Re: Appeal of Design Review Board decision PDR 1723012-B; 1633 S. Victory Blvd. 3-story, 64-room hotel with ingress and egress access to 2 level of underground parking from public alleyway — allowing for a single business monopolization of alleyway and burden of cumulative traffic congestion.
As the date approaches for our appeal case to be heard by City Council, we will be adding photos to our feature called “alley traffic of the day.” The point of this is so that our concerns about cumulative alley congestion, resident access, and potential of injury are not heard as typical generic cries of “traffic,” but are instead clearly demonstrated, over time, and shown to be a real condition, not merely an opinion based in projection, assumptions, or fear.
We have a number of examples below to catch up on our Alley traffic photos of the day feature.
Monday March 18, 2019. Waste Management makes it’s regularly scheduled stop. A resident in a white passenger vehicle awaits to exit the alleyway. Two vehicles, a truck and a passenger vehicle, attempt to enter the alleyway.
The white truck moves to its driver’s left attempting to avert the congestion.
As the truck exits the alleyway, it moves to its left, allowing the smaller white truck to pass.
American Reclamation, a company contracted with the City of Glendale is also scheduled to come through with their sanitation trucks (today’s truck not pictured) on Mondays to pick up bulky items.
Thursday March 14, 2019
It’s less common to see Waste Management on Thursday. This is the Recycling pickup which comes as needed.
Wednesday March 13, 2019
A Frito-Lay delivery truck hangs partially in the alley while servicing the Chevron Extra-Mile shop.
Tuesday March 12 2019 (around 6:50 am).
A Coca-Cola Truck readies to deliver to the Extra-Mile shop.
Two vehicles approach from the opposite end of the alleyway; a car and a truck loaded with mattresses. The car will be able to navigate around (to the right of) the Coca-Cola truck.
However, the truck carrying mattresses is unable to navigate the passage.
The driver waits for the Coca-Cola truck to exit the alleyway before proceeding on its course.
A short while later (7:20 am), our municipal sanitation vehicles start rolling through to perform their regularly scheduled pick-up of residential trash, recyclables, and green waste.
At the other end of the alley two local residents pass on their morning commute.
Saturday March 9, 2019.
A regularly scheduled Saturday morning pickup.
Below: March 4 and March 6, 2019.
It is our sincere hope that the Glendale City Council will view these photographs and consider all of their implications; from issues regarding resident inconvenience and prevention of usage, to the potential for property damage, injury, or fatality.
Please see our previous post addressing alleyway congestion at: Photos we presented to the Design Review Board, and more alley traffic congestion
Thank you for your diligence on this serious matter. This development would be a blight on the neighborhood and is clearly not congruent with the current residents and business traffic.
Traffic on school days related to franklin elementary compounds the concerns of traffic congestion.
Absolutely. Though we’ve focused mostly on the Victory end of the alley, the Lake St. side of the alley runs right into the carpool lines waiting to approach Benjamin Franklin Elementary School. There is almost no movement while that line is active. Residents have waited long periods of time simply to reach that alley entrance (or exit). Even longer if attempting to access or navigate Winchester Ave.