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[CALL TO ORDER]
SHALL WE CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER? GREAT.[ROLL CALL]
ROLL? I'M GONNA START FIRST WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEN I'LL MOVE OVER, UH, TO BE BACK WHEN TAKING ROLL CALL.WE HAVE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER BALSHAW.
WE HAVE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER GARCIA HERE, COMMITTEE MEMBER MAYORS ABSENT, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR POTENTIALLY SAYING THIS INCORRECT.
UM, COMMITTEE MEMBER YEAGER OR YEAGER? I'M HERE.
COMMITTEE MEMBER KUSON IS ALSO HERE.
YOU'RE PART OF THEIR COMMITTEE? UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER GREENSPAN HERE.
AND I ALSO FORGOT TO ASK IF COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE IS HERE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND THEN I DON'T HAVE YOU HERE ON MY LIST, BUT I APOLOGIZE.
PLEASE MOVE CLOSER TO YOUR MIC.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT WITHIN THE PLANNING COMMISSION SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
THIS IS A JOINT MEETING, BUT SORT OF PROPERLY A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WITH, UH, PAC JOINING IN, GIVEN THE THE ITEM WE ARE MOSTLY BE SPENDING THE NIGHT ON, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES, TOTALING NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.
UM, SO I'LL OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK THAT SPEAKERS BRING THEIR CARDS TO THE CLERK IF THEY'VE NOT DONE SO ALREADY.
I DO HAVE ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
HI, HOW ABOUT IT? I'M ARIS WEAVER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SONOMA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION.
AND JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP BECAUSE MAY IS BIKE MONTH.
AND SO IN PREPARATION, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WE'RE ONLY IN THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL, WE'RE ALREADY DOING THINGS TO GET READY.
SO TOMORROW EVENING, UM, WE'RE DOING A CLINIC FOR PEOPLE WHO ABOUT, UM, BIKE COMMUTING FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T USED TO DOING IT AND MAYBE AREN'T THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY NEED FOR GEAR OR CONCERNED.
SO WE'RE DOING ONE TOMORROW NIGHT IN SANTA ROSA, AND WE'RE DOING ONE HERE IN PETALUMA ON APRIL 23RD.
UM, AND WE HAVE ALSO THIS WEEK ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE'RE HAVING A BIKE HAPPY HOUR UP IN WINDSOR AT COUGAR BREWERY.
THAT ANYONE'S WELCOME TO COME AND JOIN US.
SO YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ALL OF THIS STUFF@BIKESONOMA.ORG.
AND CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE MEETING? WE RECEIVED NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
IN THAT CASE, WE WILL CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND CONTINUE ON.
WE HAVE, UH, NO PRESENTATIONS DURING TODAY'S MEETING, SO WE'LL CLOSE THAT MEETING ITEM AND KEEP JUGGING ONTO APPROVAL OF MINUTES, WHICH SIMILARLY HAS NO MEETING MINUTES TO APPROVE TONIGHT.
UM, SO WE'LL CLOSE THAT MEETING ITEM AND CRUISE
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
INTO THE MUCH MORE EXCITING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.UM, OUR MEETING ITEM ONE, TODAY IS A STUDY SESSION.
WE'VE GOT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA PLANNING COMMISSION AND PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE A STAFF PRESENTATION, ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENTS, CONDUCT A STUDY SESSION, AND PROVIDE NON-BINDING, NON-BINDING COMMENTS AND FURTHER DIRECTION ON THE DRAFT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
BEING PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
NO DECISION IS BEING MADE AT THIS MEETING, AND THEREFORE A DETERMINATION, UH, UNDER A IS NOT REQUIRED.
AND GIVEN THAT THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION DISCLOSURES EITHER.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING
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AND WELL, IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.OPEN THE MEETING ITEM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
I'M A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND ALSO, UH, STAFF LIAISON TO OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT TO, UH, DISCUSS THIS EXCITING AND IMPORTANT PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
SO, AN OVERVIEW OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
UM, I'LL ESSENTIALLY WALK THROUGH A SORT OF A, AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY VERSION OF THE PLANNING DOCUMENT.
IT'S STILL 45 SLIDES, SO DON'T WORRY.
YOU'LL GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH.
UM, WE'LL RUN THROUGH A KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF EACH, UH, EACH CHAPTER, SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL DELVE INTO IN GREATER DETAIL, UH, PRIMARILY TO CHAPTER FOUR AND FIVE, WHICH ARE THE, UM, THE ACTION PLAN AND, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS CHAPTERS.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOUR, UH, YOUR TWO BODIES FOR, UH, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
FIRSTLY, WHAT IS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION? IT'S ANY FORM OF MOBIL MOBILITY VIA WHEELED AND SELF-POWERED MEANS, INCLUDING WALKING, BIKING, AND ROLLING VIA, UH, FOOT WHEELCHAIR, SCOOTER, SKATEBOARD BIKE, AND MORE, UM, BENEFITS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY, UH, IT'S SOME, IT'S A, IT IMPROVES PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDES MOBILITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND INCOME LEVELS.
THEREBY IMPROVING EQUITY REDUCES TRAFFIC IN THE ASSOCIATED GREENHOUSE.
GAS EMISSIONS TRANSPORTATION IS THE LEADING SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN PETALUMA.
AT ABOUT TWO THIRDS, UH, OF OUR GHGS REDUCES TRANSPORTATION COSTS BY, UH, REDUCING OUR RELIANCE ON, ON VEHICLES CREATES A MORE VIBRANT CONNECTED COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTS MORE EFFICIENT LAND USE PATTERNS.
AND THERE'S GOOD DATA ON THESE AND ON OTHER BENEFITS INCLUDED ON PAGE FOUR OF THE INTRODUCTION IN THE ACTUAL PLAN ITSELF.
SO THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS AN UPDATE TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS OUR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED AS AN APPENDIX TO GENERAL PLAN 2025.
SO THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE, UM, WE, WE UNDERTOOK THIS EFFORT, UH, BACK IN 2008.
AND, UH, THIS UPDATE IS ALSO HAPPENING CONCURRENTLY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
IT IS A PLAYBOOK FOR ALL THINGS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, WHETHER IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE, ENGINEERING, EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND ENFORCEMENT.
SO ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS, ALL THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, UH, THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO ENHANCE AND PROMOTE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
AND, UH, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT, UH, DONE AN UPDATE IN, YOU KNOW, NEARLY 20 YEARS NOW, UH, WE DO RECOMMEND MORE FREQUENT UPDATES OF THIS PLANNING DOCUMENT.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL FOLLOWING THIS UPDATE, WE'LL GET ON A MORE REGULAR CYCLE AROUND EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SO, SO WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPONSIVE TO CHANGES IN OUR CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, NEW PRIORITIES.
UM, AND ALSO CHANGES IN, IN THE, THE WORLD OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
THERE'S A LOT THAT'S EVOLVING RIGHT NOW WITH RESPECT TO STREET DESIGN.
PROTECTED BIKE LANES, FOR EXAMPLE, DID NOT EVEN EXIST, UH, WHEN WE, UH, ADOPTED OUR LAST BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN IN 2008.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE REAL BIG, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE NOTICEABLE CHANGES, OF COURSE IS THE PROLIFERATION OF ELECTRIC MOBILITY DEVICES.
UM, AND SO YOU'RE SEEING A LOT MORE OF THOSE AROUND TOWN AND ON OUR STREETS AND TRAILS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT HOW THIS FITS INTO THE BIGGER PICTURE.
SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOUR, FOR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR, OUR GENERAL PLAN THAT'S, UH, THE CITY'S GUIDING DOCUMENT.
AND, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL TOPICAL ACTION PLANS THAT FALL UNDER, UH, THE GENERAL PLAN AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED GUIDANCE.
AND SO, UM, A RECENT ONE THAT YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH, THE BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE ACTION, THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S THE ACTION PLAN OBVIOUSLY FOR, UM, CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE ACTION.
THE ACT OF TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS A, IS A, A VERY SIMILAR DOCUMENT, OBVIOUSLY FOCUSED, UH, PRIMARILY ON WALKING, BIKING, AND ROLLING.
SO, UH, OUT OF THE GENERAL PLAN, YOU'VE GOT THE HIGH LEVEL GUIDANCE FEEDING INTO OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS GONNA PROVIDE MORE DETAILED ACTIONS AND PROJECTS.
AND THEN THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, WILL FEED INTO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS OR FOR ANY OF THE NON INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS IN EDUCATION
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AND ENCOURAGEMENT.THOSE FEED INTO OUR STAFF WORK PLANS AND OTHER INPUTS IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE'VE WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING AND HONORING AND INCORPORATING, UH, PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS THAT ARE VERY MUCH RELATED, INCLUDING THE PETALUMA RIVER ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN, THE CENTRAL PETALUMA SPECIFIC PLAN, THE SMART TOD MASTER PLAN, THE, UM, LOCAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN, AND THE BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE ACTION.
SO THIS PLAN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, UH, THROUGH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF COMMUNITY INPUT.
UH, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF ALL OF THOSE PLANNING EFFORTS I JUST RATTLED OFF.
AND, UM, AND THEN ALL OF THE, THE WEALTH OF COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGH SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, THROUGH, UM, OUR SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM, ET CETERA.
WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN THIS, IN, IN THE, IN THE REALM OF, OF STREETS AND MOBILITY.
SO WE WANNA LEVERAGE ALL OF THE INPUT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THROUGH THOSE AND NOT DUPLICATE EFFORTS.
WE ALSO HAD THE BENEFIT OF FOCUS ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FROM THE PETALUMA EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION COALITION, THEIR 2023 COHORT, AS WELL AS CITY THREAD.
AND, UM, THOSE TWO GROUPS CONDUCTED THEIR OWN FOCUS GROUPS THAT PROVIDED SOME, SOME GOOD FEEDBACK, UM, IN DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AREAS.
THE, THE PET EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION COALITION FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND, AND, UM, AND STREET PROJECTS.
WHEREAS CITY THREAD WAS MORE IMPLEMENTATION FOCUSED ON, UH, AT LOOKING AT PROJECT DELIVERY AND, UH, WAYS TO BUILD OUT OUR NETWORK, UH, QUICKLY TO MAXIMIZE, UM, SAFETY BENEFITS AND, UH, AND, AND REALLY CAPITALIZE ON THE MODE SHIFT THAT WE'RE STRIVING TO ACHIEVE IMPROVING MOBILITY OPTIONS.
WE'VE ALSO TABLED AT SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WERE, UH, RELATED TO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, SUCH AS THE SMART PATHWAY RIBBON CUTTING AND THE CCL VIA EVENT.
A FEW YEARS BACK, WE HAD AN ONLINE MAP FEEDBACK TOOL WHERE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO DROP PINS ON A MAP THAT AND, UH, GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK ON PAIN POINTS AROUND TOWN FOR WALKING AND BIKING.
WE HAD A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP WHERE WE DID A SORT OF A SOFT LAUNCH OF, UM, OF THIS PLAN.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE DISCUSSED THIS ALMOST MONTHLY AT OUR PBAC MEETINGS, AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PBA C AD HOC, UH, COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVOTED TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE PLAN.
SO, MOVING TO OUR VISION AND GOALS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT WAS, UH, SHAPED LARGELY BY A PBAC AD HOC COMMITTEE.
THIS IS OUR PLAN'S VISION STATEMENT, SO I'LL, SORRY, I'LL JUST READ IT.
PETALUMA IS A WORLD CLASS ACTIVE LIVING CITY WHERE WALKING, BIKING, AND ROLLING ARE A CELEBRATED PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE WHERE SAFE AND INVITING STREETS AND TRAILS FORM THE FABRIC OF A TH OF A THRIVING CONNECTED COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES PREFER TO USE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
UNDER THAT VISION STATEMENT, WE HAVE FOUR GOALS.
THE FIRST BEING VISION ZERO BY 2030 REACHED THE CITY'S VISION ZERO GOAL OF ELIMINATING FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES AMONG VULNERABLE ROAD USERS.
AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF CARS.
AND THIS SUPPORTS, UH, A GOAL THAT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK IN SUPPORT OF THE SONOMA COUNTY VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN.
BUILD THE NETWORK IS, UH, AIMS TO, BY 2030, THE SAME YEAR, BUILD A SAFE, INTEGRATED, AND SEAMLESS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO CONVENIENTLY TRAVEL FROM ANYWHERE IN THE CITY TO SCHOOLS, PARKS, COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES, TRANSIT CONNECTIONS, SERVICES, DINING, SHOPPING AND JOBS.
GOAL THREE, BEAUTIFUL STREETS AND TRAILS, UM, IS, UH, SO WHEREAS VISION ZERO IS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR NETWORK, UH, BUILD THE NETWORK IS ABOUT BUILDING OUT A COMPREHENSIVE AND SEAMLESS NETWORK.
UH, GOAL THREE IS REALLY FOCUSING ON THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THAT NETWORK, UM, AND GETTING AT SOME OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS THAT WOULD MAKE WALKING AND BIKING, UM, EVEN MORE APPEALING AND INVITING.
SO THIS, THIS GOAL, UH, AIMS TO MAINTAIN AND CONTINUALLY ENHANCED STREET SIDEWALKS AND MULTI-USE TRAILS WITH ELEMENTS AND AMENITIES THAT MAKE THEM MORE BEAUTIFUL, INVITING AND COMFORTABLE, SUCH AS STREETS, LIGHTING, SEATING, WATER FOUNTAINS, AND PUBLIC ART.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR PROMOTE AND CELEBRATE GOAL, UM, WHICH GETS TO THE EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT COMPONENT, MAKE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND INTEGRATED, CELEBRATED PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE THROUGH EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT MOVING INTO OUR BASELINE REPORT.
AND SO WE'LL JUST DO SOME HIGH LEVEL TAKEAWAYS HERE ABOUT, UM, EXISTING CONDITIONS TODAY IN PETALUMA WITH RESPECT TO OUR BUILT
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ENVIRONMENT, UH, SOME TRAVEL BEHAVIOR AND ALSO, UM, SOME OF, UH, AND SOME COLLISION DATA.SO, AS I'M SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE, MOBILITY CHALLENGES IN OUR CITY ARE LARGELY CAUSED BY OUR THREE DIVIDING BARRIERS, THE PBO RIVER, THE SMART TRACKS, AND US 1 0 1.
SO NOT ONLY DO THOSE CREATE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES TO GET ACROSS TOWN AND GET ACROSS EACH OF THESE BARRIERS, IT ALSO MEANS THAT IF YOU'RE ON FOOT AND BIKE, UM, THAT THOSE LIMITED CROSSING OPPORTUNITIES TEND TO BE BUSIER.
AND UNLESS YOU ARE ON, YOU KNOW, THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UM, OR THE MCKENZIE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE OVERCROSSING, OR THE SMART TRAIL, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROBABLY ON A BUSY ROADWAY.
SO THAT, UM, THE, THESE BARRIERS ACTUALLY MAKE TRAVEL EVEN MORE, UH, MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF CARS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ADDED EXPOSURE TO TRAFFIC.
WE HAVE A, WE, WE SORT OF HAVE A TALE OF TWO CITIES HERE WITH HOW WE DEVELOPED AND, AND THE AREA, THE ERAS IN WHICH WE DEVELOPED.
SO WEST OF US 1 0 1, MOST NEIGHBORHOODS DO HAVE CHARACTERISTICS THAT COULD FAVOR WALKING AND BIKING FOR EVERYDAY NEEDS.
THE STREETS ARE OLDER, BUT THAT DOES MEAN WE HAVE NARROWER STREETS.
THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, CONDUCIVE TO WALKING AND BIKING.
YOU HAVE A, A GENERALLY HAVE A STREET GRID, WHICH MEANS THAT STREETS ARE MORE CONNECTED, SO YOU HAVE SHORTER PATHS OF TRAVEL TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, AND, UM, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF BI LARGE BUSY ARTERIALS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE EAST SIDE.
ALSO, JUST HAVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS ORIENTED REALLY SURROUNDING OUR DOWNTOWN.
SO PEOPLE ARE MORE, NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEIR DAILY NEEDS ON, ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
TO THE CONTRARY, ON THE EAST SIDE, MORE OF A CAR DEPENDENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT MODEL WHERE THE STREET CONNECTIVITY IS POORER, WHICH MEANS THAT TO GET BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS OR TO GET AROUND THE EAST SIDE, YOU'RE GENERALLY GOING TO AT SOME POINT HAVE TO GET ON A BUSY ARTERIAL STREET, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE TRAVELING BY FOOT OR BIKE.
AND, UH, YOU ALSO HAVE THIS INTERESTING ORIENTATION ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE IT'S KIND OF A RECTANGULAR SHAPE THAT FOLLOWS THE FREEWAY AND THE MCDOWELL CORRIDOR.
AND SO GENERALLY PEOPLE ARE NOT AS CLOSE TO THEIR, THEIR DAILY NEEDS.
UM, MAY MAY NOT BE IN WALKING DISTANCE AT LEAST.
SO ON THE EAST SIDE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MODE SHIFT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, PROBABLY MORE, MORE OF A VIABLE, UH, TRANSITION TO BICYCLING FOR, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, MODE SHIFT.
WE ALSO HAVE LARGE AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WERE UNFORTUNATELY DEVELOPED PRIOR TO, TO ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALK DESIGN.
SO THIS IS A COMMON SCENE WHERE YOU HAVE NA VERY NARROW SIDEWALKS THAT WERE BUILT WITHOUT ACCESSIBLE CURB RAMPS.
AND, UM, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW AND WHAT WE DO TO UPDATE THESE, UH, WHENEVER WE PAVE A STREET.
SO, UM, THAT'S GENERALLY BEEN THE CITY'S APPROACH IS, IS TO CORRECT THESE SITUATIONS AND PROVIDE THOSE ACCESSIBLE CURB RAMPS WHENEVER WE DO PAVE A STREET.
AND, UH, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN WITH THOSE BIG ARTERIALS THAT I'M, I'VE MENTIONED MAJORITY OF THEM ARE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER CAPACITY.
SO EXAMPLES INCLUDING RAINIER AVENUE, CAULFIELD LANE, CASA GRANDE ROAD, UM, ELI BOULEVARD SOUTH, WHERE WE'RE NOWHERE CLOSE TO HAVING THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC VOLUME THAT NECESSITATES HAVING FOUR OR FIVE LANE STREETS.
AND SO THERE IS A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY THERE TO REALLOCATE SOME OF THAT SPACE FOR SAFER WALKING AND BIKING FACILITIES AS WELL AS GREENERY.
AND SO THIS SHOWS THAT POTENTIAL ON A, ON A CORRIDOR LIKE CASA GRANDE ROAD, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE, UH, WITH, BY REDUCING THE STREET TO ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, UH, YOU OPEN UP A LOT OF SPACE FOR OTHER USES.
ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE IN TOWN.
UH, WE DO HAVE A PRETTY SOLID NETWORK OF OFF STREET TRAILS, ESPECIALLY ALONG OUR CREEKS.
AND IT'S GOT GREAT POTENTIAL, BUT IT CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE BETTER INTEGRATED WITH OUR STREET NETWORK.
AND THIS, THIS IMAGE CAPTURES THAT.
THIS IS THE ENTRYWAY TO THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL OFF OF NORTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THE, THE TRAIL ENTRYWAY IS, IS DEFINITELY NOT CELEBRATED AND, AND CERTAINLY NOT INTEGRATED WITHIN THE STREET NETWORK THERE.
SHIFTING TO TRAVEL BEHAVIOR, I THINK IT'LL COME AS NO SURPRISE.
MOST TRIPS IN PETALUMA ARE MADE BY CAR, UM, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE THAT WAY.
THE AVERAGE TRIP WITHIN CITY LIMITS IS ONLY, IS UNDER THREE MILES, WHICH IS CERTAINLY A TRIP THAT IS, UH, THAT IS BIKEABLE.
AND ONE THIRD OF ALL TRIPS ORIGINATING
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IN THE CITY ARE UNDER TWO MILES AND OVER TWO THIRDS ARE UNDER FIVE MILES.SO A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR TRIPS, UH, CAN BE CONVERTED TO, UH, TO FOOT AND BIKE, AND ESPECIALLY FOOT, OR ESPECIALLY BIKE, I SHOULD SAY.
UH, ONCE WE MAKE THOSE MORE MODES SAFER AND MORE APPEALING.
MOST STUDENTS IN PETALUMA ARE DRIVEN TO SCHOOL A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SURVEY OF PE PETALUMA PARENTS FOUND THAT ABOUT 70% OF STUDENTS ARE TYPICALLY DRIVEN ALONE TO SCHOOL, BUT NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF THOSE SAME PARENTS SAY THEY WISH THAT THEIR CHILDREN COULD WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL MORE OFTEN, AND THEY CITE SAFETY AS THEIR TOP CONCERN OR TOP BARRIER TO DOING SO.
UM, SOME OF SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL AND ENCOURAGEMENT OFFERINGS HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.
HOWEVER, IN 2023, 40% OF PETALUMA STUDENTS AT PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WALKED OR BIKE TO SCHOOL ON WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY LOOKING AT COLLISION DATA.
SO THESE ARE REPORTED INJURY COLLISIONS INVOLVING PEOPLE WALKING OR BIKING OR TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF CARS BETWEEN 2012 AND 2023.
SO, UH, LOOKING AT THE, THE MOST RECENT DATA, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, IN ORANGE THERE, WE'VE GOT THE SEVERE OR FATAL COLLISIONS, AND THEN IN GREEN ARE NON-SEVERE INJURIES.
SO, UM, WHILE GENERALLY WE'VE SEEN A DOWNWARD TREND, THERE IS STILL OBVIOUSLY WORK TO DO TO ACCOMPLISH OUR VISION ZERO GOALS WITH, UH, AROUND FIVE SEVERE FATAL COLLISIONS IN OUR LAST TWO REPORTED YEARS HAS BEEN AROUND 20, IN 20 NON-SEVERE INJURIES.
AND, AND THIS IS JUST, THIS IS NOT VEHICLES, RIGHT? NOT PEOPLE IN VEHICLES, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLES.
ALL PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLES, OKAY.
LOOKING AT WHERE THESE COLLISIONS ARE HAPPENING, THIS, UH, THIS MAP SHOWS THE SAME DATA.
SO THESE ARE THE SAME EXACT SAME COLLISIONS REFLECTED, UH, PEOPLE TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF CARS, UM, INVOLVED IN COLLISIONS WITH, WITH VEHICLES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE CONCENTRATION, THE CLUSTERS ALONG OUR BUSIEST CORRIDORS, UM, MCDOWELL EAST WASHINGTON, UH, QUITE A FEW THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THE PETA BOULEVARD NORTH CORRIDOR.
AND, UM, THEN SOME HOTSPOTS ON THE LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OF THESE THREE QUARTERS OCCUR ON THOSE BUSY MULTI-LANE STREETS WITH THREE OR MORE LANES AND AROUND THREE QUARTERS OCCUR WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF AN INTERSECTION.
OKAY, SHIFTING GEARS TO THE ACTION PLAN.
SO THIS CHAPTER IS INTENDED TO HELP DEFINE, PRIORITIZE, AND TRACK PROGRESS ON DISCRETE EFFORTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO A SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT WILL HELP ADVANCE THIS PLAN'S VISION AND GOALS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE ARE IDENTIFY EIGHT DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, OR EXCUSE ME, SEVEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
WE'VE GOT 52 ACTION ITEMS ACROSS THESE SEVEN CATEGORIES.
UM, PAC HAS HAD A COUPLE OF, A COUPLE OF PASSES AT THIS TO, UM, TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A GOOD COMPREHENSIVE LIST THAT HOPEFULLY ADDRESSES EVERYTHING THAT WE ENVISION DOING OVER THE NEXT, THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS TO ADVANCE, UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
OUR FIRST CATEGORY IS INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND DESIGN.
AND I WON'T GO INTO EACH OF THESE IN DETAIL, BUT I WILL JUST, UM, RATTLE OFF SOME OF THE, THE ACTION ITEM NAMES OR TITLES I SHOULD SAY.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A KIND OF A FLAVOR OF WHAT'S INCLUDED.
SO WE'VE GOT THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY UPDATE, THAT'S AN UPDATE TO OUR 2016 COMPLETE STREETS POLICY UPDATE TO THE CITY'S STREET AND TRAIL DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AUDITS.
UH, SO WE'VE DONE SAFETY AUDITS AT ALL SIX, ALL 16 PUBLIC, UH, TK THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS IN PETALUMA.
AND THEN TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITIES COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS A GRANT FUNDING REQUIREMENT FOR, UM, THAT WE NEED TO, UH, ACHIEVE BY 2026.
THE NEXT CATEGORY IS INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUT.
SO WE'VE GOT THE PRIORITY BIKEWAY AND SIDEWALK GAP NETWORKS THAT WERE, UM, THAT ARE DETAILED IN THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER IN THOSE, UM, IN, UH, A COUPLE OF TABLES IN THAT CHAPTER.
UH, COMPLETION OF LANE REDUCTIONS ON ALL STREETS, ALL ARTERIAL STREETS THAT ARE UNDER CAPACITY.
UH, THE SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SUBMIT THEIR, UH, THAT'S AN ONGOING PROGRAM THAT'S ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
IT ALLOWS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SUBMIT, UM, BASICALLY SAFETY REQUESTS OR TRAFFIC CALMING REQUESTS TO THE CITY, UH,
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IMPROVEMENTS TO UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS.THOSE ARE CROSSWALKS THAT ARE NOT STOP OR SIGNAL CONTROLLED, AS WELL AS SEVERAL ADDITIONAL, SEVERAL INTERSECTION, UH, IMPROVEMENTS FOR THOSE NEXT SEVERAL ITEMS, UM, SIX THROUGH NINE THERE THAT WE ARE JUST RECOMMENDING AS HOLISTIC IMPROVEMENTS ANYTIME WE TOUCH AN INTERSECTION.
REDUCED SPEED LIMITS IS SOMETHING AS AN EFFORT THAT WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN, UH, IN OUR DOWNTOWN, AND WE'LL BE EXPANDING TO, UH, THE AREAS AROUND SCHOOLS AND ON DESIGNATED SAFETY CORRIDORS.
SO WE ENVISION COMPLETION OF THAT BY 2026 OR 27.
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN WAY FINDING HAS BEEN A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR PAC, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO GET UNDERWAY LATER THIS YEAR AND COMPLETE BY FISCAL YEAR 26, 27.
AND THEN, UM, SOME, SEVERAL OR A FEW HERE ON MULTI-USE TRAILS.
SO IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL MULTI-USE TRAIL CROSSINGS TO ENSURE THAT THE, THAT OUR MULTI-USE TRAILS ARE INTEGRATED WITHIN OUR STREET NETWORK.
AND, UH, WE ALSO WANT TO ADD LIGHTING TO OUR MAJOR TRAILS AND ADD SIGNAGE, UH, THAT INDICATES PROPER TRAIL ETIQUETTE AND SPEED LIMITS.
AND THEN NEXT STEP, WE'VE GOT BIKE RACKS.
SO UPDATING OUR BIKE RACK REQUIREMENTS OR BIKE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY COLLABORATED WITH, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ON.
AND WE'VE GOT A BIKE RACK PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO REQUEST BIKE RACKS.
SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY ENVISIONING CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM.
UH, NUMBER 17 IS AN ITEM WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCENTIVIZE OR ENCOURAGE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS TO IMPROVE, TO ENHANCE THEIR BIKE PARKING AND ACCESS.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, ON STREET MURALS, THERE IS, UH, THE NEED TO CREATE A PROCESS THROUGH WHICH, UM, WE CAN MORE EFFICIENTLY GET STREET MURALS INCORPORATED IN OUR STREET PROJECTS.
OUR MAINTENANCE ITEM OR OUR MAINTENANCE CATEGORY, UM, IS, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? WE'VE GOT TRAIL MAINTENANCE, SO THAT'S JUST MORE, UH, REGULAR TRAIL CLEANUP DAYS, ESPECIALLY, UH, SEEING THE PROLIFERATION OF OF GRAFFITI AND, AND SOME OTHER ISSUES ON THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
UM, PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE TO ALL OF OUR PEDESTRIAN BEACONS AND, AND REALLY VIEWING THOSE AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, LIKE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED A PROTECTED BIKE LANE SWEEPER.
WE HAVE A NEED TO PURCHASE SOME, UM, THERMOPLASTIC ROADWAY MARKING EQUIPMENT SO THAT OUR CREWS AREN'T OUT REPAINTING CROSSWALKS EVERY YEAR OR REPAINTING THE SAME CROSSWALK EVERY YEAR.
AND, UH, NUMBER FIVE THERE I THINK IS ONE THAT WILL BE OF INTEREST TO, TO BOTH, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION.
UM, THE NEED TO REDUCE PROPERTY OWNER BARRIERS TO SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
I KNOW THAT'S BEEN, UH, SOMETHING THAT MANY HAVE WANTED TO SEE.
AND, AND THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN LASTLY, A NEED TO, UM, ENSURE THAT WHEN ENCROACHMENT PERMITS ARE ISSUED AND WHEN CONTRACTORS ARE ACTIVELY WORKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT THE TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT THEY, UH, THAT THEY DEPLOY IS NOT, UM, UH, CREATING SAFETY HAZARDS FOR PEOPLE BIKING.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE USED THERE ARE THIS, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I'M SURE MANY HAVE SEEN SHARE THE ROAD SIGNS, UH, WHEN A ROADWAY PROJECT IS ON, IS, IS ACTIVELY UNDERWAY.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THOSE SHARE THE ROAD SIGNS ARE IN THE BIKE LANE AND NOT IN THE PLANTING STRIP.
AND, UM, SO WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF OUR REQUIREMENTS THERE AND HOPEFULLY NUDGE CONTRACTORS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT HAS, UH, SEVERAL ITEMS. SO, UM, THE FIRST TWO ARE TO JUST REALLY PROMOTE AND PUBLICIZE EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING RELATED TO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ON THE CITY'S WEB WEBSITE THROUGH, UH, A NEW WEBPAGE NEWSLETTER AND PUBLISHING MAPS THAT HELP HELP, UH, PEOPLE FIND, UM, THESE FIND THEIR WAY AROUND TOWN VISION ZERO EDUCATION WE VIEW AS A NEXT, UM, SORT OF A, A, THE NEXT ITERATION OF OUR SLOW, THE FAST DOWN CAMPAIGN WHERE WE TARGET SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS THAT WE KNOW ARE TOP CONTRIBUTORS TO SEVERE AND FATAL COLLISIONS, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, JUST SEEKING, SEEKING PARTICIPATION FROM ALL PETALUMA SCHOOLS IN THE SAFE ROUTES PROGRAM.
UM, BIKE FRIENDLY BUSINESSES IS, UH, SO LOOKING AT WAYS, AGAIN, TO INCENTIVIZE
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AND ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO, UH, ENCOURAGE MORE VISITATION BY, UH, BY THEIR EMPLOYEES AND, UM, CUSTOMERS BY, BY FOOT AND BIKE INVOLVEMENT IN, UH, OR PARTICIPATION IN MAY BIKE MONTH ACTIVITIES, WHICH ARIS JUST ALLUDED TO, THE CREATION OF A CITY E-BIKE FLEET, WHICH WE'VE DONE.SO THAT'S A, SO THOSE ARE E-BIKES YOU SEE OUT IN THE HALLWAY FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES TO USE.
AND, UM, E-BIKE PROMOTION, LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND, UM, UH, TO PUBLICIZE EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE IN PETALUMA CAN GO TEST RIDE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT E-BIKES, E-BIKE SUBSIDIES.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN SONOMA COUNTY, BUT, UM, THAT'S BASICALLY A PLACEHOLDER ITEM TO, UH, TO, TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, EITHER PROMOTE OR POTENTIALLY CREATE AN E-BIKE SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
AND THEN NUMBER 10 THERE, SHARED MICRO MOBILITY WOULD BE A NEXT, UH, ITERATION IF WE WANT TO GO BEYOND THE REDWOOD BIKE SHARED PROGRAM THAT RECENTLY LAUNCHED.
SO WAYS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, IF WE WANTED TO EX EXTEND THAT PROGRAM IN PETALUMA.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S FUNDED THROUGH, I BELIEVE, 2028 OR THEREABOUTS.
SO IF WE WANT TO BASICALLY UNDER UNDERTAKE OUR OWN, UH, BIKE SHARE PROGRAM, OR POTENTIALLY EXPAND IT TO ALSO INCLUDE SHARED, UH, SHARED SCOOTERS, THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT ITEM ALLUDES TO.
OPEN STREET AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
THAT ITEM, UH, SEEKS TO REDUCE BARRIERS FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS OR RESIDENTS TO, UM, IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN OPEN STREET OR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
UM, NUMBER 12 HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC LATELY.
THAT'S, UM, THAT'S GETTING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN, IN, UH, PETALUMA SCHOOLS TO TALK TO OUR, OUR LOCAL TEENS ABOUT SAFELY OPERATING E-BIKES AND OTHER ELECTRIC, UM, ELECTRIC DEVICES.
SADLY, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW ARE NOT REALLY E-BIKES, THEY'RE MORE ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES.
UM, SO, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PPD IS ALREADY DOING.
WE'RE JUST, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING IT HERE.
NUMBER 13, UH, IS A, A, UH, AN ONLINE TOOLKIT THAT WOULD, UM, GIVE A QUICK RUNDOWN OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SAFE STREETS ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE USING TO SLOW TRAFFIC AND IMPROVE SAFETY ON OUR STREETS, LIKE BOUTS, TRAFFIC CIRCLES, SPEED CUSHIONS, MEDIAN ISLANDS, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE, WHAT THEY DO, WHY WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THEM, AND THEN IN TANDEM WITH THAT TOOLKIT, UM, HAVING SOME SIGNAGE THAT'S ACTUALLY PUT OUT AT THOSE, UH, PROJECT SITES SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN NUMBER 14 IS, UH, ESSENTIALLY CREATING A, A SUITE OF OPTIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE LARGE EVENT HOSTS IN PETALUMA, UM, PROVIDE SUCH AS VALET BIKE PARKING, TO REALLY ENSURE THAT EVENT, UM, THAT OUR MAJOR EVENTS IN TOWN, UM, ARE CREATING GOOD MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND NOT, AND, AND SO PEOPLE HAVE OTHER WAYS TO GET TO EVENTS OTHER THAN DRIVING PUBLIC SAFETY.
THIS, THESE ARE TWO ITEMS FOR OUR, OUR TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, VISION ZERO, UH, VISION ZERO, PRIORITIZED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, WHICH AGAIN, REALLY TRYING TO PAIR HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR LIMITED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES WITH THE MOST, UH, WITH, WITH WHAT WE KNOW ARE THE LEADING CAUSES OF, OR, OR LOCATIONS FOR SEVERE AND FATAL COLLISIONS.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO, UH, MULTI-USE, UH, TRAIL PATROLS, NOT ONLY TO, UM, ENSURE THAT EVERYONE ON OUR TRAILS FEELS SAFE, UM, BUT ALSO TO CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THAT VANDALISM THAT WE'VE SEEN.
AND, UH, JUST TWO CATEGORIES LEFT CAPACITY BUILDING.
SO THIS IS LOOKING INWARD AT WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO TO MAKE THIS STUFF HAPPEN.
UM, WE CREATED A SAFE STREETS AND MOBILITY DIVISION WITHIN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR, AND, UM, WE HAVE AN ACTIVE, WE HAVE ONE ACTIVE RECRUITMENT FOR THAT TO FILL, TO FILL THAT DIVISION, AND THAT'S FOR A SENIOR TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN, CAN FILL THE TEAM OUT AND, UH, AND, AND GET ALL THIS GREAT WORK DONE.
AND, AND THEN THOSE NEXT TWO, I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN THINK I NEED TO BOTHER WITH THOSE, UH, EVALUATIONS.
SO OUT OF THIS ACTION PLAN, ONCE WE ADOPT THIS PLAN, WE'LL HAVE A, UH, A SPREADSHEET, SPREADSHEET OR A TRACKER FOR, UH, ALL 52 OF THESE ITEMS. AND WE WILL REPORT ON PROGRESS ON THESE TO THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ANNUALLY THROUGH AN ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE MADE IN THE PAST YEAR AND, UH, RECAP, UM, UH, SEVERE
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AND FATAL COLLISIONS, UH, IF THEY OCCURRED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.AND THEN, UH, SAFE STREETS CASE STUDIES.
SO THIS IS DATA COLLECTION TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFICACY OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF REDUCING THOSE COLLISIONS, REDUCING SPEEDS, PROMOTING MODE SHIFT, ET CETERA.
UH, CREATING A BIKE PED COUNT PROGRAM FOCUSED REALLY ON THE, THE CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS.
SO WE CAN SEE GROWTH IN USERSHIP, UH, PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING.
THERE'S A BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY DESIGNATION THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR, WHICH WILL GIVE US, UM, ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR, OUR BIKE FRIENDLINESS IN PETALUMA, UM, ADDITIONAL ACTION ITEMS THAT MAY NOT BE IN THIS PLAN ALREADY.
AND THEN LASTLY, A, UM, A METRIC TO, UH, GET TO, TO TRACK OUR PROGRESS ON IMPROVING PAVEMENT CONDITION ON OUR BIKE NETWORK, WHICH WE CAN DO EVERY OTHER YEAR WHEN WE, WHEN WE COLLECT ALL OF OUR PAVEMENT CONDITION DATA.
ALL RIGHT, AND INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS CHAPTER.
SO THIS INCLUDES MAPS AND PROJECT LISTS THAT IDENTIFY PROPOSED BIKE WAY, SIDEWALK TRAIL, AND, UH, A HANDFUL OF INTERSECTION AND CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS DESIGN GUIDANCE.
SO IN THIS CHAPTER, THE MAPS AND THE PROJECT LISTS WILL DETERMINE THE ACTUAL LOCATIONS WHERE AND TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED, UM, WHEREAS THE DESIGN GUIDANCE IN THIS CHAPTER REALLY DESCRIBES THE RECOMMENDED DESIGN CRITERIA AND ELEMENTS THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO APPLY TO EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND FIRST, UH, A COUPLE OF OF QUICK DISCLAIMERS.
SO THE PROPOSED PROJECTS IN THIS CHAPTER ARE SUBJECT TO FURTHER CONSIDERATION ANALYSIS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THEM.
SO NOTHING, UM, JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS IN THIS PLAN DOES NOT ULTIMATELY MEAN, MEAN, IT WILL HAPPEN EXACTLY THAT WAY.
IT'S REALLY JUST A STARTING POINT FOR US AND, AND PROVIDE SOME OF THAT HIGH LEVEL GUIDANCE.
AND LIKEWISE, WITH OUR PRIORITY LISTS, UH, PROJECTS WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER OF PRIORITY BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO FIND REALLY ANY PATHWAY WE HAVE TO DELIVERING A PROJECT THAT WE CAN.
GENERALLY, A LOT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DELIVERED THROUGH PAVING PROJECTS.
UM, AND OUR PAVING PROJECTS EVEN ARE MULTI, ARE, ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT CRITERIA BEYOND JUST PAVEMENT CONDITION.
MAYBE A STREET'S GETTING REPAVED BECAUSE THE SEWER AND WATER MAIN WERE REPLACED, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO WHAT WE W WHAT WE WILL DO, UM, IS OBVI, IF ANYTHING'S IN THIS PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT IT, WHETHER IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY OR NOT.
BUT WITH THOSE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN ACTIVE FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, OR, UM, AN UPCOMING PAVING PROJECT THAT COULD LEAD TO THEIR IMPLEMENTATION, THAT MEANS WE, THAT KIND OF ELEVATES THOSE PROJECTS, LIKE PROJECTS FOR US.
WE KNOW THAT, HEY, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO GO SEEK GRANT FUNDING FOR, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO, UM, STARTING OFF WITH OUR, OUR BIKEWAY PROJECTS, UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, JUST TO, TO FAMILIARIZE EVERYONE, THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIKEWAYS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN.
UH, AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THE PROJECT MAP THAT WAS PUBLISHED, UM, USED, UH, CLASSIFICATION.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEGEND IN THE, IN THE PLAN, IT SAYS CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO, I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT ALL OF THOSE ARE RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS A, A, AN OVERSIGHT ON OUR PART.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO LAY FRIENDLY, UH, DESCRIPTORS FOR EACH OF THESE BIKEWAYS.
SO FROM THIS, UH, FOLLOWING THIS, WE WILL UPDATE THAT AND, UH, YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MEMORIZING THESE, THESE, UM, RIDICULOUS, UH, CLASSIFICATIONS.
UM, BUT REGARDLESS, I'LL, I'LL JUST QUICKLY, UH, SHARE THESE DIFFERENT, UM, BIKEWAY TYPES.
SO YOU'VE GOT CLASS ONE MULTI-USE TRAILS FOR OFF STREET FACILITIES.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HERE, THESE ARE THE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ON-STREET BIKE BIKEWAYS YOU WOULD FIND.
UM, AND THESE ARE RECOMMENDED IN ORDER OF, UM, UH, BASICALLY BY, WITH HIGH HIGHER TRAFFIC VOLUME, HIGHER TRAFFIC, HIGHER SPEED STREETS AT THE TOP, LOWER TRAFFIC, LOWER SPEED STREETS AT THE BOTTOM.
SO ON YOUR BUSIEST STREETS, UM, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE PROTECTED BIKE LANES, UH, AS THE REALLY, THE, THE, THAT'S THE, THE ONLY FACILITY THAT IS GOING TO FEEL COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE AND APPEALING TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES ON A BUSIER STREET.
UM, NEXT UP IS A BUFFERED BIKE LANE.
SO IT'S LIKE A PROTECTED BIKE LANE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BIKE LANE, UM, AND ESPECIALLY BETWEEN VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND THE BIKE LANE, BUT THERE IS NO VERTICAL ELEMENT.
THEN YOU HAVE A STANDARD BIKE LANE, WHICH IS SEPARATED FROM TRAFFIC JUST BY A
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SIX INCH LINE OF PAINT.AND THEN LASTLY, YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY, WHICH IS A STREET WHERE THERE IS NO DESIGNATED BIKE LANE.
IT'S A STREET WHERE YOU'RE REALLY EXPECTING ANYONE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING THE LANE RIDING IN THE STREET, UM, BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS, THERE'S SO LITTLE TRAFFIC AND, AND IF THERE IS ANY, IT'S MOVING VERY SLOWLY.
AND CLASS THREE, OH YEAH, AND THEN A CLASS THREE WOULD JUST BE A, UM, BASICALLY SIMILAR, BUT WITHOUT, UH, SOME OF THOSE TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES APPLIED, UH, WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY, YOU'RE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN PLACE.
OUR PREVIOUS PLAN, GOING BACK TO THE 2008 BIKE PED MASTER PLAN, THERE WAS A, THERE WERE A LOT OF CLASS TWOS AND CLASS THREE.
IN FACT, I THINK THE ENTIRE PLAN WAS CLASS ONES, CLASS TWOS AND CLASS THREES.
SO WE'VE NOW, UM, LIKE I SAID, TRIED TO REALLY APPLY THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, UM, GUIDANCE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TYPE OF FACILITY IS APPROPRIATE FOR EACH OF THESE STREETS BASED ON HOW BUSY THEY ARE.
I'M NOT GOING TO EXPECT ANYONE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, REALLY
ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE PLANNING DOCUMENT AND, UH, AND LOOK AT THIS CAREFULLY.
WE, WE HAVE IT LINKED ON OUR PROJECT WEBPAGE, SO IF YOU HAD ANY ISSUES, UM, DOWNLOADING IT THROUGH THE AGENDA PACKET@CITYOFPETALUMA.ORG SLASH ATP, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A, A LARGER VERSION OF THIS.
UM, BUT JUST TO KIND OF, TO GIVE YOU A, TO ORIENT YOU TO THE MAP FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR UPCOMING REVIEWS, UM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY OVERLAID HERE, BOTH EXISTING AND PROPOSED FACILITIES.
SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, ON SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY, YOU CAN SEE A, UM, A HINT OF A KIND OF AN ORANGE LINE THERE UNDERNEATH A DASHED PURPLE LINE.
SO THAT MEANS THERE IS AN EXISTING, THAT SOLID LINE UNDERNEATH IS AN EXISTING CLASS TWO BIKE LANE, AND WE ARE PROPOSING A CLASS, THE DASH LINE PROPOSED IS A CLASS FOUR PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
UM, SO WHEN WE ADD, APPLY TO A BUFFER TO THIS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS BIKEWAY NETWORK, UH, WE REALLY EXPANDED THE COVERAGE OF THE NETWORK OVER THE 2008 PLAN.
AND THIS ENVISIONS A HIGH QUALITY BIKEWAY WITHIN ONE EIGHTH MILE OR ABOUT 200 METERS OF NEARLY ALL PROPERTIES IN PETALUMA.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS, THIS COVERAGE, IT'S A ROBUST NETWORK THAT, UH, REALLY, YOU KNOW, ENSURES THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM OR GOING TO IN PETALUMA, YOU SHOULD HAVE A HIGH QUALITY BIKEWAY TO RIDE ONCE THIS NETWORK IS BUILT OUT.
AND IN THAT PRIORITIZATION TABLE INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE CHAPTER, UM, WHAT WE REALLY TRIED TO DO WERE ELEVATE THE KEY ARTERIES OF THE NETWORK.
THOSE ARE THE CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS, THE BUSIER CORRIDORS THAT SERVE OUR DAILY NEEDS, WHETHER THOSE ARE SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, PARKS, UH, TRANSIT CONNECTIONS, SHOPPING CENTERS, AND ALSO OUR, OUR PRIMARY MULTI-USE TRAILS.
AND SO HIGHLIGHTED HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE, UH, KEY ARTERIES OF THE NETWORK.
AND IN THAT PRIORITY TABLE, WHAT YOU'LL FIND ARE, UH, WE, WE DID A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DEEP DIVE ON EACH OF THOSE, UM, THOSE KEY ARTERIES TO, TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THE GAPS THAT REALLY, REALLY NEED IMPROVEMENT TO, UM, AGAIN, MAKE BIKING ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
AND THEN MOVING TO PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVE THIS PLAN IS, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO APPLY THE SAME, UM, EXERCISE TO BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE WITH THE BIKE NETWORK, YOU HAVE TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE DIRECTING PEOPLE, UM, ON BIKE.
NOT EVERY STREET IS IDEAL FOR BIKING, UH, DEPENDING ON ITS CONNECTIVITY OR, UM, SOME OF ITS OTHER CHARACTERISTICS, WHEREAS WE REALLY WANT TO ACHIEVE AS MUCH, UM, AS MUCH CONNECTIVITY AS POSSIBLE ON THE, ON THE PEDESTRIAN SIDE.
UM, IDEALLY EVERY STREET IN THE CITY SHOULD BE WALKABLE, SHOULD HAVE SIDEWALKS.
UM, EVERY LOCATION WHERE YOU WOULD LOGICALLY WANT TO CROSS THE STREET SHOULD HAVE A CROSSWALK.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENT EXERCISE ON THIS SIDE.
UM, THE THREE TYPES OF PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON HERE ARE SIDEWALK GAPS, WHERE WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED AND PRIORITIZED, UM, MARKED CROSSWALKS WHERE WE DO, WE HAVE AN INVENTORY UNDERWAY, BUT WE NEED TO COMPLETE THAT.
AND THEN ACCESSIBLE CURB RAMPS, UM,
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WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE AN INVENTORY STARTED.AND THAT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING IN ITSELF IF YOU THINK ABOUT, UM, INVENTORYING EVERY STREET CORNER IN A CITY WITH 200 MILES OF STREETS.
UM, BUT WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING HERE IS A, A SIMP, A SIMPLIFIED, UH, PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA.
SO WHAT WE DID WITH THE SIDEWALK GAPS WAS, UM, ASSIGN POINTS IF THE SIDEWALK GAPS WERE INCLUDED IN, UH, THE DEFINED HIGH INJURY NETWORK, IF THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN HALF MILE OF A MAJOR TRANSIT HUB, UM, IF THEY ARE, UH, A KNOWN SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL OR LOCATED, YOU KNOW, IN PROXIMITY TO A SCHOOL AND IF THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN A, UM, A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.
AND THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE, THE GENERAL PLAN, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE REPORT.
SO, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING ONCE THOSE INVENTORIES ARE ROUNDED OUT FOR MARKED CROSSWALKS AND ACCESSIBLE CURB RAMPS TO APPLY THE SAME PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY.
AND HAPPY TO TAKE FEEDBACK ON THAT, ON THAT METHODOLOGY TONIGHT, OF COURSE.
AND THEN, UM, THIS TABLE WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.
THIS LOOKS AT, UH, THIS LOOKS AT HOW, WHAT TREATMENTS WE RECOMMEND AT, UM, UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS BASED ON THE ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS.
SO AS WITH THE BIKEWAYS, WHERE YOU WANNA SEE A GREATER DEGREE OF PROTECTION AND SEPARATION, UH, WITH BUSIER STREETS, UM, THIS IS THE SAME I APPLYING THE SAME IDEA FOR CROSSWALKS.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT NUMBER OF LANES IN THIS LEFTMOST COLUMN, SPEED LIMIT AND STREET CLASSIFICATION, ARTERIALS BEING YOUR BUSIEST STREETS, LOCALS BEING LOCAL STREETS BEING YOUR, UH, YOUR LEAST BUSY STREETS.
AND, UM, SO WHAT THIS TABLE, AND THEN IN THIS COLUMN, WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING WHAT FEATURES SHOULD BE IN PLACE, UM, UH, OR WE RE OR WE RECOMMEND BASED ON, ON THOSE STREET CHARACTERISTICS.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO USE A, A RECENT EXAMPLE ON NORTH MCDOWELL, UM, WHERE WE, UH, DID THAT THE PAVING PROJECT A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, UM, THAT'S A, A FIVE LANE STREET WHERE ALL OF OUR UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS NOW HAVE MEDIAN ISLANDS WHERE YOU'VE GOT PEDESTRIAN, UM, YOU'VE GOT FLASHING BEACONS ON BOTH THE SIDES OF THE STREET AND IN THE MEDIAN ISLAND.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE WORKING, ESPECIALLY WITH CROSSWALKS ON BUSIER STREETS.
MOVING INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER, AND JUST, JUST ONE THING TO SHARE HERE, JUST A TABLE SHOWING BASICALLY HOW ALL OF THESE PROJECTS GET BUILT.
UM, THIS CHAPTER DOES ALSO INCLUDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND, AND DIFFERENT, UM, AND, AND SOME OF THE GRANT FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE, UH, GENERALLY PURSUE TO, UM, MAKE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
SO BROKEN THIS TABLE DOWN INTO A HANDFUL OF PROJECT TYPES AND THEN, UM, AND THEN DIFFERENT DELIVERY OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WITH OUR SMALLER PROJECTS, UH, OUR NEW OR UPGRADED ON STREETE BIKEWAYS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE WITH OUR CREW OR WITH, UM, ON-CALL CONSTRUCTION CON, SMALLER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
UH, LIKEWISE WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, MAKE, WE CAN INSTALL NEW OR MAKE UPGRADES TO SIDEWALKS IN SMALL SECTIONS THROUGH THOSE MEANS.
AND IF WE'RE DOING CROSSWALKS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY OVERHEAD, OVERHEAD FEATURES LIKE FLASHING BEACONS OR SIGNALS OR UM, MASTER ARMS, THEN UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO THROUGH A SMALLER CONTRACT.
BUT THE BULK OF THESE PROJECTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO, UM, OUR PAVING PROJECTS, WE CAN DO ALL OF THIS.
AND THEN LIKEWISE WITH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PLANS, THOSE CAN ALSO PROVIDE THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THE REVIEW SCHEDULE AND TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION.
UM, SO THIS PLAN WAS RELEASED LAST FRIDAY.
UH, NEXT TUESDAY WE ARE GOING TO THE TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS WILL BE AT CITY COUNCIL FOR A WORKSHOP.
AND THEN WE WILL BE CLOSING THE COMMENT PERIOD ON THE DRAFT PLAN ON MAY 4TH, UH, FOR PAC MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WE'RE HOLDING THAT MAY 7TH AGENDA FOR AN ADDITIONAL REVIEW BY, UH, BY YOUR COMMITTEE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO SO.
AND THEN, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY COMMENTS WE RECEIVE AND HOW MANY UPDATES WE NEED TO MAKE, UM, THAT'LL DRIVE THE TIMING OF WHEN WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION.
SO INFORMATION ON THOSE NEXT TWO MEETINGS, THE 15TH AND THE 21ST, THOSE ARE AVAILABLE AT, UH, THE, OR THE, THE PACKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE@CITYOFPETA.ORG SLASH
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MEETINGS, UM, AS WELL, I SHOULD SAY, AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE.AND THEN OUR PROJECT WEBPAGE WHERE WE'LL BE POSTING, UM, WE'VE GOT THESE FILES UPLOADED AS WELL AS THIS, THIS, UH, REVIEW SCHEDULE AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, OUR CITY PET LIMITS.ORG/ATP FOR TONIGHT.
UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, COMMENTS PRIMARILY ON THE ACTION PLAN AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS CHAPTERS, IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM.
UM, AND, BUT REALLY WELCOMING ANY, ANY AND ALL FEEDBACK TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE, IF YOU'RE GOING MORE DETAILED, FEEL FREE TO SEND THOSE VIA EMAIL.
UM, AND FOR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, BECAUSE, UH, NOT WITH YOU OFTEN ESPECIALLY INTERESTED TO HEAR, UH, WHETHER THIS PLAN PROVIDES WHAT YOU THINK IT NEEDS TO ENSURE THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE, UM, HELPING THE CITY MOVE FORWARD IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION REALM.
AND IF NOT, WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO MAKE THIS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR YOUR BODY WHEN YOU ARE, UM, COMPLETING YOUR REVIEWS OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND, UH, LIKE I JUST SAID, REALLY, YOU KNOW, WANNA STRESS THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS OPTION FOR FOLKS TO TAKE THEIR TIME WITH THIS DOCUMENT AND, UM, AND GET THOSE EMAILS IN BY MAY 4TH, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANNA, THERE'S, WE DON'T NEED TO CATCH EVERYTHING TONIGHT BY ANY MEANS.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS.
GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO QUESTIONS FIRST, P BACK, UM, AND THEN PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND I'LL JUST SAY FOR, UH, UH, A LINE I'VE USED FOR OUR QUESTION PERIOD IS PLEASE MAKE SURE IT ENDS IN A QUESTION MARK AND THINGS THAT ARE MORE OF A COMMENT OR A DISCUSSION ITEM OR A STATEMENT, SAVE TILL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN WE DO, UM, COME BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEES AND THE COMMISSION.
SO LET YOU FACILITATE WITH PAC.
SO I'M GONNA FACILITATE, UM, THOSE MEMBERS FROM PAC AND AS JUST MENTIONED, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT QUESTIONS ONLY IN THIS SECTION, AND I HAVE, LET'S SEE, I'VE GOT JOANNA HERE AND WILLIAM, UM, ADAM, FRANK AND DARREN.
SO IS THERE SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE FIRST AND WE ARE ENTERING, WE ARE ENDING OUR REMARKS WITH THE QUESTION MARK.
SO I THINK, DARREN, YOU WANT ME TO, I JUST HAPPENED TO PICK ON YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE CLOSEST.
YOU, YOU READ MY MIND, I LIKE TO JUMP IN.
SO QUICK QUESTION ON DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS.
YOU REFERENCED AT THE END THAT DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO DO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS WERE RELEVANT.
HAVE, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO EVALUATE THOSE REQUIREMENTS? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COULD CHANGE THERE? IS IT WORTH EVEN MENTIONING OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN MORE IN LIKE THE IZO PROCESS WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS? BECAUSE I'M JUST THINKING WE'VE HAD, UH, THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE IS CREEKWOOD WHERE IT SEEMED SUBJECTIVE OR WE RELIED ON A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT CHANGED.
UM, SO IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY THERE TO, TO LOOK AT THOSE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS OR IS IT WORTH PUTTING THAT IN THE A TP? OKAY.
ONE, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE USED THE PREVIOUS, THE EXISTING MASTER PLAN A LOT IS WITH THAT MAP.
UM, BECAUSE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, THE WAY THE CITY GOT THE TRAILS, THE BIKE LANES WAS INCREMENTALLY AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED.
SO THAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PLANNERS USE A LOT IS TO PULL OUT THAT MAP LOOK, OH, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PROTECTED CLASS FOUR BIKE LANE HERE.
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NOT CLASS FOUR BJORN, THAT POINT WAS WELL TAKEN, THERE WAS NO SUCH THING BACK WHEN THE CURRENT WAS WRITTEN.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, USED A LOT.
UM, A LOT OF THE CONDITIONS ARE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS SPECIFICALLY WITH CREEKWOOD, SO I CAN'T RESPOND TO THAT OFF THE CUFF, BUT A LOT OF THE CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO END UP BEING HOPEFULLY STANDARDIZED CONDITIONS REFERRING TO THE NEW STREET SCAPE STANDARDS, THE COMPLETE STREET SCA, COMPLETE STREET STANDARDS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING REALLY CONSISTENT.
WE'RE APPLYING 'EM TO EVERY PROJECT THAT COMES IN, WE KNOW WHAT WE WANNA SEE AND WE'RE NOT DOING ONE-OFFS WITH EACH PROJECT BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS A VISION THAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO DEFINE.
AND SO THAT WOULD HAPPEN AT THE STAFF LEVEL PROJECT COMES IN, WE'RE USING THIS MAP
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AS GUIDANCE TO, AND THE DIFFERENT WORK, UH, STANDARDS HEREIN AS GUIDANCE THE STAFF IS APPLYING TO THE PROJECT.THAT TOTALLY ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
UM, SO THIS IS MAKING SOME OF THAT MANDATE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
I'M WONDERING, IT DOESN'T EXIST YET, BUT IT WILL BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, IS IT WORTH REFERENCING BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF THE SAME PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ISSUES, UH, AND I'M JUST SEEING YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT, IF IT'S WORTH OR IF WE CAN REFERENCE IT IF IT DOESN'T EXIST YET, BUT I KNOW WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, REFERENCE THINGS THAT ARE YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT POINT SINCE THAT JUST, UH, GOT UNDERWAY.
UM, I'M CURIOUS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SIMPLY A, A STATEMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN THE INTRODUCTION, JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT'S A RELATED PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT SHOULD BE REFERENCED, OR IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, ACTION ORIENTED, THEN MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING TO MULL OVER.
BUT I THINK YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE TO MULL OVER.
OBVIOUSLY I HAD A LAUNDRY LIST I CAN SAVE FOR COMMENTS, NOT A LAUNDRY LIST.
A COUPLE ITEMS ABOUT TREES THAT I THOUGHT COULD BE SURGICALLY ENTERED IN THERE, BUT YEAH, I WAS THINKING THE CONTEXT AND INTRODUCTION.
JUST REFERENCING IT AS ANOTHER DOCUMENT.
CAN I ADD SOMETHING TO THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE MEMBER? I CAN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ROLE YOU'RE TALKING YEAH.
AS RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, WITH DUE RESPECT, UM, THERE ARE ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS BJORN BROUGHT UP WAS, UM, REGULAR UPDATING OF THE PLAN.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T QUITE KNOW EVERYTHING THAT THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN MIGHT CALL FOR OR SAY OR WHATEVER.
BUT IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY, ONCE WE HAVE THAT PLAN, THAT ARE A REALLY NICE OVERLAP WITH THE ACT OF TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT NEXT TIME THERE'S AN UPDATE, THERE CAN ALSO BE MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE TO TIE THEM TOGETHER.
AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE A COMMUNITY WITH A KEEN EYE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE, OH, THE LAST QUESTION ON BIKEWAY PRIORITIZATION, I DON'T KNOW IF I JUST WASN'T INTERPRETING THE STREET NAMES CORRECTLY ON THAT LIST AND WAS, BUT I I JUST WONDERED UNDER 1 0 1 NEAR THE RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY, IS THAT ON THAT LIST? YES, IT IS.
IT WAS ONE OF THE TOP, ACTUALLY WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE TOP ONE.
UM, AND THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WENT ON THE PRIORITIZATION ON KIND OF THE PHASING AND TIMELINES.
I HAD A NOTE HERE, LIKE, COULD WE PUT THAT ON A TABLE? IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOUR ANNUAL REPORT WILL BE, CORRECT? IT'S THOSE PROJECTS, TIMELINE, RESPONSIBLE AGENCY KIND OF IN A NICE EXACTLY.
SO THE NEXT PERSON UP WOULD BE WILLIAM, TO MY LEFT.
UH, I, I DO HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST, BUT I'M GONNA EMAIL IT TO YOU.
UM, JUST A COUPLE THINGS THAT I COULD DISTILL DOWN TO.
UM, WITHIN ALL THESE CLASSIFICATIONS, UM, I SEE SOMETHING MISSING.
UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MULTI-USE TRAIL, WHICH IS KIND OF PRESUMED TO BE OFF STREET, LIKE THE LYNCH CREEK AND STUFF WE HAVE AROUND TOWN.
UM, IS THERE THE ABILITY TO ADD A MULTI-USE PATHWAY WHERE WE JUST HAVE LIKE A WIDER SIDEWALK SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE STREET DIVIDED INTO CARS AND BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.
NOW THERE'S LIMITED SPACE THERE, THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA.
UM, SO, UH, GIVING A SPACE WHERE YOU HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR PEDESTRIANS TO COMFORTABLY MOVE AROUND, BUT ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, LOW, LOW VELOCITY VEHICLES, UM, NON-MOTOR VEHICLES, IS, COULD THAT BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THIS PLAN? SO THE, THE CALTRANS, UH, CALTRANS HAS SOME BIKEWAY GUIDANCE THAT, UM, THAT SORT OF STIPULATES THE, THE WIDTH NEEDED FOR A, UH, FACILITY TO BE MUL MULTI-USE QUALITY, RIGHT? SO, UH, A CLASS ONE PATHWAY, WHETHER YOU WANNA CALL IT A TRAIL OR A PATHWAY, NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST EIGHT FEET WIDE WITH TWO FOOT SHOULDERS TO BE MULTI-USE.
UM, THERE'S A VERY SIMILAR FACILITY TYPE THAT'S DIFFERENT, UH, WHICH WOULD BE A SIDEWALK LEVEL PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
UH, AND SO WE COULD, MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE THAT ONE OFFLINE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO KIND OF SHARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO.
UM, BUT THAT ONE ACTUALLY REQUIRES, UH, HAS A DIRECTIONAL COMPONENT.
SO, UM, I I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY, THAT'S GETTING PRETTY IN THE WEEDS AND YEAH.
YEAH, I THINK WE COULD, UM, FOLLOW UP.
ARE WE, LIKE, ARE WE LIMITED? IS THERE SOME STATUTE THAT LIMITS US TO THE CAL CALTRANS CATEGORIES? I CAN WE BE MORE CREATIVE? I'M, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE TO MAKE THAT CALL, GIVEN THAT I'M
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NOT THE CITY ENGINEER OR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER ABOUT ANY EXEMPTIONS TONIGHT.I THINK GENERALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO AT THIS IN A HIGH LEVEL PLANNING EXERCISE LIKE THIS IS IDENTIFY THE PREFERRED BIKEWAY TYPE BASED ON THE KIND OF SIMPLE, COMMONLY USED CLASSIFICATIONS.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET INTO THE DESIGN PROCESS AND WE RUN INTO RIGHT OF WAY CONSTRAINTS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND WE NEED TO FIND EXEMPTIONS, THEN WE WOULD PURSUE THEM.
BUT I WOULDN'T, FOR A HIGH LEVEL DOCUMENT LIKE THIS, IT WOULDN'T BE WORTHWHILE TO, UM, TO, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO JUST LIKE TO, TO PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY PLACES WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO USE LESS WIDTH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, THAT COVERS MY SECOND QUESTION TOO, SO I YIELD THANKS WILLIAM.
UH, NEXT, JOHANNA, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
AND MAYBE THAT'S A DUMB QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HOW OUT OF THIS WORKS.
UM, SO WITH THAT MAP, AND IS THAT LIKE THIS TYPE OR BETTER, OR IS THIS THIS TYPE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE PLAN IS LIKE, IT'S IN PROGRESS, IT'S DEVELOPING, HOPEFULLY WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND WE MOVE TOWARD A HIGHER STANDARD THAN WHAT THE PLAN CAN DO.
NOW, I KNOW THE, THE PLAN'S GREAT FOR NOW, BUT IT'S 2025.
SO IF IT'S AS LIKE A BUFFERED BIKE LANE ON THE PLANE RIGHT NOW, IS THAT A BUFFERED BIKE LANE OR IS IT THE UNDERSTANDING THAT AT LEAST A BUFFERED BIKE LANE, BUT MAYBE IT'S BETTER THAN THAT? YEAH, WE'VE, WE, WE REALLY TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE RIGHT OFF THE BAT WHAT LEVEL OF FACILITY WOULD BE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, GUIDANCE.
AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A, THERE'S A TABLE REFERENCED IN THE PLAN, UM, THAT IT'S, IT'S THE NA, THE NATO, UH, ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, CONTEXTUAL GUIDANCE TABLE, WHICH PRESCRIBES DIFFERENT BIKEWAY TYPES BASED ON HOW BUSY THE STREETS ARE.
UM, AND SO WE USE THAT REALLY AS A STARTING POINT IN THIS EXERCISE.
AND SO GENERALLY WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS PLAN SHOULD ACHIEVE NTO ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, UM, GUIDANCE MEANING ON BUSY STREETS, YOU'LL SEE PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON CALMER STREETS, YOU'LL SEE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
OF COURSE, WHEN WE GET INTO ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION THERE MAY, IT, IT'LL VARY FROM STREET TO STREET WHAT THE, WHAT THE DIFFERENT CONSTRAINTS OR CHALLENGES ARE.
IN SOME PLACES WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE SAID.
WE, YOU KNOW, AT THIS HIGH LEVEL, UH, ARE GOING TO DO.
AND IN SOME CASES IT MAY UNFORTUNATELY BE LESS.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE A, A GLOBAL ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION,
AND SO IF THERE ARE, AS YOU'RE DOING A REVIEW, IF THERE ARE CERTAIN LOCATIONS WHERE YOU'RE SEEING A BIKEWAY THAT YOU THINK IS NOT SUFFICIENT BASED ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THAT STREET, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK FOR US.
YOU ARE NEXT, FOLLOWED BY FRANK.
JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION, A POLICY CLARIFICATION FOR THE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE IM SIX BIKE FRIENDLY TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL, JUST TRYING TO THINK OF EXAMPLES FOR THAT.
UM, I THINK IT MAYBE SHOULD BE LIKE BIKE AND PET FRIENDLY, TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL BASED OFF THE LANGUAGE, BUT WOULD THAT INCLUDE LIKE, UM, FOR INSTANCE, A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S TAKING AWAY A SIDEWALK THAT WOULD SOMEHOW TRY TO PRIORITIZE THAT SIDEWALK OVER ON STREET PARKING, FOR INSTANCE? THAT'S, IS THAT KIND AN EXAMPLE? THANK YOU.
EXAMPLE'S? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT.
I THINK WE DID, WE DO HAVE SIDEWALKS IN THERE, BUT I, I, YEAH, I THINK I, I AGREE THAT CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED.
BUT FOR THAT, LEMME TRY TO FOLLOW THE RULES FOR THE QUESTION
UM, IS THAT AN ACCURATE EXAMPLE? YES.
THAT THIS POLICY WOULD ABSOLUTELY APPLY.
UM, AND SO, SO ONE, UM, WOULD BE RELATED TO, UM, OUR THINKING ON WAY FINDING.
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SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE RHETORIC THAT I'M STARTING TO HEAR, UM, MORE RECENTLY IS AROUND, UM, A DESIRE TO INCREASE REGULATION ON, UM, ON THE USAGE OF, UH, E-BIKES, PARTICULARLY WITH, UM, MINORS AND TEENAGERS AND SUCH.UH, IN SORT OF IN THE NAME OF SAFETY, YOU KNOW, MY OWN PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
I, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TEACHING OUR YOUTH HOW TO SAFELY RIDE BIKES.
UM, BUT I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PLAN, WE CONSIDER, UM, THINKING ABOUT, UM, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE SORT OF CREATE THAT CULTURE OF SAFETY? AND WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH SIGNAGE ON TRAILS, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ETIQUETTE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST, UH, I MEAN THE, HAVING OUR, OUR LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS IN THE SCHOOLS, UH, TEACHING THIS, I THINK IS FABULOUS.
UH, WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM, UH, FROM, FROM OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS, MAYBE HELPING IN THAT.
UM, BUT I ALSO, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO SEE US THINKING ABOUT THAT FROM A WAY FINDING PERSPECTIVE.
UM, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, UM, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CODIFIED IN THE PLAN, BUT OUR COMMUNITY FACING MAPS THAT ARE ONLINE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE INTUITIVE CURRENT.
UM, AND, UH, AND, AND GIVE THE USER SOME, SOME INDICATION OF THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AN AVERAGE PERSON GOING ONLINE AND LOOKING AT OUR, OUR, OUR BIKE MAP, UH, MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE CLASSIFICATIONS, UM, BUT IT'S REALLY EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER IT'S A, A GREEN BUNNY SLOPE OR A DOUBLE BLACK DIAMOND KINDA KIND OF THING.
SO, UM, AGAIN, NOT SURE IF THAT NEEDS TO BE CODIFIED IN THE PLAN, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO SEE US WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
AND JUST CONFIRMING, WE DO HAVE AN ITEM FOR, UH, MULTI-USE TRAIL ETIQUETTE AND SPEED LIMIT, SPEED LIMIT SIGNAGE, WHICH I THINK WOULD INCORPORATE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, ANY, UM, LANGUAGE OR GUIDANCE AROUND SAFE, SAFE SPEEDS AND SAFE OPERATION OF, OF ELECTRIC DEVICES.
AND I REALIZE THAT HE'S NOT EXPECTING ME TO CALL ON HIM, BUT BRIAN, YOU SAT THROUGH THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ON OUR COMMITTEE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, FIRST QUESTION, ARE PLASTIC BOLLARDS CONSIDERED, UM, PROTECTED OR BUFFERED? THEY ARE CON CONSIDERED PER CALTRANS, UH, PROTECTED BIKE LANES BECAUSE THEY'RE VERTICAL ELEMENT.
BUT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY IN THIS PLANNING DOCUMENT, UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE OUR OWN RULES AROUND WHAT QUALIFIES AS A PROTECTED BIKE WAY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER SORT OF OVERALL QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION, UM, TALKS ABOUT THE WAYS THAT WE CAN DELIVER PROJECTS.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCES, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROCESS BARRIERS AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
LIKE IF WE LOOKED AT OUR 2008 PLAN, THERE'S A WHOLE NUMBER OF REASONS WHY THINGS PROBABLY DIDN'T GET DONE.
UM, I'M JUST FINISHED THE BOOK ABUNDANCE, AND SO I'M IN THIS MINDSET OF LIKE SLASHING RED TAPE AND REGULATIONS AND BUILD STUFF.
AND SO, UM, I'M KIND OF WONDERING HOW WE ARE IN THIS, UH, IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION, TAKING ON SOME OF THE EITHER REGULATORY OR PROCESS BARRIERS THAT HAVE HELD US BACK IN THE PAST.
YEAH, THAT'S, ARE YOU, ARE THERE ANY SPECIFICALLY THAT COME TO MIND FOR YOU? OR IS IT, UM, PUBLIC OPPOSITION? YEAH.
UM, OR INTERNAL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT ON BOARD WITH, UH, SPEED CUSHIONS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN, UM, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT I'M SURE GO ON THERE WITH, YOU KNOW, OH, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE, THE, THE THREAT OF, OF ACTION AND SOMETHING HAPPENING, MAYBE A HIGHER RISK THAN INACTION.
UM, BUT TAKING, JUST REALIZING THAT THERE'S A WHOLE MESS OF LIKE GOOD PROJECTS THAT COULD MOVE FASTER
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IF THERE WAS, UM, LESS RED TAPE INSIDE OF CITY HALL OR LESS, UM, RE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCESS.UM, JUST CURIOUS WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
YEAH, I THINK WE CAN, UH, TAKE A STAB AT, AT ADDING SOME, SOME SORT OF, UH, JUST, JUST SOME NARRATIVE TO THAT CHAPTER AROUND, UH, THE, JUST THE, THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH THINGS CURRENTLY GET DONE, UM, AND DIFFERENT FOR THE DIFFERENT PROJECT TYPES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM CITY THREAD.
UH, THEY REALLY ENCOURAGED US TO, UM, NOT SO MUCH TO PURSUE THE REALLY TECHNICALLY COMPLEX PROJECTS THAT'LL REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, A TON OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND, AND DETAILED DESIGN AND, AND MAY TAKE YEARS JUST TO GET TO SHOVEL READY STATUS, BUT TO FOCUS ON THINGS THAT WE CAN, WE KNOW WE CAN BUILD QUICKLY TO, TO BUILD OUT THE NET NETWORK, OBVIOUSLY.
UH, AND THEN, AND THEN WORRY ABOUT THOSE BIGGER EFFORTS LATER ON IN OUR, IN OUR BUILD OUT.
UM, IF THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
BUT YEAH, I'LL, UM, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
I GOT COMMENTS, BUT THAT'S GREAT.
AND THAT BRINGS IT BACK TO ME.
AND SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND I HAVE WATCHED THIS WHOLE ENTIRE PROCESS, I DO HAVE LOTS OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL TRY TO PICK ON THOSE THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD TONIGHT.
UM, ON PAGE 19, B ONE 11 IS TALKS ABOUT WAY FINDING AND THE TIMING IS LISTED AS 2026 TO 27.
MY QUESTION IS WHY THE DELAY? WE HAVE THE SIGNED PROTOTYPES.
WE'VE AGREED TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO SHOW US WHERE THEY NEED TO BE HUNG AND WHAT TYPE EACH WOULD BE, AND WE HAVE SOME MONEY ALLOCATED THAT'S A TARGET YEAR FOR COM CITYWIDE COMPLETION, NOT, NOT A START YEAR.
SO THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE MEAN COMPLETION WITHIN THAT FISCAL YEAR OF THE CITYWIDE PROGRAM.
SO HOPEFULLY IT WOULD BE STARTED THIS FISCAL YEAR.
OH, SORRY, NEXT WHEN I SAID THAT.
NEXT SIX YEAR, 20 25, 26, YEAH.
UH, THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE INVOLVES PAGE 22, THE IM FOUR THERMOPLASTIC ROADWAY MARKINGS.
AND MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF ALL OF THE ROADWAY SIGNS THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED OR INCORRECTLY PLACED? DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT? THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REPORTED THROUGH OUR CITY OF PETALUMA.ORG/ISSUES, IF YOU'RE NOTICING THAT.
AND YOU CAN PUT IN A WORK ORDER TICKET NOW IF YOU SEE, IF YOU'RE NO, IF YOU DO EVER NOTICE THAT.
UM, AND, AND WE'LL ALSO, OF COURSE, AS WE SEE THEM, TRY TO TAKE THEM DOWN, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF SIGNS IN THE CITY.
AND, UH, AND I'M SURE A LOT OF SIGNS WILL COME DOWN OR GET MOVED IN THAT PROCESS.
MY NEXT QUESTION, UH, INVOLVES THE MAP THAT I SEE, UH, WHICH IS ON PAGE 31.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS, A TP PLAN IS GOING TO BE MADE INTO A PHYSICAL BOOK, BUT ALSO IT WILL BE FOUND ONLINE.
AND SO MY CONCERNS WITH BEING A PHYSICAL BOOK IS THAT MAP THAT IS ON PAGE 31 IS GOING TO NOT SHOW UP VERY WELL, IF AT ALL, EVEN UNDER, UM, YEAH, IT'S NOT, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO WORK ON THAT.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT ANOTHER 11 BY 17 SHEET, CREATE THE MAP, CREATE A LARGER MAP, FOLD IT IN HALF, AND PUT THAT IN THE BOOKLET SIMILARLY TO WHAT WE DID IN 2008? YES, I CAN, I CAN, UH, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WE ALSO, SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO TO CITY OF PETALUMA.ORG/BIKE MAP, UH, YOU'LL FIND AN INTERACTIVE VERSION OF OUR 2008 MAP.
AND THAT MAP, OF COURSE, WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE NEW MAP, UM, IN AN INTERACTIVE FORMAT.
WELL, I'M, I'M PLEASED WITH BOTH FORMATS.
UM, ALSO THE LEGEND ON THE MAP, I WAS SCROLLING ON MY MAP ONLINE AND I WAS ENLARGING IT, AND THEN THE, THE LEGEND DISAPPEARS, AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY THAT YOU CAN SEPARATE THAT LEGEND SO THAT IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY SCROLLING, YOU CAN REFERENCE
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IT.THAT WOULD BE EASIER IN THE ONLINE VERSION.
THE, THE INTERACTIVE MAP I JUST REFERENCED TOUGHER TO DO IN THE STATIC VERSION, DEPENDING ON YOUR, YOUR SCREEN SIZE
BUT, UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER TRICK YOU COULD POTENTIALLY USE IS HAVE THE, THERE'S A PAGE WITH PHO.
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE THE COLORS OF THE BIKE.
WAYS COULD ADD MAYBE TO THAT, UM, PAGE SHOWING ALL OF THE BIKEWAY CLASSIFICATIONS THE CORRESPONDING COLOR, SO THAT YOU CAN ALSO USE THAT AS A LEGEND AND VIEW THEM SIDE BY SIDE.
AND THEN THE LAST THING, SINCE I'M THE WALKER OF THE GROUP, UH, VERY LITTLE REFERENCE HAS BEEN MADE TO CRACKED SIDEWALK AND ITS REPAIR PROCESS.
IT'S A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE IN THIS TOWN.
AND, UM, I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS A NEW PROCESS WITH TEETH THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN OUR A TP YES.
OR A GUN? YEAH, SO THE CITY IS DEVELOPING A SIDEWALK PROGRAM, UM, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT COST SHARING FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS.
UH, AS I'M SURE EVERYONE KNOWS, THOSE REPAIRS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF, UM, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER.
AND, UH, SO THAT, THAT PROGRAM, I BELIEVE WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, UM, AND IS ALSO DEPENDENT ON FUNDING A BIT.
SO IT'S DEPENDENT ON FUNDING, AVAILABILITY AND ALSO, UH, COUNCIL APPROVAL.
AND WITH THAT, THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, SO I'LL TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, WITH THAT, WE'LL HEAD INTO QUESTIONS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, SAME REQUEST TO HAVE YOUR, YOUR, UH, COMMENTS AT THIS STAGE END IN A QUESTION MARK AND SAVE THE REST FOR AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? COMMISSIONER MC? YEAH.
A, A QUESTION, UM, ON YOUR VISION AND GOALS ON PAGE SIX, THE THIRD GOAL IS TO, UM, BEAUTIFY IN INVITING AND COMFORTABLE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND TREES AND TRAILS, EXCUSE ME, MAINTAIN CONTINUITY, ENHANCED STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND MULTI-USE TRAILS WITH MORE BEAUTIFUL, INVITING AND COMFORTABLE TO MAKE THEM MORE BE BEAUTIFUL AND COMFORTABLE, SUCH AS WITH TREES, LIGHTING, SEATING, WATER, AND FOUNTAINS.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT THAT.
AND, AND MY QUESTION IS MORE, NOT THAT THAT THE BIKE TRAILS COMMUNITY SHOULD TAKE IT ON, BUT HOW DO WE COORDINATE WITH BIGGER PICTURE URBAN CORRIDORS AND PUBLIC CORRIDORS, WHICH IN INVOLVE NOT ONLY CARS AND BIKES, BUT TREES AND SIDEWALKS AND FINE, I DON'T SEE HOW I, I DON'T GET IN HERE HOW THAT IS COORDINATED OR WILL BE COORDINATED.
'CAUSE I DON'T RELY ON PUBLIC WORKS TO BE THAT ROLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IS GONNA PLAY THAT ROLE.
YEAH, SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I, THERE IS A, AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OR A REFERENCE TO, UM, THE UPDATED STREET AND TRAIL DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, THAT COULD PROVIDE A PLACE FOR, UM, POTENTIALLY SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME ADDITIONAL GREEN STREETS ELEMENTS WHEN WE DO UPDATE OUR, OUR STREET STANDARDS.
BUT, UH, REALLY, I DON'T, IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE I, I'M NOT SURE THIS PLAN IS THE REALLY, THE, IT IT DOESN'T PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL WHERE I THINK WE WOULD PRESCRIBE SPECIFIC, UM, GREENING ENHANCEMENTS ALONG CORRIDORS.
I REALLY WOULD LOOK TO THE URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WITH PBA, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE GOALS, THERE WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO P BACK THAT WE INCLUDED THIS GOAL TO REFERENCE THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, OR JUST, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE THAT OUR STREETS, WHEN WE DO MAKE UPDATES TO THEM, WE NEED TO MAKE THEM BEAUTIFUL, INVITING PLACES TO BE.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THIS PLAN.
I, I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN MAKE THE, INCORPORATE THOSE IN THIS PLAN.
UM, BUT IT, IT, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S, IT, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST FEELS LIKE A CHALLENGING EXERCISE TO ME.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT WOULD, WHERE IT WOULD FIT.
THAT'S MY QUESTION IS I THINK WE NEED TO FIND OUT MORE HOW, HOW WE CAN, HOW CAN WE DIRECT THAT TO BE A MORE POSITIVE, UH, MUTUAL
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SOLUTION.AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE EXAMPLE IS PET BOULEVARD SOUTH WHEN, WHEN THAT WAS UPGRADED FOR HANDICAP RAMPS AND ALL THAT, WE COULD HAVE PLANTED TREES IN, IN BULL MOUTHS AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT.
BUT THERE WAS REALLY NO PROCESS TO, TO INCLUDE THAT, THAT I'M AWARE OF.
AND THERE WAS NO, NOBODY LOBBYING FOR THAT.
SO I'M JUST, THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE GET A MORE, THIS IS THE PUBLIC CORRIDOR, NOT JUST A BIKE TRAIL.
SO HOW DO WE GET MORE OF A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND PUBLIC GOALS ESTABLISHED IN DESIGNING THAT CORRIDOR? I THINK, SO WE DO HAVE THE DESIGN ELEMENTS SECTION IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS CHAPTER.
AND IT COULD BE THAT WE ADD SOME LANGUAGE AND, AND SECTION SUBSECTIONS THERE, UH, DETAILING SOME OF THE TYPICAL GREEN STREETS OR BEAUTIFICATION ELEMENTS YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE AS PART OF STREET PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO BORROW FROM YOUR EXAMPLE ON PENTON BOULEVARD SOUTH THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST INCLU REFERENCING THE FACT THAT WE, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, THESE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, TO, WE HAVE, WHEN WE HAVE THESE KIND OF LEFTOVER AREAS, RIGHT, THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED TO MOVE VEHICLE TRAFFIC OR, UH, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF THAT EXCESS WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY WE HAVE ON PBS WHERE YOU COULD SEE TREES PLANTED INSTEAD OF A STRIPED BUFFER.
IS THAT, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC SOLUTION, BUT I, I'M THINKING, UM, IN THE MASTER, IN THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE THAT THEY ARE, THIS IS, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A QUESTION
THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT SOME OF THE BIG BOULEVARDS, WASHINGTON PETALUMA BE FOCUSED OF HIGH DENSITY HOUSING.
AND I THINK, AND THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.
THE QUESTION IS THE QUALITY OF THAT BOULEVARD TO HOUSING.
I MEAN, DO YOU REALLY WANNA LIVE ON THAT BOULEVARD? AND, BUT IF THERE ARE WAYS TO IMPROVE IT AND BIKE TRAILS IS ONE, UH, BULB PLANTING OF TREES AT, AT INTERSECTIONS TO EXPAND THAT.
I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT COULD BE IN THAT DISCUSSION THAT I DON'T SEE HOW THEY'RE GONNA GET IN THERE WITH THIS PLAN.
AND, AND I, I'M OPEN, I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION, SO I'M ASKING THE QUESTION PRN.
I THINK WE COULD DO SOME BRAINSTORMING AROUND THIS.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE CITY IS UNDERTAKING, AND IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND THAT THERE IS A, IS A LIST.
SO WHEN A STREET PROJECT IS HAPPENING THAT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME GUIDANCE, THERE'S SOME LISTS, LIKE THESE ARE THE THINGS WE SHOULD BE ADDING STREET TREES, WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, BIKE LANES OR, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME OF THAT INTERNAL COORDINATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT, UM, PROCESSES.
I AGREE WITH YOU THAT I THINK UPDATING THE STREET STATE STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THOSE THINGS DIRECTLY IN IT, BUT I THINK THERE CAN JUST KIND OF HEARING WHAT ROGER SAID AND, AND TALKING INTERNALLY WITH THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND THE DIFFERENT PLANS AND COMING UP WITH A PLAN TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON THAT SO THAT THEY STAY COUPLED.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE SOME NOTION OF DON'T LET PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF GOOD IN, IN THAT, UH, COORDINATION EFFORT BECAUSE WE CAN GET OURSELVES A LITTLE TOO
UM, BRIAN, YOU HAD A, A QUESTION? YEAH.
UM, DO WE HAVE, IS THERE A CCB OR A PERSON INSIDE A CITY HALL THAT IS SORT OF LIKE ON POINT FOR STREET BEAUTIFICATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S A SINGLE PERSON.
AND THERE'S ALSO, YOU HAVE CITY FUNCTIONS THAT ARE ATTACKING IT FROM KIND OF DIFFERENT ANGLES MM-HMM
AND, AND DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, RIGHT? YOU HAVE, THERE'S THE TREE COMPONENT, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO A BIG STORMWATER COMPONENT.
SO, AND, AND THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS COMPLETELY, UM, RUN BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS,
UM, BUT I THINK TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE ALL, LIKE HEATHER IS SAYING, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE DOING NOW, IS MAKING SURE THAT THESE PAVING PROJECTS ARE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS CHECKLIST AND THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING THESE OPPORTUNITIES AS WE GET MORE COMFORTABLE MAKING,
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YOU KNOW, INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL, UH, GREEN ELEMENTS IN OUR PAVING PROJECTS, WHICH HASN'T, TO YOUR POINT, HAS NOT TRADITIONALLY BEEN DONE.SO, UH, I ALSO, THE BLUEPRINT, UM, WHICH IS BEEN ADOPTED HAS, UM, SPECIFICS KIND OF TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, ROGER, ALSO ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE UPDATE OUR COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, INCLUDING TREE CANOPY LANDSCAPE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, STORM WATER, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS COMING TOGETHER.
BUT IT'S, IT'S THAT, BUT THEN IT'S MAKING SURE IT GETS, IT GETS INCORPORATED INTO THE, ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING TOO.
I JUST THINK IT'S A, IT'S A LOST OPPORTUNITY IF WE DON'T TAKE EVERY ADVANTAGE WE CAN.
'CAUSE CONSTRUCTION IS CHEAPER IF YOU DO IT ALL AT ONCE THAN IF YOU DO IT SEPARATE.
ALSO, I THINK THAT, UM, I JUST THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ATTENTION TO THE URBAN DESIGN, THE SENSOR PLACE, THE BEAUTIFICATION, WHATEVER, AS PART OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A, AGAIN, PUBLIC CORRIDOR, TRAFFIC BIKE TRAILS, PEDESTRIAN TREES OR PRIVATE TREES.
BUT THAT'S THE WHOLE CORRIDOR THAT WE NEED TO WORK WITH.
SO IF YOU JUST PUT A BIKE TRAIL IN AND SAY, THAT'S IT, WE'VE DONE OUR JOB.
YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH A WHOLE, YOU QUESTION.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE CREATIVITY BECAUSE WE'RE OFTEN DEALING WITH INCREDIBLY CONSTRAINED RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, WHERE IT'S ONE THING WHEN YOU'RE JUST CREATING THIS NEW STREET, WE'RE NOT CREATING NEW STREETS.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TAKING STREETS OR LIMITED RIGHT OF WAYS AND RE RE-IMAGINING THEM, UM, TO INCLUDE THINGS THAT THEY MAYBE DON'T INCLUDE TODAY.
SO THERE, IT'S, IT'S I THINK PROBABLY TO THE CHAIR'S POINT TOO, THERE'S, IT'S FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS WORK AND DO IT WELL.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER RAY.
UM, CAN I HAVE YOU GO BACK TO A SLIDE AT THE VERY BEGINNING YOU HAD A SLIDE THAT HAD FOUR BOXES ON IT, YOUR PRIORITIES VERY BEGINNING.
THERE'S PROBABLY A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THIS THERE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, IS YOUR SECOND PRIORITY SAYS USING ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES.
UM, I READ THE WHOLE REPORT AND THEN I WENT BACK AND DID WORD SEARCHES FOR PARTICULAR THINGS.
AND YES, YOU COVER BICYCLING WONDERFULLY.
YOU COVER PEDESTRIAN WONDERFULLY.
YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT SCOOTERS, SKATEBOARDS, MOBILITY, UH, DEVICES THAT HAVE, UM, POWER TO THEM.
BUT THERE IS ALMOST NOTHING IN THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES AND DISABILITY NEEDS BEING MET ON ANY OF THE THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND MY QUESTION IS, IS HOW DO WE GET THAT IN THERE? 30% OF THE POPULATION OF PETALUMA IS SENIORS.
UM, WE HAVE SENIORS AND ACTIVE ADULTS IN THAT CATEGORY.
UM, AND THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WALKERS.
THEY'RE BICYCLE PEOPLE, BUT SOME OF THEM USE MOBILITY DEVICES THAT ARE NOT MENTIONED ANYWHERE.
SO ANYTIME, YOU KNOW, I I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY GO BACK AND, AND, AND DO THAT WORD SEARCH MYSELF AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO PLUG, TO MAKE THOSE REFERENCES.
ANYTHING THAT DOES REFERENCE, UM, PEDESTRIAN CONDITIONS OR CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE WALKING IS ALSO INTENDED TO REFERENCE THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE USING WALKERS, WHEELCHAIRS, ANY OTHER ASSISTIVE DEVICES.
UM, AND ANY, OBVIOUSLY ANY REFERENCES TO ACCESSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
UH, ACCESSIBILITY IS JUST A, A, A KIND OF A BROAD REFERENCE, UM, FOR ALL OF THOSE NEEDS AS WELL.
UM, WE DO HAVE IN THE PEDESTRIAN DESIGN GUIDANCE, UM, IN THE SIDEWALK AND CURB RAMP SECTION, UM, THERE'S A, A REFERENCE TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES, WHICH PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON EVERY ASPECT OF ACCESSIBLE DESIGN.
AND SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S MENTIONED BECAUSE THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE USING WHEN IT COMES TO, WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING OUR STREETS AND, AND TRAILS TO BE ACCESSIBLE.
UM, BUT, BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE.
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OUT TO GO ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND I CAN GO CERTAIN WAYS, STOP, TURN AROUND, GO BACK, TAKE MY WHEELCHAIR, PUT IT BACK IN THE CAR, GO TO THE OTHER END OF LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, AND I CAN GO A CERTAIN DISTANCE ON THAT.BUT MOST OF THE TRAILS AND THE PATHWAYS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR.
GET IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE THAT THIS IS A NEED.
AND THEN I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION ON WAY FINDING, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROB THE PROGRAM IS OR WHAT YOU'VE DESIGNED AT THIS POINT, BUT I'VE ASKED THIS SEVERAL TIMES ON WAY FINDING SIGNS.
CAN WE IN FACT HAVE WAY FINDING SIGNS THAT DESIGNATE WHICH AREAS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES? UM, I'VE SEEN THEM IN OTHER TOWNS AND OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE GONE TO WHERE THE SIGN HAS, UM, IF YOU WALK IT, IT TAKES THREE, THREE HOUR, THREE THREE MINUTES TO GET THERE.
IF YOU ARE ON A BICYCLE, IT TAKES ONE MINUTE.
IF YOU'RE ON A MOBILITY DEVICE, IT TAKES TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.
I'VE SEEN THOSE KIND OF SIGNS WHERE AT THE BOTTOM IT HAS THOSE GRAPHICS.
CLEARLY TELL YOU HOW FAR THE DISTANCE IS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
WE, THAT WAS THE PLAN WAS TO INCLUDE, UH, WALKING AND BIKING TIME ESTIMATES.
UM, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD A, UH, IF THERE'S SORT OF A HELPFUL, IF THERE'S A UNIVERSE, IS THERE A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL? WELL, A SYMBOL, BUT ALSO, UH, THE SPEED AT WHICH YES, A DEVICE WOULD TRAVEL
THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION OUT THERE TO BE LIKE THAT.
THEN IT JUST HAS THE SYMBOL OF THE WHEELCHAIR.
IT SAYS THIS PATH IS, I'M SORRY.
UM, EVEN IF IT HAS JUST THE SYMBOL THAT SAYS THIS PATH OR THIS ROUTE IS AVAILABLE IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR, THAT SYMBOL, MAYBE NOT EVEN DISTANCE WISE OR ANYTHING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THIS TOWN THAT LETS PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO AND WHERE THEY CAN'T.
WOULD THE LIMITING FACTOR BE GRADE PRIMARILY? PARDON? WOULD, WOULD THE SORT OF QUALIFICATION THAT MAKES A PATHWAY ACCESSIBLE, IS IT MOSTLY THE GRADE? THAT'S THE, IT'S GRADE AND IT'S IMPEDIMENTS.
UM, I CAN'T GET FROM THE DOWNTOWN RAILROAD STATION TO DOWNTOWN BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO OVER A RAILROAD TRACK, AN OLD RAILROAD TRACK, AND MY WHEELCHAIR GOT CAUGHT.
SO I'M SITTING IN THERE STUCK.
SOME NICE PERSON CAME ABOUT AND LIFTED UP MY CHAIR AND TOOK IT BACK.
BUT I TOOK THE TRAIN FROM THE SOUTH STATION TO THE DOWNTOWN STATION, OR THE NORTH STATION TO THE DOWNTOWN STATION.
'CAUSE I WANTED TO GO DOWNTOWN IN MY WHEELCHAIR, GOT OFF, WENT THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, WHICH IS NOT THE BEST ONE TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE IT'S PARTLY GRAVEL.
I DON'T TRAVEL WELL IN GRAVEL.
GOT UP TO THAT TRACK THAT'S THERE AND COULDN'T GO ACROSS IT.
SO THERE'S THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE ANOTHER TYPE OF AUDIT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE'VE NOT SORT OF EVALUATED YEAH.
COULD THE SENIOR COMMITTEE POTENTIALLY COLLABORATE ON SUCH A REVIEW?
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS LIKE HOWARD STREET, WHERE HOWARD GOES INTO WASHINGTON AND THERE'S A FREE RIGHT TURN THERE.
I ALMOST GOT HIT BY A CAR BECAUSE I CAN'T PUSH THE BUTTON.
SO THE BUTTON, AND I HAVE TO CROSS THE FIRST LANE OF FREE RIGHT.
TRAFFIC THAT'S TURNING, THEY CAN'T SEE ME IN MY WHEELCHAIR BECAUSE I'M ONLY THIS TALL.
AND SO THE CAR DECIDED TO FREE RIGHT TURN THROUGH ME.
THAT'S A, SO THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING.
SO THERE'S LIKE A, THERE'S AN EX LITTLE EXTENDER ARM THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THAT, THAT, UM, SIGNAL POLL TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FROM THE ACCESSIBLE, I, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE TOO, OF SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN A PLANNING DOCUMENT LIKE THIS.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO ON CITY OF PET LIMIT DOOR.ORG/ISSUES AND JUST REPORT THAT IT GETS IT, IT CREATES A WORK ORDER, IT GETS IT IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS QUEUE TO, UH, TO MAKE THAT FIX.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ENCOUNTERING THING, SMALLER THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY FIXABLE, UM, TO DEFINITELY USE THAT APP.
THE ENGAGE PEDAL APP OR THAT WEBPAGE, I PUT IT, I PUT ON.
AND I DID IT IN A REPORT, 'CAUSE I DID ALL OF HOWARD TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THAT IS ACCESSIBLE IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR USING A WALKER.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT THERE'S THAT.
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AND THEN I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION, WHICH REALLY DOESN'T, IT EQUATES TO THIS OR NOT.UM, THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO INPUT TO THIS.
CAN I GET A COPY OF THE SLIDESHOW? WE HAVE A MEETING THAT'S THURSDAY AND IT'S THE ONLY MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THE CLOSING OF COMMENTS.
WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER NEWELL, ANYTHING? GO FOR IT.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND, AND I, I DON'T SEE SURFACING THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL ON THE BIKE WAVE PRIORITIZATION LIST IS, COULD, COULD YOU PLEASE EXPAND ON, ON HOW THAT ACTUALLY HAS AN ACTIVE, UH, AND FUNDED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT WE ARE HOPING WILL BE CONSTRUCTED THIS FALL.
SO THAT'S UNDERWAY CAN ALSO ADD THE REF.
SO YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE TABLE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY CHECK IT OFF.
ANYTHING FURTHER FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARN OR COMMISSIONER KUSON COVERED IT.
UH, WHICH WAS ACROSS THESE 52 ACTION ITEMS, IS THERE ANY RATIONALE OR MEANING TO DERIVE FROM THE ORDER OF THEM? NO, IT WAS REALLY JUST KIND OF AN ORGANIC, UH, ORDER THAT EVOLVED OVER TIME.
UH, WE DID TRY TO KIND OF GROUP LIKE, LIKE WITH LIKE, LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE CLUSTER OF BIKE RACK RELATED ITEMS, BUT NO.
THAT WAS WHERE, THAT'S WHERE I WAS HEADED.
I THINK THAT WAS ALL I HAD IN THE FORM OF QUE A QUESTION.
OKAY, THEN LET'S MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, AND UP TO TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SEE THEIR TIME TO A THIRD INDIVIDUAL.
THAT HAS TO BE PRIOR TO THEIR, UH, THE THIRD MEMBER'S PUBLIC COMMENT, SUCH THAT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE UP TO NINE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK.
UH, AS A REMINDER, WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, DISCOURAGE ANY PERSONAL ATTACKS OR COMMENTS ON ANY INDIVIDUAL'S INTEGRITY.
UM, AS ALWAYS, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING, BOOING, CHEERING, ET CETERA.
AND PLEASE RESPECT THE CLOCK AND REFRAIN FROM GOING OVER YOUR ALLOTTED PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.
SO WITH THAT, DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE THE MEETING? CORRECT.
WE RECEIVED TWO, UH, COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ONLINE.
AND THEN I HAD ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM BEFORE.
HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY MORE? OH BOY.
SO WE'VE GOT FIVE, WHICH WE'LL STILL DO.
UM, ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL START WITH ARIS AGAIN, FOLLOWED BY BRUCE.
UM, SINCE ALL 10 OF THE JURISDICTIONS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN OR ARE FINISHING UP THEIR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANS, I HAVE BEEN READING A LOT OF THESE OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.
AND SO AFTER SPENDING SOME TIME WITH THIS ONE THE OTHER DAY, I JUST WANNA SAY, WELL DONE.
UM, I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO DOWN IN WEEDS IN ANY PARTICULAR PROJECTS HERE AND THERE, UM, BUT IT FEELS LIKE YOU HIT THE SWEET SPOT BETWEEN ASPIRATIONAL AND ACTUAL OR PRACTICAL.
UM, I LIKE THAT THE ACTION PLAN IS DEFINITIVE TIMELINES.
I DON'T ALWAYS SEE THAT IN ALL OF THESE KIND OF PLANS, AND THAT THE LISTS OF PROJECTS AND THE LIST OF OTHER PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES ARE A MORE REASONABLE LENGTH THAN I OFTEN SEE.
I'VE SEEN STU UH, PLANS THAT THERE WERE LIKE A HUNDRED PROJECTS IN THERE, AND THEN OVER, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS MAYBE THEY BUILT THREE OF THEM.
SO THIS FEELS LIKE A LOT MORE, UM, USEFUL, UH, LENDING ITSELF TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION.
A PLAN THAN MANY THAT I'VE SEEN.
UM, I'LL TAKE, TAKE A SECOND TO LET FOLKS KNOW.
I JUST LEARNED TODAY THAT TODAY IS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST US GOVERNMENT, UH, POLICY MAKING DRIVE THE NEEDS OF DRIVERS MORE IMPORTANT THAN PEDESTRIANS.
LOS ANGELES IN 1925 PASSED THE FIRST LAW BASICALLY SAYING STREETS ARE FOR CARS AND PEOPLE NEED TO GET OUT OF THEM.
AND IF PEOPLE GET IN THE WAY, WELL
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THEN THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE JAYWALKING CAME FROM.BUT PRIOR TO THAT, AND IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE IT WAS THE, THE AUTO CLUBS AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY THAT WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE MORE AND DRIVE FASTER AND ALL OF THAT.
AND WE, THERE'S ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THE WAY, ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THE STREET.
AND SO IT WAS THE FIRST EVER PUBLIC LAW MAKING THE STREETS SOLELY FOR CARS.
NEXT WE'VE GOT BRUCE, FOLLOWED BY NICOLE.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A WHILE AND IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
I'VE SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME READING IT.
AND FOR SAFE STREETS, PETALUMA THAT I'M A PART OF, WE'LL BE PUTTING IN SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS, UH, VERY SOON.
COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, CAME TO MY ATTENTION.
UH, ONE OF THEM YOU'VE HEARD MAYBE TALK ABOUT THE, UH, TREE PARKING CONCEPT.
WE HAVE PROBABLY TWICE AS MUCH IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY STREETS.
AND I TOOK MY MAP THAT I HAD PETE PRINT FOR ME AND GOT ALL MY HIGHLIGHTERS OUT.
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, UH, TAKE UP.
I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF, OF WHAT THE BUILD OUT PLAN'S GOING TO BE.
AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE THESE SO THEY IN FACT ARE SLOW BECAUSE MY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM SO FAR, THE, UH, THE, THE STREET I LIVE ON, UH, AND OTHERS THAT I RIDE MY BIKE THROUGH IS THAT PEOPLE WILL GO AS FAST AS THEY CAN BETWEEN SPEED HUMPS OR THEY'LL GO AROUND THEM IF THERE'S NO CARS PARKED THERE.
MY SUGGESTION, AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'RE EXPLORING, UH, NEEDS SOME HELP ON THAT.
I DID TALK TO SOMEONE UP AT PORTLAND THAT HAS A, UH, TREES IN THE PARKING ZONE PROGRAM.
GOT SOME GOOD ADVICE FROM HER.
BUT, UH, WHY DO WE NEED TO RESURFACE OR REPAVE, UH, THE PARKING AREAS.
WE HAVE A 32 FOOT WIDE STREET.
IF WE PUT A 16 FOOT STRIP OF PAVEMENT DOWN THE MIDDLE ON ONE OF THESE GREENWAYS ST.
FRANCIS FOR INSTANCE, YOU CAN REDUCE THE PER MILE COSTS BY 50% AND OVER A MILE WITH A 50 SLURRY SEAL THAT'S, UH, $50,000 TO JUST PAVE THE MIDDLE WHERE THE CARS NEED TO GO.
YOU DON'T NEED TO REPAVE THE PARKING AREAS 'CAUSE IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO AS MUCH STRESS, NOR DOES IT PUT AS MUCH STRESS ON THE VEHICLES AND IT LEAVES OPEN THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOU CAN NOTCH OUT, AS I BELIEVE, UH, BJORN'S LOOKING INTO FOR ST.
FRANCIS, YOU CAN NOTCH OUT THESE LITTLE TREE PARKLETS THAT GO EVEN FURTHER OUT, MAYBE CREATE PINCH POINTS ALONG THE WAY.
SO, AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THIS BIG WIDE THING WITH A COUPLE OF SPEED HUMPS, YOU NOW HAVE A NARROW STREET WITH A LOT OF TREES THAT THE KIDS ARE LOOKING AFTER 'CAUSE THEY WERE PLANTING THEM.
UH, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION.
IT MIGHT VERY WELL BE IN THERE NOW, BUT WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT THAT.
UH, SPEAKING OF MAPS, I WENT AGAIN TO LOOK ONLINE AND THERE IS A MAP ON THERE AS THE CURRENT MAP OF PETALUMA BIKEWAYS CALLED THE PETALUMA GREEN LANE MAP THAT I CREATED IN 2007.
SO IT SHOWS WE'RE GONNA CATCH UP ON THIS, BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS HAVE THE PLANNING MAP IN ONE PLACE, BUT LET'S HAVE A NAVIGATION MAP THAT'S UP TO DATE, BIG WIDE LINES, CLEAR COLORS.
MAYBE THE COLORS COULD BE, UH, HEAT MAPPED BASED ON RED FOR HIGH STRESS AND BLUE FOR LOW STRESS.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN DONE, BUT THAT THESE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN THE VERY NEAR TERM THAT WILL MAKE THAT, UH, BIKE PED ENVIRONMENT A LOT SAFER.
WE'VE GOT NICOLE FOLLOWED BY MARY.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, CITY STAFF.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR BLUE ZONES PROJECT PETALUMA.
AND I JUST WANNA START BY CELEBRATING, THIS IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
BJORN, YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE SUCH A FINE JOB OF INTEGRATING FEEDBACK NOT ONLY FROM OUR BLUE ZONES POLICY EXPERTS FROM, BUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT SUMMITS.
UM, EVERYWHERE IN THIS PLAN I'M SEEING WHERE THINGS HAVE BEEN CROSS-REFERENCED AND ARE, ARE VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE SEE IN BLUE ZONES COMMUNITIES.
UH, WE HAVE THAT COMMON GOAL OF GETTING MORE PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT NATURALLY MOVING AND ACTIVELY TRANSPORTING THEMSELVES THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT ROADMAP THAT'S GONNA GET US THERE.
UM, I WANNA JUST SHOUT OUT SPECIFICALLY KEY THINGS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ADDED IN THIS, THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, THE CLASS FOUR PROTECTED BIKE LANES OR JUST CLASS FOUR PROTECTED LANES IN GENERAL.
THE BOUTS AND OTHER SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THIS, I THINK ARE, ARE KEY.
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FOR MORE A DA COMPLIANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.UM, AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANNA BRING FORTH AN OFFER.
I HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF SIDEWALKS TO DO AUDITS AND ASSESSMENTS ON.
WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT MOBILIZING THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND DO THESE AUDITS.
WE CAN PROVIDE EXPERT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAIN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DO THE REPORTING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
WE CAN STRETCH AND BRIDGE AND BE SORT OF A CONDUIT AS, AS, AS I THINK IS, IS MOST SUPPORTIVE TO WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE CITY STAFF.
UM, WITH REGARDS TO NAVIGATION MAPPING, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ACCELERATION WITH THE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE AND WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OUR SUPPORT WITH THAT.
WHETHER THAT SUPPORT LOOK LIKE OUR EXPERT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORTING IN THE MAPPING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PLAN.
OR, UM, GRANT PROSPECTING, GRANT WRITING, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ACTIVATE THIS AND MOVE THAT TIMELINE ALONG A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, EXCUSE ME, I'M HAVING A, A BIT OF AN ASTHMA THING, SO I'M STRUGGLING WITH MY, MY LUNGS HAPPY SPRING.
UM, AND THEN FURTHERMORE, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND THEN FOR RECEIVING IT IN A WAY THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE, WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS AND WANTS.
I THINK THAT THAT'S KEY AND THAT'S GONNA HELP BUILD THE BUY-IN THAT WE NEED ON THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AS WE START IMPLEMENTING THESE CHANGES ACROSS OUR ENVIRONMENT.
WE'VE GOT MARY FOLLOWED BY PETE.
UM, YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.
I MEAN, YOU CAN TELL A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE WITH A DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE HAVE BEEN AT THIS.
BUT YOU KNOW, AS THE WOMAN ON THE STREET, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE.
IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME TODAY THAT A PLAN DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEAN LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS FIGURING ON.
AND IMPLEMENTATION IS ANOTHER WORD THAT I THINK MEANS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS AND THAT.
UM, I THINK ABOUT OUR CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, WAS THAT 2019 PETE? 2020, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, CLIMATE COMMISSION AND, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A FRAMEWORK AND THEN AFTER THAT WE GOT A BLUEPRINT OR MAYBE THE BLUEPRINT CAME FIRST.
I'M NOT HONESTLY ALL THAT CLEAR ON WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRAMEWORKS AND BLUEPRINTS.
YOU CAN TELL I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TERMINOLOGY.
UM, BUT SURELY I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH 67% OF OUR CO2 EMISSIONS COMING FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
THERE'S KIND OF NOTHING A WHOLE LOT MORE IMPORTANT IN PETALUMA TO MEETING OUR CLIMATE GOALS THAN AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT GETS STUFF DONE.
NOW, MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE WRITTEN THIS AND PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER FOR THE EXPERTS LIKE YOURSELVES.
MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO PRODUCE FIVE THINGS FOR REGULAR FOLKS LIKE ME.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GET GOING ON, AND YOU WILL SEE THESE THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR.
I'M SEEING AN AWFUL LOT OF 2029 AND 2030 IN THIS PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THINGS DONE.
I UNDERSTAND, I GUESS THAT THIS IS KIND OF HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS, BUT, UM, IT WORRIES ME.
NEW YORK TIMES, UH, WRITER AND PODCASTER, EZRA KLEIN HAS PUBLISHED A NEW BOOK CALLED ABUNDANCE JOINING A CHORUS OF PUNDITS WHO SAY LIBERALS ARE GONNA KEEP LOSING ELECTIONS IF WE CAN'T DEMONSTRATE NOT ONLY OUR GOOD HEARTS, BUT OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER.
SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S THE WRONG PLACE TO BE SAYING THESE THINGS OR ASKING THESE THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT PLACE IS.
I'M TOLD THAT WE NEED TO ACT LOCALLY.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO GET SOME ACTION ON THE STREET, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT.
AND I DO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
AND LAST UP WE'VE GOT PETE GANG.
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I, I'M WITH SAFE STREETS PETALUMA.UH, OUR GROUP BROUGHT TO, UH, THE CITY, CITY THREAD WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY.
UM, AND THEY GAVE US A LOT OF ADVICE ON HOW TO ACCELERATE THE BUILD OUT OF OUR BIKE PED ACTIVE MOBILITY NETWORKS.
UM, I REALIZE THAT WE ARE AT A VERY CRITICAL TIME IN OUR HISTORY.
WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE FITFULLY TRANSITIONING FROM CARS, FROM STREETS AS A WAY, AS A MEANS TO MOVE VEHICLES ALONG AS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE TO STREETS AS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE ON FOOT AND ON BICYCLE ON ALL IN ALL ALL DEVICES TO MOVE AROUND, TO CONGREGATE, TO MEET EACH OTHER, TO HANG OUT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A MONUMENTAL IT CHANGE IN THINKING.
AND I HAVE A COMMENT THAT IS ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD, AN OBSERVATION FOR ME AS, AND, AND I HOPE, UH, I CAN SAY THIS WITHOUT OFFENDING EVERY ANYBODY THAT AS AN ARCHITECT.
UM, I KNOW THAT BUILDINGS LANDSCAPES ARE NOT DESIGNED BY ENGINEERS.
THEY'RE DESIGNED BY, BY PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE A BROADER GRASP OF, OF ALL OF THE ISSUES.
ENGINEERS ARE INVOLVED IN BUILDINGS TO DO CERTAIN LIMITED ASPECTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO CAUTION ALL OF US THAT AT THIS POINT WE SEEM TO BE, UH, WE HAVE GREAT ASPIRATIONS FOR WHAT WE WANT OUR STREETS TO BE.
AND I JUST WONDER WHETHER OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS HAVE THE CAPABILITIES AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE SENSITIVITIES TO GIVE US WHAT WE REALLY WANT.
AND, UH, TAGGING ONTO, UM, COMMISSION MEMBERS COMMENT ABOUT BEAUTY AND NATURAL SYSTEMS, ALL OF WHICH THESE ARE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE, HAVE STATED AND ECHOED IN OUR, OUR FRAMEWORK AND BLUEPRINT AND OUR TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT.
AND I JUST DON'T SEE THAT WE ARE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSING BEAUTY AND NATURAL SYSTEMS AND TREES AND VEGETATION AND STORMWATER INFILTRATION, UM, WITHIN THIS PLAN.
UM, THAT WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA CALL FOR A FIVE MINUTE RECESS, SO WE'LL COME BACK AT ABOUT EIGHT.
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LET'S COME ON BACK HERE FOR COMMITTEE MEMBER AND COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND WE'LL HAVE PBAC DO THEIR DISCUSSION FIRST AND I'LL LET MARJO FACILITATE.ALRIGHT, SO WE, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, IT IS OUR TURN TO, UM, SPEAK AGAIN.
AND THIS TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISCUSSION ITEMS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A QUESTION MARK AT THE END OF EVERY SENTENCE.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO START, START US OFF OR I CAN JUST PICK AND CHOOSE DARREN
JUST HAPPY TO BE THE VOLUNTEER.
UH, SO JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS I WANNA START WITH SAYING I REALLY APPRECIATE BJORN AND STAFF, UH, FIRST OF ALL, LETTING PAC CREATE AN A TP AD HOC.
I THINK THAT WAS A MASSIVE STEP BACK IN 2023.
WE FIRST SAW THE VISION AND SOME OF THE PLAN ITEMS, AND WE FELT LIKE THERE NEEDED TO BE SOME MORE INPUT.
AND, UH, YOU GUYS REALLY OPENED UP AND, UH, I KNOW MYSELF AND PETE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT EARLY COMMITTEE.
AND SINCE THEN A LOT OF PBA MEMBERS HAVE GOTTEN TO CONTRIBUTE.
AND I THINK IT REALLY SHOWS IN KIND OF THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF COMMENTARY AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS PLAN.
SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, A COUPLE AREAS TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ARE KIND OF GENERAL.
I, I DON'T WANNA PRESCRIBE EXACT CHANGES POTENTIALLY.
UM, BUT THE FIRST ONE, THIS ISSUE ABOUT TREES.
I SENT BJORN, I SENT YOU SOME EXAMPLE LANGUAGE I THOUGHT UP WITH POINTING TO THE URBAN FORESTRY MASTER MASTER PLAN OR MANAGEMENT PLAN, EXCUSE ME, IN ACCORDANCE WITH BEST PRACTICES OUTLINED IN THE UFMP TREE.
CANOPY AND LANDSCAPING SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WERE FEASIBLE AND APPROPRIATE TO ENHANCE COMFORT, SAFETY AND RESILIENCE.
ADDING LITTLE TIDBITS LIKE THAT, I LIKE POINTING TO SOME OF THESE DOCUMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO TREES, UH, TO COMMISSIONER MC LANE'S POINT, WE DEFINITELY WANT IT IN THERE, BUT THIS IS NOT THE DOCUMENT THAT'S GONNA PRESCRIBE BEST PRACTICES WHEN IT COMES TO TREES.
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REFERENCES TO THE DETAILED DOCUMENTS THAT GET INTO THAT.AND THEN I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A CONCERTED EFFORT BY PEOPLE THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE TO MAKE SURE THAT SHOWS UP NOT JUST IN SPIRIT BUT IN STREET DESIGN, UM, AND TRAIL DESIGN IN THE FUTURE THAT WE HAVE, LIKE ENGINEERING STANDARDS ALMOST, OR DESIGN STANDARDS EMBEDDED THAT PRIORITIZE TREES AND LANDSCAPE.
UH, SO THAT'S GONNA BE A, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT SHOWS UP IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE KINDA HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF.
UM, BUT I WILL SAY THAT POTENTIALLY ON PAGE 38 FOR MULTI-USE TRAIL AMENITIES, WE COULD ADD TREES TO THAT BULLET LIST OR TREES AND LANDSCAPING.
UH, SO LITTLE ADS LIKE THAT JUST TO REFERENCE IT, UM, WITHOUT BEING SUPER PRESCRIPTIVE.
UH, A COUPLE NOTES IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, UM, SIDEWALK PAVEMENT CONDITION TO CHAIR TARS POINT THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THE EVALUATION ACTION PLAN ITEMS WE HAVE.
UH, THE BICYCLE OR UH, PAVEMENT CONDITION OR BIKEWAY PAVEMENT CONDITION SIDEWALK WOULD BE GREAT.
UH, THAT MAY BE CAPTURED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO ADD.
UM, I ALSO THINK WITH THE ACTION PLAN, IT COULD BE GREAT TO ADD IN.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE STATUS THAT SEEMS TO KIND OF GET INTO ALMOST NEXT STEPS OR WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON OR, BUT MAYBE HAVE AN EXPLICIT NEXT STEPS OR, AND EVEN A CHALLENGES CATEGORY UNDER THERE.
UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING I NOTICED.
THIS IS KIND OF A RANDOM REFERENCE, BUT SAN FRANCISCO'S VISION ZERO PLAN IN 2014 ACKNOWLEDGES RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS.
SO I THINK LIKE RISKS OR CHALLENGES OR SOMETHING SO THAT WE'RE KIND OF CONFRONTING THOSE AND NAMING THOSE WOULD BE GREAT TO ADD IF WE CAN IN OUR ACTION PLAN MATRIX.
UM, AND THEN I THINK FOR IMPLEMENTATION, WITHOUT GETTING TOO SPECIFIC ON HOW EVERY OF OUR 52 OR HOWEVER MANY ACTION ITEMS WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT, I THINK TAKING THE INFORMATION THAT'S ALREADY THERE, AND LIKE I SAID, AND THIS MAY BE COMING IN AN ANNUAL REPORT, BUT I THINK PUTTING THAT IN A TABLE TO SAY, HERE ARE OUR PROJECTS, HERE'S, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER KIND OF PRIORITY WE HAVE, LIKE FEASIBILITY TIMELINE, OBVIOUSLY I THINK HAVING IT SORTABLE MAYBE BY TIMELINE OR PRIORITY FI, FIGURING OUT SOMETHING THERE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO HAVING, YOU KNOW, AS MANY LITTLE PIECES OF INFORMATION.
SO WHEN SOMEONE APPROACHES THIS DOCUMENT, THEY GO TO IMPLEMENTATION.
IT'S NOT JUST FUNDING, BUT IT'S A TABLE OF EVERYTHING WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT WHERE IT'S AT, WHAT OUR TIMELINE IS, UH, MIGHT MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE USABLE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IS GOING TO SUM UP MY COMMENTS, BUT OVERALL, YEAH, I JUST THINK THAT THIS HAS BEEN, UM, OH, UH, NO, I TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UH, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT PROCESS.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE IT EVOLVE.
SO THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON HERE.
THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK TOO.
YOU WERE ON AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOREVER OR TWO AND WROTE A GREAT DEAL OF THIS PLAN.
SO WE THANK YOU AND PETE, YOU ARE ANOTHER PARTNER, I THINK ON THAT ONE.
KIND OF FORGOTTEN, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE TWO OF YOU.
ANYWAY, MOVING ON, JOHANNA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, ADAM? UH, YES.
LET ME TRY TO BE SUFFICIENT AS I CAN WITH THIS.
SO ONE OF THE ADDITIONS THAT I THINK WOULD BE GREAT TO INCLUDE, UM, WOULD BE MAYBE, IT MIGHT BE AN APPENDIX OR SOMETHING, BUT PARTICULARLY TRYING TO EXPLORE HOW PEOPLE CAN ACCESS SHOPPING CENTERS FROM THESE BIKE PATHS.
THOSE ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ANYTHING THAT THE CITY CAN CONTROL, UM, BUT COULD AT LEAST START A CONVERSATION WITH SOME WILLING LANDOWNERS FOR MAJOR SHOPPING GROCERY CENTERS.
UH, SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FOR THAT.
I THINK FOR ME, ONE OF THE TRICKIEST PARTS OF THIS PLAN KIND OF GETS TO THE NTO ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
UH, SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED I GOT TO TAKE MY FOUR AND A HALF YEAR OLD SON, UM, BIKING ON THE SMART PATHWAY, UM, OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND THAT FOR SURE IS ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, I JUST KEEP COMING BACK TO THE FACT THAT THAT IS NOT ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
THAT'S WHERE KIDS CAN, FOUR AND A HALF YEAR OLD KIDS CAN RIDE AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CARS ZOOMING IN BETWEEN THE CHICANES OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
SO, UM, I JUST LIKE TO CALL THAT INTO QUESTION AND JUST REALLY THEN POINT OUT THAT ON THE WEST SIDE, JUST DUE TO PAST LAND USE DECISIONS AND SUCH, THAT WHAT WE DO SEE ARE A LOT OF THOSE CLASS THREE B BICYCLE BOULEVARDS.
AND I THINK WHAT NEEDS TO KIND OF BE ADDRESSED IS, YOU KNOW, THE THIRD RAIL IS THE ON STREET PARKING.
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UH, I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED THERE MIGHT BE A DENVER POLICY THAT SAYS WHEN YOU DO A SURVEY IN THE EVENING TIME, EVERYBODY'S AT HOME, THEIR CARS ARE PARKED.IF THAT STREET IS PARKED BOTH SIDES 50% OR LESS THAN IT MAKES SENSE THAT EVERYBODY CAN, YOU KNOW, PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
THAT OTHER SIDE COULD INCLUDE A CLASS FOUR PROTECTED BICYCLE LANE.
I ALSO THINK THAT WE'RE IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY, WHY IS IT 50%? SHOULDN'T IT BE LOWER? SO, UM, JUST TO SAY THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF POLICY.
SOMETHING I WAS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ONE B THREE, THE LANE REDUCTIONS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE LANES, BUT MAYBE THERE COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL POLICY THAT FOCUSES ON TWO LANE STREETS, UM, AND ADDRESSES THIS ON STREET PARKING REMOVAL, UM, TO PRIORITIZE, UH, CLASS FOUR PROTECTED BIKE FACILITIES.
THE ANOTHER THING JUST TO CONSIDER FOR THE ICON ON SLIDE THREE, WHAT IS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION? THERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT IS IN BIGGER CITIES THAT WE HAVEN'T QUITE ADOPTED.
I DON'T THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO DO, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, LOCAL DELIVERY.
UM, SO I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR CLIMATE FRIENDLY BUSINESSES.
A BIG PART OF THAT IS HOW GOODS ARE MOVED AROUND.
UM, YOU KNOW, MOUNTAIN MIKE'S PIZZAS OR FEDEX.
YOU KNOW, WE SEE THESE DELIVERIES ALL OVER TOWN, SO CAN THOSE BE TRANSLATED OVER INTO POTENTIALLY MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES, WHICH THERE ARE ONES THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE LARGER, UM, UH, KIND OF MICRO MOBILITY, UM, VEHICLES.
AND AS SOMEBODY WHO DOES OWN A, AN ELECTRIC TRICYCLE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, IT'S A WIDE, UM, UH, VEHICLE, IT'S TOUGH TO MANEUVER, BUT IT MAKES ME ALSO THINK ABOUT KIND OF WHERE THAT PROTECTED AND WIDE ENOUGH PROTECTED BIKE NETWORK.
THAT KIND OF RELATES BACK TO THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS, UM, AROUND, UM, UH, JUST, UH, ASSISTED MICRO MOBILITY, UM, DEVICES, WHEELCHAIRS AND SUCH THAT THOSE AND OTHER, AND ALSO I WOULD SAY MAYBE, UM, THESE WIDER DELIVERY VEHICLES COULD JUST HAVE A PRIORITIZED, UM, BICYCLE NETWORK THAT, UH, REALLY DOES FULLY NETWORK ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THEN I THINK YOU CAN KIND OF START TO THINK ABOUT HOW THAT NETWORK CAN REALLY BE KIND OF THE WEB THAT YOU CAN GET FROM ONE SIDE OF THE CITY TO THE OTHER WITHOUT HAVING TO SHARE THE LANE OF TRAFFIC, UM, WITH, WITH VEHICLES.
UM, SO YEAH, JUST MAYBE A RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE SOMETHING RELATED TO LOCAL DELIVERY, UM, AROUND, UM, THIS ACT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, LET'S SEE, FOR THE, SOMETHING AROUND THE MULTI-USE TRAIL PATROLS, THE PS DASH TWO, UM, I KNOW THERE'S, IT'S AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF.
I'M WONDERING ALSO IF THERE COULD BE SOMETHING INCLUDED AROUND FACILITIES.
I REALLY HATE KIND OF ADVOCATING FOR BIG BROTHER LIKE THESE POLICE CAMERA TOWERS, BUT I KNOW THAT PARTICULARLY AROUND THE SHARED BIKE REPAIR STATIONS AND THERE'S OFTEN I'VE WITNESSED, UM, KIND OF SPEEDING ISSUES MOPEDS AND STUFF LATE AT NIGHT ON SOME OF THESE CLASS ONE BIKE PATHS.
UM, THERE ARE ISSUES YEAH, RELATED TO SAFETY THAT I'M NOT SURE IF STAFF ALONE, YOU KNOW, CAN REALLY ADDRESS, BUT IF THERE ARE, I THINK ONE OF THOSE TOWERS IS AROUND LIKE THE TALL, UM, UH, BATHTUB ARTWORK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
I'M NOT SURE IT'S KIND OF ON THE EDGE ABOUT THAT.
UH, LET'S SEE, THE TWO MORE THINGS, UM, THERE'S MTC IS GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT A CALL FOR FUNDING FOR MOBILITY HUBS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF CROSS-SECTIONAL.
IT INCLUDES TRANSIT AND UM, COULD BE CAR SHARING, BUT ALSO BIKE SHARING.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MOBILITY HUBS IDENTIFIED IN PETALUMA, SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING JUST TO, MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE CROSS-SECTIONAL, UM, POLICIES TO INCLUDE THAT, UM, ADDRESSES TRANSIT AS WELL AS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEN THE LAST COMMENT IS AROUND, UM, KIND OF THE BEAUTIFICATION OF SOME OF THESE QUICK BUILD PROJECTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING UP PARKING CURBS,
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TRYING TO EXTEND THE, THE SIDEWALK BULBS AT BULB OUTS.AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO HAVE KIND OF MORE OF A ROBUST, UM, STREET PAINTING PERMIT PROGRAM SIMILAR TO WHAT PORTLAND HAS AND REALLY ENGAGING WITH SCHOOLS TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THESE INTERSECTIONS AND BIKE PATHWAYS AND AREAS THAT CAN REALLY MAKE, UM, THEM BEAUTIFUL PLACES AND REFLECT THE DIVERSITY AND KIND OF THE PRIORITIES OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
SO, UM, YEAH, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES I THINK COULD REALLY HELP GET OVER JUST, YES, THEY'RE HELPING PROTECT IT, BUT HOW CAN WE REALLY MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL AS WELL TOO, SOMETHING QUICK AND EASY.
UM, FRANK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE NEXT? YEAH, THANK YOU.
I'LL, UH, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT I HAVE, I'LL, I'LL SEND THEM IN VIA EMAIL.
AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE, THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS ON, UH, THE JOB WELL DONE, UH, FOR TO ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT PUT THEIR, UH, TIME AND ENERGY INTO HELPING, UH, MOVE THIS FORWARD.
AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, AND, UH, COME TO COUNCIL.
UM, KATE, YOU'RE AT THE VERY FAR END.
THIS IS OUR NEWEST MEMBER WHO SNUCK IN TONIGHT AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
THIS IS KATE GREENSPAN AND SHE IS OUR LIAISON TO BIKE, UM, TO PARK AND REC FROM BIKE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE WORK THAT STAFF AND THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THIS BODY PUT INTO THIS.
UM, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE CLASS FOUR PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON THOSE CORRIDORS, LAKEVILLE, WASHINGTON BODEGA, SOME EAST, EAST STREET, SOME OF SECTIONS OF THE BOULEVARD.
UM, AS SOMEONE WHO RIDES ON A LOT OF THOSE, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT.
UM, I'M OFTEN WEIGHING LIKE, OKAY, SAFETY VERSUS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO FORM A ROUNDABOUT ROUTE.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE MY SON ON THE BACK OF THE BIKE, IT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST BECOMES A REALLY TOUGH DECISION.
UM, I WAS TRYING TO CITE MY SOURCE AND FIND IT AGAIN, UH, A NUMBER THAT STOOD OUT AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT OR WHAT, BUT, UH, 1.9%, UM, OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND WORK IN PETALUMA ONLY.
SO UNDER 2% COMMUTE TO WORK BY BIKE OR WALK BY WALKING, IS THAT CORRECT? I, I JUST CAN'T FIND WHERE IT WAS, BUT YES, 1.9% OKAY.
WALKER BIKE TO WORK THAT, ALTHOUGH THAT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR ANY MULTIMODAL TRIPS, SO OKAY.
YEAH, THAT STILL STANDS OUT TO ME.
UM, AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE PLANS FOR INCENTIVES AND THE ACTION PLAN.
I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZING BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE THE FACILITIES AND JUST ENCOURAGING EMPLOYEES TO BIKE TO WORK IS, IS SO IMPORTANT.
SO I MEAN, IF IF YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT IT, NO ONE IS BRINGING IT UP, THEN YOU KNOW WHY, WHY DO IT? UM, I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION TO REVISIT IN FIVE YEARS IS SMART
UM, COMING FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A PARKS MASTER PLAN FOR, WHAT IS IT, BRIAN, LIKE EIGHT BEFORE MY TIME OR SOMETHING.
SO, SO JUST HAVING IN PLACE A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, UM, AND CHECKING IN AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT YEAH, YOU REVISIT IS SO IMPORTANT.
UM, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THE, UM, TRANSITION FROM THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL TO, UH, EAST WASHINGTON AND WATER STREET, THAT WHOLE KIND OF CLUSTER OF TRAILS AND DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU COULD GO.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT IS GOING TO, WITH THE NEW KIND OF CLASS FOUR PROTECTED AND GOING FROM KIND OF TRAIL TO JUST, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE OR SEE MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
I'M A REALLY VISUAL PERSON AND I'M HAVING A HARD TIME ENVISIONING KIND OF HOW YOU WOULD MOVE THROUGH THOSE AREAS.
UM, BUT I'M EXCITED
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FREQUENTLY WALKS THOSE AREAS.UM, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT STUFF IN THIS PLAN.
UH, IT'S ALREADY BEEN HIGHLIGHTED.
UH, MY FAVORITE PARTS ARE THE, UH, CONCRETE LISTS OF PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE SEE.
UH, I ASK THAT, UH, AS, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE PROJECT BY PROJECT, UH, COMMITTEES IN PUBLIC GET, UH, INDIVIDUAL, UH, GET GOOD FEEDBACK, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, TO COMMENT ON THE, THE DETAILS.
UH, 'CAUSE UH, THERE'S IN SOME WAYS NOT ENOUGH SPECIFICITY IN THIS REPORT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, TREES AND, AND DETAILS LIKE THAT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, FEEDBACK PROJECT BY PROJECT.
MY SECOND FAVORITE PART OF THE REPORT IS IP TWO, THE STREET AND TRAIL DESIGN STANDARDS UPDATE.
'CAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT IS, UM, GOING TO BE WHERE THINGS GET CODIFIED.
SO IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE PROJECT BY PROJECT.
UH, AND THAT, UM, WE CAN HAVE RULES THAT GOVERN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF, OF ALL PROJECTS IN PERPETUITY, UM, UNTIL IT'S AMENDED AGAIN.
UM, THAT WOULD, UH, GIVE US ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
SLOWER TRAFFIC, SAFER STREETS.
UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP A LITTLE BIT ALREADY.
UM, THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, THERE'S MILES AND MILES IN ON THIS MAP OF, OF NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
UM, IF THEY ARE LIKE, UH, CORNELL AND GARFIELD, UM, I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PRIORITY.
'CAUSE IT'S JUST, IT DOESN'T GIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL AGES AND ABILITIES ACCESS TO THE ROAD.
UM, UNLESS YOU'RE DOING THE THINGS THAT REALLY, REALLY SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA GET TO VISION ZERO.
IT CAN'T JUST BE MAKING THINGS MORE INVITING FOR PEOPLE TO USE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
IT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT LESS INVITING TO DRIVE, YOU KNOW, 30 MILES AN HOUR DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET.
UM, AND WE, WE KNOW WHAT THINGS GET US THERE, WHETHER IT'S SPEED DUMPS AND NARROW LANES, UM, CHICANES.
UH, SO, UH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S NICE TO SEE THIS ACCESS, THIS WHOLE NETWORK, ESPECIALLY AROUND ON THE EAST SIDE.
BUT A LOT OF IT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, SHEROS AND SOME, SOME REPAINTING.
UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE STILL GONNA BE SAFER ON THE SIDEWALK THERE.
AND, UM, I'D LIKE THEM TO FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE STREET.
UM, OH, AND THEN I'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING PLANNING HERE.
UM, IT'S NOT REALLY PART OF TRANSPORTATION PLAN EXPLICITLY, BUT, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE, IT'S BEEN TOUCHED ON A COUPLE TIMES THIS EVENING THAT IT'S CONSTRUCTED DIFFERENTLY.
AND SO, UH, YOU GOT LONGER DISTANCES TO GET TO BUSINESSES AND SUCH.
I, I HOPE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ZONING THAT WILL PUT, UM, THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, STORES, FOOD, ET CETERA, CLOSER TO THEIR HOUSES, UH, SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON, UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT, UH, NETWORK TO GET THE, YOU KNOW, MILE TWO MILES TO, TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
UM, CAN IT JUST BE CLOSER? AND I THINK WITH, WITH ZONING, UM, WE COULD MAKE A LOT OF, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, COMMUNITY OF DEVELOPERS AND CREATIVE PEOPLE TO, UH, TO PUT AMENITIES WHERE PEOPLE NEED THEM, WHERE PEOPLE ARE.
I'LL JUST QUICKLY PLUG THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND, AND ALL OF THE, UH, 15 MINUTE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ENVISIONED.
UH, AND, AND THAT BEING A REALLY GOOD, UH, PLAN THROUGH WHICH YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.
AND I'M THE LAST, UM, MOST OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS JUST APPLAUDING THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS, UM, INCREDIBLE WORK OF ART BEFORE US.
THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT IT IS THAT IT WILL GROW WITH PETALUMA.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SET IN STONE.
WE'RE, WE CAN CHANGE IT WHENEVER WE NEED TO.
IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S A GUIDE AND I'M CAN'T TELL YOU HOW THRILLED I AM.
UM, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, ON PAGE 20 IN ITEM ONE B 14 WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT MULTI TRAIL, UH, ETIQUETTE AND SPEECH LIMIT SIGNAGE.
MY COMMENT IS THE SOONER THE BETTER.
UM, PARTICULARLY ON THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, WE HAVE PEOPLE USING THEIR ELECTRIC DEVICES, UM, AT REASONABLY, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THEY'RE OVERWHELMINGLY HIGH SPEEDS, BUT THEY, UM, THEY'RE GOING SO FAST THAT IN ORDER TO STOP THEY'D SKID.
SO, UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT IN OUR PLAN.
UH, THE NEXT COMMENT IS ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN BEACON, BEACON MAINTENANCE.
UM, IT'S BEEN A, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW TIMES WHEN I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE STREET USING THE CROSSWALK AND THE BEACON,
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AND IT'S NOT WORKING.I CALL THE CITY, THEY COME DOWN AND FIX IT ALMOST INSTANTLY.
BUT STILL, I WOULD REALLY, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THESE BEACONS WORKING AND WE NEED TO CHECK THEM, YOU KNOW, ONCE A YEAR OR ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS, WHATEVER IT TAKES, BECAUSE, UM, THEY ARE OUR SAFETY VALVE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND FOR BICYCLISTS.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? THIS, UM, PAGE 23, EE ONE TALKS ABOUT SAFE STREETS AND THE MOBILITY WEBPAGE.
THAT'S, I THINK DUE TO BRUCE'S PUSH AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE WHO'VE HELPED US REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE FOR, UM, ALL THINGS BIKE AND PED AND EASY TO FIND FOR, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE LOOKING.
UM, PAGE 23, EE FOUR TALKED ABOUT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
AND I DON'T RECALL WHAT IT'S, WHAT IT'S CALLED SPECIFICALLY, BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MEETING, BJORN TASK FORCE MEETING THE TASK FORCE.
I'M HOPING THAT TASK FORCE CONTINUES.
THAT IS A MARVELOUS CONNECTION FOR US, UM, TO BE CONNECTED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE KIDS HERE AS TO HOW TO BE SAFE ON BICYCLES AND SCOOTERS AND, AND THE, AND WALKING.
UM, AND THAT, LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND I THINK IT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
BRIAN, I THINK YOU WERE INTEGRAL IN THAT TOO.
UM, IT, IT, I, I WENT TO ONE OR TWO MEETINGS AND IT WAS JUST, I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THE PARTICIPATION AND THE, THE COMMUNICATION THAT WAS BEING EXCHANGED.
I FELT LIKE THERE IS HOPE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE, UM, IN THE TOWN OF PETALUMA, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY'RE BIKING AND PETTING.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD, CAN WE, CONTI CAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THERE.
EE FOUR, LET'S MAKE SURE WE PUT DOWN ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TASK FORCE.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE TASK FORCE ON PAGE 24, EE 12 ELECTRIC, UH, ELECTRIC MICRO MOBILITY.
AGAIN, ADD, ADD THE SUPERINTENDENT'S TASK FORCE THERE AS A LIFT, AS A LIFT, UH, AS A LIST, AS A MEMBER OF THE LIST OF PARTNERS THAT ARE ALREADY LISTED.
AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I WILL TURN MY COMMENTS, UM, THAT I DIDN'T SPEAK.
AND EVEN THOSE, SOME OF THOSE THAT I DID SPEAK, I WILL SEND BJORN THAT BY EMAIL.
AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS ANY MORE COMMENTS? MR. MYERS HASN'T MADE ANY COMMENTS YET.
I WANTED TO, OH, JASON, I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE.
UH, BRIEFLY, I, UH, ECHOING SOME OF THE COMMENTS ALL AROUND, UH, GREAT WORK.
UM, SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STAND OUT TO ME, UH, AS A PARENT WHO GETS AROUND ON A BICYCLE, UM, IT'S CONNECTIVITY, UH, ON THE, UM, ON THE BIKEWAYS.
UM, THUS THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUR WAY FINDING WORK.
UM, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THESE PLANS ARE GREAT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT HOW, UH, THEY'RE KIND OF OPAQUE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
AND, UH, FOR FUTURE PLANS OR FUTURE FOR, FOR, FOR PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN IDEA ABOUT HOW THE PUBLIC, UM, ESPECIALLY FOLKS ON BIKES AND MAYBE THERE'S A, A TIE IN WITH WAY FINDING, UM, THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED AND THAT THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S A GENERAL PLAN.
UM, SO YEAH, WAY FINDING AND OUTREACH.
UM, AND THAT'S MY COMMENT FOR RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'LL SAVE MORE IN DEPTH COMMENTS FOR EMAIL.
ANYONE ELSE WANNA ADD ANYTHING FROM PBAC? IF NOT, WE'LL TURN THE
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MEETING BACK OVER TO PLANNING.UM, YEAH, IT'S, I THINK IT'S, OVERALL I WOULD SAY THAT EVERYTHING'S GOOD EXCEPT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION.
I, I THINK THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION IS LACKING IN A LOT OF WAYS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT YOU NEED TO WRITE ANYTHING BECAUSE I THINK THE CITY THREAD ACCELERATED MOBILITY PLAYBOOK REALLY LAYS OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS FAST.
UM, AND SO I WOULD SAY INCLUDED AS AN APPENDIX, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE REPORT AND REFERENCE IT LIKE CRAZY AND THROUGHOUT BECAUSE IT IS, UM, IT'S THE BIBLE FOR HOW TO GET THIS STUFF DONE FAST IN SO MANY WAYS.
IT TALKS ABOUT BUILDING PUBLIC SUPPORT.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE ROLE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, NON-PROFIT GROUPS.
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NON, YOU KNOW, ATYPICAL MESSENGERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I JUST SAW SOME NEW CROSSWALKS AROUND MCKINLEY SCHOOL.
I'M LIKE, WE NEED TO GET A PICTURE OF CHILDREN CROSSING IN THOSE CROSSWALKS IN THE MORNING AND POSTED ON THE CITY SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT SAFE STREETS LOOKS LIKE IN ACTION, RIGHT? WE ACTUALLY BUILT IT AND NOW THEY'RE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE TYPE OF STUFF THAT GOES INTO IMPLEMENTATION IS LIKE, UM, 'CAUSE I AGREE THIS IS A PLAN FOR, FOR PLANNERS AND IT SHOULD BE.
UM, BUT LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC, IT'S A CAMPAIGN, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT OUR SLOW, THE FAST DOWN SIGNAGE, BUT LIKE THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS SLOW THROW FAST DOWN ISN'T A CAMPAIGN LIKE TO BUILD THE NETWORK OR TO FIX THE SIDEWALKS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, WHAT'S NEEDED FOR, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS CULTURE SHIFT.
2% OF PEOPLE GETTING TO SCHOOL BY, YOU KNOW, NEEDING TO DO A 40% MODE SHIFT FOR OUR CLIMATE GOALS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S ENORMOUS GOALS, UM, THAT ARE NOT GONNA HAPPEN WITHOUT CULTURE SHIFT AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
UM, I GONNA GO THROUGH, I DON'T THINK PLASTIC BALLARD SHOULD COUNT AS PROTECTION.
UM, I THINK IT SHOULD BE CONCRETE OR BUST.
UM, THEY CAN GO ON BUFFERED LANES, BUT NOT ON, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE PROTECTED.
UM, UH, I THINK IT'S FINE TO REFERENCE THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN.
I ALSO, IT'S NOT TOTALLY OUT OF THE QUESTION TO COME BACK AND AMEND THIS PLAN, YOU KNOW, IN SIX MONTHS OR WHATEVER AFTER IT GETS ADOPTED.
IF WE IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S GREAT PLACES TO INSERT MORE REFERENCE TO THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, SO I DON'T, WOULDN'T RULE THAT OUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE TREE COMMITTEE AND DOING THAT WORK.
UM, TO KEEP IN MIND WHERE THAT SHOULD GO IN, UM, UH, IN THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION, I DO THINK WE WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A CHECKLIST, UM, AND SOMETHING THAT WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM FEEDBACK ON A PROJECT, THAT IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE FOR STREET TREES OR, YOU KNOW, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT OR BEAUTIFICATION OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT, LIKE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT IS NOT JUST LIKE, HOW SAFE IS IT FOR ME TO BIKE, BUT ACTUALLY, LIKE, HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS STREET GONNA BE WHEN WE GET DONE? UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU CAN TURN THAT INTO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA INCREASE YOUR HOME VALUES AND THAT'S HOW, WHY YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT, RIGHT?
UM, SO I WOULD, YOU MENTIONED A CHECKLIST.
I WOULD PUT THAT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION.
UM, UH, I DEFINITELY AGREE THAT ADDING SOME CONTEXT, ERIC LELAND HAD SOME GOOD POINTS IN HIS COMMENTS.
UM, HIS PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT CONTEXT FOR THE INTRO.
I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT OUR BEING AN AGING CITY.
FRANK, I THINK MENTIONED, UH, HE WENT TO A CONFERENCE AND THEY SAID WE COULD GROW TO 40% BY, I THINK THE TOP OF THE DECADE OR 10 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
DEFINITELY HAS SOME INDICATION FOR HOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET AROUND OUR CITY AND THEIR NEEDS.
UM, UH, REFERENCING THE FIVE-YEAR PAVING PLAN, THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, ALL OF THAT STUFF IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SECTION.
AND LIKE CALLING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING THE DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED TO GET TOGETHER SOMETHING BECAUSE, UM, IT'S SO MUCH BETTER WITH YOU HERE, BUT I'VE JUST SEEN SO MUCH GET BOGGED DOWN IN PROCESS OF LIKE, SOMEONE GETS OUT IN FRONT OF IT AND THEN EVERYBODY PUMPS THE BRAKES ON IT, RIGHT?
AND THEN, LIKE, I WOULD SAY THAT THE CROSSWALK THAT'S GOING IN A FAIR AS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, WHERE SOMEONE GOT OUT IN FRONT AND THEN THEY GOT THE BRAKES GOT PUMPED AND NOW IT'S FINALLY GETTING DONE.
UM, BUT IT WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, WASN'T BROUGHT IN.
AND SO I THINK GETTING EVERYBODY INSIDE OF CITY HALL AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ON BOARD WITH WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO, UM, LIKE PUT SOME THOUGHT TO IMPLEMENTATION.
I THINK BECAUSE THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT'S REALLY SOLID, YOU COULD NOT ADD ANYTHING TO THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT AND IT WOULD STILL BE GREAT.
UM, I SHARE THE, THE NOTION THAT GREENWAYS, LIKE THEY, THEY LIKE MIGHT MEET THE, THE LETTER OF THE LAW, BUT NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW IN TERMS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY MEETING THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW WITH, UM, OR THE SPIRIT OF THE DEFINITION WITH RESPECT TO COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
UM, I THINK TREE PARKING IS A GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE PUTS SOME TREES OUT IN THEIR PARKING SPACES, THE CITY WOULD PROBABLY COME AND MOVE THEM.
BUT IF SOMEONE PUT A BOAT THERE,
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THEY COULD PROBABLY LEAVE IT, UM,AND I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE UPDATING OUR PARKING ORDINANCE COMING UP AND, UH, I'LL BE LOOKING, SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TREE PARKING IN OUR PARKING ORDINANCE.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT OUR GREENWAY SHOULD PROMOTE IT.
UM, THEY SHOULD PROMOTE CITIZENS, RESIDENTS TO GET INVOLVED AND TAKE SOME OWNERSHIP OVER THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.
UM, UH, YEAH, I JUST, UM, OVERALL IT'S, IT'S OUTSTANDING.
I'M, I'M FOCUSING ON THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT'S GREAT.
UM, AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THE PARK TO PARK BIKEWAY CONNECTOR, BUT I, I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE AS WELL.
UH, SHALL WE JUST GO DOWN THE LINE? ROGER, THANK YOU.
UM, A LOT OF WORK, GREAT WORK AND, UH, VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM.
AND I HOPE YOU DON'T TAKE THE ENGINEERING CRI CRITIQUE TOO, TOO PERSONAL
UM, I GUESS I, I JUST LIKE TO SEE THE SAME AMOUNT OF, AND THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A, UH, TR BIKE TRAILS COMMITTEE OBLIGATION, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE THE SAME AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT'S GOING INTO THE BIKE TRAILS, UH, GIVEN TO THE PEDESTRIAN AS WELL.
UH, AND, AND NOT JUST THE PEDESTRIAN WALK, BUT THE QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE, UH, WHICH WILL THEN SET UP THE QUALITY OF THE EXPERIENCE OF PETALUMA AND THE VALUE OF PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE STREETS.
I MEAN, IT ALL, IT ALL LINKS TOGETHER AND I'M, I'M JUST FRUSTRATED 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE THE, I DON'T SEE THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO LINK IT TO HELP YOU
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE REINFORCEMENT OF WHAT YOU WANNA DO, BUT PART OF THE STREET CORRIDOR AND PART OF THE PUBLIC, UH, RIGHT OF WAY ALL COHESIVELY THOUGHT ABOUT AND, AND, UM, SO THAT WHEN IT'S DONE, IT REALLY BENEFITS THE WHOLE CITY.
UM, I, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE SOMEONE TO LOOK AT THE, THIS QUESTION OF, UH, UNDERUTILIZED STREETS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH ALL THAT ASPHALT.
UM, AND I'M THINKING OF ELI BOULEVARD MCDOWELL.
UH, YOU, YOU GOT 12 OR 14 FOOT ASPHALT MEDIAN THAT IS USED FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING TURNING LEFT INTO THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH JUST SEEMS AN ODD PRIORITY FOR ARTERIAL HIGHWAY.
UH, THERE OUGHT TO BE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT MEETING COULD BE USED FOR STREET TREES.
PART OF IT COULD BE USED TO REDUCE WATER RUNOFF.
UH, IT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS THAT SHOULD BE PART OF A STREET DESIGN THAT PRESENTLY ART, BECAUSE NO ONE IS THINKING URBAN DESIGN.
UM, BUT DO ME A FAVOR AND LOOK AT, AT ELI AND, AND THE BOULEVARD.
AND THAT, THAT APPROACH TO A MEDIAN LEFT TURN LANE FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO USE IT ONCE A DAY, MAYBE ON EVERY PROPERTY THAT BUTTS ON THAT ROAD, JUST SEEMS LIKE A WEIRD PRIORITY AND COULD BE, UH, COULD BEAUTIFY THAT STREET ATTRACT.
UM, THAT'S ALL I FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
UM, IT GOES TO THE STREET TREES THING, I THINK IN THE, THE PROGRAMS OR SOMETHING, A SIDEWALK GRINDING PROGRAM AND PROMOTING GRINDING OVER LIKE FULL REPAIR.
UM, JUST FOR THE FOLKS WHO WEREN'T LISTENING, I WAS TALKING TO HEATHER AND SHE WAS SAYING LIKE, ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS IS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE REPLACING YOUR SIDEWALK PEOPLE, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, I NEED TO TAKE OUT MY STREET TREE TOO.
UM, AND GRINDING IS A LOT CHEAPER AND IT'S ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT ADDRESSES THE SAFETY HAZARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I'VE DEFINITELY TALKED TO DRAKE AT REBUILDING ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UM, MORE FOCUS ON SIDEWALK GRINDING AS A LIKE, SIMPLE FIX TO MAKE IT SAFER.
UH, COMMISSIONER FRY AND THEN WE'LL DIP DOWN TO NOEL AND WE'LL ZIG BACK UP, BUT GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER FRY
UM, YES, REBUILDING DOES DO GRINDING AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF IT AT VARIOUS PLACES.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT DEFINITELY IS A POSSIBILITY.
I WANNA PIGGYBACK ON THE IDEA OF A TIMELINE AND IMPLEMENTATION, IMPLEMENTATION KNOWLEDGE.
UM, I WAS ADVISED OF THE MCDOWELL PROJECT A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS AGO, AND MY GOAL WAS TO TAKE MY WHEELCHAIR OUT FROM WHERE I LIVE TO MCDOWELL BOULEVARD AND GO SOUTH, UM, AND GO DOWN TO GROCERY STORE LONG WAY DOWN.
BUT I COULD DO IT, UM, OR GO NORTH AND GO TO THE DOLLAR STORE 'CAUSE IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
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I STILL CAN'T DO THAT.I CAN GO NORTH, BUT I CANNOT GO SOUTH.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S THE THING WITH THE SMART TRAIN AND THERE GETTING ME MY CROSSING SIGNAL SO I CAN ACTUALLY CROSS THE STREET VERY SHORTLY WHEN IT ALL GETS WORKED OUT.
BUT I CAN'T GO SOUTH, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL POLES IN THE MIDDLE OF SIDEWALKS.
AND TO GO AROUND A POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK, I HAVE TO GO OUT INTO THE BIKE LANE, WHICH PUTS ME INTO TRAFFIC.
WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR WHEELCHAIR, IT'S NOT A GREAT THING TO BE IN TRAFFIC.
UM, SO EVEN THOUGH WE DO PUT TIMELINES ON THINGS, UM, I KIND OF HOPE THE TIMELINES WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS NOT THE TIME TO FIGURE OUT IF IT'S ACCURATE OR NOT, BUT THE SIDEWALKS ARE SUCH A CRITICAL PART OF OUR ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND IN THIS CITY.
NOT ONLY FOR ME TO GET OUTTA MY PLACE WHERE I LIVE AND ACTUALLY GO SOMEWHERE WITHOUT A CAR, UM, BUT TO TAKE MY CAR SOMEWHERE AT PARK AND THEN GET MY WHEELCHAIR OUT.
UM, THERE ARE PLACES IN DOWNTOWN I CAN'T GO.
I CAN'T GET FROM KENTUCKY STREET TO PETALUMA BOULEVARD UNLESS I GO ALL THE WAY DOWN AND AROUND A BLOCK, BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY TO GET THERE IS A SET OF STAIRS, DOESN'T WORK REALLY WELL IN A WHEELCHAIR.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DON'T DEAL WITH UNLESS IT'S POINTED OUT.
SO I'M KIND OF POINTING IT OUT WHEN YOU WALK SOMEWHERE OR TAKE YOUR BIKE SOMEWHERE, LOOK AND SEE IF A WHEELCHAIR COULD GO THE SAME WAY YOU'RE GOING IN YOUR BICYCLE.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE HARD WORK AND, AND DETAIL THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPRESSIVE PLAN.
UM, I JUST WANT TO, BEFORE I GIVE SOME COMMENTS ON, ON AREAS FOR, FOR IMPROVEMENT, I JUST WANT TO DESCRIBE THE LENS THAT I USE.
I, UM, GET TO WORK BY EITHER WALKING OR BIKING THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UH, UNLESS IT'S RAINING AND I TAKE THE BUS.
UM, SO IN USING THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL OVER THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS, UM, I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS REALLY RAPID INCREASE IN THE E-BIKES, UH, ON, ON THAT TRAIL.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE PLAN IS IDENTIFIED, THE ETIQUETTE AND SPEED LIMIT AND IB 14, AND ALSO THE MULTI-USE TRAIL PATROLS AND PS TWO.
UH, MY RECOMMENDATION FOR IMPROVING, UH, BOTH OF THOSE IS, UH, AND I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS AUTHORITY, UM, TO, UH, ADOPT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS, UH, FOR EXCESSIVE SPEED ON THAT TRAIL OR USING, UH, THESE, YOU KNOW, UH, ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES BASICALLY.
UM, UH, AND THAT THE MULTI-USE TRAIL PATROLS, WHICH, WHICH I, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF.
I, I VERY INFREQUENTLY SEE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, AND I'M, I'M ON THEIR MOST EVERY DAY.
UM, SO, UH, INCREASING THE, THE PRESENCE I THINK WOULD HELP, HELP THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE WOULD ALSO HELP PEOPLE WHO DON'T FEEL SAFE ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND INCREASE THE USAGE.
UH, SO I, I DON'T REALLY CONSIDER MYSELF, HEY, LET'S, YOU KNOW, HAVE MORE OF A POL STRONGER, YOU KNOW, POLICE PRESENCE LIKE WE NEED, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT, BUT IT REALLY FEELS LIKE THAT IT'S NECESSARY.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW IS WHAT REALLY COUNTS.
AND THERE'S BEEN OCCASIONS WHERE I'M RIDING MY BIKE AND I'M PASSED BY A, A ELECTRIC BIKE AND IT'S KIND OF STARTLING AND, AND A BIT FRIGHTENING.
AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS RATE OF GROWTH THAT I'VE OBSERVED ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND THE USE OF THESE ELECTRIC, UM, UH, BIKES AND PRACTICALLY MOTORCYCLES.
UM, SO I, I REALLY BELIEVE THE CITY HAS TO, AS, AS A POLICY, UM, PRIORITY NEEDS TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS.
UH, BECAUSE IN 2030 WHEN THIS PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED, I AM IMAGINING A MUCH HIGHER RATE OF, UH, ELECTRIC BIKE OWNERSHIP AND ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE OWNERSHIP AND THE USE OF THESE BIKEWAYS IN A WAY THAT IS
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NOT GOING TO BE, UH, HELPFUL OR SAFE FOR ALL AGES OR ALL ABILITIES.UM, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED MORE POLICE PRESENCE, IF WE NEED STRONGER ORDINANCES AND LAWS AND ABILITY TO CITE PEOPLE, UM, AND, AND ISSUE THEM FINES FOR THE WAY THAT THAT THEY'RE OPERATING THEIR, THEIR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THEN I THINK THAT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE AND WE SHOULD GET IN FRONT OF THIS ISSUE RATHER THAN REACT TO THE ISSUE WHEN IT BECOMES EVEN WORSE THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, I, UM, AND ONE, UH, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, SPEED LIMITS GO, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS OF LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UH, WHERE WE NEED EVEN A A A A LESS THAN 15 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT, WHERE, WHERE IT GOES UNDERNEATH 1 0 1, WHERE IT GOES UNDERNEATH PAYAN STREET, THERE'S A BLIND CORNER WHEN IT GOES UNDERNEATH PAYAN STREET.
I ACTUALLY GOT IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A SIXTH GRADER, UH, AT THAT BLIND CORNER.
UH, I'M GLAD HE WASN'T RIDING AN ELECTRIC BIKE.
SO I THINK SAFETY IS A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT TO INTEGRATE INTO THIS PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BOTH SO PEOPLE WHO DON'T FEEL SAFE USING THESE TRAILS, FEEL SAFE USING THEM, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE USING THEM.
AND THAT USE WILL INTENSIFY AND INCREASE BETWEEN NOW AND 2030.
SO THAT'S MY AREA FOR, FOR GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT.
AND, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE POLICE PRESENCE ON A LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND OTHER TRAILS.
UM, JUST AS A A, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S AS IMPORTANT AS HAVING POLICE ON THE STREETS.
UM, IF WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS VISION OF A ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY, POLICE NEED TO BE OUT ON THESE TRAILS.
YEAH, I'LL USE MY SECOND BITE OF THE APPLE HERE JUST TO LOBBY THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WE HAVE HERE.
I'M GLAD THE ISSUE OF TREES HAS COME UP.
I'VE REFERENCED THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THE CITY HAS A GRANT UNTIL THE END OF 2025.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE UFMP DONE.
UH, SO I, I ALREADY KNOW WE HAVE ONE ALLY ON COUNCIL WHO IS VERY, UH, TREE CENTRIC, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOME OTHER VOICES TO ELEVATE THAT TO A TOP COUNCIL PRIORITY.
IT'S GONNA DEAL WITH A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW WITH TREES.
IT'S GONNA GIVE THE SPECIFICITY, IT'S GONNA GIVE GUIDANCE TO PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT DEEP WATERING AND AVOIDING SIDEWALL CONFLICTS IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S GONNA GIVE ALL KINDS OF GUIDANCE ABOUT POTENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT ELEVATED TO A COUNCIL PRIORITY THIS YEAR, 'CAUSE WE ONLY HAVE TILL THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ADDING THAT TO THE LENS OF EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH WHEN YOU'RE DETERMINING POLICY AS THE REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN CHICO.
TREE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME
HE SAYS, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE TREES ARE BROUGHT UP IN EVERY POLICY DISCUSSION JUST TACK ON AND, AND TREES ON THE END.
UM, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT SURFACE IN THIS DISCUSSION.
BUT OTHERWISE, YEAH, JUST GREAT WORK ON THE PLAN.
UM, I'VE JUST GOT A FEW THINGS AND I'LL ECHO, UH, WHAT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE SAID THAT THIS IS GREAT.
UH, WHEN I SAW THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE ON OUR AGENDA, I SAID, OOH, FUN.
UH, 'CAUSE I REALLY ENJOY THE A TP AND, UH, THE ALL THE MAPPING EXERCISES.
AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY THOUGHTFUL, UM, I THINK INCLUSIVE PROCESS, SO RAVO TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.
UM, A COUPLE QUICK HITS ON THAT NAVIGATION MAP THAT HAS COME UP.
UM, AND APOLOGIES FOR NOT HAVING NAVIGATED TO THAT WEBPAGE IN A WHILE, BUT, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT NEEDS A REMINDER, DO PLEASE HAVE LAYERS FOR EXISTING AND PROPOSED.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE YOUR ROUTE FROM HOME TO SCHOOL OR HOME TO WORK, WHEN THERE'S DOTTED LINES AND DIFFERENT COLORS AND IT SUMS PROPOSED AND SOMES EXISTING, IT'S, IT'S HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO SEPARATE THOSE.
SO, UH, A, A PLUG FOR SOME DIFFERENTIATION THERE ON THE NAVIGATION MAP.
OTHERWISE, UH, OH, WHEN YOU ARE DOING THAT CONTROL F ON ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES AND ADDING SOME MORE OF THAT INTO THE PLAN, FEEL FREE TO ADD STROLLERS AS WELL.
I'LL SAY IT'S REALLY BLEAK OUT THERE WITH THE CURB CUTS ON THE EAST SIDE, I'VE LEARNED QUICKLY
UM, SO I THINK STROLLERS, UM, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER AREA OF OF PETALUMA POPULISTS WHO I THINK COULD GET ON BOARD, UM, ARE FOLKS STROLLING AROUND WITH THEIR LITTLE ONES.
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I HAD AS YOU WERE REVIEWING THOSE CLASS DESIGNATIONS AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UH, USING MORE THE THE LAYMAN'S TERMS AS OPPOSED TO THOSE COCKAMAMIE ROMAN NUMERALS.UM, IN THE BASELINE REPORT, I THINK THERE IS PERHAPS A, A MISSING PIECE, WHICH IS THAT WE, WE OUGHT TO CALL OUT THAT MUCH OF THE CURRENT BIKE FACILITIES ARE NOT ADEQUATE
WE HAVE A VARIETY OF, YOU KNOW, SHERO SITUATIONS AND WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, LAKEVILLE IS ONE THAT COMES TO MIND THAT IS A VERY HIGH SPEED, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S LIKE NOT, IT'S JUST A BIKE LANE STRAIGHT RIGHT THERE ON A HIGHWAY.
SO I THINK HAVING SOME RECOGNITION THAT THE FACILITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE NOT UP TO SNUFF, I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
AND, AND PART OF MY RATIONALE THERE IS TO GET AHEAD OF, WELL, WE'VE GOT BIKE LANES AND NO ONE'S USING 'EM, AND WE HAVE BIKE LANES THAT AREN'T SAFE.
WE HAVE BIKE LANES THAT AREN'T ADEQUATE FOR THE TYPE OF STREET THAT THEY'RE ON, SO THAT'S A BAD EXCUSE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE SAID IN MEETINGS A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BUILT IS, IS NOT
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THAT BASELINE REPORT THAT WHAT DOES EXIST ON A VARIETY OF OUR PARTICULARLY HIGH TRAFFIC OR HIGH SPEED STREETS IS NOT IN LINE WITH THOSE CLASSES, UM, AS THEY WERE LAID OUT IN THE SORT OF FAST, SLOW.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SAID A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES BY A FEW DIFFERENT FOLKS, BUT I, I REALLY WANT THIS TO GET DONE.
UH, I REALLY WANNA BUILD THOSE 18 ITEMS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUT LIST.
IT IS AN EXCITING, UM, HOPEFUL DOCUMENT.
UH, SO ANYTHING THAT CAN BE ADDED TO ACTUALLY DO IT IN, IN LINE WITH ABUNDANCE, ET CETERA, UM, I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EXPERTISE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BUY-IN FROM THOSE WHO WHO CARE, UM, HAVE GONE, HAS GONE INTO THIS DOCUMENT.
AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION GET MARRED, UM, BY JUST A FEW VOICES, WHICH WE'LL DRAG IT DOWN AS WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER CONVERSATIONS RELATED TO, UM, THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, UH, BUILD IN SOME HARDINESS, SOME RESILIENCE, SOME PROTECTION FOR THIS DOCUMENT AND THESE INITIATIVES TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN, UM, PLEASE, PLEASE DO SO BECAUSE THEY'RE GREAT IDEAS THAT WE REALLY NEED.
UM, AND I THINK WOULD BE, UH, VERY POSITIVE ADDITION TO PETALUMA.
OH, YES, WE'RE, YES, PBAC, IF WE'RE CLOSING UP THE, UH, MEETING ITEM ONE, THE PAC FOLKS ARE ALLOWED TO GO AS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH OUR PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA.
WE'LL SEE EVERYONE, WHAT IS IT? MAY 7TH.
MAY 7TH FOR OUR MAY 7TH NEXT FEEDBACK MEETING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR, UH, YOUR, FOR YOUR TIME AND, AND PATIENCE TONIGHT.
THAT WAS A LONG PRESENTATION, AND I ALSO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE, UH, FOR ANY FOLLOW UP COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, AGAIN, PLEASE SEND THOSE IN VIA EMAIL, UH, AS YOU'RE, UH, CONDUCTING A MORE THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE PLAN.
WELL, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THIS ENOUGH, YOU HAVE DONE A MARVELOUS JOB.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW IT'S ALL COME TOGETHER, BUT YET YOU'VE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS ON IT.
YOU'VE INSTITUTED ALL KINDS OF GREAT WAYS FOR US TO CONNECT TO THE PUBLIC, GET PEOPLE'S COMMENTS, YOU, YOU'VE INCORPORATED THEM, UM, PEOPLE ARE HEARING US.
IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
SORRY, I HAVE JUST ONE MORE COMMENT AS WELL.
I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE PLAN I FORGOT TO MENTION IS THAT IT DOES MAKE A STRONG EFFORT TO CONNECT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL, EVERY SINGLE PARK, EVERY SINGLE GROCERY SHOPPING CENTER, IN ADDITION TO THAT EIGHTH MILE.
THERE'S A REALLY BIG EFFORT TO JUST SAY ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO IN THE CITY.
IT, YOU CAN GET THERE BY A, A BICYCLE FACILITY.
SO, UM, JUST YEAH, KUDOS TO TO THE TEAM AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE PBAC FOLKS.
WE'LL GIVE THEM 30 SECONDS TO PACK UP AND GO BEFORE WE CARRY ON
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THANK YOU.UM, SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF US HERE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON INTO COMMISSION, COMMENT.
ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANYTHING TO PRESENT? HAPPY TO GO DOWN THE LINE OR TAKE BOTH.
WELL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BARNELL.
UM, WE DON'T ALWAYS GET TO DO THIS, BUT WE GOT TO APPROVE, UH, TWO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS TO GO TO RECEIVE THEIR, UM, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCING, UH, TAX EXEMPT BONDS.
SO IT WAS $25 MILLION FOR THE ROVENA PROJECT, WHICH IS 31 UNITS, AND IT WAS $65 MILLION FOR THE MERIDIAN PROJECT AT THE CORONA STATION.
SO TOGETHER IT WAS 161 OR 162 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAST NIGHT THAT WE GOT TO APPROVE.
AND, UM, I'LL TAKE THAT AS A WIN.
COMMISSIONER MCCALLAN, ANY COMMENTS TO SHARE? OKAY, COMMISSIONER FRY, COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, AT WE AT REBUILDING TOGETHER LOST TWO OF OUR GREAT PEOPLE, BONNIE GABLER, WHO WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF REBUILDING TOGETHER.
PETALUMA PASSED AWAY NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND GLORIA ROBINSON, UM, WHO WAS ONE OF THE SWEETEST WOMEN I'VE EVER MET.
I THINK, UM, THERE IS AN EVENT FOR HER ON APRIL 17TH AT TWO O'CLOCK AT THE VETERAN'S CENTER.
UM, WE INVITE ALL OF YOU TO ATTEND.
UM, THE OTHER THING ABOUT REBUILDING IS REBUILDING IS HAVING AN EVENT ON MAY 10TH AT THE HERZOG HALL.
UM, IT IS TITLED, BUILDING TOGETHER A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY.
IT IS A COMPLIMENTARY EVENT FOR EVERYONE.
UM, IT IS FROM FIVE TO EIGHT IN THE EVENING ON A SATURDAY.
UM, IT'S A SAMPLE FOOD, UM, DISTRIBUTION FROM SEVERAL RESTAURANTS, SEVEN RESTAURANTS IN TOWN, SO YOU'LL GET TO TRY FOOD AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT IT IS OUR WAY AS REBUILDING TO THANK THIS COMMUNITY WHO HAS HELPED US GROW SO SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO WE INVITE ALL OF YOU, FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, VOLUNTEERS, UM, STAFF MEMBERS, UM, EVERYBODY TO COME AND JUST HANG OUT WITH US FOR AN EVENING.
WE'RE NOT EVEN GONNA ASK FOR A DONATION.
THAT'S A BIGGIE FOR A NONPROFIT TO DO.
AND THE LAST THING IS APRIL 5TH, WHICH WAS THIS SATURDAY.
WE HAD A LARGE WORKDAY FOR REBUILDING THE VARIOUS PROJECTS AROUND TOWN, BUT THE ONE I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IS TO GET 19 HOUSES IN CAPRI VILLA, WHICH IS A FAMILY MOBILE HOME PARK UP TO SNUFF BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE INSPECTED BY THE STATE INSPECTOR IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND SO WITH 35 VOLUNTEERS, I MANAGED TO GET ALL 19 HOUSES DONE IN ONE DAY.
SO IT WAS A GOOD DAY ALL AROUND.
UH, COMMISSIONER NEWELL, ANY COMMENTS? UH, NO COMMENTS.
A QUICK UPDATE FOR TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, APRIL 26TH AT CITY HALL IS GOING TO BE THE ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION TREE FEST.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS, ASIDE FROM TREE CARE, ART, MUSIC, FOOD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR CONSULTANT WHO'S LEADING THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN EFFORT, UH, KALA FROM ECO, AND I'M FORGETTING THE CONSULTANT'S, THE, THE FIRM'S NAME, HUGELY NOTABLE FIRM.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS THERE WHO INCLUDE LIKE EX-HEAD OF URBAN FORESTRY IN SAN JOSE.
THEY'VE GOT A REALLY GREAT TEAM.
UM, SO IF FOLKS WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THE URBAN FORESTRY POLICY, PUSH TREE FEST IS THE PLACE TO DO IT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE A GIANT COMMUNITY ART PIECE AND A LOT GOING ON, SO APRIL 26TH AT CITY HALL AND WE'RE GONNA BE MULCHING THOSE GIANT REDWOODS OUT FRONT AND REMOVING THE OLD IRRIGATION.
THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A NICE SORE
UM, I'LL JUST GIVE A QUICK PLUG FOR A, NOT THAT I'M NECESSARILY INVOLVED IN IT, BUT IT'S IN MY INBOX HERE FOR A NO BEFORE YOU GROW FORUM TOMORROW.
UM, THOUGH, LET'S BE HONEST, IF YOU'RE WATCHING A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS
THERE IS A EVENING WITH APPALACHIAN HOTELS AND EKN DEVELOPMENT, UM, TOMORROW 7:00 PM AT THE KAVANAUGH CENTER.
THE QUESTIONS DO NEED TO BE SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE, UM, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S MORE INFORMATION, UH, ON THE URBAN
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CHAT OR NO BEFORE YOU GROW PAGES.UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S TOMORROW AT SEVEN AT THE KAVANAUGH CENTER.
SO LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANY STAFF COMMENT.
UM, THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN TODAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATE FROM ANDREW, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DISCUSSION.
UM, SO WE, UH, ARE RETURNING TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY, APRIL 14TH.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LAND USE DESIGNATIONS IN THE AREAS OF CHANGE, UM, AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL, REPORTING OUT ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT DURING, UM, ENGAGEMENT, UM, WORKSHOPS, WORKING WITH GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TALKING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND ALL OF THAT HAS GONE INTO, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO THAT IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN FROM THERE.
WE WILL TAKE THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK AND WE'LL BEGIN PREPARING THE PREFERRED LAND USE MAP, UM, AND DOING TECHNICAL ANALYSIS ON THAT PREFERRED LAND USE MAP.
SO SOME FISCAL ANALYSIS, GROWTH PROJECTIONS, TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS, NO NET LOSS, A LOT OF THOSE TECHNICAL STUDIES.
THEN THAT PREFERRED MAP, THOSE TECHNICAL STUDIES WILL COME BACK THROUGH, THEY'LL COME TO PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY'LL COME TO GENERAL PLAN, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEN TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
UM, SIMULTANEOUSLY, UH, REMI IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE DRAFT GENERAL PLAN.
SO THIS IS TAKING ALL THE FEEDBACK ON THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS AND STARTING TO MAKE THOSE REVISIONS AND PUT IT INTO A FORMAT.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY THE OTHER THING THAT WILL BE KICKING OFF, UH, ONCE WE DO HAVE THAT PREFERRED LAND USE MAP IS THE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL RE REVIEW ANALYSIS FOR THE EIR.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER, UM, AND WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD FOR A SUMMER 2026 ADOPTION AND CERTIFICATION OF THE EIR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE UPDATE DATE.
ANY UPDATE ON TPO? BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S WAITING FOR PLANNING.
YEP, IT'S COMING TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, I ACTUALLY, WE ARE DOING SOME WEBSITE, UM, AND OUTREACH TO GET THAT WORD OUT.
UM, I AM THINKING PROBABLY WILL BE DO THAT, GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT.
WE STILL NEED TO WORK WITH LEGAL ON ANY LAST REVISIONS TO THAT.
I WOULD THINK MAY WOULD BE BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I WON'T HOLD YOU TO IT, BUT THANK YOU.
ANY LAST QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
WE'LL ADJOURN AT 9:02 PM THANKS GUYS.