Kimley-Horn

To: Joe Kott

CC: College Terrace Traffic Calming Committee

From: Jim West

Re: Summary of Advisory Committee Meeting #1 (August 19, 2003)

Date: 27 August 2003

attendees

• Joe Kott City of Palo Alto

• Jim West Kimley-Hom and Associates, Inc.

• Michael Mowery Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

• John Ciccarelli Committee member (professional experience with bike plans)

• Grace Liu Co-chair of Traffic Committee

• Louise Roche Committee member

• Kathy Durham Co-chair of Traffic Committee

• Paul Lomio Committee member, webmaster for committee website

• Emily Marshall Committee member

committee composition

The following individuals or groups were identified as possible additions to the Committee roster:

• Charles Carter from Stanford

• Paul Garrett

• John Mark Agosta

• Persons renting in the project area

Seek a mix of residents to serve on the committee that live on closed and open streets.

roles and responsibilities

• Joe Kott will coordinate with Stanford, City, utilities, Public Works, etc.

• Jim West and Mike Mowery will function as technical advisors.

• Advisory Committee will help educate, inform, and communicate with neighborhood

items of note

• School commute corridors receive preference for improvements (2 elementary schools on
Stanford - Stanford and Hanover are school commute corridors)

• Hanover is a regional bike route

• Project on El Camino will improve El Camino and major intersections

• Mayfield deal will add homes and likely traffic in the south-west part of the project area
(Mayfield agreement in front of Council in March)

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process

• Buy-in critical from neighborhood

• Recommend a couple plans from committee to entire neighborhood

• Turn restrictions, humps, etc. would require council approval

• We need to use what we learned from Downtown North and Evergreen traffic calming
projects

• Trial could accept 50% + 1 of responders, but threshold for approval still to be
determined

• Final should accept 50% + 1 of all residents and property owners but threshold for
approval still to be determined

• Permanent measures must be approved by council

• Important that everyone understand that they may not like everything about the Plan

project outcomes & objectives

Performance Measures

1. Deter cut through traffic

2. Reduce excessive traffic speeds

3. Improve civil driving

4. Improve effectiveness of existing closures

5. Improve aesthetics of existing traffic calming measures

6. Improve traffic safety by reducing accidents

7. Improve the safety and experience for pedestrians and bicycles

Constraints

1. Minimize traffic shift onto other residential streets

Outcome

1. Approved plan for trial installation

2. Successful trial

3. Approved plan for implementation

4. Successful implementation of plan

action items

• City to provide fire response map for neighborhood station (FD likes speed tables, not
speed humps)

• City to provide trash service map and details for neighborhood

• City to provide "Channing" presentation

• City to provide crash data from Police Department

• City to prepare a purpose and need statement

• City to whether there are any Public Works projects planned for the neighborhood that
should be coordinated with the traffic calming project

• Kimley-Horn to prepare meeting notes

• Next meeting scheduled for 2 October 2003, at 7:45 AM. Meet at Kathy Durham's home.

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COLLEGE TERRACE TRAFFIC CALMING PLAN

Project Schedule


Advisory Committee Meeting #1		XXX	Please see PDF version of this Project Schedule for time line

Evaluation of Data		X
Advisory Committee Meeting #2	-Field review at 7:45am -Meet at Kathy Durham's house @ 9:00am	XXX


Draft Existing Conditions Report		X X

Neighborhood Mtg #1	-Introduction to project, traffic calming concepts, report on Final Existing Conditions report	XXX
Final Existing Conditions Report		X X

Preliminary Design of Plan Alternatives		X X

Advisory Committee Meeting #3	-Comments rec'd on Preliminary Design	XXX

Revise Design of Plan Alternatives to Intermediate		X X

Neighborhood Mtg #2	-Comments rec'd on Intermediate Design	XXX

Advisory Committee Meeting #4	-Comments rec'd on Intermediate Design	XXX

Revise Design of Plan Alternatives to Final		X X
Neighborhood Mtg #3 (if necessary)	-Comment on Final Design	XXX

Survey (Determine if trial installation should go ahead)		X X
Final Plan and Estimates		X X
Planning Commission Meeting		XXX
City Council Meeting		XXX

Trial Installation		X X	4/IayJ\|:-