Transportation Advisory Board

400 S. Eagle Street City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540 Meeting Minutes Transportation Advisory Board Thursday, March 7, 2019 7:00 PM Council Chambers A. CALL TO ORDER: B. ROLL CALL: Present: Brown, Fischer, Gustin, Howenstine, Melaniphy, Preissig, Seeberg Absent: Meyer, Overholt C. PUBLIC FORUM: D. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. New member welcome and training session for all members Staff members and TAB members introduced themselves and shared their backgrounds. Staff provided TAB with a presentation that explained the role of TAB, TAB membership and procedures, and information about transportation in Naperville. Gustin inquired about the usage of flashing lights on stop signs to increase driver awareness. Dunne answered that it is not the City’s practice to utilize this type of measure and would instead use enforcement, flags, or other measures to ensure stop sign compliance. Preissig shared the history of the Zone 11 neighborhood traffic study with TAB and asked staff for an update on the Westside neighborhood traffic study. Dunne explained that staff is close to completing the selection process for the traffic engineering consultant and that a survey had been sent out to the residents in the study area in order to collect their traffic concerns. The next steps will be data collection and analysis, followed by alternatives and recommendations which will be presented at a public open house meeting later this year. 2. Approve the minutes of the December 6, 2018 Transportation Advisory Board meeting A motion was made by Melaniphy, seconded by Gustin, to approve the minutes as submitted. Aye: 7 - Brown, Fischer, Gustin, Howenstine, Melaniphy, Preissig, Seeberg Nay: 0 3. Approve the minutes of the January 3, 2019 Transportation Advisory Board meeting A motion was made by Brown, seconded by Seeberg, to approve the minutes as submitted. City of Naperville Page 1 Printed on 9/15/2020 Transportation Advisory Board Meeting Minutes March 7, 2019 Aye: 7 - Brown, Fischer, Gustin, Howenstine, Melaniphy, Preissig, Seeberg Nay: 0 4. Recommend approval to restrict parking on the north side of Brookdale Road from the centerline of Westminster Drive to a point 95’ east of the centerline of Westminster Drive. Dunne provided an overview of the request, which stated that sight distance for vehicles turning off of Westminster Drive is obstructed by vehicles parked in the parking box on Brookdale Road. Staff completed a sight distance study and concluded that 40 feet of the parking box must be removed in order to provide adequate sight distance. Seeberg asked if signs would be installed to prevent parking. Dunne responded that staff would first remove the parking box striping, but would put in signage in the future if there was lack of compliance with the parking restriction. Preissig questioned how many parking spaces would remain after the modification. Dunne responded that the remaining 75 feet could fit three or four cars. A motion was made by Fischer, seconded by Brown, to recommend approval to restrict parking on the north side of Brookdale Road from the centerline of Westminster Drive to a point 95’ east of the centerline of Westminster Drive. Aye: 7 - Brown, Fischer, Gustin, Howenstine, Melaniphy, Preissig, Seeberg Nay: 0 5. Calendar Year 2019, First Quarter and Calendar Year 2010, Second Quarter Commuter Permit Issuance and Space Utilization Report; No Action Required Dunne stated that the submitted report contained commuter parking usage information for the period of September 2018 through February 2019, and shared the number of permits that were issued for each of the commuter lots for the first and second quarters of 2019. Preissig asked if the space utilization had been affected by the heavy snowfall this winter. Dunne responded that staff does consider loss of parking due to snow piles in the quarterly permit offers, but that the recent snow had not resulted in any overflow days where permit holders were unable to park within the parking lots. Fischer mentioned that snowplows pile snow into daily fee spots and asked if Public Works could make a second pass to ensure that all spaces are available. Staff responded that they will share that request with Public Works. Police Department Report Commander Williams informed the Board that the Police Department provided enforcement on Super Bowl Sunday that resulted in 36 citations. The next initiative will be during the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day, focusing on alcohol impairment. The Police Department will be focusing on cell phone violations in April, which is Distracted Driving Month. Howenstine asked if there was any data on the impact of rideshare services on the prevalence of DUIs. Commander Williams stated that there is no hard data to quantify that, but it does seem that more people are choosing to use rideshare than in the past. Howenstine also asked if the City has designated rideshare pickup locations in the City of Naperville Page 2 Printed on 9/15/2020 Transportation Advisory Board Meeting Minutes March 7, 2019 downtown area. Hynes noted that staff has discussed this and that the City currently has designated loading zones, but not areas specifically for rideshare. E. OLD BUSINESS: F. NEW BUSINESS: Preissig requested an update on the 95th Street and Book Road project. Staff responded that the public hearing for the project is anticipated to take place at the April 4 TAB meeting. Seeberg asked if the new traffic signal at 95th Street and Knoch Knolls Road would be synchronized with the traffic signal at 95th Street and Plainfield-Naperville Road. Hynes answered that the new signal will be interconnected to the signal system on Plainfield-Naperville Road. G. ADJOURNMENT: At 7:42 p.m. a motion was made by Melaniphy, seconded by Gustin, to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. City of Naperville Page 3 Printed on 9/15/2020