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OKAY,GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN, UH, THE PETALUMA PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 3RD.
AND WITH THAT, DO I HAVE CAITLIN DO KAITLIN COREY IS OUR CITY CLERK.
AND WOULD YOU PLEASE ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO OUR THREE NEW MEMBERS? ABSOLUTELY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
SO EXCITING TO BE HERE, AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE REALLY COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
UH, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO VOLUNTEER, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UM, I'LL HAVE YOU GUYS JOIN ME AT THE FRONT OF THE DAIS FOR THE CAMERA.
WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE? YEAH.
I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS, OOPS, SORRY.
SO, IF I COULD HAVE YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I STATE YOUR NAME, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
I HONOR VAL DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, WITHOUT ANY RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION.
AND THAT I WILL, WELL AND FAITHFULLY.
AND THAT, THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.
DUTIES UPON WHICH, UPON WHICH I, I'M ABOUT TO ENTER
AND WELCOME TO OUR THREE NEW MEMBERS.
[ROLL CALL]
CALL.BJORN, ARE YOU THE CLERK? I AM THE CLERK THIS EVENING.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? I WILL CALL THE ROLE.
AND FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS, YOU CAN JUST SAY HERE, WHEN I SAY YOUR LAST NAME, SHAW.
I GOT A NOTE FROM HIM SAYING HE WOULD BE LATE.
UM, OUR NEXT, UH, SINCE WE'VE HAD THE ROLL CALL, OUR NEXT ITEM IS, UH, BJORN, IT'S ALL YOURS.
IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE OR HAVE THE THREE NEW MEMBERS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
REALLY QUICKLY, UH, JUST BEFORE WE WELCOME YOU ALL AND GIVE YOU AN OP, A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.
UM, ALSO JUST WANT TO AGAIN, UH, THANK OUR THREE OUTGOING MEMBERS FROM THE COMMITTEE WHO ARE NO LONGER, UH, SERVING WITH US.
UM, THOSE ARE, UH, PAMELA MEYER, KELLY BOND AND NICOLE KAMAR, UM, WHO VERY, UH, RECENTLY JUST BEFORE THE APPOINTMENTS, UM, ACTUALLY SHARED HER RESIGNATION WITH US.
UM, SO JUST WANNA REITERATE FROM THE CITY'S ON THE CITY'S BEHALF, OUR GRATITUDE TO THE THREE OF THEM FOR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMITTEE AND HELPING, UH, MAKE PETALUMA A BETTER PLACE TO WALK AND BIKE.
AND, UH, AND WE KNOW WE, WE'LL PROBABLY BE SEEING THEM AT MANY MORE, UM, AT, AT MEETINGS HERE AND, AND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND, UH, JUST WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR THREE NEW MEMBERS, UH, NOW TO, UH, GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO, UH, JUST BRIEFLY INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.
UM, NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT, UH, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, UH, SHARE WITH US, UM, MAYBE WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED OR WHY YOU WERE INTERESTED IN SERVING WITH, UH, THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, MAYBE SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR CONNECTION TO WALKING AND BIKING IN PETALUMA.
UM, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE SHARING WHEREABOUTS IN TOWN YOU LIVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOUR ADDRESS, BUT
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IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO KNOW, UH, KIND OF OUR GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION ON THIS COMMITTEE.UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE, WE DEAL WITH SO MANY, UH, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SHARE WITH US? THANKS.
SHOULD WE START WITH, WILLIAM, IF YOU'LL GO FIRST AND WE'LL JUST MOVE THIS DIRECTION.
IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE US A QUICK, QUICK SYNOPSIS OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HELPING US, UM, ON THE BIKE AND PED COMMITTEE.
UM, I'VE BEEN RIDING BIKES IN PETALUMA SINCE I COULD RIDE A BIKE.
UH, RIDING MYSELF TO SCHOOL FROM FOURTH GRADE ON RIDING WITH MY KIDS SINCE, UH, PRESCHOOL.
AND, UH, SO I, I'M AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT AND OBSERVER OF THE, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONS AROUND.
I'VE SEEN THE EVOLUTION OVER THE LAST, UH, 40 PLUS YEARS, PARDON ME.
UH, I LIVE ON THE SOUTHEAST END OF TOWN.
I GREW UP, UH, JUST UP THE HILL HERE ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO I, I KIND OF KNOW ALL CORNERS.
AND, UH, I'M EXCITED TO BE A ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE KIND OF FURTHERING DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, OUR CITY AS A, AS A DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE WHO, WHO DON'T ALWAYS WANNA DRIVE.
UM, WELL, YEAH, I'M JOHANNA, THE ACCENT THAT YOU HEAR IS GERMAN.
SO I GREW UP IN GERMANY AND, UM, I GREW UP RIDING BIKES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR MOST OF MY TRAVELS.
EXCUSE YOU SEEM TO BE, THERE'S A REALLY LOUD FAN BACK HERE, SO, OKAY.
I'M FROM GERMANY GROWING UP, UM, WITH BIKES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND THAT'S JUST MY MAIN MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS LIKE WALKING OR BIKING AND THE TRAIN.
UM, I LIVE IN MIDTOWN, WHICH IS PERFECT FOR
UM, I FRIEND AND I WE'RE LEADING A BIKE TRAIN TO CHERRY VALLEY NOW EVERY FRIDAY, UM, AND HOPEFULLY SOME MORE NEXT, NEXT YEAR.
MY LIFE CHANGED A BIT SO I HAVE MORE TIME TO DO EXCITING THINGS LIKE THIS AND HELP MOVE THIS FORWARD.
UM, I LIVE ALMOST OUT PAST THE JUNIOR COLLEGE.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN JUST CASUAL BIKERS FOR YEARS.
WE HAVE NOW GONE TO BEING E-BIKES AND WE OWN A BUSINESS RIGHT IN MIDTOWN.
WE OWN PREFERRED SONOMA CATERERS.
SO YOU CAN'T GET MUCH MORE THAN THE CENTER OF TOWN THAN THAT.
AND WE BOTH COMMUTE TO WORK AS MANY DAYS AS POSSIBLE ON OUR E-BIKES.
AND AS WELL AS BEING PART OF THAT FOR THE EBI, WE ALSO IN, IN THE TOURIST INDUSTRY, AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ASPECTS OF BRINGING PEOPLE TO PETALUMA, WE CAN ENJOY THE ASPECTS THAT WE ENJOY IN OTHER CITIES THAT WE VISIT.
AND SO THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR ME.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, YOUR DIVING IN.
HOPEFULLY TODAY'S AGENDA WON'T FRIGHTEN YOU.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING OVER MANY YEARS, AND BJORN HAS PUT IT TOGETHER FOR US, UH, SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT IN A MUCH EASIER MANNER.
UM, BUT WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT IT TODAY.
DON'T, DON'T GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT COMMENTING OR HAVING TO MAKE A VOTE OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
WE'RE JUST LEARNING, UM, WHAT THIS SUMMARY KIND OF LOOKS LIKE.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
WITH THAT WE MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I NEED TO READ THE FOLLOWING.DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
AND DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE, TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES, TOTALING NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK SPEAKERS TO BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS UP TO BJORN'S DESK IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I AM ASKING THE CLERK AGAIN, I WANNA LOOK THIS WAY AND SHELLY'S NOT THERE.
ASK THE CLERK IF THERE WERE ANY COMMENTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
UH, YES, WE RECEIVED A EMAIL COMMENT, UM, FROM MR. HAGEN.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THAT, WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU SHORTLY.
BUT I IMAGINE HE WILL BE SUMMARIZING OR PARAPHRASING HIS EMAIL COMMENT, UH, HERE IN PERSON TONIGHT AS WELL.
UM, WITH THAT, AGAIN, I HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE'LL START FROM THE TOP AND MOVE, MOVE ON DOWN.
UM, MR. HAGEN, BRUCE, YOU ARE NUMBER ONE.
AND ARIS, YOU'LL BE NUMBER TWO.
THOSE ARE THE TWO COMMENTS THAT I HAVE.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE NEW FOLKS.
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FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.I'VE BEEN IN PETALUMA 42 YEARS, GRANDKIDS AND ALL THAT.
I AM A CO-FOUNDER OF SAFE STREETS' PETALUMA.
SO I WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT THAT.
THAT'LL BE HELPFUL GOING FORWARD.
UM, UM, I WAS PART OF PAC IN THE LATE OTTS.
I CO-AUTHORED THE 2008 BIKE PLAN.
AND, UH, BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS STUFF MORE, MORE OR LESS EVER SINCE.
UM, AT THAT TIME, UH, WE KNEW THE COMMISSION COULD NOT DO ADVOCACY AND COULDN'T RAISE MONEY.
YOU WERE AN ADVISORY GROUP TO THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE FORMED A GROUP CALLED PETALUMA GREEN LANE TO RAISE MONEY AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THESE PROJECTS.
UM, WE GOT A GRANT, WE PUT DID SOME TRAIL FINDING WORK, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT.
UH, BUT, UM, THE ROB, THE ADV ADVOCACY PART DIDN'T REALLY START UP UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO IN THE SPRING.
UH, AND SINCE THEN, UH, A LOT HAS HAPPENED THANKS TO BJORN AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, THE COUNCIL, THE COMMISSION, UH, SAFE STREETS HAS BEEN A TOP CITY GOAL.
YOU HEAR ABOUT IT, THE MCDOWELL PROJECT DONE BEAUTIFUL SEVERAL PROGRAMS UP AND RUNNING, INCLUDING THE NOMINATION PROGRAM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, TASK FORCE, AND SLOW THE FAST DOWN.
AND LAST, THE D STREET AND FIFTH STREET PROJECTS WERE APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION, HOPEFULLY SOON.
AND SPEAKING OF FIFTH STREET, HERE'S THE PROBLEM.
WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING A COMPLETE NETWORK OF COMPLETE STREETS, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS NOT SPEEDING, BUT SPEED.
THE FIFTH STREET NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY PROJECT WAS A TOP PRIORITY IN THE 2008 PLAN 16 YEARS AGO.
AND WE'RE GONNA SEE IT GET BUILT THIS SUMMER.
SO TO MEET OUR CRITICAL GOALS FOR CLIMATE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, ECONOMIC VIBRANCY, AND SOCIAL EQUITY, WE NEED TO TRANSFORM OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM QUICKLY.
WE NEED TO DO THIS WORK IN YEARS, NOT IN DECADES.
WE GOT ADVICE FROM A GROUP CALLED CITY THREAD, AND THEY HAVE HELPED CITIES, UH, AUSTIN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, NEW ORLEANS TO DO JUST THAT.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET A COMMUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD THAT WITH SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO? HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE PUBLIC OPINION? UH, THEY CREATED FOR US AN ACCEL ACCELERATED MOBILITY PLAYBOOK, AND WE HAVE THAT, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.
AND THE EMAIL THAT YOU'LL SEE FROM ME HAS A LINK TO IT.
UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SEE THIS COMMISSION, UH, PLAY A KEY ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING THAT.
UH, READ THE REPORT, ESPECIALLY, YOU CAN START ON THE, THE MAIN GOALS, BUT ONE KEY PART OF THAT IS GETTING A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT AND BUILDING A COALITION AROUND A SHARE V VISION FROM EVERYBODY WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM COMPLETE STREETS.
THUS, WE HAVE THE DECLARATION, WE SUPPORT COMPLETE STREETS FOR PETALUMA.
UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE Y'ALL SIGN IT AS INDIVIDUALS AND MAYBE AS BUSINESSES AND THIS GROUP.
BRUCE WAS ACTUALLY, AS A, AS AN ASIDE, BRUCE WAS, I THINK A MEMBER OF BIKE AND PED WAY BACK IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.
OR WAS THAT PARK AND REC? IT WAS PARK AND REC AND THEN P BACK WHEN THEY FORMED PBAC.
OKAY, MOVING NEXT, WE HAVE ARIS WEAVER.
HI, YOU, WELCOME TO THE NEW FOLKS.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SONOMA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION.
UM, AS I WAS RIDING OVER HERE TODAY, I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY NEW BIKE RACKS AROUND DOWNTOWN IN PLACES THAT FORMALLY WERE DEDICATED TO VEHICLE MOTOR VEHICLES AND OF A KIND THAT ACTUALLY WORK.
AND SO I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT.
SO THANKS EV EVERYBODY WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING OVER THE LAST WEEK THAT'S BEEN, UM, PRETTY DISTRESSING.
SOME OF YOU MAY, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, READ OUR NEWSLETTER, WHAT, OR SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT.
BUT THAT IS WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN INCREASE IN VEHICULAR ASSAULTS AGAINST BICYCLES, INTENTIONAL, UM, COLLISIONS.
I MEAN, WE'VE ALL BEEN USED TO THE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST DRIVING TOO FAST OR BEING INATTENTIVE AND OR THEY'RE UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND HAVING TO WATCH OUT FOR THOSE KIND OF DRIVERS.
BUT, UH, THERE WAS A, A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS INTENTIONALLY, UM, STRUCK ON HIS WAY TO WORK AND IS, UM, HE MAY BE OUTTA THE HOSPITAL TODAY, I'M NOT SURE.
UH, BUT THE FAMILY WAS, WAS NOT FEELING SATISFIED WITH THE CHP RESPONSE TO IT.
AND SO WE PUT UP A PETITION AND HAD OVER 700 SIGNERS, WHICH WE TOOK AND DELIVERED TO THE CHP OFFICE ON MONDAY.
AND WE HAD A SMALL GROUP OF FOLKS.
WE HAD A VERY, UM, I THINK PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION, UM, WITH THE CHP AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM.
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ASKED FOR THAT THE LIEUTENANT SAID LEGALLY HE COULDN'T GIVE US, BUT STUFF THAT HE COULD, HE, YOU KNOW, WENT AND HANDED IT OVER.AND SO WE'RE NOW, UM, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, UH, CHIEF INVESTIGATOR FOR THE CASE.
UM, BUT SINCE I BEGAN, UH, POSTING AND WRITING ABOUT THAT, MY INBOX HAS EXPLODED WITH PEOPLE SHARING OTHER STORIES.
SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO SEE SOME, UH, MOVEMENT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
BUT ALSO, IF YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANY KIND OF STORIES OR KNOW OF ANYTHING SIMILAR, UH, THAT'S NOT BEEN REPORTED TO POLICE, LET ME KNOW.
THE CHALLENGE IS, THIS IS THE KIND OF THING WE DON'T HAVE DATA ON.
WE DO HAVE DATA THAT HIT AND RUNS HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN THE STATE AND ACROSS THE, UH, COUNTRY AND TWO THIRDS OF HIT AND RUN FATALITIES OR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE DATA FOR VEHICULAR ASSAULT 'CAUSE IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL CRIME.
SO ANYWAY, THANKS FOR, UH, YOUR SERVICE HERE AND SHARE ANY STORIES WITH ME THAT YOU COME ACROSS.
THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, ERIS, AS USUAL.
AND MOVING ON, OUR THIRD COMMENTER IS PETER GANG.
I AM A, AN ARCHITECT AND A, I GUESS A CO-FOUNDER OF SAFE STREETS.
UM, I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA A CLIMATE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION IN EARLY 20 19, 5 YEARS AGO.
UM, I WANTED FIRST TO WELCOME NEW MEMBERS OF PAC.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF HOURS INVOLVED IN SERVICE.
THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE.
UM, BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY IS, IS NOT JUST A NICE TO HAVE THING, BUT IT IS MISSION CRITICAL IN GETTING TO THE GOALS THAT ARE ENSHRINED IN OUR GUIDING DOCUMENTS.
AND, AND THOSE GOALS ARE SUPPORTED BY A SOLID MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT OUR SHARED GOAL AS COMPLETE STREETS, IN ADDITION TO OUR PARKS AND OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
OUR STREETS ARE A MAJOR PART OF THE SHARED PUBLIC REALM.
FOR AT LEAST THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS, WE'VE BEEN LABORING UNDER THE NOTION THAT THE PURPOSE OF OUR STREETS IS TO MOVE VEHICLES FROM PLACE TO PLACE AS FAST AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE NOW IN A SLOW AND SOMETIMES PAINFUL PROCESS OF CHANGING HOW WE THINK ABOUT OUR STREETS, FROM CONDUITS FOR MOTORIZED VEHICLES TO PLACES THAT ENABLE AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MOVE ABOUT ON FOOT, ON BIKE, OR IN OR ON ANY MANNER OF CONVEYANCE.
A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER AND PLAY TO ENJOY SHADE AND LIVING VEGETATION.
I I SEE THAT, UH, MY TIME HASN'T BEEN STARTED.
I, I I PROMISE NOT TO GO OVER.
UM, THIS IS, THESE STREETS FOR PEOPLE IS IMPORTANT FOR A LONG LIST OF REASONS.
VISION ZERO, HEALTH, WELLBEING, AIR POLLUTION, DIVERTING RAINWATER FROM OUR RIVER.
UM, BUT KEY IN MY MIND IS MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND OUR CITY WITHOUT GETTING IN A MOTORIZED VEHICLE.
GIVES US A FIGHTING CHANCE OF GETTING TO OUR GOAL OF CARBON NEUTRALITY.
WE'VE, WE HAVE SET A GOAL OF A BOLD GOAL OF CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2032.
THIRDS OF OUR ACTIVITY BASED, COMMIS BASED EMISSIONS ARE DUE TO PEOPLE'S DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GONNA GET AROUND TOWN.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO, WE JUST HAVE TO BE WILLING TO CHANGE HOW WE THINK ABOUT OUR STREET INFRASTRUCTURE AND PRIORITIZE PEOPLE AND TREES AND STORM WATER, AND IN SO DOING, MAKE OUR CITY A, A MORE DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE.
AS USUAL, WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM
[PRESENTATIONS]
ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS PRESENTATIONS.WE HAVE NONE, WHICH TAKES US TO THE APPROVAL OF
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THE MINUTES.AND THESE, WE NEED APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES OF MAY 1ST, 2024.
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WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING IN JUNE.SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE MOVING BACK, UH, TO THIS PARTICULAR MEETING DATE AND ITS MINUTES.
SO ARE THERE ANY CHANGES THAT ANYONE WHO IS ON THIS COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE REGARDING THE MINUTES FROM MAY ONE? I AM SEEING NO ONE RAISE THEIR HAND.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, UH, WITHOUT CHANGES AS PRESENTED.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
TO THE NEXT ITEM OF, OF THE AGENDA, WHICH HAS TWO PARTS, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.AND THE FIRST ITEM IS LISTED AS NUMBER TWO, AND IT'S TO ELECT A NEW CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR WHO WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AS OF THE AUGUST MEETING.
WE MADE THAT DEC UH, DECISION THAT CHANGE, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT IF WE WERE TO ELECT A CHAIR TONIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND HAVE THEM TRY TO RUN THE MEETING, IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING CASE SCENARIO, POSSIBLY.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE ELECT THEM ONE MONTH AND THEY COME INTO POWER, IN ESSENCE, THE NEXT MONTH.
SO THIS IS WHERE, WHERE WE ARE.
SO, VRN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT FOR US? YEAH, JUST, UH, JUST A FEW COMMENTS TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S INVOLVED IN BEING, UH, CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UH, MARJA IS GIVING A, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, UH,
UM, SO THE, THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHAIR IS TO RUN THE MEETING, UM, AND WE PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ANNOTATED AGENDA, WHICH BASICALLY GIVES YOU A SCRIPT TO RUN THROUGH.
UM, SHE'S NOT MAKING THIS UP, OFF, OFF THE CUFF.
UM, AND, UH, THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITY INVOLVED FOR THE CHAIR, AND IT'S OPTIONAL FOR THE VICE CHAIR, IS TO MEET WITH MYSELF.
WE MEET FOR 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO GO OVER, UM, TO DEBRIEF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND THEN GO OVER THE NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
UM, AND, AND ALSO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY, ANY QUESTIONS AND, AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, UM, A LITTLE MORE ACCESS TO, UM, OBVIOUSLY TO CITY STAFF, UM, TO MYSELF, UM, FOR ANY, ANY BURNING QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT MAY HAVE COME UP DURING THE MEETING.
UM, AS FAR AS THE VICE CHAIR GOES, YOU'RE BASICALLY JUST, YOU'RE, YOU'RE REALLY JUST A BACKUP IN CASE THE CHAIR IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
SO IN THAT CASE, YOU WOULD STEP IN AND YOU ATTEND THAT, UH, THAT DEBRIEF AND PREVIEW MEETING, AND THEN ALSO RUN THE MEETING WHEN THE CHAIR IS NOT AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE, UM, ATTENDING THOSE, THOSE, UH, OUTSIDE MEETINGS, UM, IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL.
AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY VOLUNTARY, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
AND, UH, WE LOOK TO YOU TO SELF NOMINATE, VOLUNTEER FOR THESE ROLES.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY, UM, WE CAN LAND ON TWO, UH, GREAT CANDIDATES.
AND WE'LL ASK YOU ALL FOR A, A MOTION TO APPOINT, UH, THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AND THEN, UH, A VOTE CONFIRMING THEM.
SO, COMMITTEE, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ASK BJORN ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT, UH, IS IN FRONT OF US.
THREE OF US HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA, AND PROBABLY THE NEW THREE ALSO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.
ALL RIGHT, I'M SEEING NO, UM, NO QUESTION.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AS WE ALWAYS DO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN THE AUDIENCE? I SEE NONE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, BJORN, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NOPE.
SO, UM, IT'S NOW BACK UP TO US, AND SO WE CAN, OUR JOB IS TO FIND A PERSON WHO WOULD SERVE AS CHAIR AND TO FIND A PERSON WHO WOULD SERVE AS VICE CHAIR FOR THIS COMING YEAR, STARTING AT OUR AUGUST MEETING, AND ENDING IN OUR JUNE MEETING OF 2025.
AND I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT IS IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE YOU CAN, YOU CAN APPOINT YOUR, YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF, YOU CAN NOMINATE WHOEVER IS SITTING NEXT TO YOU, OR YOU CAN NOMINATE WHOMEVER YOU WISH.
BUT WE DO NEED A CHAIR, AND WE DO NEED A VICE CHAIR.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS A NOMINATION?
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NOMINATION? I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD DARREN BE THIS QUIET.FRANK FRANKLIN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT BEING THE CHAIR? I HAVE DONE IT MANY TIMES OVER, SO I FEEL FINE WITH THAT.
I, I NOMINATE MARJA TO BE THE CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR THAT NOMINATION.
DO WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR A VICE CHAIR? IF WE DO, WE CAN PUT THIS TOGETHER AS ONE.
PERHAPS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR? I WOULD BE HAPPY TO NOMINATE TO SELF NOMINATE FOR VICE CHAIR.
FRANKLIN QUINT WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE HIMSELF FOR VICE CHAIR.
YOU HAVE BEEN INTEGRAL TO THIS PROCESS.
SO WE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REPEAT YOUR ENTIRE NOMINATION HERE, THEN WE CAN GET A SECOND ON IT AND WE CAN CALL FOR A VOTE.
I WOULD MOVE TO, UH, NOMINATE MARJA FOR CHAIR AND MYSELF FOR VICE CHAIR.
DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
AND THEREFORE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT'S NECESSARY.
BJORN? UH, I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE HERE.
YOU'VE ALREADY, YOU'VE ALREADY SECONDED.
THAT WASN'T SO TERRIBLY PAINFUL.
ALRIGHT, NOW COMES, COMES A LITTLE BIT ANOTHER ITEM THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN.
THIS IS TO REVIEW THE PHYSICAL YEAR 2024, WHICH WE ARE IN THE BEGINNINGS OF, AND 2020 FIVE'S, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WORK PLAN.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS BROUGHT BEFORE US, EVER.
BJORN, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE CHAIR? HAVE WE EVER SEEN A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS? UM, I, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, RECEIVED INFORMATION IN, IN BITE-SIZED CHUNKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, USUALLY KIND OF AS, AS PROJECTS COME.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY THIS IS A, A HELPFUL EXERCISE AND CERTAINLY WOULD WELCOME FEEDBACK ON, UM, ON THE, THE FORMAT OF THIS STAFF REPORT AND PRESENTATION AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW HELPFUL IT IS, HOW DIGESTIBLE IT IS, AND, UH, WOULD WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK ON WAYS WE COULD IMPROVE IT NEXT YEAR.
BUT IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THREE NEW MEMBERS AND ALSO BEING AT THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR COMING, UM, OFF THE HEELS OF CITY COUNCIL, UH, ADOPTING OUR, OUR BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE NEXT, UM, OUR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
TO, TO GIVE THIS OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, IN THE PIPELINE.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT IT FURTHER BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO COMMITTEE COMMENT? OH, YEAH, I'M GIVING A PRESENTATION.
SO, UH, YES, PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR MONITORS,
UH, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW, AND THIS WILL LARGELY PARALLEL THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS PUBLISHED WITH THE AGENDA.
UM, GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS, AND THEN WE BREAK PLANS AND PROJECTS UP INTO THREE CATEGORIES.
SO THOSE ARE OUR NON INFRASTRUCTURE EFFORTS THAT, UM, LEAD OFTEN LEAD TO PROJECTS, UH, BUT DO NOT DIRECTLY, UH, RESULT IN, IN CONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE GOT MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDES PAVING PROJECTS.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT QUICK BUILD PROJECTS, WHICH ARE, UM, LOWER COST, SHORTER TERM EFFORTS.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, BECAUSE I KNEW I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO INCLUDE SOME MAPS SHOWING THE IMPACTS THAT THESE PROJECTS WOULD HAVE ON THE BUILD OUT OF OUR, OF OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
UM, I'VE GOT A FEW MAPS KIND OF SHOWING, UH, THE GROWTH OF OUR NETWORK AS WE IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
SO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING CAPITAL PRO PLANS AND PROJECTS ARE THOSE, UH, OVER GENERALLY OVER $50,000 THAT MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, OR ADD TO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE? SO A GOOD WAY TO THINK OF A CAPITAL A CAPITAL PROJECT.
UM, ANYTIME WE ARE DOING MAJOR REPAIRS OR ENHANCEMENTS TO ANY CITY FACILITY, CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S A STREET PARK BUILDING, UM,
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THAT IS A LIKELY A CAPITAL PROJECT.THESE ALSO, THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN INCLUDES BOTH DISCREET PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, UH, A A VERY DEFINED SCOPE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, PAY RAN MADISON SEWER PROJECT.
UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF, IF YOU OPEN UP OUR, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF ONGOING PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY CATEGORIES, UM, OR BUNDLES OF, OF SMALLER PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT, UH, OCCUR ON A, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S ONE WE USE EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND ADD, UM, CURB RAMPS TO STREET CORNERS.
SO THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS ARE, UM, THAT'S WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROJECTS VERSUS PROGRAMS, THAT'S, THAT'S THE DISTINCTION.
THIS, UH, A VERY DETAILED AND LENGTHY DOCUMENT, UH, IS SUBMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
EACH MAY, IT'S INTRODUCED IN A, IN A, IN A COUPLE OF PHASES.
UM, FIRST IT'S PROVIDED, UH, SIMPLY AS A PRESENTATION WHERE IT'S ATTACHED TO A CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
THEN WE COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
TWO WEEKS LATER WE HAVE A, A WORKSHOP, WHICH IS THE CITY COUN.
CITY COUNCIL DOES A DEEP DIVE WITH STAFF ON EVERYTHING IN THE, UM, IN THE DOCUMENT.
THAT'S THEIR OPPORTUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY'S OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND COMMENT ON, ON THE DOCUMENT.
AND THEN IT COMES BACK ULTIMATELY FOR ADOPTION, TYPICALLY IN JUNE.
AND THE ADOPTED BUDGET ITSELF APPLIES TO THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
SO EVERYTHING FOR US RUNS FROM JULY 1ST TO JUNE 30TH.
THAT'S OUR FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT COVERS A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
SO YOU'LL SEE PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, UM, PLAN AND, AND FUNDING ACTUALLY, UM, FOR PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THAT INITIAL ONE YEAR BUDGET PERIOD.
AND THAT FIVE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S, IT'S A WAY FOR US TO, UM, NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT OUR, OUR CAPITAL PLANS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS ARE MULTI-YEAR EFFORTS, BUT IT'S ALSO A PLACE FOR US TO SHOW, UH, THE WORK, HELP ANTICIPATE THE WORKLOAD THAT IS FORECASTED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
UM, THOSE PLANS, HOWEVER, DO CHANGE ANNUALLY.
SO YOU WILL SEE THINGS GET SHUFFLED WITHIN THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN EACH YEAR AS CITY COUNCIL SORT OF REPRIORITIZES, UM, PROJECTS WITHIN THE PLAN.
AND IT'S ALSO A PLACE FOR US TO UPDATE.
WE PROVIDE THE MOST CURRENT, UM, INFORMATION.
OBVIOUSLY THINK A LOT OF THINGS WILL CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR ON A PROJECT.
SO YOU'LL SEE FUNDING CHANGE, YOU'LL SEE THE SCHEDULE, THE BUDGET, THE SCHEDULE CHANGE, UH, IN THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND, UM, AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE IT EXTEND A YEAR, OBVIOUSLY EACH YEAR.
IT COVERS A ROLLING FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
SO AS FAR AS OUR CON UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH, WITH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, THE INPUTS THAT REALLY INFORM THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION FOCUSED PROJECTS THAT LAND IN THE CIP ARE, UH, THREEFOLD.
WE'VE GOT THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS, IS REALLY NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTLY FEEDING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN ADOPTED YET.
UM, IT WILL BE LATER THIS YEAR.
AND THAT WILL HELP DEFINE, UH, FURTHER DEFINE OUR PRIORITIES, UH, AS A CITY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, WALKING AND BIKING INVESTMENTS.
WE'VE OBVIOUSLY ALSO GOT THE SAFE ROUTES OR SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TASK FORCE, WHICH HAVE HELPED CREATE, UH, SHORTER TERM, UH, FEEDBACK LOOPS WHERE WE CAN CAPTURE COMMUNITY INPUT AND PRIORITIZE PROJECTS, UM, AND THEN FEED THEM INTO THE, TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND THEN WE'VE OBVIOUSLY ALSO GOT LOTS OF OTHER COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT COMES IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMATS AND IN, UH, IN MANY DIFFERENT, UM, UH, MEDIUMS. SO WE'VE GOT, OBVIOUSLY CITY COUNCIL GETS INPUT.
WE AS STAFF HEAR A LOT OF COMPLAINTS, REQUESTS, INQUIRIES, UH, YOU PAC, UM, WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL, YOU MAY AT SOME POINT ADVOCATE FOR PROJECTS, UH, THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE COMMENTS AND IN YOUR CAPACITY AS A, AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ALL OF THIS IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION EACH YEAR WHEN WE ARE
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FORMING THAT NEXT, UH, NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UH, OF WORTH OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS LANDS.AND ACTUALLY, I'LL GO BACK A SLIDE AND I'LL JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TOUCHING EVERYTHING THE CITY'S DOING, UM, ALL OF THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER INPUTS, OBVIOUSLY.
SO CRITICAL NEED, UM, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEED IS, IS A MAJOR DRIVER, OBVIOUSLY.
UH, IF WE ANTICIPATE THAT A CITY ASSET, WHETHER IT'S A SEWER PIPE OR A ROOF AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, IS, IS GOING TO FAIL OR IS AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ONE WAY THAT, UM, UH, THAT'S A MAJOR INPUT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, AND ALSO ALIGNMENT WITH VARIOUS CITY, UM, CITY PRIORITIES AND, AND POLICIES IS ANOTHER MAJOR, MAJOR INPUT.
AND, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFE STREETS HAS BEEN A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WHICH IS WHY, UM, WE'RE SEEING, I THINK, IN SEEING THAT REFLECTED IN THE, IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO PIVOTING NOW, HOPEFULLY THAT'S A HELPFUL INTRODUCTION, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEWER MEMBERS.
PIVOTING NOW TO THE, THE PLANNING EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN OUR CIP.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS ONGOING.
WE ARE ALSO DEVELOPING A FIVE YEAR PAVING PLAN, AND, UH, BOTH OF THOSE, UH, SHOULD BE READY FOR ADOPTION THIS YEAR.
WE JUST RECENTLY LAUNCHED A DOWNTOWN AREA PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH WILL HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW ON, ON AND OFF STREET PARKING AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARKING ARE BEING UTILIZED IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA AND PRODUCE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO MORE EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE AND MANAGE THAT, THAT PARKING SUPPLY.
AND THEN, UH, WE'VE ALSO, UH, UNDERWAY, WE'VE HAD THE, UH, UM, EXCUSE ME, EARLIER THIS YEAR WE LAUNCHED OUR US 1 0 1 BIKE ED CROSSING STUDY, WHICH IS LOOKING AT THE CONDITIONS AT THE CORONA ROAD, OVERCROSSING RAINIER AVENUE, UNDER CROSSING LYNCH CREEK TRAIL CROSSING OF NORTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD AND THE MACKENZIE AVENUE, UH, PEDESTRIAN OVERCROSSING BEHIND THE TARGET SHOPPING CENTER, LOOKING AT THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE FOUR LOCATIONS, AND THEN PROVIDING NEAR AND LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS COST ESTIMATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE, AT EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND THAT'S AN ITEM THAT WILL BE COMING TO P BACK FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, UH, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED, AND THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT THE NEED FOR A BIKE PED WAYFINDING PLAN, WHICH WILL, UM, DOVETAIL NICELY WITH THE CONCLUSION OF OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
ONCE WE'VE GOT A NICELY DEFINED ADOPTED NETWORK, WE CAN START PRODUCING THAT CITYWIDE PLAN FOR SIGNAGE THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THE, WITH THE ADOPTED NETWORK.
AND, AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING FOR THE LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR SAFETY STUDY, WHICH WILL LOOK AT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND, UH, LIKE THE BIKE PED CROSSING STUDY, RECOMMEND NEAR AND LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS ON BOTH THE CITY OWNED PORTION OF LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY FROM PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH TO THE US 1 0 1 RAMPS, AS WELL AS THE STATE OWNED PORTION FROM THE US 1 0 1 RAMPS OUT TO CITY LIMITS, UM, PAST KAISER AND OUR ELLIS, UH, CREEK WASTEWATER PLANT.
AND, UM, THAT WAS IDENTIFIED OBVIOUSLY AS A PRIORITY WITH LAKEVILLE BEING THE LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR, BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT ONE FIFTH OF ALL SEVERE AND FATAL INJURIES IN, UH, IN PETALUMA ON OUR, ON OUR ROADS, AND, UM, UH, SEVERE AND FATAL COLLISIONS, EXCUSE ME.
AND, UH, AND, AND ALSO THAT'S, UH, A GREAT, THE TIMING IS GOOD ON THIS ONE BECAUSE CALTRANS WILL LIKELY BE, LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL BE PAVING THEIR PORTION OF LAKEVILLE AND MAKING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO IT IN 2028.
SO WE'LL GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT, HAND THEM A STUDY WITH SOME NICE RECOMMENDATIONS, SHOW THEM, UH, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE THEM DO WITH THAT PROJECT, AND, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL DELIVER.
SO THEN PIVOTING TO THE PROJECT IDENTIFI, TALK ABOUT THE MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN A SECOND.
I JUST WANT TO OPEN BY TALKING BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR FIVE-YEAR PAVING PLAN AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE.
UM, THE CITY HAS NEVER HAD A, UH, A FIVE-YEAR PAVING PLAN.
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SO THIS IS, UH, AND IT COMES AT A, A TIME OF GREAT NEED, OBVIOUSLY, AS WE'RE MAKING UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENT IN OUR ROADS, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH MEASURE U AND THROUGH OUR COUNTY COUNTYWIDE, UH, TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX.SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WITH THIS PAVING PLAN IS, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT PAVING PROJECTS ARE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON OUR, ON OUR STREETS.
UM, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT, UH, EXPANDING THE CRITERIA THAT WE USE TO PRIORITIZE, IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE PAVING PROJECTS BEYOND JUST LOOKING AT PAVEMENT CONDITION.
OBVIOUSLY PAVEMENT CONDITION IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO, UH, INVEST A BUNCH OF MONEY IN A STREET THAT'S ALREADY IN GOOD SHAPE.
BUT, UM, WE'RE ALSO OPENING IT UP TO COORDINATE WITH UTILITY NEEDS.
SO LOOKING OUT AT UPCOMING SEWER AND WATER PROJECTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNING THERE WITH OUR PROJECT SCHEDULES.
AND THAT'S ALSO BENEFICIAL FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE OUR SEWER AND WATER PROJECTS CAN ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING TOWARDS OUR PAVING EFFORTS.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT THE SAFETY AND THE POTENTIAL SAFETY AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS.
SO LOOKING AT, LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, THE STREETS WHERE WE HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF SEVERE AND FATAL COLLISIONS.
LOOKING AT THE ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION, UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR WHEN, UM, UH, YOU HAVE, WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILES OF LOCAL STREETS THAT ARE USED BY, ESSENTIALLY BY LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL STREETS VERSUS MAJOR ARTERIALS AND COLLECTOR ROADS THAT ARE USED BY, UM, REALLY BY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN, UH, AS WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM, LOOKING AT PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS AND PARKS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE, UH, REALLY INVESTING IN THOSE AREAS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL COME WITH THE PAVING PLAN, UM, WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW IN OUR PLAN FOR.
SO, SO TONIGHT'S, UM, LIST ONLY PARTIALLY REFLECTS THIS CRITERIA.
UH, WE HAVE GONE SO FAR AS TO IDENTIFY MAJOR UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH UTILITY PROJECTS, AND WE'VE ALSO TRIED TO REALLY HONE IN ON THOSE THAT WE FEEL DELIVER THE BEST, UM, SAFETY AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS.
UH, MANY OF THEM ARE IN PROXIMITY TO SCHOOL, SO MANY OF THEM DO REFLECT THIS CRITERIA.
BUT, BUT WE, AS WE, UM, RELEASE THAT FIVE YEAR PAVING PLAN, YOU WILL CERTAINLY SEE NEW PROJECTS ADDED TO THE LIST THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU.
SO ON THAT MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS LIST.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T EXPECT, I GUESS WHEN WE GET TO, WE CAN ANSWER HIGH LEVEL, HAPPY TO ANSWER HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, BUT, UM, NOT TRYING TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON THE GET INTO THE WEEDS ON THE DESIGNS OF THESE PROJECTS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
UM, THE, YOU AS A COMMITTEE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE OPPORT UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES AS THESE PROJECTS MOVE THROUGH THEIR, THEIR DEVELOPMENT, UM, GET INTO PLANNING AND DESIGN.
UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY BRING THESE TO THE COMMITTEE, UM, FOR, FOR DETAILED FEEDBACK AND, AND FOR PRESENTATIONS WITH DETAILED FEEDBACK.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT MARIA DRIVE IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
UH, THAT'S OUR ONLY MAJOR PAVING PROJECT THIS YEAR.
WE WILL ALSO BE PAVING A SECTION OF EAST WASHINGTON.
UM, THE REALLY, UH, UH, THE SECTION THAT'S REALLY BADLY BEAT UP FROM, UM, UH, JUST ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE US 1 0 1 BRIDGE, UH, WILL BE REP PAVED HOPEFULLY THIS SUMMER AS WELL.
WE'RE, WE'RE APPLYING FOR ENCROACHMENT PERMITS WITH CALTRANS FOR THAT.
UM, BUT THEN AS WE GET INTO 2025, UM, YOU REALLY SEE, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS PER YEAR.
SO IN 25, UM, THE, THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL PROJECTS THAT, THAT WE PRESENTED TO A WHILE BACK WHERE WE'LL BE PAVING THE SECTION FROM EDITH STREET TO PAYAN, WE'LL BE IMPROVING AC ACCESSIBILITY AT THE PAYAN STREET TRAILHEAD.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, REPLACING THE ALLIGATOR CRACKED ASPHALT SECTION FROM LYNCH CREEK UP TO NORTH MCDOWELL WILL ACTUALLY BE REPLACING THAT WITH CONCRETE, UM, AS OPPOSED TO PAVING, UH, DOING A PAVEMENT OVERLAY AS WE PREVIOUSLY SHARED.
UM, WE'VE GOT THE RAINIER AVENUE PROJECT WHERE WE'LL BE ACTUALLY, UH, INSTALLING A RECYCLED WATER LINE, RECYCLED WATER MAIN, AND THEN REPAVING THAT STREET AND, UH, IMP AND, AND MAKING THE LANE REDUCTION
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PERMANENT WITH PROTECTED BIKE LANES ALL THE WAY FROM NORTH MCDOWELL TO SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY.AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO 2026, WE HAVE A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT, UH, UH, FUNDED WITH, UM, STATE FUNDS FOR CAULFIELD LANE TO AGAIN, UH, A LANE REDUCTION WITH PROTECTED BIKE LANES FROM PARRAN STREET ALL THE WAY OUT TO GARFIELD DRIVE D STREET.
UH, THAT'LL BE A SEWER WATER PROJECT.
AND, UM, REALLY WHAT'S, WHAT THE, THE ULTIMATE CONFIGURATION OF THAT PROJECT WILL BE HEAVILY DETERMINED BY THE UPCOMING PILOT PROJECT AND, AND THE DATA AND FEEDBACK WE COLLECT THERE.
WE HAVE THE PETALUMA NORTH STATION ACCESS PROJECT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S A COLLAB COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CITY SMART AND DANCO, WHICH IS BUILDING, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT THE SITE.
UM, NOT ONLY TO BUILD THE STATION AND THE PATHWAY EXTENSION FROM SOUTH POINT UP TO PENNGROVE, BUT ALSO WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ON THE NORTH MCDOWELL AND CORONA ROAD FRONTAGES OF THAT ENTIRE TRIANGULAR, UM, UH, PIECE OF LAND.
AND THEN, UH, AN EXCITING PROJECT THAT I, I THINK VERY FEW KNOW OF AT THIS POINT, A STRETCH OF GONNA CALL IT THE, THE ALMOND MARSH BYPASS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER TRAIL, UH, WHICH WILL RUN, I SH I REALLY WOULD NEED TO BRING UP A MAP TO SHOW YOU THIS IS GOING TO BE DELIVERED, UH, AS PART OF OUR, OUR PIPS.
UH, IT'S A, A SEWER, UH, WASTEWATER PROJECT THAT WILL, UM, INSTALL A NEW, UM, SEWER MAIN OUT, UH, TO THE, TO THE WASTEWATER PLANT.
AND THERE'S A EMPTY SWATH OF LAND.
IT'S A FORMER RAIL RIGHT OF WAY THAT RUNS, UM, PARALLEL TO ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL TO LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY, UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND, UM, IT'S, I'LL, I'LL PULL UP A, AFTER THE PRESENTATION, I CAN PULL UP AN AERIAL MAP SHOWING YOU, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS IN FROM THE MARINA PARKING LOT DOWN TO, UH, WHICH IS BAYWOOD DRIVE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UM, TO CASA GRANDE ROAD, RIGHT BY ROCKY MEMORIAL DOG PARK.
UH, SO A GREAT NEW CONNECTION WITH A MULTI-USE PATHWAY AS PART OF THAT UTILITY PROJECT.
FRANCIS DRIVE, WHICH WILL BE A, A PAVING PROJECT, UH, FROM, UH, CAULFIELD TO SOUTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD.
AND MANY HAVE POINTED OUT THAT ST.
FRANCIS WILL MAKE A GREAT EAST PETALUMA VERSION OF THE FIFTH STREET NEG NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY.
THAT'LL BE OUR, UM, UH, A GREAT, UH, UH, ST.
FRANCIS OFFERS GREAT CONNECTIVITY ON A NICE, UH, LOW TRAFFIC STREET ON THE, ON EAST PETALUMA, OR IN EAST PETALUMA, EXCUSE ME.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO 27, WE'VE GOT A MAJOR PAVING PROJECT ON CASA GRANDE ROAD WITH, UH, LANE REDUCTION PROTECTED BIKE LANES, MUCH LIKE THE RAINIER AND CALL FIELD EXAMPLES.
UH, WE HAVE TWO SECTIONS OF THE EAST SIDE RING TRAIL THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON, UH, ONE BEING THE UNPAVED SECTION, UH, RIGHT BY THE AIRPORT THERE THAT CONNECTS TO WISEMAN PARK AND THE AIRPORT AND, UH, EXCUSE ME, WISEMAN PARK AND ADOBE CREEK.
AND THEN THE OTHER AT THE, AT THE VERY OTHER END OF, OF THAT TRAIL UP BY, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT A GAP CLOSURE THAT WOULD CONNECT CORONA CREEK AND KENILWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND, UH, SORRY, KENILWORTH JUNIOR HIGH.
IT'S NOT A MIDDLE SCHOOL CALLED A JUNIOR HIGH HERE.
AND, UH, FOR 2027, ALSO WEBSTER, NORTH WEBSTER STREET FROM WESTERN TO BODEGA.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE WITH A UTILITY PROJECT.
AND THEN IN 28, UH, FUNDING PERMITTING, THE MAJOR CALL FIELD LANE BRIDGE AND EXTENSION PROJECT FROM HOPPER STREET TO PELHAM BOULEVARD SOUTH.
GOT A FOOTNOTE HERE AND IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THESE COMPLETION YEARS ARE OBVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OF THESE PROJECTS, UM, FEASIBILITY AND RUN INTO, UH, ANY, ANY TECHNICAL CHALLENGES.
UM, ALSO, OBVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PENDING FUNDING, COUNCIL PRIORITIZATION AND OTHER, UM, AND, AND APPROVALS.
ALL IN ALL, THOSE PROJECTS TOTALED 11.2 MILES.
AND SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS, IN THE CIP THAT ARE MAJOR ONGOING EFFORTS, UH, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE RENOVATIONS, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT APPLIES TO OUR SIDEWALKS AND CURB RAMPS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND DOWNTOWN A DA IMPROVEMENTS.
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SO THEN MOVING TO OUR QUICK BUILD PROJECTS, I MENTIONED THAT THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SHORTER TERM PRO EFFORTS.WE DO THESE WITH PAINT ROADWAY MARKINGS, UH, SURFACE MOUNTABLE ELEMENTS, UH, SIGNAGE.
THEY DO NOT INVOLVE ANY SORT OF REAL HARDSCAPE.
WE'RE NOT POURING NEW CONCRETE FOR QUICK BUILD PROJECTS.
AND SO OUR, OUR PRIORITIZATION, UH, IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA FOR THESE PROJECTS, WE LOOK FOR STREETS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE UPCOMING WORK SCHEDULED, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WAY THE QUICK BUILD PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, AREN'T JUST GETTING IMMEDIATELY RIPPED OUT AND REPLACED.
UM, NOT THAT THAT'S A BAD THING, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAXIMIZE OUR REACH AND, AND GIVE
THAT IS, OF COURSE, UNLESS WE ARE USING A QUICK BUILD PROJECT TO RUN A, SOME SORT OF A PILOT PROJECT LIKE WE HAVE DONE ON RAINIER AND ARE GOING TO DO VERY SHORTLY ON D STREET, WHERE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A PI, WE TRULY FEEL THAT WE NEED A PILOT PROJECT TO HELP INFORM THAT LONG-TERM DESIGN BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE BEST DESIGN IS, OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE DESIGN INVOLVES SOME SIGNIFICANT TRADE OFFS LIKE THE D STREET PROJECT DOES WITH THE REMOVAL OF, OF, UM, ONE SIDE OF PARKING.
UM, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COLLECT DATA AND OBVIOUSLY TO COLLECT COMMUNITY, UH, INPUT AND FOR PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE, UH, MIGHT BE LIKE, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PRIMARILY AT, AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY EXCEPTIONS TO THIS, BUT, UM, LOOKING PRIMARILY AT TWO LANE STREETS WHERE WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE CAN HAVE THE BEST, UH, BENEFIT WITH QUICK BUILD PROJECTS.
AND, UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR, UH, SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM, UH, LOOKING AT THE, THE SAFETY AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS, UH, LOOKING PRIMARILY AT COLLISION HISTORY AND THE ROLE THAT THESE STREETS HAVE PLAY IN OUR, IN OUR ENVISIONED ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
AND, UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS AND PARKS.
AND THESE ALSO INCLUDE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGEST IDENTIFIED AND SUGGESTED BY OUR SAFE, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TO SCHOOLS TASK FORCE.
SO ON THIS LIST, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER, WE HAVE D STREET AND FIFTH STREET.
THOSE SHOULD BE STARTING UP, UH, PROBABLY AROUND THE END OF THE MONTH, IF NOT EARLY AUGUST.
AND WE'LL HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THAT GOING OUT VERY SOON.
MADISON STREET, UH, THIS IS AN EXCITING ONE THAT WAS ONE OF OUR MOST REQUESTED STREETS IN THE SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM, AND ALSO ONE OF OUR TOP SCORING PROJECTS.
UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO, UM, LEVERAGE A SEWER PROJECT ON MADISON STREET THAT IS ABOUT TO BREAK GROUND.
AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR A SLURRY SEAL TO THAT ROADWAY.
THAT'S BASICALLY A VERY THIN OVERLAY THAT SEALS THE ROADWAY AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THE SEWER WORK.
AND THAT'LL BE, UM, THAT'LL GIVE US A BLANK CANVAS TO COMPLETELY STRIFE THE ROAD AS WE, UM, UH, HOWEVER WE WOULD LIKE.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT TRAFFIC CALMING AND, UM, AND INSTALL SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THERE.
UH, INSTALL SOME OF THE SAME ELEMENTS THAT WE WILL BE USING ON THE FIFTH STREET NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY.
WE'LL ALSO JUST WRAP THOSE, SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, UH, ON THE MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY FRONTAGE, UM, TO, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE THAT, THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TASK FORCE.
SO HOPEFULLY GET THOSE DONE, UH, WITH THAT SAME STRIPING CONTRACT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THREE PRO BIKE LANE PROJECTS THAT, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS COMMITTEE HAS SEEN YET, OR MAYBE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF.
UM, THESE ARE THREE PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVED SOME, A SMALL AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDING FOR.
UH, WE IDENTIFIED, WE LOOKED THROUGH OUR 2008 BIKE PLAN AND LOOKED FOR STREETS WHERE WE COULD EASILY IMPLEMENT BIKE LANES WITHOUT CHANGING TOO MUCH ELSE ON THE ROADWAY.
UM, BASICALLY JUST NARROWING LANES AND, AND FORMALIZING, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFINING, UH, USING DEFINING, UH, BIKE LANES, UH, IN PLACES WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF ROADWAY WIDTH.
AND SO THOSE THREE ARE REDWOOD WAY BETWEEN OLD REDWOOD HIGHWAY AND NORTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD, SUNNY SLOPE FROM D TO I AND WINDSOR DRIVE FROM EDINBURGH TO B.
SO HOPEFULLY THOSE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, I'D SAY LATE THIS YEAR, EARLY NEXT YEAR.
WEATHER, WEATHER PERMITTING, THOSE ARE
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JUST STRIPING PROJECTS.UM, AND THEN WE HAVE PAYAN STREET.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OUT OF THE, UH, THIS WAS THE TOP SCORING PROJECT IN THE SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM FROM EAST D TO THE SMART TRACKS.
UM, THAT'LL MOSTLY BE A PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT.
IT'D BE VERY CHALLENGING TO IMPLEMENT SOME ROBUST BIKE IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT STREET WITHOUT MAJOR PARKING REMOVAL.
AND THAT SCENARIO WHERE, UM, PARKING UTILIZATION IS, IS PRETTY HIGH.
UM, BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO BRING THAT ONE BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR, FOR YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS ON, UM, ON THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
WE'VE GOT THE SHORT STRETCH OF EAST D STREET, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST EVER THE FIRST PROPOSED, THE ORIGINAL, UM, BIKE BOULEVARD PROPOSED, OR NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY PROPOSED IN OUR 2008 BIKE PED PLAN, UH, FROM LAKEVILLE TO PAYAN.
SO, UM, JUST THAT, THAT CALM, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL STRETCH THERE WHERE THE, WHERE THE TRAFFICS DROPS OFF.
SOMEWHAT B STREET FROM PELMAN BOULEVARD TO ELROSE DRIVE.
WE OBVIOUSLY ALREADY HAVE THE BIKE LANES ON B STREET.
THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, CALMING AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THERE ARE, THERE'S ONLY ONE CROSSWALK ACROSS B STREET FROM SIXTH STREET ALL THE WAY TO ELROSE DRIVE, AND THAT IS AT 10TH STREET.
SO THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO ADD A FEW MORE CROSSWALKS AND HELP, UH, SLOW TRAFFIC.
WE HAVE, UH, BODEGA AVENUE B AND SORRY, B STREET AND ED STREET, EAST D STREET B STREET, AND BODEGA AVENUE.
ACTUALLY, ALL OF THESE WERE, THIS IS THE REMAINDER OF OUR TOP 10 FROM THE SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM.
BUT MANY OF THESE ALSO OVERLAP WITH THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS PROJECTS.
UM, SO BODEGA AVENUE, LOOKING AT TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE STRETCH BETWEEN WEBSTER AND UNION.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE UNION IS, IT'S BASICALLY HOWARD STREET, UH, ELLA DRIVE, WHICH IS ANOTHER GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY CANDIDATE.
THAT'S A REALLY LONG STRETCH FROM, UH, MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL PARK LANE, WHICH IS A MUCH SHORTER, UM, UH, FEW BLOCK CONNECTION THAT'S PARALLEL TO ELLA, BUT IS ANOTHER, ANOTHER GOOD BIKE PED CONNECTION, BAYWOOD DRIVE.
THIS IS ON THE, THE COMMERCE SECTION, UH, EAST OF SOUTH MCDOWELL, AND THEN SECOND STREET FROM D TWO H.
AND, UH, AND AGAIN, THE SAME, SAME FOOTNOTE HERE.
UM, HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED QUICK BUILD PROJECTS QUITE AS FAR OUT AS WE HAVE WITH THE PAVING PROJECTS BECAUSE THERE IS A MUCH FASTER TURNAROUND AS FAR AS THE PLANNING AND DESIGN INVOLVED.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE AND ADD TO THIS LIST AS WE IDENTIFY NEW PROJECTS.
AND, UM, WE'LL ALSO JUST HOPEFULLY GET MORE, BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AT DELIVERING THESE PROJECTS.
UM, THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST YEAR NOW WITH A ON-CALL STRIPING CONTRACT.
AND, UM, SO AS WE ARE BUILDING OUT OUR TRAFFIC CALMING AND, AND QUICK BUILD DESIGN TOOLKIT, HOPEFULLY WE CAN JUST BUILD THAT RAPPORT WITH OUR CONTRACTOR AND WE CAN, UM, CALL HIM UP AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT A TRAFFIC CIRCLE HERE, AND HE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW TO LAY IT OUT AND, UH, AND WE CAN JUST MOVE, MOVE MORE QUICKLY.
SO SOME ADDITIONAL CITYWIDE EFFORTS THAT I WOULD CATEGORIZE AS QUICK BUILD, UH, WE'LL BE REDUCING SPEED LIMITS.
OUR, OUR CITY COUNCIL'S ACTUALLY ALREADY APPROVED THE FIRST WAVE OF REDUCED SPEED LIMITS DOWN TO 20 MILES AN HOUR IN OUR DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND 15 MILES AN HOUR NEAR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW STATE LAW.
UH, THAT'LL BE ROLLING OUT HOPEFULLY LATER THIS YEAR AND INTO NEXT YEAR.
UH, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN HARD AT WORK THERE.
WE'VE GOTTEN IN 38 OF THE 76 RACKS THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH, UH, WITH GRANT FUNDING.
AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO INSTALL THOSE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER INTERSECTION DAYLIGHTING, WHICH IS RED, A A FANCY WAY OF SAYING RED CURBS NEAR INTERSECTIONS AND CROSSWALKS TO IMPROVE SITE DISTANCE.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE BIKE PED WAY FINDING PIECE ONCE WE, UH, HAVE THAT PLAN DEVELOPED.
SO NOW FOR, UH, JUST A, A VERY HIGH LEVEL SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THIS DOES FOR OUR, UH, ALL AGES AND ABILITIES BIKE NETWORK.
SO THIS IS NOT OUR ENTIRE BIKE NETWORK.
THESE ARE, UM, TRIED TO FILTER OUT THOSE THAT, UH, MEET THE NATO ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, UH, CRITERIA, WHICH IS, UM, IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, UM,
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EFFECTIVELY WHAT NATO OUTLINES IS THAT, UM, OR THEY, THEY PRESCRIBE A TYPE OF BIKEWAY THAT IS NEEDED DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC.SO THE NUMBER OF, NOT ONLY THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT USE A GIVEN ROADWAY, BUT THE SPEED AT WHICH THE VEHICLES, UH, USE THAT ROADWAY.
SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, AN ALL AGES NOBILITIES FACILITY ON NORTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD, WHICH IS, UH, A MULTI-LANE ROAD WITH LOTS OF TRAFFIC THAT IS FAST MOVING.
NTA WOULD SAY YOU NEED A COMPLETELY PROTECTED BIKE LANE IN ORDER FOR IT TO QUALIFY AS ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
UM, ON A, ON A STREET LIKE FIFTH STREET, WHICH HAS VERY LOW TRAFFIC, UH, VOLUME AND SPEED, UM, YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A BIKE LANE FOR IT TO QUALIFY AS ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
SO TRIED TO KIND OF TAKE THAT, UM, TAKE THAT CRITERIA AND APPLY IT HERE, DID IT VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
SO THERE ARE LIKELY SEVERAL STREETS THAT ARE MISSING.
I MEAN, YOU COULD ARGUE THAT ANY RESIDENTIAL STREET IN PETALUMA IS TECHNICALLY ALL AGES NA ABILITIES.
BUT WHAT I DID WAS I JUST TOOK WHAT'S CURRENTLY DEFINED AS PART OF OUR DESIGNATED BIKE NETWORK.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT, UH, JUST UNDER 54 MILES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY LOTS OF MAJOR GAPS.
UM, AND UH, THIS EQUATES TO ABOUT 47% OF THE ENVISIONED, UH, DRAFT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN NETWORK.
AS WE GET TO THE END OF 2025, YOU START SEEING, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL LINES APPEAR, UH, REFLECTING THE, THE TWO LISTS THAT I JUST SHARED.
LET'S SEE HOW MANY MILES GETS US UP.
UH, ABOUT SEVEN MILES, JUST UNDER SEVEN MILES.
AND BECAUSE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL IS ALREADY SO GOOD EXAMPLE HERE OF NOT GETTING CREDIT FOR WORK WE'RE DOING, UM, WE'LL BE MAKING ALL OF THOSE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
UH, BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY ALREADY, WE'RE ALREADY COUNTING THAT AS AN ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, UH, FACILITY.
SO, UM, THAT WORK IS NOT, UH, CREDITED HERE, UH, TOWARDS OUR ADDITIONAL MILEAGE.
THEN AS WE GET TO THE END OF 2026, YOU SEE THAT BIG, UH, EXPLOSION IN THE SORT OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF TOWN THAT BUMPS US UP IN ADDITIONAL SEVEN MILES, UH, UP CLOSE TO 60%.
AND THEN AT THE END OF 2027, UM, GETS US UP TO ABOUT 69 MILES, 61%.
AND THERE WILL BE, LIKE I SAID, THERE WILL BE MANY MORE PROJECTS LIKELY ADDED.
UM, ONE OF THE BIG PIECES WE HAVE NOT YET, UM, FINALIZED IS OUR PREVENTATIVE, OUR PAVEMENT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THAT'S ALL THE SLURRY SEAL PROJECTS LIKE I MENTIONED ON MADISON STREET.
THOSE ARE, UH, A REALLY, REALLY, I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN DELIVER LOTS OF MILEAGE OF THOSE SLURRY SEAL PROJECTS, AND THOSE ARE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IMPLEMENT, UM, IMPLEMENT MAJOR CHANGES TO OUR STREETS.
SO, UM, GOOD EXAMPLES OF STREETS WHERE YOU MIGHT SEE SLURRIES, UM, WOULD BE ON RECENTLY PAVED STREETS THAT ARE IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION.
UM, YOU DO A SLURRY SEAL, THAT'S A VERY MINOR INVESTMENT TO KEEP IT IN GOOD, GOOD CONDITION, KEEP THE ROADWAY SEALED SO THAT IT DOESN'T DEGRADE AND BECOME A, UH, A LONG TERM, UM, UH, LIABILITY.
SO STREETS THAT COULD FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY, YOU KNOW, SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY, ELI BOULEVARD, SOUTH SOUTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD, UM, LAKEVILLE STREET ON THE SECTION THAT WAS DONE RECENTLY, PELOMA BOULEVARD SOUTH ON THE SECTION THAT WAS DONE RECENTLY.
UM, I'M SURE PAMA BOULEVARD NORTH WILL COME UP AT SOME POINT.
SO ONCE WE ADD THOSE SLURRY SEALS IN, I DO THINK YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL MILEAGE, UH, APPEAR ON THESE, ON THESE MAPS.
AND WITH THAT, HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AND OPEN OUR DISCUSSION.
HOPEFULLY THAT WAS, THAT WAS A LOT.
ALL RIGHT, IT'S COMMITTEE TIME.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF BJORN, NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR YOU TO, UH, ASK THE QUESTIONS.
SO JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND I'LL CALL ON YOU.
YES, AMBER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CAN I GET A DEFINITION OF WHAT THE GREENWAY PLAN ACTUALLY DOES? YEAH, SO WE HAVE A, A SUITE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT HELP REINFORCE THE STREET AS ONE THAT PRIORITIZES, UH, PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING STILL ALLOWS FULL VEHICLE ACCESS, UM, DOESN'T REMOVE PARKING EXCEPT, UH, AS NEEDED TO IMPROVE SITE
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DISTANCE RIGHT AT THE CROSSWALKS AND INTERSECTIONS.UM, SO GENERALLY YOU WOULD SEE BULB OUTS NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS.
UH, YOU MAY SEE ALWAYS STOPS REPLACED WITH TRAFFIC CIRCLES BECAUSE THOSE WOULD, UM, UH, THOSE ALLOW FOR MORE EFFICIENT FLOW OF PEOPLE BIKING.
UH, THEIR TRAFFIC CIRCLES ARE MUCH MORE BIKE FRIENDLY THAN STOP SIGNS ARE.
UM, BUT THEY, AND THEN THEY ALSO OBVIOUSLY HAVE AN ADDED TRAFFIC CALMING, UH, BENEFIT.
AND THEN THE OTHER KIND OF, THE OTHER PIECE YOU'D PROBABLY SEE, UM, WOULD BE MID-BLOCK SPEED CUSHIONS, UM, WHICH ARE LIKE SPEED BUMPS, BUT HAVE SOME GAPS CUT OUT TO ALLOW, UH, EMERGENCY VEHICLES THROUGH WITHOUT HAVING TO SLOW DOWN TOO SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, BUT WITH EACH OF THESE PROJECTS, THEY, YOU KNOW, WE WILL CERTAINLY BE, UM, UH, DESIGNING.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A, A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH.
THOSE ARE JUST, UH, KIND OF THE EXAMPLES, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE U BASED ON WHAT WE'RE USING ON FIFTH STREET.
DO I HEAR ANOTHER ONE? WILLIAM IRN.
UH, YOU MENTIONED A SEVERE AND FATAL COLLISION MAP OR REPORT OR SOMETHING.
I, I THINK I SAW SOMETHING LIKE THAT A YEAR OR TWO AGO, BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT WHEN I WAS LOOKING THE OTHER DAY.
IS THAT AVAILABLE? YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN GET YOU THAT LINK AND MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S, AND I'LL MAKE SURE IT'S LINKED ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
UM, ADAM WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE, UH, SCTA HAS A VISION ZERO DATA DASHBOARD, WHICH IS ACTUALLY INTERACTIVE AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO TURN ON DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT LAYERS AND KIND OF, AND, AND SORT OF MANIPULATE WHAT TYPE OF, UM, COLLISION MAP YOU WANNA SEE, UH, BASED ON THE MODE OF TRAFFIC, UH, OR MODE OF TRAVEL, UM, SEVERITY OF THE COLLISIONS, COLLISION FACTORS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND YOU CAN LOOK ALL THROUGHOUT SONOMA COUNTY, OR YOU CAN JUST FOCUS IN ON PETALUMA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION, DARREN.
UH, WHEN WE REFERENCE THE A TP, I'M ASSUMING THIS IS THE NEW A TP THAT WE'VE GOT DRAFT MAPS OF GREAT.
UH, AND THEN I, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE GOING OVER ALL THESE PROJECTS, MY HEAD IMMEDIATELY GOES TO, YOU KNOW, A GANTT CHART OR SOMETHING.
IS THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? DO WE PLAN ON DOING THAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF WORK JUST TO CONSTANTLY UPDATE THIS, BUT IS THERE ANY PLAN FOR KIND OF A PUBLIC FACING FORM OF THIS? YEAH, I MEAN, I REALLY, WHAT I, IT WILL, RIGHT NOW, THE PUBLIC FACING VERSION OF THIS, UH, UNFORTUNATELY IS THE, IS THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, WHICH IS, UH, IS A VERY, IT'S AS FAR AS OUR BUDGET, OUR CITY BUDGET IS AWARD-WINNING IN TERMS OF ITS READABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
THAT BEING SAID, IT IS STILL A VERY DENSE DOCUMENT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK, UH, SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT, UH, AS FAR AS THIS INFORMATION LIVING ALL IN ONE PLACE, THAT'S SOMETHING NEW THAT WE WOULD NEED TO CREATE, BUT I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR THAT.
AND I, AND I, I SHARE YOUR, UH, VISION FOR A GANTT CHART FOR ALL OF THIS WORK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, ADAM? YEAH.
UM, IF YOU, I GUESS A QUESTION ABOUT KIND OF THE CRITERIA FOR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL, UM, AND MAYBE I'M JUST OUT OF DATE, BUT ON GARFIELD DRIVE, ARE THERE NEW BIKE, LIKE CLASS TWO BIKE LANES ON THERE? NO, THAT'S, UH, THE, THAT'S CLASS THREE.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SHARED LANES.
UM, SO WHAT WE DID THERE, THAT'S A 40 FOOT WIDE ROADWAY.
THE EDGE LANES WERE ADDED TO THE STREET, UH, 10 FEET FROM THE CURB TO BASICALLY PROVIDE A TWO-WAY TRAVEL WAY, TWO-WAY TRAVEL WAY FOR VEHICLES OF 20 FEET.
AND WE REMOVE THE CENTER LINE TO INCREASE FRICTION BETWEEN, UM, OPPOSING DIRECTIONS OF TRAFFIC.
BUT THERE'S NOT KIND OF A DEDICATED SPACE NECESSARILY LIKE A CLASS TWO THAT WOULD SAY THIS IS WHAT BICYCLISTS ARE NO.
UM, THE VOLUME ON GARFIELD IS UNDER A THOUSAND VEHICLES A DAY.
SO IT, IT FELT, IT MET, UM, NTO CRITERIA FOR, UH, SHARED A SHARED LANE CONFIGURATION.
I THINK MAYBE THIS JUST COMES DOWN TO MAYBE A FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT I'VE HAD IN THE PAST WHERE I JUST DON'T REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
FOR THREE YEAR OLDS TO BE MM-HMM.
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YEAH.SO THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.
I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, GARFIELD WAS, THERE ARE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT ADDITIONAL TOOLS WE COULD ADD TO A STREET LIKE GARFIELD.
LIKE WE DIDN'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MID-BLOCK SPEED CUSHIONS THERE, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, SO WE CAN SEE HOW, WHAT DOES WELL ON FIFTH STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH LIKE GARFIELD IS LOW TRAFFIC, ENTIRELY RESIDENTIAL, AND SEE HOW THAT PERFORMS AND THEN APPLY THAT OVER TO GARFIELD OR ON OTHER FUTURE, UH, CLASS THREE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY.
INSTALLATIONS, I THINK KINDA OF GETS TO THE QUESTION OF HOW WE DEFINE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY.
UM, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE CRITERIA YEAH.
THAT WE CAN KIND OF TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, I KNOW IT WAS EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT THE, UM, WHAT WAS IT, KIND OF YOUR QUICK BUILD AND DESIGN TOOLKIT, AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING SCTA IS GONNA BE WORKING ON AS WELL TOO.
SO THAT CAN KIND OF COME DOWN TO IT.
UM, FOR CLASS, FOR GREENWAYS FOR INSTANCE, WE'D BE REQUIRED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC DIVERSION.
SO YOU CAN'T CUT THROUGH ON THAT STREET, LIKE I THINK BERKELEY DOES.
AND ANOTHER GOOD DESIGN ELEMENT WOULD JUST BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SOLID GREEN BIKE LANES, LIKE I THINK THEY HAVE IN APPROACHING MACARTHUR BART MM-HMM.
SO YEAH, JUST THINKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE WOULD BE GREAT TO FIGURE OUT HOW THOSE ARE STANDARDIZED AND KIND OF CAN STILL MAKE SOME, A STREET LIKE GARFIELD WITH SOME OF THOSE DESIGN ELEMENTS KIND OF MEET THE STANDARD, I THINK, OF BEING LIKE, YEAH, I CAN HAVE MY KID GO DOWN HERE AND I KNOW THAT IT'S, WE'LL HAVE AS CLEAR MARKINGS AND DIVERSION AND STUFF AS POSSIBLE.
SO O ONE THING YOU MAY CONSIDER AS A COMMITTEE, WE, WE COULD LOOK AT, UM, DEVELOPING OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY DESIGN GUIDELINES.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE.
WE WOULDN'T NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.
UM, WE COULD EVEN START, CITY OF OAKLAND HAS A PRETTY RECENT, UH, DOCUMENT THAT THEIR, THAT THEIR PBA EQUIVALENT ACTUALLY HELPED STAFF PRODUCE.
UM, AND, UH, WE COULD EVEN USE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS A STARTING POINT AND THEN, UH, GIVE IT ITS OWN PETALUMA FLAVOR.
UM, AND THE ONE THING I'M JUMPING AHEAD TO COMMITTEE, I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT'S APPROPRIATE HERE, IS THAT SOMETHING AT SCTA, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE SOMEBODY NEW ON STAFF WHO COMES FROM LA DOING A LOT OF QUICK BUILD PROJECTS.
AND SO I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET A COUNTYWIDE STANDARD AS WELL TOO, FOR WHAT QUICK BUILD PROJECTS COULD BE.
SO THAT MAKES IT MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO GO FOR FEDERAL FUNDING IF WE CAN SHOW THAT THE WHOLE COUNTY HAS, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE CITY HAS KIND OF THE SAME STANDARD OR SAME BASE LEVEL OR SOMETHING.
SO SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VALUABLE TO COORDINATE WITH WITH THE COMMITTEE HERE AS WELL.
UM, AND I THINK MAYBE JUST A FEW COMMENTS ON THE, UM, PRESENTATION.
THERE'S DEFINITELY, YEAH, A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, IF THERE COULD BE SOME TYPE OF MAYBE TYPOLOGY FOR SOME OF, LIKE THE DISTINCT SLIDE TYPES.
FOR INSTANCE, WHAT I WAS THINKING OF FOR SOME OF THE SLIDES THAT HAVE CRITERIA WHERE THOSE ARE THE ICONS FOR SOME TYPE OF QUICK BUILD, MAYBE HAVING LIKE A LITTLE CHECKLIST OR SOMETHING ICON THAT JUST SAYS, ALL RIGHT, HERE'S THE CRITERIA ICONS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SO ANYWAYS, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT INTUITIVE.
'CAUSE I THINK, YEAH, IT IS SUPER VALUABLE.
THE MAP, UM, IS HELPFUL MAYBE EVEN TO SHOW AT THE BEGINNING JUST TO GIVE A LAY OF WHERE SOME OF THEM ARE ALL THE PROJECTS.
'CAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY JUST KIND OF KEEPING TRACK AS YOU WERE TALKING.
SO FIGURING OUT HOW TO KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THAT.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
SOME VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT COMMENTS.
DO I HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS YET, FRANKLIN? SO I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, UM, SINCE, SINCE ADAM, SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP THE, UH, UH, GARFIELD GREENWAY, UH, I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE IT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MY IMPRESSION WAS, UH, IT WAS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.
UM, IT'S, UH, THE, THE, THE LARGE GREEN SHEROS ON THE STREET, I MEAN, THEY REALLY STAND OUT AND THEY, THEY COMMUNICATE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING ON THE STREET THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH BIKES, YOU KNOW, BIKES BELONG THERE, UH, ALONG WITH AUTOMOBILES.
UM, PERHAPS, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT TO SAY THAT THERE, THERE COULDN'T BE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COMBINATION OF THE BULB OUTS, THE ROUNDABOUT, THE, AND THE, AND THE LARGE GREEN SHADOWS,
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I, I FELT DID A NICE JOB OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT STREET A NICE STREET.I WOULD HAVE NO, I MEAN, MY SON'S 10, I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH HIM RIDING HIS BIKE UP AND DOWN THAT STREET ON HIS OWN.
UM, ANYWAY, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AND THEN, UH, SORT OF INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS, YOUR HONOR, I, I WANTED TO ECHO E'S COMMENTS EARLIER.
UH, JUST COMING THROUGH TOWN AND SEEING ALL THE BIKE RACKS POP UP AND SEEING, UM, SOME OF THE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE, UH, LIGHTED SPACES, UH, BEING CONVERTED TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT STOOD OUT TO ME.
OF COURSE, I'M ON PVAC, SO I LOOK FOR THOSE THINGS.
UM, BUT, BUT THEY'RE, UH, BUT DEFINITELY I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GETTING THOSE OUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FRANKLIN.
ANYONE ELSE? AMBER, AND THEN, OH, I'M SORRY.
JOHANNA, YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
UM, WELL FIRST THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO ME, BEING NEW ON THIS.
UM, I WILL NEED SOME TIME TO LOOK AT THE MAP AND FIGURE IT OUT.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I HAVE LIKE AN 11 AND A 13-YEAR-OLD OUT ON BIKES BY THEMSELVES, AND THERE IS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING OVER THE LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIND ROUTES NOW THAT ARE SAFE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO BE OUT ON THEIR OWN.
UM, SO YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
THAT'S, UH, I, I HAVE, I NEED MORE TIME TO LOOK INTO ALL OF THE DETAILS.
UM, FALLING ON FROM ADAM'S COMMENTS AND, AND, UH, ALSO FRANK'S, I HAVE RIDDEN, UM, GARFIELD PRETTY EXTENSIVELY, AND IT IS A, A HUGE IMPROVEMENT, UH, BUT ALSO KINDA SEEMS LIKE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
YOU SAY IT'S 40 FEET WIDE, YOU MENTIONED IN, IN PASSING IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT, UH, IN SOME PLACES PARKING UTILIZATION IS HIGH.
I DON'T KNOW, UM, ARE THERE STATUTORY RULES OR SOME REASON WHY THE FREE ON STREET PARKING? WE JUST CAN'T TOUCH THAT.
I, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE SENSITIVE ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, GARFIELD'S NOT DOWNTOWN.
NOBODY'S STOPPING TO SHOP THERE.
PEOPLE HAVE GARAGES AND DRIVEWAYS.
SO 40 FEET WIDE, UH, SEEMS LIKE THE, THE SHERIFFS ARE NICE.
AND AS A, A CONFIDENT CYCLIST, UH, I LOVE GOING DOWN THERE.
AND I WOULD ALSO TRUST MY 10-YEAR-OLD RIGHT UP AND DOWN THERE, BUT IF MY 7-YEAR-OLD WERE GONNA GO ON HER OWN TRIP, I WOULD ASK HER TO RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK, EVEN WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, WHEREAS IF JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE SIDE, UH, OF THE ON STREET PARKING REMOVED, YOU'D HAVE, OF COURSE, TONS OF SPACE TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AS YOU WANTED.
MY QUESTION
THERE IS NO, UH, REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE ON-STREET PARKING.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S A VERY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, ARE, ARE VERY ATTACHED TO, UM, THEIR, TO THEIR TO ON STREET PARKING AND, AND UTILIZE IT, RIGHT? FOR, FOR MANY DIFFERENT USES, WHETHER IT'S, UM, FOR THEIR CARS, VISITORS, UM, YOU KNOW, OFTEN THAT'S THE SPACE THAT'S USED BY DELIVERY DRIVERS.
AND NOW THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A, A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE.
UM, AND, UH, SO IT'S A, IT'S A SENSITIVE, UM, IT'S ALWAYS A SENSITIVE TOPIC WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YES, REMOVAL OF ON STREET PARKING.
UM, I HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER CITY COLLEAGUES IN OTHER CITIES WHERE, UM, THEY'VE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD SO MANY BIKEWAY PROJECTS THAT, UM, WHERE PARKING REMOVAL WAS CONSIDERED, UM, AND THERE'S, AND THOSE TRADE-OFFS WERE WEIGHED THAT THEY ACTUALLY, THEIR CITY COUNCILS, UM, UH, DEVELOPED POLICIES AROUND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, UH, LIKE UTILIZATION RATES WHERE ON STREETE PARKING IS ESSENTIALLY UNTOUCHABLE.
AND IT'S GOTTA BE PRESERVED BECAUSE IT CLEARLY IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT, UM, THE RESIDENTS, UH, OR, OR TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
UM, AND, AND THEN IF IT'S BELOW THAT THRESHOLD, UH, YOU, YOU, YOU CAN SERIOUSLY ENTERTAIN IT AND, OR MAYBE IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE POLICY TO, UH, TO REMOVE IT OR CONSOLIDATE IT.
SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH ANY THAT EXERCISE HERE IN PETALUMA.
I DO THINK OUR GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, UM, WILL LIKELY, IT SEEMS TO BE TRENDING IN THE DIRECTION WHERE, BASED ON THE DRAFT FRAMEWORK, THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME, MAYBE SOME RECOMMEND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OR EVEN POLICIES THAT OUTLINE, UM, PRIORITIES
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FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW YOU ALLOCATE STREET SPACE, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ON A GIVEN OR HOW A A GIVEN STREET IS DESIGNATED.I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, IT IS A REALLY, UM, SOMETHING WE ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE HAVE, UM, UH, A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF HOMES THAT ARE, UH, INHABITED BY RENTERS WHERE YOU HAVE SEVERAL VEHICLES POSSIBLY, UM, TO THE HOME.
UH, WE HAVE RES WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE MULTI-GENERATIONAL, UM, HOUSES.
UH, AND SO WE OBVIOUSLY, UM, JUST WANT TO BE REALLY, WHENEVER WE DO PROPOSE PARKING REMOVAL, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY MINDFUL OF.
UM, AND, AND WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD LOOK CLOSELY AT, YOU KNOW, DRIVEWAY AVAILABILITY, THE SIZE OF THE DRIVEWAYS, UM, THE, THE PREVALENCE OF, UM, UH, SIDE STREETS, YOU KNOW, OTHER ALTERNATIVES, UM, UTILIZATION.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANNA LOOK AT.
AS FAR AS GARFIELD WENT, UM, THAT DID COME TO OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR, WE BROUGHT IT TO FEEDBACK FOR FEEDBACK, OUR RECOMMENDATION, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY, IT WAS LATE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR THAT PROJECT, ADMITTEDLY, WHICH IS A, A LESSON LEARNED ON OUR PART.
UM, BUT, UH, WE NEVER, WE DIDN'T REALLY ENTERTAIN PARKING REMOVAL THERE, I THINK, GIVEN HOW LATE IN THE, LATE IN THE PROJECT IT WAS.
UM, AND WE DID ACTUALLY SHARE WITH THE COMMITTEE THE, THE TRAFFIC VOLUME AND SPEEDS.
AND, UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT, OR OUR, OUR ASSESSMENT WAS THAT THIS STREET MET THE NATO ALL AGES AND ABILITIES DESIGN REQUIREMENTS WITH A CLASS THREE, UH, SHARED LANE WITHOUT, WITHOUT A DEDICATED BIKE LANE.
SO, UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS HOW WE ENDED UP THERE.
I'D SORT OF LIKE TO MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR CLOSING, UH, QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ITEMS. BUT WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT AND ANNOUNCE THAT THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ONCE AGAIN, LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY.
PLEASE, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD,
PERHAPS WE SHOULD GO INTO MODEL AIR PAPER, AIRPLANES, AIRPLANE IT OVER.
AGAIN, UM, MR. CLERK, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.
WITH THAT, I'LL CALL ON PERSON, PERSON BY PERSON.
UM, WE'LL START WITH ERIS AND WE'LL FOLLOW WITH ERIC LELAND, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT OTHER CARDS WE GET.
UM, A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PROJECTS IN THERE, AND I LIKE THE WAY IT WAS ALL LAID OUT IN, IN TERMS OF MAKING IT MORE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
I THINK EVEN JUST PUTTING THAT PRESENTATION AS IT IS ON THE WEBSITE WOULD BE USEFUL.
I'D LOVE A COPY OF IT PERSONALLY.
UM, I'M FEELING LIKE I NEED TO GO CHECK OUT GARFIELD
UM, I'VE NOT, UH, ACTUALLY BEEN ON A ROAD THAT USED THAT, UH, EDGE LANE, YOU KNOW, NO CENTER LINE, UH, CONFIGURATION.
I HEARD A PRESENTATION ABOUT IT AT THE BECK CONFERENCE BACK IN APRIL, UH, WHICH WAS INTRIGUING, BUT I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED IT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANNA GO, UM, CHECK OUT.
UM, MY OTHER THOUGHT TO KIND OF TAG OFF OF SOMETHING THAT MR. HAGENS SAID EARLIER, UH, IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE WANNA GET THIS NETWORK BUILT OUT TO LOOK, THE, ALL OF THE PROJECTS IN THAT LIST TOTALED UP TO LIKE 18 MILES OR SOMETHING, AND LESS THAN 20 MILES OVER FIVE YEARS, FOUR MILES.
THAT'S LIKE, NOT VERY MUCH
SO I, I GUESS THERE'S SORT OF MAYBE A QUESTION WRAPPED UP IN THAT COMMENT THAT, ARE THERE OTHER PROJECTS THAT AREN'T IN THIS BUCKET? UM, OR IS THIS EVERYTHING? UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S GREAT PROJECTS AND GREAT
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FILLING IN THOSE GAPS, BUT IT JUST ISN'T, ISN'T ENOUGH.AND NEXT, ERIC, LELAND AND ERIC, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY PETE GANG.
UM, BJORN, I'M WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT THROW THE SLIDE UP OF THE LAST MAP, IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
UM, FIRST I WANTED TO WELCOME ALL THE NEW MEMBERS.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR VOL VOLUNTEERING.
UH, AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THIS PLAN.
UM, I WAS, I PLOTTED BEFORE I SAW THE MAPS.
AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT THE MAP HAS ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT BASICALLY ENCIRCLE EAST WASHINGTON, WHICH, UM, I FOUND RATHER STUNNING BECAUSE EAST WASHINGTON IS A HIGH INCIDENT CORRIDOR.
THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE PLANS OVER THE, THE FEW RECENT YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN PETALUMA THAT HAVE TALKED ABOUT PRIORITIZING EAST WASHINGTON AS THE NUMBER ONE SPOT TO IMPROVE.
NOBODY LIKES EAST WASHINGTON TO TRAVEL ON NOBODY.
NOT A DRIVER, NOT A BICYCLE RIDER, NOT A WALK WALKER.
EAST WASHINGTON IS AN AMAZING SPINE OF PETALUMA.
IT HAS LIKE MUL, YOU KNOW, DOZENS OF SMALL, UM, BUSINESSES.
IT'S GOT THE FAIRGROUNDS, IT'S GOT THE HIGHWAY, IT'S GOT THE TRAIN STATION, IT'S GOT THE ART, YOU KNOW, UM, ART CENTER.
I MEAN, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
AND YET THESE, THESE PATHS ALL ENCIRCLE IT LIKE THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M CURIOUS WHY THIS ISN'T IN THE NEAR TERM PLAN IN SOME WAY TO, TO DO THIS.
I HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REPAVING PART OF IT, WHICH I THINK MEANS THAT BASICALLY TRAFFIC WILL GO FASTER.
UM, SEEMS LIKE THAT OPPOSITE DIRECTION WE WANNA GO IN, RIGHT? UM, SO I'D WANNA ENCOURAGE THIS GROUP AND, AND STAFF TO REALLY STRONGLY CONSIDER HOW DO WE, I KNOW IT'S A COMPLICATED PROJECT.
IT'S A REALLY BUSY STREET FOR CARS, BUT LET'S REMEMBER THAT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF MY LIFE AND BEYOND, THAT STREET HAS BEEN FOUR CARS AND ONLY CARS, RIGHT? THAT THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN FOR.
AND YET IT'S THE MAJOR ARTERY.
THIS IS HOW WE GET TO PLAY PEOPLE WHO ARE BIKING AND WALKING ON ALL THESE OTHER PATHS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO PLACES ON EAST WASHINGTON, DOMINANTLY, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING IS.
LIKE, YOU GO DOWN EAST WASHINGTON, YOU VISIT STUFF, YOU DO YOUR THING, YOU GO TO THE DOWNTOWN, WHATEVER, AND ALL THE ROUTES RIGHT NOW ARE CIRCUITOUS.
AND ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IS IF WE DID BUILD ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ON EAST WASHINGTON, YOU CAN SEE HOW SO MANY OF THESE LINES COME REALLY CLOSE OR LINK UP TO EAST WASHINGTON.
SO THE MILEAGE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE FEW MILEAGE THAT THE LAST SPEAKER MENTIONED, STARTS TO MULTIPLY AS YOU HAVE A SPINE THAT CONNECTS 'EM ALL, RIGHT? EACH OF THESE LITTLE SEGMENTS BECOME MUCH BIGGER SEGMENTS.
UM, SO I THINK THE INVESTMENT AND THE HARD WORK OF MAKING EAST WASHINGTON A BETTER PLACE, UH, TO TRAVEL, UH, WOULD PAY MULTIPLE DIVIDENDS.
UM, AND JUST THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY, LET'S JUST IMAGINE ON THE FAIR GROUND SIDE OF EAST WASHINGTON, IF WE TOOK THAT ENTIRE LENGTH FROM THE HIGHWAY TO DOWNTOWN, AND WE WIDENED IT TO ALLOW FOR A WIDER SIDEWALK FOR RAPID TRANSIT BUSES TO EASILY PULL IN AND STOP, TO LINK UP DIRECTLY OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
SO IT'S EASY AND SAFE FOR A WALK PERSON WALKING OR BIKING TO GET ON AND OFF THE BUS TREELINE STREET.
SO IT'S COMFORTABLE, SAFE, UH, FOR FAMILIES TO WALK UP AND DOWN AND VISIT THESE MULTITUDE OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE AMAZING AND WOULD PAY HUGE DIVIDENDS FOR PETALUMA.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY YOU COULD JUST CONSIDER HOW CAN WE GET THIS INTO THE PLAN EARLY PLAN AND THE LONG-TERM PLAN GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PETE GANG.
AND, UH, THANK YOU BJORN, FOR AN EXCELLENT UPDATE AND REPORT.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT.
THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD PLANNED TO SAY, BUT I WANTED TO FIRST UNDERSCORE WHAT ERIC JUST TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT WASHINGTON STREET WHEN I WAS PART OF THE GROUP THAT BROUGHT THE, UH, A IS STAT AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ASSESSMENT TEAM TO PETALUMA ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
UH, THE, THE TASK THAT WE GAVE THEM WAS, THE TOPIC WE GAVE THEM WAS COMPLETE STREETS AND 15 MINUTE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IN THE REALM OF TRANSPORTATION, THEIR NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION WAS FIX WASHINGTON STREET.
AND I SUMMARIZED THEIR FINAL REPORT, BROUGHT IT AROUND TO SEVERAL COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR FIXING WASHINGTON STREET.
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SO IT'S NOT JUST OUR IDEA, IT'S, IT'S AN IDEA, UM, WITH WIDESPREAD SUPPORT.UM, BUT MY MAIN COMMENT, WHAT I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS I HEARD A NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS TALK ABOUT, OR REFERENCE DESIGN, EITHER SPECIFICALLY DESIGN OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GREENWAYS AND DESIGN, UM, IN GENERAL.
UM, IT, IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT IDEA THAT UNDERLIES ALL OF OUR, OF OUR PROJECTS.
UM, ANOTHER OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE A IS STAT REPORT WAS SAID WAS UPDATE OUR STREET DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH THEY IDENTIFIED AS, AS HAVING LAST BEEN, UM, UPDATED IN 1996.
SO AS WE CHANGE OUR VISION, OUR VIEW OF WHAT OUR STREETS ARE TO US, WE ALSO NEED TO UPDATE OUR STREET DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
UM, I JUST, MY, MY OWN SENSE IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING FAR ENOUGH.
GARFIELD, I, I, THE EDGE LANES ARE, ARE A GREAT FIRST STEP, BUT IN TOTAL, GARFIELD DRIVE IS A SMOOTHLY PAVED BLACK ASPHALT SPEEDWAY WITH STRIPING, WITH BULB OUTS.
BUT WE CAN, WE NEED TO DO MUCH BETTER.
AND BRUCE, NEXT SPEAKER BRUCE HAGEN, THANK YOU.
AND ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE BJORN'S EFFORTS, NOT JUST TONIGHT OR THIS YEAR, BUT SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE, MAKING STUFF CLEAR, MAKING IT ABUNDANT, AND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING GOOD CHOICES BEFORE US.
THE DESIGN THING I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
WHEN THE, UH, NORTH MCDOWELL PROJECT CAME FOR, YOU KNOW, FINAL APPROVAL BEFORE THEY STARTED ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, MOVING TRUCKS AND STUFF, UH, THERE WERE NO PYLONS.
IF I'M, AT SOME POINT, THERE WAS NO PROTECTED BIKE LANES THERE.
AND THE, THE FIRM THAT DID THE DESIGN WORK SAID, WELL, WE DIDN'T THINK WE HAD ENOUGH ROOM.
AND THE COUNCIL, UH, SAID, WELL, GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SEE IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
AND WHAT THEY DID COME UP WITH IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
BUT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN HAD TO BE CORRECTED BY INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC.
I THINK YOU ALL CAN LOOK AT WHO'S DOING STUFF OUT THERE THAT WE COULD AFFORD, THAT WE COULD BRING IN AND GIVE THEM PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY TO COME UP WITH DESIGNS THAT ARE LIKE, YEAH, WOW.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I WOULD SEE, UH, ON MY, UH, INSTAGRAM FEED IN A YEAR FROM SOMEPLACE INNOVATIVE PLACE IN THE WORLD, BUT NOT FROM PETALUMA.
IF WE CAN GET, AND, AND THAT VERY SAME THING, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT, UH, CORONA? WELL, IT'S A MESS THERE, BUT IF YOU NARROW THE STREETS, IF YOU GO FROM FIVE TO THREE, THEN YOU'VE GOT MORE ROOM TO PUT IN A CIRCLE AT CORONA AND NORTH MCDOWELL.
SO THERE ALL THESE THINGS WERE LIKE, WE WERE TRYING TO CORRECT THESE AFTER THE FACT AND POINTING TO PLACES, THINGS THAT HAD BEEN DONE IN OTHER PLACES.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE ON BOARD, UH, UH, THAT WILL GIVE US REALLY GROUNDBREAKING DESIGNS, THE KIND THAT WE NEED.
UH, THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE A NEIGHBOR COMPONENT, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH, UH, SAFE STREETS PARTNERSHIP WITH BLUE ZONES AND COOL PETALUMA, HOW DO WE GET THE NEIGHBORS TO DO WORK THAT MIGHT ROUTE WATER OUT OF THE GUTTER AND INTO THEIR TREE PLANTING, OR, UH, MAKE THEIR OWN TREE PARKING AND ELIMINATE THE PARKING SPACE AND SOME SORT OF EXPEDITED WAY TO GET ENCROACHMENT TO DO THAT SO THAT THE NEIGHBORS CAN RECREATE THE STREET, UH, IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TRAFFIC CALMING ON THE ENDS, THE BALL BOUTS, THE CIRCLES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT IN THE STREET NOW IT BECOMES MORE OF A LIVABLE SPACE.
AND WE WANNA SEE THAT BE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY AS WELL.
SO THANKS AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.
AND WITH THAT, AND I HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS.
I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND BRING IT BACK TO DISCUSSION TO THE COMMITTEE.
IF I COULD GET EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO PUT ALL OF THEIR IDEAS TOGETHER SO THAT EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO SPEAK, TO SPEAK ONE TIME.
I THINK WE CAN CALL THIS PARTICULAR DISCUSSION A DAY.
SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO START, DARREN? YEAH, I JUST ACTUALLY WANNA BUILD A LITTLE BIT OFF THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
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FRONT LOADED DESIGN WORK IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING NOT ONLY WITH STREETS AND STREETS, OBVIOUSLY HAVE BOTH BIKE AND PEG CONSIDERATIONS, TREE CONSIDERATIONS, BUT WE'RE SEEING IT ALL OVER AND IT'S NO COINCIDENCE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE GENERAL PLAN RIGHT NOW.BUT ALSO IN PARALLEL, WE HAVE OUR URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN, WHICH TALKS ABOUT STREET STANDARDS, DEALING WITH TREES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, AND WE HAVE A, A LITANY OF DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLANS.
SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AS THEY FIND THESE INNOVATIVE IDEAS, YOU KNOW, EITHER FEED IT IN PIECEMEAL TO PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE, AND OUR, UM, GENERAL PLAN CONSULTANTS, I THINK PLANNING DEPARTMENT WOULD STILL BE THE BEST PLACE TO SEND IT, UH, OR PUT A COHESIVE LIST OF SOME OF THESE IDEAS TOGETHER.
AND, AND I'M TELLING PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT WITH THE BACKING OF AN ORGANIZATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, AND NOW IS REALLY A GOOD TIME TO PUSH, I THINK, ON SOME OF THESE IDEAS BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THIS PLANNING AND I THINK THERE'S A BIG APPETITE FOR IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THESE BATTLES OVERDESIGNED ON EVERY SINGLE PROJECT, BUT WE FRONT LOAD AND HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS AND, AND GET OUR PLANS TOGETHER SO FUTURE PROJECTS ARE EASIER.
BJORN'S DONE A GREAT JOB AND FRONT LOADED PLANNING AND DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE A MAJOR NEED, I THINK, IN, IN MANY AREAS OF CITY PLANNING RIGHT NOW.
SO LOVE HEARING THAT FROM THE PUBLIC.
NEXT, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER, AMBER, YOU'LL PASS.
FRANKLIN, DO YOU WANNA, WE'LL JUST DO THIS IN ORDER SURE.
UM, I'LL JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD WORK ON THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
UH, WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE ARIS FOR HER WORK, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE PETITION TO ENCOURAGE THE CHP TO, UH, INVESTIGATE THE, UH, CRIME AGAINST THE BICYCLIST.
UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UH, ALSO JUST WANNA A QUICK REMINDER.
UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, STARS AND STRIPES DOGS AND BIKES EVENT, UH, TOMORROW.
UH, I HOPE THAT'S A LOT OF FUN.
UH, I'LL BE THERE AND, UH, I HOPE TO SEE OTHERS THERE AS WELL.
I HAVE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
UM, CHAIR
I COULD SEE, SORRY, FRANK, I SEE WHERE YOUR CONFUSION IS.
SORRY, I WAS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA.
I THOUGHT WE WERE IN THE, UH, COMMITTEE COMMENT.
YEAH, YOU CAN REPEAT AT THAT POINT.
YEAH, I GUESS I'M WONDERING, BJORN, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET SOME OF THESE TO STARTING SOME OF THESE LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS STARTED? IF WE HAVE KIND OF LIKE AN IDEA EAST WASHINGTON, WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY GONNA DO? HOW CAN WE GET THIS PLANNING PROCESS STARTED? THE OTHER MAJOR ONE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS IS JUST THE CIRCULATION AROUND, UH, DOWNTOWN SMART STATION.
UM, AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT COULD BE TIED IN WITH THE LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR STUDY, PERHAPS, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S A BIGGER DISCUSSION GIVEN THE SMART OWNERSHIP OF A LOT OF THOSE PARCELS.
AND I DON'T HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH DEVELOPMENT ON, ON THOSE, BUT IS JUST GIVING KIND OF LIKE A WHOLESALE REAL THINKING OF, OF BOTH SIDES, NORTH AND SOUTH EAST WASHINGTON AND D STREET, HOW BUSES, WHERE, WHY ARE BUSES GOING SO FAR OVER THERE? SO
IT'S JUST LIKE, LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
BUT IT'S NOTHING SHORT OF JUST HAVING TO REDO THE WHOLE ENCHILADA, WHICH I THINK IS KIND OF WHAT WE NEED TO START WITH.
SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE, HOW DO WE GET THIS STARTED? I JUST SO HAPPEN IN MY, ALL MY GREAT SPARE FREE TIMES I HAVE IS TRYING TO DO SOME DESIGNS ALSO FOR THAT, WHICH I'M GONNA TRY TO BRING TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEN ALSO JUST TO THE SMART BOARD AND JUST SAY, HEY, LET'S, LET'S THINK BIG, LET'S THINK ROUNDABOUTS, LET'S THINK AERIAL WALKWAYS AND BIKEWAYS.
I KNOW THAT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF BUDGET AND SCOPE FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND PLENTY OF EXAMPLES TO SAY WHY WE SHOULDN'T DO THAT.
BUT SEPARATING, UM, MULTI-USE PATHWAYS I THINK IS REALLY CRITICAL.
OTHERWISE, YOU'RE BOUNCING BE TRYING TO JUMP, DO FROGGER BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC LANES.
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SO ANYWAYS, JUST WONDERING YEAH, WHAT THAT PROCESS COULD BE LIKE, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE TWO, UM, KIND OF BIG PROJECT IDEAS.YEAH, SO I THINK THE ANSWER IS IF YOU DO NOT SEE SOMETHING IN THE, UH, IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITY, UH, OR, OR THE BEST PLACE TO DIRECT THAT FEEDBACK WOULD BE TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND, UH, AND THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT GOES FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, UH, ANY ANYONE SPEAKING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SPEAK ON YOUR OWN BEHALF OBVIOUSLY.
UM, YOU CAN'T REPRESENT THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE UNLESS YOU ALL DO AGENDIZE SOMETHING AND WANT TO PRODUCE A LETTER TO CITY COUNCIL, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THAT AREA, UM, BECAUSE, UH, THAT IS ANOTHER PIECE THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE ANY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS PROVIDED BY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
AND THERE WILL BE, OBVIOUSLY AT, AT LEAST WE HAVE ONE THAT'S BREAK THAT JUST BROKE GROUND AT OYSTER COVE THAT'LL PROVIDE A PROTECTED BIKE LANE ALONG THEIR FRONTAGE, ALONG THEIR D STREET FRONTAGE FROM, UH, BASICALLY FROM THE BRIDGE TO THE END OF THEIR PROPERTY GOING TOWARDS LAKEVILLE.
UM, AND THAT'S, AND THAT, THAT FRAMEWORK OR THAT FOUNDATION HAS BEEN SET WITH THE OTHER TWO, UH, LARGE, UM, PARCELS THAT, UH, AT SOME POINT MAY BE DEVELOPED, UM, FOR, TO DO THE SAME, TO PROVIDE PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON THEIR, ON THEIR FRONTAGES.
SO, UM, DEVELOPMENT IS DEFINITELY A KEY PIECE THERE.
UH, YEAH, HAVING THAT BROADER DISCUSSION, UM, UH, YEAH,
SO YEAH, I, I THINK CITY COUNCIL IS PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE TO, TO PUSH FOR THINGS THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY HAPPENING.
UM, FIRST I WANNA, I WANNA SECOND OR THIRD, UM, THE, THE IDEA TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT EAST WASHINGTON.
UM, I THINK YES, THAT'S, THAT'S MUCH NEEDED.
UM, AND I WANTED TO ADD, I COME MORE FROM LIKE A HUMAN MANAGEMENT PEOPLE PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND AS YOU SHARED ABOUT LIKE PAY RAN AND LIKE SHARED LANES WHERE YOU CANNOT TAKE AWAY PARKING, I MEAN, I'M WELL AWARE OF ALL THE DISCUSSIONS AND THE RESISTANCE, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO TIME TO BE A BIT BOLDER IN HOW WE ADDRESS THINGS AND ASK WHY CAN'T WE TAKE AWAY PARKING? I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO LIKE FULL FORTH AND LIKE, WE MUST DO THIS, BUT TO HAVE A MORE BOLD CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE THINGS.
I LIVE ON PAY, I'M A LITTLE OBSESSIVE, I ALWAYS COUNT HOW MANY CARS THERE PARK
AND YES, WE COULD JUST REMOVE PARKING ON ONE SIDE AND EVERYONE WOULD STILL FIT.
UM, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT THAT EASY AND PEOPLE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE BOLDER ABOUT THE APPROACH AND NOT JUST DEFER TO, OH, WE'LL NEVER EVER GET THIS.
I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR, UH, EAST WASHINGTON DESCRIBED THERE AS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
UH, AS SOMEONE WHO, WITH MY KIDS TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR, I'VE HAD REALLY CLOSE CALLS JUST GETTING ACROSS ON, ON MARIA DRIVE THERE, UH, WITH CARS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE STATISTICS.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THEN I HAVE TO TALK THEM INTO RIDING THEIR BIKES TO SCHOOL, UH, BECAUSE 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD THESE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES, SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I, I WONDER, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A, A BIG HAIRY ISSUE AND YOU CAN'T JUST YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MAJOR.
IT'S LIKE A FREEWAY CROSSING TOWN.
UH, BUT WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF OTHER PLACES IN TOWN, I'M SURE WORLDWIDE AROUND THE COUNTRY TOO, BUT JUST IN PETALUMA, UH, WHERE LIKE IN RECENT YEARS WE'VE REMOVED LANES FROM PETALUMA BOULEVARD, A REALLY MAJOR CORRIDOR.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE THE MAXIMUM TRAVEL SPEED AS PEOPLE GO FROM STOP SIGN TO STOPLIGHT TO STOPLIGHT.
UH, DO WE HAVE DATA ON HOW THAT'S CHANGED? AVERAGE SPEED AND, AND VEHICLE THROUGHPUT, UH, WITH SORT OF A IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THAT? UH, AND COULD WE USE THAT TO INFORM DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CHANGES COULD BE MADE ON OTHER MAJOR THOROUGHFARES? YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THE PETA BOULEVARD SOUTH DATA, UM, IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN, I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT TO YOU.
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SAY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, UH, WHICH HAS PRODUCED QUITE A FEW STUDIES OF LANE REDUCTION PROJECTS, UH, THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT COLLISION REDUCTION BENEFIT BECAUSE YOU ARE REMOVING THE, THE, A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONFLICTS, UM, THE MULTI THREAT CONFLICT THAT OCCURS WHERE, UH, THE FIRST, THE, THE DRIVER IN THE FIRST LANE OR THE CURBSIDE LANE STOPS, BUT THEN THE DRIVER IN THE SECOND LANE DOES NOT, RIGHT? THAT'S THE MULTI THREAT CONFLICT THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE CROSSING A MULTI-LANE STREET.UM, SO YOU ELIMINATE THAT, YOU ELIMINATE THE WEAVING AND THE RACEWAY EFFECT THAT MULTI-LANE STREETS HAVE.
UM, IT SLOWS TRAFFIC BECAUSE YOU HAVE ESSENTIALLY A PACE CAR.
YOU CAN'T DRIVE FASTER THAN THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF SAFETY BENEFIT SAFETY AND, AND TR TRAFFIC CALMING BENEFITS TO THOSE.
UM, THE IMPORT IMPORTANT DISTINCTION HERE BETWEEN PELOMA BOULEVARD, SOUTH AND EAST WASHINGTON STREET, PELOMA BOULEVARD SOUTH HAS, UH, I THINK SERVES ROUGHLY 12,000 VEHICLES A DAY.
UM, EAST WASHINGTON STREET IS, IS UP OVER 20,000 A DAY, AND 20 THOU 18 TO 20,000 IS KIND OF THE THRESHOLD THAT FH, WHERE FHWA SAYS, IF YOU IMPLEMENT A LANE REDUCTION, YOU WILL SEE AN ADVERSE TRAFFIC IMPACT.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A KEY, A KEY DISTINCTION.
UM, YOU WOULD LIKELY SEE, UH, A, AN ADVERSE TRAFFIC, UH, CONGESTION IMPACT IN THAT REGARD.
UM, AND, AND I'LL JUST, YEAH, I'LL, I'LL THROW OUT THERE TOO THAT ANYTHING I THINK ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON, ON EAST WASHINGTON, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE, I'M SURE OUR PLAN, I'M SURE OUR GENERAL PLAN UPDATE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT EAST WASHINGTON AND, AND THAT COULD BE A GOOD, UM, A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST, THERE'S SO MANY OTHER, UH, CONSIDERATIONS THERE BEYOND JUST ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WITH, UM, TRANSIT BEING A HUGE ONE, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST A, IT'S A, IT'S A CHALLENGE.
IT'S A TIGHT, IT'S A, A LIMITED, SOMEWHAT LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, UH, IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S, YEAH, YOU DEFINITELY, IT WOULD BE A GREAT, A, A GOOD EXERCISE TO FIGURE, FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO, TO USE THAT SPACE.
AND MY, MY, UM, COMMENT, UM, OTHER THAN, I DON'T WANNA RE REITERATE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID BECAUSE I AGREE WITH ALMOST EVERYTHING.
UM, I DO WANT TO ADD PRESSURE TO GET EAST WASHINGTON STREET AND WASHINGTON STREET BACK ON OUR RADAR.
UM, WHEN I WENT READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT YESTERDAY, WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS EAST WASHINGTON AND WASHINGTON WERE NOT REPRESENTED.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK LELAND FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND ADAM FOR SECONDING THAT, AND I'LL MAKE IT A THIRD, BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, LET'S CLOSE THIS SECTION AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
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OKAY.NOW IT IS CALLED COMMITTEE COMMENT TIME, AND DURING COMMITTEE COMMENT, MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO BRIEFLY SHARE UPDATES RELEVANT TO OUR COMMITTEE, INCLUDING LIAISON REPORTS FROM OTHER CITY BODIES, AND MAKE REQUESTS FOR FUTURE, UM, AGENDA MEETING, OR, UH, I'M SORRY.
AND, UM, TO MAKE REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT, ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
AND I'LL TAKE A HAND TO SEE WHO WOULD LIKE TO START AGAIN.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT? DARREN? UH, I CAN START BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT FROM PLANNING COMMISSION
UH, UNFORTUNATELY I WAS NOT AT OUR MAY MEETING AND WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING IN JUNE.
SO SINCE THE LAST MEETING I WAS AT, I'LL TRY TO GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY.
STARTING WITH THE MAY 14TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON A RECOMMENDATION TO REVOKE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT ON KENTUCKY STREET FOR JAMESON'S ROARING DONKEY.
UH, AND WE DECIDED TO DO A 90 A REVOCATION OF THEIR PERMIT WITH A 90 DAY TOLLING PERIOD TO LET THE PROPERTY OWNER TRY TO BRING THAT SITE BACK INTO COMPLIANCE, UH, TO, TO KEEP THAT ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ATTACHED TO THAT PROPERTY.
IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT STAYS WITH THE PROPERTY, EVEN THOUGH JAMESON'S GONE, BUT WE'RE TELLING THAT PROPERTY OWNER, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE IF YOU'RE WE'RE GONNA ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THERE AGAIN.
UM, ALSO IN THAT MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, CANNABIS ORDINANCE.
SO AN UPDATE TO TABLE 4.4 AND CHAPTER 28 OF OUR IZO AND IMPLEMENTING A NEW CHAPTER OF OUR MUNI CODE
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ENTITLED CANNABIS SALES TO CONTINUE OUR EXISTING REGULATIONS AND ALLOW FOR UP TO THREE RETAIL STOREFRONT CANNABIS BUSINESSES IN BUSINESS PARK AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.THAT RECOMMENDATION WENT TO CITY COUNCIL, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS NOT THIS MEETING ON MONDAY, BUT THE PREVIOUS MEETING THEY REVIEWED, UH, OUR CANNABIS ORDINANCE, WHICH IS A VERY INTERESTING AND NUANCED CONVERSATION.
ON MAY 21ST, WE HAD A MEETING REGARDING THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, AND THIS WAS MODIFYING EXISTING REFERENCES TO POTENTIAL EXPANSION AREAS.
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY BAKED INTO THAT LEGISLATION OR THAT ORDINANCE FOR POTENTIAL EXPANSION AREAS.
FOR THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, WE MADE A MODIFICATION THAT ALLOWED FOR, OR RECOMMENDED EXPANSION AROUND THE CORONA STREET STATION AND TOOK AWAY THE OTHER POTENTIAL EXPANSION AREAS FROM THE ORDINANCE.
SO A MODIFICATION TO KIND OF EXPAND THE BOUNDARY WHERE IT MADE SENSE OR ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
THIS IS GONNA BE A BALLOT MEASURE, UH, IN NOVEMBER TO RENEW THE BOUNDARY WITH THESE CHANGES.
SO WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE THE BOUNDARY AROUND THE CORONA STATION, THE UPCOMING CORONA STATION TO OBVIOUSLY ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT THERE, BUT THEN TIGHTENING, TIGHTENING UP THE BOUNDARY ELSEWHERE.
UH, THEN WE ALSO HAD A STUDY SESSION ON A POTENTIAL PROJECT AT 1221 PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH.
THIS IS A GALLAGHER, UH, SENIOR LIVING FACILITY, I BELIEVE THIS IS THAT BIG FACILITY THAT USED TO BE FOR LIKE WATER SPORTS THERE ON PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH.
SO THERE'S A APPLICANT WHO, WHO'S LOOKING TO PUT IN A POTENTIAL SENIOR FACILITY THERE, UH, ON MAY 28TH.
AND NOW WE GET INTO A LOT OF GENERAL PLAN REVIEWS ON MAY 28TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED, THE SAFETY, THE GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION, UH, FRAMEWORK, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK, INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITY FRAMEWORK AND NOISE FRAMEWORKS OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
AS CRAZY AS IT IS, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE TO READING KIND OF ALL OF THEM.
'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOPIC IS GONNA SHOW UP WHERE AND WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BIKE AND PED, I WAS SURPRISED THERE ARE REFERENCES IN SOME FRAMEWORKS THAT I DIDN'T QUITE EXPECT.
LIKE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WAS PRETTY LIGHT ON REFERENCES TO BIKE AND PED, UH, WHEREAS A LOT OF THAT LIVED IN TRANSPORTATION, BUT THEN SOME OF IT SHOWED UP IN NATURAL RESOURCES, WHICH WAS INTERESTING.
UM, SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND FOR THIS GROUP, PROBABLY THE TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK IS A GREAT REVIEW.
UH, AND THAT'S A PLACE WHERE A LOT OF THE OVERARCHING IDEAS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING HERE ARE, ARE DUG INTO TO SOME EXTENT.
UH, THEN ON JUNE 11TH, CONTINUING IN THAT VEIN, WE REVIEWED THE HEALTH EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FRAMEWORKS, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK AND THE FLOOD RESILIENCE POLICY FRAMEWORK.
UH, SO AGAIN, DIGGING INTO THE GENERAL PLAN, SEEING WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
THEY ARE VERY GENERAL AND MAYBE NOT AS SPECIFIC AS WE GOT HERE, BUT I THINK REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO READ.
AND THEN ON JUNE 25TH, WE DID A SPAR REVIEW, A SITE PLAN, AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW FOR THE SCOTT RANCH PROJECT.
UH, THE DAVIDON IS THE DEVELOPER, AND THIS IS ON THE D STREET EXTENSION WITH THE RED BARNS, THE PROJECT THERE AT WINDSOR AND D STREET EXTENSION.
UH, THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 20 PLUS YEARS, AND WE APPROVED AN EIR BACK IN 2022.
AND WE'VE BEEN, THIS IS THE LONG AWAITED PLAN FOR WHAT THE ACTUAL HOUSING ON THAT SITE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
THE HOUSING IS GONNA BE CLUSTERED AROUND WINDSOR ON TWO NEW STREETS THAT ARE GONNA GO IN THERE.
IT'S 28 HOMES IN TOTAL, AND THEN KIND OF THAT WHOLE PARCEL WITH THE BARN.
AND A LOT OF THAT AREA IS GONNA BE DONATED TO SONOMA COUNTY PARKS EVENTUALLY TO EXTEND, UH, HELEN PUTNAM PARK.
SO THIS WAS A DESIGN FOR THE HOUSING, BUT ALSO A DESIGN FOR SIDEWALKS, UH, POTENTIAL ADDITIONS TO OUR BIKE NETWORK.
AND ALSO A ROUNDABOUT THAT'S GONNA GO IN THERE, A WINDSOR AND D STREET EXTENSION, WHICH SOMEHOW ENDED UP TAKING OVER THE CONVERSATION.
BUT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING, UH, SPAR REVIEW, UH, A LOT THERE ABOUT MOBILITY AND, AND SAFETY AND WALKABILITY FOR, UH, EXCUSE ME, SAFETY AND MOBILITY FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
UH, WE HAD A MEMBER OF OUR SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE THERE, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION FOR THIS GROUP.
UH, AND THEN WE WENT OVER TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN WE WENT OVER GENERAL PLAN FRAMEWORKS FOR TRANSPORTATION, PARKS, ARTS, CULTURE, AND CREATIVITY.
AND I'M REMINDED PARKS WAS ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE SAW SOME REFERENCE TO BIKE AND PED.
SO IT'S INTERESTING TO FOLLOW THOSE THREADS THROUGH THE FRAMEWORKS.
BUT FOR THIS GROUP, HIGHLY RECOMMEND REVIEWING THAT TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK, UH, PARKS, NATURAL RESOURCES, UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE BIKE AND PED ISSUES SHOW UP.
AND I'LL JUST SAY I'M A LIAISON FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS.
I'M A LIAISON FROM PLANNING COMMISSION THAT SERVES AS A MEMBER OF PAC FOR A YEAR.
WE ARE GONNA BE SELECTING POTENTIALLY NEW LIAISON APPOINTMENTS ON JULY 9TH.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THIS GROUP FOR BEING ABLE TO SERVE WITH PBA C UH, IT'S BEEN A JOY AND TAUGHT ME A LOT, UH, AND ESPECIALLY WORKING ON THE A TP WITH BJORN AND THE TEAM THERE.
UH, SO YEAH, I MEAN, HOPEFULLY I'LL GET TO SERVE AGAIN, BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO BE PART OF THAT FROM PLANNING, I'M ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR THEM TO, TO STEP UP.
SO YOU MAY NOT SEE ME IN NEXT MEETING, BUT IT'S BEEN GREAT SERVING WITH YOU GUYS, OR, OR YOU MAY
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OR YOU MAY, AND THIS IS JUST A NICE LITTLE RECAP, UH, BUT IT'S BEEN GREAT SERVING WITH PBAC.SO, AND THANK YOU FOR BJORN AND, AND MARJA AND THE TEAM HERE.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE HAVING YOU ON, UH, AS A LIAISON TO OUR COMMITTEE BECAUSE YOU ARE, YOU DO EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE HOPING, WHICH IS YOU TAKE WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE YOU TAKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OFTEN PLANNING COMMISSION THEN TAKES THAT TO COUNCIL, AND THEN YOU COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT THE STATUS IS AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND YOU'VE DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB OF THAT, AND I SO APPRECIATE THAT.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE KIND OF LOST IN A HOLE.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE.
BUT THANKS AGAIN, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON AGAIN.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A COMMENT OR AN OBLIGATION THEY NEED TO TALK ABOUT ADAM? OKAY, SO, UM, I WANTED TO LET FOLKS KNOW ABOUT AN UPCOMING WEBINAR.
UM, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OF UC, BERKELEY CALLED STREET STORY.
AND IT'S A WAY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE NEAR MISSES, CLOSE CALLS THAT DON'T GET REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UM, SO IT, IT, IT'S, UH, FROM THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE, THE KIND OF LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA OF CRASHES THAT SUPPLY THE VISION ZERO WEBSITE.
WE ALSO HAVE, IT'S KIND OF BURIED IN THE VISION ZERO, UM, UH, SONOMA COUNTY WEBSITE, BUT THERE'S SOME OF THESE STREET STORIES ALREADY CAPTURED.
SO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE COMING UP AT THE NEXT SONOMA COUNTY VISION ZERO ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS A PRESENTATION ON HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE STREET STORY, UM, AS A RESOURCE THAT WE'D ESSENTIALLY WANT TO TRY TO MAKE EVERYONE USE AS IF POSSIBLE.
SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? HOW DO YOU GET CITY DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED? HOW DO YOU LET THE PUBLIC KNOW? UM, SO, BUT THIS IS A, A SEPARATE WEBINAR BEFORE CALLED ENGAGING DECISION MAKERS USING STREET STORY.
SO IF YOU DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ON THAT, UM, THAT SHOULD POP UP WITH THE WEBINAR.
IT'S ENGAGING DECISION MAKERS USING STREET STORY.
UM, IT'S THIS THURSDAY, JULY 11TH, I GUESS IT'S NEXT THURSDAY.
UM, SO YEAH, I, I'D ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO CHECK THAT OUT AND JUST KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT AS A POTENTIAL RESOURCE FOR HOW DO WE BRING SOME OF THESE ISSUES TO LIGHT WHEN WE KNOW THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE REPORTING.
GOT THAT WAS REALLY CLOSE, THAT'S A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.
WHY DON'T SOMEBODY DO ABOUT THAT? YES, YOU NEED TO CONTACT, YOU KNOW, YOUR CITY, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME RESOURCE THAT POTENTIALLY, UM, IS ACCESSIBLE FOR, UM, KIND OF COUNTYWIDE, BUT ALSO FOR OUR VISION ZERO WEBSITE UPDATE
SO, UH, LET'S SEE, ONE OTHER, ANOTHER COMMENT GETTING BACK TO, UM, UH, EAST WASHINGTON.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT W AS WHEN SONOMA COUNTY UPDATES ITS TRAVEL MODEL, UM, IN THE NEXT COMING YEAR, WHICH IS KIND OF THE SIM CITY SHOWING WHERE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, WHERE THE TRAVEL FLOWS, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SCENARIOS, UH, WITHIN THE TRAVEL NETWORK.
UH, THEY HAVE TO BE APPLIED COUNTYWIDE, BUT A SCENARIO FOR EAST WASHINGTON THAT'S BEEN THROWN OUT IS, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY REMOVING THAT MIDDLE TURN LANE AND HAVING ROUNDABOUTS AT THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.
THAT COULD BE A SCENARIO THAT YOU COULD THEN SAY, FOR ALL OF THESE FIVE LANE ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY, WHAT IF WE DID THIS, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT TRAFFIC? AND WE CAN KIND OF TRY TO MODEL SOME OF THOSE RESULTS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YEAH, ON THE HORIZON WE CAN, I'LL BRING BACK TO PBA AND AS A CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST COMMENT IS MORE SPECIFIC.
IT'S SOMETHING RELATED TO WATER STREET.
UM, I, I LOVE THE KIND OF HISTORICAL COBBLESTONE OF THAT, BUT THERE'S I ON THE TRICYCLE, IT'S REALLY FUN.
I HAVE THE, I HAVE A, I PUT THE KIDS ON THAT, THAT'S THEIR FAVORITE, LIKE BUMPY, BUMPY ROLLERCOASTER RIDE.
IT'S JUST THE DANGER OF LIKE, THE RAIL ALWAYS KIND OF GETS ME.
IT'S, IT'S, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO ALONG THAT, AND IT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF D STREET, UM, JUST BEING ABLE TO CROSS OVER, NOT FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO MAKE THOSE SHARP RIGHT TURNS AND ANOTHER SHARP TURN TO AVOID THE PARK TRAFFIC.
YOU KNOW, JUST SOME, I DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, JUST WHAT, BUT MAYBE THAT'S PART OF
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OUR QUICK BUILD, UM, INVENTORY, SOME KIND OF DESIGN THAT YOU CAN FILL IN THE RAIL WITH LIKE A RUBBER LINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.BUT JUST SOME TYPE OF SAFETY TREATMENT, UM, FOR THE RAIL SPECIFICALLY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
PETALUMA ART AND GARDEN IS A HAPPENING IN ON JULY 14TH, DOWNTOWN.
AND I WENT TO A MEETING THE OTHER DAY AND ONE OF THE, UH, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THAT PARTICULAR EVENT ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SET UP A BIKE PARKING, UM, FACILITY FOR THE EVENT.
AND I FIGURED I WOULD BROADCAST THIS.
UM, I KNOW JUSTIN IS THE ONE WHO SAVES OUR, UM, SAVES US AND, AND PUTS THIS TOGETHER AT THE LAST MINUTE FOR MOST OF OUR, OR MANY OF OUR EVENTS.
ANYWAY, IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE CONNECTED TO ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, A BIKE PARKING FOR THIS EVENT, YOU WOULD NEED TO CONTACT PETALUMA DOWNTOWN.COM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED.
SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, I'M ALWAYS ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING RECENT, UH, CHANGES IN SOME OF OUR TRANSPORTATION OR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
OUR BUS TRANSIT SYSTEM IN PETALUMA IS FREE RIGHT NOW FOR ALL RIDERS, FAMILIES, KIDS, GRANDPARENTS, EVERYBODY GETS TO RIDE FOR FREE.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE FOR THE WHOLE OF THIS NEXT YEAR FROM, I IMAGINE FROM GEN JULY ONE UNTIL JUNE 30TH.
SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
IT'S A GREAT, IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM, IT NEEDS A LOT, AND IF WE RIDE IT WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT IT NEEDS AND MAYBE WE CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES.
UH, ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS SPEAKING OF FREE THINGS, SMART TRANSIT IS FREE FOR SENIORS 65 AND OLDER, AND FOR YOUTH UNDER 18 UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
AND I RIDE THE SMART TRAIN QUITE FREQUENTLY, SO THIS IS PERFECT FOR ME FREE BECAUSE I'M A SENIOR.
BUT ANYWAY, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO'S A SENIOR OR A YOUTH UNDER 18, PLEASE MAKE MENTION THAT SMART IS AT NO COST RIGHT NOW.
UH, ANOTHER THING IS THAT SMART AND GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE FINALLY PUT TOGETHER A SHUTTLE SERVICE THAT WILL GET US THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO.
WE TAKE THE SMART TRAIN, WE GET LET OFF AT THE LARK SPUR LANDING, AND THEN WE HAVE TO HIKE, UM, QUICKLY SOMETIMES TO CATCH THE FERRY TO GO TO THE CITY.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A SHUTTLE SERVICE THAT IS IN EFFECT.
AND I'M SURE THAT IT'S GOT OPENING TIMES AND HOURS THAT WE CAN LOOK UP, BUT DO KEEP, KEEP IN MIND THAT, UM, ANOTHER FORM OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS TRYING TO HELP US OUT.
ANYBODY ELSE? I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING AT, WHAT IS THAT? STILL HAVE ME, YOU STILL HAVE STAFF COMMENTS? I'M SORRY.
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COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL ADJOURN.YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THEM REGRET POINTING YOUR CHAIR.
I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HARD TIME.
UH, JUST A REALLY QUICK ROUND OF UPDATES FOR THIS MONTH AND FOR OUR NEWER MEMBERS.
THIS IS A FEATURE AT THE END OF EVERY, UH, MEETING.
SO AS MANY HAVE CALLED OUT, UH, LOTS OF BIKE RACKS POPPING UP AROUND DOWNTOWN, I'VE BEEN SPENDING MY FRIDAYS WITH, UM, HUDSON AND BRANDON ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS STREET CREW.
UH, WE'RE JUST SYSTEMATICALLY MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH, UH, THE DOWNTOWN AREA RIGHT NOW AND INSTALLING RACKS, INDIVIDUAL RACKS ON SIDEWALKS, UM, NEAR NEAR MOST STREET CORNERS.
AND, UH, AND THEN IN, UH, THESE THREE AREAS WHERE WE HAD EXISTING RED CURB, UM, FOUND SOME GOOD, UH, AREAS FOR, UH, CONCENTRATED ON STREET BIKE CORRALS.
THESE WILL HELP, UM, OBVIOUSLY CREATE NICE, UH, A A VERY PREDICTABLE PLACE WHERE YOU'LL KNOW YOU CAN FIND BIKE PARKING DOWNTOWN.
AND, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE HIGHLY VISIBLE, VERY ACCESSIBLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DRIVE, IF YOU RIDE A E-BIKE OR A HEAVIER BIKE CARGO BIKE, DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MANEUVERING OBSTACLES ON THE, ON THE SIDEWALKS.
AND, UM, YEAH, VERY, VERY EASY AND USER FRIENDLY.
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TO, UH, HAVE THESE IN AND WE'LL BE, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL, WE'LL BE DOING MANY MORE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.UM, ON A RELATED NOTE, THE TIMING IS ACTUALLY GREAT BECAUSE, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE CTAS, UH, NEW BIKE SHARE VENDOR IS GETTING SET TO LAUNCH WITH THEIR E-BIKE SHARE VERY SOON.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S BEEN FORMALLY ANNOUNCED YET, BUT, UH, SHOULD BE IN, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS OFFER UP THESE ON-STREET CORRALS AS AREAS WHERE THEY CAN PARK THEIR BIKES, UM, AND WHERE PEOPLE CAN PARK THEIR, THEIR BIKES, UM, UH, ONCE THEIR SYSTEM IS OPERATIONAL.
UM, AND JUST FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS AND ANYONE, UH, IN THE PUBLIC, WE DO STILL HAVE THAT BIKE RACK REQUEST FORM ACTIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AND STILL MONITOR, MONITOR THAT.
UH, SO FEEL FREE TO SEND, UH, LOCATIONS IN WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDITIONAL BIKE RACKS INSTALLED IN CITY RIDE OF WAY.
UH, WE'RE NOT DOING PUB PRIVATE RIDE OF WAY, SO, UM, HAVE GOTTEN QUITE A FEW REQUESTS FOR THE YOGA POSTS.
UM, SORRY, SORRY FOR ANYONE WHO'S REQUESTED THAT LOCATION, THAT'S NOT CITY RIGHT OF WAY, CAN'T HELP YOU THERE, BUT YOU SHOULD CERTAINLY TALK TO THE, THE BUSINESS OWNER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE GET REQUESTS FOR A LOT OF THE, UH, GROCERY STORES, PIL MARKET, GROCERY OUTLET.
SO, UM, FOR, FOR THOSE OF YOU, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE BETTER BIKE RACKS AT BUSINESSES, UM, PLEASE GO TALK TO THE BUSINESS, TO THE BUSINESSES THEMSELVES.
UM, WHAT WE CAN DO IS INSTALL THEM ON SIDEWALKS AT CITY PARKS, CITY FACILITIES, AND IN CITY STREETS.
AND, AND WE GOT OUR FOURTH BIKE FIXES STATION IN, UH, THESE WERE DONATED BY, UH, LEADERSHIP PETALUMA.
IT WAS THEIR, THEIR ANNUAL PROJECT.
UM, UH, THIS YEAR THEY DONATED FIVE OF THESE TO THE CITY.
UH, WE HAVE NOW INSTALLED THEM AT THE, UH, MARY ISAAC CENTER, KAVANAUGH CENTER COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THEN HERE AT THE SMART STATION, UH, THERE ARE ALSO A FEW ADDITIONAL STANDS THAT WERE LOCATED, UH, OR THAT WERE INSTALLED SEPARATELY AT THE REGIONAL LIBRARY AND AT, UH, THE SRJC CAMPUS.
SO GO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT ANYTIME YOU NEED TO, UH, FILL YOUR TIRES UP OR MAKE ANY OTHER SIMPLE FIXES AND ADJUSTMENTS.
THERE ARE SOME TOOLS, UH, THAT HANG DOWN.
YOU CAN'T SEE THEM HERE, BUT THEY ARE LOCATED IN THIS HOLLOW SECTION IN THE POST HERE, A BUNCH OF, UM, ALLEN WRENCHES AND, AND, UH, TOOLS THAT YOU WOULD NEED.
AND OUR, WE ARE WORKING ON A PARK ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT THIS SUMMER AT THREE PARKS, MCNAIR, MCDOWELL AND LA OR SARAH.
AND LOTS OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ANY OF THESE PARKS.
THESE ARE ALL, THEY'VE ALL INVOLVED MAJOR, MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO SEVERELY DEGRADED, UH, ASPHALT PATHWAYS THAT ARE NOW NICE, SMOOTH, A DA COMPLIANT, UH, CONCRETE PATHWAYS AND JUST TWO UPCOMING EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT.
I KNOW THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT THE STARS AND STRIPES, DOGS AND BIKES EVENT.
TOMORROW ON THE 4TH OF JULY, THERE WILL BE A BIKE PARADE FROM PRINCE PARK TO LUCCHESE PARK AT 10 30, I BELIEVE.
PETE, ARE YOU HELPING OUT WITH THAT BIKE RIDE? NO, I'LL BE THERE.
UM, AND THAT'S AN ALL DAY OR, UH, A MIDDAY EVENT FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.
SO GO CHECK THAT OUT AND YOU CAN GO TO THIS, UH, GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THAT RIDE AND, UM, LEARN MORE.
AND THEN OUR NEXT, WE'RE TAKING JULY OFF, UH, AFTER A, UH, A BUSY YEAR OF, OF WALK AUDITS AND TASK FORCE MEETINGS, UM, TAKING A ONE MONTH BREAK.
AND WE WILL BE BACK WITH OUR FIRST SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TASK FORCE MEETING OF THE 20 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH, RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL.
UM, ACTUALLY OUR NEXT TWO MEETINGS, OUR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER MEETINGS WILL BE HERE.
THE AUGUST MEETING WILL BE A KICKOFF MEETING.
IT WON'T, WE WON'T HAVE THE TYPICAL FOCUS BECAUSE WE, WE WON'T BE REPORTING OUT ON A WALK AUDIT.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE EDUCATIONAL AND ENCOURAGEMENT EFFORTS PLANNED FOR THE YEAR.
PETALUMA AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL ARE, UH, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT MOMENTUM RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, BIKE TRAINS.
SO I'M SURE THAT WILL BE A FOCUS OF THE AUGUST MEETING IS, IS GETTING, BUILDING UP THAT EXCITEMENT, UH, AROUND ALL THE ACTIVITY AND PROMOTION IN THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REALLY PACKED, UH, MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
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GOING TO DO TWO WALK AUDITS IN, I CAN'T RECALL IF THEY'RE IN AUGUST OR IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO A WALK AUDIT ON NORTH WEBSTER STREET WITH VALLEY VISTA, SPRING HILL, AND PETALUMA JUNIOR HIGH.AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO DO A SEPARATE WALK AUDIT WITH MCNAIR AND WE'LL BE REPORTING OUT ON BOTH OF THOSE AUDITS AT OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING.
THE REASON BEING THAT I AM GOING ON LEAVE IN OCTOBER FOR THE BIRTH OF MY SECOND CHILD.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY TAKE A BREAK IN OCTOBER.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT THE AGENDA PRETTY PACKED IN SEPTEMBER.
AND HERE ARE OUR UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS FOR OUR NEWER MEMBERS.
UM, YOUR COMMITTEE COMMENT IS A GOOD PLACE TO REQUEST NEW AGENDA ITEMS. UM, BUT FEEL FREE ALSO TO SUBMIT THESE TO THE CHAIR BY EMAIL AND, UH, FOR, FOR HER CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN WE CAN CHAT ABOUT THEM IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR, UH, MEETINGS.
WILL WE, WILL YOU BE SENDING THIS OUT SO THAT WE CAN YES.
THESE WILL BOTH TAKE A LOOK AT IT WHILE WE'RE HOME.
THIS AND THE OTHER PRESENTATION WILL BOTH BE ADDED TO, UH, ALTHOUGH SHELLY WITH THE VA WITH THE HOLIDAY AND VACATIONS, IT MIGHT NOT GET POSTED TO THE MEETING PAGE UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
I'LL, I'LL SEND THEM OUT BY EMAIL.
THAT WOULD BE LOVELY TO THE COMMITTEE AND THEN THEY MAY NOT SHOW UP ON THE MEETING PAGE UNTIL NEXT WEEK ONCE SHELLY'S BACK.
SO WITH THAT, NOW I CAN GET TO WHAT I STARTED ABOUT 10, 10 MINUTES AGO, IS OUR ADJOURNMENT.
WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8 43 AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING THE NIGHT BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY.
I REALIZE THIS IS A, A GREAT FAMILY TIME AND UH, IT WAS NICE THAT YOU CAME AND EVERYONE HAD SUCH GOOD COMMENTS, SPOKE SO SUCCINCTLY.
ENJOY YOUR NEXT MONTH AND WE'LL SEE YOU ALL IN JU YEAH, NO, AUGUST.