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Home My WebLink AboutResolution No. 07-12 PCBC Traffic Study RESOLUTION NO. 07-12 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY P ARK, TEXAS, APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE TRAFFIC STUDY UPDATE FROM THE PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH AS REQUIRED BY THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF PD-29; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That based upon the special conditions of the ordinance granting PD-29, Park Cities Baptist Church has prepared and presented a Traffic Study Update, a true copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made part hereof for all purposes, and which is accepted and approved and found by the City Council to comply with such special condition. SECTION 2. That this resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage, and it is accordingly so resolved. DUL Y PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, on the 5th day of June 2007. \:Jt;~~~~ OR 17162 EXHIBIT A . DeShazo, Tang & .-\ssodattS, Inc. Eugineers . Planners 400 Se"tt, tlltU "'11I. S,llhe 330 01lU.', T~.., 152"1-4899 . · '"'' "..,,, . "" ,"'".."" w""'.de.h._Il"rom + d'.r,ii::<It.........h...g......'n !\pril13,2007 Mr. Gene R. Smallwood Director of PublIC Warks City of Unive.rslty Park 420 ~"l OIcola Street Dallas, TX 75206 RF.: Traffic Study Update for l"ark Cities Baptist Cbun:-h (DT&A No. 0637U) Dear Bud: The following is a, sununary of various traffic and parking .observations conducted over the past three m.onths at Park Gtles Baptist Church fPCBC) sinte the oJXming of the new garage ilnd Community Ute CS\ter (CLq.. Pursuant to our meeting and discus.~ion on December 1,2006, it is intended that thIs correspondence serve as the City's initial required analysis as described below. QVERVmw TIns report satisfies a c.ondition set forth in Ordinance No. WI 33 of the City of Universi.ty Park concerning Planned Development District No. 29. The PD governs the use and cteveloplTW.nt of the PCOC campus. A more comprehensive traffic study wllt oe performed 18 months following the complelion oJ the constru~.tion of theCLC This study revealed thai the new 750-space underground parking garage, in concerl WIth the aggressive traffu: management measures implemented by PCBC, has greatly Improved the traffirand parking cond.itions in the vicinity of the church. Those meilSUf(~S are described in the following paragraphs. TRAFFIC CONTROl, During weekly Sunday services, PCD( utilizes five Dallas County sheriff deputies to manage and controltraJfic at the fol.lowing locations. . Two deputies are stationed at strategic points along eastbound Northwest Highway to dose off the outside lraffic lane to assist motorists in entering and exiting the parking garage. The officers also assist westbound motorists in making left turns into the garage at the newly-wnstructed median opening. The maximum observed vehi.cle queue in the westbound-to-southbound left.turn lane (capacity of 20 vehicles) was 15 vehicles. These traffic control strategies improve both the safety and efficiency of the ingress and egress driveways. 15277 .Mr. CI'1lC R. $1tlJ111wood April 13, 2007 Pa<,?c2 These measures created no nol:iceabJe impact on the traffic flow along Northwest Highway. . Two deputies were stationed along Villanova Drive to assist motorists exiting the garage and control traffic at the shuttle bus stop. . The fifth deputy directed the flow of vehicles and pedestrians at the 4- W ay STOP al the Villanova DrivefPickwkk Lane intersection. The resultant improvement in the safety and efficiency of traffic:; using the intersection was noticeable. TRAFFle DIVERTER AT PICKWJCK LANFjNORlllWEST IUGHW A Y Th.' traffic island/ traffic diverler has beenre<:onstructed to discourage motorists from either direction on Northwest Parkway from turning into the private sedtOn of Northwest Park.way in front of PCDe:. The reconfigured island diverier appears to be funct.ioning as intended. Only one vehicle was observed making 1he unintended maneuver. Considercltion W<lS given to a sign message to alert motorists or the restricted movements; however, a decision was made to ert'Ct a sign only if motorists appeared to have difficulty understanding the goal of the new diverter. The intersection wilt be monitored from time to time to appraise the situation, but no sign is currently installed. "NO LH'T~'I1JRN" REGUlATION A portable "No Left Turn" sign is placed on northbound Pk:k.wick Lane in advance of Northwest Highway each Sunday morning. The regulation has functioned well in relievmg congestion on Pkkwkk Lane between ViUanova Drive and Northwest Highway. ONf-WA Y TRAfFIC OPliRATIONS The one-way operation on Villanova Drive is essential on Sunday mornings to accommodate the loading and unloading of shuttle buses operating between thE> chun:h and the parking deck in Preston Center. The-operation is communicated by portable signs and is considered to function welL PARKING The 750-space PCBC parking garage accommodates about fifty percent of the parking demand on a typical peak Sunday. The new garage has reduced the encro,Khment of parked vehicles in the adjacent neighborhood streels and the Plaza on Preston retail center. The following observations were also mlK1e con<:emmg parking. . On.Street Parkins - Parkinggroerated by a<:tivities at PCBC still occurs on neighborhood streets; however, it extends only about one block In every diredion from the church compared to several blocks priorlo the opening of the new garage. . Plaza on Preston Cenfer Parking .-. Similar to the. impact on the are.t1 streets, parking in Pre$ton Center is confined to those areas within one block of the church. 15277 Mr. Gem: K Smallwood April 13- 200:' Page 3 . Remote }"addng at Preston Center Parking D<<k - PCBC operates shuttle buses between the church and the Prt':.Ston Center parking deck looilted W{.?St of Preston Road. Approximately 100 vehicles uti1~ the remote parking site on a typical Sunday. . PCBC Garav - Mr. Vaooy Hooker coordinates a group of PCBC deacons who direct traffic within the underground garage. Even during peak traffic periods, most motorists are able to exit from the lowest level of the garage within five minutt.?S from the time that they enter their vehicles. The garage is well utilized and aU spaces are frequently llUed. WEDNESDAY EVENINGS The PC'::BC garage has reduced the parking impact of churchactivjt:jes in the adjacent neighborhood and retail renter on Wednesday evenings by over fifty percent. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES A TPCBC PCBC utilizes a traffic officer to discourage persons attending funt~rals and other activities from parking at the adjaCf~nt PIaZ..l on Preston retail center durjn~ normal business hours. These motorists are directed to the new garage. COMPlAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS The PCBC has not received calls or complaints from their neighbors in recent months concerning traffi<: and parking issues. CONCLUSION Although there i:l.rebelween 100 and 150 additional individuals on the campus e<Kh Sunday than a year agO', the new parking garage and the traffic management measures have reduced the encroachment of parked vehicles on the neighborhood streets and adjacent retail center, and have also improved traffic flow in the vicmity of the church. flook forward to hearing your comments. Sincerely, DeSHAZO, TANG & A5....<;(XIA rES, INC ~ Chairman .lJD;lsk. C: Greg Boyd, P. E. - Park Cities Baptist Church Rodney Schell Park Cities Baptist Church 15277