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WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF A OF TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH, 2025.CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE ABRAMS HERE.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, PERIOD, YOU ARE INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THIS COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.
THERE WILL BE AN ALLOCATE, THEY WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES.
TOTALLY MORE THAN 20 MINUTES SUBJECT TO OUR DISCRETION.
SO ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS THAT WOULD, UM, LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM.
HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, THAT WERE POSTED ONLINE PRIOR TO THE MEETING? UH, YES, MADAM JARED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, JARED, ALL TRANSIT MANAGER.
WE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
I HAVE SO IN GENERAL, THESE COMMENTS ARE NOT READ, CORRECT? YEAH, WE DON'T READ THEM WHEN WE GET THEM IN ADVANCE ON EMAIL, WE, UH, NOTE THAT WE RECEIVE THEM, BUT WE DO NOT READ THEM.
JUST, ALRIGHT, SO THEN I AM MOVING ON TO, OH, BEFORE I CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO'VE JOINED US.
DID EITHER OF YOU WISH TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? YES.
I DIDN'T HEAR TO NOT OH, OH GOD.
THEN YOU, IN THAT CASE, WE SHALL MOVE ON TO
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 18TH, 2025 MEETINGS.UM, COMMITTEE, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO BE MADE TO THE MINUTES FOR OUR LAST MEETING? I, ALL RIGHT.
UM, I APPROVED THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING WITHOUT CHANGES.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
ON TO, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS OF CONSIDERATION.AND MY AGENDA SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE OUT OF DATE, BUT, UM, AH, HERE WE GO.
WE ARE HERE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, SORRY, ON THE DRAFT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE ARE, UM, JOINED BY BJORN GRUENBERG FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
HE HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO JOIN US TONIGHT AND PRESENT ON THE UPDATE OF THE PLAN FOR US.
GOOD EVENING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND I'M ALSO THE STAFF LIAISON TO THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
TONIGHT, I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT, UH, AN UPDATE ON OUR DRAFT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAS, UM, SOME OVERLAP WITH, UH, THE, YOUR COMMITTEE'S SCOPE, GIVEN THAT EVERY TRANSIT RIDER IS AT SOME POINT IN THEIR JOURNEY, UM, TRAVELING BY, UH, FOOT BIKE OR WHEELCHAIR OR OTHER ASSISTIVE
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MOBILITY DEVICES.SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING MORE ABOUT THIS PLAN PLANNING EFFORT WITH YOU ALL AND HEARING YOUR INSIGHTS, AND ESPECIALLY YOUR EXPERTISE AND PERSPECTIVES AS A TRANSIT FOCUSED COMMITTEE.
SO, AN OVERVIEW OF THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S, IT IS ESSENTIALLY A, UM, A SHORTENED VERSION OR, OR IT, IT LARGELY PARALLELS THE, UH, FAIRLY LENGTHY PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT WAS ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
SO WE'LL WALK THROUGH EACH OF THE CHAPTERS AT A HIGH LEVEL AND I'LL TRY TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, KEY ELEMENTS AND JUST REALLY HELP FAMILIARIZE YOU WITH THE DOCUMENT.
ITS PURPOSE, ITS CONTENTS, AND ULTIMATELY, I DON'T EXPECT, UM, YOU TO HAVE VERY DETAILED QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK TONIGHT.
IF YOU DO, I'LL, I'LL HAPPILY, UM, HAVE A, A, AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL AND, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU DO HAVE TONIGHT.
UM, BUT, BUT REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS PRESENTATION IS ORIENT YOU TO THE DOCUMENT AND HELP YOU HELP FACILITATE, UM, ANY WRITTEN COMMENT COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO PROVIDE BY, UH, EARLY MAY.
SO WHAT IS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION? UH, IT'S ANY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE ON, UH, PEDESTRIAN OR BICYCLE FOCUSED INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO ANYONE WHO YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE USING SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, MULTI-USE PATHWAYS.
IT INCLUDES PEOPLE TRAVELING, UH, BY FOOT, WHETHER THEY'RE WALKING OR JOGGING THOSE USING ASSISTIVE MO MO MOBILITY DEVICES, WHETHER THOSE ARE WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS OR OTHER, UM, MOTORIZED DEVICES THAT AREN'T EXPECTED TO, UM, TRAVEL IN THE STREET.
UH, BIKES, SCOOTERS, SKATEBOARDS, REALLY ANY, AGAIN, ANY HUMAN POWERED OR, UM, LOWER SPEED ELECTRIC DEVICE THAT, THAT YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT TO SEE OUT.
UM, SHARING THE STREET WITH CARS.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, IN THE, IN THE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER, LISTS SEVERAL BENEFITS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, LIKE TRANSIT, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROVIDES MOBILITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND, UM, AGES PHYSICAL ABILITIES AND INCOMES, EXCUSE ME.
SO IT IMPROVES EQUITY AND HELPS PEOPLE GET AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WITHOUT A CAR.
IT REDUCES TRAFFIC AND THE ASSOCIATED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WITH TRAFFIC BEING THE LEADING SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN PETALUMA AT ABOUT TWO THIRDS.
IT REDUCES TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR PEOPLE.
IT CREATES A MORE VIBRANT, CONNECTED COMMUNITY, AND IT SUPPORTS MORE EFFICIENT LAND USE PATTERNS.
AND THESE BENEFITS AND MORE ARE OUTLINED ON PAGE FOUR IN THAT INTRODUCTION CHAPTER.
SO THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS AN UPDATE TO OUR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2008 BY CITY COUNCIL AS AN APPENDIX TO GENERAL PLAN 2025.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY A PLAYBOOK FOR ALL THINGS RELATED TO WALKING, BIKING, AND ROLLING.
SO WHETHER, UM, THOSE ARE ACTIONS OR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THROUGH, UM, EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND ENFORCEMENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE CAN USE TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IN PETALUMA.
THIS, UH, ALTHOUGH I MENTIONED THIS WAS ADOPTED AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
GENERAL PLAN IS AN EFFORT THAT IS GENERALLY UNDERTAKEN EVERY 20 OR SO YEARS.
UM, AND WITH THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE RECOMMEND MORE FREQUENT UPDATES THAN WE HAVE, UH, MADE IN THE PAST.
SO OUR, OUR HOPE, UH, FOLLOWING THIS UPDATE IS TO UPDATE THIS PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SO, SO WE CAN BE A LITTLE MORE RESPONSIVE TO, UM, EVOLVING BEST PRACTICES IN STREET DESIGN, EVOL EVOLUTIONS IN, UM, ELECTRIC MOBILITY.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF NEW, UM, ELECTRIC DEVICES THAT ARE, ARE COMING ONLINE AND REALLY, UM, AND, AND CHANGING THE WAY THAT PEOPLE GET AROUND.
SO, UM, WITH MORE REGULAR UPDATES, WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE REACTIVE TO, UH, THE THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING.
TO GIVE YOU A, UM, UH, KIND OF A, A A SENSE OF WHERE THIS PLAN FITS IN WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT YOU SEE, UH, AT THE, THAT THE CITY USES THIS, THIS IS A, SO I MENTIONED THAT THE GENERAL PLAN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY'S GUIDING SINGLE GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT'S PROVIDES THE HIGH LEVEL POLICY AND PLANNING GUIDANCE.
UM, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF TOPICAL ACTION PLANS THAT FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS AS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE THAT WOULD REALLY FOCUS, HAS A VERY FOCUSED SCOPE AND GOES INTO MUCH GREATER DETAIL THAN THE GENERAL PLAN DOES, BUT IT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT HIGHER LEVEL POLICY GUIDANCE THAT'S ESTABLISHED
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IN THE GENERAL PLAN.UH, OTHER KIND OF PARALLEL PLANS TO THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH.
THE BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE ACTION WAS JUST ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S A VERY SIMILAR, UH, PLAN THAT'S TAKING THAT DIRECTION THAT IS OUTLINED IN THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE POLICY THAT'S SET BY OUR CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN APPLYING IT IN A MORE, UM, TOPICAL FASHION, HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WILL FEED INTO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL ANNUALLY, UM, IN JUNE AS PART OF THE CITY'S BUDGET PROCESS.
THAT'S WHERE THE CITY IDENTIFIES ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT IT PLANS TO UNDERTAKE IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND IT ALSO ACTUALLY PROVIDES A PREVIEW, UH, OF A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT'S ADOPTED ON A ROLLING BASIS, UM, THAT IDENTIFIES ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IN THE, IN THE UPCOMING FIVE YEARS FOR THE NON INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS. THINGS THAT, UM, PROMOTE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION THROUGH EDUCATION OR ENCOURAGEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE.
THOSE WILL THEN FEED INTO OUR STAFF WORK PLANS AND, AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THAT WAY.
AND DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE, YOU CAN SEE A FOOTNOTE, UM, THAT WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO WITH THIS EFFORT IS INCORPORATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE THROUGH OTHER PLANNING EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE PETALUMA RIVER ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN, CENTRAL PETALUMA SPECIFIC PLAN, WHICH HAS A LOT OF OVERLAP WITH, UM, WITH YOUR COMMITTEE'S WORK.
THE SMART RAIL STATION AREA, TOD MASTER PLAN, AGAIN, A A, A VERY, UM, UH, TRANSIT FOCUSED PLANNING DOCUMENT.
AND, UH, AND THEN ANY OF OUR OTHER PLANS RELATED TO CLIMATE ACTION OR, UH, OR STREETS.
THIS PLAN WAS, WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH A, A ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
SO WE'VE, WE TOOK ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGH OTHER PLANNING EFFORTS OF WHICH THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS.
UM, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE LOCAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECEIVED THROUGH THAT PROCESS HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS ON IMPROVEMENTS PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MADE TO PETALUMA'S STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND TRAILS.
WE, UM, SO WE WANNA LEVERAGE ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
BUT FOR THIS PLAN, WE ALSO CONDUCTED, UM, A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT SPECIFIC TO THIS PLAN.
SO WE DID SOME TABLING AT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WE HAD AN ONLINE MAP FEEDBACK TOOL THAT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO DROP PINS ON AN INTERACTIVE MAP AND SAY WHERE THEY'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS MADE FOR PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, AND ROLLING.
WE HELD A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP LAST FALL.
WE'VE DISCUSSED IT AT NUMEROUS PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND WE ALSO, UM, WERE HAD THE BENEFIT OF, UH, TWO GROUPS THAT ACTUALLY CONDUCTED THEIR OWN FOCUS GROUPS RELATED TO THIS PLAN.
THOSE BEING THE PETALUMA EQUITABLE EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION COALITION, WHICH REALLY APPLIED AN EQUITY LENS TO THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND HOW WE COULD MORE EQUITABLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, ALSO, CITY THREAD, WHICH WAS, IS A, UH, NATIONAL NONPROFIT THAT LENT THEIR EXPERTISE AND PROVIDED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND MORE EFFICIENT PROJECT DELIVERY.
SO, MOVING ON TO OUR OVERARCHING VISION AND GOALS STATEMENTS FOR THIS DOCUMENT.
OUR VISION STATEMENT WAS, UH, CRAFTED IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
PETALUMA IS AN ACTIVE WORLD CLASS, OR AN, SORRY, EXCUSE ME.
PETALUMA IS A WORLD CLASS ACTIVE LIVING CITY WHERE WALKING, BIKING, AND ROLLING ARE A CELEBRATED PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
WE'RE SAFE AND INVITING STREETS AND TRAILS FORM THE FABRIC OF A THRIVING CONNECTED COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES PREFER TO USE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
UNDERNEATH THAT VISION STATEMENT, WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT GOAL AREAS.
THE FIRST IS VISION ZERO BY 2030, WHICH IS MIRRORS, UH, A GOAL THAT WAS ACTUALLY ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK AND HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY MOST, IF NOT ALL JURISDICTIONS IN SONOMA COUNTY.
AND, AND THE GOAL THERE IS TO ELIMINATE SEVERE AND FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISIONS BY 2030.
THE NEXT GOAL DEALS WITH, UM, HOW WE BUILD OUT A NETWORK, AGAIN BY 2030 THAT SUPPORTS SAFE AND SEAMLESS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, AND PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CONNECTIVITY WITH ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF DAILY DE DESTINATIONS, WHETHER THOSE ARE SCHOOLS, PARKS, GATHERING SPACES, TRANSIT CONNECTIONS, AND MORE.
THE THIRD GOAL IS ONE THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO PAC AND WAS, UH, HIGHLIGHTED LAST WEEK IN A JOINT MEETING BY PAC AND PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH IS REALLY AROUND THE,
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NOT JUST THE BUILD OUT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT HOW WE ARE DEVELOPING STREETS AND TRAILS THAT ARE MORE INVITING TO PEOPLE ON FOOT AND BIKE.AND, AND SO THIS REALLY TRIES TO, UM, UH, COMMIT THE CITY TO MAKING NOT JUST SAFE STREETS, BUT BEAUTIFUL STREETS AND TRAILS.
ONES WHERE YOU HAVE TREE CANOPY, ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPING, PUBLIC ART, UH, NICE WIDE INVITING SIDEWALKS AND OTHER AMENITIES THAT MAKE PEOPLE WANT TO TRAVEL BY FOOT AND BIKE.
AND THE FOURTH GOAL IS THE EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT, UM, GOAL.
AND THAT'S TO MAKE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AN INTEGRATED, CELEBRATED PART OF OUR EVERYDAY LIFE HERE IN PETALUMA BY REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROMOTING IT AS AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE, UH, WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS, YOU KNOW, OUR COLLABORATION WITH SCHOOLS, ET CETERA.
SO THE NEXT CHAPTER LOOKS AT EXISTING CONDITIONS IN SEVERAL AREAS, AND I THINK YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE A, HOPEFULLY ALL OF THESE OBSERVATIONS ABOUT OUR, UM, CITY'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT, UM, RESONATE WITH YOU ALL, ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION FROM A, FROM A TRANSIT LENS.
AND THE FIRST, JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGING AT A HIGH LEVEL THAT A LOT OF OUR MOBILITY CHALLENGES IN PETALUMA, REALLY OUR, OUR, OUR PRIMARY CHALLENGE IN PETALUMA IS CREATED BY OUR GEOGRAPHY AND THE THREE DIFFERENT BARRIERS THAT WE HAVE TO CROSS TOWN MOBILITY THAT ARE CREATED BY THE SMART TRACKS, THE PETALUMA RIVER AND US 1 0 1 FREEWAY.
AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS WE HAVE VERY LIMITED CROSSING OPPORTUNITIES OF EACH OF THESE THREE TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS.
AND THAT CREATES A CHALLENGING CONDITION FOR EVERYONE.
OBVIOUSLY, IT CREATES INCREASED TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THOSE LIMITED CROSSING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE DRIVING AND PEOPLE RIDING TRANSIT.
BUT THOSE CHALLENGES ARE EVEN MORE, UM, PRONOUNCED FOR THOSE TRAVELING BY FOOT OR BIKE, BECAUSE GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOUR OPTIONS TO GET ACROSS TOWN ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
THEY INTRODUCE A LOT OF CONFLICTS WITH VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND, UM, AND THEY'RE NOT AS DIRECT OR CONVENIENT AS YOU MIGHT LIKE IF YOU'RE TRAVELING BY FOOT OR BIKE.
LOOKING AT OUR CITY, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY OUR CITY DEVELOPED IN VERY DIFFERENT ERAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF US, 1 0 1, WHICH GENERALLY DEVELOPED IN THE, IN THE LATE 18 HUNDREDS, EARLY 19 HUNDREDS, YOU HAVE A LAND USE PATTERN AND STREET GRID THAT IS MUCH MORE CONDUCIVE TO WALKING AND BIKING FOR DAILY NEEDS.
WHEREAS ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE MOST OF THE MOST OF THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN WAS DEVELOPED, UH, POST 1950S, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT, THE, THE STREET CONNECTIVITY IS NOT AS GOOD.
YOU HAVE TO GENERALLY TRAVEL LONGER DISTANCES TO GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
AND MOST TRIPS AT SOME POINT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TOWN ARE ROUTED ON A BUSY, MAJOR ARTERIAL ROAD NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING OR, UM, OR COMING FROM.
AND SO THOSE PLACE MORE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS ON WALKING AND BIKING.
UM, AND BECAUSE OF THOSE LONGER TRIP LENGTHS, THE BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR MODE SHIFT ON THE EAST SIDE, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, IT'S PROBABLY LESS, UH, WALKABLE, BUT THERE IS POTENTIAL, OBVIOUSLY WITH SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE ARTERIALS OR CHANGES TO THOSE RTLS TO, UH, FOR BIKES TO PLAY A BIGGER ROLE.
WE ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE LARGE SECTIONS OF THE CITY THAT WERE DEVELOPED PRIOR TO ACCESSIBLE DESIGN.
SO A DA, UH, CAME INTO POPULARITY OR, OR BECAME A REALLY A A A WAS REQUIRED BY LAW STARTING I BELIEVE IN, IN THE, IN 1990 OR THEREABOUTS.
AND SO ALL OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE THAT WERE BUILT BEFORE THEN UNFORTUNATELY HAVE FEATURES THAT MAKE IT SOMEWHAT CHALLENGING TO GET AROUND BY FOOT OR BY WHEELCHAIR, UM, WHICH INCLUDE NARROW SIDEWALKS, ABSENCE OF CURB RAMPS AT INTERSECTIONS AND CROSSWALKS, AND, UH, THAT'S ILLUSTRATED HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON, UM, SCENE IN MA IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE FACE REAL CHALLENGES TO GETTING AROUND, UM, BY FOOT OR OTHER MOBILITY DEVICES.
AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WE DO HAVE, UH, A LOT OF FRANKLY, OVERBUILT ARTERIAL STREETS, ESPECIALLY ON, AGAIN, ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN THAT ARE FAR, FAR UNDER CAPACITY.
AND WE'LL NEVER APPROACH THE CAPACITY THAT THEY WERE BASICALLY BUILT FOR, UM, BACK IN THE, IN THE 1960S.
AND SO WITH THESE STREETS THAT ARE HAVE UNDERUTILIZED ROADWAY WITH, WE DO HAVE MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES TO TRANSFORM THE WAY WE USE THIS STREET SPACE TO MAKE THEM MORE INVITING FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING BY ACTIVE
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MODES.SO A GOOD ILLUSTRATION HERE, YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS TRANSITION OF, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY A CASA GRANDE ROAD SHOWING WHAT'S WHAT'S POSSIBLE THERE, UM, WITH REDUCING VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION AND ALL THE EXTRA SPACE THAT CARVES OUT FOR OTHER USES, LIKE, UM, SAFER CROSSWALKS, PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON STREET PARKING AND, UH, LANDSCAPING.
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE IS, UH, WITH OUR, OUR TRAIL NETWORK, AND AGAIN, THIS, THIS REALLY APPLIES PRIMARILY TO THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
WE DO HAVE A PRETTY STRONG NETWORK OF OFF STREET TRAILS GENERALLY ALONG OUR, OUR MANY CREEKS.
AND, UM, AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO BETTER INTEGRATE THOSE WITH THE, THE CITY STREET NETWORK.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL ACCESS POINT AT NORTH MCDOWELL, WHICH REALLY HIGHLIGHTS A NEED FOR AN IMPROVED, UH, CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE USING THE STREET AND, UM, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INVITING AND, UH, AND REALLY CELEBRATE THAT OPPORTUNITY OR THAT THAT CONNECTION THERE, UM, TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS TOWN.
SWITCHING TO TRAVEL BEHAVIOR, MOST TRIPS IN PETALUMA ARE MADE BY CAR.
THE AVERAGE TRIP WITHIN CITY LIMITS IS UNDER THREE MILES.
AND, UH, A GOOD NUMBER OF TRIPS IN PET PETALUMA, UH, A LITTLE OVER ONE THIRD, UH, ARE UNDER TWO MILES WITH OVER TWO THIRDS UNDER FIVE MILES.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE REAL POTENTIAL TO SHIFT MORE TRIPS, UH, MADE BY CAR TO ACTIVE MODES, ESPECIALLY AS WE MAKE THOSE OPTIONS MORE SAFE AND CONVENIENT FOR FOLKS.
LIKE, LIKEWISE, MOST STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY DRIVEN TO SCHOOL, BUT IN A SURVEY THAT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SONOMA COUNTY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL ADMINISTERED OF PETALUMA PARENTS.
LAST YEAR, NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF PARENTS SAID THAT THEY WISH THEIR CHILDREN COULD WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL MORE OFTEN, AND THEY CITED SAFETY AS THEIR TOP BARRIER OR THE, THE MAIN REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL BY FOOT OR BIKE.
UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD SUCCESS HERE LATELY, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR, WITH SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL'S PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT EFFORTS.
WE HAD, WE SAW THE LARGEST INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO BIKED TO SCHOOL LAST YEAR ON BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY.
AND WE HAD NEARLY 40, OR WE HAD 40% OF STUDENTS AT PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WALK OR BIKE ON WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY.
SO, AGAIN, CLEARLY THE, THE POTENTIAL IS THERE.
WE JUST, AS WE MAKE MORE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, HOPEFULLY WE'LL, UM, GET PARENTS MORE COMFORTABLE SENDING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL BY FOOT OR BIKE, LOOKING AT COLLISION DATA THAT SHOWS OUR TRENDS DATING BACK TO 2012, UM, WITH THE MOST RECENT YEAR, UH, HERE BEING 2023.
UM, FOR THE LAST, THE LAST TWO YEARS OF REPORTED DATA, WE HAD FIVE SEVERE OR FATAL COLLISIONS INVOLVING PEOPLE TRAVELING BY FOOT OR BIKE.
AND, UH, ABOUT 20 NON-SEVERE OR NON-FATAL COLLISIONS INVOLVING PEOPLE TRAVELING BY FOOT OR BIKE.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO, AGAIN, IT'S ELIMINATING ALL OF THESE COLLISIONS THAT ARE SHOWN HERE IN ORANGE, UH, BY 2030, LOOKING AT WHERE THE COLLISIONS ARE HAPPENING, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, UM, THOSE CLUSTERS SHOW YOU SOME OF THE HOTSPOTS, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, UM, A PRETTY HEAVY CONCENTRATION ALONG THE BUSIER STREETS.
UM, THAT'S FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.
NOT ONLY ARE THERE MORE PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY TRAVELING ON THE BUSIER STREETS, UM, BUT YOU ALSO JUST HAVE GENERALLY MORE CONFLICT POINTS BETWEEN PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, AND DRIVING ON THOSE BUSIER STREETS.
SO ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF COLLISIONS OCCUR ON THOSE STREETS WITH THREE OR MORE LANES AND, UH, WITHIN 100 FEET OF AN INTERSECTION.
OKAY, MOVING TO OUR ACTION PLAN.
SO THIS CHAPTER IS INTENDED TO HELP DEFINE, PRIORITIZE, AND TRACK OUR PROGRESS ON EFFORTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO A SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
THERE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INC, OR INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, EFFORTS INCLUDED IN THIS CHAPTER, BUT THEY'RE NOT TIED TO A SPECIFIC PHYSICAL LOCATION.
THEY'RE GENERALLY CITYWIDE, UM, IN SCOPE.
AND MOST OF THE ITEMS IN THIS CHAPTER FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, HIGHLIGHTED.
AND MANY OF THESE ARE MULTIDISCIPLINARY EFFORTS AND, UM, AND INVOLVE MANY STAKEHOLDERS.
SO THAT'S ALL DETAILED IN IN THE CHAPTER ITSELF.
JUST TO KIND OF BRIEFLY WALK YOU THROUGH THIS CHAPTER, AT A HIGH LEVEL, WE HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED TO HELP GROUP THESE, THESE OVER THERE ARE OVER 50 ACTIONS INCLUDED HERE.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
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ANY OF THESE SPECIFICALLY.I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THESE.
I'VE TRIED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO THE, TO YOUR COMMITTEE STARTING WITH IN THIS SECTION, THE PLANNING AND DESIGN, UH, SECTION, THE TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITIES COMPLIANCE ACTION ITEM.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, IT'S AN, IT'S NEWLY IMPLEMENTED BY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
IT'S A NEW FUNDING REQUIREMENT THAT WE WILL HAVE, UM, WHEN PURSUING REGIONAL FUNDS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW WE ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE MOBILITY OPTIONS WITHIN THE HALF MILE SURROUNDING OUR TWO SMART STATIONS.
SO ONE OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THAT, UM, WITH THAT POLICY IS TO DEMONSTRATE ALL OF THE WAYS THAT WE ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, BICYCLE SAFETY, UM, AND ALSO THE AVAIL AVAILABILITY OF, UM, DIFFERENT SHARED, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, LIKE BIKE SHARE, SCOOTER SHARE, THINGS LIKE THAT, WAY, WAY FINDING OTHER BIKE PARKING, OTHER THINGS THAT'LL HELP, UM, MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO CHOOSE TO WALK, BIKE, OR TAKE OTHER ACTIVE MODES IN TANDEM WITH TRANSIT.
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUT, UH, SECTION, BASICALLY AT A
AND AS WE BUILD OUT OUR, UM, OUR NETWORK OR AS WE IMPLEMENT PAVING PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND SO THESE ARE ALL KIND OF GROUPED TOGETHER.
UM, AGAIN, NOT, NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL, BUT, UM, THESE IDENTIFY BASICALLY THE STEPS OR, OR THE TYPE OF WORK WE ANTICIPATE DOING, UM, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS TO MAKE IT SAFER, AGAIN, SAFER AND MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO USE ACTIVE MODES.
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE SECTION, UH, PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, IDENTIFIES THE, THE ACTIONS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE WE BUILD ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF MAIN ACTUALLY MAINTAINING IT.
AND HERE I'LL HIGHLIGHT, UH, NUMBER FIVE THERE, SIDEWALK REPAIR AND FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT ITEM WAS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST LAST WEEK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND, AND PLAN AND PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, WITH QUITE A FEW COMMENTS, UH, AROUND THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE, UM, JUST IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR SIDEWALKS REALLY, AND, AND LOOK AT WAYS TO REDUCE PROPERTY OWNER BARRIERS TO ACTUALLY MAINTAINING SIDEWALKS ALONG, UH, THEIR FRONTAGES.
OUR EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT ITEM, AGAIN, IS LOOKING AT EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING TO PROMOTE ACTIVE MODES.
AND HERE I'VE HIGHLIGHTED SHARED MICRO MOBILITY OF AS NUMBER 10 AS BEING A POTENTIAL INTEREST TO THIS COMMITTEE.
SO THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY THE, THE REDWOOD BIKE SHARE LAUNCHED, UM, I BELIEVE LAST, LATE LAST YEAR.
AND THAT PROGRAM RUNS, IT'S A PILOT PROJECT PROGRAM THAT RUNS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND SO WITH THIS ACTION ITEM, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING REVIEWING AS A CITY WHETHER WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE BEYOND THAT PILOT PERIOD OR POTENTIALLY AUGMENT IT SOMEHOW.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THEIR PROGRAM IS FAIRLY LIMITED IN THAT IT'S, WE'VE GOT A HANDFUL OF HUBS AROUND THE CITY, IT'S BIKES ONLY.
OTHER THINGS THE CITY COULD POTENTIALLY EXPLORE ARE EXPANDING IT BY GETTING MORE BIKES ONLINE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, POTENTIALLY CHANGING UP THE MODEL SO THAT IT'S LESS OF A HUB BASED MODEL AND SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR POTENTIAL RIDERS, OR EVEN LOOKING AT OTHER DEVICE TYPES, UM, LIKE SCOOTERS, WHETHER THEY'RE STANDING SCOOTERS OR, UM, OR EVEN ACCESSIBLE SCOOTERS.
AND SOME FINAL ITEMS THERE FOR THE EDUCATION ENCOURAGEMENT SECTION.
PUBLIC SAFETY LOOKS AT HOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN, UH, AGAIN, HELP PROMOTE SAFETY, UH, FOR THOSE TRAVELING BY FOOT AND BIKE.
AND THEN WE HAVE CAPACITY BUILDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE, UM, OBVIOUSLY CREATED THE NEW SAFE STREETS AND MOBILITY DIVISION, UH, LA LATE LAST YEAR, WHICH MERGED OUR STREETS AND TRANSIT, UM, FUNCTIONS TOGETHER WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS.
AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO, TO FULLY STAFFING OUT THAT DIVISION, WHICH WILL OBVIOUSLY HELP MAKE ALL OF THIS GREAT WORK HAPPEN.
AND THEN THE THIRD ITEM THERE I DID, I HIGHLIGHTED AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S OF RELEVANCE TO THIS COMMITTEE, UM, TO RECEIVE, UH, BEST PRACTICES AND, UM, CONNECT WITH OTHER CITIES THAT ARE WORKING TO REALLY TRY TO DO INNOVATIVE THINGS TO IMPROVE MOBILITY OPTIONS, WHETHER THOSE
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THAT'S FOR PEOPLE.UM, SO THEY'LL OFF OFFER A LOT OF RESOURCES FOR OUR STAFF AS WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR STREET DESIGN.
AND ALSO TRANSIT SERVICE IS A, IS A MAJOR, UM, FOCUS OF, UH, THIS ORGANIZATION, NAO.
AND THEN LASTLY, ON THE EVALUATION FRONT, UM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY TRACK PROGRESS ON ALL OF THIS WORK ONCE WE ADOPT THE PLAN.
UM, AND SO THE, THE GOAL HERE IS TO TRACK PROGRESS ON ALL OF THESE ACTIONS AND ON THE BUILD OUT OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THROUGH AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT WILL BE MADE TO OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WILL OBVIOUSLY BE AVAILABLE TO OTHERS THROUGH THE CITY WEBSITE.
WE'RE HAPPY TO FORWARD IT ALONG, OR EVEN IF YOUR COMMITTEE'S INTERESTED IN A PRESENTATION, HAPPY TO COME, COME HERE.
BUT ALL OF THIS WILL WE'LL BE TRACKING OUR, YOU KNOW, COMPLETION STATUS, EVERYTHING, UM, ON, ON PROGRESS ON ALL OF THESE ACTIONS, UH, ANNUALLY.
AND THEN INTO REALLY THE, UH, THE MEAT OF THE, THE PLAN, WHICH IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THIS CHAPTER INCLUDES MAPS AND PROJECT LISTS THAT IDENTIFY PROPOSED BIKEWAY SIDEWALK TRAIL, AND, UH, A HANDFUL OF INTERSECTION AND CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS DESIGN GUIDANCE.
SO WHILE THE MAPS AND THE PROJECT LISTS WILL HELP DETERMINE THE ACTUAL LOCATIONS AND TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ENVISION, THE DESIGN GUIDANCE WILL DESCRIBE THE RECOMMENDED, UM, ELEMENTS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE APPLIED TO THESE PROJECTS.
AND JUST A A, A SLIGHT DISCLAIMER HERE, ALL OF THESE PROPOSED PROJECTS ARE SUBJECT TO FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND ANALYSIS BEFORE THEY ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO DO THIS EXERCISE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, AND I TRY TO THINK, TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE THINK IS THE BEST FIT FOR EACH STREET IN TERMS OF THE POTENTIAL BIKEWAY RECOMMENDATION WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION, WE MAY RUN INTO CHALLENGES AROUND RIGHT OF WAY AVAILABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, UM, BUDGET, OR, UH, OTHER, YOU KNOW, FACTORS THAT COME OUT OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
AND BECAUSE THERE ARE PRIORITY PROJECTS, UM, IDENTIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER, WE ALSO FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THOSE WILL BE A, YOU KNOW, THOSE WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR STAFF, BUT WE WILL NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS IMPLEMENT PROJECTS IN ORDER OF PRIORITY.
WE ARE, WE TRY TO TAKE AS MUCH ADVANTAGE AS POSSIBLE OF ALL OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WHEN A STREET'S BEING PAVED, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN TO THAT STREET IF IT'S, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S OF, UM, OF SIGNIFICANCE, UH, IN THIS PLAN.
AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME PROJECTS YOU SEE THAT AREN'T ON THE PRIORITY LIST THAT GET IMPLEMENTED THROUGH A PAVING PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT HOPEFULLY, UM, THE PRIORITY LEVEL CAN HELP ELEVATE PROJECTS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF ACTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OPPORTUNITY, UM, ON THE HORIZON.
SO THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIKEWAYS THAT WE INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN.
UM, AND JUST TO, TO GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN OF THOSE, WE HAVE CLASS ONE MULTI-USE TRAILS, WHICH ARE OFF STREET PATHWAYS.
UH, THEY'RE ON THE LEFT COLUMN AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, THOSE ARE ALL ON STREET BIKEWAYS.
AND SO GENERALLY, UM, YOU WANT A GREATER DEGREE OF SEPARATION AS TRAFFIC VOLUME AND SPEED INCREASE.
THE, THE IDEA BEING THAT, UM, THE MORE EXPOSURE PEOPLE HAVE TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC, THE LESS COMFORTABLE THE BICYCLING EXPERIENCE IS.
SO ON THE BUSIEST STREETS AT THE TOP THERE, IDEALLY YOU HAVE A CLASS FOUR PROTECTED BIKE LANE THAT PROVIDES SOME SORT OF VERTICAL ELEMENT BETWEEN THE BIKE LANE AND THE VEHICLE LANE.
UM, AND THEN AS VOLUME DECREASES, YOU PULL BACK TO A BUFFERED BIKE LANE, WHICH HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARANCE, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF IT HAS A, A, A HORIZONTAL BUFFER FROM VEHICLE TRAFFIC, BUT NOT NECESSARILY A VERTICAL ONE, A CLASS TWO BIKE LANE, WHICH ON A NARROWER STREET, UM, THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EXCESS WIDTH AVAILABLE IS, UM, DOESN'T PROVIDE THAT VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL BUFFER, BUT DOES, DOES STILL PROVIDE A DESIGNATED SPACE FOR PEOPLE BIKING.
AND THEN LASTLY, A CLASS THREE B NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY.
WE JUST IMPLEMENTED OUR FIRST ON, UM, FIFTH STREET.
AND THE IDEA THERE IS THAT YOU'RE TAKING, UH, AN EXTREMELY LOW VOLUME, LOW SPEED STREET WHERE IT SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE IN THEORY FOR ANYONE, UM, TO BIKE IN THE STREET, UM, AND, UH, WITHOUT NEEDING ANY SORT OF DESIGNATED AREA TO RIDE.
WE ALSO HAVE CORRIDOR STUDIES PROPOSED ON SEVERAL STREETS WHERE WE FEEL THAT THE BIKEWAY IMPLEMENTATION MAY BE CHALLENGED BY, UM, LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY AVAILABILITY OR WHERE THERE MAY BE OTHER COMPETING USES.
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THIS ON EAST WASHINGTON STREET, YOU RECEIVED A COMMENT, OBVIOUSLY, UM, FROM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO ASKED FOR THE CORRIDOR STUDY ON EAST WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON STREET TO BE EXPEDITED.THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A STREET WHERE ALONG MOST OF IT, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A, A BUSY STREET.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXCESS WIDTH WHERE WE WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, ADDING A BIKE LANE WITHOUT SOMETHING ELSE BEING TAKEN AWAY THAT COULD HAVE, UH, ADVERSE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC EFFECTS.
AND FOR YOUR COMMITTEE, OBVIOUSLY TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT TRANSIT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED WITH A STREET LIKE EAST WASHINGTON WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, EAST WASHINGTON REALLY IS THE KEY CROSS TOWN ARTERY FOR TRANSIT.
SO ANY, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT THE FUTURE OF EAST WASHINGTON, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FOR US TO SAY THAT IT, IT IT NECESSARILY WILL BECOME A BIKE WAVE.
WE REALLY FEEL THAT THAT NEEDS TO, THAT CONVERSATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN AROUND THE BE THE GREATEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT, UM, FOR THE, THE USE OF THAT LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THE PROPOSED BIKEWAY NETWORK IS COMPREHENSIVE
UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, REALLY GOOD COVERAGE.
WE REALLY TRIED, LIKE WE SAID WITH THAT.
UM, WITH THAT, THAT GOAL THAT I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, TRYING TO CONNECT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS, UM, THAT YOU WOULD REALLY EVER, UM, YOU KNOW, NEED FOR, TO, TO MEET YOUR DAILY, UH, OR, OR TRAVEL TO, TO MEET YOUR DAILY NEEDS.
UH, AND WE GENERALLY TRY TO FOLLOW THAT ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
BIKEWAY GUIDANCE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED ON THE LAST SLIDE, MATCHING THE APPROPRIATE BIKEWAY TYPE WITH STREETS BASED ON SPEED AND VOLUME.
SO I MENTIONED THE COVERAGE WE ENVISION WITH THIS NETWORK, UH, HIGH QUALITY BIKEWAY WITHIN JUST 200 METERS OF EVERY PROPERTY IN PETALUMA, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT, THAT BLUE SHADED AREA.
AND IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU'LL SEE A TABLE WITH PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.
AND, AND THE GOAL WITH THAT F THAT EXERCISE WAS TO HIGHLIGHT THE KEY ARTERIES OF THE NETWORK, UM, INCLUDING ESPECIALLY CROSS TOWN CONNECTORS OR THOSE BUSIER CORRIDORS THAT MEET THAT HELP PEOPLE GET TO THEIR, THEIR DAILY NEEDS.
SO WE IDENTIFIED THOSE, THOSE KEY SPINES OF THE NETWORK.
AND THEN FOR THAT TABLE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN, UM, WE REALLY TRIED TO PLACE EMPHASIS ON THE KEY GAPS OR UPGRADES NEEDED ALONG EACH OF THOSE ARTERIES TO MAKE THESE, THESE ROUTES MORE ACCOMMODATING TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT, UM, UH, CATEGORIES OF, OF PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALK GAPS, MARKED CROSSWALKS AND ACCESSIBLE CURB RAMPS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY HAVE A, A PROJECT LIST DEVELOPED SO FAR FOR SIDEWALK GAPS.
THAT WAS, UM, EARLY IN THE PLANNING EFFORT.
WE ACTUALLY, UM, INVENTORIED ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE SIDEWALK GAPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, ALTHOUGH WE CERTAINLY, UH, THERE'S ALWAYS POTENTIAL THAT WE MISSED SOME.
SO AS YOU'RE REVIEWING THAT, THAT LIST INCLUDED IN THE PLAN, PLEASE, PLEASE DO LET US KNOW IF WE MISSED ANY.
AND WITH THE SIDEWALK GAPS WE TRIED TO PRI WE PRIORITIZED BY, BASED ON THEIR INCLUSION IN THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, WHERE COLLISIONS HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY OR WITH GREATER SEVERITY, UH, WE PRIORITIZED OR WE GIVE WAITING IF THEY WERE LOCATED WITHIN THAT HALF MILE BUFFER AROUND OUR TWO SMART STATIONS, WE LOOKED AT, UM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, AND THEN WE ALSO GAVE SOME WAITING TO PROJECTS LOCATED WITHIN THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS FOR MARKED CROSSWALKS AND ACCESSIBLE CURB RAMPS.
UM, A A BIGGER UNDERTAKING NEEDED TO INVENTORY ALL OF THOSE.
BUT OUR RECOMMENDATION ONCE THAT INVENTORY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO USE THE SAME PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY THAT WE APPLIED TO SIDEWALK GAPS, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF, OR THE ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR ALL OF OUR, FOR OUR MARKED CROSSWALKS.
SO THE IDEA HERE IS TO, TO MIRROR, IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT AS WITH THE BIKEWAYS, WHERE ON BUSIER STREETS YOU WANNA SEE A GREATER DEGREE OF PROTECTION OR SEPARATION, UM, FROM VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
SO THE IDEA WITH THIS TABLE IS THAT AS THE SPEED OR THE WIDTH OR THE VOLUME ON A STREET INCREASES, SO DO THE ELEMENTS THAT WOULD MAKE DRIVERS AWARE OF, UM, THE PRESENCE OF, OF PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE CROSSING.
AND SO THIS IS GUIDANCE AGAIN, LIKE BIKEWAYS, THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE
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IMPROVEMENTS, UM, WILL DEPEND ON SOME OF THE ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS, FEASIBILITY, BUDGET, PRIORITY LEVEL, ET CETERA.AND THEN LASTLY, THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER WHERE WE LOOK AT THE PATHWAYS TO DELIVERY FOR ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY, THESE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ACTUALLY BUILT.
UM, SO IN THE LEFT COLUMN THERE YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT PROJECT TYPES AND THEN THE, UM, THE SECOND THROUGH FOURTH COLUMN LISTS THE DELIVERY METHOD.
SO OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREW AND OUR, UM, SMALLER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CONTRACTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, NEW OR UPGRADED ON STREET BIKEWAYS, UM, CURB RAMPS OR SMALL SECTIONS OF SIDEWALK REPAIRS.
AND ANY NEW OR UPGRADED CROSSWALK THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE ANY SORT OF OVERHEAD WARNING LIGHTS, UM, ARE WITHIN, KIND OF WITHIN THAT CAPABILITY OF OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREW OR OUR ON-CALL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
BUT GENERALLY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE BULK OF OUR IMPROVEMENTS DELIVERED THROUGH CAPITAL PROJECTS, USUALLY PAVING PROJECTS WHERE WE TRY TO GET EVERYTHING DONE THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY ON A STREET, UM, OR THROUGH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN A, WHEN A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OCCURS, THERE ARE, UH, SEVERAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE ALONG THEIR PROJECT FRONTAGE, AND THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE, UM, STREET IMPROVEMENTS MADE.
ALRIGHT, WRAPPING UP HERE WITH OUR REVIEW SCHEDULE.
SO, UH, WE, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE PRESENTED LAST WEEK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK.
THIS GOES TO CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY FOR A WORKSHOP, AND WE ARE SEEKING COMMENTS THROUGH, UH, UH, EITHER THROUGH THESE MEETINGS OR WRIT VIA EMAIL, UM, BY MAY 4TH.
AND SO, UM, INFORMATION ON HOW TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UM, WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, I BELIEVE.
AND THEN ALSO AT THIS PROJECT WEBPAGE, CITY OF PETALUMA.ORG/ATP.
AND, UM, OB, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK THROUGH THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS, GO TO CITY OF OMA.ORG/MEETINGS.
UH, WE WILL LIKELY ALSO BE REVISITING FOLLOWING THE CLOSE OF COMMENTS AT OUR NEXT FEEDBACK MEETING ON MAY 7TH, WHERE, UM, WE'LL GIVE THE COMMITTEE A RUNDOWN OF ALL THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED AND, AND DISCUSS NEXT STEPS AS WE MOVE TOWARDS UPDATING THE PLAN TO THEN RETURN FOR TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.
SO FOR TONIGHT, UM, AGAIN, WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR INITIAL FEEDBACK YOU MAY HAVE.
I KNOW IT'S A, IT'S A BIG TASK, UH, TO GET THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT, SO REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND HAVE THE, THE BANDWIDTH TO DO SO TO, UM, GIVE IT A GOOD READ AND PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS, UH, THROUGH MAY 4TH.
AND I'VE GOT MY EMAIL ADDRESS INCLUDED THERE.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO ON THE PROJECT WEBPAGE AND IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO TURN IT BACK TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
SO, MR. HALL, I HAVE A PROTOCOL QUESTION FOR YOU.
DO WE OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST AND THEN THE COMMITTEE? YEAH, THIS ITEM IS UNDER PUBLIC HEARING AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IN ORDER IS TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE OH, QUESTION.
AND THEN WE WOULD DO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ANY REQUESTED ACTION.
THAT WAS WHAT I WAS UNCLEAR ON IS THAT THE COMMITTEE CAME TWICE.
SO DOES THE COMMITTEE, ANYONE ON, OR ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T WE JUST GO DOWN THE ROW STARTING WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT? NO, NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ME? OH, QUESTIONS? YEAH.
NO, NO QUESTIONS FROM ME AT THIS POINT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, UM, GETTING TOO GRANULAR FOR THIS DISCUSSION NOW, BUT, UM, I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE AND I LIVE REALLY CLOSE TO LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY, AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE KIND OF THAT PICTURE OF THE HUB WHERE IT SHOWS A LOT OF THE ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE, THE CITY.
AND YES, I CAN RECALL ONE CLOSE TO IN AND OUT, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE CLOSER TO, UM, THE ROUNDABOUT ON MCDOWELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, STREET SAFETY IS A BIG CONCERN FOR ME AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I CONSTANTLY SEE THOSE BIG 16 WHEELERS FLYING DOWN ON THAT STREET.
AND SO, UM, I WAS NOTICING THAT THE PROPOSAL FOR THE THE BIKE LANES WAS A CLASS FOUR CORRECT.
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YOU KNOW, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, OTHER FACTORS AND CONSTRAINTS THAT WE MAY SEE MONETARILY OR STAFF DECISION, BUT WHERE, WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN WITHIN OUR, OUR TIMELINE? SO LAKEVILLE IS AN INTERESTING CORRIDOR IN THAT IT, UM, A PORTION OF IT IS CITY OWNED AND MAINTAINED, AND THEN A PORTION OF IT IS ACTUALLY CALTRANS OWNED AND MAINTAINED.SO, UM, THE CITY SECTION RUNS FROM PELOMA BOULEVARD NORTH TO THE FIRST, UM, IF YOU'RE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON LAKEVILLE TOWARDS, TOWARDS VALLEJO, UH, THE FIRST SET OF, UH, FREEWAY ON AND OFF RAMPS, THE SOUTHBOUND ON AND OFF RAMPS IS WHERE CALTRANS RIGHT OF WAY STARTS AND THEN IT'S ACTUALLY CAL A CALTRANS STATE HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY TO CITY LIMITS AND BEYOND.
SO, UM, FOR IMPLEMENTATION, UH, YOU WOULD REALLY LOOK AT IT BASICALLY IN THOSE TWO SECTIONS.
ONE BEING, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE A CITY INITIATED AND FUNDED PROJECT, UM, WEST OF 1 0 1, AND THEN EAST OF 1 0 1, IT WOULD BE CALTRANS INITIATED.
CALTRANS ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A MAINTENANCE PROJECT ON LAKEVILLE THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR 2028, I BELIEVE.
AND SO WE ARE EYEING THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR ROBUST SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
GENERALLY, WHEN CALTRANS PAVES THE STATE HIGHWAY, THEY'RE REALLY JUST PAVING IT.
BUT IN RECENT YEARS, SOME CITIES HAVE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS IN REALLY PUSHING CALTRANS TO ADHERE TO ITS OWN POLICIES TO PROMOTE, UM, COMPLETE STREETS AND MAKE BIKE IMPROVEMENTS, MAKE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND EVEN MAKE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THAT'S OUR AIM FOR THAT PROJECT IN 2028 IS TO, TO REALLY PUSH THEM TO, UM, GIVE US A MUCH BETTER, MORE COMPLETE STREET THROUGH THAT PROJECT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALISTIC TIMEFRAME FOR, FOR THAT SECTION.
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS FOR THE SECTION, UH, WEST OF, OF 1 0 1.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN, IT'S, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO, THIS PLAN WILL THEN NEED TO FEED INTO OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET ANNUALLY AND, AND HELP IDENTIFY THOSE PRIORITY PROJECTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
YEAH, SO I, I DO, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, UH, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE, THE BARRIERS TO EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE TRANSIT, AND I'M WONDERING, UM, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY SPECIFIC, UM, UH, IMPLEMENTATION TO ADDRESS THAT.
I WONDER IF IT'S JUST, IT IS WHAT IT IS AND WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.
THAT'S THE FIRST ON THE SECOND QUESTION WAS, I'M, I'M THINKING IN TERMS OF, UM, WHERE WALKING AND BIKING, UM, INTERSECT WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT AND WONDERING IF IN YOUR PLANNING, UM, IN PRIORITIZING IMPLEMENTATION, SAY, OF BIKE PATHS OR, OR, UH, ENHANCING, UM, CROSSWALKS, UM, THERE WAS ANY CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO, UM, PRIORITIZING WHERE THAT WOULD INTERSECT WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT SO THAT THAT TRANSITION FROM WALKING OR, OR BIKING TO PUBLIC TRANSIT COULD, COULD BE, UM, SUPPORTED.
YEAH, SO I, I'LL ACTUALLY START THERE AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR QUESTION.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT WE HAVE PRIORITIZED THE AREAS AROUND THE SMART STATIONS, UH, THOSE HALF MILES CIRCLES AROUND, AROUND THE TWO SMART STATIONS MM-HMM
BUT, UM, I MEAN THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS A DRAFT PLAN.
IT'S CERTAINLY OPEN TO FEEDBACK.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK OR YOUR SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE EXPAND THAT CRITERIA TO POTENTIALLY INCLUDE ALL TRANSIT STOP.
WOULD YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL TRANSIT STOPS OR MAYBE CERTAIN TRANSIT HUBS WITHIN THE CITY.
DO YOU HAVE, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING FOR THE COMMITTEE TO KIND OF CHEW ON AS YOU'RE, UH, WEIGHING YOUR FEEDBACK.
UM, AND THEN TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE TRANSIT OR ABOUT CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR, OUR LAST SEVERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROGRAMS HAVE REALLY, UH, AND OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS, HAS PRIORITIZED THE CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS AND, AND TRIED TO MAKE THEM, UH, OR, OR IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED ON, ON ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT WAYS ACROSS THE RIVER SMART TRACKS AND, AND US 1 0 1.
UM, THE, THE PRIMARY EFFORTS THAT COME TO MIND FROM AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE ARE OUR EFFORTS ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UM, WHICH IS OUR PRIMARY EAST WEST WALKING AND BIKING ROUTE.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE PAVED OR, AND REPAVED SOME SECTIONS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ANTICIPATING COMPLETING THE FINAL UNPAVED SECTION THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, THIS PLAN IDENTIFIES, UH, A, A NEED TO IMPROVE
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THE CROSSINGS WHERE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL INTERSECTS NORTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD, UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY UNFUNDED, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY TO IMPROVE THE CROSSING AT SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY.UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD A, A PROJECT, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING AFTER GRANT FUNDING FOR, FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, WHICH IS A, AN UNDER CROSSING OF US 1 0 1 AND THE SMART TRACKS ALONG THE PET, ALONG ALONG THE NORTH BANK OF THE PETALUMA RIVER BETWEEN THE RIVERFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PETALUMA MARINA MM-HMM
AND WHAT THAT CONNECTION WOULD ACCOMPLISH, NOT ONLY IN PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, AN EXTENSION OF, OF RIVER ACCESS FOR FOLKS, BUT IT WOULD ALSO GIVE PEOPLE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE, THE LAKEVILLE US 1 0 1 UNDER CROSSING, WHICH IS PRETTY HOSTILE TO PEOPLE TRAVELING BY FOOT OR BIKE.
SO I'D SAY THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, THE RIVER TRAIL UNDER CROSSING ARE TWO, UM, HIGH PRIORITIES.
UH, WE HAVE A CORRIDOR STUDY GOING ON, RIGHT.
OR WE'RE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT THE CORONA ROAD OVER CROSSING, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE BIKE LANES OR SIDEWALKS.
AND SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THERE THAT COULD POT THAT COULD BE PAIRED WITH A, A CALTRANS, UH, RAIL RAILING REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN 2031
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT, UH, A PAVING PROJECT COMING UP NEXT YEAR ON CALL FIELD, WHICH CROSSES ONE OH ONE.
SO LOTS OF THINGS IN THE WORKS.
UM, AND I THINK, I THINK THAT IS, WE, WE REALLY WANTED TO ELEVATE THOSE CROSS TOWN CONNECTORS WITH OUR PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA FOR THE BIKEWAYS ESPECIALLY.
SO I HAD TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, ONE'S VERY SIMPLE, I THINK ON THE COLLISION DATA, BUT IT'S A TWO PART QUESTION.
I I'M IMAGINING THAT THE SIZE OF THE CIRCLE MEANS THE NUMBER YES.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA ON BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS OR BETWEEN PEOPLE ON FOOT AND PE LIKE OKAY.
AND OR BICYCLES ON THEIR OWN? RIGHT.
UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY PULL, I DON'T HAVE IT OFF HAND, BUT UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN, CAN LOOK INTO AND PROVIDE.
THE, THE PRIMARY COLLISIONS YOU'LL SEE ON THOSE MAPS, THEY DO INCLUDE SOLO COLLISIONS.
SO YOU DO SEE COLLISIONS, SO FOR BICYCLE YEAH.
PEOPLE ON BIKES RUNNING INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, RUNNING INTO OBSTACLES OR, UM, OR VERTICAL ELEMENTS.
UM, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF, UM, MANY, IF ANY REPORTED COLLISIONS INVOLVING PEOPLE WALKING AND PEOPLE BIKING.
BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THEY HAVEN'T HAPPENED AND WE CAN GO CHECK OUR COLLISION, UH, DATABASE.
THE LIMITATION OF COURSE, IS THAT ALL OF THOSE COLLISIONS NEED TO BE REPORTED TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO SHOW UP.
IF SOMEONE'S INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THEY GET UP AND JUST BRUSH THEMSELVES OFF AND DON'T CALL THE POLICE, WE'RE NOT GONNA KNOW ABOUT THAT, OBVIOUSLY
AND MY OTHER QUESTION WAS RELATED TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUT, UM, IN THE PLAN, THE ACTION PLAN SECTION AND THERE'S, UM, 18 ITEMS AND, YOU KNOW, NINE OR 50% OF THEM ARE SLATED FOR 29 30 OR 30 31.
AND I WANTED TO KNOW, 'CAUSE THEN I WAS LOOKING, OKAY, WE ONLY HAVE FOUR ITEMS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING.
IS IT ANTICIPATED THAT PLANNING IS GOING ON? I JUST, I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT ALL, ALL SO MUCH OF IT PUSHED OUT TO THE END MEANT IN TERMS OF THE ACTIVITIES BETWEEN NOW AND 2029.
AND IT ACTUALLY CAME UP LAST WEEK TOO, SO CLEARLY I, I NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB COMMUNICATING.
SO THOSE ARE, UH, COMPLETION DATES THAT WE'RE ENVISIONING FOR EACH OF THOSE.
AND, UH, ANYTHING THAT'S PUSHED OUT FURTHER IS GENERALLY BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, AND EVEN THOSE TIMELINES, I WILL ADMIT ARE FAIRLY AMBITIOUS.
UM, AND, AND THAT UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF CAPITALIZING ON EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE WITH PAVING PROJECTS, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ET CETERA, TO BUILD IT OUT.
BUT CLARIFYING THAT THESE ARE COMPLETION DATES YES.
AND SOMEONE MIGHT EVENTUALLY WANT TO SAY AN WHEN ARE YOU STARTING, BUT
MANY OF THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON OR DOING.
UH, I'LL, I'LL HAVE COMMENTS, BUT NO QUESTIONS NOW.
I'LL ALSO HAVE COMMENTS, BUT I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
IS IT, UH, POSSIBLE TO GET THIS PRESENTATION? IT'S A GOOD SUMMARY OF THE YES.
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ADD IT, YEAH, WE CAN GET IT ADDED TO THE, UH, AND MY APOLOGY AND MEANT TO GET IT PUBLISHED, THE AGENDA PACKET.YEAH, ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT, WE'LL EMAIL IT OUT TO ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO OPEN THIS UP TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
DO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE COMMENTS AND HAVE YOU FILLED OUT A CARD? DO WE NEED TO ASK THEM TO, IF YOU HAVEN'T FILLED OUT A CARD YET.
WHAT WE OFTEN DO IS LET PEOPLE PROVIDE COMMENTS AND THEY CAN FILL OUT THE CARD AFTERWARDS AND TURN IT IN.
SO YES, YOU, YOU MAY CERTAINLY BEGIN WITH YOUR COMMENTS AND FILL OUT YOUR CARD SUBSEQUENTLY.
IS THERE A MICROPHONE? WE HAVE ONE ON THE WAY.
IS THAT, IS THAT THAT DEAD ONE? I DON'T KNOW.
JUST TO GIVE YOU TIME TO CONSIDER YOUR, WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY.
I'VE BEEN CONSIDERING A LONG TIME
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A WINNER THERE.
IT SHOULD STILL WORK WITHOUT THE CABLE BEING PLUGGED IN.
I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF, UH, D STREET IN PETALUMA, AND I'M A EVEN LONGER TIME WALKER AND BIKER, 40 YEARS OF BIKING AND WALKING.
AND OF, OF THOSE HAVE BEEN IN PETALUMA.
I THINK THERE'S A GREAT REPORT AND I JUST WANT TO, UM, BRING OUT SOME THINGS THAT I THINK ARE MISSING AND THEY, THEY'RE THE CONSIDERATION OF YOUR COMMITTEE OR OF SOME OTHER COMMITTEE.
I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF OVERLAP.
UM, LIVING ON D STREET IS, AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LONGSTANDING DISCUSSION, CONTROVERSY ABOUT THIS, UM, ADDITION OF BIKE LANES TO D STREET IN THE CURRENT EXPERIMENT, WHICH IS BEING CONDUCTED.
I'VE BEEN OBSERVING THAT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND MY OPINIONS HAVE NOT CHANGED.
AND, UM, MY, MY ARGUMENT IS THAT WHEN YOU CONSIDER A BIKE LANE OR ANY KIND OF ACTIVE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, THE CONSIDERATIONS ARE REALLY MORE THAN THE AMOUNT OF TRANSPORTATION OR THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD.
IT'S THE TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION.
AND ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT, I THINK UNIQUE ABOUT D STREET, IT'S A 19TH CENTURY ARTERIAL THAT IS BEING DRIVEN BY 21ST CENTURY VEHICLES, BIG TRUCKS, HAY TRUCKS, GRAVEL TRUCKS AND SO ON.
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS, UH, EXPERIMENT IS THAT WE HAVE, I THINK IT'S A NINE FOOT WIDE LANE WITH 10 FOOT RVS AND TRUCKS OVERLAPPING INTO THE BIKE LANE.
WE PREDICTED THIS, AND IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN A CONSIDERATION IN MY, TO MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT, UH, IN THOSE BIKE LANES.
SO I'M, I'M SUGGESTING THAT IT NEEDS TO BE RE RECONSIDERED AND THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE D STREET BIKE LANE IN THE PLAN THAT I COULD FIND, ALTHOUGH IT'S RATHER LONG AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT.
SO I ALSO THINK THAT ANOTHER CONSIDERATION HAS GOT TO BE WHETHER THERE IS A REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE TO SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS.
AND SO WITH REGARD TO D STREET, THERE ARE SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES FOR USING THAT AS A BIPLANE.
ONE IS G STREET, WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED, I THINK AS A CLASS ONE, I GET CONFUSED ABOUT THE CLASSES.
UH, AND IT COULD BE UPGRADED TO A BETTER CLASS TO, TO PROVIDE, AND IT HITS THE WIDTH AND IT HAS VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC.
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IT COULD BE UPGRADED TO PROVIDE A REALISTIC BIKE ROUTE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO D STREET.SIMILARLY, B STREET WIDER, LESS USED, IT'S BEEN DESIGNATED AS A LOW CLASS, IT COULD BE UPGRADED TO A BETTER CLASS OF STREET, THUS ALLEVIATING THE NEED FOR A BIKE LANE FOR A DESIGNATED HIGH CLASS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, BIKE LANE ON D STREET.
UM, SO CLEAR PROPOSAL TO RECONSIDER THE BIKE LANE ON D STREET AND TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES AND TYPES OF TRAFFIC WHEN CONSIDERING ALL TYPES OF MOBILITY, ACTIVE MOBILITY ON STREETS.
SO I URGE YOU TO ADD THAT TO THE CRITERIA.
UH, COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS ON SIDEWALKS, THERE'S NO MENTION IN THIS PLAN ABOUT ENFORCEMENT OF SIDEWALK REPAIR.
WE HAVE MANY SIDEWALKS, WHICH ARE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL ON D STREET I CAN IDENTIFY.
AND THERE HAS BEEN REQUESTS PUT INTO THE CITY FOR THESE TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LACK OF ENFORCEMENT OF REPAIRS TO THESE SIDEWALKS CRITICAL FOR BICYCLISTS, CRITICAL FOR WALKERS, CRITICAL FOR, UH, WHEELCHAIRS.
SO I WOULD URGE THAT THIS BE AN ASPECT OF THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE A METHOD OF ENFORCING SIDEWALK REPAIR ON, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM,
AND AGAIN, IT'S COMPLEX, SO IT MAY NOT, IT MAY BE THERE, BUT HAS THERE BEEN CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO PLANNING THAT CROSSING TO ACCOMMODATE A CROSS TOWN BICYCLE ROUTE? I DIDN'T SEE THAT ANYWHERE.
AND IT SEEMS TO BE A REALISTIC POSSIBILITY TO LOOK AT THAT AS IT'S BEING DESIGNED AND BUILT.
AND I WON'T MENTION THE OTHER CROSSING, WHICH STARTS WITH THE LETTER R, BUT IT SHOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED IF AND WHEN THAT IS BEING, UH, DEVELOPED.
I WILL RECORD THESE AND SEND THEM ONTO THE CITY, UH, IN WRITING, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME COMMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY HERE OR REACTIONS.
HI, MY NAME IS MARJA TAR AND I'M THE CHAIR OF PAC.
SO I HAVE SEEN THIS REPORT OVER AND OVER AND OVER TO NTH DEGREE, BUT IT'S, UM, WONDERFUL TO SEE IT MOVE FROM COMMITTEE TO COMMITTEE TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS, TO YOUR HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN GIVE US WILL MAKE IT A BETTER DOCUMENT.
BUT THIS DOCUMENT IS LONG IN THE MAKING.
UH, BJORN HAS BEEN AT THIS JOB OFF AND ON FOR, OH, I'D SAY ALMOST SEVEN YEARS, MAYBE EVEN EIGHT.
UM, AS HAVE MANY OF US WHO HAVE SERVED ON PAC AND IT'S AUXILIARY COMMITTEES.
UM, ANYWAYS, IT'S NICE TO BE HERE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE'LL, WE'LL WE, WE WILL LISTEN TO ANYTHING.
JOHN, JOHN MILLS D STREET, PETALUMA, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER THIS GENTLEMAN'S NAME, BUT OH, THERE WE GO.
I WASN'T GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT I WILL ECHO WHAT HE SAYS.
EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL.
MY COMMENT WAS GONNA BE, I WAS GONNA ANSWER THE CHAIR'S QUESTION ABOUT BICYCLE ACCIDENTS.
I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BOTH THE PETALUMA BICYCLE CLUB AND THE SANTA ROSA BICYCLE CLUB.
I'M NOT HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THOSE CLUBS, BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE INDUSTRY.
I'VE BEEN IN THE BICYCLE INDUSTRY FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND, AND RIDDEN A BIKE FOR MANY MORE YEARS THAN THAT AS WELL.
THE, THE NUMBER ONE, WELL, THE, THE FOUR TOP OCCURRENCES FOR BICYCLE ACCIDENTS, BICYCLE BY THEMSELVES OR OTHER BICYCLE ARE RAILROAD TRACKS.
AND IN PETALUMA, THAT'S A, IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM BECAUSE WE HAVE NON-PARALLEL OR PERPENDICULAR RAILROAD TRACKS.
VERY FEW OF ANY OF THAT, THOSE ACCIDENTS ARE EVER REPORTED.
NUMBER TWO IS DEBRIS AND TRASH IN THE BIKE LANES.
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DO NOT RIDE IN THE BIKE PATH OR THE BIKE LANE.THEY RIDE CLOSER TO TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT'S SAFER TO RIDE CLOSER TO TRAFFIC THAN IT IS TO RIDE IN THE BIKE LANE WITH DEBRIS, ROCKS, GLASS STICK STONES, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, ALL OF THESE BALLARDS THAT WE'RE PUTTING UP THAT ACTUALLY LOCK THE CYCLIST INTO THE BIKE PATH WHERE THEY CANNOT ESCAPE CAN CAUSE AS MANY PROBLEMS IF THOSE BIKE PATHS ARE NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO WHEN YOU'RE INSIDE THE BALLARD AND THE CURB, I CAN'T GET TO THE STREET TO GET TO A SAFER SPOT.
THE RULE OF THE ROAD FOR, FOR ALL CYCLISTS IS RIDE AS FAR TO THE RIGHT AS SAFELY POSSIBLE, BUT YOU OFTENTIMES CAN'T.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE THIRD ITEM, WHICH IS TRASH CANS.
MORE PEOPLE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, RUN INTO TRASH CANS.
AND IF YOU LIVE ON ANY STREET IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA, YOU KNOW WHEN THOSE TRASH CANS ARE PICKED UP, THEY'RE PICKED UP FROM RIGHT NEXT TO THE CURB AND THEN THEY'RE REPLACED TWO OR THREE FEET, FOUR FEET, SOMETIMES COMPLETELY BLOCKING WHATEVER BIKE LANES MAY BE.
AND THEN, UM, THE LAST ONE IS BALLARDS.
WE LOVE TO PUT A BALLARD IS A POST IN THE GROUND THAT KEEPS A VEHICLE FROM GETTING ONTO A BIKE PATH.
THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST THREE DEATHS FROM PEOPLE HITTING BALLARDS IN THE COUNTY OF SONOMA OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS.
AND ONE VERY RECENT, A FAMOUS CHEF RAN INTO A BALLARD UP IN, IN FORESTVILLE.
SO CITIES ARE NOW REMOVING BOLLARDS, NOT PUTTING MORE BOLLARDS IN OR CLEARLY MARKING THEM.
I HOPE IT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
AND THERE ARE FAR, FAR, FAR, FAR, FAR MORE ACCIDENTS THAT ARE NEVER REPORTED THAT YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE BICYCLISTS TO BICYCLIST OR BICYCLIST BY THEMSELVES, INCLUDING MYSELF.
I'VE HIT ONE OF THOSE TRASH CANS AND I'VE FALLEN OVER ON ONE OF THOSE RAILROAD TRACKS, BUT I ALSO RIDE SIX, 7,000 MILES A YEAR.
SO I HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HIT THOSE STUPID TRASH CANS.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S THE END OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, THIS EVENING.
UH, SO NOW I'M BRINGING THIS BACK TO, UM, COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION BY OUR COMMITTEE AND WE'LL GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
ACTUALLY, MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD INTERRUPT.
OH YEAH, I THINK THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A COUPLE OF POINTS MADE THERE THAT MR. BJORN WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WHICH TO RESPOND.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, SURE.
I'M HAPPY TO UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE MAKING NOTE OF ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT'S RECEIVED, UH, VIA PUBLIC COMMENT FROM YOUR COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ANYTHING THAT COMES IN, UH, VIA EMAIL.
SO TAKING ALL THIS, UM, UH, TAKING ALL THESE NOTES DOWN.
UM, AND I AM LOOKING AT MY NOTES OF WHAT, UH, TO RESPO, OH, SO THE CALL, THERE WAS A QUESTION OF THE, UM, THE CALL FIELD CROSSING.
UM, SO THE CITY DOES HAVE AN ACTIVE PROJECT WORKING ON THE DESIGN OF A MOVABLE BRIDGE ACROSS THE ER RIVER, UM, AN EXTENSION OF CAULFIELD LANE BETWEEN THE RIVERFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, THE CRYSTAL LANE PETMAN BOULEVARD, SOUTH ROUNDABOUT.
AND THAT FACILITY IS BEING PLANNED WITH MULTI-USE PATHWAYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BRIDGE.
SO ESSENTIALLY VERY WIDE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE WIDE ENOUGH TO BE COMFORTABLY RIDDEN BY PEOPLE, UH, WALKING AND BIKING, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, AN ON ON THE BRIDGE ITSELF.
UM, UH, SHOULDER THAT FOR, FOR STRONGER OR MORE CONFIDENT CYCLISTS WHO DO NOT WANT TO, UH, MAYBE ARE GO TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND WOULD RATHER MIXING WITH VEHICLE, WOULD RATHER MIX WITH VEHICLE TRAFFIC THAN, OR RIDE NEAR VEHICLE TRAFFIC THAN, UH, NEAR PEOPLE WALKING.
SO THAT'S, UM, ACTIVELY PART OF THAT PROJECT.
AND IF YOU ZOOM WAY IN ON THE MAP, YOU CAN SEE A, UM, A LINE, UH, ACROSS THE RIVER AT THAT LOCATION INDICATING A, A PROPOSED BIKE WAY THERE.
UM, AS FAR, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PLAN LINE FOR THE, THE RAINIER CROSSING, UM, UPGRADING.
SO PREVI WITH OUR PREVIOUS BIKE PED MASTER PLAN, UM, STANDARD CLASS TWO BIKE LANES WERE PROPOSED AS PART OF THE RAINIER PROJECT.
IF THAT, IF AND WHEN THAT PROJECT IS EVER IMPLEMENTED, UM, WE'VE UPGRADED THAT TO A CLASS FOUR PROTECTED BIKE LANE GIVEN, UH, THE ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC VOLUME ON RAINIER, IF, IF IT'S EVER BUILT.
BUT OF COURSE, IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT BIKEWAY IS SUBJECT TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROJECT LIKE THE BRIDGE.
UM, AND THEN WHILE WE WERE, UH, I ALSO HAD A MOMENT TO LOOK UP ANY COLLISIONS, REPORTED COLLISIONS IN PETALUMA INVOLVING SOMEONE BIKING AND SOMEONE WALKING.
UH, THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF ANY REPORTED COLLISIONS INVOLVING THOSE TWO PARTIES, UH, FROM 2019 TO
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2014.I, I DIDN'T LOOK BACK ANY FURTHER, BUT THAT'S FIVE YEARS OF, OF RECENT DATA.
UM, I DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL UP SOLO BIKE CRASHES, BUT, UM, LIKE MR. MILLS STATED THERE, THERE DEF THEY DEFINITELY DO, UH, HAPPEN.
AND I TOOK NOTES ABOUT, UM, THE MANY HAZARDS THAT PEOPLE FACE WHEN BIKING.
UM, A COUPLE HAVE ALREADY, I THINK, BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE PLAN.
UM, BUT I, BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY SOME, UM, SOME ROOM FOR SOME ADD ROOM.
THERE ARE ROOM, THERE IS ROOM FOR ADDITIONS.
UM, SO WE HAVE, THE CITY HAS PURCHASED A SMALL STREET SWEEPER THAT IS OPERATED BY THE CITY, INDEPENDENT OF OUR CONTRACT WITH RECOLOGY TO CLEAN, UH, PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
AND THE IDEA THERE, LIKE, UH, MR. MILLS SAID, YOU'VE GOT DEBRIS THAT ACCUMULATES IN BIKE LANES.
TYPICALLY THEY WOULD BE SWEPT BY A STANDARD RECOLOGY SWEEP, STREET SWEEPERS PART OF THEIR ROUTES.
BUT BECAUSE ONCE YOU INTRODUCE A VERTICAL ELEMENT, THOSE STREET SWEEPERS CAN NO LONGER ACCESS THE SPACE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO PURCHASE OUR OWN SMALL SWEEPER TO KEEP THOSE PROTECTED BIKE LANES CLEAR.
UM, WELL AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES PRESENTED AT AT RAIL CROSSINGS AND AS BIKEWAYS ARE IMPLEMENTED ACROSS, OR IMPROVEMENTS ARE IMP IMPLEMENTED NEAR TRACKS, THE GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE CROSSING TRACKS AT A PERPENDICULAR ANGLE.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE ALREADY REMOVED ALL OF THE MIDDLE BOLLARDS ON THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
UH, OUR STREET CREW DID THAT LAST YEAR IN RESPONSE TO, UH, THE CONCERNS THAT HE SHARED.
UM, BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO CONTINUE ON, UH, WITH, WITH THOSE BALLARD REMOVALS ON OTHER TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE STARTED WITH LYNCH CREEK, GIVEN THAT IT'S OUR, OUR BUSIEST TRAIL.
UM, I DO THINK THERE'S PROBABLY, THERE, I THINK THERE'S A GREAT SUGGESTION THERE AROUND EDUCATION FOR, UH, TRASH CANS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO SEE FREQUENTLY WITH CANS BEING LEFT IN BIKE LANES.
AND, UH, SO I, I THINK WE HAVE A, A MODEL, A LOCAL MODEL TO FOLLOW WITH.
UM, CITY OF SANTA ROSA ACTUALLY SENDS OUT LETTERS TO, UM, HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE FREQUENT OFFENDERS IN THAT REGARD, AND ENCOURAGES THEM TO KEEP THEIR CLAN CANS CLOSE TO THE CURB AND GET THEM OUT OF THE STREET, OBVIOUSLY, AFTER THEY'RE COLLECTED.
AND AS FAR AS FEEDBACK ON THE D STREET BIKE LANE, UM, WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO NOTE.
UM, AND, UH, AND THOSE COMMENTS WILL, I'M SURE BE PASSED ALONG TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY ULTIMATELY CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF, OF THIS PLAN AND, AND OF THE PROPOSED BIKEWAY NETWORK.
SO NOW I'M BRINGING IT BACK TO,
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UM, THE COMMITTEE FOR COMMENTS.UH, NOTHING FROM ME, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, THERE'S NO FORMAL ACTION OF COURSE, WITH THIS, JUST ASKING FOR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
SO FIRST I WANNA SAY THAT I'VE NOTICED, UH, THE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AND, UM, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FROM CROSSWALKS.
I WALK ALONG AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS A LOT.
UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN WALKING A AROUND AS LONG AS MR. BAILEY, BUT, UM, IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE, I'VE DONE A LOT OF, A LOT OF WORK WALKING.
SO, AND I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, PARTICULARLY IN CROSSWALK VISIBILITY, UM, FROM A PEDESTRIAN, UH, PERSPECTIVE.
UH, THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND LIBERTY, SO WASHINGTON STREET IS A PROBLEM, AND I, I'M, YOU KNOW, HAVE, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT TO DO, UM, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF TRAFFIC CALMING, UM, INITIATIVE, UH, ON THAT, ON THE STREET.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY FROM HOWARD STREET ALL, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE, TO PASS THE GOLF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE EAST SIDE
UM, AND I, UH, ALSO JUST WANNA ECHO THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SAFE WAY TO GO TO AND FROM TRANSIT.
IT'S ONE THING TO PROVIDE TRANSIT FOR PEOPLE, BUT, UH, PEOPLE NEED A SAFE WAY TO GET TO AND FROM THE TRANSIT.
THE OTHER THING IS, I HOPE, AND I'M SORRY THAT I DIDN'T READ THE ENTIRE PLAN BEFORE TONIGHT, BUT I HOPE THAT THERE'S SOME, UM, MENTION OF THE, UM, INCREASING NUMBER OF MOTORIZED BICYCLE TYPE VEHICLES, UM, THAT, UH, TURN UP NOT ONLY ON THE STREETS, BUT ALSO ON THE TRAILS.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN ON LYNCH CREEK
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TRAIL SEVERAL TIMES WHEN, UH, MOTORIZED, MOTORIZED VEHICLE OF SOME SORT HAS KIND OF PASSED ME BY WITHOUT REALLY MUCH CONCERN THAT THERE MIGHT BE A, A PEDESTRIAN THERE.SO I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME CONSIDERATION NOW, UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, THE INCREASE IN TECHNOLOGY IN THESE KINDS OF PLANTS.
UH, AND THEN THE FINAL THING IS THAT, UH, WAY FINDING WOULD BE TERRIFIC
UM, AND I JUST, UH, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT ON, UH, SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE TRAILS.
UM, PARTICULARLY SORT OF GOING IN THE VARIOUS PARTS OF LYNCH CREEK TRAIL OF KNOWING WHERE IT GOES FROM ONE SPOT TO THE NEXT SPOT.
UH, AND, UH, I'VE DISCOVERED BY HIT AND MISS, UH, BUT IT'D GREAT TO HAVE SOME SIGNS THAT DON'T DISINTEGRATE IN THE RAIN, UM, TO TELL PEOPLE, UH, WHERE, WHERE THEY GO.
UM, AND THEN I COULD PROBABLY SAY SOME THINGS ABOUT LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY, BUT, UH, I'M JUST GONNA END RIGHT, RIGHT HERE.
I WILL BEGIN BY SAYING I APPRECIATE THE REPORT.
I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK HAS GONE INTO IT OVER MANY YEARS, SO IT'S, IT'S A GREAT REPORT, WELL DONE.
AND MR. GREENBERG, I WANNA MENTION, YOU DO A MARVELOUS JOB OF PRESENTING THINGS TO THE COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING, OR TO THE COMMITTEE IN THIS CASE.
UH, IF YOU WOULD GIVE LESSONS TO SOME OF THE FOLKS AT CITY HALL, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WITH THAT SAID, I WILL START OFF BY A COMPLAINT THAT, UH, MANY OF YOU HEARD FROM ME BEFORE, WHICH IS THAT AS GOOD AS THIS REPORT IS, THERE REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER REPORT FOR TRANSIT THAT WAS DONE IN PARALLEL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CITIES THAT HAVE MADE PROGRESS TOWARD CARBON NEUTRALITY, TRANSIT IS JUST AS BIG A ROLE AS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
I SPENT THREE YEARS ON GPAC ARGUING FOR A TRANSIT STUDY.
WE ARE NOW HEADING THAT DIRECTION, BUT WAY TOO LATE.
UH, I'M, I REMAIN DISAPPOINTED THAT WE HAVE SOMEHOW MISSED THAT WINDOW AS BADLY AS WE HAVE.
WITH THAT SAID, I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE MR. GREENBERG'S COMMENT THAT MUCH, WHAT GOES IN, WHAT, WHAT IS IN THIS REPORT DOES APPLY TO TRANSIT.
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T WALK TO THE BUS STOP, YOU CAN'T RIDE THE BUS.
UH, SO THAT ABSOLUTELY IS, IS IMPORTANT TO US.
BUT THEN I LOOK AT THE REPORT, AND WHEN I LOOK AT FUNDING MECHANISM DESCRIBING THE REPORT, ALL I SEE IS FUNDING FOR GAPS.
THERE'S NO FUNDING TO REPAIR SIDEWALKS THAT HAVE BECOME IN DISREPAIR.
AND MR. BAILEY, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT ON THAT ONE.
PUTTING THAT BURDEN ON THE HOMEOWNER MIGHT'VE MADE SENSE AT ONE POINT, BUT NOW IT'S A FAILED MODEL.
MOST HOMEOWNERS CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT.
I, THE ONLY OPTION I CAN THROW OUT THERE IS TO HAVE THE CITY DO IT AND PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY FOR THAT, TO RECOVER THAT WHEN THE HOME IS SOLD.
BUT THAT'S A CASHFLOW PROBLEM FOR THE CITY, AND IT'S AN EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A, IT WOULD BE A, UH, CONTROVERSIAL POLICY TO IMPOSE NONETHELESS, IF WE, WE NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM.
I LOVE THE VISION ZEROS IN HERE, ALTHOUGH I QUESTION WHETHER WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAUSES OF PARTICULARLY FATALITY SERIOUS INJURIES, YOU CAN ALMOST ALWAYS SAY THAT IT'S THE TRAVELING SPEED OF THE CAR THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
SO I SORT OF WONDER WHY THAT ENDS UP IN A ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION REPORT.
IT REALLY BELONGS SOMEPLACE ELSE.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME THINGS IN THERE ABOUT ACTION ITEMS TO REDUCE SPEEDS.
AND I KNOW WE ARE LIMITED BY WHAT THE STATE WILL ALLOW US TO DO.
AND I KNOW WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EVERY WINDOW THE STATE GIVES US TO REDUCE SPEEDS.
BUT IF WE REALLY WANT TO GET DIVISION ZERO, I MEAN, 20 IS PLENTY, IS THE RIGHT MODEL, AND I, WE DON'T EVEN SEEM TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD.
I NOTE THAT WE DO TALK ABOUT BEACONS AND, AND I'LL REPEAT WHAT JEFF SPEC, WHO IS THE SORT OF THE NATIONAL WALKABILITY EXPERT, SAYS, IF YOU NEED TO PUT OUT FLASHING BEACONS TO GET PEDESTRIANS ACROSS THE STREET, YOU'VE DESIGNED THE STREET WRONG.
AND I WILL ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT.
LASTLY, UM, I ASSUME ANY OF YOU HAVE NOTED THAT WE HAVE GONE TO A PROCESS CALLED LPI FOR OUR DOWNTOWN CROSSWALKS LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL, WHERE YOU GET A GREEN LIGHT TO CROSS THE STREET THREE SECONDS BEFORE THE CARS ARE ALLOWED TO GO.
SO THE PEDESTRIAN'S ALREADY IN THE STREET AND VISIBLE.
UH, I'M, I'M SO THRILLED THE CITY DID IT, UM, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S STILL SOME SIGNALS OUT THERE THAT
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HAVEN'T GOT LPI YET, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THAT AS PART OF THIS PLAN.WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
I ECHO A COUPLE OF THOSE COMMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE PLAN, AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE CLEAR WRITING.
SINCE I'VE MOVED TO PETALUMA ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO, I'VE READ A LOT OF PLANS AND I'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED BY WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE VERY UNCLEAR WRITING.
SO BRAVO, WELL DONE ON THAT NOTE.
AND I WORKED LONG ENOUGH TO, TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE I, MYSELF WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT TYPOS AS LONG AS EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY'RE CLEARLY THE RESULT OF EDITING WHERE AN ARTICLE IS LEFT BECAUSE SOMEONE REPHRASED THE SENTENCE, OR WHERE THE VERB DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE NOUN.
IF SOMEBODY HAS THE TIME OR YOUR COMPUTER CAN DO IT, OTHERWISE, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
UM, I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT CONCEPT, AND AS A RETIRED PROJECT MANAGER FOR A FIVE YEAR, YOU KNOW, FOUR TO FIVE YEAR ACTION PLAN, I WOULD HATE TO SEE 20 TO 25% OF MY TIME GO BY BEFORE A REPORT WAS MADE.
BECAUSE AN AWFUL LOT OF DISASTER CAN HAPPEN IN, IN 20 TO 25% OF YOUR TIME.
SO YOU MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER, UM, MORE FREQUENT REPORTING.
UM, AND MAYBE THAT WAS JUST A REPORT TO THE PBAC AND THAT THERE'S INTERNAL REPORTING GOING ON.
UM, I LOVE THE TALK OF, UM, BEAUTY AS WELL AS FUNCTIONALITY, UM, AND SAFETY IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BEAUTY ACTUALLY DOES BRING SAFETY.
UM, THE TREE CANOPY, UM, BRINGS SHADE AND HEAT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
UM, BUT IT ALSO SLOWS THINGS DOWN, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
UH, SO, AND THEN I WANTED TO, UM, ECHO WHAT, UH, COMMITTEE ME MEMBER KURO SAID ABOUT THE, UM, ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND, AND OTHER SUCH THINGS ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
SOME OF THEM LOOK ALMOST INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM A SMALL MOTORCYCLE, AND IT'S SCARY AND BICYCLES ARE SCARY, ARE FRIGHT.
I'M, I'M A, I'M A PEDESTRIAN AND, AND A BICYCLIST.
UM, I'M A MORE PROFESSIONAL PEDESTRIAN THAN I AM A PROFESSIONAL BICYCLIST, I'LL, I'LL SAY THAT, BUT BICYCLISTS IN GENERAL, TERRIFY, PEDESTRIANS,
AND PUTTING A MOTOR OF ANY KI YOU KNOW, ON IT JUST INCREASES BOTH THE MASS AND THE SPEED.
SO THERE'S, YOU'VE GOT A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MOMENTUM.
SO I SEE THAT YOU NOTED, UM, EDUCATION AND MANAGING THE MIXED ROUTE.
UH, I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT FOCUS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CALL IT OUT.
UM, YEAH, I, UH, I WOULD MOSTLY, UM, WANNA ALSO ECHO THAT.
I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE REPORT.
UM, IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO PUT THOSE TOGETHER AND, UM, IT IS WHAT YOU DO AND, BUT NONETHELESS, UM, I APPRECIATE IT.
I'M JUST GONNA VERY QUICKLY, UM, ECHO A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED.
I, UH, REALLY, UM, WANT TO, UM, SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT THE MODEL OF RELYING ON HOMEOWNERS TO FIX THEIR SIDEWALKS, UM, FOR WALKERS AND BICYCLES JUST DOESN'T WORK FOR A LOT OF US ANYMORE.
UM, SO I HOPE, UH, I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT YOUR, UH, ARENA, BUT, UH, AT SOME RATE, AT SOME, AT, AT, UH, AT ANY RATE, IT IS A PROBLEM.
ALSO, THE CHALLENGE TO WALKERS, I'M A SERIOUS WALKER, NOT FROM A TO B, BUT FOR WALKING TO WALK.
UM, AND ON, UH, PARTICULARLY AROUND CITY PARKS, THE CHALLENGE OF, UM, NOW IT'S, IT'S BECOME REALLY DIFFICULT WITH BICYCLES AND, AND, UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT ARE ZOOMING PAST.
AND THAT GOES TO, UM, UH, ALSO TO, UM, SUPPORT THE IDEA TO AS
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MUCH WAY FINDING AS POSSIBLE.UM, AND ALSO, UH, SIGNAGE, AS MUCH SIGNAGE AS POSSIBLE, JUST NOT FOR, UH, JUST FOR, FOR, UH, UH, CYCLISTS AND, AND, UM, UM, UH, WALKERS, BUT ALSO FOR DRIVERS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE I'VE ENCOUNTERED, UM, SOME, UM, SYMBOLS ON FULL STREETS, AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IT MEANS.
SOMETIMES THERE'S A SIGN, SOMETIMES THERE ISN'T, BUT TO INCLUDE DRIVERS IN THE, IN THE, UM, GROUPS THAT ARE ALSO GONNA NEED SIGNAGE AND WAY AND WAYFINDING, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO START BY ECHOING A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID.
THIS IS A REALLY ROBUST PRESENTATION, AND AS SOMEONE WHO'S A LOT MORE VISUAL IN, IN HOW I LEARN THINGS, IT'S NICE TO SEE A LOT OF THE THINGS LAID OUT.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY EASY TO GRASP, AND YOUR EXPLANATION OF IT TOO JUST REALLY DOES HELP A LOT OF THAT.
UM, BUT I DID WANT TO ECHO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT CHAIR ABRAMS WAS SAYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMPONENTS OF BEAUTIFICATION, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE CASA GRANDE AREA, BUT ALSO JUST OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE MAJOR, THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
UM, I'D STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT IF IT HASN'T BEEN DONE ALREADY, TO PRESENT SOME SORT OF A BRIEF VERSION OF THIS TO THE SCHOOL BOARDS, BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNED PARENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COME TO THESE PROJECTS, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS IMPLEMENTATION AND THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT DEGREE OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION MAY WE ANTICIPATE? AND AS SOMEONE WHO WENT TO COST, I COULD, YOU KNOW, ATTEST AND HOW MUCH, UM, HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE GETTING IN AND OUTTA THE SCHOOL ALREADY WITH WHERE THE STREETS ARE RIGHT NOW.
BUT ALSO AS A PEDESTRIAN WALKING THERE TOO, I ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT SPECIFIC PICTURE THAT YOU GUYS HAD OF A CONCEPT, JUST LOOKING AT IT RIGHT THERE, LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
AND IT LOOKS AS A PEDESTRIAN, REALLY LOOKS MORE APPETIZING TO BE ABLE TO, TO WALK THROUGH THERE.
BUT THERE IS THAT CONSIDERATION TOO, OF WHAT PARENT PARENTS MAY BE SAYING ABOUT THIS AND THEIR INPUT WOULD BE VALUABLE TOO.
UM, COUPLE OF, JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, GENERAL COMMENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYONE ON THIS PANEL RECOGNIZES THIS, BUT, UH, SOMETIMES IT'S HELPFUL TO, TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE PIECES GO TOGETHER.
UH, I VIEW A TP ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, PAC AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, AS SOMEONE WHO USES, UM, THE SMART TRAIN TO COMMUTE TO WORK.
UM, I RIDE MY BIKE TO THE SMART TRAIN, I GET ON THE SMART TRAIN, I GET OFF THE SMART TRAIN, I RIDE MY BIKE TO WORK.
I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING THE SAME THING WITH SCOOTERS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IS A, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT WAS, UH, PATTY WHO MENTIONED IT EARLIER, RIGHT? IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE WAYS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO AND FROM, UM, THE, UH, THE TRANSIT CENTERS AND THE BUS STOPS SAFELY.
AND, AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY, UM, REALLY KEY TO THAT.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, I'M EXCITED THAT I GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WHOLE DIALOGUE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE GENERAL PLAN GOING ON.
WE HAVE A TP, THESE ARE BIG MEATY THINGS THAT ARE GONNA IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD JUST, UH, SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY HERE IS ENGAGED AND, AND, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
YEAH, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, UH, NOT ONLY TONIGHT, BUT POTENTIALLY IN THE WEEKS TO COME
SO NOW I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MOVE ON AND JUST ASK IF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY GENERAL COMMENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING, UM, TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, FROM, YOU KNOW, RELEVANT TO OUR, UM, PURPOSE HERE.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO WE DID ONE OF THESE MEETINGS ON A CITY BUS.
UH, I'VE BEEN REVIEWING THE, UM, PROPOSALS FROM THE OPERATORS, WHICH I KNOW I CAN'T TALK ABOUT YET.
BUT SOMETHING REALLY STRUCK ME, WHICH IS HOW MANY COOL USES OF TECHNOLOGY ARE OUT THERE FOR MANAGING BUSES, FOR MANAGING MAINTENANCE? I COULD SEE ANOTHER MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE AT THE YARD TO LOOK OVER SOMEBODY'S SHOULDER AS THEY MONITOR WHERE THE BUSES ARE TO LOOK AT HOW THE MAINTENANCE SHOP
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IS MANAGED.UH, I THINK IT WOULD GIVE US A MUCH BETTER SENSE OF THE COMPLEXITY AND THE COMPETENCY THAT GOES INTO RUNNING THIS SYSTEM.
SO JUST A, A THOUGHT FOR A FUTURE MEETING.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN AT FIRST, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY DO ONE ON A VEHICLE AGAIN.
AND I WAS GONNA SAY, WE CAN FEATURE ONE OF OUR NEW ELECTRIC BUSES WHEN WE GET IT, BUT WE CAN FOLD THAT INTO EVEN IF WE DO AT THE TRANSIT FACILITY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, MR. QUINN? YEAH, SURE.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON A FEW THINGS.
UM, SO LAST NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING, UH, WE MET FOR A WORKSHOP, UM, TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON LAND USE DESIGNATIONS FOR OUR GENERAL, FOR OUR GENERAL PLAN.
UM, AGAIN, BIG PART, THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF WORK, UH, THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR YEARS ON OUR GENERAL PLAN.
AND IT FEELS LIKE IT'S STARTING TO, UM, LIKE, LIKE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL SOON.
AND, UH, SO THAT WAS, UH, AGAIN, REALLY EXCITING TO BE A PART OF, UH, LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.
UM, IT CAN BE INCREDIBLY DRY AND, AND, AND TOUGH TO GET THROUGH, BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR HOW OUR COMMUNITY, UH, CAN EVOLVE, UM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE FUTURE.
UH, PBA MET LAST WEEK, UH, WITH A JOINT MEETING OF, WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS.
SO, UM, THIS IS MY SECOND TIME ON THIS SPECIFIC PRESENTATION AND, AND GLAD TO HEAR IT AGAIN.
UH, COUNCIL ALSO MET LAST WEEK, UM, UH, LAST MONDAY.
AND HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED THE ISSUANCE OF TWO SEPARATE REVENUE BONDS TO WHICH WILL PROVIDE PARTIAL FUNDING FOR, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
ONE AT THE MERIDIAN, UH, THE MERIDIAN AT NORTH PETALUMA TRANSIT STATION, UH, AS WELL AS ANOTHER ONE ON VEA LANE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE, THESE, UM, REVENUE BONDS THAT WERE APPROVED ARE NOT THE CITY GOING OUT AND TAKING OUT BONDS.
UM, IT'S A PROCESS THAT THE DEVELOPERS GO THROUGH TO, UM, RECEIVE BONDS THAT HAVE SPECIAL TAX TREATMENT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A, A CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, BUT IT'S A GOOD SIGN.
SO THESE ARE CORPORATE BONDS, BUT THEY HAVE SPECIAL, LIKE THE DEVELOPERS ARE A CORPORATION AND THEY'RE ISSUING CORPORATE BONDS.
UH, THEY'RE RECEIVING, UM, YEAH, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE ISSUING BONDS TO RAISE FUNDS TO BUILD THESE PROJECTS, AND THEY HAVE SPECIAL TAX THAT'S RIGHT.
ADVANTAGES BECAUSE THEY'RE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND, UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S, TO ME, IT'S EXCITING FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS GROUP PARTICULARLY.
UM, WELL, I THINK BOTH WILL HAVE BOTH WILL INCREASE RIDERSHIP, UH, IN OUR NETWORK.
THE ONE, UH, AT, AT, UM, NORTH PETALUMA, THE NORTH PETALUMA TRANSIT STATION, NOT THE TRANSIT, THE SMART STATION, UH, IS GOING TO BE CERTAINLY A MORE DENSE, UM, FACILITY RIGHT NEXT TO, YOU KNOW, MASS TRANSIT OR SMART.
AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S GONNA PROBABLY HAVE, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER PROJECT AND IT'S GONNA HAVE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST PUTTING MORE PEOPLE ON BUSES.
ALSO, COUNCIL RECEIVED THE ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.
UH, AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON SOME KEY HIGHLIGHTS HERE.
I NEED TO, UM, SO THE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR HAS, UH, WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR THAT WORKS WITH OUR POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT.
THEY GO THROUGH AN ANNUAL AUDIT PROCESS.
UM, IT'S A COMMUNITY DRIVEN OVERSIGHT, UM, COMMUNITY DRIVEN OVERSIGHT PROGRESS.
THE IPA WAS ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING COMMUNITY RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATIONS AS PART OF THE BROADER EFFORT TO IMPROVE RACE RELATIONS, INCLUSIVENESS, AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
A MAJOR MILESTONE IN 2024 WAS THE CREATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, A COMMUNITY BODY THAT NOW WORKS IN AN ADVISORY ROLE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IPA AND THE DEPARTMENT.
INCIDENT AND COMPLAINT REVIEW IN 2024, THE IPA REVIEWED 73 INCIDENTS INVOLVING USE OF DISPLAY OF FORCE AND VEHICLE PURSUANT AND VEHICLE PURSUITS OF THESE 48 LED TO FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHILE NO USE OF FORCE WERE DEEMED OUT OF POLICY, THE IPA IDENTIFIED SEVERAL AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING TACTICS, COMMUNICATION, USE OF EQUIPMENT LIKE BODY-WORN CAMERAS, AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF SAFE MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE SCENE.
UH, ITEM THREE, UNDER PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT,
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THE REPORT PRAISES THE PPD OFFICER FOR GENERAL, GENERALLY PROFESSIONAL, RESPECTFUL CONDUCT.EVEN IN HIGH STRESS SITUATIONS, SOME OFFICERS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR EXEMPLARY HANDLING OF COMPLEX INCIDENTS WHERE ISSUES AROSE.
THE IPA AND DEPARTMENT WORKED COLLABORATIVELY, UM, UPON COURSE OF ACTION TO GUIDE TRAINING, UH, OR POLICY UPDATES.
UH, AND IT GOES ON AND IT MENTIONED SOME OTHER USE OF FORCE TRENDS THAT ARE ALL MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UH, SHARE THIS AS A COMMUNITY.
UM, PETALUMA IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY OUT FRONT ON THESE, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS TYPE OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR, UM, UH, PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, UH, NOT VERY MANY COMMUNITIES OR LIKE PUSHING THEMSELVES TO GO DO THIS.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY IS LEADING TO INCREASED TRAINING AND, UH, NOT NECESSARILY, UH, YOU KNOW, SCRUTINY FROM A TOP DOWN THAT PUTS, THAT CREATES A, YOU KNOW, AN UNCOMFORTABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY, RATHER, IT'S ONE THAT'S WORKING TOGETHER TO REALLY IN THE SPIRIT OF BUILDING TRUST AND, AND, UH, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND SO I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING.
UM, UH, ALSO EARLIER IN APRIL, PETALUMA STAFF WAS NOTIFIED THAT PETALUMA WAS NAMED AS AN ALL AMERICAN CITY FINALIST.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, HERE WE GO.
FOR OVER 75 YEARS, THE NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE'S ALL AMERICAN CITY AWARD HAS HIGHLIGHTED AND CELEBRATED OUTSTANDING CIVIC INNOVATION, RECOGNIZING COMMUNITIES THAT HARNESS THE POWER OF LOCAL COLLABORATION TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
CITIES, TOWNS, COUNTIES, AND REGIONS NATIONWIDE APPLY FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION, SHOWCASING THEIR CIVIL CAPITAL RELATIONSHIPS, NETWORKS, CAPACITIES THAT ENABLE PROBLEM SOLVING AND RESILIENCE.
UM, THIS YEAR'S 20 FINALISTS HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR COMMITMENT, UH, TO STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY USING INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO CREATE LASTING AND IMPACTFUL SOLUTIONS.
I WON'T NAME THE 20 CITIES HERE, UH, BUT WE'RE ONE OF 20 IN THE ENTIRE NATION.
THAT'S, THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A FINALIST FOR THIS AWARD.
FINALISTS WERE CHO CHOSEN THROUGH A COMPETITIVE REVIEW PROCESS LED BY AN INDEPENDENT PANEL OF EXPERTS WITH EACH APPLICATION EVALUATED ON THE CRITERIA OF SHARED VISION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, INCLUSIVENESS AND EQUITY COLLABORATION, INNOVATION AND IMPACT.
AND, UH, THE 20 FINALIST COMMUNITY SPANNING 12 STATES, UH, WILL, UH, COME TOGETHER IN DENVER.
UH, FOR THEIR FINAL PRESENTATIONS IN JUNE, UH, WHERE THE FINALISTS WILL BE AWARDED.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, PETALUMA WAS ALSO NAMED, UH, UH, AS AN OFFICIAL COAST GUARD CITY.
UM, SO THAT'S, UH, I, AGAIN, I WON'T READ THE PRESS RELEASE HERE, UM, BUT IT, UH, JUST HAPPENED THIS MONTH.
UM, IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, COUNT COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON CHAMPION ENCOURAGED THE CITY TO APPLY.
UH, THE CITY DID APPLY IT ACTUALLY HAD TO GO THROUGH AND GET CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL, BUT IT BASICALLY TALKS ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THE, THE BOND AND THE SUPPORT BETWEEN PETALUMA AND OUR, UH, COAST GUARD BASE.
SO ANOTHER, UM, FUND THING THAT PETALUMA IS INVOLVED WITH AND, AND LEADING THE WAY ON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, I HAVE, UM, A COMMENT, AND IT'S NOT THAT I THINK THAT THERE'S AN EASY SOLUTION TO IT, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER REGARDING TRANSIT AND MOVING, MOVING THINGS AS WELL AS PEOPLE AROUND THE, THE CITY.
UH, I'M CONTINUING TO, UH, FOR A COUPLE OF TWO AND A HALF YEARS NOW, I GUESS, WORK WITH THE PETALUMA WETLANDS ALLIANCE IN THEIR SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH HELEN KNOWS QUITE A BIT ABOUT.
UM, AND WE BRING ACTIVITIES INTO A CLA THE CLASSROOM FOR HALF A DAY, WHICH ARE HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES FOR THE STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT WATERSHEDS,
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WETLANDS, HABITATS, UM, ADAPTATION, UH, WITH SOME SPECIFIC FOCUS ON BIRDS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY, UH, SPECIES OF BIRDS EASILY VISIBLE OUT AT SCHOENBERGER.AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT DAY WE'D HAVE A HALF DAY FIELD TRIP OUT TO SCHOENBERGER PARK.
SO THIS IS A GREAT THING, UM, OF INTRODUCING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SCIENCE AND TO NATURE.
AND WHAT IT INVOLVES IS DRIVING TO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS CARRYING, UH, A, A SMALL TRUNK LOAD OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE CLASSROOM.
'CAUSE WE WORKED REALLY HARD OVER A YEAR TO GET THAT DOWN IN SIZE AND STILL MEET OUR STANDARDS.
AND THEN THE NEXT DAY I HAVE TO PUT MY SEATS DOWN 'CAUSE IT'S A BIG SMALL CARLOAD OF EQUIPMENT OUT TO THE PARK.
AND SO I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO IS MAKING MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY SHORT DRIVES BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, IT GOES THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND I DO CRAM IN A COUPLE OTHER DOCENTS FOR CARPOOLING WHEN IT, IT'S GONNA WORK OUT, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS.
SO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION FOR THAT IS AND I JUST PUT IT OUT THERE, UM, THAT IT'S THE CAR IS THE WAY THAT WE USE TO TRANSPORT STUFF AND THIS IS GOOD EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF THAT'S GOING ON, BUT I'M A SINGLE OCCUPANT VEHICLE DRIVING A WHOLE BUNCH OF SMALL TRIPS ALL SPRING.
SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I SHARE WITH YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO
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STAFF REPORT, STAFF COMMENTS.THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR AND THANKS, UH, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE GREAT UPDATES.
A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN PETALUMA RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME OVERALL.
UH, SO TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ITEMS FROM THE MANAGER'S REPORT AS COMMITTEE MEMBER ALDEN REFERENCED, WE HAVE, UH, BEEN ISSUING OUR TRANSIT OPERATION RFP RECENTLY AND THOSE RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED ON THE 9TH OF APRIL.
AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING, SCORING THOSE AND WE'LL BE BACK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE FAIRLY SOON WITH KIND OF THE FINDINGS AND A RECOMMENDATION ON HOW WE WANNA PROCEED WITH A POTENTIAL CONTRACT GOING FORWARD.
OF COURSE, TWO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE ARE ON THERE.
UH, CHAIR ABRAM DEAR ON THERE.
AND THEN COMMITTEE MEMBER ALDEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WE'LL BE MEETING TOMORROW AND THEN NEXT WEEK.
SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE UPDATES FAIRLY SOON.
ON THAT, ON THE LUMA GO SIDE, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ANOTHER RECORD RIDERSHIP DAY ON APRIL 4TH.
WE HAD 127 PEOPLE COMPLETING TRIPS, SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
I THINK WE'VE HAD THREE RECORDS IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO.
RIDERSHIP ON LUMA GO AND THINGS CONTINUE TO GO WELL.
I BELIEVE WE'RE CLOSE TO A 90% COMPLETION RATE ON TRIPS NOW THAT WE'RE RUNNING WITH TWO VEHICLES DURING PEAK TIMES.
SO THINGS ARE COMING ALONG QUITE NICELY THERE.
AND WE'VE COMPLETED OVER, UH, 12,000, ALMOST 13,000 TRIPS TO DATE SINCE WE STARTED THAT SERVICE LAST SEPTEMBER.
UH, IN TERMS OF OUR ELECTRIC BUS UPDATE, THINGS CONTINUE ALONG.
YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR REPORT A COUPLE PHOTOS.
THE RECENT PHOTOS FROM THE BUILD, OF COURSE, THOSE ARE FOR OUR FOUR ELECTRIC NEW FLYER BUSES RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE BEING FINALIZED IN CROOKSTON, MINNESOTA.
AND SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING RECEIPT OF THOSE BUSES THE LAST WEEK OF MAY THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE.
SO FAIRLY SOON PEOPLE WILL SHOW THOSE BUSES, UH, SHOWING UP IN THE CITY AND THEN HOPEFULLY OPERATING A MONTH OR SO AFTER THAT ONCE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO WRAP THEM TRAIN DRIVERS.
BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE THESE WILL BE OUR FIRST ZERO MISSION BUSES CHARTING THE COURSE IN THE FUTURE.
IT'LL OF COURSE HOPEFULLY BE ZERO MISSION BY 2030, SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE UPDATES ON THOSE AS WELL.
UM, COUPLE OF UPDATES ON RECENT EVENTS AND UPCOMING ONES.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE FROM THE COMMITTEE SIGNING THE CARD FOR TRANSIT DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY, WHICH IS MARCH 18TH AND REALLY EXPANDED IN A TRANSIT EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY BEYOND JUST DRIVERS AS WELL.
WE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE OVER A DOZEN OF THEM IN YOUR PACKET FROM TRANSIT RIDERS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SHOWING THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE SYSTEM AND DRIVERS, UH, THAT HAVE PROVIDED THEM EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
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ALWAYS HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY YEAR.UM, IN TERMS OF UPCOMING EVENTS, OF COURSE THE BIGGEST ONE IS THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY, THE BUTTER AND EGGS DAY PARADE.
THAT'S MAYBE THE BIGGEST EVENT.
IT'S DEFINITELY THE BIGGEST ONE FOR PETALUMA TRANSIT BECAUSE WE RECEIVE RECORD RIDERSHIP PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR IS ON THAT DAY AND THIS YEAR WE EXPECT WE'LL PROBABLY BE SIMILAR.
WE OF COURSE RUN EXTRA SERVICE THAT DAY, SO WE'RE RUNNING 15 MINUTE SERVICE ON ROUTE 11 ON WASHINGTON STREET.
SO WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE TRANSIT DOWN TO THAT PARADE, WHETHER THAT'S ROUTE 11, WHETHER THAT'S LUMA GO, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT CAN BE A LITTLE HARD TO GET TO DOWNTOWN.
SO THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE TRANSIT, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE NEVER WROTE IT BEFORE.
GREAT FIRST TIME OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE TRANSIT.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE FREE ON THE ANTIQUE FAIR THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR ROUTE 11 AND TWO, FINALIZING THE DETAILS OF THAT.
WE ANTICIPATE ROLLING THAT OUT IN JUNE, SO WE'LL HAVE EXACT DETAILS WHEN THAT GETS CLOSER, BUT THAT'LL INCREASE THOSE ROUTES TO RUNNING EVERY 15 MINUTES DURING PEAK TIME.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN WE PUT A FEW BROCHURES ON THE DAYS THERE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT OUR TAC MEMBER RECRUITMENT IS NOW OPEN.
AGAIN, THAT OPENED UP YESTERDAY AND THAT'S OPEN THROUGH THURSDAY, MARCH 29TH.
AND SO ANY CITY COMMITTEE OR BOARD ARE ABLE TO APPLY THROUGH THAT TIME.
MAY 29TH, WHAT DID I SAY? MAY, MAY 29TH.
THURSDAY, MAY 29TH, THREE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HERE, UM, HAVE SEATS THAT ARE OPEN, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE ALL ALL ELIGIBLE TO REAPPLY FOR ANOTHER TERM THAT THEY LIKE.
BUT WE ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE, RESEARCH THAT PROCESS MORE AND APPLY TO YOUR FAVORITE COMMITTEE COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE AN OPENING.
AND THEN REGARDING OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS, SO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T DO TERRIBLY OFTEN, BUT ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TAC, AND THAT'S GONNA BE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH FROM FOUR TO SIX RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM THAT PEOPLE WANNA MARK THEIR CALENDARS AND THAT'S DUE TO THE TRANSIT OPERATION RFP.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD A MEETING THAT HAS ADEQUATE TIME TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT TOPIC 'CAUSE IT'S A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIVE ONE.
SO WE'VE HEARD BACK FROM THE MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF, UM, THE COMMITTEE HERE.
WE WILL HAVE A QUORUM AT THAT MEETING.
I SENT OUT INFORMATION TO EVERYONE HERE SO THEY HAVE THAT AND CAN MARK THEIR CALENDARS.
BUT AGAIN, THAT DAY AND TIME IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH FROM FOUR TO SIX.
SO PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THAT SPECIAL TIME.
AND ALTHOUGH OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IS TUESDAY, MAY 20TH, AS OF NOW, THAT MEETING WILL LIKELY BE CANCELED AS A RESULT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, THAT COMPLETES THE MANAGER REPORT UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF THE MANAGER'S REPORT,