1988 01 13 TTC Minutes
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RON KIEDROWSKI, CITY MANAGER
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FRANK REYNOLDS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY
JANUARY 20, 1988
TECHNICAL TRAFFIC COMMITTEE
ENGINEER
The regular meeting of the Technical Traffic Committee was 'held at
11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, January 13, 1988. Present were:
Members: Sgt. Stanley Sniff, Sheriff's Department
Sgt. Jim Domino, Sheriff's Department
Gene Marshall, Caltrans, San Diego
Roger Hirdler, City of La Quinta
Frank Reynolds, City of La Quinta
Richard Barrera, Riverside County
Staff: Bob Weddle, City Project Engineer
The following items were on the agenda:
Old Business: (1) 3-way stop at Eisenhower and Coachella
(2) Speed Survey
(3) Eisenhower and Montezuma Village Plan
New Business: (1) 4-way stop and signalization at
Washington and Calle Tampico
OLD BUSINESS•
Item No. 1.
Mr Reynolds reported on the action taken by the City Counc:i.l at its
meeting, January 5th. The Council voted to not allow the
installation of a 3-way stop, but after hearing presentations made by
persons in the audience, the Council tentatively agreed to share in
the cost of a traffic signal. They also instructed the si=aff to
install lane delineators along the cross-hatched zone and t:o install
flashing beacons.
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Item No.
Mr. Reynolds reported that the City Council had authorized the staff
to negotiate with the Auto Club of Southern California for conducting
an engineering and traffic survey on the basis of participation by a
representative of the Sheriff's Department. If the Auto Cl~,ib does
not agree to this arrangement, it will be necessary to go back to the
Council for authorization to arrange with a consulting engineer for
the survey.
Item No. 3.
The Committee previously had been given copies of the Village Plan
and had been asked to study in particular the problem intersection at
Eisenhower and Montezuma. In view of the fact, that the Village
Plan itself is still under consideration by the City Council it was
decided to take any further discussion until the Plan is approved.
It was pointed out by Mr. Marshall, however, that as designed in the
Village Plan, the entrance to the south leg of Montezuma could be a
problem due to apparent lack of stacking distance for vehicles
waiting for a parking space to become available.
NEW BUSINESS
Item No. 1:
Mr. Reynolds reported that a warrant study had been conducted for the
intersection of Washington and Tampico, and that it has been
established that the intersection meets warrants for both a. 4-way
stop and for signalization. He pointed out this intersection is a
problem not only for Tampico traffic entering the intersec;t.ion but
also from the standpoint of drainage. Both problems can k>e~ mitigated
initially with a 4-way stop and valley gutters across Washington.
Then when signals are installed the intersection can be opened up and
inverted siphons installed to eliminate the valley gutter:>.
From the traffic standpoint, the situation with Tampico traffic
will get worse as soon as the Plaza Tampico complex begin:>
operation, and in the long range, the Civic Center development will
add to the problem at this intersection.
The Committee unanimously recommended that a 4-way stop b~=_ installed.
OTHER BUSINESS
Sgt. Sniff brought up the following items:
1. Commercial Vehicles Issue. The Cove communir_ies are
engaged in a commercial vehicle inspection ;program
which has been working very successfully. 'Slie City of
La Quinta's Community Safety Director has been looking
into how we might become a part of that program and is
scheduled to report his findings to the City Council on
February 2nd.
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2. Speed zoning on Eisenhower. Sgt. Sniff report:ed
that at the City Manager's request periodic radar
surveillance is being conducted along Eisenhower to
determine speeds in the stretch between Washington and
50th.
3. SWITRS. Sgt. Sniff pointed out that accidents in La
Quinta ran about the same for 1987 as they were in
1986, which is encouraging, since in Indio for
example, the rate increases at about 15$ per ,year.
4. Dismissed tickets. A previous recommendation by Sgt.
Sniff that the matter of an appeal to the presiding
judge in the Indio Municipal Court be dropped has
been confirmed by the Indio Station Commander.
The meeting adjourned at 12:30 P.M.
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