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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTraffic Safety Committee3 NATIONAL CITY TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AGENDA REPORT FOR MAY 8, 2013 [1TEMNO. 2013-08 ITEM TITLE: REQUEST FOR PARKING SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS VEHICLE STORAGE ISSUES REGARDING LARGE TRUCKS AND DETACHED TRAILERS ON HAFFLEY AVENUE BETWEEN W. 19T" STREET AND BAY MARINA DRIVE (BY HAFFLEY AVENUE BUSINESSES) PREPARED BY: Kenneth Fernandez, EIT, Engineering Division DISCUSSION: Mr. David Hosted, Safety and Compliance Director for WestAir Gases and Equipment, Inc. located at 2300 Haffley Avenue, Mr. Don Murray, Chief Technology Officer for Fabrication Technologies industries, Inc. located at 2200 Haftley Avenue, and Mr. Dan Dufresne, Director of Government Relations for Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. located at 2101 Haffley Avenue, previously requested that City staff evaluate solutions to alleviate the lack of on -street parking for customers and employees due to vehicle storage of large trucks and detached trailers on Haffley Avenue between W. 19th Street and Bay Marina Drive. Currently, the amount of available parking stalls, equipment, and day-to-day operations on -site for these businesses is not adequate to accommodate their employee parking needs, so they rely on available public parking on Haffley Avenue to meet their demand. Most of these businesses start work between 5:00am and 6:00am in the morning. When their employees arrive for work much of the street parking is occupied by large trucks and detached trailers. National City's Parking Regulation Officers have done their best to enforce the 72-hour vehicle storage ordinance; however business owners are seeking a more permanent, long-term solution. Staff performed an initial site evaluation and presented findings and recommendations to the Traffic Safety Committee on February 20, 2013 (TSC Item No. 2013-1), Staff's recommendation to address vehicle storage issues regarding large trucks and detached trailers on Haffley Avenue between W. 19th Street and Bay Marina Drive was to stripe angle parking on the east side of the street and 20-foot long parallel parking stalls on the west side of the street. The Committee voted unanimously to approve the staff recommendation. TSC Item No. 2013-01 was then presented to City Council on March 5, 2013 for approval. Based on public comments regarding the need for red curb at business driveways to safely facilitate ingress and egress of large delivery trucks, City Council directed staff to perform a new site assessment and parking study. Staff contacted local businesses in advance of the follow-up site evaluation to obtain delivery schedules in order to monitor the ingress and egress of large semi -trucks with attached trailers. Staff observed that some of the larger trucks had difficulty accessing driveways and had to "jump" curbs. Others came very close to parked vehicles while making their turns. Based on the follow-up site evaluation and field measurements, staff modified the parking calculations and exhibits to reflect appropriate red curb at driveways, while maximizing on -street parking. The results indicate a net gain of approximately 17 parking spaces (from 94 spaces to 111 spaces) by converting parallel parking to angle parking where appropriate. Staff also recommends striping 20-foot parking stalls for parallel parking to restrict large trucks and trailers (in excess of 20 feet in length) from legally parking on the street. These types of vehicles have an opportunity to park on Tidelands Avenue, immediately to the west of Haffley Avenue. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the following improvements summarized below and illustrated in the attached Exhibits "A" and °B" for Hefty Avenue between West 19th Street and Bay Marina Drive to, a) address vehicle storage issues regarding large trucks and detached trailers, b) maximize parking, and c) accommodate wider turning radii required for semi - trucks with attached trailers to safely access driveways: 1) Convert parallel parking to angle parking per Exhibits "AA and "B"; 2) Stripe remaining parking areas to include 20-foot parallel parking stalls; 3) Install red curb at driveways per Exhibits 'A" and "B". EXHIBITS: 1. Correspondence 2. Exhibits "A" and "B" 3. Photos 2013-08 From: fmaiIto:ddufresne©epsilopsystems.corn] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 11:21 AM To: Josre Flores Clark Subject: Overnight parking issue Happy New Year, Josiei Thanks again for returning my phone call. As I explained in my voicemail, Epsilon Systems' National City location is experiencing a parking shortage because several big rigs park overnight on I-laffley and thus take up parking spots needed by our employees. The exact address of our National City facility is 2101A Haffley Avenue National City, CA 91950. Is there any way to place "No overnight parking" signs in front of our facility? I thought it prudent to ask the Mayor for assistance as his office (you included) has been extremely proactive and helpful with past issues. To refresh your memory, the Mayor was kind enough to visit our National City office a couple of years ago whereupon he took a tour of our machine shop and field questions from some of our employees. I may be reached at (858) 740-8181, Kind regards, Dan Dufresne UnivAR March 5, 2013 Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of National City, California 1 234 National City Boulevard National City, California 91950 Re: Angled Parking on the East Side of Haffley Avenue - Traffic Safety Committee Item No. 2013-01; March 5.2012 City Council Agenda Item No, 2 Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council: Univar USA Inc, operates a large warehouse and distribution facility located at 2100 Haffley Avenue, National City, California. We are in receipt of Mr. Stephen Manganiello's February 21, 2013 letter advising us of Item No. 2 on the March 5, 2013 Agenda of the City Council, a proposal to install angled parking on the east side of Haffley Avenue between W. 19 h Street and Bay Marina Drive and to install 20-foot long parallel parking stalls on the west side of . Haffley Avenue between the two cross streets. Prior to receipt of the letter, we were not aware that the City's Traffic Safety Committee was considering changing the parking along Haffley Avenue. For your information, our facility is located on the west side of Haffley Avenue, with our driveway for tractor -trailer truck and automobile ingress and egress located approximately halfway between W. 196 Street and Bay Marina Drive, as more specifically shown on the attached map. Univar has ample off-street parking, and OUT tractor -trailer trucks, as well as our employees' and customers' vehicles, do not generally use Haffley Avenue for parking. While we generally support the need for additional parking along Haffley Avenue to assist other businesses that need the public parking for their employees and customers, the present proposal, if approved and implemented in its current form, would pose a significant adverse public safety risk, Therefore, Univar requests that the City Council approve a slightly modified parking plan. More specifically, installing angled parking on Haffley Avenue directly across from our driveway will not allow a sufficient turning radius for the numerous tractor -trailer trucks that daily enter and exit our facility. Even before the present proposal, we had concerns about the parallel parking of vehicles and trucks directly across from our driveway on the east side of Haffley Avenue and immediately adjacent to our driveway on the west side of Haffley Avenue. Based on our experience, the loss of additional turning space that will result from the installation of angled parking across from our driveway will exacerbate the problem, increase the likelihood of unnecessary and avoidable accidents and adversely impact our operations. We do not believe that the proposal submitted for the Council's approval has sufficiently evaluated these adverse impacts. Mayor and City Council of the City of National City, California March 5, 2013 Page 2 We propose two changes to the proposal that will allow a substantial increase of vehicle parking along le subject portion of Haffley Avenue, while improving the safety of track ingress and egress from our driveway: 1. Extend the no parking zone for the fire hydrant on the east side of Haffley Avenue across from our facility to and including the Epsilon System Solutions' 'driveway; and 2. On the west side of Haffley Avenue, create a no parking zone 20 feet in length on the north and south sides of Univar's driveway. These changes will allow the City to both increase public parking along Haffley Avenue and improve public safety related to truck ingress and egress along that portion of Haffley Avenue that adjoins our facility. The proposal as currently contemplated would significantly impact turning space in and out of our driveway and is likely to have a significant impact on safety and our business. We, therefore, oppose the proposal as drafted. We request that, if the City Council approves the proposal, it do so only with the above requested changes included. In the alternative, we request that the City Council postpone any decision on this natter and instruct staff to further evaluate the safety risks of reducing the available area for tractor -trailer trucks operation on this street. Thank you for your consideration. Please give me a call at 760-447-9413 if you have any questions concerning the foregoing. 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