HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07282015 - C.19RECOMMENDATION(S):
FIX a Public Hearing for October 13, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., in Room 107, at the Board of Supervisors’ Chambers, 651
Pine Street, Martinez, California, to adopt an ordinance to prohibit commercial vehicles exceeding a maximum gross
weight of 14,000 pounds at all times on Camino Diablo (Road No. 7941), between Marsh Creek Road (Road No.
3971A) and Byron Highway (Road No. 9621), Byron area.
DIRECT the Public Works Director to provide notice of the Public Hearing pursuant to Section 6064 of the
Government Code, and to cause the notice to be published for the first time at least 60 days before the hearing date.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
After receiving several complaints of unsafe conditions and traffic hazards related to heavy truck traffic, the Public
Works Department Transportation Engineering Division staff, as supported by the Byron Municipal Advisory
Committee and County Supervisor Piepho’s
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/28/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Monish Sen, 925-313-2187
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: July 28, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Stacey M. Boyd, Deputy
cc:
C. 19
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:July 28, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Fix a Public Hearing date to adopt an ordinance prohibiting commercial vehicles exceeding a maximum weight of
14,000 lbs on Camino Diablo, Byron area.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Office, conducted an engineering analysis of Camino Diablo between Marsh Creek Road and Byron Highway.
The purpose of the analysis was to determine whether the roadway is able to support commercial vehicles with a
gross weight of more than 14,000 pounds. Staff prepared the “Camino Diablo Truck Restriction Study” (the
“Engineer’s Report”) to document the results of the analysis. A copy of the Engineer’s Report is attached hereto as
Attachment A and incorporated herein by reference.
As more particularly described in the Engineer’s Report, Transportation Engineering staff determined that, based
on accepted engineering standards, the above described section of Camino Diablo cannot support commercial
vehicles with a gross weight of more than 14,000 pounds. Trucks off-tracking the paved roadway surface damage
the shoulders and create dangerous depressions that make it difficult for vehicles to return to the paved roadway.
Truck off-tracking may also result in encroaching onto the opposite direction of travel, leading to broadside or
head-on collisions. Commercial vehicles weighing more than 14,000 pounds cannot travel on Camino Diablo
without creating a traffic hazard for other vehicles, bicyclists, pedestrians, and persons that are simultaneously
traveling on the roadway.
At this time, Public Works Department staff recommends that the Board of Supervisors set a hearing to consider
adopting an ordinance to prohibit vehicles exceeding 14,000 pounds from driving on the above-identified segment
of Camino Diablo. Notice of the hearing will be published in accordance with Government Code section 6064.
The first publication will occur at least 60 days prior to the hearing, in accordance with California Vehicle Code,
Section 35721.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
A hearing will not be held to consider adopting the weight restriction ordinance on Camino Diablo.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A