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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - September 17, 1986 (83)TIG i3TITI ' ut• • • l�ut��+ ' Lt 1R4 CITY ODL&iCffsa�'MNG SEPTFIa 17, 1986 IN RIMY TO VIII Council Was reminded that in 1981 an Environmental pact Report and Traffic Study was done on Hutchins Street from CC -45(a) Kettleman Lane to Lockeford Street. Various alternatives were studied ranging from no change up to widening to 64' curb to curb (4 travel lanes and parking) in an 80 foot right-of-way. The "Minimum Reooamrended Project" in the vicinity of Rimby to Vine called for 10 feet of right of way acquisition and widening to 56 feet curb to curb. This would have provided two travel lanes plus a left turn lane and parking on both sides. Ultimately the street would be striped for four lanes and no parking except during off-peak hours (limited parking). The City Council adopted a plan with the following features: 1. Maintain 80 foot ultimate right-of-way for future developments. 2. Reconstruct within existing curbs Dodi to Lockeford. 3. Minor widening south of Lodi Avenue (Preliminary engineering and right-of-way budgeted for 1986). 4. Reconstruct within existing curbs - Rimby to Lodi (Vine to Tokay reconstructed 1983, Rimby to Vine budgeted 1985, Tokay •`Do Lodi, scheduled for 1987 with minor widening S/Lodi). 5. Minor widening - Kettleman to Rimby (constructed 1983). As the design for the reconstruction between Rimby and Vine neared completion in early 1986, staff was requested by the City Council to study the need for a two-way .left turn lane. This request came from a concern of the Chamber's Highway and Transportation Committee. Their oonoe n was that two travel lanes and a two-way left turn lane was needed throughout Hutchins Street from Kettleman to Lodi. They felt that reconstruction between Rimby and Vine should not take place without widening or elimination of parking. Various im(=vssment alternates, including cost factors, were presented for Council's consideration. A report regarding traffic volumes in this s.-Npmt of Hutchins Street was presented for Council's infonmation as well as a five-year accident history for the subject area. Mr. Cecil Dillon, representing the 1r:-li District Chamber of CmTneree, addressed the Council . .tending that the Council approve full widening of the _ea. Fbllowing a lengthy discussion with questions being directed to Staff and -to Mr. Dillon, Council, on motion of Council member Hinchman, Olson second, directed staff to update the appropriate documentation prior to Council setting the matter for public hearing. W CITY ® LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATI PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT T0: City Council FROM: City Manager DATE: September 17, 1986 SUBJECT: Hutchins Street Improvement Project - Rimby to Vine RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discussion and appropriate action: Either - a) direct staff to proceed with project as previously approved; or b) set public hearing to consider removal of parking on one side and installation of a two-way left turn lane or widening to provide for two travel lanes, a two-way left turn lane and parking on both sides. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In 1981 an Environmental Impact Report and Traffic Study was done on tchins Street from Kettleman Lane to Lockeford Street. Various alternatives were studied ranging from no change up to widening to 64' curb to curb (4 travel lanes and parking) in an 80 foot right-of-way. The "Minimum Recommended Project" in the vicinity of Rimby to V4ne called for 10 feet of right-of-way acquisition and widening to 56 feet curb to curb. This would have provided two travel lanes plus a left turn lane and parking on both sides. Ultimately the street would be striped for four lanes and no parking except during off-peak hours (limited parking). The City Council adopted a plan with the following features. Actions taken to date are shown in parentheses. 28Maintain80 foot ultimate right-of-way for future developments Reconstruct within existing curbs Lodi to Lockeford 3) Minor widening south of Lodi Avenue (Preliminary engineering and right-of-way budgeted for 1986) 4) Reconstruct within existing curbs - Rimby to Lodi (Vine to Tokay reconstructed 1983, Rimby to Vine budgeted 1985, Tokay to Lodi, scheduled for 1987 with minor widening S/Lodi) 5) Minor widening - Kettleman to Rimby (constructed 1983) As the design for the reconstruction between Rimby and Vine neared completion in early 1986, staff was requested by the City Council to study the need for a two-way left turn lane. This request came from a concern of the Chamber's Highway and Transportation Committee. Their concern was that two travel lanes and a two-way left turn lane was needed throughout Hutchins Street from Kettleman to Lodi. They felt that reconstruction between Rimby and Vine should not take place without widening or elimination of parking. APPROVED: FILE 40. THOMAS A. PETERSON, City Manager s 'S W City Council September 17, 1986 Page 2 Improvement Alternates Alternate I (see Exhibit A) provides for two travel lanes and'a two-way left turn lane with no widening and elimination of parking on one side. This alternate would eliminate approximately 62 potential parking spaces. Actual on -street parking utilization is much less. This alternate presumes parking would be eliminated on the west side since this would remove fewer stalls and all but one of the lots on this side are corner lots with side street frontage. It should also be noted that the street dimensions shown are to the toe of the old rolled type curb & gutter. This curb and gutter is approximately 3.5 feet wide and, depending on how a vehicle parks in it, the width may or may riot add to the overall street width. The dimensions shown in Alternate I are adequate if vehicles park with the right side well up onto the rolled type curb. Based on our observations of the parking habits on this street, this assumption is reasonable. Marked stalls (crosses) could be installed if this became a problem. Alternate II (See Exhibit A) shows widening 5 feet on the west side to the ultimate right-of-way and utilizing two feet of the normal 2.5 foot space between the back of the sidewalk and the right-of-way. This would provide enough street width for two travel lanes, a two-way left turn lane and parking on both sides. This is essentially what was done on Hutchins from Kettleman to Rimby except that all parking was eliminated to provide for the additional traffic at the intersection. Additionally, an easement would be required to provide for power poles, street lights, fire hydrants, etc. Widening will leave three homes with substandard driveway lengths. Their present driveway lengths are 18', 19' and 20'. Widening and utilizing the additional 2 feet as described above will result in driveway lengths of 11', 12' and 13', whi-ch is too short for a car. Costs Alternate I adds essentially no cost to the project, already .budgeted at $295,000. It does include approximately $3,000 for some curb and other sidewalk repair on the west side. Construction of this alternate could begin in early spring of 1987. Alternate II would add approximately $105,000 to the total project costs. Under this alternate there will be considerable additional delay due to right-of-way acquisition. Construction of this alternate could hopefully start in middle to late summer of 1988, but more likely, 1989. The additional cost is broken down as follows: R/W Acquisition $45,000 Construction 60,000 $105,000 City Council Z. September 17, 1986 Page 3 Traffic Total daily traffic volumes in this segment of Hutchins Street have grown from approximately 8,000 in 1975 to 12,500 at this time. Single direction, peak hour volumes have increased at a slightly lower rate from 400 to 600. Peak volumes are slightly higher. This information is shown graphically in Exhibit B. The approximate design capacity of the present street is 800 vehicles per hour in one direction. This level of traffic will likely be reached by the year 2000. The addition of a two way left turn lane will increase t;ie capacity approximately 15%. - In addition to total and directional traffic, turning movements were checked at Hutchins and Park. There were 19 left turning vehicles or 2% of the total. This left turn volume is relatively low. Other than relying on "professional judgment," there are no generally accepted criteria for the installation of two way left turn lanes. Two articles have appeared in recent issues of the Institute of Transportation Engineers Journal suggesting quantitative means of evaluating such installations. In both cases, with present volumes, the analysis shows little benefit. However, in staff's judgment, there is some benefit to a two way left turn lane in this segment of Hutchins Street and there will be even more benefits as traffic volumes increase. Accidents A five-year accident history for this segment of Hutchins Street is shown in Exhibit C. The following points can be made from this data: o 17 of the 39 accidents (44%) are rear end accidents. o 8 accidents (21X) are sideswipe accidents. o The overall accident rate - 7.6 accidents per million vehicle miles - is near the average for all the streets recently studied for speed zones. Thus the overall accident rate is not a significant problem. However, it can be assumed that most of the sideswipe and rear end accidents would be eliminated with a two-way left turn lane. This would provide a significant reduction in the accident rate. Other Considerations The Public Works Department asked for comments from the Police and Fire Departments and Lodi Ambulance Co. on the need for a left turn lane. They are in favor of a left turn lane. Their responses are in support and are included at the end of the Exhibits. This report was presented to the Highway and Transportation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce on August 22. It was the Committee's feeling the street r �Y i City Council September 17, 1986 Page 4 should be widened (Alt. 2). The matter was to be brought to the Chamber Board for a formal recommendati-- which should be ready by the night of the Council meeting. Conclusions Staff feels there is an overall advantage in providing for the two-way left turn lane at this time. However, since widening will increase the project costs by 35% (20% if R/W is not included) and cause a major delay, staff feels Alternate I (No Parking on the West side) should seriously be considered. If the Council wishes to pursue the installation of a two-way left turn lane, at a minimum, the matter should be set for a public hearing. The outcome of the hearing should be to eliminate parking and install the left turn lane, or to update the EIR to consider widening. ac L. Ronsko ub is Works Director Attachments JLR/RCP/cag CITY OF LODI HUTGHINSST-RIMBYtoVINE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GRASS SEGTIQNS 1z, to' 151 I LANE LEFT TUI N I LANE. * PARKING too PAKKINCx 60' � 2s' azs'± WC5T R/W E7C15TING ST=r—T WITH LEFT TU PLN LAN EA NO FA5T PARKING ON WE -5T SIDE 6.5' V% ALTERNATE I a. 4 Zig Id 19' I LANty + PARKING LEFT TURN I LANE t PARKING a b5' WIDCH 5' ON WE5T WITH LOFT TURN LANE f PARKING a ON DOTH 51 DGS ALTERNATE H **vision Peak hour volumq, (ane di=tion) 00 +; w s + +r' N 0 Daily voluma, (two air¢ctions) N O %n o p O o 0 J ' -r � r rn � t t 03 0 n N w T Zo 3i� j0 <� �N N 0 Daily voluma, (two air¢ctions) N O %n o p O o 0 J ' -r � r rn � t t 03 �� � � � � ^ � Collision Diagram Intersection Of PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HUTGN/NS ST �Q`VVINE->SoYRiMSY C0 c t U Vine St. Windsor Dr. �N York St. Paris St • . � s Cardnai St• 1 Rbier Ave. ,QJ Tf l•:licante Dr. f n i Tamarack Dr. 1� f Rimby Ave. 08 Kettleman JAN. 1181 TO FEB. 1386 ACCIDENT RATE -1.l ars./Ing M - T (p au'.&r I L E G E N D 1 PATH OF MOVING VEHICLE REAR END COLLISION FIXED OBJECT PARKED VEHICLE SIDESWIPE PEDS H iT x3��z��a=sa�- �>•� .: ,•.: asp-.. � ar.;xr.�r�r;ni�r•� _ /Tf!T7�ta�i�=7TLt��t'Zt�L���71� _ mcxasax�r�IIs�� t�Mi Z rsrsraan� . .moi MMMM iZ7RSSSi�..TTT�.i�7T"a^7Non= �r�r ;��racsra or JAN. 1181 TO FEB. 1386 ACCIDENT RATE -1.l ars./Ing M - T (p au'.&r I L E G E N D 1 PATH OF MOVING VEHICLE REAR END COLLISION FIXED OBJECT PARKED VEHICLE SIDESWIPE PEDS H iT MEMORANDUM, City of Lodi, Public Works Department TO: Police Department Fire Department Ambulance Services FROM: Public Works Director DATE: January 31, 1486 SUBJECT: Two -Way Left Turn Lane on Hutchins Street Between Rimby Avenue and Nine Street The Public Works Department is planning to reconstruct Hutchins Street within the existing roadway width (approximately 42 feet). This width provides for two travel lanes and two parking lanes. The Council has asked us to consider adding a two-way left turn lane which will require either widening the street or elimination of parking on one s;de. We would like to receive your comments (pres and cons) related to pro- viding the t.:o-way left turn lane. We would like to receive your input by February 12. s 4 Jack L. Ronsko Public Works Director JLR/PF/eeh µt�w Lodi A m b u I © n c e S e ■ r i c e M, S STOO(TON S1 - P.O. BOX SW - LODE. CA 952., - 209/334 -CSX Febuary 18, 1986 RECEW. ED Fr F. 19 1Q Mr. Jack Ronsko Public Works Director CITY OF LODI City of Lodi Call Box 3006 PUUIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Lodi, CA 95241-1910 Dear Mr. Ronsko After observing Hutchins St. between Rimby and Vine, I would like to make the following recommendation; Hutchins St. should be improved to meet the existing improve- ments at Vine and Rimby. These improvements would allow traffic room to respond safely to emergency vehicles and enough room to handle peak load traffic. Hutchins St. now, during the peak load traffic period, has a habit of bottle -necking near Rimby. This at times becomes'dif- ficult to negotiate if you are headed Southbound with an Emer- gency vehicle. If you have any further questions, please feel free to call Jay Flores at Lodi Ambulance Service Respectfully yours, Jay Flores Lodi Ambulance Service KCF/ec N L O D I P O L I C E D E P A R T M E N T M e m o r a n d u m To: Jack Ronsko, Public Works From: Floyd Williams, Chief of Police Date: February 12, 1986 Subject: Two way left turn lane on Hutchins Street between Rimby Avenue and Vine Street. In regards to your request for comments on the proposed change, please consider the following. In reviewing the number and type of accidents occurring in the proposed area it appears most have been rear end type accidents. As you well know, this type accident is often associated with vehicles stopped to make a turning movement. I would recommend the city install a two way turning lane in this area. I have no recommendation in regards to the widening of the .street or the elimination of parking. Floyd Williams Chief of Police City of Lodi FIRE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS STATION 210 WEST ELM STREET LODI. CALIFORNIA 95240 (209) 333-6735 M E M O To: Public Works Director From: Fire Chief Subject:Hutchins Street Reconstruction Date: U-05-86 The addition of a center turn lane will most likely create better thru-traffic flow which is conducive to better flow of emergency vehicles. How much of an im- provement in emergency traffic flow there will be is hard to project objectively.