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HomeMy Public PortalAbout04 April 25, 1988 Citizens' Advisory040253 RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 4075 Main Street, Suite 302 • Riverside, California 92501 ■ (714) 787-7141 AGENDA CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MONDAY, Apri I 25, 1988, 1:30 P.M. RIVERSIDE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER 14TH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM 4080 LEMON STREET, RIVERSIDE 1. Call to Order. 2. Approval of Minutes. Action 3. Committee ByLaws. Action 4. Unmet Transit Needs. Action 5. Transportation Studies - Progress Report. Information 6. Motorist Aid Callbox System. Information 7. Other Business. 8. Adjournment. DATE April 25, 1988 Citizens Advisory Committee NAME C t iV REPRESENTING _.7 .eir a. . r'. .::._ L, L PHONE 6& L86-3 9713 r 4 V f (p 7y— 9 73/ S0 ass CO o g `N 2TP 1 W RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes of Meeting No. 3-88 March 28, 1988 1. Call to Order. The meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee was called to order by Chairman Terry Allen at 1:39 p.m., at the Riverside County Administrative Center, 14th Floor Conference Room, 4080 Lemon Street, Riverside 92501 Self introductions followed. Members present: Terry Allen Ace D. Atkinson Ray Baca Cathy Bechtel Michael Beggins Rose Eldridge Herb Krauch Members absent: Don Kurz Joanne Moore Lori Nickel Rena Parker Don Senger Bill Udell Dick Weeks Jim Judge Chuck Schmidt Ernest W. Moyles Bertram Vinson Others present: Patrick Belton, RTA Paul Blackwelder, RCTC Evelyn Kilmartin 2. Approval of Minutes. Jack Reagan, RCTC Barry Samsten, RTA Hideo Sugita, RCTC A correction was noted on the minutes that Jane Brown was present and not Eileen Brown. It was moved, seconded and carried to approve the Citizens Advisory Committee minutes of the February 22, 1988 meeting as corrected. 3. Committee ByLaws Amendment. Paul Blackwelder, Assistant Director, said that this item was discussed by the Committee at its last meeting. With regards to the quorum, the Commission's Legal Counsel has stated that a quorum could either be a majority of the Committee members or a majority of the members currently appointed to the Committee. He recommended that the members currently appointed to the Committee should constitute a Page 2 quorum. The Committee, with currently 20 members, will need 11 members for a quorum. Paul Blackwelder said that another issue that the Committee discussed was adding a provision in the bylaws to drop a Committee member if they are absent for a number of meetings without an excuse. Ray Baca felt that if a member had 3 consecutive unexcused absences, staff should follow-up with a letter suggesting that the member resign. The Committee would then review the matter and submit a recommendation to the Commission. Rena Parker agreed that the number of unexcused absences should be 3 and that the Committee should have the opportunity to review the matter. It was moved, seconded and carried to add a provision to the Committee bylaws whereby a member with three consecutive unexcused absences be sent a letter of notification and request to resign by staff, and that staff would bring the matter before the Committee for action. It was moved, seconded and carried that a quorum for the Citizens Advisory Committee should be the majority of the members currently appointed to the Committee. 4. Unmet Transit Needs. Paul Blackwelder stated that hearings on unmet transit needs were held in Palm Desert last month and in Corona and Riverside this month. He then reviewed the unmet transit needs raised at the hearings. o Provide intercity fixed route service in the Norco/Corona area. It was moved, seconded and carried to include the intercity fixed route service in the Norco/Corona area in RTA's or Corona's short range transit plan for implementation in FY 1989. o Provide changes to RTA Line 29 to serve the communities of Belltown and Paramount Estates and the Memorial Park pool. It was moved, seconded and carried to extend Line 29 to serve Belltown in September, 1988 and to request RTA, as part of the Short Range Transit Plan, to investigate the feasibility of improving Route 29 to a one -hour frequency and whether a second route should be implemented in the Rubidoux area. Page 3 o Provide an additional stop at the medical offices at Loma Linda Hospital (RTA Line 25). It was agreed by of the Committee that no action be taken on this item since it is not appropriate for the Committee to make recommendations on operational matters. o Change the elderly and handicapped dial -a -ride to a general public service in the City of Riverside. It was moved, seconded and carried that it is not reasonable to change the elderly and handicapped dial -a -ride in the City of Riverside to a general public service. o Concern about the possibility of losing Southern California Rapid Transit District inter -county service to Orange and Los Angeles. No action was taken on this item because the concern is related to the Commission/RTA investigating potential cost savings by contracting out the inter -county services (Lines 149 and 496). o Provide service to Ontario Airport via Van Buren Boulevard or Hamner Avenue. It was moved, seconded and carried that there is not sufficient demand to implement additional public service to Ontario Airport. Also, private carriers are available to provide service to Ontario Airport. o Provide for earlier RTA service from Mead Valley Center to Riverside (RTA Line 22). It was moved, seconded, and carried that there is not sufficient demand to provide an earlier RTA service from Mead Valley Center to RTA. o Provide for earlier and more frequent RTA service from Perris to Lake Elsinore (RTA Line 24). It was moved, seconded, and carried that this need is not a reasonable need and to request RTA to take look at the demand for work trips between Perris and Lake Elsinore during the next year. o Provide improved transfer coordination between RTA Line 2 (Downtown -Tyler Mall) and Line 24 (Tyler Mall -Perris) at the Tyler Mall. Page 4 It was the consensus of the Committee not to take action on this item as it is an operational matter and that RTA is looking at the transfer coordination issue. o Implement local bus service within Rancho California and intercity bus service from Rancho California to Corona and Riverside. It was moved, seconded and carried to request RTA to continue to monitor the Rancho California area and that when an RTA study for re-evaluating demand in the area is done in the future that it also include Lake Elsinore area. o Provide accessible service on SCRTD Line 149 between Riverside and Long Beach. No action was taken on this matter. This will be included as a criteria in the Request for Proposals for this service to be sought by RTA. o Provide additional dial -a -ride vehicles in the City of Riverside on Sundays. It was moved, seconded and carried that the need for additional dial -a -ride vehicle is not reasonable to meet because of insufficient demand on Sundays. o Provide additional dial -a -ride vehicles and drivers in Norco. It was the consensus of the Committee that no action be taken on this matter at this time as this is a subcontracted service and RTA will work with the contractor to reduce wait times to the extend possible. o Provide extension of Corona dial -a -ride service two blocks into the El Cerrito area for children's safety. Action is not needed as the Corona dial -a -ride service has already complied with the request to expand the service as requested. o Reroute SunLine Line 2 to serve the westerly portion of Terrace Road in Cathedral City. Action is not needed as SunLine has agreed to consider this change in their restructuring study. o Provide service to the new Social Security Office at 275 N. El Cielo, Palm Springs. Page 5 It was moved, seconded and carried that no change is needed as Line 2 service stops 1/8 mile of the new Social Security Office. In addition, the office is on a cul-de-sac which would cause operational problems. o Provide service for 18 ARC clients within the City of Riverside. RCTC staff indicated that they will work with the City of Riverside and ARC on staggering the workshop hours in order to try to accommodate the additional 18 clients within the 13 City buses. After a lengthy discussion between RCTC staff and Committee members, it was determined that service for additional clients in the Riverside, Corona, Perris -San Jacinto -Hemet, and Mira Loma-Rubidoux-Pedley areas, and the Coachella Valley intervalley service needs would be addressed by the Committee at its next meeting. It was the consensus of the Committee to continue the remaining agenda items to its next meeting. 5. Other Business. Herb Krauch brought up a safety problem at the intersection of Route 79 (Sanderson Avenue and Gilman Hot Springs Road) where six people were killed in the past year. He suggested that the Committee adopt a resolution for Caltrans and the Department of Motor Vehicles post warning signs at adequate distance north and south of the intersection to slow traffic to 40 mph at the north -south intersection of Route 79. It was moved, seconded and carried that a prepare a resolution to be submitted to Caltrans and the Department of Motor Vehicles requesting them to post warning signs on Route 79 north and south of the intersection of Gilman Hot springs Road to slow traffic to 40 mph at the north -south intersection of Route 79. 6. Adjournment. It was moved, seconded and approve to adjourned the meeting at 3:42 p.m. Respectfully submitted, &,cg/a„,a,o_ Paul Blackwelder Assistant Director nk