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[ROLL CALL]
OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS ROLL CALL CLERK IF YOU WOULD READ THE ROLE OR CHECK THE ROLE.[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THIS COMMITTEE'S JURISDICTION AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.
TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES SUBJECT TO THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK SPEAKERS TO BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS UP TO THE DESK IF YOU HAVE FILLED ONE OUT.
OKAY, I SEE I HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS.
THE FIRST ONE IS PETE GANG AND NICO NICOLA.
YOU WILL BE THE SECOND ONE, SO BE PREPARED WHEN PETE'S FINISHED.
UM, MY FIRST COMMENT OR REQUEST IS BECAUSE OF THE, THAT SQUIRREL FAN.
IT, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HEAR, SO IF, IF WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT ON, JUST REMEMBER TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE AS I HOPE I'M DOING NOW.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT CLIMATE ACTION PETALUMA, COOL PETALUMA AND DAILY ACTS ARE, HAVE ORGANIZED, ARE ARE ORGANIZING A CLIMATE, A CANDIDATE'S FORUM ON CLIMATE ISSUES, UH, WILL BE HELD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH AT NOON.
THE CANDIDATES HAVE ALL BEEN INVITED.
THE QUESTIONS ARE BEING WRITTEN AND YOU WILL ALL RECEIVE INVITATIONS.
SO IT'S OPEN TO, TO ANYONE BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION IS SUCH, UM, A, A BIG COMPONENT OF OUR CLIMATE PICTURE IN PETALUMA, UM, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES WILL BE DISCUSSED.
I RECENTLY READ THE BOOK WHEN DRIVING IS NOT AN OPTION AND ATTENDED A WEBINAR WITH THE AUTHOR.
IF YOU CAN DRIVE OR AFFORD A CAR, YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO RELY ON WALKING, ROLLING PUBLIC TRANSIT AND ASKING FOR RIDES.
BUT FOR NEARLY ONE THIRD, THAT'S 34% OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES.
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, YOUNG PEOPLE, SENIORS, AND PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD CARS OR GAS.
THIS IS THEIR WORLD EVERY DAY, BUT EVERY DAY, AMERICANS WHO CAN'T DRIVE FACE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO MOBILITY SUCH AS INADEQUATE SIDEWALKS FOR TRANSIT, LACKS OF CONNECTIVITY AND DANGEROUS ROADS.
THE WEEK WITH DRIVING WITHOUT DRIVING CHALLENGE WAS ORGANIZED THAT THOSE WHO HAVE THE OPTION TO DRIVE CAN LEARN FIRSTHAND ABOUT THE BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES THAT NON-DRIVERS FACE AND WORK WITH NON-DRIVERS TO CREATE A MORE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY FOR ALL.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS IN THIS CONVERSATION.
AND YOUR PARTICIPATION MEANS INVALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
SO MY CHALLENGE TO EACH OF YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE WHOLE WEEK AND DO WITHOUT YOUR CAR, BUT JUST TAKE ONE TRIP
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WITHOUT DRIVING.AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU RIDE BIKES, BUT MANY OF US CANNOT USE OR CANNOT AFFORD TO RIDE BIKES OR SCOOTERS.
SO HERE IS MY CHALLENGE AND MY REQUEST.
TAKE A TRIP SOON USING THE SIDEWALKS OF PETALUMA AND DOCUMENT HOW YOUR TRIP WENT, THE BEST AND THE WORST THAT YOU ENCOUNTERED.
PHOTOS WOULD ALSO BE GREAT, BUT BY BILL, BY WILLING TO EXPERIENCE WHAT MANY RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY LIVE WITH DAY IN, DAY OUT.
IT DEMONSTRATES YOUR COMMITMENT TO BEING A PROACTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE LEADER.
IT ALSO SUPPORTS PUBLIC TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN YOU AS THE LEADER ON THIS COMMITTEE TO SHOW AWARENESS, TRANSPARENCY, AND EMPATHY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THIS ACT OF EMPATHY CAN BUILD PUBLIC TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE INFORMED INCLUSIVE DECISIONS THAT BENEFIT ALL TRANSPORTATION USERS.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU WANNA BORROW MY MOTORIZED POWER CHAIR, GO AHEAD.
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS MORE DIFFICULT EVEN TO WRITE IN THAT.
SO REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 30TH TO OCTOBER 6TH IS THE ONE WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING CHALLENGE NATIONALLY.
AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND EXPERIENCE WHAT MANY OTHERS DEAL WITH EVERY DAY.
AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS EM, EMILY CHARLTON.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE THE FAMILIAR FACES OUT IN FRONT.
HELLO
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY I WAS VERY HAPPY TO RIDE THE NEW, UH, BIKE LANES ON D STREET LAST WEEK.
UM, I, UH, RODE FROM DOWNTOWN UP TO WINDSOR DRIVE AND BACK.
UM, IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION, UH, AND IT'S CREATING, UH, CERTAINLY A LAYER OF VISIBILITY AND SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS ON THAT CORRIDOR.
UM, AND THE BIKE LANES ARE WORKING IN TANDEM WITH ALL OF THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS TO SLOW SPEEDS, UH, ON D STREET.
SO I HOPE, UH, THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, RIDE THOSE LANES OR IF NOT, THAT YOU WILL SOON.
HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING? UH, NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THEN I WILL, WE'VE HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT, SO I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS.
AND BY THE WAY, IS THIS LOUD ENOUGH? SO FAR? WE'RE DOING BETTER.
I WAS GONNA SUGGEST MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING INTERNALLY THAT WE COULD DO THAT WOULD TURN UP ALL OF OUR MICS.
THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT.
[PRESENTATIONS]
ARE NOW ON TO PRESENTATIONS AND WE HAVE A 2020 4 25 SONOMA COUNTY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM UPDATE.AND WITH THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN OVER TO BJORN, WHO WILL INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER.
GOOD EVENING COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE CHRISTINA PANZA FROM SONOMA COUNTY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL HERE WITH US TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND, UH, JUST, UH, YOU KNOW,
AND I'LL LIKE CHRISTINA, TAKE IT AWAY.
OOH, IS THAT TOO CLOSE?
UM, BJORN, YOU COULD ADVANCE THE SLIDE.
THIS FIRST SLIDE IS JUST, YOU CAN READ IT ON YOUR OWN TIME.
I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY COOL.
IT'S JUST A SLIDE THAT SHOWS ALL THE BENEFITS OF SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS, TO TRAFFIC SAFETY, TO HEALTH, TO THE ENVIRONMENT, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SO MANY THINGS.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH IT, BUT I WANT YOU TO REVIEW IT ON YOUR OWN TIME AND LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO I JUST, THIS SLIDE IS JUST WHAT OUR PROGRAM COMPONENTS ARE.
UM, OUR PROGRAM'S ACTUALLY A LOT MORE THAN MAYBE WHAT SOME PEOPLE MAYBE AWARE OF PEOPLE HAVE HEARD OF WALK AND ROLL, WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL.
BUT IT'S, IT'S A LOT MORE THAN THAT FROM THAN THAT.
UM, WE DO EVALUATIONS WITH SCHOOLS, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE DO DO WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL, PROGRAMMING, ENCOURAGEMENT, UH, FOR WALKING AND BIKING AND SCOOTING SKATEBOARDING TO SCHOOL.
WE ALSO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, UM, SUPPORT FOR ENGINEERING AND ENFORCEMENT, IDENTIFYING BARRIERS.
UM, AND JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ALL THESE COMPONENTS, A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
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IN TERMS OF EVALUATION, EVERY SCHOOL THAT WE WORK WITH, SCHOOLS ENROLL IN THE PRO.CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? IT SOUNDS WEIRD.
UM, SCHOOLS ENROLL IN OUR PROGRAM AND ALL OF OUR ENROLLED SCHOOLS, IT'S OPT-IN PROGRAM, BUT ALL OF OUR ENROLLED SCHOOLS, WE ASSESS EVERY YEAR FOR HOW MANY KIDS LIVE IN, UH, WALKABLE BIKEABLE DISTANCE OF THE SCHOOL, AND THEN HOW PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING NORMALLY.
SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AT A SCHOOL.
THIS IS A MCDOWELL FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, AND WE COULD SEE THAT, UH, UH, 15% OF THE KIDS AT MCDOWELL LIVE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE.
UH, ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN 30% LIVE WITHIN A HALF A MILE ABOUT, UM, 50% LIVE WITHIN A MILE.
NOT NECESSARILY A SAFE WALKING OR BIKING ROUTE, BUT THAT'S JUST LIKE THE LAY OF THE LAND OF, OF HOW PEOPLE ARE SPREAD OUT.
WE CAN ALSO USE THESE MAPS TO IDENTIFY, ARE, IS THERE LIKE A LOGICAL MEETUP SPOT FOR FAMILIES TO WALK AND BIKE FROM TOGETHER? UM, AND ALSO WHAT ARE PRIORITY ROOTS FOR THIS SCHOOL, GIVEN LIKE, WHERE FAMILIES GENERALLY MIGHT BE COMING FROM, ALTHOUGH IT CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR, UM, GENERALLY LIKE PEOPLE LIVE IN CERTAIN HOUSING TRACKS OR LIKE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND STUFF.
SO GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN COMPARE THAT TO WHAT THE ACTUAL BEHAVIOR WAS AT MCDOWELL LAST YEAR.
AND YOU COULD SEE THAT, UH, ONLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN 15% OF THE KIDS CLOSER TO 12 OR 13% ARE WALKING AND BIKING A SCHOOL.
SO MAYBE SOME OF THOSE KIDS IN THAT QUARTER MILE RADIUS ARE WALKING AND BIKING.
BUT NONE OF THOSE 30% IN THE HALF MILE, LIKE A LOT OF THE HALF MILE AND DEFINITELY NOT THE MILE KIDS.
AND WHY IS THAT? SO, YOU KNOW, THIS CAN SORT OF ANS WE CAN LOOK AT LIKE, ALRIGHT, WELL IT'S PROBABLY INFRASTRUCTURE AT THIS SCHOOL, OR MAYBE IT'S THAT THEY'RE NOT ENCOURAGING IT ENOUGH, BUT WE JUST LOOK AT EVERY SCHOOL AND LIKE, WHAT THAT GAP IS AND WHAT WE CAN DO MAYBE TO CLOSE THE GAP, WHETHER IT'S AN ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM, EDUCATION, OR, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE, I I WAS SAYING LIKE SOMETIMES THE GAP IS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STARTED DOING, UH, THIS PAST YEAR, UH, ARE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF PETALUMA TO ASSESS ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MAYBE PRIVATE TOO, UH, IN PETALUMA FOR WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE TO WALKING AND BICYCLING, UM, WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE, UH, WHAT'S STOPPING PEOPLE FROM WALKING AND BIKING, AND ALSO WHAT THE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS ARE.
UH, SO LAST YEAR WE ASSESSED, UH, MCDOWELL THROUGH CASA GRANDE.
UM, AND THIS YEAR WE'LL DO, WE'RE DOING ABOUT A SITE A MONTH.
UM, WE'RE SKIPPING OCTOBER FOR SOME REASONS THAT YOU MIGHT BE AWARE OF.
BUT, UM, UH, WE'LL GET TO AS MANY SITES AS WE CAN, MAYBE FINISH MAYBE GETTING THROUGH ALL THE SITES.
AND EVERY TIME WE DO AN AUDIT, WE HAVE A REPORT THAT WE SHARE THAT DOCUMENTS THE CONCERNS AND DOCUMENTS, THE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.
AND WE ALSO WORK WITH THE CITY.
WE HAVE A SPREADSHEET TRACKING WHAT THE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS ARE SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, CITY PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE IT MORE SAFE AND CONVENIENT FOR KIDS TO WALK AND BIKE.
SO THAT'S HAPPENING AND CONTINUING TO HAPPEN.
WE ALSO HAVE A TASK FORCE THAT MEETS AT THIS TIME ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UM, DOING THE AUDITS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.
AND LIKE THE TASK FORCE MEETINGS THAT OCCUR AFTER AN AUDIT ARE GENERALLY FOCUSED ON THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE AUDITED THAT MONTH.
UM, AND WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE FROM THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO BE THERE, BUT EVERY, EVERY ONE OF THE TASK FORCE MEETING IS OPEN TO ANYBODY.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO, UH, HAVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP THERE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE, PEOPLE FROM THE SCHOOL THAT'S BEING ASSESSED, OR JUST ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE A CONCERN OR HEAR WHAT THE CITY IS PLANNING SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT, UH, PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR SILOS AND CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE.
UM, IT'S AN AVENUE FOR ADVOCACY.
UH, I CAN'T DO ADVOCACY, BUT WE WANT, UH, TO GIVE AVENUES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO, UM, ADVOCATE FOR THEIR NEEDS.
SO COME TO OUR TASK FORCE MEETING OR LET OTHERS KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, THAT'S, UH, HAPPENING EVERY MONTH.
SO ANOTHER THING, UH, IS THAT WE DO ALL OF THE DOCUMENTATION AND ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE, UH, DONE WITH EVERY SITE THAT'S ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM IS PUBLIC INFORMATION.
SO IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS SONOMA SAFE ROOTS.ORG, UM, AND YOU GO TO EVENTS AND PLANS AND THEN TRAVEL PLANS, YOU'LL GET TO THIS PAGE AND YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE, A LIST OF SCHOOLS AND HYPERLINKS TO EVERY SCHOOL.
AND YOU CAN CLICK ON MCDOWELL OR YOU CAN CLICK ON MCNAIR, OR YOU CAN CLICK ON OMA VISTA AND SEE WHAT THE DIS MAP IS, WHAT THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED, AND IF WE DID AN AUDIT THERE,
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TEXT OF THE AUDIT REPORT, UM, ANY DATA, ANY ENGAGEMENT.SO THAT'S ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN ACCESS.
OKAY, MOVING ON, UH, TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, OH, I GUESS, OH YES, THIS IS IT.
THESE ARE THE PARTICIPATING PER PETALUMA SITES THIS YEAR.
UH, AND, UM, THESE ARE THE SITES THAT ARE ENROLLED.
YOU CAN STILL ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE, UH, BUT, UM, ENROLLMENT'S REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN SERVICES THAT ARE MORE, UH, TAKE MORE TIME TO PLAN AND STAFF LIKE A FOURTH GRADE BIKE RODEO, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT OUR ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A MENU OF SERVICES, A MENU OF ENCOURAGEMENT, EVENTS AND CHALLENGES THAT WE OFFER PROVIDING SCHOOLS WITH PROMOTIONAL RESOURCES, LANGUAGE FLYERS, INSTAGRAM, INFOGRAPHICS, YOU KNOW, ALL SOMETIMES SWAG FOR EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR.
AND, UH, THESE ARE OUR THEMES THIS YEAR.
UM, STARTING WITH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING A BACK TO SCHOOL MAP AND MEETUP CHALLENGE, AND THE NEXT MONTH WE HAVE INTERNATIONAL WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY A MONTH.
UH, INTERNATIONAL WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, WHICH IS THE SECOND WEDNESDAY.
USUALLY IT'S THE FIRST WEDNESDAY, BUT, UM, EVERY FIVE OR SO YEARS, THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL THAT SETS A DATE, UH, MAKES IT THE SECOND WEDNESDAY BECAUSE OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS.
SO IT HAPPENS TO NOT FALL ON THE SAME WEEK AS THE WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING, WHICH IS ALSO AN AMAZING THING TO PROMOTE.
BUT WE PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL OMO SCHOOL DAY BECAUSE THAT IS THE NATIONAL SAFE ROUTES PROGRAM EVENT.
UH, NEXT YEAR, IF, IF THAT WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING IS THE SAME WEEK, WE COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE TWO EVENTS BE THE, UH, THE SAME WEEK.
UM, BUT STILL THIS IS THE, UH, AN EVENT THAT ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS ON THAT LIST, UM, THAT YOU JUST SAW ARE DOING THIS EVENT AND ORGANIZING, UM, FOR, UH, ENCOURAGING KIDS TO WALK AND BIKE FOR HAVING BIKE TRAINS OR WALKING SCHOOL BUSES AND, AND, UM, AND HAVING, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST MAKING A LOT OF, UH, FUN AND JOY WITH WALKING AND BIKING.
AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE A CHALLENGE.
WE DON'T HAVE A WALK ROLL EVENT IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WE'RE REALLY USING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO SEND THAT MESSAGE THAT THIS IS THE TIME FOR FAMILIES TO, UH, MAP THE ROUTE, THINK ABOUT THEIR SAFE ROUTE AND MEET UP WITH EACH OTHER FOR FUN AND CONNECTION AND SAFETY IN NUMBERS.
AND THAT IS THE MESSAGE WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE TO OUR SCHOOLS, UH, AND LANGUAGE WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR SCHOOLS SO THEY CAN THEN COMMUNICATE THAT THAT TO THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WE HAVE A CHALLENGE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT, IF ANY FAMILIES WANT TO ACTUALLY TURN THAT INTO US AND THEY CAN BE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING FOR A PRIZE FROM THE COUNTY PROGRAM.
THAT'S OUR SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR OCTOBER CHALLENGE, UM, WHICH IS A WALK AND ROLL TO ANYWHERE CHALLENGE THAT KIDS CAN FILL OUT, TURN INTO US THAT THEY CHOOSE.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A CHALLENGE EVERY MONTH THAT SCHOOLS CAN SHARE WITH THEIR FAMILIES, THAT KIDS CAN DO, THAT PARENTS CAN DO.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S JUST, AGAIN, IT'S TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNICATING THAT MESSAGE ABOUT THE WALKING AND BIKING AS OFTEN AS THEY CAN OR TO HAVE JOY IN IT.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, IS JUST A QUICK, UH, A QUICK VIEW OF, WE HAVE AN ART CONTEST EVERY FEBRUARY.
THIS IS SOME OF THE ART THAT WE GOT FROM OUR FEBRUARY CHALLENGE LAST YEAR.
IT'S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL, SUCH COOL ART OF SHOWING LIKE WHAT, WHY KIDS LOVE TO WALK AND ROLL, WHAT, WHY IT'S GOOD FOR THEIR HEARTS, MINDS, AND BODIES.
SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES.
FIGHT TO SCHOOL DAYS AND ANNUAL EVENT.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 57 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE, COUNTYWIDE 14 IN PETALUMA, WE HAD 1,452 KIDS, BITE TO SCHOOL, 582 IN PETALUMA.
THAT REPRESENTED A 230% INCREASE OVER THE NORM, WHICH IS LIKE NEARLY DOUBLE, NOT QUITE DOUBLE, BUT LIKE TWO NEARLY DOUBLE WHAT THE COUNTY AVERAGE, LIKE PETALUMA KICKED BUTT.
WE HAD SO MUCH LIKE JOANNA LED A BIKE TRAIN.
THERE WAS BIKE TRAINS, DEB FOX, ORGANIZED BIKE TRAIN.
SO I HOPE TO REPEAT THAT FOR INTERNATIONAL WALK AND WORLD OF SCHOOL DAY IN OCTOBER.
UM, WE DO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR PROGRAM, PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FORMING BITE TRAINS.
WE HAVE A WHOLE WEBPAGE DEDICATED TO IT WITH LIKE A TRAINING VIDEO AND A TRAINING GUIDE AND, UM, A WEBINAR THAT, UH, PEOPLE CAN VIEW THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
ALSO, FLYER TEMPLATES THAT WE CAN COMPLETELY MAKE FOR A SCHOOL THAT WANTS TO PROMOTE A ROUTE.
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BUT JUST, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT WE DID AT A SCHOOL LAST YEAR.WE HAD 26 SCHOOLS COUNTYWIDE DO BIKE TRAINS, SIX, UH, IN PETALUMA SCHOOLS AND 34 BIKE TRAIN ROUTES.
12 ROUTES IN PETALUMA LAST MAY.
UM, SO WE DO AS WELL AS THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE EVENTS, WE DO EDUCATION WITH OUR ENROLLED SCHOOLS.
WE VISIT THE SCHOOLS AND PROVIDE EDUCATION SERVICES AT THE SECOND, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADE LEVELS AT COUNTYWIDE.
WE SERVED 42 SITES LAST YEAR, 12 IN PETALUMA.
UM, ONE OF THE ANCHORS OF OUR PROGRAM IS THE FOURTH GRADE BIKE RODEO.
THAT'S WHERE WE GO ONTO THE SCHOOL CAMPUS, UH, GET THE FOURTH GRADERS ON BIKE.
THEY ALL GET OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THEIR BIKES CHECKED AND FIXED AND HELMETS, UM, TO PURCHASE FOR $5.
UM, AND LAST YEAR WE SERVED 36 SITES COUNTYWIDE, EIGHT IN PETALUMA.
AND THEN WE ALSO DO, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL BIKE EDUCATION AND BIKE CLUBS.
LAST YEAR WE SERVED PETALUMA JUNIOR HIGH, UM, AND THEY DID, THEY USED OUR, UH, ONLINE, UH, BIKE, UH, SAFETY CURRICULUM MODULES IN THEIR PE CLASSES.
SO ALL THE STUDENTS IN PE GOT BIKE EDUCATION THAT WE DEVELOPED, THAT WE PARTNERED WITH THEIR PE TEACHERS TO TEACH.
AND WE DID THAT WITH KENNELWORTH LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO.
AND I, THEY SAID THEY'RE DOING IT EVERY OTHER YEAR, SO I ASSUME THAT KENNELWORTH WILL BE DOING IT THIS YEAR.
I'VE GOTTA CHECK BACK WITH THEM THOUGH.
AND WE ALSO DO COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
AS I WAS SAYING, WE HAVE LEARNED TO PROVIDE CLASSES, UM, ONCE A MONTH IN PETALUMA FOR KIDS.
THOSE ARE THROUGH PARK AND REC.
THEY DO CHARGE A FEE FOR THOSE, BUT IT'S PRETTY LOW COST, I THINK $10 OR SO.
AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE OUR DATES FOR THE SUMMER FALL AND NEXT SLIDE.
IN ADDITION TO THE LEARN TO RIDE COMMUNITY, UM, WORKSHOPS, WE DO FAMILY WORKSHOPS ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
UM, WE DO ABOUT SIX TO SEVEN WORKSHOPS A YEAR OR RIDES.
AND THIS YEAR, 2024, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING TWO IN PETALUMA.
WE DID ONE LAST JUNE AT LUCCHESI LUCCHESE, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 19TH AT SONOMA MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY.
WE'LL TRY TO FILL THAT WITH SONOMA MOUNTAIN FAMILIES, BUT, UM, IF IT DOESN'T FILL IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, WE'LL START PROMOTING IT.
IT, IT'S REALLY OPEN TO ANYBODY.
IT'S JUST THAT WE TRY TO, IF A SITE HOST IT, WE TRY TO HAVE IT FILLED WITH THAT SITE'S FAMILY FIRST ANYWAY, SO THAT'S HAPPENING IN OCTOBER.
AND WE ALSO PARTNER WITH BIKE SHOPS IN THAT BAY AREA BIKE MOBILE.
LAST YEAR WE DID, UH, WE REPAIRED 786 BIKES COUNTYWIDE.
I DON'T HAVE THE PETALUMA NUMBER FOR THAT, BUT, UM, JUST, YEAH, IT WAS A LOT STILL IN PETALUMA.
UM, AND, UH, WE WORK WITH BIKE SHOPS.
WE PAY THEM TO BE AT OUR BIKE RODEOS.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WITH EDUCATION, WE DO DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WE PRESENT AT PTA OR PTO MEETINGS.
WE GO TO SCHOOL STAFF MEETINGS, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE FACILITATE THE TASK FORCE HERE IN PETALUMA.
WE DO SUPPORT FOR WALK AND ROLL, LIKE HELPING WITH BIKE TRAINS AND ALL THAT.
WE REACHED ABOUT 23, 2400 PEOPLE ABOUT IN 2324 COUNTYWIDE.
AND THEN I JUST WANNA, UM, SHARE A SLIDE.
THIS IS JUST THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE REACHED AND THE, THE SLASHES ARE COUNTY ON THE LEFT, PETALUMA ON THE RIGHT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN READ THIS ON YOUR OWN.
I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ON THE RIGHT IS THE PETALUMA NUMBER FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL, HOW MANY KIDS THAT WE SERVED.
AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT INTO WHAT THIS PER ROOM COSTS, UM, AND, UH, RIGHT NOW AND HOW IT, HOW IT'S FUNDED.
SO WE'RE FUNDED THROUGH, PRIMARILY THROUGH OUR CONTRACT WITH THE S COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, WHICH IS FUNDED THROUGH THE ONE BAY AREA GRANT.
THAT IS THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF FUNDING, UH, LAST YEAR.
IT WAS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT HOW MUCH OF A BIG CHUNK IT IS.
WE ALSO GET FUNDING FROM WINDSOR TO DO SOME DEDICATED PROGRAMMING THERE AND A LITTLE BIT FROM SONOMA.
UM, WE GOT A GRANT FROM OUTRIGHT AND SPECIALIZED LAST YEAR, AND ALSO A GRANT FROM, UM, MTC FOR DOING FAMILY BICYCLING.
WE DON'T, THESE FUNDS ARE NOT GUARANTEED, LIKE WE WON'T HAVE THE OUTRIGHT GRANT NEXT YEAR.
WE DON'T GET THE SAME MONEY FROM SONOMA.
WE'RE ALWAYS SEEKING FUNDS FROM DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS TO HELP, UM, PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR PROGRAM AT THE LEVEL THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING IT, BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY EXPANDING IT.
SO TO BE ABLE TO SERVE MORE SCHOOLS AND HAVE MORE, UM, HAVE MORE REACH, UH, EVERYWHERE, PETALUMA INCLUDED.
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THAT WAS MY LAST SLIDE.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND CHECKING IT OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST.
IT'S REALLY A TOOLKIT FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
UH, IT'S WHERE THEY CAN PULL DOWN ANY RESOURCES FOR ENCOURAGEMENT, UM, WHERE YOU CAN GET PSA VIDEOS FOR BIKE SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UH, THE BIKE TRAIN RESOURCES, THE TRAVEL PLANS, ALL OF THAT'S UP THERE.
YOU COULD EXPLORE IT FOR HALF AN HOUR AND YOU'LL JUST LEARN SO MUCH, UM, BEING UP ON OUR SITE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HOPE I WAS WITHIN TIME THERE.
COMMITTEE, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO'S GOT A QUESTION FOR CHRISTINA? WE WERE HERE BASICALLY JUST TO LEARN AND LISTEN AND IT, I, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THOUGH, UM, I'VE BEEN ON BIKE AND PAD FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, AND ONE OF OUR BIG HANGUPS HAS ALWAYS BEEN EDUCATION, AND YOU GUYS ARE FILLING THAT NEED, AND IT IS SO EXCITING TO ME THAT YOU'RE DOING SO WELL WITH BIKES.
I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE DOING IT WITH PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.
OH YEAH, WE DO DO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AS WELL.
BUT THAT'S, IT IS JUST, IT'S JUST AWESOME WHAT YOU DO.
AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR MAKING YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I ACTUALLY JUST WANTED TO FLAG FOR STAFF, I'M GETTING TEXTS THAT THE VIDEO ONLINE ISN'T WORKING, SO IT SHOULD, THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE.
IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION THOUGH.
HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR NIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVE THE MINUTES.IS THERE ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE WHO HAS CHANGES TO THE EXISTING MINUTES? I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE WITH CHANGES AND, UH, THEREFORE THEY'RE APPROVED, UM, AS PRESENTED.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
NUMBER, WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT NUMBER IT IS.NUMBER THREE, I THINK IT'S NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
WE WILL BE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE US 1 0 1 BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CORONA ROAD, OVERCROSSING RAINIER AVENUE, UNDER CROSSING LYNCH CREEK TRAIL CROSSING AT NORTH MCDOWELL AND MACKENZIE AVENUE OVERCROSSING.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO BJORN, WHO WILL ANNOUNCE, UH, OR PRESENT AND OR TELL US WHO THE PRESENTER IS.
UM, HAPPY TO BRING THIS ITEM TO YOU TONIGHT, UH, FOR A, A ROBUST PRESENTATION CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD BE, UH, A REALLY INTERESTING ONE FOR YOU ALL.
UM, WE'RE LUCKY TO BE JOINED HERE BY STEVEN GROVER.
FROM STEVEN GROVER AND ASSOCIATES, UM, WHICH IS A, A, A CONSULTING FIRM THAT HAS A LOT OF EXPERTISE, EXPERTISE AND SPECIALIZATION IN IMPROVING BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONDITIONS AND ESPECIALLY, UH, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS OF, UH, MAJOR BARRIERS TO, UH, TO MOBILITY, UH, INCLUDING FREEWAYS.
AND SO, UH, THIS STUDY IS ACTUALLY ONE THAT IS FUNDED, UH, BY SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES MEASURE M TRANS COUNTYWIDE TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX.
UH, WE, I WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE THAT FUNDING FOR, TO LOOK AT, UH, TO START LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR, UH, CROSSING CONDITIONS ACROSS 1 0 1, WHICH IS ONE OF ONE OF THREE MAJOR BARRIERS THAT WE HAVE TO EAST WEST MOBILITY IN PETALUMA AND, AND ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST BARRIER THAT WE HAVE TO CROSSTOWN MOBILITY.
UM, WHEN WE LAUNCHED THIS STUDY, WE IDENTIFIED FOUR LOCATIONS, WHICH YOU JUST MET LISTED WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, BASICALLY DO A, A HIGH LEVEL FEASIBILITY STUDY, UH, UNDERSTAND THE EXISTING, UM, THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS AT EACH LOCATIONS.
AND THEN WITH THE HELP OF, OF STEVEN AND HIS TEAM, UH, BEGIN TO DEVELOP SOME CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVES, UH, WAYS TO IMPROVE THOSE CROSSINGS.
AND NOW WHAT WE ARE HEADED TOWARDS, WE'RE HONING IN ON BASICALLY, UH, OUR IDENTIFYING OUR RECOMMENDED, UM, CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS AT EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS.
OF COURSE, EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING HERE IS SUBJECT TO, OR EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE STUDYING HERE, SUBJECT TO FUTURE FUNDING AND COUNCIL APPROVALS.
BUT THIS, THIS STUDY WILL GIVE US A REALLY GOOD, UH, A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION AND HELP SCOPE, UH, FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, UH, AT EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, UM, HAPPY TO, TO TURN IT OVER TO STEVEN AND, UH,
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AND I THINK HE'S GOT QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE TONIGHT, SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE A, A GOOD CONVERSATION.CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? YEP.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND I WILL TRY AND GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES PRETTY QUICKLY, UH, SO THAT WE LEAVE TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A LITTLE LOUDER.
LET ME KNOW IF I GET QUIET AGAIN.
SO IN PETALUMA, HIGHWAY 1 0 1 IS A MAJOR BARRIER FOR EAST-WEST TRAVEL.
THE EAST SIDE IS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL.
THE WEST SIDE, WHICH INCLUDES THE RIVER AND HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, HAS A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
OUT OF THE NINE HIGHWAY CROSSINGS THAT CAN BE USED BY PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS ONLY THE SMART TRAIL AND THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL MARKED HERE IN YELLOW ARE CLASS ONE FACILITIES.
THE OTHER CROSSINGS COMPRISE A COMBINATION OF CLASS TWO BIKE LANES, UNMARKED BICYCLE FACILITIES AND SIDEWALKS.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S LOCAL ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN, THERE ARE, THERE WERE 101 COLLISIONS BETWEEN VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS BETWEEN 2016 AND 2020.
AMONG THE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN CROSS THE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A CONCENTRATION OF COLLISIONS ALONG WASHINGTON STREET.
MOST OF THE FATALITIES OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF THE CORONA ROAD CROSSING.
IN THE UPPER LEFT ON THIS MAP, THERE WERE ALSO 117 BICYCLE COLLISIONS ALSO CONCENTRATED ALONG WASHINGTON STREET.
THERE WAS ONE CYCLIST FATALITY THAT OCCURRED ON THE CORONA ROAD CROSSING ALTOGETHER.
THIS DATA STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT SAFER PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST CROSSINGS OF HIGHWAY 1 0 1 ARE NEEDED IN PETALUMA.
THESE ARE THE FOUR LOCATIONS THAT BJORN MENTIONED, WHICH WE ARE STUDYING FOR NEW AND IMPROVED CROSSINGS OF HIGHWAY 1 0 1 FOR EVERYBODY'S SANITY.
I'M GOING TO NOTE THAT WE'RE CALLING PROJECT NORTH TO THE LEFT IN THIS IMAGE.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE CONDUCTED AN ONLINE PUBLIC SURVEY, WHICH RECEIVED 389 RESPONSES.
NEARLY 80% OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID NEW OR IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CROSSINGS OF HIGHWAY 1 0 1 ARE NEEDED.
SAFETY, CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY WERE IDENTIFIED BY MOST RESPONDENTS AS THE TOP PRIORITIES.
LAST FEBRUARY AND LAST MAY, WE CONDUCTED COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS TO HEAR WHAT ATTENDEES HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR CROSSING HIGHWAY 1 1 0 1 ON A BICYCLE OR WALKING.
HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS, AND THESE WILL COME UP AS I GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
I'LL NOW PRESENT SELECTED CROSSING ALTERNATIVES THAT WE STUDIED FOR EACH OF THE LOCATIONS.
OUR STUDY AT CORONA ROAD IS FOCUSED BETWEEN THE AREA BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AVENUE ON THE WEST SIDE AND THE ENTRANCE INTO THE PG E SERVICE CENTER ON THE EAST.
AS I MENTIONED, THERE WAS A CYCLIST FATALITY ON THIS OVERCROSSING IN 2020.
AT CORONA ROAD, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO IMPROVE SAFETY BY PROVIDING NEW SEPARATED BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES THAT WILL WORK FOR ALL TYPES OF USERS.
THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES AT CORONA, INCLUDING CONNECTING TO THE FUTURE SMART STATION AND LEVERAGING WHAT'S CALLED A CALTRANS SHOP PROJECT, WHICH WE CAN GET INTO DURING Q AND A IF YOU WANT.
THERE ARE THREE BASIC ALTERNATIVES FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT CORONA AVENUE THAT THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY ASKED US TO CONSIDER AN UNDER CROSSING, A NEW SEPARATE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE BRIDGE OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING ROADWAY.
AT THE REQUEST OF ONE COMMUNITY MEMBER, WE EXPLORED THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THE EXISTING CULVERT UNDER HIGHWAY 1 0 1, JUST NORTH OF CORONA ROAD AS A PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE CROSSING.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIVE FOOT HEIGHT OF THIS CULVERT WOULD NOT MEET MINIMUM VERTICAL CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS.
CONSTRUCTING A NEW SEPARATE UNDER CROSSING WOULD ALSO BE EXPENSIVE AND LIKELY VERY DISRUPTIVE TO FREEWAY OPERATIONS.
A NEW SEPARATE OVERCROSSING, HOWEVER, IS VERY FEASIBLE.
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CAN SEE TWO POSSIBLE ALIGNMENTS SHOWN IN RED AND BLUE.A NEW OVERCROSSING WOULD TAKE YEARS TO REALIZE AND MAY NOT BE WARRANTED IF ADEQUATE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO THE EXISTING CROSSING SOONER.
AND AT A LOWER COST USING THE EXISTING PAVED AREA AND THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, THE SPANNING STRUCTURE AT CORONA ROAD IS 35 FEET WIDE OUT TO OUT.
THE APPROACHES ARE ALSO CONSTRAINED IN WIDTH.
SO THE CRUX OF THE DESIGN CHALLENGE HERE FOR IMPROVING THE EXISTING ROADWAY TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS IS EXPANDING THE WIDTH ONLY TO AN EXTENT THAT CALTRANS WILL CONSIDER A MINOR MODIFICATION OF THE STRUCTURE, AVOIDING THE NEED FOR LARGE RETAINING WALLS ALONG THE APPROACHES AND NOT WIPING OUT SOME OF THE MATURE TREES.
ALONG THE APPROACHES, WE STUDIED A VERY LARGE RANGE OF ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO ADD BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES ALONG CORONA ROAD.
I'LL TOUCH ON JUST A FEW OF THESE ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.
THE LEFT IMAGE HERE SHOWS A NINE FOOT SHARED USE TWO-WAY PATHWAY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE WITH A PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AN ARRANGEMENT LIKE THIS APPEARS TO BEST MEET THE PURPOSE AND NEED WITHIN THE GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS THAT I JUST MENTIONED IN THE CENTER IMAGE.
THIS SHOWS AN ALTERNATIVE WITH WIDER SIDEWALKS THAT WOULD BE SHARED BY, THAT WOULD BE USED BY PEDESTRIANS AND SHEROS FOR CYCLISTS, WE DO NOT FEEL THIS WILL ACHIEVE SUFFICIENT IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS.
ON THE RIGHT IS A FULL CLASS ONE BIKEWAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH ON A STRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE 10 FEET WIDE.
THIS ALTERNATIVE IS FEASIBLE, BUT THE CYCLING COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE MET WITH PREVIOUSLY HAS STATED THAT IF A CLASS ONE BIKEWAY IS PROVIDED ON ONLY ONE SIDE ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE, MANY COMMUTER CYCLISTS WOULD CONTINUE TO USE THE ROADWAY AND CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE AN UNSAFE ROADWAY.
SO A FULL CLASS ONE BIKEWAY ON ONE SIDE AND A CLASS FOUR ON THE OTHER IS NOT FEASIBLE BECAUSE WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET TOO WIDE AND CALTRANS WOULD THEN CONSIDER THIS A MAJOR MODIFICATION.
THAT'S WHY WE THINK THE ALTERNATIVE SHOWN ON THE LEFT ALTERNATIVE A IS PROBABLY THE BEST WE CAN DO WORKING WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE.
HERE'S A PLAN VIEW OF THAT ALTERNATIVE, AND HERE'S A VIEW IN 3D OF THAT ALTERNATIVE.
A PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON ONE SIDE AND A SHARED USE PATHWAY NINE FEET WIDE ON THE OTHER.
THIS ALTERNATIVE A IS RECOMMENDED BECAUSE A WESTBOUND SITE PROTECTED BIKE LANE WOULD PROVIDE A DEDICATED FACILITY FOR EXPERIENCED CYCLISTS.
THE SHARED USE PATH ON THE OTHER SIDE PROTECTED BY A CONCRETE BARRIER, WOULD PROVIDE A SAFER OPTION FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS OF ALL ABILITIES.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT DOES NOT HAVE THE FULL 10 FOOT WIDTH REQUIRED TO QUALIFY AS CLASS ONE, BUT WE FEEL THAT NINE FOOT SHOULD BE ADEQUATE GIVEN THE EXPECTED VOLUMES.
HERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS OF THE NINE FOOT WIDE SHARED USE PATHWAY ON THE SOUTH AND THE WESTBOUND PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
THESE FACILITIES WOULD CONTINUE ALONG THE APPROACHES.
I WANNA NOTE THAT WE DO NOT CURRENTLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, HAVE AN ACCURATE SURVEY.
SO THE EXTENT OF EARTH WORK AND CONCRETE WORK, CONCRETE WORK NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL WIDTH FOR THESE FACILITIES IS A LITTLE BIT UNKNOWN.
IT'S SAFE TO SAY HOWEVER, THAT IF WE INCREASE THE WIDTH OF THE EXISTING PAVING BY MORE THAN A SMALL AMOUNT, THE ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND TREE IMPACTS WOULD BECOME QUITE SUBSTANTIAL.
HERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS OF THE MODIFIED APPROACHES AND THE PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND I GUESS WE HAVE A VIDEO TOO.
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GET A SENSE OF THIS.SO IN SUMMARY, AN UNDERPASS IS PROBABLY NOT VIABLE AT THIS LOCATION.
A NEW DEDICATED BIKE PED BRIDGE IS FEASIBLE.
AND DEPENDING ON OUR, WHAT WE DO IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS STUDY WITH COST ASSESSMENTS, UM, IT MAY PROVE TO BE THE BEST OPTION.
A LARGE VARIETY OF OPTIONS EXIST TO USE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND THE EXISTING ROADWAY, BUT THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF COSTS AND IMPACTS WITH THE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES FOR USING THE EXISTING ROADWAY.
OUR SECOND STUDY LOCATION IS AT RAINIER AVENUE, WHERE AN UNDER CROSSING OF HIGHWAY 1 0 1 IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 950 FEET SOUTH OF THE SMART CROSSING OF THE FREEWAY.
HOWEVER, ACCESSING THE SMART TRAIL CROSSING ACTUALLY REQUIRES THAT PEOPLE TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILE NORTH TO THE NEAREST AT GRADE TRACK CROSSING.
85% OF OUR SURVEY RESPONDENTS SAID THEY WOULD USE A NEW BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT RAINIER AVENUE
WE UNDERSTAND A KEY NEED AT THIS LOCATION IS TO CONNECT THE FUTURE PETALUMA RIVER TRAIL AND THE SMART TRAIL AT RAINIER AVENUE.
A NEW BIKE PED TRAIL UNDER THE EXISTING STRUCTURE WOULD ONLY USE A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE SPACE.
SO ONE OF THE DESIGN CHALLENGES HERE IS HOW TO MAKE THAT FEEL LIKE A COMFORTABLE, SAFE SPACE, UM, WITH WHEN THE, UH, FACILITY ONLY USES A VERY SMALL PORTION AND PLAN.
ONCE PEOPLE PASS UNDER THE STRUCTURE AT RAINIER, IF THEY WANT TO HEAD NORTH ALONG THE RIVER, THEY NEED TO CROSS THE SMART TRACKS.
AT THE REQUEST OF A COMMUNITY MEMBER, WE EXPLORED THE FEASIBILITY OF, OF AN OVERHEAD CROSSING OF THE SMART RAILROAD.
DUE TO THE VERTICAL CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS OVER TRAINS, THE APPROACHES WOULD NEED TO BE VERY, VERY LONG, ABOUT 600 FEET ON EACH SIDE.
THIS WOULD MAKE FOR A VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT, EVEN IF WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FREEWAY EMBANKMENT FOR ONE OF THE APPROACHES.
THERE IS AN EXISTING INFORMAL CROSSING UNDER THE TRACKS THAT CONNECTS TO THE SMART MULTI-USE TRAIL.
TURNING THIS INTO AN ACCESSIBLE PAVED CROSSING IS MUCH MORE FEASIBLE THAN A NEW OVERCROSSING, EVEN THOUGH THE UNDER CROSSING WOULD OCCASIONALLY FLOOD FORMALIZING THIS INFORMAL TRAIL WOULD ALSO HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF KEEPING IMPACTS CONTAINED.
HERE'S NOW HOW AN UNDER CROSSING LOOKS IN THE SECTION VIEW ADJACENT TO THE RI RIVER.
ON THE LEFT IS A PHOTO OF THIS EXISTING INFORMAL UNDER CROSSING ON THE RIGHT, A VISUALIZATION OF A PAVED PATHWAY AT THIS LOCATION AND HOW IT WOULD RISE UP ALONG THIS EMBANKMENT TO MERGE WITH THE SMART TRAIL.
SO IN SUMMARY, THE EXISTING O UNDER CROSSING AT RAINIER PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO CROSS THE SMART TRACKS.
GOING OVER THE TRACKS IS PROBABLY NOT A REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE, BUT GOING UNDER THEM IS VERY, VERY VIABLE.
FURTHER STUDY IS NEEDED, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN THE RIPARIAN ENVIRONMENT.
OUR THIRD LOCATION IS LYNCH CREEK.
THERE'S A VERY GOOD BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN UNDER CROSSING THAT I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH UNDER HIGHWAY 1 0 1 AT LYNCH CREEK.
HOWEVER, WHERE LYNCH CREEK CROSSES MCDOWELL, THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
PUBLIC INPUT INDICATED THAT THE TRAIL IS THE COMMUNITY'S PRIMARY BIKE PET CROSSING OF US 1 0 1.
ALTHOUGH NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF TRAIL USERS WHO RESPONDED TO OUR SURVEY SAY THEY WILL DETOUR FROM THE TRAIL TO USE THE SIDEWALK TO TO USE THE CROSSWALK AT LYNCH CREEK WAY MANY PEOPLE STILL JUST BY OBSERVATION, STILL CROSS THIS 60 FOOT WIDE ROADWAY AT THE CREEK WHERE CARS TRIP TYPICALLY TRAVEL FASTER THAN THE 30 MILES PER HOUR POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
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AND THERE WAS ONE PEDESTRIAN FATALITY HERE IN 2022.AND JUST A SIDE NOTE, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DATA, I NOTICED THAT A BUNCH OF THE FATALITIES WERE ON MCDOWELL, NOT JUST AT THIS LOCATION OF COURSE, UM, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY DANGEROUS STREET.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEREFORE, A KEY IMPROVEMENT NEEDED AT THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL IS TO MAKE THE CROSSING OF MCDOWELL EASIER AND SAFER.
WE STUDIED A NEW OVERCROSSING HERE, AN UNDER CROSSING, AS WELL AS AT GRADE CROSSING IMPROVEMENT ALTERNATIVES.
FOR AN UNDER CROSSING OF MCDOWELL BOULEVARD, AN EXISTING CULVERT COULD BE IMPROVED FOR PASSAGE BY CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.
THERE IS SUFFICIENT HEIGHT HERE, HOWEVER, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF EARTHWORK AND RETAINING WALLS WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE APPROACHES AND THERE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND A LOT OF PERMITTING REQUIRED FOR AN OVERCROSSING.
THERE WOULD BE FEWER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, BUT STILL NOT INSIGNIFICANT IN THIS CREEKSIDE HABITAT.
THE COST OF AN UNDER CROSSING OR OVERCROSSING WOULD ALSO NOT BE INSIGNIFICANT AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD STILL CHOOSE TO CROSS AT GRADE EVEN IF THERE WERE THE OPTION OF GOING OVER OR UNDER.
THEREFORE, THE BEST ALTERNATIVE AT THIS LOCATION APPEARS TO BE SOME KIND OF AT GRADE CROSSING IMPROVEMENT.
TO IMPROVE SAFETY, WE STUDIED MANY VARIATIONS OF AN AT GRADE CROSSING AND THREE ROWS TO THE TOP.
A NORTHERN MID-BLOCK CROSSING HAS MINIMAL IMPACTS ON LEFT TURN LANES AND A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON WITH A RAISED MEDIAN REFUGE ISLAND WOULD BE POSSIBLE HERE.
HOWEVER, A NORTHERN CROSSING WOULD BE QUITE CLOSE TO THE EXISTING SIGNAL AT LYNCH CREEK WAY, WHICH IS NOT IDEAL FROM A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STANDPOINT.
A SLIGHTLY MORE INNOVATIVE OF ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE IS A WIDE DIAGONAL CROSSING.
THIS CROSSING WOULD BE HARD FOR MOTORISTS TO MISS AND PROVIDES A VERY WIDE CROSSING.
IT REALLY CELEBRATES BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS.
IT MIGHT BE A BIT MORE CHALLENGING FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO CROSS AT A DIAGONAL SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT REGU USED TO DOING ALL THE TIME AND HAVE GREATER IMPACT ON TURN POCKETS.
THIS CROSSING, LIKE THE NORTHERN CROSSING ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WOULD USE A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON RATHER THAN A TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WOULD ALSO HAVE A RAISED MEDIAN REFUGE ISLAND.
NOW THIS LOOKS LIKE A GREAT ALTERNATIVE AT FIRST GLANCE, BUT THE BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE MAY BE THAT THE TURNING MOVEMENT OF CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS CROSSING MCDOWELL WOULD BE WITH THE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC.
SO THERE WOULDN'T BE A GREAT SITE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN IF YOU'RE TURNING INTO TRAFFIC, YOU KIND OF CATCH PEOPLE'S EYES, CATCH DRIVER'S EYES, AND YOU SEE THE CARS COMING TOWARD YOU.
AN AT GRADE CROSSING AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF LYNCH CREEK WOULD USE A TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WHICH IS WELL UNDERSTOOD BY EVERYBODY.
WE RECOMMEND THAT THE EXISTING SIDEWALK SHOWN HERE IN PURPLE WOULD ALSO BE WIDENED AS PART OF THIS ALTERNATIVE.
TO FACILITATE THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME, WE CAN ALSO ADD ANOTHER CROSSWALK TO SERVE ADJACENT RESIDENTS.
YOU CAN SEE HERE ALSO IN PURPLE.
SO AT LYNCH CREEK, A NEW UNDER CROSSING OR OVERCROSSING ARE BOTH FEASIBLE, BUT PRESENT SIGNIFICANT FUNDING AND PROCESS CHALLENGES.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF NEW AT GRADE CROSSING ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE ALSO FEASIBLE AT LOWER COST AND COULD BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT NEW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
FINALLY, OUR FOURTH STUDY LOCATION IS AT MCKENZIE AVENUE, WHERE THERE IS AN EXISTING PEDESTRIAN OVERCROSSING OR A-P-O-C-A THOUSAND FEET TO THE NORTH OF THIS POC, THE WASHINGTON STREET 1 0 1 INTERCHANGE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ALSO CROSS 1 0 1 HAS A HISTORY OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE COLLISIONS.
THE POC AT THIS LOCATION IS NAMED BY CALTRANS AS THE KENNELWORTH POC.
JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY BY MANY AS THE CATWALK.
THE EXISTING POC APPROACHES HAVE 15% APPROACH REPS.
SO THEY ARE MORE THAN DOUBLE THE TYPICAL RAMP, UH,
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MAXIMUM SLOPE RAMP FOR A DA COMPLIANCE.THE CROSSING IS ALSO NARROW, NARROW AND DIFFICULT TO USE FOR CYCLISTS AND TOO STEEP FOR SOME PEDESTRIANS.
IN 2010, THE MSN FREEWAY WIDENING PROJECT STUDIED THE FEASIBILITY OF REPLACING THIS STRUCTURE WITH ONE, HAVING A DA COMPLIANT APPROACH.
RAMPS, UH, YEAH, THIS SLIDE JUST LISTS THE VARIOUS TYPES OF ALTERNATIVES REPLACE THE EXISTING POC IN HIS EX IN HIS EXISTING FOOTPRINT, WHICH IS WHAT I JUST MENTIONED, THE 2010 STUDY LOOKED AT, AND I'LL SHOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE COULD JUST DO INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH THE CITY IS WORKING ON A NEW OVERCROSSING USING MORE SPACE OR A NEW OVERCROSSING WITH ELEVATORS.
SO THOSE ARE THE ALTERNATIVES I'M GONNA SHOW YOU IN THE NEXT SLIDES.
REPLACING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE WITHIN THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT IS FEASIBLE.
HOWEVER, THE RAMPS NEED TO GET TWICE AS LONG TO ACHIEVE THE STEEPEST A DA COMPLIANCE SLOPE OF 8.3%.
SO THIS MEANS MULTIPLE HAIRPIN TURNS, WHICH INTRODUCE NEW SAFETY ISSUES AS POINTS OF CON POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A CONTINUOUS CONCRETE CEILING, EIGHT FEET OVERHEAD ALONG THE APPROACHES.
SO THE APPROACHES WILL FEEL MORE CONFINED.
YOU CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF A SENSE OF THAT HERE IN THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT.
IN ADDITION, NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR FENCING WOULD FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE CONFINED USER EXPERIENCE.
THERE ARE A FEW WAYS THAT THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND THE TOUCHDOWN AREAS COULD BE IMPROVED.
JUST WORKING WITH THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AS IT IS THE CITY'S ALREADY WORKING ON THE BULB OUT THAT'S DEPICTED HERE.
IT WOULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE TO REMOVE SOME OF THE OVERHANGING FENCING ON THE APPROACHES WHERE IT'S NOT STRICTLY REQUIRED.
AND TO CREATE LITTLE POCKET PARKS WHERE THE APPROACH RAMPS LAND, SUCH AS HERE YOU SEE JUST VERY ROUGHLY, UM, ILLUSTRATED.
UH, FOR THE EAST SIDE, WE CAN CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF SWITCHBACKS IF WE EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT ON THE EAST SIDE BY EIGHT FEET INTO THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY.
HOWEVER, THE RESULT IS STILL NOT VERY BIKE FRIENDLY.
AND THE SIDEWALK, WHICH YOU SEE HERE IS A BLUE DASH LINE WOULD NEED TO BE REROUTED TO THE WEST AND UNDER THE STRUCTURE.
SO IT'S RATHER AWKWARD TO GET UNDER THE STRUCTURE OF THE SIDEWALK.
YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T GO UNDER WHERE IT'S, IT'S HANGING OUT OVER THE CURRENT SIDEWALK.
HERE'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN IN 3D.
IF YOU EXPAND EVEN FURTHER INTO THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE STRUCTURAL GYMNASTICS OF CANTILEVERING WAY, WAY OUT OVER THE ROADWAY, WHICH GETS, UM, INTERESTING BUT CHALLENGING.
IF AN ADJACENT LOT ON THE EAST SIDE COULD BE ACQUIRED, THE USER EXPERIENCE AND SAFETY BENEFITS MAY EASILY OUTWEIGH THE ADDITIONAL COST OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.
THE RAMPS BECOME GENTLE, 5% OPEN, CLEAR SIGHT LINES, ET CETERA.
IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE TO USE AN ELEVATOR ON THE EAST SIDE TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE VERY LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE HERE.
THE USER EXPERIENCE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN AN ALTERNATIVE WITH STEEP APPROACH RAMPS AND THE POCKET PARK SPACE WOULD BE ACTIVATED BY THE CIRCULATION PATH BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR AND THE STREET.
HOWEVER, ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS ARE A CONCERN THEY HAVE TO BE VERY REGULARLY MAINTAINED IN A PUBLIC SPACE LIKE THIS.
HERE'S A 3D VISUALIZATION OF A CROSSING WITH AN ELEVATOR AS SEEN A BIRD'S EYE VIEW ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THE, THE SPACE, THE USE OF SPACE, THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE.
THIS VERY COMFORTABLE I, SO IN SUMMARY, THE EXISTING CROSSING REMAINS SERVICEABLE, BUT PRESENTS ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES DUE TO THE STEEPNESS OF ITS APPROACHES.
IT CAN BE MADE MORE ATTRACTIVE AND THE CITY IS ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.
A NEW STRUCTURE WITH A DA COMPLIANT APPROACH, RAMPS WITHIN THE SAME FOOTPRINT IS FEASIBLE, BUT MAY NOT REPRESENT AN ACTUAL IMPROVEMENT TO OVERALL
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ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY.A NEW STRUCTURE WITH AN ELEVATOR WITHIN THE SAME FOOTPRINT IS ALSO FEASIBLE AND WOULD OFFER BETTER USER EXPERIENCE.
BUT ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE ARE A CONCERN.
A NEW STRUCTURE UTILIZING AN EXPANDED FOOTPRINT ON THE EAST SIDE WOULD OFFER THE GREATEST SAFETY AND USER EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENTS HERE.
JUST VERY BRIEFLY IS OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE.
IN ESSENCE, WE ANTICIPATE WRAPPING UP THE STUDY LATER THIS WINTER BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE DURING WHAT WAS A 25 MINUTE PRESENTATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE.
ALL RIGHT, COMMITTEE, IT'S BACK TO US.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE WAY I WAS ENVISIONING OUR DISCUSSION TO GO IS WE WOULD HAVE, UM, COMMITTEE COMMENT ROUND ONE AND AFTER THAT IS OVER GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO COMMITTEE CON COMMENT ROUND TWO, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE WOULD WRAP THIS UP AND, AND DO WHAT IS REQUIRED.
BUT THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE UP HERE ON THE D WHO ARE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YOU'RE GONNA BE HELD TO THE SAME TIME LIMIT THAT OUR AUDIENCE IS.
AND THAT WOULD BE THREE MINUTES.
SO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE SUCCINCT.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO SOMEONE ELSE'S COMMENT, FEEL FREE TO DO IT.
BUT AGAIN, FOR TIME AND, UM, FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HAD DINNER YET, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD MOVE THIS RIGHT ALONG.
SO OUR FIRST PART OF THIS, SORRY, UH, CHAIR, CAN I JUST, UH, REQUEST THAT IN THE FIRST ROUND WE DO COMMITTEE QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRST ROUND QUESTIONS, THEN PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO ROUND ONE IT'S QUESTION TIME FOR, UM, FOR US TO, UM, ASK OF STAFF.
SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE FIRST, FRANK? OKAY.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ALL GREAT STUFF.
EXCITED TO SEE, UM, ON THE CORONA PROJECT, ARE WE, SO IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR, WE HAVE THE SMART STATION GOING IN, THERE'S HOUSING THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED BEHIND THAT THERE'S, UM, A, UH, HOUSING THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY BE AT THE SMART STATION.
UM, WILL THE PATH, UH, WILL THE PATHWAY BASICALLY EXTEND FROM, UM, PETALUMA BOULEVARD TO WHERE IS IT GONNA GO TO THE CORONA STATION OR WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE, THE THOUGHT THERE? I, I CAN HELP ANSWER THAT.
SO WITH THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY, IT'S REALLY LOOKING, UH, YOU KNOW, AS STEVEN SHOWED, HE'S LOOKING AT THE SECTION BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL TO, UM, TO THE PG E YARD, WHICH IS JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF, OF 1 0 1.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS, AND THAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGING STRETCH OF ROADWAY YEAH.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE WOULD NOT
AND THEN ACTUALLY THERE WILL BE SOME, SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON CORONA, UM, ON THE EAST OR NORTH SIDE OF, OF MCDOWELL, UH, THAT ARE BEING DONE AS PART OF THE, THE CORONA STATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THERE.
SO, UM, YEAH, OUR, OUR, OUR CONNECTION WOULD DEFINITELY COVER BOULEVARD TO NORTH MCDOWELL.
UH, ON THE LYNCH CREEK, UM, TRAIL, I'M SORRY, I'M JUST LOOKING, UH, FOR MY MAPS HERE REAL QUICK.
SO THE, UM, WITH LYNCH CREEK
ANY LIKE MAJOR CROSSING IMPROVEMENT, THERE IS A CHALLENGE WITH THE PROXIMITY TO, UH, LYNCH CREEK WAY THAT INTERSECTION.
UM, IS THERE, SO IF WE LOOK AT LYNCH CREEK AS IT APPROACHES MCDOWELL, UM, ON EITHER SIDE YOU HAVE LYNCH CREEK WAY AND THERE IS THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE, ACROSS THE CREEK, UH, THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS A ROAD THAT COMES OUT TO NORTH MCDOWELL.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION TO DIVERTING LYNCH CREEK TRAIL TO SOMEHOW GET ONTO ONE OF THOSE ROADS? BECAUSE I THINK THE CROSSING AT, UH, MCDOWELL IS, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE MADE EASIER AT ONE OF THOSE POINTS.
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IT'S PROBABLY A BETTER ANOTHER ONE FOR ME.YEAH, I IT'S A, IT'S AN INTERESTING SUGGESTION.
I CERTAINLY, I I TOTALLY GET WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM WITH THAT IDEA.
I THINK SOME PEOPLE MIGHT EVEN ALREADY DO THAT INFORMALLY.
UM, THOSE WOULD, THOSE WOULD REQUIRE SOME SORT OF PROPERTY ACQUISITION OR AT LEAST GETTING EASEMENTS THROUGH, THAT'S ALL PRIVATELY OWNED LAND THERE.
YEAH, I CAN SEE WHERE THAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF COURSE IS JUST TRYING OUR BEST TO OBVIOUSLY KEEP TRAIL USERS ALONG THE CREEK, WHICH IS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE, RIGHT? YEP.
THAT'S, YOU'RE IMMERSED IN IN NATURE WHEN YOU'RE ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
SO TO DIVERT A AWAY TO A STREET, A DEVELOPED STREET, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DO THINK WOULD, WOULD DEGRADE THE TRAIL EXPERIENCE.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, I, I GET IT.
WE'VE GOT AN EXISTING SIGNAL THERE THAT, THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE AND IT IS, UM, AND, AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF PERMEABILITY WITH ALL OF THOSE PARKING LOTS THAT YOU, YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO, TO, UM, GET OVER TO THE SIGNAL WITHOUT RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK.
AND, AND LAST QUESTION ON THE CATWALK.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SENSE, UH, OBVIOUSLY I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY A LONG WAY OFF OF, OF UNDERSTANDING, UH, COST CONSIDERATIONS, BUT DO WE HAVE A SENSE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE EXISTING, MAKING IT, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING STRUCTURE COMPARED TO SOME OF THE LARGER, UM, ALTERNATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED? UH, IT OBVIOUSLY DEPENDS A LOT ON THE SCOPE OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THE, IF YOU WANNA ADD SOME, WE, WE WILL BE PROVIDING, UH, AS THE NEXT PHASE SOME COST ASSESSMENT, YOU KNOW, SOME COST INFORMATION FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS.
SO MAYBE THE QUESTION IS BEST ANSWERED BY US JUST PUBLISHING THAT DRAFT VERSION OF THE REPORT, BECAUSE I'M NOT REALLY READY TO YEAH, SURE.
I, I, I ASSUME THAT WAS PROBABLY KIND OF THE ANSWER, BUT I, YOU KNOW, WOULD JUST, UH, WOULD BE EAGER TO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT OKAY.
WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT, SO WE'VE, OUR LAST YEAR WE TOOK OUT THE BALLARDS, WE TOOK OUT THE GATE THAT WAS ON THE OVERCROSSING.
UM, WE'VE OPENED UP ALL THE FENCES AT THE ENTRANCES.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE BULB OUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE BASICALLY TAKEN IT AS FAR AS WE CAN IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, THE, AND OBVIOUSLY STEVENS RAISED THE EXCELLENT SUGGESTION OF POTENTIALLY OPENING UP THE FENCING ON THE, UM, AT LEAST ON THE, ON THE RAMP SECTIONS WHERE WE AREN'T REQUIRED TO HAVE THOSE, UH, TO HAVE THE, THE FULL, UH, FENCING ON BOTH SIDES.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN TAKE IT AS FAR AS WE CAN, AND THOSE ARE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, ARE RELATIVELY MINOR INVESTMENTS.
UM, BUT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT NEW, UH, NEW RAMPS AND, UH, AND, AND RAMP REPLACEMENT, UM, THAT'S WHERE IT, OR AN ELEVATOR, RIGHT, THAT THAT'S WHERE THE, IT REALLY, IT'S GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE COST ESTIMATE.
THAT BEING SAID, STEVEN'S OUTLINED THE ONLY WAYS WE HAVE TO BRING THIS OLD, UM, UH, CROSSING FACILITY THAT PREDATES ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS BUILT IN 1971 WHEN NO ONE WAS THINKING ABOUT ACCESSIBLE SLOPES.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, PRETTY MUCH GIVEN US THE ONLY OPTIONS WE HAVE TO BRING THIS INTO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL USERS.
UM, OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WOULD JUST, IT, THERE IS A CERTAIN, UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN USERS WHO, WHO CAN'T USE THIS STRUCTURE.
UM, PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS, UM, OBVIOUSLY AND, AND, AND FOLKS, AND RIGHT NOW OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S CHALLENGING EVEN FOR THOSE WHO, SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE PHYSICALLY ABLE TO
UM, THE, THE FLIP SIDE IS THAT WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, THERE IS SOME FUNDING THAT CALTRANS SOME, SOME LEFTOVER FUNDING FROM THE MARIN SNOWMANS PROJECT THAT SCTA IS, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING TO THEM, UM, WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE IT TO UPGRADE THIS, UH, THIS, THIS, THIS CROSSING.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW BETWEEN US AND SCTA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HANG ONTO THAT MONEY IF, IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.
AND WE SHOULD HAVE SOME CLARITY ON THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO STEVEN'S ALTERNATIVES WILL OBVIOUSLY BE HELPFUL IN, UM, TELLING US HOW MUCH OF EACH OF THESE ALTERNATIVES COST, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC ON WHAT YOUR PREFERENCES ARE, UM, OR WHICH, WHICH OF THESE OPTIONS YOU COULD LIVE WITH OR WHICH ONES YOU PREFER, WHICH ONES ARE,
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UH, LESS, LESS DESIRABLE.THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF WHITTLE THIS DOWN SO WE CAN HONE IN ON A COUPLE OPTIONS.
UH, NEXT COMMISSIONER DAR DARREN.
YEAH, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT RELATIVE COST, ALSO THINKING DECISION WISE, HAVE YOU GUYS ASSESSED MAYBE FEASIBILITY AND ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO PRIORITIZING THIS, LIKE MAYBE VOLUME ON THESE ROUTES, UM, INCIDENTS OR, YOU KNOW, INCIDENTS WITH BIKERS OR PEDESTRIANS ON THESE ROUTES, UH, ANYTHING LIKE THAT GOING INTO HOW WE PRIORITIZE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
TYPICALLY ON THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS, WE HAVE SCANT DATA TO WORK WITH.
UM, THE DATA THAT I'VE SHOWN YOU FOR ACCIDENTS IS PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEST THAT WE HAVE.
I KNOW THAT YOU'VE JUST RECENTLY BEEN WORKING, UH, WITH FAIR AND PEERS AND STAFF ON A BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, IS IT? UM, SO THE, WE, WE, THEY ARE ON OUR TEAM AND WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA AND A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN DRIVING SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, I MADE COMMENTS ABOUT LIKE EXPECTED VOLUME, UH, THE, THAT WAS INFORMED, UM, BY THAT.
UH, BUT, BUT I WILL SAY IN GENERAL, UM, HOW TO SCOPE THESE PROJECTS APPROPRIATELY FOR UNKNOWN FUTURE DEMAND IS, IS REALLY AN ART.
UM, TYPICALLY THE LATENT DEMAND FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS IS MUCH, MUCH GREATER THAN THE EXISTING DEMAND.
ONCE YOU BUILD IT, PEOPLE START USING IT IF YOU DO IT RIGHT.
UM, I SAW THAT HAPPEN WITH THE BERKELEY BIKE BRIDGE.
THAT WAS THE FIRST OF THESE PROJECTS THAT I WAS, UM, DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH AND IT'S HEAVILY USED NOW AND PEOPLE CROSSING AT UNIVERSITY AVENUE BEFORE JUST ONESIE, TWOSIES.
UM, SO IT'S ABOUT YOUR VISION MORE THAN ABOUT THE EXISTING DEMAND, BECAUSE YOUR VISION WILL DRIVE, WILL, WILL INDUCE THAT DEMAND.
AND MY OTHER HALF OF THAT OVERARCHING QUESTION, I THINK IS FOR BJORN BUDGET-WISE, WITH WHAT YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH IN THE FUTURE, IS THERE KIND OF A TRADE OFF THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE? ANY LIMITATION THERE THAT YOU THINK, OR COULD ALL OF THESE OSTENSIBLY GO ON THE BUDGET KIND OF PUSHED OUT TO FUTURE YEARS? LIKE, WE KNOW OUR, OUR CITY'S BUDGET OFTEN HAS, YOU KNOW, FISCAL YEARS PRETTY FAR OUT IN THE FUTURE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE ANTICIPATE GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
DO YOU SEE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, UM, MAYBE NOT IN THEIR MOST AMBITIOUS FORM, BUT MAYBE IN THEIR MOST AMBITIOUS FORM AS BEING SOMETHING THAT COULD JUST GO ON THE BUDGET? OR DO WE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES ON THAT? NO, AT THIS POINT, THE COMMITTEE DEFINITELY DOES NOT NEED TO MAKE CHOICES.
I THINK THOSE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW DECISIONS FOR US TO, TO PUT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
UM, AS, AS THOSE FUNDING QUESTIONS AND BUDGET QUESTIONS ARISE, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS EACH IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE.
UM, CORONA IS, UH, CALTRANS HAS AN UPCOMING BRIDGE RAILING REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT CORONA ROAD.
AND SO WE ARE TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY, UM, PARTNER OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN ASK THEM
UM, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, MACKENZIE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS SOME FUNDING THERE FROM THE MARIN SOROS PROJECT THAT COULD GO TO THAT TOWARDS THAT.
SO ONE OF THE DRIVERS ON, ON AT LEAST THOSE TWO WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THAT NEXUS WITH CALTRANS AND, UM, AND THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OR OTHER IMPLEMENTATION OPPORTUNITIES.
LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN AT GRADE CROSSING, THAT'S A, A VERY DOABLE PRO.
THAT'S A VERY ACHIEVABLE PROJECT.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT I COULD SEE THAT BEING, UH, FUNDED POTENTIALLY LOCALLY OR WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF VERY OBTAINABLE GRANT FUNDING.
UM, RAINIER OBVIOUSLY A MUCH BIGGER UNKNOWN, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE NEED FOR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.
AND, UM, SO YEAH, I THINK THERE'S JUST EACH IS UNIQUE BUT, UH, WE'LL LOOK TO COUNCIL FOR THAT, FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
WELL, AND I THINK YOU JUST ANSWERED MY NEXT QUESTION ON CORONA IS WHAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE INVOLVED THINKING CALTRANS, AND CAN WE COUPLE THIS INTO BIGGER IMPROVEMENTS ON THE REALLY CORONA AS A CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR? SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF MOVING A LOT OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION OFF OF THAT STREET, RIGHT? WE ALL SEE THAT GHOST SPIKE.
I THINK THE PREFERENCE FOR SAFETY WOULD BE TO MOVE IT OFF THAT STREET AND THEN IT OSTENSIBLY MAKES THAT A MORE EFFECTIVE CONNECTOR.
BUT QUESTION WISE, UM, I WAS GONNA ASK FOR THOSE AT GRADE CROSSINGS, YOU GAVE US THE PROS AND CONS, JUST, YOU KNOW, GUT INSTINCT.
WHAT'S YOUR PREFERRED AT GRADE CROSSING FOR THE MCDOWELL PORTION OF THAT LYNCH CREEK AREA? 'CAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, I LIKED THE LOOK OF THE DIAGONAL ONE.
AND IT IS NOW SOLIDLY THE TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC LIGHT,
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THE SOUTHERN MOST ALTERNATIVE THAT I SHOWED YOU, UH, WITH THE WIDEN SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE.YEAH, I WAS JUST, UH, IT IS A LOT TO DIGEST A TON OF INFORMATION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR, UM, FOR THIS BODY, UH, TO, TO PRESENT FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE, UH, ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS OR PRIOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK SHOULD BE THE PRIORITIES, UH, DO WE, WE DRAFT A, A LETTER TO, TO APPROVE OR WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE BEST FORMAT FOR PROVIDING THAT SORT OF COMMENT? UH, AN EMAIL.
WE, IF WE COULD GET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, SEEKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE VERY DETAILED NOTES ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU OFFER UP TONIGHT.
UM, AND, AND OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, IF THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS WHERE YOU WANT TO TRY TO FIND CONSENSUS AND ELEVATE AS, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FROM THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE, THAT'S, THAT, THAT WORKS.
OTHERWISE, WE CAN JUST KIND OF MAKE NOTE OF, OF THE GENERAL THEMES AND COMMENTS.
SO IS THAT WITH THE ASSUMPTION, BJORN, THAT WE WON'T BE HEARING THIS AGAIN? THIS WILL BE OUR LAST OPPORTUNITY.
UH, THERE WILL, THERE WILL BE A, A DRAFT REPORT MADE AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA DO ANOTHER, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING ANOTHER ROUND OF, UM, ANOTHER ONLINE SURVEY.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK IF YOU HAVE DETAILED FEEDBACK THAT YOU WANT.
IF YOU WANNA GO BACK AND SPEND SOME TIME ON THIS, WE WILL TAKE COMMENTS BY EMAIL.
UM, JUST TONIGHT WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND, AND SO MOVE ON AS MUCH AS WE CAN GET TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, WILLIAM, GO AHEAD ANYMORE.
UM, SO FOR THE, FOR THE FIRST THREE THAT WE DISCUSSED, LIKE THERE ARE LIKE ALL GREAT OPTIONS I THOUGHT AND STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT SEEMED TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
LIKE I WOULD SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE.
AND THEN THE FOURTH ONE, THE CATWALK SEEMED A BIT LIKE ADVENTUROUS, LIKE JUST DIFFERENT, RIGHT? WITH THE ELEVATOR AND IT'S ALL GREAT IDEAS, UM, BUT IT'S MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND LIKE REQUIRING LIKE, I MEAN, YOU REDUCE HOUSING IN ONE OF THE OPTIONS AND I WONDER IF OR WHY WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING LIKE WHAT ERIC CALLED THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM OF LIKE CROSSING EAST WASHINGTON OR MAKING, CROSSING ON LIKE EAST WASHINGTON SAFER INSTEAD OF THE CATWALK.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF WORK FOR SOMETHING THAT'S, THERE'S NO REALLY GOOD, EASY ACCESSIBLE SOLUTION THERE.
BUT THERE MIGHT BE ON EAST WASHINGTON THAT'S NOT THAT FAR.
UM, BUT I'LL JUST MAKE A, A QUICK, UM, RESPONSE.
THE TYPICALLY TRYING TO IMPROVE, UH, THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY AT THESE MAJOR, UH, CROSSTOWN, UM, UH, ROADWAYS IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
NOT BECAUSE OF THE CROSSING, BUT BECAUSE OF THE ON AND OFF RAMPS.
THAT'S WHERE THE REAL CHALLENGES ARE AND THEY'RE, THERE JUST AREN'T GOOD SOLUTIONS.
I MEAN, WINDSOR TRIED THE RAISED CROSSWALK, THEY'RE KIND OF FAMOUS FOR IT.
THERE'S, THERE'S ONE PLACE WHERE THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, JUMP UP AND DOWN THAT THEY RAISE THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSSWALK A FEW INCHES.
UM, THAT'S ABOUT THE BEST YOU CAN DO, AND IT REALLY DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
SO YOU, YOU KIND OF NEED A SEPARATE FACILITY, UM, RATHER THAN, UM, YOU CAN, YOU CAN PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO, YOU KNOW, UH, NOT A LOT OF, UH, IMPROVEMENTS.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
BRIAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NO.
WITH THAT, LET'S STOP OUR COMMENT AND MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO I HAVE TO REREAD THE INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT ONCE AGAIN, OR CAN WE JUST MOVE FORWARD? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK OR HAS A QUESTION OR A CONCERN, PLEASE FILL OUT A, UH, SLIP.
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SO MEANWHILE, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED ONCE AGAIN TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE MEETING ON THIS TOPIC? UH, NO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS TOPIC.
SO THE FIRST IN LINE IS PETE, FOLLOWED BY NATHAN.
UH, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUICK COMMENTS THAT I JOTTED DOWN DURING THE PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, I APPRECIATE THE VISION, I APPRECIATE THE PRIORITIZING OF CLASS ONE AND CLASS FOUR OVER CLASS TWO AND CLASS THREE.
UM, BIKEWAYS, I THINK THAT IS, IT IS ES ESSENTIAL FOR, UM, TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
UM, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN IMPLICIT ASSUMPTION IN, IN ALL THE, IN ALL THE CASES THAT CARS AND TRUCKS ARE GONNA BE BARRELING ALONG AT 30, 35 MILES AN HOUR.
AND, AND WE JUST HAVE TO STEER CLEAR OF THEM.
AND I'M, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME, SOME POSSIBILITIES FOR, UM, IMPLEMENTING A WIDE RANGE OF TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, SAY ALONG THE CORONA OVERCROSSING, UM, AT NORTH MCDOWELL WHERE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL CROSSES IT, UM, SO THAT DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES ARE GIVEN THE MESSAGE.
THIS IS A, A, A PART OF THE ROADWAY, A PART OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE YOU HAVE TO DRIVE SLOWLY.
AND I, I, MY SENSE IS THAT IN THE, THE TRAFFIC SCHEMES THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING, UM, WE'RE, THERE'RE VERY WELL INTENTIONED, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING FAR ENOUGH IN CALMING TRAFFIC.
UM, I, I HAVE TO SAY THAT, THAT I AM FIRMLY SOLIDLY IN FAVOR OF THE SIMPLER SOLUTIONS, WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BE, TO ACTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN OUR LIFETIMES, UH, AND ONES WHICH CAN BE MORE EASILY MAINTAINED.
UM, ONE LAST COMMENT ABOUT, UH, ABOUT CORONA.
I HAVE DRIVEN BIG 28 FOOT BOX TRUCKS THROUGH CONSTRUCTION ZONES WHERE THE TRAVEL LANES WERE LIMITED, DEFINED BY CONES AT NINE OR 10 FEET IN WIDTH, AND ALL TRAFFIC MOVES REALLY SLOWLY THROUGH THEM.
AND SO I WOULD JUST, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN EXPLORE THE OPTIONS FOR USING LANE WIDTH, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, PAVING SURFACES, PINCH POINTS TO GIVE DRIVERS THE MESSAGE TO GO SLOWLY.
THANK YOU MR. GANG AND NATHAN SPINEL.
HEY, THIS IS A GREAT TOPIC AND STUDY WITH A LOT OF DEPTH.
THANKS FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN ON CORONA.
I APPRECIATE SHOWING DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO DO THAT SHARED USE PATHWAY ON ONE SIDE AND THAT'LL BE A HUGE SAFETY UPGRADE FOR EVERYONE COMPARED TO THE STATUS QUO ON THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
I THINK IMPROVING THE CROSSING AT NORTH MCDOWELL IS REALLY WELCOME ON A BIKE.
I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE DOING THAT SIDEWALK JOG, UM, AND SHARING THAT SPACE WITH CARS AT THE CURVE.
UH, CARS OFTEN DON'T SEE CYCLISTS WAITING AT THOSE CORNERS AND MY VOTE WOULD BE TO GO FOR THAT UNDER CROSSING OPTION.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE EASIEST, SAFEST, AND MOST FUN TO USE.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT BE EXPENSIVE AND HAVE SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, BUT DON'T FORGET THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS OF KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR CARS.
I WONDER IF THERE'S GRANTS OR OTHER FUNDING WE CAN USE TO MAKE THAT UNDER CROSSING A REALITY.
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IF NOT, IN THE MEANTIME, STILL DOING AN AT GRADE CROSSING WOULD BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT, UH, FOR THE MACKENZIE CROSSING.I APPRECIATE WANTING TO IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THAT.
I'M AN EXPERIENCED CYCLIST IN DECENT HEALTH AND EVEN I FIND IT REALLY CHALLENGING TO USE, ESPECIALLY ON A LONG CARGO BIKE WITH THOSE CHURNS.
UM, I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF ADDING ELEVATORS ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES OF IT.
UM, I'VE USED THOSE KIND OF CROSSINGS IN PORTLAND, OREGON, UM, RECENTLY, AND THEY WORK SURPRISINGLY WELL AND THEY REALLY IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL USERS, PEOPLE WITH WHEELCHAIRS OR OTHER MOBILITY ISSUES.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE SIGNIFICANT AND AS A METAPOINT, AS A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE, I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT A ACROSS TOWN CONNECTOR IS ONLY AS GOOD AS ITS UTILITY AT BOTH END POINTS AND THE WEST SIDE ENTRIES OF THE LINK CREEK TRAIL AND THE SMART PATH ARE PRETTY DANGEROUS AND POORLY MARKED FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.
THE SMART PATH LETS YOU OFF IN AN AWKWARD LOCATION BY TWO BUSY STREETS WITH NO USEFUL WAY FINDING OR GREEN PAINT PROTECTED BIKE LANES OR SIGNS OF HOW TO GET DOWNTOWN.
UH, SIMILARLY, THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL LETS YOU OFF BY A DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT, A FEW HUNDRED FEET FROM ONE OF THE HIGHEST STRESS AND MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND TOWN WITH NO USEFUL WAY FINDING OR GREEN PAINT TO DIRECT CYCLISTS HOW TO NAVIGATE IT.
IN MY DREAMS, THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL WOULD INCLUDE A SAFE PROTECTED CROSSING AT WATER STREET WHILE IMPROVING.
THESE CONNECTORS ARE GREAT AND WORTH DOING, IN MY OPINION.
THEY DON'T GET US A LOT IF A FAMILY, A CHILD SENIOR OR NOVICE CYCLIST CAN'T CONFIDENTLY USE IT TO GET TO AND FROM DOWNTOWN OR LOU KESSIE PARK.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S KIND OF OUTTA THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY, BUT TO THE COMMITTEE, I WANNA ASK, HOW CAN WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM SOONER? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PIGGYBACK THESE TRANSITIONAL PROJECTS IN AND OUT OF THE CROSS TOWN CONNECTORS WITH THE LARGER HIGHWAY 1 0 1 CROSSING STUDY PROJECTS? THANKS.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WHO HAS NOT GOTTEN A CHANCE? I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND LET'S BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND SINCE LAST ROUND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT QUESTIONS ONLY I GET, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE CAN DO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THIS TIME AROUND.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO START OUR MOVE FORWARD ON THIS SECOND VERSIONING, DARREN? SURE.
I'LL GET US KICKED OFF JUST WALKING THROUGH THE PROJECTS.
UH, FOR THE CORONA AVENUE, I DO LIKE, I THINK I LIKE THE NORTH SIDE SEPARATE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PATHWAY, UH, AS MY PREFERENCE FOR SAFETY.
I THINK IF THERE'S SOME ALIGNMENT WITH CALTRANS, THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT MAKE CORONA A MORE ROBUST CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR MORE BROADLY AND IMPROVE SAFETY.
UM, FOR THE NEXT PROJECT, MAKE SURE I DO EVERYTHING IN ORDER, UH, FOR LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
UM, I THINK I LIKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF THE AT GRADE CROSSING AT THAT SOUTHERNMOST AREA.
YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE TWO SIGNALED AREAS PRETTY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, BUT IF THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR SAFETY AND YOU'VE ANALYZED THESE OPTIONS AND ACT OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE EXPERTISE, I'D FALL BACK ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION THERE.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR RAINIER.
I REALLY LIKE THE UNDER CROSSING IDEA.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS WITH RAINIER OBVIOUSLY, BUT THE UNDER CROSSING SEEMS TO MY EYES, UH, TO BE THE MORE FEASIBLE.
WE'VE GOT SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THERE, SO I LIKE THAT IDEA.
AND FOR THE FOURTH, I THINK I'M STILL UNDECIDED, UH, ACTUALLY APPRECIATE WHAT JOANNA SHARED.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A PRETTY BIG INVESTMENT.
I MEAN, WHETHER WE'RE ADAPTING OR WHETHER WE'RE CREATING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY MASSIVE INVESTMENT.
UH, SO THE FOURTH, I'M NOT SURE WHERE I LAND YET, UH, BUT I THINK I'VE GOT PRETTY CLEAR CUT PREFERENCES FOR THE OTHER THREE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
THERE'S A LOT TO DIGEST, UH,
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS? UH, WILLIAM? YEAH, SURE.
I'LL GO THROUGH AS MUCH AS I CAN HERE.
UM, THE CORONA ROAD CROSSING, UH, YOU GOT A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS, UH, AND THIS TIES INTO WHAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WAS JUST STATING A MOMENT AGO.
UH, OPTION BI SEE 10 FEET WESTBOUND, EASTBOUND, AND I THINK THOSE ARE NINE INCH, SIX INCH SHOULDERS.
AND I, I WAS, UH, THINKING, YOU KNOW, IS IS THAT THE MINIMUM POSSIBLE OR CAN IT BE FURTHER REDUCED? WE CURRENTLY HAVE A THREE FOOT BUFFER ON EITHER SIDE.
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UH, SHOULDER.STEVEN, CAN YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND BRING UP THE CROSS? YEAH, YOU'RE GREAT.
CAN I WHAT? YEAH, JUST BRING, GO AHEAD AND SHARE YOUR SCREEN WITH THE CROSS SECTIONS.
OH, WELL 18 IS PROBABLY DIFFERENT FOR YOU THAN FOR ME.
OR WOULD IT BE EASIER FOR THE COMMITTEE IF WE JUST WENT THROUGH EACH CROSSING LOCATION INDIVIDUALLY? DO YOU WANNA DO THAT? IT'S PROBABLY MORE METHODICAL.
SO SHOULD WE START WITH WILLIAM AND START WITH CORONA? WE START, YEAH, WE, WE WILL START WITH WILLIAM'S COMMENTS HERE ON, ON CORONA, AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE.
WELL, ANY SOLUTION THAT HAS, UH, OPTIONS ON BOTH SIDES IS IMPORTANT.
AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, THAT HAVING, UM, PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS HAVE TO MOVE OVER TO ONE SIDE IS NOT GOING TO FURTHER SAFETY.
YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE COME FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION STILL, UH, RIDING WITH THE CARS.
UH, SO ANY OPTION THAT GIVES MORE SPACE AND IF POSSIBLE AVOIDS HAVING TO, TO BUILD A BIG WING ON THE SIDE.
I, I FEEL LIKE BETWEEN THE 26 FEET OR SO, UH, I THINK WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR MOTOR VEHICLES PLUS, IS IT FIVE ON EITHER SIDE? NO, FOUR ON EITHER SIDE, PLUS EIGHT TOTAL FOR, UH, FOR HUMANS.
UM, THERE, THERE COULD BE ENOUGH SPACE TO, UH, GIVE MORE FOR THE, THE PEOPLE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, CUTTING INTO THAT SHOULDER AND IF POSSIBLE REDUCING THOSE LANES FROM 10 DOWN TO, TO NINE FEET OR WHATEVER THE MINIMUM COULD BE OR SO YEAH, UH, SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, OF OPTION A IS MY PREFERENCE, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE EVEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND MAYBE NOT REQUIRE QUITE AS MUCH ENGINEERING.
I'LL, MAY I, DO YOU WANNA RESPOND? MAY I JUST CLARIFY? YEAH, SO OPTION A, BUT I DIDN'T GET THE BUT PART, UH, IT WAS JUST THAT, UH, THERE'S STILL AN OPTION A SOMETHING LIKE 22 OR 23 FEET FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, UH, AND THAT NECESSITATES ADDING THE BIG WING, UH, ALONG THE SIDE TO EXPAND THE OVERALL WIDTH.
SO CAN WE REDUCE THE LANE WIDTHS FOR THE VEHICLES MORE? ABSOLUTELY.
SURE, YEAH, YOU CAN MOVE ON AND THEN WE'LL OKAY.
GO BACK AROUND TO ME TO THE NEXT.
SO WE ARE STILL ON, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE CORONA ROAD OVER, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
AND, UM, BRIAN, UM, I MEAN, ANY OF THESE LOOK GREAT.
UM, MY, MY MAIN THOUGHT IS HOW SPECIFIC DO WE NEED TO BE, UM, AS WE FINALIZE OUR GENERAL PLAN TO BE STARTING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR LIKE, MONEY FROM CALTRANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
LIKE, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS DESIGN PRETTY WELL NAILED DOWN AND WHAT WE WANT OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THESE CORONA ROAD IN PARTICULAR IS LIKE HOW, LIKE, HOW SPECIFIC DO WE NEED TO BE? UM, AT THIS POINT? I'LL, I'LL GIVE A A FIRST AND I THINK YOU'LL WANNA FOLLOW UP.
UH, I THINK AT THIS STAGE WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS, UM, THE PURPOSE AND NEED, THE SCOPE, THE VISION, LIKE WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACHIEVE YOU, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO TIE INTO THE SMART STATION, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE FACILITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AS OPPOSED TO JUST ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD? SO THOSE KIND OF BIG PICTURE SCOPE QUESTIONS, UM, WOULD HELP DRIVE THE NEXT PHASES AND DRIVE, DRIVE THE DESIGN PROCESS AND DRIVE THE FUND FUNDING ACQUISITION GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS AS WELL.
SO, NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO NAIL IT DOWN REALLY TIGHTLY RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, SO THEN IN THAT CASE, A AND C LOOK.
ALL RIGHT, UM, I'M NOT REALLY IN FAVOR OF HAVING THE, THE SHEROS ON, UH, ON CORONA ROAD
SO, UM, ON C IT WOULD BE OKAY TO JUST HAVE A, A SHARED TWO-WAY FACILITY ON ONE SIDE AND HAVE NO, I'M OPEN TO IT.
I HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT THROUGH LIKE WHAT THE TRANSITIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, I IMAGINE THAT MIGHT CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL PI PINCH POINTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE TO EVENTUALLY GET TO BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, A FEELS LIKE THE, THE SIMPLE SOLUTION, BUT IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, AN ELEGANT, YOU KNOW, SOLUTION FOR, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, THE SMART TRAIN OR THE SMART STATION BEING ON ONE SIDE, IT FEELS
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LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME, SOME ELEGANT SOLUTION THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T FULLY THOUGHT THROUGH.UM, I AGREE WITH WHAT WILLIAM SAID, YEAH.
AND, UM, MY COMMENT, WHICH WILL COME LAST AND I'M GONNA STEAL SOMETHING I DO WITH IT, STEAL SOMETHING FROM MR. GANG.
THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY, AND I, I LOVED IT.
I WANT A SOLUTION THAT IS SIMPLE, LESS EXPENSIVE, AND MORE LIKELY TO BE IMMEDIATELY IMPLANTED.
I THINK THAT'S A MARVELOUS COMMENT TO MAKE.
AND SO I WANTED TO ADD THAT I DO PREFER A, UM, AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON I PREFER A, UH, VERSION A IS THAT I VERY MUCH LIKE THIS TWO-WAY, UM, BIKE PED ON THE, ON THE, UM, SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE IT WILL CONNECT TO THE SMART TRAIN MORE EASILY, AND HENCE WE MIGHT HAVE MORE PEOPLE USING IT IF WE HAVE IT CONFIGURED LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT I REALLY HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'S COME UP WITH ANOTHER COMMENT, FRANK? YEAH, SO, WELL, NOT A NEW COMMENT, I'M JUST GONNA ECHO YOURS.
UM, SO I, I'M A FAN OF, I'M A FAN OF A, UH, I WOULD ALSO ECHO WHAT BRIAN SAID ABOUT MAKING, YOU KNOW, A TO ME SEEMS LIKE, UM, THE BEST SOLUTION SO LONG AS, UM, THEY'RE NOT ROADS TO NOWHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY, THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY GET YOU TO EITHER PETALUMA BOULEVARD OR, UM, MCDOWELL THAT THERE'S A, A TRANSITION.
UM, AND, AND AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT PETE, UM, SHARED, UH, IF, IF A IS A SOLUTION THAT NEVER GETS IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE THERE'S CHALLENGES, UM, YOU KNOW, A A, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE, UH, SIMPLER SOLUTION IS TO GET IT DONE, I THINK NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY I'M A FAN OF A DARREN.
IS THIS, ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS CONSIDERED KIND OF MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE OF THE SEPARATE PATH? IS IT KIND OF A DECISION BETWEEN THOSE OR, UH, I THINK YOU'RE ASKING IT, WOULD THIS HAPPEN IF YOU WERE TO DECIDE TO BUILD A NEW BRIDGE? YEAH, EXACTLY.
UM, THAT'S A DIFFICULT THING TO THREAD, RIGHT? BECAUSE HOW MUCH DO YOU PUT IN THIS, IF THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION REALLY NEEDS TO BE A NEW STRUCTURE, UH, IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE MCKENZIE DILEMMA, HOW MUCH DO YOU PUT INTO IT NOW VERSUS PUT YOUR ENERGY INTO FUNDRAISING AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOWARDS A NEW PROJECT? WELL, THEN IT'S PROBABLY WORTH VOICING.
I, I PREFER OPTION A HERE OF THESE CHOICES JUST FROM THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE SIGNALING THAT C3 SEEMS TO BE WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
I, I LIKE A THE BEST OUTTA THESE THREE.
ANYBODY ELSE? I, I, ONE LAST YEAH.
WILLIAM? YEAH, JUST, UH, WITH OPTION A THERE.
AND I'M JUST KIND OF
UH, IF WE COULD TAKE THE SHOULDER OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND EXPAND THE SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE.
'CAUSE THE SIDEWALK BEING ELEVATED ABOVE THE CARS, UH, GIVES YOU A REALLY SAFE SPACE.
UH, AND MOVING THE CURB CLOSER TO THE CARS MAKES THEM HAVE TO BE MORE AWARE.
THE DRIVERS MORE AWARE AS THEY'RE DRIVING.
SO HAVING SEVEN FEET OR EVEN MORE, IF YOU COULD, UH, MINIMIZE, UH, REDUCE THE LANES FROM 10 FEET TO SOMETHING ELSE, UH, SEVEN FEET ON EITHER SIDE WOULD BE, IT SEEMS AMPLE, UH, CERTAINLY FOR THE CURRENT DEMAND.
AND, AND FOR THE, UM, UH, WHAT DID YOU SAY? THE, UH, LATENT DEMAND, UH, THAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN IT'S IMPROVED, UH, COULD BE A MUCH FASTER IMPLEMENTATION TO JUST WIDEN THOSE SIDEWALKS, UH, AND IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO GET ONTO AND OFF OF THOSE SIDEWALKS AT EITHER SIDE.
UH, MIGHT HAPPEN A LOT FASTER THAN HAVING TO, TO PUT IN LARGE BARRIERS AND, UH, AND THEN WIDENING THE WIDTH OF THE ENTIRE PLATFORM AND ACHIEVE MAYBE THE SAME GOAL.
ARE, IF THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR CROSSING, HOW ABOUT WE MOVE TO RAINIER CROSSING? SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO OPEN COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING RAINIER WILLIAM? YEAH, LOOKING AT THE MAP ON THE, THE WEST SOUTHWEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 1 0 1 THERE, I'M THINKING ABOUT WHEN I WOULD CROSS AND WHERE I'D WANT TO GO.
AND, YOU KNOW, MOST TRIPS ARE GONNA BE TO AND FROM DOWNTOWN.
HAVING TO JOG UP TO THE SMART TRACK, UH, IS SEEMS,
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SEEMS NOT IDEAL.AND I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY MAY GO ON ONE OF THE, THE OTHER WAYS THAT THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE THAT, THAT JOG IS, IS THERE A WAY TO CONNECT GOING SOUTH, UM, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE BY WASHINGTON Y YEAH, I CAN.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE THERE, THERE IS A VISION FOR A CONTINUOUS RIVER TRAIL, UH, ALONG THE FULL LENGTH OF THE RIVER.
AND, AND THAT WOULD, UM, WOULD, YEAH, WOULD CONNECT AND FOLLOW THE NORTH BANK OF THE RIVER HERE, UM, AND THEN CONNECT OVER TO THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
SO THAT'S, YEAH, THAT, SORRY, WE SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THAT IN THE MAPS.
I REALIZE WHERE THE CONFUSION COMES FROM, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY STILL PART OF, OF THE CITY'S PLANS FOR THIS AREA.
UH, ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER WITH COMMENTS, BRIAN? I MEAN, THIS ONE FEELS REALLY ACHIEVABLE.
UM, I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE HAVE A PRESCRIPTIVE EASEMENT THERE ALREADY, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY SO USED, RIGHT? SO LIKE, I MEAN, JUST KEEP USING IT IS THE SORT OF THE NAME OF THE GAME AND IT FEELS LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALREADY WE ALREADY HAVE IT, RIGHT? AND SO MY QUESTION I GUESS IS IF WE, IF WE ALREADY HAVE THIS, UM, THIS PATHWAY, UH, IS THERE, I I, I MAYBE I WOULD PROBABLY NEED THE CITY ATTORNEY HERE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PRESCRIPTIVE EASEMENTS AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO PATHWAYS, UM, THAT ARE SORT OF THE, THE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, UM, AD HOC PATHWAYS OR WHATEVER.
UM, BUT THIS FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, VERY ACHIEVABLE.
UM, AND AS WE START TO LIKE RETHINK THE OUTLET MALLS AS LIKE THEATER AND, YOU KNOW, WITH CINDA BAR THEATER THERE, I COULD SEE THE OUTLET MALLS STARTING TO BECOME MORE OF AN ACTIVITY ZONE OR SOMETHING THAT PULLS PEOPLE THERE.
SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS WHEN I THINK, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS CITY 20 YEARS FROM NOW, I THINK THIS WILL BE A REALLY, UM, GREAT PATH.
NEXT COMMITTEE MEMBER? ANYONE? I'M NOT SEEING ANY MORE COMMENT.
UM, I WAS GONNA JUST ADD, I WASN'T GONNA ADD, I WAS JUST GONNA ALSO MENTION THAT THE CROSSING UNDER SMART IS THE MOST VIABLE TO ME, AND WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE LYNCH CREEK LYNCH CREEK TRAIL? UM, CONNECTION, ACTION? YEAH, WILLIAM, GO AHEAD.
UH, YEAH, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE OPTIONS THERE.
IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN GET ACROSS.
THAT'S A CROSSING I'VE USED EXTENSIVELY ON MY BIKE AND WITH MY KIDS.
UH, AND OFTENTIMES DON'T GO DOWN TO LYNCH CREEK WAY.
UH, IF, IF THERE'S NO CARS AT THAT MOMENT ON MCDOWELL, UH, I AGREE WITH YEAR OLD'S, BIG CONCLUSION OF HAVING AN ACTUAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE.
UH, EVEN WITH, WITH TWO CROSSWALKS, I THINK ON ONE SLIDE YOU SHOWED, UM, CROSSWALK ALSO FOR THE, THE COMMUNITY THERE, UH, WITH THE SORT OF DOG LEG, UH, OFFSET BETWEEN THE TRAIL ON ONE SIDE OF MCDOWELL AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE TWO CROSSINGS THERE, UH, SO THAT YOU, WHICHEVER DIRECTION YOU'RE COMING FROM, YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
UM, I GUESS, YEAH, ON THE WEST SIDE THERE IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH, IT'S FURTHER UP, BUT UH, HAVING TO TURN OFF THE TRAIL ONTO THE SIDEWALK IS NOT SUPER IDEAL.
UM, AND IT'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, TO GO INTO TRAFFIC WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE THE PATH HAS JUST ENDED ON THEM.
IF, IF THE SIDEWALK DOES NOT ITSELF FEEL LIKE AN UNNATURAL EXTENSION OF THAT PATH AND WIDENING, YOU SAY WIDEN EAST SIDE SIDEWALK, BUT THE THE PURPLE SIDE HIGHLIGHTED PURPLE SIDE, THAT'S THE WEST SIDE, RIGHT? IT'S WIDENING THE WEST SIDE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
NEXT, ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, FRANK? YEAH.
UM, SO I, I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN HEARING, UH, THAT YOUR, YOUR SUGGESTION ON, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR PREFERENCE WAS THREE.
IT, IT, IT CAUSED ME TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT THAT.
I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THAT CROSSING BEING AT THE LIGHT.
UM, BUT I REALLY, UH, JUST HAVING BY THAT SECTION THAT IS, UM, TODAY THE EXPERIENCE, UH, AND HAVING TO MAKE A SHARP TURN TO GO DOWN TO THE LIGHT, UM, IS AND, AND, AND NAVIGATE AROUND PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING ON
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THE SIDEWALK.UM, AND IT'S A CONFLICT POINT.
AND, UM, AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I COULD SEE THIS WORKING IF THE, IF THAT SIDEWALK WAS ENHANCED TO WHERE IT WAS A TRUE, LIKE, THAT SECTION WOULD BE A, A, A MULTIUSE, UM, PATHWAY.
UM, BUT I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE SIDEWALK WASN'T REALLY ANYTHING MORE THAN IT IS TODAY.
UM, SO I LIKE IT AT THE LIGHT.
UM, I, I'M NOT, I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT IT WITH THE SIDEWALK UNLESS THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, WIDENING OF THE SIDEWALK ON THAT, ON THE WEST SIDE THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THAT I WOULD, I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MORE LIKE, UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MIDDLE OPTION, UM, OPTION TWO WITH THE DIAGONAL AND JUST MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, REALLY BIG AND BOLD THAT THIS IS A SHARED SPACE WITH PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AMPLE SIGNALS, UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD KNOWS WHEN SOMEONE'S, YOU KNOW, WALKING ABOUT TO, YOU KNOW, LEE EXIT THE TRAIL AND, AND, AND CROSS THE STREET.
AND, AND MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT COULD BE COOL IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A SIGNAL, UM, OR SOMETHING THAT'S ALERTING THAT, THAT COULD ALERT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PEDESTRIAN AND, AND BIKERS AND WALKERS, YOU KNOW, THAT ONCOMING TRAFFIC IS, YOU KNOW, JUST ADD THAT CAUTION.
I GUESS I'M, I'M, I'M PROBABLY SHARING SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S LOUD AND PROUD AND, AND, AND GIVE PEOPLE A WAY TO CROSS THE STREET SAFELY.
ANOTHER COMMENT, A QUESTION THEN I WANNA JUST ADD MY 2 CENTS WORTH.
UM, SINCE I USE THIS LYNCH, I USE THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UM, AT LEAST EVERY WEEK, ALL YEAR LONG, AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
I LIKE VERSION THREE, WHICH MEANS YOU TURN SOUTH AND WITH THE HOPES THAT, AS FRANK MENTIONED, THAT WE IMPROVE THE TURN THERE FROM THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, WHICH I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN TAKING OUT AND MOVING SOME BOLLARDS AND MOVING THE GARBAGE CANS AND CUTTING DOWN SOME MORE BRUSH.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING MIGHT BE IN THE WORKS, BUT IF WE COULD MAKE THAT TURN MUCH MORE GENTLE AND SAFER, THEREFORE, FOR THE BICYCLIST AND ANYBODY WHO'S WALKING TOWARDS THE BICYCLIST, THE SIDEWALK DOES, IT'S NARROW AT THE END OF THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, BUT IT DOES WIDEN.
I LIKE THE LIGHT WHERE IT IS, UM, ON THE SOUTH END FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE, IT'S, UM, IT'S GOOD FOR THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, BUT TWO, IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
I GO EVERY TUESDAY TO THE FARMER'S MARKET AND I WATCH CARS GOING IN AND OUT OF THAT NORTHERN ENTRANCE EXIT, UM, WITHOUT A STOPLIGHT.
AND I THINK THIS WILL IMPROVE CIRCULATION FOR THAT MARKET, IF NOT EVERYTHING ELSE, UM, AS WELL.
SO I'M, UH, I DO LIKE VERSION THREE, AND WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE TO THE LAST CROSSING UNLESS THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE THAT NEEDS TO SPEAK.
OKAY, MOVING TO THE LAST CROSSING, WHICH IS THE MACKENZIE AVENUE AND THE PEDESTRIAN OVER OVER BRIDGE, IT'S THE WRONG TERM.
IS THERE, SOMEONE WOULD LIKE IT HARD IF, IF I MAY SAY I WAS JUST TAKING A SECOND LOOK ON WITH GOOGLE MAPS AND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH GOOGLE MAPS, THAT THAT LEG, IF YOU'RE MAKING THAT RIGHT HAND TURN DOWN TO THE, UH, DOWN TO THAT WHERE THERE COULD BE A LIGHT, UH, I, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S DOABLE AS WELL.
SO MOVING TO, UM, THE LAST ONE, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ANYONE? IT'S GETTING LATE AND WE'RE ALL STARTING TO FADE.
WILLIAM? YEAH, SORRY, I'LL CUT YOU HERE A LITTLE LONGER.
UM, I'VE USED MACKENZIE A LOT THERE, AND, UH, YEAH, IT'S HARD ON THE LEGS GOING UP AND DOWN.
THE KIDS DEFINITELY HAVE TO WALK THEIR BIKES, UH, BUT IT SEEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME REALLY MINOR STUFF WOULD BE GOOD.
HAVING THE BULB OUT, I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
'CAUSE, UH, GETTING UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALK, THERE IS A CHALLENGE.
THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE PARKED, UH, RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT.
UM, I'M GLAD THE BOLLARDS AREN'T THERE, BUT, UH, SOME OTHER SMALL IMPROVEMENTS ARE WARRANTED.
UH, BUT ANYTHING MAJOR SEEMS KIND OF EXCESSIVE.
IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN BEHIND TARGET, HIDDEN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
AND, UH, UM, MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S LATENT DEMAND AND, AND IF YOU BUILD IT, PEOPLE WILL COME.
UH, BUT I, I SEE BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR, SIMILAR TO WE'VE TALKED WITH IN CORONA, UM, LOOKING AT IMPROVING COFFEE FIELD LANE AND MAKING THAT MORE FRIENDLY TO PEOPLE.
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ANYTHING THAT WOULD HELP THAT BE EASIER.IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ON-RAMP OFF RAMP ISSUES YOU HAVE WITH WASHINGTON.
UM, IT IS PRETTY WIDE ALREADY, UH, AND A LOT OF THAT IS DEDICATED TO, TO MOTOR VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, 90% OF IT.
SO GIVING SOME OF THAT BACK TO PEOPLE WHO WANNA CROSS WITHOUT A MOTOR VEHICLE, UH, COULD MAKE THAT, UH, MORE VIABLE.
UH, AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU GET OFF OF IT, LIKE PAY RAM, THE, THE SURFACE THERE NEXT TO THE SHOPPING CENTER IS REALLY AWFUL.
UM, SO MAYBE THINGS THAT WOULD HELP THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WOULD USE THE CATWALK, UH, BUT AT OTHER EXISTING CROSSINGS, I THINK WOULD BE, UH, EFFORT BETTER SPENT.
I'VE ACTUALLY GOT SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.
WE HAVE A CIP PROJECT TO PAVE CALL FIELD, UH, AND RECONFIGURE IT FROM PAY RAN TO GARFIELD IN 2026.
UH, AND IT IS WELL UNDER THE THRESHOLD WHERE WE COULD, UH, DEFINITELY GET AWAY WITH A, A LANE REDUCTION OUT THERE, UH, FOR THE FULL LENGTH.
AND, UM, AND SOME MAJOR INTERSECTION ENHANCEMENTS.
UH, YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY ROUGH, UH, YOU'VE GOT SOME BIG ALWAYS STOP INTERSECTIONS AT ST.
FRANCIS AND, UM, AND ELI, THAT, THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED WITH ROUNDABOUTS POTENTIALLY.
UH, SO KNOWING THAT YOU ARE NOT PICKING BETWEEN CALL FIELD AND MACKENZIE DOES THAT, UH, DO YOU WANNA OFFER UP ANY, OH, COMMENT ABOUT MACKENZIE.
JUST THE, UH, THE SIMPLIFIED STUFF, UH, CHANGING THE, THE FENCING, UH, I THINK ALL LOOKS GREAT, BUT I, I DON'T SEE A NEED FOR A MASSIVE RECONFIGURING THERE.
I'M NOT SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE MOBILITY CONCERNS, SO I THINK I'D WANNA LOOK MORE TO THE COMMUNITY TO BRING UP CONCERN, YOU KNOW, WOULD THEY USE IT OR NOT? NOT, UM, WITH THE COFFEE FIELD PROJECT YOU JUST MENTIONED, IS THAT A, A FUTURE PLAN WE WILL SEE, OR IS THAT ALREADY FARTHER ALONG? YEAH, NO, DEFINITELY THAT.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THAT YET, BUT IT IS.
MAY I JUST ASK IF, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING OFF ON THIS SIDE AND GOING THROUGH THE, THE SHOPPING AREA, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE NOTION OF A PATHWAY ALONG THE FREEWAY AS I'VE ANNOTATED HERE, UM, TO YEAH, SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH I, I I, THE, THE PROBLEM WITH GOING THROUGH THE SHOPPING CENTER IS JUST SORT OF THAT IT'S HIDDEN.
UM, HAVING A PATH THAT GOES AROUND IN EITHER DIRECTION, I THINK ESPECIALLY TOWARDS WASHINGTON, WOULD BE GREAT.
YOU KNOW, GETTING TO THE LIBRARY, GETTING TO THE SWIMMING POOL, UH, AND NOT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE SHOPPING CENTER, NOT HAVING TO NAVIGATE CARS IN THE PARKING LOT, UH, AND PEDESTRIANS WALKING TO AND FROM THEIR CARS.
IF THERE'S SPACE TO PUT A PATH BACK THERE.
I'VE, I'VE DONE WITH MY KIDS THE, THE TRUCK ROUTE BEHIND TARGET, UM, BEFORE, UH, THEY THINK IT'S KIND OF COOL THERE BETWEEN THE TREES AND THE BUILDING, UH, BUT AN ACTUAL BIKE PATH, UH, THAT CONNECTS INTO OTHER PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE, ARE WALKING, RIDING BIKES WOULD BE EXCELLENT.
IF THAT'S ON THE TABLE NEXT, ANYONE? NEXT? OH, OKAY.
UM, YES, I AGREE WITH LIKE THE, THE MINIMAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I THINK PROBABLY MY MAIN PROBLEM WITH ALL OF THE CAT IS THAT IT DOES NOT FEEL SAFE AS A WOMAN.
I DON'T LIKE BEING STUCK IN THE CAGE AND MAKING THE CAGE LONGER TO GO UP MAKES IT LONGER TO NOT FEEL SAFE.
UM, YES, ELEVATOR WOULD BE AWESOME AS LONG AS THEY WORK AND THEN THEY DON'T, AND THEN YOU MAKE IT ALL THE WAY UP AND THEN YOU CAN'T GET DOWN.
UM, SO YEAH, I JUST WANNA RAISE THAT SAFETY.
IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL SAFE TO BE THERE BY YOURSELF.
THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT, BRIAN.
UM, I, I THINK SIMPLER IS PROBABLY BETTER HERE IS MY, MY SENSE.
UM, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS, UH, IN THIS AREA WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A POCKET PARK.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF, UM, UH, WELL, I THINK CALTRANS OWNS THE, THE PROPERTIES AND THEY HAD TRIED TO, THEY'RE TRYING TO ACQUIRE 'EM.
UM, AND SO BECAUSE THEY WANTED LIKE A LITTLE PARK, UM, OVER HERE, SO I THINK THEY'D REALLY LIKE THAT.
UH, I THINK PART OF WHAT WILL MAKE THIS PART OF WHAT WOULD
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MAKE THIS IS ACTIVATING THE FAIRGROUNDS, LIKE IT, THIS CATWALK USED TO GET USED A LOT WHEN KENNELWORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS THERE, THERE WAS KIDS ALWAYS WALKING OVER IT.IT FELT A LOT SAFER WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF KIDS GOING OVER IT ALL DAY LONG.
AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE JUST DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT LIKE A REALLY AUTO ORIENTED SHOPPING CENTER THERE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE FAIRGROUNDS AND SO JUST, UM, ACTIVATING THE FAIRGROUNDS AND CREATING REASONS TO PULL PEOPLE ACROSS IT IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME REALLY SIMPLE IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN MAKE IT MORE FRIENDLY.
UM, AND IT FEELS LIKE THOSE ARE SORT OF NO REGRETS, BUT THE ELEVATOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I DON'T KNOW, JUST, I'M JUST LIKE SEEING LIKE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS THAT ARE SITTING HERE, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, WHERE THEY FALL IN THE PRIORITY LIST FOR THE CITY OF LIKE, UH, I JUST, UM, SEEMS LIKE MAKING THE SIMPLE IMPROVEMENTS AND YOU KNOW, IS PROBABLY A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN LIKE, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE I'M, MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT YEAH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS WITH MARIA? DID WE PUT, UM, NEW BIKE LANES ON WITH THE MARIA PROJECT ON THE SECTIONS WHERE WE HAD WIDTH? WE DID, YES.
UM, COMING AROUND BY THE BALLPARK IS THERE THROUGH THE TRANSIT CENTER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, SO THAT SECTION DOES NOT HAVE BIKE LANES FROM PARK TO, UM, PARK TO MCDOWELL.
UH, THERE IS AN IDEA THAT WE, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT A LITTLE BIT WHERE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENT A TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK ON ONE SIDE OF, UM, I'LL CALL IT THE EASTBOUND SIDE OF MARIA.
SO ALONG THE, THE SCHOOL AND, UH, PETA VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE THERE, UM, FOR THAT BLOCK, OR EVEN ACTUALLY ALL THE WAY UP TO, UM, SAY THE WASHINGTON CREEK TRAIL, UM, IT WOULD REQUIRE, IT WOULD, IT WOULD ELIMINATE PARKING ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET FROM, UH, FROM MCDOWELL TO PARK.
BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT, UH, BRIEFLY WITH THAT PROJECT.
AND, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT, MARIA HAS BEEN DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT WE COULD ALWAYS GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT IDEA.
SO, UM, I THINK WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS ON MARIA, IF WE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, BIKE LANES ON, ON MARIA, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, FOR PEDESTRIANS TOO, I, I NEED TO, TO, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING WALKING ACCESS, UH, FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT FEEDS RIGHT ONTO MACKENZIE AVENUE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CATWALK, UH, COULD, COULD, YOU KNOW, REALLY BENEFIT THAT FUTURE, YOU KNOW, BIKE USE, UM, UH, CORRIDOR.
UM, AND I THINK IT COULD HELP SERVE THE, THE FAIRGROUNDS AS WELL.
UH, ME PERSONALLY, I THINK IF IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S CITY FUNDS, KEEPING IT SIMPLE AND DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, UH, I, I WOULDN'T PRIORITIZE THAT ABOVE OTHER NEEDED PROJECTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT'S US, BUT IF, IF WE HAD, IF GRANTS AND FUNDING TO IMPROVE IT, I WOULD, I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING GREATER IMPROVEMENTS KNOWING THAT YOU COULD CREATE, UH, A NICE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR FROM MARIA ONTO MCKENZIE, UH, OVER AND CREATE ACCESS TO THE POOL IN THE FAIRGROUNDS.
ANYMORE COUNSEL, FOLK COMMITTEE FOLK, NO MORE COMMENT.
UM, I HAVE, IF I WERE TO HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE MONEY TO PUT THE ELEVATOR IN, ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE A NIECE WITH A HUGE DISABILITY AND AN ELECTRIC CHAIR THAT WEIGHS ABOUT 600 POUNDS, AND IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO NAVIGATE ON THE EXISTING CATWALK.
SO THE ELEVATOR WOULD MAKE LIFE SIMPLER.
HOWEVER, WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THE MAINTENANCE AND WHO WOULD HELP PAY FOR THIS? THERE'S NO, I DON'T SEE ANY WAY FOR, UNLESS WE HAVE HIDDEN MONEY SOMEWHERE THAT WE COULD AFFORD TO PUT THIS IN AND THEN MAINTAIN IT TO THE STANDARD THAT WE WOULD NEED IT TO BE MAINTAINED.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I'M HAPPY TO, UM, GO ALONG WITH NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY ON THE EAST SIDE, AND IT WOULD ALLOW FOR A MORE COMFORTABLE CROSSING ON BOTH SIDES.
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I THINK THAT WOULD BE OUR BEST SECOND OPTION.AND IF THAT'S, IF THE ELEVATOR IS OUT, OUT TO LUNCH.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE LOOKED AT EACH OF THE PROJECTS.
STEVEN, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE YOU? DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE INFORMATION WE'VE GIVEN YOU? YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF GIVING US GUIDANCE.
UM, THE COMMENTS BOTH FROM THE PBA AND FROM THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU, BJORN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED? NO, THIS WAS ALL REALLY HELPFUL AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE, UH, TAKING THE TIME AND TO REALLY GIVE EACH OF THOSE OPTIONS, UM, SOME, SOME CAREFUL THOUGHT AND, AND GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, DISTRIBUTING THAT NEXT SURVEY AND THEN ALSO, UM, DISTRIBUTING THE, THE DRAFT, UH, STUDY WITH YOU ALL.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
IT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO PROVIDE UPDATED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THE PETALUMA RIVER TRAIL.
US 1 0 1 AND SMART UNDER CROSSINGS PROJECT MATERIALS WILL BE UPLOADED ON THE THIRD, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEADED FOR.
AND WITH THAT, BJORN, DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT? YEAH, THANK YOU.
SO, UH, THE MATERIALS WERE UP UPLOADED YESTERDAY.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORT AND THE DRAFT, UH, LETTER OF SUPPORT.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SO I WILL JUST QUICKLY SHARE MY SCREEN SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THIS PROJECT.
UM, SO THIS IS A, A, A PROJECT THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, UH, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN DATING BACK TO 20 15 20 16.
THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY SUBMITTED SEVERAL GRANT APPLICATIONS.
UNFORTUNATELY ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
UM, WE'VE GONE AFTER EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE STATEWIDE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GRANTS FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, SEEKING FULL FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
UM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP HERE SHORTLY WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY JUST APPLY FOR, UH, THE, THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASES.
SO GETTING THE PROJECT SHOVEL READY, SO GOING AFTER MONEY FOR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, PERMITTING AND DESIGN, AND, UH, JUST GETTING THIS, GETTING THIS PROJECT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN A, HOPEFULLY A MORE COMPETITIVE POSITION FOR CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS IN, IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.
UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE, THE PROJECT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
IT'S, UM, A CONTINUATION OF THE PEDALER RIVER TRAIL.
UH, THE, THE RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTED A SHORT SECTION HERE AS PART OF THEIR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THIS WOULD CONTINUE THAT UNDERNEATH US 1 0 1 UNDERNEATH THE SMART TRACKS.
UM, AND THEN UP TO THE, UH, UP TO THE MARINA WHERE IT PICKS UP WITH AN EXISTING, UH, TRAIL SECTION NEAR THE, UH, THE NEW NEWISH APARTMENTS THERE AT THE MARINA.
WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT UNDERWAY THAT WOULD BUILD A PATHWAY FROM, UM, FROM BAYWOOD DRIVE OVER TO CASA GRANDE ROAD.
UH, THAT'S A, A SEWER, UH, A WASTEWATER PROJECT, AND, UH, IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A NEW PATHWAY, UM, WHEN THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
AND I THINK WE'RE AIMING FOR 2026 FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE UTILITY OF THIS, THIS CONNECTION WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, BUT THERE'S ALREADY A GREAT NEED FOR IT TODAY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE ONLY, UH, CONNECTION THROUGH THIS AREA UNDERNEATH 1 0 1 AND ACROSS THE SMART TRACKS IS, IS VIA LAKEVILLE STREET.
AND, UH, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT UNDER CROSSING IS LIKE.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A, A VERY BUSY ROADWAY, FOUR LANES OF FAST MOVING TRAFFIC.
IT'S ON OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, NO BIKE LANES SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE.
UM, NOT A VERY, NOT A VERY WELCOMING PLACE TO WALK OR BIKE.
SO THIS, THIS RIVER TRAIL CONNECTION NOT ONLY WOULD, UM, GIVE PEOPLE ANOTHER SLICE OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WATERFRONT AREAS, UM, AND IMPROVE RIVER ACCESS, BUT IT WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE MAJOR SAFETY BENEFITS IN, IN GETTING PEOPLE OFF OF LAKEVILLE, GOING UNDERNEATH 1 0 1.
UM, ANY, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE PROJECT, UH,
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BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY JUST SOME HELPFUL CONTEXT HERE.DOES THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, WILLIAM, UH, HOW DOES IT CROSS THE, THE TRAIN THERE BY THE BRIDGE? SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A, A CULVERT UNDERNEATH THE SMART TRACKS THAT, OKAY, SMART HAS GIVEN US THEIR BLESSING TO, TO UTILIZE THAT FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND, AND FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
UM, IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO CONSTRUCT A TRAIL THERE, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY, THAT WAS INCLUDED AT THE, AT THE CITY'S REQUEST FOR, FOR THIS CROSSING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? I SEE NONE.
UM, CLERK, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING REGARDING THIS ITEM? UH, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
SO WITH THAT, UM, AS CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT.
PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LI LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK.
IS THERE ANYONE IN OUR DWINDLING AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK,
SO I THINK, ISN'T THIS A, IS THIS A VOTING ITEM? YEAH, WE DO NEED A, A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES, YOU HAVE A MOTION.
BRIAN, WOULD YOU MAKE A MOTION PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? I'LL SECOND, UH, FRANK IS, IS SECONDING IT.
UM, SO WE WILL HAVE CLERK CALL THE ROLL AND WE WILL VOTE.
I BELIEVE THE MOTION IS CARRIED.
MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION OF AD HOC COMMITTEES.
NOW THIS COULD BE SOMETHING BJORN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT MOVING IT TO OUR NEXT MEETING? IF THIS, THIS CAN BE A REALLY, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THIS SUPER, YOU THINK THIS IS GONNA BE QUICK? YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH IT.
DISCUSS AD HOC COMMITTEES AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, INVITE STAFF TO PRESENT AND THEN COMMITTEE WE'LL BE GIVING, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS.
SO, YEAH, WE, THIS WAS ON OUR LAST AGENDA, BUT WE WERE MISSING SEVERAL MEMBERS.
SO, UH, THE COMMITTEE AT THAT, AT THAT TIME, UH, ASKED TO BRING THIS BACK.
UH, FOR, FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T WITH US, UM, OR WHO ARE NEW TO THE COMMITTEE, WE HAVE A GREAT, UH, TOOL IN AD HOC COMMITTEES, WHICH ENABLES YOU ALL TO LEND ADDITIONAL TIME AND EXPERTISE, UH, TO MAKE PETALUMA MORE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY BY, UM, MEETING IN SMALL GROUPS THAT ARE, UM, UH, LESS THAN A QUORUM OUTSIDE OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO WORK ON A VERY DEFINED TOPIC OR SCOPE.
UM, SO THAT'S KEY TO AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UH, YOU CAN'T MEET ONE WEEK AND DISCUSS, UH, HOW TO IMPROVE CROSSWALKS AND THEN MEET THE NEXT WEEK AND DISCUSS HOW TO IMPROVE TRAILS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IT HAS TO BE VERY, UM, VERY RIGID IN ITS SCOPE.
UH, BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF OUR COMMITTEE, WE CAN HAVE UP TO FOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON AN AD HOC.
WE CAN HAVE NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO PE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IF THEY EXPRESS INTEREST.
AND WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM A FEW.
AND OBVIOUSLY FOR BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS, WE DO NOT WANT YOU SPEAKING ABOUT DISCUSSING AD HOC MA MATTERS WITH OTHER PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS OUTSIDE, BECAUSE THAT COULD LEAD TO SERIAL MEETINGS AND WOULD, WOULD CREATE A BROWN ACT VIOLATION.
RECENT EXAMPLES OF SOME OF OUR WONDERFUL AD HOC COMMITTEES, WE'VE HAD THE COUPLE FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE HAD A BIKE PARKING AD HOC, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS STILL ACTIVE.
ONE THAT LOOKED AT TRAIL CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THEN ONE THAT LOOKED AT, UM, UH, PRIORITIES FOR ACHIEVING VISION ZERO.
SO THE INTEREST WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO ON EACH OF THESE COMMITTEES,
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I'VE HEARD FROM AMBER, UM, AND JOHANNA ON THEIR INTEREST IN PROVIDING A RE AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THE DRAFT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM PETE GANG FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMITTEE.
WE'VE GOT OUR ACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AD HOC, WHICH ALSO, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE MAY ALSO INCLUDE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AS, UM, KIND OF A, A SUBTOPIC OF THAT GROUP AND HOW DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS CAN BE USED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PURPOSES.
WE'VE GOT, UM, THREE ACTIVE MEMBERS THERE.
AND THEN EMILY CHARLTON FROM SUMMIT COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN JOINING.
UM, WILLIAM RECOMMENDED A NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY DESIGN STANDARD AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND SO THERE'S UH, THREE FOLKS ON THAT ONE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE WAY FINDING AD HOC WITH JOHANNA AS THE LONE COMMITTEE MEMBER.
AND BRUCE I HEARD FROM TODAY WAS INTERESTED IN JOINING THAT EFFORT.
SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL AD HOCS OR, UM, OR, UH, VOLUNTEER FOR ADDITIONAL AD HOCS.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, AND YES, WE'LL HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER OVER TO YOU.
HOW MANY AD HOCS CAN WE HAVE? I MEAN, I REALIZE THAT'S PROBABLY AN IN INFINITE NUMBER, THE PAST, BUT EFFECTIVE THE PAST? YEAH, IN THE PAST WE HAVE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO ONLY PARTICIPATE IN ONE, JUST AS A, YOU KNOW, BEING MINDFUL OF YOUR BANDWIDTH OBVIOUSLY, UM, AND TIME OUTSIDE OF MEETINGS.
BUT I'M, I'M SEEING THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE, LET'S SEE, IT LOOKS LIKE JOHANNA HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR TWO, SO, UM, WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
I DON'T SEE ANY BROWN ACT ISSUES THERE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, UH, SHE'S ONLY ON, UM, SHE'S ON, SHE'S WITH A NON COMMITTEE MEMBER WHEN IT COMES TO WAY FINDING AND SHE ONLY HAS ONE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, REVIEW.
SO DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ISSUES.
IF YOU STILL FEEL UP FOR BEING ON TWO AD HOCS, THAT'S FINE.
WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT SOME OF US, UH, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
SOME OF US, ME, I HAVE NOT REPLIED TO THAT BECAUSE I, WHATEVER REASON JUST SORT OF SKIPPED THAT, BUT I WOULDN'T MIND SERVING ON AN AD HOC, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST.
SO, WELL YOU'VE, YOU'VE ALREADY, YOU DID VOLUNTEER LONG AGO FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AD HOC, RIGHT? BRIAN? SO WE GOT YOU THERE.
I'M THINKING, I WERE WORKING ON THAT.
UM, UH, YEAH, I, I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST BASED ON NUMBERS, WE, WE COULD USE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT ON WAY FINDING, BUT REALLY AD HOCS ARE, IT'S, IT'S UP TO YOU, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S YOUR TIME OUTSIDE OF MEETINGS, YOU'RE ALREADY INVESTING LOTS OF YOUR PERSONAL TIME IN SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, I'D SAY BITE OFF AS MUCH AS YOU'RE COMFORTABLE CHEWING AND ALSO PICK TOPICS THAT YOU FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT AND THAT YOU DO WANNA SPEND SOME TIME OKAY.
SO ARE YOU WONDERING FROM US, ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COVERED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD? BASICALLY, I'M JUST LOOKING TO SOLIDIFY SO WE CAN FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEW AD HOCS SO WE CAN GET, GET THINGS MOVING.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR HAS AN IDEA? NOPE.
WELL I THINK THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT AND SEE HOW YOU CAN JUGGLE IT AND BALANCE IT AND, YEP.
GET BACK TO US AT A LATER POINT.
I THINK WE DO, AND WE DO NEED TO CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT, OH, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T.
NO, IF THERE'S, UM, PUBLIC, I'M, I, I APOLOGIZE.
YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK.
I SEE A LOT OF SHAKING OF HEADS, BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD.
SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND GO BACK AGAIN AND, AND, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DIRECTION WE'D LIKE BJORN TO TAKE, WHICH IS TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF US ARE SIGNED UP FOR ALL SIX COMMITTEES.
I THINK, OH, DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS? I DON'T THINK WE DO.
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MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS COMMITTEE COMMENT.AND IT IS DURING COMMITTEE COMMENT THAT MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO BRIEFLY SHARE UPDATES RELEVANT TO THIS COMMITTEE, INCLUDING LIAISON REPORTS FROM OTHER CITY BODIES AND MAKE REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
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IS NO PUBLIC ITEM, NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.SO IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS ANYTHING COMMITTEE WISE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT? DARREN, OUR PLANNING LIAISON? YEAH, JUST A QUICK UPDATE FROM PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, LAST MEETING, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN I GUESS LAST TUESDAY, UH, WE REVIEWED THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT.
SO THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST PARTS OF OUR GENERAL PLAN.
UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE WORKS.
I THINK IT'S 124 PAGES OF DIFFERENT LAND U UH, GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ALTERNATIVES IN THE CITY.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE EVERYONE AWARE.
I THINK THERE'S A BIG PUSH, THERE'S SIGNS RIGHT OUT FRONT, UH, FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THIS.
ON THE 10TH, WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A MEETING, A PLANNING, UH, AND REVIEWING ONCE AGAIN THIS FRAMEWORK.
SO FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND PETALUMA AND ZONING, WHICH I WOULD THINK WOULD BE EVERYONE, DEFINITELY SHOW UP TO THOSE MEETINGS, REVIEW THAT DOCUMENT.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT IN THERE.
UH, PETE GANG AND I HAD STARTED ON THE GREENWAY, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UH, WE, WE MET AND UH, DISCUSSED, UH, WHAT OUR, UH, KIND OF CHARTER WOULD BE AND DID SOME REVIEW OF THE EXISTING STREET DESIGN STANDARDS.
UH, SO THAT, THAT'S HOW FAR WE ARE SO FAR.
I SEE THAT, UH, ADAM GARCIA ALSO WANTS TO BE IN, SO I WILL, UH, BRING HIM INTO THE CONVERSATION AND HAVE, UH, HOPEFULLY SOME MORE TO REPORT NEXT MONTH.
NEXT FRANK, WE'LL SAVE BRIAN FOR LAST.
UM, WE HAVE OUR COUN FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN A MONTH NEXT MONDAY, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE GENERAL PLAN FRAMEWORKS AS WELL IN A WORKSHOP ITEM.
UM, BUT ALSO BURIED IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS, UM, A BIKE LANE SWEEPER.
SO WE'LL HAVE A BIKE LANE SWEEPER AND WE CAN START TO KEEP OUR BIKE LANES, UH, IN BETTER SHAPE.
DOES IT, DOES THIS MEAN YOU'RE BUYING THE OBJECT? CORRECT.
IT'S THE PURCHASE OF A BIKE LANE SWEEPER.
WE CAN TAKE DOWN OUR BUFFER CONES AND SWEEP THE AREA AND PUT THE BUFFER CONES BACK UP AGAIN.
OH, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO REMOVE THEM.
SO YOU MEAN IT GOES AROUND THEM? NO, IT'S JUST NARROW ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY FIT IN THE, TO FIT BETWEEN THE TWO.
THE MINIMUM OPERATING WIDTH IS ABOUT FOUR FEET, AND THEN MAXIMUM OPERATING WITH IS, I THINK CLOSER TO EIGHT FEET.
SO, UH, YEAH, THE, THE NORTH MCDOWELL BIKE LANES, WHICH HAVE BEEN HAND SWEPT, PAINSTAKINGLY HAND SWEPT A A FEW TIMES BY OUR CREW, UM, WILL BE SWEPT BY A SWEEPER.
UH, AND THAT WE WILL BE OPERATING NOT RECOLOGY.
WILL THEY HAVE A SCHEDULE? WE'RE WE STILL NEED TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE, ALL OF THE, ALL THE DETAIL, THE, YEAH, JUST HOW, HOW REGULAR, HOW REGULARLY.
I'M JUST MAKING A MENTAL LIST.
BUT YEAH, SO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT WAS A LONG CONVERSATION WITH US IN RECOLOGY.
UM, WE ASKED THEM TO, TO PURCHASE A SMALL SWEEPER GIVEN THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING SO MANY PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND OR WANT TO IMPLEMENT PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
UM, AND, AND THEY DID NOT SEEM INTERESTED IN DOING SO.
SO WE SAID, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BUY OUR OWN AND WE'LL OPERATE OUR OWN.
AT LEAST PENDING COUNCIL APPROVAL.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
AND OF COURSE, BRIAN BEING OUR, ON OUR COMMITTEE, I KNOW HOW HE'LL VOTE.
UM, I ONLY HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M SO GOOD AT STEALING FROM PEOPLE.
THIS IS FROM BRUCE WHO ALSO SENT THIS OUT TODAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SAW IT.
UM, SMART IS HAVING ANOTHER COMMUNITY WORKSHOP FOR THEIR STRATEGIC PLANS.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, THE 25TH OF SEPTEMBER FROM FOUR 30 TO SIX 30 DROP IN ANY TIME, AND IT WILL BE HELD AT THE LUM ART CENTER DOWNTOWN.
SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT ALL OF US CAN ATTEND THAT PARTICULAR EVENT AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE REGARDING SMART AND THE PATHWAY IN PARTICULAR, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL NOT QUITE FINISHED YET.
WE STILL HAVE SOME PLACES THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT.
UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT IS ON THE 25TH OF THE, OF SEPTEMBER FOUR 30 TO SIX 30.
IT'S A DROP IN ANYTIME AND PERIODICALLY I'VE GONE ONLINE AND BEEN PART OF THEIR, UM, ZOOM AUDIENCE AND MADE SOME COMMENT AND, UH, IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND I DID NOTICE, UM, SOME DIFFERENCES, UM, BETWEEN BEFORE I MADE THE COMMENT
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AND AFTER I MADE THE COMMENT.AND THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT, WHICH BRINGS US TO BJORN'S
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REPORT STAFF COMMENT.UH, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THE EXCITING WORK GOING ON AROUND TOWN.
THERE'S LOTS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO I'LL JUST JUMP IN AND HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS.
UH, OUR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WESTERN AVENUE CURVE WERE RECENTLY COMPLETED.
UH, SO A NEW PAVED, UH, NEW PAVEMENT OUT THERE FROM, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN WEBSTER AND THE CURVE, AND THEN UP TO THE CITY COUNTY LINE.
AND SO JUST A FEW BEFORE AND AFTERS HERE, LOOKING UP THE HILL, AND THEN AROUND THE BEND WHERE WE ACTUALLY WIDEN OUT TO A BUFFERED BIKE LANE UP TO THE COUNTY LINE.
AND THEN HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW IN THE DOWNHILL DIRECTION, UH, WITH THE, THE BIKE LANE VERY CLEARLY DEFINED.
AND, UH, SOME OF THOSE SPEED REDUCTION MARKINGS APPROACHING THE CURVE.
I KNOW DARREN LIVES RIGHT THERE.
HOPEFULLY THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING WELL SO FAR.
UH, WE ALSO ESTABLISHED A NEW TRAIL ACCESS POINT TO THE SMART PATHWAY AT SHASTA AVENUE.
SO FORMERLY THIS JUST SHASTA AVENUE BASICALLY TURNS INTO A DIRT ROAD.
THIS IS UP BY, UM, THE POLICE STATION ACROSS FROM THE POLICE STATION OFF OF PELOMA BOULEVARD NORTH.
UM, KIND OF NEAR THE, THE SHOPPING CENTER UP THERE AT, UH, PELOMA BOULEVARD AND PAY RAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A BUNCH OF KRA, UH, IT WAS KIND OF A DUMPING SITE, SO OUR, OUR CREW WENT OUT AND CLEARED ALL OF THE DEBRIS, MOVED THOSE, THOSE KRAS OUT AND CUT, UH, AN OPENING IN THE FENCE.
UH, WE DID HAVE SMART'S PERMISSION TO DO SO, SO A GOOD TRAIL ACCESS POINT FOR FOLKS, UH, IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE D STREET TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT, WHICH, UH, ALL THE STRIPING WORK IS, IS DONE NOW.
GOT BIKE LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM THE BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY OUT TO CITY LIMITS.
I, IN LOOKING FOR PHOTOS, I REALIZED I, I'VE NOT TAKEN, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE I TON, BUT I'VE NOT BEEN TAKING ENOUGH PHOTOS.
SO WE BRING BACK A LOT MORE PHOTOS AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND TAKE A LOOK.
WE'VE GOT NEW MEDIAN ISLANDS, UH, AND CROSSWALKS AT, UM, FIFTH STREET, SEVENTH STREET, 10TH STREET, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE, AND LAUREL AVENUE.
SO EACH OF THOSE, THOSE ARE ALL UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS WITH MEDIAN ISLANDS.
OF COURSE AT FIFTH STREET, WE ALSO HAVE THE TRAFFIC DIVERTER.
UH, THIS WAS TAKEN THE DAY THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY BEING INSTALLED.
UM, SO THAT'S IN THERE NOW AT FIFTH, PROHIBITING LEFT TURNS ONTO AND OFF OF D STREET AND ALSO PROHIBITING THROUGH TRAFFIC EXCEPT FOR BIKES, UH, ACROSS D ON FIFTH.
UM, AND, UH, DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN, IN ANY AND ALL FEEDBACK, GOOD AND BAD ON ALL OF THE PROJECT ELEMENTS.
THIS IS A PILOT PROJECT, SO WE'RE ULTIMATELY HOPING TO TAKE ALL OF THE DATA WE COLLECT ON THIS AND FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE AND USE IT TO INFORM THE, THE LONG-TERM CONFIGURATION OF D STREET.
UH, WE'LL BE PAVING D IN 2026, SO WE'RE GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THAT AND, AND TESTING THINGS OUT, SEEING HOW THEY WORK, AND THEN MOVING INTO, SO, SORRY, I DID NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF MARIA, BUT STRIPING IS LARGELY COMPLETE ON, ON MARIA.
SO, UM, GO CHECK THAT OUT FROM RAINIER TO MCDOWELL.
AND AGAIN, WE GOT SOME MORE PICTURES FOR YOU NEXT MONTH.
UH, UH, SO THEN COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER AS COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT THE, THE SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF THE BIKE LANE SWEEPER AND COUNCIL WILL ALSO BE HAVING A WORKSHOP ON ALL OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE FRAMEWORKS EXCEPT FOR LAND USE.
SO THAT WILL INCLUDE THE MOBILITY FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS RELEVANT TO THIS COMMITTEE.
AND YOU CAN, I THINK THE AGENDA IS NOW UP, SO YOU CAN GO CHECK THAT OUT AT THE, ON THE CITY MEETINGS PAGE, WE'RE HOLDING A LYNCH CREEK TRAIL CLEANUP DAY ON SATURDAY THE 14TH.
SO TWO SATURDAYS FROM NOW, NINE TO ONE, UH, FOCUSING ON THE STRETCH FROM WATER STREET TO NORTH MCDOWELL.
WE'LL BE DOING WEEDING, MOWING, GRAFFITI ABATEMENT, LITTER REMOVAL SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME.
AND IT'S, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK COULD BE A REALLY, A REALLY COOL EVENT, UM, IF THE COMMUNITY COMES OUT AND, AND SHOWS THE TRAIL SOME LOVE.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE WHO, WHO DO LOVE THIS TRAIL.
AND, AND SO IT, IT, UH, IT IS DEFINITELY IN, IN DESERVE OF SOME, SOME MAINTENANCE OR IT'S DESERVING OF SOME MAINTENANCE I SHOULD SAY.
UH, WE WILL BE SERVING BREAKFAST
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AND LUNCH TO VOLUNTEERS, AND YOU DO NEED TO REGISTER ON THE REBUILDING TOGETHER WEBSITE, SO ASK THAT YOU DO THAT.DON'T JUST SHOW UP WITHOUT REGISTERING BEFOREHAND.
WE'VE GOT OUR NEXT SAFE ROUTES TASK FORCE MEETING HERE, UH, IN THIS ROOM, THURSDAY THE 19TH AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
AND THAT MEETING WILL COVER BOTH THE NORTH WEBSTER AREA AND, UH, MCNAIR.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT SPOTS AND WE, IF FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN JOINING US ON THE MCNAIR WALK AUDIT, WE'LL BE MEETING IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL ON FRIDAY THE 13TH AT 8:00 AM THE GENERAL PLAN TEAM IS HOLDING TWO OPEN HOUSES FOCUSED ON THE DRAFT LAND USE POLICY FRAMEWORK.
SO THAT'S BEEN KIND OF BROKEN OUT FOR, UH, AN EVEN MORE FOCUSED, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE.
AND THOSE TWO EVENTS ARE ON THE 21ST AND 25TH.
UM, AND TO GO CHECK OUT THAT FRAMEWORK YOU CAN, OR TO FILL OUT THE ONLINE FEEDBACK FORM, GO TO THE GENERAL PLAN, UH, GENERAL PLAN WEBSITE, WHICH IS LINKED HERE.
THEN LOOKING AT UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE QUEUE.
CALTRANS D FOUR BIKE PLAN, WHICH IS SOMETHING I TOUCHED ON BRIEFLY AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING.
UM, I THINK THAT'LL BE OUR BIG ITEM FOR OCTOBER, HOPEFULLY.
UM, AND ACTUALLY WHETHER OR NOT I'M EVEN ABLE TO ATTEND THE OCTOBER MEETING IS, IS, WILL BE A LITTLE BIT UP IN THE AIR.
UM, MY WIFE IS DUE ON OCTOBER 6TH, SO MY HOPING I'LL SEE YOU HERE IN EARLY OCTOBER, BUT IF NOT, UM, WE'LL SEND SOMEONE ELSE IN OUR, IN MY REPLACEMENT AND, UH, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY IF, IF WE HAVE ITEMS THAT THAT WARRANT A MEETING, UM, UH, WHICH HOPEFULLY WE DO.
WITH, AND THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
SO WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WITH THIS WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9 56.
I THINK I OWE BJORN SOMETHING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYBODY FOR COMING AND STAYING AND UM, TO THOSE OF US UP HERE, YOU, YOU ALL HAD SUCH GREAT COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS REGARDING, UM, WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT.
HAVE A PLEASANT, UM, REST OF YOUR WEEKEND, A NICE WEEKEND, AND THIS FRIDAY'S, FIRST FRIDAY AT FIVE RIDES AND GO ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN TO NEW D STREET BIKE LANE.
FIRST FRIDAY IS, THIS FRIDAY MEETS AT FIVE O'CLOCK AT WALNUT PARK AND IT GOES UP AND DOWN D STREET.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE HOW THOSE LANES THAT WE'VE GOT ARE WORKING FOR YOU.
WITH THAT, WE'RE, WE ARE CLOSED AND FINISHED FOR THE EVENING.