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Staff Report Pilot ClosurePREPARED BY: MATT MORLEY Director of Parks and Public Works Reviewed by: Assistant Town Manager Town Attorney Finance N:\SHARE\COUNCIL REPORTS\2016\08-02-16\11 Traffic Counts from Pilot\FINAL Staff Report - Traffic Pilot.docx7/28/2016 2:12 PM MM MEETING DATE: 08/02/16 ITEM NO: 11 COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT DATE: JULY 25, 2016 TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL FROM: LAUREL PREVETTI, TOWN MANAGER SUBJECT: RECEIVE THE REPORT ON THE PILOT CLOSURE OF A PORTION OF SOUTH SANTA CRUZ AVENUE TO ADDRESS CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH TRAFFIC PATTERNS INCREASING COMPENSATION BY $32,288 FOR A TOTAL OF $57,288, AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON NEXT STEPS. RECOMMENDATION: Receive the report on the pilot closure of a portion of South Santa Cruz Avenue to address cut through traffic, authorize the Town Manager to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement (Attachment 1) with Traffic Patterns increasing compensation by $32,288 for a total of $57,288, and provide direction on next steps. BACKGROUND: On June 2, 2016 the Town Council directed staff to implement a temporary partial closure of South Santa Cruz Avenue at Wood Road for three consecutive weekends from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning on June 25. This pilot closure included the provision for significant data collection in order to facilitate a review of the impacts of the closure. On June 29, 2016, Town staff provided an update at a Special Meeting of the Town Council following the first weekend closure. The closure consisted of a temporary traffic circle on South Santa Cruz Avenue at Wood Road. The traffic circle facilitated receiving traffic from the northbound Highway 17 off-ramp and Wood Road as well as providing for closing the southbound direction on South Santa Cruz Avenue (and the Highway 17 southbound on-ramp) and providing a turnaround opportunity for southbound traffic. The ongoing weekend closure of Tait Avenue and Massol Avenue at Highway 9 continued through the pilot. In addition, Broadway Avenue was closed to through traffic due to construction activities associated with the concrete repaving. To collect data, traffic counters were installed at downtown signalized intersections to capture traffic movements. This allowed for specific counting of each movement at the intersections. Tube counters PAGE 2 MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL SUBJECT: PILOT CLOSURE OF A PORTION OF SOUTH SANTA CRUZ AVENUE AUGUST 2, 2016 BACKGROUND (cont’d): were installed at numerous locations to provide additional counts of through moving traffic. In addition, data were collected on drive times for a number of routes through Town. Finally, visual inspections of downtown parking provided information on activity levels in the downtown. Collectively this data provide information on the impacts of the closure. DISCUSSION: Pilot Weekend Review During the first day of the closure, advance messaging and signage on the streets proved ineffective at keeping traffic from reaching the traffic circle at Wood Road. This resulted in significant congestion in both directions within the downtown as vehicles had to return to Highway 9 for entry to Highway 17. Through the traffic control company, staff made adjustments throughout the morning. By mid-afternoon traffic reaching the traffic circle was ignoring roadway signage, largely due to the tendency of drivers to follow directions from mapping applications such as those used on smart phones. Subsequent days improved dramatically as signage was increased and the mapping applications began to reflect the closure. During the first two weekends of the closure, observed activity in the downtown appeared light. Parking spaces were readily available along Santa Cruz Avenue and in the parking lots. During the third weekend of closure, the activity in the downtown appeared to increase significantly. Only limited parking was available along Santa Cruz Avenue and the parking lots to Grays Lane were full, with some parking available in the lot between Grays Lane and Royce Street and subsequent lots. Pedestrian traffic on the streets seemed to reflect the same activity. Pre- and Post- Pilot Weekend Review The traffic was moderate in the downtown on the weekends both immediately prior to and immediately after the closure weekends. Very limited queuing occurred through the downtown or at Highway 9. As an example, Highway 9 queued from Santa Cruz Avenue to Massol Avenue only on a couple occasions and the queues cleared fairly quickly. On both weekends, adequate parking was available along Santa Cruz Avenue and in the parking lots. Numeric data documenting these observations is discussed below under Data Collection. On Saturday, July 23, two weekends following the closure, a dramatic shift in traffic occurred. Congestion of local streets, including residential streets, approached or matched previous record congestion levels. Residents documented numerous examples of traffic issues throughout the greater downtown area. Reports of accidents on Highway 17 and events in Santa Cruz County may have exacerbated the traffic problems. Traffic on Sunday, July 24 was much lighter. Traffic Mapping Applications There are three main traffic mapping applications: Apple Maps (aka TomTom), Google Maps, and Waze. Parks and Public Works has been working with Waze and staff are able to proactively insert PAGE 3 MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL SUBJECT: PILOT CLOSURE OF A PORTION OF SOUTH SANTA CRUZ AVENUE AUGUST 2, 2016 DISCUSSION (cont’d): closures within that application. The other applications receive one way information from staff, making it difficult to know when closures are incorporated proactively and when they are identified through crowd sourced information. When an application has an identified closure, it no longer routes vehicles through that location, making this a key element in successfully communicating a closure. As noted above, traffic mapping applications were slow to incorporate the closures and this was observed on the first weekend as drivers and passengers arrived at the traffic circle still looking at the directions on their electronic devices. As noted above, these occurrences decreased significantly in the second and third weekend as all three applications began reflecting the closure information. Throughout the weekends leading up to the closure, the weekends of the closure, and the subsequent weekends, the mapping applications continued to direct vehicles through Los Gatos local streets in order to avoid Highway 17. From Highway 85 southbound, this typically resulted in directions through Saratoga and along Highway 9 or along Winchester Boulevard to Highway 9. From Highway 85 northbound, the directions included exiting at Bascom Avenue and proceeding along Los Gatos Boulevard to Highway 9 or on extreme days, exiting at Union Avenue and proceeding to Blossom Hill and then to Los Gatos Boulevard or crossing to University Avenue or Santa Cruz Avenue. At times smaller residential streets were also provided as routes. From Highway 17 southbound, directions included exiting at Camden Avenue or Lark Avenue and proceeding south along Winchester Boulevard to Highway 9. The closure seemed to have little impact on these routes. Factors Contributing to Weekend Traffic Comparing weekend traffic from one year to the next demonstrates how unpredictable it can be. As an example, the 4th of July weekend in 2015 was extremely impactful to local streets. Traffic this year was comparatively lighter, even considering the closure. The impacts of July 23 demonstrate yet another heavy traffic weekend, whereas the previous weekend, July 16, was relatively light. Several factors may contribute to heavier traffic:  Weather seems to play a significant role. Warmer temperatures seem to drive increased levels of traffic. Even more, periods where the week leading into the weekend are exceptionally warm, seem to drive especially heavy traffic.  Events in Santa Cruz County that draw larger crowds, such as the Wharf to Wharf run that took place on Sunday, July 24, logically contribute to the volume of vehicles.  Holiday weekends also seem to create higher traffic levels. The 4th of July may have been an exception this year. Traffic on local streets was lighter, but review of data may show an impact on freeways. The Memorial Day weekend was particularly heavy this year. The Labor Day weekend may be the last big summer weekend for beach traffic.  Accidents on Highway 17 south of Santa Cruz Avenue dramatically impact local roads. Ultimately traffic may be impacted by a series of factors where one alone may not make as significant an impact. PAGE 4 MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL SUBJECT: PILOT CLOSURE OF A PORTION OF SOUTH SANTA CRUZ AVENUE AUGUST 2, 2016 DISCUSSION (cont’d): Data Collection The Town implemented multiple data collection efforts, as noted above. Attachment 2, a report from the Town’s consultant, Traffic Patterns, provides for some preliminary data analysis. The data review continues and the collection of data will provide for the basis of any future efforts towards closures. The individual data points or data collection methods do not, by themselves, tell the full story. Rather the data need to be reviewed as a package with the various data points building a scenario. As the number of variables or inputs grows, it becomes more and more difficult to identify cause and effect. One area of importance is the relationship of traffic volume to roadway capacity. While conducting traffic counts on the weekends, the data demonstrate a steady increase in vehicle counts until the roadway becomes saturated. At that point the congestion causes speeds to slow significantly and this in turn actually decreases the number of vehicles that can get through a section roadway. The data reflect this during the cut through traffic weekends. Intuitively one might anticipate an exponential growth in the number of vehicles, where in reality the number of vehicles that pass through a location in a particular period of time actually declines significantly. For this reason, hose counts and intersection counts are only a part of the bigger picture. Drive time data provide another data point. The drive time data compare the amount of time it takes to travel between set points. The consultant report spends a good deal of time evaluating drive time as a means for understanding the traffic levels throughout the Town. For the most part, the drive time reflects exponential increases in drive time as the routes approach Highway 9. This aligns with the idea that, because of mapping applications, drivers are directed to take alternative routes until those routes begin to converge, as they do at Highway 9 (or South Santa Cruz Avenue when the closure was not in place). Caltrans collects data on an ongoing basis from various permanent data collection points along Highway 17. During the closure, the data demonstrated a decrease in the volume and speeds along Highway 17 (see chart on following page). This reflects the impacts that the closure may have had on the freeway system. Specifically, by keeping more vehicles on the freeway, speeds and volumes decreased. This provides another data point in the review of increasingly available information. PAGE 5 MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL SUBJECT: PILOT CLOSURE OF A PORTION OF SOUTH SANTA CRUZ AVENUE AUGUST 2, 2016 DISCUSSION (cont’d): Downtown Businesses Town staff attended a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce on July 19 to hear input from businesses specific to the closure. The input at that meeting was mixed, with some businesses identifying a significant impact from the closure while others reflecting the opposite; that cut through traffic stifled business. Because attendance at the meeting was light, Town staff is conducting a broader door to door survey of businesses. The results of this survey will be provided to the Town Council in an Addendum once it becomes available. Beyond the very important perceived immediate impact on businesses may be the long term impact in changing the dynamics of the downtown. Some degree of economic study may be warranted to determine how much business is generated long term due to cut through traffic returning, potentially weeks later, to the charming downtown they drove through on the way to the coast. Maintaining an Ongoing Closure Through this project, the Town has been able to gather data and public input in an effort to understand impacts and ways to implement the Towns Transportation Element of the City's Comprehensive General Plan. More specifically, Vehicle Code Section 21101(f) allows for temporarily closing a portion of any street to implement the Transportation Element of the Town’s Comprehensive General Plan. The specific Transportation Element goals and policies that the Town is analyzing through this project are as follows: 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 8 a.m.9 a.m.10 a.m.11a.m.12 noon 1 p.m.2 p.m.3 p.m.4p.m.5 p.m. Ve h i c l e S p e e d s ( M P H ) Ve h i c l e V o l u m e s Time of Day Highway 17 Volume and Speed Comparison Before & During Closure Saturday Volume Before Closure Saturday Volume During Closure Speeds Before Closure Speeds During Closure PAGE 6 MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL SUBJECT: PILOT CLOSURE OF A PORTION OF SOUTH SANTA CRUZ AVENUE AUGUST 2, 2016 DISCUSSION (cont’d): • Make effective use of the traffic-carrying ability of Los Gatos’ arterials and collectors while considering the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, and adjacent residents. • Monitor traffic flow and roadway conditions. Identify deficiencies and develop improvement measures for roadways and intersections on a continuous basis. • Consider using roundabouts as an alternative to signalized or traditionally controlled intersections to calm traffic and increase the capacity of intersections. • Develop and adopt standards for arterial and collector streets pursuant to the functional classification of the local circulation system. The characteristics of these streets shall protect the integrity of the circulation system and protect neighborhood streets from the intrusion of through traffic. • Minimize opportunities for regionally-generated traffic to cut through Los Gatos. • Work with other local jurisdictions and the State to develop effective ways to reduce regionally generated Highway 17 congestion and cross-town traffic that do not involve adding freeway lanes or interchanges. • Inhibit the flow of through traffic in established neighborhoods to the extent feasible, without impacting the freedom of movement of residents or diverting traffic to other neighborhood streets. • Consider traffic calming devices such as lane narrowing, widening medians, or heavy landscaping to discourage cross-town commute and short-cut traffic. However, the partial closure of South Santa Cruz Avenue at Wood Road on a temporary pilot basis to allow for data collection has received some criticism. Most notably, some have questioned the impact the closure has on the freeway onramp and the legality of the action. To date Caltrans has been silent on the action the Town has taken. Staff from Caltrans was on site for several of the closures to observe the impacts, but no approval was issued by Caltrans. Caltrans directed inquiries they received from the public back to the Town. The Town should be prepared for Caltrans to take an official position with any future closure. Since the State has preempted the entire field of traffic control, if the Town moves towards installation of a permanent traffic circle at the intersection of South Santa Cruz Avenue and Wood Road/Hwy 17 on-ramp, there will need to be extensive studies, public hearings, and approval from Caltrans. Although there is precedent, Caltrans seldom closes on-ramps permanently and such a significant change may not be in the interest of the Town. Alternatives to the Wood Road Closure The Wood Road location provides an ideal location for a closure as it allows for full access to downtown businesses and residences, allows for a turnaround, and eliminates opportunities for vehicles to bypass the closure by selecting alternative streets. There are, however, other alternatives. These have not been explored due to the significant cost and resources required for coordination, but may provide an option for the future. Each of these has difficulties that make it more difficult to implement. One such idea is the closure of Santa Cruz Avenue for all or part of the section between Broadway and Highway 9. This could take the form of an expanded farmers market, a downtown street fair, opening of PAGE 7 MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL SUBJECT: PILOT CLOSURE OF A PORTION OF SOUTH SANTA CRUZ AVENUE AUGUST 2, 2016 DISCUSSION (cont’d): the streets to businesses for short term use, or some other creative idea. This could include participation by local business in organizing, promoting, and paying for the expenses related to the closure. Due to the amount of effort, this may not be feasible for more than one weekend a year. This option also requires managing the traffic exiting northbound Highway 17 at Santa Cruz Avenue. Of a longer term nature, the conversion of Santa Cruz Avenue to a one way street travelling north concurrent with converting University Avenue to one way travelling south, may discourage cut through traffic. Some consideration for preventing increased cut through in the Almond Grove neighborhood would need to be included in this review as well. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS As discussed in this report, staff recommends that the Council receive the information on the pilot closure of a portion of South Santa Cruz Avenue to address cut through traffic. In addition, staff recommends that the Council authorize the Town Manager to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement (Attachment 1) with Traffic Patterns increasing the compensation by $32,288 to a total of $57,288. This increase is explained under Fiscal Impact below. Finally, staff looks forward to receiving direction from the Town Council regarding potential next steps. ALTERNATIVES The Council could direct staff to continue the pilot closure in order to collect additional information for 1) the Labor Day weekend; 2) all weekends for the rest of the summer; or 3) any combination of weekends. Staff has not made any of these recommendations as the continuation of an even temporary road closure may require permits from Caltrans and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) evaluation, including traffic studies. These efforts will require a significant resource investment that has not been identified. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT: This is not a project defined under CEQA, and no further action is required. COORDINATION: This report has been coordinated with the Police Department, Office of Economic Vitality, Finance Department, and the Town Attorney. FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this project comes from the FY2016/17 Cut Through Traffic Capital Improvement Project as identified in the following table. PAGE 8 MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL SUBJECT: PILOT CLOSURE OF A PORTION OF SOUTH SANTA CRUZ AVENUE AUGUST 2, 2016 FISCAL IMPACT (cont’d): The Data Collection and a portion of the Consultant Analysis are costs incurred to enable Traffic Patterns to study cut through traffic through the summer. The First Amendment to the Agreement will increase the compensation by $32,288, bringing the total contract to an amount not to exceed $57,288. Estimates of the staffing costs are approximately $7,700 which includes hourly employees from Parks and Public Works and the Police Department. Not included in the staffing costs above are salaried staff from Parks and Public Works and the Police Department who spent many hours preparing for the closure and were present onsite for all of the closure weekends. Attachments: 1. Amendment to the Agreement with Traffic Patterns 2. Traffic Patterns Consultant Report 3. Public Comment received through 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 28, 2016 Carryforward Adopted Available Expended/ Amount Budget Appropriation Encumbered Available FY 2016/17 Fiscal Impact FY 2015/16 FY 2016/17 FY 2016/17 FY 2016/17 Balance Cut-Through Traffic Mitigation Project 471-813-0229 215,000$ -$ 215,000$ 66,023$ 148,977$ TOTALS 215,000$ -$ 215,000$ 66,023$ 148,977$ Traffic Control 28,935$ Data Collection - Fixed Point 25,013$ Consultant Analysis - Floating Car Study, Traffic Control Diagrams, Report 12,075$ TOTALS 66,023$ PROJECT 813-0229 TOTAL EXPENDITURES/ENCUMBRANCES BY CATEGORY: 1 of 1 First Amendment to Agreement for Services – Traffic Patterns – Cut Through Traffic Attachment 1 FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES This FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES is dated for identification this 1st day of July, 2016 and amends that certain Agreement for Services dated July 27, 2015, made by and between the Town of Los Gatos, ("Town,") and Traffic Patterns (“Service Provider.”) RECITALS A. Town and Service Provider entered into an Agreement for Services on July 27, 2015, (“Agreement”), a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference as Attachment 1 to this Amendment. B. Town desires to amend the scope of services. C. Town desires to amend the Agreement to extend the Term of the agreement. C. Town desires to increase the compensation for additional services. AMENDMENT 1. Section 2.1 Scope of Services is amended to read: Service Provider shall provide the additional services as described in the proposal provided to the Town and attached as Exhibit A to this Amendment. 2. Section 2.2 Term and Time of Performance is amended to read: The term of the Agreement for Services is extended through December 31, 2016. 3. Section 2.6 Compensation is amended to read: Compensation for services shall not exceed $57,288 inclusive of all costs. Payment shall be based upon Town approval of each task. 4. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Town and Service Provider have executed this Amendment. Town of Los Gatos Traffic Patterns: By: _______________________________ ______________________________ Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager Name: Title: 2 Department Approval: _______________________________________ Matt Morley Director of Parks and Public Works Approved as to Form: s Gatos, California ______________________________ Robert Schultz, Town Attorney   Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net  July 25, 2016    Town of Los Gatos  Attn:  Lisa Peterson  41 Miles Avenue  Los Gatos, CA  95033    TECH MEMO:  Town of Los Gatos Freeway Cut‐Through Traffic Study – Phase 2      Southbound Highway 17 On‐Ramp Closure at Santa Cruz Avenue        Introduction      The Town of Los Gatos implemented a temporary closure of the Santa Cruz Avenue on‐ramp to  Highway 17 Southbound during the Summer 2016 over three weekends in June and July  between the hours of 9AM to 3PM.  The closure involved installation of a temporary  roundabout using traffic cones and traffic control personnel at the intersection of Santa Cruz  Avenue & Wood Road along with an extensive signage program and outreach effort to advise  motorists towards alternative routes to Highway 17 Southbound.  This temporary closure was  intended to help collect traffic data for analysis and authorized by the Town Council at its June  7, 2016 meeting for the weekends between June 25th and July 17th, including the holiday on  Monday, July 4th.    The closure was coordinated closely with the California Department of Transportation –  Caltrans but no official permits or agreements were developed as part of the closure knowing  that the effort was intended mainly to conduct observations and collect data to help advise  policy decisions regarding a broader analysis in the future.    Traffic Patterns, in partnership with Traffic Data Services, is assisting the Town of Los Gatos with  traffic data collection and analysis.  Traffic data collection focused on travel time data along  selected corridors in the town and on the freeways, and traffic volume data at select  intersections and street segments in the Town.  Traffic Patterns also developed the traffic  control plans used as part of the temporary on‐ramp closure implementation including the  placement of advanced warning signage and message boards, see Exhibit A.  The closure itself  was implemented and managed by Statewide Traffic Safety & Signs under a separate contract  with the Town.    To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016   Page: 2 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net    Traffic Data Collection      Traffic data collection was focused over four weekends by both Traffic Patterns and Town staff:    Pre‐closure Period   Conducted over the weekend of June 18th   Travel Time data collection was conducted on Saturday, June 18th   Traffic volume data collection was conducted on Sunday, June 19th (Father’s Day)    Closure Period    Travel Time and traffic volume counts were conducted on Saturday, June 25th,  Sunday, June 26th, Saturday, July 2nd, and Sunday, July 3rd   Town staff collected travel time only data on the 3rd weekend closure, Saturday July  9th and Sunday July 10th     Post‐closure Period    Town staff collected travel time only data on the weekend of July 16th    Town staff collected volume data on the weekend of July 16th      Travel Time traffic data collection includes using a “floating car” to travel down street corridors.   As the vehicle travels down the corridor time stamps are collected at key intersections and  compared against different time runs.  Travel Time data is helpful in identifying increase or  decreases in vehicle travel time based on changes in roadway conditions and best represents  the experience of the traveling public with time as a common denominator.    Two types of traffic volume data were collected:  Turning Movement Count data at select  intersections, and Traffic Volume data along street corridors.    Turning Movement Count data includes the use of image sensors at intersections that track and  count the number of vehicle turning left/proceeding straight/right per approach at an  intersection; pedestrian and bicycle counts are also collected as part of this process.  Traffic  Volume data counts include the use of roadway tubes and counters to track the volume of cars  traveling on each approach of the roadway; volume only data is collected.  Neither turning  movement count, nor tube count data account for delay on a roadway, delay is estimated by  combining these data sets with travel time data.         To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016   Page: 3 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net  The intersections or roadway sections where traffic data collection was conducted as part of  the project include:    Travel Time Runs Corridors   Winchester Blvd‐Santa Cruz Avenue (Highway 85 Ramps to Wood Rd)   University Avenue (Lark Avenue to Main St)   Los Gatos Boulevard‐Main St (Highway 85 in San Jose to Santa Cruz Av)   Highway 85 South to Highway 17 South (Winchester Blvd Exit to Santa Cruz On‐ Ramp)   Highway 85 North to Highway 17 South (Bascom Avenue Exit to Santa Cruz On‐ Ramp)   Highway 9 (Quito Road to Los Gatos Boulevard)    Intersection Turning Movement Counts   Highway 9 & Santa Cruz Av   Highway 9 & University Av   Highway 9 & Los Gatos Blvd   Main St & Santa Cruz Av   Main St & University Av   Winchester Blvd & Lark Av   Winchester Blvd & Lark Av    Roadway Tube (Volume Only) Counts   Hwy 9 – West of Montgomery   Hwy 9 – Between Santa Cruz Av & University Av   Hwy 9 – Between Tait Av & Santa Cruz Av    Santa Cruz Av – North of Highway 9   Santa Cruz Av – South of Highway 9   University Av – North of Highway 9   University AV – South of Highway 9   Santa Cruz – South of Broadway‐Montebello    Caltrans focused its traffic data collection by monitoring vehicle volume and speed along  Highway 17 during the trial closure period.  Caltrans used existing sensors embedded within the  roadway to collect its data and it is discussed further within this report.      To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016   Page: 4 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net    Travel Time Observations      The closure of the Highway 17 southbound on‐ramp at Santa Cruz Av occurred over three  weekends between June 25th and July 10th, including the 4th of July Holiday.  The first weekend  of the closure received minimal public advertisement.  The subsequent two weekends received  a larger public outreach effort that included a public news release and advertisement of the  closure on mobile applications including Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Waze.    The first day of the closure, June 25th, resulted in the significant increases in travel time across  the city on all monitored routes, due likely to the limited public outreach and limited advanced  warning signage to guide motorists away from the closure at Wood Road.  The first day  deployment provided the Town with important information regarding placement of advanced  warning signs that were implemented promptly on subsequent days.   Starting on the second  weekend of July 2nd, the town’s efforts to conduct additional public outreach resulted in key  web‐based mobile application developers highlighting the closure and noting it on their user  interfaces resulting in improvements in travel time across the town.    Figures 1 and 2 show the change in travel times along the north‐south Winchester Boulevard‐ Santa Cruz Avenue and Los Gatos Boulevard‐Main Street corridors through the pre‐closure,  closure and post closure periods respectively.    Each figure shows a similar trend in that as the closure period continued, travel times through  the town decreased, meaning it took less time to travel from one end of the town to the other.   On the Winchester Boulevard‐Santa Cruz Avenue corridor travel times spiked on the first  weekend to almost 52‐minutes between Highway 85 to Wood Road compared to a 16‐minute  travel time on the pre‐closure weekend.  After proper public noticing and continued public  education on mobile applications, the travel time on the 3rd weekend dropped to almost 14‐ minutes, a 2‐minute or 13% improvement compared to the pre‐closure condition.    Along the Los Gatos Boulevard‐Main Street corridor a similar trend results is noted with travel  times increases on the first day of the closure to almost 27‐minutes, up almost 11‐minutes from  the pre‐closure condition.  As the trial close continued travel times on Los Gatos Boulevard‐ Main Street were 2‐minutes faster (13% improvement) compared to the pre‐closure condition.     University Avenue, a popular north‐south alternative to Winchester Boulevard and Los Gatos  Boulevard, no pre‐closure travel time data was collected but the travel time data collected  during the close period noted a similar trend.  It is worth noting though that travel times on the  final weekend of the trial closure were 3‐minutes better compared to post‐closure data  comparisons, or 33% better, see Figure 3.   T o :   M a t t   M o r l e y     S u b j e c t :   H i g h w a y   1 7   C u t   T h r o u g h   T r a f f i c   S t u d y   2 0 1 6     D a t e :   J u l y   2 5 ,   2 0 1 6    P a g e :   5   o f   1 9     Tr a f f i c   P a t t e r n s   •   P O   B O X   2 5   •   D a n v i l l e ,   C A     9 4 5 2 6   •   O :   ( 4 0 8 )   9 16 ‐ 8 1 4 1   •   w w w . t r a f f i c p a t t e r n s . n e t     Fi g u r e   1   Wi n c h e s t e r   B o u l e v a r d ‐ S a n t a   C r u z   Av e n u e   T r a v e l   T i m e   C o m p a r i s o n s                        T o :   M a t t   M o r l e y     S u b j e c t :   H i g h w a y   1 7   C u t   T h r o u g h   T r a f f i c   S t u d y   2 0 1 6     D a t e :   J u l y   2 5 ,   2 0 1 6    P a g e :   6   o f   1 9     Tr a f f i c   P a t t e r n s   •   P O   B O X   2 5   •   D a n v i l l e ,   C A     9 4 5 2 6   •   O :   ( 4 0 8 )   9 16 ‐ 8 1 4 1   •   w w w . t r a f f i c p a t t e r n s . n e t     Fi g u r e   2   Lo s   G a t o s   B o u l e v a r d ‐ M a i n   S t r ee t   T r a v e l   T i m e   C o m p a r i s o n s                          T o :   M a t t   M o r l e y     S u b j e c t :   H i g h w a y   1 7   C u t   T h r o u g h   T r a f f i c   S t u d y   2 0 1 6     D a t e :   J u l y   2 5 ,   2 0 1 6    P a g e :   7   o f   1 9     Tr a f f i c   P a t t e r n s   •   P O   B O X   2 5   •   D a n v i l l e ,   C A     9 4 5 2 6   •   O :   ( 4 0 8 )   9 16 ‐ 8 1 4 1   •   w w w . t r a f f i c p a t t e r n s . n e t   Fi g u r e   3   Un i v e r s i t y   A v e n u e   T r a v e l   T i m e   C o m p a r i s o n s                             To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016   Page: 8 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net  Along the Highway 85‐Highway 17 corridors, increases in travel times are noted comparing  available 2015 data sets to the first two weekends of the trial closure, see Figure 4.    Figure 4  Highway 85 South (Winchester Blvd) to Highway 17 Travel Time Comparisons          From Southbound Highway 85 (Winchester Blvd) to Highway 17, a nearly 7‐minute increase in  travel times or 33% increase is noted and is consistent with increases noted by Caltrans in their  data collection analysis, see Figure 5.  The travel time runs do not account for delays due to  crashes on the freeways or other extenuating factors.  Traffic Patterns cautions in drawing any  firm conclusions from the highway data other than that additional data should be collected  over time to help validate any policy recommendations regarding on‐going ramp closures  impacts.  For example, Traffic Patterns did not conduct any travel time runs on Highway 17  north of Highway 85 but did note visual observations regarding queue lengths and saw them to  be no different that 2015 with queues extending regularly to Camden Avenue and periodically  to Hamilton Avenue so it is difficult to conclude if the trial closure alone resulted in the  increased travel times given no notable difference in queue lengths.          To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016   Page: 9 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net  Figure 5  Caltrans – Highway 17 Volume and Speed Comparison  Pre‐Closure versus Closure Period           0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 8 a.m. 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 11a.m. 12  noon 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4p.m. 5 p.m. Ve h i c l e   S p e e d s   ( M P H ) Ve h i c l e   V o l u m e s Time of Day Saturday Volume Before Closure Saturday Volume During Closure Speeds Before Closure Speeds During Closure   To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016    Page:  10 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net      Traffic Volume Data Observations      With the implementation of the temporary closure over the three weekends trial period a  reduction in vehicle volume throughput was noted, specifically on the first day closure  (Saturday, 6/25) followed by a slight increase on the subsequent day.  This unusual observation  was a topic of discussion during the Town Council’s meeting on June 29th following the first  weekend implementation.      Figure 6  Roadway Level of Service Diagram  Example Traffic Volumes                 To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016    Page:  11 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net  Figure 6 illustrates how the Level of Service of a roadway typically operates as increased vehicle  volume is added to the roadway and eventually exceeding capacity.  When the volume is within  the roadway capacity (left of the crest in the Figure 6) the street performs well, typically at  Level of Service (LOS) D or better.   Once the incoming roadway volume begins to exceeds the  streets capacity (right of the crest in the Figure 6) motorists begin to immediately experience  delay.  This the typical experience in Los Gatos during weekend conditions when cut‐through  traffic uses local streets to bypass portions of Highway 17 north of the Santa Cruz Avenue on‐ ramp and was exacerbated the first day of the closure trial period.    Roadway capacity has many influencing factors including number of travel lanes, green time at  traffic signalized intersections, and side street roadway friction such as on‐street parking  (parallel parking movements) or even driveway activity, to name just a few examples.  As soon  as the capacity at any section of the roadway is met the point influences the incoming traffic  volumes behind it increasing travel times on a corridor.  In the case of the Los Gatos Boulevard  corridor where lane reduce from 3‐lanes southbound to eventually 1‐lane southbound Nino  Avenue, each lane reduction influences the volumes and travel times.    Low vehicle volumes on a roadway within a downtown may sound appealing, but this typically  represents poor economic activity.  Striking the right balance of roadway LOS is as much a  function of roadway planning as it is land use planning and strong economic development  promotion.  Strong economic activity in a robust downtown environment may be more in line  with a roadway LOS C‐D environment.    As the Town of Los Gatos continues to explore semi‐permanent closure of the Santa Cruz  Avenue on‐ramp to southbound Highway 17 to deter cut‐through traffic that does not benefit  the local economy, accompanying economic development activities should be considered to  continue to attract local business activity. This is an activity that did not take place during the 3‐ weekend trial closure period and should be considered as policy recommendations are made.   In essence, the public was advised to use alternate routes around Downtown Los Gatos but the  public was not given strong incentives to visit Los Gatos either.    The traffic data in Figure 7 compares the change in traffic patterns at the Highway 9 & University  Avenue intersection from August 8, 2015 against the first two Saturdays of the trial closure, June  25th and July 2nd in the peak 2‐hour period between 11AM to 1PM.  The data shows a 23% drop  in volume in the eastbound direction towards the Highway 9 ramps due likely to the associated  increase in Level of Service of the roadway and delay increase in moving along the corridor.  On  the second weekend during the same period volumes increased 14% compared to 2015 as  motorists adjusted to the new roadway conditions.  Figure 8 shows the comparable travel time  conditions along Highway 9 and notes the decreased travel times which accommodate additional  roadway volume.       To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016    Page:  12 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net  Figure 7  Highway 9 & University Avenue  2015 vs First Two Weekend Closure Conditions        Exhibit B includes similar turning movement data for several other intersections in the Town  along with Data Observations.  Notable observations from Exhibit B include trending activity  towards the Lark Avenue ramps as the trial proceeded hinting towards the fact that the  improved advanced warning signage was successful in guiding traffic to Highway 17 away from  Downtown.   T o :   M a t t   M o r l e y     S u b j e c t :   H i g h w a y   1 7   C u t   T h r o u g h   T r a f f i c   S t u d y   2 0 1 6     D a t e :   J u l y   2 5 ,   2 0 1 6     P a g e :   1 3   o f   1 9     Tr a f f i c   P a t t e r n s   •   P O   B O X   2 5   •   D a n v i l l e ,   C A     9 4 5 2 6   •   O :   ( 4 0 8 )   9 16 ‐ 8 1 4 1   •   w w w . t r a f f i c p a t t e r n s . n e t     Fi g u r e   8   Hi g h w a y   9   T r a v e l   T i m e   C o m p a r i s o n   C h a r t   Pr e ‐ c l o s u r e   W e e k e n d   v s   T r i a l   C l o s u r e   P e r i o d          To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016    Page:  14 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net      Recommendations      Dynamic – Advanced Warning Signage  Advanced Warning Signage throughout the Town of Los Gatos improved each week of the trial  closure with additional messages guiding motorists towards Lark Avenue near the north end of  town.  This appears to have been crucial in reducing traffic volumes and improving travel times  towards the downtown area.  At Winchester Boulevard & Lark Avenue the town reduced the  southbound Winchester Boulevard capacity north of Lark Avenue to one lane to highlight the  need to turn left towards Lark Avenue to reach Highway 17 and this appears to have proven  effective without notable impacts to roadway capacity (see Exhibit A).    On Los Gatos Boulevard a large changeable message sign was installed just north of Lark  Avenue.  Traffic Patterns notes the sign having been slightly more difficult to read than the  other changeable message sign because the type of sign used resulted in a “washout” of the  sign message as the sun traversed across the sky midday.  There was still increased right turn  traffic towards Lark Avenue so the sign placement was still effective.    Traffic Patterns recommends the use of multiple fixed dynamic message signs along both  Winchester Boulevard and Los Gatos Boulevard to encourage turns onto Lark Avenue towards  Highway 17 during all weekend.  Dynamic signage north of Lark Avenue would be appropriate  whether or not future closures of the Santa Cruz Avenue on‐ramp occur.    Traffic Signal Timing along Highway 9  Caltrans did not make any traffic signal timing modifications along Highway 9 in advance or  during the trial closure period.  Movements that may have benefitted from timing modifications  include the southbound left turn movements from Santa Cruz Avenue and University Avenue  towards the Highway 17 ramps and the through movements of Highway 9 at each intersection.   Traffic signal timing modifications can include increasing the cycle lengths of the coordinated  traffic signal system with longer green time allocations to these movements.  The cycle length  changes can be stepped gradually each hour starting at 10AM to accommodate increases in  traffic volume to 1PM with reductions thereafter back to normal conditions.  The turning  movement count data collected as part of this study will be shared with Caltrans so that they  can consider future traffic signal timing modifications.    Southbound Highway 9 On‐Ramp to Highway 17  As traffic adjusted to the temporary closure at the Santa Cruz Avenue on‐ramp, the Highway 9  on‐ramp to southbound Highway 17 saw increased traffic volumes. Traffic Patterns  recommends entering into discussions with Caltrans to study widening of the on‐ramp to a 2‐ lane on‐ramp facility to help add stacking capacity from Eastbound Highway 9.  Widening just  the on‐ramp facility would focus capacity without significantly impacting the rural environment    To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016    Page:  15 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net  of the Highway 9/Highway 17 interchange area.  A focused on‐ramp widening does not address  downstream capacity issues on Highway 17 continuing on into Santa Cruz County but it may  provide enough capacity on Highway 9 to turning movements from Santa Cruz Avenue and  University Avenue onto Highway 9.    Winchester Boulevard & Lark Avenue  The westbound Lark Avenue approach currently has two left turns lanes onto southbound  Winchester Boulevard.  Immediately south of Lark Avenue the southbound Winchester  Boulevard capacity is reduced to one lane.  Traffic Patterns recommend either a roundabout  facility design at the intersection or restricting the southbound receiving lanes to one lane and  accommodating the approaches as necessary to encourage movements towards the Lark  Avenue Highway 17 ramps.    Los Gatos Blvd & Nino Avenue  Southbound Los Gatos Boulevard narrows to one southbound lane just north of Nino Avenue.   The reduced capacity for the southbound movements before the Nino Avenue intersection  results in queues that can extend to Roberts Rd‐Shannon Rd.  Traffic Patterns recommends  extending the two southbound lane configuration on Los Gatos Boulevard to south of Nino  Avenue to improve roadway capacity.  The additional capacity increase would benefit both  weekend commute traffic and school commute traffic during weekdays.    ITS Infrastructure – Travel Time Data Collection Equipment  Traffic Patterns recommends the installation of Bluetooth‐based Travel Time traffic data  collection equipment such as BlueToad by TrafficCast.  This equipment can be installed at  signalized intersections town wide to inform on trends that impact roadway operations.  This  type of equipment pings Bluetooth enabled mobile devices or connected vehicles as the vehicle  travels down the corridor to estimate travel time.  The same equipment can be used to  estimate duration in the downtown area if equipment were installed at entry/exit points to  help advise economic development activity.  Amenity is preserved as part of the data collection  equipment by limiting data to Bluetooth codes only.    Semi‐Permanent On‐Ramp Closure  Travel time and traffic volume data collected as part of this project shows positive trends in  reducing cut‐through traffic through the Town of Los Gatos although increased travel time on  Highway 17 was also noted.  Traffic Patterns recommends continuing discussions with Caltrans  to conduct a larger scale analysis in the future over a longer period of time such as an entire  Summer season.  On‐going trial data collection can be negotiated under a standard  encroachment permit process knowing the information would advise a larger environmental  assessment process.         To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016    Page:  16 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net  Mobile‐Map Application Coordination  Following the formal announcement of the trial closure by the Town, both Google‐Waze and  Apple map applications noted the closures on their consumer user interface applications.  This  was crucial in advising motorists away from the closure.  Town staff also coordinated closely  with Google‐Waze staff to deprioritize the classification of specific roadways such as Tait  Avenue as a priority linkage in rerouting algorithms.  Traffic Patterns recommend continuing  discussions with firms such as Google‐Waze and Apple to help advise future closures and  deprioritize residential‐based corridors.    Alternative Santa Cruz Avenue‐University Avenue Configurations  The trial Santa Cruz Avenue ramp closure was focused at Wood Road through the  implementation of a temporary roundabout facility installed using traffic cones.  Alternative  closure configurations can include a complete or partial closure of Santa Cruz Avenue between  Main Street and Wood Road.  For example:    ‐ Santa Cruz Avenue Woonerf (Elm Street to Liberty Plaza)  Under this configuration the entire roadway section of Santa Cruz Avenue can be closed  to pedestrian‐only activities allow for expanded outdoor activities.  Traffic can be  rerouted along University Avenue jointly restricting access towards Highway 17.    ‐ Santa Cruz Avenue/University Avenue One‐Way Couplet  Under this configuration, each street can be reconfigured as a one‐way street with  expanded Complete Streets features to promote pedestrian‐bicycle‐transit priority.     ‐ Southbound Santa Cruz Av Closure Only  Under this configuration the southbound approach of Santa Cruz Avenue can be closed  at some point south of Main Street (such as the Toll House Hotel Driveway) to allow for  expanded outdoor dining while the northbound approach is maintained but with  additional speed control measures.  Use of the public parking lot across from the Toll  House may allow for alternative roadway configurations to help separate on‐ versus off‐ ramp movements.     Almond Grove Resident Access Preservation    The trial closure continued closures implemented last year at Highway 9 & Massol Avenue and  Highway 9 & Tait Avenue.  Traffic Patterns recommends entering into discussions with Caltrans  to make those temporary closures more permanent for periods beyond the Spring/Summer  months to help preserve resident access and use of the Almond Grove neighborhood.  As part  of the discussions Traffic Patterns also recommends considering features such as Bulb‐Outs,  Raised Crosswalks across each side street, and improved street lighting and flashing beacon  systems at the Massol Avenue crossing to support student activity to Daves School.    To:  Matt Morley    Subject:  Highway 17 Cut Through Traffic Study 2016    Date:  July 25, 2016    Page:  17 of 19    Traffic Patterns • PO BOX 25 • Danville, CA  94526 • O: (408) 916‐8141 • www.trafficpatterns.net    Economic Development Plan  Future studies should include a targeted economic development outreach plan to encourage  downtown business activity during study periods to help build local business partnerships.            Exhibit A      Traffic Control Plans for Santa Cruz Avenue  On‐Ramp Closure     SB S Santa Cruz Av & Wood Rd Highway 17 On -Ramp Closure Scale: None =Ram 400-FT Sign Spacing (N.T.S.) SC5 (CA) SEE PAGE 2 FOR CITYWIDE SIGNAGE PLAN ROAD CLOSED R11-2 (Road) T.A.N.s. 400-FT Sign Spacing (N.T.S.) R6-5P (3 Total) a• T.A.N.S. NOTES: Flagger On Site at All Times to Regulate Traffic Circle (2 Total) ,,, Mho w1NYa ONO W20-3 (Road) - Working hours shall be from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM - This plan is schematic for the placement of traffic control elements, it is not intended for construction. - Contractor shall be reponsible for the procurement, installation and maintenance of all traffic control elements. - Contractor shall provide regular street sweeping activities or as required by the Project Engineer. - All travel lanes shall remain open and clear after work hours (Typical). - Contractor shall steel -plate cover open trench areas within roadway to local specifications during non -working hours (not shown). - Contractor shall provide Type II barricades with Flashers at open trench areas along curb or sidewalk during non -work hours (not shown). W20-3 (Road) RAMP CLOSED USE RAMP AT HWY9 LEGEND: • 28-Inch High Traffic Cone with Reflective Band ❑O 48-Inch High Portable Delineator with Reflective Band ❑• 32-Inch High Glue -Down Delineator with Reflective Band 32-Inch High Glue -Down Delineator with Reflective Band T New Sign Post with MUTCD or CA Standard Traffic Sign, Designation Shown Type III Barricade with MUTCD or CA Standard Traffic Sign, Designation Shown High -Visibility Flag Tree w/MUTCD or CA Standard Traffic Sign, Designation Shown SC7 (CA) ►-� SPOT TANS Sr RAMP CLOSED USE RAMP AT HWY9 SC7 (CA) 1.4 Type II Arrow Board - Sequential Arrow Sequence Shown In -Line Crash Barrier Work Zone Area Safe Path of Travel (SPOT) for Pedestrians "Tow -Away No Stopping" Zone Certified Traffic Control Flagger E11 Traffic Patterns 00 0 P.O. Box 25 Danville, CA 94526 0: (408) 916-8141 www.trafficpatterns.net info@trafficpatterns.net Engineer's Stamp Record Drawings Project Engineer: Date Designer: Date: Public Works Inspector: Date Public Improvements Initially Accepted by the City Council on: Submittal Log NO. DESCRIPTION DATE Draft Submittal No. 1 6-13-16 DRAWN BY: J. Rodriguez CHECKED BY: Town of Los Gatos DESIGNED BY: J. Rodriguez Date Date: Date: 6-13-16 6-13-16 6-13-16 Revisions NO. DESCRIPTION DATE Town of Los Gatos Weekend Highway 17 On -Ramp Closure at S Santa Cruz Av Traffic Control Plan RECOMMENDED FOR BIDDING BY: DATE: PROJECT NO. DRAWING NO. APPROVED FOR BIDDING BY: DATE: E.P. NO. SCALE None Sheet 1 Los Gatos, CA Highway 17 On- amp losure at S nta Cruz A Signage Plan /N\ Scale: None ;, m Bl.ssom Hill -d SEE SEEPAGE 1 1 FOR ROAD CLOSURE AT SANTA CRUZ AV & HWY 17 CMS 1 CMS 2 CMS 3 CMS 4 CMS 5 CMS 6 CMS 6 SB Winchester Blvd & Wimbledon Dr Changeable Message Sign DOWNTOWN HWY 17 RAMP CLOSED USE LARK AVE RAMP SB LOS GATOS BLVD & BENNETT WY DOWNTOWN HWY 17 RAMP CLOSED Changeable Message Sign USE LARK AVE RAMP SB LOS GATOS BLVD & HARDING AV DOWNTOWN HWY 17 RAMP CLOSED Changeable Message Sign SB UNIVERSITY AV & HWY 9 Changeable Message Sign SB SANTA CRUZ AV & HWY 9 Changeable Message Sign SB HIGHWAY 9 & MASSOL AV Changeable Message Sign SB HIGHWAY 9 & MASSOL AV Changeable Message Sign USE HWY 9 RAMP DOWNTOWN HWY 17 RAMP CLOSED USE HWY 9 RAMP DOWNTOWN HWY 17 RAMP CLOSED USE HWY 9 RAMP DOWNTOWN HWY 17 RAMP CLOSED USE HWY 9 RAMP DOWNTOWN HWY 17 RAMP CLOSED USE HWY 9 RAMP SIGN 1 48"x36" on Type III Barricade SIGN 2 48"x36" on Type III Barricade SIGN 3 48"x36" on Type III Barricade SIGN 4 on Type III Barricade Hwy 85 Off -Ramp at Winchester Blvd SB Bascom Av & Samaritan Dr WB Lark Av & Oka Rd WB Blossom Hill Rd & Camellia Terrace SB University Av - North of Blossom Hill Rd SB Santa Cruz Av & Bruce Av WB E Main St & Pleasant St WB E Main St & College Av SC6-3 (CA) M4-10R HWY 17 ON -RAMP CLOSED AT SANTA CRUZ AV USE LARK AV RAMP HWY 17 ON -RAMP CLOSED AT SANTA CRUZ AV USE LARK AV RAMP DETOUR HWY 17 ON -RAMP CLOSED AT SANTA CRUZ AV USE UNIVERSITY AV WB E Main St & University Av 0 c:: Traffic Patterns 00 0 P.O. Box 25 Danville, CA 94526 0: (408) 916-8141 www.trafficpatterns.net info@trafficpatterns.net Engineer's Stamp Record Drawings Project Engineer: Designer: Public Works Inspector: Date Date: Date Public Improvements Initially Accepted by the City Council on: Submittal Log NO. DESCRIPTION DATE Draft Submittal No. 1 6-13-16 DRAWN BY: J. Rodriguez CHECKED BY: Town of Los Gatos DESIGNED BY: J. Rodriguez Date Date: Date: 6-13-16 6-13-16 6-13-16 Revisions NO. DESCRIPTION DATE Town of Los Gatos Weekend Highway 17 On -Ramp Closure at S Santa Cruz Av Traffic Control Plan RECOMMENDED FOR BIDDING BY: DATE: PROJECT NO. DRAWING NO. APPROVED FOR BIDDING BY: DATE: E.P. NO. SCALE None Sheet 2 Winchester Blvd & Lark Avenue Alternative Santa Cruz Av Ramp Closure Traffic Control Scale: None a Hwy 17 Ramp Closed at Santa Cruz Use Lark Av On -Ramp • Custom Sign 1 Scale: None 200-FT Sign Spacing (N.T.S.) C30 (CA) Winchester Blvd 200-FT Sign Spacing (N.T.S.) W20-5R NOTES: W4-2R 50-FT Shoulder Closure - Working hours shall be as permitted by Local Encroachment Permit. This plan is schematic for the placement of traffic control elements, it is not intended for construction. - Contractor shall be reponsible for the procurement, installation and maintenance of all traffic control elements. Contractor shall provide regular street sweeping activities or as required by the Project Engineer. - All travel lanes shall remain open and clear after work hours (Typical). Contractor shall steel -plate cover open trench areas within roadway to local specifications during non -working hours (not shown). - Contractor shall provide Type II barricades with Flashers at open trench areas along curb or sidewalk during non -work hours (not shown). R3-18 LEGEND: • T 250-FT Merge Taper 100-FT Straight Section 28-Inch High Traffic Cone with Reflective Band 48-Inch High Portable Delineator with Reflective Band 32-Inch High Glue -Down Delineator with Reflective Band Type II Barricade with MUTCD or CA Standard Traffic Sign, Designation Shown New Sign Post with MUTCD or CA Standard Traffic Sign, Designation Shown Type III Barricade with MUTCD or CA Standard Traffic Sign, Designation Shown High -Visibility Flag Tree w/MUTCD or CA Standard Traffic Sign, Designation Shown MATCH LINE • Hwy 17 Ramp Closed at Santa Cruz Use Lark Av On -Ramp 200-FT W20-5L Sign Spacing (N.T.S.) Custom Sign 1 ►_ SPOT TANS Type II Arrow Board - Sequential Arrow Sequence Shown In -Line Crash Barrier Work Zone Area Safe Path of Travel (SPOT) for Pedestrians "Tow -Away No Stopping" Zone Certified Traffic Control Flagger Hwy 17 Ramp Closed at Santa Cruz Use Lark Av On -Ramp Custom Sign 1 E11 Traffic Patterns 00 0 P.O. Box 25 Danville, CA 94526 0: (408) 916-8141 www.trafficpatterns.net info@trafficpatterns.net Engineer's Stamp Record Drawings Project Engineer: Date Designer: Date: Public Works Inspector: Date Public Improvements Initially Accepted by the City Council on: Submittal Log NO. DESCRIPTION DATE Draft Submittal No. 1 6-21-16 DRAWN BY: J. Rodriguez CHECKED BY: Town of Los Gatos DESIGNED BY: J. Rodriguez Date Date: Date: 6-21-16 6-21-16 6-21-16 Revisions NO. DESCRIPTION DATE Town of Los Gatos Santa Cruz Av Hwy 17 On -Ramp Closure Alternate Traffic Control at Winchester Blvd & Lark Avenue RECOMMENDED FOR BIDDING BY: DATE: PROJECT NO. DRAWING NO. APPROVED FOR BIDDING BY: DATE: E.P. NO. SCALE None Sheet 1         Exhibit B      Traffic Data:   Turning Movement Counts   Tube Counter Average Daily Traffic   Caltrans Traffic Data        Winchester Blvd Lark Avenue Traffic Volume Data Comparison Preclosure vs Closure Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 120 98 ‐‐56 49 79 ‐88 ‐‐‐ 11:15 AM 110 88 ‐‐54 38 55 ‐91 ‐‐‐ 11:30 AM 102 107 ‐‐41 39 59 ‐91 ‐‐‐ 11:45 AM 93 92 ‐‐47 34 71 ‐101 ‐‐‐ 12:00 PM 105 105 ‐‐52 53 81 ‐111 ‐‐‐ 12:15 PM 101 86 ‐‐66 53 77 ‐103 ‐‐‐ 12:30 PM 124 83 ‐‐52 36 44 ‐110 ‐‐‐ 12:45 PM 101 71 ‐‐53 32 70 ‐131 ‐‐‐ Totals: 856 730 ‐‐421 334 536 ‐826 ‐‐‐ Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 190 203 ‐‐78 75 72 ‐123 ‐‐‐ 11:15 AM 232 165 ‐‐73 115 58 ‐122 ‐‐‐ 11:30 AM 194 157 ‐‐101 109 44 ‐119 ‐‐‐ 11:45 AM 169 122 ‐‐75 127 58 ‐119 ‐‐‐ 12:00 PM 212 143 ‐‐87 80 40 ‐109 ‐‐‐ 12:15 PM 214 154 ‐‐82 75 68 ‐130 ‐‐‐ 12:30 PM 202 153 ‐‐89 77 63 ‐130 ‐‐‐ 12:45 PM 189 166 ‐‐88 82 53 ‐134 ‐‐‐ Totals: 1602 1263 ‐‐673 740 456 ‐986 ‐‐‐ % Change to Pre‐Closure:87%73%‐‐60%122%‐15%‐19%‐‐‐ Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 177 172 - - 55 31 47 - 96 ‐‐‐ 11:15 AM 156 126 - - 59 52 48 - 93 ‐‐‐ 11:30 AM 198 147 - - 62 62 61 - 93 ‐‐‐ 11:45 AM 190 186 - - 74 49 49 - 115 ‐‐‐ 12:00 PM 184 174 - - 58 59 53 - 120 ‐‐‐ 12:15 PM 131 120 - - 80 55 51 - 113 ‐‐‐ 12:30 PM 173 108 - - 81 58 57 - 102 ‐‐‐ 12:45 PM 173 150 - - 61 55 91 - 107 ‐‐‐ Totals: 1382 1183 ‐‐530 421 457 ‐839 ‐‐‐ % Change to Pre‐Closure:61%62%‐‐26%26%‐15%‐2%‐‐‐ Data Observations: Sunday, June 19, 2016 Pre‐Closure Winchester Blvd (South) Winchester Blvd (North) Winchester Blvd (South) Winchester Blvd (North) Lark Avenue (West) Lark Avenue (East) 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 1 Saturday, June 25, 2016 Lark Avenue (West) Lark Avenue (East) ‐ Southbound Left Turn towards Lark Avenue Ramps Increased Significantly with Advanced Signage for Closure ‐ The first weekend of Closure (6/25/16) the northbound Winchester Blvd Right Turn to Lark Avenue Ramps more than doubled (122%) 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 2 Saturday, July 2, 2016 Lark Avenue (West) Lark Avenue (East)Winchester Blvd (South) Winchester Blvd (North) Lark Avenue Los Gatos Boulevard Traffic Volume Data Comparison PreClosure vs Closure Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 5 148 46 119 105 0 54 7 174 ‐‐‐ 11:15 AM 5 134 36 113 106 5 68 5 154 ‐‐‐ 11:30 AM 4 146 43 141 126 3 59 3 160 ‐‐‐ 11:45 AM 3 144 35 153 147 5 67 5 202 ‐‐‐ 12:00 PM 2 107 47 129 148 2 66 5 173 ‐‐‐ 12:15 PM 6 158 49 140 135 2 69 7 170 ‐‐‐ 12:30 PM 6 143 42 149 142 3 63 3 161 ‐‐‐ 12:45 PM 5 169 48 146 119 6 78 2 151 ‐‐‐ Totals: 36 1149 346 1090 1028 26 524 37 1345 ‐‐‐ Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 6 294 73 158 132 3 53 5 147 ‐‐‐ 11:15 AM 10 283 79 149 133 6 68 8 210 ‐‐‐ 11:30 AM 6 234 75 157 125 4 81 9 227 ‐‐‐ 11:45 AM 13 290 121 179 152 8 62 6 175 ‐‐‐ 12:00 PM 3 203 70 180 194 6 94 4 142 ‐‐‐ 12:15 PM 9 260 64 194 154 5 86 9 178 ‐‐‐ 12:30 PM 10 249 79 172 189 3 93 8 227 ‐‐‐ 12:45 PM 8 284 65 163 172 4 94 8 223 ‐‐‐ Totals: 65 2097 626 1352 1251 39 631 57 1529 ‐‐‐ % Change to Pre‐Closure:81%83%81%24%22%50%20%54%14%‐‐‐ Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 5 250 82 134 125 5 64 4 130 ‐‐‐ 11:15 AM 5 252 71 136 134 5 72 8 178 ‐‐‐ 11:30 AM 9 259 89 142 131 2 63 5 143 ‐‐‐ 11:45 AM 8 248 72 135 104 1 66 13 138 ‐‐‐ 12:00 PM 3 252 82 149 155 3 60 6 157 ‐‐‐ 12:15 PM 9 229 62 148 128 7 67 4 190 ‐‐‐ 12:30 PM 6 295 77 147 152 3 64 4 147 ‐‐‐ 12:45 PM 6 224 75 158 118 5 57 5 151 ‐‐‐ Totals: 51 2009 610 1149 1047 31 513 49 1234 ‐‐‐ % Change to Pre‐Closure:42%75%76%5%2%19%‐2%32%‐8%‐‐‐ Data Observations: ‐ Southbound Through movement on Los Gatos Boulevard significantly higher on both closure weekends. ‐ Southbound Right movement on Los Gatos Boulevard towards Lark Avenue ramps significantly higher on both closure weekends possibly   indicating effectiveness of advanced warning signage ‐ First weekend of closure (6/25/16) Lark Avenue had a higher right turn movements to southbound Winchester Blvd but then that volulme   dropped by the second weekend indicating a change in traffic patterns away from Los Gatos Boulevard 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 2 Saturday, July 2, 2016 Lark Avenue (East) Lark Avenue (West)Los Gatos Blvd (South) Los Gatos Blvd (North) Lark Avenue (East) Lark Avenue (West) 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 1 Saturday, June 25, 2016 Lark Avenue (East) Lark Avenue (West) Sunday, June 19, 2016 Pre‐Closure Los Gatos Blvd (South) Los Gatos Blvd (North) Los Gatos Blvd (South) Los Gatos Blvd (North) Highway 9 Santa Cruz Avenue Traffic Volume Data Comparison Preclosure vs Closure Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 39 103 49 45 50 16 45 90 33 40 34 25 11:15 AM 51 119 67 38 57 23 35 79 39 25 25 35 11:30 AM 52 116 51 30 54 16 47 91 51 24 37 29 11:45 AM 52 142 42 33 62 24 41 81 40 24 41 37 12:00 PM 44 139 35 26 72 18 49 82 33 38 33 26 12:15 PM 71 137 42 27 68 11 55 93 54 23 47 34 12:30 PM 51 108 35 32 67 13 49 68 21 34 30 31 12:45 PM 47 106 41 33 77 15 38 68 39 22 53 43 Totals: 407 970 362 264 507 136 359 652 310 230 300 260 Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 47 124 26 32 62 35 60 80 23 25 38 35 11:15 AM 48 73 20 34 67 16 57 56 29 33 46 30 11:30 AM 61 76 23 40 56 16 49 52 16 24 32 20 11:45 AM 53 70 22 34 40 13 61 85 14 17 36 30 12:00 PM 34 105 39 28 53 17 52 73 29 27 34 27 12:15 PM 45 81 31 23 42 12 38 51 22 16 14 22 12:30 PM 75 84 15 28 64 16 45 55 12 11 22 30 12:45 PM 52 80 16 32 52 16 48 70 25 13 27 31 Totals: 415 693 192 251 436 141 410 522 170 166 249 225 % Change to Pre‐Closure:2%‐29%‐47%‐5%‐14%4%14%‐20%‐45%‐28%‐17%‐13% Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 44 158 37 30 51 13 81 65 18 24 46 46 11:15 AM 46 131 30 37 47 24 72 59 20 31 36 48 11:30 AM 54 190 32 22 56 22 79 75 27 30 34 52 11:45 AM 51 136 39 27 36 14 79 74 19 20 48 43 12:00 PM 68 133 23 43 75 17 69 52 26 30 33 28 12:15 PM 54 119 36 40 47 14 67 56 20 22 49 34 12:30 PM 46 151 36 21 29 19 66 78 34 21 32 38 12:45 PM 43 155 42 36 59 21 74 62 20 25 43 31 Totals: 406 1173 275 256 400 144 587 521 184 203 321 320 % Change to Pre‐Closure:0%21%‐24%‐3%‐21%6%64%‐20%‐41%‐12%7%23% Data Observations: ‐ Southbound Santa Cruz Avenue (Straight) movement reduced by 20% following closure implementation with increased left turn movement   as advanced warning signage was improved. ‐ Eastbound Highway 9 (Straight) movement increased 21% on second weekend of closure as traffic patterns adjusted to closure.A1 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 2 Saturday, July 2, 2016 Santa Cruz Av (South) Santa Cruz Av (North)Highway 9 (East) Highway 9 (West) Santa Cruz Av (South) Santa Cruz Av (North) 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 1 Saturday, June 25, 2016 Santa Cruz Av (South) Santa Cruz Av (North) Sunday, June 19, 2016 Pre‐Closure Highway 9 (East) Highway 9 (West) Highway 9 (East) Highway 9 (West) Highway 9 University Avenue Traffic Volume Data Comparison 2015 vs 2016 Closure                                  HW 9 WB HW 9 EB Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 25 93 10 10 210 16 16 24 60 94 52 14 11:15 AM 27 89 19 13 223 14 11 33 53 109 69 8 11:30 AM 31 81 9 14 228 22 12 22 40 71 65 20 11:45 AM 31 83 16 8 239 24 9 18 41 54 91 9 12:00 PM 16 92 10 12 203 30 16 24 54 73 79 13 12:15 PM 28 91 18 17 227 27 8 35 56 64 74 22 12:30 PM 26 82 8 12 243 25 13 17 50 81 85 13 12:45 PM 31 73 17 12 216 16 12 15 42 68 69 10 Totals: 215 684 107 98 1789 174 97 188 396 614 584 109                                  HW 9 WB HW  EB Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 22 84 8 8 219 8 20 25 97 93 62 13 11:15 AM 34 66 10 11 169 8 24 35 73 104 33 5 11:30 AM 29 61 8 13 157 6 7 24 74 73 34 4 11:45 AM 24 51 11 4 157 6 14 30 72 92 43 2 12:00 PM 20 57 18 9 201 10 8 21 79 65 60 8 12:15 PM 24 66 8 14 146 5 6 14 66 81 37 1 12:30 PM 34 70 16 10 173 2 13 17 88 72 42 4 12:45 PM 21 60 18 9 160 6 13 33 99 89 44 6 Totals: 208 515 97 78 1382 51 105 199 648 669 355 43 % Change to 2015:‐3%‐25%‐9%‐20%‐23%‐71%8%6%64%9%‐39%‐61%                                  HW 9 WB HW  EB Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 31 58 13 0 282 9 10 22 89 94 51 12 11:15 AM 28 75 10 4 238 12 16 25 77 90 57 6 11:30 AM 23 68 7 9 301 15 13 22 63 89 44 15 11:45 AM 19 48 8 10 251 7 9 31 67 92 64 6 12:00 PM 37 88 12 7 243 12 18 16 79 88 31 8 12:15 PM 27 59 12 7 225 6 9 25 67 88 40 7 12:30 PM 20 36 5 6 227 9 13 20 76 85 69 12 12:45 PM 30 73 10 6 269 9 16 22 86 78 28 8 Totals: 215 505 77 49 2036 79 104 183 604 704 384 74 % Change to 2015:0%‐26%‐28%‐50%14%‐55%7%‐3%53%15%‐34%‐32% Data Observations: ‐ 14% increase in EBTH traffic on second weekend of closure when mobile apps highlighted closure. ‐ Significant increase in NBRT traffic towards Highway 9 both weekends compared to 2015. ‐ Nominal increase in SBLT traffic probably due to limit in traffic signal timing capacity. 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 2 Saturday, July 2, 2016 University NB University SB Saturday, August 8, 2015 2015 Traffic Data University NB University SB 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 1 Saturday, June 25, 2016 University NB University SB Highway 9 Los Gatos Boulevard Traffic Volume Data Comparison 2015 vs 2016 Closure Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM -101 179 78 70 -79 -22 --- 11:15 AM -77 158 78 60 -58 -15 --- 11:30 AM -103 172 65 65 -78 -24 --- 11:45 AM -110 138 78 52 -55 -16 --- 12:00 PM -110 168 83 66 -73 -20 --- 12:15 PM -94 166 89 58 -61 -27 --- 12:30 PM -104 166 98 69 -70 -25 --- 12:45 PM -114 148 59 71 -95 -34 --- Totals: ‐813 1295 628 511 ‐569 ‐183 ‐‐‐ Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM - 73 203 90 63 - 47 - 24 - - - 11:15 AM - 81 202 77 58 - 46 - 10 - - - 11:30 AM - 84 193 94 78 - 34 - 23 - - - 11:45 AM - 59 159 92 71 - 49 - 15 - - - 12:00 PM - 110 152 85 51 - 43 - 15 - - - 12:15 PM - 91 133 106 79 - 48 - 19 - - - 12:30 PM - 85 202 111 75 - 47 - 10 - - - 12:45 PM - 67 178 98 69 - 48 - 9 - - - Totals: ‐650 1422 753 544 ‐362 ‐125 ‐‐‐ % Change to 2015:‐‐20%10%20%6%‐‐36%‐‐32%‐‐‐ Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM - 88 183 65 56 - 46 - 23 - - - 11:15 AM - 79 196 54 42 - 39 - 12 - - - 11:30 AM - 47 220 53 54 - 53 - 26 - - - 11:45 AM - 78 206 51 49 - 49 - 18 - - - 12:00 PM - 90 200 55 57 - 58 - 10 - - - 12:15 PM - 80 208 63 44 - 40 - 18 - - - 12:30 PM - 67 226 56 59 - 51 - 13 - - - 12:45 PM - 90 193 59 62 - 44 - 12 - - - Totals: ‐619 1632 456 423 ‐380 ‐132 ‐‐‐ % Change to 2015:‐‐24%26%‐27%‐17%‐‐33%‐‐28%‐‐‐ Data Observations: Saturday, August 8, 2015 2015 Traffic Data Los Gatos Boulevard (South) Los Gatos Boulevard (North) Los Gatos Boulevard (South) Los Gatos Boulevard (North) Highway 9 (East) Highway 9 (West) 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 1 Saturday, June 25, 2016 Highway 9 (East) Highway 9 (West) ‐ Significant decreate in Los Gatos Boulevard (South) movements each weekend of closure compared to 2015, due likely to improved   advanced warning signage and noticing via mobile apps ‐ Highway 9 volumes dropped each weekend of the closure 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 2 Saturday, July 2, 2016 Highway 9 (East) Highway 9 (West)Los Gatos Boulevard (South) Los Gatos Boulevard (North) Main Street Santa Cruz Avenue Traffic Volume Data Comparison Preclosure vs Closure Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 23 46 14 4 43 21 10 10 6 42 20 22 11:15 AM 16 38 9 8 26 43 9 17 11 35 15 22 11:30 AM 24 42 15 8 35 27 6 16 8 45 22 17 11:45 AM 21 38 11 9 34 26 7 12 9 41 17 27 12:00 PM 13 40 16 4 28 16 18 24 7 34 13 29 12:15 PM 19 44 17 3 37 15 13 14 8 35 27 22 12:30 PM 24 41 12 8 35 24 9 13 6 32 13 22 12:45 PM 18 34 9 7 34 25 15 21 7 37 20 30 Totals: 158 323 103 51 272 197 87 127 62 301 147 191 Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 11 25 4 4 56 79 11 5 20 35 16 21 11:15 AM 143811 5 6191102031281020 11:30 AM 13 15 6 8 46 91 24 22 17 40 10 15 11:45 AM 5 15 2 11 69 93 10 9 24 29 11 10 12:00 PM 8 13 3 6 708910192530 6 12 12:15 PM 7 13 5 7 58 79 3 13 33 26 8 8 12:30 PM 16 14 1 14 36 92 9 21 11 20 13 9 12:45 PM 18 22 5 18 44 112 14 20 15 28 25 16 Totals: 92 155 37 73 440 726 91 129 176 236 99 111 % Change to Pre‐Closure:‐42%‐52%‐64%43%62%269%5%2%184%‐22%‐33%‐42% Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM 31 17 11 4 49 33 10 15 5 14 9 25 11:15 AM 31 10 13 7 50 48 17 8 11 22 7 23 11:30 AM 32 20 15 6 60 35 17 12 6 8 9 28 11:45 AM 30 23 10 4 40 37 11 21 6 13 12 25 12:00 PM 22 15 7 5 37 46 13 21 5 20 14 24 12:15 PM 35 20 9 9 35 47 17 21 9 12 15 26 12:30 PM 28 18 16 2 31 42 14 28 7 18 18 28 12:45 PM 36 17 15 9 35 43 16 24 3 10 11 32 Totals: 245 140 96 46 337 331 115 150 52 117 95 211 % Change to Pre‐Closure:55%‐57%‐7%‐10%24%68%32%18%‐16%‐61%‐35%10% Data Observations: ‐ By the second weekend of the closure motorists on Santa Cruz Avenue (South) were receiving the message to avoid the ramp closure, 60% less    through vehicle movements with a 55% increase in left turns towards University Avenue to avoid closure ‐ Notable drop in left turns and right turns from Main Street onto Santa Cruz Avenue towards on‐ramp 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 2 Saturday, July 2, 2016 Main Street (East) Main Street (West)Santa Cruz Avenue (South) Santa Cruz Avenue (North) Main Street (East) Main Street (West) 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 1 Saturday, June 25, 2016 Main Street (East) Main Street (West) Sunday, June 19, 2016 Pre‐Closure Santa Cruz Avenue (South) Santa Cruz Avenue (North) Santa Cruz Avenue (South) Santa Cruz Avenue (North) Main Street University Avenue Traffic Volume Data Comparison Preclosure vs Closure Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM - 65302631 - 16 ‐28 ‐‐‐ 11:15 AM - 56362045 - 32 ‐24 ‐‐‐ 11:30 AM - 58352144 - 26 ‐29 ‐‐‐ 11:45 AM - 57361545 - 34 ‐34 ‐‐‐ 12:00 PM - 58381136 - 25 ‐15 ‐‐‐ 12:15 PM - 72401539 - 32 ‐25 ‐‐‐ 12:30 PM - 55401339 - 16 ‐14 ‐‐‐ 12:45 PM - 69342151 - 25 ‐20 ‐‐‐ Totals: ‐490 289 142 330 ‐206 ‐189 ‐‐‐ Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM - 55375048 - 28 ‐21 ‐‐‐ 11:15 AM - 48434074 - 35 ‐22 ‐‐‐ 11:30 AM - 52225565 - 30 ‐27 ‐‐‐ 11:45 AM - 50264557 - 35 ‐20 ‐‐‐ 12:00 PM - 33193874 - 35 ‐18 ‐‐‐ 12:15 PM - 26203264 - 47 ‐25 ‐‐‐ 12:30 PM - 31264371 - 37 ‐18 ‐‐‐ 12:45 PM - 57416475 - 44 ‐15 ‐‐‐ Totals: ‐352 234 367 528 ‐291 ‐166 ‐‐‐ % Change to Pre‐Closure:‐‐28%‐19%158%60%‐41%‐‐12%‐‐‐ Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn Left Turn Thru Right Turn 11:00 AM - 41363239 - 22 - 15 ‐‐‐ 11:15 AM - 33364133 - 27 - 21 ‐‐‐ 11:30 AM - 40282739 - 32 - 14 ‐‐‐ 11:45 AM - 45292846 - 27 - 23 ‐‐‐ 12:00 PM - 51364350 - 28 - 16 ‐‐‐ 12:15 PM - 46244048 - 26 - 16 ‐‐‐ 12:30 PM - 54374658 - 33 - 18 ‐‐‐ 12:45 PM - 48393960 - 24 - 14 ‐‐‐ Totals: ‐358 265 296 373 ‐219 ‐137 ‐‐‐ % Change to Pre‐Closure:‐‐27%‐8%108%13%‐6%‐‐28%‐‐‐ Data Observations: Sunday, June 19, 2016 Pre‐Closure Main Street (West) Main Street (East) Main Street (West) Main Street (East) University Avenue (South) University Avenue (North) 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 1 Saturday, June 25, 2016 University Avenue (South) University Avenue (North) ‐ The Main Street (West) movement towards Santa Cruz Avenue dropped almost 30% and stayed that way through the first two weekends of the closure ‐ The Main Street (East) left turn movement onto University Avenue towards Highway 9 was significantly higher (more than 2X) on the closure weekends 2016 Traffic Data ‐ Weekend Closure 2 Saturday, July 2, 2016 University Avenue (South) University Avenue (North)Main Street (West) Main Street (East) Lo s   G a t o s   ‐   S a n t a   C r u z   A v   H i g h w a y   1 7   O n ‐ R a m p   C l o s u r e   S t u d y Hi g h w a y   9   T r a f f i c   V o l u m e   D a t a   f r o m   R o a d   T u b e s :     A v e r a g e   D a i l y   T ra f f i c ,   C l o s u r e   P e r i o d   T r a f f i c ,   a n d   P e a k   H o u r s AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 0   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (11 AM)ADT 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (11 AM) Hi g h w a y   9 W e s t   o f   M o n t g o m e r y   S t r e e t E B 8 , 9 9 5 4 , 4 0 5 9 0 9 6 , 8 7 3 3 , 4 9 2 7 0 6 8 ,3 9 9 3 , 3 4 6 8 9 2 7 , 4 7 9 3 , 9 9 8 8 1 5 8 , 4 0 6 4 , 4 9 2 8 9 3 7 , 0 4 8 3 , 4 2 4 6 2 2 WB 7 , 9 9 2 3 , 1 1 0 5 1 3 6 , 7 2 2 2 , 9 3 2 4 6 4 7 , 2 2 5 2 , 4 7 7 5 0 3 6 , 7 1 8 2 , 6 8 7 4 3 6 6 , 0 8 5 2 , 3 3 6 3 7 1 5 , 8 3 8 2 , 1 1 8 3 1 1 16 , 9 8 7 7 , 5 1 5 1 , 4 2 2 1 3 , 5 9 5 6 , 4 2 4 1 , 1 7 0 1 5 , 6 2 4 5 , 8 2 3 1 , 3 9 5 1 4 , 1 9 7 6 , 6 8 5 1 , 2 5 1 1 4 , 4 9 1 6 , 8 2 8 1 , 2 6 4 1 2 , 8 8 6 5 , 5 4 2 9 3 3 AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 2   P M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 0   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 2   P M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (11 AM)ADT 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (11 AM) Hi g h w a y   9 M i d b l o c k   b e t w e e n   S a n t a   C r u z   A v   a n d   U n i v e r s i t y   A v E B 1 2 , 1 21 5 , 4 2 5 1 , 0 3 2 9 , 5 4 9 4 , 4 7 4 8 5 3 1 1 , 4 2 7 4 , 5 3 9 1 , 0 7 2 1 1 , 8 2 8 5 , 7 7 2 1 , 1 2 1 1 1 , 9 8 7 6, 0 4 4 1 , 1 7 1 9 , 8 4 8 4 , 7 8 2 8 7 4 WB 9 , 6 5 0 3 , 2 5 2 5 0 3 7 , 7 9 1 2 , 9 7 2 5 0 8 8 , 1 7 8 2 , 5 1 5 4 9 4 7 , 0 2 4 2 , 5 0 9 4 3 8 7 , 0 9 0 2 , 1 7 4 3 7 4 6 , 2 3 6 2 , 0 4 4 3 6 6 21 , 7 7 1 8 , 6 7 7 1 , 5 3 5 1 7 , 3 4 0 7 , 4 4 6 1 , 3 6 1 1 9 , 6 0 5 7 , 0 5 4 1 , 5 6 6 1 8 , 8 5 2 8 , 2 8 1 1 , 5 5 9 1 9 , 0 7 7 8 , 2 1 8 1 , 5 4 5 1 6 , 0 8 4 6 , 8 2 6 1 , 2 4 0 AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 0   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 2   P M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (11 AM)ADT 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (2 PM) Hi g h w a y   9 M i d b l o c k   b e t w e e n   T a i t   A v   &   S a n t a   C r u z   A v E B 1 1 , 8 4 2 5 , 9 1 4 1 ,1 4 5 9 , 1 7 4 4 , 7 5 8 9 0 9 1 1 , 1 2 9 4 , 9 8 0 1 , 1 0 2 1 0 , 1 5 5 5 , 2 5 8 1 , 0 4 8 1 0 , 4 5 7 5 , 4 5 6 1 , 0 36 8 , 7 1 7 4 , 3 5 3 8 3 8 WB 9 , 1 7 8 3 , 5 3 8 5 8 2 7 , 6 2 1 3 , 2 2 8 5 2 6 7 , 9 1 3 2 , 5 0 3 5 4 5 7 , 5 2 0 2 , 8 9 2 5 4 9 6 , 9 0 3 2 , 5 6 7 3 4 0 6 , 4 4 8 2 , 2 3 5 4 5 1 21 , 0 2 0 9 , 4 5 2 1 , 7 2 7 1 6 , 7 9 5 7 , 9 8 6 1 , 4 3 5 1 9 , 0 4 2 7 , 4 8 3 1 , 6 4 7 1 7 , 6 7 5 8 , 1 5 0 1 , 5 9 7 1 7 , 3 6 0 8 , 0 2 3 1 , 3 7 6 1 5 , 1 6 5 6 , 5 8 8 1 , 2 8 9 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 5 / 1 6 Su n d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 6 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   2 7/ 2 / 1 6 Sunday Closure 2 7/3/16 St r e e t C o u n t   L o c a t i o n D i r e c t i o n Pr e c l o s u r e   S a t u r d a y 6/ 1 8 / 1 6 Pr e c l o s u r e   S u n d a y 6/ 1 9 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   2 7/ 2 / 1 6 Sunday Closure 2 7/3/16 Pr e c l o s u r e   S a t u r d a y 6/ 1 8 / 1 6 Pr e c l o s u r e   S u n d a y 6/ 1 9 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 5 / 1 6 Su n d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 6 / 1 6 St r e e t C o u n t   L o c a t i o n D i r e c t i o n St r e e t C o u n t   L o c a t i o n D i r e c t i o n Pr e c l o s u r e   S a t u r d a y 6/ 1 8 / 1 6 Pr e c l o s u r e   S u n d a y 6/ 1 9 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 5 / 1 6 Su n d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 6 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   2 7/ 2 / 1 6 Sunday Closure 2 7/3/16 Lo s   G a t o s   ‐   S a n t a   C r u z   A v   H i g h w a y   1 7   O n ‐ R a m p   C l o s u r e   S t u d y Un i v e r s i t y   A v e n u e     T r a f f i c   V o l u m e   D a t a   f r o m   R o a d   T u b e s :     A v e r a g e  D a i l y   T r a f f i c ,   C l o s u r e   P e r i o d   T r a f f i c ,   a n d   P e a k   H o u r s AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 2   P M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 2   P M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (11 AM)ADT 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (11 AM) Un i v e r s i t y   A v N o r t h   o f   H i g h w a y   9 N B 3 , 0 7 6 1 , 1 8 0 2 1 3 2 , 7 4 0 1 , 0 6 7 1 7 2 2 , 7 4 7 9 7 4 1 6 8 2 , 6 5 8 9 6 8 1 4 2 2 , 4 1 5 8 7 7 1 5 2 2 , 1 5 3 7 9 2 1 5 2 SB 4 , 4 3 3 2 , 6 2 8 5 7 8 3 , 2 8 2 1 , 9 8 7 4 2 5 5 , 4 2 7 2 , 9 4 4 5 3 3 4 , 8 4 4 2 , 6 1 5 5 2 7 4 , 7 8 5 3 , 0 2 2 6 0 4 4 , 3 0 8 2 , 6 4 1 5 4 1 7, 5 0 9 3 , 8 0 8 7 9 1 6 , 0 2 2 3 , 0 5 4 5 9 7 8 , 1 7 4 3 , 9 1 8 7 0 1 7 , 5 0 2 3 , 5 8 3 6 6 9 7 , 2 0 0 3 , 8 9 9 7 56 6 , 4 6 1 3 , 4 3 3 6 9 3 AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 2   P M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 0   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 2   P M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (10 AM)ADT 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (11 AM) Un i v e r s i t y   A v S o u t h   o f   H i g h w a y   9 N B 3 , 0 7 6 1 , 1 8 0 2 1 3 2 , 7 4 0 1 , 0 6 7 1 7 2 2 , 7 4 7 9 7 4 1 6 5 2 , 6 5 8 9 6 8 1 4 2 5 , 1 1 7 2 , 1 8 2 3 5 0 4 , 6 4 6 1 , 9 4 5 3 7 4 SB 4 , 4 3 3 2 , 6 2 9 5 7 8 3 , 2 8 2 1 , 9 3 7 4 2 5 5 , 4 2 7 2 , 9 4 4 5 9 2 4 , 8 4 4 2 , 6 1 5 5 2 7 4 , 6 5 7 1 , 9 0 0 3 9 4 4 , 0 4 1 1 , 6 0 9 2 2 6 7, 5 0 9 3 , 8 0 9 7 9 1 6 , 0 2 2 3 , 0 0 4 5 9 7 8 , 1 7 4 3 , 9 1 8 7 5 7 7 , 5 0 2 3 , 5 8 3 6 6 9 9 , 7 7 4 4 , 0 8 2 7 44 8 , 6 8 7 3 , 5 5 4 6 0 0 Sunday Closure 2 7/3/16 Pr e c l o s u r e   S a t u r d a y 6/ 1 8 / 1 6 Pr e c l o s u r e   S u n d a y 6/ 1 9 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 5 / 1 6 Su n d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 6 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   2 7/ 2 / 1 6 St r e e t C o u n t   L o c a t i o n D i r e c t i o n Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 5 / 1 6 Su n d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 6 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   2 7/ 2 / 1 6 Sunday Closure 2 7/3/16 St r e e t C o u n t   L o c a t i o n D i r e c t i o n Pr e c l o s u r e   S a t u r d a y 6/ 1 8 / 1 6 Pr e c l o s u r e   S u n d a y 6/ 1 9 / 1 6 Lo s   G a t o s   ‐   S a n t a   C r u z   A v   H i g h w a y   1 7   O n ‐ R a m p   C l o s u r e   S t u d y Sa n t a   C r u z   A v e n u e     T r a f f i c   V o l u m e   D a t a   f r o m   R o a d   T u b e s :     A v e r a g e  D a i l y   T r a f f i c ,   C l o s u r e   P e r i o d   T r a f f i c ,   a n d   P e a k   H o u r s AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 0   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (11 AM)ADT 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (11 AM) Sa n t a   C r u z   A v N o r t h   o f   H i g h w a y   9 N B 6 , 4 0 8 2 , 5 6 7 4 5 3 5 , 4 5 3 2 , 5 4 8 3 7 2 5 , 8 6 6 2 , 0 1 4 3 9 3 5 , 6 7 1 2 , 2 9 4 3 4 9 2 , 4 1 5 7 5 7 1 5 2 2 , 1 5 3 7 9 2 1 3 5 SB 7 , 2 8 9 3 , 7 0 2 6 8 3 6 , 0 2 1 3 , 5 4 8 6 2 4 7 , 1 9 0 3 , 1 0 3 6 6 9 7 , 8 9 3 3 , 3 6 5 7 4 3 4 , 7 8 5 3 , 0 1 2 6 0 4 4 , 3 0 8 2 , 6 4 1 5 4 1 13 , 6 9 7 6 , 2 6 9 1 , 1 3 6 1 1 , 4 7 4 6 , 0 9 6 9 9 6 1 3 , 0 5 6 5 , 1 1 7 1 , 0 6 2 1 3 , 5 6 4 5 , 6 5 9 1 , 0 9 2 7 ,2 0 0 3 , 7 6 9 7 5 6 6 , 4 6 1 3 , 4 3 3 6 7 6 AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 0   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (10 AM)ADT 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 PM) Sa n t a   C r u z   A v S o u t h   o f   H i g h w a y   9 N B 6 , 0 0 6 2 , 1 6 2 4 0 1 4 , 9 3 6 2 , 1 6 2 3 7 7 5 , 5 9 1 2 , 2 2 6 4 3 6 5 , 3 2 9 2 , 2 4 1 3 9 5 5 , 9 1 1 1 , 9 8 5 4 1 9 5 , 4 0 8 1 , 9 7 2 3 6 1 SB 8 , 5 1 4 4 , 0 1 3 7 2 0 6 , 8 0 3 3 , 5 3 1 7 1 1 7 , 2 4 5 2 , 7 8 5 6 4 7 7 , 3 0 5 3 , 3 3 4 6 9 0 7 , 1 3 5 3 , 1 5 7 5 9 8 6 , 4 3 2 2 , 7 2 4 4 8 5 14 , 5 2 0 6 , 1 7 5 1 , 1 2 1 1 1 , 7 3 9 5 , 6 9 3 1 , 0 8 8 1 2 , 8 3 6 5 , 0 1 1 1 , 0 8 3 1 2 , 6 3 4 5 , 5 7 5 1 , 0 8 5 1 3 , 0 4 6 5 , 1 4 2 1 , 0 1 7 1 1 , 8 4 0 4 , 6 9 6 8 4 6 AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (2   P M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 2   P M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 1   A M ) AD T 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (2 PM)ADT 9 A M   ‐   3 P M P e a k   H o u r (1 PM) Sa n t a   C r u z   A v S o u t h   o f   B r o a d w a y ‐ M o n t e b e l l o N B 3 , 4 0 6 90 6 20 5 3 , 1 9 1 1 , 1 6 9 2 4 6 5 , 2 1 5 2 , 4 5 5 4 4 3 4 , 5 8 4 1 , 8 9 0 3 2 8 2 , 9 3 2 1, 0 3 0 239 2 , 4 7 1 1 , 3 7 5 2 9 2 SB 2 , 9 5 8 1, 1 1 3 29 0 2 , 7 4 5 1 , 4 3 9 3 4 6 4 , 7 1 5 1 , 5 0 7 4 2 8 3 , 4 4 4 9 7 6 2 0 6 2 , 1 0 0 51 5 147 2 , 8 2 8 7 5 3 1 6 8 6, 3 6 4 2 , 0 1 9 4 9 5 5 , 9 3 6 2 , 6 0 8 5 9 2 9 , 9 3 0 3 , 9 6 2 8 7 1 8 , 0 2 8 2 , 8 6 6 5 3 4 5 , 0 3 2 1 , 5 4 5 3 86 5 , 2 9 9 2 , 1 2 8 4 6 0 Re d   I t a l i c s   N o t e s   C a r   P a r k e d   o n   C o u n t e r   du r i n g   C o u n t   P e r i o d Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 5 / 1 6 Su n d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 6 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   2 7/ 2 / 1 6 Sunday Closure 2 7/3/16 Re d   I t a l i c s   N o t e s   C a r   P a r k e d   o n   C o u n t e r du r i n g   C o u n t   P e r i o d St r e e t C o u n t   L o c a t i o n D i r e c t i o n Pr e c l o s u r e   S a t u r d a y 6/ 1 8 / 1 6 Pr e c l o s u r e   S u n d a y 6/ 1 9 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   2 7/ 2 / 1 6 Sunday Closure 2 7/3/16 St r e e t C o u n t   L o c a t i o n D i r e c t i o n Pr e c l o s u r e   S a t u r d a y 6/ 1 8 / 1 6 Pr e c l o s u r e   S u n d a y 6/ 1 9 / 1 6 St r e e t C o u n t   L o c a t i o n D i r e c t i o n Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 5 / 1 6 Su n d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 6 / 1 6 Sunday Closure 2 7/3/16 Pr e c l o s u r e   S a t u r d a y 6/ 1 8 / 1 6 Pr e c l o s u r e   S u n d a y 6/ 1 9 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 5 / 1 6 Su n d a y   C l o s u r e   1 6/ 2 6 / 1 6 Sa t u r d a y   C l o s u r e   2 7/ 2 / 1 6 Day Time Data Before After Before After Before After Average of Speed (mph) 65 60 41 38 67 66 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,617 2,568 3,106 3,100 2,267 2,111 Average of Speed (mph) 52 46 37 27 54 57 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,896 2,886 3,282 3,146 2,906 2,886 Average of Speed (mph) 22 15 20 13 46 39 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,443 2,216 2,811 2,358 2,812 2,794 Average of Speed (mph) 12 9 11 7 45 36 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 1,842 1,678 2,253 1,796 2,611 2,603 Average of Speed (mph) 11 8 9 6 44 37 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 1,679 1,540 2,000 1,593 2,655 2,549 Average of Speed (mph) 12 8 11 6 45 38 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 1,696 1,549 2,148 1,672 2,926 2,692 Average of Speed (mph) 19 8 17 7 45 64 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 1,897 1,686 2,461 1,780 3,074 2,841 Average of Speed (mph) 26 13 22 11 64 66 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,127 2,084 2,674 2,203 3,083 2,894 Average of Speed (mph) 40 41 27 27 66 66 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,397 2,295 2,918 2,707 3,063 2,907 Average of Speed (mph) 63 59 40 35 66 66 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour)2,174 2,168 2,749 2,770 2,727 2,725 Average of Speed (mph) 65 64 65 64 66 65 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,256 2,164 2,574 2,542 3,034 2,949 Average of Speed (mph) 44 60 45 56 49 37 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,733 2,846 3,189 3,116 3,425 3,386 Average of Speed (mph) 26 35 31 30 22 11 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,375 2,527 2,955 2,748 2,796 2,517 Average of Speed (mph) 16 15 25 18 24 8 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,070 2,053 2,698 2,145 2,263 2,094 Average of Speed (mph) 17 11 24 13 28 9 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,056 1,897 2,667 2,021 2,419 2,290 Average of Speed (mph) 28 10 34 12 27 13 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,142 1,772 2,931 1,922 2,710 2,395 Average of Speed (mph) 38 11 39 14 34 38 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,167 1,801 3,022 1,953 2,975 2,707 Average of Speed (mph) 39 21 46 19 60 64 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,167 1,831 3,019 2,157 3,180 2,942 Average of Speed (mph) 49 33 59 27 66 65 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour) 2,226 1,913 2,761 2,359 3,282 3,169 Average of Speed (mph) 68 63 63 56 66 66 Average of Flow (Veh/Hour)1,903 2,017 2,314 2,480 3,114 2,885 13 14 15 16 17 17 08 09 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 Los Gatos-Saratoga Blossom Hill Camden Southbound SR-17 Mainline Flow and Speed Analysis Before and After Los Gatos Pilot Project Caltrans PeMS Data from May 28 to July 10, 2016 (Saturdays and Sundays Only) Sa t u r d a y Su n d a y VDS Location 08 09 10 Subject: FW: Santa Cruz Ave Closure Pilot - Weekend #1 Review Original Message From: Debbie McNulty [ Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 4:34 PM To: chamber@losgatoschamber.com; BSpector; Marico Sayoc; Steven Leonardis; Rob Rennie; Kalipo Kauweloa Subject: Santa Cruz Ave Closure Pilot - Weekend #1 Review Dear Town Officals, First, I would like to say thank you for taking action to try an relieve the current Los Gatos weekend traffic issue. This is not an easy fix. I would like to share my experience with the Pilot Closure on Saturday: I held an event at my home on Saturday from 10AM-Noon. I live off of Shannon Road on Amanda Lane. My clients who traveled from the West side of Los Gatos to my home experienced grid -lock traffic. One client reported travel time from her house in West LG to my house off of Shannon road to be one full hour. She was on this route between 11:15 and 12:15. Another client who lives in Saratoga who can usually get to my home in 10-15 minutes reported a drive time of 45 minutes from Lark Ave via Los Gatos Blvd to my home. She was also on the road between 11:15 and Noon. My experience is that the traffic on the East side of town was further impacted by the road closure the portion of Blossom Hill Road between Linda Avenue and Union Avenue. People who would have traveled on Blossom Hill Road to get to my home were having to detour and ending up in the Los Gatos Blvd adding to the traffic there. This is a major thoroughfare which should be kept open on the weekends to help with the traffic flow overall. Is there any way to get Blossom Hill opened up on the weekends until the work is completed? am glad to hear that the problem was less on Sunday. I look forward to seeing how things go this weekend. Thanks again for trying to find a solution to this serious problem. Regards, Debbie McNulty 1 From: Carolyn M. < Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:10 AM To: Town PPW Subject: Closing of 17 on ramp..lst weekend Thank you to the Town and Town Council for the trial weekend closures of the downtown 17 on ramp. We only read about downtown on Saturday, first day. Our personal experience was on Sunday. We were able to get downtown to enjoy the farmers market & shop after at several stores. Way easier than previous weeks when we had to turn around and go home because of traffic. Very pleasantly surprised for the first weekend. We live on the east side of LG Blvd. Knowing this is only the first weekend and there are many things to consider. Anxious to hear the information at tomorrow night's meeting. Hoping you extend the closures throughout summer to get the word out and inform the public and keep refining the methods to resolve as many viewpoints as possible. Thank you for your care, Carolyn McIntyre Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone 1 From: Lauren Hoover -West - Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:10 AM To: Town PPW Subject: Pool or closure Dear LG Town Council Members, My husband and I both have businesses in Los Gatos and live on top of Summit in the mountains. We have found this closure to delay our commutes significantly. We avoid shopping, eating, or social events in town on the closure days. This is negatively impacting many businesses and residents. I understand that you need to try something to mitigate the gridlock and Los Gatos were in beach traffic, but it has been at the expense of the residents. Is it possible for the residents to have a sticker that would allow residents only to use the on ramp? Can we talk to Waze and see if they are willing to amend their navigation that does not send people through our town? Next -door summit has had a lot of comments on the subject and angry, frustrated residence. Thank you for being intelligent and creative in trying to find a win -win solution here. Thank you, Dr. & Mrs. West Sent from my iPhone 1 Subject: FW: Ramp closure From: Susanne H. Weir Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 2:26 PM To: Town PPW Subject: Ramp closure Hi there - I lived downtown above icing on the cake for four and a half years. My family has since moved up to the mountains. I know what it was like, as a downtown resident, on those gridlocked days. The roads didn't move. The stores were empty. It was impossible to go to and from home. I agree and understand that something has to be done. I am so sad that these new closures mean my family can no longer continue our tradition of going to the Sunday morning farmers market. We usually try to get there when they open and leave via SC onramp. It also means we can't access the hardware store on weekends. We support the spirit of the closure: to redirect thru traffic from surface streets. But us mountain residents feel cut off from and unwelcomed by our community! Can't we allow mountain residents with the 95033 sticker through? I'm sure it's not the town's intention but the byproduct of the full -on closure is that it feels extremely alienating to us mountain residents! Please consider allowing passage to those of us with mountain stickers! Sincerely, Susanne Weir i Pilot Program of Closing South Santa Cruz Avenue access to Hwy 17 SB On -Ramp From a Mountain Resident's View Co-1)1vycA L. kit-c-q ykp _29_ 1,6 RECEIVED TOWN OF LOS GAnIV v ere.ck or\ JUN 2 9 2016 a-4-- 3 tspri CLERK DEPARTMENT I have lived in the Summit Road area for over 20 years, driven my children all over to their sports practices and games, and got to know many of the shortcuts through all sorts of neighborhoods (not just Los Gatos) by reading a variety of maps and trial and error. Getting GPS in a car in 2003 helped reduce the number of maps in my car. The arrival of the Waze app probably equates for today's mothers to what 1 learned the long way. 1 think Waze is getting a bad rap when it is more likely just the sheer increase of volume of traffic that is to blame. Waze is often the only accurate information regarding road situations ahead, as was the case on Tuesday 28th June 2016 during the complete chaos and ineffective traffic management in Los Gatos during the fire on 58 Hwy 17 at Redwood Estates. That is a whole other story, one I intend to complain about separately (my son took 4 hrs returning from teaching engineering summer camp in the East Bay without a break for lunch, stopped offto grab water in LG, after 30 mins was 3 cars away from the S Santa Cruz Ave on -ramp when the barricades went up and he was told to go to the Hwy9 ramp, which was also closed when he got there, and spent another 2hrs going via Saratoga to Big Basin and had to drive the treacherous section between Bear Creek to Summit Road — my son does not have the Waze app and I wish he did because if he'd been correctly redirected to Lark Ave it would have saved him over an hour's journey that evening). The first I heard of the plans to close access to the on -ramp just two days before the first planned closure, le on Friday 26th June 2016 via the Next0oor.com forum. Otherwise, I would not have had a clue that any closure was planned. This is my first complaint; lack of communication. Who the hell gets newspapers anymore? 1 didn't read anything about it on the ABC7 or Kron4 mobile apps, i.e. the free apps. I won't pay the Si Mercury News for a pathetic mobile app. If you plan to close a road that will impact mountain and coastal residents, you need to do a damn better job of getting the word out. Mailing the residents in the 95033 area surely isn't too much to ask. The Town Council and town residents seem to assume all the traffic in town is beach traffic, folks who are heading off to have some fun, when it is probably more likely the mountain folks running errands in town who are trying to go about their necessary business whilst trying to avoid the beach traffic on 17. Or maybe some who are stuck on 17 have to veer into town for a potty break or a meal at a restaurant in or picnic supplies at our grocery stores, or sunscreen at a drug store. Maybe some are contractors working up in the mountain who have gone for extra supplies at Ace Rural Supply during their lunch break so they can return for an afternoon of work (a quick turn -around if they use the S Santa Cruz Ave on -ramp): the extra time they take going through town is all added on to the bill as drive time especially if it takes an hour to get through town to the nearest alternative on -ramp. Safety. In my view, having the 5 Santa Cruz Ave on -ramp alleviates some of the backlog on Hwy9 and Lark on ramps, and enables us to merge on safely. We are not trying to merge at Hwy 9 and getting in the way of LG residents in a hurry to get home in their fancy cars. When my children were at LGHS, they came into town at the S Santa Cruz exit, and were on strict instructions to only use the S Santa Cruz on - ramp when returning home. Young drivers are not confident with merging into moving traffic. They were not allowed to go up LG Blvd up to the Hwy 9 on -ramp, as we viewed this as too dangerous due to the fast cars coming off Hwy17 in the same short space as the cars trying to merge on to Hwy17. The only alternative we allowed was for them to go from Main St up University to get the Hwy9 on -ramp, and in those days that junction was full of its own problems. Closing the S. Santa Cruz Ave on -ramp without first widening Hwy 17 to 3 lanes to just after Hwy9 and rethinking that treacherous cloverleaf design is nothing short irresponsible and puts the lives of our student drivers at risk. There are many teenagers who have to go into LGHS on weekends for sports conditioning, training, camps, games, rehearsals. Some go into LG to work or perform community service on weekends. Please don't take away their only safe way home. Attitude. Mountain residents are sick and tired of the whining of the privileged who choose to live in downtown LG and then complain about traffic. Town and city dwellers the world over accept that urban areas get traffic, but they are lucky to have sidewalks they can walk on and have public transportation. And if they don't like it, they move to more rural environs. In the UK, if the through traffic really gets out of hand, the normal answer is to build a by-pass road or a tunnel, or if there is a bigger road but it isn't working effectively, redesign it so it does work properly. Do you really think the mountain residents like all the weekend warriors in neon riding their bikes on our roads, blocking our rights of way by riding two or three abreast? And now we have to give them a 3' berth, which is impossible on a road with double -yellow lines and oncoming traffic, Do you think we like the beach traffic coming through our neighborhoods when 17 gets jammed up? Do you see us blocking Summit Road or Soquel-SI Road to all but local residents? No, I don't think so. They have a right to be there. We have a right to be able to use the S Santa Cruz Ave on -ramps. We pay our taxes to improve the LG-Saratoga schools. What gives you the right to take away our safest access to Hwy 17? Stop pretending we are not part of the LG community. Your experiment was an unmitigated disaster for mountain residents from what I have been hearing on NextDoor.com. It's bad enough that mountain residents feel they cannot come into 1G after 3pm on weekends because of the beach traffic on 17. If we feel we cannot quickly nip down to Safeway, the Post Office or Ace early in the morning also, we will just take our business and our dollars down to Scotts Valley, Soquel or Santa Cruz. I can't imagine your chamber of commerce is going to like to hear that. STOP YOUR WHINING. NO CLOSED ROADS OR RAMPS. ,\ 0 4:21\Ac Lekr-en. (4c?S- (LAID CS-CY:3 jo, 1/42Q-1 Mc ri)sr) . 271 Subject: Pilot closure of S. Santa Cruz Avenue at Wood Road From: Cameron Tulee Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9:52 PM To: Council Subject: Fwd: Pilot closure of S. Santa Cruz Avenue at Wood Road Los Gatos Town Council: I wasn't able to attend the meeting this evening so instead sent this email below last night to the address specified in the notification of the meeting, however, it doesn't appear to have made it to the public comments that staff put together for you. I checked all 67 pages of it several times and my email didn't appear. Please review it and consider my comments if you could. Thanks, Cameron Forwarded Message Subject:Pilot closure of S. Santa Cruz Avenue at Wood Road Date:Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:20:36 -0700 From:Cameron Tulee To:ppw(aalosgatosca. gov To the Town of Los Gatos: Thank you for trying out this potential solution to our summer weekend traffic problems. From what I was able to observer over this one weekend the East side of town, East of Hwy 17, appeared to be much more maneuverable than before! As far as the areas west of Hwy 17 (I did not happen to venture to that side of town over the weekend): Looking on Google Maps, the West side looked pretty jammed up still. One thing that struck me was that Google Maps did not reflect the road closure. Often when road work or other closure occurs there will be and obvious red road closed icon with info on the closure. There was no such icon over the weekend. I suggest contacting the various Maps software to notify them of the closure. This would probably help a lot as not only a large visual clue to users but the maps software would hopefully not try to route anyone through a closed road. Another suggestion (perhaps after the initial study period): Allow residents and/or those with a recent receipt to use Santa Cruz Ave to access the on -ramp. Obviously this would require staff checking ID's and/or receipts so it an additional expense for the Town so it may make this suggestion unfeasible. Somewhere I read an article about the closer that said "downtown parking lots were empty and businesses are worried." As a downtown resident I 1 too am mindful of the health of our wonderful downtown business district so I would recommend that you monitor this aspect and compare to non -closure days to see if there is a true impact. I would guess there are some folks opposed to this but I would ask that you stick to the trial that you have already outlined, tweaking it as best you can. Hopefully it will get better as more people are made aware and it will help the local downtown area function as a normal town - even on summer weekends. Thanks, Cameron Tulee ) College Terrace Subject: Santa Cruz Ave closure From: Saelon Renkes Sent: Friday, July 01, 201b 11:12 PM To: Town PPW Subject: Santa Cruz Ave closure I'm a longtime resident of the downtown area, and I strongly disagree with this closure. It is a very heavy-handed approach, of the blunt instrument variety. It may fix the one problem for some but is overkill and causes new problems for other residents. Hasn't it even occurred to you that some downtown residents also have to get into that traffic sometimes? I often have Saturday meetings in Santa Cruz, and now you are adding 20-30 minutes to my commute by forcing me to go north first before entering 17 and then spending the extra couple of miles mired in the beach traffic before I even get to where I used to enter 17. Before approving fixes try to think of the motto "first, cause no harm". Another consideration: if you are going to be closing roads to reduce congestion then you will find more residents demanding such actions be taken to resolve their own pet traffic peeves. My pet peeve is not being able to use Main Street every weekday morning and afternoon when the high school is in session, and that is a much longer part of the year than this beach traffic. As long as you are using blunt instruments I'd like to demand that high school parking lots be closed and parent drop offs be prohibited, in favor of public transportation. Do you really want to have all the residents expecting such measures to resolve each of their own pet peeves? A far better way to discourage beach traffic is for those who are impacted to use Waze themselves and to REPORT the congestion on Waze. The app picks the faster route; it won't tell people to use a side street if the side street is showing up as equally congested. This directly affects the problem without adding new problems. I hope good sense will prevail and the closures will end. Saelon 1 Subject: Los Gatos traffic - memorial weekend 2016 From: Jamie Fumia _.. Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:23 AM To: Town PPW Subject: Re: Los Gatos traffic - memorial weekend 2016 Hi there Just wanted to say that I have noticed a huge improvement thanks to the ramp closure this weekend. I was easily able to run errands in town and get home today (off of college) and I really appreciate the town trying out new things to help with the beach traffic. Thank you!!! Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Town PPW <ppw@losgatosca.gov> wrote: Thank you for your email regarding the weekend traffic in Los Gatos. Los Gatos has documented cyclical traffic impacts since the 1920's. The strong economy and the resulting growth in the Silicon Valley combined with beautiful holiday weekend weather have led to this most recent experience. The Town has made some improvements, including modifications to signalized intersections and increased signage. Additional efforts to limit vehicles in residential neighborhoods will increase and the Town will pilot the closure of South Santa Cruz Avenue soon. It is important to realize that many of the changes create an impact which may cause other inconveniences. Additionally, the sheer volume of vehicles headed to Santa Cruz at the busiest of times like Memorial Day, the 4th of July, and Labor Day may overwhelm any modification the Town makes. The Town is committed to looking at additional solutions and appreciates your feedback. Original Message From: Jamie Fumia i] Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2016 11:01 AM To: Town PPW Subject: Los Gatos traffic - memorial weekend 2016 Hi there I am writing to complain about the insane traffic in downtown Los Gatos and find out if there is a plan to fix it. My husband, myself and our two small boys live at . Euclid avenue off off jones and we have been pretty much trapped at home most of the weekend. My husband went to Iunardis yesterday at noon and could not get home. He literally ended up going up south Kennedy to alpine road which is ridiculous, and it still took a half hour. My parents live over by happy 1 hound and can't get to our house on summer weekends without being stuck in the car forever. We chose the location of our house because we love being close to town but it's kinda been a nightmare since the only way home is thru town which is gridlocked on beach days. I grew up in Los Gatos and remember the north Santa Cruz on ramp being closed on summer weekends to help with this traffic and it seemed to be a solution. I know it means bringing in cal trans but at this point is that an option? It just bums me out that this awesome town with an awesome downtown is suffering because no one wants to head down there in this traffic. Pleas help us! Sent from my iPhone 2 Lynda Seastrom From: Sent: To: Subiect: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Bruce McCombs <bruce@pacificbedrooms.com> Friday, July 01, 20L612:36 PM Town Manager Thank you... Follow up Completed Dear Laurel, My name is Bruce McCombs, and I'm a long-time Los Gatos resident. I've been attending Town Council meetings for some time now, and I've observed first-hand, how much information you're responsible for providing to the Council during their meetings. Much of the information the Council asks for, seems to require an "on the spot" response, and you always seem to have the answers readily available. I just wanted to thank you for all of the work that you're doing for our town. I also wanted to thank you for tryrng to find a solution to the traffic problem. Of course, it may take a bit of time to sort this all out and come up with something that works for everyone, but I'm confident that you will, and in the meantime, I just want you to know that we appreciate your efforts in helping our town to continue to be such a wonderful place to live and to raise our families. Well, I think that's about all for now, Laurel. I hope that you're having a pleasant afternoon, and I look forward to seeing you at future Town Council meetings. Sincerely, 9aaze77&.eo,44 Contact Info: Cell: (408) 209-7045 Home: (408) 356-7045 1 Lynda Seastrom From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Angelia Doerner <saveourhood@yahoo.com> Friday, July 01, 20L6 \2:44 PM Council; Bspector; Marico Sayoc; Marcia Jensen; Steven Leonardis; Rob Rennie Laurel Prevetti Truck Stop Info 053016 Traffic Timelog Comments.pdf Follow up Completed I found my scribbled notes from last Sat. I had jotted down the time of the original dispatch call for assistance. Also, I jotted down my estimate of the total time from truck reaching closure to the time the officer cleared the incident. The "35" minutes I referred to in my chat related to this entire timespan - NOT the time it took the officer to get to the closure after being summoned. Actually, my notes indicated approximately 25 m in utes. As mentioned, my focus in listening to the dispatch over Memorial Day and this past weekend was to determine the success of the closure as it related to health and safety. As to that factor, typical response times (lnstead of significant delays etc., experienced over Memorial Day) and the lack of outright chaos speaks to a high level of success in my eyes. Also, PLEASE post signs on Winchester, L7 and Bascom NORTH OF LARK so that cars who are on the way to the beach have a higher level of possibility that they will either stay on 17 or get onto 17 at Lark instead of venturing into town. Thank you - and may you all have a safe and happy July 4th, Angelia Doerner Live Simply, Laugh Often 1 As soon as I saw the anomaly of Sat, my first question of Matt was what time the consultant had started his drive. That was the information (11:00 start time) that he provided my on my way to the podium. As can be seen on the attached, that is the reason for the significant skewing of time of travel on Santa Cruz. (A)* I believe Dispatch referred to how long the truck had been at the closure prior to being contacted for assistance - I did not write it down, so this is an estimate; exact verbage requested in Public Document Request. (A) Dispatch requested unit's assistance at the closure - I wrote this time down (B) Time frame (provided by Matt) for unit to get to closure - will be confirmed with pDR. (C) Unit Closing incident to Dispatch - exacttimewill be confirmed with pDR. (D) Time Period to clear buildup at closure ,l:!o al:l I rri!2 (D) lo !0 rt t9 t l/.0!lr'r, l0:5t l lol llrl! lr:lI tri..,l.l oJ ?, E c o 'ct * Ec 6 P z t 0!F. eII ? ot n5 t- ax a t r1:04am (A)- 11:00am 11:25am (c) 11:18am (B) 11:12am (Al At Each Stoplight: o Did you get stopped and have to wait? lfyes - was intersection also blocked? How many light cycles did you have to wait before clearinS intersection? Would it have helped if traffic was directed? ,1tl ,?It O.:tt oi:l' ol0: ., :a il:I t? LI Subject: Hwy 17 ramp closure From: Laura Shea -Clark n] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2016 11:27 AM To: Town PPW Subject: Hwy 17 ramp closure I don't know how much feedback you've received from those of us who live in the mountains just south of Los Gatos, but there has been a great deal of discussion on our neighborhood list servs about how this closure negatively impacts us. As an example, my husband and I often drive to Los Gatos and have breakfast at Le Boulenger, go to the post office, stop at the dry cleaners, and/or go to the hardware store, then drive back home. Having to go back north to drive south is silly. What people are saying is that they plan on doing business elsewhere - in Scotts Valley or Campbell to avoid Los Gatos altogether. Others commented that Los Gatos businesses seemed quite a bit Tess busy when the ramp was closed. We noticed that ourselves yesterday morning at Le Boulenger. We will likely just go further north for breakfast in the future. One of my neighbors talked to one of the owners of Rural Supply, and he said that at least half his business comes from mountain residents, and he is concerned about losing business due tot the ramp closure. Another concern mentioned is that if the thought is to re -direct traffic to Lark, that area will be even worse if the North 40 development goes through. How it was determined that there would be no traffic impact with the development is hard to understand. Of course it will be impacted unless you lock people up and not let them leave the area. It's a safety concern to shut down a ramp to a highway if we need to get out of the area. I wish I had a better solution, but maybe someone else will. Laura Redwood Estates resident 1 Subject: FW: THANK YOU From: gioria cordova Sent: Monday, July 04, 2016 9:06 AM To: Town Manager Subject: THANK YOU for giving me back my beautiful town of los gatos!!! all last summer i actually HATED to go downtown on a weekend because of the parking lot santa cruz avenue had become because of santa cruz traffic avoiding hwy 17. i kept wanting someone to block the freeway ramp onto hwyl 7 from santa cruz avenue and now YOU DID IT!!! I'm so proud and so very happy. thank you many times over and over gioria cordova 50+ year los gatos resident 1 Subject: FW: Online Form Submittal: Customer Feedback Form Original Message From: noreply@civicplus.com [mailto:noreply@civicplus.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 7:32 AM To: Town Manager; Christina Gilmore Subject: Online Form Submittal: Customer Feedback Form The following form was submitted via your website: Customer Feedback Form Name:: Andrew Coven and Alison Brunner Address: Ashler Avenue City:: Los Gatos State: : CA Zip:: 95030-4313 Please let us know how we are doing or what we can do for you!: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Los-Gatos-Officials-Blocking-Popular-Santa-Cruz-Avenue-Shortcut-to- Discourage-Beach-Traffic-385279231.html Dear Town Manager Laurel Prevetti and Public Works Director Matt Morley, we are Bay Area natives and have chosen to live, work, and raise our children in Los Gatos. We know that the bay area traffic continues to increase. We have really appreciated how much safer and easier it is to access our beautiful main town thanks to the traffic redirections you have been experimenting with. We just wanted to send in our votes of support to continue this practice and let us know how we can support this ongoing effort! With much appreciation, Alison and Andrew 1 Subject: s. highway 17 closure From: Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 7:52 AM To: Council Subject: s. highway 17 closure hi, I live in town, have a business in town, and also have tenants that operate businesses i town. The closure of the s. 17 on ramp is devastating these small businesses. please stop harming the downtown and open the highway. thank you, Mark Millen Sent from my iPhone From: William Blabon Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 7:19 PM To: Town PPW Subject: ramp closure To whom it may concern: It was so great to be able to go to Old Town on Saturday mid morning and to the Farmer's market this morning to shop without being stuck in traffic. I also found parking fairly easily on both days. Sincerely, Corrinne Blabon Los Gatos Resident 1 From: Sean Rose Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 4:39 PM To: Town PPW Subject: RE: Hwy 17 ramp closure Thank you. I'd like to add that I believe there should b a sign on westbound Winchester before Lark alerting drivers to the route to take for northbound 17. Once drivers get past Lark looking for northbound 17 they are part of the problem. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 6:49 AM, Town PPW <ppw u,losgatosca.gov> wrote: Mr. Rose, Thank you for your email regarding the Town's temporary partial closure of Santa Cruz Avenue — we have received many communications both for and against this pilot program. The Town is using these closures to collect data around the effectiveness of the effort to reduce the impact of cut through traffic on the quality of life in the Town. Your input will be a significant part of the Council consideration informing future decisions. Closures have or will occur on June 25-26, July 2-4, and July 9-10 from 9 am to 3 pm each day. Data collection will continue through the rest of July and the Town Council is scheduled to discuss the topic at its regularly scheduled meeting on August 2. Your email will be provided to the Council with the agenda item for their consideration. Thank you, Town of Los Gatos Parks and Public Works Department From: Sean Rose [mailto. Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 8:44 PM To: Town PPW Subject: Hwy 17 ramp closure 1 Hi, I live at Kavin Lane. The Santa Cruz Ave ramp closure is working and is a huge benefit to resident who live in LG and Monte Sereno. Thank you. Please keep up the closure. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 2 Subject: FW: beach traffic From: Kathy Kroesche Sent: Sunday, July 17, LU16 3:08 PM To: Council Subject: Re: beach traffic Dear Town Council, I wrote the following letter to you almost exactly one year ago in 2015 and a previous letter in 2014. 1 would like to hear back from you regarding your plans to alleviate beach traffic. While traveling this summer I noticed another automatic system that reads license plates and charges non-resident cars for traveling through the town (photo from Obidos, Portugal). I would imagine this type of fee for use could be imposed selectively, only on summer weekends and limited to non-resident / non -employees or otherwise exempt cars that pass through the town within 60 minutes. People who stop in Los Gatos and shop or visit would naturally stay longer than 60 minutes and would not be charged on these restricted weekends. Have you found that closing off and on ramps or posting directional signs are effective in reducing beach traffic? What other solutions do you have? What is your opinion on charging pass through cars that choke our streets on beach days? faAO,..=Jl . Here is my letter from last July 30, 2015: Thank you for taking measures to alleviate Los Gatos streets from cut through beach traffic. I saw your press release posted on Nextdoor Neighbor. I was reminded of a Nextdoor conversation on this same subject starting July 2014 (https://kennedvnorth.nextdoor.com/news feed/?post=5 83 1609). Here is what I wrote on August 6, 2014: I am so thankful for this flow of positive ideas for alleviating cut throughtraffic. We just returned from two months in Europe so we missed the congestion, but I want to share some ideas from our experience. Similar to Don's idea about a timed fee, Bellagio on Lake Como electronically charges about $90 to non-residents or those without a pass to drive through town between 11am and 4pm (or something like that). Having a system like this for the heaviest beach traffic times might help Los Gatos. There could be multiple meter locations so that those who stop over in Los Gatos for more than 2 hours don't pay the fee (to benefit those who shop or visit friends in LG). All LG employees and residents would have an annual pass or registered license plate. 1 The other idea that I've shared before is to improve bike routes and encourage cycling. I cycle to work in Saratoga and around LG for errands and outings whenever I can. It's refreshing and relaxing to be outdoors, get exercise, and help the environment. I know this isn't possible for everyone and some days are just too hot or wet, but if places like rainy Portland and all the towns and cities I visited in Europe this summer can have a strong biking culture, it must be possible in sunny, beautiful Los Gatos. Take Care, Kathy Kroesche On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Kathy Kroesche > wrote: Dear Town Council, Thank you for taking measures to alleviate Los Gatos streets from cut through beach traffic. I saw your press release posted on Nextdoor Neighbor. I was reminded of a Nextdoor conversation on this same subject starting July 2014 (https://kennedynorth.nextdoor.com/news feed/?post=5831609). Here is what I wrote on 8/6/14 and still believe would benefit Los Gatos. I am so thankful for this flow of positive ideas for alleviating cut through traffic. We just returned from two months in Europe so we missed the congestion, but I want to share some ideas from our experience. Similar to Don's idea about a timed fee, Bellagio on Lake Como electronically charges about $90 to non-residents or those without a pass to drive through town between 11am and 4pm (or something like that). Having a system like this for the heaviest beach traffic times might help Los Gatos. There could be multiple meter locations so that those who stop over in Los Gatos for more than 2 hours don't pay the fee (to benefit those who shop or visit friends in LG). All LG employees and residents would have an annual pass or registered license plate. The other idea that I've shared before is to improve bike routes and encourage cycling. I cycle to work in Saratoga and around LG for errands and outings whenever I can. It's refreshing and relaxing to be outdoors, get exercise, and help the environment. I know this isn't possible for everyone and some days are just too hot or wet, but if places like rainy Portland and all the towns and cities I visited in Europe this summer can have a strong biking culture, it must be possible in sunny, beautiful Los Gatos. Take Care, Kathy Kroesche 2 From: schouontait(&,yahoo.com Date: July 23, 2016 at 10:58:25 AM PDT To: Tait 5 <derekdaley@comcast.net> Subject: As far as the eye can see, and then some.... Wow, a tour bus idling in front of the house...noisy and smelly (video capture). From: schouontait@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 11:14 AM To: Town PPW; Town Manager Subject: Saturday, July 23, 201611am Attachments: IMG_0114.MOV It took these tour buses 11 minutes just to move through 1 block, Tait Ave (between W Main & Bean). We are back to gridlock, not even able to leave the house via car because driveway is blocked. If you are still monitoring beach traffic, know that it is alive, surviving and Almond Grove is back to traffic gridlock. Wood Road closure was a godsend. I suggest closing it every Saturday beginning Memorial Day through Labor Day. Sunday's are not as bad, Saturday's.... Awful. S Chou on Tait Avenue 1 From: Sent: To: Subject: Saturday, July 24, 3016 11:16am Sent from my iPad schouontait@yahoo.com Saturday, July 23, 2016 11:17 AM Tait 5 MORE Tour buses ii 1 From: Rob Rennie Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 11:59 AM To: Laurel Prevetti; Matt Morley Subject: Fwd: End of weekend pilot closure of 17 on ramp at Santa Cruz avenue Attachments: IMG_0827.JPG; IMG_0825.JPG; IMG_0822.JPG; IMG_0818.JPG Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: "Derek Daley" <derekdaley@comcast.net> To: "BSpector" <BSpector@losgatosca.gov>, "Marico Sayoc" <MSayoc@losgatosca.gov>, "Marcia Jensen" <MJensen(a,losgatosca.gov>, "sleonardi@losgatosca.gov" <sleonardi cr,losgatosca.gov>, "Rob Rennie" <RRennie@losgatosca.gov> Subject: End of weekend pilot closure of 17 on ramp at Santa Cruz avenue Predictably, the end of the "pilot" closing the highway 17 on ramp at Santa Cruz avenue has flooded the street (I live here on tait) with traffic, rerouted off 17 by WAZE. The pilot needs to be made permanent. What does it take to convince you that this weekend snarl isn't good for the health and happiness of the constituents you serve? And, yes, those are two huge commercial buses clogging tait at 11 Saturday morning. Derek Daley 5 Tait Avenue 1 40 • - • AP 74-.. • - ie „ 40' From: Nick Goddard <nickjgoddard@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 2:11 PM To: Council Cc: Rebecca Hanson; mkaufman@interorealestate.com Subject: Traffic Downtown weekend of 7/23/16 Honorable Council Members- Yet again, the neighborhoods of Glenridge and The Almond Grove ( and I'm sure many more) are bumper to bumper immobile traffic and have been for several hours. Yet again, a child has been hit by a car in a residential neighborhood not designed for this level of traffic. Yet again, if this child had needed emergency medical attention, they would not have been able to get through- Thankfully it wasn't needed. The road blocks at Massol and Tait have done nothing, beyond possibly irritating the people who live here, as the traffic just redirects on to other streets and pushes it up to Glenridge and Pennsylvania. We know the solution, because we've tried it. Santa Cruz Ave needs closing at Wood St, every Saturday and Sunday from May through September. This needs to start NOW! It is a matter of time before there is a death or serious injury from a problem that has a very simple solution that benefits our residents and our merchants. There are no losers from this solution. Please take this immediate action and if you're reading this on Saturday, action it for tomorrow. You have 100% support from the effected neighborhoods and I would suspect a simlar level from the downtown merchants. Thank You Nick Goddard 20 Bayview i From: Amy Nishide <aknishide@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 2:18 PM To: Council Subject: weekend traffic feedback I live on San Benito Ave. Today, with the downtown HWY SB 17 ramp closed, we had cars speeding down San Benito all morning and early afternoon trying to bypass N. Santa Cruz. We are once again stuck at home due to traffic. When the ramp was closed we were able to drive to our gym or downtown. Now we cannot. I say close the ramp every weekend during beach season. You may say ride your bike or walk. I buy too much at the market to carry it, nor can I tolerate the heat. Amy Nishide 408-835-8707 615 San Benito ave. 1 From: John McLaren <johnmclaren@verizon.net> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 2:54 PM To: Town PPW Cc: Town Manager Subject: Re: Traffic! Hi Matt. Well, this weekend just proves again just how bad things can be without traffic controls. Can you let me know what I can do to help ensure that we move toward weekend South Santa Cruz closures. This weekend so far has been abysmal. The only people on the roads literally are cutting through. Nobody wants to go into town for any reason. Nextdoor posts reflect that fact as well. What can we do to take this further. The test South Santa Cruz Ave closures were the best thing we've done in a long long time!!! Best Regards, John > On Jul 16, 2016, at 10:00 AM, John McLaren <johnmclaren@verizon.net> wrote: > Hi Matt. > In my opinion, as well as those I've talked to in town, the ramp closure on S. Santa Cruz Ave. was a huge success. Was planning to go into town today and noticed that Winchester is already is backed up to Dave's Avenue and I'm not even going to think about it. What do we need to do as a community to make this permanent during the summer? The closures worked so well, in particular after the first day when people began to figure it out. > Thanks! > John » On Jun 27, 2016, at 2:09 PM, John McLaren <lohnmclaren@verizon.net> wrote: » Hi Matt. Just wanted to say thanks for the good work over the weekend. I'm not sure what your perspective was on the outcome / success of the pilot but from my perspective Saturday was indeed a day of pain, which frankly needed to be incurred for folks to understand that they shouldn't cut through Los Gatos. Sunday was a much better day all around as the cut through traffic was massively diminished. I'm sure you were on top of all the details but 17 was backed up to Camden most of the day yet town remain quiet and we could actually take advantage of some of the shops on Sunday and spend time in town. First time in a long time for this on a warm weekend! My family and I were thrilled to "have our town back". That's literally how we felt. I'm sure the next couple weekends will be even more successful. In my opinion the additional signage on Sunday help to mitigate some of the issues from Saturday. What is your take, was it viewed as a success over the first weekend? » Thanks, » John 1 From: Ginger Goforth <gingergo4th@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 3:06 PM To: Council Subject: Beach Traffic Hello, I live at 532 San Benito Ave in LG and it has a chain blocking through traffic on our street. But, now that the ramps are open again, the real problem is that Thurston and San Benito create a corner (with no stop signs) where outside beach traffic can speed dangerously around. I have seen at least 20+ people on bikes, 10+ children and 5+ skateboarders crossing the street from 9am when this speeding traffic first began until right now. I have been holding my breath and praying no one gets hurt. We seriously need stop signs at this location if beach traffic is still allowed to come through here. Also, please fix the chain that blocks the road because a gardening company just took the chain down to come through (illegally) and showed all the cars behind them how to remove the broken chain. Thank you, Ginger Goforth i Subject: FW: Ramp closure/town traffic > > From: mlfarnady@gmail.com [mlfarnady@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 3:13 PM > To: BSpector > Subject: Ramp closure/town traffic > > Dear Ms. Spector, > Please bring back the Wood Rd. onramp closure right away - there is no need to wait for a discussion or a meeting. All you have to do is look at the Next Door Los Gatos website to see the misery reopening the onramp has caused. My street, Hernandez Avenue, is a parking lot and has been all afternoon. The noise level is like living next to a freeway. Cars wanting to turn left onto Glen Ridge are driving on the wrong side of the road. > Please take action immediately! The closure worked so well, I don't understand why it was not made permanent for all remaining summer weekends. This is a nightmare! > Thank you. > Marcia Farnady > 1 Subject: FW: Onramp closure/traffic From: mlfarnady@gmail.com [mlfarnady@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 3:18 PM To: Rob Rennie Subject: Onramp closure/traffic Dear Mr. Leonardis, Please bring back the Wood Rd. onramp closure right away - there is no need to wait for a discussion or a meeting. All you have to do is look at the Next Door Los Gatos website to see the misery reopening the onramp has caused. My street, Hernandez Avenue, is a parking lot and has been all afternoon. The noise level is like living next to a freeway. Cars wanting to turn left onto Glen Ridge are driving on the wrong side of the road. Please take action immediately! The closure worked so well, I don't understand why it was not made permanent for all remaining summer weekends. This is a nightmare! Thank you. Marcia Farnady 1 From: Ray Bloker <rbloker0l@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 3:42 PM To: Council Subject: please re -close hwy 17 onramp from S. Santa Cruz on summer weekends Dear Council Members, As a Los Gatos resident (130 Highland Ave), I want to voice my opinion that the Hwy 17 onramp from S. Santa Cruz needs to be closed every weekend during the summer months. The gridlock created by the beach traffic cutting through our downtown is ruining our quality of life! If we have the authority to close the ramp, I cannot understand the rationale for not doing so as the town residents and local businesses are greatly impacted by the traffic gridlock. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Ray Bloker i From: Kim Celestre <kcelestre@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 3:46 PM To: Council Subject: Enough is enough Today was the WORST traffic I have experienced in my 8 years as a Los Gatos resident! We are way past the point of this being a serious safety and quality of life issue for the residents. It's time to put PERMANENT measures in place to release residents from being prisoners in their own homes. We had the best 3 weekends in a very long time when the road closure at the 17 off ramp was in place. And I want to thank the council for finally taking appropriate steps to find a solution. That being said, today was a complete disaster with the perfect storm of Waze, Broadway road closure and a warm summer beach day. How much more data, pilots, validation does the council need to fix this?! I live on Overlook Rd/Chestnut which is on the fire evacuation route. New signs have been posted along this route recently to direct residents down the hill in the event of a fire. Has the council considered what would happen in the event of a fire on a weekend with gridlock traffic along this route? Today traffic was backed up on Hernandez all the way to Ridgecrest. It was also backed up on Pennsylvania all the way to Wissahikon. Can you imagine the disaster that would result in the event of a fire? Under no circumstances should a fire evacuation route have gridlocked traffic in a residential area!! ! There is no excuse for the town council to continue to delay a solution to this problem. Pleas take action. NOW. Kim Celestre 1 From: Drew Clark <drewc228@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 3:49 PM To: Council Subject: Fwd: Pennsylvania Ave Gridlock Fix this now before there is an emergency situation. This is way out of hand and could have been prevented with proper handling... now it's a crisis. Address this now! Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: "Nextdoor Los Gatos Main" <reply@rs.email.nextdoor.com> Date: July 23, 2016 at 3:41:38 PM PDT To: drewc228@,gmail.com Subject: Re: Pennsylvania Ave Gridlock Reply -To: reply+H E3TQMRSGQ4V64DSN 5SHKY3UNFXW4X2QJ5JVIXZSHEZTGNRZGQYA====@ Iosgatosmain.nextdoor.com lX Natalie Kerris, Los Gatos Main I told the police what happens if we have an emergency and I need to take my kids to urgent care or the emergency room? Original post by karen tomlinson frorn Los Gatos Main (6 replies): Sat 12:30. Complete gridlock on Pennsylvania Ave. They are blocking the intersection at Pennsylvania Ave./Palm to Fairview. Total insanity. Jul 23 in General to Los Gatos Main View or reply Thank Private message Not interested in following this discussion? You received this update because you thanked or replied to this post. Stop receiving immediate updates on this post You can also reply to this email or use Nextdoor for iPhone or Android This rnessagc is intended for drowc228 jgmail.com. Unsubscribe or adjust your email settings Nextdoor, 760 Market Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94102 1 From: Jeff Okubo <jeffokubo@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 3:57 PM To: Council Subject: Another Vote to Close Southbound Hwy 17 Dear Council, Please do whatever it takes to close the southbound Hwy 17 onramp every Saturday, and Sunday from 9 - 4 PM, and every weekday from 3 - 8 PM. Traffic during these times is decreasing the quality of life in Town so dramatically that we are seriously considering moving. It's honestly gotten that bad. Today was the worst our family has experienced to date. We live on Fillmer Ave and at one point traffic was backed up from LG Blvd. all the way around the corner at Gem to Kennedy. Thank you in advance for doing everything possible to make this happen. The Okubo Family i From: Nick Goddard <nickjgoddard@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 4:24 PM To: Council Cc: Rebecca Hanson; mkaufman@interorealestate.com Subject: Re: Traffic Downtown weekend of 7/23/16 Update at 4:30. Still bumper to bumper Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 23, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Nick Goddard <nickigoddard@gmail.com> wrote: > Honorable Council Members- Yet again, the neighborhoods of Glenridge and The Almond Grove ( and I'm sure many more) are bumper to bumper immobile traffic and have been for several hours. Yet again, a child has been hit by a car in a residential neighborhood not designed for this level of traffic. Yet again, if this child had needed emergency medical attention, they would not have been able to get through- Thankfully it wasn't needed. > The road blocks at Massol and Tait have done nothing, beyond possibly irritating the people who live here, as the traffic just redirects on to other streets and pushes it up to Glenridge and Pennsylvania. > We know the solution, because we've tried it. Santa Cruz Ave needs closing at Wood St, every Saturday and Sunday from May through September. > This needs to start NOW! It is a matter of time before there is a death or serious injury from a problem that has a very simple solution that benefits our residents and our merchants. There are no losers from this solution. > Please take this immediate action and if you're reading this on Saturday, action it for tomorrow. > You have 100% support from the effected neighborhoods and I would suspect a simlar level from the downtown merchants. > Thank You > Nick Goddard > 20 Bayview 1 From: BSpector Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 4:29 PM To: Laurel Prevetti; Matt Morley Subject: FW: massive traffic jams on July 23 From: Martha Wills [mtswills@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 4:27 PM To: BSpector Subject: Re: massive traffic jams on July 23 Dear Mayor Spector, Yes, it seems clear the vast majority of this traffic is cutting through Los Gatos, not stopping in Los Gatos. Marico Sayoc replied that she would share my comments with the town staff. From the content I see shared on the Nextdoor website, I can safely assume that many residents would appreciate anything the town council and staff can do to reduce the amount of cut -through traffic on our local streets on the weekends. Thanks for listening. Martha Wills i From: Nick Goddard <nickjgoddard@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 4:50 PM To: Council Subject: Main st at 4:50pm Attachments: IMG_2148.JPG; ATT00001.txt Subject: FW: traffic From: Laura Howard [Iaurgome©yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 4:51 PM To: BSpector Cc: Gene Faucher Subject: Re: traffic Thank you, Barbara, for you quick reply and for your mutual concerns. Chris Bevis, our neighbor who lives up here on College Avenue, remarked that the council should really drive the closure of the Santa Cruz off -ramp on the weekends (Saturday and Sunday) or if not, to immediately stop any further development in town until the ongoing traffic issues through town are resolved. Gene Faucher and I will certainly back him up on that. Yes, of course, pass on the word and do what you can. Many many thanks. Laura On Saturday, July 23, 2016 3:34 PM, BSpector <BSpectorRlosgatosca.goN> wrote: Dear Laura, Thank you for your email. I walked in Town today and saw traffic stopped and parking Tots empty. May I share your email with town staff for the public record? And please note that the Traffic Circle Pilot is on our council agenda for August 2, 2016. When this issue was last heard, not all council members supported the Santa Cruz Avenue closure to Highway 17. Regards, Barbara Spector, Mayor From: Laura Howard [laurgome@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 3:33 PM To: BSpector Subject: traffic i Dear Barbara, It took me an hour and 15 minutes to get from JCC to my home on College Avenue this morning at 10:00. The traffic in this town is unbelievable! Now that I am home, I can't leave to shop, eat at a restaurant, or to get out of town. Please do something about this continuing problem. Thank you. Laura Howard 35 College Avenue L G CA 95030 2 From: Nick Goddard <nickjgoddard@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 4:51 PM To: Council Subject: Parking lot 4:50pm Attachments: IMG_2147.JPG; ATT00001.txt From: Laima Martinskis <Iaima1104@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 4:54 PM To: Council Subject: Traffic problems on weekends Dear Mayor Spector and Town Council Members, I respectfully request that you resume traffic restrictions on exit to Hwy 17 from downtown Los Gatos during the weekends, because all the south bound streets of the town are blocked due to the beach traffic. For our town residents your pilot project worked beautifully, please continue with the project during the summer weekends. Sincerely, resident of Los Gatos Laima Martinskis 1 From: Michael Kaufman <mkaufman@interorealestate.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 4:58 PM To: Nick Goddard Cc: Council; Rebecca Hanson Subject: Re: Traffic Downtown weekend of 7/23/16 Nick, I am on vacation but am hearing same from my friend that is house sitting. Thank you for your time in reporting our neighborhood challenges to our council members here in LG. Council members; this problem must be permanently addressed for our kids' safety and for our quiet enjoyment of this wonderful neighborhood we call home. The only way to adequately address is to permanently shut down the Southbound ramp at Wood road; every weekend during the warmer months as Mr. Goddard suggested. This is a proven fact to which we can all attest. Your appropriate and swift response will be greatly appreciated. Respectfully, Michael Kaufman 34 Bayview Ave. Michael Kaufman Realtor BRE #00861006 Intern Real Estate Services 518 N. Santa Cruz Avenue Los Gatos, Ca. 95030 408.357.5712 Office Mkaufman@interorealestate.com > On Jul 23, 2016, at 6:23 PM, Nick Goddard <nickjgoddard@gmail.com> wrote: > Update at 4:30. Still bumper to bumper > Sent from my iPhone » On Jul 23, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Nick Goddard <nickjgoddard@gmail.com> wrote: » Honorable Council Members- Yet again, the neighborhoods of Glenridge and The Almond Grove ( and I'm sure many more) are bumper to bumper immobile traffic and have been for several hours. Yet again, a child has been hit by a car in a residential neighborhood not designed for this level of traffic. Yet again, if this child had needed emergency medical attention, they would not have been able to get through- Thankfully it wasn't needed. » The road blocks at Massol and Tait have done nothing, beyond possibly irritating the people who live here, as the traffic just redirects on to other streets and pushes it up to Glenridge and Pennsylvania. 1 » We know the solution, because we've tried it. Santa Cruz Ave needs closing at Wood St, every Saturday and Sunday from May through September. » This needs to start NOW! It is a matter of time before there is a death or serious injury from a problem that has a very simple solution that benefits our residents and our merchants. There are no losers from this solution. » Please take this immediate action and if you're reading this on Saturday, action it for tomorrow. » You have 100% support from the effected neighborhoods and I would suspect a simlar level from the downtown merchants. » Thank You » Nick Goddard » 20 Bayview 2 Subject: FW: Weekend Traffic On Jul 23, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Lampe, George M.D. <GeorgeLampe(cr�cep.com> wrote: Dear Ms. Sayoc, Our neighborhood has been gridlocked from 10:30 amto now, 4:30 pm. Specifically Ridgecrest, Hernandez, and Pennsylvania have been backed up all day. There are cones placed to block the turn off from highway 9 onto Massol that people are simply driving their cars over. We need a better barrier. I called the LG Police to complain. I bet the merchants aren't happy either. Who would creep through the traffic to eat here, shop, or see a movie? There is plentiful parking along N. Santa Cruz which graphically shows how significant this problem is for both residents and merchants. It was much better when the Southbound Highway 17 ramp was closed. I think reopening the ramp with the problem returning worse than ever suggests a proven solution to this problem. This is the most significant quality of life issue I've felt in over 25 years as a proud LG resident. George Lampe MD 18 Walnut Ave (408) 888-5338 Sent from my iPhone i Subject: FW: Weekend Traffic From: Lampe, George M.D. [GeorgeLampe@cep.com] Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 5:12 PM To: Rob Rennie Subject: Weekend Traffic Dear Mr. Rennie, Our neighborhood has been gridlocked from 10:30 amto now, 4:30 pm. Specifically Ridgecrest, Hernandez, and Pennsylvania have been backed up all day. There are cones placed to block the turn off from highway 9 onto Massol that people are simply driving their cars over. We need a better barrier. I called the LG Police to complain. I bet the merchants aren't happy either. Who would creep through the traffic to eat here, shop, or see a movie? There is plentiful parking along N. Santa Cruz which graphically shows how significant this problem is for both residents and merchants. It was much better when the Southbound Highway 17 ramp was closed. I think reopening the ramp with the problem returning worse than ever suggests a proven solution to this problem. This is the most significant quality of life issue I've felt in over 25 years as a proud LG resident. George Lampe MD 18 Walnut Ave (408) 888-5338 Sent from my iPhone 1 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: schouontait@yahoo.com Saturday, July 23, 2016 5:12 PM Steve Leonardis Town PPW; Town Manager People have to Are you wondering why I am sending you this photo? Do you know where the third guy is? He is urinating in the bushes at St. Marys. Sent from my iPad 1 Subject: Attachments: FW: Saturday Traffic/ Sidewalk sale IMG_0975.JPG; IMG_0976.JPG From: Cheryl Hare [villagehouseofbooks@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 5:20 PM To: BSpector; Marico Sayoc; Marcia Jensen; Steven Leonard's; Rob Rennie; catherine@losgatoschamber.com Subject: Saturday Traffic/ Sidewalk sale We here at Village House of Books love the idea of a sidewalk sale. We were so looking forward to great business yet because of the entrance to 17 being open to Santa Cruz traffic it has been one of the worst days we have ever had and with an enormous amount of negative complaints from customers.The last time we had such a bad weekend was every time during the testing period that the entrance was open. Last summer every weekend we were hoping to have a couple of great days yet the beach traffic is very upsetting. I have attached a photo of the way this has been ALL day. Thank you for your time. Cheryl 86 Steve Hare 1 From: David Maxwell <dlmax@verizon.net> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 5:41 PM To: Council Subject: Weekend Traffic in Los Gatos Hello, With all due respect, I do not understand why the traffic that goes through our town trying to get back on highway 17 every weekend is allowed. The people who live here are trapped in their homes. I live off of LG Blvd so going out is okay, its coming home again that is a problem. It takes way too long to go the few blocks from Whole Food's to my street. What if there was an emergency and I needed to get home quickly? It would never happen. Time to close the ramp that gets these folks back onto highway 17. I'm expecting company next weekend and they just might now get here. Sure hope the ramp at the end of town allowing cars back onto highway 17 is closed until the end of summer. Thank you for listening, Shirley Maxwell 136 Wheeler Avenue Los Gatos, CA 95030 (408) 356-7896 1 From: Penelope O'Neill <penelope162@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 6:46 PM To: Council Subject: Beach Traffic, no police in site! What is going on? It took us more than an hour do drive up university. There was not a Police car, or person, in site! We pay a fortune for LGPD services, where are they? Did they all decide to go to the beach early and avoid the rush? I wouldn't be surprised, after all you sure can't go anywhere in town! The PD told me they were patrolling. WHERE? In the three blocks in the Manor that don't have traffic? Get them out there directing traffic. Or hire some weekend help. Step it up here folks, we need help here. We are prisoners in our homes. Have you ALL asked yourself, "why was I elected?" To support this town? How are you actually doing that? I was an early supporter of the North Forty project, but no more, you have proved yourselves unable to tackle the beach traffic, what's your plan for that extra traffic. I was also a supporter of Marcia Jensen, but she voted not to close the road. I am no longer a supporter. I also noticed Steve Leonardis voted no, but I was never a supporter of his and would never vote for him. Penelope O'Neill 162 College Ave. Penelope O'Neill 1 From: Sharon Wilson <slwilson1979@me.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 7:37 PM To: Council Subject: Los Gatos Traffic is out of control and un-safe with re -opening of onramp to 17 at the end of town Hi, I do not usually get involved in local issues but the traffic in Los Gatos has gotten out of control and has turned our nice town into a traffic nightmare. I am not sure if you look at any of the posts on Next Door Monte Sereno. We experienced the traffic first hand today and it was worse than ever. It took 30 minutes to go into downtown LG from Mays Ave. We went to a location that normally takes 7 minutes. It appeared that most of the traffic was people cutting through to get to Hwy 17 ( the reopened on -ramp at the end of town). The traffic itself was bad, but in addition some of the drivers in the vehicles were frustrated and taking unsafe shortcuts ( for example driving in the wrong/opposite direction lane on blind corners...passing 3-4 cars. We witnessed this at the corner of University and Main). This traffic is not only difficult for the residents of our area but it also affects local business. These cars are not stopping to shop and local residents will avoid downtown to avoid the traffic. I hope that you take action ASAP , re -close the 17 South ramp at the end of town.... Friday evenings -Sundays until a permanent solution can be found. Thank you Sharon & Steve Wilson 16055 Mays Ave Monte Sereno i From: schouontait@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 8:44 PM To: Steve Leonardis; Town PPW; Town Manager Subject: Apologies I apologize for sending you the picture and text. Today was an AWFUL day for beach short -cutters. Traffic on Tait (@ W. Main) was backed up until nearly 5pm. Drivers were short tempered, homeowners at their wits end. Parking lots were not full because shoppers and diners could not get into LG due to the short -cutters clogging the streets. People needed to use the restroom and resorted to the bushes. Homeowners were trapped in their houses....surrounded by car fumes, idling cars, trucks and buses. Honking horns, blasting radios, annoyed drivers and crying kids. And now, unsanitary conditions. The elected and paid Town officials need to resolve this problem. At a minimum closing Wood Road leading to the SB17 onramp on Saturdays. EVERY SATURDAY from Memorial Weekend through Labor Day. The elected Council member(s) who do not believe in closing Wood Road for "the greater good", need to be reminded they were elected to support the Town homeowners, residents and businesses, NOT "the greater good." Appreciate your attention to this issue. 1 Dorrie Romero From: Marcia Farnady <mlfarnady@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 7:52 AM To: Council Subject: Hernandez Ave Saturday afternoon Attachments: IMG_4615.JPG; ATT00001.txt; IMG_4616.JPG; ATT00002.txt Dear Council Members, For the record, below please see photos of Hernandez Ave. traffic yesterday afternoon, steps from my front door, for hours, with rumbling engines, "shared" music, unsafe driving on the wrong side of the road, and unhealthy emissions. Apparently ours was not the only street thus impacted. As I'm sure you are aware, ramp and street closures prevented this situation in the Glen Ridge and Almond Grove neighborhoods as well as through the downtown. We sincerely hope the Council elects to reinstate the closures for the remaining summer weekends. Thank you. Marcia and Dez Farnady 1 1 .,,,,,..._,4:-. t From: Barbara Ledig <bledig2@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 8:28 AM To: Town Manager Subject: Traffic Hello. I live at 349 Massol Avenue in Los Gatos. I appreciate the efforts that are going into controlling beach traffic going through Los Gatos. Yesterday, Saturday July 23rd, I was dismayed to see dozens of cars coming north on highway 9 from the freeway and making a left hand turn into the parking lot of Whole Pet Vets and other offices and then onto Massol as way to avoid the cones blocking Massol from highway 9 traffic. I stood there for about 15 minutes and during that time dozens of cars were making that shortcut and then speeding down Massol toward town and, probably, the exit onto 17 south. There are children and elderly people walking and riding bikes on that street and this increase in traffic would seem a safety hazard. I appreciate your involvement and interest in our town. Thank you for the contributions you are making to maintain the uniqueness and character of Los Gatos. Kind regards, Barbara Ledig i Subject: FW: TRAFFIC ON SATURDAY JULY 23 IS HORRIBLE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS From: Susan Jamison [csusanj@ me.com] Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 10:13 AM To: BSpector Cc: Susan Jamison Subject: Re: TRAFFIC ON SATURDAY JULY 23 IS HORRIBLE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS Dear Barbara, Thanks for responding. Yes, you can share my email. Attached are a couple of photos my husband took about an hour before I took the ones I sent you yesterday. 1 - We are in the car going up Pennsylvania Ave on our way home from Peets, about noon. 2 - After we got home, he walked down Walnut Ave. to Hernandez, turned left on Hernandez and walked about a quarter mile past Chestnut and the traffic was still backed up. The cars apparently are coming from Highway 9, turning on Ridgecrest. We are dreading today :-) My husband has a commitment on Aug. 2 but I will try to attend the Council meeting. Regards, Susan <Ful l SizeRender.jpeg> <FullSizeRender.jpg> On Jul 23, 2016, at 3:15 PM, BSpector <BSpector(cilosgatosca.gov> wrote: Dear Susan, Thank you for your email. I walked in Town today and saw traffic stopped and parking lots empty. i May I share your email with town staff for the public record? And please note that the Traffic Circle Pilot is on our council agenda for August 2, 2016. Regards, Barbara Spector, Mayor From: Susan Jamison [csusanj@me.com] Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 2:20 PM To: BSpector Subject: TRAFFIC ON SATURDAY JULY 23 IS HORRIBLE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS Dear Mayor, We've never seen anything like this! The first photo was taken RIGHT IN FRONT of our house on Walnut Ave. (6 BLOCK UP FROM SANTA CRUZ AVE.) For a couple of hours now, we've watched bumper to bumper traffic. Sometimes, when the last driver get frustrated with the long line, they make a U-turn and go in the opposite direction and get in the congested traffic going down Hernandez, second photo. If there is a brief respite, drivers speed down Walnut Ave. Sometimes there are honking horns. As I write this, another speeding car passed by. We are not used to this and find it very disruptive to our quiet, safe street. It's no longer pleasant or safe to take a walk to town or sit on the porch and work! By the way, a couple of hours ago, it took us 40 minutes to get from Peet's (near Lunardi's) to home. Please do something about Wayz and again have traffic redirected out of our neighborhoods! Thank you! Susan <IMG_3142. jpeg><IMG_3145. jpeg> Susan Jamison 2 Subject: FW: cut-thru Traffic in Almond Grove From: Pat Charles [patcharles9Ogmail.com] Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 10:26 AM To: BSpector Subject: Re: cut-thru Traffic in Almond Grove Dear Madam Mayor, thank you for your personal response. Yes, please share my email. I am aware that all did not vote in favor of the ramp closing ....I know we can't make everyone happy. However it's complete lawlessness on the roads. It's hurting the charm and safety of our community. The cut-thru traffic is rude and dangerous. We don't check ID at Massol or Tait on Halloween night. Anyone can walk our streets and collect candy. At the music concerts all are welcome. So we aren't the exclusive selfish NIMBYs as some make out us to be. I look forward to hearing more about practical solutions. Regards Pat Sent from my iPad On Jul 24, 2016, at 9:57 AM, BSpector <BSpector@losgatosca.gov> wrote: Pat, Thank you for your email. I walked in Town Saturday and saw traffic stopped and parking lots empty. May I share your email with town staff for the public record? And please note that the Traffic Circle Pilot is on our council agenda for August 2, 2016. When this issue was last heard, not all council members supported the Santa Cruz Avenue closure to Highway 17. Regards, Barbara Spector, Mayor From: Pat Charles [patcharles9(agmail.com] Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 8:15 PM To: BSpector Subject: cut-thru Traffic in Almond Grove I witnessed appalling traffic and dangerous driving on Saturday due to cut-thru beach traffic. I live on Tait and watched cars traveling at very unsafe speeds -- then watched it come to a complete standstill as they bottlenecked at Main Street. Traffic included 2 of of the largest buses I have ever seen. I walked to the local businesses today and heard how they are suffering due to lack of business --- my friends hate coming to LG now and avoid it at all costs. The cut-thru traffic is horrible on weekends and terrible during the week. Cars and trucks fly down the street past homes and St Marys school at unsafe speeds. No one ever gets a ticket. There is no penalty for exceeding the speed limit. 1 I have spoken with police and city workers. All I got was that portable speed sign for a few days. I understand we can't stop use of public streets but the Indy 500 speeding is dangerous. I strongly support the weekend ramp closure but cut-thru traffic is also a problem during the week. Maybe we should make the new concrete roads have speed bumps to slow crazy and distracted drivers. Pat Charles Tait Ave From: Fabian Okonski <foko@me.com> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 11:03 AM To: Council Subject: Weekend traffic.... Town Council members, Just wanted to add my voice to the many I'm sure you have already received, and I'm hoping you have heard. Since I'm unable to attend the next TC meeting, this is my complaint. I live at 62 Pennsylvania Ave, between Peralta and Glenridge. The weekends this summer have been atrocious with regards to bumper to bumper traffic in front of my house and all throughout the Almond Grove district. The only weekends where this was not the case, were the weekends when the SB Hwy 17 ramp closures were in effect. After the first day of that trial, our street traffic was once again back to normal. This weekend, on Saturday, was absolutely a mess in down town, with essentially every street in the Almond Grove district choked with traffic. Its still early on Sunday, but I'm assuming we will have the same today. This weekend, the closure has not been in effect. The efficacy of the closure is not disputable. When the traffic is like it was yesterday, we are essentially trapped in our homes. Leaving by car, results in a multi hour epic trying to get home. Walking or bicycling to local merchants and sites is fine, except that drivers, now in full road rage mode upset at sitting in their cars for hours at a time (and who have now taken to going the wrong way down streets so as to move somewhere) has resulted in lots of close calls with bikes and pedestrians. Its only a matter of time before someone is truly injured or killed. And BTW, while I believe the downtown merchants are being crushed by the traffic problem, I know some have "claimed" it was worse on closure weekends. Observationally, it is impossible to believe. But even if it were true, I believe the well being of residents must supercede the well being of the merchants. Thanks for your attention to this matter. F. Fabian Okonski, MD Michelle Coffman 62 Pennsylvania Ave LG,CA 408-348-9679 1 Subject: FW: Beach traffic On Jul 24, 2016, at 12:50 PM, Richardsons <richardson48@comcast.net> wrote: Not sure if you were in town trying to drive around Saturday but the beach traffic was horrendous!!! I personally favor the road closure at Wood Road but think a "toll road" could be a permanent solution. Many of the beach goers were blocking intersections (Santa Cruz Ave and Blossom Hill) making illegal U turns, cutting thru parking lots off of Highway 9, speeding down side streets like San Benito Ave, etc. There were so many complaints on Nextdoor.com that I lost count. Many comments stated that there was plenty of open parking spaces downtown. Is there a solution? Lainey Richardson 1 From: camiilerlg@aol.com Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 5:33 AM To: Matt Morley Cc: Council; Laurel Prevetti; Matt Frisby; Robert Schultz Subject: Fwd: Traffic Dear Mr. Morley, I hope you had a nice weekend. See below a message from my mother, a 45+ year resident of Los Gatos. I continue to be perplexed as to why local residents of the Glenridge and Overlook neighborhoods aren't able to access their homes via Massol. Having a police officer, as my mom suggests, or at least a sign at Massol stating local traffic only would help alleviate the problem the town has created by blocking off Massol Avenue at HW 9. Given the circumstance of having an almost 70 year lady walk abandon her car and walk to a residence in which she has lived for over 40 years increases the chance of something going wrong, opening up the town to potential litigation. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Chris Miller 408-395-7949 Begin forwarded message: From: Olivia Heathcote <oliviadh(cr�gmail.com> Subject: Traffic Date: July 24, 2016 at 10:26:13 PM EDT To: CAMiIIerLG <CAMiIIerLG(c�aoi.com> Here is the story: On Sat., July 23, I left my home on Ellenwood Ave. at 12 noon to do a few errands on LG Blvd. The trip home took over an hour due to the beach traffic using LG town streets. This was an inconvenience to my family, and it is a good thing I wasn't picking up a prescription for my 5-week old granddaughter or for any other family member. It took me about 15 minutes to reach the intersection of Massol Ave. and Hwy. 9, which is the way I usually access my home on Ellenwood. I had already seen that traffic on Santa Cruz Ave. was bumper -to -bumper, so that was not an option either. I then drove to Ridgecrest Ave. as an alternate route to my neighborhood. When I had gone about 1/8 mile up Ridgecrest, I hit bumper -to -bumper traffic at Bancroft, and my phone GPS showed 1 heavy traffic all the way to Glen Ridge Ave. Knowing that I was needed at home, I elected to park my car on Bancroft and walk home, using a path that extends from Bancroft to Bachman Court. I would like to present an idea to help the drivers who need to access their homes in the Glen Ridge and Almond Grove neighborhoods. While I support the idea of preventing beach/Santa Cruz traffic from accessing and clogging local streets, I suggest that a police officer be available at both Hwy. 9 and Massol and at Hwy, 9 and Tait to check the home addresses of drivers. If the driver has a local address in the Almond Grove or Glen Ridge neighborhood, he or she would be permitted access to Massol or Tait. Olivia Heathcote, Ed.D., MFT, CST-T Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist International Society of Sandplay Therapy Los Gatos, CA Business: 408-920-2990 Cell: 408-888-8477 droliviadh@aol.com www.oliviaheathcote.com 2 I I From: Barbara Ledig <bledig2@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 9:30 AM To: Town Manager Cc: wpv@thewholepetvet.com; Clinton Tada Subject: Re Traffic email sent 7-24-16 - Correction Please note that the parking lot in question is not Whole Pet Vets but rather Orange Coast Title that is located on the corner of highway 9 and Massol Avenue. Thank you. Barbara Ledig i Subject: FW: Traffic nightmare From: carolyn hornberger [carolyn hornberger@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 10:01 AM To: BSpector; Marico Sayoc; Marcia Jensen; Steven Leonardis; Rob Rennie Subject: Traffic nightmare Town Council members, You've heard from so many people of Los Gatos so I'm not stating anything you haven't heard. This traffic mess on weekends and holidays in our beautiful little town has got to end and you need to get serious about a long term solution. The three weekends of Hwy 17 on ramp closure were a huge help to us in the Almond Grove. Please reinstate that closure on all weekends and holidays in the summer beginning with next weekend. We can't stand it any longer!!! We can't run errands or even get across town for appointments. This is having a hugely negative impact on our community. Please solve this for our town! We all know who voted not to close the ramp the first time around - SHAME ON YOU. Thank you in advance for doing the right thing this time around and putting a permanent solution in place. Regards, Carolyn 1 Subject: FW: LG Downtown Traffic Concerns From: Essie Asher [mailto:seasher@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 6:02 PM To: Council Subject: LG Downtown Traffic Concerns To Los Gatos City Council: With the reopening of Highway 17 entrance this weekend, the downtown traffic was horrendous! Saturday, it was a complete grid lock from 8:30 am- 5:30 p.m. This is concerning not only for the safety of the anxious drivers and pedestrians, the downtown shops are also suffering. People are avoiding coming to shop since the traffic cut through is so awful. Drivers are making illegal turns and crossing yellow lines just to bypass the heavy areas such as at University and Main. I strongly encourage the closure during the busy summer months as well as having police directing traffic at main intersections to somehow keep traffic moving. There are several crosswalks that do not have lights which again add to the dangers and back up traffic with the constant crossing. Please notify me of meetings regarding the traffic concerns in our downtown area. If I can be of assistance, please let me know. Thank you, Essie Asher Los Gatos resident 1 Subject: FW: Beach Traffic Weekend Measures From: Curtis, Peter James [mailto:PeterJames.Curtis@ pentair.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 9:59 AM To: Council Subject: Beach Traffic Weekend Measures H i, As a LG resident who lives close to downtown (15 Orchard Street), I wanted to say that the measure to close the downtown entrance to 17 South was fantastic. It benefitted the residents tremendously as there was no gridlock coming into town from Los Gatos Blvd/Main street. Yet, when it was reopened this past weekend, the traffic was worse than ever. Is there a plan to go back to keeping it closed? Peter Curtis Director, Marketing Communications Pentair Technical Solutions 307 Constitution Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 Office 1.650.474.7539 Mobile 1.415.640.4855 peter.curtis@pentair.com www.pentair.com Proud to offer CADDY, ERICO, ERIFLEX, LENTON, Hoffman, Raychem, & Schroff products and Tracer services 1 From: Maryam Azizi <aziziconsulting@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 6:00 PM To: Laurel Prevetti Cc: Matt Morley Subject: Re: Traffic in Los Gatos Hi laurel, Pm sure you have heard an earful about this last Saturday traffic in town. We couldn't even get onto hwy 9 and turned back and went home. It was really annoying. I'm really hoping and confident that your team will address this situation and get our great quality of life back. Thank you again, Maryam On Jun 30, 2016, at 4:50 PM, Laurel Prevetti <LPrevetti u,losgatosca.gov> wrote: Hello, Thank you so much for the input. The Council confirmed last night to continue with the pilot for the next two weekends. We look forward to obtaining traffic data before, during, and after the pilot to assist the Town with potential next steps. We expect the Council to discuss those options at its meeting on August 2, 2016. I am not sure if the Town can find a permanent solution, however, we do want to try our best to reduce the impacts to our community. I am sharing our emails with our Parks and Public Works Director. Thank you again, Laurel From: Maryam Azizi[mailto:aziziconsulting@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 8:20 AM To: Laurel Prevetti Subject: Re: Traffic in Los Gatos Hi Laurel, I wanted to follow-up on our conversation. It seems that last weeks closure did in fact help alleviate some of the traffic. Although, I'm concerned that only three weeks will not be long enough to permanently resolve this issue. thanks Maryam On Jun 8, 2016, at 6:46 PM, Laurel Prevetti <LPrevetti(losgatosca.gov> wrote: Hi, 1 Thank you for asking. Residents did convey the dissatisfaction last night. As a result, the Council authorized a pilot closure for three consecutive weekends beginning in late June to see if that reduces cut through traffic. Thank you, Laurel From: Maryam Azizi[mailto:aziziconsulting©aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 5:04 PM To: Laurel Prevetti Subject: Re: Traffic in Los Gatos Hi Laurel, I hope there was a good turnout last night regarding this issue. I tried to make it to the meeting, but ended up not being able. I hope my email conveyed the dissatisfaction some of us are feeling. Thank you Maryam On Jun 3, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Laurel Prevetti <LPrevetti@losgatosca.gov> wrote: Good afternoon, Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding traffic in Los Gatos. I understand that it has been getting worse as summer approaches. I am glad that you had an opportunity to talk to Director Morley. The Town has been exploring a variety of techniques to try to reduce the impact of the traffic from the entrance to Highway 17 from South Santa Cruz Avenue, recognizing that the Town cannot eliminate it entirely. As we try these items, we are also trying not to move the problem to another part of our community. This is a tremendous challenge and we are continuing to work on it. Specifically, on Tuesday night, the Council will be considering a pilot to close a portion of South Santa Cruz Avenue at Wood Avenue. Here is a link to the agenda and please scroll to item 12 for a link to the report:https://s3.amazonaws.com/granicus production attachments/I osgatos/705851f80b9 b700745f921d30bc020a0. pdf. You and the public are welcome to attend Tuesday's meeting and give testimony (three minutes, typically). Our meetings are also live broadcast on KCAT and streamed on the internet through the Town's website: http://www.town.los-gatos.ca.us/2148/Town-Council-Agenda- Minutes. If it is more convenient, you may also submit written comments to me before 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 and we will make sure the Town Council receives them. Your comment below is being included as part of the public record for this item in an Addendum to Council. Please know that our Council is very diligent about reading all correspondence. 2 Please let me know if you have questions. Thank you, Laurel Prevetti Town Manager Town of Los Gatos 408/354-6832 Begin forwarded message: From: Maryam Azizi <aziziconsulting@a,aol.com> Date: June 2, 2016 at 6:22:42 PM PDT To: Matt Morley <MMorley@losgatosca.gov> Subject: Re: Traffic in Los Gatos Hi Matt, It was nice to speak with you today regarding the traffic in our downtown streets. I live off of Highway 9 and often the traffic on HWY 9 and N. Santa Cruz is so bad (no matter what time of day) that if we would like to go to our downtown, we are swayed otherwise. We moved to this area because of the beautiful downtown and now it has become a thoroughfare for the people interested in getting onto HWY 17 and we are often dissuaded from going to town. I reached my boiling point yesterday when I went to the downtown ACE hardware store and could not get out of it's parking lot, because there was a long line of cars speeding to get onto 17 south..It took me approximately 5-10 minutes to be able to leave the parking lot. As a taxpayer, it is very disconcerting that non -taxpayers are using these city streets for their use to get onto the highway. Another area of congestion is where we need to turn left onto HWY 9 from massol and there is such heavy traffic on HWY 9 that would like to either turn onto N. Santa Cruz to get onto HWY 17 or go straight onto HWY 17 and they no regard for people who need to turn that it can sometime take up to 15 minutes to turn onto HWY 9 to go to our house (Rose avenue). thank you for allowing me to vent my grievances and I hope that I can come to the council meeting, it not, I would appreciate it if you would count this e- mail for the residents who are unhappy with this situation. Best, 3 Maryam On Jun 2, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Matt Morley <MMorley cr losgatosca.gov> wrote: Maryam Thank you for speaking with me this morning. As I mentioned, the Town Council will be hearing an agenda item and providing direction to staff on Tuesday June 7 at 7pm. You can provide input via email or in person. Thank you, Matt Mor6¢y Town Of Los Gatos Parks and Public Works Director 41 Miles Ave Los Gatos, CA 95030 408.399.5774 <image001.gif> Maryam Azizi Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs aziziconsulting(d aol. com (408) 921-3324 Maryam Azizi Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs aziziconsultinq anaol. com (408) 921-3324