HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10132015 - D.2RECOMMENDATION(S):
A. OPEN the public hearing on Ordinance No. 2015-17 (uncodified), receive testimony, and CLOSE the public
hearing.
B. FIND that the segment of Holway Drive between Camino Diablo and Byron Highway cannot support commercial
vehicles with a gross weight of more than 14,000 pounds.
C. ADOPT the attached Ordinance No. 2015-17 (uncodified), which prohibits at all times commercial vehicles with a
gross weight of more than 14,000 pounds from traveling on Holway Drive, between its intersection with Camino
Diablo, and its intersection with Byron Highway.
D. DIRECT the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to publish the ordinance in the Contra Costa Times within 15 days
after its adoption, with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against it.
E. DIRECT the Public Works Director, or designee, to post appropriate signs at the above-specified intersections of
Holway Drive to provide notice of the restriction imposed by the ordinance. This ordinance will not be enforced until
those signs are first posted.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 10/13/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:Continued to November 10 2015
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Mary N. Piepho, District III
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: October 13, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
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To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:October 13, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Prohibit commercial vehicles exceeding a max. gross weight of 14,000 pounds at all times on Holway Drive (Road
No. 8845A), Byron area. (District III)
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
After receiving several complaints of unsafe conditions and traffic hazards, the Public Works Department
Transportation Engineering Division staff, as supported by the Byron Municipal Advisory Council and County
Supervisor Piepho’s Office, conducted an engineering analysis of Holway Drive between Camino Diablo 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 “Holway Drive 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 has determined that,
based on accepted engineering standards, the above-described section of Holway Drive 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
Holway Drive without creating a traffic hazard for other vehicles, bicyclists, pedestrians, and persons that are
simultaneously traveling on the roadway.
In order to prohibit at all times commercial vehicles with a gross weight of more than 14,000 pounds from using
Holway Drive, the Public Works Department recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt the ordinance
attached hereto as Attachment B.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Commercial vehicles with a gross weight of more than 14,000 pounds will continue to use the above-described
segment of Holway Drive, which cannot support those vehicles.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
CONTINUED to November 10, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A
Attachment B