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[CALL TO ORDER]
EVENING.THIS IS THE, UM, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
[ROLL CALL]
THAT, MAY WE HAVE ROLL CALL? AND ERIN, I BELIEVE THAT'S YOUR, YOU? YEAH.GREENSPAN MYERS PRESENT, UH, QUINT.
WE DON'T NEED ONE, BUT IT JUST IN CASE.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
BRINGS US TO PUBLIC, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.WITH THAT, I AM TO READ THE FOLLOWING.
DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND ARE WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTERS 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 OR SUBJECT TO THE VI AND PED COMMITTEE'S DISCRETION.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK SPEAKERS TO BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK.
AARON, SITTING OVER HERE TO MY LEFT, AND WHILE WE ARE, IS THERE, MARY, YOU GOT YOUR CARD OVER.
AND ALSO, ERIN, DID WE RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO THE MEETING? YEAH.
ONE PRIOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, WHICH IS POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
SO I ONLY HAVE ONE CARD, WHICH I BELIEVE TO BE MARY, CORRECT? MARY DAVIES.
WOULD YOU PLEASE? OH, THANK YOU.
COME TO THE PODIUM AND YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES.
MEMBERS OF A C COUNCILOR QUINN, WHO I SIGNAL, I I, I'M PULLING HIM OUT EXTRA 'CAUSE I KNOW HE'S BEEN THINKING ABOUT ROOTS AND SIGNAGE.
I MOVED HERE FROM SEATTLE IN 2017.
I BIKE COMMUTED THERE AND WAS USED TO THE CONVENIENT GREEN SIGNS WITH WHITE TEXT TELLING ME WHERE TO TURN AND HOW FAR AWAY.
CLEAR, SIMPLE EER ER, IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZABLE AS A REGULAR CYCLIST.
HERE IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE I STUMBLED UPON THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
IT'S STILL ONE OF OUR BEST KEPT SECRETS.
AND ONCE YOU GET ON, YOU'RE NOT SURE WHERE YOU'LL END UP RIGHT NOW, EVEN REGULAR RIDERS FIND THEMSELVES CYCLING DANGEROUSLY ALONG THE BOULEVARD AND LAKEVILLE WHEN LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND THE SMART TRAIL ARE RUNNING PARALLEL TO THEM, AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT.
I AM PREACHING HERE, I BELIEVE, TO THE CONVERTED.
YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING LONG AND HARD ON GETTING WAYFINDING OPERATIONAL IN PETALUMA.
THERE'S THE 2022 PLAN FOR SIGNAGE ON THE BOULEVARD AND WATER STREET HELD UP IN IMPLEMENTATION AND THE SIGNAGE PORTION OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH I BELIEVE HAS YET TO BE FLESHED OUT.
WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG? HOW CAN WE MAKE SOME QUICK, CHEAP, VISIBLE AND EFFECTIVE PROGRESS? I HAVE A SIMPLE PROPOSAL THAT GOES ALONGSIDE EVERYTHING YOU'RE ALREADY DOING WITHOUT GETTING IN THE WAY OF IT WHILE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
SAFE STREETS, PETALUMA PRODUCED AND INSTALLED USING THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE AND AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE.
NOW, SADDEN SIGNS FOR LYNCH CREEK AND SMART TRAILS.
LET'S MAKE THEM PERMANENT AND THEN MAKE MORE.
WE COULD GET THOSE GREEN SIGNS FOR $25 EACH COMMERCIALLY, PROBABLY LESS IN OUR OWN CITY SHOP.
WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE LOCATIONS AND THE TEXT FOR THE SIGNS, WHICH I'VE PROVIDED YOU IN MY WRITTEN REMARKS.
YOU COULD APPROVE THESE FOR INSTALLATION NOW.
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WILL DEVELOP THE NEXT PHASE.I KNOW THERE'S LOTS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T YET HAVE SCENES HAVE SIGNS.
WE JUST SPENT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON AN IMPORTANT STUDY ON DOWNTOWN PARKING.
COULD WE FIND A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR SIGNS NOW? IF NOT, WE'RE WILLING TO HOLD BAKE SALES A SUDDEN BLOSSOMING OF THOSE AFFORDABLE, DURABLE, UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZABLE SIGNS WOULD HELP US LOOK LIKE A TOWN THAT IS ACTING ON THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
WE'VE DECLARED TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BIKE.
IT WOULD SUGGEST HOW EASY IT IS TO GET PLACES AND WHO WOULD OPPOSE IT.
IT WOULD BE AN ACHIEVEMENT WITHOUT AN OUTCRY.
CAN WE DO IT? WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS? DO YOU GET TO ANSWER ME? NO.
NOT ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT SOMETIME, NO, I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE OVERSTEPPED THAT RULE.
I, I, I JUST MEANT, I I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS.
UM, WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A PROPOSAL, YOU'VE MADE YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOU AND I CAN TALK PRIVATELY ABOUT THAT.
AND NEXT WE HAVE KEVIN MCDONALD, THE MAYOR OF PETALUMA.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO TALK TO THE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S THE BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR AND I ALWAYS TRY TO START A NEW YEAR WITH GRATITUDE.
I DON'T GET TO SEE YOU AS OFTEN AS I MIGHT, UH, LIKE TO, TO CHAT WITH EACH OF YOU.
I KNOW I ENJOYED MY TIME ON PBAC AND I HOPE YOU DO TOO.
BUT I WANTED TO COME AND TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING TO BE HERE.
AND I'M SO HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE LATELY, THE FIFTH STREET BIKE BOULEVARD WITH THE SAFETY CIRCLES, THE CHICANES.
IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT TO, UM, HAVE THAT UNDERWAY.
AND MY QUESTION TO WHAT'S NEXT, UH, COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION IS STARTING SOON.
HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD, HAVE, HAVE INPUT ON OUR BUDGET SESSION? UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE SONOMA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION.
UH, THEIR NEW DIRECTORS TWO PETALUMA ARE NOW ON THAT COUNTYWIDE BOARD.
AARON PRENTICE, WHO HAPPENS TO BE HERE TONIGHT, UM, FROM, UM, PETALUMA MOTOR WHEEL.
AND, UM, AND ALSO NATE SPINDEL, WHO'S DONE A LOT OF GOOD IN THE COMMUNITY ALREADY.
UM, AND I, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER, JUSTIN BROOKS, WHO'S, UH, COORDINATED THE BIKE VALET PROGRAM AT BUTTER AND EGGS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND, UH, THE, IT'S GOTTEN SO SUCCESSFUL.
THE CITY'S ADDING IT, UH, THE UNDERWRITING OF IT THIS YEAR.
BUT THINK ABOUT VOLUNTEERING AND BRINGING FRIENDS TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE BIKE VALET AT BUTTER AND EGGS DAY.
UM, MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, I HOPE YOU KNOW ABOUT MY 500 FEET.
THERE'S 500 FEET OF BIKE TRAIL LEFT.
THEY DUNNO, FROM SMART AT LAKEVILLE TO BREWSTERS.
WE HAVE TO GET THAT 500 FEET DONE SOMEHOW.
SO, UH, YOU'LL CAN SEE ME CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE.
BUT, UM, MORE ON THE FUN SIDE UP AT SMART CORONA STATION.
THEY'RE GONNA FINISH OFF THEIR, UH, BIKE PATH IN MARCH, AND THEY HELD A BIG PARTY FOR THE STATION, BUT WHO'S HOLDING THE PARTY FOR THE BIKE TRAIL? SO IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU WHO ARE ENTHUSIASTS, ME, WHO'S AN ENTHUSIAST, IF WE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING OF A BIKE PARADE OR RIBBON CUTTING OF THE BIKE PATH THERE.
IT'S JUST, I KNOW IT'S VERY BUSY.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU PUT IN.
BY THE WAY, WHEN IS YOUR BUDGET SESSION? DO YOU KNOW THE DATE? UH, NO, I DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL DATE, BUT IT STARTS IN APRIL.
THERE'LL BE A WORKSHOP, THEN THERE'LL BE ANOTHER DATE.
I'LL MAKE SURE I ADD THAT TO A CALENDAR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? HAVE I RECEIVED ANY NEW PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, WELL THEN WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'LL GET THESE BACK TO ERIN.
[PRESENTATIONS]
TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS, AND I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT WITH PRESENTATIONS IN FRONT OF, UM, THE PAC COMMITTEE, I NEED TO REMIND[00:10:01]
US THAT, AND I'M READING THIS VERBATIM FROM THE AGENDA COMMITTEE, COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY PROVIDE, THAT'S US, MAY PROVIDE BRIEF COMMENTS ON A PRESENTATION, BUT SHOULD NOT DELIBERATE ON THE MATTER.IF A CONVERSATION IS WARRANTED, IT SHOULD BE AGENDIZED FOR A FUTURE MEETING AS A BUSINESS ITEM.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE OUR CONFINES ARE.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MENTION THAT OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS AN UPDATE ON THE BLUE POINT, UH, BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE ACTION.
AND I DO BELIEVE WE HEARD THE ORIGINAL, THIS IS A, THIS IS AN UPDATE CORRECT.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, UH, DEB FOX, WHO IS THE CLIMATE ACTION MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
UM, SO YEAH, SO TONIGHT WHAT I'M HERE TO DO IS I, I'M GOING TO EACH OF THE CCBS THE COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS, AND EXPLAINING WHAT IS HAPPENING, UH, NOW THAT THE BLUEPRINT IS OFFICIALLY PASSED, AND WE'RE IN TWO IMPLEMENTATION.
UH, SO BJORN, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, THIS IS JUST THE BASIC JUST TO REMIND US THAT WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A BIG GOAL AHEAD OF US.
UH, AND THIS IS A PLAN TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN, UM, BY WORKING ON OUR REHABILITATION REHABILITATING, UH, ECOLOGICAL BALANCE S RESTORING OUR ECONOMIC STABILITY AND ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF CLIMATE NEUTRALITY, UH, THROUGH THIS PLAN.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A SLIDE THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT ABOUT WHAT THE BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE ACTION IS.
UH, IT IS A SHARED VISION OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO REALLY, UH, ACT, UH, IN THIS CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
IT BUILDS ON THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES, OUR CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION AD HOC WORK, ALL THE EXISTING, UH, PLANS AND PROGRAMS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, IN PLACE OR ARE NOW GONNA BE PUT IN PLACE TO HELP BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
UH, AND SO THESE ARE, SOME OF THEM ARE GONNA BE NEW INNOVATIVE PRACTICES.
UH, AND, UH, IT'S A SHORT RANGE PLAN.
BASICALLY, IT STARTED TICKING ON JANUARY 1ST.
UH, AND, UH, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE IT PASSED IN OCTOBER IS WHEN IT PASSED THROUGH THE CITY COUNCILS WITH UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.
UH, I JUST KIND OF ALWAYS LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO, UH, WAYS THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THIS AS A CITY.
UM, THE BLUEPRINT ADDRESSES MITIGATION OF WHICH ONE OF THEM IS THIS MAIN TOPIC THAT YOU ALL ARE, UH, HERE ABOUT IS, UH, LOWERING OUR, UH, CARBON FOOTPRINT, UH, AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION AND, UH, WALKABILITY.
UM, BUT ALSO, UH, THE WASTE REDUCTION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES.
AND THEN ADAPTATION FALLS UNDERNEATH THE GENERAL PLAN UP UPDATE.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SLIDES.
UH, AND, UH, REALLY, IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
IF WE STICK WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL, OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE GONNA KEEP GOING UP.
AND WE ARE NOT GONNA HIT OUR GOAL.
THERE'S ADJUSTED BUSINESS AS USUAL AS WE APPLY AS MANY, UH, UH, EXISTING RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING APPLIED TO THE TOPIC.
BUT REALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AND WHAT MY MAIN, UH, THING TO BE HERE TONIGHT IS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE GET OUT OF BUSINESS AS USUAL, AND WE, AND WE ACTUALLY GET TO THAT TARGET GOAL.
AND IT'S BY HAVING BIG VISION AND COLLABORATIVE ACTION.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT, UM, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT, IS HOW WE'RE GONNA START DOING THAT.
MY FAVORITE THING TO SAY IS, UH, TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK
UM, AND IT INVOLVES OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
AND THROUGH OUR ALL OF THIS, WE AFFECT AND ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, BASICALLY WE HAVE ANNUAL CLIMATE GOALS.
WE WORK IN TEAMS TO, UH, MAP AND MATCH THE ACTIONS TO WHAT WE HAVE TO WHAT WE NEED.
WE CREATE THE POLICY, THE PROGRAM, WE LOOK FOR THE FUNDING, UH, AND THEN WE MONITOR AND SHARE THE OUTCOMES.
AND THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO EACH PROJECT, EACH, UH, ACTION PLAN.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE DONE COLLABORATIVELY.
IT'S NOT JUST, UH, THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UH, BUILDINGS IS GONNA BE IN ONE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA WORK COLLABORATIVELY.
AND I'LL START TO EXPLAIN WHAT SOME OF THOSE START TO LOOK LIKE.
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PLEASE.UM, WE'LL START WITH WHAT THE CITY PRIORITIES ARE FOR THIS YEAR IS STAFFING.
AS I MENTIONED THIS, UH, TEAMWORK IS, UH, THROUGH OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE CITY MANAGER TEAM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHEN RIHANNA WAS IN THE POSITION, SHE WAS WORKING, UH, INDIVIDUALLY.
AND NOW WE HAVE BUILT OUT A TEAM.
SO I ACTUALLY REPORT TO PATRICK CARTER, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER, AND WE HAVE A MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
SO THERE WE ARE A TEAM THAT IS WORKING SPECIFICALLY ON THIS TOPIC.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WORK AS A WHOLE WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, OFFICE.
UH, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM IS ENGAGED BECAUSE PATRICK SITS ON THAT LEADERSHIP TEAM.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS AND GREEN TEAMS THAT'LL BE BUILDING OUT.
WE'LL BE MONITORING AND TRACKING, UM, IS ONE OF OUR KEY PRIORITIES.
UH, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT IS WORKING, UH, INTERNALLY TO TRACK THE STATE STANDARDS SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THINGS AS THEY ARE SHIFTING.
UH, WE HAVE EDUCATION THAT IS HAPPENING INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
UH, INTERNALLY, WE, WE'LL HAVE LUNCH AND LEARNS HAPPENING.
SO STAFF IS ENGAGED IN AND IS AWARE, UH, WORKING ON AN EARTH DAY VOLUNTEER, UH, DAY FOR STAFF.
UH, WE HAVE OUR CLIMATE ACTION ROUND TABLES THAT, UH, UH, HAVE BEEN HAPPENING ALREADY.
AND THERE'S ONE COMING UP AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE DATE AS WE GO ALONG.
AND THEN WHAT I'M DOING TO EACH OF THE CCBS, I'M GOING IN AND DOING THE SAME EXPLANATION, UH, AND INVITING YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE VERY SPECIFICALLY, UH, ON, YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE.
UH, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, OF COURSE, ARE THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE IS STILL MOVING ALONG QUITE WELL.
UH, THE EV FLEET ELECTRIFICATION AND CHARGING.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PIECE, THE URBAN FORESTRY PLAN, JUST GIVING YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY.
UH, ONE PROJECT THAT I HAVE SPECIFICALLY THAT I'M WORKING WITH, UH, THE SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY ON IS A SCHOOL ZONE RESILIENCE AND MOBILITY HUB, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I THINK WILL DIRECTLY, UH, UH, ENGAGE YOU ALL, UH, AS IT RELATES TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION.
UH, THIS IS THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION PRIORITIES.
UH, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION IS WE HAVE AD HOCS THAT ARE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY CONVENING AS A GROUP.
AND THEN THEY, THEY PAUSE THE MEETING, THEY BREAK OUT INTO AD HOCS INTO THREE DIFFERENT ROOMS. ONE HAPPENS IN HERE, ONE HAPPENS IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, AND ONE HAPPENS IN THE HALLWAY.
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY THEN BREAKING OUT AND WORKING ON THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS EXCEPT FOR THE PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT HAPPENS SEPARATE.
BUT THE WASTE AD HOC IS WORKING ON THE DISPOSABLE FOOD WEAR ORDINANCE.
AND THEY ARE INVITING PEOPLE TO COME.
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE.
UH, AND THEY INVITE, IN PARTICULAR, LIKE ZERO WASTE SONOMA ECOLOGY, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS ON THE WASTE ONE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY INVITING AND HAVING A DISCUSSION, THE, THE EQUIVALENT OF A LISTENING SESSION IN THE AD HOCS ON THE NIGHT OF THE MEETING.
UH, AND THEN THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THE ORDINANCE.
THAT PREPARATION FOR, UH, THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC, THE ENERGY AD HOC, CURRENTLY IS, UH, UNDERTAKING, UH, CREATING A CAMPAIGN FOR THE EVERGREEN TO ENROLL EVERYBODY.
'CAUSE RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS, UH, CAN PARTICIPATE IN HAVING, UH, THE LOWEST, UH, CARBON EMISSION ENERGY TRANSMISSION TO THEIR HOMES BY BEING PART OF EVERGREEN CAMPAIGN.
AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE, UH, CITY, UH, ENERGY SECTORS WHO USES THE ENERGY, THE BIG BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, RESIDENTS, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE VALUE EQUATION FOR ALL OF THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
UH, IN ENROLLING IN AND IDENTIFYING THE BARRIERS, I SHOULD POINT OUT, UH, TO ENROLLING IN THE EVERGREEN CAMPAIGN, UH, UNDER THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION, UH, SORRY, I DID THOSE BACKWARDS.
UH, THIS IS THE, THE ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, UH, COMPLETE STREETS.
THIS IS WHERE YOU ALL, UH, TIE IN.
UH, BUT IN THAT, WE ARE WORKING IN THE INTEGRATING STREET TREES AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN, AND THAT ALSO THEN RELATES TO THE NATURAL LAND USE, UH, ELEMENTS, BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY TURNS OUT TO, TO BE MORE THAN TWO, UH, ACTION PLANS BEING COVERED BY THAT ONE AD HOC.
SO IT GETS, BUT THEY'RE ALL INTERRELATED.
AGAIN, THIS IS HOW WE START TO HIT NOT JUST ONE, UH, ACTION AT A TIME WHERE WE GET TO CROSS OUT, LIKE, OH, WE DID THAT ONE.
UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY SEVEN ACTIONS, UH, THAT ARE HIT THROUGH THAT AD HOC WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS, UH, A VARIETY OF THE, UH, ACTION PLAN.
UH, AND THEN PUBLIC EDUCATION, UH, IS ANOTHER BIG ONE THAT WE'RE DOING PUBLICLY.
THE COOL PETALUMA EXPO, UM, IS BEING ELEVATED.
UH, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS, UH, AND THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION TO DO, UH, A LARGER EVENT AT STILL AT, UH, THIS TIME.
IT'S GONNA BE BACK AT LUCCHESE.
ACTUALLY, LAST YEAR IT WAS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
UH, SCHOOLS ARE GONNA BE DOING SHOWCASES OF CLIMATE ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY THAT THEY'RE DOING.
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UH, THERE'LL BE SPEAKERS AND WORKSHOPS, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE EXPO WILL STILL BE HAPPENING.UH, THAT'S ON, UH, SUNDAY, MAY 4TH.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE HAVING A FULL BLITZ, UH, TO HELP REALLY DRIVE PEOPLE THERE, BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS ABOUT OUR FUTURE.
AND, UH, THE MORE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE EDUCATED AND ENGAGED WITH THE ACTIONS AND RESOURCES TO MAKE THOSE ACTIONS HAPPEN, UH, THE MORE EVERYONE IS INVOLVED.
AND SO THIS GETS TO MY CALL TO ACTION FOR YOU ALL.
UH, I'M JUST GONNA REVIEW THE GOALS THAT NATURALLY FIT WITHIN, UH, YOUR PURVIEW, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, THE ONE THAT IS ACTIVELY AT HAND IS THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UNDERNEATH THAT ONE IS OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THE, THE VISION ZERO, UH, THE COMPLETE STREETS, ALL THOSE ELEMENTS FALL UNDERNEATH THIS ONE, UH, WHAT WE CALL A CORNERSTONE ACTION.
THERE ARE 33 CORNERSTONE ACTIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THEY MAKE IT THE BIGGEST, UH, UH, CUT IN THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
UH, OH, SORRY, I LEFT THOSE IN THERE.
THIS IS WHERE, THESE ARE ALL THE, THE, THE PLANS THAT ARE BEING ALREADY FINISHED OR WILL BE FINISHED WITHIN THIS NEXT YEAR.
UH, AGAIN, THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES IS THAT COMPLETE STREET POLICY, WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, REALLY INCORPORATING, UH, THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE TREE CANOPY LANDSCAPE PLANTING MANAGEMENT, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND THAT IS WHERE THE SCTA PROJECT REALLY HELPS US, UH, FLUSH THAT OUT REALLY QUICKLY AS WE LOOK AT THE WAYS THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT TYPE OF DESIGN HAPPEN AROUND SCHOOLS SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS WHERE, UH, MY ASK IS FOR YOU ALL AS A, UM, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, IS WHAT THE, THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION, WHAT ALL THEY'RE DOING IS HELPING PUT THE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTIONS.
AND THAT ONE SPECIFIC ONE ABOUT THE DESIGN AROUND STREETS AND HOW WE DO GREEN STREETS AND SLOW, UH, TRAFFIC AROUND SCHOOLS, UH, IS ONE THAT IS REALLY, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A, A MEMBER OF THE PAC COME AND ATTEND A CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION MEETING.
AND IT, IF IT, THEIR MEETINGS ARE ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AT SIX O'CLOCK, AND OR WATCH THE MEETINGS LIVE.
UH, OR I CAN HOOK YOU UP WITH THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSIONER, UH, THAT IS ON THAT SPECIFIC AD HOC, SO THAT, UH, WE ARE HAVING SYNERGY HAPPENING WITHIN THE COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, AND BOARDS.
UH, SO WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING EFFORTS AND THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY USING EVERYONE'S EXPERTISE TO REALLY DRIVE THE CONVERSATION AND THE ACTIONS FORWARD.
UM, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALL CAN DO AS A C AS A, UH, I'M SO SORRY, I KEEP WANTING TO CALL YOU A COMMISSION 'CAUSE THAT'S THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION
UH, BUT YOU ALL CAN DO AS A COMMITTEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, IS MAYOR'S BIKE MONTH.
UH, JUST WANNA PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR.
I KNOW BJORN'S GONNA TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, UH, UH, IN HIS, UH, COMMENTS.
UH, PARTICIPATING IN FUTURE FEST IF YOU WANTED TO BE ABLE, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THROUGH A WORKSHOP.
UH, THAT'S WHAT THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION IS ALSO HELPING US DO, IS PUT TOGETHER THE TYPES OF WORKSHOPS THAT ARE GONNA BE ENGAGING AND INFORMATIVE FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, GETTING TO ACTION.
UH, AND THERE'S A ROUND TABLE COMING UP THAT I LIKE TO KEEP ON EVERYONE'S, UM, RADAR.
THE INVITATIONS ARE GOING OUT ANY DAY NOW, UM, THROUGH COOL PETALUMA ON, UH, THAT'LL BE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH.
UH, AND THEN I JUST DO THIS TO EVERYONE.
JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WHILE YOU CAN ACT IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY AND IN YOUR VOLUNTEER CAPACITY, THEN THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, UM, EVERY INDIVIDUAL CAN DO TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
I'M SPEAKING TO THE CHOIR ON THIS ONE, BUT IS RIDE YOUR BIKE? UM, ALSO TAKE TRANSIT AND TELL OTHERS ABOUT IT IS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE ALL CAN DO IS SPEAK ABOUT HOW EXCITING IT IS OR HOW SHOW HOW YOU SHOW UP TO WORK, OR YOUR MEETINGS MORE RELAXED.
'CAUSE YOU RODE YOUR BIKE AND YOU WERE OUT IN NATURE.
OR IF YOU TOOK TRANSIT AND HOW YOU GOT TO DRINK YOUR COFFEE AND NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WORK.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES TO POINT OUT, BUT THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO HIGHLIGHT.
UM, IF EVERYONE, NOT EVERYONE, IF A THOUSAND PEOPLE BOUGHT OR LEASED A NEW, IF SOMEONE NEW EVERY YEAR BOUGHT OR LEASED AN EV IN THE CITY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE WOULD MAKE A HUGE IMPACT IN THE WAY THAT OUR CARBON EMISSIONS 'CAUSE TRANSIT IS 67% OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
THOSE TOP TWO ITEMS ARE THE BIGGEST ONES THAT WE CAN HAVE IMPACT ON, AND THOSE ARE BEHAVIOR CHANGE ELEMENTS.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS PLANTING A CARBON GARDEN, WHICH IS BASICALLY PUTTING IN, OBVIOUSLY NOT OBVIOUSLY, UH, PUTTING IN, UH, PLANTS THAT SEQUESTER, UH, UH, CARBON INTO THE GROUND.
THAT CAN BE A TREE, THAT CAN BE A GARDEN, UH, AND THEN, UM, OR
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HELPING OTHERS PLANT ONE DAILY ACTS PUTS ON EVENTS.THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UH, PLANT THOSE.
AND OBVIOUSLY, RELIEF IS A REALLY BIG ONE THAT HA THERE'S A LOT OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN, UH, ELECTRIFY YOUR HOME.
AND AGAIN, MENTIONING WHAT THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION IS WORKING ON.
SIGNING UP FOR, UH, THE EVERGREEN CAMPAIGN, IT'S AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR.
WE ESTIMATED IT'S ABOUT A, A DOLLAR 50 A DAY, WHICH IS A CUP OF COFFEE TO UPGRADE TO, UH, EVERGREEN AS, AS YOUR, UM, TOP TIER.
AND, UH, COMPOSTING, IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE THAT I, WE ALWAYS WANNA REMIND EVERYONE TO DO.
UH, YOU CAN DO IT BY YOUR, IN YOUR HOME AND, UH, YOU CAN ALSO JUST, UH, PUT IT INTO YOUR GREEN BIN OR YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR GARDEN, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE, THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THAT COMPOST IS TO PUT IT DIRECTLY INTO YOUR OWN COMPOSTING AND INTO YOUR GARDEN.
UH, AND THERE'S A BOOK CLUB, UH, THAT LAST NIGHT, 40 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT CROOKED GOAT.
IT WAS THE, EVERYONE WALKED OUT OF THERE SO INSPIRED.
IF YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE BOOK CLUB, DO RECOMMEND READING THE BOOK.
IT IS GETTING US ALL ON A SHARED VISION OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE, OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.
UH, AND THEN THIS IS WHERE, UH, I AM, IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, I AM OPEN TO THEM BECAUSE IN THE END, IT IS NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL.
WE HAVE NO MORE TIME, AND WE ARE GONNA DO THIS TOGETHER.
AND MY JOB IS TO HELP FACILITATE THAT.
UM, IF YOU KNOW OF WAYS THAT YOU WANNA GET INVOLVED, OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY DOING A LOT, BUT IF YOU KNOW OF OTHERS, PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL ME.
UM, AND, UM, I'LL END THERE AND ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS.
DEB, I'VE GOT A QUESTION TO, TO TEE YOU UP.
UH, I, HOW WOULD YOU ANNOUNCE YOURSELF? I WAS, I WAS REALLY
CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND, AND THE ATTENDEES JUST TO, I THINK IT, IT MIGHT INTEREST THEM IN OR PIQUE THEIR INTEREST IN ATTENDING A CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION MEETING, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS REALLY ROLL YOUR SLEEVES UP AND, AND HAVE A FIGURED OUT A CREATIVE WAY TO, TO GET THINGS DONE IN THOSE MEETINGS.
YEAH, THIS WAS, UM, UH, SO AS I MENTIONED, THEY, THEY ACTUALLY CONVENE LIKE YOU ALL DO IN THIS FORMAT.
UM, AND THEN THE IDEA IS, UH, TO, TO REALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IS AS, ACTUALLY AS MARY POINTED OUT, THERE'S A, IT'S A ONE-WAY CONVERSATION WHEN WE'RE REALLY NEEDING TO MOVE QUICKLY AND, AND, AND GET, UH, ACTIONS WORKED OUT AND GET FEEDBACK IN WHAT WE, IN THE, THE FORM OF A LISTENING SESSION.
SO THE AD HOCS ACTUALLY BREAK OUT INTO THOSE.
THEY, THEY PAUSE THE MEETING, UH, WE GO INTO, UH, I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON THE WORD.
WE PAUSED THE SESSION
AND I THINK I'M STILL USING THE WRONG WORDS, MY APOLOGIES.
SO THAT THERE, ONE OF THE MAIN PIECES ARE AS, AS A BROWN ACT, YOU CAN'T HAVE CROSS CONVERSATION HAPPENING.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IN THREE SEPARATE ROOMS. AND THEY HAD TO PICK AD HOCS.
SO WE HAVE NINE AND, UH, THERE ARE THREE ON THE THREE DIFFERENT AD HOCS TO DIVIDE UP THE WORK.
UH, AND THEY BREAK INTO THESE ROOMS. AND THE IDEA IS THAT PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO COME AND PARTICIPATE.
I TELL EVERYONE ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING THIS, SO PLEASE COME AND GIVE YOUR INPUT.
AND HERE'S THE TOPICS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
AND THEY NEED, THEY NEED FEEDBACK.
UH, THEY NEED RESOURCE KNOWLEDGE OF LIKE, HEY, I ACTUALLY KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S RELATED TO THAT.
THAT'S THE IDEA THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN A CONVERSATIONAL MANNER, UH, IN THE MEETING.
SO THEN THEY, WHEN THEY, THEY GIVE ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES, DEPENDING ON TIME, THEY COME BACK AND THEY REPORT OUT WHAT THEY DISCOVERED OR FIGURED OUT FOR THE NEXT STEP THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
IN THIS CASE FOR, I'LL USE THE ORDINANCE.
UM, THEY FIGURED OUT IN THE ORDINANCE BY HAVING, UM, A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO CAME TO HEAR WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THAT TOPIC.
UH, BUSINESS OWNERS, ALL THOSE PEOPLE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE GAVE SOME REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK OF WHO THEY SHOULD TALK TO NEXT.
AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS SHARED OUT AT, IN THE BACK IN THIS FORMAT.
UH, THOSE ARE THE NOTES THAT ARE TAKEN SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW WE'RE MOVING THAT TOPIC FORWARD.
UH, AND SO IT CREATES, AGAIN, THAT PUBLIC, THERE'S, IT'S COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT.
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE SHARING OUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT LAST AD HOC.
AND, UH, THEY SHARE THAT INFORMATION BACK OUT.
AND SO THE IDEA IS THAT WE ARE, UH, IN THESE, UH, AD HOCS.
THEN THE, THE NEXT PIECE THAT'S GONNA BE COMING IS THAT WE'RE
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GONNA BE, UH, METERING OUT IN A CALENDAR.UH, WHAT LISTENING SESSION IS HAP, WHAT THE LISTENING SESSIONS ARE WORKING ON, WHEN THERE'S GONNA COME AN ITEM TO DECIDE ON, UH, AT THE, UH, COMMISSION LEVEL FOR OUR COMMISSION, UH, WHAT THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO WORK ON NEXT FOR THE ORDINANCE.
LIKE THEY NEED TO BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION TO, UH, THEN HEAR IT AS A WHOLE.
AND THEN THEY GET MORE FEEDBACK.
AND IT, IT CREATES A, UH, INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY INPUT LED, UH, PROCESS.
BJORN, DID YOU GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED? YES, I DID.
AND DEB, YOU HAVE A, ONE OF YOUR AD HOCS IS FOCUSED ON, IT WAS, IS IT TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE? IT IS.
UM, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT IS, UM, MOST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS, HELP US WORK ON THIS, UM, MOBILITY HUB AROUND SCHOOLS, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, UH, HOW IT'S LOOKING AT.
AND SO THIS IS THIS NEXT MEETING.
UM, THE SENIOR PLANNER FOR SCTA IS COMING TO PRESENT THE PROJECT THAT I'M WORKING ON WITH HER.
WE WERE ACCEPTED INTO AN EPA ACCELERATOR PROGRAM, UH, THAT IS ALL ABOUT HELPING CITIES IMPLEMENT THEIR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AND OUR PROPOSAL WAS THIS, BECAUSE WE WERE PUTTING PUZZLE, EXISTING PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER, IS HOW I DESCRIBE IT, OF, UH, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND THE FUNDING THAT SCTA HAS.
AND, UH, THE WORK THAT BJORN AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AS IT RELATES TO THE A TP AND THEN THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
UH, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES THAT NEED TO BE, UH, RESOLVED IN ORDER FOR US TO PUT IN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE? AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF BUSINESS AS USUAL AND CHUNK THINGS THROUGH QUICKLY IS CREATE A TEMPLATE OF LIKE, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO DO AT A SCHOOL CAMP AROUND A SCHOOL AND THIS, UH, ARE THE BARRIERS, THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES, AND THESE ARE SOLUTIONS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT AD HOC WILL BE WORKING ON.
AND THAT IS THE ONE SPECIFICALLY THAT I RECOMMEND THAT SOMEONE ATTEND, UH, TO REPRESENT, UH, PAC, UH, AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ALL OFFER TO THAT TOPIC.
WELL, AT THAT JUNCTION, I THINK THAT IT'S FAIR FOR ME TO ASK RIGHT NOW IF THERE IS ANYONE FROM PAC WHO WOULD LIKE TO BECOME, UM, IN ESSENCE OUR LIAISON TO THIS GROUP.
AND THEN THE IDEA WOULD BE YOU WOULD GO TO THE CLIMATE MEETINGS AND YOU WOULD COME BACK AND REPORT TO US AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT'S OUR LIAISONS ARE WHAT WE DEPEND ON.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT A VOLUNTEER.
WILLIAM WILL BE A PERSON WE LIST.
NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THAT OUT OF THE WAY, IS THERE ANY QUESTION, UM, UH, HOW DID THEY PUT IT HERE? BRIEF COMMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE REGARDING WHAT YOU JUST HEARD? IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT? ADAM? UH, YEAH, I'VE GOT BRIEF COMMENTS.
UM, JUST TWO RESOURCES THAT SCT ARE WORKING ON THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY COORDINATE WITH.
UH, ONE IS THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN, THAT'S COUNTYWIDE.
AND THEN ALSO THE, UH, VMT MITIGATION PROGRAM THAT'S ALSO UNDER DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
SO RATHER THAN HAVING TWO DIFFERENT YEAH.
TRAINS GOING ALONG, WE CAN ALL HOP ON THE SAME ONE AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHARING INFORMATION AND, UM, COORDINATING ON THOSE EFFORTS.
SO, UH, AND THEN THE, THE OTHER TWO THINGS OR IDEAS AROUND THE SAFE RES RESILIENT SCHOOL SAFE ROUTES PROGRAM, UH, LET'S SEE.
I, THIS IS ALREADY, I, I KIND OF ALREADY MENTIONED THIS TO THE SENIOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER TITLE IS TO MARGO AT MM-HMM
UM, A CTA ABOUT POTENTIALLY USING THE BAY AREA GREENPRINT TO TRY TO LOOK AT KIND OF THIS HOLISTIC PICTURE, UM, OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
QUICK BACKGROUND IS IT'S A ONLINE TOOL, BAY AREA GREENPRINT.ORG.
UM, YOU CAN RUN A REPORT FOR ANYWHERE IN THE BAY AREA, AND IT'LL GIVE YOU, UH, LAND USE ANALYSIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAND USE ANALYSIS AROUND WATER, WILDLIFE HAZARDS.
YOU CAN ANALYZE AN AREA EITHER DRAWING A LINE, YOU CAN DRAW POLYGON, YOU CAN DRAW POINT, DO A BUFFER.
UM, I USED TO WORK THERE FOR NINE YEARS, ALMOST SUPPORTING IT, SO NO LONGER, BUT STILL
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AN ADVOCATE.UM, THAT'S A GREAT TOOL TO USE FOR THAT TYPE OF HOLISTIC TYPE OF ANALYSIS OF LOOKING AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT FACTORS, HAZARDS ALSO.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER POTENTIAL OPTION, I THINK STILL UNDER THIS TOPIC IS THERE'S GONNA BE A CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR THE PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREA PROGRAM COMING UP, UH, THIS SUMMER THAT'S ADMINISTERED BY MTCA BAG.
THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PCAS AROUND, UH, WORKING LANDS, AGRICULTURE, UM, REGIONAL RECREATION, AND THEN URBAN GREENING IS THE FOURTH CATEGORY.
AND THIS, I THINK IS THAT TYPE OF INNOVATIVE PROJECT THAT COULD REALLY COMPETE AT THAT REGIONAL LEVEL FOR LIMITED FUNDING DOLLARS TO, UM, YEAH, I THINK MAYBE, HOPEFULLY BOLSTER SOME OF THAT WORK.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT AND WE CAN CHAT MORE ABOUT THAT.
I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT OUR CPA CAME AND PRESENTED TO THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION LAST MEETING.
AND THAT THE, JUST THE TDM, UH, THAT QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSIONER, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
THESE ARE EXACTLY THE TYPE OF RESOURCES AND CONNECTIONS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING US FORWARD, SO WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING RESOURCES.
I ALSO MIGHT WANNA ADD HERE FOR THE, UM, NEW MEMBERS OF, OF OUR COMMITTEE, ADAM IS A, UM, THE MAN TO MY RIGHT IS, UM, A WELCOME ADDITION TO BIKE AND PED HERE IN PETALUMA, UM, AS HIS, I'M NOT REALLY CLEAR WHAT HIS SPECIFIC JOB IS, BUT HE WORKS FOR DATA ANALYSTS FOR TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE
AND SO HE'S GOT A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE TO SHARE, AS YOU JUST NOTICED.
AND THAT'S WITH THE SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
ANYONE ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A, UM, EITHER A LIGHT QUESTION OR, UM, A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR PIECE ON OUR AGENDA? THERE'S NO OBLIGATION HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE BEING QUIET FOR ONCE, WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR US.
UH, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND GIVING US AN UPDATE, AND WE'RE DELIGHTED THAT WE'VE GOT WILLIAM WHO WILL ACT AS A LIAISON BETWEEN, UM, YOU GUYS AND US.
WHICH MEANS WE WILL MOVE ON IN, ON THE AGENDA IF I CAN FIND MY AGENDA.
PRESENTATION IS TITLED THE PROGRESS UPDATE FOR THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THAT'S THE A TP THAT WE TALK ABOUT AND HAVE CONTINUALLY TALKED ABOUT SINCE I BELIEVE 2018.
SO WE'VE BEEN SORT OF WORKING ON THIS FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE MAN WHO IS HIDDEN, EXCEPT THERE'S THIS PICTURE I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, OUR STAFF, BJORN, WHO WILL BE SHARING THIS PRESENTATION WITH US.
AND SORRY, UH, SORRY I'M NOT THERE WITH YOU ALL IN PERSON TONIGHT.
I THINK LAST TIME WE MET AS A COMMITTEE, I WAS SICK AND I AM STILL SICK,
UM, I'M CURIOUS, WHICH SCREEN SHARE IS IT SHOWING? IS IT SHOWING IN PRESENTER MODE OR IS IT SHOWING? UH, I'M JUST KIND OF, CAN'T SEE.
UM, SO JUST GIVING A QUICK UPDATE TONIGHT ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AS MARJA SAID, UH, LONG AWAITED, UM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEW MEMBER, AND, UH, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'S UNFAMILIAR.
UH, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS ESSENTIALLY OUR, OUR, OUR BLUEPRINT, OUR PLAYBOOK FOR ALL THINGS, UH, RELATED TO WALKING, BIKING, AND ROLLING IN PETALUMA.
SO NOT ONLY, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TO FACILITATE SAFE AND CONVENIENT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALSO ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND ENFORCEMENT.
AND THIS IS OUR FIRST UPDATE SINCE 2008, UM, WHICH WAS THE, THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED AS AN APPENDIX TO OUR LAST GENERAL PLAN.
AND THIS, UH, SIMILARLY WILL BE FOLDED INTO THE GENERAL PLAN.
ALTHOUGH I WILL NOTE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING MARJA HAS RAISED, GENERAL PLANS ARE TYPICALLY
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UPDATED EVERY 20 OR SO YEARS.UH, WE WOULD, WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY LIKE TO UPDATE OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FAR MORE FREQUENTLY, UM, SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO ANY NEW TRENDS IN, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, UH, NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT'S ENABLING, UH, ACTIVE MOBILITY, UH, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PROLIFERATION OF ELECTRIC BIKES, SCOOTERS, AND OTHER, UM, MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES.
UM, THERE ARE ADVANCES OBVIOUSLY IN, UM, THE, THE IN STREET DESIGN AND IN, UH, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN DESIGN.
SO MORE FREQUENT UPDATES ARE CERTAINLY RECOMMENDED SO THAT WE KEEP A GOOD, UM, GOOD PULSE ON ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN PETALUMA.
IT'S GOOD FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT'S ALSO GOOD TO, UH, CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS, UH, AS TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER, UH, DESIGN PRACTICES EVOLVE.
SO, AS FAR AS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE GENERAL PLAN, UM, THE GENERAL PLAN IS REALLY THE CITY'S OVERARCHING GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT'S AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
UM, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL FOCUSED ACTION PLANS THAT KIND OF FALL UNDERNEATH THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO YOU JUST HEARD FROM DEB ABOUT THE, UM, THE BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY, WHICH IS OUR, OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A FOCUSED ACTION PLAN THAT IS GONNA DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN MORE DETAIL ON, ON A FOCUSED, UH, TOPICAL AREA.
UM, SO THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN BEING, BEING OUR EQUIVALENT OF THAT AND OUT OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE CAN EXPECT, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO TURNING, TAKING IDEAS FROM THE PLAN AND TURNING THEM INTO, UM, UH, REAL PROJECTS, UH, OR DELIVERABLES, YOU'LL SEE THAT UNFOLD IN TWO WAYS.
UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WILL FEED INTO OUR CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH, UM, THE MAYOR EARLIER ALLUDED TO, UH, THE UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE.
SO WE ADOPT A BUDGET, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THAT COVERS, UM, THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1ST OF THE CURRENT YEAR TO JUNE 30TH, THE 30TH OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
THAT IDENTIFIES, UH, THIS, IT, IT EARMARKS, UM, FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES A FIVE YEAR, UM, LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING.
IT'S ONLY REALLY PROGRAMMING FUNDING FOR THAT FIRST YEAR, BUT IT IS ALSO GIVING YOU A PEEK AHEAD AT THE, AT THE FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE, UH, PLANNING ON TACKLING.
AND THEN FOR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUSED, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR EFFORTS ON EDUCATION OR ENCOURAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, OUR INVOLVEMENT IN BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY, BIKE TWO, BIKE TO WORKDAY, ET CETERA.
UM, THOSE WOULD BE INCORPORATED IN OUR STAFF, UH, IN OUR WORK PLANS INDIVIDUALLY.
AND THEN JUST SOME RELATED PLANS HERE, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE, ARE DEVELOPING THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY INCORPORATED A LOT OF OTHER PLAN PLANNING EFFORTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE THIS, UM, WITH EXAMPLES BEING THE PETALUMA RIVER ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN FROM THE 1990S, WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, CREATED THE ORIGINAL VISION FOR, UH, A CONTINUOUS, UH, TRAIL ALONG THE PETALUMA RIVER.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY THINGS LIKE THAT ARE INCORPORATED.
UM, AND THEN ALSO A LOT OF THE CENTRAL, CENTRAL PETA SPECIFIC PLAN, WHICH IS KIND OF A FOCUSED DOWNTOWN AREA PLAN.
UM, SOME OF OUR SMART STATION AREA PLANS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, UH, NOT LISTED HERE, BUT, BUT ONE THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED IS, IS THE BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY.
SO THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN HAS SIX CHAPTERS, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS, UM, STATUS UPDATE ON AND DESCRIPTION OF, OF WHAT TO EXPECT IN EACH OF THOSE CHAPTERS.
SEVERAL OF THESE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY, BY PBAC IN SOME FORM.
UM, SO THE INTRODUCTION, WHICH OUTLINES OUR PLANNED PURPOSE, THE RELATIONSHIP, UH, A LOT OF WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS, UH, HOW WE DEVELOPED THE PLAN AND THE BENEFITS OF ACTIVE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THIS IS A CHAPTER THAT WAS DRAFTED, UH, WITH SUPPORT FROM A PBA AD HOC COMMITTEE.
WE'VE GOT OUR VISION AND GOALS, WHICH, UH, PBA HAS SEEN SEVERAL TIMES NOW, UM, AND, AND HAVE NOT HEARD ANY COMMENTS OR REQUESTED CHANGES ON THE, THE, THAT VISION AND GOALS, UH, IN QUITE SOME TIME LAST, LAST
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TIME YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THAT WOULD'VE BEEN IN A STAFF REPORT AT OUR DECEMBER 17TH MEETING.UH, THEN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OR BASELINE REPORT CHAPTER, WHICH DESCRIBES THE OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, AND CONSTRAINTS OF OUR PHYSICAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE CHALLENGES CREATED BY, BY DESIGNING FOR MOBILITY IN A CITY WHERE WE HAVE MAJOR, UH, PHYSICAL BARRIERS SUCH AS THE PETALUMA RIVER, THE SMART TRACKS, UH, US 1 0 1 AND, AND HOW THAT LEADS TO SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES.
ALSO, TALKING ABOUT THE WAY THAT OUR CITY HAS DEVELOPED OVER TIME, THE WEST SIDE, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN CORE, THE OLDER STREETS, HAVING A MORE WALKABLE STREET GRID, EAST PETALUMA AND NEWER AREAS OF THE CITY HAVING, UH, MUCH WORSE STREET CONNECTIVITY THAT FUNNELS MOST ACTIVITY OUT ONTO BUSY ARTERIALS BEING AN EXAMPLE.
UM, THAT CHAPTER ALSO TALKS ABOUT TRAVEL BEHAVIOR, SO HOW PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY GETTING AROUND, UM, HOW, UH, TRIP LENGTHS, UM, WHICH IS SOME GREAT DATA THAT COMES FROM SCTA AND, AND REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE POTENTIAL FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION TO, UM, MAKE A SIZABLE DENT IN OUR, IN OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION AND, UM, AND REDUCE VEHICLE MILE, REDUCE VEHICLE CONGESTION.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY TALKING AND THEN SOME MAPS AND, UM, UH, REPORTS ON COLLISION DATA AND TRENDS, UH, WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF COLLISIONS, UH, AND PATTERNS, UH, INVOLVING PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING.
UH, THEN THE PLAN GOES INTO THE ACTION PLAN, WHICH YOU ALL REVIEWED AT OUR DECEMBER 17TH MEETING.
GOT A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS THERE.
THOSE ARE DISCREET ACTION ITEMS WHERE WE IDENTIFY, UM, TIMELINE, UH, AND ALSO, UH, CURRENT STATUS, UM, FOR 40, 40 OR 50 ACTIONS IN ACROSS SEVEN CATEGORIES.
UM, THOSE ALL LISTED HERE, UH, FOR OUR NEW MEMBER, AND AGAIN, FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE IF YOU GO BACK TO OUR AGENDA FROM THE DECEMBER 17TH MEETING.
UM, SO UPDATED THAT TO INCORPORATE PBA COMMENTS.
AND THEN THE, THE, THE MEDIA'S CHAPTER, UM, WHICH IS OUR PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.
SO THIS IS IDENTIFYING ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ENVISION, UH, TACKLING NEAR, MID AND LONG TERM IN THE CITY.
IT'S FINANCIALLY UNCONSTRAINED, SO THAT MEANS WE'RE ANYTHING WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, IS, IS INCLUDED THERE.
AND THAT IS BROKEN UP INTO THREE CATEGORIES.
UH, THE PROPOSED BIKEWAY NETWORK, WHICH YOU SAW LAST AT OUR NOVEMBER MEETING, SIDEWALK GAP CLOSURES, UH, WHICH IS A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD EXERCISE OF JUST IDENTIFYING WHERE WE HAVE SIDEWALK GAPS AND, UM, SUGGESTING PRIORITIZATION BASED ON PRETTY MUCH THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY THAT, THAT THOSE SIDEWALKS, UH, WOULD ACCOMMODATE BASED ON, UM, THE ACTIVITY LEVEL IN THE AREA AND THE KIND OF THE LAND USE TRIP GENERATION.
AND THEN PROPOSED CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, WHICH WILL INCLUDE TRAIL CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN A, A REAL AREA OF EMPHASIS, UH, IN, I THINK IN, IN FEEDBACK WE'VE HEARD FROM BOTH PBA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MOST OF OUR TRAILS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY HIT MAJOR ROADS, UH, WE HAVE NOT DONE A GREAT JOB OF PROVIDING, UH, DIRECT AND CONVENIENT CROSSINGS.
SO THAT'S CERTAINLY AN AREA OF EMPHASIS TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO, UH, OBVIOUSLY TO USE TRAILS TO MAKE IT AS CONVENIENT AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS.
THAT'S A MAJOR AREA OF EMPHASIS TRYING TO, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, GET, GET BEACONS IN AT ALL OF THE UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS THAT DO NOT HAVE BEACONS, ADDING MEDIAN REFUGE ISLANDS, BULL BOUTS, OTHER, OTHER SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IDENTIFYING NEW CROSSWALK LOCATIONS.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER WILL, UM, SHARE, DISCUSS, DESCRIBE PROJECT DELIVERY METHODS, SO RANGING FROM QUICK BUILD PROJECTS ALL THE WAY TO MAJOR, KIND OF LONGER RANGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN ALSO TALKING, UH, OUTLINING ALL OF THE POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL AT A LOCAL LEVEL UP TO, UM, UP TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL, ALTHOUGH THAT IS QUICKLY CHANGING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AT LEAST.
SO, UM, THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS, THERE WILL BE FOUR BYTES AT THE
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APPLE FOR, UM, THE COMMITTEE AND, AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.UM, THE FIRST STEP WILL BE A DRAFT THROUGH A, A REVIEW BY YOUR COMMITTEE OF THE FULL DRAFT PLAN THAT WOULD FOLLOW A, A ROUND OF REVISIONS BEFORE IT GOES TO PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEN ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN, UM, AFTER THOSE THREE ROUNDS OF PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT WOULD COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, UM, AND STILL TARGETING THIS, UH, THIS SPRING FOR THE ADOPTION AND HOPEFULLY GETTING THIS DRAFT PLAN FINALIZED.
I'M OPTIMISTICALLY HOPING TO GET IT IN FRONT OF PBE, UM, AT OUR MARCH MEETING.
AND THAT IS IT FOR THIS UPDATE.
AGAIN, A REMINDER, THIS IS BRIEF COMMENTS ON A PRESENTATION, BUT SHOULD NOT DELIBERATE ON THE MATTER, WHICH JUST IRKS ME, BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT.
IF CONVERSATION IS WARRANTED, IT SHOULD BE AGENDIZED FOR A FUTURE BUSINESS AS A, AS A FUTURE BUSINESS ITEM.
SO, WITH THAT SAID, WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE FIRST? WILLIAM.
UH, JUST ON THAT LAST SLIDE, YOU SAID MARCH MEETING POTENTIALLY, WAS THAT FOR US SEEING THE DRAFT OF THE FINAL PLAN? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, AMBER, FRANK, UH, JUST THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.
AND IT'S JASON, RIGHT? JASON? YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? YOU'RE KIND OF THE NEWBIE HERE, SO YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A, A STEEP ROAD TO GO THROUGH.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
ONE, ONE OF MINE, BJORN, IS YOU SAID THAT IT'S COMING BACK TO US PERHAPS AT OUR MARCH MEETING.
WILL IT, WILL IT BE PRESENTED TO US IN SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, CORRECT? YEAH, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE A PLANNING TALK.
IT, IT IS IN IN PLAN FORM, YES.
YEAH, YOU KNOW ME, I'M REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET LOST IN THIS SHUFFLE AND THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN SEPARATE DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE UPDATING.
SO THE A TP PLAN AND ALL THE, THAT BJORN JUST MENTIONED WOULD BE INCLUDED IN SOMETHING THAT WOULD RESEMBLE THIS.
UM, AND YOU HONESTLY THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE READY FOR MARCH FOR, FOR US IN MARCH GETTING, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
WILL WE SEE IT BEFORE WE GET TO OUR MEETING IN MARCH? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE WILL HAVE IT IN OUR HANDS SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW IT AT OUR LEISURE AND THEN BRING OUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS TO THAT MEETING.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT CLARITY, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY, I, THIS IS AMAZING.
I I'M NOT USED TO A PBA GROUP THAT'S SO QUIET.
WHERE'S DARREN
SO WITH THAT, IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT, NO QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THERE, THIS IS, UNFORTUNATELY, PETE IS A PRESENTATION, SO WE DON'T TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, ON PRESENTATIONS.
THAT'S, THAT ACTUALLY CAN BE DONE AT YOUR DISCRETION CHAIR.
OH, CAN I, IS IT A DISCRETIONARY? YEAH.
UM, ARE THERE, WILL THERE BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW AND COMMENT? MAYBE THIS ISN'T ON, WILL THERE BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE DRAFT? I I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE PUBLIC, THIS, THIS DOCUMENT WOULD BE ATTACHED TO OUR NEXT AGENDA, WHICH WE PUBLISH USUALLY ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY PRIOR TO OUR MEETINGS.
AM I WRONG, BJORN? WE WOULD HAVE THE ATTACHMENT THERE, NO.
WE'LL, WE'LL RUN THE PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS THROUGH THE VARIOUS COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION AND COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO, UM, SIMILAR TO I BELIEVE THE WAY THE, THE BLUEPRINT WAS HANDLED, WHERE IT WAS, UM, THE, THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION MEETING WAS THE FORUM THROUGH WHICH PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK, BOTH WRITTEN AND, UH, IN PERSON AT THE MEETING ITSELF.
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AND, AND AT OUR MEETING, WE DEFINITELY WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.ALL QUESTIONS SEEM TO BE ANSWERED WITH THAT.
LET'S CLOSE THE DISCUSSION ON THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL MOVE ON
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TO OUR AGENDA ITEM TITLED, APPROVAL OF MINUTES HERE.IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS CHANGES OR ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE MINUTES? IF NOT, THEY SA THEY STAND APPROVED AS AS, UH, PRINTED.
AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD, UH, TO THE NEXT, THE NEXT SECTION BEFORE THE NEXT SECTION.
I THINK I'M GONNA INSERT SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF AVOIDING SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SAY.
I WANTED TO WELCOME FRANK, THE MAN TO MY LEFT.
HE IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF PAC, WHICH HE WAS THROUGH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, BUT HE IS NOW OUR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, SO HE'S OUR LIAISON TO COUNCIL.
SO FRANK, WELCOME TO YOUR NEW
UH, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE, AND I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA HAVE JASON DO HIS OWN INTRODUCTION, BUT WE HAVE A BRAND NEW MEMBER WHO WAS PROBABLY TOOK THE OATH OF OFF OFFICE TODAY, OR MAYBE LATE YESTERDAY.
JASON, WOULD YOU KINDLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IN HELPING US OUT? ALRIGHT, AS SOON AS I GET, I'VE GOT A GREEN, UM, MY NAME IS JASON MYERS.
UH, I'M A RESIDENT OF PETALUMA FOR THE LAST, UH, FOUR YEARS.
UM, I HAVE A YOUNG FAMILY AND I GET AROUND MOSTLY ON OUR, UH, OUR CARGO BIKE.
UH, SOMEBODY'S GENERALLY ALWAYS SCREAMING AND IT'S, MOST OF THE TIME IT'S NOT ME.
UM, YEAH, I'M REALLY MOVING HERE.
YOU KNOW, I, I I TRY TO KIND OF MOVE THROUGH THE CITY WITH AS OPEN EYES AND EARS AS I CAN AND, AND MY NORTH STAR HAS BECOME KIND OF THE SAFETY AND KIND OF THE FUTURE USE OF THE PATHWAYS THAT I'VE FOUND REALLY USEFUL FOR MY KIDS AND FOR THAT GENERATION.
SO I'M, I'M VERY FUTURE FOCUSED AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN MY MOTIVATION TO, UH, YEAH, TO BE INVOLVED AND, UM, YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE MOTIVATED BY CURIOSITY AND, AND SOLVING PROBLEMS. AWESOME.
WELL, I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR INTRODUCTION.
AND, UM, TRUST ME, I DO VERY MUCH WELCOME YOU TO THE COMMITTEE.
WE ARE BACK AT, I THINK WE'RE BACK AT FULL, UM, FULL MEMBERSHIP AGAIN, UH, WITH THE, WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
UM, SO WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE TO OUR KIND OF OUR CLOSING PARTS OF OUR MEETING, WHICH IS PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT OUT ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
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COMMITTEE COMMENT AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO SHARE BRIEFLY ANY UPDATES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.AND IT COULD BE COMING UP, UH, EVENTS THAT INVOLVE BIKER, PED, UM, OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER.
BUT, UM, IT'S OUR TURN TO REPORT OUT ON MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE ATTENDED, PERHAPS, AND WE HAVE OPINIONS THAT WE THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE'LL START TO MY LEFT.
UM, AMBER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO OPEN THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING TO SAY? I WILL SAY THAT WE INVESTIGATED SOME OF THE NEW BIKE PATHS ALONG THE SMART TRAIL.
I LIVE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE NEW, UM, SMART TRAIN STATION.
AND JUST TO PUT IT OUT THERE, HOW VERY EXCITED WE ARE, BUT HOWEVER, THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO STILL DO ON THEM, UM, TO GET THE CONNECTION ON THROUGH TO PEN GROVE, UM, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THOSE FINISHED.
AND I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA OF DOING OUR, OUR OWN RIBBON CUTTING FOR THOSE.
SO, UM, LAST WEEK I HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UH, ATTENDING THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S, UH, NEW COUNCIL MEMBER ACADEMY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UH, WHERE WE GOT TO SPEND, UH, THREE LOVELY DAYS IN, UH, GARDEN GROVE, UH, LEARNING ABOUT, UM, ETHICS AND, UH, FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND, UM, UH, HARASSMENT AWARENESS.
AND SO, UH, REST ASSURED THAT, UH, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS RECEIVE, UH, SOME VERY GOOD TRAINING ON SOME VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS.
UH, AND THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
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COUNCIL MEETING ON THE THIRD, UH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT, UH, JASON.SO I WAS EXCITED TO SUPPORT JASON'S, UH, NOMINATION FOR, UH, THIS COMMITTEE.
I, I THINK JASON'S GONNA BE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE TEAM, SO WELCOME.
UM, NOT THAT IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH TRANSIT, BUT, UH, LAST NIGHT, OR ON MONDAY NIGHT'S, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, THE CITY, UH, HAD TO VOTE ON THE REPLACEMENT FIELD FOR THE LUCCHESE, UH, SOCCER FIELDS.
UH, SO WE'LL BE SEEING, UH, THAT, UH, AN, AN UPGRADE, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE LATELY.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE USING FOR TURF? UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE, IT, IT'S GONNA BE A SYNTHETIC, UH, SURFACE.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NEW SKATE PARK GOING INTO THERE AND THAT, I, I THINK THAT THAT WHOLE EDITION IS JUST GONNA MAKE THAT PARK MORE VIBRANT.
AND IT REALLY, I CALL THAT OUT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A, IT'S, IT'S, IT, TO ME, IT FEELS LIKE A SORT OF A, A, UH, A HUB FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
YOU'VE GOT LUCCHESE THAT COMES OFF IT, YOU CAN GET, YOU, YOU CAN EASILY GET OVER TO, UH, THE EASTERN TRAIL OR YOU CAN GET OVER TO, UH, UM, THE GREENWAY ON, ON, UM, OH SHOOT.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, GARFIELD ANY, ANYWAY, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S CENTRALLY LOCATED.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA JUST, UH, CONTINUE TO, IT, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION FROM THAT PLACE.
UM, ONE OF THE, UH, I, I WANNA RECOGNIZE BJORN'S GREAT WORK ON OUR PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN.
HE GAVE A, HE HAD, HE GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION, CITY COUNCIL ON PARKING MANAGEMENT.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY IS GONNA CONTINUE TO, UH, WORK THROUGH.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, UH, INVOLVED WITH THIS, UM, SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING, UH, SITUATION ADDS TO CONGESTION IN OUR DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR, AND IT MAKES IT HARDER TO, UM, GET AROUND WHETHER YOU'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE WALKING OR BIKING OR ROLLING.
AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AND, AND, UH, AND JUST BE, UH, YOU KNOW, BE A VOICE AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO, UH, WORK THROUGH THAT PROJECT.
I WANNA, UH, ALSO CALL OUT, UM, NEXT WEEK.
UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, BETTER CITIES FILM FESTIVAL, UH, THAT'S HAPPENING.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S BROUGHT TO PETALUMA THROUGH URBAN CHAT.
UM, IT'S, UH, UH, I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST ONE.
IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS.
AND, UH, SO, UM, URBAN CHAT IN OUR ORGAN IN, IN PETALUMA IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION THAT IS, UH, EDUCATING FOLKS ON, ON, UH, URBAN PLANNING, UH, AND THAT, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND THAT IF YOU CAN.
UM, AND I WAS ALSO EXCITED TO ATTEND THE SONOMA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION ANNUAL EVENT IN JANUARY.
AND, UH, AND WAS EXCITED, UH, THAT WE HAD, UH, TWO OF OUR LOCAL MEMBERS JOIN THE BOARD FOR THAT.
AND, UH, AND AGAIN, WOULD, UH, IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
UH, I'M TRYING TO DO MORE TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION AND WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, ANYONE WHO'S WHO, WHO HASN'T UH, UH, CONSIDERED BEING A MEMBER, UH, TO, UH, GIVE THAT A LOOK.
BY THE WAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE COMMENT IF YOU JUST HAVE NOTHING TO SAY, JUST JUST SAY NO COMMENT.
SO, GOING OVER HERE NEXT TO ME OVER HERE, WE'LL HAVE ADAM.
JUST A QUICK COMMENT, UH, FROM SCTA, UH, WE'VE GOT, UM, FIVE NEW BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTERS TO BE ABLE TO BE IN USE TO MEASURE KIND OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER, UM, EFFECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF COULD BE PEDESTRIAN, BUT PRIMARILY BICYCLE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
UM, TH THREE OF THEM ARE JUST INFRARED.
UM, INFRARED WOULD JUST KIND OF SHOW THE WARM BODY, SO IT WOULDN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A BICYCLIST OR A PEDESTRIAN.
UM, THOSE ARE CALLED THE, THE PYRO EVO.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW, TWO NEW ONES THAT ARE, UM, CALLED MOBILE MULTI.
AND THAT ACTUALLY IS ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN, UM, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST.
SO IT HAS BOTH USES, BOTH INFRARED AND, AND THE TUBES AS WELL.
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YOU RIDE OVER IT, IT CAN TELL.IS THAT A BICYCLIST OR WAS THAT JUST A PERSON, UM, THROUGH THE INFRARED? SO, UH, BJORN KNOWS THIS ALREADY.
HE IS, UM, IMPLEMENTED THEM AROUND, BUT JUST TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE, IT IS A RESOURCE THAT SCTA, UH, FREELY PROVIDES TO CITIES, UM, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.
UM, AND I'M THE PERSON WHO ADMINISTERS IT AS WELL.
SO, UM, YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH BJORN FOR ANY KIND OF OFFICIAL CITY OF PETALUMA, UM, MEASUREMENTS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S PRIMARILY TRYING TO LOOK AT THOSE BEFORE AND AFTER EFFECTS, AND THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR SOME OF THESE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS THAT ARE HOPEFULLY COMING UP, UM, WHERE WE WANT TO DO THESE QUICK BUILD PROJECTS AND JUST KIND OF MEASURE, UM, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE USE OF THESE, UM, IN SOME KIND OF REAL COUNT FORM.
SO, UM, WE JUST FINISHED ONE FOR COPELAND CREEK IN RONER PARK.
UM, THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT AN OVERPASS AT 1 0 1.
SO, UM, THESE KINDS OF, YEAH, PROJECTS ARE HELPFUL FOR, UM, OR SORRY, THE, THE COUNTERS ARE HELPFUL FOR EVALUATING THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS.
AND THEN, UM, YEAH, I MENTIONED THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE COORDINATING ALSO WITH SCTA, JUST MAYBE THE VMT MITIGATION AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT.
UM, THOSE ARE BOTH IN THE WORKS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YEAH, BJORN OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY BE THE POINT PERSON FOR COORDINATING WITH, BUT, UM, ALSO WITH DEB FOX ALSO JUST PRESENTED.
UM, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON AMBER'S COMMENT, ALSO, I THINK IT'S OUTSIDE OF PETALUMA'S JURISDICTION, BUT I NOTICED DURING THESE LAST HEAVY RAINS COMING ON THE SMART STATION, COMING DOWN THE SMART TRAIN, UM, THAT THAT SECTION JUST NORTH OF THIS, OF THE NORTH PETALUMA STATION WAS COMPLETELY FLOODED.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NECESSARILY, YEAH, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF THE CITY CAN SAY MUCH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, MAYBE FOLKS CAN JUST, IF IT'S AN ISSUE, DEFINITELY LET SMART KNOW THAT YEAH, WE NEED TO TRY TO GET THAT ELEVATED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S USABLE IN ALL CONDITIONS, UM, NOT JUST WHEN IT'S SUNNY PRETTY OUT.
SO, UM, AND YEAH, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WILLIAM COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, AND JASON COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS.
WHICH BRINGS IT TO ME AND I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS, NOTHING THAT WILL TAKE TOO LONG.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, BETTER CITIES FILM FESTIVAL BROUGHT TO YOU BY PETALUMA, UM, URBAN CHAT.
AND JUST FOR MORE SPECIFICS, THE DOORS OPEN OF OUR CINEMA DOWNTOWN AT SIX O'CLOCK AND AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, AND IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO KIND OF MILL AROUND WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE-MINDED.
UM, AND YOU CAN TALK ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE MISSING FROM THE CITY OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, BUT IT'S REALLY A VERY INTERESTING WAY TO, UM, GET TOGETHER WITH, UM, SOME VERY INTERESTING FOLKS.
AND, UH, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, THE SHOWINGS BEGIN.
I THINK THE SHOWINGS THE LAST YEAR WERE ABOUT THE TOTALITY.
YOU WERE KIND OF FREE TO COME AND GO, BUT THEY WERE FABULOUS.
AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT, THAT PEOPLE CONSIDER ATTENDING THE, UM, THE DATE IS FEBRUARY 12TH, AND AGAIN, THE DOORS OPEN AT SIX, YOU NEED TICKETS, AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH EVENT FEST, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE SOMEWHERE AROUND $10.
BUT THIS IS, AND IF, IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOVE TO GO AND CAN'T AFFORD IT, DON'T WORRY.
USUALLY PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE AT THE DORM.
WE'RE GOING BRING THEM IN, WE WANT MORE AND MORE.
SO THAT IS HAPPENING AND IT'S COMING UP.
UM, ALSO, I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THE BUTTER AND EGGS DAY PARADE, WHICH I THINK BJORN SPOKE A LITTLE BIT TO.
UM, WE DO, WE CAN, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS IN ALL REGARDS, AND THIS IS PUT ON BY THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS.
UM, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO, UM, MONITOR THE PARADE ROUTE, WHO HELP PEOPLE LINE UP.
UM, THERE'S AN EMERGENCY TENT THAT THEY'RE GONNA WANT HELP WITH.
THERE ARE THE BEER BOOTHS THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED HELP WITH.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP ON THAT PARADE.
AND YOU CAN ALSO HELP JUSTIN BROOKS.
UM, BJORN, WAS IT YOU WHO WAS SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT JUSTIN IS GOING TO DO WITH HIS, OR WAS IT KEVIN? NO, THAT WAS THE MAYOR, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, HIRING SUMMIT COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION TO RUN THE VALET BIKE PARKING.
AND THEY'RE, YOU'RE, YOU MAY BE, THEY MAY BE USING JUSTIN'S MATERIAL.
NO, THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN, THEY'VE GOT A, A VERY PROFESSIONAL SETUP.
UM, THAT'S A SERVICE THAT THE BIKE COALITION OFFERS.
WHERE WOULD IT BE? DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED? I WOULD ASSUME IN THE SAME LOCATION.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON, UH, B STREET RIGHT BY THE MUSEUM, BUT I, I COULD BE MISTAKEN, I'M,
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I HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED BEYOND JUST RECOMMENDING THAT THEY USE SCBC WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT JUSTIN WASN'T AVAILABLE THIS YEAR.WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA, I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PROMOTE AND IF PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE PARADE, THEY REALLY NEED TO RIDE OR BIKE OR COME ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
UM, LET'S LEAVE OUR CARS HOME.
UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO CLARIFY THAT.
UM, THE SONOMA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION IS GOING TO BE, UM, PUTTING ON BIKE VALET FOR, UH, BUTTER EGG DAYS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
UM, AND FOLKS CAN SIGN UP, UM, THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT SHIFTS AVAILABLE, UM, AND WE HAVEN'T TOTALLY FINALIZED THE LOCATION YET, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO DO THAT NEXT WEEK.
UM, IT LIKELY WILL BE THE SAME, THE SAME LOCATION, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA 100% CONFIRM THAT.
UM, AND, UH, AND YEAH, PLEASE, UM, MAKE SURE YOU ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO RIDE TO THE EVENT.
I KNOW THE, THE EVENT HAS GOTTEN, HAS, THE BIKE VALLEY HAS HAD A LOT OF BIKES IN THE PAST, AND WE'RE HOPING TO ENCOURAGE EVEN MORE FOLKS TO RIDE THIS YEAR, SO THANKS.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, UH, LET'S SEE, TWO MORE THINGS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NEW ITEMS ADDED TO OUR FUTURE AGENDAS.
ONE OF THEM, THE MOST, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT IS WE NEED TO ELECT A VICE CHAIR, BJORN, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF, AND THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE ON OUR NEXT AGENDA.
UM, IN ADDITION, I'D LIKE TO SEE WAYFINDING, UH, AS A PUBLIC, UH, ON OUR, OUR AGENDA THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY OLD BUSINESS IS WHERE IT WOULD BEST FIT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE A TP PLAN TO THE, TO, UM, AN AGENDA AS AN OLD BUSINESS.
AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE ON BOTH.
I'M TRYING TO ENCOURAGE ON BOTH OF THOSE, UM, PARTICIPATION BY THE AUDIENCE AND BY THOSE WHO ARE, YEAH, BY THOSE WHO CARE TO SEND US NOTES BEFORE THE MEETINGS BEGIN.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE TWO, UM, ADDED ON AS WELL AS THE VICE CHAIR.
I THINK, YEAH, I, I THINK THAT'S IT.
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FINISHED WITH STAFF COMMENT, WE'LL MOVE TO BJORN AND, OR I'M SORRY, WE'RE, WE'RE THROUGH WITH COMMITTEE COMMENT.WE WILL MOVE TO BJORN AND HEAR STAFF COMMENT.
AND I'LL JUST REALLY QUICKLY SHOW THE FILM FEST THE FILMS THAT ARE SHOWING AT THE BETTER CITIES FILM FESTIVAL NEXT WEEK.
UM, I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH THIS AS MARJO WAS TALKING, BUT, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE SAW THIS.
SO, UM, OF NOTE, UH, LOTS OF LOTS OF COOL STUFF AROUND PLACEMAKING, PARKS, ARCHITECTURE, URBAN DESIGN.
UM, SOME THINGS THAT MAY BE INTERESTING TO THIS COMMITTEE, URBANIZING THE SUBURBS, OHIO CITY LEADERS, DEVELOPERS, AND ARCHITECTS WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SUBURBS RELEVANT AGAIN WITH WALKABLE PLACES.
THOUGHTS ON RE-IMAGINING URBAN SITES.
A PIONEERING DESIGNER OF ICONIC PUBLIC SPACES DISCUSSES THE PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE GUIDED HIS WORK.
UH, A PARTICULAR NOTE, BICYCLE FRIENDLY STREETS, A NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, DESIGNATES BICYCLE FRIENDLY STREETS AND DEVICES, MITIGATIONS TO REDUCE HIGH CAR TRAFFIC AND CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC.
THERE'S A DIVERTER, JUST LIKE OUR NEW DIVERTER AT FIFTH AND D, UH, BIKES VERSUS CARS, THE FALSE DICHOTOMY.
BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IS OFTEN DESI DESCRIBED AS HOSTILE TOWARDS CARS, BUT GOOD BIKE POLICIES ARE ALSO GOOD FOR CARS AND WALKERS.
UM, HERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, STREETS AND CYCLING IN LA.
SO YEAH, LOTS OF REALLY COOL STUFF.
UM, TACTICAL URBANISM WORKSHOP.
LOTS OF REALLY COOL STUFF AT THAT FILM FESTIVAL NEXT WEEK.
SO FOR ANYONE INTERESTED, THAT'S AT, UM, URBAN CHAT.ORG AND THE FILM FESTIVAL.
IF YOU GO TO EVENTS, FILM FESTIVAL 2025, IT TAKES YOU TO THIS PAGE, UH, AND YOU CAN GET TICKETS AND TAKE A LOOK AT EVERYTHING YOURSELF.
ALL RIGHT, I WILL SWITCH SCREENS OVER TO THE STAFF UPDATES FOR THIS MONTH.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, QUICK, UH, FEW QUICK UPDATES ON RECENT IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, EXCITED TO SHARE THAT THE 20 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, THAT
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WAS ENABLED BY ASSEMBLY, ASSEMBLY BILL 43, WHICH GAVE US NEW GUIDANCE ON, UM, WHERE WE CAN SET REDUCED SPEED LIMITS, UM, IS IT'S NOW IN EFFECT IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.UM, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES WITH THAT BILL WAS ON, UM, STREETS THAT MET CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER OF LANES AND ADJACENT, UM, LAND USE ALLOWS US TO REDUCE RE ANYTHING THAT WE DEFINE AS A, BASICALLY A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
UM, WE ARE NET WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
AND OUR CREW LAST WEEK, UH, GOT ALL OF THOSE SIGNS UP ON ALL THESE STREETS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED HERE.
SO IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE, YOU CAN GO TO CITY PET LIMIT.ORG/SPEED REDUCTION.
WE'VE ALSO GOT, UH, SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR NEAR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH IS BEING ROLLED OUT IN, UM, MORE OF A PIECEMEAL PHASED APPROACH SCHOOL BY SCHOOL, BUT WILL ALSO BE TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR.
WE'VE ALSO GOT THE, UM, THE MACKENZIE AVENUE OVERCROSSING CURB RAMP IS IN.
SO, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A LOT.
WE'VE MADE A LOT OF GREAT INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT OVERCROSSING.
UM, ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE BOLLARD, UH,
SO WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF THE BOLLARDS, WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF THE GATES.
AND THE FINAL STEP TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE IN THE INTERIM, WAS TO ADD THIS, UH, PRETTY LARGE BULB OUT AND, AND GIVE IT A, UM, AN ACCESSIBLE RAMP DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM SO THAT ANYONE, UH, ROLLING BIKING OR ROLLING NO LONGER NEEDS TO, UM, STOP AND DISMOUNT TO GET ON AND OFF THE OVERCROSSING STRUCTURE.
UM, IT WAS A PRETTY ABRUPT DROP OFF WITH THAT, WITH THAT CURB BEFORE.
SO, UM, THAT'S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT AND, UM, I THINK GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS MAKING THIS STRUCTURE FEEL, UH, JUST A, YOU KNOW, MORE ACCESSIBLE.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY PRETTY STEEP, BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN WITHOUT FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE SHOT HERE WITH A CAR PARKED RIGHT UP TO THE CROSSWALK.
WE HAD DONE A RED CURB, UM, BUT, UH, WE HEARD THAT A LOT OF CARS WERE STILL ENCROACHING ON THE CROSSWALK, SO WENT IN AND OUR CREW WAS ABLE TO JUST INSTALL THESE SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE, UH, BULL BOUTS WITH THE LINEATORS THAT ARE KEEPING CARS OUTTA THAT CROSSWALK.
AND MADISON IS DUE FOR, UM, UH, MORE ROBUST, UM, IMPROVEMENTS LATER THIS YEAR AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A WATER AND SEWER MAIN, UH, REPLACEMENT PROJECT WHERE WE'LL BE ACTUALLY BE SLURRY CEILING MADISON, AND THEN COMING IN WITH A BUNCH OF, UM, TRAFFIC CALMING, UH, AND, AND GREENWAY TYPE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH REMINDS ME, WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET THAT ON AN UPCOMING AGENDA FOR THE DESIGN.
WE, UH, THIS WAS A WHILE BACK.
THIS WAS LAST, IT WAS IN, I THINK NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER THAT WE GOT BIKE LANES IN ON SUNNY SLOPE AVENUE.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, BEFORE IT WAS THE, THE TRAVEL LANES WERE PRETTY WIDE.
IT WAS SORT OF ASSUMED THAT YOU BIKE IN THE, IN THE CONCRETE AREA, THE, THE VERY WIDE GUTTER PINS.
UM, BUT WE ACTUALLY NARROWED THE LANES TO 10 FEET, REFRESHED ALL THE STRIPING AND, AND GOT SOME NICE SIX FOOT WIDE BIKE LANES IN, UM, A LITTLE AWKWARD WITH THE LIP THERE, BUT STILL A LOT WIDER.
AND, UM, NOW AT LEAST THERE'S A VERY GOOD DEFINED, UH, PLACE TO RIDE YOUR BIKE.
THERE'S ALSO, WE ALSO GOT A NEW CROSSWALK AT TWO NEW CROSSWALKS IN ONE UP AT SUNNY SLOPE ROAD AND ONE AT, UM, DEER VALLEY COURT, WHICH WAS REQUESTED BY THE SCHOOL.
AND THEN OUR FIFTH STREET NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY, WHICH IS, HAS, UH, LOTS OF DIFFERENT DESIGN ELEMENTS.
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW HERE.
UM, WE ADDED THESE, UM, THESE ARE WAY FINDING SHARES.
SO SHARES ARE ACTUALLY A GREAT WAY FINDING TOOL.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT USE OF SHARES AS, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY COUNTING AS, UH, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE OR PROVIDING A, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT REALLY PROVIDING A, UM, UH, A REAL SAFETY ENHANCEMENT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, CITIES LIKE PORTLAND, WHICH HAS A, A REALLY ROBUST NETWORK OF NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, UM, THEY REALLY, THEY USE THEIR SHARES MORE TO DEFINE, SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY ARE ON A GREENWAY AND THAT THEY KNOW WHEN THEY'RE COMING UP TO AN ADJACENT,
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UM, OR AN INTERSECTING BIKEWAY.SO, UH, THE WAY YOU WOULD INTERPRET THESE SHARES, UM, IS IF YOU SEE A, A LEFT AND A RIGHT ARROW, UH, OR, OR CHEVRON AS YOU'RE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THAT MEANS YOU'RE COMING UP TO AN INTERSECTING, UH, BIKEWAY.
SO IN THIS CASE, UM, THIS IS APPROACHING I STREET, WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR DESIGNATED BIKE ROUTES, UM, IN OUR CITY'S BICYCLE, UH, IN OUR CITY'S BIKE NETWORK.
SO THIS WOULD MEAN, LIKE, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO GRAB YOUR ATTENTION THAT I HAVE A, A TURN COMING UP ONTO A DESIGNATED BIKE WAY IF I WANT TO MAKE ONE.
AND ONCE WE DO HAVE, UH, WAY FINDING SIGNS, YOU WOULD SEE THESE IN TANDEM WITH A SIGN THAT GIVES YOU MORE DESCRIPTIVE, UM, UH, TELLS YOU WHAT, WHAT DESTINATIONS ARE TO YOUR LEFT AND TO YOUR RIGHT AND WHAT ROUTES ARE TO YOUR LEFT AND TO YOUR RIGHT.
WE'VE ALSO GOT, UM, SPEED BUMPS OR SPEED CUSHIONS IN ALONG THE, THE LONGER BLOCK BETWEEN I STREET AND MOUNTAIN VIEW AVENUE, JUST TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CALMING ON THAT BLOCK, UH, BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S VERY WIDE, IT'S, IT FEELS VERY OPEN AND, UM, FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN THAT THAT STREET DESIGN CAN ENCOURAGE SPEEDING.
SO, UM, JUST A SIMPLE WAY TO SLOW TRAFFIC ON THAT BLOCK A LITTLE BIT.
WE INSTALLED NEW CROSSWALKS AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE NEW CROSSWALKS AT, UM, H STREET.
I, OR SORRY, I SHOULD GO FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.
YOU'LL SEE A NEW CROSSWALK AT MOUNTAIN VIEW.
UM, IHF AND C STREETS, UM, ALL HAVE NEW CROSSWALKS.
AND AT EACH OF THOSE CROSSWALKS, WE HAVE THESE, UM, TRIANGULAR DOUBLE YELLOW LINES, WHICH ARE SORT OF A DEFACTO MEDIAN, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING MORE RECENTLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE WANT, WE COULD, WE COULD PUT A PADDLE OR SOME SORT OF VERTICAL ELEMENT IN THIS, UH, THIS LITTLE AREA.
UM, JUST ANOTHER CUE TO DRIVERS THAT THEY'RE APPROACHING A CROSSWALK, UM, AND TO SLOW, SLOW TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT.
SEEMS, I DON'T KNOW, FOR ME PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, AS I'M BIKING AND DRIVING, THEY, THEY ARE, THEY DO REALLY GRAB MY ATTENTION.
AND IT'S JUST ONE MORE WAY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GRAB DRIVER'S ATTENTION, MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOING SLOW AND PAYING ATTENTION.
UH, WE'VE GOT A NEW, I MENTIONED THE NEW CROSSWALK AT MOUNTAIN VIEW.
SO THIS IS FACING TOWARDS PETA BOULEVARD.
UM, NOT ONLY IS IT A, A CROSSWALK, A NEW CROSSWALK AT CROSS MOUNTAIN VIEW, BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT A TWO STAGE BIKE BOX TO FACILITATE A LEFT TURN.
SO IF YOU'RE BIKING ON MOUNTAIN VIEW, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY MOST CYCLISTS, I THINK WOULD TAKE THE LANE ON MOUNTAIN VIEW AND WAIT FOR A GAP IN TRAFFIC AND MAKE THAT LEFT.
BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE A LITTLE LESS COMFORTABLE ON BIKES ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE HUGGING THE CURB OR RIDING CLOSER TO THE CURB.
THEY MIGHT NOT BE FEEL, THEY MIGHT NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE, ESPECIALLY DURING BUSIER TIMES ON MOUNTAIN VIEW TO, TO TAKE THE LANE.
AND SO THIS IS GIVING THEM THAT OPTION OF CROSSING IN TWO STAGES, YOU KNOW, PULLING OFF TO THE SIDE, WAITING IN THIS AREA WITH THE, THE GREEN BOX, WAIT FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
AND THEN ESSENTIALLY CROSSING ALMOST LIKE A PEDESTRIAN WHERE YOU'RE CROSSING, AGAIN, CROSSING IN TWO STAGES.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, NO NEED TO COMPLETELY DISMOUNT OR, OR, UM, OR WALK YOUR BIKE ACROSS HERE.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY BIKE ACROSS HERE, UM, USING THIS, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT OPTION AND SOMETHING THAT WE'LL PROBABLY BE DOING A LOT MORE OF AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT, UM, THESE PROJECTS.
AND THEN, UM, TWO NEW TRAFFIC CIRCLES, ONE AT G AND ONE AT I STREET, UM, WHICH ARE ALS ALSO HAVE THOSE, UM, THOSE DOUBLE YELLOWS HOPEFULLY KIND OF GUIDING PEOPLE AROUND THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES.
AND BOTH OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS WERE CONVERTED TO ALLWAY YIELDS.
SO THE IDEA, WE TOOK OUT A STOP SIGN ON FIFTH AT F WE TOOK OUT THE STOPS AT, UH, G AND I, SO IN THEORY YOU COULD BIKE, UM, ALL THE WAY FROM, IT'S A MILE FROM WESTERN AVENUE TO, UH, MOUNTAIN VIEW AVENUE, AND YOU WOULD ONLY ENCOUNTER TWO STOP SIGNS, ONE AT B STREET AND ONE AT D STREET.
UM, WHICH WAS OUR GOAL WAS OBVIOUSLY TO PROVIDE A, A VERY EFFICIENT BICYCLING EXPERIENCE.
UM, THAT'S NOT TO SAY YOU'VE NEVER, YOU OBVIOUSLY NEED TO STOP AT YIELD SIGNS IF, IF THERE IS ONCOMING TRAFFIC THAT GETS THERE BEFORE YOU OR IS COMING FROM YOUR LEFT.
BUT, UM, IT DOES, IT, IT DOES FEEL LIKE A REALLY EFFICIENT BICYCLING EXPERIENCE OVERALL, UM, GOING FROM, FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER AND OUR UPCOMING EVENTS.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, QUINT, UH, MENTIONED THE UPCOMING, I THINK, I THINK FRANK MENTIONED THE, THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES WORKSHOP.
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FEBRUARY 10TH.WE'VE GOT SOME WALK AUDITS COMING UP, UM, AT CHERRY VALLEY AND GRANT, THERE'S THE BETTER CITIES FILM FESTIVAL.
DEB HIGHLIGHTED THE FUTURE FEST ON MAY 4TH, WHICH WE'VE GOT DETAILS COMING ON THAT.
AND THEN JUST TO, UM, MARK YOUR CALENDARS, MAY 7TH WILL BE THE NATIONAL BIKE AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY AND MAY 15TH, WHICH IS A THURSDAY, IS BIKE TO WORK DAY BIKE OR BIKE TO WEAR EVERY DAY.
IT'S BEEN CALLED MORE RECENTLY.
UM, THAT'S A BAY AREA WIDE EVENT.
WE ALWAYS HOST AN ENERGIZER STATION ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT HOSTING TWO STATIONS THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, SO WE'LL SEND AN EMAIL OUT TO PBAC ONCE WE HAVE THOSE DETAILS, UM, FINALIZED AND WE'LL.
UM, AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE MEMBERS OF PBAC JOIN US AT THOSE ENERGIZER STATIONS, UM, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR.
SO THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES WORKSHOP, THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO, UM, TO GIVE YOUR INPUT AND, AND WATCH A REALLY INTERESTING DISCUSSION, UH, WHERE YOU HEAR FROM KIND OF, YOU HEAR ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE CITY IS, UM, CURRENTLY WORKING ON OR, OR PLANS TO TACKLE IN THE COMING YEARS.
UM, SO IT'S THIS MONDAY, UH, 5:00 PM IN CITY HALL, AND I THINK THAT AGENDA WENT OUT TODAY.
IF NOT, IT'S GOING OUT TOMORROW.
YOU CAN FIND THAT THE AGENDA, MATERIALS AND STAFF REPORT, UM, AT OUR CITY MEETINGS PAGE.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO GO LOOK BACK AT PREVIOUS YEARS OF COUNCIL GOAL SETTING, UM, YOU CAN DO SO AT THIS LINK.
UM, CITY DASH GOALS, DASH AND DASH PRIORITIES.
WE'VE GOT OUR FINAL TWO WALK AUDITS.
UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH EVERY PUBLIC, UH, K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL IN THE CITY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHICH IS AMAZING.
SO, UM, OUR LA OUR FINAL TWO ARE CHERRY VALLEY AND GRANT, UM, WE'LL BE AT CHERRY VALLEY NEXT TUESDAY AT 8:00 AM WATCHING THE MORNING DROP OFF.
AND THEN WE'LL BE AT GRANT ON THE 25TH, UH, ALSO TUESDAY AT 8:00 AM AND THEN WE'LL BE DISCUSSING BOTH OF THOSE WALK AUDITS ON MARCH 20TH, UM, IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE, OUR LAST MEETING, UM, WAS OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WE COVERED MEADOW ELEMENTARY, UM, SNOW MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY, CORONA CREEK ELEMENTARY AND KENILWORTH JUNIOR HIGH.
SO WE COVERED FOUR SCHOOLS AT THAT MEETING.
AND, UH, A LOT OF GOOD, A LOT OF GOOD THINGS WERE COVERED.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE, SO SCTA IS UPDATING ITS COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS A LONG-TERM PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING OUT THROUGH 2050 IDENTIFYING TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR SURVEY, WHICH WILL BE OPEN THROUGH THIS SUMMER.
UM, ADAM MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO PROVIDE TO THAT ON, ON THAT.
I'LL GIVE HIM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IF YOU'D LIKE.
AND THEN, UH, WE'VE ALSO GOT THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH THIS LIST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW OF THESE THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR A WHILE, AND I KIND OF WANTED TO SEE IF WE WANNA PULL ANYTHING OFF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE FEEL THAT MAY MAYBE ISN'T AS IMPORTANT ANYMORE OR, UM, JUST KIND OF RESHUFFLE.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT THE VICE CHAIR ELECTION, UH, ACTOR TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE WERE ACTUALLY TONIGHT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A STUDY SESSION FROM PLANNING.
WE KEPT THE AGENDA LIGHT, BUT UM, UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE NOT QUITE READY IN TIME.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THAT STUDY SESSION ON THE PILLOW RIVER PARK SOON.
UM, WHAT IS THAT, BJORN? THAT WILL BE A, YOUR COMMITTEE'S OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE RIVER PARK'S PLANS FOR, UH, THEIR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF THEIR, UH, BOTH OF THEIR PROPERTIES AND, UM, SPECIFICALLY THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BASICALLY DOING A KIND OF A PARK MASTER PLAN RIGHT NOW IS, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO LOOKING AT THAT THROUGHOUT A, AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION LENS, WHICH IT IS A CRITICAL AREA, OBVIOUSLY GIVEN, UM, THE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPLEMENT SECTIONS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER TRAIL, UM, NOT ONLY ON THE EXISTING, IN THE EXISTING PETALUMA RIVER PARK ON THE, ON MCNAIR PENINSULA, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF THEIR VISION IS TO CREATE A BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ACROSS MCNAIR CHANNEL THAT THEN, UH, WILL PROVIDE THE RIVER TRAIL ALIGNMENT LEADING TOWARDS, UM, THE RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, US 1 0 1, THANK YOU.
KIND OF DOWN TOWARDS TAKING US DOWN TOWARDS SCHOENBERGER.
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WE'VE GOT WAY FINDING ADDED THAT AS YOU WERE SPEAKING MARJA, UH, SOMETHING WE DID LAST YEAR, LAST JULY, WE TALKED THROUGH OUR FISCAL YEAR, 20, 25, 24, 25 WORK PLAN AFTER ADOPTION OF THE CITY BUDGET.SO HAPPY TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD EXERCISE.
UM, AND THEN THESE NEXT SERIES OF BULLETS, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT HAVE KIND OF BEEN SITTING ON HERE FOR A WHILE, SO, UM, I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR IF WE WANNA PULL ANY OF THESE OFF OR ELEVATE ANY OF THESE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD NEED TO HEAR ABOUT IT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S HAPPENING.
UM, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WE COULD GET RID RID OF THAT.
HOW DOES EVERYBODY ELSE FEEL? AGREED.
UM, AND THE NEXT ONE IS THE SONOMA MARIN BIKE SHARE.
SO, SO ON THAT, WE, IF I, IF I CAN ADD, WE HAVE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE REDWOOD BIKE SHARE, SO THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR BIKES.
UM, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN MAKE THAT PART OF MY UPDATE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN TRANSIT AND, UH, AT THE LAST TRANSIT MEETING, UH, WE WERE SORT OF GET, WE WERE, WE GOT THE FIRST LOOK AT SOME OF THE EARLY NUMBERS.
AND, UH, SO I CAN MAKE A POINT OF BRINGING INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS I HAVE IT ON A SORT OF A REGULAR, ONGOING BASIS.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN'T JUST REMOVE THE SONOMA MARIN BIKE SHARE ITEM.
I WAS GONNA, FROM OUR LIST, THAT WAS KIND WHERE I WAS GONNA GO WITH THAT.
BJORN, ANYBODY, ANYONE HAVE COMMENT ABOUT THAT? OKAY.
WE ARE, WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN THE THROES OF VISION ZERO.
I'M NOT SURE I WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE THAT OFF QUITE YET, BUT YEAH, THE, ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECTS I HAVE IS DOING THE VISION ZERO, UM, COUNTYWIDE ACTION PLAN, UH, IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING CALLED PROGRESS METRICS.
THAT'S A WAYS OUT THAT MIGHT BE LIKE A YEAR OR MORE.
UM, SO IT'S, YEAH, IT'S, IT'LL BE RELEVANT IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S MORE, AND THAT'S THE COUNTYWIDE SCTA WORK.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE RELEVANT FOR PETALUMA, THAT'S FINE TOO, BUT YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LONG TERM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK, BUT, OKAY, WELL WHY DON'T WE THEN JUST LEAVE IT THERE.
MOVING TO THE NEXT ONE, COMMUNICATIONS, AD HOC COMMITTEE PRESENTATION.
BJORN, I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE STILL ON THIS, ON THIS BODY.
AND ALSO, I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY, THAT AD HOC EVER REALLY MET, BECAUSE I THINK I WAS, I THINK I WAS ON IT AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD A MEETING.
I WOULD SUGGEST REMOVING THAT, BUT WITH THE IDEA THAT AD HOC COMMITTEES CAN, OR AD HOC YEAH.
AD HOC COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS CAN BE MADE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THAT DOESN'T SPEAK TO THAT, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE A NEW, UM, A NEW MEMBER, UH, AND WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME TURNOVER.
UH, I'LL LOOK FOR AN OPENING ON AN UPCOMING AGENDA FOR US TO JUST DO A CHECK-IN ON AD HOC COMMITTEES AND REVISIT THE TOPICS AND THE MEMBERSHIP AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT ANY CHANGES THAT YOU ALL WANNA MAKE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD IDEA AND THAT KIND OF THING MIGHT BE BEST PRESENTED AFTER THE BUDGET.
DEB, DEB DEB'S WORK AT THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION.
CER CREATES A REALLY INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THE HOLD THOSE MEETINGS DURING OUR REGULAR MEETINGS, UM, IF WE WANNA GO THAT ROUTE TOO, SO, OKAY.
WELL, FOR RIGHT NOW YOU CAN REMOVE IT, IF YOU'D LIKE.
THAT ONE, THE COMMUNICATIONS AD HOC COMMITTEE PRESENTATION NOT HAPPENING, AND THEN THE UPPER PETALUMA RIVER TRAIL THAT WAS ENVISIONED AS A PRESENTATION FROM FRIENDS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER ON THEIR WORK, UH, THEIR, THEIR WORKING TO, I BELIEVE ACQUIRE SOME OF THE LAND, THE LAND UNDEVELOPED LAND THE JOHNSON'S LAND.
AND, AND CREATING A, A, A PARK OR OPEN SPACE UP THERE AND, AND ALSO IMPLEMENTING THE, THE RIVER TRAIL ON ANY LAND THAT THEY ACQUIRE.
SO THAT WAS THE THINKING BEHIND THAT ITEM.
I, I RECEIVED, RECEIVED A RECENT, I THAT WAS A SUGGESTION FROM COMMITTEE MEMBER GARCIA.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I RECEIVED A RECENT COMMUNICATION ON THIS, SO THERE MAY BE SOMETHING COMING FORWARD IN
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THE NEAR FUTURE.SO WE MAY WANNA KEEP THAT ON THERE.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THAT'S TERRIFIC.
WE, THAT WAS JUST A UPDATE WE ASKED GO AHEAD.
PRESENTATION FROM OUR TRAFFIC SERGEANT ON THEIR EFFORTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE, THEIR RESOURCES, HOW THEY'RE DEPLOYING THEIR RESOURCES, WHAT KIND OF THINGS THEY ENCOUNTER ON A DAILY BASIS, UM, AND HOW, HOW WE WORK TOGETHER, UM, BETWEEN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND UH, SAFE STREETS.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE TO KEEP.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO MOVE THAT UP TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HIGHER ON THE LIST.
NOT, NOT SAYING IT NEEDS TO BE NUMBER ONE, BUT DEFINITELY, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE TOP TWO OR THREE ITEMS MAYBE WE, WE HAVE TO, AFTER WE GIVE THESE NEW SPEED LIMITS,
IT MIGHT BE A WISE IDEA THEN TO HAVE THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UPDATE.
MAYBE THEY WOULD INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION.
I'M, UH, ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND, UH, THE CHANGES IN SPEED LIMIT MAKING THINGS MORE WALKABLE DOWNTOWN.
JUST SEEING WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS
THAT, THAT ACTUALLY WOULD FIT RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, I WOULD THINK, WELL, IT WOULDN'T BE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT WOULD BE ENFORCEMENT OF, OF SORTS.
WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA KEEP THAT ONE AND GRANT ACTIVITY.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO KNOW WHAT BJORN AND ALL OF THE, THE STAFF OF, UM, THE CITY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER AS POTENTIAL GRANTS.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST NICE TO KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA AS TO WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT STAY, I COULD ALSO PROBABLY INCORPORATE THAT IN THE, IN THE WORK PLAN ITEM.
THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD LESSEN THE NUMBER OF, YEP.
I WILL SAY WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THREE GRANTS RECENTLY FOR THE PETAL RIVER TRAIL GAP CLOSURE UNDERNEATH US 1 0 1, UM, AND THE SMART TRACKS.
AND WE JUST HEARD BACK ON THE FIR THE FIRST ONE, WHICH WAS A FEDERAL GRANT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
UM, AND WE STILL HAVE TWO, UH, TWO OPEN APPLICATIONS, UM, FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND WE'LL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED ON THOSE ITEMS. UH, VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.
MITIGATION BANKING, I'M NOT SURE I EVEN KNOW, I KNOW WHAT VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED IS, BUT THE MITIGATION BANKING, WOULD YOU CARE TO EXPLAIN? I COULD JUMP IN ON THAT.
UM, THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S BEING CREATED RIGHT NOW.
VEHICLE MITIGATION, UM, SORRY, VEHICLE VMT MITIGATION PROGRAM MIGHT BE MORE APT WAY TO SAY IT.
UM, THAT'S IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE NUTS AND BOLTS WORKING WITH DIFFERENT CITY PARTNERS.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FINAL PLAN TO, UM, PRESENT LATER, PROBABLY AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, I WOULD SAY.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YES, IS DEFINITELY VERY RELEVANT FOR.
AND THE IDEA IS ANY, ANY KIND OF BIG PROJECTS THAT EXCEED, UM, THE KIND OF STANDARD FOR WHAT THEY ARE AND THE EXCESSIVE, UH, VMT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SOMEHOW CONTRIBUTE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
THERE'S BANKS, THERE'S EXCHANGES, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO PUT THAT MONEY TO USE, BUT IT'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS RIGHT NOW.
SO ONCE THAT COMES TO I, WE CAN, I MYSELF MIGHT HAVE TO GIVE THAT I, WELL THEN BY ALL MEANS, LET'S LEAVE THAT ONE ON.
UM, AND GOSH, I HATE TO ADD ANOTHER ONE, BUT IT WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT I JUST MENTIONED WAS THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT.
THAT'S ALSO KIND OF A COUNTY-WIDE PROGRAM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT PETALUMA'S DOING AS WELL.
SO I THINK BOTH OF THOSE ARE THE VMT UM, PROGRAM AND TDM MIGHT BE GOOD ONES TO INCLUDE.
MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT AS A TWO FOR ONE, SINCE THEY'RE PRETTY REALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP THERE.
SO THIS SORT OF GIVES EVERYBODY THE IDEA, WE DON'T JUST COME UP WITH AGENDA ITEMS OUT OF THE BLUE.
IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE LIKES OF ALL OF US AND WHAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL TAKE HOLD OF.
SO, UM, WE DO THIS AT THE END OF EVERY MEETING, JUST, JUST SAYING, IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS ANYTHING ELSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO POSSIBLY ADD TO THIS LIST? NO.
WELL, WITH THAT, UM, BJORN LAST COMMENT FROM ME IS OF COURSE, WOULD YOU MIND SENDING US THE SLIDE PACK FOR THESE YEP.
FOR YOUR STAFF AT, UM, AGENDA COMMENT? YES, WILL DO.
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YOU VERY MUCH.UM, IS THAT IT FOR YOU, BJORN? THAT'S IT.
I DID ALSO JUST WANT TO QUICKLY RESPOND.
I KNOW WE HEARD FROM, UM, FROM MARY, UH, VIA WRITTEN AND UM, IN-PERSON COMMENTS TONIGHT ABOUT WAY FINDING, UM, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE AWKWARDNESS OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING A PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN NOT HAVING THAT DIRECT DIALOGUE.
BUT, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO DISCUSSING WAYFINDING AGAIN WITH THE COMMITTEE.
UM, YOU MAY RECALL IN OUR LAST WORK PLAN, UM, LAST YEAR WHEN WE, WHEN WE BROUGHT THE, THE FISCAL YEAR 24, 25 WORK PLAN, WE DID HAVE WAYFINDING IDENTIFIED AS A, AS A PROJECT FOR, FOR THIS YEAR, FOR 2025.
SO, UM, THE, THE THINKING HAS BEEN THAT FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE WOULD TURN OUR ATTENTION DIRECTLY TO WAYFINDING AND THAT WOULD BE OUR NEXT BIG, UM, CITYWIDE ENDEAVOR.
SO HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT OFFLINE OR, UM, AT AN UPCOMING PBA C MEETING WITH THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I THINK WE LEAVE WAYFINDING ON OUR, ON OUR LIST AND I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE US TO, YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF THOSE WHO'S, I FEEL LIKE I'VE WAITED LONG ENOUGH FOR WAY FINDING AND I KNOW
IT'S JUST, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MOVING AHEAD, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET AN IDEA AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT WORKS OR DOESN'T WORK AND, AND, YOU KNOW, CHANGE DIRECTION OR CHANGE SIGNAGE OR WHATEVER TO MATCH WHAT, UH, WHAT IS MISSING.
SO THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE MORE
IN OUR, IN OUR A TP, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A MAP, CORRECT? YES.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING NOTICED THERE AND I WENT, OH NO, WE GOTTA HAVE A MAP.
AND ALSO THE MAP WOULD BE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
YEAH, WE WILL GET IT RIGHT NOW.
WE, YOU CAN ACCESS OUR CURRENT, UH, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLANS MAP IN UH, AN INTERACTIVE FORMAT IN@CITYOFPETALUMA.ORG SLASH BIKE MAP THAT SHOWS THE EXISTING BIKE NETWORK PLUS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED IN THE 2008 PLAN.
SO ONCE WE, UM, HAVE OUR NEW PLAN ADOPTED, WE WILL ROLL THAT, THAT PAGE OVER INTO THE, TO INCORPORATE THE NEW MAP DATA.
SO ANYTHING ELSE WE'VE COVERED? I THINK EVERYTHING WE HAD LISTED AND MORE, I'LL TRY TO BE QUIETER NEXT TIME, NOT TAKE SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT WE CAN ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND IT IS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT 11 I BELIEVE.
WE HAD A REASONABLY SHORT MEETING.
WE'RE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT THIS.
THANKS ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING.
BE SAFE AND SANE UNTIL YOU NEXT MONTH.
WE MEET, UM, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, MAYBE AT THE, UM, THE MOVIES NEXT WEEK DOWNTOWN.