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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.1 RpealOrdNoRghtTurnAVBCITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT City Council Meeting Date: September 11, 1989 SUBJECT: Public Hearing: Repeal of City of Dublin Ordinance 6-83 Prohibiting Right Turns on a Red Signal - East and Westbound Amador Valley Boulevard at Donohue Drive (Report by Public Works Director Lee Thompson and TJKM Traffic Consultants) EXHIBITS ATTACHED: RECOMMENDATION: 1) 2) 4) Draft Ordinance Location Map Open public hearing Receive Staff presentation and public comment Question Staff and the public Close public hearing and deliberate Waive reading and adopt ordinance repealing Ordinance 6-83 FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Minor cost of removing signs. DESCRIPTION: The first public hearing for this item was held at the August 28, 1989, City Council meeting. No public testimony was received at that time. The "No Right Turn on Red" ordinance for Amador Valley Boulevard at Donohue Drive was adopted in 1983 in response to concern that pedestrians were not able to safely cross Amador Valley Boulevard on the pedestrian phase of the signal because of motorists turning right from Amador Valley Boulevard onto Donohue. The Staff analysis presented at the April 25, 1983, meeting stated that "No Right Turn on Red" signs are typically not effective because they are ignored or not perceived by motorists. The issue of removing the signs was brought up at the July 11, 1988, meeting during discussion of a cross-access easement between the Library parking lot and the Target Store parking lot. The easement was required as a condition of approval for the expansion of Target's outdoor nursery area. The Alameda County Librarian agreed to the easement providing certain conditions were met, one of which was removal of the "No Right Turn on Red" signs. The Librarian felt that the prohibition of right turns on red would encourage drivers to take shortcuts through the Library parking lot to reach the Target store. At the July 11, 1988, meeting, the City Council directed Staff to prepare an ordinance repealing the "No Right Turn on Red" prohibition. A public hearing was held regarding this issue at the July 25, 1988, meeting, at which time testimony was received from Cynthia Yoland, the resident manager of the small apartment complex at the corner of Donohue and Amador Valley, that she felt small children did not have enough time to get across the street and that the ordinance should not be changed. At this same meeting, Ginnie Cooper, Alameda County Librarian, said that the Library's request to remova the signs was not a condition but only a suggestion. The City Council then directed Staff to wait until the new traffic signal was installed at the Amador Valley/Amador Plaza intersection and re-study the need for the "No Right Turn on Red." In the meantime, Staff received requests from~_~_a_~a~_De~e of Ironwood Drive and Ms. Jean Thompson that the signs be removed. TJKM, the City's Traffic Engineer, prepared an updated report which states their recommendation that the signs be removed. Observation of the intersection indicates poor compliance by some motorists and lack of understanding of the reason for the signs by others. Enforcement of the regulation by the Police Department is of low priority when compared to other police issues. A check of the citation records for the last nine months (since these records became computerized) indicates a total of 13 citations were issued during that time. When the signs were initially put up in 1983, the walk time was also lengthened for pedestrians crossing Amador Valley Boulevard. TJKM feels that prohibiting right turns on a red light for Amador Valley traffic does not address the problem of conflict between pedestrians crossing Amador Valley and vehicles turning right from Donohue Drive onto Amador Valley as both have a green light at the same time. Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing, waive the reading, and adopt the ordinance repealing Ordinance 6-83. ORDINANCE NO. -89 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN REPEALING CITY OF DUBLIN ORDINANCE NO. 6-83 (TRAFFIG REGULATIONS) The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows: Section 1. The provisions of City of Dublin Ordinance 6-83 (prohibiting right turns on a red traffic signal, east and westbound Amador Valley Boulevard at Donohue Drive) are hereby repealed and removed from Chapter 5 of the City of Dublin Traffic Code. Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption by the City Council. Section 3. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this llth day of September, 1989. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk EXHIBIT! 20' 0 0 LEGI~ND I -r R£GL.'L-~TORY SIGN ~ ~ TRAFFIC SIGNAL -~ F/C EXTENSION [LECT~OLI£K , MAST ARM l- FACE OF CUrB STANDARD d ( II),,V1 r: JANUARY 7, 1986 ( AERIAL ) SC;\LIJ: 1"- 20' EXHIBIT CITY of. DUBLIN INTERSECTION PROJECT VALLEY BLVD. / DONOHUE DR..