Alpine Community Planning Group Circulation Committee Meeting
AGENDA
6:00 pm, Thursday, June 13, 2013
Alpine Community Center
1830 Alpine Blvd, Alpine, CA 91901
I. Call to Order and Roll Call of Members
II. Approval of Minutes for the Meeting of May 9, 2013.
III. Public Comment Period: Opportunity for members of the public to speak to the Group on any subject matter within the Group’s jurisdiction that is not on the posted agenda.
IV. Action Items:
Subcommittee will review list of previously submitted maintenance & repair, safety, traffic flow and other circulation issues for Alpine Planning Area roads. The list of items to be discussed follows. DISCUSSION & VOTE
ALPINE TRAFFIC & CIRCULATION CONCERNS:
Maintenance & Resurfacing Issues:
The following roads are showing serious deterioration and need to be repaired or resurfaced:
M1. Casa de Roca Way
M2. Alpine Grove Lane
M3. Anderson Road
M4. South Grade Road from Tavern to Arnold Way
M5. Tavern Road from Victoria Park Terrace to Arnold Way
M6. Tavern just south of Roble Grande in the south bound lane: Three sewer man-hole covers are hazardous. Everyone tries to straddle them and they are constantly outside the lane
M7. West, North, & East Victoria Drive and Victoria Park Terrace need to be resurfaced
M8. Alpine Blvd from Peutz Valley Rd to South Grade: Pavement is not smooth and bump-free as was promised by SDG&E
M9. Arnold Way from Tavern Rd to West Alpine Blvd
M10. Arnold Way from Tavern Rd to Alpine Blvd at 5-way intersection
M11. Alpine Blvd from Peutz Valley Rd to Dunbar Lane needs to be resurfaced.
Safety Issues:
S1. Add little, white, round speed bumps on Alpine Blvd on either side of Alpine Elementary School to slow traffic down around school, and/or lower speed from Alpine Elementary School to W. Victoria. Add a crosswalk with push-button controlled traffic light and flashing lights imbedded in road surface.
S2. Improve maintenance of shrubbery on the NE and SE corners of Tavern and Alpine Blvd so that motorists can see pedestrians. Too dangerous a curve and at funky angle puts pedestrians at risk of being hit by a car or bicycle turning at this intersection.
S3. Add raised median or bumpers in center of road at Otto and W. Willows to prevent cars straying into opposing lanes.
S4. Add orange “impact barrels” at south side of W. Willows across from Avocado stand where there is a big light pole and chain-link fence. There are many deaths at this site due to confusion from cars appearing to be coming toward Willows from Interstate 8, and the fact that it curves fairly suddenly to the left (if travelling east toward casino).
S5. Need sidewalks on both sides of W. Willows from liquor store through residential area to bridge over Viejas Creek.
S6. Consider an on-going left hand turn lane through residential portion of W. Willows Road
S7. On Japatul Road, add warning/watch signs to alert motorists to slower bicyclists.
S8. Consider lowering speed down Tavern from Boulder Oaks Elementary school to Arnold Way, as 50mph is too fast when pedestrians are on the raised rural sidewalks.
S9. From Tavern from Boulder Oaks Elementary to Arnold Way, sidewalks are not separated from the speeding traffic, and sidewalks are not complete and continuous along the west side of Tavern Rd – County should complete the sidewalks & provide separation
S10. Add little, white, round speed bumps on Tavern at crosswalk at Alpine Historical buildings and on north side of Joan McQueen.
S11. Work to make safer the “sidewalks” that cross over the creek on Tavern Road just prior to right hand side apartment complexes.
S12. At Alpine Village Apartments on Arnold Way people turning left from the Apartments are always in danger of being hit and children crossing the road to wait at the bus stop are always in danger. Perhaps a stop sign for through traffic would help here as this may be a blind corner.
Improve Traffic Flow:
TF1. Ask Cal Trans to widen the Tavern Bridge to include sidewalks for safety of Alpine citizens.
TF2. Left turn lane within the median in front of Town Hall turning Left on to Victoria is too short for the number of cars that use this lane during heavy traffic. Suggest rebuilding the median to provide a longer turn lane.
TF3. Tavern Road traffic in mornings sometimes backs up from the I-8 to Joan McQueen middle school due to 4 traffic signals beginning at Arnold Way. Can this be improved by programming the lights for 4-way flashing red?
TF4. Moving the bus stop on Alpine Blvd at the 5way-stop down (east) a little, perhaps past the Liquor Store driveway, to prevent the thick build-up at the 5-way stop when the bus is picking up bus passengers.
Other Issues:
O1. Change parking along Alpine Blvd from diagonal & curb parking to center median “Z” parking.
V. Group Business:
VI. Announcements:
Future group meeting dates: second Thursday each month as needed.
VII. Adjournment
POSTED BY: tom.myers@alpine-plan.org
Alpine Community Network – Community information for Alpine Ca 91901
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