City Council
MEETING DATE: 7/13/2016
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Presentation on the Public Review Meeting held for the Vista Chino East and West Roadway Improvements to include medians held on June 14, 2016.
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Informational presentation for City Council.
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BACKGROUND:
Vista Chino is the significant east-west arterial roadway in the north portion of the City of Cathedral City (City) serving, and not limited to, the Desert Princess, Panorama, Rio Vista and Pasada communities' areas. The Vista Chino's roadway has been identified as needing reconstruction and was approved for this reconstruction within the City's 2015 - 2016 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget, specifically under items Vista Chino East and Vista Chino West. Each CIP segment represents one (1) mile of roadway for a total combined reconstruction Project of two (2) miles.
In the preliminary review of the roadway reconstruction project it was contemplated that due to the speed limits, direct on street access from residential housing and turning movement safety that a median be installed. Engineering Staff hired a Traffic Engineer William Beardsley of RBI Traffic, Inc. to review the median concept and provide recommendations. Mr. Beardsley confirmed that minimizing median opening would improve traffic safety and provided an initial median design concept for Vista Chino.
The median design concept was presented to the Streets and Transportation Subcommittee of the Planning Commission and the Planning Commission for a recommendation "that the City Council approve the design concept for Vista Chino Street Improvements that includes median curbs from the West City Limit to Date Palm Drive." Both the Streets and Transportation Subcommittee and the Planning Commission approved the recommendation.
At the above meetings there were constituents at the Planning Commission meeting that requested that a public meeting...
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