Item 6 - Public Oral Request from Garden Rd. Residents
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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
Honorable Chairman and Members of the
Redevelopment Agency
FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Manager/Exec~
Director
INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City Manage~~
Mark S. Weston, Director of Engineering Services ~
Alan F. Schuler, Senior Civil Engineer!
DATE: October 17, 1995
SUBJECT: Public Oral Communications Request from Garden Road Residents Regarding
Construction of Scripps Poway Parkway extension
ABSTRACT
At the Council meeting of October 3, 1995, residents frpm the Garden Road area
presented a request to the Council to hold a neighborhopd meeting at Garden Road to
discuss the construction scheduling of the Scripps Poway Parkway project. Council
directed staff to provide this report summarizing the public input regarding the
Scripps Poway Parkway project.
NVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
No additional environmental findings are necessary.
FISCAL IMPACT
Sufficient funds have been appropriated for this project,
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
Gail Trunnell, Peter Stein, Randy Wilkins, Kathy Muela
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council/Redevelopment Agency direct staff to conduct a
neighborhood meeting to advise the Garden Road residents of the construction schedule
and activities anticipated for the Scripps Poway Parkway.
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AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF POW A Y
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
Honorable Chairman and Members of the Redevelopment
FROM: James L, Bowersox, City Manager/Executive Dir~
INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City Manager "..:
Mark S, Weston, Director of Engineering Service$f?1
Alan F, Schuler, Senior Civil Engineer
DATE: October 17, 1995
SUBJECT: Public Oral Communications Request from Garden Road
Residents Regarding Construction of Scripps Poway
Parkway Extension
BACKGROUND
At the Council meeting of October 3, 1995, residents from the Garden Road area
presented a request to the Council to hold a neighborhood meeting at Garden
Road to discuss the construction scheduling of the Scripps Poway Parkway
project. Staff also received a letter from Randy Wilkins requesting similar
information for the project (Attachment 1), Council directed staff to provide
this report summarizing the public input regarding the Scripps Poway Parkway
project,
In addition, at the October 3, 1995 meeting, Council awarded the contract for
construction of the Parkway to Signs & Pinnick of El Cajon. 'Archaeologica1
and biological recovery operations have been underway for several weeks and
surveyors are delineating the boundaries of the construction project. Signs &
Pinnick will begin clearing brush from the alignment during the week of
October 16 in preparation for grading of the roadway and construction of the
bridge crossing,
Chronology of publicly held meetings to discuss the status of the Scripps
Poway Parkway:
1988 Parkway Business Centre Tentative Map was approved by the City
Council at a public hearing which established the alignment of the
Scripps Poway Parkway south of the Garden Road area east of the
new water tank to Sycamore Canyon Road.
1990-1991 The City Council received quarterly status reports of all major
transportation projects throughout the City. The status reports
were presented to the Transportation Task Force who held numerous
public meetings to discuss the Scripps Poway Parkway and then
forwarded their reports to the City Council. Each report included
a stat s
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Construction of Scripps pow.y Parkway Extension
October 17, 1995
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9/3/91 Preliminary design of Scripps Poway Parkway began with the
approval and signing of a contract with Boyle Engineering by the
City Council at a public meeting.
12/8/92 Updated status report on the Scripps Poway Parkway which addressed
the timing of the construction of the Scripps Poway Parkway from
the east boundary of Parkway Business Centre to Sycamore Canyon
Road was received by the City Council at a public meeting,
1/26/93 After receiving public input and testimony from the President of
the Garden Road Homeowners Association regarding the visibility of
the Scripps Poway Parkway south of the Garden Road neighborhood,
the City Council approved the inclusion of a 4-foot high earthen
berm to screen vehicles on the Parkway. The Parkway is 300 feet
higher and 2,000 feet horizontally south of the nearest home in
the Garden Road area (Attachment 2). At the public meeting the
plotted lines of sight from three locations in Garden Road, i.e.,
Dehia Street, Garden Road, and Grimsley at High Pine were
presented to the City Council and the public. From all three
locations, the berm would screen a 7-foot high vehicle from view,
2/4/93 At a public meeting the City Council received a report on the
Scripps Poway Parkway listing estimated construction costs and
schedule along with initial scoping hearing for the EIR.
3/16/93 At a public meeting the City Council received a report on
landscape screening of the Scripps Poway Parkway to be included
with the construction of the earthen berm. Council approved a
conceptual landscaping plan to be included in the project.
2/8/94 Council held a public hearing and certified the EIR for the
Parkway.
5/10/94 & Public reports were presented to the Council regarding the
5/17/94 connection of Sycamore Canyon Road to Scripps Poway Parkway in the
southeast corner of the Garden Road neighborhood. In addition,
staff conducted a public meeting at Garden Road School to discuss
this connection, At that time, the project included a signalized
at-grade intersection between the Scripps Poway Parkway and
Sycamore Canyon Road. Based on resident input and redesign
alternatives, Council approved the construction of an
undercrossing of Sycamore Canyon Road at the Scripps Poway Parkway
and reducing the width of the Parkway east of Sycamore Canyon Road
from 6 lanes to 4 lanes. No connection from Sycamore Canyon Road
to Scripps Poway Parkway would be included in the project. An
emergency access from the Parkway to Sycamore Canyon Road would be
included with the design. The alignment for the Parkway was shown
at these meetings including the necessary cut and fill slopes both
east and west of the intersection with Sycamore Canyon Road.
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1/17 /95 A status report for the funding of the Scripps Poway Parkway was
presented to City Council at a public meeting to discuss the
current project budget and available funding, Counc il approved
additional funding for the project including several design
changes to reduce construction costs. Based on the current
construction costs and available funding, the Parkway could not be
constructed within the approved budget. With the combination of
cost reductions and additional funding the budget for the Parkway
project was balanced, One of the items eliminated was the
ornamental landscaping and irrigation system on the large fill
slopes south of Garden Road. The City's geotechnical consultants
recommended a non-irrigated landscaping in the fill area because
of the extent of the landslide remediation and the concern for the
stability of the hillside,
7/21/95 City Engineer signed plans for final design of the Parkway
including a berm along the fill slope south of Garden Road
(Attachment 3) which staff increased in height from 4 feet to 5
feet and widened the top of the berm from 4 feet to 7 feet. The
additional height of the berm will provide additional screening to
cars. The decision to heighten the berm was based on having
available fill material from the project. The additional height
mitigated the elimination of landscaping in the design. In
addition, final design reduced the slope from 2:1 to 2:25:1 and
incorporated slope rounding where possible,
8/1/95 At a public meeting the City Council received a status report on
available funding for the Parkway and was advised that State
funding had been reduced by approximately $3 million in the
current State budget, Council was advised that the available
funding may not be sufficient to build the project depending on
the bids received.
9/21/95 Bids opened for the Parkway were $3.6 million less than the
engineer's estimate. This reduction in construction cost bid was
offset by a loss of $3.5 million in funding from the State Local
Partnership Program administered by Caltrans.
10/3/95 At a public meeting the City Council awarded the construction
contract to Signs & Pinnick for $20,962,000. Construction
expected to begin the week of October 16, 1995.
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October 17, 1995
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FINDINGS
The Scripps Poway Parkway was incorporated into the South Poway Community Plan
in the mid 1980s. The precise alignment south of Garden Road was approved in
1988 with the Parkway Business Centre tentative map, The design of the
roadway includes the construction of a large fill slope east of the new water
tank and south of High Pine Street in the southern part of the Garden Road
neighborhood, The roadway is located 2,000 feet from the nearest homes and at
an elevation 300 feet above the homes. Approximately one quarter of a mile of
roadway is constructed on the fill slope. In 1993 the City Council approved
the installation of a 4-foot high earthen berm to screen vehicles traveling on
the Parkway. The fill slope will be approximately 100-150 feet high and will
be revegetated with the native plant materials growing in the area. The
slopes will be temporarily irrigated to establish the native plant materials.
During final design, in order to keep the project within budget. the
irrigation system and landscaping anticipated at the top of the berm were
removed from the project at the recommendation of the geotechnical consultant.
However, the berm was increased in height to 5 feet and widened to 7 feet to
provide additional screening of vehicles along the Parkway. Staff's line of
sight analysis demonstrates that vehicles less than 8 feet tall will be
screened from view by the Garden Road neighborhood.
During construction the contractor is required'to work only within the limited
space of the fill slope and within normal working hours minimizing impact to
residents during construction. The contractor is anticipating having the
construction of the fill slope south of Garden Road completed within six
months.
Although the alignment and grading for the Parkway has been discussed at
numerous public meetings, it is recommended that a neighborhood meeting be
held at Garden Road School to advise the neighborhood of the start of
construction and that additional meetings be held, as necessary, to discuss
the construction activities.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
No additional environmental findings are necessary.
FISCAL IMPACT
Sufficient funds have been appropriated for this project.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
Gail Trunnell, Peter Stein, Randy Wilkins, Kathy Muela
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council/Redevelopment Agency direct staff to
conduct a neighborhood meeting to advise the Garden Road residents of the
construction schedule and activities anticipated for the Scripps Poway
Parkway,
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Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Letter from Community Association
Attachment 2 - Map of Scripps Poway Parkway Road Alignment
Attachment 3 - Schematic of Berm
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GARDEN R\..AD COMMUNITY ASSO lATION
P.O, BOX 1327, POW A Y . CA. 92074
"WORKING FOR A BETIER NEIGHBORHOOD"
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October 5, 1995 RECEIVED
Mr. Mark Weston OCT 0 6 1995
City of Po way, Engineering :UGINF.F."lING SE
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P.o.
Poway, CA. 92074
Dear Mark:
In the past couple of weeks, I have had numerous residents of the Garden Road Area have
asked me these questions?
What is happening on the ScrippsIPoway Expressway project? When will construction
start? Can we have another meeting at the school to see the final design? Who should
they contact at the City if they have a concern about the construction and its impacts on
them? ( High Pine area) What does the final design look like at Sycamore Canyon Road?
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Based on the continued interest in the impacts of this project, I would propose to have
your staff come out to Garden School in late October and do a small presentation and
question and answer program. I will work with the Garden Road PT A to get flyers to the
entire community as well as the Sycamore Canyon residents.
Please call and confirm that this presentation is possible in the requested time frame.
Please note, that I am going to work with the Sheriffs Department to get a Halloween
Safety program and to talk about the problem with speeding on Garden Road just East of
the school, at the same meeting.
Sincerely,
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Randy Wilkins
President
Garden Road Community Association
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