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[CALL TO ORDER]
AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 2ND, 2025.[ROLL CALL]
YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL? UH, BA BASHAW.UM, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPOINT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UM, I SHOULD INVITE YOU TO PRESENT BJORN, BUT I'M, YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
I CAN, I HAVE A FEW THINGS I CAN SAY.
UM, SO GOOD EVENING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, I BELIEVE WE'VE, UH, DESCRIBED THESE DUTIES, UH, AT ONE OF OUR RECENT MEETINGS, UM, AND WITH, UH, WITH MARTAR, UH, LEAVING THE COMMITTEE OR HAVING HER, UH, TERM EXPIRE.
UH, WE ARE NOW IN NEED OF A, A NEW CHAIR.
UM, AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, THE CHAIRS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, EFFECTIVELY RUNNING THE MEETING.
UM, WE DO PROVIDE AN ANNOTATED AGENDA, SO A SCRIPT, UH, ESSENTIALLY THAT, UM, PROVIDES, UH, GUIDANCE ON, OR REALLY TELLS THE CHAIR WHAT TO SAY,
AND, UM, BEYOND THAT, UH, REALLY THE ONLY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHAIR INVOLVES, UM, ASSISTING WITH, UH, AGENDA SETTING.
SO, TYPICALLY I WILL MEET WITH THE CHAIR OUTSIDE BETWEEN MEETINGS TO DEBRIEF THE PREVIOUS MEETING, AND THEN PREVIEW THE UPCOMING MEETING AND, UH, AND, AND DO PROVIDE SOME, UH, DISCRETION TO THE CHAIR, UH, ON, UH, WHAT AGENDA ITEMS THEY MAY LIKE TO PRIORITIZE.
OBVIOUSLY, SOMETIMES WE HAVE ITEMS THAT WE, THAT ARE TIME SENSITIVE THAT WE NEED TO BRING, BUT, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE, UM, SOME, UH, DISCRETION BETWEEN, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE NOT TIME SENSITIVE, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE CHAIR CAN, UH, UH, HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SAY.
AND, UM, YEAH, NOT A, NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT'S REALLY THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OUTSIDE THOSE MEETINGS, I GUESS PLAN FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR PER MONTH, UM, OUTSIDE OF MEETINGS, UH, FOR THAT, FOR THAT MEETING WITH ME.
UM, AND BEYOND THAT, THE, THE VICE CHAIR IS, UH, VICE CHAIR IS OPTIONAL WHEN IT COMES TO ATTENDING THOSE OUTSIDE MEETINGS.
UH, THEY'RE COPIED ON ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH A CHAIR.
UM, BUT THE VICE CHAIR IS ONLY EXPECTED TO, UM, SERVE AS THE CHAIR IN THE VICE IN, IN THE CHAIR'S, ABSENCE,
SO, OR LEAD MEETINGS, I SHOULD SAY, IN THE CHAIR'S ABSENCE.
UM, SO THAT'S, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S REALLY ALL THERE IS TO KNOW.
AND GENERALLY, WE'LL, WE'LL DO THIS, UH, WE'LL HAVE THESE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NEXT, UH, YEAR OR SO.
SO, UM, ANTICIPATE, UH, SERVING AS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR UNTIL NEXT JUNE, UH, WOULD BE THE FINAL MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL APPOINT NEW ONES.
COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY, DISCUSS AMONGST YOURSELVES.
UM, I'D VERY MUCH LOVE TO HEAR IF ANYONE TONIGHT, UH, HAS COME WITH THOUGHTS ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE CHAIR, UM, WHO SHOULD BE VICE CHAIR.
THEY CAN NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE.
UM, THOUGH, GIVEN THE RE MISSING SEVERAL MEMBERS, I, UH, WOULD ASK THAT MAYBE WE POSTPONE THE VOTE UNTIL, UH, NEXT MONTH.
GIVE PEOPLE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, NOMINATE, UH, THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
UM, JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION.
I WANT THE PERSON WHO'S GONNA BE THE MOST AVAILABLE AND MOTIVATED, UH, RUNNING THINGS, UH, WHICH YEAH.
I THINK, UH, I THINK WAITING ONE MORE MEETING, UH, TO HAVE MAYBE MORE FOLKS PRESENT.
UM, THAT'S JUST MY GENERAL THOUGHTS.
UM, ANYBODY WANT TO NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE? NOT YET.
I MEAN, I THINK I NOMINATE YOU FOR CHAIR.
AND I THINK LAST MEETING, THERE WERE OTHERS THAT SEEM TO BE IN FAVOR OF THAT ALSO.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THAT ON THE TABLE, BUT ALSO DISCUSS MORE.
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NEXT MEETING.I'M NOT OPPOSED, UM, GIVEN, YOU KNOW, OTHER TIME COMMITMENTS, UM, I, I, OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT BE MORE AVAILABLE.
UM, I TEND TO, TO LIKE PUSH THE PACE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO GET DONE EARLY
BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FORUM WHERE WE ALL NEED TO DISCUSS AND, UM, NOT RUSH THROUGH THINGS.
AND I WOULDN'T WANT THAT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IDEAS TO GET MISSED OR PEOPLE THAT GET BULLDOZED.
SO I RECOGNIZE THAT IN MYSELF AS A FACILITATOR.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT WON'T RUN, WOULDN'T RUN LONG.
DO WE NEED A MOTION TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING? IS THAT A VOTING THING? WE MAY AS WELL JUST FOR THE, UH, EASE OF NOTE TAKING.
I MOTION TO DEFER THIS MEETING UNTIL, OR THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM UNTIL NEXT MEETING.
UH, AARON, DO YOU WANNA DO A JUST DO A QUICK ROLL CALL VOTE.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT ITEM ON
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
THE AGENDA, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.
TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES, TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES SUBJECT TO THE COMMITTEE'S DISCRETION.
UH, I OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK SPEAKERS TO PLEASE BRING YOUR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY.
UH, FIRST WE HAVE, UH, PETE GANG, WITH SAFE STREETS PETALUMA.
DISTINGUISHED COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, WE ARE COLLECTIVELY, WE'RE IN, UH, A BIG TRANSITION IN THE WAY WE USE OUR STREETS, THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT, ABOUT OUR STREETS.
UM, WE'RE NOW AT A POINT WHERE MOST PEOPLE THINK OF OUR STREETS AS A WAY OF MOVING VEHICLES AROUND AS, AS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE, CHANGE THE THINKING TOWARD, UH, A VISION OF OUR STREETS PRIMARILY, OR, OR FIRST FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS AND, AND PEOPLE ON, UH, ALL OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY.
UM, I, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF, UH, A, A SENATE BILL THAT WAS JUST PASSED IN WASHINGTON STATE, UM, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UM, IT'S THE FIR A FIRST IN THE NATION SHARED STREETS LAW.
IT GIVES CITIES THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DESIGN AND BUILD SHARED STREETS.
THE BILL DEFINES A SHARED STREET AS HAVING A SPEED LIMIT OF 10 MILES AN HOUR, AND GIVING PEDESTRIANS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO OCCUPY THE ENTIRE STREET.
CARS ARE ALLOWED, BUT PEDESTRIANS HAVE PRIORITY CARS MUST YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS AND CARS MUST YIELD TO BICYCLES.
SO, IT, IT SOUNDS FAIRLY SIMPLE AND BASIC, BUT ACTUALLY IT IS GROUNDBREAKING.
AND WHAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IS, UM, FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN, UM, COP TEMPLATE THIS BILL HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
UM, SHARED STREETS ARE COMMON IN EUROPE, IN THE NETHERLANDS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALLED WOO EARTHS IN THE UK THEY'RE CALLED HOME ZONES IN EUROPE.
UH, THEY TYPICALLY HAVE A, A SPEED LIMIT OF 20 KILOMETERS PER HOUR, WHICH IS EQUATES TO ABOUT 12 MILES PER HOUR.
TO BE SUCCESSFUL, A SHARED STREET NEEDS TO BE DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, WITH THE LOWER SPEED LIMIT AND, UH, PEDESTRIAN
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CYCLIST PRIORITY.HERE IN PETALUMA, WE ARE HOPING OUR, OUR DREAM IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS COULD ACTUALLY BE DESIGNED AS THIS KIND OF SHARED STREETS.
WE CAN'T DO IT YET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DO IT.
UM, AND WE ALSO NEED A, UH, A DESIGN KNOWHOW, A DESIGN SENSITIVITY SENSIBILITY, UH, TO DESIGN STREETS IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UM, SHARED STREETS LEGISLATION.
UH, NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WE HAVE IS, UH, GAIL ABRAMS, THE TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PLEASE.
I'M COMING HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO INVITE YOU TO, UH, ATTEND OUR, UH, TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING THIS JULY 15TH.
WE ARE, WE'RE AT THE, UM, THIRD TUESDAY, WHICH OF COURSE, IN MY STAGE FRIGHT, I COMPLETELY FORGOT WHAT TIME.
WE SWITCHED FROM THURSDAYS AT FOUR TO TUESDAYS.
ONE OF THE ITEMS, OR THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED IS, UM, OFFICIALLY MAKING ROOM FOR SHOPPING CARTS AND BABY CARRIAGES OR BABY BUGGIES ON THE BUSES.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON AND OFF AT THE COMMITTEE, UH, FOR THE TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON IT.
UM, BUT RECENTLY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH ANOTHER TRANSIT AGENCY WHO DID THIS BY REMOVING SEATS, AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND NOT THAT HARD.
SO, UM, AS PART OF MOVING OUT OF CARS TO, IN, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN AND BIKING, WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED AND DEALT WITH THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES YOU WANNA GO FROM YOUR BIKE TO A BUS TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO, TO YOUR BIKE.
AND WE'VE GOT BIKE RACKS ON PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE BUSES IN, IN THE BAY AREA.
UH, THE MAIN REASON THAT I DRIVE MY CAR AROUND THE CITY IS AS I HELD THE TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IT'S SCHLEPPING, SCHLEPPING, SCHLEPPING HEAVY THINGS.
UM, AND BEING ABLE TO BRING MY SHOPPING CART ON A BUS, UM, WOULD ALLOW ME TO DO THAT WITHOUT MY CAR.
ANYWAY, I'M THINKING THAT IF WE COULD, UM, HARDLY ANYONE EVER COMES TO THE TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, MEETINGS.
IT'S NOT AS EXCITING AS PEDESTRIAN AND, UM, BICYCLING, I GUESS.
UH, BUT IT SEEMED TO CONNECT WITH WHAT YOU'RE SO IMPORTANTLY WORKING ON HERE.
AND I WAS HOPING TO DRUM UP SOME INTEREST IN THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE INTERESTED AND, AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND I HOPE, IN FACT, IT COULD BE A BEGINNING OF MAYBE US, UH, WORKING TOGETHER MORE.
WHICH ANOTHER THING I'VE RECENTLY HEARD IS THAT THE FOCUS ON THE EAST SIDE AND A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS, WHICH I FORGET WHAT THEY WERE, BUT, UM, THAT IN THE, IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY IS LESS AMENABLE TO WALKING, YOU KNOW, BUT MORE AMENABLE TO BIKING.
SO, SO THAT'S MORE OF A FOCUS, BUT IF WE CAN CONNECT TO TRANSIT SOMEHOW, UM, MAYBE WE COULD OOMPH WALKING.
GAIL, WAS, WAS THAT MEETING THE, THE REGULAR CITY TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? OKAY.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, THERE WERE, SORRY, THERE WAS ONE OR TWO ONLINE.
WERE THOSE GENERAL COMMENTS, OR WERE THOSE ON, UH, ONE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
OH, BUT I DON'T NEED TO READ IT, RIGHT? THERE WAS ONE.
I'M JUST NOTING THAT THERE WAS ONE.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE LAST MEETING.MAY 7TH, 2025, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, DO YOU REQUIRE REQUEST ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING? I'M SEEING NOTHING.
SO, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, UH, WITHOUT ANY CHANGES.
UH, DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL? SECOND.
I DON'T THINK WE USUALLY REQUIRE
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A ROLL CALL.[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
IS THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.WE HAVE, UH, ITEM TWO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR THE SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE AUTHORITIES FUNDING PROGRAMS, CYCLE TWO CALL FOR PROJECTS.
UH, SO I INVITE BJORN NOW TO PRESENT ON THOSE.
UM, SO THIS ITEM TONIGHT, UH, WE'RE JUST, UH, BRINGING THIS TO YOU AND SEEKING COMMITTEE FEEDBACK ON OUR, UH, PROPOSED PROJECT LIST FOR THE S-C-T-A-T-C-A FUNDING PROGRAM.
SORRY, I'M TRYING TO FIND MY CURSOR HERE.
UM, SO I'LL JUST QUICKLY GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE FUNDING PROGRAM IS, UH, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE KEY CRITERIA THAT, UH, S-C-T-C-A IS LOOKING FOR.
UH, TALK THROUGH OUR FIVE RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDED PROJECTS AND HOW WE ARRIVED AT THOSE.
AND THEN, UH, JUST GIVE YOU A SCHEDULE AND NEXT STEPS FOR THIS.
SO THE S-C-T-C-A FUNDING PROGRAM, UM, IS A, UH, BASICALLY, LET ME BACK UP FOR A SECOND.
UM, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY, THEY, THEY, NOT ONLY DO THEY ADMINISTER, UH, THE COUNTYWIDE QUARTER CENT TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX, UM, BUT THEY ALSO SERVE AS OUR CONDUIT TO, UM, REGIONAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AGENCIES.
SO THEY KIND OF, UH, THEY HELP CONTROL THE PURSE STRINGS AND ALLOCATE FUNDING TO SONOMA COUNTY AGENCIES FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
UM, BACK IN 2021, THEY, UH, LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST EVER, UH, FUNDING PROGRAM.
AND IT WAS DONE IN RECOGNITION THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL UPCOMING TRANSPORTATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AGAIN, AT, AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO BASICALLY, UM, COLLECT PRIORITY PROJECTS FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SONOMA COUNTY AGENCIES AND THEN PLAY MATCHMAKER BETWEEN THOSE AGENCIES AND THEIR PRIORITY PROJECTS AND THESE VARIOUS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO AT SOME OF THE MAJOR TRANSPORTATION, UM, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY KNOW ARE COMING, AND THEY'RE KIND OF, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ASKING US TO THINK FORWARD, GIVE THEM OUR TOP PRIORITIES, THEN THEY'RE LOOKING COLLECTIVELY AT ALL OF THE AGENCY'S PRIORITIES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES, WHICH PROJECTS WILL BE MOST COMPETITIVE FOR THESE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WHAT THAT DOES IS JUST, IT ALLOWS FOR, UM, OUR, A A A REALLY COORDINATED EFFORT BETWEEN ALL THE SUMMIT COUNTY AGENCIES, UH, SLIGHTLY MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
UM, AND IT MAKES SURE THAT THE, THE RESOURCES GO TO THE MOST DESERVING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SO IN THIS ROUND, UM, THEY'RE COVERING FISCAL YEARS, 20, 25, 26.
THAT'S THIS, UH, CURRENT FISCAL YEAR UP TO 30 31.
UH, THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AN ESTIMATED A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN, UH, FUNDING, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, EACH AGENCY IS ASKED TO SUBMIT FIVE PRIORITIES.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S FOR ANY AGENCY THAT MANAGES STREETS AND TRAILS, UM, UH, LIKE WE DO.
UM, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES TRANSIT AGENCIES.
SO PETALUMA TRANSIT WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SUBMIT, UH, AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PROJECTS, UM, AS WELL.
AND I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF, UH, BIGGER, THERE ARE BIGGER, UH, GEOGRAPHIC AND POPULATION, UM, SIZES, UH, THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA AND THE COUNTY OF SONOMA, THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY, ARE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT UP TO 10 PRIORITIES.
AND, UH, AS I JUST DESCRIBED, S-C-T-C-A, ONCE THEY GET ALL THESE APPLICATIONS IN, THEY'LL RANK THE PROJECTS AND AGAIN, KIND OF TRY TO ALIGN PROJECTS, HIGH SCORING PROJECTS WITH, UH, EACH OF THESE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO FOR THEIR CRITERIA, THEY REQUIRE THAT, UH, ALL OF THAT PRI PROJECTS SUBMITTED ARE IN THE COUNTYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE HAD TO GIVE THEM, UH, AN UPDATE TO OUR LIST LAST FALL, AND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN ATTACHMENT A.
THE, THE PLAN HAS TO ADVANCE THE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE COUNTYWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS PLANNED BAY AREA 2050.
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PLANNED BAY AREA 2050 IS LOOKING FOR ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEARING AT, AT, YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL AND STATE, UH, LOCAL, REGIONAL AND STATE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT HERE IN CALIFORNIA.UM, EMPHASIS ON REDUCING EMISSION EMISSIONS, IMPROVING EQUITY, IMPROVING HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, IMPROVING SAFETY, UM, AND, AND INVESTING IN TRANSPORTATION THAT SUPPORTS MORE SUSTAINABLE LAND USE PATTERNS.
SO, YOU KNOW, MOVING MORE TOWARDS, UH, IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, INFILL DEVELOPMENT, ET CETERA.
AND, UH, ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE SUBMIT, NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE TO MEET THAT, THE, THE FUNDING PROGRAM'S CRITERIA, BUT THEN THEY ALSO NEED TO OBVIOUSLY MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES, UH, THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE FUNDING PROGRAM.
SO SOME OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUNDING PROGRAM ARE REALLY, UM, FOCUSED ON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, OTHERS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE MAINTENANCE FOCUSED.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SOMEWHAT DIVERSE SAMPLING OF PROJECTS IN, UH, GOING INTO GREATER DETAIL ON SOME OF THE, UM, UH, THINGS THAT S-C-T-C-A IS LOOKING FOR.
WHEN WE SUBMIT THESE PROJECTS, SUBMIT OUR APPLICATIONS FOR EACH OF THESE PROJECTS, UH, THEY WANT PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE SAFETY, EQUITY, QUALITY OF LIFE, TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, PROJECTS THAT REDUCE EMISSIONS AND CONGESTION.
AND THEY ALSO WANT US TO DEMONSTRATE HOW PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, UM, WAS USED TO IDENTIFY THE PROJECTS AS WELL AS WHAT ROLE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WILL PLAY IN, UM, IN DEVELOPING THE PROJECTS AND BRINGING THEM AND DESIGNING THEM AND BRINGING THEM TO CONSTRUCTION.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT, UM, ON OUR END, WE HAVE A FEW, UH, ADOPTED PLANS THAT WE CAN USE, UM, THAT ALREADY INDICATE SOME LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SOME WORK DONE, OR AT LEAST IN TERMS OF OUR, UH, FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT'S A COUNCIL ADOPTED PLAN THAT, THAT SIGNALS WHERE, WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE A FUNDING GAP THAT IS OBTAINABLE THROUGH THE FUNDING PROGRAM.
AND WE'RE GENERALLY LOOKING FOR PROJECTS IN THAT ONE TO $10 MILLION RANGE WHERE WE THINK WE'LL BE COMPETITIVE.
LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS IS A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR ALL OF SONOMA COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE THAT ONE BIG MEGA PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THAT PRETTY MUCH RIGHT OFF THE BAT ELIMINATES FOR US, CALL FIELD BRIDGE, UM, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A, A HIGH PRIORITY, BUT ONE WITH A, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A FUNDING GAP THAT WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT 60% OF THE FUNDING PROGRAM ITSELF.
SO, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA BOTHER WITH THE MEGA PROJECTS IN THIS CASE, OR AT LEAST WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING, UH, THAT WE SHOULD.
AND, UH, AND THEN WE ALSO OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE DRAFT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE ADOPTED FIVE YEAR PAVING PLAN, WHICH ARE TOOLS THAT WE CAN, UH, OR, OR LISTS WE CAN, WE CAN DRAW FROM TO IDENTIFY THESE PRIORITIES.
SO INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT WERE THESE FIVE, UM, RECOMMENDED PROJECTS, AND THESE WERE, AGAIN, IDENTIFIED OUT OF OUR FIVE YEAR CIP, UH, AND WE DO FEEL THAT ALL THESE PROJECTS WILL, UM, BE FAIRLY COMPETITIVE FOR THE FUNDING PROGRAM.
WE HAVE ALREADY, UM, MET WITH S-C-T-C-A STAFF AND, UM, THEY, THEY, UH, SIGNALED THEIR, UM, SUPPORT FOR, FOR THIS PROJECT LIST AND, AND FELT THAT IT WAS, UH, WELL ALIGNED WITH THE PRO FUNDING PROGRAM GOALS AND CRITERIA.
SO WE'VE GOT, UM, TWO PROJECTS THAT I'LL I'LL HIGHLIGHT AS, UM, PAVING AND COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS.
THOSE ARE CASA GRANDE ROAD AND EAST WASHINGTON STREET IN THE FIRST AND THIRD ROWS.
AND THEN, UM, THE REMAINING THREE PROJECTS ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKEN OUT OF OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, AND OUR, OUR TRUE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS.
UM, THE CORONA ROAD BIKE PED CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR, WHICH WOULD COMPLETE A MULTI-USE PATHWAY FROM THE BOULEVARD TO, UM, MCDOWELL, UH, IN TANDEM WITH A CALTRANS RAILING REPLACEMENT THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR 2031.
AND, UH, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE RIVER TRAIL PROJECT UNDER 1 0 1 NEAR LAKEVILLE, WHICH HAS BEEN A, UH, A CITY PRIORITY FOR YEARS NOW.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO FULLY FUNDING THAT PROJECT.
WE'VE GOT A, UM, UH, ABOUT A $2 MILLION GAP REMAINING ON THAT ONE.
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THE SMART PATHWAY EXTENSION FROM LAKEVILLE TO WATER STREET, WHICH IS OUR, OUR LEAST EXPENSIVE PROJECT ON THIS LIST.AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED KIND OF THE, TRYING TO HAVE SOME, UH, DIVERSITY IN THESE PROJECTS IN TERMS OF, UH, THE, UM, FUNDING REQUEST.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES HERE, UM, AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US TO, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY HAVE THESE, UH, A FEW, UM, YOU KNOW, DEDICATED BIKE PED PROJECTS HERE, BUT ALSO TO INCLUDE A COUPLE OF LARGER PAVING PROJECTS GIVEN ALL OF THE NEED IN OUR FIVE-YEAR PAVING PLAN.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THE ONLY POTENTIAL, UM, AMBIGUITY ON THIS LIST IS WITH, WITH THAT EAST WASHINGTON STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, UH, JUST BECAUSE THAT WILL, THAT'S SUCH A, YOU KNOW, SUCH A BUSY CORRIDOR WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPETING NEEDS.
AND IT'LL BE DIFFICULT, I THINK, FOR US TO SAY WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY WHAT ELEMENTS THAT PROJECT MIGHT INCLUDE, UH, UNTIL WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH A BIT MORE OF A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, PROCESS AND, AND, AND REALLY STUDIED THE CORRIDOR.
UM, AND, AND, AND IT'S A TRICKY ONE, RIGHT? IT'S A LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY, LIKE I SAID, VERY BUSY.
UM, I THINK IT COULD GO IN, IN A FEW DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH WHATEVER WE DO THERE, UM, SAFETY WILL BE, UH, A TOP PRIORITY.
SO, UM, THAT ONE I, YOU KNOW, THINK WILL BE A LITTLE TRICKIER FOR US TO, IN OUR APPLICATION, DESCRIBE THE, THE SCOPE OF IMPROVEMENTS AT THIS TIME.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BA AGAIN, BASED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT CORRIDOR SHOULD, SHOULD STILL BE FAIRLY COMPETITIVE.
AND I DON'T THINK, LET'S SEE NEXT STEPS HERE.
SO WE ARE BRINGING THIS ITEM TO CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 21ST.
UM, AS OUR PUBLIC COMMENTER NOTED TRANSIT WILL ALSO BE REVIEWING THEIR LIST AT THEIR NEXT, UH, TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE BOTH OF THOSE PROJECT LISTS AT COUNCIL ON, ON THE 21ST.
THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TO S-C-T-C-A ON AUGUST 8TH.
AND, UM, AND THEN THEY'LL BE SCORING THOSE APPLICATIONS AND STARTING TO MATCH THEM WITH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, A COUPLE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY HAVE DEADLINES TO SUBMIT PRIOR TO WHEN THE S-C-T-C-A BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION ON THIS LIST.
SO, UM, UH, YOU SEE THERE THAT THERE'S A, THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ADOPTING THIS FINAL LIST UNTIL EARLY 2027, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY, UM, UH, MADE SOME DECISIONS ON SOME OF THE EARLIER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN, IN 2026.
SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS.
AND I'LL, I'LL JUST GO BACK TO THIS LIST HERE BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHERE THE QUESTIONS WILL BE.
UH, LET'S GO DOWN, IF YOU DON'T MIND STARTING, KATE, NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
AMBER, THE RIVER TRAIL PIECE FOR LAKEVILLE, DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CALTRANS QUESTIONNAIRES AND THINGS THAT HAVE GONE OUT RECENTLY? AND IS, ARE WE PAIRING IN THAT ONE? CALTRANS HAS A PROJECT, UM, IN 2028 WHERE THEY'LL BE REPAVING THEIR SECTION OF LAKEVILLE.
SO IT'S EAST OF THE, SO SOUTHBOUND 1 0 1 ON AND OFF RAMPS, BASICALLY EAST OF IN AND OUT.
UM, AND THEY, THAT'S A, FOR THEM, THAT'S A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PROJECT.
UH, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY PLANS THAT THEY HAVE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY, WE'RE, WE'RE A FEW YEARS OUT STILL, UM, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SC TCA, UM, WE'RE BASICALLY CONDUCTING THAT ENGAGEMENT ON THEIR BEHALF.
UM, WE'LL BE ALL OF THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVE THROUGH THAT SURVEY, WE WILL BE PASSING ALONG TO CALTRANS AND USING TO OBVIOUSLY, UH, HOPEFULLY NUDGE THEM IN IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR SECTION OF, OF THE HIGHWAY, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY DO THAT PROJECT.
UM, THE RIVER TRAIL IS, I'D SAY IT'S LINKED BECAUSE IT IS A PARALLEL ALTERNATIVE TO LAKEVILLE THROUGH THAT SECTION.
UH, BUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS ACTUALLY DOWN ALONG THE NORTH BANK OF THE RIVER UNDER THE
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FREEWAY.SO, UM, IT'S NOT DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO LAKEVILLE, BUT IF AND WHEN IT IS BUILT OBVI, IT WOULD PROBABLY BECOME THE, THE PRIMARY OR IT WOULD BECOME THE PRIMARY ALTERNATIVE TO LAKEVILLE UNDER 1 0 1.
SO AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, THERE WAS A, UM, I KNOW THERE'S EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO GATHER PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC INPUT ON A LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR STUDY, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THROUGH SCTA.
YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE, SAME ONE THAT, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBER BAL BASHAW JUST ASKED ABOUT.
AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S JUST FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE, UH, AS OPPOSED TO, WELL, THE, THE CORRIDOR STUDY IS LOOKING AT ANY AND ALL IRU NEAR AND LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ON THE LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR IN BOTH THE CITY AND CALTRANS OWNED PORTIONS MM-HMM
BUT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THAT PROJECT PROJECT COMING UP IN 2028, THE TIMING IS GOOD WHERE WE CAN GATHER ALL OF THIS FEEDBACK AND THEN PASS IT OFF TO THEM, UH, YEAH.
AND HOPEFULLY GENERATE A LITTLE BIT, UM, UH, JUST DEMONSTRATE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES TO CALTRANS, UH, FOR, FOR THEIR PAVING PROJECT, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FOR OTHER, NEAR, NEAR TO LONG TERM NEEDS THAT SURE.
THEY MAY BE DELIVERED OUTSIDE OF THAT 2028 PROJECT.
MY, MY OTHER THOUGHT WAS AROUND, UH, COFIELD IN TERMS OF, NOT THE COFIELD CROSSING, BUT UM, COFIELD LANE.
THE, UH, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK THAT'S ON THE FIVE YEAR PAVING PLAN FOR WHAT, 2026? CORRECT.
AND, UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, POTENTIAL OR SAME, THE SAME KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH CASA, IF I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, MISTAKING YEAH.
UH, MISTAKEN, UM, YOU KNOW, INCLUDES LANE CONVERSION WITH ROBUST COMPLETE STREETS.
IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T, OR, OR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHT, I GUESS, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MAYBE INCLUDING THAT AS OPPOSED TO EAST WASHINGTON? IF EAST WASHINGTON IS A LITTLE MORE AMBIGUOUS? FORTUNATELY, THE CALL FIELD PROJECT IS ALREADY FUNDED.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE LAST, UH, CYCLE OF THE S-C-T-S-C-T-C-A FUNDING PROGRAM.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED.
I, WHAT I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED WITH THIS IS THAT WE ARE, THE REASON WE ELEVATED CASA IN EAST WASHINGTON, UM, AGAIN, WE LOOKED THROUGH THAT FULL PAVING LIST, UM, THROUGH 2030.
AND THESE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST PROJECTS WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD FUND THESE, POTENTIALLY FUND THESE LOCALLY, BUT, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE SUCH BIG PROJECTS, UH, THEY'RE OUR BEST CANDIDATES TO SEEK OUTSIDE FUNDING, AND THEN IT MEANS WE'LL HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON OTHER PROJECTS, OTHER PAVING PROJECTS.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S IT FOR MY QUESTIONS ON THIS.
UM, YEAH, I GUESS MAYBE MY QUESTIONS ARE JUST ECHOING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT CAME IN FROM ERIC LELAND.
UM, DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER EVERY SINGLE ONE SPECIFICALLY, IF THERE'S JUST KIND OF A GENERAL COMMENT, JUST NOTING SOME OF THE COST DIFFERENCES.
UM, JUST BE GREAT TO HEAR THAT.
YEAH, NO, THAT, UH, GREAT QUESTION THAT ERIC RAISED.
UM, UM, SO WE, WE HAD TO SUBMIT OUR PROJECT LIST TO S-C-T-C-A FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST FALL.
AND SO WE WERE JUST EARLIER IN THE PROCESS.
AND, AND SO, UM, AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING OUT SO FAR A, A LOT OF, A LOT OF VERY HIGH LEVEL, I WOULD SAY ROUGH COST ESTIMATES WERE THROWN AT THEM.
THAT'S REALLY, FOR THEM, THAT'S JUST A PLANNING TOOL.
THEY'RE NOT USING THOSE DOLLAR FIGURES.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE ONCE WE SAY A PROJECT IS $10 MILLION IN THE CTP, WE'RE BOUND TO THAT AND WE HAVE TO, WE CAN CAN'T ASK FOR A DIFFERENT AMOUNT.
UH, AND SO, AND THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROGRAM, THE COST ESTIMATES GENERALLY GET REFINED AND THAT HAPPENS ANNUALLY.
OUR COST ESTIMATES CHANGE TYPICALLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE AND WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS, UM, AS WELL AS WE'RE ABLE TO USE MORE RECENT DATA FROM RECENTLY DELIVERED PROJECTS SO WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR, YOU KNOW, INFLATION OR CHANGES IN, IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
SO THAT'S, THAT EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCES IN,
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IN THOSE COSTS.I THINK A DOZEN OF THE PROJECTS ON THE FULL LIST ARE FULLY FUNDED ALREADY.
UM, AND ONE OF THOSE IS ON THE LIST OF FIVE PRIORITIES.
UM, THE CASA GRANDE ROAD, COMPLETE STREETS LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALREADY FULLY FUNDED.
UM, SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS IT, YOU GET THIS EXTRA GRANT AND THEN SOME OF THOSE FUNDS CAN BE REALLOCATED TO SOMETHING ELSE? EXACTLY.
SO THOSE WOULD JUST SHIFT TO DIFFERENT PAVING PROJECTS.
UH, WELL, I, UM, OR OTHER, I COULD SAY JUST ANY OTHER ELIGIBLE PROJECTS FOR THOSE FUNDS.
THOSE ARE STREET MAINTENANCE FUNDS, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE FAIRLY FLEXIBLE AND CAN BE MOVED TO OTHER, UH, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, WHETHER THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, BIKE PED GOT IT.
UM, GOING DOWN THROUGH THE PRIORITIES, UM, THE, UH, PUM RIVER TRAIL SEEMS LIKE A GREAT ONE TO LEAVE ON THERE.
AND AS YOU, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN PROOFING THAT.
UM, I'VE RIDDEN MY BIKE OVER THERE RECENTLY AND IT'S A LITTLE CHILLED DEAD ENDS.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE YOU NEED MORE.
THE, UH, EAST WASHINGTON STREET SEEMS LIKE THE SCOPE IS TOO BIG AND IT'S PREMATURE.
YOU GOT $10 MILLION TOTALLY UNFUNDED.
AND AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE SCOPE IS KINDA A LITTLE GRAY AND SEEMS LIKE KIND OF ALREADY A LOSER GOING INTO, UH, HAVE IT BE ONE OF THE FIVE, UH, IF IT'S PUSHING IT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO GET 10% OF THIS ENTIRE PROJECT FOR, UM, THIS ENTIRE GRANT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, SO AS MUCH AS I'M VERY MUCH EXCITED TO SEE ANY AND ALL OF EAST WASHINGTON IMPROVED, UM, WITHOUT, UH, KIND OF MORE CONCRETE PLAN AND AMBITIOUS PLAN, UM, MY PERSONAL DESIRES FOR IT TO BE REALLY AMBITIOUS AND NOT JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME NEW ASPHALT AND LINE WORK, UM, YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD LEAVE THAT ONE OFF.
THE PRIORITIES, UM, THE COST OF GRANDE ONE, UM, YEAH, IT SEEMS GREAT.
AND IF WE CAN REALLOCATE THOSE 5.6 MILLION, THAT'S GREAT.
UM, THE KIND OF SIMILAR TO EAST WASHINGTON, I, UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE LIKE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, SO MAYBE I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT TOO MUCH, BUT, UM, BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ALL THESE ACTUALLY, WHERE CAN WE FIND LIKE PLANS OR SCOPING DOCUMENTS FOR PROJECTS ON THIS LIST SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY PROPOSED? UH, YEAH, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE ARE A LITTLE FURTHER OUT, THE BEST PLACE WOULD BE IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET, UH, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT CITY OF PET LIMITA.ORG/BUDGET.
UM, AND JUST GO TO THE, THE MOST RECENT ONE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, AND THEN EACH OF THESE WILL HAVE A BRIEF PROJECT DE THEY'LL HAVE A, THEY HAVE A PROJECT FACT SHEET AND A BRIEF, UH, PROJECT DESCRIPTION THAT SHARES A LITTLE BIT MORE INFO.
UM, ALTHOUGH THE PAVING PROJECTS ARE A LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE THEY GET BURIED WITH, UH, A LOT OF OTHER PAVING WORK THAT'S ENVISIONED FOR THAT SAME FISCAL YEAR.
SO YOU MIGHT NOT, I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD SEE CASA GRANDE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CIP, YOU WOULD SEE LIKE FISCAL YEAR 27, 28 PAVEMENT RESTORATION AND THEN IT'S A WHOLE LIT.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I'M HAPPY TO JUST SHARE WITH CASA.
WE HAVE DONE SOME CONCEPTUAL DESIGN THERE, UM, AND WE FEEL STRONGLY GIVEN THE TRAFFIC VOLUME THAT IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR A, A LANE CONVERSION GOING FROM FIVE TO THREE LANES.
UH, AND WE HAVE TONS OF RIGHT OF WAY OUT THERE.
SO EVEN WITH THE LANE CONVERSION AND THEN NARROWING THE LANES DOWN, UM, THERE'S ROOM FOR PARKING PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
UH, AND IN FRONT OF CASA WE ACTUALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR A TWO-WAY PARKING PROTECTED CYCLE TRACK ALONG THE SCHOOL FRONTAGE AS WELL AS A PARKING PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET IN THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION.
UM, AND THEN THE, I THINK THE BIG, UH, SO OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR CROSSWALK UPGRADES, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU GO FROM FIVE TO THREE LANES, CROSSWALKS BECOME A LOT SAFER.
UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY PROMISING, ANOTHER REALLY PROMISING IMPROVEMENT WITH THAT PROJECT THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN IS A, UH, A ROUNDABOUT AT THE SOUTH MCDOWELL INTERSECTION, WHICH WOULD REALLY, UM, THINK
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YEAH, BUT ALSO SOUNDS, ADDRESS A LOT OF ISSUES THERE.SO ALL THOSE THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE BEHIND THE, THE SUMMARIES THAT ARE IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
ARE THERE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SKETCHES, PLANS, SCOPING DOCUMENTS THAT DESCRIBE WHAT YOU JUST WENT OVER? UH, YEAH, I CAN, YEAH.
I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WHAT WE'VE GOT ON CASA SO FAR, AND I THINK I SHOULD, IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY, WE'LL, WE WILL HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AS THE PROJECT GETS A LITTLE CLOSER, AT LEAST ONCE WE LAUNCH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THAT, WE CREATE A PROJECT WEBPAGE AND START.
BUT, UM, WE DID SHARE SOME, UH, CONCEPTUAL PLANS AT A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TASK FORCE MEETING THAT FOCUSED ON CASA GRANDE LAST YEAR.
SO I CAN AT THE VERY LEAST SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
YEAH, AND WE EVEN HAD SOME, WE HAD SOME RENDERINGS EVEN OF THE, OF SOME OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, UH, PERHAPS I'LL JUST EMAIL YOU A LIST OF YEAH.
REQUESTS, UM, AFTER THIS MEETING, UH, TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM.
'CAUSE, UH, YEAH, HAVING A, A LIST, THIS, THESE LITTLE DESCRIPTIONS IS, IS GOOD.
BUT YEAH, IF I COULD ACTUALLY VISUALIZE WHAT'S BEEN SKETCHED OUT, KINDA HELPS US DECIDE WHAT WE WANNA PRIORITIZE AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UM, WHAT THE CITY GETS FOR THE INVESTMENT.
AND CAS IN PARTICULAR, I'M, I'M GO ON RUNS THERE ALMOST EVERY DAY, UM, WALK THE DOG RIDE WITH MY KIDS ACROSS IT.
SO THAT'S, UH, NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
WELL, GLAD TO SEE IT ON THE PRIORITY LIST.
UM, THE CORONA ROAD MULTIUSE PATHWAY ALSO SEEMS WAY TOO AMBITIOUS FOR THIS RECOMMENDED, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S RECOMMENDED IF IT'S 15 MILLION NOT FUNDED AT ALL RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE, I THINK WE GOT HER PRESENTATION ON THAT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND I, I WANT THERE TO BE AN EASY WAY ACROSS THERE FOR ALL ABILITIES AND, UM, AGES.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE PROJECT IS WOULD IT BE JUST LIKE TRYING TO CHIP AWAY TOWARDS THAT 50 MILLION AND HOPING WE COULD GET ONE OR TWO OR WHY IS THAT ON HERE? NO.
YEAH, SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE GOING AFTER THE FULL FUNDING GAP.
UM, GENERALLY WITH PROJECTS LIKE THAT, WE WOULD LEVERAGE OUR TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE, UH, FUNDS AS OUR LOCAL MATCH.
SO, UM, MO MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUNDING PROGRAM WERE WILL REQUIRE SOME SORT OF LOCAL MATCH.
IT'S GENERALLY IN THE 10 TO 20% RANGE.
AND, UH, THOSE TIFF FUNDS ARE, UM, ARE A GREAT SOURCE FOR OUR LOCAL MATCH WHEN IT COMES TO THESE, UH, BIGGER BIKE PED CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, SO I DON'T, NO, WELL, NO TIF FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THAT PROJECT YET.
OBVIOUSLY, IF WE WERE TO, UM, RECEIVE A GRANT THROUGH THE FUNDING PROGRAM, THEN YOU WOULD IN AN, IN AN UPCOMING YEAR IN THE, IN THE COUNCIL BUDGET, WE WOULD, OR IN THE, THE CITY BUDGET, WE WOULD, UM, WE WOULD RECOMMEND PROGRAMMING SOME OF OUR TIF FUNDS FOR, AS A LOCAL MATCH FOR THE PROJECT.
UH, SO YEAH, WITH ALL OF THESE, THE, THE IDEA IS THAT THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE ENVISION BUILDING, UH, WITH FUNDS RECEIVED THROUGH THE FUNDING PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO PARTIALLY FUND ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, NOR WOULD, UM, NOR WOULD THE FUNDERS WANT TO, UH, GIVE FUNDING TO A PROJECT THAT IS ISN'T FULLY FUNDED.
THEY, THEY WANT PROJECTS THAT THEY WANT THINGS TO GET BUILT.
SO, SO, SO IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE FOR THE CORONA ROAD MULTI-USE PATHWAY, WE'D BE ASKING FOR HALF AND THE CITY WOULD MATCH THE OTHER HALF, BASICALLY PROBABLY CLOSER TO, WE'D PROBABLY BE ASKING FOR 80% AND THEN, UM, AND THEN MATCHING THE REMAINING 20.
THE, THE, THE OTHER VARIABLE WITH THAT PROJECT IS, UH, CALTRANS HAS THAT RAILING REPLACEMENT WORK THAT THEY'LL ALREADY BE DOING, THAT DOING THERE IN 2031.
AND THE GOAL IS FOR US TO LEVERAGE THEIR WORK THERE TO INCORPORATE OUR DESIRED IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND IDEALLY THERE WILL BE SOME COST SAVINGS ACHIEVED THERE, AND CALTRANS WILL BE HOPEFULLY CHIPPING IN THROUGH THEIR PROJECT AS WELL.
UH, IT STILL SEEMS MAYBE AMBITIOUS, UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION.
IT'S, UH, HELPS ME UNDERSTAND A LOT.
UM, LAST ONE ON YOUR PRIORITY LIST IS A SMART PATHWAY EXTENSION THAT SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER,
UM, IF WE WERE TO STRIKE THE EAST WASHINGTON STREET COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS AND OR THE CORONA ROAD MULTI-USE PATHWAY, UM, I, OTHER CANDIDATES I SEE ON THE LIST ARE THE JUST GENERIC CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS LOOK LIKE IT HAS A SMALL GAP.
UM, AND SIDEWALK GAP CLOSURES, CURB RAMPS AND STUFF, UH, WOULD BE GOOD TO GET THAT FULLY FUNDED.
UM, AND THEN ANY OTHERS IDENTIFIED, UM, THE DANIEL DRIVE GREENWAY THAT IS FULLY FUNDED,
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BUT, UM, IT'S AI'M ALSO ON DANIEL ALL THE TIME.
AND THAT, THAT AREA, UH, COULD USE A LOT OF WORK.
THERE'S SOME REALLY LONG STREETS, STRAIGHT STREETS AROUND THERE.
FRANCIS DRIVE, NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY, I WOULD PUT ON THAT TOP FIVE LIST IF I WERE TO DRAW IT UP MYSELF.
UM, AND THE COFIELD LANE COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT.
I FEEL LIKE WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM,
UM, SIMILAR TO, TO CASA GRANDE, VERY MUCH SO THAT'S WAY OVERBUILT.
UM, THERE'S A TON OF SPACE THERE WE COULD USE, UH, IN BETTER WAYS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING NOTES.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM? UH, WE DO NEED TO CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN IT'LL ACTUALLY COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR RIGHT.
UH, I CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK.
I, I HAVE JUST, UH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF CHECK, I BEND IT UP TOWARDS YOUR MOUTH.
UM, I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF, UH, ONE, ONE QUESTION AND A COMMENT.
I'M NOT REALLY CLEAR ON THE, ON THE RIVER TRAIL, UH, ORIENTATION.
I REMEMBER AT A PBAC MEETING A WHILE AGO, SEEING THE RIVER TRAIL GOING UNDER 1 0 1, CLOSE TO THE SMART BRIDGE.
UM, AND I, I WASN'T CLEAR WHETHER THAT'S STILL THE INTENDED ROUTE OR INSTEAD PARALLELING LAKEVILLE.
UM, SO THAT'S A QUESTION I HAVE ABOUT WASHINGTON STREET.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THIS IS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT I WAS PART OF THE GROUP THAT BROUGHT TO PETALUMA AND A I, A AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ASSESSMENT TEAM.
IT WAS A BUNCH OF, UH, OF OUTSIDE, UM, EXPERTS IN TRANSPORTATION, LAND USE, ECONOMICS, INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, AND THE, THE TASK WE GAVE TO THEM WAS WE OUTLINED THEIR WORK AS COMPLETE STREETS AND 15 MINUTE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND UNDER THE HEADING OF COMPLETE STREETS, THEIR NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION WAS FIX WASHINGTON STREET.
AND FOLLOWING THEIR FINAL REPORT, I PUT TOGETHER A SLIDESHOW AND TROTTED IT AROUND TO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS STRONG SUPPORT FOR FIXING WASHINGTON STREET ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY HAD PUT FORWARD.
UM, I KNOW I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT A CARTER STUDY FOR WASHINGTON STREET.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UM, HOPING THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE S STAT WILL, WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CARTER STUDY.
BUT IN ADVANCE OF WE'RE BE, NOW THAT WE, BEFORE WE GO THROUGH A CORRIDOR STUDY, I AM HESITANT TO GIVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO JUST REPAVING AND RETRIP WASHINGTON STREET AS IT IS.
UM, I, I GIVE PRIORITY TO TRAFFIC, VOLUME AND VISIBILITY.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS I'M, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE ON WASHINGTON STREET IS BECAUSE IT IS A HIGHLY VISIBLE GATEWAY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, IAN CONNOR? YEAH, WELCOME.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT TWO OF THE PROJECTS ON HERE.
UM, I WORK AT MIKE MIKE'S BIKES.
UM, I TALK TO PEOPLE, UM, EVERY DAY ABOUT, UH, WHERE THEY'RE RIDING THEIR BIKES, UM, PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN, UM, VISITING, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE NEW TO BIKES, PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, VETERAN, UH, CYCLISTS.
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SMART PATH EXTENSION, UM, BETWEEN LAKEVILLE AND OAK STREET, UM, WOULD BE VERY CONVENIENT, UM, FOR ME AND MY JOB, UH, TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN GET ONTO THE PATH, UM, IN A SAFE WAY RIGHT BEHIND THE SHOP.UM, NOT HAVING TO RIDE ON, UH, THE BOULEVARD, UM, ESPECIALLY RIGHT THERE WHERE, UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE OR PAINT DIRECTING, UH, BIKE TRAFFIC.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS ASKING ABOUT IS, UH, IS THERE A BIKE PATH, UH, ON THE RIVER? UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, REALLY VALUABLE, UM, PLACE TO, UM, TRY TO COLLECT FUNDS, UM, TO EXPEDITE THAT PROJECT.
AND, UH, THIS COMES BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, I'M GOING TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION.
BJORN, COULD YOU SAY A LITTLE BIT, I GUESS, ABOUT, UM, JUST ON THE TOPIC OF EAST WASHINGTON, HOW FUNDING WOULD BE ALLOCATED AND KIND OF WHAT THE TIMELINE WOULD BE FOR INITIATING A CORRIDOR STUDY? WHAT FUNDING WOULD GO TOWARDS THAT? WHAT WOULD GO TOWARDS REPAVING? UM, JUST TO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON THAT, I THINK THAT COULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY HERE.
UM, WELL, ADMITTEDLY, I, I THINK IT'S, THERE'S, UH, BEYOND IDENTIFYING A NEED TO REPLACE THE PAVEMENT AND THE UTILITIES UNDER EAST WASH, UNDER THAT, UNDER THAT SECTION OF EAST WASHINGTON STREET, UH, VERY LITTLE PLANNING HAS BEEN DONE BY THE CITY.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T, THIS PROJECT IS OUT ON THE TAIL END OF OUR FIVE-YEAR PAVING PLAN.
UH, SO IT'S NOT, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY, ANY REALLY ANY PLANNING OR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T DONE ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE SCOPE IS, IS PRETTY UNDEFINED AT THIS POINT.
AGAIN, BEYOND THAT, THE PAVING AND UTILITY WORK, UH, WITH ANY PAVING PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD, UM, UPGRADE, UH, THE, WE WOULD UPGRADE ACCESSIBILITY, MAKE SURE WE ACHIEVE A DA COMPLIANCE.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S TOUGH, AND I'VE SAID THIS AT MEETINGS IN THE PAST, UH, IT, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE STEPPING OUT IN FRONT OF A PROJECT LIKE THAT AND, AND SAYING WHAT, YOU KNOW, COMING OR, UH, BRINGING FORTH A, A RECOMMENDATION WHEN THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES ON THAT CORRIDOR, UM, JUST, AND, AND DIFFERENT COMPETING NEEDS.
UM, I THINK YOU COULD ARGUE THAT, UH, YOU COULD CERTAINLY MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT EAST WASHINGTON STREET, UH, COULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR TRANSIT, FOR EXAMPLE, OVER, OVER BIKE PED, OR NOT OVER PE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, BUT OVER, UH, OVER BIKE ACCESS, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, SO YEAH, THIS ONE, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE ADMITTEDLY I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER THIS APPLICATION.
THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUNDING PROGRAM IS BEING ASKED TO LOOK OUT FIVE YEARS WHEN USUALLY YOU HAVEN'T REALLY DONE A WHOLE LOT OF WORK FIVE YEARS OUT.
UM, SO I THINK, UH, I THINK WHAT THE, IF WE DID SUBMIT THIS, THIS PROJECT, THE CASE WE WOULD BE MAKING TO S-C-T-C-A AND ANY POTENTIAL FUNDERS IS THAT WE WILL HAVE AN EXTREMELY ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT IN THE COMING YEARS.
AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT, THAT DESIGN PROCESS AND FIGURING OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT
IT'S GOING TO BE MORE SO, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT CORRIDOR IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UM, MOVES A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING SAFETY ON THE CORRIDOR IS A TOP PRIORITY.
UM, BUT AS FOR THE SPECIFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, WE WOULD NEED TO DO A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY WE WOULD DO THERE.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, IF WE DID SUBMIT THAT PROJECT, IT'S A, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, UH, THAT'S THE PITCH WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE TO S-C-T-C-A.
AND SO THAT KIND OF PUBLIC PRO PUBLIC, UM,
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FEEDBACK GATHERING PROCESS,SO YEAH, I THINK GENERALLY WITH THE FUNDING PROGRAM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS ONLY ASKED FOR MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
AND THEN OUR LOCAL MATCH WE DELIVER WITH, UM, CITY FUNDS IN THE, UH, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO USE, SO IF WE, IF WE DO A BUNCH OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLANNING AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE FULLY FUND THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASE, UM, THAT USUALLY THAT CAN BE APPLIED TOWARDS OUR LOCAL MATCH.
AND THEN JUST MAYBE ANOTHER QUESTION KIND OF FOR THE LARGER TICKET ITEMS, UM, THE CORONA ROAD AND EAST WASHINGTON, ARE THERE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT YOU COULD FORESEE THAT ARE KIND OF MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAT WE COULD ALSO GO AFTER IN RE UM, OR IS THIS KIND OF CYCLE TO ONE OF OUR BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND IZED PROJECT? IT WOULD BE, YEAH.
IT WOULD BE HARD TO GUARANTEE FUNDING THROUGH ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, UPCOMING TRANSPORTATION GRANTS.
THEY'RE ALL SO COMPETITIVE THESE DAYS, AND YOU ALSO NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, UM, WITH, UH, WITH THE BUDGETS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS.
UM, THE STATE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM WAS DRAMATICALLY REDUCED IN THE LAST CYCLE.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM, UH,
AND I BELIEVE LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT $75 MILLION.
IT WAS SO COMPETITIVE THAT IT, IT REALLY, IT WAS ALREADY COMPETITIVE, UM, AT ITS PREVIOUS FUNDING LEVEL, AND IT WAS REALLY, THERE WAS REALLY NO REASON TO APPLY LAST YEAR OR IN THE LAST CYCLE.
UM, SO I, I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE HAVE ANY, YEAH, REALLY WITH ANY HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO DELIVER IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, FIVE TO SIX YEARS, UH, WITH A FUNDING GAP, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IN THAT ONE TO $10 MILLION RANGE, UH, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY INCLUDE THEM HERE.
IT, AND IT'S JUST THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CERTAINTY FOR OTHER GRANT SORT OPPORTUNITIES.
WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK JUST TO THE LIST OF, UM, THE SCORING CRITERIA THAT YOU HAD ALSO? YEAH, I THINK, OOPS.
I THINK FOR THOSE TWO IN PARTICULAR, CORONA ROAD AND EAST WASHINGTON, WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY FOR COLLISIONS AND ROAD SAFETY, THOSE ARE ONES THAT I THINK ARE PRODUCING EMISSIONS AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE SCORING CRITERIA IS, THOSE I THINK COULD POTENTIALLY SCORE HIGHER AS WELL, JUST VERSUS SOME OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS.
UM, YES, THEY'RE GOOD TO FUND THOSE SMALLER ONES IF IT'S EASIER, BUT IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY LIKE MEETING SOME OF THESE GOALS, IMPROVING SAFETY, YOU KNOW, THAT I WANT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, CORRIDOR, THE ONE LITTLE WATER STREET ONE AS WELL TOO.
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW IT'S GONNA MEET ALL OF THESE, UM, CRITERIA, I THINK SOME OF THOSE BIGGER TICKET ITEMS ARE, ARE REALLY GONNA BE SHOWING A HIGHER SCORE.
SO YEAH, I WOULD JUST ENDORSE TO SAY I LIKE THE LIST AS IT IS NOW, AND WOULD YEAH.
ENDORSE YOUR IDEA OF SAYING, LET'S GIVE A DIVERSITY CITY OF PROJECTS TO SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE, AMBITIOUS ONES AND KIND OF THOSE LOW HANGING FRUIT.
I'LL ALSO JUST NOTE WITH, UH, ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES, THE ONE BAY AREA GRANT, UH, PRIORITIZES FUNDING FOR PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREAS, AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS AROUND OUR, OUR TWO SMART STATIONS.
SO THAT WAS ANOTHER CRITERIA WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH, UM, UH, THE SMART TRAIL, THE SMART GAP CLOSURE, UM, AS WELL AS CORONA AND, UH, EAST WASHINGTON ARE ALL KIND OF TOUCH ON OUR, UH, TWO STATION AREAS.
UM, SO GOING BACK TO GOING BACK TO THE LIST HERE, I, SO I THINK THESE ARE ALL GREAT.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THING THAT I LIKE ABOUT THE CASA, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED ABOUT
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THIS BEFORE WITH CASA AND THE, UH, PETALUMA RIVER TRAIL UNDER 1 0 1.UH, YOU KNOW, JUST AS A, YOU KNOW, AS A A, A REMINDER, I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT THE PROJECT THAT'S GONNA BE PUTTING THE LATERAL SEWER MAIN IN BETWEEN THE, UH, THE MARINA AND, UM, AND ELLIS CREEK, AND THERE'S GONNA BE A MULTI-USE PATH.
SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOME CONNECTIVITY THERE.
WE'VE GOT, UM, 59 NEW HOMES GOING IN ON, UH, CASA GRANDE HERE.
UH, THAT WAS, I BELIEVE THAT PROJECT'S BEEN ENTITLED, AND I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BREAK GROUND SOON.
UH, I THINK THERE'S, WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE SOME DEVELOPMENT IN THE VACANT LOT NEXT TO CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL, AND SO WE'RE JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKING THAT, CREATING A, UM, A CORRIDOR FOR EASY ACCESS, UM, TO GET DOWNTOWN, I THINK IS GREAT.
UM, IS THERE A, IS THERE AN EASEMENT ON THAT SECTION BETWEEN THE SMART TRAIL AND WATER STREET? HOW WOULD THAT NO, IT'S, IT'S SMART OWNED, UM, BUT WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS, SMART STAFF ARE AWARE, UH, THAT THAT IS A LOCAL PRIORITY FOR US AND HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR, UH, WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE CITY, UM, AND ALLOW FOR THAT PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, IF IT IS A CITY SPONSORED PROJECT, UM, IT'S NOT A PRIORITY FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE SYSTEM THAT THEY PROMISED TO VOTERS THAT THEY'RE STILL BUILDING OUT.
UM, AND THIS WAS NOT IN THEIR, YOU KNOW, ENVISIONED TRAIL PLANS, UM, BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO ALLOW US TO, UH, TO BUILD WITHIN THAT FREIGHT WITHIN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY, UH, AT, IN THAT SECTION.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.
THEY EVEN PROVIDED US WITH, UM, THE, UH, INITIAL COST ESTIMATE FOR THAT PROJECT BASED ON, UH, WHAT SOME OF THEIR OTHER RECENT TRAIL PROJECTS HAVE COST.
YEAH, SO I, I THINK THAT IN, IN ADDITION TO THE REST OF THESE IS, IS GREAT.
AMBER, I DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT THE SIZE OF THE EAST WASHINGTON PROJECT WILL JUST MAKE IT BE WIPED OFF.
FRANCIS SECTION IS ONE THAT I THINK MIGHT NEED TO BUMP UP.
FRANCIS AS A BY WAY TO AVOID LAKEVILLE, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN WAY DOWN MCDOWELL TOWARDS LIKE KAISER, I'LL GO OVER CAULFIELD AND DOWN ST.
FRANCIS AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
AND IT ALSO, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING OF CHILDREN AND TRYING TO GET KIDS TO RIDE BIKES, IT WOULD BE A GREAT PROJECT TO GET FURTHER AHEAD ON THE LIST.
UM, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, THIS LIST, YOU KNOW, ECHOES THE WANTS AND THE NEEDS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND RECENT COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UM, I'M JUST NOT ENTIRELY COMFORTABLE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR EAST WASHINGTON WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ECHOING PETE'S COMMENTS AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMMENTS WITHOUT A CORRIDOR STUDY AND HAVING A MORE IN DEPTH IDEA OF EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, WHAT IT'S GONNA BE IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, UM, AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN THAT PROJECT.
UH, IT'S A BIG ONE, AND I WOULD HATE FOR US TO GO IN THE WRONG DIRECTION THAT FORCES SOMETHING LATER ON.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SPENT X AMOUNT OF MONEY PAVING THIS.
WELL, OKAY, NOW OUR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED HERE, SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY RESERVATION.
UM, I THINK I GOT OUT MOST OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, UM, IN THE QUESTION PERIOD BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, YEAH, I'LL, UM, REITERATE THAT I THINK GETTING SOME OF THESE SMALLER PROJECTS DONE, UM, COFFEE LANE, ST.
FRANCIS, UM, DANIEL, UM, ARE HIGHER PRIORITIES FOR ME.
SOME OF THOSE ARE FULLY FUNDED ALREADY.
UM, AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF THOUGHT MUST BE, MUST GO INTO WHAT IS MOST LIKELY TO GET THE MONEY, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF WE ASK AND THEY DON'T LIKE OUR PROJECTS, THEN IT'S A BIG WASTE OF EFFORT.
UM, AND YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING DONE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS CITY STAFF KNOWS MORE
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THAN I DO ABOUT, UH, WHAT IS GONNA GET THINGS ACROSS.IF, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED THAT WAS, UM, GOOD POINT THAT, UM, THE SMART STATIONS ARE A PRIORITY.
SO, UH, COFFEE FIELD, NOT COFFEE FIELD, SORRY, UM, CORONA AND EAST WASHINGTON THERE.
IF THAT'S GONNA REALLY GET THEIR INTEREST AND, UH, THOSE BIG GOALS ARE, UM, ARE THEN CLOSER TO ACHIEVING, THEN YEAH, I CAN SUPPORT THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, A LOT OF TRADE OFFS.
AND I, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION.
UM, SINCE THERE'S NO ACTION HERE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M KIND OF CAPTURING NOTES CORRECTLY BECAUSE, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO CITY COUNCIL LATER THIS MONTH, AND I JUST, IN THAT STAFF REPORT, WANNA MAKE SURE I, UM, YOU KNOW, SUCCINCTLY CAPTURE, UH, THIS COMMITTEE'S FEEDBACK.
UM, UH, SO I DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, I I DO HAVE, UH, THREE OF YOU SUGGESTING POTENTIALLY REMOVING EAST WASHINGTON, UH, DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT SIZE AND SCOPE OR, OR KIND OF THE VAGUENESS AROUND THE SCOPE.
UM, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE I, I HEARD TWO SUGGESTIONS FOR, UM, ST.
UM, AND THEN THERE WERE A FEW OTHER, UM, GOT DANIEL DRIVE, CAULFIELD LANE AND CITYWIDE PET IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT, UM, THE ONLY, THE ONLY PROJECT THAT TWO OF YOU KIND OF SUGGESTED AS A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE TO, UH, WASHINGTON WAS ST.
IS THAT A GOOD SUMMARY FOR TONIGHT? OKAY.
THIS WILL, THIS HELPS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE KIND OF LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED, UM, UH, CHAIR YEAGER, WE, IT, IT IS A, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BALANCE WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, ADOPTED PLANS, POLICY, UH, BUT THEN ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, AND, AND THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR CIP, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THESE APPLICATIONS AND SEEING WHAT'S GOING TO BE MOST COMPETITIVE, UH, OR WHERE ARE WE, HOW ARE WE MAXIMIZING OUR CHANCES? SO, UM, IT'S ALL VERY HELPFUL.
AND, UM, YEAH, I THINK THIS'LL, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO STICK WITH WASHINGTON AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL, THIS WILL, THIS WILL REALLY, UH, FORCE US TO SHARPEN OUR PENCILS ON THAT BECAUSE I, I DO THINK YOU, YOU RAISED A LOT OF THE COMMITTEE'S, RAISED A LOT OF GOOD POINTS TONIGHT ABOUT THAT PROJECT, SO THANK YOU.
UH, IT'S NOT A VOTING ITEM, SO WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, DISCUSS AD HOC COMMITTEES.
UH, THE BEJO SAID GIVEN LOW ATTENDANCE, MAYBE IT'S NOT WORTHY DISCUSSION, BUT, UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH, JUST CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THAT TO THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA? THE NEXT MEETING? YEAH, YOU MAY A SECOND.
UH, KUSON SCH SLT YEAGER? YES.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UM, DURING COMMITTEE COMMENT, MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO BRIEFLY SHARE UPDATES RELEVANT TO THIS COMMITTEE, INCLUDING LIAISON REPORTS FROM OTHER CITY BODIES AND MAKE REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
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FOR COMMITTEE COMMENT.UM, I DO NOT HAVE A REPORT FROM PARKS.
UM, WE DID NOT MEET THIS MONTH DUE TO THE FAIR.
I HOPE ALL OF YOU GOT TO MAKE IT OUT TO THE FAIR.
I KNOW CITY STAFF WORKED SO INCREDIBLY HARD AND I WENT, MY FAMILY WENT, IT WAS AMAZING AND I'M SO PROUD OF OUR STAFF AND, UM, JUST HOW WELL IT WENT.
UM, I DID ALSO JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT GENERALLY ABOUT ALL OF THE RECENT ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, FATALITIES, UM, CYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS, IT, IT JUST, THIS LAST MONTH HAS BEEN PRETTY HEAVY IN PETALUMA.
SO, UM, I THINK THE WORK THAT THIS BODY AND STAFF DOES IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE ATTENDANCE, UM, FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
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AND I HOPE THAT WE ALL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS A VISION OF ZERO INJURIES FATALITIES, UM, IN THE FUTURE.UM, WOULD THIS BE A TIME TO ASK ABOUT THE BIKE LANE SWEEPER? YEAH, CERTAINLY.
I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN IT AND SEEN SOME OF THE ROADS RECENTLY.
ALTHOUGH, UM, THAT'S OPERATED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREW, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PRETTY SMALL TEAM THAT'S, UH, JUGGLES A LOT.
AND, UH, THEY'RE GENERALLY ONLY TAKING THAT OUT.
UM, IF SOMEONE HAS FLAGGED A NEED FOR THEM, I, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'VE GOTTEN KIND OF A, A, A, AN ONGOING OR ROUTINE, UM, SWEEPING SCHEDULE YET.
SO, UH, GIVEN THAT IT'S MORE RESPONSE BASED, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE SUBMITTING A TICKET@CITYOFPETMAN.ORG SLASH ISSUES.
AND, UH, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL, THEY'LL TAKE IT OUT AND, AND I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY CREATE, I MEAN, WE, WE KNOW, I THINK WHERE MOST OF THOSE RIGHT NOW, IT'S PRIMARILY NORTH MCDOWELL THAT, THAT NEEDS IT.
UM, FOR ANY NON-PROTECTED BIKE LANES, UH, RECOLOGY SHOULD BE SWEEPING THOSE.
SO, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE SUBMITTING THE TICKET, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT RECOLOGY SHOULD BE GETTING VERSUS WHAT WE NEED TO GO GET WITH THE, WITH THE MINI SWEEPER.
SO THAT'S HELPFUL JUST TO KIND OF KNOW THE LOCATIONS AND EVERYTHING.
MY OTHER QUESTION, WAS THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON MCDOWELL ON THE NORTH END WITH THE GREEN CONES, OR IS THERE ANY PLANS FOR REPLACING OF THOSE GREEN CONES? OR IS IT KINDA LIKE A ONE-TIME INSTALLMENT JUST TO GET PEOPLE'S AWARENESS OF THEM? SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE STOCKED.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T REPLACE THEM.
UH, IF, SO, THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE, UM, OUR CREW CAN, UH, IF, UH, IF YOU SUBMIT A TICKET OR, OR IF IT'S JUST, IF YOU'RE JUST SAYING IT'S KIND OF A GENERAL ISSUE, I CAN, UM, I'LL FLAG IT AND WE CAN SEND THEM OUT TO EITHER REMOVE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN OBLITERATED OR, UH, OR, UM, WE COULD, UH, WE COULD KIND OF TAKE STOCK, TAKE INVENTORY OF HOW MANY NEED TO BE REPLACED AND, AND PLACE A PURCHASE.
MOVING FORWARD, THOUGH, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY MOVING AWAY FROM THOSE AND MORE TOWARDS CONCRETE, SO THAT'S JUST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH, I WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY, PAC WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, TO, UM, THE, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS, IS IT PARKS OR, OR SORRY, PUBLIC, UM, PUBLIC WORKS.
PUBLIC WORKS TO DEVELOP A, A SCHEDULE.
IT SHOULDN'T BE, UM, BASED ON SOMEONE SUBMITTING A TICKET.
UH, SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, PASS THAT ALONG AND YEAH.
AND HAVE THEM DEVELOP A SCHEDULE AND, AND SUITE THAT, UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE SPENT THE MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT.
AND IT, TO BE FAIR, IT IS GETTING A LOT OF OTHER USE TOO.
IT'S NOT JUST BEING USED FOR THE PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
IT'S GETTING USED FOR A LOT OF CLEANUP THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE HAVE SOME SORT OF CLEANUP TO DO IN AN AREA THAT A FULL SIZE SWEEPER CAN'T GET, THEN, UM, IT'S, IT'S COME IN HANDY FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT USES.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO, UM, THE, THE COMMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN, UH, A DIFFICULT COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAD A, ANOTHER ACCIDENT JUST YESTERDAY, UM, WITH TWO PEDESTRIANS.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S JUST A, A REMINDER THAT THE, UH, THAT THE WORK THAT, UM, THE WORK THAT'S AHEAD OF US TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER IS, IS REALLY, UM, IT'S, IT'S MUCH NEEDED.
SO, UM, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL SHARE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO, UH, YOU GUYS MAY HAVE, HAVE READ OR SAW IN THE NEWS THAT THE CITY HAS JOINED, UH, AT THIS 0.2, UH, LAWSUITS AGAINST THE, UH, FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION FOR, UH, CLAWBACK EFFORTS.
UH, ONE, UH, WAS A, UM, A LAWSUIT THAT WAS ORIGINATED HERE IN, UH, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UH,
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THAT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS, UH, UH, RESTRICTING GRANTS AND FUNDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED TO, OR TO COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CONSIDERED, UM, SANCTUARY, UH, OR HAVE, UM, UH, UM, UH, DEI OR, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THAT.THE, THE, UM, UH, THE LAWSUIT, THE SECOND LAWSUIT ORIGINATED IN WASHINGTON STATE THAT WE, UM, UH, THAT WE JOINED, AND THAT TOO SPECIFICALLY IS AT KLEIN BACK TRANSPORTATION RELATED FUNDS, UH, FOR, UM, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE, UM, UH, POLICIES THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, UH, IS NOT IN FAVOR OF.
AND SO, UM, THESE, THE LAWSUITS REALLY ARE, YOU KNOW, THE, IF, IF, IF, IF, UM, IF THE CLAWBACKS OR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GRANTS AND THE FUNDS, UH, ARE RESTRICTED, I MEAN, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL, UM, TO IMPACT PETALUMA, UM, YOU KNOW, UPWARDS OF $29 MILLION.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SAY, UM, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS IN FAVOR OF.
I VOTED FOR IT, AND I COMMEND, UM, STAFF FOR MOVING FORWARD.
PART OF THE REASON THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS THAT, THAT, THAT SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULDN'T JOIN, UH, UH, SAID SO, OR, OR STATED REASONS, UM, THAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE LAWSUITS ARE, ARE WON OR PASSED, UM, IT'S LIKE THERE'S A NATIONAL INJUNCTION WHERE EVERYBODY GETS THE BENEFIT FROM IT.
UM, PART OF THE REASON IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR PETALUMA TO, UH, TO JOIN THIS IS BECAUSE OF A CASE THAT'S BEFORE THAT, THAT WAS JUST DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT THAT REMOVES THAT NATIONAL INJUNCTION.
AND SO IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE JOINED, AND IF THE LAWSUIT PREVAILED, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, UH, BENEFACTORS FROM IT.
UH, AND SO I FEEL LIKE, UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA GIVE CREDIT TO STAFF FOR PUTTING US IN A POSITION, UH, TO BECOME PART OF THAT.
UM, MOVING ON FROM THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, REALLY THE TWO BIG THINGS.
UM, WE PASS OUR CITY BUDGET, UM, AND, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY CONTINUES TO, UH, REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF, UM, INVESTING IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH I, I THINK IS A GOOD THING.
I, I THINK ON THIS COMMITTEE, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CITY CONTINUE TO DO MORE AND MORE.
UM, BUT I THINK THE CITY IS DOING A, UH, A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF ALLOCATING A, UM, A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES FOR, UM, UH, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT CITY COUNCIL'S BEEN REALLY, UM, SORT OF FOCUSED ON OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, HAS BEEN OUR GENERAL PLAN, UH, AND, AND REVIEWING, UM, LAND USE DESIGNATIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO NOT REALLY, UM, I, I DON'T THINK IT, UH, DIRECTLY IMPACTS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT IS SORT OF, UH, IMMENSELY IMPORTANT AND IT, IT SORT OF COINCIDES WITH A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND, UM, AND AS WELL AS THE, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH BJORN'S SUPPORT WORKING ON.
UM, AND WITH THAT, LET ME ASK ONE FINAL QUESTION.
UM, BJORN, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE FOR WHEN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WILL COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL? YES.
UH, THAT'S SLATED FOR, TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR, UH, THE SEPTEMBER 8TH MEETING.
JUST TWO, UM, ITEMS TO LET THE COMMITTEE KNOW ABOUT FROM, UM, SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE AUTHORITIES.
ONE, UH, WAS A RECENT COMPLETION OF A REPORT, IT'S PROBABLY MORE RELEVANT FOR TRANSIT, BUT I THINK FOR JUST GENERAL TRAVEL WAS THE COMPLETION OF THE MARIN SONOMA COORDINATED TRANSIT SERVICE PLAN.
SO THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY A PLAN TO LOOK AT THE 1 0 1 CORRIDOR, WHICH
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HADN'T REALLY BEEN ANALYZED SINCE SMART CAME ON BOARD AND SINCE THE KIND OF POST PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON TRAVEL BEHAVIOR AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE TREAT THIS ENTIRE CORRIDOR AS KIND OF A SINGLE SYSTEM GIVEN THE NUMEROUS OPERATORS RUNNING ALONG 1 0 1.AND SO THEY CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, JUST SOME ONES RELATED TO POTENTIALLY, UM, THINKING REALLY INCREASING SERVICE AS SMART AS KIND OF THE BACKBONE, AND POTENTIALLY THEN TRUNCATING THE GOLDEN GATE 1 0 1 TO JUST NOVATO AND SOUTH, UM, JUST GIVEN THE KIND OF RIDERSHIP THAT IS SEEN.
UM, BUT I THINK ALSO IN TERMS OF RELEVANT FOR US, THINKING ABOUT KIND OF THE, THIS HUB AND SPOKE MODEL, UM, WHERE IF THE TRANSIT STATIONS ARE KIND OF THE HUB, UM, POTENTIALLY WE REWORKING SOME OF THE, UM, THE BUS LINES TO BE DIRECT, MORE DIRECT TOWARDS, UM, TOWARDS THOSE STATIONS.
SO ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THERE'S A STATION ON THE EAST SIDE AS WELL TOO.
SO, UM, THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MOSTLY KIND OF RELATED TO, UM, YEAH, MARIN, SO FORTH.
BUT, UM, THE OTHER ONE WAS MAYBE THINKING ABOUT JUST TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT COMMUTER 1 72 LINE, UM, AND CONSOLIDATING THAT WITH THE 1 64 LINE.
SO STILL MAINTAINING ACCESS INTO, UM, SAN FRANCISCO, BUT PRIMARILY FOR COM FOR COMMUTERS.
UM, AND SO THAT I THINK WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE PRETTY SOON.
UM, THE OTHER ONE, UH, THAT JUST WANTED TO LET FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THAT WAS ADOPTED WAS THAT CTCA JUST, UM, APPROVED THE, UM, STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN AS WELL.
UM, SO I THINK THE CITY WAS CONSIDERING WORKING ON ONE AS WELL TOO.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, URGING THE CITY TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE WHATEVER LESSONS LEARNED FROM THAT PROCESS.
UM, THE ONE, SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE.
THE ONE THAT I DO WANNA CALL OUT, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE THAT THIRD RAIL IS RELATED TO PARKING, UM, IS JUST CONSIDERING, UM, UH, KIND OF A PARKING DISTRICT FOR DOWNTOWN, REALIZING THAT REALLY TRYING TO LIMIT AUTOMOBILE PARKING, UM, IN DOWNTOWN, PROVIDING GREATER ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN FROM, UM, FOR THOSE MULTIMODAL TRIPS, KIND OF THROUGH BIKE PATHS AND STUFF CAN BE A GREAT WAY TO, UM, YEAH, GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND CHARGING FOR, FOR PARKING DOWNTOWN, ESSENTIALLY.
I THINK ONLY SANTA ROSA DOES THAT IN THE COUNTY.
UM, SO I THINK BJORN, YOU'RE WORKING ON A PARKING PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE.
IT'S NOT THE MOST POPULAR, BUT IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE, UM, OF THE TDM STRATEGIES.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT OTHER STRATEGIES THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT AS WELL TOO FOR CONSIDERATION FOR, FOR PETALUMA.
UM, I DIDN'T BRING ANYTHING TO SPEAK ABOUT TONIGHT AND I'VE SAID ENOUGH, SO I'M GONNA YIELD MY TIME AND I MOVE ON TO
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STAFF COMMENT.LEMME JUST PULL MY SLIDES UP HERE AND JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON.
UH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE DONE THIS, SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING THAT'S KIND OF IN, IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW.
UM, MENTIONED THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, HOPEFULLY GOING TO COUNCIL, UH, ALONG WITH THE DOWNTOWN AREA PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN.
BOTH OF THOSE GOING IN SEPTEMBER, UH, IS THE, THE TENTATIVE PLAN.
UM, WE JUST RECEIVED THE DRAFT REPORT FOR THE US 1 0 1 BIKE PED CROSSING STUDY THAT LOOKED AT CORONA, UH, RAINIER LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND, UM, THE MACKENZIE AVENUE OVERCROSSING.
UH, ACTUALLY, WE, WE HAD SOME AVAILABLE, SOME, UH, EXCESS BUDGET ON THAT.
IT'S A GRANT FUNDED STUDY THROUGH SCTA.
WE ENDED UP ADDING THE WASHINGTON, UH, OVERPASS TO THAT STUDY.
SO WE GOT A CONCEPT THERE, UM, FROM THEM AS WELL THAT
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I'LL, THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING WITH YOU ALL, UM, IN THE COMING MONTHS.SO THAT REPORT IS NEARING, UH, COMPLETION AND, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, UH, ONCE IT IS FINALIZED, I WILL OBVIOUSLY SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO, UH, PRESENT ON IT.
AND THEN WE ALSO JUST LAUNCHED THE LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENT STUDY WITH S-C-T-C-A, UH, AND THAT, UM, THERE'S, I'VE GOT A, A SLIDE ON THAT IN A SECOND.
UP NEXT, UM, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER GRANT FUNDED, UH, STUDY EFFORT, UM, LOOKING AT THE DOWNTOWN SMART STATION ACCU ACCESS AND CIRCULATION.
UH, SO THE LAST TIME THAT WORK WAS DONE, UM, I THINK AROUND 2010, I, I FORGOT THE EXACT DATE.
UM, SO IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AREA AT ALL OF THE STREETS AROUND THE SURROUNDING THE DOWNTOWN SMART STATION.
AND, UH, THAT'S ANOTHER PLANNING EFFORT THAT'LL, YOU KNOW, GIVE US SOME IDEAS FOR EAST WASHINGTON, BUT IT'LL ALSO GIVE US SOME, UH, CONCEPTS HOPEFULLY FOR, UM, EAST, EAST STREET, LAKEVILLE STREET, COPELAND STREET.
SO, UH, REALLY LOOK CLOSELY AT THAT WHOLE AREA AND, AND WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IF WE CAN, UH, MOVE IT FORWARD WITH SMART AND POTENTIALLY, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THIS WILL BE POTENTIALLY MOVING THE COPELAND STREET TRANSIT MALL TO THE SMART STATION, UH, JUST TO SHORTEN THAT TRANSFER BETWEEN, UM, PEOPLE RIDING TRANSIT AND PEOPLE, OR PEOPLE RIDING, UM, BUSES AND TRAINS.
SO THAT'LL, THAT'LL LAUNCH SOON.
WE'LL, ONCE WE HAVE THAT UP AND RUNNING, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE COMMITTEE AND, AND GET A WEBPAGE UP.
UM, AND THEN SOME ACTIVE CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE NEARING COMPLETION OF DESIGN AND, AND GETTING READY FOR CONSTRUCTION, UH, LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UM, OUR, OUR SLURRY SEAL PROJECT FOR THIS YEAR.
THAT'S THE SECOND BULLET THERE.
I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SHORTLY.
UH, RAINIER AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS AND HOWARD STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
SO ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS ENVISIONED TO, UH, BE COMPLETED IN 2026.
UH, SOME OF THEM BREAKING GROUND THIS YEAR AND MAYBE EVEN BEING COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
UH, AND THEN UP NEXT, UH, CITYWIDE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WAY FINDING.
SO DEVELOP A CITYWIDE PLAN AND THEN, AND THEN WORK TO DELIVER IT.
THE CALL FIELD LANE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UH, WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE EARLIER.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A, ANOTHER GRANT FUNDED PROJECT TO UPGRADE SOME CROSSINGS ON SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY, INCLUDING, INCLUDING CREATING A NEW CROSSING FOR THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL ACROSS SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY.
THAT'S, UH, GETTING INTO DESIGN VERY SHORTLY, LOOKING AT QUICK BUILD PROJECTS.
SO I MENTIONED THE 20 25, 26 PAVEMENT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROJECT, THAT'S A FANCY WAY OF SAYING SLURRY SEALS.
THOSE ARE THE REALLY THIN, UM, COATING THAT WE PUT ON STREETS THAT ARE IN RELATIVELY GOOD SHAPE TO EXTEND THEIR, UH, THEIR LIFE.
AND, UH, SO SOME, I'M JUST, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF STREETS ON THE LIST, BUT I'M HIGHLIGHTING SOME KEY STREETS WHERE WE'LL BE DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A FOCUSED DESIGN EFFORT BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
UM, PLAN, PROPOSED BIKEWAY NETWORK, AND THOSE ARE BAYWOOD ELI, UH, THAT'S ELI ROAD NORTH, UH, FAIR STREET NEAR OMA HIGH, MADISON STREET AND PARK LANE, WHICH IS A GOOD, ANOTHER GOOD, UM, ALTERNATIVE TO SOUTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON SOME DESIGNS FOR EACH OF THOSE.
UH, FOR ALL OF THOSE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ELI ROAD, IT'S FAIR TO ASSUME PROBABLY GONNA DO SOME SORT OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY STYLE, UM, STRIPING IMPROVEMENTS WITH BULL BOUTS, EDGE LINES, UH, ABSENCE OF CENTER LINES, UM, POSSIBLY SPEED CUSHIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, FOR ELI ROAD NORTH, WE DO, THAT'S A BIGGER STREET, OBVIOUSLY, THAT CURRENTLY HAS CLASS TWO BIKE LANES.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO CARVE OUT SOME MORE SPACE FOR THOSE BIKE LANES AND, AND IDEALLY PROTECT OR AT LEAST BUFFER THEM.
UM, AND THEN ALSO MAKE SOME, SOME OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING AND CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS FOR, AND THAT, THAT PROJECT IS COMING UP QUICKLY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING, UM, THAT'S REALLY THE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW FOR OUR DESIGN EFFORTS.
UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, UH, A LOT OF THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR WALK AUDITS.
AND, UH, THE KEY ONE THERE RIGHT NOW FOR US IS VALLEY VISTA BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT, UM, THE, UH, LIVE OAK IS MOVING THERE AND THEIR ENROLLMENT, I BELIEVE IS TRIPLING OR POSSIBLY EVEN QUADRUPLING.
SO, UH, A LOT MORE KIDS ARE GONNA BE GOING, GETTING PICKED UP
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AND DROPPED OFF AT VALLEY VISTA.SO, UH, THAT'S, UH, KIND OF MOVED TO THE TOP OF OUR LIST BEFORE, UM, HOPEFULLY BEFORE AUGUST.
AND THEN THE LAST GROUPING ARE, UH, SEVERAL BIKE LANE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING FOR, UM, D STREET, UH, EAST WASHINGTON, THAT SECTION BEING A LITTLE BIT WIDER BETWEEN THE BOULEVARD AND LAKEVILLE.
AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME, AT THE VERY LEAST, WE CAN NARROW LANES AND, UM, AND USE WHATEVER'S LEFT FOR BIKE LANES.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO MAKE THEM BUFFER OR PROTECTED.
UM, LAKEVILLE STREET FROM EAST WASHINGTON TO THE BOULEVARD RIESLING ROAD.
THAT'S OUT BY, UH, CORONA, CORONA ELEMENTARY AND KENWORTH JUNIOR HIGH.
LOOKING AT A TWO-WAY PROTECTED CYCLE TRACK ON THE, UH, EAST SIDE OF THE STREET, CONNECTING THE TWO SCHOOLS.
AND THEN LASTLY, BIKE LANES THROUGH WINDSOR DRIVE, UM, OR ON WINDSOR DRIVE THROUGH VICTORIA.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE FUNDED AND UH, IT'S REALLY JUST A MATTER OF WHEN WE CAN GET TO THEM AND, AND GET THEM TO A CO GET THEM DESIGNED AND GET THEM OUT TO A CONTRACTOR.
UH, AND THEN THE LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENT STUDY.
UM, GOT A LINK HERE, WE'LL GET THIS ADDED TO, UH, THE AGENDA MATERIALS AND INCLUDED, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL SEND IT OUT BY EMAIL.
UM, THERE IS A SURVEY UP RIGHT NOW AND EXPECT TO BE ENGAGING THIS COMMITTEE ON THAT EFFORT, UH, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
LASTLY, OUR UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS, UM, AND I DIDN'T HEAR HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY REQUESTS TO ADD TO THE LIST OR, UM, MOVE, MOVE THINGS UP ON THE LIST.
UM, I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OUR NEW TRAFFIC SERGEANT ABOUT A JOINT PRESENTATION THAT HE AND I WOULD MAKE AT AN UPCOMING MEETING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF ELECTRIC MICRO MOBILITY, WHETHER THOSE ARE ELECTRIC BIKES, MOTORCYCLES, SCOOTERS, UH, YOU NAME IT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TALK THROUGH CURRENT, UM, UH, LAWS GOVERNING THOSE, UH, GOVERNING THOSE TYPE DIFFERENT DEVICES.
UM, AND THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME IDEAS OR, UM, POTENTIAL, UH, CHANGES WE COULD MAKE LOCALLY, POTENTIALLY TO, UM, UH, ESPECIALLY ON OUR TRAILS TO ENCOURAGE SAFE USE OF THOSE.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE CURRENT LIST, ANY FEEDBACK, AND FEEL FREE ALSO TO EMAIL MYSELF AND OUR TEMPORARY CHAIR
UM, UH, WILLIAM, IF, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS LIST OR, OR PRIORITIZE ANYTHING.
UM, I THINK YOU GUYS WILL PLEASE SEND THESE, UH, SLIDES OUT TO US AFTER THE MEETING AS USUAL.
UH, AND WITH THAT, UM, OUR MEETING COMES TO AN END.
UH, WE ARE JOINED AT 8:08 PM THANK YOU.