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Cou~cll Meetl~g, December 4, 1984
Sa~ta MO~lca, Callfornla
To:
Mayor a~d Clty Councll
11-13
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From:
Clty Staff
Subject:
Proposed Modlficatlo~ of Intersectlo~ at
Ocea~ Park Boulevard a~d Llncol~ Boulevard
I"ItroductlO"'l
ThlS report recomme~ds Clty Cou~cll to lnstruct Clty staff to
proceed Wl th the proposed
modlflcatlon of the J..ntersectlo~ of
Ocea~ Park Boulevard and Llncoln Boulevard,
Bac~grql!-nd
At the November 13, 1984, Clty Cou~cl1 meetlng Clty staff was
l"'lstructed to meet wlth resldents and dlSCUSS the proposed
modlflcatlO"'l of OC'ea~ Park Boulevard betweerl lOth Street a~d
Llncoln Boulevard. ThlS proJect was approved wlth a "lumber of
other street lmprOVeme"1t projects 0"1 January 10, 1984,
Staff hand dellvered "lotlces to all the resldences d"1d the one
bUS1"1eSS dlrectly affected by the proposed street wldenlng
project l~vltlng them to a meetlng at 7:30 p.m, on November 15th
at 819 Ocean Park Boulevard, apartme~t #6, ThlS lS the resldeDce
of Mr, Mallory Pearce, A represe~tatJ..ve from Brown's Automotlve
Servlce (located at Ocean Park a'1d Ll~col~ Boulevards) a~d Mr,
Pearce were the oryly attendees a"ld they met wlth the Parkl~g and
TrafflC Englneer,
The concerns of Brown's Automotlve Serv lce were the proposed
reductlon 11". wldth of thelr southernmost Llncoln Boulevard
drlveway and that customers would be
unable to use the Ocean
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Park Boulevard dn.veway for access to then bus~ness dur1ng the
co~struct1o~, C1ty staff has been able to m1t1gate both of
Brow~'s Automot1ve SerV1ce's concerns by Sllghtly modlfYlng the
L1"lColn Boulevard dr1veway a~d lY1d1catl'1g that at least half of
the Ocea'1 Park drlveway w1ll be ava1lable for access to the1r
bUSlness dur1ng constructio'1.
Mr. Pearce expressed CO'1cerns about be1ng able to safely back
out of h1S dr1veway lf the proposed proJect 1S 1mplemented and
questloned the actual need for wlden1ng the street. Mr. Pearce 18
the o~ly 1'1dlV1dual wlth parklng Wh1Ch requlres back1"lg out O'1to
Ocean Park Boulevard w1th1n the project llm1ts 0 There was some
confus1on regard1ng the llY\es the survey crew pa1nted on the
sldewalks 1'1 the area. Some people l"lterpreted the ll'1eS as belng
the extent of the street w1deoung when they actually were the
l"ldlcated dr1veway mod1flcat1ons. The actual street mod1f1cat1on
cons1sts of remOV1"lg the parkway between the eX1st1ng sldewalk
and street, 'vihe'1 th1S was expla1"'ed to Mr. Pearce he 1nd 1cated
that he should have enough room to back out al'ld be able to see
any OnCOffi1"lg ven1cleso
In add1t1on to Mr 0 Pearce's quest1ol'ls regardlng the "'leed for
the mod1f1catlon, staff recelved two letters from other tenants
of 819 Oceal'l Park Boulevard hav1ng slm1lar sent1ments and
lndlcatH'.g a better SOlutlO>; of 1mprovlng the Slgns advlslng
motor1sts of the left turn lane. Staff has subsequently talked to
one of the 1ndlVl.duals regard1l'lg the1r letter a'1d eXplal'1ed the
reason1ng for the proposed proJect. The i~d1v1dual thanked staff
for the explanat10n and made a statement that the l.ssue that
upset her most was the C1ty "lot d1scusslng the 1ssue w1th the
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resl.de"lts before project approval. Staff d1.d '1ot1.fy all adjacent
resl.dents several days pr1.or to the scheduled start of
cO'1struC't1.oYl.
Staff has rece1.ved telephone C'alls from three other res1.dents,
These res1.de"lts 1nd1.cated that they understood the '1eed for
w1.deYl1.ng Ocean Park Boulevard but that they dl.d not favor the
proJect.
ProJ~c~ Just1.f1.Cat10'1
Th1.s 1.S to summar1.ze the 1.nformat1.or l."1 the prev1.ous staff
reports 1.nd1.cat1."lg the '1eed to W1.de'1 Ocea'1 Park Boulevard between
10th Street and Ll'1Coln Boulevard.
The major reasons for w1.de"11.ng Ocean Park Boulevard are to
1mprove safety a..d to 1.mprove the operat1ng C'haraC'ter1.stl.cs of
the l'1tersect1.o'1 of L1.nC'oln and Ocean Park Boulevards, Th1.s
1.mproveme'1t w1.ll result 1n westbound motor1.sts be1.'1g more eas1ly
able to travel through the 1ntersect1.o'1. Rev1.sed str1.p1.ng W1.ll
allow a smooth tranS1.t1.on of traff1.c flow and w1.ll el1m1.'1ate the
lane chang1.ng wh1.ch 1.5 !'lecessary at present when travell.'1g west
0'1 Ocea'1 Park Boulevard.
In 1979 there were 38 reported aC'C'1.dents at the 1.nterseC'tl.on
of LU1Col'1 Boulevard a'1d Ocea'1 Park Boulevard, In 1983, there
were 26 reported aCC'1.dents, In the last two years there have bee"!
15 aC'cldents 0"1 Ocean Park Boulevard between Lp'lcol" Boulevard
a'1d 10th Street, Nwe out of the 15 m1.dblock acc1.dents would be
Judged "correctable" by the proposed street wldeYll.'1g. The
accl.de'1ts l'1volved e1ther dlreC'tly or l'1dlrectly people chang1.ng
from the left turn lane to the through la!'le.
Thl.s type of aC'C'lde'1t w1.1l be greatly reduC'ed by the
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~nstallat~o~ of a second through la~e (the proposed st~eet
wIdenl~g) by reducIng the queue of vehIcles wa~tIng for the
trafflC' slg"lal at the lI".tersectIon at Ll"lColl'l and Ocea'"l Park
Boulevard. The addltlol'lal storage area WhICh wIll be provIded by
the proposed wlde'"lu'\g project wIll provIde for sho~ter vehlcle
queues and prov~de for a greater d~stance for vehIcles to safely
make a lane change from the left turn lane to the through lanes,
The second major reason for the second lane IS to Improve the
operatlon of the t~afflc slgl"Jal at the IntersectIon of Ll"lColn
and Ocea"l Park Boulevards, Llncoln Boulevard CarrIes more trafflc
than any other street In the CIty (49,000 vehIcles per day), The
add~t~o"lal westbound through trafflc la"le on Ocea"l Park Boulevard
wlll enable staff to reduce the green t~ffie for Ocean Park
Boulevard a..d prov lde more gree"l t~me on LlnCol"l Boulevard to
promote more efflclent al'ld effect~ve trafflc flow. The better the
trafflc flows on Ll~coln Boulevard the less l~kely vehIcle
dr lve~s wlll dlvert from Llncoln Boulevard and travel through
local resldel'\tlal neIghborhoods such as 11th Street and 4th
St~eets.
Street trees wlll be planted on both sldes of the street as
part of thls proJect, Presently, there are no street trees at
th~s locat~o'"l,
Veh~cle speeds and traffIC volu~es WIll "lot be affected by the
street wIdel"J~'"lg. The wIde'"lIYlg WIll only be west of the
~ntersect~on of 10th Street and Ocean Park Boulevard.
Staff has prOVIded the ~ndlvlduals who atte"lded the meetl"lg or
who had w~ltten to the C~ty wIth a copy of thIS staff ~eport.
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~~~&et/F1na~c1a~ A~alys1S
Th1s proJect w1ll cost approxlmately $46,000 and 1S budgeted as
part of the FY1984-85 street resur fae 1ng program, Appropr latlon
authorIty l~ the FY1984-85 street resufaclng program IS avaIlable
1n the Streets. TraffIc Co~trol and ParkIng Cap1tal Program
category, ~Street Resufaclng", a('cou~t no. 01-770-421-000-909 l~
the amount of $509,850,
Recomme~datlon
It IS recommended that CIty CouncIl InStruct staff to proceed
wIth the proposed Ocean Park Boulevard street mDdIflcatlon
between 10th Street a~d LIncoln Boulevard.
Prepared by:
Stan Scholl, D1rector of General SerVICeS
Ray DavIs, C1ty ParkIng & TraffIC EngIneer
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