HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11102015 - D.2RECOMMENDATION(S):
A. OPEN the public hearing on Ordinance No. 2015-18 (uncodified), receive testimony, and CLOSE the public
hearing.
B. FIND that the segment of Camino Diablo between Marsh Creek Road and Byron Highway cannot support
commercial vehicles with a gross weight of more than 14,000 pounds.
C. ADOPT the attached Ordinance No. 2015-18 (uncodified), which prohibits at all times commercial vehicles with a
gross weight of more than 14,000 pounds from traveling on Camino Diablo, between its intersection with Marsh
Creek Road, 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
Camino Diablo 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: 11/10/2015 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
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: November 10, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
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To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:November 10, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Prohibit commercial vehicles exceeding a max. gross weight of 14,000 pounds at all times on Camino Diablo (Road
No. 7941), 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 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 has 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.
In order to prohibit at all times commercial vehicles with a gross weight of more than 14,000 pounds from using
Camino Diablo, 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 Camino Diablo, which cannot support those vehicles.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
CLOSED the public hearing; and adopted the recommendations as presented.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A
Attachment B