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A REGULAR MEETING OF THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD
August 26, 1993
A regular meeting of the Traffic and Parking Commission of the
City of Lynwood was held on Thursday, August 26, 1993. The
meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council
Chambers at 11330 Bullis Road in the City of Lynwood, California.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Delmar Cabaret.
Commissioners, Edmond R. Archambault, William Cunningham,
Edward Pacheco, and Chairman Delmar Cabaret answered roll call.
Joe Battle was absent. Emilio M. Murga, Director of Public
Works and Deputy Jones of the Sheriff's Department were also
present.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The pledge of all legiance was led by Commissioner Cunningham.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF POSTING
Mr. Murga announced that the agenda of August 26, 1993, was duly
posted on Monday, August 23, 1993.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Cunningham motioned to accept the minutes as
written. Commissioner Pacheco seconded the motion, and the
minutes were approved.
PUBLIC ORALS
There were none.
SCHEDULED MATTERS
There were none. Mr. Murga explained that John Oskoui was
appointed as temporary Director of Facilities Maintenance and
that he (Mr. Murga) would be facilitating the meeting.
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
Mr. Murga mentioned that there were a few items pending and he
wanted to review them briefly.
Mr. Murga said that the County of Los Angeles has proposed to put
in the third lane on Imperial Hwy at no cost to the City of
Lynwood but that their proposal would completely eliminate
parking the total length of Imperial Hwy and that this is a
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concern because some business's have very limited or no parking
at all and that staff needed to talk to the owners to get their
opinion.
Chairman Cabaret said that the commission had asked for a survey
of the shop owners before and Commissioner Archambault asked if
the survey had been done yet.
Commissioner Archambault said he was concerned because some
locations had no parking and no room for trucks such as the
liquor store on Fracar.
Commissioner Cunningham asked how the problem could be solved.
Mr. Murga said that a survey would be done and be bought to the
board at the next meeting. He also said that he has been in
contact with the County regarding the proposed third lane and
that after driving Imperial Hwy. the County representative, was
willing to consider alternatives or entertain any suggestions.
One suggestion made was to allow parking in some locations with
the condition that in the future, as areas are developed, that
new parking restrictions are imposed not to allow street parking.
Commissioner Cunningham said that if the plan were to go ahead as
planned without ironing out the snags, that the plan would not
work. He also said that the letter that was prepared but was not
heard had a lot of good points in it. He also expressed concern
that even if the Sheriff's Dept. came out to deal with a
illegally parked car, that it would compound the problem and
stated he would like the auto -club consulted to see if they had
any ideas or if staff could come up with options.
Mr. Murga stated that 80% of the congestion that can be relieved
is at the intersections and said his concern is to get the three
lanes of traffic to clear the intersections.
Commissioner Cabaret expressed concern on eastbound Imperial east
of Atlantic because the I -710 freeway bridge has only two lanes
and said this creates a bottleneck. He said there is little
traffic going south on I -710 and that most traffic goes across
the bridge to northbound I -710.
Commissioner Cunningham said that the LA County reported that
when the new I -105 freeway is open to traffic that the traffic on
Imperial will increase and it does not make sense to him.
Commissioner Cabaret said that the County report attached to the
proposal to widen Imperial said that Imperial Hwy traffic would
be increased and does not make any sense. He said he asked for a
clarification.
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Mr. Murga said that one of the upcoming projects is to widen
Imperial Hwy between Atlantic Avenue to the southbound I -710
freeway on ramp (just east of Wright Road) on the south side
only. He went on to say that the LA County report is contrary to
Caltrans estimate that Imperial Hwy. will go down in traffic and
that Long Beach Blvd. will increase. Mr. Murga went on to say
that widening Imperial Hwy. and putting in a third lane should
decrease congestion in the area.
Commissioner Cunningham said that if the project is approved, as
was previously discussed, and if Imperial is widened from
Atlantic to Wright road, then the alley on the south side just
east of Atlantic where people traveling west bound on Imperial
who make left hand turns into the 76 Station alley would have to
be eliminated because it is a dangerous area.
Chairman Cabaret suggested a danger exists for pedestrians who
might be at risk due to the bus blocking the view at that
location. He asked previously if there were any accidents and he
was told there were none.
Deputy Jones said he agreed it was a dangerous situation and that
he had seen potential accidents but does not know of any. He also
said that delineators were a good idea, as Mr. Murga suggested,
but could be expensive because they would need to be replaced
often. He suggested maybe increasing the light for left turn
movements onto Atlantic Ave.
Commissioner Pacheco inquired about the vacating of that alley
and Mr. Murga responded that the alley that was vacated was next
to the Pescado Mojado and that the owner had decided not to close
the alley.
Commissioner Cunningham asked staff to keep it in mind to try and
solve it.
On another matter, Mr. Murga said that he received a call from a
parent of a student who attends St. Emedius regarding a letter
from the City saying the City would not be funding a crossing
guard. He also stated that the mid -block crosswalks have been
eliminated and the remaining crosswalk would be repainted and
legends re- stripped.
Chairman Cabaret expressed sadness that there used to be an adult
volunteer crossing guard at the location and she was advised not
to do it because she would be liable since she was not a city nor
a school district employee. He said it was a bad situation that
since there was no money to pay for a crossing guard.
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Commissioner Cunningham asked if there was a state law that
requires the school board to provide a crossing guard. He
thought the school board took care of it until he found out the
city was doing it.
Chairman Cabaret said it was a private school and would not have
to follow the same guidelines as a public school.
Deputy Jones said that in some cities, the crossing guards are
part of the police force. Mr. Murga added that still on other
cities, the crossing guards are paid by the city and some are
paid by the school district.
Mr. Murga updated the commission on various CIP's.
E1 Segundo between Long Beach and Alpine and Palm Ave between
Alpine and Long Beach is currently under construction. The City
is also ready to bid the City Hall Re -roof project, Imperial Hwy
widening, Slurry Seal, Sidewalk Reconstruction, Long Beach Blvd
Concrete Improvement. Also the following projects will be ready
to be sent to bid in a month or so. They are Atlantic
Reconstruction, and Bullis Road.
Mr Murga answered Commissioner Cunningham's question on funding
by stating that Prop C funds are being used to fund Atlantic and
Bullis Road with Inter Modal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act (ISTEA) funds. Mr. Murga also stated that the last phase of
Long Beach Blvd Widening project will take at least 6 -8 months
to acquire the property before construction can begin.
Commissioner Cunningham asked if the drainage problem on Long
Beach near Louise was going to be addressed and also asked about
the Traffic Signal approved for Long Beach Blvd and Louise.
Mr Murga responded by saying council approved the traffic signal
but funds have not been appropriated to commence the installation
of the signal. As for the ponding water problem, Mr. Murga
explained the City will be paying for the reconstruction of the
two (2) corners and Caltrans will be paying for the installation
of the storm drains and catch basin. Mr. Murga further explained
that two new traffic signals were going to be installed, one
south and one north at the freeway on and off ramps that will be
owned and maintained by Caltrans.
Also, Mr. Murga said that the City is in the process conducting a
well site study to replace Well 20, built by Caltrans, that could
not be used due to high levels of contamination.
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Commissioner Cunningham asked what the Saturday clean up program
was; asked if it was a training period. Said it should be broken
up to smaller groups. Commissioner Pacheco asked what the
students get paid.
Mr. Murga said the program is going on now, that the City was
hiring supervisors and that the students were paid $5.00 /hour.
Mr. Murga also mentioned that the City was using County Work
Fare personnel from the Welfare office and that the California
Conservation Corp would also be doing work for the city.
Commissioner Cunningham asked the Sheriff when the bike patrols
were going to start.
Deputy Jones said that the Bicycle patrol was already on patrol.
He stated that they are going out now but are not going after
heavy crime activity, but rather are going to trouble areas where
people complain about, like panhandlers, loiters etc.
Public Works monthly report was attached to provide the
commission with the month of July's 1993 report.
COMMISSION ORALS
Commissioner Archambault said that a tree needs to be trimmed on
Los Flores just west of Bellinger. He stated that people have to
go out into the street because it blocks the sidewalk. In
addition, he said they had converted the garage into living
quarters and that trucks park on the street.
Commission Cunningham said we should refer this to Code
Enforcement and Chairman Cabaret asked if the City could trim
what was overhanging in the right of way.
Commissioner Archambault said that they did a good job patching
Bellinger but that there are still some pot holes and could they
be repaired.
Commissioner Pacheco wants to know why parking enforcement is not
ticketing trucks around Frontier Market because they park on
Bullis and block driveways. They also block the sidewalks. He
said he asked parking enforcement and was told that they were
told to not cite but he would like the parking enforced.
Deputy Jones said they cannot give tickets because the city does
there own parking enforcement. The only thing they do is tow a
vehicle if it is blocking a driveway. But, they will not ticket.
Commissioner Archambault also said that the motorcycle shop on
Bellinger blocks the sidewalk and Chairman Cabaret added that
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they test drive motorcycles on Fernwood and would like the area
patrolled if possible.
Commissioner Cunningham mentioned that there are two large trees
on Imperial Hwy that block the view if you are south on Cornish
and want to make a right hand turn. He said that you have to go
past the limit line to see oncoming traffic. In addition, he
said Mr. Wang (previous director of Public Works) said that those
trees were also causing sewer problems. In addition, he said
Mayor Richards had agreed verbally to make a note to have the
trees removed. He said there was accidents in the past caused by
the trees and wants to know if some of the money received by the
city can be used to have them removed. He said Mayor Richards
had made mention and agreed that the trees should come out.
Commissioner Cunningham also asked that a work order be issued to
refill the pot hole located at 10821 Cornish. He said the street
was recently patched and it has been holding but there are a few
areas that need to be addressed. He said part of the reason why
the street is in bad shape is the school bus coming down the
street to enter straight into the school district.
Chairman Cabaret asked if the Sheriff Dept had any concerns and
Deputy Jones said that there is an uncontrolled intersection on
LeSage and Carson and had an accident. He would like to request
a stop sign.
Chairman Cabaret said he had requested that John Oskoui look into
and find out about a program that Councilman Armando Rea had
mentioned where by the City and the Sheriff dept would work
together to remove junk cars from residences. Would like more
information on that program or another type program.
Deputy Jones said he would like the commission to know that if
there are any hot spots they would like the bike patrol to go to,
to call the sheriff station and ask for the person in charge of
the bike team.
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Commissioner
Archambault. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Cunningham
and passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned to
September 30, 1993, at 6:45 P.M.
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