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WELL, THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING.
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PEOPLE TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED, AND IT'S A REALLY NICE DAY OUT TODAY, SO I DON'T WANNA KEEP GETTING IN THE DARK IN THE BUILDING.UH, BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, YEAH, A NUMBER OF THINGS TO GO OVER TODAY.
ONE, UH, I THINK WE'LL HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I'M LOOKING TO HAVE SOME, UM, GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, THE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.
UH, RYAN'S HERE TO HELP TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO KAREN, UH, FOR THE OFFICIAL, UH, START AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
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UH, MEMBER BIRDWELL.DID YOU CALL A BROKER? ROBERT CASTILLO? YEAH.
[1. 25-55266 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee meeting of Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, 2024.I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER MAORI AND A SECOND BY CHAIRMAN.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE CAN GO TO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
MEMBER BERMAN, OR SORRY, MEMBER JUAN.
AND I JUST HAD A COMMISSIONER ARRIVE, SHANNON AND MELISSA.
UH, WE'RE VOTING ON THE MINUTES RIGHT NOW.
DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO YEAH, IT LOOKS OKAY.
[2. 25-55267 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Ralph M. Brown Act from the City Attorney’s Office. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.CAN I GET A MOTION, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE? RIGHT.
AND WE HAVE VANESSA FROM CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UH, I'M GONNA STAND UP SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ME.
UH, MY NAME IS VANESSA IBARRA.
I'M ONE OF THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS, UH, AND I SUPPORT THIS COMMITTEE.
IT'S VERY NICE, UH, TO SEE YOU, AND IT'S NICE TO MEET THE STAFF.
IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE, SO, UH, HELLO.
UH, SO THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE TODAY IS A PRESENTATION THAT HAS BEEN CREATED BETWEEN OUR OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF ETHICS.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT CONCISE INFORMATION, THE LATEST AND GREATEST, UH, THAT OUR OFFICES HAVE COLLABORATED ON.
UH, SO I'M, WE'RE GONNA PLAY IT.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 15 MINUTES OR SO.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND DETAILS THAT ARE GONNA BE PROVIDED, UH, YOU CAN ALWAYS FOLLOW UP, UH, WITH ME.
YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR STAFF HERE, UH, WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, AND THEN ALSO THE OFFICE OF ETHICS.
THERE'LL BE, UH, INFORMATION AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN SLIDES, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN GO HOME AND YOU CAN REVIEW THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
UH, AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
UH, THOSE QUESTIONS COME UP AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GET STARTED.
WE WERE, I THINK WE WERE ALL REQUIRED TO UNDERGO A BROWN NECK TRAINING.
SO THIS IS WHAT WAS ON THE LEARN PLATFORM.
SO I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN REQUIRED TO WATCH THIS.
SO THEN YOU LET ME KNOW, RIGHT? I MEAN, AT THIS POINT WE CAN, UH, WE WATCH IT IF WE WANT TO, BUT IT IS ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
UM, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO DO A BROWN MAP PRESENTATION.
SO YOU LET ME KNOW IF YOU, IF THERE'S MAYBE QUESTIONS, RIGHT? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S WORTHWHILE TO SKIM KIND OF THE SLIDES IF THIS INFORMATION HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED.
UH, IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ALL HADN'T SEEN THIS YET, SO THAT'S WHY WE CAME WITH THIS PRESENTATION.
BUT WE WERE ALL NOTIFIED, I THINK, ABOUT A MONTH AGO THAT WE WERE EXPECTED
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TO OKAY.OR MAYBE EVEN LONGER AGO THAT WE WERE EXPECTED TO YEAH.
THAT MAKES SENSE THAT THIS MEETING IS A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND THAT MOVIE WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE LAST ONE.
IT'S BEEN LAID OVER FROM MANY MEETINGS.
WELL THEN I GUESS YOU ALL ARE BROWN ACT PROBES,
I MEAN, WHAT IF WE JUST GIVE YOU A SECOND? SURE.
UH, TO JUST THINK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, THAT WAY IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU, THAT YOU HAVE, I MEAN, I DON'T, IF NOT, WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
PAUL, UNLESS THE CHAIR HAS KIND OF ANY OTHER REQUEST RELATED TO THE BROWN ACT THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO DISCUSS OR COVER? YEAH, I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK THAT THE MAIN QUESTIONS THAT, THAT I HAD WERE SOME OF THE RULES AROUND, UM, MAYBE EVEN KAREN'S PROBABLY A BETTER ONE TO ANSWER ABOUT HOW TO RELEASE ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
HOW WHEN THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, I ASSUME THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN MM-HMM
UM, WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THESE THINGS.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF THIS CONTENT YEAH.
WHICH MAYBE DIDN'T FOCUS ON THAT MOSTLY ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIPS.
BUT, UH, YEAH, I THINK THE PUBLIC NOTICING OF THE DOCUMENTATION YEAH.
SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY ALL LIKE CASE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, RIGHT.
THAT ARE CASE BY CASE THAT COME UP MAYBE WITH SPECIFIC ITEMS OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AGENDA THINGS THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF PUTTING ON THE AGENDA.
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS NOW, UH, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS IF YOU NEED OUR HELP AS WELL.
THE MAIN THING IS A SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, A REGULAR MEETING, 72 HOUR NOTICE.
UH, WE TRY TO GET THE ITEMS OUT THERE SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, AND, UM, LET THEM KNOW IF THEY WANNA ATTEND THE MEETING.
SO THE THINGS THAT WE AGENDIZE SHOULD BE THE ACTUAL DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING.
WE CAN'T HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TOPICS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, WE CAN RECEIVE NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, BUT THAT'S NOT A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE AND THOSE ARE THE, THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE USUALLY PROVIDE ANSWERS TO.
AND THEN ONE FOLLOW UP ON THAT, IF I CAN.
THE, THE PLACES WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE NOTICES, THERE'S A, THERE'S A BOARD IN THE PLAZA WHERE WE POST THOSE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY THAT WE COMMUNICATE THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING HAPPEN? YEAH, SO WE DO HAVE A ONLINE PUBLIC PORTAL.
WE USE THE PLATFORM, UH, ONE MEETING OR PRIME GOV, AND WE DO POST IT ON THE BULLETIN BOARD DOWNSTAIRS, AND THEN WE POST, POST IT ONLINE WHERE ALL THE OTHER AGENDAS ARE AND WHERE THE AGENDAS CAN BE VIEWED.
YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT UP UNTIL AN HOUR.
UM, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY TODAY
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ALRIGHT, THEN, UM, SINCE AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD TO AFFIRM THAT WE'VE WATCHED THIS VIDEO.
I THINK WE CAN THEN, UH, APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
TODAY WE WILL BE DISCUSSING AN OVERVIEW OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWN ACT FOR CITY OFFICIALS.
[3. 25-55268 Recommendation to approve prioritization factors for school guard placement beyond Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) Section 10.68.010. The factors for crossing guard placement include but not limited to vehicle speeds, collision history, proximity to schools, traffic control measures, pedestrian counts, staffing at locations with fewer lanes, and the feasibility of reducing the number of guards. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS FOR SCHOOL GUARD PLACEMENT BEYOND LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.THE FACTORS FOR CROSSING GUARD PLACEMENT INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO VEHICLE SPEEDS, COLLISION HISTORY, PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS, TRAFFIC, SCHOOL MEASURES, PEDESTRIAN COUNTS, STAFFING AT LOCATIONS WITH FEWER LANES, AND THE FEASIBILITY OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF GUARDS.
AND I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND, PLEASE TO HEAR THE ITEM.
SO, AND VICE CHAIR ELY SESSION.
SO THEN, YEAH, TO TO RECAP, UM, FROM OUR MEETING LAST TIME, UH, WE HAD RECEIVED, UH, A
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REPORT BACK FROM PUBLIC WORK STAFF ABOUT THE ANALYSIS OF ALL OF THE LOCATIONS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DESIGNATED AS HAZARDOUS ACCORDING TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE.UM, THE, THE RECORDS THAT WE WERE MAINTAINING DID NOT, UM, RETAIN THE INFORMATION AS TO WHEN THOSE ASSESSMENTS WERE MADE.
SO WE HAD A LEGACY OF LOCATIONS.
UM, BUT BECAUSE THIS COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE, WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE MID OR LATE 1970S, UM, NATURALLY SOME OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS CHANGED, UM, AND THE NATURE OF OUR WORK IN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION, UH, GONE ABOUT SOME CHANGES TO THE GEOMETRY OF THE ROADS, UM, THAT IMPACTED THE ELIGIBILITY OF SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS TO BE, UM, DEEMED HAZARDOUS ACCORDING TO THE DEFINITION IN THE CODE.
UH, AND ONE OF THE MOST, UM, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE TO THE WAY THAT STOP CONTROL INTERSECTIONS WERE DESIGNED.
UH, THE CODE CALLED FOR A GUARD TO BE PLACED IN AREAS THAT WERE STOP CONTROLLED, THAT HAD FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC AND A STOP CONTROL, UM, BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S, UH, ROAD DIET PROGRAM AND BUDGET FOR UPGRADING, UM, BUSIER STREETS WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
THERE REALLY AREN'T THAT MANY INTER SETUPS AT ALL IN LONG BEACH THAT NEED THAT, UM, GEOMETRIC PLAN.
SO, UH, IN SUMMARY, I THINK ONLY 13 LOCATIONS, UM, WERE DETERMINED TO BE HAZARDOUS, BUT THE CITY HAS, I THINK FOUR TIMES THAT MANY SCHOOL GUARDS.
SO AT THAT POINT, UM, WE, UH, RECEIVED DIRECTION TO THEN COME UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL PRIORITIZATION METHOD, UM, TO HELP US EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTE OUR SKI GUARDS, UH, BEYOND THE ESSENTIAL HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS THAT WERE IN THE CODE.
SO, UM, SENIOR TRAFFIC ENGINEER RYAN KELLY IS HERE TO DISCUSS, UM, THE DATA THAT WERE COLLECTED, UH, AND HAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR, UM, HOW TO FACTOR ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT DATA SETS AND COME UP WITH A PRIORITIZATION METHOD SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLACING SCHOOL GUARDS AT THE PLACES THAT OBJECTIVELY HAVE, UH, AGREED.
SO, UH, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO RYAN, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, THAT PROCESS THERE.
SO, UH, SHARON MENTIONED LAST TIME WE DID THE SYSTEM WIDE AUDIT.
YOU LOOK AT 57 LOCATIONS THAT ARE ON OUR LIST, 13 WERE HAZARDOUS, AND THAT'S ON THAT FIRST TABLE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT 12 OF THE 13 ARE CURRENT STAFF WITH CROSSING DRINKS.
UH, THEN WE HAD THE 44 NONHAZARDOUS LOCATIONS, 19 OF WHICH ARE CRIMINAL STAFF CROSSING GUARDS.
SO WE HAVE 31 LOCATIONS CURRENTLY THAT ARE STAFFED ACROSS GUARDS.
SO MOVING FORWARD, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING NEW CROSSING GUARDS FOR THE FALL OF 2025 SEMESTER, CLEARLY THE FIRST ONE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE ONE HAZARDOUS LOCATION, UH, THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CROSSING DRIVE BY.
HOW DO WE PLACE THE REST? YOU INSTRUCT US TO LOOK, UH, AT SUPPLEMENTAL PRIORITIZATION FACTORS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE RELATED TO SCHOOL AGE, PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES AT THE CROSSINGS, COLLISIONS AT THE CROSSINGS AND VEHICLE SPEEDS ALONG THE STREETS AT CROSSINGS.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SIZE OF THIS TABLE.
UH, IT'S TWO PAGES LONG AT ALL 44 LOCATIONS.
UM, BUT BASICALLY WE CAN WITH, UH, A SCORING SYSTEM LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT FACTORS RELATED TO SCHOOL AGE, PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES, COLLISIONS, VEHICLE SPEEDS.
SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST COLUMN AFTER CROSSING TYPE, MAXIMUM HOURLY SCHOOL AGE, PEDESTRIAN VOLUME.
THAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER, SCHOOL AGE PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AT THE INTERSECTION, UH, DURING THE PEAK HOUR SCHOOL ACTIVITY.
UH, THEN WE HAVE PHONES FOR COLLISIONS, BOTH, UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER OF COLLISIONS AT THE INTERSECTION.
AND THEN WE LOOKED SPECIFICALLY INTO SCHOOL AGE, PEDESTRIAN RELATED COLLISIONS AND SCHOOL AGE BICYCLE RELATED COLLISIONS.
SO YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER OF THOSE ALONG WITH THOSE THAT WERE, THAT INVOLVED A SEVERE INJURY AS THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF INJURY, OR A FATALITY AS THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF INJURY.
THERE WERE NO FATALITIES ACROSS THOSE TWO BUCKETS.
UM, AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE SEVERE IMAGERY, UH, WHICH, UH, OCCURRED AT THE NUMBER ONE LOCATION THERE, RTJ AT LONG BEACH.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE PERCENT OF COLLISIONS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE SCHOOL PEAK OUTS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO, TO FACTOR, UH, PLACING THESE CROSSING GUARDS.
UM, SO THE PERCENTAGE OF COLLISIONS ARE IN THE SCHOOL PEAK GUARDS FOR THOSE THAT HAPPEN BETWEEN SEVEN AND 9:00 AM AND TWO AND 4:00 PM
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UH, THEN WE ALSO DO THE SPEED ANALYSIS COC COLUMNS FOR THE POST SPEED LIMIT, UH, THE 80 PERCENTILE SPEED, WHICH IS THE SPEED AT WHICH, UH, 85% OF MOTORS ARE TRAVELING BELOW.SO IT IS, YOU KNOW, ONLY 15% OF THOSE TRAVELING ON THE ROAD ARE GOING HIGHER THAN THAT.
BUT YOU AND, AND 80% IS OFTEN WHAT ENGINEERS USE TO DESIGN, UH, TO DESIGN ROADWAYS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN ALMOST ALL CASES, THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED, UH, EXCEEDED THE POTENT SPEED LIMIT.
I THINK THERE WAS ONE WHERE IT DIDN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, LOCATION 32, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS, WAS HIGHER IN SOME CASES, DECENT AMOUNT, HIGHER.
UH, AND THEN WE, UH, SCORE BASED ON, UH, THESE THREE CATEGORIES, PEDESTRIAN VOLUME, COLLISION, AND SPEED.
THE FACTORS USED TO CREATE THE SCORES ARE INCLUDED IN THE NOTES BELOW.
UM, I CAN SUMMARIZE THEM IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, SO FOR, UH, PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES, UH, IT WAS A SCALE OF, FROM LIKE ZERO POINTS UP TO 10 POINTS, DEPENDING UPON HOW MANY SCHOOL AGE PEDESTRIANS WE'RE CROSSING.
SO FROM ZERO TO 50 SCHOOL AGE PEDESTRIANS ZERO POINTS, AND THEN YOU INCREASED BY TWO POINTS PER EVERY 50, UH, PEDESTRIAN IN INCRE 2 51 TO A HUNDRED FOUR, FOUR, ONE OH ONE, ONE FIFTY, AND SO ON, ALL THE WAY UP TO 10 FOR 250 TO 300 SCHOOL AGE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.
SO WE DID HAVE ONE LOCATION, UH, LOCATION NUMBER EIGHT, 11TH AND ORANGE FOR LINCOLN, WHICH HAD 290 SCHOOL AGE PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AND ONE NUMBER.
SO THAT'S HOW WE CALCULATED THE PEDESTRIAN VOLUME SCORE, UH, FOR THE COLLISIONS, UH, THERE, THERE WAS MORE INVOLVED.
UH, SO WE DID A SIMILAR INCRE INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN POINTS, UH, FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COLLISIONS.
UH, SO ZERO TO 15, ZERO POINTS, 16 TO 31 POINT, AND THEN TWO FOR 31 45, 3 46 TO 64 FOR 61 TO 75 AND FIVE OF SEVEN, SIX TO 90.
IN ADDITION TO THE, THE POINTS FOR TOTAL COLLISIONS, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL POINTS ADDED IF THERE WERE SCHOOL PAGE PEDESTRIAN OR BICYCLE COLLISIONS RESULTING IN SEVERE INJURY OR FATALITY.
SO IT'S FIVE ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR SEVERE INJURY AND 15 ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR THOSE RESULTING FATALITY.
THE ONE EXTRA THING ADDED FOR COLLISION WAS ALSO, UH, THE PERCENTAGE OCCURRING DURING SCHOOL PEAKS.
SO, UH, IF THE PERCENTAGE OCCURRING DURING THE SCHOOL PIECE WAS ZERO TO 20, NO POINTS, HALF A POINT FOR 21 TO 30%, ONE POINT FOR 31 TO 40% AND ONE POINT A HALF POINTS FOR OVER 40%.
SUMMING ALL THOSE, YOU GET THE COLLISION POINT VALUE IN THE, UH, THIRD TO LAST COLUMN ON THE TAPE.
AND THERE WERE, UM, SPEED POINT VALUES AS WELL.
SO WE LOOKED AT TWO THINGS HERE.
WE LOOKED AT THE 85TH PERCENTILE, SPEED ON THE ROADWAY, AND THEN WE LOOKED AT ALSO THE DELTA BETWEEN THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED AND THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
SO HOW FAST THE VEHICLE'S GOING, THERE ARE POINTS FOR THAT.
AND THEN HOW MUCH FASTER ARE THEY GOING THAN THE SPEED LIMIT? THERE ARE POINTS FOR THAT.
SO, UH, FOR, FOR JUST THE, THE PERCENTILE SPEED, ZERO POINTS FOR ZERO TO 20 MILES PER HOUR.
ONE FOR 21 TO 34 FOR 31 TO 47 FOR 41 TO 50, AND 10 FOR OVER 50.
AND THAT POINT SCALE IS BASED ON, UH, DATA RELATED TO, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY AND SPEEDS.
SO I THINK I REMEMBER THIS CORRECTLY.
UM, IF CARS ARE TRAVELING AT A SPEED AT 20 MILES PER HOUR, THERE'S A 13% CHANCE OF THE INJURY RESULTING IN A BAT OR SEVERE INJURY.
UH, INCREASES TO JUST OVER 40% AT 30 MILES AN HOUR, AND OVER 70% AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
SO THAT, THAT SORT OF GUIDED THAT, THAT POINT SCORING SYSTEM.
IN ADDITION, WE HAD, UH, POINTS FOR THE TILTED BETWEEN THE 85% OUT AND THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
SO IF THAT WAS, IT WAS LESS THAN A FIVE MILE AN HOUR DIFFERENCE, NO POINTS.
UH, ONE POINT FOR OVER FIVE TO 10 MILES AN HOUR, TWO POINTS FOR OVER 10, 15 MILES AN HOUR, THREE POINTS FOR OVER 15 TO 20 AND FOUR POINTS FOR OVER 20 MILES AN HOUR.
I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY THAT WERE OVER 20 MILES AN HOUR OPEN SPEED LIMIT, UH, IN OUR DATA SET.
SO BASED ON THAT, UH, WE, WE TYPED THE PEDESTRIAN VOLUME SCORE, COLLISION SCORE, SPEED SCORE, SOME OF THOSE THREE, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE OVERALL SCORE IN THE LAST COLUMN ON THE TABLE.
AND THEN WE RANKED THE, UH, THE 44 LOCATIONS.
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THE, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY LOCATION BASED ON THE SCORING SYSTEM WOULD BE ARTESIA AND LONG BEACH KING EL, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.AND YOU CAN, IF YOU LOOK INTO THE BREAKDOWN, YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A, THAT LOCATION RECEIVED ZERO POINTS FOR PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES.
THERE ARE ONLY 20 PEDESTRIANS CROSSING, UH, AND THE PEAK HOUR.
BUT BECAUSE THERE, THERE WERE PLENTY OF COLLISIONS, 70 COLLISIONS AT THAT INTERSECTION, ONE INVOLVING A SCHOOL AGE PEDESTRIAN, UH, WHICH INVOLVES SEVERE INJURY.
UH, THE COLLISION SCORE WAS 14.5, AND THEN THE SPEED SCORE WAS ALSO DECENT AT FIVE BECAUSE, UM, MOTORS WERE GOING 38 MILES AN HOUR OR EIGHT MILES AN HOUR OVER THE POST SPEED LIMIT.
UH, SO BASED ON THIS, UM, WE'VE GOT OUR RANKING AND YOU'LL NOTE, UH, FOR ALL LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THE SUPERSCRIPT TWO, UH, NEXT TO 'EM, THOSE ARE LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE A CROSSING DRUG.
SO, UH, OF THE TOP 19 LOCATIONS, 10 OF THEM ALREADY HAVE CROSSING GUARDS.
UH, AND THEN AS YOU GO DOWN THROUGH THE LIST, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS AS WELL.
UM, SO, UH, OUR THINKING IS FOR ANY NEW CROSSING GUARDS THAT ARE HIGHER, ANY INCREASES IN THE CROSSING GUARD POPULATION, UH, THEY COULD BE ASSIGNED TO, UH, THE LOCATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE CROSSING GUARDS STARTING AT THE TOP AND MOVING THE WAY DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
NOW YOU MIGHT ASK, UH, WHY A LOCATION LIKE 17TH AND VIF ROW, WHICH HAS A CROSSING GUARD AT, YOU KNOW, AT NUMBER 41.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY NOT TAKE THAT CROSSING GUARD SHIFTED UP, UH, SOMEWHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, FURTHER UP THE TABLE, BUT THE REASON THEY'RE DOWN THERE MIGHT BE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CROSSING GUARD.
SO IT'S, THERE'S NO WAY TO TEASE THAT EFFECT OUT FROM THE DATA.
SO THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE RESULTS, UH, ARE FOR LOCATIONS THAT BOTH HAVE AND DON'T HAVE ACROSS AND GROWTH CURRENTLY.
SO, UH, WE DON'T KNOW THAT IF WE PULL SOMEONE FROM A LOWER RANKED LOCATION AT THAT LOCATION, BUT THEN RISE TO THE TOP, UH, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CROSSING GUARD THERE.
SO OUR, OUR THINKING IS FOR ALL FUTURE, UH, CROSSING GUARDS TO BE LOCATED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SYSTEM START AT THE TOP, MOVING OUR WAY DOWN.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
UM, I THINK TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, UM, YEAH, THEY WENT OUT AND ACTUALLY DID SPEED SURVEYS AT ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS, BROKE DOWN COLLISION DATA, UH, FOR 2018 THROUGH 2022, BROUGHT ALL THESE LOCATIONS AND YEAH, THE HEAD COUNTS AS WELL.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO APRIL AND JOSE OVER HERE.
I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT AT THE END, BUT IF WE DO HAVE MORE GUARDS HIGHER, RIGHT.
I THINK WE'RE COUNTING ON HOW MANY, ARE WE ONBOARDING TINY BEFORE THE SCHOOL SEASON STARTS OR OKAY, WE HAVE NINE MORE IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU HAVE IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT HAVE THE SUPER SUPERSCRIPT TOO.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE COVER PAGE, RIGHT.
UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS DEAL, BUT UH, AND THEN AFTER THAT I THINK WE ALSO RECEIVED SOME APPLICATIONS FROM OTHER CANDIDATES.
UH, OTHER MORE INTERVIEWS? YEAH.
SO IN TWO WEEKS WE'LL BE GOING FOR, SO IN THE EVENT THAT THEY ARE APPROVED FOR HIRE, THEY CLEAR ALL THE SCREENING AND WE HAVE EVEN MORE GUARDS TO ASSIGN, THEN THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS TO PLACE THEM IN ORDER.
SO WE LIKE FOR THIS ANALYSIS, WE CAN CONSERVATIVELY ASSUME THERE'D BE AROUND 10 ADDITIONAL CROSSING GUARDS STARTING IN THE FALL.
SO WITH THE ONE GOING TO THE, THE ONE HAZARDOUS LOCATION THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CROSSING GUARD, NINE MORE COULD BE ADDED TO THIS LIST.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE DASH LINE, UH, BOTH BETWEEN, UH, ENTRY 19 AND 20.
SO BASICALLY, UH, EVERYTHING FROM ONE THROUGH 19 COULD BE FILLED WITH THE NEW HIRES FOLLOWING THIS METHODOLOGY, STARTING AT THE TOP AND FILLING IT WHEREVER THEY'RE ON PROCESS.
SO THAT WAS ALMOST EXACTLY MY QUESTION, BUT MY NEXT QUESTION THEN IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FOUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SCORED AT EIGHT FOR YOUR 18, 19, 20, AND 21 ARE ALL
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SCORE EIGHT.WHY DID YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN AND THE RANK AND THAT YOU DID? UM, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THEY, THERE IS NO DISTINCTION, UM, THAT THEY JUST, THAT'S JUST THE WAY THEY HAPPENED TO SHAKE OUT.
THE ONE, THERE ARE TWO, TWO LOCATIONS WITH A SCORE OF EIGHT THAT CURRENTLY HAVE CROSSING GUARDS.
SO THE LOCATIONS THAT WOULD, I MEAN ASSUMING WE GET NINE MORE CROSSING GUARDS, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN TOUCH.
IT WOULD ALL BE BETWEEN SCORE NINE AND HALF.
SO IS THAT QUESTION INTENDED TO NOT JUST TO WHAT IS OUR TIE RATE POLICY? IT ISN'T, BUT I'LL TAKE THAT
WE DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE THE CROSSING GUARDS THERE.
YEAH, I MEAN THAT, THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK, RIGHT? UH, AND SO IF WE NEED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, PRIORITIZE IN A TIE RATE SCENARIO, THE PLACES THAT HAVE A HIGHER SPEED OR SOMETHING OR, UM, LEADING TO THE DISCRETION OF THE GUARD SUPERVISOR BECAUSE SHE'S OUT THERE, UH, AT ALL OF THESE SITES, UH, YEAH, HAPPY TO RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK ON HOW WE SHOULD.
THE OTHER THING IS SPEED IS NUMBER ONE FOR ME.
BUT THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IS ROADWAY GEOMETRY.
LIKE ARTESIA NEVER SHOWED ON HERE BEFORE AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET TWO CROSSING GUARDS ON ARTESIA, WHAT IS IT? SIX LANES ACROSS SOME CHANNELS THEY SHOULD HAVE AT ALL.
UH, IT'S FIVE WITH PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
BUT YEAH, SO THE SPEEDS ARE GONNA BE HIGHER, IT'S GONNA BE MUCH MORE COMPLEX.
PEOPLE ARE GONNA BLOW LIGHTS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU WERE SAYING THIS DATA WAS COMPILED FROM TWO 18 TO 2 2 2.
SO COLLISION DATA COLLISIONS HAPPEN, REPORTS WRITTEN UP, IT TAKES A WHILE BEFORE IT FILTERS TO US.
AND THEN IT TAKES US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET INTO OUR DATABASE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE COLLISION DATA LEFT THROUGH YESTERDAY.
UH, WE HAVE IT UH, THROUGH I THINK SOMETIME IN 20, EARLY 20, 23.
SO THE MOST RECENT FIVE YEARS WE HAVE SOLID ARE 20 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.
THERE WASN'T MUCH SCHOOL YEAR AND HALF.
SO IT WAS PROBABLY HIGHER NOW IS WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? POSSIBLY.
I MEAN, I MEAN, 22 IS THREE YEARS AGO AND I SAID MOST, MOST KIDS WON'T GO TO SCHOOL FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO PLANNING ON DOING, UM, WITH STAFF IS REVALIDATING THIS INFORMATION MORE FREQUENTLY.
I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE EVER GONE BACK TO
UM, AND BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA BE USING PRIOR PRIORITIZED METHOD INSTEAD OF JUST DOES IT NEED IT, YES OR NO? RIGHT? UM, THEN WE'RE GOING ON TO HAVE MORE, UH, UP TO DATE INFORMATION.
SO, UH, WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING A, A MORE FREQUENT CYCLE WHERE WE RUN THESE SCORES.
SO AS CRASH DATA COMES AVAILABLE AND AS WE MOVE PAST THE PANDEMIC EVENTUALLY, UM, THOSE COVID YEARS WILL NO LONGER BE PART WITH THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, BUT THEY ARE THE MOST RECENT, THIS IS A DUMB QUESTION TOO, BUT THE STOP CONTROL IS THAT THE PUSH WHERE THE LIGHT GOES ON THE SIDES IS THAT WHAT STOP CONTROL MEANS? STOP CONTROL MEANS THE, IN THE CROSSING OR THE INTERSECTION IS CONTROLLED BY STOP SIGNS, STOP STOP SIGNS.
SO SO YOU DON'T HAVE ON HERE THE ONE WHERE THEY HAVE THE, THE BLINKING LIGHTS WHERE YOU PUSH IT AND THE LIGHTS THERE ARE SOME, YEAH.
SO, UM, PER SE, THAT WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS UNCONTROLLED.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THE, THE STREET THAT THE SCHOOL AGE PEDESTRIANS HAVE TO CROSS THE VEHICLES AREN'T STOPPING.
SO YEAH, THERE BE THE FLASHING, UM, RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASH, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THEM.
SO THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE AT LOCATIONS THAT ARE UNCONTROLLED, BUT THERE'S NO DISTINCTION IN THE UNCONTROLLED BETWEEN THE ONES THAT HAVE THE FLASHING AND THE ONES THAT DON'T YEAH.
ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE, THE ORDERS AREN'T REQUIRED TO STOP CROSSWALK.
THEY LOOK LIKE IT'S A DEAL TO THE
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CROSSWALK.UM, AND THE, THE BEACON ITSELF IS YELLOW INSTEAD OF RED.
SO A FLASHING RED OR A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHEN IT'S RED, YOU ARE APPLIED TO A FULL STOP.
THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE BIG EXPERI DOSE.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY FALL INTO THAT BUCKET.
NUMBER TWO, FREMONT ACTUALLY DOES HAVE QUESTION AND THE GUARDS PUSH IT.
YEAH, I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL PROBABLY HAVE IT AS WELL STUDENT, BUT I JUST WONDERED HOW THAT FELL IN.
THOSE ARE ANOTHER SAFETY NEEDS VERSUS JUST ESPECIALLY IN THE LONGER THE WIRE STREAM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JUST TO THE TABLE, JUST ASPECTS THEN, OR THE TABLE ON THE BOTTOM? THE NUMBER FOUR OF THE NOTES WHERE IT'S AN UNCONTROLLED COSTING, BUT AN RFB RECORD, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THOSE TWO LANES BECAUSE MOTORS WILL SOMETIMES ZIP AROUND THE SOUTH
THAT'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER TAKING THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT MOUTH SHUT BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DON'T SEE
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK ON METHOD? THANK YOU GUYS.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE CAN GO TO A VOTE.
[4. 25-55269 Recommendation to receive and file a summary of newly proposed prioritization factors of collison history, speeds, and pedestrian counts. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO RECEIVE AND FILE A SUMMARY OF NEWLY PROPOSED PRIORIT PRIORITIZATION FACTORS OF COLLISION HISTORY SPEEDS AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTS.CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? SEVEN SECOND.
IS THERE ANY STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM? UM, SO THAT IS THIS TABLE TO OKAY.
IS THERE ANY COMMISSION COMMENTS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE COULD TAKE A VOTE.
THAT BRINGS US TO NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA.SEEING NONE, UH, WE CAN MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE
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COMMITTEE? IT'S OKAY IF THERE'S NOT.UM, UH, STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE TIME FOR THAT.
THAT ONE'S ALWAYS THE TOUGH ONE.
UH, OCTOBER IS PREFERRED SO THAT IF THERE IS DIRECTION TO START ANYTHING AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHING BEFORE THE SPRING SEMESTER STARTS WHEN WE'LL NEED SOME TIME TO DO THAT.
UM, AND USUALLY THAT INVOLVES A DATE REQUEST INVOLVING HAVING SCHOOL CHILDREN OR HAVING AROUND ACTIVE SCHOOL.
AND SO, UH, CHRISTMAS BREAK, UH, ROOM PLAY AND OTHER RECESSES AROUND THANKSGIVING CAN BE DIFFICULT TO, UM, SCHEDULE C US.
OCTOBER WOULD BE THE PREFERRED SAY.
CHAIR, DO YOU WANNA ADJOURN THIS MEETING? UH, YES.
AT 4 45 THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
[ADJOURNMENT]
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THANKS EVERYONE.