE VINCENT SIDE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, MY CURSOR HERE THERE'S A LOT OF BUSSES THAT STOP HERE WITH STUDENTS CROSSING THE STREET, SORT OF NOT IN A CROSSWALK, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL CROSSING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BUS HERE.
THIS ENTRANCE HERE IS HEAVILY USED BY BICYCLES.
THERE ARE JUST AS MANY CYCLISTS ENTERING HERE AS THERE ARE VEHICLES.
SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING DATA POINT. LET'S SEE WE HEARD ABOUT WANTING ADDITIONAL PICK-UP DROP-OFF ZONES, PERHAPS ALONG FRANCISCA. THE SCHOOL HAS IN THE APPROVED BOND MEASURE.
SO THERE'S POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE PREFER TO PICK UP STUDENTS.
SO IT IS QUITE A COMPLEX ISSUE. WE DO HAVE COUNTS OF THE NUMBER OF BICYCLES.
SO IT'S ABOUT 150, 160 CYCLISTS. AND THEN JUST ABOUT A YEAR LATER, THIS COUNT THAT WE DID MOST RECENTLY THAT THAT THE BIKE TRAFFIC HAS DOUBLED AND THE ENROLLMENT HAS STAYED ABOUT THE SAME. SO BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT CYCLISTS AND E-BIKES, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS 150 LESS VEHICLES ENTERING THE SCHOOL AREA EVERY DAY.
SO I THINK FROM AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A SUCCESS.
WE'VE TOOK AN INVENTORY OF ALL THE BICYCLE PARKING AROUND THE CAMPUS.
THE BULK OF THAT PARKING IS ALONG SEA HAWK WAY WITH ANOTHER CORRAL AT FRANCISCA.
WE DID NOTICE A LOT OF CYCLISTS WALKING THEIR BIKES TO RAILINGS AND POSTS.
AND WE'VE HEARD THAT THE SEA HAWK WAY ENTRANCE IS TYPICALLY OVERCROWDED WITH CYCLISTS AND VEHICLES MIXING IN THAT LEFT TURN SPACE, AND WE'VE NOTICED THAT IT CAN BE QUITE CHAOTIC THERE.
THERE IS A DESIRE FOR ADDITIONAL BIKE PARKING ALONG THE CAMPUS, BUT NOTE THAT THESE RESULTS WERE BASED ON THE NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF OPINIONS AND NOT NECESSARILY THE STUDENTS THAT WEREN'T THERE AT THAT MEETING.
WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT BICYCLE LANES AS SORT OF AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE COMMISSION BEFORE, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL QUESTION ABOUT WHICH BIKE LANE DRIVERS AND CYCLISTS WOULD FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE FOR.
COMFORTABLE RIDING OR DRIVING NEXT TO. NOT SURPRISING WITH THESE RESULTS.
EVERYONE WANTS, YOU KNOW, HIGHER QUALITY BIKE LANES.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF TRADEOFFS AND NO COMPLICATIONS.
YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD PUT PROTECTED BIKE LANES EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR THAT. THIS MAP WE WERE PRESENTING ON AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CROSSWALKS AND TRANSIT OPTIONS IN THE AREA AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED.
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JUST FEELING VERY CHAOTIC IN THE MORNING. JUST ALL THE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION SORT OF COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER AT THAT INTERSECTION AND THEN NOTING THAT WITH THE BUS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE BUS RIDERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WALK AROUND AND USE THE DESIGNATED CROSSWALK.THEY'RE ALL CROSSING IN FRONT OF THE BUS WHERE THE CROSSWALK IS NOT MARKED.
AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DOTS ABOUT WHICH INTERSECTIONS NEED THE MOST IMPROVEMENT.
THERE WAS ALSO A COLLISION ANALYSIS DONE. SO WHAT WAS NOTEWORTHY WAS THAT ALMOST HALF OF THE CRASHES THAT OCCURRED ALONG DIAMOND STREET IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS INVOLVED PEDESTRIANS OR CYCLISTS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS NOT SURPRISING GIVEN THE NUMBER, YOU KNOW, BEING NEXT TO A SCHOOL AND THE HEAVY CYCLIST TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THOSE CRASHES MAINLY OCCURRED DURING THE PEAK SCHOOL HOURS WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, NOT SURPRISING AS WELL.
THAT'S CALTRANS. BUT THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A SPRINKLING OF CRASHES MOSTLY AT INTERSECTIONS.
YOU KNOW, MOST CRASHES HAPPEN AT INTERSECTIONS.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SAFETY CONCERNS AREN'T REFLECTED IN THE CRASH STATISTICS.
AND SO DURING THAT MEETING WE YOU KNOW, WE PRESENTED A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR DIAMOND STREET SPECIFICALLY, WE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT VINCENT STREET AND WANTING TO MAKE VINCENT STREET A LITTLE BIT SAFER, FLOW BETTER. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO MOVING FORWARD, IS JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT VINCENT STREET. BUT GENERALLY FOR THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ON DIAMOND STREET, YOU KNOW, JUST SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE PROVIDING ACCESS FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE USING THE LATEST AND GREATEST STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE AND THEN WORKING WITHIN THE AVAILABLE SPACE.
SO HERE WE'RE NOTING, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL PICK UP DROP OFF ZONES, PERHAPS EXPANDING THOSE DURING SPECIFIC SCHOOL HOURS, MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL ZONES ALONG VINCENT OR EL REDONDO AVENUE ON THE EAST SIDE NEAR THAT.
NEAR THE BASEBALL FIELDS. PERHAPS SOME LIMITED TIME ZONE.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF OPTIONS ON THE TABLE WITH THAT RESTRIPING.
THIS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR CYCLISTS TO ENTER.
WE DO HAVE LIMITED SPACE ALONG SEA HAWK WAY .
AND THEN FORCING EXITS ONLY FOR VEHICLES ON THE RIGHT.
THIS ENTRANCE AREA WOULD STILL BE OPEN TO VEHICLES NEEDING TO GO INTO THE ADMINISTRATION LOT, OR TO STAFF PARKING FURTHER DOWN SEA HAWK WAY .
MOST OF THOSE TRIPS HAPPEN BEFORE THE STUDENTS ARRIVE TO SCHOOL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SPACE AND SEPARATION BETWEEN THE DRIVERS AND CYCLISTS.
HERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL CHANGES WE COULD MAKE AT THE DEL AMO JUANITA INTERSECTION.
SOME STRIPED CURB EXTENSIONS TIGHTENING UP THE INTERSECTION, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF VEHICULAR PATHS.
SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL HOURS, WE HAVE PRETTY LOW VOLUMES FOR TURNS.
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION, YOU KNOW, THIS SPACE IS NOT REALLY REQUIRED.
AND BY SIMPLIFYING THE NUMBER OF LANES AND THE CURB EXTENSIONS AT LEAST FOR PEDESTRIANS, IT WOULD BE A MUCH SIMPLER INTERSECTION TO NAVIGATE SINCE YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO CROSS, YOU KNOW, FOUR LANES ON DIAMOND AND THEN FOUR LANES ON THE SIDE STREETS WHERE PEOPLE ARE KIND OF SNEAKING UP INTO THE CORNERS AND MAKING RIGHT TURNS AND LEFT TURNS. AND UNDER THIS ALTERNATIVE, MAKING THE DEL AMO ENTRANCE ONE WAY, INBOUND ONLY.
HERE'S ANOTHER OPTION WHERE WE ARE PRESERVING ALL INBOUND ACCESS AT SEA HAWK WAY , BUT THEN PROVIDING EXIT ONLY, OR MAYBE STILL PRESERVING ENTRANCE AND EXIT ACCESS ON DEL AMO.
BUT WE DO HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO PROVIDE A BIKE SPECIFIC LEFT TURN LANE.
SO THAT WILL ALSO HELP SEPARATE THE CYCLISTS AND THE DRIVERS AT THE INTERSECTION.
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SO THEY'RE NOT LIKE HOPEFULLY NOT WEAVING AROUND EACH OTHER AS THEY'RE TRYING TO ENTER THE SCHOOL.SIMILAR TYPES OF TREATMENTS AT THE DEL AMO INTERSECTION.
PERHAPS SOME SPACE FOR ART FOR THE STUDENTS TO DECORATE THE STREET.
UNDER THIS OPTION WE COULD INSTEAD OF A PROTECTED BIKE LANE, WE COULD DO A BUFFERED BIKE LANE.
SOME OF THESE THINGS CAN BE INTERCHANGEABLE BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE ONE AND TWO.
AND THE DEL AMO DRIVEWAY HERE UNDER ALTERNATIVE TO INBOUND ACCESS, COULD STILL BE PRESERVED.
AND SO WE SOLICIT INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES, NOTING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN PROTECTED BIKE LANES, IT DOES USUALLY RESULT IN A LOSS OF PARKING.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE TRADE-OFFS THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED.
AND SO WE SHARED THESE WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS PROJECT IS TO JUST TO SYNTHESIZE ALL THE FEEDBACK, TALK TO THE COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME SORT OF DESIGN AND FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE SHARED LAST WEEK AND HAPPY TO TAKE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS AS WE CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. DO WE WANT TO SEE WHAT THE PUBLIC. YEAH.
OF COURSE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? HI, MY NAME IS TIFFANY MEYER. I'M A STUDENT AT REDONDO.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A BIT OF A SUGGESTION FOR THE CROSSWALK ON HELBERTA AND DIAMOND.
THERE'S ALREADY ONE ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, BUT THERE'S NOT ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, WHICH CAUSES A LOT OF CONFUSION FOR DRIVERS. AND A LOT OF ACCIDENTS HAPPEN THERE BECAUSE STUDENTS WILL TYPICALLY CROSS THE STREET ANYWAYS WITHOUT THE PARKING LOT BEING THERE.
SO THIS CAUSES DRIVERS TO NOT SEE THEM CROSSING THE STREET.
AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF COLLISIONS HAPPEN. SO I GUESS I'M SUGGESTING A CROSSWALK THERE AS WELL.
SO DRIVERS ARE FORCED TO LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE THE STREET.
YEAH. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. HELBERTA AND DIAMOND. GOT IT. THAT'S THE INTERSECTION THAT'S JUST SOUTH OF SEA HAWK WAY .
RIGHT? OR JUST WEST? JUST DOWNHILL. YEAH. GOT IT.
RIGHT? INSTALLING A CROSSWALK THERE. THAT STREET, I BELIEVE.
DOES ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO SPEAK? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? COME ON UP.
RIGHT. RIGHT WHERE THAT BUS STOP IS. SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CAN BE LOOKED AT.
WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING CHANGES TO THE BUS STOPS THEMSELVES.
SO ALL THAT IS ON THE TABLE TO BE CONSIDERED.
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AND ALL THAT. AND WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE PARKING AS WE CAN.WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY IF THE SCHOOL IS INTERESTED IN THAT.
BUT I THINK FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL PARKING IN AND AROUND THE SCHOOL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MORE STUDENTS DRIVING TO SCHOOL, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE A DESIRED OUTCOME.
COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. YEAH. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT.
IT'S NICE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS OUT HERE.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS THAT FINE BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, THE ADDITIONAL CROSSWALKS, THE LOSS OF PARKING, THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES, AND EVERYTHING HAS TO BE WEIGHED OUT.
DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S A PLAN FOR SOME ADDITIONAL OUTREACH VIA A STUDENT SURVEY OR VIA A COMMUNITY SURVEY? SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE WIDESPREAD PRIOR TO ANY OF THE DECISION MAKING.
THE THE CONSULTANT HAS COMPLETED THEIR ENGAGEMENT SCOPE.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCILMEMBER, WE COULD POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, DO SOME OF THAT OURSELVES AND FINE-TUNE ANY FEEDBACK THAT WE GET.
AND EXACTLY LIKE YOU SAID, EVERY BIKE ON THE ROAD IS ONE LESS, YOU KNOW, VEHICLE ON THE ROAD.
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'VE DOUBLED IN, HOW MANY? IN ONE YEAR? TWO YEARS? YEAH, 1 TO 2 YEARS. THAT'S AMAZING.
COMMISSIONER BEELI. YEAH. AGAIN, GREAT PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN THERE TWICE TODAY. ONCE IN THE MORNING, ONCE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL.
AND THERE'S REASONS WHY MY WIFE AND I DON'T EVER GO INTO THE PARKING LOT TO DROP OUR STUDENTS OFF, BECAUSE ONCE YOU GO IN THERE, IT'S A 20 MINUTE WAIT TO GET OUT.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT FUN WHATSOEVER. AS A PARENT WHO DROPS THEIR LITTLE ONE OFF THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, LIKE AN AREA IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL IN ORDER TO DROP THE CHILD OFF THERE.
WELL, THERE'S ONE INSIDE THE SCHOOL THAT IS ALL IN RED.
HOWEVER, WHEN THEY DROP OFF IN THAT AREA, YOU CAN'T GET BY.
BUT THE RED CURB IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, WHICH IS A BUS STOP I HAVE SPENT A LITTLE TIME THERE.
I KICK THE LITTLE ONE OUT OF THE CAR, WHETHER SHE'S READY OR NOT.
AND THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST USED DROP OFF POINT IN THE SCHOOL THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.
YEAH. SO WE ARE CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL ZONES IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AROUND, YOU KNOW, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY ZONES SO PARENTS DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE SCHOOL. RIGHT. SO, SEEING THE LOVELY LITTLE ONES ON THEIR E-BIKES GETTING THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL I HAVE YET TO SEE ANYONE STOP AT A STOP SIGN. I MEAN, UNLESS A COP IS THERE, BUT IT'S GREAT SEEING THIS BIG DIAGRAM SHOWING THAT ,YOU KNOW, HOW THE E-BIKES WILL BE ABLE TO GO THIS WAY AND THAT WAY AND THE OTHER WAY.
AND IN FACT, THEY ALREADY DO THAT. THEY GO THIS WAY, THAT WAY AND THE OTHER WAY.
WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE GROUND IN ORDER, YOU KNOW, GUIDING THEM IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, OR HOW, BUT AGAIN, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING SENT OUT TO THE PARENTS FOR THEIR IDEAS AND THEIR INPUT SINCE YOU´VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME.
THE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS. YEAH. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING.
I SEE. ADMITTEDLY, I DIDN'T SEE ONE EITHER. I HAVE A HIGH SCHOOLER THERE AS WELL.
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SO ULTIMATELY THEY CONTROL THE LIST. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.LADOT DOES THAT WHEN I WORK WITH THEM. AND THEN I COMPLETELY LOST MY TRAIN OF.
OH, HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF RFP´S FOR ANY OF THESE CROSSWALKS IF THERE'S SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY? WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY UNCONTROLLED CROSSINGS HERE, SO ALL THE CURRENT CROSSWALKS ARE AT STOP-CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE CANNOT INSTALL AN RFP. BUT IF THERE WAS A DESIRE TO ADD A CROSSWALK WHERE THERE WASN'T A STOP SIGN, THEN THAT MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO PUT AN RFP. SOMETIMES WE GET COMPLAINTS FROM THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS, THOUGH, SO THAT HAS TO BE WEIGHED AS WELL.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PROTECTED BIKE LANE. BUT I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO REMOVE PARKING.
AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE STATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN, I'VE BEEN CC'D ON THE SAME EMAILS THAT YOU HAVE THAT THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING. AND THAT'S BEEN A PRETTY CONSISTENT NARRATIVE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN EMAILING US EVER SINCE WE BROUGHT UP THE CHANGE OF THE DAY OF THE STREET SWEEPING SO I KIND OF WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO I WOULD NOT CONSIDER SHARING WITH COUNCIL A POSITION THAT, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY PARKING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE OVER THERE AT RB.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS EXPECTED, THE AREAS ALL AROUND THE SCHOOL HAVE, YOU KNOW, FULLY UTILIZED PARKING, AT LEAST DURING THE BEGINNING PART OF THE DAY. WE ACTUALLY DO SEE THAT DEMAND DROP OFF AS WE GET CLOSER TO PROSPECT.
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE IS SPACE FURTHER DOWN THE BLOCK TO TO MAKE THAT A REALITY.
SO THERE IS SOME WIGGLE ROOM WITH THAT. BUT YES, AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL, THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, THOSE TRADE-OFFS WILL REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT, AS YOU MENTIONED.
AND WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THAT. OKAY. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO, I SAT IN FRONT OF YOU AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU GUYS HAD STARTED WITH CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE A BRIDGE CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY BECAUSE THESE CONCERNS CONTINUE TO COME UP.
WHAT HAS COME OF THAT? BECAUSE THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO BE PROVIDING INPUT ON.
GOOD EVENING. ANDY WINJE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND I'LL ANSWER ON THIS ONE.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVEN'T BROUGHT UP THIS TOPIC YET.
THEY ARE WORKING. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS ON SCHOOL CITY KIND OF SHARED SERVICES TYPE ISSUES AND NEGOTIATING SOME WAY TO DOCUMENT ALL THAT AND WORK OUT PAYMENT FOR THOSE THINGS THAT ARE MAYBE IF THERE'S AN IMBALANCE IN THOSE AREAS.
SO TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS TOPIC HAS NOT YET COME UP.
AND BY THE CITY MANAGER 'S CHOICE FOR PRIORITIES, I THINK.
SO THAT'S A HUGE MISSED OPPORTUNITY ON THE CITY'S PART.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE COMMITTEE WAS CREATED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, RIGHT? TO BRIDGE THE CITY, AS YOU HAD SHARED.
I THINK THIS COMMITTEE HAS EXISTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME PREDATING THIS ISSUE.
AND SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEIR INTENTS ABOUT PRIORITIES.
BUT THAT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVEN'T BROUGHT THIS TOPIC UP YET.
OKAY. AND THEN LASTLY, I KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY AND REALLY CONNECTING WITH THE PARENTS OF THE SCHOOL, WHICH I THINK IS FANTASTIC. AND IT PROVIDES ONE PERSPECTIVE, BUT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO MAKE ANY MORE EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT BEAR THE IMPACTS OF SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU WORK IN A SILO AND YOU WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY WANT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
ARE WE REACHING OUT TO THE RESIDENTS TO TRY TO GET FEEDBACK? IS THAT QR CODE BEING MAILED OUT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON THOSE STREETS IMPACTED? HOW CAN WE BRIDGE THAT COMMUNICATION? SO, THAT MEETING WAS SENT BY POSTCARD TO EVERY RESIDENT WITHIN 600FT OF DIAMOND.
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SO, FROM DIAMOND ALL THE WAY TO CARNELIAN. SO, EVERYONE IN THAT ZONE.SO, ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA WERE NOTIFIED OF THAT MEETING.
AND THAT'S WHY THAT MEETING WAS ALMOST ALL RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP.
AND I THINK FOR THE NEXT EFFORTS, WE WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER AND GET, YOU KNOW, THEIR WISHES ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE NEXT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL BE.
OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FROM THE CONSULTANT SIDE, THEY'RE FINISHED WITH THAT SCOPE, AND WE'RE AT A GOOD PLACE TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP.
OKAY. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
WILL YOU COMMENT? NO FURTHER COMMENT. COMMISSIONER TSAO.
NO. COMMISSIONER BEELI. NO. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI.
OKAY. CHAIRPERSON ARRATA. FOR THE RECORD, THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THERE'S NO ECOMMENT. AND THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM. OKAY.
COMMISSIONER BAJAJ? IS THIS JUST A REVIEW AND FILE? THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE. BUT WE'VE TAKEN ALL YOUR FEEDBACK AND WRITTEN THAT DOWN SO THAT WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED ALONG WITH FROM THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP AND THE PUBLIC MEETING. DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT. I'LL SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ.
YES. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI.
AYE. COMMISSIONER BEELI. YES. COMMISSIONER TSAO.
[K. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS]
I DO HAVE ONE THING. OH, OKAY. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON? YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A REFERRAL TO STAFF ON SEEING ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A SEASONAL PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WOULD REQUIRE A CODE CHANGE ULTIMATELY.BUT AT THIS POINT, JUST FOR STAFF TO TO SEE ABOUT DEVELOPING THAT PROGRAM.
ASSUMING THE COMMISSION VOTES ON THAT. YEAH. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ? YEAH, JUST SOMETHING FOR THE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HERE EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH BAY CITIES COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, THE SOUTH BAY CITIES COG, THEY DO THEIR ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AND I KNOW SOMETIMES LIKE THE EMAILS GO AND THEY GET MISSED OR WHATEVER, BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT IT IS ON THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH SO YOU CAN GO ON TO THE SOUTH BAY COG´S WEBSITE AND REGISTER.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A A REALLY INFORMATIVE DAY, SO.
WHEN IS IT AGAIN? THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH. AND THEY HOLD IT EVERY YEAR AT THE CARSON CITY HALL.
WE DO GET AN EMAIL ABOUT IT. CARSON CITY HALL.
YEAH, CARSON CITY HALL. AND IT'S A, YOU KNOW, 8 A.M.
TO 3 P.M. THING. AND THEY USUALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, MANY SPEAKERS.
CONGRESSMAN TED LIEU. AND THEY SERVE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. THIS YEAR THEY'RE CHARGING FOR LUNCH? BUT IT'S THERE. THEY DO USUALLY DO A PRETTY DECENT LUNCH, THIS YEAR THEY'RE CHARGING FOR THE LUNCH, BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S STILL A GOOD EVENT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A LOT OF CITY STAFF THERE AND SO FORTH.
SO. IS IT AT THE EVENT CENTER? IT'S AT THAT BIG CARSON EVENT CENTER.
YEAH. I MEAN, THEY GET PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 800 ATTENDEES.
WOW. I MEAN, IT'S A LARGE EVENT. COOL. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
LAST TIME I BROUGHT UP A SMALL TREE ON AVIATION BOULEVARD, JUST BEFORE ROCKEFELLER LANE, WHERE THE SMALL BUSHES ARE COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE LINE OF SIGHT.
AND I THINK STAFF NOTED IT, AND IT'S STILL THERE, AND IT'S MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT WAS LAST WEEK.
YEAH. I'VE ASKED OUR URBAN FORESTER TO TRY AND USE OUR OWN CREWS.
WE NORMALLY LET WCA, OUR CONTRACTOR, DO THOSE KIND OF SPOT CORRECTIONS WHEN THEY'RE IN TOWN.
I MEAN, THAT REALLY IS DANGEROUS. AND THAT'S THE ISSUE IN THE SHORT TERM.
OKAY, BUT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER TSAO. NO, NOTHING. COMMISSIONER BEELI.
YES. I'D LIKE TO I LIVE UP D5. SO OVER BY DALE PAGE PARK.
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THERE ARE NO SIGNS INDICATING THAT DALE PAGE PARK IS DALE PAGE PARK.NO YOU DON'T. WE DON'T? NO? OKAY. NO. WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.
ONE OF THEM DID MAY HAVE SAID DALE PAGE PARK, BUT WE'LL CHECK IT AGAIN.
OKAY. AND THEN SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS IN THAT D5 AREA ARE VERY, VERY DARK WHEN IT'S DARK OUTSIDE, OBVIOUSLY. AND LIKE THE ONE ON ROBINSON AND PHELAN IT'S ALMOST PITCH BLACK AND, WE GO DOWN TO ROBINSON AND JOHNSTON, AND THERE'S LIKE THREE GIANT LIGHTS THERE.
SO, IT'S KIND OF AWKWARD TO SEE THAT ONE SMALL OFFSHOOT STREET IS SO MUCH WELL LIT WHERE AS ONE OF THE LARGER INTERSECTIONS THERE IS DARK AS CAN BE. YEAH. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THE THE STREET LIGHTS ARE EDISON'S.
WAS THAT THE INTERSECTION YOU MENTIONED? YES.
YEAH, YEAH, I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM TOMORROW. THANK YOU.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY EFFORTS TO DO THAT? I KNOW HE WAS VERY OVERWHELMED WITH A LOT OF ASKS LAST TIME I BROUGHT IT UP, SO I WANT TO BRING IT UP AGAIN TO SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HE CAN ACCOMMODATE IN HIS VERY BUSY SCHEDULE.
POWER WASHING THE GREENBELT CONCRETE. NO THE TRASH CANS ARE LIKE A MESS.
ALL THE DOGS ARE PEEING ON THAT.
PARK LEAVES A LOT TO BE DESIRED. I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE'S.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME WE DID THAT IS. BUT I'LL CHECK TOMORROW AND GET IT ON OUR SCHEDULE.
WE MAY HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE ONE POWER WASHER FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
WE HAVE TWO. WE HAVE TWO. OKAY. YEAH. WHICH IS.
SO I WAITED FIVE MONTHS TO BRING IT UP AGAIN.
SO I'M WAITING PATIENTLY. SO I WANT TO FOLLOW UP BACK UP WITH THAT REQUEST IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO TRASH CANS, BENCHES AND. YEAH. YEAH. THAT SEEMS TO BE A MAGNET FOR THE DOGS.
[INAUDIBLE] . YEAH. GOT IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER REQUESTS FOR STAFF? SO, YEAH, WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON COMMISSIONER ANDERSON'S TO ADD FEASIBILITY OF SEASONAL PREFERENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM.
TO A FUTURE AGENDA. YEAH, FOR A FUTURE AGENDA.
SO, WE NEED A MOTION AND A VOTE FROM A MOTION AND A VOTE FROM THE COMMISSION. OH, MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT.
QUICK QUESTION WITH THAT. WHAT AREA WOULD THAT BE FOR? CITYWIDE. INTERESTING. I THINK JUST FOR A LITTLE CONTEXT, I THINK THIS IS COMING FROM THE AVENUE H HOLIDAY PARKING CHALLENGE WE HAVE THERE ON THE BORDER WITH TORRANCE AND THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTING, HOLIDAY LIGHTING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO THE CITY. SO A SOLUTION THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT IS AN EVENT BASED PARKING PASS.
DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY KIND OF SEASONAL OR EVENT BASED ACTIVITY, SO WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE CODE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING AND SEE, WE´LL BE ABLE TO BRING BACK SOME INFORMATION NEXT TIME FOR MAYBE DISCUSSION AND FURTHER ACTION FROM THE COMMISSION.
SO. OKAY. FANTASTIC. AND YOU'LL NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS.
YEAH. WELL, FIRST STEP WOULD PROBABLY JUST BE TO COME TO YOU AND ASK FOR FURTHER.
WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. IT MIGHT BE MORE OF A CITYWIDE DISCUSSION AND A VERY SUBSTANTIAL CODE CHANGE BEFORE WE GET TO THE POINT OF SPECIFIC STREETS. OKAY. SO YEAH, NEXT STEP MIGHT BE IF WE HAD THE DISCUSSION HERE AND IT WAS THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION, YOU MIGHT REFER STAFF TO RECOMMEND THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL , OR INCLUDE IT IN YOUR OWN RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR NEXT YEAR'S CIP PROGRAM, FOR INSTANCE, OR OTHER PROGRAMING THAT WE DO.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU WANT TO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME WHAT
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YOU'D LIKE TO US TO GIVE YOU A MOTION? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THE WORDING CORRECT.ALL RIGHT. SEASONAL RESIDENTIAL BASE. NEIGHBORHOOD BASE.
RIGHT? YES. CAN I MOTION MY OWN REFERRAL? [INAUDIBLE] OKAY.
I THOUGHT STAFF COULD PUT IT ON, YEAH. SO IN OUR NEW REGIME, THE CITY CLERK HAS DIRECTED US TO BRING FORWARD AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE DIRECTED FROM OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL , AND TO ACCOMMODATE ANYTHING THAT THE COMMISSION COMES UP WITH THAT IS WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW AND THAT WE HAVE TIME TO HELP WITH. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH AND COME UP WITH SOME SOME FEEDBACK FOR YOU IF YOU MOVE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
OKAY. ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ.
AYE. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI.
AYE. COMMISSIONER BEELI. AYE. COMMISSIONER TSAO.
AYE. CHAIR ARRATA. AYE. THANK YOU. THAT'LL BE INTERESTING.
WITH THAT, CAN I. THERE'S NO FURTHER. CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SURE. YEAH. SURE. YEAH. WITH NOTHING ELSE FURTHER, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO NEXT PUBLIC WORKS MEETING.
ON MARCH 24TH, 2025, IN REDONDO BEACH CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 415 DIAMOND STREET, REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA. THE NEXT MEETING. DO WE? YOU GOT IT? YEP. IT'S INCLUDED. THAT´S IT. I THINK WE HAVE TO ALL SAY AYE.
RIGHT? YEAH. AYE. AYE. COOL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.