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HomeMy WebLinkAbout29 - Review of Conceptual Street Layout Alternatives for Bayside Drive between East Coast Highway and Jamboree Road/Marine Avenue�WPo - CITY OF MACH s N E W POO R T tu" c9<,FOVL City Council Staff Report November 22, 2016 Agenda Item No. 29 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: David A. Webb, Public Works Director - 949-644-3311, dawebb@newportbeachca.gov PREPARED BY: Brad Sommers, Senior Civil Engineer, bsommers(anewportbeachca.gov PHONE: 949-644-3326 TITLE: Review of Conceptual Street Layout Alternatives for Bayside Drive between East Coast Highway and Jamboree Road/Marine Avenue ABSTRACT: The segment of Bayside Drive between Coast Highway and Jamboree Road/Marine Avenue is currently scheduled for major pavement rehabilitation in Fiscal Year 16/17. Prior to under -taking major street pavement rehabilitation efforts, Public Works staff reviews the proposed roadway segments to be repaved for any needed related work or improvements. Upon review, staff determined that several modifications could be included to enhance mobility and safety. In an effort to address and evaluate these potential modifications, staff prepared two draft conceptual alternative roadway layouts that have the potential to reduce speeding and traffic incidents while improving access for non -motorized users. Staff has also conducted several meetings with the adjacent residents and home owners associations that front or directly access Bayside Drive within this segment to gather comments and input on the draft concept layouts. The draft concept plans have now been updated and are ready for review by the broader community and City Council. RECOMMENDATION: a) Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 (for repair, maintenance and minor alteration of existing public facilities with negligible expansion) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and b) Review conceptual roadway alternative layouts and provide guidance on which alternative to possibly move forward with into the design phase. 29-1 Bayside Drive Improvement Project — Approval of Conceptual Alignment November 22, 2016 Page 2 FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: The approved FY 16/17 Capital Improvement Budget includes $3,000,000 for this project which should provide sufficient funding for the design and construction of one of the alternatives being considered. Funding will be detailed and encumbered through future Council action for both design and construction contracts. DISCUSSION: Bayside Drive between East Coast Highway and Jamboree Road/Marine Avenue is a wide-open four -lane multi -modal roadway with striped center medians and turn lanes. This 1.3 mile segment of roadway provides local access to adjacent residences, several communities, businesses and the harbor. Bayside Drive also serves as a moderately utilized secondary roadway to larger communities such as Balboa Island, and as an occasional bypass to Coast Highway. Currently, the roadway does not have raised landscaped center medians as found on most divided arterial roadways within the city. This segment of Bayside Drive is scheduled for major pavement rehabilitation in Fiscal Year 16/17. This level of roadway restoration is generally performed every 15 to 20 years on major roadways and consists of removal and patching of areas of pavement failure, replacing broken concrete facilities, grinding down the street surface and installing a new pavement overlay and striping on the entire street. Prior to under -taking a major project such as this, Public Works staff reviews the roadway segments for other needed improvements, including any needed utility work, curb, gutter and sidewalk replacement, ADA compliance, bicycle or pedestrian needs, updates to roadway signage and markings, and landscaping. Additionally, staff considers the operation and accident history of the roadway for potential traffic calming improvements. Over the past years, staff received comments from concerned residents associated with speeding and traffic incidents on Bayside Drive. This concern was validated during review of the accident history on this segment of roadway, noting multiple incidents where vehicles left the roadway, colliding with parked vehicles, trees, landscaped areas and homes along Bayside Drive. This was consistent with what the residents voiced at the community meetings and expanded upon their shared concerns about excessive speeding and speed -related incidents. Although police report data indicates many incidents were largely related to driver impairment or error, staff has determined the roadway could benefit from improvements to calm the flow of traffic. Upon completion of the review, staff determined that several items could be addressed in the project, including replacement and extension of various sidewalks, bicycle lane extension, traffic calming features and median landscaping. To better evaluate and address these items, staff prepared two draft conceptual alternative roadway layouts that should improve mobility, as well as reduce speeding and traffic incidents over the current street layout. 29-2 Bayside Drive Improvement Project — Approval of Conceptual Alignment November 22, 2016 Page 3 As the roadway is scheduled for major pavement rehabilitation work, an opportunity exists to revise the layout of the facility while efficiently combining the improvement projects. These two draft roadway enhancement concept plans are ready for review by the broader community and City Council. Conceptual Roadway Layouts During the conceptual design, the project team was able to incorporate multi -modal improvements, traffic signal rehabilitation and beautification that complement's the traffic calming features. The concepts are detailed below: Draft Concept 1 — Reduced Lane Width — Four Lane Facility Reduced lane widths and strategically place raised landscaped medians to encourage reduced speeds; Maintained intersection geometry/capacity at both the East Coast Highway and Jamboree Road/Marine Avenue signalized intersections; Install colored pavement in non -raised medians areas to continue median channelization while allowing for turning movements into residential and business driveways; Install new sidewalk on the north side of roadway to close a missing link in the sidewalk and reduce mid -block pedestrian crossing; Bicycle lane extension on south side of roadway to maintain a continuous bike facility; Drought tolerant landscaping in new medians; Rehabilitate both the mid -segment Pedestrian and Jamboree Road/Marine Avenue traffic signals; and Install new Speed Feedback Signs to advise motorists of their speed. Draft Concept 2 — Hybrid Two/Four Lane Facility with a Roundabout at the Harbor Island Drive/Bayside Drive intersection. Narrow roadway to two -lanes (one lane in each direction) from Coast Highway to the existing signalized pedestrian crossing (approximately midway through the segment) to channelize vehicles and provide larger separation between vehicles, homes, driveways and intersections; Four -lane facility (two lanes in each direction) between the existing pedestrian signal and Jamboree Road/Marine Avenue with reduced lane widths and strategically placed raised medians to encourage reduced speeds; Maintain intersection geometry/capacity at both the East Coast Highway and Jamboree Road/Marine Avenue signalized intersections; Incorporate a new Roundabout at the Harbor Island intersection to reduce speeds and increase driver attention — thus reducing accident potential; Install new sidewalk on the north side of the roadway to close a missing link in the sidewalk and reduce mid -block pedestrian crossing; 29-3 Bayside Drive Improvement Project — Approval of Conceptual Alignment November 22, 2016 Page 4 Bicycle lane extension on south side of roadway to maintain a continuous bike facility; Installation of buffered bicycle lanes to increase separation between motor vehicles and bicyclists; Drought tolerant landscaping in new medians; Rehabilitate both the mid -segment Pedestrian and Jamboree Road/Marine Avenue traffic signals; and Install new Speed Feedback Signs to advise motorists of their excess speed. During the review, the project team observed the roadway during summer months to ensure the observations reflected the heavier use experienced during the summer season. In addition to observing the roadway operation, vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists were counted. The peak hour summer traffic travelling on Bayside Drive in this segment was counted at 997 motor vehicles. This peak hour volume is lower than expected and if desired, would allow for one travel lane in each direction to accommodate for summer season traffic. Using a conservative capacity of 1,600 vehicles per hour, per lane (calculates to a two-lane capacity of 3,200 vehicles per hour, per lane), the roadway would operate at approximately 31 percent of the available capacity with the current peak hour summer volumes if two lanes were removed as depicted in Concept 2. Additionally, staff reviewed the operation of the proposed roundabout at the Harbor Island Drive intersection. The observed Average Daily Traffic (ADT) is 12,090 vehicles per day on the roadway. Per the Federal Highway Administration, a single lane roundabout can accommodate approximately 20,000 ADT. The project team also analyzed the performance of the proposed roundabout using the Highway Capacity Manual method, which yielded a Level of Service of A. Although both concepts will help to calm traffic and reduce incidents, the hybrid concept (Concept 2) will provide for a more significant reduction of vehicle speeds and accident potential. This is achieved through the addition of the roundabout, which is designed to accommodate operating speeds of 25-30 miles per hour. Additionally, the single lane and buffered bike lane area allow for a greater separation between moving motor vehicles and cyclists, pedestrians, parked vehicles, and homes, creating less opportunity for an incident and more comfort for cyclists. Initial Community Outreach After development of the two draft concept layout plans, staff met with home owners associations for neighborhoods that directly adjoin or take access from this segment of Bayside Drive. The following neighborhoods were included in the initial outreach effort: Linda Isle Community Association; Harbor Island Community Association; Promontory Bay Community Association; Beacon Bay Community Association; Bayside Coves Home Owners Association; and 29-4 Bayside Drive Improvement Project — Approval of Conceptual Alignment November 22, 2016 Page 5 Promontory Point (The Irvine Company). Additionally, staff discussed the project with Basin Marine to ensure their large boat deliveries could be accommodated by either concept. Throughout the meetings, the neighborhoods expressed their gratitude for being given the opportunity to discuss the project in the conceptual stage and provided staff with beneficial feedback. Several communities provided written comments, which are included in the agenda packet as Attachment D. In general, the communities are in favor of revitalization of Bayside Drive and improving safety for the residents and users. However, a larger number of residents were concerned with potential congestion created by reducing the number of lanes of the roadway, and difficulties of motorists negotiating a roundabout. With this, the preferred concept from these communities was Concept 1, which maintains four lanes and does not include the roundabout. Promontory Bay residents, whose homes front Bayside Drive, were strongly in favor of Concept 2 noting the roundabout and lane reduction provided the highest level of potential speed and incident reduction. This comment is noteworthy as they suffer the most adverse impacts from speed -related issues and accidents. In contrast, the Linda Isle residents requested the roadway simply be repaved with the existing layout and no further improvements made. The different roadway layout options have different estimated design and construction costs as well. These rough estimated option costs are detailed below. Conceptual Alternative Estimated Project Cost In-kind Roadway Pavement Rehabilitation Only $1,200,000.00 Four Lane Traffic Calming Alternative $1,800,000.00 Hybrid Traffic Calming Alternative with Roundabout $2,200,000.00 As noted during staff's field walk, as well as mentioned by several residents, there could also be a significant amount of decorative concrete sidewalk replacement on the south side of the roadway that may be good to include in the work scope. This sidewalk work has not been quantified or included in this rough cost estimate. Project design in planned to take plan in Winter/Spring 2017 with construction following in Fall 2017. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Staff would recommend the City Council find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Section 15301 (for repair, maintenance and minor alteration of existing public facilities with negligible expansion) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment. 29-5 Bayside Drive Improvement Project — Approval of Conceptual Alignment November 22, 2016 Page 6 NOTICING: Staff has met with resident and HOA's Boards of neighborhoods that directly adjoin and take access from this segment of Bayside Drive including Linda Isle Community Association, Harbor Island Community Association, Promontory Bay Community Association, Beacon Bay Community Association, Bayside Coves Home Owners Association, and Promontory Point. Additionally, staff has contacted both the big and little Balboa Island Associations requesting they advise their residents of this concept plan review meeting as well as put the draft plans on the City Website for review. Lastly this agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of the meeting at which the City Council considers the item). ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A — Location Map Attachment B — Draft Concept Option 1 Attachment C — Draft Concept Option 2 Attachment D — Community Association Project Comments 29-6 ATTACHMENT A 29-7 AF j ��' - ,/ �� � • J'J � �\. 4 - ~ �' i� `tib `;.�' � --_ P 1'-t �I o0 gSTy 104 . 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MOUNTABLi: >� b INSIALL MCIN-'JUENT WALL { - Y `.y8�, •Itr BIKE RAM ', :�! a. • ' Rk 1 MATCH LINE 'A' SCALET-40' rr_ ATTACHMENT C LEGEND: -- EXISTING STRIPING PROPOSED STRIPING EXISTING HARDSCAPE PROPOSED MOUNTABLE AREA PROPOSED HARDSCAPE PROPOSED LANDSCAPED MEDIAN PROPOSED SIDEWALK PROPOSED DECORATIVE AC PROPOSED DECORATIVE XWALK 1— 1LBERT FAX d'iz-2a EG aovLEz tt ,+�StiOCIA�-f5 CHECKED ,(-1 MHM TRANSPORTATION CONSULTINO ENGINEERS DRAWN 2L 0 N.y.. Ze Wle�lon, 9 35 AOA Jab No : 169-DD6 EG AOA File Nome: Ba de Option I P-, l Dote___ _ 1!1,21216 R.C.E. NO. s 5e DATE GATE r m u OPTION "2" ,CONCEPTUAL RLl SAYSIDE DRNE FROM PCH TO JAMBOREE/MARINE DESCRI"ON CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH REVSIGNs PUBLK WORKS DEPARTMENT sREEr of z 29-10 in b��z I. D 1 AY s l �Ar j I b vw AftU LLI DFOWE WAYow mWAI• ` ,., y DlWEWAY ^... ` — -_ S.AYgxp_,=onrVC ~`,_` - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - DFdVEWAY/ SCALE -l'-40' AOA Job Na. : 164-006 AGA Vile Nme! Bo ,de Winn 1 Mit Dele : 11x8/2016 Lml Polsim 11/06/2016 DftYEWAY ATTACHMENT C LEGEND: -- EXISTING STRIPING PROPOSED STRIPING EXISTING HARDSCAPE PROPOSED MOUNTABLE AREA PROPOSED HARDSCAPE PROPOSED LANDSCAPED MEDIAN PROPOSED SIDEWALK PROPOSED DECORADVE AC I PROPOSED DECORATIVE XWALK OPTION "211 ATTACHMENT D Dear Mr. Sommers: The Board of the Bayside Cove Community Association wants to thank you and Mr. Brine for sharing with us the proposed possibilities for Bayside Drive. We appreciate your reaching out to us for input on this project. After discussion following your visit, the Board has the following comments: Other than some expressed concerns over speed and the use of our driveway as a turn around spot to gain access to Balboa Island, the Board is not overly concerned with the status of Bayside Drive as it is. With all the demand there must be for funds, the cost benefit relationship of each project must be carefully assessed. No matter what is done with respect to the street, the Board wishes to emphasize the need for the redo of the sidewalks, particularly in the area of the shopping center and our complex. The "cobblestone" formed concrete has not held up well and there are several cracks in the sidewalks. One crack just west of our driveway is several feet long and at least an inch wide. The City tried to patch it but only made it more dangerous. The Board also wanted to bring to your attention the volume of traffic at this end of Bayside Drive is much heavier than the volume statistics you provided for the Drive as a whole. While Bayside may not qualify as an arterial road overall, our section is quite busy due to drivers coming down Jamboree Road and turning on to Bayside to either access the shopping center or to attempt a U-turn to gain access to Balboa island. This is particularly true during the summer months and holidays and special events. Of the two proposals you presented, the one which retained the two lanes in both directions was the most acceptable to the Board. Our concern, as made clear at the meeting, was that no restriction in the center divider should be placed between Jamboree and the second driveway access of the shopping center. The Board unanimously felt the proposal that included the round about was unacceptable for a number of reasons. We hope these comments are helpful and that you will consider them in your deliberations and decision making. Respectfully submitted, The Board of the Bayside Cove Community Association November 1, 2016 r/! 29-12 Sommers, Bract From: Jerri Boone <jboone@totalpm.com> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 8:17 AM To: Sommers, Brad Subject: Bayside Drive Project Mr. Sommers, The Harbor Island Board of Directors wishes to thank City Staff for attending its October Board meeting in order to discuss the proposed Bayside Drive project. While the Board believes that both options are viable and well -conceived, it prefers the restrictive four lane approach in order to mitigate speed challenges on Bayside Drive. The Board applauds this proactive approach and again, appreciates the ability of association representatives to comment on same. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the number below. Thank you. Jerri Boone, PCAMO Executive Director Total Property Management, Inc., AAMCO 2301 Dupont Drive e Suite 100 a Irvine, CA 92612 Office 949.261.8282 ® Fax 949.261.6958 Iboonegtotalr) com• www,totalr)m.com 049 AAAIG /�k�pM.a�Nl!Kta �f}js� 5q }e 4n9+@zsttf5 kw =akn ����i klJi9��Ly'YA�JJm�} �e��'4A3k+�4 .:awN.ar M:E'tat.aL91 9 . This e-mail is intended to be confidential and received by the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose, distribute or use the information in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this e-mail. Thank you. Please cons€der the environment before printing this ernail. 29-13 October 14, 2016 Mr. Brad Sommers Senior Civil Engineer City of Newport Beach 100 Civic Center Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660 Re: Bayside Drive reconfiguration proposals Dear Mr, Sommers, We appreciate that you and Tony Brine took the time Tuesday evening to meet with some of the Linda Isle neighbors. I'm sure you left the meeting with a clear impression that we are not happy with the proposed changes to Bayside Drive, and that the residents of Linda Isle would prefer that the City of Newport Beach simply repave the street, rather than reduce lane sizes or number of lanes. To reiterate our concerns: 1 — Currently we sometimes must wait more than 5 minutes to exit our Linda Isle driveway due to traffic in both directions on Bayside Drive. People trying to exit the "Starbucks" parking lot or the service station have the same problem with a long time delay to be able to cross or enter traffic on Bayside. None of the proposed changes will help alleviate - - but will exacerbate this problem. 2 — Traffic on Bayside Drive is going to significantly increase as the new restaurant in the Balboa Marina West project begins operations with their valet service forced (because their parking is not adequate per city code) to utilize Bayside Drive to get to and from their parking at the Bayside (Pavilions) Shopping Center. Couple this problem with the new Back Bay Landing Project and the Newport Dunes Event Center hotel and convention facilities across Pacific Coast Highway which have been approved to bring up to 5000 people per event and we end up with much more traffic on Bayside Drive. If d 29-14 3 — The traffic accident history shows that most of the automobile accidents have occurred in the late evening, due to the number of inebriated drivers coming out of 333 restaurant -bar, the SOL restaurant, and soon to be joined by those from the new Marina West restaurant -bar. Seems as if a better solution to the traffic accidents would be to reduce the number of hours these alcohol dispensaries can stay open - - from 2:00 AM down to 11.00 PM. 4 — Putting in a traffic circle will certainly slow traffic - - but we believe it will only cause more congestion and increase the number of accidents. 5 -- None of the changes proposed eliminate the major problem we have had for years of the car -haulers parking in the median in front of Linda Isle. This happens multiple times per day! This is a real traffic problem that is not being aggressively addressed by the City or Law Enforcement even though we regularly complain to the Police Department. Some days we have three big rigs parked in our turn median at one time. See the attached photos, taken yesterday, for a graphic description of the problem. 6 — Reducing 4 lanes to 2 lanes will only increase the problem we have of getting in and out of Linda Isle, as with all the traffic funneled into two lanes, we will have to wait much longer for a break in both directions. Our recommendations are to: A — Reduce the speed limit on the section of Bayside Drive from Pacific Coast Highway to Jamboree to 35 Mph over the whole section. Currently it is posted 35 Mph by the Bayside Shopping Center, and increases to 40 Mph from Promontory Point up to PCH. B- Install Radar "Your Speed Is" Signs before you enter the curve in each direction. C — If we can't use speed bumps, we should install "Rumble Strips" across the roadway to warn drivers to slow down prior to the curve. rel 29-15 D — Have the Newport Beach Police aggressively enforce the Speed Law. E - Aggressively enforce the parking laws regarding the car -haulers that are flagrantly disregarding our safety. F -- Don't worry about reconfiguring Bayside Drive. It is now a very pretty drive. Just repave the street as it is. Please advise when this will be going before the Planning Commission and City Council as we plan to be there to make sure our concerns are clearly understood. Best regards, Linda Isle Community Association Board of Directors Jim Jordan 949-244-7408 Wanda Wells Pat Simonian Leann Benvenuti Doug Liechty cc: Dave Webb Director of Public Works City of Newport Beach Up j f + y 4 vt I �. � � �t. , ' ,.•x �- "'�» �€ !rte r .. ¢ A}i "'alt•+ - "U, "M ♦ - `�� } , �"''A. - carr - i i in, RAW �4 m d 1� IVY, r' I-1 L.i