* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME [CALL TO ORDER] TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETAL PEDESTRIAN AND BI BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7TH. WILL THE CLERK [ROLL CALL] PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL? OKAY. BASHAW PRESENT. GARCIA LERT TAR. QUINT YEAGER RACON. HERE. GREENSPAN. HERE. BARNICLE PRESENT. THANK YOU. UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME KATE, KATE GREENSPAN, THE NEW RECREATION, MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION LIAISON. INVITE HER TO INTRO AND INVITE, AND WE INVITE YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. THANK YOU. I'M KATE GREENSPAN. I AM ON THE PARKS COMMISSION. I'VE WANTED TO BE THE LIAISON TO THIS COMMITTEE SINCE JOINING THAT COMMISSION. FINALLY, I HAVE A LITTLE MORE SENIORITY THIS YEAR, SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. UM, RIDING MY BIKE IS MY PREFERRED MODE OF TRANSPORTATION WITH MY YOUNG SON, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THE WORK THAT THIS BODY DOES, AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE AND HELP OUT. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. GENERAL PUBLIC [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE. TIME WILL BE ALLOTTED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALLY. NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES SUBJECT TO THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. AT THIS TIME, I OPEN IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I DIDN'T SEE ANY CARDS. AM I SUPPOSED TO FILL OUT A CARD OR NO, THAT'S FINE. WE CAN DO, WE CAN SKIP CARDS. , UH, JUST JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION. OH, SORRY. SO WE GET THAT IN THE MINUTES. THANK YOU. HI, I AM EMILY CHAR. I'M, UH, WITH THE SONNO COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION. UM, AND I JUST WANNA, UM, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS THAT WE ARE, UM, BRINGING OUR SMART CYCLING CLASS, UH, TO PETALUMA AT THE END OF THE MONTH. UH, THIS IS NORMALLY A CLASS THAT WE, UH, HAVE HELD IN SANTA ROSA. UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO BRING IT TO NEW PARTS OR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY, UM, IN THE COMING, COMING MONTHS. UH, IT'S A CLASS FOR ADULTS WHO KNOW HOW TO RIDE, UM, BUT MAYBE WANT TO, UH, HONE THEIR BIKE HANDLING SKILLS A LITTLE BIT OR GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFIDENCE, UM, RIDING IN TRAFFIC OR RIDING WITH A GROUP. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING IT HERE. UM, IT WILL BE, UH, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25TH AT NINE O'CLOCK AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. UM, AND WE'RE THANKFUL TO SAFE STREETS PETALUMA, FOR HELPING US GET THE WORD OUT, UH, AND FOR, FOR THE PARKS AND REC STAFF THAT'S BEEN HELPING US ORGANIZE IT AND FOR ALL OF OUR ALLIES WHO'VE BEEN HELPING SPREAD THE WORD. SO WE HOPE YOU WILL TOO. AND, UM, IT'S A SMALL CLASS, UM, LIMITED ENROLLMENT, UM, BUT WE'RE HOPING THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF, OF MANY THAT WE CAN BRING TO PETALUMA. SO, THANKS. IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, PUBLIC COMMENT IS, HI. HELLO. UH, MY NAME IS BEN, LIVED IN PUM ABOUT THREE YEARS, UH, FIRST MEETING. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN IS WONDERFUL. A BIT SLOW, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE THINGS TAKE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND PLANNING. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION THAT I SEE MISSING ON THE AGENDA IS GENERAL PLANS FOR LAKEVILLE. AND MAYBE I OVERLOOKED A COUPLE THINGS, BUT SOMETHING THAT I THINK NEEDS ATTENTION IN THE SHORT TERM IS THE CORRIDOR OF LAKEVILLE UNDERNEATH THE, UH, OVERPASS, THE HIGHWAY OVERPASS NEXT TO IN-N-OUT. UM, I'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO BJORN OVER THE PHONE ABOUT IT, UH, DURING THE SUMMER, AND IT'S VERY SHORT CORRIDOR, BUT HIGHLY DANGEROUS. I SEE A LOT OF CYCLISTS USING THE SHOULDER CLOSER TO THE SMART TRAIN TRACKS GOING BOTH WAYS. AND IT'S A ROUTE THAT I TAKE EVERY DAY TO GO TO WORK, BUT IN GENERAL, IT'S JUST GENERALLY A BIT UNSAFE FOR BICYCLISTS IN GENERAL WHO NEED TO GO OUT THERE. UM, OTHERWISE, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. UH, REALLY LOVE THE PLANNING THAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU. [00:05:06] IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT THERE BEING NONE. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] JULY 3RD, 2024 MEETINGS. COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? THERE BEING NONE. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED WITHOUT CHANGE AS PRESENTED, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] OF CONSIDERATION. UM, THIS IS WHERE YOU MIGHT NEED TO HELP ME OUT. A LITTLE YARN. YEAH, THAT, THAT'LL BE ME. . THANK YOU CHAIR AND GOOD EVENING COMMITTEE MEMBERS. UM, SPECIAL SHOUT OUT HERE TO COMMITTEE MEMBER BASHAW FOR STEPPING UP TONIGHT. OUR CHAIR IS OUT SICK AND OUR VICE CHAIR IS ON VACATION. SO, UM, AMBER WAS THE FIRST ONE THROUGH THE DOOR AND WE ASKED HER TO CHAIR TONIGHT, . SO THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR STEPPING UP. UH, I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN HERE. I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION TO HELP US THROUGH THIS ONE. ALRIGHT, SO, UM, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE SO MANY NEW MEMBERS, THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD TIMING TO BRING BACK, UH, A DISCUSSION ON POTENTIAL AD HOC COMMITTEES. AND, AND REALLY THIS IS A, A KIND OF AN OPEN-ENDED, UH, BRAINSTORMING SESSION. UM, YOU KNOW, NO PRESSURE TO CREATE ANY NEW AD HOC COMMITTEES TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY AS A COMMITTEE TO, TO DISCUSS THEM. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEES ARE A WAY FOR YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN SPECIALIZED, UM, AND, UH, SOMEWHAT FOCUSED GROUPS OUTSIDE OF OUR, THE, THE STRUCTURE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS. SO AD HOC COMMITTEES ARE NOT BROWN ACT COMMITTEES. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO MEET OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS ON YOUR OWN TIME. UH, THAT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO, UM, RESEARCH AND DISCUSS A TOPIC OF YOUR CHOOSING AND ULTIMATELY TO DELIVER SOME SORT OF A WORK PRODUCT OR PRESENTATION BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. AD HOC COMMITTEES DO HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAR SCOPE AND THEY HAVE TO STOP MEETING AND BE ESSENTIALLY DISSOLVE, DISSOLVED ONCE THEIR OBJECTIVE IS SATISFIED. SO ONCE YOU'VE MADE THAT PRESENTATION OR GIVEN THAT REPORT BACK TO PAC, AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT A BROWN ACT COMMITTEE, WE NEED TO AVOID, UM, HAVING A QUORUM OF THIS BODY MEET. SO, UH, AS A COMMITTEE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES OF UP TO FOUR MEMBERS. A QUORUM FOR THIS COMMITTEE IS FIVE. AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF, UH, MEETINGS, YOU NEED TO AVOID DISCUSSING YOUR AD HOC MATTERS WITH ANY MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A, A SERIAL MEETING. HOPEFULLY YOU ALL, UH, WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BROWN ACT TRAINING LAST WEEK. AND, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEES ARE ALSO SOMEWHAT UNIQUE IN THAT WE CAN INVITE, UH, YOU, YOU MAY INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, WHO ARE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE TO PARTICIPATE. UM, AND WE'VE HAD THAT IN THE PAST. UM, PETE GANG FROM SAFE STREETS PETALUMA, WHO'S HERE TONIGHT, UH, HAS PARTICIPATED IN AD HOC COMMITTEES WITH US. SO SOME RECENT EXAMPLES OF AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE HAD. UH, WE'VE HAD TWO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AD HOCS, ONE THAT WAS FOCUSED ON HELPING DEVELOP THE, THE DRAFT MAP THAT WE SHARED, UH, LAST YEAR. AND ANOTHER THAT FOCUSED ON MORE ON THE VISION GOALS AND ACTIONS. UH, IN THE REPORT WE HAD A BIKE PARKING AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT DID SOMEWHAT OF A, AN AUDIT OF BIKE PARKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THEN OFFERED UP, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ON IMPROVEMENTS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE, HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE, IN THIS SUMMER SINCE WE'VE BEEN, UM, IMPROVING BIKE BIKE PARKING THROUGHOUT OUR, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND, AND ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH MEMBERS BARNACLE, QUINT, AND TAR. ALTHOUGH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE EVER HAVE EVER MET OR, OR REALLY MADE ANY PROGRESS, UM, PART OF THE DISCUSSION, DIANE, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU THINK IT'S, WELL, I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, QUINT OR TAR, BUT IT MIGHT BE WORTH DISCUSSING WHETHER THAT COMMITTEE WANTS TO CONTINUE AND, AND WORK TOWARDS SOME SORT OF A WORK PRODUCT OR IF, IF YOU'D RATHER SPEND YOUR ATTENTION, TIME AND ATTENTION ON SOMETHING ELSE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A, AN AD HOC LAST YEAR, UM, THAT DID A REALLY GREAT REPORT WITH AN AUDIT OF OUR MULTI-USE TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND REPORTED [00:10:01] ON TRAIL CONDITIONS, UM, AMENITIES OR LACK THEREOF, AND PROVIDED, UH, QUITE A FEW, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ON, ON WAYS TO IMPROVE THE, UH, USER EXPERIENCE ON OUR TRAILS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY ULTIMATELY UP TO YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, THESE INVOLVE A TIME COMMITMENT OUTSIDE OF THE, OUTSIDE OF OUR, UH, OUR REGULAR MEETINGS. SO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY FOR YOU, NO PRESSURE WHATSOEVER, AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO, UM, TO CHOOSE OTHER TOPICS. BUT I DID THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THROW OUT A COUPLE OF IDEAS THAT, UM, WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, TO US AS, AS STAFF AND THAT SEEM SOMEWHAT TIMELY AND, AND ALSO SEEM LIKE THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES BY THIS COMMITTEE. UM, SO ONE WOULD BE AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AD HOC THAT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE MORE, UH, DEEPLY ON, UM, ON, IN REVIEWING THE, THE DRAFT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND ESSENTIALLY HELPING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH WOULD HELP ALSO, ONCE THE DRAFT PLAN DOES COME TO THE COMMITTEE, THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE THEN HAS THE CONFIDENCE IN KNOWING THAT A SUBGROUP OF YOU HAS REALLY BEEN, UH, MORE ENGAGED WITH THE, WITH THE PLAN ITSELF. AND THEN, UH, THE SECOND BEING A WAYFINDING AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO DATE REVIEW, UM, OTHER WAY FINDING SYSTEMS AND BEST PRACTICES THROUGHOUT, UH, THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA. AND ULTIMATELY HELP US SHAPE A, A WAY FINDING PROGRAM, UM, THAT WE, UH, WILL START MAKING PROGRESS ON, UH, FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE JUST OUR SUGGESTIONS, BUT HAPPY, UH, YOU KNOW, TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND, UM, ALLOW YOU TO DISCUSS IDEAS AND, UM, SHARE ANY OTHER TOPICS YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN. THANKS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, DOES THE C COMMITTEE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE STAFF? IS THERE A PROCESS FOR OFFICIALLY, UH, COMMISSIONING OR KICKING OFF A, A COMMITTEE? LIKE HOW DO YOU, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE, HOW DO WE, UM, GET IT ON THE BOOKS? JUST TALK TO YOU HOW WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST IS PEOPLE JUST VOLUNTEER. UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, YOU CAN, IF YOU, IF YOU'VE IDENTIFIED A TOPIC THAT YOU'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE GROUP AND, UM, SEE IF OTHERS WANT TO JOIN YOU. . THANK YOU. YEAH, THERE'S NO VOTE REQUIRED OR IT, IT'S SOMETHING WE DO WANT TO CAP BE ABLE TO CAPTURE IN THE MINUTES. UM, AND WE'LL ALSO, SINCE WE DO HAVE SOME MEMBERS OUT TONIGHT, WE CAN ALSO, UM, I CAN FOLLOW UP BY EMAIL WITH MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT HERE AND, AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY ADDITI IF THEY'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR ANY THAT ARE ESTABLISHED TONIGHT OR IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS. AND WE COULD ALWAYS REVISIT NEXT MONTH AS WELL. BJORN, A COUPLE QUESTIONS. UM, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR WORKLOAD AND WHAT YOU RESPOND TO, UM, LIKE THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY FINDING CLEARLY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR SCOPE OF WORK, UH, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE SAME THING. UM, ALSO I'M JUST NOTICING THAT WE'RE MOVING INTO IMPLEMENTATION ON QUITE A FEW THINGS, WHETHER IT'S FIFTH STREET OR D STREET, MARIA, THE NOMINATION PROJECTS. UM, ARE YOU SEEING ANY POTENTIAL ROLE FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO PLAY IN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MONITORING THOSE THINGS, BEING LIAISONS TO THOSE PROJECTS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? UM, TO JUST HELP MAKE IT SO THAT IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS ON, ON FIRST TO, TO RESPOND TO THINGS. UH, I MEAN, , I LOVE THE, I I WOULD, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO DUPLICATE MYSELF AND, AND THE REST OF OUR TEAM TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY ON THESE PROJECTS AS THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED AND, AND BE RESPONSIVE. UM, BUT I, THAT, THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY, THAT WOULD BE A, A, A DIFFICULT POSITION TO PUT COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN. AND I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT, THAT, THAT THOSE, UM, YEAH, REALLY WITH, WITH THOSE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES THAT COME UP THAT MIGHT BE, UM, CHALLENGING FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO, TO RESPOND TO. AND I JUST, IT ALSO JUST ASKING, ASKING THE COMMITTEE TO RESPOND TO THINGS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF DISCOMFORT. UM, I'M WONDERING THAT'S, I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL [00:15:01] CONTEXT YOU CAN GIVE ON THE, I KNOW THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AD HOC WANTED TO YEAH. OR EVEN FORWARD LOOKING. YEAH. LIKE, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT COFIELD, RIGHT? MM-HMM. AND A, A POTENTIAL ROAD DIET AT COFIELD. MM-HMM. , WE'VE GOT THE FUNDING SECURED. UM, HELPING ADVISE ON THE, ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN FOR THAT. UM, THINGS LIKE THAT. I'M JUST THINKING YEAH, PROJECT MORE, PROJECT SPECIFIC STUFF. UM, 'CAUSE LIKE, THIS IS, FEELS LIKE THESE ARE REALLY SIMPLE THINGS AND THINGS THAT ALWAYS RIGHT SEEM TO, TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER WITH A LOT MORE EMAILS COMING IN AND A LOT MORE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ARE THE, THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CHANGES. UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES AD HOC COMMITTEES SEEMS WILL HELP BY RESEARCHING, KIND OF LOOKING OUT AT WHAT OTHER CITIES OR AGENCIES ARE DOING, FINDING EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT THEY REALLY, UM, THAT THEY, THAT YOU REALLY LIKE AND, AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPLEMENTED HERE IN PETALUMA. THAT, THAT'S MAYBE ONE WAY THAT, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COULD BE, COULD BE VIEWED AS OR, OR COULD BE ADDRESSED IS BY LOOKING OUT AT, UM, DIFFERENT TOOLS AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT LIKE, THE WAY THE WAYS OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE USING WHAT ARE CALLED STORY MAPS OR INTERACTIVE MAPS, UM, OTHER VISUALS TO KIND TO MORE EFFECTIVELY, UH, COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF PROJECTS. BUT AS FAR AS ASKING THE COMMITTEE TO BE ESSENTIALLY SPOKESPEOPLE FOR CITY PROJECTS, I, THAT, THAT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY TALL ORDER. . YEAH. I'LL, I'LL HOLD OFF MY, MY COMMENTS. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR PERSON. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK. GOOD EVENING. UH, PETE GANG, SAFE STREETS. I GUESS I HAVE THREE SHORT THINGS. UH, ONE, THERE WAS ALSO, I PARTICIPATED ON AN AD HOC LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE, LOOKING AT THE V AT VISION ZERO, AND WE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. TWO, UM, I'M EXPRESSING MY, MY INTEREST AND DESIRE TO BE PART OF THE, THE A TP AD HOC IF ONE EMERGES. AND THREE, IF I HEARD AND REMEMBER CORRECTLY AT, AT THE LAST PAC MEETING, THERE WAS SOME, UH, INTEREST EXPRESSED AMONG COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN DESIGN, DESIGN STANDARDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, MAYBE FOR SHARED STREETS. AND I, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK UP AGAIN FOR YOU ALL TO DISCUSS. THANKS. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT IS, DOES THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT? IF NOT, IT'S, THEY'RE CLOSED TO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS RECOMMENDATION. SORRY. I THINK WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. YEAH, . YEAH. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO, DISCUSSION. I'LL START. UM, I THINK I'D LIKE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ONE, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE MOVING INTO PROJECTS. UM, NOT TO BE LIKE MAYBE THE FACE OF TALKING ABOUT THINGS, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS DO ON THESE PROJECTS IS HAVE REALLY GOOD EDUCATION, LIKE POSTED AT THE, AT THE PROJECT SITE. AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AD HOC START TAKING MORE OF AN ACTIVE ROLE IN LIKE, WHAT TYPES OF MESSAGING WE'RE PUTTING, LIKE PHYSICALLY THERE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING DOWN AND SAYING, WHY THE HELL DID THEY DO THIS? UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER GONNA GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM A NEIGHBOR WHO DOESN'T KNOW, OR THEY'RE GONNA GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM US. AND, UM, PUTTING THE INFORMATION THERE, IT'S, I THINK I'D LIKE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AD HOC TOGETHER FOR THAT EXPLICIT PURPOSE. WOULD IT BE HELPFUL? I CAN SHARE, I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN AGAIN JUST TO HELP US ALL KIND OF, SO I'LL JUST ADD SOME NOTES IN HERE AS YOU ALL DISCUSS. AND I'M KEEPING, I'M, BECAUSE MARJA AND, UM, FRANK ARE NOT HERE THIS EVENING, I'LL JUST, I'LL ASSUME [00:20:01] THEY'RE ON, STILL ON THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE. IF, IF, UH, YOU'D LIKE TO, TO KEEP THAT TOGETHER. AND IF YOU KNOW, FOR THE REST OF YOU, IF, IF AT THIS TIME, UH, NOTHING'S JUMPING OUT AT YOU OR INSPIRING YOU, UM, THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE TOO. WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. ? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN I, CAN I THINK ABOUT IT? I I'M NOT IN A POSITION TONIGHT TO YEAH. MAKE, ABSOLUTELY MAKE ANY DECISION. YEAH. TO TIE, BUT CAN I THINK ABOUT IT AND THEN GET BACK TO YOU? YEAH, WE CAN, UH, WE CAN BRING THIS BACK NEXT MONTH AS WELL. MY QUESTION IS ON THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE COMMITTEE MEMBER, THE COMMUNITY MEMBER OF THE DESIGN ASPECTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LAST MEETING, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE? YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT, I WOULD BE, I THINK THAT INVOLVES RESEARCH, UM, YOU KNOW, RESEARCHING WHAT OTHER CITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE DOING. THAT'S ALWAYS, THAT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL. AND, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMPARING TO WHAT, UH, WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING HERE AND, AND OFFERING IDEAS ON, ON WAYS TO IMPROVE. WE'RE ALWAYS, WE ARE ALWAYS RECEPTIVE TO THAT. SO IT'S GREAT. IT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. WOULD THAT FALL UNDER THE WAY FINDING? UM, I THINK THERE'S A WAY FINDING ELEMENT TO IT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS. UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO PORTLAND OR CITIES THAT HAVE REALLY WELL ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE IS ALWAYS A, A KEY PART OF THAT. THEY ALSO, THEY USE SHARES AS AS WAY FINDING, UM, AND THEN THEY HAVE GATEWAY SIGNAGE USUALLY AT, AT KIND OF KEY ENTRY POINTS TO THE, TO THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON ONE AND IT'S EASY TO TELL WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE INTERSECTING GREENWAYS ARE. UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S DEFINITELY PART OF IT. YEAH, I WOULD PARTICIPATE ON THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, FOR DESIGN STANDARDS. SOMETHING THAT INTERESTS ME AS WELL. AND AT THIS TIME, DO I ASK FOR ANY MORE DISCUSSION IF JUST CALLING FOR YEAH. ANY, I'LL, I'LL BRING UP, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THIS AGAIN WITH KIND OF THESE INITIAL TWO OKAY. BRING BACK WHEN WE HAVE OUR OTHER TWO MEMBERS YEAH. AND GIVE A LITTLE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. THANKS. SOUNDS GOOD. AND FEEL FREE TO, UM, EMAIL ANY IDEAS TO ME IN THE INTERIM SO WE CAN, UH, TEE UP THE DISCUSSION FOR NEXT MONTH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM THREE ON THE AGENDA, AND THAT'S BACK TO ME AS WELL. UM, NO PRESENTATION FOR THIS ONE, BUT TONIGHT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UH, WE ARE, UH, ASKING YOU THAT YOU CONSIDER, UH, VOTING IN TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO, UM, PROVIDE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR OUR APPLICATION TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAM, UH, TO WHICH WE ARE APPLYING ACTUALLY AS PART OF A COUNTYWIDE APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN SPEARHEADED BY SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, WHICH IS OUR, UM, COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. AND JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE, UH, THEY, THEY DID THIS LAST YEAR AS WELL. WE PARTICIPATED IN THEIR CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL, AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THE LAST CYCLE. WE RECEIVED, UH, 200, ABOUT $250,000 FOR A SAFETY STUDY OF THE LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR FROM OMA BOULEVARD NORTH OUT TO CITY LIMITS. SO BOTH THE CITY PORTION FROM PIL BOULEVARD NORTH TO 1 0 1, AS WELL AS THE CALTRANS PORTION FROM 1 0 1 TO CITY LIMITS. AND THAT'LL BE GETTING UNDERWAY, UM, SOON. WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, SCTA IS, IS WORKING ON HIRING A CONSULTANT FOR THAT STUDY. SO WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THE LAST ROUND. UM, WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN THAT ROUND, ACTUALLY. WE HAD ASKED FOR, UM, WE HAD TWO OTHER ASKS, ONE TO, UM, UH, DO QUICK BUILD PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT INTERSECTIONS AND CROSSWALKS. AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER APPLICATION FOR, UH, TO UPGRADE ALL OF OUR SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS. AND, UH, SO THIS YEAR WE, UH, PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER WITH SCTA, WE LOOKED AT WHICH APPLICATIONS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THE LAST ROUND. WE SUBMITTED TWO APPLICATIONS AGAIN THIS YEAR. ONE WAS FOR, AGAIN, THE CITYWIDE, UH, SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN WE SUBMITTED ANOTHER TAKING, UM, OUR TOP 10 SCORING PROJECTS FROM OUR SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM, UM, WHICH HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND, AND ARE INCLUDED IN A STAFF REPORT. AND, UM, [00:25:01] THEIR READ ON IT WAS THAT THE SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WOULD NOT BE AS COMPETITIVE. UM, THE, THAT FALLS UNDER A, BECAUSE IT'S A, A BIGGER TICKET ITEM WITH PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, FALLS UNDER A DIFFERENT CATEGORY THAT IN THE LAST ROUND WAS EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE. UM, SO WHAT THEY AGREED TO DO IN THIS ROUND, OR WHAT THEY TOLD THE AGENCIES THEY WOULD DO IS SUBMIT ESSENTIALLY A COUNTYWIDE QUICK BUILD APPLICATION, UH, WHICH FALLS UNDER A PLANNING AND DEMONSTRATION CATEGORY THAT WAS NOT NEARLY AS COMPETITIVE IN THE LAST ROUND. SO THEY, THEY LIKED OUR APPLICATION FOR, UH, THE TOP SCORING PROJECTS OUT OF THE SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO REFINE THE APPLICATION AND ENSURE THAT IT WILL BE AS, AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE. SO, UM, THESE ARE THE CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THEM. AND, UM, IF SUCCESSFUL, WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE ON, ON THESE, THESE 10 CORRIDORS, UH, ARE TRAFFIC CALMING, UH, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS. UM, PRETTY, PRETTY EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS. MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE THAN WE WERE INITIALLY ANTICIPATING, BECAUSE AS CTA IS REALLY, UM, THEY'RE REALLY GOING ALL IN FOR THIS. AND, UM, AND, AND ENCOURAGING US TO GO, UH, TO, TO TAKE THESE AS REALLY AS FAR AS WE CAN, AS FAR AS, UM, AS FAR IMPROVING, REALLY IMPROVING EVERY, TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT EVERY INTERSECTION AND, AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO IMPROVE, I IMPROVE THESE STREETS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR NOMINATION PROGRAM. UM, SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND OR ANSWER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. AND, UH, YEAH. THANK YOU. DO ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK. WELCOME BACK, EMILY. HELLO . UH, EMILY CHARDON FROM THE SONOMA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION. UM, AND, UH, WE ALSO, THE BIKE COALITION ALSO WROTE A LETTER OF SUPPORT, UH, FOR THIS GRANT, UM, TO SCTA. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE ARE, UM, SUPPORTING AS WELL. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, AND A COMMENT, UH, WITH REGARD TO HOW, UH, IT'S GONNA AFFECT PETALUMA. UM, I GUESS I'M, I'M CURIOUS, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY HAD ALREADY, UH, FUNDED THE SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM, UM, OR THOSE, THOSE FIRST, YOU KNOW, 10 PROJECTS. SO I'M CURIOUS, UM, A COUPLE ABOUT, A COUPLE OF THINGS. IF APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT DELAYS THAT WORK MEANS, YOU KNOW, IT MEANS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT, UH, FOR THE GRANT MONEY TO COME THROUGH, FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION TO START, UM, IF IT AUGMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING. UM, AND THEN LAST, I GUESS IF THE GRANT IS UNSUCCESSFUL, UH, WHAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT WORK, UM, GOING FORWARD? UH, AND THEN MY, MY COMMENT IS JUST THAT I KNOW, UM, THAT THE, THE GRANT APPLICATION ALSO INCLUDES SOME PROVISIONS FOR, UH, COMMUNITY LED DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM QUICK BUILDS, , UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH INVOLVE MORE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMING TOGETHER AND, AND KIND OF DECIDING ON, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OTHER, UH, CITIES HAVE DONE. UM, THERE'S A GROUP OF COMMUNITIES IN THE EAST BAY THAT'S DONE THIS. IT'S GOTTEN SOME ATTENTION HERE IN SONOMA COUNTY AS WELL. BUT, UM, UH, JURISDICTIONS HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT, I THINK, HOW TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THESE KINDS OF, OF PROJECTS. UM, THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT LIABILITY AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EXTENT, UH, UH, RESIDENTS CAN BE INVOLVED. SO I GUESS MY COMMENT IS IF, UM, YOU KNOW, IF PETALUMA IS INTERESTED, UH, IN SORT OF THAT PART OF THE GRANT, UH, IN ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY LED DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, THEN I HOPE THERE'S SOME ATTENTION GIVEN TO HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN ACTUALLY BE INVOLVED IN THOSE PROJECTS, UH, IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. SO THAT'S ALL. THANKS. UM, AM I SUPPOSED TO ASK IF YOU'VE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? UM, THAT GOES TO THE CLERK, BUT WE HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY COMMENTS COME IN ON THIS ONE, AND I'M HAPPY TO, UM, TO, TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, THERE WAS A, A REALLY EXCELLENT QUESTION RAISED THERE AROUND, UH, WHAT THIS DOES TO, TO OUR CURRENT PROJECT BUDGET. SO WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT, WE HAVE $873,000, I BELIEVE IN OUR [00:30:01] APPROVED BUDGET FOR SAFE STREETS QUICK BUILDS IN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. UM, BASED ON OUR INITIAL ESTIMATE, THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO DELIVER THE TOP FIVE OR SO, UH, PROJECTS FROM OUR LIST. SO THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY, UM, AUGMENT THAT FUNDING AND ENABLE US TO TAKE IT FURTHER OUT AND, AND GET THROUGH THE TOP 10 AND HOPEFULLY, UM, UH, DO EVEN MORE WITH IT. UH, THE KEY CAVEAT HERE, I'D SAY WE DID ADD A ONE PRETTY BIG TICKET QUICK BUILD PROJECT TO OUR LIST HERE, UH, WHICH IS ELI BOULEVARD FROM WASHINGTON TO FREIGHTS. UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS ON OUR, OUR PREVIOUS SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM LIST, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T, WE REALLY WEREN'T LOOKING AT, UM, THOSE BIG MULTI-LANE ARTERIALS BECAUSE WE KNEW THEY WOULD REALLY KIND OF EAT UP THE WHOLE QUICK BUILD BUDGET. AND, AND THEY ADD A LOT OF CHALLENGES. UH, THEY, THEY JUST BE, THEY'RE MUCH MORE INVOLVED PROJECTS. SO WITH THIS THOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER TALKING TO SCTA, UH, WE DID WANT TO, TO ADD ONE BIG, BIG TICKET ITEM TO OUR LIST TO, UM, IMPROVE THE APPLICATIONS, IMPROVE OUR, OUR CHANCES HERE AND, AND REALLY GO FOR IT. AND ELI WAS IDENTIFIED BY US BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY, UM, REALLY THE ONLY ROADWAY ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE NEAR TERM PLANS FOR A PAVEMENT PROJECT WHERE WE COULD IMPLEMENT A LANE REDUCTION. AND, UH, WE SEE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LANE REDUCTION THERE BECAUSE IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER CAPACITY. AND, AND THOSE LANE REDUCTION PROJECTS REALLY ARE, UH, THEY ARE A GREAT WAY TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR ALL ROAD USERS, OBVIOUSLY. SO, UM, SO YEAH, I, I'D SAY TWOFOLD, ONE ON WE'RE NOT ONLY ARE WE AUGMENTING WHAT'S IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET, BUT WE ARE ALSO, UH, ADDING A PRETTY, UH, AMBITIOUS CORRIDOR TO THE LIST. CAN YOU ALSO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY LED DEMONSTRATION AND ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING ON THAT FRONT? OH, YEAH. YEAH. SO WE HAVE TOLD S-S-C-T-A AT THIS POINT, THEY'VE JUST ASKED WHICH CITIES WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, AND WE SAID WE WOULD BE. AND, UH, BUT, BUT THEY HAVE OFFERED, UH, TO, TO TAKE THE LEAD THERE. AND WE HAVEN'T HAD TO IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC PROJECT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE APPLICATION. THEY'VE JUST SAID THEY'RE BASICALLY IN, AS PART OF THE APPLICATION, THEY WILL ASK FOR SOME FUNDING TO DO, UM, AT LEAST ONE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT AGREES TO HOST ONE. SO WE ARE, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE AND HAPPY TO HAVE, UH, THAT TAKE PLACE IN PETALUMA. THANK YOU. UM, DOES THIS NEED A MOTION? DOES, YES. THIS SAYS NEED A MOTION. UH, I OPEN IT UP. YEAH. I'LL JUST SAY, 'CAUSE WE ALREADY MENTIONED IT. I KNOW IT'S PART OF THE PRIOR ITEM THAT A COMMUNITY LED DEMONSTRATION AD HOC MIGHT BE GOOD BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, OUR CITIES REALLY STRUGGLED WITH. AND IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND HOW THAT'S ACTUALLY WORKING. SO IN TERMS OF RESEARCH, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING, UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT. UM, YEP. I'LL SECOND THAT. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. THAT THE GOTTA GO. THAT THE COMMITTEE AUTHORIZES A CHAIR TO PROVIDE A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE CITY'S APPLICATION TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY STREET AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAMS. WILL THE CLERK TAKE THE VOTE? THAL SHAW? YES. SLAT YEAGER. YES. KUSON? YES. GREENSPAN, YES. BARNACLE? YES. MOTION PASSED. SO ONTO [COMMITTEE COMMENT] COMMITTEE COMMENTS. AM I IN THE RIGHT ZONE? WOULD ANYBODY YOU ARE, YES. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO START WITH A COMMITTEE COMMENT, GIVE AN UPDATE FROM PLANNING COMMISSION? OUR LAST MEETING WAS JUST APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS AND WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS, AND WE DID NOT COVER ANY NEW BUSINESS. AND IN JULY, AND ACTUALLY NOW IN AUGUST, OUR UPCOMING MEETING WAS ALSO CANCELED. UH, SO I'M HOPING, UH, MAYBE BY SEPTEMBER WE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO TO REPORT AS AN UPDATE. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO MORE. OH, THANKS. UH, THERE WAS A, AN EMAIL FROM SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, PAUL WEBER, [00:35:01] ASKING ABOUT, UH, THE CROSSING AT MARIA DRIVE IN WASHINGTON. I HAD NOTICED THIS TOO, WHERE, UH, AFTER A TRAFFIC COLLISION, UH, THERE'S SOME OF THE SIGNAL STUFF WAS REDONE AND THE PUSH BUTTON FOR BICYCLISTS IN PARTICULAR TO CROSS THERE WAS REMOVED. WAS THAT REPLACED WITH A MOTION SENSOR OR IS THAT TBD DID? CAN WE FIND OUT? I WOULD THINK WE WOULD'VE REPLACED WITH, UM, CAMERA DETECTION, BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, HONOR. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM LOOPS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO I'LL, I'LL CHECK ON THAT. THANK YOU. THE LOOP IS DIFFERENT FROM JUST A BUTTON, RIGHT? THERE'S A WELL, RIGHT. YEAH. BUT, BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, MOVING AWAY FROM THE LOOPS AND THE BUTTONS. OKAY. FOR BIKES AT LEAST. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANKS SIR. I HAD NOTICED THAT WE KNOW THAT THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL IS UP FOR PAY FOR CEMENT WORK NEXT YEAR TO GET IT COMPLETED, BUT THE END CLOSEST TO MCDOWELL, THE CREVICES AND THE ASPHALT ARE GETTING WIDE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY CATCH A BIKE TIRE. WOULD THAT FALL UNDER OUR QUICK REPAIRS ACTION? THE BEST PLACE FOR THAT, UH, UH, UH, COMPLAINTS OR, OR, UH, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE REQUEST OF THAT NATURE WOULD BE THROUGH THE, UM, ENGAGE PETALUMA APP OR, OR@CITYOFPETALUMA.ORG SLASH ISSUES. UM, THAT'S JUST A GOOD WAY TO HELP US TRACK THOSE REQUESTS, 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YEAH, CAN, CAN BE DONE, UH, A NEAR A NEAR TERM FIX. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? UH, ANY [STAFF COMMENT] ADDITIONAL BJORN ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, I HAVE A, I HAVE A, THE NEXT SECTION, WHICH IS STAFF COMMENT, SO I CAN, I CAN ROLL INTO THAT IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE. AND, ALRIGHT, SO, UM, PRETTY QUICK UPDATE FOR THIS MONTH. UH, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK UNDERWAY AND I'LL HAVE A LOT MORE TO REPORT ON AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, CELEBRATING HOPEFULLY, UM, COMPLETION OR, OR VERY NEAR COMPLETION OF THE MARIA DRIVE PROJECT, WHICH I'M, SEE, I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL SEEN. IS, IS, IS, UH, IS COMING TO A CLOSE. I THINK THEY FINISHED THE PAVING OUT THERE. IF NOT, THEY'RE VERY CLOSE AND THEY'LL BE STRIPING IT ALL VERY SOON. UH, HOPING TO GET, ESPECIALLY THE STRIPING DONE NEAR, UH, LOMA VISTA BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. AND, UH, WE WILL ALSO BE, UH, THE, THE D STREET PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETE. UM, THAT WILL, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION NEXT WEEK. SHOULD LAST ABOUT A WEEK. SO, UM, THE NEW BIKE LANES AND TRAFFIC CALMING AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ON D STREET BETWEEN CITY LIMITS AND PETLAND BOULEVARD SOUTH, UM, STARTS NEXT MONDAY OR TUESDAY, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE. AND, UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING VERY CLOSELY WITH LIVE OAK ON SOME CIRCULATION IMPROVEMENTS TO NOS CONCOURSE IN THE FAIRGROUNDS. UM, AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE A VISUAL TO SHARE, UH, BUT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY MAKING A ONE-WAY LOOP, UH, THROUGH THE FAIRGROUNDS. SO FOR ANY LIVE OAK PARENTS OR FAIRGROUNDS VISITORS, UM, YOU WILL NOW BE DRIVING INTO THE FAIRGROUNDS FROM FAIRGROUNDS DRIVE, NOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXIT THERE. AND THEN IT'LL BE A ONE-WAY LOOP THAT, UH, EXITS OUT ONTO PAY RAN AT, UH, JEFFERSON, THAT THOSE GATES WILL BE OPEN DURING, UH, FAIRGROUNDS OPERATING HOURS. UH, ESSENTIALLY, UM, WHAT THAT ENABLES US TO DO IS CREATE A, UH, USE THE REMAINING ROADWAY SPACE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY, UM, PARKING AND, UH, VEHICLE LANE AND TURNED IT INTO A, A PRETTY WIDE, UH, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ONLY AREA, WHICH WILL HELP SERVE THE, THE SCHOOL THERE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. SO, UH, SOME NICE FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE SCHOOL, UH, ALONG THERE. AND, UM, AND HONESTLY, WHEN THE GATES OPEN AT JEFFERSON, UM, FOR PEOPLE WALKING OR BIKING THERE, THERE'S, THAT'S A NEW, A NEW WAY THAT YOU CAN WALK AND BIKE THROUGH THE AREA OFF, YOU KNOW, CUTTING OFF OF PAY RAN AND, UH, GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU AN ALTERNATIVE TO PAY RAN, I SHOULD SAY, THROUGH THAT AREA. SO WE'LL GIVE SOME UPDATES AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, UM, AND, AND SHARE SOME PICTURES AND, AND VISUALS ON, ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, ONE I DO HAVE A VISUAL ON IS A PAVING PROJECT THAT WILL BEGIN THIS WEEKEND, I BELIEVE FRIDAY, UH, OUT AT THE CURVE ON WESTERN AVENUE. SO, UH, THIS WILL GO FROM THE END OF THE SECTION THAT THE COUNTY JUST PAVED DOWN, DOWN THE HILL AROUND THE CURVE. UM, JUST PAST HILL DRIVE, AND I'M SURE [00:40:01] YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS STRETCH, IT'S, UH, A PRETTY SHARP CURVE. UH, IF YOU'RE RIDING A BIKE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S A, A LITTLE OFF CAMBER, UM, CAN BE A LITTLE TRICKY TO NAVIGATE. SO WE WILL BE ADDING LOTS OF STRIPING OUT THERE. UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING AN UPHILL BUFFERED BIKE LANE, NARROWING THE LANES A LITTLE BIT TO CREATE, TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT EXTRA ROOM FOR THE UPHILL DIRECTION. AND THEN DELINEATING THE BIKE LANE IN THE DOWNHILL DIRECTION. RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT A, UH, AN EDGE LINE FOR THE TRAVEL LANE, AND THEN THE REST IS ESSENTIALLY THE DEFACTO BIKE LANE. SO WE'LL BE ADDING, UH, BIKE LANE LINES AND, UM, AND THEN ALSO ADDING SOME OF THOSE SPEED REDUCTION MARKINGS THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OUT ON I STREET. SO THOSE WILL BE PLACED, UM, ENTERING THE CURVE. BUT, UH, YEAH, EXCITING TO GET, UH, SOME NICE SMOOTH PAVEMENT OUT THERE. AND, UM, THAT WORK SHOULD BE, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL, WE'LL BE UNDERWAY THIS WEEKEND AND SHOULD BE A, A PRETTY QUICK, PRETTY QUICK PROJECT. AND THEN GOING INTO UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS, UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITY PICKING BACK UP. AND, UM, I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE AND, AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHT, SO THE CALTRANS DISTRICT FOUR BAY AREA BIKE PLAN UPDATE. UH, WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON THIS AT OUR, UH, LAST SCTA COUNTYWIDE, UH, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, THEY, THEY ADOPTED THE DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH IS BASIC, WHICH IS THE NINE COUNTY BAY AREA. UH, IT'S THE LOCAL CALTRANS DISTRICT. AND, UH, THEY ADOPTED A BIKE PLAN FOR DISTRICT FOUR, UH, I THINK ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO NOW. SO THEY'RE DOING THEIR FIRST UPDATE. I'VE PROVIDED SOME LINKS HERE ON WAYS THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE INPUT. AND I'LL ACTUALLY SWITCH MY SCREEN HERE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. UM, THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR INPUT ON WAYS TO IMPROVE BICYCLING ALONG AND ACROSS THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. SO WHATEVER THEY OWN AND OPERATE FOR US IN PETALUMA, THAT'S US 1 0 1 AND, UM, AND STATE ROUTE ONE 16, WHICH IS LAKE LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY. SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTIONS ON WAYS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT INTERCHANGE, INTER INTERCHANGES, EXCUSE ME, UM, WAYS TO IMPROVE, UH, FREEWAY CROSSINGS, UM, OPPORTUNITIES MAYBE TO ADD NEW BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS WITHIN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY. SO WHETHER THAT'S A LONG LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY OR EVEN ALONG US 1 0 1, THERE ARE SOME STRETCHES IN MARIN COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE, WHERE THERE ARE MULTI-USE PATHWAYS RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE FREEWAY WITHIN CALTRANS RIGHT OF WAY. UM, SO IF YOU FOLLOW THAT LINK IN THE SPREAD, IN THE, UH, IN THE POWERPOINT, ONE OF THEM GOES TO THIS, UH, UH, A STORY MAP AND YOU CAN CLICK THROUGH AND SEE WHICH, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THESE POINTS, THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT. AND SO THE GOAL HERE IS TO CAPTURE ANY ADDITIONAL AREAS WHERE YOU THINK, UM, BICYCLING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE IMP IMPROVED, UH, ALONG AND ACROSS THEIR, THEIR SYSTEM. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ONE IDENTIFIES THE NEED FOR PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON OLD REDWOOD HIGHWAY OVER US 1 0 1. THIS ONE IDENTIFIES THE NEED FOR PAINTED OR PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON CORONA ROAD OVER 1 0 1. HERE WE'VE GOT, UH, LIST LOOKS LIKE WASHINGTON AND 1 0 1 BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN MACKENZIE AVENUE, THEY'RE SAYING, UM, IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE OVERCROSSING LAKEVILLE CLASS FOUR PROTECTED BIKE LANES, UH, IN THE INTERIM BUFFERED BIKE LANES. LET'S SEE WHAT THEY'VE GOT UNDERNEATH 1 0 1 1 16. UM, AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT UNDER 1 0 1. UH, THAT'S THE SECTION THAT WE HAD THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON EARLIER ALONG LAKEVILLE UNDER 1 0 1 AND WHAT ELSE? AND LET'S SEE. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THERE'S A COLOR CODED BASED ON, UH, HOW HIGH OF A PRIORITY THEY SEE. SO THAT ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH I WOULD ARGUE IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY, THEY'VE GOT AS A MEDIUM PRIORITY, YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE LEFT. UM, YEAH, SO WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR [00:45:01] US LIKE THIS BODY OR FOR THE CITY TO ACTUALLY UPGRADE THAT TO BE A HIGH PRIORITY. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN GO IN AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER. UM, IF I CAN, SORRY, I CAN'T SEE A LOT OF MY SCREEN BECAUSE OF ZOOM RIGHT NOW. LET ME TRY TO GET OUT OF THIS VIEW. SO IF YOU GO TO THAT URL, UM, THERE IS A PROVIDE COMMENTS SECTION, AND IT IS NOT, THERE WE GO. UM, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS ON THE LOCATION BASED NEEDS MAP? SO THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN ENTER A COMMENT AND SAY, I, AND I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE IDENTIFIERS, LET ME SEE. CAN SEE IT'S NOT THE MOST, YEAH, SO YOU COULD COPY THE IDENTIFIER, THE ID, AND THEN IN YOUR COMMENT SAY, ID NUMBER NX OH FOUR SHOULD BE UPGRADED TO A HIGH PRIORITY AND THEN SUBMIT A COMMENT. UM, WE COULD ALSO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE AS A COMMITTEE, UM, WE COULD AGENDIZE UM, PROVIDING COMMENTS AS A COMMITTEE, WHICH COULD BE, COULD CARRY A LITTLE BIT MORE WEIGHT. I'D LIKE THAT. I THINK IF SENDING A LETTER FROM THE CITY WOULD BE, WOULD BE NICE AND WE CAN DO IT OURSELVES. YEAH. OKAY. SO ANYWAYS, UM, I WILL SHARE, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THIS POWERPOINT POSTED TO THE, UM, TO THE MEET TO THE AGENDA PACKET. AND I'LL ALSO EMAIL IT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELVES AND, AND YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY WELCOME TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON YOUR OWN AS OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. ANYONE CAN ADD COMMENTS, BUT JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS, AND THIS IS PROBABLY LESS INTERESTING, BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS RESOURCE. THEY'RE ALSO CREATING A, BASICALLY A DESIGN GUIDE FOR, UH, BIKE TREATMENTS, UH, ON THE STATE HIGHWAY NETWORK. AND SO THEY'VE RELEASED A DRAFT DOCUMENT, WHICH SHOW YOU LOOKS AT ALL OF THESE, UM, DIFFERENT DESIGN ELEMENTS. UH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD IT, WHICH WOULD BE A BETTER, A BETTER VIEWING EXPERIENCE. AND THEN YOU CAN PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THESE, UH, THESE DESIGN ELEMENTS. BUT IT'S ALL IN ALL, IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE CALTRANS, YOU KNOW, REALLY STARTING TO EMBRACE BEST PRACTICES WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, DESIGNING FOR PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CARS. SO, ALL RIGHT, I GOTTA SWITCH MY SCREEN HERE. OKAY, NEXT PIECE THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF, AND I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THE SIGNS ALL OVER TOWN. UH, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK OUT THE PETALUMA RIVER PARKS PLAN, UM, DRAFT PLANS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK. YOU CAN PROVIDE INPUT IN PERSON IN A FEW LOCATIONS OR THROUGH, THROUGH AUG AUGUST 31ST OR IN AN ONLINE SURVEY. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GO CHECK THAT OUT. AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, A REAL EXCITING OPPORTUNITY WITH THESE PLANS TO IMPLEMENT, UH, A PRETTY KEY CONNECTION THERE WITH THE, THE PETALUMA RIVER TRAIL, UH, THROUGH THE RIVER PARK ACROSS MCNAIR CHANNEL, AND CONTINUING ALONG THE RIVER, UH, TOWARDS US 1 0 1 AS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO HOPPER STREET AND LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND, UM, SOUTHEAST PETALUMA. OUR NEXT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL MEETING WILL BE NEXT THURSDAY, RIGHT HERE IN CITY HALL AT FOUR O'CLOCK. SO WE, UH, TOOK A, A SHORT BREAK FOR SUMMER, JUST TOOK JULY OFF, AND WE'RE BACK AT IT. OUR AUGUST MEETING WILL NOT HAVE A SCHOOL FOCUS. WE'RE USING IT AS A, BASICALLY A KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE 2024 OR 25 SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE ARE INTERESTED IN, UM, I'LL BE SHARING THE, THE WORK PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED AT LAST, THE LAST PAC MEETING, AND, UH, THE SAFE ROUTES TEAM WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHICH SCHOOLS ARE SIGNED UP FOR THEIR PROGRAMMING, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR ANY OF YOU WHO ARE, ANY OF YOU WHO ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN A SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT YOUR SCHOOL IS DOING AND, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HELP SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS BE, BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. AND THEN GOING INTO SEPTEMBER, UH, WE HAVE TWO WALK AUDITS PLANNED. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A WALK AUDIT ON NORTH WEBSTER THAT LOOKS AT OBVIOUSLY SAFETY FOR VALLEY VISTA PETMAN JUNIOR HIGH, AND THE, UH, THE SPRING HILL CAMPUS ON, ON NORTH WEBSTER. AND THEN [00:50:01] WE'LL ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE WALK AUDIT LATER IN THE MONTH, UM, FOR MCNAIR. AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN EITHER OF THOSE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. WE'VE GOT THE DATES HERE, WE'RE DOING THE NORTH WEBSTER WALK AUDIT ON AUGUST 29TH. AND THEN WE HAVEN'T NAILED DOWN THE DATE ON THE MCNAIR WALK AUDIT YET, BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'LL BE THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 10TH. UM, AND THEN JUST A REMINDER, THOSE MEETINGS ARE THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, AND THE AGENDAS AND MEETING NOTES PRESENTATIONS ARE ALL POSTED ON THE SONOMA COUNTY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL WEBSITE. OUR TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR THE SEPTEMBER 9TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAS A REALLY EXCITING ITEM. UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT, WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR A PURCHASE OF A BIKE LANE SWEEPER, WHICH WILL, UH, BE A HUGE HELP. UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE, THE BIKE LANES ON NORTH MCDOWELL, THAT'S BEEN A, THAT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT MORE PROTECTED BIKE LANES HERE IN PETALUMA. AND THE REAL CHALLENGE WITH PROTECTED BIKE LANES IS THAT YOU CANNOT SWEEP THEM. SO, UH, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN OUR ARSENAL SOON TO KEEP OUR, OUR BIKE LANES CLEAR AND ALSO SOMETHING WE CAN USE IN A LOT OF OTHER AREAS, WHETHER THEY'RE PEDESTRIAN PLAZAS, MULTI-USE TRAILS LIKE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE US MUCH MORE NIMBLE WHEN IT COMES TO CLEANING UP SPACES THAT ARE HARD TO ACCESS BY A, A STANDARD STREET SWEEPER. SO, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO, UH, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS BRINGING FORWARD A WORKSHOP, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL ON ALL OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE FRAMEWORKS EXCEPT FOR THE LAND USE FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS A, A REALLY BIG ONE AND, AND VERY INVOLVED. UM, BUT THAT, SO THAT WILL INCLUDE THE TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK, WHICH YOU ALL OR MANY OF YOU AS A COMMITTEE PROVIDED INPUT ON A FEW MONTHS BACK. UM, SO I THINK WHAT THEY'LL DO THERE IS, IS PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY RECEIVED FOR THE ELEMENTS AND, AND ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE UPDATED, UH, DRAFTS FOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW AND FEEDBACK, AND THEN LOOKING AT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, FOR OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THE, THE 1 0 1 CROSSING STUDY TEAM COME REPORT ON ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THEY'RE DOING, UH, DEVELOPING CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS ON CORONA, THE CORONA OVERCROSSING RAINIER UNDER CROSSING LYNCH CREEK TRAIL CROSSING AT NORTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD, AND THEN THE MCKENZIE OVERCROSSING. AND SO, UH, THIS'LL BE YOUR COMMITTEE'S FIRST, FIRST REVIEW OF THAT. WE HAVE HAD A, A COUPLE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD A SURVEY KEEP, I'LL SEND A, AN ANNOUNCEMENT OUT SOON BECAUSE WE WILL BE HAVING, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING ANOTHER SURVEY IN LATE AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT FINALIZING THOSE CONCEPTS AND IDENTIFYING A PREFERRED CONCEPT FOR EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS, WHICH CAN THEN BE, UM, WHICH WILL THEN INFORM, UH, HOW WE BASICALLY WILL GIVE US, UM, A, A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN IMPROVING EACH OF THOSE CROSSING LOCATIONS AS FAR AS PROPERTY ACQUISITION. UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE, WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO OBTAIN ANY EASEMENTS OR, OR PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR THE PROPOSED CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS. UM, LOOKING AT COST ESTIMATES FOR ANY NEAR TERM IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE FEASIBLE VERSUS LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS. UM, SO GIVE US A REALLY, IT'LL TEE UP, UH, HOPEFULLY SOME, UH, SOME GOOD PROJECTS FOR EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS. AND, UH, YEAH, I WILL ADD ANOTHER TO OUR LIST THAT WAS IDENTIFIED. TONIGHT'S MEETING WITH COMMENTS ON THE CALTRANS, UM, D FOUR BIKE PLAN UPDATE. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7 25. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR TIME. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.