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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: December 2, 2008
SUBJECT: Public Hearing: Ordinance Establishing Bus Stop on Kohnen Way
Report Prepared by.• Jaimee Bourgeois, Sr. Civil Engineer (Traffic) ~.
ATTACHMENTS: 1) Location Map
2) Resolution 88-06 adopted June 6, 2006
3) Draft Ordinance Establishing a Bus Stop on Kohnen Way
RECOMMENDATION: 1) Open the public hearing;
2) Receive Staff presentation;
3) Receive public comment;
4) Close the public hearing and deliberate; and
5) Waive the reading and introduce the Ordinance establishing
a bus stop.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The cost to furnish and install signs is estimated to be $425. This
work would be covered by gas tax (206) available in the Street
Maintenance Budget (30200). No additional costs are expected.
DESCRIPTION: Fallon Middle School is located on the north side of Kohnen Way
west of Grafton Street. Although it is designated as a middle school, it also serves kindergarten through
the fifth grade until some time in the future when a new elementary school is built in eastern Dublin. The
school has separate ingress and egress driveways for access to the pick-up/drop-off loop and primary
parking lot, as well as an additional driveway further west on Kohnen Way for access to a secondary
parking lot (Attachment 1 -Location Map). When the improvements associated with constructing
Kohnen Way were adopted by the City Council on June 6, 2006 (Attachment 2 -Resolution No. 88-06), a
no parking zone on the north side of Kohnen Way between the Fallon Middle School egress driveway and
Grafton Street was included in the resolution.
A portion of the no parking zone includes a bus pullout along the school frontage. Because the Livermore
Amador Valley Transit Authority (LAVTA) did not use this pullout during the first year that the school
was open (School Year 2006-2007), parents began using the pullout to drop-off and pick-up children.
COPY TO: Cyrus Sheik, LAVTA
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LAVTA started using the pullout in summer 2007 for Bus Route lE, which connects the BART station
with Dublin Ranch via Central Parkway, Tassajara Road, North Dublin Ranch Road, Grafton Street,
Kohnen Way and Brannigan Street. Not only does the route accommodate demand to and from the BART
station, it is regularly used by students of Fallon Middle School.
Even though LAVTA has been using this pullout for over a year, parents continue to park inside the bus
pullout during the morning and afternoon drop-off and pick-up periods, respectively. For this reason,
LAVTA has requested that the City implement and enforce the no parking restriction within the pullout.
Staff investigated the request by conducting a field review of the existing signage, completed a vehicle
operations study during the peak periods, and contacted the Dublin Unified School District (District).
The field review of existing signage revealed that there could be some confusion about whether parking is
allowed within the pullout. Therefore, Staff recommends that three new signs be installed immediately
adjacent to the pullout indicating there is no stopping allowed. The sign would be a standard white sign
with red text reading "No Stopping Any Time."
In order to determine what impact implementation of this dedicated no stopping zone would have on
traffic operations, Staff observed vehicle operations in and around the school during the drop-off (8:15
a.m. to 8:50 a.m.) and pick-up (2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.) periods on Thursday, October 16, 2008. During
the morning period, a maximum of 8 vehicles were observed in the pullout at one time. Some parents pull
into the area to drop off children while others park in the pullout and walk children into the school.
During the afternoon period, a maximum of 7 vehicles were observed in the pullout at one time. If fully
occupied, the pullout can accommodate a maximum of 11 vehicles.
During both time periods, Staff observed that more than sufficient parking was available on-site to
accommodate all of the vehicles that used the pullout. There is a primary parking lot located south of the
School's main driveway loop, as well as a secondary lot located to the west and accessible via Kohnen
Way. The primary lot provides adequate capacity to accommodate the vehicles using the pullout. Even
with the future expansion of the student population, the secondary lot provides sufficient parking to
accommodate any overflow that may occur.
On the same day, 20 students were observed getting onto the bus at the end of the school day, indicating
that Route lE provides a useful service to Fallon School.
Following Staff's review of the situation, Staff contacted the Principal of Fallon Middle School and the
Facilities Manager for the District, and it was confirmed that both are in support of the implementation of
the no stopping zone.
Because the City supports and encourages the use of public transportation, recognizes that Route 1 E is
regularly used by students of Fallon School, and has established that the requested no stopping zone
would not result in circulation or parking problems at Fallon Middle School, it is recommended that the
previously-approved no parking zone be enforced. Staff would recommend that this be done by installing
additional signage.
Because the no stopping zone is being used for bus service, the location should be designated as a bus
stop. 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. Many bus stops that became active over the last several years, particularly in eastern
Dublin within new neighborhoods and on new roadways, were not formally adopted by ordinance prior to
becoming active. Most of these locations were retroactively designated by City Council in June 2008
based on a database of stop locations provided by LAVTA. This specific location was inadvertently left
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off of LAVTA's database. Staff is requesting that the City Council approve the draft Ordinance
{Attachment 3) to designate the bus turnout on the north side of Kohnen Way as a bus stop.
Although the no parking zone has already been adopted by City Council by Resolution and could be
enforced immediately, Staff has delayed installing the additional signage until after this public hearing
could be held as a means to notify the. public. The District has indicated that an announcement will be
made via a newsletter that parents will receive around December 5. Staff plans to have the signs in place
starting Monday, December 15 without ticketing for the first week. The following two weeks are winter
break, so enforcement would begin after the break.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council 1) Open the public hearing;
2) Receive Staff presentation; 3) Receive public comment; 4) Close the public hearing and deliberate; and
5) Waive the reading and introduce the Ordinance establishing a bus stop on Kohnen Way.
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A RESCTLUTI~N tJF TIDE CITY CtDUNCTL
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ACCEPTANCE OF IMY`ItOVE.MENTS i~'~SR
KQHNEN WAY IN DTJBLLN RAN'C.H ty-R,EA F
A-NI~ APP12[]~JIN~ REGULATORY TRAFFTC CONTROL .DE'VICES
WHEI7.EEA~, Dublin Ranch Schools, LLC, a California limited Liability carnpany entered into an
Improvement Agreement with the. City of T~ubiin pn August 3, 200, to construct City of Dublin stotFrt
drain improvements and roadway improvements for Kohnen V~7ay, in accordance with the approved plans;
and
,WHEREAS, improvetxt,errts associated with City of Dublin storm drains and Kohnen Way, are
complete in accordance with said plans, and any approved modifications thereto, to the satisfaction of the
Director of Public 'Works; and
WHEREAS, certain regulatory traffic control devices have been installed as part of the Kohnen
Way improvements; and
WHE~E.AS, the right~of--way has been dedicated to the City of Dublin for the storm drains and
Kohnen Way; and
WH:EII~AS, the Performance Band and the Labor and Materials Bond can be released, in
accordance with the authority contained in §bfi49~9 7 of the Government Cade of the State of California,
and replaced with a Maintenance Bond to guarantee the completed worl~ for cone-year period following
acceptance; and
WHEREAS, Dublin Ranch Schools, LLC has provided a Maintenance Bond to guarantee the
completed work for Gone-year period.
NUWy THER~FCJI7E, BE IT TrESOLVED that:
The improvements completed with said project are hereby approved as~d accepted subject to
a one-year guarantee period; and
2, The regulatory tra$`ic control devices installed as part ofthe Kohnen 1~lay improvements are
hereby included in the City of Dublin Tra$'ic Code, said regulatory devices to include the
fc~tlowing:
a) Stop control devices at all four approaches of the intersection of Grafton Street and
Kohnen Way/Madden V'Jay
b} Stop control devices at both approaches of Kohnen Way at the school driveway
entrance and at the school driveway exit.
Reso T~Io. $s-OG, Adopted 6/fi/t?fi; ltetn 4.1Z AITACNMENT 2
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c) No stopping restriction devices on Kohnen Way eastbound just east of Shelton Street
and westbound just east of the- schac~l exit driveway
d) IWo stopping restriction during 7.30-8.34 ANT and 2.30-3,3q PM devices an i~ohnen
tray eastbound from the school exit drivev~ray to Shelton Street.
3 The original performance Band issued by Developers Surety and, Indemnity Company
(Bond No 8690635} in the amount of ~6gT,000 00 be released; and
Q The original Labor and Nfaterrals Band issued by Developers Surety and Indemnity
Company (Bond No 859g63S} in the arnattnt of $681,000 00 be reled; and
The submitted lUlainterlance Bond issued by Developers Surety and Indemnity Ca.mpany
(.Bond No $69g63S~M) in the amount of $I50,250 DO be accepted as security for the
aforesaid one-year maintenance period, said period to continence on this date and terminate
on the fig, day of June, 2gg7
pASSEA, APPR0I~ED A,,ND AD+DpTED this 6th day of June, 2086, by the fallowing vote:
YES Cc~uncilmembers hiildenbrand, McCorYnicl~ Oravet~ and Zika, and Mayor Lockhart
NOES None
ABSEN'.T' None
ABS'Y'AIN T`lone
Mayor
AT'T'EST
City Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO. - 08
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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ESTABLISHING A BUS STOP ON KOHNEN WAY
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.04.360 of the City of Dublin Municipal Code, and in the
interest of public convenience and safety,. the City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby RESOLVE
as follows:
Section 1: A bus stop shall be established on the north side of Kohnen Way within the bus
pullout.
Section 2: The provisions of this Ordinance shall be added to Chapter 6.44 of the City of
Dublin Traffic Code.
Section 3: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its enactment because the
adoption and immediate effect "thereof is necessary in order to protect vehicular and pedestrian safety.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of December, 2008, by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Mayor,
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