HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 6.3 RestripeRegnl&AmdrPlaz CITY OF DUBLIN
AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: May 28, 1985
SUBJECT
PUBLIC HEARING - Restriping Regional Street and Amador
Plaza Road for two-way left turn lanes
EXHIBITS ATTACHED
Memorandum from TJKM dated January 25, 1985; A
striping plan will be available at the Council meeting
RECOMMENDATION
Open public hearing and hear Staff presentation
Take testimony from public
Question Staff and public
Close public hearing and deliberate
Approve striping plan
Authorize a budget transfer of $3,000 from the Capital
Outlay Account to the Striping & Marking Account
within the Street Maintenance budget
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
Estimated cost of the proposed striping is $3,000.
budget transfer will be required for this work.
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DESCRIPTION : On April 22, 1985, the City Council set a public
hearing on the restriping of Regional Street and Amador Plaza Road between
Amador Valley Boulevard and Dublin Boulevard to provide a two-way left turn
lane on these streets.
The existing streets now have one wide lane in each direction and parking on
both sides of the street. The street widths from curb to curb are 52 feet,
which does not require parking to be eliminated in order to add these
proposed dual left-turn lanes.
The new left-turn lanes would serve as a storage area for traffic turning
left into driveways and an acceleration area for traffic turning left out of
driveways. This safety measure was suggested by the City's Traffic Engineer
to provide safe turning storage bays along both streets.
The plan will not restrict access to and from driveways along the streets,
however, some red curb is proposed at some of the driveways to improve sight
distance from these driveways.
Notices were delivered to businesses fronting these streets.
COPIES TO:
MEMORANDUM
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DATE:
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
January 25, 1985
Lee Thompson, City Engineer
City of Dublin
Chris D. Kinzel
TJKM
Possible Restriping of Regional and Amador Plaza
It is my suggestion that the City consider the restriping of both
Regional Street and Amador Plaza Road generally between Amador Valley
Boulevard and Dublin Boulevard from its present two lane status to three
lanes. The third lane would be a center continuous two-way left-turn
lane. A possible striping scheme for the existing 52 foot curb-to-curb
width streets would be an 11 foot center turning lane, two 13 foot
through lanes and two eight foot parking lanes.
Under this proposal, no parking would be required to be removed although
as a part of the study I am requesting, we would like to consider
adjusting the existing parking and no-parking areas to provide proper
clearances from driveways and sight distances from heavier used
driveways. Regional is heavily parked by commuters who catch the bus or
form carpools in this area and it is not our intention to provide any
wholesale removal of parking.
The major purpose of the center two-way left-turn lane is to increase
safety by creating a continuous left-turn lane for traffic turning into
driveways and at the same time creating an acceleration area for traffic
left-turning from driveways. The 52 foot curb-to-curb width is ideal
for the three lane striping.
In order to restripe the road some minor plans and some additional
parking studies would be required. If parking changes are necessary,
this would need to be enacted by the City Council. Obviously there
would be some costs connected with the restriping itself. The exact
amount of these costs would be determined during the proposed study
along with an appropriate implementation schedule, either for the
current or future fiscal year. The estimated TJKM costs to conduct a
study and prepare sketches suitable for use by striping crew would be
approximately $500, including engineering and drafting. I am requesting
your authorization to conduct this study. No restriping would be done
until completion of our study and approval of our specific
recommendations by the City.
pSW ,
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