Meeting
   
   
The City of
OKLAHOMA CITY
   
  AGENDA
   
   
   
  Traffic and Transportation
Commission
1:30 PM/May 20, 2024
   
   
  Walter J. Kula, Ward 4, Chairman
   
  Commission Members
   
  Shay Varnell, Ward 1
Rob Littlefield, Ward 2
Timothy Long, Ward 3
Barry G. Hale, Ward 5
James W. Schuelein, Ward 6
Daniel Nguyen, 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, May 20, 2024 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 May 13, 2024.
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, on the meeting day 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 Services 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
Timothy Long, Ward 3
Barry G. Hale, Ward 5
James W. Schuelein, Ward 6
Daniel Nguyen, Ward 7
Kevin George, Ward 8
Marek Cornett, At-Large 		  Stuart Chai, P.E. Secretary
Assistant Municipal Counselor
Capt. Paul Fredrickson, OCPD
 
AGENDA
 
 
I.

Call to Order

II.

Approval of the Traffic and Transportation Commission Meeting Minutes

A.

April 15, 2024

III.

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

IV.

Consent Docket

A.

Traffic Services Division
Ward 8
Municipal Code §32-167
Change the speed limit on NW 140 Street between Stan Henaman Jr Drive and N Pennsylvania Avenue from 25 miles per hour (mph) to 35 mph.

V.

Items for Individual Consideration

A.

Terence L. Haynes, P.E., President, SMC Consulting Engineers, P.C.
Ward 2
Municipal Code §32-304, §32-329, §32-401 and §32-402
1) Amend the limits of reserved parking for the physically disabled on the north side of NW 50 Street from approximately 384 feet west to 406 feet west of the west curb line of N Pennsylvania Avenue to approximately 397 feet west to 429 feet west of the west curb line of N Pennsylvania Avenue; and
2) amend the limits of the full-time passenger loading zone on the north side of NW 50 Street from approximately 290 feet west to 360 feet west of the west curb line of N Pennsylvania Avenue to approximately 290 feet west to 397 feet west of the west curb line of N Pennsylvania Avenue.

B.

Terence L. Haynes, P.E., President, SMC Consulting Engineers, P.C.
Ward 2
Municipal Code §32-401, §32-402 and §32-411
Valet loading zone within the passenger loading zone on the north side of NW 50 Street from approximately 290 feet west to 397 feet west of the west curb line of N Pennsylvania Avenue.

C.

Eduardo Jaramillo
Ward 5
Municipal Code §32-297 and §32-304
No parking anytime restriction on both sides of S Klein Avenue between SW 66 Street and SW 69 Street.

D.

Kingshuck Dey, owner, JK by Chef King Restaurant
Ward 6
Municipal Code §32-296, §32-297, §32-299, §32-300, §32-304, §32-366, §32-401 and §32-402
Remove metered parking on the east side of N Robinson Avenue from approximately 105 feet south to 129 feet south of the south curb line of NW 6 Street in favor of a full-time passenger loading zone.

E.

Kingshuck Dey, owner, JK by Chef King Restaurant
Ward 6
Municipal Code §32-401, §32-402 and §32-411
Valet loading zone within the passenger loading zone on the east side of N Robinson Avenue from approximately 105 feet south to 129 feet south of the south curb line of NW 6 Street.

F.

David Miller
Ward 7
Municipal Code §32-69
Traffic signals at the west and east side N Interstate Highway 35 Service Road and E Hefner Road intersections

G.

Gary Lee
Ward 7
Municipal Code §32-526 (§59-10450 for reference)
No vehicles in excess of two axles restriction on NW 121 Street between N Walker Avenue and N Santa Fe 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 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 Services Division within ten days following the meeting.

Oklahoma City Traffic Services Division,




 
Stuart Chai, P.E.
City Traffic Engineer