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Home My WebLink AboutItem 6.4 Twenty Minute Parking Penn Drive CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 23, 1991 SUBJECT: Public Hearing: Twenty-Minute Parking Zone - North Side of Penn Drive at Wells Intermediate School Report by Public Works Director Lee Thompson EXHIBITS ATTACHED: 1) Draft Ordinance 2) Letter from Dublin School District 3) Location Map RECOMMENDATION: 1) Open Public Hearing 2) Receive Staff presentation and public testimony 3) Question Staff and the public 4) Close Public Hearing and deliberate 5) Waive reading and adopt ordinance on an urgency basis FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Approximately $500 to install five twenty-minute parking zone signs. Funds are included in the Street Maintenance Operating Budget for the purpose of installing new signs that are approved during the course of the Fiscal Year. DESCRIPTION: Approximately mid-August, Staff received a letter from Chuck Scanlon, Maintenance Superintendent of the Dublin Unified School District, requesting that a passenger loading zone be installed along the frontage of Wells Intermediate School between the westernmost driveway and an existing Wheels bus stop. Additional requests included some small no parking zones adjacent to driveways for visibility purposes. Staff met with Mr. Scanlon and discussed the specific problems the school had experienced concerning parents dropping off and picking up children. Much of this activity presently takes place within the existing circular driveway and parking area; however, the driveway becomes congested, and some parents prefer to drop off their children alongthe street. In the afternoon, some parents arrive before the children are released and need to be able to park and wait for a short period of time. The existing on-site parking and some on-street parking is utilized by school staff members (teachers and volunteers) . While eliminating some of the parking within the on-site parking area would improve the drop-off facilities in the driveway, the school district is reluctant to lose any of the on-site parking. Staff observed that on-street parking is plentiful on both sides of the street. The regulations pertaining to passenger loading zones (white curb) require that the driver stay in the vehicle and that the vehicle remain in the passenger loading zone for no more than three minutes. Since some parents do leave their vehicles and some need to wait for more than three minutes, Staff suggested that a 20-minute parking zone (green curb or signing) be installed in lieu of the passenger loading zone. Parents would then be able to park for a short amount of time when dropping off or picking up children and would also be able to use the 20-minute zone to transact other business with the school during the day. Staff proposes to establish a 20-minute parking zone which would be effective Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This would allow the residents in the neighborhood to park for an unlimited amount of time during non-school hours. The School District's letter requested that the passenger loading zone also be established across the frontage of the school parking lot. Staff does not recommend making any changes in this area in order to allow for lon -term .parking lot CITY CLERK FILE O O--- ----------- ----- -------------------------------------- ----ITEM N0. COPIES TO: Chuck Scanlon, DUSD Stanley Maleski, DUSD overflow. The requested red'curb at the crosswalk already exists. Staff does recommend adding 15 feet of red curb on either side of the exit driveway; however, this action can be taken by the City Manager per the City's Municipal Code. The School District concurs with Staff's recommendation regarding the 20-minute parking zone. Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing, deliberate, waive the reading and adopt the ordinance on an urgency basis so that the existing safety hazards can be cleared up as soon as possible. a:\sept\agstpkg 2 - ORDINANCE NO. -91 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN ESTABLISHING A TWENTY-MINUTE PARKING ZONE ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF PENN DRIVE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. LIMITED PARKING ZONE Pursuant to City of Dublin Municipal Code Section 6.04.290(D) and in the interest of public safety, a 20-minute parking zone indicated by green curb or signing shall be established on the northerly side of Penn Drive from a point 15 feet westerly of the westerly driveway of Wells School and continuing westerly a distance of 400 feet. The 20-minute parking zone shall be in effect Monday through Friday from the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Section 2. IMMEDIATE EFFECT This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its enactment because the adoption and immediate effect thereof is necessary to protect vehicular and pedestrian safety. Section 3. POSTING OF ORDINANCE 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 23rd day of September, 1991. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk a:\sept\pkgord " 'BIT'Y TyaAPr oi2DWANCC D UBLIN SCHOOLS DUBS I N UNIFIFD SCHOOL DISTRICT July 10 , 1991 Board of Trustees Eileen Barr (415)828-8978 Mr. Lee Thompson Cynthia Cobb-Adams (415)828-7177 Public Works Director Lenora Holmes 100 Civic Plaza (415)828-8242 Dublin CA 94568 James W.Patterson (415)829-2079 Elizabeth F.Schmitt (415)828-3892 Dear Lee: Superintendent In May , at the request of our Board of Trustees , I made Heinz Gewing a traffic safety study at each of our sites . We were directed to take an additional look at the Wells Middle District Office School traffic pattern. 7471 Larkdale Ave After additional review and discussion with the school Dublin, 81599 (415)828-2551 administration , we are making the following request for FAX(415)828-1364 curbside marking and signage (refer to the attached map for locations) : High Schools DUBLIN hool A. 40' RED curb on each side of the entry driveway to HIGH 8151 Village Parkway include the crosswalk area. Dublin,CA 94568-1699 (415)833-3313 B. 15 ' RED curb on each side of the exit driveway. VALLEY HIGH 6901 York Drive Dublin,CA 94568-2199 C. Repaint the RED curb by the "WHEELS" bus stop. (415)829-4322 D. 100 ' WHITE curb in front of our parking lot between Middle Schools the red .curbs indicated by A and B. WELLS MIDDLE SCHOOL E. 400' WHITE curb in front of the school between the 6800 Penn Drive Dublin,CA 94568-2199 exit driveway red curb indicated by B and the WHEELS (415)828-6227 bus stop. Elementary Schools F. Passenger parking signs at the White curb, locations FREDERIKSEN ELEMENTARY indicated by D and E to state "Passenger loadin§/unloading 7243 Tamarack Drive driver must remain in vehicle. School hours only or Dublin,CA94568-1700 words to that effect . (415)828-1037 MURRAY ELEMENTARY Sincerely 8435 Dublin,n,CA 9 Drive /f Dublin,CA 94568-1107 (415)828-2568 NIELSEN ELEMENTARY Chuck Scanlon 7500 Amarillo Road Supervisor Maintenance and Operations Dublin,CA 94568-2298 _ (415)828-2030 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER $BIT LET-rep. 1F.Um N w. Q � a � 5 G (e&4(f3(T �'D 0� \, \" °S Imo- I` K3 Lr) Ojq S�/y QS S b'l 61 l-QO o o.. \co u' Pp0 00 ``, 6/ 69 QS 6 ��0/ c'6, ro° \ 'l2' .. y O \9 ^ ,\ , �� `9u' �'�, �,_..........._'.t l2'l p\ �` �_� y/ \ ' j'S• ,�• G F` `�,ro ,o3° �O D ' `�`y0, 6 �6>ro p 6 9 7227 6 6 �>6 i9 6 6� � Ste; O 'l LQ �9 c'� sg5g `9u' �6, ro0fA �� 16773 Y .� O�� > / '6,9 ��/ I > �6 �u'/ ' �.� � \ car 1- 6899 �. 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