Meeting
   
   
The City of
OKLAHOMA CITY
   
  AGENDA
   
   
   
  Traffic and Transportation
Commission
1:30 PM/April 18, 2022
   
   
  Walter J. Kula, Ward 4, Chairman
   
  Commission Members
   
  Shay Varnell, Ward 1
Rob Littlefield, Ward 2
Richard Russell, Ward 3
Barry G. Hale, Ward 5
James W. Schuelein, Ward 6
Vacant, Ward 7
Kevin George, Ward 8
Marek Cornett, At-Large
   
   
City Council Chamber, 3rd floor, 200 N. Walker
 
CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY
TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
   
For a meeting to be held Monday, April 18, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers on the third floor of the Municipal building, 200 N. Walker Avenue.
Meeting notices were posted with the City Clerk and on the third floor bulletin board of the Municipal Building on April 11, 2022.
Residents can watch the Traffic and Transportation Commission meeting​​​ live by going to http://youtube.com/cityofokc/live. Meetings can also be watched live on Cox Cable Channel 20. Meetings are replayed on Cox Cable Channel 20, Monday, April 18, 2022 at 6:30 p.m​​​. If there are technical difficulties with either live stream during the meeting, a video will be posted as soon as possible after the meeting.

Official action can only be taken on items which appear on the agenda.  The Commission may adopt, approve, ratify, deny, defer, recommend, amend, strike or continue any agenda item.  Under certain circumstances, items are deferred to a specific later date or stricken from the agenda entirely.  Any individual, group or agency appearing before the Traffic and Transportation Commission to present their views must limit their talk to five minutes.  Citizens may address the Commission on certain items by signing up to speak and providing the agenda item number, their reason for appearing and their address, but all comments must be relevant to the item.  The Commission Chair or Vice Chair may, at their discretion, prohibit a person from addressing the Commission, or have any person removed from the Council Chamber if that person commits any disorderly or disruptive behavior. Disorderly conduct includes, but is not limited to, which includes without limitation any of the following: speaking without being recognized by the Chair or Vice Chair; continuing to speak after notice that their allotted time has expired; presenting comments or material not relevant to the item under discussion; failing to comply with the lawful instructions of the Chair or Vice Chair; engaging in other conduct, activity or speech that delays, pursuant to 21 O.S. §280, disruptive conduct includes any conduct that is “violent, threatening, abusive, obscene, or that jeopardizes the safety of self or others “disturbs, interferes or disrupts the effective or timely conduct of the meeting, or is otherwise violent, threatening, abusive or obscene or jeopardizing the safety of self or others.   A person may also be subject to arrest and removal from the Municipal Building if they violate Oklahoma City Municipal Code, 2020, §30-81 – Disorderly conduct and/or violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, §280-Willfully Disturbing, Interfering With or Disrupting State Business, Agency Operations or Employees.

Citizens may also address the Commission on individual concerns, including on the listed exceptions, at the end of the agenda under “Citizens to be Heard”.  Citizens to be Heard is not provided as a forum for publicly announced or declared candidates for City public office, and they will not be allowed to speak as Citizens to be Heard.  Citizens will not be allowed to campaign on any political issue during the Commission meeting.  Comments must concern Commission services or policies.  Please fill out a “Request to be Heard” form located outside the Chambers and give the form to a clerk seated in the lower section in front of the Commission’s horseshoe.  Please limit your comments to 5 minutes.  Continuing to speak beyond the time allowed by the Chair or Vice Chair shall constitute grounds for removal from the Council Chamber.  

Citizens who wish to be listed on the agenda for comments to the Commission may call the Traffic Management Division’s office at 297-2531 before 10 a.m. on the day of the meeting.  Persons so listed on the agenda for comments to the Commission are subject to the same restrictions listed above.  


Items listed under “Consent Docket” are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Commission.  Members of the Commission may request discussion or separate action on any item on the consent Docket.
 
   
Walter J. Kula Jr., Ward 4, Chairman
   
  MEMBERS   EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
  Shay Varnell, Ward 1
Rob Littlefield, Ward 2
Richard Russell, Ward 3
Barry G. Hale, Ward 5
James W. Schuelein, Ward 6
Vacant, Ward 7
Kevin George, Ward 8
Marek Cornett, At-Large 		  Stuart Chai, P.E. Secretary
Hailey Rawson, Attorney
Capt. Audrea George, OCPD
 
AGENDA
 
 
I.

Call to Order

II.

Approval of the Minutes of the March 21, 2022 Meeting of the Traffic and Transportation Commission.

III.

Reports from Traffic Management Division and the Municipal Counselor's Office

IV.

Consent Docket

V.

Items for Individual Consideration

A.

Gary W Noland, P.E., Smith Roberts Baldischwiler, LLC
Ward 6
Municipal Code §32-296, §32-297, §32-299, §32-300, §32-304, §32-401 and §32-402
Full-time passenger loading zone on the north side of W Sheridan Avenue from approximately 128 feet west to 201 feet west of the west curb line of N Robinson Avenue.

B.

Gary W Noland, P.E., Smith Roberts Baldischwiler, LLC
Ward 6
Municipal Code §32-401, §32-402 and §32-411
Valet loading zone within the passenger loading zone on the north side of W Sheridan Avenue from approximately 128 feet west to 201 feet west of the west curb line of N Robinson Avenue.

C.

Dr. Freda Deskin, Chief Executive Officer, ASTEC Charter Schools
Ward 6
Municipal Code §32-72, §32-170 and §32-171
School zone on east bound General Pershing Boulevard from approximately 180 feet west to 1,100 feet west of the west curb line of N Villa Avenue.

D.

Bryan W. Richards, P.E., CFM, BWR Design Group, LLC
Ward 6
Municipal Code §32-303, §32-304 and §32-329
Reserved parking space for the physically disabled in a setback parking area on the south side of NE 9 Street from approximately 274 feet west to approximately 301 feet west of the west curb line of N Oklahoma Avenue.

VI.

Comments from Citizens

VII.

Reports and other items from Traffic Commissioners and Traffic Commission Committees

VIII.

Adjournment

It is the policy of the City to ensure that communications with participants and members of the public with disabilities are as effective as communications with others. Anyone with a disability who requires an accommodation, a modification of policies or procedures, or an auxiliary aid or service in order to participate in this meeting should contact the ADA department coordinator at 297-2531 or TDD 297-2020 as soon as possible but not later than 48 hours (not including weekends or holidays) before the scheduled meeting. The department will give primary consideration to the choice of auxiliary aid or service requested by the individual with disability. If you need an alternate format of the agenda or any information provided at said meeting, please contact the ADA department coordinator listed above 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.

Any individual, group or agency appearing before the Traffic and Transportation Commission may, if they wish, appeal a Traffic and Transportation Commission decision to the Oklahoma City Council.  This can be done by submitting written notice to the City Clerk's Office and to the Traffic Management Division within ten days following the meeting.

Oklahoma City Traffic Management Division,




 
Stuart Chai, P.E.
City Traffic Engineer