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19 82 STAFF REPORT CITY CLERK
` CITY COUNCIL File #1060-20
DATE: November 4, 2014
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Christopher L. Foss, City Manager "
SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending the Dublin Traffic Code Establishing en (10) New Bus
Stop Locations
Prepared by Obaid Khan, Transportation and Operations Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
On October 21, 2014, the City Council waived the reading and introduced the ordinance
amending the Dublin Traffic Code establishing ten (10) new bus stop locations. At the
November 4, 2014, the City Council will consider approving an ordinance amending the Dublin
Traffic Code establishing ten (10) new bus stop locations in the City as requested by the
Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority (LAVTA).
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact to the City of Dublin associated with this item.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council waive the reading and adopt the Ordinance Amending
the Dublin Traffic Code Establishing Ten (10) New Bus Stop Locations.
�tu'bmitiebl By Reviewed By
Public Works Director Assistant City Manager
DESCRIPTION:
LAVTA was created in 1985 under a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement between the Cities of
Dublin, Livermore, and Pleasanton to provide transit service across the Tri-Valley. LAVTA and
City staff routinely work cooperatively on upcoming projects, day-to-day operations and
proposed new bus stop locations. LAVTA recently contacted staff and requested that ten (10)
locations be designated as bus stops so that extended service may commence in the immediate
future, as LAVTA staff has received several requests from City of Dublin residents. This report
includes an Ordinance to designate the requested locations as bus stops.
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Bus Stop Designations
There are currently 160 locations throughout the City that are designated as bus stops, which
are indicated by either signs or curb markings and may include a bus pullout and amenities such
as benches and shelters. According to Dublin Municipal Code Section 6.04.360, the City
Council may establish bus stops by ordinance. Once established and marked accordingly,
vehicles cannot stop, stand or park within the designated area.
LAVTA has developed bus route extensions to better serve residents, including ten (10)
proposed new bus stops. Details regarding the proposed new bus stops are provided in Table 1.
Although the City has jurisdiction over the amenities in the road rights of way, the LAVTA board
has approved the proposed locations in order to provide better bus service coverage for the
neighborhoods. Bus stop locations have been proposed in some locations partly out of the
specific request of citizens or have been required as part of new development improvements.
All proposed locations have been studied by LAVTA staff and been determined to be necessary
to provide better service; therefore City staff is making the recommendation that the City Council
establish the ten (10) bus stops listed below:
Table 1: Proposed Bus Stop Locations and Associated Amenities
Street Cross Street Amenities
Positano Parkway Valentano Drive Existing Bus Turnout
Positano Parkway Valentano Drive Existing Bus Turnout
Croak Road Terracina Drive Existing Bus Turnout
Croak Road Terracina Drive Existing Bus Turnout
Fallon Road Central Parkway Existing Bus Turnout
Positano Parkway Vinton Avenue None
Mid-Block (west of Existing Bus Turnout
Martinelli Way Hacienda Dr)
Existing Bus Turnout, Proposed
Dublin Boulevard Campus Drive Bus Shelter
Existing Bus Turnout, Proposed
Dublin Boulevard Arnold Road Bus Shelter
Dougherty Road Mariposa Circle Future Bus Turnout
Encroachment and Maintenance Agreement
In 2009, the City Council approved the Bus Shelter Encroachment and Maintenance Agreement
("Agreement") with LAVTA to formally define maintenance responsibilities at City of Dublin bus
stops. The Agreement contains an Exhibit that lists all City bus stop locations and associated
amenities to be maintained by LAVTA. An amendment ("First Amendment") was approved by
City Council in 2010 to further clarify maintenance responsibilities. In 2011, another amendment
to the agreement was approved ("Second Amendment"), which added additional bus stops to
the Exhibit and revised the agreement language to authorize the City Manager of Dublin and the
Executive Director of LAVTA to execute future amendments to the Exhibit (i.e., add additional
locations in the field and/or associated amenities) after the City Council, by ordinance, has
established said bus stops. Subsequent amendments ("Third Amendment", "Fourth
Amendment") further added or modified bus stop locations.
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Should this ordinance be adopted, the City Manager and Executive Director of LAVTA will
execute a Fifth Amendment to the Agreement adding the above referenced 10 bus stop
locations to the agreement.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
LAVTA has placed barricades notifying residents of the intent to start bus service at the
proposed locations. A copy of this staff report was provided to Kathleen Kelly, Interim Executive
Director of LAVTA.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Bus Stop Ordinance
2. Location Map
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ORDINANCE NO. — 14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AMENDING THE DUBLIN TRAFFIC CODE
ESTABLISHING TEN (10) NEW BUS STOP LOCATIONS
The City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. The following locations shall be added to Section 6.44.010 of the City of
Dublin Traffic Code:
Croak Road
East Side at Terracina Drive
West Side at Terracina Drive
Dougherty Road
East Side at Mariposa Circle
Dublin Boulevard
South Side at Campus Drive
South Side at Arnold Road
Fallon Road
East Side at Central Parkway
Martinelli Way
South Side at Hacienda Drive
Positano Parkway
North Side at Valentano Drive
South Side at Valentano Drive
East Side at Vinton Avenue
Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable and if any
provision, clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional,
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or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity,
unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair any of the remaining
provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts thereof of the ordinance or their
applicability to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30)
days following its adoption, and after appropriate bus stop signage or markings have
been placed providing notice thereof.
Section 4. Posting. 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 day of , 2014, by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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