MOBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2023, 1 P.M.
PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON/TELEPHONE
ART PICK COUNCIL CHAMBER
3900 MAIN STREET
PRESENT: Chair Conder, Vice Chair Hemenway, and Member Perry ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Lorena Verdusco, Kris Martinez, Charlie Hoffman, Gilbert Hernandez, Nathan Mustafa, Sandy Garcia-Vazquez, and Erik Lue
ALSO PRESENT: None
Chair Conder convened the meeting at 1:00 p.m.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
There was no one wishing to address the committee.
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
CONCEPTUAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR TYLER STREET AT SR-91 INTERCHANGE AND BURLINGTON
NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD CROSSING
Following discussion and without formal motion the Committee received and ordered filed the update on conceptual improvements for Tyler Street at SR-91 Interchange and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad crossing.
STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM AND POLICIES - TEMPORARILY SUSPEND PARKING ENFORCEMENT Following discussion, it was moved by Member Perry and seconded by Vice Chair Hemenway to (1) receive and file the report on the City’s existing Street Sweeping Program enforcement suspensions and exemptions practices; (2) consider the issuance of warnings and citations related to first-time violations, holiday weeks, school and business frontages, and disabled person parking placards; (3) consider a Temporary Suspension of Parking Enforcement Request Policy; and (4) recommend that City Council introduce and subsequently adopt an Ordinance to: (a) add Chapter 10.08.050 to the Riverside Municipal Code authorizing the City Traffic Engineer, or designee, to suspend parking regulations or restrictions following the conditions set forth; and (b) amend the Riverside Municipal Code authorizing the City Manager to permit parking without imposition of the time limits or fees established when a need exists due to special events or meetings to include “elections” in Chapters 10.52.100 (B) applicable to municipal roadways and 10.60.010 (D) for any municipal parking facility. The motion carried unanimously.
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MOBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2023, 1 P.M.
PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON/TELEPHONE
ART PICK COUNCIL CHAMBER
3900 MAIN STREET
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COMMUNICATIONS
Deputy Public Works Director Mustafa provided the Committee with the following announcements and updates including the upcoming Neighborhood Traffic Management Program regarding Speed Control Measures, the Abernathy at Perthshire Pilot Project near Sycamore Highlands Park, and going to City Council will be the awarding of Vehicle Miles Traveled Mitigation Bank. The announcements of free sandbags available at Corporation Yard and Fire Stations 6 and 7, an Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Grant community meeting, partnership efforts regarding sidewalk gap closure projects and bicycle network projects, the launching of a projects webpage coming soon, and the Public Works Department will be hosting a parking community meeting at the Main Library regarding the Downtown parking infrastructure.
Public Works Director Hernandez provided to the Committee with the following updates and announcements including the development of the GIS Paving Moratorium Map, the Paving Management Program Trench Cut fee, the award of the Berry Road Widening Project, Bid 7876 is expected to begin construction in late February with paving on Martin Luther King Boulevard from Chicago Avenue to SR-215 and will include safety improvements near Trautwein Road at Alessandro Boulevard. Staff submitted a grant application to the Port and Freights Infrastructure Program for the construction of the Third Street at Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Grade Separation Project.
ITEMS FOR FUTURE COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION
There were no future items requested at this time.
The meeting adjourned at 1:49 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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LORENA VERDUSCO
Deputy City Clerk