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Minutes - 04/05/1993 Workshop - - '"""'" COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES April 5, 1993 TAPE READING 0001 DATE. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, CITY OF WOODBURN, COUNTY OF MARION, STATE OF OREGON, APRIL 5, 1993. 0003 CONVENED. The Council met in a workshop session at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor Kelley presiding. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss proposed traffic signal installations on Highway 214 at K-Mart/Bi-Mart and/or Progress Way/Tierra Lynn Drive intersections. 0016 ROLL CALL. Mayor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Kelley Arntzen Figley Galvin Hagenauer Jennings Sifuentez Present Present Absent Present Absent Present Present Staff Present: City Administrator Childs, Public Works Director Tiwari, Community Development Director Goeckritz, Public Works Manager Rohman, City Recorder Tennant 0036 In reviewing the history of the placement of a traffic signal at the K-Mart/Bi-Mart access, Public Works Manager Rohman stated that Bi-Mart had signed an access agreement with the State Transportation Department which required them, and any other development in the area, to participate in the payment of a traffic signal when traffic warrants were met. In March 1992, the State Transportation Dept. (ODOT) conducted a traffic study which concluded that traffic warrants were met and a traffic signal must be installed. The City completed their engineering study and held a public hearing on the establishment of a local improvement district. Following the hearing, concerns were raised by Attorney Bob Engle, representing WWDM properties, citing a more definite need at the Progress Way intersection than the K-Mart/Bi-Mart access. The Council then decided to hold this workshop to discuss in more detail on the feasibility of installing traffic signals at one or both locations. Public Works Director Tiwari stated that affected property owners had been notified of this workshop. In attendance at the meeting representing ODOT was John Grassman, District Manager, and William Bradshaw, Regional Traffic Engineer. John Grassman stated that the access agreement was originally signed by Bi-Mart for the development of their property and is viewed as a contractual agreement to access Highway 214. When K-Mart was developed, they were also included in the access agreement and access points were placed directly across from each other to accommodate Page 1 - Council Workshop Meeting Minutes, April 5, 1993 11 - - -.... COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES April 5, 1993 TAPE READING a traffic signal. A traffic study was conducted in March 1992 at the K-Mart/Bi-Mart access and the Progress Way intersection. The results of the study showed that the K- Mart/Bi-Mart access warranted a traffic signal while the Progress Way intersection did not meet the warrants. The warrant standards used by ODOT come from the Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) which is used nationally. ODOT willnot install a traffic signal until warrants are met at the Progress Way intersection and then it would still have to be placed on the State's long-term funding program which may take a few years for the installation of the signal. At some point in time, traffic signals will probably be at both locations on Highway 214. Don O'Roke, General Manager of Fleetwood, stated that his company has in excess of 700 employees who work during one shift period. In addition, Silvercrest and other industries in their area also employ a substantial number of employees who use the Progress Way intersection during the week. He also expressed concern regarding the number of vehicles using the intersection which are oversized and create their own separate problem in taking up the two lanes of traffic on Highway 214 in order to make a right turn off of Progress Way. Wendall Foote, Specialty Polymers, stated that double tank trucks also have difficulty getting into and out of Progress Way and a dangerous situation could arise with these vehicles since they carry hazardous materials. Other traffic is also created by motorists using Industrial Way and Progress Way as a bypass to Highway 214 rather going to the Highway 99E/Highway 214/Highway 211 intersection. Mayor Kelley stated that his impression of what is happening is that it is not a question of whether one or the other intersection will get a traffic signal but when each intersection would have a signal installed. Attorney Bob Engle questioned ODOT as to how much of a factor was placed on the decision to allow the K-MartlBi-Mart signal since it would be paid by a local improvement district rather than addressing the public safety issue. Mr. Grassman stated that the warrants all relate to public safety and only one warrant needs to be met to allow a traffic signal. The access agreement expedites the installation process since the State will not be paying for the signal. Lillian Warzynski, Planning Commission member, stated that the access agreement for the commercial developments were part of the conditions imposed by the Commission and City Council. She expressed concern in having a traffic signal at Progress Way since Tierra Lynn Drive, which is a residential area, is directly opposite Progress Way. She also suggested that the traffic light at the K-Mart/Bi-Mart access will provide a gap in traffic movement to allow safer left-turns from Progress Way onto Highway 214. Page 2 - Council Workshop Meeting Minutes, April 5, 1993 11 - ......... COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES April 5, 1993 TAPE READING Willard Bradshaw, ODOT Regional Traffic Engineer, reviewed the 11 categories in the MUTCD for traffic signal warrants. They include: 1) minimum vehicle volume, 2) interruption of continuous traffic, 3) minimum pedestrian volume, 4) school crossing, 5) progressive movement, 6) accident experience, 7) systems warrant (network grid system), 8) combination of warrants #1 and #2, 9) four hour volumes, 10) peak hour delay, and 11) peak hour volumes. Even though meeting only one of the warrants could justify the need for a traffic signal, the manual still requires ODOT to look at other alternatives to installing a signal. Attorney Engle questioned ODOT's interpretation of the traffic count study since the numbers show more activity at the Progress Way intersection. Mr. Bradshaw stated that during a 16 hour period, the Progress Way intersection had 1,000 right turns and 500 left turns. The right turns do not count as highly in determining if warrants are met. As an alternative, the City could widen Progress Way to 3 lanes which would allow the large vehicles to make a left turn onto Highway 214 without tying up both lanes of traffic on Highway 214. Councilor Sifuentez stated that the traffic impact is greater at the shopping centers during the weekend and the need to install a light at the K-MartlBi-Mart access is necessary since motorists are using both sides of the street trying to make left turns at the same time. Mr. Bradshaw stated that the City and State cannot ignore the Progress Way intersection and they would need to keep a close watch on the intersection once a signal is installed at the K-MartlBi-Mart access. In addition, a traffic signal at the Progress Way intersection will have an impact on the residential area along Tierra Lynn Drive and it may end up being a collector street to Hardcastle Ave. He stated that past experience with traffic signals do show that traffic gaps are created with traffic lights. Attorney Engle stated that the large trucks need more time to negotiate a right or left turn and the distance from the K-MartlBi-Mart access may not be enough to create a safe entrance onto Highway 214. He stated that public safety should be weighed more heavily than who is going to pay for the traffic signal even though the K-MartlBi-Mart access may meet the warrant requirements. His purpose in pursuing this issue is to give the Progress Way property owners an opportunity to also have a traffic signal at the Progress Way intersection. Public Works Director Tiwari reiterated that warrants are public safety issues and are a part of a systematic determination of when warrants are met. In regards to truck traffic, he suggested that businesses look into the operational hours of trucks utilizing Progress Way to determine if using non-peak hours for moving manufactured homes would create an easier entrance onto Highway 214. It was also noted that state law also requires pilot cars in front and back of the vehicle moving a manufactured home and the interruption from the traffic signal may not be enough to safely bring those vehicles out onto the roadway since the 4-lane highway narrows down to 2-lanes just west of the Progress Way intersection. Page 3 - Council Workshop Meeting Minutes, April 5, 1993 'II -, - --- COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES April 5, 1993 TAPE READING Mr. Grassman stated that if the property owners are willing to pay for the traffic signal at Progress Way, ODOT will probably allow the installation of the signal. Discussion was held regarding the Industrial Way/Highway 99E intersection which also aligns with the entrance/exit to MacLaren School. It was suggested that the businesses communicate with their employees who usually make a left-turn from Progress onto Highway 214 to use the Industrial Way intersection. At some point in time, a traffic signal may also be required at that particular intersection to allow access to Highway 99E. Mr. O'Roke advised the City that his company is planning on increasing the number of manufactured homes built and they will be running two full-time shifts. Councilor Jennings stated that he felt a traffic signal should be installed at the K- MartlBi-Mart access, however, he also felt that a signal at Progress Way should be installed. Mr. Grassman stated that a recount of traffic should be done before final determination is made as to whether or not a signal should be installed. However, he expressed concern in obtaining an accurate count until such time as the construction work on Highway 99E is completed. In regards to pedestrian traffic along Highway 214, Administrator Childs stated that school crossing areas are located west of the Progress Way intersection and most of the pedestrian traffic along Highway 214 is found on the south side of the road. Mayor Kelley requested that Attorney Engle meet with the property owners in the Industrial Park and respond to the City within 2 weeks as to whether or not they are willing to pay for a traffic signal. The City will proceed with the traffic signal at the K- MartlBi-Mart access with the hope that the other property owners will pay for the Progress Way signal and then both signals can be installed at the same time. 2943 ADJOURNMENT. The workshop adjourned at 8:25 p.m. APPROVED ~~ ~ LLEY, AYOR ATTEST ;r~~ Mary nant, Recorder City of Woodburn, Oregon Page 4 - Council Workshop Meeting Minutes, April 5, 1993 ,p '" - - -... 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