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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.[CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.[ROLL CALL]
HAVE ROLL CALL CLERK, WILL YOU TAKE THE ROLL PLEASE? UM, SHAW GARCIA.[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMI LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, AND DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE, TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.
WITH THAT, I OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT AND SPEAKERS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, BRING YOUR CARD TO OUR CLERK AND I WILL GET THEM.
AND IT'LL BE A ORDER OF PREFERENCE, NOT A PREFERENCE, BUT WHO TURNS IT IN FIRST? GETS CALLED UPON FIRST.
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? NOT HERE.
ARE YOU GENERAL PUBLIC? BRUCE? YEAH.
I DON'T THINK I'M ON THE AGENDA.
SO WHEN YOU'RE READY, COME ON UP.
MEANWHILE, CLERK, WE HAVE RECEIVED GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, RIGHT? YEAH.
THREE TOTAL PRIOR CO UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
MEANWHILE, BRUCE? NO, YOU'RE UP FIRST.
UH, YES, I DID SUBMIT COMMENTS IN WRITING AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A NUTSHELL SUMMARY OF WHAT IS TREE PARKING, AND I'LL HANG AROUND AT THE VERY END IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANNA HAVE SOME DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
SO WE HAVE THE PROBLEM IN PETALUMA THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS IN THIS COUNTRY.
UH, PEOPLE ARE DISCOURAGED FROM WALKING AND ROLLING URBAN HEAT ISLANDS.
UM, TOO MUCH RUNOFF, AND I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF 'EM ALL, BUT THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS BECAUSE WE DON'T, BECAUSE WE HAVE TOO MUCH PAVEMENT.
AND THERE'S A WAY TO ADDRESS SOME VERY SERIOUS ISSUES, PARTICULARLY IN YOUR, UH, PURVIEW HERE, UH, WITH THIS PRO, WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
SO THE IDEA BASICALLY IS, AND IT'S GOING TO ADDRESS, MAKE IT REAL CLEAR, THIS IS LIKE THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY END OF THE SYSTEM, I GUESS YOU CALL IT LIKE THE LAST MILE.
UH, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL, UH, AND PARTICULARLY, UH, WHAT IT WILL DO IS, UH, INSTEAD OF PLANT, TRYING TO PLANT TREES IN FRONT YARDS, NOT ALWAYS ROOM OR, UH, OR PLANTING STRIPS.
DO I HAVE A TIMER RUNNING? NO, I DON'T SEE IT RUNNING.
UM, SO, UH, IS TO BASICALLY DEDICATE THAT PART OF THE STREET THAT ISN'T THE TRAVEL LANES DOWN THE MIDDLE AS, UM, AS PARKING TREE, PARKING AREA.
UH, AND THAT CAN ALSO SAVE MONEY IF IT GOES ON A DIFFERENT, UH, RESEALING SCHEDULE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SENT TO YOU IS JUST AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO, UH, TO RESEAL.
SAY, I THINK IT WAS A 16 FOOT WIDE STRIP DOWN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, ST.
AND, UH, AND THEN THAT, THAT AREA ON THE SIDE CAN JUST BE LEFT FOR, UH, THE ELEMENTS AND MAYBE SOMEDAY FOR FUTURE RESURFACING, OR MAYBE IT'LL BECOME PERMEABLE PAVEMENT.
THE, THE, UH, THE GREENWAYS THAT WE HAVE NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE CORNER TREATMENTS AND THEN WE HAVE SOME MIDBLOCK, UH, SPEED HUMPS.
BUT AS LIVING NEAR ONE OF THOSE SPEED HUMPS ON I STREET, IT DOESN'T REALLY SLOW CARS DOWN.
THEY JUST GO AROUND IT, UH, AND OR THEY SPEED UP IN BETWEEN THEM.
SO WHAT THIS WILL DO IS PUT TREES UP MUCH CLOSER TO A NARROWED, CLEARLY IDENTIFIED RESEALED TRAFFIC LANE DOWN THE MIDDLE, AND THOSE OUTER AREAS CAN BE USED FOR THE TREES, UH, BASICALLY CHOP A HOLE IN THE, IN THE PAVEMENT.
UM, AND LET'S SEE, BUT THE, THE, THE THING THAT MAYBE MAKES THIS DIFFERENT, AND I HAD THIS OTHER THING GOING ON WITH THE CITY, UH, CITY SCHOOLS, UH, WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CURRICULUM IS HOW CAN WE USE TREES, UH, TO, UH, INSTILL, UH, LONG-TERM THINKING AND SEVEN GENERATIONS VALUES? SO, JUST MET WITH THEM LAST NIGHT, UH, AGAIN, AND
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WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE THOSE BE PROJECTS OF THE SCHOOLS.SCHOOLS WOULD BE, UH, SET THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD BE SENT OUT TO PLANT THESE, UH, TREES NEARBY OR OUT AS FAR AS THEY WOULD GO.
AND, UM, THEY WOULDN'T JUST PLANT THEM AND RUN AWAY OR FORGET ABOUT THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE RIGHT ON THEIR ROUTE TO SCHOOL OR NEAR THEIR HOUSE.
SO THEY WOULD LOOK AT THOSE TREES THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE TIME AND FROM THE TIME THEY'RE IN A KINDERGARTEN WHERE THEY SORT OF WATCH THE OLDER STUDENTS PLANT THEM TO THE TIME THEY GRADUATE FROM SIXTH GRADE.
THERE'S YOUR SEVEN GENERATIONS, SO YOU'RE TELLING THEM THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE LONG HAUL AND WE'RE HANDING DOWN, UH, A STREET, IF YOU WILL, IF NOT A PLANET THAT, UH, WE WANT TO BE AROUND AND WE WANT IT TO BE BETTER THAN IT IS TODAY.
SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE KIND OF ROLLED INTO THIS PROPOSAL.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT NOW OR AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.
UH, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? COME ON UP.
DID YOU FILL OUT A CARD? AH, HERE WE GOT IT.
HI, EMILY CHARLTON FROM THE SONOMA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON THIS SPRING AND I WANTED JUST TO SHARE, UH, A FEW OF THEM WITH YOU.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, MAYBE MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE, UH, JUST MOVED INTO A NEW OFFICE, UM, IN SANTA ROSA, 4 99 HUMBOLDT STREET.
IT'S AT, UM, HUMBOLDT AND SEVENTH, AND WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING OUR GRAND OPENING RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW,
UM, THIS WEEKEND WE'RE ALSO, UM, STARTING A SERIES OF CLASSES WITH THE REDWOOD BIKE SHARE.
UM, KIND OF AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM.
UM, FOLKS ARE INVITED TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE APP, UM, PRACTICE RIDING THE BIKES, AND THEN WE'LL DO KIND OF A, A BIT OF A RIDE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE HAVE THREE OF THESE SCHEDULED AND, UM, THE CLASS THIS WEEKEND IS FULL, BUT WE STILL HAVE A FEW SPACES IN THE CLASS.
UM, THAT'LL BE IN PETALUMA, WHICH IS, UH, MARCH 22ND.
UH, AND THESE ARE FREE, BUT WE DO ASK PEOPLE TO REGISTER IF THEY WANNA COME.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, NEXT WEEKEND, UH, WE ARE HAVING OUR SECOND, UH, ADVOCACY SUMMIT.
UM, AND, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE IN SANTA ROSA ALSO, UH, SONOMA LAND TRUST.
UM, THIS IS AN EVENT THAT'S GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND, UM, SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, EVERY EVERY CITY, UH, IN THE COUNTY IS WORKING ON UPDATING THEIR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANS.
AND SHORTLY THEY'RE ALL GONNA MOVE TOWARDS, UH, TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THEM.
UH, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND THAT, AROUND HOW TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS, UH, AROUND FUNDING.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND, UH, ALSO THE ROLE THAT, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN PLAY IN THAT PROCESS.
SO WE STILL HAVE SPACE IN THAT EVENT AS WELL.
I KNOW SOME FOLKS HERE ARE REGISTERED, UM, BUT WE HOPE, UH, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU.
SO THESE ARE ON THE WEBSITE, RIGHT? UH, THESE ARE ALL ON THE WEBSITE, IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN REGISTER THERE OR, YEAH, ASK ME.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT? IF NOT, I RESPECTFULLY CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA, WHICH MEANS WE MOVE
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TOWARDS THE MINUTES.EVERYONE RECEIVED A, UH, IN OUR PACKETS? THE MINUTES IS THERE, UM, ANYONE WHO HAS CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO MAKE, I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS, THEREFORE I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE APPROVE THEM AS WRITTEN.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR PRESENTA FOR CONSIDERATION.UM, WE HAVE OUR, AS OUR FIRST ARTICLE, NUM, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE NUMBER TWO, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE STAFF AND APPLICANT PRESENTATIONS AND CONDUCT A STUDY SESSION TO PROVIDE NON-BINDING COMMENTS AND FURTHER DIRECTION ON A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PACKAGE.
WOW, THIS IS, HAVE TO TAKE FOUR BREATHS TO GET THROUGH THIS ONE.
UM, FOR THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK, LOCATED MCNAIR PENINSULA, 500 HOPPER STREET.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
UM, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR OWN BJORN WHO WILL, UH, INTRODUCE THE SPEAKERS.
CHAIR TAR AND GOOD EVENING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, I AM STANDING IN, IN THE, UH, STAFF ROLE TONIGHT FOR ANDREW TRIPLE, OUR PLANNING MANAGER.
AND LARISSA UCHIN, OUR ASSOCIATE PLANNER, NEITHER OF WHOM WERE AVAILABLE THIS EVENING.
SO I'LL DO MY BEST TO, UM, KIND OF, UH, PROVIDE THE INTRODUCTION THAT THEY, UH,
UM, SO THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR PAC TO WEIGH IN FROM THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UH,
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PERSPECTIVE ON THIS INCREDIBLY EXCITING TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT LOCATED IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY ON THE, UH, MCNAIR PENINSULA, AND THEN ALSO ACROSS MCNAIR CHANNEL.ALONG, UM, JUST OFF OF HOPPER STREET TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE A, UM, THE PETALUMA RIVER PARKS CONCEPT PLAN.
AND, UH, THIS IS PART OF A, UM, A SERIES OF CITY COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION, UM, BASICALLY WORKSHOPS THAT THEY ARE CONDUCTING ALONG WITH THEIR VERY ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT THEY'RE, UM, RUNNING CONCURRENTLY TO ENGAGE THE, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ON, UH, ON THIS PROJECT.
AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THIS COMMITTEE AGAIN, WITH, UH, WITH YOUR FOCUS AND EXPERTISE ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE CONCEPT PLAN, UM, AND, UH, JUST A, A REALLY A, A REALLY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY IN FAIRLY EARLY IN THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH THE RIVER PARK TO, UM, HELP SHAPE WHAT THIS PROJECT LOOKS LIKE AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE CITY APPROVALS PROCESS.
AND I WILL NOTE JUST ON THAT, UM, ON THAT TOPIC, UM, THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF AN UNUSUAL PROJECT IN THAT IT IS A, YES, IT IS A PARK PROPOSAL, IT IS COMMUNITY SERVING, BUT IT IS STILL TECHNICALLY A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION, WHICH IS WHY IT DOES NEED TO GO THROUGH, UM, THESE CHANNELS WITH THE CITY.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO HAND IT OVER TO SIERRA LORENZ AND, UM, AND YEAH, EXCITED TO HAVE YOUR TEAM HERE TONIGHT.
GIMME JUST A SECOND TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
I, AS THAT VERY SLOWLY LOADS, WE DID TEST IT BEFORE THE MEETING, BUT, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS TECHNOLOGY, UM, YOU WANNA HIT STOP, SHARE AND RE-SHARE ON THAT FOR ME, JANE, MAYBE, UM, I JUST DON'T WANNA WASTE TOO MUCH TIME, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
SO, I'M SIERRA LORENZ, THANKS FOR THE INTRO.
BJORN, UH, I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK FOUNDATION.
I'M JOINED HERE BY JAMIE PHILLIPS FROM CMG LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION TODAY AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONCEPT PLAN OF THE VISION FOR THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK.
UM, I WANTED TO ACTUALLY FIRST START WITH, UM, WHO HAS BEEN OUT TO THE CURRENT RIVER PARK ON THE MCNAIR PENINSULA ADJACENT TO STEAMER LANDING PARK? ALMOST EVERYBODY.
GEOGRAPHY IS THE FIRST CHALLENGE OF TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
SORRY, WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES, BUT, UM, YAY.
UM, FIRST THINGS, FIRST, I, UM, JUST WANNA QUICKLY TALK ABOUT KIND OF WHY IN THE WORLD WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT.
UH, BJORN NOTED THAT IT'S A LITTLE UNIQUE TO SEE, UM, A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION TAKE ON A PUBLIC AMENITY PROJECT LIKE A PARK IN THIS WAY, IT'S NOT UNPRECEDENTED.
UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO PEN GROVE PARK IN PEN GROVE, THAT'S ACTUALLY A PRIVATE COMMUNITY PARK, UM, THAT'S BELOVED AND TERRIBLY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, THIS IS A, PERHAPS A, A BIGGER SCALE
BUT AFTER FIVE YEARS OF STUDYING THE IMPACT PARKS HAVE ON COMMUNITY, IT'S, IT'S QUITE ASTOUNDING.
UM, I WOULD ARGUE THAT NO PUBLIC AMENITY DELIVERS AS MANY MULTIFACETED BENEFITS AS A PUBLIC PARK, AND IT DOES IT FOR FREE.
AND AT NO VERY LITTLE NEGATIVE COST, I WOULD ARGUE.
SO REALLY JUST, UM, BESIDE PHYSICAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIETAL HEALTH, UM, ALL KIND OF WRAPPED UP INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL, UM, CO-CREATIVE, CO-CREATED SHARED SPACE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE HERE.
WE THINK PARKS ARE MEDICINE, UM, FOR MANY OF THE ILLS IN THE WORLD.
AND WE AS PETALUMA AND, UM, SON COUNTIANS AND NORTH BAYAN, WHICH ISN'T A WORD, UH, HAVE REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME.
UH, THE, TO HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF UNDEVELOPED OPEN SPACE IN THE HEART OF A CITY IN THE URBAN CORE ALONG THE RIVER ADJACENT TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS JUST, UH, ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY.
AND, UM, WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY GRATEFUL
UM, AND, AND OUR ORGANIZATION REALLY JUST JUST WANTS TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT AND REALLY RECOGNIZES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A NEW, YOU KNOW, CENTRAL PARK IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY THAT'S CELEBRATING NATURE, THAT'S
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BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.UM, AND IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, PART AND OF THE MOVEMENT AND THE CATALYST AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT WILL BE THE NEW RIVER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE FUTURE OF PETALUMA AND, AND WHAT A GLORIOUS THING TO PRIORITIZE SHARED RESOURCE, NATURE AND CONNECTION AND CULTURAL CELEBRATION IN THE HEART OF A NEW COMMUNITY OR A NEW SEGMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, I MENTIONED THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, I LIKE TO SAY AROUND THE PATIO TABLE INSTEAD OF THE KITCHEN TABLE 'CAUSE IT WAS COVID.
SO WE WERE SIX FEET APART WITH MASKS ON.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE EVER WAS A YEAR MAYBE TO, UH, MOTIVATE FOLKS TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING LOCALLY, IT'S NOT PERHAPS UNLIKE TODAY WHERE A LOT OF US ARE FEELING A LITTLE OVERWHELMED BY THE WORLD.
AND THE IDEA THAT WE COULD REACH OUT AND WORK TOGETHER AT A VERY HYPER LOCAL LEVEL IN A COMMUNITY LED WAY, UM, TO DO SOMETHING GOOD AND POSITIVE FOR EVERYBODY IS, UM, AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO THE FOUNDATION, I SAID, FOUNDED IN 2019, WE'RE A NONPROFIT.
UM, WE'VE RAISED CONSIDERABLE FUNDS TO ACQUIRE AT THIS POINT 65 TOTAL ACRES.
35 ACRES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSAL YOU'RE SEEING HERE TODAY IN THE PARK PROJECT.
AND THIS IS OUR PROCESS ALLUDING TO THE COMPLETION OF THE PHASE ONE OF THE, UM, OF THE PARK PROJECT.
WE'VE COMPLETED, UM, VERY ROBUST COUPLE OF YEARS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO FINALIZE THE CONCEPT PLAN.
WE'RE ENTERING TO ABOUT TWO YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS PERMITTING ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, COMPLIANCE THROUGH CQA AND A WHOLE LOT OF FUNDRAISING.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION AND WITH A GRAND OPENING OF PHASE ONE IN 2028, I'M JUST GONNA FLASH THIS.
WE HAVE, UM, WE ENJOY A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT, UM, ALL THE WAY FROM CONGRESSMAN HUFFMAN IN WASHINGTON DC DOWN TO, UM, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS YOU SEE LISTED HERE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE ASSEMBLED A PRETTY INCREDIBLE DESIGN, UM, AND STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP TEAM.
UH, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM JAMIE FROM CMG IN JUST A MINUTE.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH A, A SONOMA COUNTY BASED, UM, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM CALLED PENSKI CHATHAM INC.
THEY ARE WORKING ON THE HELEN PUTNAM EXPANSION.
THEY ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY REGIONAL PARKS FOR TOLE AND, UM, JENNER HEADLANDS, TWO NEW PARKS IN OUR COUNTY.
UH, WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT PCI IS THAT THEY HAVE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS IN-HOUSE.
UM, MOST A LOT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, YOU KNOW, UM, WORK WITH CONSULTANTS ON THAT, BUT THEY ARE TRULY EXPERTS IN SONOMA COUNTY ECOLOGY AND IN WATER WATERWAYS AND WATER SYSTEMS IN PARTICULAR.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE A CRITICAL PARTNER ON THE PROJECT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CRIMSON CREATIVE, THEY'RE AN ARTS AND EQUITY, UM, FIRM BASED HERE IN PETALUMA FOR OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH, UM, GREG MOORE, WHO WAS THE FOUNDING CEO OF THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY.
STARTED A LITTLE PARK CALLED CHRISSY FIELD IN SAN FRANCISCO, UM, AND NOW ADVISES ON PARK PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IS ADVISING ON OURS.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROCESS, I MENTIONED BEING COMMUNITY LED.
WE'RE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THAT.
NOT ONLY WAS THE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY A GROUP OF LOCAL CITIZENS, UM, WE KNEW THAT JUST OUR SMALL GROUP WAS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRETY OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BRING ALL VOICES INTO THE PROCESS.
AND SO THE WAY THAT WE'VE COME TO THE CONCEPT PLAN YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE TODAY WAS THROUGH THREE LENSES.
ONE IS THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE FOUNDATION, WHICH IS TO CREATE A SHARED SPACE THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE, ART AND NATURE.
UH, THE NEXT LENS WAS DOING SITE ANALYSIS AND LOOKING, UM, VERY CLOSELY ON WHAT THE LAND NEEDS AND WANTS TO BECOME.
UM, AND THEN ALSO OBVIOUSLY CENTERING COMMUNITY VOICES, UH, AND WHAT THE NEEDS AND WISHES AND DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THE PARK CAN MEET THOSE NEEDS.
UH, WE DID, UH, A FUN, A KIND OF A NOVEL APPROACH TO DATA COLLECTION CALLED ART IS DATA.
SO, UM, AS FUN AS FOCUS GROUPS ARE FOR SOME, THEY'RE NOT FUN FOR ALL, UH, POETRY WORKSHOPS AND LIVE DRAWING AND FILLING OUT COLORING BOOKS IF YOU'RE A THIRD GRADER, ARE MUCH MORE ENGAGING WAYS TO, UH, EXPRESS YOUR SENTIMENTS.
AND ACTUALLY, WE BELIEVE TO THE, THE HOW MATTERS, RIGHT? TO GET PEOPLE COMFORTABLE AND REALLY THINKING AT A HIGH LEVEL, DEEP LEVEL ABOUT WHAT THE PARK COULD BE.
SO THIS IS JUST SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UM, AND HOW WE WORKED WITH COMMUNITIES, UM, ACROSS THE SPECTRUM.
UH, AND IN PARTICULAR, WE MADE EXTRA EFFORT TO CENTER COMMUNITY VOICES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM PUBLIC PARK MAKE OR PUBLIC PLACEMAKING PROCESSES, OR EVEN PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC PLACES.
AND SO WE HAD A GROUP OF 15 FOLKS THAT ARE, WE CALLED COMMUNITY PARK DESIGNERS, THAT WE REALLY CENTERED IN THE PROCESS.
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AND JAMIE'S TEAM FOR A WHOLE YEAR, UM, TO, TO BE KINDA THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, UM, COMMUNITY VOICE IN, IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.OH, THEY'RE THE COMMUNITY PARK DESIGNERS.
I'M GONNA TURN THINGS OVER TO JAMIE TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN, BUT I'LL PROBABLY JUMP IN 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.
AND THEN WE'LL DO DISCUSSION Q AND A TOGETHER.
UM, OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME AND A NEW VISION FOR THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK.
SO, AS SIERRA SAID, IT TOOK US A YEAR TO 15 MONTHS TO GET TO THIS POINT.
WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO BE AT THIS POINT AND REALLY HAPPY TO BE ON THE ROAD SHOW NOW.
UM, THIS CONCEPT PLAN IS THE GUIDING FRAMEWORK FOR ALL OF THE TECHNICAL WORK WE'LL DO GOING FORWARD, FIGURING OUT HOW TO BUILD THIS AND HOW TO GET IT PERMITTED AND, UH, FUNDED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO IT REALLY SETS UP WHAT ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN THE PARK, UH, LIKE THE PROGRAMS, HOW ARE WE GONNA MOVE AROUND THE PARK, THE CONNECTIVE PIECES, AND, UM, WHAT ARE ALL THE NATURE CREATION AND NATURE RESTORATION OPPORTUNITIES HERE? UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY HOLDING ALL, ALL OF THE PARKS OF THE PARK UNDER THREE GOALS.
ONE'S NURTURE NATURE, THE OTHER UPLIFT COMMUNITY, AND THE THIRD TO CONNECT FOR SUCCESS.
AND, UM, ONE IMPORTANT DECISION POINT AS WE WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING WITH THE COMMUNITY PARK DESIGNERS WAS THE CREATION OF SOMETHING CALLED THE HEART OF THE PARK.
WE'VE LOCATED IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PENINSULA, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER, AND THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE ALL PETALUMA, THE FULL COMMUNITY CAN GATHER.
UM, AND THERE ARE THINGS TO DO THERE, LIKE PLAYGROUNDS AND FOOD AND PLACES TO PLAY AND MULTI-GENERATIONAL GATHERING AREAS.
AND SO IN THAT HEART, IT JUST BECOMES THE PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK, UM, FOR EVERYONE.
THE OTHER IDEA, LIGHT ON THE LAND AND FLEXIBLE JUST HAS TO DO WITH, UM, BEING RESPONSIVE TO WHAT THE LAND WANTS, AS WELL AS HOW, HOW CAN SOME OF THE PROGRAMS SERVE MULTIPLE PURPOSES.
WE, WE HAVE FLEX FIELDS THAT ARE INFORMAL PLAY AREAS.
THERE'S, UM, SOCCER PLACES TO PLAY SOCCER, LOOKING FOR WAYS FOR ANYTHING THAT WE DO DO HERE CAN, UM, DO MANY THINGS AT ONCE.
THE FIRST IDEA, NURTURE NATURE IS ABOUT, UM, RECREATING NATURE ON THE PENINSULA.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S PRETTY DEGRADED, UM, AND RUDDER ROLL, IT WAS, HAS HAD DREDGE SPOILS PLACED IN IT A LONG TIME.
IT'S FAIRLY LOW GRADE, UM, NATIVE HABITAT OR LOW GRADE PLANT SYSTEMS. AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE CREATING A LOT OF REALLY GREAT DIVERSE, UM, PLANT COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT WILDLIFE CAN REALLY THRIVE IN AND THAT HUMANS CAN ENJOY AS WELL.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE PROPOSED TIDAL WETLAND THERE IN THE FOREGROUND ADJACENT TO THE RIVER.
UM, SO THAT ONE IDEA IS TO RESTORE TIDAL WETLANDS.
WE'LL BE PUTTING IN ON DAY ONE ABOUT TWO ACRES OF NEW TIDAL WETLANDS IN THE PENINSULA AND AT THE HOPPER SITE.
AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE LOOKING TO EXPAND, UM, MAKE ROOM FOR THOSE WETLANDS TO EXPAND UP UPHILL OVER TIME WITH SEA LEVEL RISE.
SO IT'S LIKE TODAY, BUT THEN LOOKING TO THE FUTURE A HUNDRED YEARS INTO THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S STILL PLACES FOR TIDAL MARSH TO EXIST.
AND THEN THERE IS A VERNAL POOL EXISTING OUT AT THE END OF THE PENINSULA TODAY.
THAT'S A SPECIAL TYPE OF HABITAT WHERE FRESHWATER RAINWATER IS TRAPPED AND WE'LL BE, UM, ENHANCING IT, ADDING IN THE VERNAL SPECIES
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THOSE WATER SYSTEMS WILL BE CREATING LIKE A, A WHOLE RANGE OF, UM, PLANT COMMUNITIES.
SO OAK, SANNA, RIPARIAN, UM, PLANTINGS, AND THEN OAK WOODLAND AND THE HIGHER PARTS OF THE SITES.
SO TODAY YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF TREES OUT THERE, BUT, UM, ON THE ONE HAND IN THE FUTURE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT HOT, HOTTER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A LOT OF SHADE, UM, AND A LOT OF COMFORT FROM THAT SHADE OUT ON THE PENINSULA AND AT THE HOPPER SITE.
UM, ALSO THE PEN, BOTH SITES ARE ACTUALLY ARBITRARILY HIGH.
THEY'RE GOOD BECAUSE OF ALL THE DREDGE PLACEMENT OVER THE YEARS.
SO THEY'RE GOOD 10 TO 15 FEET OUTSIDE OF THE TIDAL RANGE.
UM, AND SO THIS KIND OF CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY BOTH FOR SHADE BUT ALSO FOR MORE, UM, HABITAT DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT, UM, YOU PROB AND ALONG THE BANKS, THE BANKS ARE VERY STEEP.
SO IT'LL BE, UM, STABILIZING THE BANKS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PROPERTY WITH
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BIOMECHANICAL BANK STABILIZATION, WHICH IS BASICALLY PUTTING LOTS OF LOGS AND SNAGS TO KIND OF HOLD THE SOIL IN PLACE.BUT IT ALSO CREATES HABITAT FOR FISH AND TURTLES.
AND THEN, UM, UPLIFTING COMMUNITY, THINKING ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN BE TOGETHER.
UH, THIS IS THAT, UM, SPACE IN THE MIDDLE THAT WE CALL THE HEART.
THIS IS LIKE A MULTI-GENERATIONAL PICNIC GATHERING AREA IN THE FOREGROUND.
THE PLAYGROUND IS OFF TO THE RIGHT.
THERE'S A KIND OF FLEXIBLE PLAYING FIELD OFF TO THE LEFT, TRYING TO GET A LOT OF TOGETHERNESS AND SHARING.
UM, THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK.
THIS IS TINY, BUT THIS CAN I POINT, YOU CAN SEE ON THEIR SCREENS TOO.
OH, WELL, WELL, THIS LITTLE SPACE IN THE MIDDLE, THIS IS WHERE THE HEART WILL BE.
AND THESE COLORED PIECES ARE LIKE THE, UM, THINGS THAT, THAT AREN'T NATURE BASICALLY, BUT THAT WE'LL BE ADDING.
AND, UM, JUST A RICH COLLECTION OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO DO OUT THERE WITH MOST OF THE ENERGY OF THE PROGRAM BEING HERE IN THE MIDDLE, BOTH IN THE HEART OF THE PARK AREA.
AND THEN ALSO ON THE HOPPER SIDE IS WHERE WE HAVE MORE OF THE, UM, BASKETBALL FLEXIBLE SPORTS COURTS AND PICKLEBALL.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE BASKETBALL COURTS, UM, OVER NEAR THE, UM, INLET THAT'S NEAR THE BIG BARGE AT SHAMROCK.
UM, IDEA BEING THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY, WE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE PUT IN BASKETBALL FIRST.
WE HEARD A LOT OF, UH, SUPPORT FOR BASKETBALL ALL OF LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT A LOT OF THESE COURTS COULD THEN BE RETRIED FOR SOMETHING ELSE LATER.
LIKE PICKLEBALL, PICKLEBALL, VOLLEYBALLS, UM, BASKETBALL, THEY'RE ALL ABOUT THE SAME SIZE.
SO THIS IS AN ARTFUL IDEA FOR, UM, BASKETBALL THERE.
AND, UM, SO WE ARE ALSO A WANT TO BE AN ACTIVE PART OF THE BAY WATER TRAIL.
AND SO WE'RE PROVIDING TWO LOCATIONS TO GET DOWN TO THE WATER.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS SOMETHING WE CALL A PERCHED BEACH.
THIS MEANS WE ARE GOING TO GRADE DOWN TOWARD THE RIVER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE A GRAVEL SANDY BEACH THERE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE ABOVE HIGH, HIGH TIDE, SO IT WON'T BE UNDERWATER, UM, VERY MUCH AT ALL, LIKE OTHER BEACHES.
SO YOU'RE UP ABOVE ELEVATION 10.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE WOULD HAVE A CONSTRUCTED, UM, LAUNCH FOR, UM, KAYAKS TO BE ABLE TO GET DOWN TO THE WATER.
HERE WE HAVE THIS WATER ACCESS, AND THIS IS IN THE PENINSULA.
WE'RE ALSO PLANNING A KAYAK LAUNCH, UM, OFF OF THE HOPPER SIDE AS WELL.
SO LAST TWO KIND OF PIECES OF UPLIFTING COMMUNITY.
UH, ONE IS, UH, YOU HEARD IN OUR MISSION, ONE BEING A PLACE THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE ART IN NATURE.
AND SO, UM, SUPPORTING ARTS PROGRAMMING, UH, THE PRIMARY FEATURE HERE IS A MULTIPURPOSE AMPHITHEATER, UM, THAT YOU SEE THAT'S POSITIONED ON THE HOPPER STREET SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE PENINSULA IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND, UM, THE IDEA HERE IS THAT IT, AGAIN, FLEXIBILITY WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SMALLER, INTIMATE, MAYBE A SCHOOL PERFORMANCE OR SOMETHING AND IT WON'T FEEL EMPTY, BUT THEN YOU COULD, UM, FLEX INTO A LARGER EVENT ONTO A A, A FIELD THAT'S ADJACENT, UM, AS YOU SEE HERE IN THIS, IN THIS PICTURE.
UH, AND THEN ALSO MAKING VISUAL ART BEING A PART OF THE PROGRAM.
SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT WE INSTALLED A ARTWORK CALLED, UH, HRU BY MARK DE SUVERO ON THE PARK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
UM, AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING IN, UH, THAT KIND OF MUSEUM GRADE, UH, UH, PATTERN LOOKING FOR VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMMING IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ARTS AS WELL.
UH, IT'S PROBABLY WORTH MENTIONING THAT THE SPECIFICS OF THE ART THAT WILL DEBUT WITH THE FIRST PHASE IN 2028 ARE, ARE STILL VERY MUCH BEING PUT TOGETHER
UM, AND SO WHAT WE'VE RESERVED KIND OF SPECIFIC SPACES ON THE LAND FOR BOTH VISUAL ART AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTING THROUGH THE AMPHITHEATER.
THE LAST PIECE IS THAT WE HEARD VERY LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THE, UM, POTENTIAL OF THIS SITE, UM, TO TELL STORIES AND TO SPEAK TO THE HISTORY OF THIS TOWN.
I MEAN, HUMANS HAVE LIVED IN THE PETALUMA VALLEY FOR AT LEAST 10,000 YEARS.
UH, AND, AND, AND IT HAS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE REALLY LEARNED ABOUT THIS SITE IS THAT IT HAS BEEN A SITE OF A PLACE OF TRANSFORMATION FOR, FOR CENTURIES, UM, AND A LOT OF TRANSFORMATION BETWEEN THE 19TH CENTURY AND NOW WITH INDUSTRIALIZATION, COLONIZATION AND THE TRULY REMAKING OF THE DOWNSTREAM DOWNSTREAM SEGMENT.
YOU HEAR JAMIE SAY DREDGE SPOILS ABOUT 10 TIMES.
UH, THIS WHOLE AREA,
UM, AND THEREFORE HUMANS HAVE, UM, HAD REALLY INTENSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THIS PART OF, WITH THE RIVER IN GENERAL WITH
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THIS SITE.UM, YOU SEE HERE SOME LIKE CHINESE LABORERS.
UM, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY WERE PLAYING A ROLE IN THE EARLY DREDGING, UM, BETWEEN BEFORE STREAM SHOVELS, UM, AND MECHANIZATION CAME IN TO DO THE DREDGING.
UH, ALSO THE VERY, I COULD GO ON, UM, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT HISTORIES TO TELL.
WE'RE GONNA BE SORTING THROUGH THAT.
WE DO HAVE SOME INITIAL SEED FUNDING TO DO SOME ORIGINAL RESEARCH SPECIFICALLY ON THE COAST ME WALK, UM, UH, CHINESE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS THE LATINX COMMUNITY.
YOU READY? THAT WAS YOUR PART.
UM, DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CONNECTIONS, UM, REGIONAL CONNECTIONS FOR PETALUMA AND, UM, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL, AND DO OUR PART TO IMPROVE, UM, CONNECTIONS.
UH, SO THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS, UM, IN DASHED LINES ARE PROPOSED TRAILS AND THE SOLID LINES ARE THINGS THAT EXIST NOW.
UM, SOME OF THESE ARE IN THE VARIOUS, UM, PLANS, UH, FROM THE CITY.
UM, SO NUMBER ONE, WE ARE PLANNING TO PUT IN A BRIDGE THAT GOES ACROSS THE MCNAIR CHANNEL FROM THE PENINSULA TO HOPPER.
WE, UM, WILL HAVE A VARIETY OF TRAILS WITHIN THE PARKS ITSELF.
AND THEN WE ARE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO ADVOCATE AND PARTNER TO MAKE THE CONNECTION FROM THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK, UM, OVER ALONG COPELAND TO D STREET.
AND THEN THAT CONNECTION FROM D STREET OVER TO LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, AND THEN DOWNSTREAM SUPPORTING THE CONNECTION, UM, UNDERNEATH THE 1 0 1 DOWN TO ALDEN MARSH.
SO THAT GETTING THESE OTHER TWO LITTLE PIECES IN AS WELL AS THE PETALUMA RIVER, UM, PARK PIECES, UH, WILL JUST BE A HUGE PART, UH, IN A MUCH BIGGER SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY MOVE THROUGH.
UM, REGIONALLY WITHIN THE PARKS ITSELF, WE HAVE A HIERARCHY OF TRAIL SYSTEMS. WE HAVE A, A KIND OF A MAJOR SYSTEM, WHICH I WOULD THINK IS THE PRIMARY BIKE WAY FOR SOMEONE THAT'S MOVING THROUGH.
UM, BUT ALSO A VERY SOCIAL TRAIL.
IT'S ABOUT 20 FEET WIDE, IT'S GREEN HERE.
UM, THEN WE HAVE A SECONDARY SET SET OF PATHS.
THEY'RE ABOUT 10 FEET WIDE, AND THEN SOMEWHERE OUT, LIKE AROUND THE VERNAL POOL, THEY'RE GONNA GET MUCH SMALLER AROUND SIX FEET.
THIS WAY IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCOVERY, A LITTLE BIT MORE SOLITUDE IN THE, UM, MORE NATURAL AREAS.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE PARK CONNECTIVITY AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A LITTLE BIT HARD FOR US IS THAT WE'RE PRETTY FAR AWAY FROM PARKING.
AND SO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU WANNA COME OUT WITH YOUR COOLER AND YOUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA WALK A LITTLE WAYS TO GET TO THESE AWESOME PLACES WE'RE GONNA MAKE.
UM, SO WE'RE KEEPING, WE'RE JUST REALLY KEEPING OUR EYE ON THAT.
UM, FROM THE STEAMER LANDING PARKING AREA, IT'S ABOUT A NINE MINUTE WALK TO GET TO THE PENINSULA.
AND THEN FROM THE PROPOSED PARKING THAT WE HAVE UP THE 500 HOPPER SIDE, IT'S ALSO ABOUT AN EIGHT MINUTE WALK.
SO WE'RE, UM, JUST REALLY LIKE THINKING THROUGH THAT.
ALSO FROM THE SMART TRAIN STATION IN TERMS OF REGIONAL TRANSIT, YOU CAN GET TO THE PARK IN 10 MINUTES.
THESE ARE SOME, UM, SORT OF ENLARGEMENTS OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE'D REALLY LOVE TO WORK WITH OTHERS TO REALIZE THESE BECAUSE THE BRIDGE IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT LINK IN THIS THAT WE'D REALLY JUST LIKE TO MAXIMIZE THE FULL POTENTIAL.
SO THE BIKE AND PET IMPROVEMENTS ALONG COPELAND STREET, UM, FROM DE OVER TO THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
AND THEN, UM, THE CONNECTION UNDERNEATH THE 1 0 1 AND OVER TO ALMOND MARSH.
DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS? YOU NAILED IT.
SO, UM, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH Y'ALL 'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE KNOWLEDGE KEEPERS AND THE EXPERTS ALONG WITH OBVIOUSLY OUR PARTNERS AND CITY STAFF AROUND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANS, LONG-TERM PLANS, UM, AND HOW WE CAN REALLY WORK TOGETHER TO, UM, BRING THIS VISION TO LIFE.
UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED IN THOSE MAPS, WITHOUT THOSE, THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, UM, TO THE PROPERTIES THAT SURROUND THE RIVER PARK, UM, ITS IMPACT WILL BE MINIMIZED.
UM, THE REAL ABILITY FOR THE PARK TO SERVE AS A CATALYST OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY AND THE REGION, UM, IS THERE, BUT IT REQUIRES PARTNERSHIP AND FOCUS.
SO, UM, THAT'S MY LITTLE PITCH HERE AT THE END.
BUT, UM, ALSO WHAT DON'T WE KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR KIND OF HOW YOU THINK THIS, UM, THE PART COULD BE MADE, THEN THE PLAN COULD BE MADE STRONGER.
SO I WENT AHEAD AND THROUGH THESE TWO, UM, QUESTIONS OR PROMPTS, DISCUSSION PROMPTS FROM FROM YOUR STAFF REPORT PACKET ONTO THIS SLIDE.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE MARGIE, I TURN THINGS OVER TO YOU TO LEAD OUR DISCUSSION.
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COOL, THANKS.THAT WAS, UM, VERY INFORMATIVE AND THE PARK IS ALREADY JUST LOOKING SO BEAUTIFUL.
I, I LOVE THAT PLACE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER WHEN THE CITY TRIED TO BUY AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUY IT.
WE COULDN'T GET THE MCNAIR FAMILY TO, TO ALLOW US TO HAVE IT.
SO IT'S BEEN A DREAM FOR A LONG TIME AND EVEN PROBABLY WELL BEFORE THAT.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
IT'S NICE TO SEE HOW IT'S STARTING TO LOOK AND COME TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING IT TO US TONIGHT.
SO NORMALLY THIS, WE'RE BACK TO OUR NORMAL WAY OF DOING THINGS, UM, WHICH IS COMMITTEE, THIS IS COMMITTEE COMMENT TIME, SO ANY COMMITTEE PERSON CAN MAKE A COMMENT, UM, PARTICULARLY ASKING QUESTIONS, I THINK, IS THAT RIGHT BJORN? THE FIRST TIME WE HEAR? YEP.
QUESTIONS FIRST THEN? ALRIGHT.
SO IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF THESE TWO GALS THAT ARE THE HEAD OF THE HEAD OF THIS PROJECT, UM, TRULY ONE BEING MY EX NEIGHBOR
UM, ANYWAY, UM, IF ANYBODY HAS A COMMENT NOW IS GOING TO BE THE TI NOT COMMENT A QUESTION THAT NOW IS THE TIME.
WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE.
AT THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE BY ITSELF AND WE WILL REVIEW WHAT WE HAVE AND MAKE DECISIONS AS TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AT THAT POINT.
SO WITH THAT, I OPEN THIS UP TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND I'M NOT GONNA START ON ONE END AND MOVE DOWN TO THE OTHER END.
JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND AS SOON AS I SEE YOUR HAND GO UP, I'LL CALL ON YOU AND, UH, BE SURE AND TURN, TURN YOUR MICS ON.
WHO'S GOT THE FIRST QUESTION, DARREN? ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS MOBILIZING THE RESOURCES TO DO THIS.
UH, I'VE GOT REALLY JUST A FEW QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I HAVE A FEELING I'LL SEE THIS MANY TIMES.
UM, SO IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, BJORN, UNDER ONE OH ONE CONNECTION, I RECALL BEFORE I JOINED PAC THAT WE HAD THAT AS A FOCUS AREA.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE PRICING ON THAT OR, BUT WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT UNDER 1 0 1 CONNECTION? SO STILL, IT'S STILL WITHIN, IN OUR, UH, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
IT'S ON THE CITY'S BUDGET UNFORTUNATELY.
AND WE DO ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE SOME, IT'S PARTIALLY FUNDED.
WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW, UM, OUT OF ABOUT SIX TO SEVEN NEEDED.
SO, UM, WE ARE PURSUING GRANTS.
WE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR THREE GRANTS THIS YEAR.
UH, WE'VE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL ON THE FIRST TWO AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR ON THE THIRD THAT ONE WOULD FUND DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL.
AND JUST OUR GOAL IS TO HOPEFULLY GET IT SHOVEL READY AND THEN, UM, UH, WHICH WILL MAKE IT THAT MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE FOR CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.
BUT THAT'S BEEN A TOUGH, A TOUGH PROJECT TO FUND.
UH, I REMEMBER THAT PRICE TAG WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT SEEMING A LITTLE SHOCKING, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD UPDATE.
UH, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'LL REALLY ENHANCE THE CONNECTIVITY HERE.
UH, AGAIN, NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
UM, HOW ARE WE TACKLING LIGHTING ON THE SITE? I WOULD ASSUME ALL DOWNCAST KIND OF DARK SKY OR NIGHT SKY COMPLIANT.
UH, BUT CAN YOU TALK THROUGH THAT? IF THERE'S AREAS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE LIGHTING, THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, A FOCUS ON WILDLIFE AND MORE THAN HUMAN ORGANISMS? UM, WELL, WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS CORRECT AND, UM, I MEAN, WE'RE ASSUMING THE PARK WILL BE DAWNED TO DUSK, SO IT'LL BE CLOSED AT NIGHT, BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING ALONG THAT MAIN PROMENADE SO THAT IF SOMEONE WERE BIKING HOME IN THE WINTER AND IT'S ALREADY DARK AT FIVE, THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO USE THAT AS A, UM, A WAY TO MOVE ACROSS TOWN.
AND THEN YEAH, OTHERWISE THE LIGHTING WILL BE PRETTY MINIMAL ON THE SMALLER PATHS AT NIGHT.
AND ALONG THIS LINE OF THINKING, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WERE AREAS I THINK I SEE THEM THAT WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON OTHER THAN HUMAN ORGANISMS. AND WHAT I MEAN IS AREAS WHERE IT'S NOT REALLY FOCUSED AROUND HUMAN USE.
JUST TALK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT.
CAN I HAVE THAT DIAGRAM?
UM, WELL, SO I WOULD SAY 80% OF ALL OF THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE VERY ROBUSTLY PLANTED.
IT'LL, I WOULD BE ALL FOR ALL A HUNDRED PERCENT NATIVE, BUT WE GOTTA WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THAT TO MAKE SURE WHAT THE BEST THING IS.
SO WE HAVE A VARIETY OF NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT.
UM, AND OUR INTENTION IS THAT EVEN THE PLACES THAT ARE HUMAN USE, LIKE THE BASKETBALL COURTS OR THE, UM, PICNIC AREAS THAT THEY ARE, THEY FEEL IMMERSED IN NATURE.
THE NATURAL PART OF THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO ALL THE PETALUMA WE'VE HEARD FROM.
SO WE WANNA MAKE A NATURE FORWARD PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN SO THAT WHEN YOU WALK ACROSS D STREET AND YOU COME OVER HERE TO HANG OUT, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF NATURE.
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ALL THE WAY TO THE SPORTS COURTS.WE'LL HAVE PLANTING ALL THE WAY AROUND THEM.
YOU'LL STILL FEEL LIKE YOU ARE, UM, YEAH, IN THE MIDDLE OF NATURE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.
AND, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
IN YOUR EXPERIENCE AS THE EXPERT WHO'S DESIGNED MANY OF THESE, DO YOU THINK WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT HAVE ADEQUATE SPACE WHEN IT COMES TO HABITAT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TRAILS CUTTING THROUGH? I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, TO THE FUTURE WHEN WE REVIEW THIS, I KNOW THERE ARE GONNA BE PEOPLE ASKING, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THERE BE AREAS WITHOUT ANY TRAILS THAT ARE JUST PURELY FOCUSED ON HABITAT, DO YOU THINK IN WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER HERE, THERE'S KIND OF AREAS THAT ARE SUFFICIENT.
WE'VE LEFT SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR THAT.
UM, I, I, WELL IT IS 35 ACRES.
LIKE I THINK WE TOLD EVERYONE EARLY ON, IT'S LIKE THE LENGTH OF FIVE FOOTBALL FIELDS, UM, THE PENINSULA, IT'S, IT'S BIG.
THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR A LOT OF THINGS.
UM, AND SO I DO, I MEAN, I DO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF, UM, PLANTING AND NATURE, BUT I WILL EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS A PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY, SO IT IS ALSO MEANT TO BE FOR HUMANS.
SO WE DO WANT THE HUMANS TO ACTUALLY BE IN THE NATURE HERE VERSUS LIKE, WE HAVE SCHOENBERGER NEARBY OR HELEN PUTNAM.
AND THOSE ARE SOME PLACES WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SOME PLACES THAT ARE A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY FROM TRAILS, BIGGER VAST AREAS.
UH, AND THEN TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
UH, ONE, THE PARKING AREA IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE, UH, JUST MY INITIAL HIT SEEMED LARGE.
UM, I LIKE HAVING TREES INTERSPERSED IN THERE.
SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF PAVEMENT.
UM, CAN YOU JUST, UH, EXPLAIN THAT DECISION PROCESS, IF THAT'S BASED ON ANTICIPATED VOLUME, IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES MAYBE FOR LANDSCAPE PARKING IF WE SEE THAT THE VOLUME'S LOWER, UH, THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, WELL WE'RE, UM, WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT SIZE FOR THE PARKING LOT, BUT WE'RE SOMEWHAT BASING IT ON LIKE OUR, SOME OF OUR GATHERING AREAS.
UM, FAMILY GATHERING AREAS, PARTY GATHERING AREAS COULD HAVE 50 TO A HUNDRED PEOPLE AT THEM.
THE AMPHITHEATER COULD STRETCH TO 300 PEOPLE.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GUESS WHAT'S THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PARKING.
THIS IS SHOWING A HUNDRED SPACES.
UM, AND THEN WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE FULL ANALYSIS, UM, THROUGH OUR E-I-I-E-I-R PROCESS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER.
AND THEN I COULD SEE THAT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT ALL TOGETHER.
MAYBE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SMALLER LOTS ALSO.
SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE THIS WAY AND IT'S KIND OF THE FIRST PASS.
UH, AND THEN LAST QUESTION, UH, LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE, IS THIS PLAN TO BE PASSED OFF TO THE CITY AT SOME POINT? IS THIS GONNA BE STAY WITHIN THE ENTITY AND BE FUNDED BY? JUST TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE, THAT'S MY MY FAVORITE QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, SO JAMIE MUCK WALKED AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE.
UM, WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO NEED, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT OPERATING SUPPORT FOR ITS ENTIRETY.
AND WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING, UM, THE CITY OR THE COUNTY TO, UM, TAKE OVER THAT RESPONSIBILITY IN FULL ANYTIME SOON.
UM, WE'VE HAD REALLY CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT SINCE THE, THE DAY ONE OF THIS, RIGHT? THEY'VE GOT 50 PARKS TO TAKE CARE OF ON THEIR OWN AND, UM, AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S CONSIDERABLE WORK.
SO, UM, WE ARE IN OUR FIRST PHASE OF FUNDRAISING.
WE WILL BE INCLUDING OPERATING SUPPORT FOR A FIVE YEAR RUNWAY TO GET US STARTED.
UM, AND ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER BUSINESS MODELS, UM, TO SEE HOW THE PARK CAN SUPPORT ITSELF.
YOU MIGHT NOTICE THERE'S A LARGE WHITE CHUNK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS, UM, DIAGRAM.
UH, SO WE OWN MORE PROPERTY THAN WE'RE CURRENTLY PUTTING INTO DEVELOPMENT AS A PARK.
UM, AND IT WILL BE LEVERAGING THAT ASSET TO HAVE AN EARNED REVENUE STREAM FOR SPECIFICALLY EXPLICITLY TO SUSTAIN THE OPERATIONS AND THE PROGRAMMING OF THIS PARK FOR THE LONG TERM.
YES, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
UM, THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.
REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS, UM, AND, UH, EVEN MORE EXCITED TO SEE IT COME TO LIGHT.
UM, THE, UH, IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY UP TO THIS POINT, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH, UM, HAVING TO DO ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO HOPPER? WHETHER THAT'S THE 'CAUSE I JUST, I'M THINKING ABOUT, UH, FOLKS GETTING FROM THE SMART STATION TO THE PARK.
OBVIOUSLY ONE PATH IS JUST TO GO, TO GO UP, BUT COMING DOWN HOPPER, UH, WOULD MAKE SENSE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOPPER THE STREET? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO WHO'S BEEN ON HOPPER STREET?
IT'S A VERY SMALL ROAD AND THERE ARE CEMENT TRUCKS GOING UP AND DOWN IT ALL DAY.
UM, HOPPER STREET'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
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ARE IN CLOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH FALCON AND SHAMROCK.UM, AND THEY SHARE THE SAFETY CONCERNS.
UH, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE BRIDGE IS A REALLY KEY PART OF THIS PROJECT, THAT FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, SKIP HOPPER STREET AND TAKE THIS ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.
IT DOES ADD SOME TIME TO, LET'S SAY THE SMART TRAIN STATION, BUT YOU GET SAFETY AND A MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE.
SO, UM, OUR SECTION OF HOPPER THAT WE SHARE, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO THE DETAIL OF WHAT, UM, IMPROVEMENTS SPECIFICALLY, BUT JUST A GENERAL TOTAL UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT STREET NEEDS ATTENTION AND IS PART OF KIND OF THE ACCESS ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE SITE AT LARGE.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, THANK YOU.
UH, YEAH, THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I, I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO KEEP IT FOCUSED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN AND UH, BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
UM, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS ABLE TO DO TO PRIORITIZE CONNECTING THE, THE PATHS THROUGH? YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO WHAT'S IN THERE, BUT, UH, I'M LOOKING AT LIKE THIS SECTION FROM D STREET BRIDGE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST OF OYSTER COVE THERE AND THEN AND ON FROM THERE.
UM, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BUILD EVERYTHING DAY ONE, SO, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO REALLY PRIORITIZE THAT? 'CAUSE I THINK, UH, CONNECTING TO GET PEOPLE DOWN TO THE, THE EAST SIDE OF PETALUMA THROUGH, UM, AVOIDING HAVING TO RIDE THEIR BIKES ON LAKEVILLE WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.
IT'D BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL TO GO THROUGH THE PARK.
UM, IS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE PRIORITY LIST? I MISSED THE WHAT, YEAH, WHAT SEGMENT WAS, SAY AGAIN? WHICH PIECE? OH, WELL, I MEAN THE ENTIRE CONNECTION 'CAUSE IT
SO, UM, DEFINITELY LIKE THE MAIN PROMENADE AND THE CONNECTIONS ARE HIGH, HIGH PRIORITY COMMUNITY AND FOR US IS THE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT.
SO LIKE, PRIORITIZING THOSE IN A PHASE ONE.
UM, WHAT WILLIAMS'S POINTING OUT IS THIS, UM, NEW, UH, PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY THAT WOULD, UM, ONLY AT THIS POINT COME TOGETHER WHEN THE OYSTER CO DEVELOPMENT OR WHATEVER COMES ONTO THAT SITE WILL COME TOGETHER 'CAUSE THAT LAND IS PRIVATELY OWNED.
UM, BUT IT IS PART OF THE RIVER ENHANCEMENT PLAN THAT ANY RIVERFRONT PROPERTY MUST CREATE A PUBLIC PATHWAY AND DO RESTORATION WORK ON THE RIVERFRONT.
HENCE WHY YOU SEE THE DOTTED LINE THERE.
UM, AND SO AS THAT PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, UM, THAT IS THE PLAN.
AND IT'S EXCITING FOR A COUPLE REASONS.
ONE IS THE CURRENT ENTRANCE THROUGH THE PENINSULA FROM THE STEAMER LANDING PARKING LOT IS THE PARKING LOT IS VERY SMALL.
IT'S REALLY RATHER HARD TO FIND
UM, AND WHAT THIS WILL DO IS THIS WILL BE AN ON D STREET NEXT TO THE D STREET BRIDGE, VERY PUBLIC, UM, UH, ENTRANCE TO THE PARK.
I THINK IT'LL ALSO DO A LOT TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE IT'S A DOWNTOWN PARK.
I KNOW IT'S LITERALLY LIKE WHAT, 55, 50 YARDS DIFFERENCE OR SOMETHING
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REAL SYMBOLIC, UM, NOTION TO THAT.
SO DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, LI? YEAH.
UNRELATED TO, UM, BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS, UH, I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE, UH, FOR THAT BEACH HOW MUCH GRATING, UH, YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT DOING.
UH, ARE THERE OTHER BENEFITS TO THAT OR I WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT BEING LIGHT ON LAND, UM, THAT SEEMED LIKE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATION.
YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO HIT THE RIGHT BALANCE, UM, BETWEEN RESTORATION AND, UM, AND THE ELEVATIONS WE HAVE, SO WITH, WITH THE DREDGE BEING PLACED ON THE SITES FOR SO HIGH, LIKE WE ARE, WE ARE 10 FEET OUTSIDE OF THE TIDE RANGE.
SO IF WE WANT TO MAKE A MARSH, WE ARE CUTTING DOWN, UM, YEAH, BASICALLY 10 FEET SO THAT WE CAN GET BACK INTO THE TIDE RANGE AND THEN MAKE SPACE FOR THAT TRANSITION.
UM, AND THEN THE BEACH, IT IS A LITTLE LESS AGGRESSIVE I THINK, BUT
THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY PLACES YOU CAN GET DOWN BY IT, MOST OF 'EM THAT THE LAUNCHES.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO EXPERIENCE AND ACCESS THE RIVER THROUGH KIND OF A MORE NATURAL ELEMENT.
IT IS A LOT OF GRADING, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIRT MOVED AROUND ON THAT PLACE FOR A WHILE.
YEAH, NO, I, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY ILLUSIONS ABOUT IT BEING ANY SORT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, NATURAL NATIVE, UH, STATE.
UM, I JUST, UH, I DIDN'T, DIDN'T REALIZE TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU'RE CREATING WETLANDS, UH, THROUGH GRADING AS OPPOSED TO JUST WORKING WITH IT WHAT'S THERE ALREADY.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
JUST QUICKLY ON THAT POINT, ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN BARELY SEE, BUT THE DARK GREEN THAT'S ON THE VERY FRINGE OF THE PENINSULA, THAT'S WHERE THE CURRENT SALT MARSH HABITAT, I MEAN IT'S LIKE MICROSCOPIC BECAUSE THE BANKS ARE
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SO STEEP IT, IT, THE CAN, THE RIGHT, UM, ELEVATION, EL ELEVATION, IT'S TOO HIGH.NEXT COMMITTEE, MAYOR MEMBER ADAM.
UM, YEAH, I GUESS ONE QUESTION JUST TO START GETTING TO THE, I THINK COVERING ALL THE ENTRANCES, WHAT'S, UH, I GUESS PLANNED AT THE END OF COPELAND WHERE THE CLASS ONE TRAIL KIND OF ENDS AT THE EXISTING PARKING LOT FROM THERE TO D STREET, I CAN KIND OF SEE ON THAT MAP IT SAYS EXISTING PETALUMA RIVER TRAIL, BUT JUST WONDERING IF THAT WOULD BE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY PLANNED FOR THAT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WOULD BE A LIKELY PATH TO, TO, TO THE SMART STATION AS WELL.
UM, IF THERE'S KIND OF A CLASS ONE OR WHAT MIGHT BE, I THINK THAT THAT LITTLE SECTION, UM, WAS ALSO PART OF THE OYSTER COVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO IMPROVE THE BIKES AND SIDEWALKS THERE.
AND THAT IS ENVISIONED, UH, IN THEIR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS A SIGNALED INTERSECTION, WHICH WILL HELP WITH THAT CROSSING, UH, FOR PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, UM, EAST WEST THROUGH THE AREA.
ALSO, IT'S A REALLY WIDE SIDEWALK IN FRONT, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY.
UH, FRONT, UH, YEAH, WIDE WIDE SIDEWALK WITH A, WITH A SIDEWALK LEVEL PROTECTED BIKE LANE, EASTBOUND PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
UM, SO IS THAT, THAT LITTLE COPELAND STRETCH SPECIFICALLY? IS THAT WHAT, WHAT'S WHAT'S PLANNED FOR THAT COPELAND? BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE D AND WASHINGTON PARKING, LIT PARKING.
UM, I WOULD'VE, TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, WE WOULD JUST HAVE, YEAH, THE OYSTER COVE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PLANS, BUT, UM, I KNOW THERE WAS A, THE ROADWAY THERE INCLUDED SIDEWALK CONNECTION AND THEN A TRANSIT.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY JUST A DRIVEWAY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AND THERE WAS A, A RAMP FOR IT TURNS, IT TRANSITIONS TO THE CLASS ONE THAT BASICALLY EXISTS TODAY.
SO IMAGINE WHAT'S THERE TODAY, BUT WITH OKAY, NICE SMOOTH STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND CURB RAMPS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
UM, AND THEN ON THE MAP THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE, UM, WITH, WITH THE STAFF, FOUND OUT THERE WERE LITTLE, UH, YELLOW STARS,
UH, THE STARS ARE PLACEHOLDERS FOR PUBLIC ART.
AND NEXT, ANYONE JOHANNA? UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UM, FOR THE PATH ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND TO GET TO THE EAST SIDE.
SO IS THAT REALLY JUST GONNA BE DURING THE DAY? SO CAN I STILL RIDE TO THE EAST SIDE AT NIGHT?
I THINK WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF HOW TO DO THAT LOGISTICALLY.
RIGHT? IT'S A PARK THAT WANTS TO BE OPENED ON TO DESK FOR GENERAL, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT, YEAH, COMMUTERS, PARTICULARLY EARLY MORNING AND NIGHTTIME IN THE WINTER WILL NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA NEED TO THINK THROUGH AND SOLVE HOW TO DO THAT.
ANYONE ELSE? IF NOT, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, JUST TO REPEAT, 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK I HEARD IT QUITE CORRECTLY.
I'M LOOKING AT, UH, ONE OF THE TWO MAPS THAT WE GOT AND IT SHOWS, UM, AN UNDEVELOPED OPEN SPACE PROPERTY.
IS THAT UNDER YOUR CONTROL? IS THAT SECTION OF THAT SCANNELL, OLD SCANNELL PROPERTY PART OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS? IT IS UNDER THE FOUNDATION'S OWNERSHIP, YES.
IT IS NOT PART OF THE, UM, OF THIS, THE PLAN THAT'S IN YEAH.
THE PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW FOR THE RIVER PARK DEVELOPMENT.
ARE YOU SEEKING INFORMATION ON HOW THAT EXTRA LAND COULD BE USED? YES.
UM, WE, WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE THAT LAND LAST YEAR.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS IN DOING THAT, WE GAVE OURSELVES PERMISSION TO PUT IT ON THE BACK BURNER WHILE WE FINISHED THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PARK.
BUT WE ARE STARTING TO ENGAGE MORE FORMALLY IN EXPLORING WHAT THE FUTURE OF THAT PROPERTY WILL BE.
I WAS JUST THINKING THAT IF YOU HAD THAT UNDER YOUR CONTROL, IT REALLY, IT'S PUTS YOU AT ANOTHER
YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS MODEL AND HOW WE ARE GONNA POTENTIALLY MAKE THIS ENTIRE THING WORK TOGETHER.
UM, THERE'S A GOOD MODEL IN, UH, THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK DID SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS WITH ACTUALLY RECLAIMED POST-INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONT IN TWO PARKLAND.
AND THEN, UM, SUPPORT OR IS SUPPORTING THE OPERATION OF THAT
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VERY SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC PARK WITH A GROUND LEASE FROM A NEIGHBORING DEVELOPMENT.AND MY OTHER QUESTION NOW, I WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND IT.
YOU CALLED WHAT WE CALL MULTI-USE FIELDS IN PETALUMA, YOU CALLED THEM FLEX FIELDS.
IS THAT WHAT A FLEX FIELD IS, IS A MULTI-USE FIELD? I THINK IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE IN INFORMAL.
AND I MEAN, WE'RE THINKING THEY'RE GONNA BE LIKE, UM, NATIVE GRASSES, YOU KNOW, AND NOT LIKE ARTIFICIAL TURF AND NOT LIKE, UM, FORMAL SPORTS RECREATION.
MORE LOOSE FIELDS WHERE ONE COULD PLAY SOCCER
SO LOTS OF SPACE BEING A PARK AND REC PERSON.
I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT TOO.
UM, ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, IF NOT, LET'S MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
LET ME FIND WHAT I HAVE TO SAY AGAIN.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT AND ANNOUNCE THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM IN THE AUDIENCE? ALRIGHT, I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL MOVE BACK TO OUR GROUP.
AND THIS TIME WE CAN GO BEYOND QUESTIONS, RIGHT, BJORN? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO IT'D BE NICE TO, UM, I CAN SHARE IF EVERYONE'S, IF WE'RE DONE LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION, I MEAN WE CAN, WE CAN STILL REFERENCE THAT, BUT IF IT'S HELPFUL I COULD BRING UP A WORD DOC IF YOU'D LIKE TO KIND OF TRACK THE COMMITTEE FEEDBACK.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? OKAY, SURE.
SO WHAT BJORN IS SUGGESTING IS AS WE COME UP WITH IDEAS OR ADDITIONS OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, COMMENTS, HE WILL KEEP TRACK OF THOSE ON A COMPUTER GENERATED SOMETHING RATHER, WHICH THEN WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE COPIES TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HAVE COPIES OF WHAT OUR COMMENTS ARE.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING WHILE WE ENTER THIS, THIS AREA.
WELL WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING? UM, BY THE WAY, ON PAGE FIVE, THE BOTTOM OF PAGE FIVE, THEY DID PROVIDE US WITH TWO POSSIBILITIES.
THEY WANTED US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WOULD THE PRO THE PROJECT INTEGRATE WITH OR ENHANCE EXISTING CITI BIKE AND PED AND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AS IT'S CURRENTLY CONCEPTUALIZED.
AND THE SECOND ONE WAS WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DOES THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND, UH, THE PROJECT EXPLORE AS IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE ITS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN? SO THOSE ARE TWO SPECIFICS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE FEEDBACK ON TOO, SO YOUR COMMENT COULD GO THAT DIRECTION AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, DARREN WOULD LIKE TO BE FIRST AGAIN, DARREN, YOU'RE ON, I'M AFRAID I THOUGHT OF SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, ADD BY THE GREAT COMMENTARY.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GIVING A QUICK QUESTION ON WAY FINDING, IS THAT GONNA SYNC UP WITH THE CITY? WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW? OR IS THAT KIND OF A FUTURE WE'LL MAKE SURE IT WORKS WITH THE CITY WAY FINDING KIND OF THING? I LOVE THIS QUESTION.
UM, ABSOLUTELY WAY FINDING'S GONNA BE CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY GIVEN KIND OF THAT THERE ARE SOME ACCESS THINGS AND THAT PARTNERSHIP OF HOW THE WAY FINDING SPILLS OUT OFF OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE OWN AND INTO, YOU KNOW, THE APPROPRIATE SPOTS IN CITY STREETS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND THE PARK IS GONNA BE CRITICAL.
I BELIEVE THAT THE PARKS OR THE CITY IS WORKING ON LIKE A MASTER WAY FINDING INITIATIVE.
UM, SO WE ARE PRIVY TO THAT AND WANNA PARTICIPATE, BUT I'LL TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT I WOULD LOVE BETTER WAY FINDING AROUND THE TRAIL AND BIKE SYSTEMS IN THIS TOWN PERSONALLY.
SO, YEAH,
AND SO THAT OPPORTUNITY TO START DEVELOPING A BRAND FOR THE PETALUMA RIVER TRAIL SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS, WHERE IT GOES, UM, AND WHAT THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU'VE SEEN THE RECENT SMART WAYFINDING, UM, PROJECT THAT WAS DONE ON THEIR PATHWAY, YOU'LL SEE THEY'VE GOT LIKE A BRANDED SIGN, UM, FOR THE GREAT REDWOOD TRAIL.
AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO GOT KIND OF THEIR BRANDING.
SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY HERE TO, TO KIND OF HAVE SOME, SOME BRANDING BETWEEN THE CITY, UH, OUR WAYFINDING PROGRAM AND, UH, THE RIVER PARK FOR THAT RIVER TRAIL.
UM, THAT REALLY ELEVATES THE AWARENESS OF THE ENTIRE, THAT, THAT WHOLE VISION FOR, FOR A RIVER TRAIL.
YEAH, THOSE ARE ALL GREAT ANSWERS.
AND YES, IT WAS A KIND OF A PLUG ABOUT THE MASTER WAYFINDING PROGRAM,
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COMING TOGETHER AND I THINK IT'LL HELP YOUR GUYS PROJECT A LOT 'CAUSE WAYFINDING WILL BE IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY PULLING PEOPLE BACK THROUGH WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH OYSTER COVE AND LIKE GETTING PEOPLE BACK INTO THAT PARK.UH, SO IT'S REALLY A, A PUBLIC EXPERIENCE.
AND I THINK OVERALL, YOU KNOW, COMMENTARY, I THINK THIS OBVIOUSLY ADDS A MASSIVE PIECE TO OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PUZZLE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS BE A CATALYST TO LOOK AT HOPPER STREET IMPROVEMENTS, AND I KNOW BJORN'S TEAM IS ALREADY WORKING ON IT.
THOSE, UH, CONNECTIONS UNDER 1 0 1.
THIS IS LIKE A, A FANTASTIC REASON TO REALLY FOCUS AND, AND GET THOSE DONE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE BUDGETING APPROPRIATELY.
YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE THINGS THAT I HAVE FLAGGED AS CONCERNS, NOT SPECIFICALLY A TP RELATED, BUT OF COURSE THEY ARE.
'CAUSE A TP IS KINDA THE HEART OF THIS PROJECT, AND THAT'S THE FUTURE OF THE OYSTER COVE PROJECT.
WE'RE RELYING ON SOME CONNECTIONS THERE.
AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, UM, I WON'T GET INTO ALL THAT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME ISSUES THERE THAT YOU GUYS ARE TIED TO.
SO I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, IT SEEMS LIKE.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING EVERYONE, ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS APPRISED AND IN COMMUNICATION.
'CAUSE YOU'RE LINKED TO SOME OF THESE ACCESS POINTS WITH OTHER PROJECTS.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST COMMENT I WAS GONNA MAKE IS, OH, IN THINKING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE PROJECT ON THE UNDEVELOPED SPACE, ONE THING SCANNELL RAN INTO IS THEY GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT USING THE RIVER SETBACK AS THEIR PARK AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT.
NOW, IF YOU GUYS SEPARATE THE PROJECTS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT PARK AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT.
IT WOULD SEEM UNFAIR TO BURDEN YOUR SECOND PROJECT WITH THAT WHEN YOU'VE JUST GIVEN A HUGE PARK.
SO ANYWAY, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT LITTLE ISSUE WORKS OUT.
AND I'M SURE PLANNING STAFF WILL WORK WITH YOU TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
UH, BUT THAT'S ONE THING I THOUGHT OF GIVEN OUR, OUR HISTORY WITH SCANNELL ON THE SITE.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YEAH, I THINK WE'VE FLAGGED SOME GOOD ISSUES, BUT I THINK OVERALL THE CONCEPT IS GREAT.
A LOT OF DETAILS TO BE WORKED OUT.
OBVIOUSLY TONS OF BIKE PARKING WHERE THE RIVER LAUNCH OR WHERE THE BOAT LAUNCHES ARE, AND, AND INVOLVING ALL THOSE GREAT COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AS PART OF THE PROCESS, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY DONE.
SO OVERALL, SUPER, SUPER EXCITING AND, UH, YEAH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS COME BACK.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING I, I SEE I, I LIKE, AND THINGS I DON'T LIKE, I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY LIKE, AND SO, SO I'M GLAD IT'S IN THERE TOO,
UM, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO PRIORITIZATION, UM, THAT, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE, THE PROMENADE AND, YOU KNOW, CONNECTION POINTS TO THE REST OF THE PET RIVER TRAIL, YOU KNOW, DAY ONE,
UM, YOU ALREADY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TRAIL WORK IN THERE, SO JUST, UH, GETTING IT CLOSER TO ITS FINISHED STATE, INCLUDING THE BRIDGE, UH, WOULD BE, UM, WHERE I WOULD PUT MY RESOURCES.
UM, AND THEN, UH, PUTTING THE PARKING AT THE VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY BOTTOM OF YOUR, MAYBE WE'LL GET TO IT SOMEDAY, LIST, UM, YOU KNOW, WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BUILD IT AND WE HAVE GOOD CONNECTIONS AND GOOD WAY FINDING, YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT YOU DON'T NEED A HUNDRED SPACES.
YOU DON'T NEED 10 SPACES, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I SEE A FUTURE DROP OFF AREA.
I LIKE THAT CONCEPT A LITTLE BETTER WHERE PEOPLE WITH THEIR COOLERS CAN ROLL UP AND THEN GO, YOU KNOW, FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO PARK.
THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING IN PETALUMA IF YOU'RE, IF YOU DON'T MIND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, WE PREFER.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING, COMING TO THIS, UH, WITH THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON THE EAST SIDE AND LIKES TO ENJOYS RIDING MY BIKE THROUGH TOWN, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, THAT I THINK ABOUT WITH THIS PROJECT, AND AGAIN, NOT NECESSARILY, UM, THE, THESE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE THINGS FOR YOUR GROUP, BUT AS YOU ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS WITH THE CITY TO BE THINKING ABOUT AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND, AND CONTINUING TO PUSH TO PRIORITIZE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE, UH, SO I THINK ABOUT, UM, AVENUES OR OR ACCESS TO GET TO THE PARK FROM THE EAST SIDE.
WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT THAT, UM, THAT PATH UNDER 1 0 1, UH, IS KEY BJORN, I THINK.
UM, WE HAVE A PROJECT COMING UP SOON THAT IS GOING TO, UH, UM, REPLAY OR ADD A, UM, A, A MAIN SEWER LINE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY GOING TO CREATE A MULTI-USE PATH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT ESSENTIALLY CONNECTS, UM, REALLY FROM THE, UH, FROM THE, UM, MARINA OVER TO SCHOENBERGER.
AM I TO CASA GRANDE? TO CASA GRANDE? YEAH.
SO, SO IT'LL, UH, THE PATHWAY WILL RUN ALONG A, WHAT'S CURRENTLY A VACANT KIND OF STRIP OF LAND.
I THINK IT'S A FORMER RAIL LINE, UM, FROM BAYWOOD DRIVE, UH, RIGHT THERE IN THE SHERIDAN PARKING LOT TO, UM, TO CASA GRANDE.
AND THEN FROM CASA GRANDE YOU CAN CONNECT OVER TO SCHOENBERGER VIA TECHNOLOGY LANE.
SO, YEAH, SO I, SO I ENVISION, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT
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PATH GOING UNDER THE FREEWAY, CONNECTING TO THAT SOMEHOW, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GET TO IT AND, AND IT REALLY KIND OF OPENS UP AN AVENUE FROM THAT SOUTHEAST SIDE.WE HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON THE BOOKS FOR CAULFIELD.
UM, I WOULD, IIII HOPE THAT WHEN WE REDO CAULFIELD, UM, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO, UH, EMPLOY SOME COMPLETE STREET DESIGNS, WHICH ARE PROBABLY GOING TO ENHANCE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, WHICH ACTUALLY GIVES A GREAT SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COULD BE A, A REALLY GREAT, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ACCESS FROM THE EAST SIDE DIRECTLY TO THE PARK ALMOST.
UM, THEN, UH, AND THEN FROM THE NORTHEAST SIDE WE HAVE THE, UH, THE SMART TRAIN, THE SMART TRAIL, UH, FROM SOUTH POINT, UM, THAT COMES RIGHT UP TO, UM, UH, LAKEVILLE.
WE JUST GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE SORT OF COMPLETE LAKEVILLE TO LYNCH CREEK, BUT LIKE, IF YOU CAN, IF WE CAN SOMEHOW COMPLETE THAT, UM, UH, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S WORKABLE NOW, BUT IF WE CAN MAKE THAT MORE SEAMLESS OVER ONTO LYNCH CREEK TRAIL THAT PUT, THAT DROPS YOU RIGHT OFF INTO COPELAND, AND THEN WE CREATE A STRAIGHT SHOT FROM COPELAND INTO THE PARK.
UM, SORRY TO SORT OF DIGRESS THIS, BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD AVENUES YEAH.
TO BRING IT ALL IN THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE, WELL, I MEAN, SOME OF, SOME OF IT'S BIG YEAH.
BUT, UM, SOME OF IT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT WITH THIS PROJECT AND, AND, AND REALLY PUSH TO MAKE THAT, UH, TO PULL THAT ALL TOGETHER GIVES US MORE REASON TO PUSH.
SO THOSE ARE MY MAIN THOUGHTS.
I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON A BIKE AND RIDE TOO.
AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE COFIELD, UM, UH, UH, IMPROVEMENT AS WELL AS THE BRIDGE PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING PLANNED.
UM, WHICH WILL DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE WAY THAT FOLKS MOVE THROUGH THE CITY AND SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THIS AREA.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE HAVE OUR EYE ON.
WE'RE WORKING WITH BJORN AND THE OTHER STAFFERS ON THAT TOO.
AND ADAM, AS I'M STARING DOWN
SO TO BRING BACK THAT, UM, D STREET, COPELAND STREET I WAS LOOKING AT.
IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE'S KIND OF A CLASS ONE PATHWAY BETWEEN THE COPELAND ON THAT KIND OF COPELAND DRIVEWAY.
SO WHAT I'M KIND OF FOCUSING ON IS KIND OF LIKE ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM THE SMART TRAIN MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE, WHAT'S THE SAFEST WAY? THIS IS SUPER SPECIFIC, BUT JUST LIKE A DIAGONAL CROSSING.
I WOULD THINK SOMETHING THAT'LL ALLOW PEOPLE GO FROM THE D STREET SIDE OF WHERE THE SMART STATION IS OVER TO THE PATHWAY.
'CAUSE IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP IT ON THAT SIDE, THEN YOU'RE RIGHT INTO THE PATHWAY.
AND THEN, UH, LET'S SEE, OTHER THINGS MAYBE TO CONSIDER WOULD BE LIKE A BIKE REPAIR STATION SOMEWHERE ALONG MAYBE THAT MAIN ROUTE.
UM, AND THEN ON THE BRIDGE, IF IT'D BE POSSIBLE, I FEEL LIKE I MADE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS FOR ANOTHER PROJECT.
I THINK FOR THE, UM, UH, FOR THE CAULFIELD BRIDGE WAS LIKE A LITTLE PEDESTRIAN KIND OF BALL ABOUT THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE WALKING.
SO YOU COULD KIND OF ALMOST STEP OUT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN NOT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN THE FLOW AND THEN LOOK OUT TO THE RIVER OR LOOK DOWN OVER OR WHATEVER, NOT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO GET OUTTA THE WAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JUST, WAS THAT A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PROMENADE OR ON THE BRIDGE OR EVERYWHERE? UH, SPECIFICALLY THE BRIDGE.
BUT EVERYWHERE IN GENERAL SOUNDS LIKE A VIEWING LANE.
WHAT'S THAT? SOUNDS LIKE A VIEWING LANE.
NOT A LANE, BUT LIKE A VIEWING BULB MAYBE.
THE BRIDGE DEFINITELY HAS A POTENTIAL TO LIKE BE A PLACE AND BE A FEATURE IN AND OF ITSELF.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM BEHIND IT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S GRANDNESS WILL DEPEND ON OUR FUNDRAISING ABILITIES.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS THE IDEA FOR, IF WE'RE JUST THROWING OUT IDEAS FOR WHAT TO DO WITH THAT UNDEVELOPED OPEN SPACE, WHY NOT? UM, 'CAUSE IT MAKES SENSE TO TIE IT WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE, TO HAVE SOME SYNERGY BETWEEN THE TWO.
AND WHERE MY MIND WENT TO IS KIND OF AROUND LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION.
UM, AND SO THINKING ABOUT HOW THERE'S PLACES THAT ARE IMPROVING OUR ABILITIES TO DO INDOOR FOOD PRODUCTION, UM, WHICH CAN BE HYPERLOCAL, BUT THEN THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE TREES THAT YOU'RE PLANTING, YOU KNOW, THOSE COULD BE FRUIT TREES, NUT TREES, OLIVE TREES,
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THINGS THAT COULD BE PROCESSED.THEN POTENTIALLY IN SOME TYPE OF MULTI-STORY, UM, FOOD PROCESSING, TRANSITION, HOUSING, RETAIL, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING THAT WE SHOULD BUILD TOWERS EVERYWHERE WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
BUT IN THIS CASE, YEAH, THIS WOULD MAKE SENSE TO BUILD SOMETHING BIG THAT CAN REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LOCAL AND SUSTAINABLE ABOUT OUR FOOD AND THINK ABOUT THIS PARK TO BE A SUPPORTIVE SPACE FOR GENERATING SOME OF THAT FOOD.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LOCAL FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO TRANSITION INTO SOCIETY FROM BEING OUT IN THE STREETS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT COULD OFFER AS WELL.
AND THEN RETAIL, BEING ABLE TO SELL THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE PRODUCTS AS WELL TOO.
THERE'S SOME MODELS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, YOU'VE GOT A LIST OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD, I'M SURE.
BUT, UH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
DEFINITELY SOME OTHER FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN BRINGING UP FOOD, AND I'LL JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT, UM, COTS, UM, THIS FACILITY IS RIGHT, IS OUR, IS ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND SO DEFINITELY TALKING TO THEM ABOUT HOW THEIR GOALS AND UM, AND PROGRAM PROGRAMS CAN BE SYNERGISTIC WITH THE PARK AND IT'S ONGOING, WHICH THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY KIND OF ALONG THE LINES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND MORE BROADLY BEYOND JUST WITH GODS.
JASON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? YOU DON'T HAVE TO IF YOU'VE FELT'S BEEN SAID.
I, I HAVE TO SAY, I, YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE THE PARK.
I USE IT ON A WEEKLY BASIS WITH MY FAMILY.
UM, IT'S A GREAT SPACE AND I THINK FRAMED BY THE WATER OF THE RIVER AND THE, THE CHANNEL THAT'S THERE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY DRAMATIC.
ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF MY, YOU KNOW, FIRST MEMORIES OF BEING HERE, LIVING HERE IN THE CITY, IS INVITING MY FRIENDS DOWN FOR MUSIC EVENTS.
AND I AM CURIOUS AS TO, I, I GUESS I HAVE A KIND OF A TWO PART QUESTION IS WHAT CONVERSATION IS THERE ABOUT MUSIC AND CULTURAL EVENTS THAT DRAW PEOPLE HOPEFULLY DOWN THE SMART LINE ON THEIR BIKES MM-HMM
UM, BUT DRAW PEOPLE TO PETALUMA FOR EVENTS, CULTURAL AND MUSICAL EVENTS, AND WHAT IS THE KIND OF LIKE, WHAT ARE THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND MAX CAPACITY AND ACCOMMODATING MM-HMM
UM, YOU KNOW, LARGER GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE EVENTS OR, YOU KNOW, FOR ECONOMIC EXPANSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M SEEING THIS AND YOU KNOW, WITH THE AMPHITHEATER I'M SEEING, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES AND THINKING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, IN GRANDIOSE TERMS, LIKE GOLDEN GATE PARK THAT ACCOMMODATES THESE REALLY LARGE, WONDERFUL MUSICAL EVENTS.
UM, WHAT CONVERSA, WHAT'S THAT CONVERSATION LIKE? AND HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, A A SWELL OF FOLKS AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST FOLKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
I'LL LET YOU GO AFTER I INTER GENERALLY, SO, UM, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
THE ARTS HAS BEEN A CORE PART OF THE VISION FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE DEFINITELY HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, A DESIRE FOR PERFORMING ART, PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURAL PERFORMANCES.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE AMPHITHEATER, UM, THAT YOU DO IN THE PLAN.
UM, THE TOTAL SPECIFICS OF THAT FI THE FINAL FORM OF THAT AMPHITHEATER WILL BE COMING TOGETHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, AS WELL AS IN CONVERSATION WITH, UM, OTHER ONGOING INITIATIVES.
UM, THE FATE OF THE FAIRGROUNDS IS SOMETHING WE THINK ABOUT.
IS THERE GONNA BE AN EVENT CENTER COMPONENT THERE, WHICH IS WHAT, A MILE AWAY? UM, AND SO HOW ARE WE COMPLIMENTARY? UM, SCHOENBERGER PARK IS INSTALLING A, A MODEST EDUCATIONAL AMPHITHEATER NOW, I BELIEVE.
UM, SO HOW, WHAT'S THE WHOLE KIND OF ECONOMY AND ECOSYSTEM AND HOW DO WE RIGHT SIZE? THE OTHER THING I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG AMBITIOUS PROJECT.
WE ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST WANNA BE A VENUE AND A HOST AND A CONVENER.
THERE ARE SO MANY INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATIONS AND TALENT IN THIS COUNTY AND THIS TOWN THAT WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT WE'RE A PLACE THAT CATALYZES AND SUPERCHARGES WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.
UM, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE CNA BAR HAVE THEIR, YOU KNOW, DEBUT OUTDOOR, YOU KNOW, PERFORMANCE AT THE, AT THE AMPHITHEATER, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, ET CETERA.
SO DEFINITELY HAVE OUR EYE ON THAT, BUT IT'S, THE DETAILS OF IT ARE STILL COMING IN.
UM, IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, I THINK, I THINK THERE'S TONS OF OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND BACK TO THAT SUSTAINABILITY QUESTION, THE FOUNDATION IS STILL FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT PROGRAMMING WE, WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, MOVING FORWARD AND HOW MUCH WE CAN DO THE ON OUR OWN
I THINK I'LL JUST ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE BEING VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THIS BEING COMMUNITY LED AND, AND FULFILLING WHAT PETALUMA NEEDS, BUT EARLY ON WE THOUGHT OF IT AS A REGIONAL DESTINATION AS WELL.
WE, THIS PLACE COULD BE VERY POPULAR AND
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PEOPLE CAN COME FROM ALL OVER THE BAY AREA, EVEN JUST TO COME TO THE PARK, LET ALONE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE RIVERTOWN REVIVAL OUT THERE AND THERE'S 10,000 PEOPLE THERE ON A WEEKEND, AND THERE'S WAYS THAT, THAT, THAT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED AND DEFINITELY SMART TRAIN'S PART OF THAT.I THINK THAT'S, I I, AND IS THERE ANYBODY, GO AHEAD.
SORRY, ONE LAST QUESTION SLASH COMMENT.
I, AND I'M JUST THINKING AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YEAR, 50 YEAR WATER EVENTS, LIKE, UM, WHAT'S THE EXTENT TO WHICH, LIKE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LIKE, UM, THE LARGER WEATHER EVENTS THAT ARE, UM, ABSORBED IN THE, OR LIKE THAT ARE, THAT WERE CONSIDERATIONS IN THIS AND LIKE, YEAH.
UM, SO
SO, IN, IN THE FUTURE THERE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE BIGGER STORMS, LIKE MORE OFTEN, BUT THEN THERE'LL BE LONGER PERIODS OF DROUGHT, AND THEN IT'LL ALSO BE HOTTER.
UM, THE, BOTH OF THESE PROPERTIES, AS I SAY, THEY'RE WELL OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF TODAY'S FEMA FLOODPLAIN ELEVATION 10, AND THEN THE HUN THE NEXT ONE IS ELEVATION 15.
WE'RE WELL OUTSIDE OF THOSE FLOOD ELEVATIONS.
UM, SO EVEN WITH A VERY LARGE STORM EVENT, THESE PROPERTIES PROBABLY WON'T HAVE, UM, ISSUES.
UM, BUT WE COULD BE LIKE RESILIENT HUBS SO THAT OTHERS COULD COME TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE MAY DO AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I THINK IN THE GENERAL PLAN, THERE'S AN IDEA ABOUT THIS BEING, UM, PART OF THE FLOOD, SORT OF LIKE FLOOD MITIGATION, BUT IT IS REALLY JUST IN, IN ITSELF AS BEING A PARK IN THAT, UM, HOLDING THAT SPACE FOR LIKE LESS, UM, RUNOFF AND EVERYTHING.
I FEEL, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS PART OF PETALUMA, THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ACTUALLY HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST TREE EQUITY SCORES IN THE WHOLE COUNTY.
UM, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE ARE NOT
IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE, IT'S THE HOTTEST PART OF THE CITY, AND WHEN WE HAVE THOSE A HUNDRED DEGREE PLUS DAYS, SO THE IDEA OF PUTTING A 35 ACRE PARK WITH 800 TREES IN IT WILL JUST BE A REFUGE, UM, FOR FOLKS WHEN THOSE HEAT EVENTS HAPPEN AS WELL AS FOR WILDLIFE.
ANY MORE COMMENT FROM ANYONE? I'VE GOT A BIT, BUT, OKAY.
THEN I GUESS MY, MY TURN, UM, I'M THRILLED WITH THE EAST WEST CONNECTION.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT, IS TRYING TO ENHANCE OUR CONNECTIONS ACROSS TOWN, AND I'M THRILLED THAT THAT IS INCLUDED HERE.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE NOTE, WHICH NOBODY ELSE I DON'T THINK IS MENTIONED.
THE TRAILS THAT YOU HAVE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, UM, REALLY ENHANCE SAFE BICYCLING AND SAFE, EVEN SAFE WALKING.
BUT IT'S A, TO ME, IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR, UM, PARENTS TO TAKE THEIR KIDS ON THEIR WHATEVERS AND TEACH THEM SAFETY REGARDING THEIR WHATEVERS.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
I KNOW YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT, WHAT IS IT, ADAM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE, UM, WHAT IS IT CALLED? A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN REPAIR YOUR BICYCLE? MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE COULD BE PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD BRING IN WITH THE HELP OF, UM, AN AGENCY THAT EMILY REPRESENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THAT PROMOTES, UM, BETTER SAFE, BETTER AND SAFER WAYS FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES TO, UM, TO USE THE, THE LAND.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS USUALLY WHEN WE REVIEW PROJECTS AND WE HAVEN'T REVIEWED A PROJECT QUITE SOME TIME, IT'S BEEN PROBABLY AT LEAST A YEAR AND A HALF, UM, WE FORGET, WE FORGET OUR, OUR STANDARDS.
AND OUR STANDARDS ARE, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THE ACQUISITION OR, UM, THE AMENITIES OF BENCHES.
SOME FOLKS WHO ARE GETTING OLDER REALLY CAN'T MAKE IT FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER END WITHOUT STOPPING A COUPLE OF TIMES.
SO I'M HOPING YOU'RE INCLUDING BENCHES.
ALSO, WE USUALLY REQUEST SOME FORM OF DRINKING FOUNTAIN AND DOG DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
UH, LIGHTING ON TRAILS IF POSSIBLE.
YOU GUYS ADDRESS THAT ALREADY? YEAH.
UH, THE WIDTH OF THE TRAILS, WE LOVE TO SEE 10 FOOT WIDE TRAILS OR GREATER.
UM, WE MORE THAN UNDERSTAND YOUR NEEDS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO MEET THAT 10 YEAH.
ON QUITE A FEW OF YOUR TRAILS, WHICH WILL BE GREAT.
UM, ALSO IT'S NICE TO SEE TRAILS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO OYSTER POINT TO D STREET, TO SMART TRAIN, UM, AS ANOTHER DIRECTION.
SO THOSE ARE BASICALLY MY COMMENTS.
ANYONE ELSE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT BJORN HAS BEEN WRITING IN FRONT OF US,
WELL, I GUESS WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU TWO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND PRESENTING.
UM, ONE OF YOUR FIRST DOG AND PONY SHOWS IS OVER.
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NOW YOU CAN MOVE ON TO YOUR NEXT, I SAW THE OUTLINE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, COMMITTEES THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE GOING TO.SO YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE PROS
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
UM, I CAN'T WISH YOU, UM, BUT JUST FANTASTIC WISHES FOR, UM, THIS PARK AND FOR ITS CONTINUATION.
BUT THANKS SO MUCH FOR BRINGING IT TO US.
AND WITH THAT, LET ME MOVE SOME OF MY, OH, PAPERWORK.
THERE'S ONE OF THESE FOR ALL OF YOU.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON NUMBER THREE OF OUR AGENDA.
AND THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS, IT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO PRIORITIZE.
AND HERE'S THIS VERY LONG SENTENCE, CITYWIDE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WAY, FINDING DESIGN AND INFLAMMATION PROJECT FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT KNOWN AS TD TD THREE, TD TDA THREE.
THAT ALSO, UM, WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO INVITE BJORN TO PRESENT FOR US.
WE WERE GOING TO HEAR FROM ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT SHE IS ILL, AND BJORN IS CERTAINLY, UM, A GREAT FILL IN.
UH, BY THE WAY, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE, YOU NEED TO FILL OUT A BLUE CARD, WHICH YOU CAN GET FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM, FILL IT OUT, HAND IT INTO OUR CLERK.
I HAVE ONE FROM MARY, SO I'VE GOT HERS RIGHT HERE.
IF IN CASE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
YEAH, SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION.
THIS ONE WAS NOT FROM PLANNING THIS ONE, THIS ONE CAME FROM ME.
SO, UM, NO PRESENTATION HERE, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE STAFF REPORT, UH, EXPLAINING SOME OF THE BACKGROUND ON TDA THREE.
THESE ARE FUNDS THAT COME FROM A STATEWIDE QUARTER CENT SALES TAX.
AND, UM, FROM THAT QUARTER CENT SALES TAX, WHICH IS COLLECTED STATEWIDE, UH, 2% OF THOSE FUNDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLANNING AND PROJECTS.
AND THEN THEY ARE, UM, DIVVIED UP AMONG ALL OF THE, UM, ALL OF THE AGENCIES WITHIN THE STATE BASED ON POPULATION SHARE.
SO WE, UM, UH, OUR FUNDS LOCALLY ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND WHICH THEN PASSED THE FUNDS ON TO SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, UH, TO ADMINISTER THIS.
AND, UM, WE GENERALLY RECEIVE AROUND 70 TO $75,000 PER YEAR.
UM, WE BANK THE FUNDS AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, USE THOSE FUNDS FOR, WE SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO, UH, THROUGH SCTA, UM, AND IF IT IS APPROVED, WE CAN THEN INVOICE FOR THAT PROJECT AND BE REIMBURSED FOR ANY OF OUR WORK.
SO THE EL ELIGIBLE PROJECT TYPES ARE, UM, CONSTRUCTION OR ENGINEERING OF BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN CAPITAL OR QUICK BUILD PROJECTS, MAINTENANCE OF CLASS ONE PATHWAYS AND CLASS FOUR PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
UM, A BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN PLAN.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN ACT, OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, WITH THE STIPULATION THAT WE CANNOT MAKE ANY REQUESTS, UH, OR WE CAN ONLY MAKE ONE OF THOSE REQUESTS EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UH, RE STRIPING CLASS TWO BIKE LANES AND BUFFERED BIKE LANES, AND THE PURCHASE OF MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT FOR USE ON CLASS ONE PATHWAYS AND CLASS FOUR, UH, PROTECTED BIKE LANES SUCH AS A MINI STREET SWEEPER, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE.
UM, SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT $88,000 IN FUNDS AVAILABLE.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 70,000 IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, STARTING JULY ONE.
AND WE CAN ACTUALLY BORROW AHEAD TWO YEARS, SO WE CAN BORROW AHEAD FOR, UH, FISCAL YEARS 25, 26, 26, 27, AND 27, 28.
AND WHEN YOU ADD ALL OF THAT UP, UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IS ABOUT $300,000.
YOU SUBTRACT ABOUT 80 THAT WE ALREADY HAVE RESERVED FOR THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
AND THAT GETS US TO ABOUT 220,000 RIGHT NOW THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BORROW IN THIS CYCLE.
SO, UM, WHAT, UH, I'VE OUTLINED FOR YOU IN THE STAFF REPORT TONIGHT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION, UM, IN RESPONSE TO ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF OUR OUTREACH FOR THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
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UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A REAL PRIORITIZATION, UH, OR, OR A A, A DESIRE TO SEE A CITYWIDE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN WAYFINDING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED.SO RECOGNIZING THAT AND, AND KIND OF RECOGNIZING THAT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN, UM, SOME, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TEED UP, I THINK THROUGH THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT TIME TO, NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WRAPPING UP THE PLAN TO THEN MOVE INTO THE NEXT STAGE WITH WAY FINDING AND DEVELOP A CITYWIDE SIGN PLAN THAT'S BASED ON, UH, THE, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, ROLL STRAIGHT INTO IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS.
SO THIS WOULD BE DELIVERED IN BASICALLY TWO PHASES.
FIRST, FIRST STEP WOULD BE A, UH, A PLANNING EFFORT.
WE WOULD TAKE SIGNS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED BY A PREVIOUS, UH, CONSULTANT WITH THE CITY, UH, MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO THAT DESIGN.
I THINK OUR RECOMMENDATION, UM, AMONG STAFF IS TO BROADEN THE SIGNED DESIGN TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF OTHER ACTIVE MODES, UH, NAMELY WALKING, AND ALSO TO, UM, UH, ADD SOME ADDITIONAL SIGN TYPES.
THAT LAST PLAN WAS FAIRLY, OR THE DESIGNS THAT WERE DEVELOPED A COUPLE YEARS BACK WERE FAIRLY LIMITED.
UM, ONLY REALLY ONE SIGN TYPE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED THERE.
UM, AND, UH, AND THEN ALL, AND THEN TAKE THOSE SIGNAGE DESIGNS GO THROUGH A, AN EXTENSIVE PLANNING EFFORT, WHICH DOES NOT TAKE LONG, BUT IT IS A, IT'S A VERY SPECIALIZED OR PROCESS THROUGH WHICH, UM, THE CONSULTANT WOULD BASICALLY IDENTIFY ALL OF THE SIGN TYPES THAT ARE IN OUR SYSTEM, OUR PROGRAM, AND THEN ALL OF THE TYPES OF DESTINATIONS THAT WE WANT TO, UH, LEAD PEOPLE TO, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM.
BASICALLY DETER, BASICALLY SETTING UP A SYSTEM THROUGH WHICH THE SIGNS ARE ALL SPEAKING TO ONE ANOTHER SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE IN OUR, WHEN YOU ARE IN OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, UM, YOU ARE ALWAYS BEING POINTED IN, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, YOU'RE NOT JUST SEEING BASICALLY A FRAGMENT OF, UH, A SIGN SYSTEM.
YOU'RE SEEING A HOLISTIC SIGN PLAN THAT THAT IS COMPREHENSIVE AND COVERS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
UM, AND SO THAT PLAN WOULD ACTUALLY IDENTIFY EVERY SINGLE SIGNAGE LOCATION THAT WE ENVISION IN OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, UM, BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE.
IT WOULD, UH, IT WOULD DEVELOP OR IT WOULD, UM, IT WOULD INCLUDE THE SIGNAGE CONTENT ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE SIGNS.
IT WOULD IDENTIFY THE INSTALLATION METHOD, WHETHER IT'S A MATTER OF INSTALLING A NEW POST VERSUS RELOCATING AN EXISTING POST, UM, OR, UM, AND SO THERE WOULD BE SOME DEGREE OF KIND OF CLEANING UP SOME OF THE SIGN CLUTTER THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, REVIEWING WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.
UM, AND ULTIMATELY IT WOULD GIVE US SOMETHING THAT WE CAN START IMPLEMENTING AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT PLAN.
AND WE CAN ALSO IMPLEMENT AS NEW BIKEWAYS COME ONLINE.
SO WHEN WE HAVE A NEW BIKE ROUTE THAT'S IMPLEMENTED THROUGH A CAPITAL PROJECT OR A QUICK BUILD PROJECT, WE HAVE THIS GREAT SIGN PLAN, WE HAND IT TO A CONTRACTOR, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE SIGNS ARE GOING, EXACTLY WHAT THE SIGNS SAY, AND THEY CAN ORDER THEM FOR US.
UM, SO IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY DOING ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE LEGWORK UPFRONT FOR, UH, THE WAY FINDING SYSTEM THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT FOR THE COMING DECADES OR, OR HOPEFULLY IN, IN PERPETUITY.
UM, THIS SEEMS LIKE A GREAT FIT JUST BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE FUNDING.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE, IT'S CERTAINLY ENOUGH FUNDING TO COMPLETE THAT PLANNING EXERCISE I JUST DESCRIBED, AND THEN ALSO MAKE A REALLY GOOD DENT ON IMPLEMENTATION.
AND, UM, AND, UH, WE DO NOT YET HAVE QUOTES FROM CONSULTANTS.
UH, THEY'RE UNDER DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE, WE SHOULD HAVE QUOTES SOON, UH, ON THAT PLANNING EFFORT.
AND SO THAT'LL, THAT'LL HELP US AND THAT'LL HELP INFORM HOW MUCH MONEY WILL BE LEFT OVER FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.
BUT LIKE I SAID, UM, VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN MAKE A REALLY GOOD DENT.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMEWHAT UNIQUE.
IT'S A UNIQUE PROJECT IN THAT THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, THERE AREN'T MANY PROJECTS WHERE YOU COULD REALLY ACHIEVE CITYWIDE BENEFITS WITH JUST $220,000.
AND, AND THIS IS ONE WHERE I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT, THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT IS A MOTION FROM PAC, UM, ON, WELL, FIRST A DISCUSSION OF, OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU AGREE WITH, UH, THE PRIORITIZATION OF THIS, UH, PROJECT FOR THESE FUNDS.
AND, UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU DO ARRIVE AT A, UH, A RECOMMENDATION, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A, A VOTE BY MOTION, UM, ON THIS OR A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
AND SO YOUR OPTIONS ARE BASICALLY YOU COULD DISCUSS AND SUGGEST OTHER PROJECTS FOR PRIORITIZATION FOR THESE FUNDS.
UM, YOU COULD SUGGEST THAT WE BANK THE FUNDS AND COME BACK NEXT YEAR IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, OR YOU CAN, UM, OR AS I'VE MENTIONED, THE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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TONIGHT IS TO, UH, UH, IS FOR THE PRIORITIZATION OF THIS PROJECT FOR THESE FUNDS.BJORN, CAN I ADD SOMETHING JUST THAT'S ABOUT THE SPECIFICS, MONEY SPECIFICS.
BJORN AND I HAVE HAD A GREAT MANY GOOD CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
I'VE ALSO TALKED TO A GAL NAMED DANA TUR FROM, UM, C-T-S-C-T-A, AND SHE'S GIVEN ME LOTS OF INFORMATION AND I JUST KIND OF WANNA CIRCLE IN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS WAY FINDING PROJECT THAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS.
THE WAY FINDING PROJECT, WE HAVE 200, WE WOULD HAVE $218,000 ROUGHLY TO DO THIS.
WE HAVE, AS BJORN MENTIONED, PHASE ONE, WHICH WOULD COST US SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MAYBE 40 AND 60,000, BUT IT COULD BE AS HIGH AS A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO HAVE THAT CONSULTANT DO THAT WORK.
BUT ONCE THAT'S DONE, IT WOULD LEAVE US WITH ENOUGH MONEY AT WE FIGURE FIVE.
UH, I, I MADE BJORN PINPOINT THIS, UM, I SAID, WELL, HOW MUCH DOES, HOW MUCH DOES THE SIGN COST? HE FIGURES THAT THE SIGN, THE SIGN ITSELF, THE MATERIALS THAT YOU ARE USED TO CREATE, THE SIGN AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE SIGN WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $500 PER SIGN.
$500 DIVIDED INTO WHAT IS LEFT IS 240 SIGNS WE WOULD HAVE TO BEGIN WITH.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE USE WHERE THE USE OF THIS MONEY WOULD COME IN VERY HANDY.
I ALSO WANNA MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE DETERMINED THAT WE NEEDED TO REPAVE IN ASPHALT OR RE RE REPAVE THE CRACKS ALONG THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL FROM THE LAST PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE GOING EAST TOWARDS MCDOWELL.
THAT SECTION OF FILLING IN THE HOLES ALONG WITH A, THE SAME KIND OF THING ALONG PRINCE PARK AND ITS ASPHALT PATH.
WE SPENT, I THINK SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $175,000 FOR THAT RIDICULOUS PROJECT.
THIS IS 220,000 WHERE WE REALLY GET SOMETHING.
SO I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND NO, THANK YOU.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE COST OF SIGNS WILL, UH, WILL, WILL DIAL THAT IN AS WE GET CLOSER.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF, OF VARIABLES THERE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN, UM, GOOD
SIGNS THEMSELVES ARE, ARE FAIRLY CHEAP.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN UTILIZE EXISTING SIGNPOSTS OR HAVE TO INSTALL NEW ONES.
UM, SO WE, WE'LL DEFINITELY DIAL THAT NUMBER IN AND, AND BE ABLE TO GIVE A MUCH, UH, HOPEFULLY A PRETTY GOOD, UH, PREDICTION OF WHAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE PROCESS.
BUT LIKE I SAID, MY, I WOULD IMAGINE WE COULD MAKE A DENT ON MOST OF THE SYSTEM AND, UM, ANY REMAINING AMOUNT I THINK WOULD BE RELATIVELY SMALL AND COULD BE, UM, HOPEFULLY SUPPLEMENTED WITH SOME CITY FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE SYSTEM.
AND YOU ALSO MIGHT WANNA MENTION WHEN THE DROP DEAD DATE WOULD BE.
WHEN WOULD WE REALIZE THIS, UH, ON WHAT DATE? WELL, THE, THE GOAL FOR, I THINK THE PLANNING EFFORT IS A, LIKE I SAID IS A, IS A QUICK ONE.
UM, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE THIS PROJECT, UM, MOSTLY COMPLETE WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, WITHIN FISCAL YEAR 25, 26.
THE FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING JULY 1ST, 2025.
SO KICK THE PLANNING PROCESS OFF THEN.
AND THEN, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'RE READY TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL SIGNS, UM, BY LATER THIS YEAR, IF NOT EARLY 2026.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD BEFORE WE MOVE IT TO QUESTIONS? YES.
QUESTIONS FROM, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? DARREN, THE EAGER VOLUNTEER.
ACTUALLY THAT CONTEXT ANSWERED A COUPLE OF MY BIG QUESTIONS.
I GUESS THIS ONE IS REALLY A, A SING QUESTION 'CAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH TCA THREE.
ANY DOWNSIDE TO BORROWING INTO THE FUTURE? UH, LIKE WE'RE DOING NO RESTRICTION ON FUNDS LATER.
NO INTEREST, I MEAN, NO DOWNSIDE, RIGHT? NO, UH, REALLY NONE.
I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY THE OPPOSITE BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE SEEING CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND MATERIAL COSTS ESCALATE SO QUICKLY SURE.
THAT THE SOONER WE HAVE ACCESS TO THESE MONIES, I THINK THE BETTER
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AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, A QUESTION THAT'S REALLY WAS THIS WAY FINDING PROJECT IN OUR BUDGET PREVIOUSLY.IF IT IS IN THE CITY BUDGET RIGHT NOW, WHAT DOES THIS MAYBE FREE UP, UH, IN TERMS OF, DOES IT LET US DO MORE PROJECTS NOW TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS FUNDING MECHANISM? DOES IT FREE UP SOME OF THE CITY BUDGET? YEAH, THERE, THERE, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A SMALL FUNDING, I'LL HAVE TO GO LOOK FOR BIKE BOTH BIKE PARKING AND WAY FINDING.
UM, LET ME SEE THOUGH, BECAUSE IT HAD FALLEN OFF PRIORITIZATION.
UH, REGARDLESS IT WAS FUNDED WITH LOCAL FUNDS AND UM, I CAN'T RECALL IF IT WAS ACTUALLY ANYTHING PROGRAMMED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, IT WOULD'VE JUST BEEN STREET FUNDS AND, UM, NO, THERE WERE NONE PROGRAMMED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I WAS NOT TECHNICALLY IN THE BUDGET.
IT WAS SHOWING SOME OUT YEARS, BUT WITH LOCAL FUNDS, WHAT THIS DOES WOULD, UM, FREEZE UP A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY FOR OTHER QUICK BUILD AND SAFE STREETS, UH, PROJECTS WITH OUR STREET MAINTENANCE FUNDS.
I THINK I REALLY LIKE THIS PROJECT, BUT, UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S GOOD.
SO POTENTIALLY FREES UP SOME MONEY.
AND THEN ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMPETING PROJECTS YOU HAD DISCUSSED WITH THESE FUNDS? I LIKE THIS PROJECT, BUT WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS COMPETING? UH, FOR THESE TCA THREE FUNDS, THE ONLY, UH, SO WE, WE HAVE ANOTHER UPCOMING OPPORTUNITY WITH THE TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR CLEAN AIR.
UH, THEIR CALL, CALL FOR PROJECTS IS DUE LATER THIS MONTH.
AND THROUGH THAT, UH, WE ARE PLANNING TO APPLY FOR ON STREET, UM, BIKE BIKEWAY GAPS IN OUR NETWORK.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER, UM, POTENTIAL USE FOR THESE FUNDS, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER VIABLE SOURCE THERE, UH, THAT, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS A, THIS, THIS SEEMS TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST BASED ON, AGAIN, THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THE, THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE AND THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, THERE AREN'T TOO MANY PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT CAN BE REALIZED FOR THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, IS KIND OF MY
ANYBODY NEXT? YES, WILLIAM? YEAH.
GOING, THIS SEEMS, UH, VERY PROMISING.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT FUNDING WOULD BE RELEASED THIS SUMMER AND YOU START PLANNING, CAN PLANNING BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TO GET QUOTES FROM CONSULTANTS AND THEN BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, NOTICE TO PROCEED AS SOON AS THE MONEY'S AVAILABLE? YEAH, THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY.
UM, AND THEN CAN I ASK THAT, UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT BRANDING AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE CITY STYLE, YOU KNOW, LOGOS AND STUFF.
I JUST, UH, ASK THAT WE THINK ABOUT MAXIMIZING THE FUNDS THAT ARE USED FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A, A CONCRETE PLAN, YOU KNOW, SIGN GOES HERE, SAN GOES THERE, UH, AND THEN THE LABOR AND MATERIALS THEMSELVES, UH, OVER HAVING, YOU KNOW, A NEW BRANDING EFFORT THAT COSTS, YOU KNOW, HUNDRED GRAND.
AND ONE OF THE THING, SO MERGE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY A A FEW YEARS BACK HIRED A WAYFINDING CONSULTANT.
I WOULD SAY THAT EFFORT WAS REALLY DESIGN HEAVY AND BRANDING HEAVY AND PLANNING LIGHT
SO WHAT THEY PRODUCED WERE A BUNCH OF DESIGNS FOR SIGNS.
THEY DIDN'T REALLY PRODUCE PLANS FOR SIGNS.
UM, SO THEY DIDN'T, BEYOND JUST A HANDFUL OF LOCATIONS, THEY DID NOT CREATE A SIGN PLAN THAT STIPULATED WHERE SIGNS SHOULD GO AND WHAT THEY SHOULD SAY.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE ON THE DESIGN SIDE ON THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS RAISED WITH THEIR DESIGN.
IT WAS THE SIGNS DO SAY BIKE PETALUMA, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD FROM THIS COMMITTEE CONCERNS WITH THAT BRANDING JUST BEING, NOT BEING INCLUSIVE OF OTHER MODES.
THOSE SIGNS ALSO ONLY SHOWED, UH, BIKING TIME ESTIMATES.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD WALKING TIME ESTIMATES TO THESE SIGNS.
UM, AND, AND THEN I THINK GOING BEYOND THAT, WE CAN TAKE, WE CAN TAKE THAT BRANDING OR THEIR, THEIR DESIGN AND APPLY IT TO SOME DIFFERENT SIGN TYPES.
SO YEAH, SHARE, SHARE YOUR, UM, PRIORITIES WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT THAT REALLY THE PRIORITY.
THE PRIORITY HERE IS, IS THE PLAN AND THE INSTALLATION.
WE DON'T NEED NEW GRAPHIC DESIGN OR, OR LOGOS.
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ELSE? OH, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR RIGHT HERE, FRANK.UM, SO MARGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LIKE THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE MATH APPROXIMATE 200 SIGNS.
UM, WHAT, UH, BJORN, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, LIKE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE NETWORK WOULD THAT TAKE CARE OF? HOW MUCH MORE WOULD WE NEED? THAT'S AGAIN, JUST LIKE BALLPARK DIRECTIONAL.
I HAVE NOT, I'LL BE HONEST, HAVE NOT DONE THAT MATH YET.
UM, BUT I'M, LIKE I SAID, I'M, I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN COVER THE MAJORITY, IF NOT THE ENTIRETY OF OUR EXISTING ON-STREET BIKE NETWORK.
AND THEN, UM, AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME FUNDS LEFT ALSO FOR UPCOMING BIKEWAYS IS IS THE GOAL.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES TO MIND, LIKE IF, IF WE HAD THIS PLAN IN PLACE TODAY, AND IF WE HAD SOME SIGNS ON THE STREET AND THERE WAS A NEED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A QUICK BILL PROJECT THAT CAME UP OR STREET MAINTENANCE THAT CAME UP AND THERE WAS A NEED TO ADD MORE SIGNS, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO, YOU KNOW, JUST GET SORT OF SPOT FUNDING FOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? THOSE WOULD, THOSE WOULD DEFINITELY BE, THOSE WOULD BE COVERED AS PART OF THE PROJECT BUDGETS FOR QUICK, A QUICK BUILD PROJECT OR A PAVING PROJECT.
UM, WE WOULD KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY WAY FINDING SIGNS NEED TO BE INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THE SIGN THROUGH THE SIGN PLAN.
AND, UH, AND THAT WOULD JUST BE COVERED IN THAT PROJECT BUDGET.
IT, IT WOULD BE A, A FRACTION OF THE COST, UH, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A PA PAVING OR EVEN A QUICK BUILD PROJECT.
AND I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, HAS HELD US BACK IS WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA SORT OF GET THE PLANNING RIGHT BEFORE WE MOVE TOGETHER SO THAT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO IS THOUGHTFUL AND COMPREHENSIVE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE GET THAT KNOCKED OUT, UM, IF THERE'S A GAP IN SIGNAGE SOMEWHERE, UM, IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY LESS, WELL, IT SHOULD BE LESS PAINFUL AND QUICKER TO GET THOSE SIGNS IN PLACE.
THE SIGNS, THE LOCATIONS AND CONTENT WILL ALREADY BE, HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
SO IF, UH, IF WE RECOMMEND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? I MEAN, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FUNDING COULD BE AVAILABLE IN JULY, BUT IS IT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO GO TO COUNCIL BEFORE, YOU KNOW, FOR APPROVAL? YES.
SO THE APPLICATION IS DUE, UH, NEXT WEEK TO SCTA.
IT WOULD BE DISCUSSED AT THE COUNTYWIDE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN, SCTA COUNTYWIDE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF WHICH CHAIR TAR IS A CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE FOR PETALUMA.
UM, ALONG WITH MYSELF AS A STAFF REPRESENTATIVE, I'LL GO THERE FOR APPROVAL AND THEN WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A COUNCIL RESOLUTION ALSO SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION BY APRIL 28TH.
SO WE HAVE THAT, UH, TEED UP FOR THE APRIL 21ST COUNCIL MEETING.
SO IS THERE ANY RISK THAT IT WOULDN'T BE APPROVED AT THE COUNTY SETA BOARD? NO, AS LONG AS IT'S CONSISTENT WITH, UM, THE TDA THREE, UH, AS LONG AS IT MEETS THEIR GUIDELINES, UH, OR ELIGIBLE PROJECT TYPE.
UM, AND ALSO ASSUMING THAT, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM OUR LOCAL COMMITTEE HERE, UM, EXPRESSING YOUR SUPPORT FOR ITS, UH, FOR THE APPLICATION THEN.
YEAH, AND, AND I'D SAY, I MEAN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE DOWN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING, UH, THE DOWNSIDE IS IN, IN WAITING BECAUSE GIVEN THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL CLIMATE, UH, IT CERTAINLY SEEMS POSSIBLE THAT FUNDING SOURCES COULD, UM, COULD DISSIPATE IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, UH, WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO, YOU KNOW, DO SO AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
ANYONE ELSE COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
THEN AGAIN, WITH THIS ITEM, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT IS DONE, WE'LL COME BACK ONCE AGAIN TO COUNCIL, UH, TO, UH, THE COMMITTEE PEOPLE.
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PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES IN PERSON OR BY PERSON IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND RETURN IT TO THE CLERK.
AND I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD HERE FOR MARY.
UM, WHILE THAT'S GOING ON, UH, CLERK, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING FOR THIS ITEM? UH, TWO PRIOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
SO MARY, YOU'RE, I THINK THE SOLE SPEAKER, I, I'M GONNA THROW MYSELF, MR. OH, BRUCE IS COMING INTO 20 SECONDS
UM, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH TONIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD TELL YOU THE REASON I'M SO ANNOYINGLY PERSISTENT ON THIS ISSUE IS BECAUSE, UM, A LOT OF PUNDITS HAVE SAID THAT THE REASON OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WENT THE WAY IT DID WAS BECAUSE LIBERALS DON'T SEEM TO GET THINGS DONE.
AND WE SEEM TO SPEND AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY NOT GETTING THINGS DONE.
I CAN TELL JUST FROM WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING, THAT YOU PROBABLY FEEL AS FRUSTRATED ABOUT THAT AS I DO.
AND I REALLY, I SO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU PUT INTO THE WORK YOU'RE DOING HERE.
UM, WE KNOW 67% OF OUR CO2 EMISSIONS IN THIS TOWN ARE FROM MOTOR VEHICLES.
SEEMS TO ME IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF THOUGHT TO FIGURE OUT THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO START GETTING PEOPLE OUTTA THEIR CARS IS TO TELL 'EM WHERE THE TRAILS ARE.
UM, THERE ARE MANY JURISDICTIONS, SEATTLE, WHERE I USED TO LIVE, PORTLAND, ALL BEND, ALL KINDS OF PLACES WHERE ALL THEY HAVE ARE THOSE VERY SIMPLE GREEN SIGNS.
SMART HAS PUT UP SOME WONDERFUL NEW SIGNAGE, AND A LOT OF IT IS THOSE OBLONG SIGNS AND THEY SAY THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL IS 0.1 OF A MILE THIS WAY, ET CETERA.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT WE COULD DO THIS.
I HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT $240,000 FOR THIS.
AND, UH, I, I MEAN, IT JUST, IT BLOWS MY MIND BECAUSE WE CAN DO THIS.
I MEAN, UH, WE, WE HAD THAT BIG STUDY DONE AND IT WASN'T REALLY DONE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT FOCUSED MORE ON DESIGN THAN IT DID ON ACTUALLY GETTING PEOPLE SAFELY FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
HOW, YOU KNOW, IF THAT ONE WENT WRONG, HOW DO WE KNOW THESE OTHER CONSULTANTS ARE GONNA FOCUS ON WHAT WE WANT? WE HAVE SAFE STREETS, PETALUMA READY, WILLING, AND ABLE TO WORK AS A PARTNER WITH YOU.
WE COULD HAND YOU TODAY, WE HAVE HANDED YOU A WHOLE LIST OF SIGNS AND WHERE THEY SHOULD BE LOCATED.
MOST OF THEM CAN BE ON EXISTING POLLS, AND FOR $30 YOU COULD PUT 'EM UP THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO I SUPPOSE IF YOU WANNA SPEND $240,000 ON A BIG STUDY, TO ME, I WOULD SAY, LET'S PUT UP THESE SIGNS, SEE IF SAFE STREETS HAS DONE A GOOD JOB, AND LET US KEEP GOING.
WHY DON'T YOU HIRE US AS AN INTERN IF YOU WANT TO, AND GET SOMETHING DONE BY LOCAL PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND LOCAL NEEDS.
AND WE WON'T END UP WITH PRODUCTS THAT WE DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HERE IN TOWN, SUCH AS OUR NEW SHEROS ON FIFTH STREET THAT GO IN THREE DIRECTIONS.
THE FAILURE TO EVEN HAVE A SIGN ON FIFTH STREET THAT SAYS IT'S A GREEN WAY.
SO ANYWAY, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GREAT, AND SORRY TO COMPLAIN ALL THE TIME, BUT, UH, I THINK WE COULD DO STUFF FASTER, CHEAPER, AND SMARTER.
SO I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS PROBABLY A DOZEN TIMES COME UP THAT WOULD BE VERY HANDY TO HAVE, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC EDUCATION OR DOING PLANNING, OR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO PUT THE WAY FINDING SIGNS IN WAVE ONE WOULD BE EITHER A PRINTOUT THAT'S REALLY BIG THAT I CAN STICK UP ON THE WALL AND HAVE PEOPLE LOOK AT IT, MAYBE PUT SOME MYLAR OVER IT AND MARK OUT THINGS.
OR WHEN WE TAKE IT DOWN TO, UH, THE, UH, BIKE TO WORK DAY, AND PEOPLE THERE AT THE TABLE SAY, I WANNA KNOW HOW TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE, TO HAVE A GREAT BIG SIGN THAT WE COULD POINT TO AND TALK ABOUT THOSE DIFFERENT ROUTES, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
SO IF I CAN GET ONE OF THOSE PRINTED, A NICE LITTLE ROLL, OR MAYBE FIVE OF THEM, OR AT LEAST HAVE A PDF THAT I CAN TAKE TO A COMMERCIAL PRINTER PRINTER, THAT WOULD BE VERY HANDY.
AND THAT'S ALL I, THAT'S ALL I ASK AT THIS POINT.
YOU, THAT WAS QUICK FOR MR. HAGEN.
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ALL RIGHT.ANYONE ELSE WANNA MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ISLAND, THIS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, AND WE WILL MOVE BACK TO THE COMMITTEE, AND NOW WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND ALSO MAKE COMMENT.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO BE FIRST? AND I'M SURE DARREN IS READY.
UH, YEAH, JUST ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION ACTUALLY, THAT MARIA RAISED.
IF WE AUTHORIZE THESE FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM AND WE'RE UNDER BUDGET, DOES THE REMAINDER GET STORED IN BANK? WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT? YES, THE FUNDS WOULD BE BANKED FOR ANYTHING WE DON'T INVOICE.
AND WOULD, UH, WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THEM FOR FUTURE, UH, ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.
SO IF WE DO INTERNS AND, YEAH.
SO IF WE FIND COST SAVING MEASURES, WE GET TO KEEP THE EXTRA MONEY.
AND THEN MY SECOND THING WAS JUST GONNA PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE, UH, WHAT'S LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
BUT I'LL WAIT FOR DISCUSSION IN A SECOND.
SO YOU'RE WILLING TO WAIT FOR JUST A SECOND? UH, NO, YOU CAN, YOU CAN MOTION.
I'LL PUT THE MOTION IN, BUT I DON'T WANNA STOP.
YEAH, I'LL PUT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WELL, WE CAN TAKE THE MOTION AND, AND ALSO TAKE A SECOND AND THEN OPEN DISCUSSION ON IT.
AT LEAST MY VERSION OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
YOU'RE DOING ROBERTS RULES ORDER.
WHY? WHY DON'T I WAIT, WHY DON'T WE LET DISCUSSION HAPPEN? OKAY.
AND THEN I'M SURE SOMEONE WILL JUMP IN.
WHO ELSE HAS A COMMENT? ANYONE? OH, COME ON.
ARE WE READY TO GO THEN? NO COMMENTS.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT LAND USE FOR A LITTLE WHILE? NO.
DARREN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? YES, I, YES.
AND YOUR MOTION WOULD BE, MY MOTION WOULD BE TO PRIORITIZE THE CITYWIDE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WAYFINDING DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT, ARTICLE THREE FUNDING.
I'LL SECOND BETTER SAID BY YOU THAN ME.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND WITH FRANK.
ANYMORE COMMENT FROM ANYONE? THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO MAKE COMMENT, IF NOT, CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL A ROLE, PLEASE? UM, BASHAW, UH, GARCIA? YES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.
WE'RE MOVING TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS LISTED AS, WHERE AM I? UH, RECOMMENDATION TO ELECT A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, BJORN, WHO WILL BE THE STAFF MAKING THE PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM, AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THOSE OF US WHO ARE HERE TO MAKE COMMENT.
SO, UH, ANNUALLY, WE AS A COMMITTEE ELECT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UM, AND THESE ARE ROLES AS, UH, CHAIR TAR, UH, EXEMP EXEMPLIFIES DO REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL TIME, UH, OUTSIDE OF MEETINGS AND, UM, AND, UH,
UM, IT'S NOT A HUGE FOR THE CHAIR, NOT A HUGE ADDITIONAL OBLIGATION.
UM, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MARJA AND I MEET ONCE A MONTH OUTSIDE OF MEETINGS TO KIND OF DEBRIEF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND TALK ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE UPCOMING MEETING.
UM, SHE IS PROVIDED WITH AN ANNOTATED AGENDA BEFORE EVERY MEETING THAT GIVES HER THIS GREAT SCRIPT THAT SHE, UH, READS FROM AND HELPS, UH, KEEP, KEEP US ALL HONEST AND ON TRACK.
UH, AND THEN THE VICE CHAIR DUTIES ARE, UH, REALLY JUST TO FILL IN FOR THE CHAIR WHENEVER THEY'RE UNAVAILABLE.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN OPENING FOR A VICE CHAIR, UM, CHAIR TARS TERM WITH THIS COMMITTEE ENDS IN JUNE.
SO WE FIGURED TONIGHT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO FILL THE VICE CHAIR SEAT AT, AT A MINIMUM, BUT ALSO I WOULD LOVE IF WE MIGHT FIND A VOLUNTEER FOR THE CHAIR, UH, SEAT STARTING IN JULY ONCE, UH, MARJA IS OFF OF THIS.
ARE, ARE YOU I SERVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH.
BUT YOUR, ARE, IS YOUR TERM EXPIRES? I'M D I'M TERMED OUT.
SO, UM, SO LOOKING FOR IDEALLY A VOLUNTEER
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FOR VICE CHAIR STARTING, UH, IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN A CHAIR STARTING IN WITH OUR JULY MEETING.UM, ASSUMING THAT CHAIR TAR IS STILL WILLING TO SERVE OUT THE END OF HER TERM, WHICH I THINK SHE IS
AND WE CAN JUST HAND TAKE, TAKE CARE OF ALL THIS TONIGHT.
THE MUSICAL CHAIRS CAN, CAN WE MAKE THIS PUT, CAN WE ADD ONE MORE, ONE MORE THOUGHT THAT I HAD? UM, I AM THE CHAIR UNTIL THE, THE LAST DAY OF JUNE, CORRECT? MM-HMM
AND FRANK HAS BEEN REMOVED AS OUR VICE CHAIR.
WE NEED TO ELECT A VICE CHAIR TONIGHT WHOSE TERM WOULD EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH, 25, TO BE REDETERMINED AT THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY, UM, BY OUR COMMITTEE.
AND I KIND OF THINK THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE ALSO A GOOD WAY TO, IN OTHER WORDS, TO WAIT AND DELAY VOTING ON A CHAIR NOW AND LEAVING IT FOR THE NEW GROUP WHO WILL BE SEATED, UM, WHEN THEY COME IN ON JULY ONE.
AND ACTUALLY OUR MEETING IS ON JULY TWO.
UM, BUT THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GONNA BE OFF, SO SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE TAKING MY PLACE AND SOMEONE ELSE MAY HAVE A FAMILY EMERGENCY AND MAY DECIDE THAT THEY AREN'T INTERESTED IN RUNNING, OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME, AND YET WE GET ANOTHER NEW PERSON.
IT'S KIND OF NICE TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE JUST TO DO A TEMPORARY OR FILL IN VICE CHAIR BET FOR BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 30TH, AND THEN HOLD OFF ON THE OTHER TWO TO THAT JAN, TO THAT JULY 2ND MEETING.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO TALK? I HAVE BEEN TALKING WAY TOO MUCH TONIGHT.
I THINK IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE CHAIR STARTING THE SUMMER, UM, THAT WE COULD VOTE ON IT.
UM, I'M GONNA NOMINATE MYSELF AS VICE CHAIR THROUGH THE, UH, YOU SAID JULY? YEAH, THROUGH THE END OF JUNE.
WE HAVE A NOMINATION, A SELF NOMINATION.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A NOMINATION? IT'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF INTERESTING JOBS.
WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE HAVE ONE CANDIDATE, RIGHT? CAN WE, CAN WE VOTE BY ACCLIMATION OR DO WE NEED TO HAVE A ROLL CALL? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED A ROLL CALL FOR THIS ONE.
AARON, WHAT DO YOU THINK? WE COULD DO? ONE TO BE SAFE.
WHY DON'T WE JUST DO A ROLL CALL AND WE'LL BE SURE THAT WAY.
AARON, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? WE ARE VOTING TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION OF WILLIAM FOR VICE CHAIR THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, GOSH, THAT WAS EASY.
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COMMITTEE COMMENT.DURING COMMITTEE COMMENT, COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO SHARE BRIEFLY UPDATES, UM, THAT THEY FEEL ARE RELEVANT TO THE, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE.
ALSO TO PUBLICIZE EVENTS THAT ARE CITYWIDE GOING TO BE HAPPENING SOON WITHIN THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
UM, AND OR IF YOU SIT ON ANOTHER BOARD, UM, SIMILAR TO THIS ONE, UM, AND YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT, THAT WOULD BE LOVELY AS WELL.
THE LIAISONS CAN, THIS IS THEIR CHANCE TO SHINE AND TELL US WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THEIR LIAISON SHIP.
FOR EXAMPLE, FRANK IS NOW ON THE, ON THE, UH, COUNCIL.
SO WHEN IT COMES HIM HIS TURN TONIGHT, HE WILL UPDATE US HOPEFULLY ON EVERYTHING THAT WE THINK HE NEEDS TO REPORT BACK TO US THAT REGARD.
DARREN IS OUR, UM, PLANNING PERSON.
AND SO WHEN DARREN GIVES HIS REPORT THE SAME THING, TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON THAT RELATES TO US, HOW CAN WE, WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION DO YOU NEED FROM US? SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHO WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN? OR CAN I JUST START DOWN HERE WITH JOAN? JOANNA.
UM, YEAH, I WAS TOLD THIS IS THE RIGHT, RIGHT SPACE FOR THIS.
I WANNA BRING THIS UP BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT YOUTH ON E-BIKES AND THAT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION IN THE CITY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, OFFER A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND SEE, MAYBE I'M AN OUTLIER THERE, BUT MAYBE ALSO WE COULD LIKE LOOK AT THIS AT SOME POINT.
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UM, SO THE GENERAL FEELING IS LIKE THERE'S ALL THESE ROWDY TEENAGERS ON E-BIKES IN THE CITY.UM, AND SHOULDN'T THERE BE MORE RULES? AND SOME CITIES ALREADY LIKE BANNED SOME OF THE BIKES.
UM, I WANNA SAY, WELL, THERE ARE RULES AND RESTRICTIONS, RIGHT? UM, THERE'S LIKE, FOR THE YOUTH UNDER 16, THEY CAN ONLY RIDE A CLASS ONE OR CLASS TWO, SO THAT'S LIMITED TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THEY'RE NOT THAT ENFORCED, BUT THERE ARE RULES.
UM, I DO WANNA SPEAK FOR THE YOUTH ON BIKES.
HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES IN TWO WAYS.
LIKE ONE FOR THE YOUTH, I HAVE A 14-YEAR-OLD.
IT IS AMAZING HOW MUCH INDEPENDENCE THEY GAIN WITH THOSE E-BIKES.
I MEAN, HE IS TAKING CARS OFF THE ROAD BY GOING TO SCHOOL ON HIS E-BIKE.
ALL HIS FRIENDS GO TO SCHOOL ON BIKE.
THEY'RE FREEING UP MY TIME BECAUSE I DON'T DRIVE THEM AROUND IN THE AFTERNOON.
THEY PAY FOR THE BRAKE PATHS, WHICH REALLY LIMITS THE WHEELIE.
UM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO LIKE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN A CAR.
AND WE ALL KNOW AS WE GET OUT OF THE CAR AND WE GET INTO THE COMMUNITY ON BIKE, WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S THE THIRD PART I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS WHAT DO WE AS A COMMUNITY DO WITH US? THIS IS OUR NEXT LEADERS FOR THIS GROUP.
THEY'RE 14 TO 16, RIGHT? THAT'S MOSTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY WILL BECOME SAFER DRIVERS IF THEY CHOOSE TO DRIVE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE BEING IN TRAFFIC AND NOT BEING SEEN BY DRIVERS.
THEY WILL ALSO MOST LIKELY GET TO LOVE THE E-BIKE AND NOT GET INTO A CAR THAT MUCH AT AGE 16 EITHER.
SO INSTEAD OF LIKE BANNING AND RESTRICTING AND HOW DO WE, LIKE, I, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE REFRAME THAT AND SAY LIKE, HOW WE, CAN WE GET MORE OF THIS? YES, THEY NEED SAFETY, RIGHT? I HOPEFULLY WE ALL TEACH OUR KIDS TO BE SAFE IN TRAFFIC, WHETHER IT'S AS A PEDESTRIAN OR ON AN E-BIKE, BUT ALSO HOW CAN WE LIKE, CAPTURE THAT ENERGY? THEY ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE BIKES.
LIKE WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THAT.
WE NEED TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE CARS WHEN THEY'RE 16.
SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
YOU MIGHT WANT, YOU MIGHT WANNA THINK ABOUT HOW WE COULD HELP.
WHAT COULD PAC DO TO MAKE THIS A SAFER PLACE FOR EVERYONE? OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? OH, YES.
UM, I DO HEAR THE CONCERNS FOR PEOPLE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE NOT RIDING SAFE, RIGHT? AND WE COULD, WE COULD, AS A COMMUNITY, SEE HOW WE CAN OFFER SOME LIKE, ACTUALLY FUN CLASSES ON HOW TO RIDE AN E-BIKE.
THEY'RE ALL MOTOR, UM, MOPED STYLE, UH, E-BIKES, RIGHT? HOW DO YOU RIDE THEM SAFELY AND MAKE IT FUN FOR THE KIDS SO THAT THEY HAVE SOME BETTER CONTROL OF THE BIKE? SOME OF THEM HAVE GREAT CONTROL.
SOME OF THEM IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOD.
UM, THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT THE ILLEGAL E-BIKES, RIGHT? DO YOU AT SOME POINT WANNA ADDRESS THAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ACTUALLY WITHOUT A LICENSE PLATE OR A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ANYTHING ON THE LIKE 50 MILES AN HOUR BIKES.
BUT MOSTLY HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE MORE KIDS TO RIDE THOSE BIKES AND RIDE THEM TO SCHOOL AND GET OUT OF THE CAR, GET OFF THE SCREEN, BE OUTSIDE.
LIKE WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THAT.
HOW ABOUT MAKING THIS AN AGENDA ITEM? OKAY.
AND ACTUALLY GET A, MAYBE A PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
WE DON'T, WE HAVE VERY FEW BICYCLE RULES OF ANY TYPE IN THIS TOWN.
I'M, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY.
BUT WHAT COULD WE DO TO, I MEAN, I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT, IF WE PUT THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM, UM, MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME RESEARCH AND FIND, FIND OUT WHAT OTHER PLACES ARE DOING TO HELP KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE, BUT MAKE IT AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE, DA DA DA DA, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO, BJORN, COULD YOU PUT THAT ON OUR LIST, PLEASE? YEAH.
AND I'LL, I'LL QUICKLY SAY THAT, UM, OUR
UM, SO IT MAY JUST BE A MATTER OF ELEVATING WHAT'S IN THE, WHAT'S
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ALREADY IN THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE.BUT YEAH, CERTAINLY HAPPY TO INCLUDE THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
I WOULD, WOULD REALLY WANT TO INVITE PARTICIPATION FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS AROUND E-BIKES AND, UM, AND THEN ALSO SAFE SONOMA COUNTY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS THE, OUR, OUR COUNTY, UM, NONPROFIT THAT'S, UM, UH, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CHARGED WITH THAT MISSION OF PROMOTING SAFE, UH, CAR FREE TRANSPORTATION IT AMONG OUR STUDENTS.
WOULD THIS WORK FOR YOU, JOHANNA? OKAY, GREAT.
WE, ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO REPORT ON? NO, THANK YOU.
FRANK, DO YOU WANNA REPORT ON COUNCIL? YEAH, I MEAN, UH, I WANNA JUST ECHO, UH, UM, YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS.
I, UH, AS THE FATHER OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD, I, I, UH, I BOUGHT MY SON A, UH, AN E-BIKE THIS LAST FOR CHRISTMAS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A DECISION THAT WE, WE WEIGHED HEAVILY AND WE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT.
AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK CLIMATE IS, UH, IS AN, IS AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS THAT WE'RE FACED WITH.
AND, UM, AND, AND, AND CREATING WAYS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE AWAY FROM VEHICLES.
FOR ME, I THINK, UM, UH, E-BIKES IS, IS REALLY SORT OF A GAME CHANGER.
AND, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW TO GET MORE KIDS ON THEM.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DO IT SAFELY.
I RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, WHEN, UH, WHEN, WHEN DRIVERS, AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS SEE KIDS DRIVING E-BIKES, UH, ON THE ROADS, IT'S EASY TO GET FRUSTRATED WITH THEM.
UH, NOT FOR ME, BUT I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT PERSPECTIVE OF THE, OF THE AUTOMOBILE DRIVER.
AND, UM, AND SO I REALLY THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT WE NEED TO, TO TALK ABOUT AND TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE PROMOTE SAFETY AND MAKE THIS, UM, AN AN ASSET? I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO EDUCATING, UM, UH, AND, AND, AND HONESTLY BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, FOR ALL PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO USE ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP.
AND I THINK IT'S A, A, IT'S A, IT'S A, UM, BIG TOPIC THAT WE SHOULD, UM, THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS.
UM, AS FAR AS OTHER LIAISON MEETINGS, UM, NOT MUCH FROM, I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AT COUNCIL OVER THE LAST MONTH.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IT HASN'T BEEN ON TOPICS RELATED TO, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M GONNA, UH, AND I HAVE A LITTLE PTSD FROM SOME OF IT, SO I'M GONNA BYPASS IT TONIGHT, UH, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, BUT, UM, AND THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY, UH, UH, UM, TRANSIT MEETINGS, UH, SINCE OUR LAST P BACK MEETING.
BUT I WILL TALK ABOUT, UM, THE, THERE'S BEEN GREAT NEWS ON THE, UH, UM, WITH THE PETALUMA NORTH, UH, SMART STATION.
UM, WE HAVE, SO WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL, SOME INFORMATION FROM SMART.
WE HAVE, UH, AND, AND, UM, ADAM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE DATA ON, BUT WHAT WE RECEIVED IS WE HAVE ONE MONTH OF DATA ON THE BOARDINGS AT PETALUMA NORTH SINCE OUR STATION OPEN ON JANUARY 10TH.
DESPITE THE RAIN, WHICH ALWAYS AFFECTS SMART RIDERSHIP, UH, WE'RE THRILLED TO SEE HOW WELL THE STATION IS PERFORMING SO FAR.
UH, WE'RE AVERAGING OVER 200 BOARDINGS PER WEEKDAY AT THE PETALUMA NORTH, UH, WHILE MAINTAINING NEARLY 500 AVERAGE BOARDINGS AT PETALUMA DOWNTOWN, THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING TO SEE IF RIDERSHIP IS JUST MOVING FROM ONE STATION TO ANOTHER.
AND, UH, WHAT SMART'S BEEN, UH, EXPERIENCING IS THAT IT'S ACTUAL NEW RIDERSHIP, UM, UH, WITH PETALUMA NORTH COMING ONLINE.
SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, PETALUMA DOWNTOWN IS THE NUMBER ONE BUSIEST STATION AND PET, AND, UH, PETALUMA NORTH IS ALREADY THE EIGHTH BUSIEST STATION.
SO, UM, GREAT, UH, GREAT NEWS THERE.
UM, WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, BJORN AND THE CITY STAFF.
I'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING AND ADVOCATING TO GET, UM, BIKE RACKS INSTALLED AT OUR PETALUMA VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE, UH, LOCATION AT MURPHY FIELD, UM, NEXT TO, UH, SAFEWAY ON MCDOWELL.
AND, UH, SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THAT GOING IN.
WE'RE JUST KICKING OFF THE NEW SEASON, AND, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S
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A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE RIDING THEIR BIKES TO LITTLE LEAGUE AND BASEBALL AND, AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NICE ADDITION TO THE PARK OVER THERE.THANK YOU BJORN AND, AND, AND THE CITY STAFF FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY IS I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
I THINK THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF, UH, COMMENTS COME INTO COUNCIL AND, UH, UH, A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT HAVE MENTIONED IT TO ME PERSONALLY WITH, UM, CONCERNS WITH THE ROUNDABOUTS ON THE GREENWAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE, YOU, IF YOU'VE HEARD, BUT, UM, IT, IT SEEMS THAT THE ROUNDABOUTS ARE, UM, SMALL ENOUGH THAT THE CROSS TRAFFIC IS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BREEZING THROUGH THEM WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN.
AND THAT MAYBE HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, CREATED A CONCERN FOR FOLKS THAT ARE ON BIKES.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A, A NEED, UH, TO, TO REVISIT THAT, OR IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S HIT YOUR, YOUR RADAR, BJORN? YEAH, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT PRETTY CLOSELY.
WE JUST, UH, COLLECTED SOME SPEED DATA OUT THERE.
UM, AND THE, THE SPEEDS ARE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WE'D LIKE TO SEE.
THEY ARE DOWN FROM WHAT THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY, OBVIOUSLY IN THE ABSENCE OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE.
BUT, UM, THE QUESTION NOW IS, WHAT, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO OUT THERE TO, UM, TO BRING THOSE SPEEDS DOWN ON, ON ICE STREET IN PARTICULAR? UM, HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD THE SAME CONCERNS WITH THE G STREET TRAFFIC CIRCLE MORE SO IT'S MORE SO WITH, UH, ICE STREET TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING, UM, UH, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CIRCLE.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THERE IS THAT WE, THOSE CIRCLE, MANY HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THOSE CIRCLES ARE VERY SMALL, AND THAT WAS INTENTIONAL.
IT WAS TO PROVIDE ENOUGH CLEARANCE SO THAT A VEHICLE CAN, UM, MAKE IT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT ENCROACHING ON THE CROSSWALKS.
UM, AND WE FOLLOWED A, A STANDARD THAT'S USED BY, UH, CAME OUT OF THE CITY OF, CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO'S STREET STANDARDS FOR THEIR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CIRCLE DIMENSIONS.
UM, IT, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH, UM, TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE ANY, UH, EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.
UH, RIGHT NOW WITHOUT ANY VERTICAL ELEMENTS IN THE BULL BOUTS.
UM, FIRE ENGINES AND LADDER TRUCKS CAN NAVIGATE THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE.
THEY CAN ALSO MAKE LEFT TURN LADDER TRUCKS WOULD NEED TO MAKE A LEFT IN FRONT OF THE CIRCLE.
IF THEY WERE TO TURN, UH, MAKE ANY LEFT TURNS AT THE INTERSECTIONS, ENGINES CAN ACTUALLY GO AROUND THE CIRCLE AND MAKE A NORMAL LEFT TURN.
UM, ONCE WE INTRODUCE VERTICAL ELEMENTS IN THE BULL BOUTS, IT WOULD, UH, THEY WOULD ENCROACH UPON, UM, SOME OF THOSE LARGER TRUCK TURNING MOVEMENTS.
SO IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THAT SWEET SPOT BETWEEN ACCOMMODATING EMERGENCY RESPONSE, BUT ALSO ACHIEVING THE INTENDED TRAFFIC CALMING.
UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE WE CAN INSTALL OUT THERE.
ADVISORY SIGNAGE, UM, WOULD LOVE TO GET THE BULB OUTS AND THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE ITSELF FILLED IN WITH SOME PAINT TO MAKE THEM POP A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND THEN GET SOME, UH, SOME, PROBABLY SOME FLEXIBLE, UM, ELEMENTS IN THE BULL BOUTS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF FIRETRUCK NEED TO RUN OVER THEM, THAT'S FINE.
UH, BUT SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY MOST PEOPLE DRIVING WILL, UM, WILL, UH, TRY TO AVOID AND FORCE THEM TO SLOW DOWN, SO.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, I KNOW IT'S, UH, SO THE, THE, UH, SECTION OF THE SMART PATH FROM SOUTH POINT TO PEN GROVE IS SLATED TO OPEN SOON.
SO I THINK, UH, THAT MAY BE COMING UP IN APRIL.
AND SO JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.
I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A RIBBON CUTTING, UH, AND I HOPE TO BE OUT THERE FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING AND MAKE THAT MAIDEN JOURNEY.
ARE THERE NOT BUDGET TALKS COMING UP? IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THERE? UH, THERE ARE.
SO BUDGET WILL BE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL SOON.
UM, AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT I KNOW OF THAT YOU NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.
UH, MOVING DOWN THE LINE, WILLIAM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UH, YEAH, JUST FIRST, UM, BECAUSE THE ROUNDABOUTS CAME UP, THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES, UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE RIGHT AROUND EUROPE, THE, UM, RAISED, UH, CROSSWALKS, SO IT, THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SAME LEVEL OF THE SIDEWALK WAS A WAY TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE.
AND THAT DOESN'T CHANGE WHERE ANY OF THOSE VERTICAL ELEMENTS ARE.
UH, JUST, UH, ONE MORE THING TO HELP YOU, UH, PUT ON THE BRAKES AND MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEDESTRIANS TO JUST GO STRAIGHT ACROSS.
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THERE, UM, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER, BUT, UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO REPORT ON, I WENT TO THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION, UH, LAST MONTH AND WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS WHAT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THERE.THERE'S A PRESENTATION ON, UH, SCHOOL ZONE RESILIENCE AND MOBILITY HUBS.
UM, THERE'S A PILOT PROJECT THEY'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT AT SOME SCHOOL AROUND PETALUMA, TBD, UM, BASED ON, UM, SOME PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA, UH, THAT WOULD IMPROVE, UH, MOBILITY JUST IN THE AREA AROUND THIS, YOU KNOW, ONE SCHOOL, WHATEVER SELECTED.
BUT IT'S A PILOT PROJECT, UH, INTENDED TO BE ROLLED OUT AT IN MORE PROJECTS AT, AT MORE SCHOOL SITES.
UM, UH, SO THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAD OUR LITTLE AD HOC BREAKOUTS, UM, AND I THINK THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, IN THAT AD HOC GROUP WAS TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT.
AND, UH, I WAS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, SHARED GOALS, OBVIOUSLY WITH P BACK.
UM, SO NOTHING CONCRETE, BUT THAT'S, UH, WHAT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT.
YEAH, QUICK UPDATE FROM PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING IN A WHILE, BUT THERE IS, AS A PREVIEW OF UPCOMING ATTRACTIONS, UH, NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE HAVING A REVIEW OF THE, UH, SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW FOR THE CREEKWOOD DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS IS ONE, UH, THIS IS ON THE EAST SIDE RIGHT NEAR CASA GRANDE.
AND THIS HAS CONNECTIVITY ELEMENTS.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR.
AND THEN IN APRIL, I BELIEVE THERE'LL BE A JOINT MEETING OF PA AND PLANNING TO GO OVER A TP.
UH, SO SOME EXCITING THINGS COMING UP IN SPRING FOR PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND UH, BRUCE HAS ALREADY LEFT, BUT I WAS GONNA SAY ON TREE COMMITTEE, WE'RE HAVING TONS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR URBAN FOREST MASTER URBAN FORESTRY, UH, MASTER PLAN, WHICH HAS A LOT ABOUT GREENING OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, GREENING ALL OF OUR STREETS.
UH, WE, THE CITY HAS A CONSULTANT, UH, WHO'S DONE THIS IN MANY PLACES WORKING ON AN URBAN FORESTRY PLAN.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA REFER HER, SHE'S LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK WITH ABOUT URBAN FORESTRY.
I'M GONNA REFER HER TO BRUCE IN THAT IDEA.
I ALSO THINK AT CLIMATE, UH, AT CAC CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION, DEB FOX TOLD US THAT THEY ARE PILOTING WITH PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS SOME TREE PLANTING PROJECTS, POTENTIALLY, UH, COMING UP SOME STREET TREE PLANTING.
'CAUSE THAT'S EASIER TO GET DONE WITH THE CITY SCHOOLS THEN WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE NETWORK OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND THAT IS THE PETALUMA CITY STREETS.
AND I THINK THERE IS SOME REAL POTENTIAL TO HAVE SOME PROJECTS ROLL OUT FOR STREET TREE.
I MEAN STREET LIVING STREETS, STREET GREENING, STREET TREE PROJECTS.
UH, SO YEAH, I REALLY LIKED WHAT BRUCE HAD TO SAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S CHRIS TO THE MILL WHAT'S COMING UP WITH TREE COMMITTEE.
AND I DEFINITELY WANNA PLUG HIM IN 'CAUSE THAT WAS A GREAT DOCUMENT.
YOU'VE BEEN VERY UNBUSY, BUT BUSY.
ONE SMALL ANNOUNCEMENT, NOT TO CONFUSE YOU WITH MORE ACRONYMS, BUT THE, UM, SCTA, THE SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND THE REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME STAFF WORKING TOGETHER, DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF CLIMATE AND TRANSPORTATION.
WE'RE DECIDING TO JUST KIND OF STILL ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S MAYBE SOME DIFFERENCES, BUT HAVE A NEW NAME, A LOT OF WATER AGENCY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S COMING UP WITH A NEW NAME.
UM, SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE AUTHORITIES.
SO S-C-T-C-A WILL KIND OF ENCOMPASS BOTH, I KNOW, SORRY, MARGE
UM, BOTH TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE WORK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK TO KIND OF, WITH THE POINT OF DOING SOME OF THE RESILIENCE WORK, UM, AROUND SCHOOLS AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS AND WHAT THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF WHAT I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IS THINK ABOUT WHERE WITHIN THEIR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS CAN WE LEVERAGE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, AT EVERY TURN IN VICE VERSA.
SO, UM, SOMETHING INTERESTING, WE, WE PROBABLY HAVE THREE MONTHS TO KIND OF GET ALL OF THE NAME CHANGE STUFF SORTED AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT JUST HEADS UP.
UM, AND THEN THE, I, I GUESS MAYBE A QUESTION, I'M NOT SURE IF WE DECIDED AROUND THE BREAKOUT COMMITTEES.
I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT GREENWAY DESIGN.
I THINK THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE.
UM, ARE WE GONNA BE DOING THOSE? I'M JEALOUS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION.
YEAH, I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO IS IN MAY REVISIT OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY
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NEW, UH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEAS OR IF PEOPLE WANT TO KIND OF CHANGE AD HOCS.UM, AND THEN WE COULD START CHARTING A COURSE TOWARD USING OUR, UTILIZING, UH, THE SAME FORMAT IN OUR MEETINGS.
WE, AND WE, OF COURSE, WE WILL HAVE AN WE ONE NEW MEMBER IN JULY.
AND JASON? UM, I THINK THE MAJORITY OF, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SHARE, UM, EXCEPT THAT I'VE, UM, FIELDED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE EAST SIDE, SPECIFICALLY WITH MCDOWELL WITH THE PROTECTED LANES AND DETRITUS IN THE, IN THE, IN THE ROADWAY.
AND JUST, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE SWEEPERS AND HOW OFTEN THEY'LL BE, HOW OFTEN THEY'LL BE GOING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE SOME SUPPLEMENTAL? YEAH, SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO FLAG.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST OUR CITY, OUR STREET CREW STAFF THAT ARE OPERATING THE STREET SWEEPER.
THEY'RE, I THEY'RE NOT ON A SCHEDULE OF ANY SORT.
UH, SO WHEN YOU'RE SEEING DEBRIS ACCUMULATE, UH, THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD BE TO GO TO CITY OF PETALUMA.ORG/ISSUES.
UM, OR IF YOU HAVE THE ENGAGED PETALUMA APP, YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR PHONE.
UM, AND JUST NOTE THE, THE AREA, YOU CAN UPLOAD PICTURES, UM, AND I THINK AS WE BUILD OUT OUR PROTECTED BIKEWAY NETWORK AND KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR THE F THE FREQUENCY, UH, WITH WHICH DEBRIS IS ACCUMULATING, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT SOME SORT OF A REGULAR SWEEPING SCHEDULE.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT APP YOU MENTIONED? ENGAGED PETALUMA.
UM, THE SECOND THOUGHT THAT I HAD KIND OF SUPPLEMENTAL THOUGHT TO JOHANNA'S, UM, CONCERN OR JUST TALKING ABOUT THE E-BIKES PROBLEM WITH, WITH KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, THE CANE
AND I JUST WONDER IF THIS ISN'T AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIKE PARTNER WITH OR TALK TO KIDS IN SCHOOL ABOUT LIKE, WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.
LIKE IF, IF THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS LIKE, I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT LIKE ANY KID ON TWO WHEELS OR FOUR NON-MOTORIZED WHEELS, UM, IS LIKE I ANY KID OUT OF A CAR IS A GREAT THING.
UM, AND I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO LIKE, BRING THOSE KIDS INTO THE FOLD OF, YOU KNOW, UM, BIKE PARADE FRIDAY, UH, FIRST FRIDAY BIKE RIDES, TALKING TO THEM AT SCHOOL ABOUT LIKE WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE ON THE ROAD AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY BEREFT OF THEIR OWN SAFETY AND THEY MAY BE PARTIALLY, UM, BUT YEAH, LIKE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO ACTUALLY TALK TO THEM ABOUT SAFETY AND WHAT, WHERE THEY FEEL VULNERABLE AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY SEE FOR TRANSIT AROUND THE, UM, AROUND THE CITY.
BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS JOB IN 10 YEARS OR 20 YEARS, OR 30 YEARS WHENEVER IT IS.
AND, UH, I MEAN, NOW'S A BETTER TIME TO GET THEM THINKING ABOUT THAT TO, YOU KNOW, TO THAT EXTENT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW MIGHT, HOW MANY HIGH SCHOOL OR LIKE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN CITY HALL IN, YOU KNOW, PLANNING AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS LIKE THIS.
SO I JUST THINK THAT LIKE, WHEN I HEAR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UM, OH MY GOSH, THE KIDS ARE DOING XI FEEL LIKE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIKE BRIDGE THAT, THAT GAP AND GET MORE KIDS ON BIKES.
UM, THIRD QUESTION I HAD, AND I'M REALLY NEW TO THE WAY FINDING QUESTION OR TO CONVERSATION.
UM, I, I WONDER WHAT OPPORTUNITIES, SO, SO THERE'S A, I WONDER WHAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST, UM, UH, LIKE OUTSIDE OF THE SIGNS OR INCLUDING SIGNS? 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A DESIGN FOR THE SIGNS THEMSELVES AND OPPORTUNITIES AT DIFFERENT JUNCTURES TO PUT GOOD WAY FINDING AND INFORMATION.
BUT I WONDER WHAT OTHER SIGNAGE AND WAY FINDING, UM, OPTIONS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BECAUSE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THREE DIMENSIONALLY IT'S THE SIGNS, BUT YOU HAVE, LIKE IN HOSPITALS, THEY USE, YOU KNOW, COLOR AND UM, AND MOTION AND THE, THE FLOOR ITSELF FOR WAYFINDING.
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A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A, IN AN AD HOC STARTUP SENSE, LIKE WHAT THINGS MIGHT HAVE BEEN TRIED, LIKE PAINTING THE SIDEWALK OR DOING AN AD HOC SIGN SOMEPLACE THAT IT MIGHT BE NEEDED OR USING QR CODES.BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I'VE, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE CARRY PHONES AROUND IN THEIR POCKETS.
THEY MIGHT HAVE THEM WHEN THEY'RE RIDING THEIR BIKES OR WALKING.
UM, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR PEOPLE TO CREATE, UM, TO HAVE WAY FINDING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A SIGN THAT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS EXIST.
SO I JUST HAVE SOME THOUGHTS THERE AS, AS FAR AS LIKE HOW WHAT WE FINDING CAN LOOK LIKE OUTSIDE OF SIGNAGE AND PLANNING AND WHAT THINGS HAVE BEEN TRIED.
SO THAT'S QUESTION SLASH COMMENT.
I'M JUST WONDERING, I MEAN, IT, IT, IT'S A GREAT DISCUSSION ITEM AND I'M, IT MADE ME WONDER IF THE, UM, UH, IF IF THERE'S A OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO BE, UH, A, YOU KNOW, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO HELP WITH, UM, THE PROJECT OF THE, UH, THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION, THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT WAY.
AND SO AD HOCS ARE OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL TO PARTICIPATE.
SO, UM, FOR MS. DAVIES, THAT WOULD BE A, PROBABLY A GREAT AREA FOR HER TO ENGAGE.
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, WE DON'T WANNA OPEN UP THE WHOLE DISCUSSION, BUT CERTAINLY ALL GREAT POINTS AND VERY MUCH, UH, UNDER CONSIDERATION WITH THIS.
NOT JUST THE, THE ACTUAL SIGNAGE, BUT ALSO WHAT MARKINGS WE CAN USE ON, UH, ON THE PATH STREETS AND PATHWAYS.
UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN INTERACTIVE, UH, BIKE MAP ONLINE.
IT WILL BE UPDATED ONCE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS ADOPTED WITH THE NEW NETWORK.
UH, WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN DISCUSS KIND OF THAT FORMAT AND, AND WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T.
UM, AND WE CAN UPDATE, UH, WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE WAYFINDING CONSULTANT TO MAKE US A, A REALLY NICE CITYWIDE MAP IF, IF WE, UH, WANT TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, THINK QR CODES, WE TALKED TO QR CODES IN THE PAST AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PLAN WITH THIS, IS THAT ON EVERY WAY FINDING SIGN TO INCLUDE A QR CODE THAT LINKS TO THAT MAP.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK ALL ALL GOOD STUFF.
JUST YOU, HOW, HOW ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MICRO CONSULTANT? WHAT'S THAT MICRO, SORRY, SORRY.
HOW ARE THE, UM, HOW IS, HOW ARE THE REQUIREMENTS SCOPED FOR THE WAYFINDING CONSULTANT? THAT WOULD BE, UH, I CAN, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TOPIC FOR A WAYFIND.
I CAN SHARE THE SCOPE WITH YOU, UH, WITH THE COMMITTEE OR IF WE WANT TO OPEN THAT UP FOR A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, I COULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE BEFORE.
THAT'D BE A GOOD, MAYBE A GOOD ITEM FOR MAY FOR OUR MAY MEETING, UM, FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THAT SCOPE OF WORK AND ADD ANY COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK.
ANYTHING MORE? NO, THAT'S ALL I GOT.
THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE YOU GUYS.
I'M NOT LIKE, UH, THOSE WERE GREAT QUESTIONS.
UM, I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME BEYOND, ONCE WE GET THE A TP WRAPPED UP, THEN THE NEXT BIG PROJECT IS WAY FINDING, SO IT'S BOUND TO COME BACK.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK HERE.
UM, I HAVE DEFINITELY SPOKEN ENOUGH TONIGHT.
I DO NOT NEED TO SPEAK ANYMORE
SO WE'RE GONNA SKIP MY COMMENT AND MOVE ON TO
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BJORN STAFF COMMENT.I'LL JUST JUMP INTO IT HERE REALLY QUICKLY.
UH, WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON SOME OF OUR, UH, RECENT GRANT, UM, UH, GRANT APPLICATIONS.
SO WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AS I SHARED VIA EMAIL IN THE, WITH THE CALTRANS HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WE WERE ONE OF TWO SONOMA COUNTY AGENCIES THAT WAS, WERE AWARDED THESE FUNDS, UH, THE OTHER BEING SEBASTOPOL.
SO WE GOT, UH, OUR FULL ASK FOR, WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO UPGRADE INFRASTRUCTURE AT 35 SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS TO IMPROVE, UM, SAFETY, VISIBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR SIGNAL SYSTEMS. UH, AND THEN ALSO WE INCLUDED AN ASK FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO TWO EXISTING UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS ON SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AT MADISON AND MONROE.
IN BOTH CASES, WE WOULD BE ADDING MEDIAN REFUGE ISLANDS AND, UM, CONSIDERING, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BEACONS THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN A NEW CROSSING OF, UH, FOR THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL THAT DIRECTLY CONNECTS, UH, BOTH SIDES ACROSS STONE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT SIDEWALK DETOUR DOWN TO, UM, MONROE.
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AND, UH, THAT WOULD INCLUDE A MEDIAN REFUGE ISLAND WITH FLASHING BEACONS AS WELL AS, UH, A SIDEWALK WIDENING SO THAT, UM, IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OF, IF YOU'RE BIKING ON SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY, THE BIKE LANE WILL, UM, HAVE A RAMP UP ONTO A WIDENED SIDEWALK FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TURN ONTO OR OFF OF LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UH, BETWEEN LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY, UM, WE WERE AWARDED, UH, JUST UNDER $200,000 TO DEVELOP A NEW CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN STATION AREA.UM, THE GOAL IS TO RELOCATE THE COPELAND TRANSIT MALL CLOSER TO THE SMART STATION TO IMPROVE THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION THERE, UH, BETWEEN THOSE TWO, UH, BETWEEN, UH, TRANSIT, BETWEEN BUSES AND UH, AND RAIL.
AND THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY ALSO, UH, CREATE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO RETHINK COPELAND STREET AS MORE OF A BIKE PED STREET.
UM, AND IT WILL HELP IMPROVE CIRCULATION.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT IMPROVING CIRCULATION, UH, AROUND WHAT IS PROBABLY OUR SINGLE MOST CONGESTED BLOCK IN THE CITY.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY, UH, IMPROVED CIRCULATION FOR TRANSIT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THAT ONE WAY TRANSIT MALL CONFIGURATION, UH, CREATES A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
SO THAT WILL KICK OFF, UM, PROBABLY LATER THIS YEAR WHENEVER WE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FUNDS.
WE'LL DEFINITELY INCLUDE, UH, PBA IN IN THAT PROCESS, UH, AS WE START TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, REOPEN THAT CONVERSATION.
AND THEN I MENTIONED EARLIER WE'VE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL ON TWO OUT OF THREE APPLICATIONS FOR THE, THE RIVER TRAIL 1 0 1 AND SMART UNDER CROSSING PROJECT.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THAT FIRST APPLICATION THERE, UM, FOR THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES, THAT WAS ACTUALLY A JOINT APPLICATION WITH THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK FOUNDATION, UH, WHICH WOULD'VE ALSO FUNDED ENVIRONMENTAL AND DESIGN WORK FOR THEIR SECTIONS OF THE PATHWAY AND THE BRIDGE OVER MCNAIR CHANNEL.
UM, AND THE OTHER TWO APPLICATIONS WE APPLIED FOR CONSTRUCTION MONEY THAT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
AND THEN OUR MOST RECENT, WHICH IS STILL PENDING, UM, WOULD PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND DESIGN OF JUST OUR PATHWAY UNDERNEATH THE, UH, UNDERNEATH 1 0 1 AND SMART.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME GOOD NEWS ON THAT AND WE CAN, UM, GET THAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
GOING STRAIGHT INTO UPCOMING EVENTS.
SO WE'VE GOT OUR FINAL, UM, WELL NOT OUR FINAL TASK FORCE MEETING OF THE YEAR, BUT UH, WE JUST HELD OUR LAST TWO WALK AUDITS.
WE'VE NOW COMPLETED WALK AUDITS OF ALL 16 PUBLIC TK THROUGH EIGHT OR TK THROUGH 12, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PETALUMA.
UM, SO WE RECENTLY DID CHERRY VALLEY AND GRANT, AND WE'LL BE COVERING THOSE LAST TWO WALK AUDITS AT OUR NEXT TASK FORCE MEETING ON THE THIRD THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH, FOUR O'CLOCK RIGHT HERE.
UM, WE HAVE NOT YET, I THINK I'M SURE AT THAT MEETING WE'LL DISCUSS OUR PLANS FOR FUTURE, UH, TASK FORCE MEETING SINCE WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING A PRETTY SOLID CADENCE, UH, THAT TRACK WITH THE, UM, WALK AUDITS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT KIND OF WHAT WHAT WE WANNA DO NEXT.
AND, UH, EMILY WAS HERE EARLIER, SHE MENTIONED CBC'S INTRODUCTION TO REDWOOD BIKE SHARE EVENT ON SATURDAY THE 22ND AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND, UH, SO YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT ON THEIR WEBSITE IF YOU GO TO BIKE SONOMA.ORG.
AND THEN GO TO THEIR EVENTS CALENDAR AND YOU CAN FIND THAT ON THE 22ND.
AND THEN, UH, APRIL'S GONNA BE A BUSY MONTH FOR THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
PLANNING ON, UM, RELEASING THE DRAFT PLAN ON APRIL 1ST, WHEN THE JOINT, UH, WELL ONCE WE CONFIRM A QUORUM OR AVAILABILITY FOR THAT, UH, APRIL 8TH JOINT PAC PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UM, UH, THE DRAFT PLAN WOULD BE RELEASED WHEN THAT PACKET PACKET IS PUBLISHED THE WEEK PRIOR.
AND THEN FROM THERE, UH, I WILL BE GOING TO THE TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
PROBABLY NOT FOR A SUPER EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION FROM WHAT I'VE, THE FEEDBACK I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN FROM THEIR STAFF LIAISON AND THEIR COMMITTEE IS THAT THEY'VE JUST MORE LIKE A, A KIND OF A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE HIGH LEVEL COMMENTS.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR A WORKSHOP WITH CITY COUNCIL ON THE 21ST.
SO THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMENTS, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD BE THROUGH, UH, A FORM THAT WILL BE ON THE PROJECT WEBPAGE OR EMAIL, UM, AS WELL AS THROUGH WRITTEN OR VERBAL COMMENTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED, SUBMITTED AT ANY OF THOSE THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF APRIL.
AND SO WHAT YOU COULD EXPECT IS THAT THE COMMENTS WILL BE INCORPORATED ALONG THE WAY, UH, AND THEN A REVISED VERSION WOULD BE EVENTUALLY PUBLISHED
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FOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, UH, LIKELY IN MAY DEPENDING ON THE, UH, LEVEL OF, UH, REVISIONS THAT ARE NEEDED.SO LOOKING AT OUR UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS, WE HAVE, UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAY FINDING, UH, THIS, UH, THIS WAS UPDATE ALL UPDATED FROM AT OUR LAST MEETING, OUR WORK PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, A UPDATE FROM TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AD HOC COMMITTEES VISION ZERO UPDATE, UH, PRESENTATION ON THE UPPER PEDAL OF RIVER TRAIL.
UH, ADAM, THIS MUST HAVE BEEN YOU VMT AND TDM
AND THEN I JUST ADDED, UH, EBIKE ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GOAL, THE, THE TOP PRIORITY IT SOUNDS LIKE FOR MAY, WILL NOW BE AD HOC COMMITTEES, KIND OF IN TANDEM WITH WAYFINDING POTENTIALLY.
AND WILL YOU SEND US THAT SLIDE PACK? ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT USUALLY, AARON USUALLY GETS IT ON THE, UH, PUBLISHED ON THE PACKET, THE FALL, THE DAY AFTER OUR MEETING TOO.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GO THERE TO LOOK SUPER.
WELL, I KIND OF RELY ON IT 'CAUSE IT CERTAINLY, IT, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME TO NOT TAKE NOTES 'CAUSE I CAN REFER IT FROM, I CAN LOOK, LOOK THEM UP WHEN I SEE WHAT YOU'VE SENT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY LAST COMMENTS LAST CHANCE TO COME FORWARD? IT LOOKS LIKE OUR NEXT MEETING IS GONNA BE APRIL 8TH.
IS THAT A FOR SURE? UH, I'VE HEARD FROM A FEW OF YOU SO FAR, STILL WAITING I THINK ON A FEW MORE, BUT, UH, ALSO HAPPY IF, IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO COME GIVE YOUR RESPONSE IN PERSON AFTER THE MEETING, WE CAN DO THAT TOO.
THANKS, BECAUSE IT'D BE GREAT TO GET THAT ON OUR CALENDAR AND I AM THE REASON THAT WE HAVE TO RESCHEDULE.
HOWEVER, MOVING FORWARD, I GUESS OUR MEETING IS COMPLETE AND WITH THAT, UM, I SAY WE ARE ADJOURNED AND IT IS NINE EIGHT 9:08 PM THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN SOON.