AGENDA
TRANSPORTATION
& MOBILITY COMMISSION
CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD
November 15, 2023
6:30 P.M.
COMMUNITY
CONFERENCE ROOM
WEST
HOLLYWOOD CITY HALL
8300
SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD
WEST
HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069
If special assistance to participate in
this meeting is required, (e.g., an American Sign Language interpreter for
people who are Deaf or hard of hearing), you must call or submit your request
in writing to the Office of the City Clerk at (323) 848-6800 at least 48 hours
prior to the meeting. The City TTY line is (323) 848-6496.
Special meeting
related accommodations (e.g. transportation)
may be provided upon written request to the Engineering Division at least 48
hours prior to the meeting. For information on public transportation, call 323.GO.METRO (323/466-3876) or go to www.metro.net
The West Hollywood Transportation &
Mobility Commission acknowledges that the land on which we gather and that is
currently known as the City of West Hollywood is the occupied, unceded, seized
territory of the Gabrieleño Tongva and Gabrieleño Kizh peoples.
1.
CALL TO ORDER | ROLL CALL
Reminder to
Speak Clearly into Microphone and to Turn Off All Cellular Phones and
Electronic devices.
2.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:
4.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
SUBJECT: The
Transportation and Mobility Commission is requested to approve the minutes of prior Transportation and Mobility Commission meeting.
RECOMMENDATION:
1) Approve the draft action minutes of:
5.
ITEMS FROM
PUBLIC
Citizens are given the
opportunity to address the Transportation & Mobility Commission on any item
that is not set for public hearing or any item that is not on tonight’s agenda.
In accordance with the Brown Act, public comment relating to business not
appearing on the agenda cannot be acted upon or discussed by the Commission
during the meeting but may be referred to staff for report on a future agenda,
ordered received and filed, or referred to the proper department for
administrative resolution. Staff requests that all persons wishing to
address the Commission fill out a Speaker's Slip and give it to the Commission
Liaison prior to speaking. The Commission requests that when you begin
speaking you state your name and the name of the city where you reside.
Individuals may address the Commission for up to two (2) minutes each, unless the Commission determines a different time
limit.
6.
SPECIAL ORDER
OF BUSINESS: None.
7.
CONSENT
CALENDAR: None
8.
PUBLIC
HEARING: None.
9.
NEW BUSINESS:
A.
ALL-WAY PEDESTRIAN PHASE – SANTA MONICA
BOULEVARD AT SAN VICENTE BOULEVARD: The Transportation Commission will
provide feedback regarding the proposal to incorporate an all-way pedestrian
phase at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard
to operate on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
Staff: John Gilmour, City Engineer and Richard Garland, Principal Traffic
Engineer
Recommendation: Recommend that the City Council direct staff to proceed with the
implementation of an all-way pedestrian phase at the intersection of Santa
Monica Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard.
ITEM 9.A. EXHIBIT A (Technical
Memorandum from Iteris)
B.
BICYCLE REPAIR STATION PILOT PROGRAM – The Transportation Commission will review the
City Council’s directive to develop and implement an eighteen (18) month bicycle repair
station pilot program in the City of West Hollywood to provide feedback.
Staff: Helen Collins,
Manager and Erin Hamant, Senior Administrative Analyst
Recommendation: Provide
feedback on preferences for site locations and station model features for the
bicycle repair station pilot program.
ITEM 9.B. EXHIBIT A (City Council meeting staff report (dated
9/18/23))
10.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS: None.
11.
ITEMS FROM
STAFF
12.
ITEMS FROM
COMMISSION
13.
ITEMS FROM PUBLIC
This time has
been set aside for members of the public who were unable to address the
Commission during the public comment period provided in Agenda Item No. 5.
14.
ADJOURNMENT
Next regular
meeting of the Transportation & Mobility Commission:
December 20, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
at the Community Conference Room,
8300 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood 90069
Written materials distributed to
the Transportation & Mobility Commission within 72 hours of the
Transportation & Mobility Commission meeting are available for public
inspection immediately upon distribution at the West Hollywood Planning
& Development Services Department at 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard, West
Hollywood, California, during normal business hours. They will also be available for inspection
during the Transportation & Mobility Commission meeting at the staff
liaison table.
Alexander
Bazley, Commissioner Adam Darvish, Commissioner
David Mason Eichman, Commissioner Jessica Harris, Commissioner
Kimberly S.Winick, Commissioner
Bob Cheung,
Senior Transportation Planner, Staff Liaison
Gabriele Gonzales,
Transportation and Mobility
Commission Secretary
City
of West Hollywood, Community Development Department 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069-4314
323.848.6475 (main) | 323.848.6569 (fax)
Current Transportation and Mobility Commission digital agenda packet
is available on-line at www.weho.org
The Transportation and Mobility Commission considers a
range of requests for matters concerning traffic circulation, parking, transit
services, neighborhood traffic calming and traffic operations (i.e. traffic signals). The
Commission makes every effort to proceed as expeditiously as possible; your patience and understanding is appreciated.
REQUEST TO SPEAK on an item must be submitted
on a Speakers Request
Form and submitted to the Transportation
and Mobility Secretary. All requests
to address the Transportation and Mobility Commission on Public Hearings items
must be submitted prior to the Transportation and Mobility Commission’s
consideration of the item.
CONSENT CALENDAR items will be
acted upon by the Transportation and Mobility Commission at one time without
discussion unless a Transportation and Mobility Commissioner pulls a specific
item for discussion.
PUBLIC HEARINGS PROCEDURES on each Public
Hearing item include presentation of a staff report; Transportation and
Mobility Commission questions of staff; a ten (10) minute presentation by the project
applicant or applicant’s representative or team, if any; Transportation and Mobility Commission questions of the applicant; three (3) minutes
for each member of the public wishing to speak to the item; five (5)
minutes for the project applicant to respond to the public or clarify issues
raised by the public; Transportation and Mobility Commission deliberations and
decisions. To facilitate a fair and
proper hearing the Chair or Commission may lengthen or shorten the time
allotted per speaker on a particular agenda item based on the number of persons
in attendance wishing to speak or the complexity of the matter under consideration.
PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC should begin
with the speaker stating his or her name and city of residence, followed by a statement regarding the item under
consideration. Please speak to the
Transportation and Mobility Commission as a whole.
COMMISSION should clearly identify their status,
such as “attorney”, “paralegal”, “architect”, “designer”, or “landscape
architect”. Instances of
misrepresentation of professional status may be referred to the City Attorney
for possible prosecution.
LETTERS OR WRITTEN
MATERIALS regarding agenda
items may be submitted to the
Long Range Planning Division staff prior to or at the
Transportation and Mobility Commission meeting; written
materials submitted at least eight (8) days in advance
of the meeting will be included
in the Transportation and Mobility
Commission’s meeting packet. Materials submitted after the deadline may be difficult
for the Transportation and Mobility
Commission to adequately review.
ASSIGNING OF
TIME is not permitted.
ACTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMISSION on most matters
occurs
with the affirmative votes of at least four (4) Transportation and Mobility Commissioners