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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7858 - MINUTES - City Commission MINUTES OF WORKSHOP DANIA BEACH CITY COMMISSION S.E. TRAFFIC CALMING THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2007 - 7:00 P.M. 1. Call to Order Mayor Anton called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. Roll Call Present: Mayor: Bob Anton Vice-Mayor: Albert Jones Commissioners: John Bertino Anne Castro Patricia Flury City Manager: Ivan Pato City Attorney: Thomas Ansbro City Clerk: Louise Stilson 3. S.E. Traffic Calming Presentation by Tim Stillings, Kimley-Horn and Associates Tim Stillings, Senior Planner, Kimley-Horn and Associates, presented a summary of the information regarding traffic calming and road modifications in the Southeast neighborhood. He noted the next meeting is scheduled for the April 24 City Commission meeting. He referenced the backup information that should have been included in the agenda packet. City Manager Pato indicated the information was distributed in the Commission mailboxes; the information was not provided to the City Clerk. Some of the information contained in the backup material included a schedule of meetings previously held with the community on January 11, February 8, February 20 and March 8, 2007 where three Focus Areas were identified. For each of the Focus Areas, the community was provided with optional concepts to select from and indicate their choices in the "Preference Card" distributed at the meeting. Mr. Stillings advised the immediate actions recommended are: • Signage improvement • Truck route changes and enforcement • Future coordination with FDOT relative to Stirling Road/Federal Highway Mr. Stillings noted that the Traffic Engineering Issues that would not be considered as part of the recommendations for 51h Avenue are: • Traffic signals • Stop signs • Closures at Dania Beach Boulevard Blake Cumbers, Vice-President of Development for Boyd Gaming, indicated that although traffic engineers would not recommend some of the items requested by the citizens, the City still has the option to consider implementing them. Bill Carey, Kimley-Horn, noted that the City would need to submit any suggested reviews to the Broward County Traffic Engineering Division, based on the agreement existing between the City and the County relating to roadway improvements. If the County does not approve the request, the City Attorney would need to check whether or not it is allowed. Mr. Stillings showed the proposed roadway modifications on NE 2"d Street, NE I" Street and NE I s` Terrace. He also noted that the top priority concepts for the three Focus Areas are: 1. Stirling Road & SE 2"d Street • Partial Closure (Preferred by Dania Beach Fire Marshal) • Closure • Diverters (SE 2"d Street and SE 2"d Avenue and SE Is` and Winn Dixie) 2. SE 51h Avenue • Medians & Humps • Medians & Circles • Medians & Chicanes 3. Southeast Neighborhood • One-way Streets (width for 2-way; circuitous routing)—Not recommended • Diverters & Circles • Humps & Circles Kimley-Horn recommendations for Stirling Road and SE 2"d Street are: 1) Partial closure; recommend installing temporary partial closure barriers and monitor for 30-60 days, to determine if permanent partial closure should be installed. 2) Continue to pursue signage improvements with Broward County and FDOT. 3) Update Truck Route Ordinance and associated provisions. Kimley-Horn recommendations for SE 51h Avenue are: 1) Implement a combination of medians, circles and humps. 2) Include a painted bike lane for the entire length of SE 51h Avenue. Minutes of Workshop 2 Dania Beach City Commission S.E. Traffic Calming Thursday,April 12,2007—7:00 p.m. 3) Begin preliminary design of the plan. Kimley-Horn recommendations for the Southeast Neighborhood are: 1) Begin preliminary design of the plan. 2) Gather traffic data for existing conditions; monitor changes in traffic patterns/conditions; develop phasing plan for traffic calming. Implement each phase with a preliminary monitoring/evaluation period. Mr. Stillings responded for Commissioner Castro that the cost estimate for the entire project has not yet been determined. Mayor Anton opened the Workshop to the public. Rose Lizana, 214 SE 2A Street, questioned why the Fire Marshal preferred the partial closure on SE 2"d Street. Mayor Anton responded a partial closure would allow the Emergency vehicles to get around it and have immediate access to where they need to go. He thought this partial closure would not be an issue. Bob Adams, 330 SE 3rd Terrace, suggested no through traffic on SE 2"d Avenue. Seeing as there was no one else to speak, Mayor Anton brought the discussion back to the City Commission. The Commission requested a copy of the presentation from Kimley-Horn and Associates. Commissioner Bertino thought we should call back the Focus Group to look at this presentation and get their input. Mr. Stillings noted the Focus Group was not consistent in any recommendation. He further commented that this group mainly focused on the area north of SE 2"d Avenue. Commissioner Flury pointed out that nothing will get started before the Jai-Alai opening. She noted that the public had plenty of time for input, and suggested taking the recommendation of the experts. Commissioner Flury thought we should start a Pilot Program with Stirling Road and SE 2" Street and see how it works. Commissioner Castro commented that anything we do is better than what we have today. She agreed with most of the recommendations made by Kimley-Horn, and thought some of them would be a great way to beautify the neighborhoods. Commissioner Castro further indicated that the Linear Park project for 5`h Avenue, which was included in the Bond issue, should be tied into the plan. She thought we should move forward without delay. Commissioner Castro noted we were addressing the Southeast traffic at this time, but there were issues in other neighborhoods that we would need to look at as a long term plan. Minutes of Workshop 3 Dania Beach City Commission S.E. Traffic Calming Thursday,April 12,2007—7:00 p.m. Vice-Mayor Jones would like to insure that we make the best decision and not have to make changes within a six month period. He commented it was hard to make everyone happy, but time is of the essence and we need to move forward. Vice-Mayor Jones requested a copy of the plan from Kimley-Horn and Associates. Commissioner Bertino commented the Focus Group met only once, and suggested they meet again and voice their opinion on the recommendations made by Kimley-Horn. He would like a total closure of Stirling Road and SE 2"d Street as opposed to a partial closure. Mayor Anton thanked Kimley-Horn for their report and Boyd Gaming for sponsoring the traffic study. He indicated that from a traffic standpoint, a total closure on SE 2"d Street would be better, but there is a public safety issue and the partial closure would be more beneficial to the Emergency vehicles. Mayor Anton commented we need to move this project, especially the timeline for the SE 2"d Street area. He noted we owe the Focus Group the opportunity to come back and voice their opinion. Mayor Anton stated we certainly need to look at the Southwest and Northwest areas in the future. City Manager Pato responded for Commissioner Castro that we have not yet started to look at funding options for the project. Bill Carey was not certain if the pricing of the project was included in their report. He indicated they can provide pricing at the next Commission meeting. City Attorney Ansbro was concerned with the permanent circles and diverters. He thought we should use temporary solutions first. Blake Cumbers commented the next meeting is too soon to come back with a plan. He thought they needed an additional 30 days, with specific direction, so they can prepare and bring back Phase One of the Plan with pricing. Mr. Cumbers suggested presenting the information to the Commission at the last meeting in May. Mayor Anton emphasized that we need a plan in writing to determine the phases. Commissioner Castro would like Phase One with the specific pricing as well as a total figure of how much the whole project would cost, so we can look into the financing aspect. City Manager Pato noted the meeting tonight was to find out what options the Commission would support. He indicated his plan is to bring Phase One to the Commission, with a schedule of events, so we can get approval to move forward. Once this is done, we would start looking for funding options. City Attorney Ansbro asked the Commission for clarification on whether the costs they are requesting would include all of the 5`h Avenue improvements as permanent, and consider the others temporary. Minutes of Workshop 4 Dania Beach City Commission S.E. Traffic Calming Thursday,April 12,2007—7:00 p.m. Commissioner Castro clarified she would like Kimley-Horn to bring back a plan with their recommendations, for all areas marked on the presentation, including costs for the entire project, not only for Phase One. Mayor Anton confirmed with Kimley-Horn representatives that they understand what the City Commission wants. He further advised that the Citv has the ability to install temporary barricades in-house, if needed. 4. Adiournment Mayor Anton adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m. AT EST: CITY OF I?ANIA BEACH LOUISE STILSON, CMC A 613 A.' ON CITY CLERK MAYOR-COMMISSIONER Approved: April 24, 2007 Minutes of Workshop 5 Dania Beach City Commission S.E. Traffic Calming Thursday, April 12,2007—7:00 p.m.