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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993_06_15 Traffic Committee Minutes Minutes of a regular meeting of the Town of Mamaroneck Traffic Committee held Tuesday, June 15 , 1993 in the Court Room of the Town Center, 740 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, N.Y. PRESENT: David Lobl , Chairman Nancy Angiulo Pincus Leitner RECEIVED Richard Mari SEP 10 Camille Odierna 1993 Frank Voza PAT►�ICM A C.CI00010 MAMARONEA NOT PRESENT: Deirdre Black N.Y. ALSO PRESENT: Lieutenant Anderson, Town of Mamaroneck Police Dept. Stephen Altieri , Town Administrator Paul Ryan, Liaison from Town Board Allan Davis, Consultant from Allan Davis Assoc. The chairman called the meeting to order at 8 : 05 p.m. APPPROVAL OF MINUTES On a motion from Mr. Lobl , seconded by Mr. Leitner and carried unanimously, the minutes of May 4, 1993 were approved with the following addition: Under roll call , add NOT PRESENT: Pincus Leitner, Camille Odierna and Frank Voza. MURRAY AVENUE AT EDGEWOOD AVENUE AND ECHO LANE Mr. Lobl state4 that the Town Board has turned down the proposal to make Echo Lane a one way. Mr. Lobl gave the floor to Mr. Davis who made his presentation. Mr. Davis stated that if a stop sign were required, the sight distance would be much too short. Mr. Davis had investigated changing the shape of the intersection which included creating a new edge of Echo and Murray by extending the curb line on Echo to Murray and replanting the corner house front yard at this location. The meeting was opened to discussion. Paul Ryan suggested that since the County was to repave Murray Ave. next year, this could be added to that project. Barbara Ostow of Lookout Circle asked if any consideration had been given to moving the Stop Sign which exists at Murray and Maple Hill to Murray and Echo Lane. Alice Hefler of 119 Murray Ave. agreed that an issue is the stop sign. Paul Reynolds of 164 Hillside Rd. asked if a traffic signal at this intersection might help. David Lobl stated that the volume of traffic traversing the intersection does not warrant a traffic light according to the County study. Amy Jacobson of 15 Hillside Rd. stated concern with traffic coming down Echo La. to continue in the same direction on Edgewood towards Mamaroneck. Stanley Ostow of Lookout Circle stated that there has been no 0 indication of a problem siting one accident in five years due to ice on the roadway. He questioned changing anything about the intersection. Since a question rose regarding the Town ' s authority to trim the shrubbery at 97 Murray Ave. , Nancy Angiulo suggested sitting down Town of Mamaroneck Traffic Committee Minutes of June 15 , 1993 Page 2 MURRAY AVE AT EDGEWOOD AVE AND ECHO LANE (cont . ) with the owners and see what they are willing to do. Paul Reynolds of Hillside Rd. suggested it was not only hedges , but tree trunks in the line which block visibility. Mr. Davis stated that the hedges are not the problem, bushes in between the two sets of hedges which are 8 to 15 feet high are the problem. Frank Voza suggested that if the County would pay for a recon- figuration of the corner, we should look into that. If the Town would have to pay for it, the Town should look into buying an easement to this property which will allow the Town to cut bushes there. After lengthy discussion, Mr. Leitner made the following motion: The Traffic Committee adopts the proposal number one of the Allan Davis report dated 6/9/93 . The Town should contact the County in regard to proposal number two of the same report. Also, the Town should get an estimate of the cost of adopting proposal number three of the report with and without the Edgewood Ave. curb extension. Mr. Voza seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. DISCUSSION OF OVERNIGHT PARKING The committee reviewed the report from Lt . Anderson to Chief Rivera. The subject was opened to discussion. Mary Stell of 2 Washington Square stated that it was very inconvenient and hazardous to walk several blocks after parking the car at night. Chris O 'Brien of 2 Washington Square stated that other areas on Chatsworth Ave. have overnight parking, why not Washington Sq? Laura and Rich Difenbock of Washington Square suggested there be a machine to -tall for an overnight parking exemption so as not to tie up emergency lines. They further pointed out that the parking space waiting list is years long. Mr. Lobl suggested that we find out why parking is banned overnight at Washington Square. He would like to know why this area was not exempt from the overnight ban. Mr. Altieri will follow up to find out why Washington Square was not exempt from the original ban and will get the report to the committee before the September meeting. - After discussion of Lt. Anderson ' s recommendation, Mr. Lobl made the following motion: Lt. Anderson ' s proposal of a three day overnight parking exemption be adopted. Mr . Voza seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. NO LEFT TURN - GAP DRIVEWAY After reviewing the report of Lt . Anderson and discussion by the committee, the following motion was made by Mr. Mari : The Traffic Committee recommends that Lt Anderson' s recommendation that left turns be prohibited from the driveway of THE GAP onto the Boston Post Road be instituted. The motion was seconded by Mr. Lobl and carried unanimously. Town of Mamaroneck Traffic Committee Minutes of June 15 , 1993 Page 3 REQUEST - HOMMOCKS ROAD PROPERTY ASSOCIATION The Hommocks Road Property Association has requested that Old Hommocks Road be restored to a two way road along with the DEAD END sign being moved towards the STOP SIGN and the painting of yellow lines on curbs around the school . During discussion it was pointed out that the road is being used for test driving cars . It was further suggested that if the DEAD END sign were moved closer to the STOP SIGN, people would be warned of the dead end before they commit to driving on it. Lt. Anderson stated that the Police Department has spoken to both the Lexus and Volvo managers regarding the test driving and has been assured it will stop. He asked residents to let the Police Department know if this continues . Mr. Altieri stated that he will check into the benefit of making Old Hommocks Road a two way street. REQUEST: NO PARKING SIGN - DILLON ROAD AND EDGEWATER PLACE After discussion the following motion was made by Mr. Lobl : The Traffic Committee recommends to the Town Board that a sign stating NO PARKING HERE TO CORNER be installed on Dillon Road at Edgewater Place - dimensions to be furnished by the Police Department. The motion 7as seconded by Mr. Voza and carried unanimously. NEW BUSINESS It was agreed that overnight exemptions be put on the next agenda. At the request of Alice Hefler, Mr. Lobl stated that the STOP SIGN on Murray Ave. at Maple Hill be placed on the next agenda. The committee has discussed this in the past and determined that the STOP SIGN would not be removed. Information from Alice Hefler along with information regarding previous discussions of this STOP SIGN will be included in the September packet. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, on a motion from Mr. Voza, seconded by Mrs . Odierna and carried unanimously, the meeting adjourned at 10: 35 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Cynthia Rocchio