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Commission approves consent calendar; commissioners press sheriff's office on e-bike reporting and multi-year trends
Summary
The Traffic and Parking Commission unanimously approved consent calendar items May 5, including pulling and later passing the sheriff’s department report (item 3). Commissioners asked staff to request multi-year enforcement data and to follow up with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department about recording e-bike violations.
The Lake Forest City Traffic and Parking Commission voted unanimously May 5 to approve items on the consent calendar, including a pulled sheriff’s department report that commissioners later approved after discussion.
Commissioner Recker moved to pull item 3 and to approve items 1 and 2; Commissioner Patel seconded the motion. The commission recorded an affirmative verbal vote by Commissioner Patel, Vice Chair Mondo, Chair Faust, Commissioner Reichert and Commissioner Camarena; the motion passed unanimously.
During discussion of the sheriff’s department report, Commissioner Recker asked whether recent reports include a separate code or checkbox to record e-bike violations. Tran, the city’s traffic staff member, said the city “did have some new, municipal codes regarding e bikes” and that the Orange County Sheriff’s Department currently does not consistently mark e-bikes in its reports because officers are using their existing reporting procedures. Tran said she would “follow-up with Captain Poults” from the sheriff’s department regarding the possibility of recording e-bike incidents distinctly.
Commissioner Patel asked whether multi-year trend data is available for the violations summarized in the report. Tran offered to request that information from the sheriff’s department and to add an annual-style trend report to the city’s quarterly packet so the commission could assess whether enforcement is addressing rising or falling trends.
Later in the meeting, Commissioner Faust moved to pass item number 3; Commissioner Camarena seconded the motion. The commission again voted unanimously to approve the item.
No ordinances or new enforcement policies were adopted at the May 5 meeting; commissioners requested follow-up from staff and the sheriff’s department about e-bike reporting and multi-year violation trends.
