Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 7:00 PM
Santa Monica Airport Administration Bldg.
3223 Donald Douglas Loop South
Conference Room (Next to Typhoon Rest.)
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Agenda
1) Call to Order (2 min)
2) Approval of minutes (2 min) (secretary - TBD)
3) Introductions and Brief Public Announcement/Comments (6 min)
Note: When necessary, MVCC-zone-based voting may be enforced by the Chair in order
to insure geographic diversity.
4) T & I Sub-committee Reports (20 mins)
LA DOT Bi-Monthly Meeting - Christine Taylor
SMC Airport(Bundy) Campus Committee Report - George Chung
Traffic Action Group/Speed Trailer - Bill Pope
Santa Monica Airport - Albert Olsen
5) Old Business (10 mins)
Discussion of cut-through mitigation measures
Discussion of Council office progress on SMC/BC Traffic
6) New Business (10 mins)
a) report on Dog Park Access
b) Motions 1-7 (attached)
7) Public Comment (10 mins)
8) New Agenda Items
9) Adjournment (9:00 PM)
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on any item of the Agenda prior to the Committee taking action on an item.
Comments from the public on Agenda items will be heard only when the
respective item is being considered. Comments from the public on other
matters not appearing on the Agenda that are within the Committee's
subject matter jurisdiction will be heard during the public comment
period. Public comment is limited to two minutes per speaker, unless
waived by the presiding officer of the Committee. Mar Vista Community
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Proposed Motions for August 28, 2007 T&I Committee Meeting
Motion 1. Responsibility for Spillover Parking Issues
Whereas spillover parking from commercial districts is impacting residential properties, and
Whereas spillover parking from some apartments complexes is impacting R1-zoned properties, and
Whereas, protections from the above impacts are obtained through the establishment of
Preferential Parking Districts, and
Whereas Preferential Parking Districts are administrated by the Los Angeles
Department of Transportation (LADOT), and
Whereas the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is the main MVCC
committee to interface with LADOT,
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee therefore recommends
to the Mar Vista Community Council Board of Directors that spillover
parking issues be addressed to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Motion 2. Preferential Parking Districts Policy Reforms
Whereas Preferential Parking Districts are the City's only mechanism
for providing protection from the impacts of spillover parking once it has started, and
Whereas Preferential Parking Districts are difficult to acquire because the City
currently requires Preferential Parking Districts to be established for areas
of not less than the six blocks nearest the problem,
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee therefore requests that the Mar Vista
Community Council Board of Directors send a letter to District 11 Los Angeles City
Councilman Bill Rosendahl and to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT),
requesting:
1) that Preferential Parking Districts be allowed on an individual street-block-by-block
basis, and
2) that MVCC Transportation and Infrastructure Committee representative(s) meet with
LADOT to develop a Preferential Parking District Approval Process to be administrated
by the MVCC, with installation of Preferential Parking Districts being installed by LADOT.
Motion 3. Neighboring City and County Traffic Impact Monitoring Task force
Should the T&I Committee develop a task force composed or Mar Vista,
Del Rey and Venice NC members and LADOT staff to monitor projects
in neighboring cities to ensure they mitigate their impact on the
Westside of Los Angeles?
Motion 4. MVCC Traffic Consultant Reserve Fund
Whereas land development and re-development projects are becoming more
numerous in the MVCC territory, such as those on Barrington and Sepulveda
in the City of Los Angeles, and on Centinela, Washington Boulevard and
Washington Place in Culver City, and the traffic impacts of the 405
widening projects at National and Palms, and
Whereas assessment of the traffic impacts of such projects is very
time-consuming effort and requires specialized knowledge and reference books, and
Whereas Bill Pope can no longer afford to provide these services on a volunteer, pro bono basis,
The MVCC Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recommends that the MVCC
Board of Directors establish a reserve fund, initially of $10,000, to hire
either a professional or knowledgeable traffic analyst should such be required
to assist the MVCC is determining the impacts of development project(s) in MVCC's
territory and formulating a strategy to resolve or contain those impacts.
Motion 5. MVCC Speed Trailer
The T&I Committee needs to appoint a new Speed Trailer manager and find storage for the trailer.
The T&I Committee needs to acquire a 'safety vest' and provide business cards to provide
contact information to MVCC stakeholders hosting the Speed Trailer.
Motion 6. Speed Bumps
Whereas MVCC and it's NTM are trying to formulate NTM Measures in MVCC, and
Whereas CD11 has the approval rights, without consulting w/MVCC in any capacity, and
Whereas these traffic calming measures my be at odds with NTM's planning
The MVCC Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recommends that the MVCC
Board of Directors request that the T & I committee and NTM Committee be advised of
any speed bump requests and given a chance to air the proposal in a public forum,
get community feedback and provide feedback to the CD11 office prior to the approval.
Motion 7. MVCC Position on car pool lane entry and exit.
Whereas
An on-going UCB study has found preliminary information that indicates that it
would be safer to have freeway car-pool lanes with continuous entry/exit (like
in Alameda County) as opposed to the limited exit/entry we have in Los Angeles and
Orange counties. Preliminary stats: limited-access carpool lanes had 3.6 collisions
per mile compared to 3.2 collisions per mile for continuous-access lanes. Further
they found that 19% of collisions on restricted-access carpool lanes involved injury
compared with 8.9% on continuous-access lanes. The study analyzed statistics
from Northern California and Texas freeways.
Whereas
Those of you that have not driven in the Bay Area probably don't know
that there are no entry/exit restrictions similar to what we have in
Los Angeles County. Further, in the Bay Area, the car pool lanes are only
restricted to car pools during the rush hour periods and can be used by any
vehicle the rest of the day. This seems to be working well for them and
sounds much safer to me.
Therefore be it resolved that The Mar Vista Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee urge the MVCC Board of Directors to send a letter requesting the
Los Angeles County Supervisors request a similar change to the Los Angeles
County freeways. Further we ask that a letter expressing our concerns and
suggested change be sent to County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, the
representative for Mar Vista and the second LA County Board district.