* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] I'LL CALL THE, I'LL, I'LL CONVENE THE, UM, APRIL 11TH, 2024 MEETING OF THE PETALUMA TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IT IS 4:01 PM UH, CAN WE BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL, PLEASE? ABRAMS? HERE. ALDEN? HERE. COLE ROSS? HERE. HEEL. HERE. KAGEN? HERE. QUINT HERE. OSA K HERE. FULL HOUSE. THANK YOU. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] WE RARELY HAVE COMMENTS. THRILLED TO HAVE SOMEBODY HERE, . SO I WILL READ THE NOTE I'M SUPPOSED TO READ EVERY MONTH AND JUST USUALLY DON'T DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC'S INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCILS, IN THIS CASE, THE TRANSIT COMMITTEE, SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND ARE NOT ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, AND I WON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT DIVIDING THAT TIME UP. UH, WITH THAT IN THE RECORD, THE, WE HAVE A CARD HERE FROM DEB FOX OF COOL PETALUMA, MS. FOX. I'VE NEVER HAD TO DO THIS ONE. NOW. OH, LOOK AT THAT. ALL RIGHT. HI, YOU ALL. UH, I'M DEB FOX. I KNOW MANY OF YOU, BUT I DUNNO ALL OF YOU. UH, I'M WITH THE COOL PETALUMA PROGRAM AND, UH, I'M HERE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON, UH, TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF WHAT'S COMING FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION MODE SHIFT CAMPAIGN. UM, BASICALLY WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE GET OUT OF THEIR CARS AND TRY BUSING, BIKING, AND WALKING TO THEIR DESTINATIONS IN TOWN WITH 67% OF PETALUMA'S ACTIVITY BASED, THEREFORE DIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COMING FROM THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR. OUR GOAL IS EFFECTIVELY TO RAISE AWARENESS, PROMOTE BEHAVIOR CHANGE, AND BUILD MOMENTUM TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION HERE IN PETALUMA. UH, SO AS MANY OF YOU, UH, MAY KNOW, WE HELPED LEAD FOR THE, UH, CARBON, UH, BREW PLANT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WHERE WE DID, UH, FOCUS GROUPS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS TO ASK THEM, UH, WHAT WAS EFFECTIVELY HOW THIS WAS GONNA AFFECT THEIR COMMUNITY. UH, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UH, THINGS, MANY, UH, THINGS WERE RISEN UP AND WE PRESENTED THAT TO THE, UH, CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION AND STAFF. UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW IS THAT FEAR IS A BIG ONE FOR PEOPLE ON CHANGING THEIR BEHAVIOR. UH, WE LEARNED THAT RIDING A BUS TAKES, UH, UH, TIME, UH, AND KNOWLEDGE ON WHAT TO DO. UH, AND WE KNOW FIRSTHAND. JOHN NATASHA AND I TOOK THE BUS, UH, FROM DOWNTOWN IN FRONT OF PENAL MARKET ACROSS TOWN TO GO TO LUNCH. AND WE LEARNED A LOT OF WHAT WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WE THOUGHT WE KNEW. ONE OF NATASHA'S FROM SAN FRANCISCO THOUGHT SHE KNEW HOW TO RIDE THE BUS. IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR US. UH, AND SO WHAT WE, UH, IT TAKES A LOT TO PLAN AHEAD, UH, LEAVING A LITTLE EARLY TO WALK TO THE, TO THE BUS STOP, HAVING THE RIGHT SHOES ON IF YOU'RE GONNA WALK, AND THE BAGS CORRECT. AND IF YOU'RE GONNA CARRY YOUR COFFEE LIKE ME EVERYWHERE, HAVING THAT READY TO GO ON YOUR, UH, TRANS ON YOUR MODE TO WHEREVER YOUR DESTINATION IS. UM, AND THIS IS WHERE YOU ALL COME IN, UH, I'LL BE BACK IN MAY, BUT TO INVITE YOU TO BE A PART OF SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AND TRYING NEW WAYS TO GET AROUND THE CITY. UH, AND WHAT BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MODELING WHAT THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, UH, DOES WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING KIDS GET TO SCHOOL SAFELY, IS THAT THERE IS A BIKE TRAIN, OR A BIKE BUS IN WHICH THERE IS A LEADER THAT SUPPORTS THE CHILDREN GETTING TO SCHOOL SAFELY. AND THEN THERE'S A CABOOSE. THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE PROGRAM FOR THEM TO GET TO SCHOOL SAFELY. AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WITH LIVE OAK, UH, TO HELP THEM GO FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE FAIRGROUNDS ON THEIR BIKE ON THURSDAY MORNINGS. UM, THE FIRST TIME WE DID IT WAS ON PIE DAY, AND WE HAD 33 RIDERS OF WHICH INCLUDED PEGGY. UH, THE CITY MANAGER WAS ON THE BACK OF MY BIKE. UH, THE MAYOR AND THE VICE MAYOR WERE IN ATTENDANCE, AND WE HAD A BUNCH OF BIKE ADVOCATES, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAD FAMILIES WITH THEIR CHILDREN RIDING THEIR BIKES TO SCHOOL. AND THE QUOTES ARE PRICELESS OF WHAT THAT IS TO ACTUALLY FIND A NEW WAY TO GET TO SCHOOL. THEY ACTUALLY, RESEARCH SHOWS THAT KIDS LEARN BETTER. THEY SHOW UP MORE RELAXED. AND WHAT I KNOW, 'CAUSE MY HUSBAND COMMUTES TO THE CITY, THE SAME THING IS FOR THE PUBLIC. AND SO IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY TO PRACTICE, UH, TAKING A BUS, WE KNOW WE LEARNED OF A FAMILY THAT HAD, UH, WITH A MOM WITH SIX KIDS RIDES THE BUS TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING. WELL, IF SHE CAN DO IT WITH SIX KIDS AND GO HOME WITH HER GROCERIES, ALL OF US CAN LEARN TO DO THAT. AND WE ALL WILL GET THERE MORE RELAXED, WELL PROBABLY BUY LESS, UM, BECAUSE WE CAN'T CARRY IT ALL. AND THAT'S A PART OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO LEARN, RIGHT? AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS WILL COME IN, IS WHAT I'M GONNA BE DOING, IS ASKING IF YOU WOULD HELP BE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND BE [00:05:01] BUS. UH, YOU HAVE THIS AS A PROGRAM THAT I KNOW ABOUT THE TRANSIT PROGRAM, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I WANT YOU ALL TO BE A PART OF THAT LEADERSHIP TO SHOW PEOPLE AND MEET PEOPLE AT THE BUS STOP AND HELP THEM GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. AND SO, MAY AND MAY WE'LL BE PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON, UH, BIKE. IT'S BIKE MONTH IN THE MONTH OF MAY, BUT WE HAVE ACTIVITIES COMING UP LIKE THE, UH, EXPO ON MAY 21ST. IT'LL BE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND I WANT PEOPLE, I'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT JUST FIGURING OUT MOUNTAIN VIEW, HOW TO GET A BUS THERE AND BACK. I WANNA BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO PEOPLE THAT IF THEY WANNA RIDE THE BUS, THAT THERE WILL BE SOMEONE THERE TO HELP THEM LEARN HOW TO USE THE APP AND HOW TO GET ON THE BUS AND HOW TO GET OFF THE BUS AND HOW TO GET BACK ON THE, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT BEHAVIOR CHANGE TAKES EDUCATION. AND EDUCATION REQUIRES US TO SHOW EACH OTHER HOW FUN IT IS, HOW ACTUALLY IT CAN BE QUITE EASY AND HOW RELAXING IT CAN BE. SO, UH, THERE'LL BE MORE COMING. UM, AND, UH, LIKE I'M MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH MARIA, AND I'M DOING A LOT OF, UM, THAT OUTREACH THAT'LL BE HAPPENING. BUT REALLY ALL OF THIS IS JUST, IT ALIGNS WITH OUR CITY'S BLUEPRINT GOALS FOR TRANSPORTATION AND THE LAND USE ACTION PLAN. UH, WE'RE DOING THIS WITH THE CITY'S SUPPORT AND, UH, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WE'LL BE, UH, SHARING MORE, UH, AS IT MOVES ALONG. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH. BUT YOU MIGHT BE HEARING ME FROM ME AN EMAIL INDIVIDUALLY AS I ROLL THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS. THAT GETS US ONTO [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] APPROVAL OF MINUTES. UH, LET'S BEGIN WITH THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 22ND. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, THEY ARE DEEMED ADOPTED. UH, HOW ABOUT THE MEETING OF MARCH 14TH? AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS? AGAIN, SEEING NONE, THOSE ARE DEEMED ADOPTED. WE'RE MOVING QUICKLY TODAY. THANK YOU. I RECALL THAT WAS A PRETTY QUICK MEETING. THE 14TH WAS I, I'VE FORGOTTEN NOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT THE, THE 22ND WAS SPIRITED, BUT THE MINUTES ARE SO SHORT, THERE WASN'T REALLY MUCH TO COMMENT ON. UM, [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] PUBLIC HEARINGS. UH, MR. HALL, WE ARE DOWN TO TALKING ABOUT THE STA AT TDA RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. JARED HALL, CITY TRANSIT MANAGER. GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. UH, SO THIS ITEM BEFORE US IS ONE THAT YOU'LL GENERALLY SEE EVERY YEAR COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. IT IS FOR THE, UH, TDA AND STA FUNDING ALLOCATION. OF COURSE, TDA AND STA ARE TWO OF OUR BIGGEST, UM, ENTERPRISE FUNDS. THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING WE GET EVERY YEAR COMES FROM THOSE TDA, OF COURSE, BEING THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT, STA BEING THE STATE TRANSIT ASSISTANCE FUND. AND EVERY YEAR WE ARE ALLOCATED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM MTC THROUGH THE COORDINATED CLAIM THAT WE DO WITH, UH, SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. AND THEN WE BRING THAT ITEM BEFORE YOU AS A MECHANISM SO THAT WE CAN, UM, GET THE APPROVAL REQUEST THAT FUNDING FROM SCTA FOR WHAT PROVIDES A LION SHARE OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO FOR FY 24, UM, FOLLOWING KIND OF THE SONOMA COUNTY SALES TAX TRENDS, TDA FUNDS WERE DOWN BY 5%. THEY HAD BEEN UP THE YEAR PRIOR, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S REALLY BEEN KIND OF A ROLLER COASTER PAST FEW YEARS FOR SALES TAX, EVEN THROUGHOUT THE REGION CAN VARY QUITE A BIT BETWEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SONOMA COUNTY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE LARGER REGION OVERALL. SO IN OUR CASE, FOR THE TDA FUNDS, THE FUNDING WAS DOWN BY UM, 5%, ALTHOUGH IT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE, UM, NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. SO FOR THE TDA FUNDS, WE ARE LOOKING AT $3.6 MILLION FOR THE AMOUNT WE'RE ALLOCATED FOR, UM, FY 24. AND THE STA FUNDS ARE 1.28 MILLION FOR THE SAME YEAR. UM, AND THEN ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT PART OF THE CLAIM ITSELF DIRECTLY, WE DID INCLUDE A UPDATE ON THE MEASURE M FUNDING AS WELL, WHICH SIMILAR TO TDAS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY 5%. MEASURE M OF COURSE, IS THE, UM, QUARTER CENT SALES TAX COLLECTED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL BY SCTA THAT'LL BE SWITCHING OVER RELATIVELY SOON, I BELIEVE IN FY 25 TO THE REVISED VERSION OF MEASURE M, WHICH IS GONNA BE CALLED GO SONOMA. THE GOOD THING IS THE PERCENT OF FUNDING ALLOCATED TO TRANSIT INCREASES DURING THAT TIME FROM ABOUT 11% TO 17%. SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL START SEEING AN INCREASE THERE WITH MORE FUNDING FOR TRANSIT. BUT THAT AMOUNT FOR FY UM, 24, UH, 25 IS UM, 384,000. SO IN TERMS OF THOSE AMOUNTS, AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE DO NOT GET TO KEEP THE FULL AMOUNT OF OUR, UM, ALLOCATION EACH YEAR. WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER OPERATORS THAT RUN THROUGHOUT PETALUMA. AND SO TWO OF THOSE MOST NOTABLY ARE GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT AND SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT. IN THE CASE OF GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT, [00:10:01] THEY HAVE A LONGSTANDING DECADES AGREEMENT THAT ENTITLES THEM TO 25% OF ALL THE TDA FUNDING RECEIVED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. AND SO EVERY TRANSIT AGENCY HAS TO PROVIDE AT LEAST THAT 25%. IN THE CASE OF PETALUMA, IT'S A LITTLE, UM, OVER, I BELIEVE IT'S ACTUALLY 28.8%. SOMEHOW SANTA ROSA HAS AN AGREEMENT THAT THEIRS IS AT 21%. BUT IN ANY CASE, EVERY YEAR THAT PERCENTAGE GETS ALLOCATED FROM THE PETALUMA POT. IT'S A GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT FOR THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE, OF WHICH A PORTION OBVIOUSLY SERVES PETALUMA. UM, AND THE INNER CITY SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE OVERALL. UM, SO I'M TRYING TO FIND THAT AMOUNT. SO OF THAT, UH, AMOUNT, THE 3.6 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER 1 MILLION, 1,044,000 GOES TO GOLDEN GATE FOR THAT 28.8%. AND THEN 253,000 OR A LITTLE OVER 7.5% GOES TO SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT FOR THE INTERCITY SERVICE THEY PROVIDE ON ROUTES 44 AND 40 EIGHTS. AND SO THOSE ARE KIND OF OFF THE TOP AMOUNT THAT COME OUT EVERY YEAR FROM THE ALLOCATION THAT WE RECEIVE. AND SO FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE REQUESTING 3.6 MILLION, UM, FROM TDA FUNDS FOR OUR BUDGET. AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF MONEY THAT GOES TOWARDS OPERATING FUNDS AND THEN CAPITAL FUNDS. AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE HAVE A FEW CAPITAL PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, MOST NOTABLY BEFORE FIXED DROUGHT, ELECTRIC BUSES THAT WERE RECENTLY APPROVED BY THIS COMMITTEE AND BY COUNCIL. THE LOCAL MATCH PORTION OF THAT COMES PRIMARILY FROM THE TBA FUNDING. AND SO THE TBA FUNDING DEDICATED TOWARDS CAPITAL IS HIGHER THIS YEAR. TBA FUNDING, OF COURSE, IS FLEXIBLE. IT'S OUR KIND OF LAST DOLLAR IN WHEN WE'RE DOING THINGS LIKE GRANTS BECAUSE IT ROLLS OVER EVERY YEAR. IT CAN BE USED FOR OPERATING OR CAPITAL. AND SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, WE TRY TO MAXIMIZE GRANTS WE GET ON THE CAPITAL SIDE IN PARTICULAR, SO THAT ANY DOLLAR SAVED THROUGH GRANT FUNDING IS MORE TDA MONEY WE CAN SAVE AND PUT TOWARDS OTHER THINGS, ESPECIALLY OPERATING, WHICH IS USUALLY HARDER TO GET GRANT FUNDING FOR. AND SO OF THOSE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS, UM, IT WOULD BE 2.4 MILLION FOR TDA FUNDING, AND THEN 1.185 UM, MILLION WOULD BE GOING TOWARDS THE, UH, CAPITAL SIDE VERSUS 2.4 FOR THE OPERATING SIDE. THE STA FUNDS WOULD BE 1.28 MILLION THAT WE WOULD BE REQUESTING. AND THOSE ALL GO TOWARDS OPERATIONS SPECIFICALLY. UM, SO MY APOLOGIES, THAT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS AND IT IS A BIT CONVOLUTED. I RECOGNIZE THAT. BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME THROUGH THIS REQUEST. DO YOU ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR? YEAH, IN THIS CASE, THE MONEY IS ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY TO SONOMA COUNTY AND TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA. AND SO IT'S REALLY MORE A MECHANISM OF US DOING THIS PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO PETALUMA. BUT THEY ARE SPECIFIC TO US IF WE DON'T USE ALL THE TDA FUNDS, THEY ARE POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, MADE AVAILABLE TO GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT AS ANOTHER OPERATOR. BUT WE ALWAYS TRY TO USE THOSE TDA FUNDS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT WE'RE RECEIVING. BUT YES, GENERALLY OUR ASK IS ALWAYS APPROVED UP TO THE AMOUNT THAT WERE ALLOCATED, UH, AS A LIMIT ANNUALLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. DID WE ASK FOR AS MUCH AS WAS ALLOCATED TO US? YES. YES, SIR. . OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. GOOD IDEA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND THE, THE MOTION WILL BE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FOR THE FUNDING. DO I HAVE AN A MOTION? I MOTION . THANK YOU MR. KAGEN. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND MS. HILL. THANK YOU. UH, THIS SHOULD REQUIRE A ROLL CALL. VOTE ABRAMS. YES. ALDEN? YES. KOHL ROSS? YES. HEEL? YES. KAGEN? YES. QUINT? YES. POST A K? YES. THAT MOVES US ONWARD TO COM. UH, COMMITTEE [COMMITTEE COMMENT] COMMENT. UH, MR. HALL, YOU DID ATTACH AN ARTICLE TO THE AGENDA THIS TIME. DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE ARTICLE? UH, NO. I, BUT THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT THAT WAS PROVIDED, UH, BY YOURSELF, REQUESTED TO BE INCLUDED. AND SO ANYTIME THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE SUCH A DOCUMENT AS PART OF COMMITTEE COMMENT, WE'RE ALWAYS ABLE TO DO THAT, OF COURSE, AND INCLUDE IN THE PACKET. BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU, MR. CHAIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ELABORATE ON THAT PARTICULAR ARTICLE. OKAY. THE REASON THIS PARTICULAR ARTICLE CAUGHT MY EYE IS IT IS A MASSIVE PROPOSED, MASSIVE REGIONAL INVESTMENT TO [00:15:01] INCREASE TRANSIT RIDERSHIP CONSISTENT WITH, UH, PUSHING BACK ON CLIMATE CHANGE FOR ALL THE MONEY THEY EXPECT. THEY TEND INTEND TO SPEND, THEY ANTICIPATE A FIVE TO TENFOLD INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP BY THE YEAR 2045. SO 20 YEARS OUT TO INCREASE FIVE TO TENFOLD. IF YOU REMEMBER MY COMMENTS WHEN WE REVIEWED THE DRAFT, UH, TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN COMPARED TO THE DRAFT BLUEPRINT, THE BLUEPRINT EFFECTIVELY CALLS FOR US TO INCREASE 70 FOLD BETWEEN NOW AND 2030. AND THERE WAS REALLY NO FUNDING FOR THAT AT ALL. I WAS JUST, I I BROUGHT THE ARTICLE UP JUST TO SHOW THE ONE, THE ENORMITY OF THE CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF US. AND TWO, THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO BRING THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN INTO ALIGNMENT FOR THEM TO REALLY BE A COHERENT, ACTIONABLE PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE A PRINCIPLE TOPIC OF OUR MAY ONE MEETING WITH PAC. SO THAT'S MY SOAPBOX FOR THE DAY. THIS IS ALSO THE OPEN TIME FOR OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO OFFER THOUGHTS THEY HAVE REGARDING TRANSIT. I'LL START ON THE FAR END COUNT COMMITTEE MEMBER OSA. K. UM, AND I CAN'T, I, I DON'T WANNA ATTRIBUTE THIS THOUGHT TO ANY, ANY SOURCE IN PARTICULAR, BUT I MEAN, IN, IN REGARDS TO YOUR COMMENTS AND SUCH, I'VE READ SOME, SOME ARTICLES AND THEN IT TALKED SIMILAR TO THIS ARTICLE. AND IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SEE PETALUMA INCREASING 70 TIMES. I'M NOT SAYING WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO INCREASE AT SOME LEVEL, BUT SIMILAR TO THE SPEAKER AT NO BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THIS COMES FROM, IS THAT NO, BEFORE YOU GROW LAST NIGHT WHERE HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYTHING WAS LIKE THIS AND LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, AND NO RIVER, NO 1 0 1, NO RAILROAD, UH, IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER. AND ALL I'M SAYING, I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP TRYING TO INCREASE IT. OH. BUT IT'S HARD FOR, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD HATE TO SEE US MAKING EVERYTHING ALIGN WITH INCREASING 70 TIMES. OH, I, YES. I MEAN, AS LONG AS CAR TRAVEL REMAINS CONVENIENT AND IT WILL IN THIS TOWN FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, UH, WE JUST NEED TO SORT OF BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHERE WE CAN GET TO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE. UH, EVEN IF WE RE RE REGRET WHAT REALISTIC MEANS. UM, SO, AND, AND WITH WHAT WE DID CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT, YOU KNOW, I THINK TWICE FOR A WALK ON D STREET NOW, VERY GOOD. UH, MOVING THIS DIRECTION. UH, VICE ER, YEAH, I, UM, I WAS, I WAS ALL JAZZED FOR THIS SECTION WHEN, UH, I WAS READING THE DRAFT, UH, GENERAL PLAN. AND THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, EACH OF OUR, THE, THE TRANSIT ELEMENTS. SO I THINK I'LL SAVE MOST OF MY COMMENTS FOR THAT. UM, YEAH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. COMMITTEE MEMBER, CARL ROSS, ANY COMMENTS? NONE. OKAY. UH, COMMUNITY MEMBER QUINT? YEAH, NO, NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. OKAY. KATIE, HE KIND. AND CAN YOU REMEMBER ABRAMS? I DO HAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN SHARE THE PICTURES THAT I SENT IN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SCREENS HERE, BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN WITHOUT PICTURES. AND THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULD THINK OF TO GET THE PICTURES HERE. SO STEPHANIE SAID THEY'D BE AVAILABLE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE, I'M AFRAID. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE PHOTOS ARE. UH, WHAT WERE THEY IN REFERENCE TO? UM, A, A TRULY HAZARDOUS BUS STOP. UM, SPEAKING OF SAFE STREETS AND, AND LEARNING TO RIDE THE BUS, UM, I WILL DO MY BEST, UM, TO EXPLAIN IT. AND I'LL WALK AROUND WITH MY LAPTOP TO SHOW YOU THE PICTURES IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. BUT, UM, I DECIDED THAT I WOULD TAKE THE BUS TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR MY APPOINTMENT AND NOT DRIVE, OH, MY MICROPHONE. AND OF COURSE IT WAS POURING RAIN, WHICH MADE IT HARDER, UM, TO BOARD THE BUS SAFELY. BUT I TOOK GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT, SO THIS MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO US 'CAUSE IT'S A STOP THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE. UM, PETALUMA TRANSIT USES THIS BUS STOP. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS HOW ALL THESE THINGS THAT THE CITY PUT TOGETHER CAME TOGETHER, UM, IN A NOT VERY GOOD WAY. MIKE. YEAH, THERE YOU GO. MIC MIKE. UM, SORRY, I LOOK AT YOU AND NOT AT THE MIC. . I'LL LOOK AT THE MIC. UM, IT'S THE BUS STOP ON PETALUMA BOULEVARD SOUTH JUST BEFORE F AND THE BUS STOP HAS A BENCH. IT'S PROBABLY 18 FEET NORTH OF THE CORNER. IT'S ON. THIS IS GOING, [00:20:01] UH, SOUTHBOUND. AND THERE'S A SIGN THERE THAT SAYS BUS STOP. AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS WAITING. NOW, STANDING THERE OFF TO MY RIGHT IS WHERE F STREET IS. AND BETWEEN ME AND F STREET, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE, THE STREET AWAY FROM THE SIDEWALK IS A FIRE HYDRANT. AND SO THE, THE CURB ALONG THE STREET IS RED THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE BUS STOP, THROUGH THE FIRE HYDRANT TO F STREET. NOW, I HAD COME SOUTH WALKING DOWN PETALUMA BOULEVARD, HADN'T GOTTEN TO F STREET, SO I WASN'T REALLY AWARE, BUT THERE IS A RAMP THAT HAD BEEN CUT INTO THE SIDEWALK, UM, GOING DOWN SO THAT BY THE TIME THE SIDEWALK REACHES F STREET, IT'S FLAT. SO THAT MEANS IT HAS A CURB. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WALKING NEXT TO A INCREASINGLY HIGH CURB TO REACH THE LEVEL OF THE SIDEWALK WHERE THE BENCH FOR PEOPLE WAITING FOR THE BUS IS NOW. THE BUS CAME ALONG, I FLAGGED IT DOWN AND IT PULLED PAST ME ALL THE WAY UP TO THE END OF THE RED STRIPE SO THAT IT WAS RIGHT AT F STREET, ITS NOSE WAS RIGHT AT F STREET TO GET TO THE BUS. OF COURSE, IT'S POURING RAIN. I WANT TO GET TO THE BUS. I'M FOCUSED ON GETTING TO THE BUS. A HYDRANT IS IN MY WAY. SO I GO TO THE RIGHT OF THE BUS WHERE THE RAMP IS, AND I WAS MOVING FAST TO GET OUTTA THE RAIN, AND I HIT THAT CURB AND I WENT FLYING. AND I WAS SPRAWLED ON THE STREET IN SHOCK, IN PAIN WITHOUT MY UMBRELLA. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE FACE ON THE BUS DRIVER. ANYWAY, UM, THERE SHOULD BE BRIGHT YELLOW ON THAT CURB. AND I'VE SEEN BRIGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, SO THERE'S NOTHING, IT'S JUST YOU CANNOT, I HAVE PICTURES. YOU CAN'T SEE IT WHEN YOU'RE SITTING ON THE BENCH THAT IT'S, THAT A CURB IS BUILDING AS THE SIDEWALK SLIDES DOWN. BUT EVEN MORE, THERE SHOULD BE A LINE PERPENDICULAR TO THE SIDEWALK THAT SAYS BUS STOPS HERE. AND IN FACT, THAT'S MY STORY. SO I WILL SUBMIT THIS AS A TICKET TO THE CITY. I DID CALL CITY RISK MANAGEMENT ON MONDAY, BUT THEY DID NOT CALL ME BACK. UM, YOU CAN'T BUILD THE, YOU CAN'T BUILD IT LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, THE HYDRANT, THE RAMP, THE BUS, THE PERSON. OKAY. AND I'M LUCKY, AND THE CITY'S LUCKY I DIDN'T BREAK ANYTHING. END OF STORY. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. I, I'M, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR MISHAP. I AM PLEASED YOU BROUGHT IT TO THIS GROUP. UH, MR. HALL, I ASSUME YOU WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND CON COMMUNICATE WITH MS. ABRAMS? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, PLEASE ALSO ACCEPT MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT SITUATION. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT THE EXPERIENCE WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE WHEN THEY'RE RIDING THE BUS. UM, NICOLE HAS FORWARDED ME TO EMAIL. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS ENTER THAT IN PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY SHOW THAT AT NEXT MEETING. WE CAN PULL THAT UP ON THE SCREEN SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. BUT WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL GET WITH CARLY AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AND THEN OTHER CITY ENGINEERING STAFF TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO, HOPEFULLY MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT STOP SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY SAFETY ISSUES. UM, AND I MAY REACH OUT TO YOU WITH A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. SO MY APOLOGIES, I DIDN'T SEE IT PREVIOUSLY, BUT THANKS FOR LETTING US KNOW AND I'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT 'EM STUFF. YEAH. OTHERWISE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET THE, THE PICTURES IN WHEN, IN THAT RELATED GOOD CASE. THANKS FOR RIDING TRANSIT THOUGH, AND , SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE. OKAY. I DID WANNA MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT HERE BEFORE WE MOVE ON. UM, THERE IS A RECENTLY SUBMITTED STATE MEASURE STATE, UH, LEGISLATION SB 10 31 SPONSORED BY SENATOR WIENER. IT, IT, IT WILL IF PASSED AND IT WILL REQUIRE A BALLOT MEASURE FOR REGIONAL TRANSIT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE TO $2 BILLION, ALL OF WHICH IS GREAT MONEY, MORE MONEY HELPS GETS US TO OUR GOALS. IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE OR REQUIRE A STUDY OF POTENTIAL TRANSIT DEPARTMENT CONSOLIDATION. AND I, THIS COMES UP REGULARLY. I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN UP ON THIS DAIS. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH NOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO JARRE WALKER SPEAK AND RECOGNIZE HIS CREDIBILITY. I GOT INTO A DEBATE ONCE WITH SOMEBODY REGARDING WHETHER PETALUMA TRANSIT SHOULD BECOME, BECOME PART OF SCT. JUST BY CHANCE. I WAS AT A CONFERENCE WHERE WALKER WAS PRESENT. I GOT HIM ONE-ON-ONE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, PETALUMA SHOULD PETALUMA TRANSIT BECOME PART OF A, A BIGGER AGENCY? AND HIS RESPONSE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT. WHEN A [00:25:01] TRANSIT AGENCY IS PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN MOVING COMMUTERS FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY, CONSOLIDATION MAKES GREAT SENSE. IF MOST OF OUR RIDERSHIP IN PETALUMA WAS GOING TO A BART STATE OR TO A SMART STATION, OR TO GOLDEN GATE CONSOLIDATION WOULD REALLY MAKE SENSE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE MOST OF OUR RIDERSHIP IS PEOPLE TRYING TO GET DOWNTOWN, GETTING NEW MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, THEN WE REALLY SHOULD STAND ALONE TO THINK THAT WE CAN PROVIDE RESPONSIVE SERVICE. NO, NOT WE TO THINK THAT A BUREAUCRAT IN SAN FRANCISCO CAN PROVIDE RESPONSIVE SERVICE TO GET YOUR MOTHER TO KAISER. MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL. SO I'M ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF INCREASED FUNDING, BUT IF CONSOLIDATION COMES UP TO THE EXTENT I HAVE A VOICE IN THE MATTER, I WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR PETAL TRANSIT BEING A STANDALONE EFFECTIVE AGENCY. SO, UM, AND I WOULD SAY, MR. CHAIR, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THAT IS A LARGE, REASONABLE DISCUSSION AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. IT ELICITS A LOT OF INTEREST AND EMOTIONS. MM-HMM, , IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MOVING FAIRLY QUICK. SO YOU ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF IT. THE FIRST PIECE WOULD BE A CONSOLIDATION STUDY. AND THEN THE LANGUAGE IS IN THERE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS FROM THAT STEP. IS THERE STEPS TOWARDS CONSOLIDATION BASED ON THE STUDY? REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOMES? BASED ON THE OUTCOMES. SO THAT'S ONE MAJOR COMPONENT. THE SECOND BEING A REGIONAL TAX MEASURE OF WHICH THE EXACT MECHANISM IS STILL BEING DISCUSSED. IF THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE A SALES TAX, PARCEL TAX, HOW MUCH MONEY IS CONCLUDED WITHIN THAT? AND THEN HOW MUCH MONEY IS RETURNED TO EACH COMMUNITY WITH WHAT'S KNOWN AS RETURN TO SOURCE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF SONOMA COUNTY GENERATES X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, SAY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, HOW MUCH OF THAT WOULD BE GUARANTEED TO COME BACK TO SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT OPERATORS? THERE'S OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE FUNDING THAT'S INCLUDED. SO SOME WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR TRANSIT SERVICE, SOME WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR, UM, SAFE STREET PROJECTS, OTHER CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS. THEY'RE FIGURING OUT WHAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE, HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THE BUCKET FOR ALL OF THOSE. SO I WOULD SAY OVERALL THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION. VERY FAST MOVING, CHANGING ALMOST ON A WEEK TO WEEK BASIS. UM, STILL NOT CERTAINTY. WHAT PIECES WOULD THAT MAY MOVE FORWARD. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, UM, HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES WITH, ESPECIALLY ONCE IT'S CLEAR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL ADVANCE AND WHAT THE FRAMEWORK IS WITH IT. TO YOUR POINT, IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT'S ARISEN SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST. NEVER MADE IT TO THE POINT, FOR EXAMPLE, OF HAVING A REGIONAL BOUT MEASURE OR REMAINS TO BE SEEN THAT THIS ONE WILL. SO GOOD THINGS POTENTIALLY IF IT WERE TO TRANSPIRE AND THERE WAS A VOTE ON IT IN THE FORM OF MORE FUNDING. BUT A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT GO INTO IT, SUCH AS THE CONSOLIDATION ELEMENTS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. SO THANK YOU. AND ACTUALLY, IF I COULD, COULD ADD ONE MORE ANECDOTE REGARD REGARDING CONSOLIDATION. I RECENTLY ATTENDED A WEBINAR REGARDING TRANSIT SERVICE IN ZURICH IN PARTICULAR AND SWITZERLAND OVERALL. AND YOU KNOW, ANY OF YOU WHO'VE SEEN ANYTHING REGARDING TRANSIT IN SWITZERLAND, IT'S MARVELOUS. EVERYTHING TRANSIT GOES EXACTLY WHERE YOU WANT. THERE'S GOOD COORDINATION. AND ONE OF THE COMMENTERS SAID, WELL OBVIOUSLY THIS MEANS THAT MOST OF THE TRANSIT AGENCIES IN SWITZERLAND HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED. THE RESPONSE IS NO. THERE ARE 200 DIFFERENT TRANSIT AGENCIES IN SWITZERLAND. THEY JUST COORDINATE SO WELL TOGETHER THAT IT WORKS WHILE STILL MEETING LOCAL NEEDS. NOW ADMITTEDLY, THE SWISS ARE BETTER AT COORDINATION PROBABLY THAN WE ARE. SO WE JUST NEED TO GET, WE, WE NEED TO MAKE THAT IMPROVEMENT, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO CONSOLIDATE TO GET THE SWISS LEVEL OF SERVICE. SO THAT'S MY THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE TRANSIT [STAFF COMMENT] MANAGER REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, UH, RIDERSHIP FOR FEBRUARY, 2024 WAS UP 58% COMPARED TO FEBRUARY, 2023. SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS. MM-HMM , WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE INCREASE THERE, OF WHICH I BELIEVE A LARGE PORTION IS DUE TO THE, UH, K THROUGH 12 FREE YOUTH PROGRAM, BUT OVERALL INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD ON THE FIXED ROUTE RIDERSHIP, WHICH IS GREAT. THAT'S BEEN THE TREND NOW FOR, UM, AT LEAST A HALF YEAR OR SO. AND ON THE PARATRANSIT SIDE, WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE AS WELL, UP 42% FROM FEBRUARY OF, UM, 2024 VERSE 2023. SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS. HOPEFULLY BOTH OF THOSE TRENDS CONTINUE. UM, REGARDING OUR ELECTRIC BUS PURCHASE, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS WITH NEW FLYER WHO WILL BE CONSTRUCTING PROVIDING THOSE BUSES FOR US. WE'RE STILL ON TRACK WITH OUR SCHEDULE TO RECEIVE THOSE BUSES FEBRUARY 20, 25. WE'RE AT THE STAGE NOW WHERE WE'RE FINALIZING THE SPECS OF THE BUSES, SUCH AS FLOORING MATERIALS, A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, IT'S REALLY SURPRISING HOW MANY DIFFERENT SPECIFICATIONS GO INTO A BUS. THERE'S ABOUT FIVE PAGES WORTH OF 'EM. WE'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE PIECES RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THE BUSES ARE EXPECTED TO START ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER THIS [00:30:01] YEAR. UM, LIKELY BEING BUILT AT THE MINNESOTA PLANT OR THE WINNIPEG PLANT OF NEW FLYER. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THOSE. UM, AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING THOSE IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR. REGARDING THE MICRO TRANSIT AND FAIR FREE PROGRAMS, THOSE ARE COMING TO A HEAD NOW. OF COURSE, WE'RE HOPING TO LAUNCH THOSE BY JULY 1ST. AND SO WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FAIR FREE SERVICE WHERE WE'RE DOING THE MARKETING, THE BRANDING, THE IMAGERY, WE THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF THOSE DETAILS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR EVERYONE'S INPUT AND START GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE ENOUGH DETAILS OF IT, WE'RE GONNA KNOW THE START DATES. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO ALL OF YOU AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS UM, DEB'S GROUP AND ALL THE OTHER GROUPS OUT THERE, ALL OUR OTHER PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD ON THESE TWO PROGRAMS AS THEY GET OFF THE GROUND. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE INFORMATION ON THE MICRO TRANSIT SIDE IN PARTICULAR. WE'RE HOPING TO SCHEDULE A, UH, FINAL MEETING FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. WE ADDED THAT GROUP TO HAVE A FINAL DISCUSSION ON THAT, CLOSE THE LOOP ON THE DISCUSSION, LET PEOPLE KNOW THE, UH, FINAL FRAMEWORK FOR THAT PROGRAM. THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR TIME AND INPUTS AND KIND OF LET THEM KNOW NEXT STEPS WITH IT, HOW THAT PROGRAM'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD. SO VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. BUTTER AND EGGS. BUTTER AND EGG DAYS IS COMING UP ON SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH. WE OF COURSE WILL HAVE A BUS IN THE PARADE. AGAIN, WE'VE DONE THAT EVERY YEAR SINCE AT LEAST 2013. AND SO WE'RE RUNNING FAIR FREE THAT WEEKEND AND THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY'S, THE ANTIQUE FAIR. AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE RUNNING GENERALLY A WEEKDAY SCHEDULE ON THAT SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH WITH AN ADDITIONAL BUS ON ROUTE 11, ROUTE 11 BEING THE EAST WEST CONNECTOR THAT RUNS ON WASHINGTON. SO PEOPLE CAN GO TO THE EAST SIDE TRANSIT CENTER BY THE SAFEWAY, CATCH THE BUS DOWN FOR FREE, AND THAT BUS IS GONNA RUN EVERY 15 MINUTES. AND SO IT'S REALLY OUR BIGGEST RIDERSHIP DAY OF THE YEAR. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, A LOT OF ENERGY, A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OUT WHO MAYBE HAVE NEVER ROAD TRANSIT OR RIDE AT ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR. AND THAT MAY BE THE DAY THAT THEY RIDE, GIVEN HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO GET DOWNTOWN. THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE, ALL THE CONGESTION. SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, OF COURSE, TO GET OUT THERE AND RIDE THE BUS, COME ON DOWN, SEE THE PARADE, THERE'LL BE A BUS IN IT. SO WE'LL BE EXCITED TO SEE YOU THERE. AND THE CITY'S GONNA HAVE A FLOAT, I BELIEVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE PARADE AS WELL. WE'LL BE AT EAST SIDE TRANSIT CENTER DOING TABLING AND THEN ALSO DOWNTOWN IN THE MAIN TABLING AREAS WITH THE OTHER GROUPS AND NONPROFITS. SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE THERE. UH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ITEM. AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED A FEW TIMES, BUT NOTABLY WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP ON MAY 1ST. AND THAT'S A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT MEETING THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ATTEND. THAT IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THIS BODY ALONG WITH THE PAC PEDESTRIAN BIKE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN. THE CITY'S CREATED 14 ELEMENTS AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. THEY'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSED OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AT THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, BOARDS AND OUR CASE. WE'VE BEEN TASKED WITH, UM, TALKING THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT IN PARTICULAR. AND SO THAT INCLUDES TRANSIT AND ALSO BIKE PAD. THERE'S A LOT OF TIE IN THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF TIE IN IN THE OTHER, UM, ELEMENTS LIKE LAND USE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO YOU REALLY SEE THE INTERSECTION OF ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS. BUT IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT LONG RANGE PLANNING DOCUMENT FOR THE CITY. IT ONLY GETS UPDATED, YOU KNOW, EVERY UM, SO MANY YEARS, EVERY FIVE TO 10 YEARS OR SO. SO THIS WILL BE THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT, GO TO THAT MEETING, PROVIDE COMMENTS. IT'LL BE HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE MEMBERS OF BOTH BODIES ALL HERE AT THE STAFF DESK AND BEHIND THE DAIS. UM, SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE TO COME OUT. AND THEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OF COURSE. AND THEN THIS BODY, EVERYONE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ME WITH A LINK TO THAT DOCUMENT REQUESTING COMMENTS BACK BY APRIL 26TH IF POSSIBLE, IF YOU'D LIKE THOSE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET FOR THAT MEETING IN ADVANCE. NOT REQUIRED, BUT IF YOU DO, PLEASE PROVIDE 'EM BY THAT TIME. AND OVERALL CAN TAKE A WHILE TO READ THAT ELEMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THERE. IT'S A FAIRLY DENSE DOCUMENT, SO I'LL ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO START SOONER RATHER LATER. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A READ THROUGH IT, PLEASE DO SO. BUT THAT IS SUCH A VITAL, IMPORTANT DOCUMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF TRANSIT, FOR THE FUTURE OF PETALUMA OVERALL. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE AT THAT MEETING AS WELL. AND THAT IS IT FOR ME, MR. CHAIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HALL? MR. KAGEN? UH, PERHAPS YOU CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. YOU MENTIONED, UH, 'CAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL DIRECT GENERAL PLAN AND UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE TRANSPORTATION SPANS [00:35:01] A LOT OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY INSTANT INSIGHT AS TO WHEN THE LAND USE ELEMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED? BECAUSE I SEE THAT IT'S NOT PUBLISHED YET. I'M SORRY, COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? THE, DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT AS TO WHEN THE LAND USE, UH, ELEMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED? 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE THOSE PUBLISHED YET, I'M AFRAID. I DON'T KNOW THAT SPECIFICALLY. I KNOW THE TRANSPORTATION ONE IS UP. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HERE HAPPENS TO KNOW THAT ANY OF THE DATES FOR THE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS. I'M AFRAID I DON'T, BUT I CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER. OKAY. THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY. I'LL EMAIL THAT OUT TO YOU IN THE, UH, COMMITTEE. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER POST, I HAD A QUESTION. I THINK I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT ON BUTTER AND EGGS DAY, ALTHOUGH SOME ROUTES ARE, ARE, UH, RIDING MORE FREQUENTLY, UH, ARE RUNNING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN USUAL, EVERY ROUTE IS RUNNING AT LEAST AT THE REGULAR WEEKDAY SCHEDULE. CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S THE INTENT. VERY GOOD. CAN YOU COMMITTEE MEMBER QUINT. THANK YOU. UH, SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAUGHT THE NEWS, BUT WE HAD A PRETTY EXCITING NIGHT HERE ON MONDAY NIGHT . UM, THE, UH, I MET A COUPLE, UH, WHILE WAITING IN LINE TO COME IN THAT LIVE ON D STREET, 69-YEAR-OLD GENTLEMAN WITH PARKINSON'S. AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS, UH, EVENTUALLY WHEN THE CHANGES ARE MADE AND THERE'S PARKING THAT'S NOT ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, THAT UM, THE PARATRANSIT SERVICE WILL BE IMPACTED. SO, UM, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A POINT OF, I'M SURE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT. UM, BUT UH, AT SOME POINT, PARATRANSIT TRANSIT IN GENERAL IS GONNA BE IMPACTED AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS AND WE TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED. YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE YOU THINKING OF THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED WITH THE OTHER CITY STAFF AT WORKING ON THAT. I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH BJO AND THE, UM, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THAT A WEEK AGO TO TALK ABOUT THE PARATRANSIT IMPACTS OF THAT. I WOULD SAY OVERALL IT'S A CONDITION, THE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED WITH REMOVING THE PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND ADDING THE BIKE LANES, IT'S SIMILAR TO CONDITIONS WE HAVE ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD SAY IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR TO, UM, SOUTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD. PEOPLE KNOW THE CONDITIONS THERE WITH THE PARKING, THE BIKE LANES, AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE THAT WE'RE USED TO. WE KNOW WELL HOW TO SERVE THOSE AREAS. GENERALLY WE WOULD TRY TO STAY IN THE STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, LOAD PEOPLE AT THE DRIVEWAY IF POSSIBLE. BUT IT'S DIFFERENT WITH EACH HOUSE, GIVEN HOW THE DRIVEWAY SET UP. GIVE THE SPACE AT TIMES, WE CAN PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY IF NEEDED, IF IT'S ENOUGH SPACE AND IT'S FLAT. UH, BUT OVERALL I WOULD SAY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, ACCOUNTED FOR. AND IF YOU HEAR OF ANY PARTICULAR MEMBERS ALONG THAT AREA, SUCH AS THE, I THINK THE GENTLEMAN YOU MENTIONED, FEEL FREE TO SEND 'EM OUR WAY. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. EITHER THEY'RE NOT A USER OR PARATRANSIT, BUT THEY MAY BE SOME OF THAT BENEFITS. HAPPY TO GIVE THEM MORE INFO, GET THEM SET UP WITH THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. SURE. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. QUINT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR OKAY, THEN WE HAVE CONCLUDED OUR AGENDA. WE WILL ADJOURN AT 4:40 PM THANK YOU FOR ALL BEING HERE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.