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[CALL TO ORDER]
IT IS 6:01 PM CHAIR MILLER, ARE YOU READY TO BEGIN? YEAH, I THINK WE'RE READY TO BEGIN RECORDING IN PROGRESS.GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE 12TH MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISOR COMMITTEE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025.
IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD IN THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER AND BRING IT TO THE COMMITTEE CLERK.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO TAKE RULE.
UH, NEXT I'D LIKE TO LEAD THE, UH, CHAMBER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, I'LL NOT OPEN IT UP FOR 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 WAITING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.
TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.
UH, CLERK, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING? NO, THERE'S BEEN NO COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND THIS LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, UH, WAITING TO BE SPOKEN TO.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES.CLERK, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS? I HAVE RECEIVED NO CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES.
MR. CHAIR, I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JULY MEETING.
[IPA COMMENT]
BEFORE THE MEETING, THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM OUR IPA, UM, IPA SCHLANGER THAT IF IT, UH, WAS AGREEABLE TO THE COMMITTEE.HE'S ON THE EAST COAST THIS EVENING AND, AND HAD REQUESTED THAT HE'D PREFER TO PROVIDE HIS IPA REPORT OUT AND, UH, UM, MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, UH, PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
UM, IF, IF, UH, IF ALLOWABLE, I THINK IT'S, UH, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
IF THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE ARE, LET'S, UH, IS, IS HE AVAILABLE? HEY, THANK YOU.
AND, UH, THANK YOU CHIEF AND THANK YOU CHAIR FOR, UH, ALLOWING US TO MOVE UP ON THE AGENDA.
UM, DENISE WILL PRESENT THE, UH, STATISTICS FOR, UH, THE LAST TWO MONTHS, BUT BEFORE THAT, I JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT THAT, UH, WE HAVE CONTINUED OUR REGULAR MEETINGS, UH, WITH OUR REVIEWS, UH, AND, AND OUR AGREED UPON COURSES OF ACTION, WHICH WILL BE TALKED ABOUT BY DENISE.
UM, NOTEWORTHY IN THIS LAST, UH, TWO MONTH PERIOD WAS THAT THERE WAS ONE CRITICAL INCIDENT, UH, THAT WAS A FATAL PURSUIT, WHICH I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE OF, AND WE ARE FOLLOWING, UH, THAT INVESTIGATION, UH, AS IT UNFOLDS.
SO, UH, THAT REALLY IS THE EXTENT OF OUR REPORT.
HAPPY AS ALWAYS, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MIGHT HAVE.
UM, AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THEN TO TURN IT OVER TO DENISE TO JUST GO OVER THESE, UH, STATISTICS.
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OKAY.I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME OKAY.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, UM, THE, WE, WE INCLUDED BOTH JULY AND AUGUST IN THE STATS.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A AUGUST MEETING.
SO I'LL JUST SPEAK TO THE USE OF FORCE FIRST TO THAT FIRST SECTION.
UM, THERE WERE, UM, INCIDENTS PENDING FROM PRIOR REVIEW PERIOD.
THERE WERE 15 IN JULY AND 17 IN AUGUST.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE USE OF FORCE.
UM, AS FAR AS NEW INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED, THERE WERE 10 USES OF FORCE IN JULY 6TH IN AUGUST OF THE 10 THAT OCCURRED IN JULY, WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S NOT OF THE 10, BUT THE, UM, THE PETALUMA EXECUTIVE STAFF REVIEWED ALL 10 OF THOSE.
AND THE IPA ALSO REVIEWED THOSE 10 USE FORCE OF THOSE IN JULY.
THERE WERE NO AGREED UPON COURSE OF ACTION.
AND, AND REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE WERE NO ISSUES THAT WERE NOT ALREADY IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND ADDRESSED BY THOSE SUPERVISORS.
SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NECESSARILY PERFECT, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ALREADY CORRECTED ANY ISSUES THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS WELL.
SO THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL COURSE OF ACTION NEEDED.
AGAIN, THERE WERE 17 FROM THE PRIOR PERIOD.
SIX NEW USES OF FORCE 10 WERE REVIEWED BY THE, THE EXECUTIVE STAFF AND SEVEN REVIEWED BY US.
UH, THOSE NUMBERS DON'T MATCH UP EXACTLY 'CAUSE THAT'S THE BACKLOG COMING IN WHERE WE'RE REVIEWING ADDITIONAL NUMBERS.
AND AGAIN, THERE WERE NO ACAS.
I'LL MOVE ON TO PURSUITS, WHICH IS THE MIDDLE SECTION.
UH, WE WERE NOTED IN JULY AND AUGUST.
THERE WERE ONLY TWO IN JULY AND ONE IN AUGUST THAT OCCURRED.
UM, SORRY, I SKIPPED THE BACKLOG.
BACKLOG BEING PENDING INCIDENTS THAT WERE IN THE QUEUE FOR REVIEW DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY WERE BACKLOGGED.
IT MEANS THEY WERE IN THE QUEUE FOR REVIEW.
UM, FOUR IN JULY AND FIVE IN AUGUST.
AGAIN, THERE WERE NEW PURSUITS.
THERE WERE TWO IN JULY, ONE IN AUGUST AS FAR AS REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY REVIEWED THEM AND THEN PUSHED THEM TO US FOR REVIEW.
THERE WERE NONE IN JULY AND ONE IN AUGUST.
SO WE HAD NOT COMPLETED A REVIEW OF, OF EITHER OF THOSE YET.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE NO ACAS WITH REGARD TO PURSUITS.
I'LL, I'M HESITATING IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO QUESTIONS.
MOVING ON TO COMPLAINTS, THAT LAST SECTION, THERE WERE 13 INCIDENTS PENDING IN JULY.
AND THESE COMPLAINTS, UM, ARE COMMAND LEVEL AS WELL AS AN NI A'S INVESTIGATIONS THAT WERE OUTSTANDING.
THERE WERE THREE NEW, NEW COMPLAINTS IN JULY, REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT SIX, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE PENDING INCIDENTS.
ONE COMPLAINT WAS REVIEWED BY US AND THERE WERE NO AUGUSTS NEEDED.
AGAIN IN AUGUST 14, UH, PENDING EIGHT NEW COMPLAINTS, THREE REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND FIVE WERE REVIEWED BY US.
SO WE, WE WERE STARTING TO WORK ON SOME OF THAT BACKLOG.
UH, YES, JUST A QUESTION ON, SO THE COMPLAINTS DOUBLED IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST FROM PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER MONTH, THIS IN THE PAST YEAR.
UM, ARE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT TRENDS? WAS THERE AN INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME? WHAT, LIKE, WAS IT ONE COMPLAINT OR ONE CALL THAT GENERATED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS? LIKE IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE ALARMED ABOUT FOR THAT NUMBER TO GO UP FROM THREE TO EIGHT IN ONE MONTH'S? A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, A GOOD OBSERVATION, AND I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REVIEWED THEM.
UM, NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT QUESTION AND I'LL HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU.
'CAUSE I WILL HAVE LOOKED AT THOSE INCIDENTS, ANALYZED THE TREND TO SEE WHAT, WHY, IF THERE WAS ANY.
I I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE FROM ONE, ONE OR TWO INCIDENTS, MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS, OR IF THOSE ARE JUST AN ANOMALY.
AND THEN SO I WILL, I WILL, I'M SORRY.
ANECDOTALLY, LIKE, DO, DO, HAVE YOU SEEN IN INSTANCES WHERE THERE'S A CRITICAL INCIDENT THAT HAPPENS IN A JURISDICTION, DO THEY, IS THERE A TENDENCY TO SEE AN UPTICK IN COMPLAINTS IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS? I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD ANSWER THAT.
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I DON'T THINK THAT ONE CAN SAY THAT.MY, MY GUESS IS THAT THIS IS UNRELATED TO THAT, BUT WE WILL REPORT BACK NEXT MONTH IS TO, WE'LL, WE'LL DETAIL THEM OUT AND TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHY THERE ARE MORE, UH, THANK YOU IN IN AUGUST THAN IN ANY OTHER MONTH.
WHEN THERE'S A JUMP THAT LIKE THAT THOUGH, WE DEFINITELY WANNA DRILL INTO IT AND, AND FIND OUT WHY.
COULD IT BE SO THAT, THAT I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT COULD IT BE SEASONAL? BECAUSE IT'S SUMMERTIME.
IT'S A, IT IS A THING IN POLICING.
I MEAN, THE ACTIVITY GOES UP IN GENERAL, RIGHT.
AND NOT NECESSARILY COMPLAINTS, BUT, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE CAN WE, UM, CAN WE SEE IF THAT'S A, A TREND? LIKE WE KNOW THAT IN THE SUMMER MONTHS THINGS ARE GONNA GET HEATED
NOT, NOT TO MAKE LIGHT OF IT, BUT IT, THERE TRULY IS.
THE FULL MOON MAKES A DIFFERENCE TOO.
LIKE THERE'S MORE ACTIVITY IN HUMANS IN GENERAL, BUT WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPLAINTS RELATE TO THAT, I, I, I KIND OF DOUBT IT.
BUT I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT, THAT WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY TREND AND REPORT BACK IN, IN SEPTEMBER, UH, OCTOBER
AND, AND JUST ONE LAST, UH, ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN.
UM, I THINK I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT WE CALL THE DATA ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF TOUR ACTIVITY WHERE WE TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS AND DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THOSE DAYS, LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE WOULDN'T ORDINARILY LOOK AT, WHICH ARE, UH, USES AND DISPLAYS OF FORCE PURSUITS AND COMPLAINTS.
SO FOR THOSE FEW DAYS THAT WE PICK, WE LOOK AT TRAFFIC STOPS, WE LOOK AT RESPONSE TO, UH, MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF CALLS.
WE LOOK FOR COMPLIANCE WITH BODY-WORN CAMERA, UH, VIDEO REQUIREMENTS, AND WITH, UH, REP COMPLETION, UH, COMPLIANCE.
SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WE'LL REPORT OUT ON THAT, UM, IN THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS FROM HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, MOVING THE AGENDA.
[PRESENTATIONS]
OKAY.WE'RE GONNA KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE PRESENTATION OF TRAFFIC TRENDS AND ENFORCEMENT.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PRESENTATION ITEM AND ASK CHIEF MILLER AND HIS STAFF TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC.
YEAH, I'M GONNA TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO MY TRAFFIC TEAM.
AND THAT'S, UH, LED BY SERGEANT OMI AND, UH, HE'S ACCOMPANIED BY TRAFFIC OFFICER CHRIS RICHIE, AND THEY'RE ACCOMPANIED IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT BY TRAFFIC LIEUTENANT JEREMY WALSH.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT MET, MY NAME'S JEREMY WALSH.
I'M A LIEUTENANT WITH THE PANAMA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I CURRENTLY IN THE FIELD SERVICES DIVISION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR, EMPLOYED BY THE CITY FOR APPROXIMATELY 23 YEARS, AND I CURRENTLY OVERSEE OUR TRAFFIC AND INVESTIGATIONS TEAM.
TONIGHT, WE WILL BE PRESENTING, UH, TRAFFIC TRENDS AND, UM, ENFORCEMENT.
AND I BROUGHT MY, AS THE CHIEF SAID, MY TRAFFIC TEAM WITH ME.
UM, SERGEANT MARIO OMI IS OUR TRAFFIC SERGEANT.
AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE A, UH, A HIGH LEVEL, UH, OVERVIEW STARTING OFF, UH, WITH SOME CURRENT STATISTICS AS TO WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
SO, GOING THROUGH KIND OF THE GOALS OF TONIGHT AND OUR PRESENTATION, WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH, UH, SOME, UH, STATISTICS.
LIKE, LIKE I HAD, UH, ANNOUNCED, UM, PREVIOUSLY SAID, UH, WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, THE MORE PREVALENT, UH, TRENDS, WHICH IS, UH, DUI, PROVIDING SOME STATISTICS ON THAT,
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OF COURSE, UH, SPEED, UH, SPEEDING AND UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS.UM, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY A SLIDE OF, UH, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND OUR COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO SOME OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND ROADWAY DESIGNS.
UM, GIVEN OUR, OUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE ON A DAILY BASIS AND OBSERVING, UM, ON OUR ROADWAYS EVERY SINGLE DAY, THEY, THEY HAVE THE FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIRSTHAND OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
SO WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM.
UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO, I BELIEVE, A, A PRETTY, UH, RELEVANT TOPIC OF, OF E-BIKE TRENDS AND SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THE AMOUNT OF, UH, E-BIKES WE'RE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THE, THE ASSOCIATED, UH, CONCERNS WITH, UH, THE YOUNG RIDERS ON, ON SOME OF THESE BIKES.
AND THEN, UM, GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT, UM, NOT ONLY OUR TRAFFIC TEAM PARTICIPATES IN, BUT UH, OUR OFFICERS, UH, ENGAGE IN WITH, UH, WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND, AND ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS, UH, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND, UH, FOLLOWED.
UH, LASTLY BY QUESTIONS AND, AND OUR, OUR FUTURE GOALS.
SO, KIND OF GOING THROUGH A CURRENT OVERVIEW, AND THIS IS A, A CURRENT AS WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS COMPARED TO 2020 FOURS, UH, NUMBERS LAST YEAR.
UM, OVERALL TOTAL COLLISIONS ARE DOWN FROM 2024 LAST YEAR, YEAR TO DATE WAS 2 84.
WE'RE CURRENTLY SITTING AT 256.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, FATAL COLLISIONS ARE UP FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, LAST YEAR WAS ONE, AND CURRENTLY WE'RE SITTING AT THREE.
UH, DUI ARRESTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN FROM 2024.
UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE AT 104 WHEN LAST YEAR, YEAR TO DATE WAS 193 DUI.
COLLISIONS OBVIOUSLY REMAIN A, A, A CONCERN AND ARE CONSISTENT.
UH, YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE THE, UH, GROWING E-BIKE SAFETY CONCERNS, ISSUES AND ONGOING COMMUNITY CONCERNS OF SPEEDING IN NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOL ZONES, DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC CONGESTION, UH, VEHICLE, UH, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, AND, UH, MORE, MORE RECENTLY OF A INCREASE OF E-BIKES DOWNTOWN AND, UM, USING THE, THE ROADWAYS DOWN THERE AND SIDEWALKS DOWN DOWNTOWN.
DUI ISSUES IN PETALUMA, UH, GOING ON WITH SOME, UH, MORE STATISTICS.
UM, THERE'S 31 DUI COLLISIONS, WHICH IS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR.
THERE'S BEEN, UH, 10 DUI INJURY COLLISIONS, WHICH IS DOWN ALSO FROM BY THREE FROM 2024.
UH, WE HAVE 104 DUI ARRESTS, WHICH IS DOWN 89 FROM 2024.
UH, CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN LESS ARREST MEANS THE ROADWAYS ARE ARE SAFER.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT THERE, UM, CONDUCTING ENFORCEMENT, UM, OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE TRYING TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN AND DETECT THE DANGEROUS DRIVING BEHAVIOR.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE, UH, DEDICATED DUI OFFICERS AT NIGHT.
WE HAVE, UH, TWO ASSIGNED CURRENTLY.
THEY TYPICALLY WORK A SWING SHIFT, WHICH IS, UH, FOUR, UH, FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON TILL, UH, THREE IN THE MORNING.
AND ONE IS A, UH, SEVEN DAY A WEEK COVERAGE.
SO ONE COVERS THE WEEKENDS, ONE COVERS DURING THE WEEKDAYS.
UM, AND THAT'S, UH, WE RECOGNIZING HOW IMPORTANT, UM, AND HOW BIG OF A SAFETY CONCERN DUIS ARE.
THAT WAS OUR STR STRATEGIC RESPONSE TO THAT.
AND TRYING TO GET MORE, UH, HAVE DEDICATED OFFICERS.
THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE LIKE THE REGULAR PATROL OFFICERS.
THEIR SOLE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY IS HANDLING AND DETECTING DUIS.
SO OUT THERE VERY, UM, VERY PROACTIVE OFFICERS.
WE HAVE OUR GRANT FUNDED SOBRIETY CHECKS, WHICH IS THE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY.
UM, WE, IT'S AN ANNUAL GRANT THAT WE OBTAIN EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
UM, WE, UH, THIS YEAR OUR GRANT FUNDING WAS FOR 3D UI CHECKPOINTS, AM I CORRECT ON THAT? YEAH.
THEN WE HAD ONE FOR THE CANNABIS GRANT.
AND THEN WE HAD ALL, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD THE CHP CANNABIS GRANT, WHICH HAD AN ADDITIONAL DUI CHECKPOINT IN ADDITION TO THE CHECKPOINTS WE HAD, SORRY, CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? YEAH.
IS THAT, 'CAUSE WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THE SORT OF YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS.
IS THE NUMBER OF DUI CHECKPOINTS HIGHER OR LOWER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR? LAST YEAR WE HAD, WE HAD LESS THIS YEAR THAN WE DID, UH, LAST YEAR.
SO WE MANAGED TO HAVE FEWER DUI CHECKPOINTS AND STILL THE NUMBER OF DUI COLLISIONS WENT DOWN.
AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT WE, WE, WE REQUEST, UH, CHECKPOINTS THROUGH OUR OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY WHEN IT COMPLETE OUR GRANT FUNDING REQUEST.
UM, SOMETIMES WE ASK FOR MORE, SOMETIMES WE ASK FOR LESS, AND THEN THEY AUTHORIZE ULTIMATELY WHAT WE GET.
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OUR, OUR CHECKPOINTS ARE BASED ON, UH, THE FUNDING, GRANT FUNDING FOR IT.I THINK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT CHECKPOINTS ARE AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE.
YOU TURN ON MY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE, UH, THE CHECKPOINTS ARE AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE.
UM, WE DON'T TYPICALLY GET A LOT OF DUI ARRESTS OUT OF, UH, CHECKPOINTS.
UH, THE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY REALIZES THAT, UM, OR WE'RE MORE SUCCESSFUL OR WE'RE HAVING MORE ARRESTS WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR SATURATION PATROLS, WHICH WE DO THOSE AS WELL.
AND MOVING ON FROM THAT, WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WHICH YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH, IT'S CALLED EVERY 15 MINUTES.
AND IT'S A PROGRAM THAT OUR TRAFFIC TEAM LEADS AND IT'S A PROGRAM AND WE ROTATE THROUGH ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS, PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL, UM, CASA GRANDE, ST.
VINCENT'S, UM, AND WE'RE, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT IS HOSTED EVERY SINGLE YEAR WITH THE, GENERALLY THE SENIOR CLASS.
AND, UH, STUDENTS ARE PICKED BY, UM, FACULTY AT THE SCHOOL BECAUSE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, THEIR INFLUENCE ON THEIR PEER GROUP.
AND IT'S, THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED AROUND, UM, DISTRACTED DRIVING AND UNSAFE DRIVING, DUI BEHAVIORS.
AND, UH, IT'S A, A THREE DAY PROGRAM, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS LEAD UP TO IT WHERE IT'S FILMED AND THEY HAVE A, A, HAVE A CLO UH, STAGE COLLISION AT THE SCHOOL.
THEY'D HAVE A RETREAT AND THEY USUALLY HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER, UM, ASSEMBLY AT THE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL FEELS, UH, THE IMPACTS OF, OF WHAT ONE BAD DECISION CAN, CAN HAVE, CAN HAVE ON EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
UH, WE TRY TO FOCUS ON, UH, HIGH RISK ELEVATED AREAS.
WE GENERATE, UH, A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS OF SPEEDING VEHICLES, THE DOWNTOWN, UH, CORRIDOR, WHERE GENERALLY THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE, UH, OR BICYCLE TRAFFIC.
UM, OBVIOUSLY SPEEDING VEHICLES WOULD BE A, UH, A SAFETY CONCERN.
UM, SCHOOL ZONES, UH, WITH THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE ALWAYS SEE AN UPTICK IN, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS OF SPEEDING VEHICLES, UNSAFE STOPPING PARKING.
UM, SO, UH, WHAT WE TRY TO DO, WE'RE, WE'RE RESPONSIVE TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE COMPLAINTS.
UH, OFFICER RITCHIE PRI PRIMARILY HANDLES A LOT OF THOSE.
HE GEN HE REACHES OUT TO THE COMPLAINANT, GEN TRIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON, AND THEN WE DEDICATE RESOURCES TO TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.
UM, GRANTED THERE ARE A LOT OF SCHOOLS IN TOWN, SO, UM, WE TRY TO HANDLE EVERY, WE WE'RE RESPONSIVE TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM.
IT JUST MAY TAKE, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET TO IT.
BUT, UM, WITH THAT, WE, UH, HAVE OUR, UM, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOR, FOR COMBAT, COMBATING, SPEEDING, UH, WE HAVE OUR RADAR LIDARS.
UM, EACH OFFICER IS EQUIPPED WITH THOSE.
THEY'VE BEEN PROPERLY TRAINED.
THEY'RE ASSIGNED ONE OF THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT TO DETECT SPEEDING VEHICLES.
WE HAVE OUR SPEED RADAR TRAILERS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THEM AROUND TOWN.
AND GENERALLY THOSE ARE COMMUNITY BASED.
UH, ALSO WHERE A COMPLAINT COMES IN, REQUESTS 'EM, OR IF WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SPEEDING VEHICLES, WE TRY TO PUT THOSE OUT THERE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOLS WHEN BACK TO SCHOOL, WE PUT 'EM OUT BY, UH, THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN REQUEST THOSE.
AND WE PUT THOSE, UH, OUT THERE AS WELL, UM, AT THEIR REQUEST.
AND THEN, UH, FOLLOWED BY DIRECT TO PATROLS, WHICH OFFICER, OFFICER RICHIE, UH, COORDINATES A LOT OF THOSE, UM, WITH THE, THE ADDITIONAL MOTOR OFFICERS AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PATROL OFFICERS AND TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
UM, I'M CURIOUS IF YOU GUYS KNOW, IF YOU SORT OF LAID A MAP OF SORT OF THESE HIGH RISK ELEVATED ZONES AND A MAP OF WHERE YOU HAD THE MOST, UM, DUI COLLISIONS AND ACCIDENTS.
DO THOSE TEND TO BE THE SAME ZONES, OR DO THOSE TEND TO BE DIFFERENT AREAS? UH, OFFICER RICHIE PUTS OUT TO OUR, OUR PATROL OFFICERS EVERY SINGLE MONTH HE'S MONITORING, UH, KIND OF THOSE TRENDS AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT WE CALL HOTSPOTS.
AND SO HE, UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE PATROL OFFICERS THAN THERE IS OUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS.
SO WE TRY TO KEEP THEM AS INFORMED AS POSSIBLE, AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY CONSISTENT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH A NEW PROGRAM, UM, PER PROGRAM.
UH, IT'S A NEW DATABASE ANALYTICS PROGRAM THAT'S GONNA HELP US OUT WITH, UH, LOOKING WHERE, UH, ARRESTS ARE HAPPENING.
UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR US IS TO DETERMINE WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE DRINKING.
UM, SO WE DO A LAST DRINK STUDY WHERE WE FIGURE OUT WHEN WE DO PULL SOMEBODY OVER AND THEY'VE BEEN DRINKING WHERE THEY WERE DRINKING.
SO WE CAN KIND OF HEAD IT OFF THAT WAY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA PREVENT DUI, BUT WE CAN TRY TO FOCUS ON THE AREAS TO WHERE WE ARE GETTING THE MOST DUIS, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THEY'RE HAPPENING IN OUR AREAS THAT ARE, ARE HIGHLY, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR OFFICERS ARE WORKING AT NIGHT, THE SHUTS THE AT NIGHT, THE
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TOWN SHUTS DOWN.UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR STUFF TO DO.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.
AND SO THAT THEN THAT'S WHERE THE ARRESTS ARE COMING BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE VEHICLES ARE NOT NECESSARILY A REFLECTION OF WHERE THE CRIME ITSELF IS HAPPENING.
SO, UH, LAKEVILLE FROM 1 0 1 OUT OF TOWN TENDS TO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES AS SOMEONE THAT DRIVES IT TWICE A DAY.
I SEE HOW OFTEN YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE.
UM, HAVE WE AT ALL LOOKED AT DOING A SAFETY CORRIDOR IN WHICH THERE'S A DOUBLE FINE ZONE ON LAKEVILLE OR ON HIGHWAY ONE 16? UH, IT'S WORKED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
UH, UH, 19TH AVENUE IN SAN FRANCISCO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN FRONT OF, I BELIEVE IT'S STONESTOWN AND SF STATE, THEY MADE THAT A DOUBLE FINE ZONE AND IT REDUCED TO ACCIDENTS AND CL UH, INJURIES ON THAT STRETCH SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE FIRST YEAR.
UM, HAVE WE LOOKED AT DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IT'S DOESN'T REQUIRE, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING LIKE A BARRIER WOULD.
UH, AND IT WOULD GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT MORE TOOLS TO DO ENFORCEMENT AND, AND TRY AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE SPEEDING AND RECKLESS BEHAVIOR THAT MOST OF US SEE EVERY TIME WE'RE DRIVING THAT ROAD.
I MEAN, UM, WHEN I COMMUTE AT FIVE IN THE MORNING, THE AMOUNT OF FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SPEEDING OFF THE LINE ADD, UH, REUS TO TRY AND GET AHEAD OF THAT MM-HMM
THAT, UH, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD? THE LANE REDUCTION THERE.
UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW FAST PEOPLE ARE GOING AT FIVE IN THE MORNING, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S STILL DARK OUT AND, AND THERE'S STILL ISSUES.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE'VE AT, AT ALL LOOKED AT OR CONSIDERED? AND, UM, AND HAS, LIKE OUTSIDE OF THE EXAMPLE I USED, DO WE KNOW IF IT'S WORKED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES? SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THE BEST I CAN, SO WE HAVE TRIED, UM, SO LAKEVILLE IS, UH, CALTRANS.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S INSIDE OUR JURISDICTION, UH, IT'S THEIR ROADWAY TO WHERE THEY EVEN PROVIDE THE SPEED SURVEYS FOR THAT STRETCH OF ROADWAY.
SO SINCE 2018, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CALTRANS, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, WHERE THERE WAS ACTUALLY A LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY, UM, CALLED IT TASK FORCE TO WHERE WE WOULD MEET OUT AT LAKEVILLE, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'RE COLLABORATIVELY TRYING TO WORK ON, UH, WAYS TO, UM, MAKE THAT STRETCH OF ROADWAY, UH, AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I DON'T RECALL IF THAT'S EVER BEEN BROUGHT UP.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ROADWAY DESIGN TRYING TO REDUCE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT SPEED OUT THERE.
BUT, UM, IT'S AN, IT'S AN ONGOING, UH, CONCERN.
AND WE CONTINUOUSLY, UM, UM, ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE AND WITH UHNO COUNTY, UM, TRYING TO, UH, CONTINUOUSLY MAKE THAT, THAT STRETCH OF ROADWAY SAFER SUPPLEMENTED BY OUR OFFICERS BEING OUT THERE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT RECENTLY I MET WITH SUPERVISOR RABBIT AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN A ROUNDABOUT AT THE ERNIE ERNIE TIM, CORRECT.
AND, UM, HE, THEY'RE THE SUPERVISORS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT LAKEVILLE AND THAT CORRIDOR BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S THE DISTRACTED DRIVERS.
IT'S, THERE'S, IT'S THE SAME GOING OUT FREIS.
IT'S THE DISTRACTED DRIVERS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE FAST MM-HMM
AND THEY'RE, UM, NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND THAT'S WHEN THE FATALITIES ARE OCCURRING.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF, YOU KNOW, SPEEDING UP TO GET AHEAD TO GET AWAY FROM THE, THE LANE AS IT REDUCES DOWN, OR THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE NEXT SPOT FASTER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH, AND I DO KNOW THAT, UH, TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT, THERE ARE PLAN, THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT ABANDONING US.
THEY ARE, THERE ARE FUTURE PLANS FOR THAT INTERSECTION, THAT SPECIFIC STRETCH OF THE ROADWAY.
IT'S THE, UH, I BELIEVE THAT PROJECT FOR ERNIE TIM BAR, THAT ROUNDABOUT WAS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG IN THE PROCESS PRIOR TO, UH, THE INTERSECTION, UM, INTERSECTIONS ON, ON LAKEVILLE, PINEVIEW AND LAKEVILLE AT MCDOWELL.
SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, FOR OUR STRETCH OF ROADWAY IN OUR JURISDICTION.
GOING BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE, UM, WHERE IT SAYS EDUCATION EFFORTS TIED TO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, WHERE ARE THE EDUCATION EFFORTS? IS AND IT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS? IS IT FOR THE DRIVERS OR IS IT ALSO FOR THE PEDESTRIANS? BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS A SOCIAL MEDIA,
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UM, THING THAT THE POLICE PUT OUT THAT JUST TO WARN PEDESTRIANS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT VEHICLE STOPS BEFORE YOU GET INTO A CROSSWALK.IT'S A TWO WAY PARTNERSHIP AND IT'S HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF THE TINTED WINDOWS.
IF THE DRIVER IS EVEN SEEING THAT PEDESTRIAN WHO'S ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO THE CROSSWALK.
UM, THESE, THESE DRIVERS ARE DISTRACTED, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE VEHICLE OR THEIR DEVICES AND THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN FRONT OF THEM AT CROSSWALKS.
SO THE, UH, SPECIFIC FOR THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, EDUCATION EFFORTS WE HAVE MET WITH, WHEN SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE COME FORWARD WITH SAFETY CONCERNS, UM, COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO IT, WE HAVE MET ON SITE WITH A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, CITY LEADERSHIP, ME, UH, MEMBERS OF THAT SPECIFIC, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS EXPERIENCING OR OR WITNESSING THE, UH, THE CONCERNS.
'CAUSE WE WANNA LEARN FIRSTHAND OF FIRST AND FOREMOST WHAT THEY'RE SEEING.
'CAUSE WE TRY TO MEET, MEET OUT THERE WHEN THEY'RE GENERALLY EXPERIENCING, UH, WHATEVER THAT, THAT SAFETY ISSUE IS SO WE CAN WITNESS IT FIRSTHAND.
AND, UM, WHEN WE TRY TO COLLABORATIVELY COME UP WITH AN APPROACH TO HOW, HOW WE CAN SOLVE THAT ISSUE.
AND IT'S THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO OUT AND DO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
WE DO SOME EDUCATION WITH TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH ENGINEERING WHAT WARRANTS A SPEED REDUCTION, UH, THE LE THE LEGALITY AND THE STEPS THAT TAKE PLACE.
SO THERE'S, UM, SOME UNDERSTANDING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS, AS SAYING, HEY, WE CAN JUST IMMEDIATELY REDUCE THE, THE, THE SPEED ZONE.
THERE'S SOME LEGAL PARAMETERS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO REDUCE IT, BUT WE ALWAYS TRY TO, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN CHANGE THE TIMING OF SOME LIGHTS AND, AND SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN THAT WAY.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE TRY TO EDUCATE, UH, OURSELVES AND WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S EXPERIENCING, AND THEN PROVIDE EDUCATION WITH THEM.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM, THEY'RE, THEY THINK IT'S VERY, THEY COULD BE THAT IT'S A SIMPLE SOLUTION OF REDUCING, UH, THE SPEED.
AND THEN WE EDUCATE THEM ON WHAT THE, THAT EXACTLY THAT THOSE STEPS ARE.
AND I REALLY LIKE THOSE FREESTANDING SIGNS THAT WARN THE DRIVER, THIS IS THE LAW.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STOP WHEN YOU SEE A PEDESTRIAN IN A CROSSWALK.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE AT MEADOW SCHOOL AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME ON THE BOULEVARD 'CAUSE WE HAVE THAT FATAL ACCIDENT.
SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN PUT THOSE FREE STANDING SIGNS OUT, IF WE CAN WRITE A GRANT OR SOMETHING TO, THOSE ARE REALLY GREAT VISUALS.
'CAUSE THESE DRIVERS ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE GOOD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THOSE WERE, UH, KUDOS TO OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS WHO HANDLE THE ROADWAY DESIGN AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, AND THEY CAME UP WITH, UH, POLICE IN THOSE, THOSE, UH, THOSE SIGNS OUT ON THE ROADWAY JUST TO HELP WITH THE, UH, ALERTING DRIVERS OF PAYING ATTENTION THAT THERE'S A CROSSWALK THERE AND PEDESTRIANS.
I'M THE TRAFFIC SERGEANT RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
I'LL BE TAKING OVER FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, ROADWAY DESIGN AND ENGINEERING COLLAB COLLABORATION.
UM, SO WE PARTNERSHIP, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY ENGINEERING, UH, TO REVIEW HIGH COLLISION INTERSECTIONS.
UM, WE DO ROADWAY SAFETY AUDITS AND SCHOOL ZONE TRAFFIC FLOW.
SO WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER AS, AS WITH OUR TEAM AND THEIR TEAM, UM, LIKE LIEUTENANT SAID, TO GO OVER HIGH COLLISION INTERSECTIONS TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S ENG AN ENGINEERING, UM, CONCERN WITH THEM.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING WHILE WE'RE OUT THERE WHEN WE GO DO SITE VISITS, UH, SOMETIMES WE GO WITH THEM TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S, UM, SITE ISSUES OR IF THERE'S OTHER, UM, VARIABLES ON SCENE THAT ARE CAUSING DRIVERS TO DRIVE POORLY OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COULD EVEN JUST BE IMPROVED.
NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, BUT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IMPROVED TO, TO REDUCE THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF COLLISIONS AND MAKE IT SAFER.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT, UH, THE SAFETY AUDITS ON DIFFERENT ROADWAYS IN TOWN WHERE WE'RE NOTICING, UM, HIGHER COLLISIONS OR, UM, A HIGHER NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGARDING SAFETY CONCERNS.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL ALSO DO THAT.
WE'LL GO OUT THERE, UH, WE'LL CONDUCT SPEED AUDITS AND THEN SITE VISITS FOR ANY, UH, SITE VISITS FOR SITE IMPAIRMENT, UM, OR ANY OTHER SAFETY CONCERNS OR STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE SCHOOL ZONE TRAFFIC FLOW, UM, IS A BIG ONE, ESPECIALLY NOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, ROUTINELY WE HAVE, WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ESPECIALLY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO LIVE BY THE SCHOOLS WHO ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE HAVE
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A NEW CROP OF EITHER STUDENT DRIVERS OR PARENTS ATTENDING THE SCHOOL, UM, ALONG WITH RETURNING, UM, STUDENTS AND PARENTS.AND UNTIL PEOPLE KIND OF GET IN THE FLOW OF BACK TO SCHOOL, THERE'S, THERE'S KIND OF, UM, A MESH OF PEOPLE DOING WHAT THEY'RE USED TO DOING.
OR IF WE'VE UPDATED STUFF, IT, IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO A RHYTHM.
SO WE, WE LIKE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUT THERE AND WE WORKED WITH ENGINEERING, ESPECIALLY OVER THE SUMMER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER TO TRY TO IDENTIFY ANY CONCERNS AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WISH YOU COULD SEE THE CHANGES IN PLACE PRIOR TO DOING IT.
SO YOU KNOW HOW IT AFFECTS PEOPLE.
WITH SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS WE'RE SEEING DOUBLE THE ENROLLMENT ALMOST.
UH, SO IT'S HARD TO PROJECT WHAT THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS GONNA LOOK LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN YOU'RE GONNA DOUBLE THE ENROLLMENT.
UM, SO IT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.
UH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE VISION ZERO INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A COLLABORATIVE ROADWAY REVIEW, UH, AFTER MAJOR FATAL COLLISIONS.
UM, TRYING TO GET THAT NUMBER TO ZERO TO, TO REDUCE ANY OF THOSE OF THOSE COLLISIONS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T BECOME FATAL OR MAJOR COLLISIONS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO LOOK AT THE ROADWAY, LOOK AT THE ENGINEERING, AND TRY TO DETERMINE, UH, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT BETTER.
THAT, THAT ROLLS INTO THE, UH, ENGINEERING ADJUSTMENTS AND THE SUPPLEMENT ENFORCEMENT FOR THE SIGNAGE CROSSWALKS DAY LIGHTING AND ROAD DIETS.
UM, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, THERE'S NEW SIGNS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING UP AT CROSSWALKS, UH, ONE AVAILABLE, LIKE THE ONES WE HAVE DOWNTOWN IN FRONT OF 24 HOUR FITNESS.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING SURE, ESPECIALLY OUR TRAFFIC TEAM, WHEN WE'RE OUT, WE'RE CONTACTING PUBLIC WORKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, IF WE HAVE CROSSWALKS THAT HAVE FADED PAINT OR STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE GETTING THINGS UPDATED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAFETY MEASURES ARE THERE, UM, TO GIVE PEOPLE PROPER WARNING SO THEY'RE NOT DISTRACTED AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THIS STUFF.
WE HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF NEW FLASHING CROSSWALK SIGNS, UM, WITH THE LIGHTS AND THOSE ARE BEING UPDATED AS AVAILABLE.
AND THEN THE DAY LIGHTING, UM, IS THE NOT PARKING WITHIN 20 FEET OF THE APPROACH SIDE OF A CROSSWALK TO INCREASE THE, THE, THE SITE FOR PEDESTRIANS.
UM, IDEALLY WE'D LIKE ALL THOSE PAINTED RED.
THE REALITY WITH IT IS, IS THAT THERE'S SO MANY CROSS OR CROSSWALKS AND INTERSECTIONS IN PETALUMA THAT IT'S GONNA BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THAT'S DONE.
UH, BUT THAT'S NOT STOPPING US FROM EDUCATING PEOPLE AND GOING OUT AND, UM, TALKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE ISSUING CITATIONS WHEN NEED BE.
UM, BUT A LOT OF IT'S GOING INTO THE EDUCATION AND, AND GETTING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN ALSO DOING, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA NOTIFICATIONS TO TRY TO INCREASE THAT EDUCATION.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE DOING, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS LIKE THE LIEUTENANT I'D SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE REGARDING ROUNDABOUTS.
WE HAD ONE AT, UH, FREIS ROAD, UM, ON D STREET.
WE HAVE AN UPCOMING ONE WITH O'NEILL ON O'NEILL DRIVE.
AND THAT'S, UM, A LOT OF THEM, THE ROUNDABOUTS ARE, ARE DRIVEN BY ENGINEERING BECAUSE OF THE ROADWAY CHANGES.
BUT THE OTHER ONES, A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, CONCERNS, WHICH THEN WE'RE TAKING A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT ALL OF THE CONCERNS ARE BECAUSE IT'S TYPICALLY NOT JUST ONE THING.
UM, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT SMALLER ISSUES THAT ENCOMPASS IT.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE A, AN APPROACH TO SEE WHAT EACH ENTITY CAN DO TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.
UM, I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL AND AS WE, LIEUTENANT WALSH HAD REFERRED TO BEFORE, IT'S ALSO ABOUT SOME OF IT'S EDUCATION PIECE.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CHANGE.
UM, BUT THERE IS STUFF THAT WE, WE ARE, AND FOR THE ENGINEERING PIECE WHEN WHEN THEY ARRIVE WITH US, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR THINGS TOO.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO TRY TO ATTACK FROM EVERY ANGLE ON THESE.
UM, IF YOU RECEIVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT SOMETHING OUTSIDE YOUR JURISDICTION, LIKE A ROAD, LIKE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT LAKEVILLE, WHERE IT KIND OF STARTS TO BECOME CHPS ISSUE.
I'M ASSUMING YOU PASS THAT ALONG, BUT DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW, DO THEY EVER REPORT BACK AND LET YOU KNOW YEAH, WE WERE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU CAN LET THE PERSON WHO COMPLAINED KNOW, 'CAUSE I LIVE OFF OF STONY POINT AND I SEE CHP OUT THERE SOMETIMES, AND I HAVE COMPLAINTS, BUT I'M LIKE, I KNOW THIS ISN'T PETAL PD AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF I MAKE THE COMPLAINT THERE, IF IT WOULD EVER MAKE IT OR IF I NEED TO GO FIGURE OUT WHERE IN CHP, I WOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
SO I, I ACTUALLY JUST FIELDED A PHONE CALL LAST WEEK, UM, FROM SOMEONE WHO
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LIVES OUT ON LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY, AND IT WAS REGARDING PEOPLE PASSING THE BUSES AS THEY'RE PICKING UP STUDENTS EARLY IN THE MORNING.SO INITIALLY I HAD LEFT A VOICEMAIL SAYING WE'D LOVE TO GET OUT THERE, JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE LOCATION AND TIME.
AND, AND AFTER SPEAKING WITH HER, I DETERMINED IT WAS ABOUT THREE MILES OUT FROM CITY LIMITS.
SO I PROVIDED HER WITH THE CONTACT INFORMATION AND FOR CHP UP IN, UH, RONER PARK BECAUSE OF THE FACT IT'S NOT OUR JURISDICTION AND TYPICALLY WE WON'T CALL ANOTHER JURISDICTION FOR THEM.
UM, IT'S BETTER OFF JUST TO PUT THEM HAND IN HAND WITH, UH, IN, IN CONTACT DIRECTLY.
AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN GET, SPEAK WITH SOMEONE AND HOPEFULLY LEAVE A PHONE MESSAGE.
LIKE WHAT WE DO IS GET A CALL BACK AND, AND, UM, SPEAK DIRECTLY TO SOMEONE AND THEN POSSIBLY HAVE FOLLOW UP DOWN THE ROAD EVEN AFTERWARDS.
IT MIGHT BE A GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA INSTAGRAM POST OR SOMETHING TO BE LIKE, IF YOU'RE OFF OF THESE ROADS AND YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT, YOU KNOW, CHPI DON'T KNOW THE, HERE ARE THE NUMBERS BECAUSE IF I SAW THAT, I'D BE LIKE, OH, I SAW THAT AND I'LL SCREENSHOT IT AND SAVE IT.
UM, VERSUS, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKING TIME AWAY FROM YOUR DAY TO CALL ME TO SAY I'M NOT THE RIGHT PERSON TO THEN YEAH.
UM, AND I EXPECT THAT ONE OF YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC THAN I DO, SO PLEASE EDUCATE ME.
UM, I KNOW THOUGH THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION THIS YEAR ABOUT CHANGES TO TRAFFIC LAWS IN CALIFORNIA HAVING TO DO WITH SIGHT LINES AND THE FEET DISTANCE FROM THE CORNER THAT CARS ARE ALLOWED TO PARK SO THAT IT IMPROVES THAT SIGHT LINE.
LIKE, CAN YOU GUYS TALK THROUGH WHAT THOSE RULE CHANGES ARE AND HOW THOSE HAVE IMPACTED SORT OF TRAFFIC SAFETY IN CALIFORNIA IN REGARDS TO PARKING AND SIGHT LINES? YES.
SO, SO THAT WAS THE DAY LIGHTING PIECE THAT I WAS REFERRING TO.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED, UH, REFERRED TO.
UM, SO THAT'S 20 FEET FROM A MARKED CROSSWALK, 15 FEET IF THERE'S NO CROSSWALK FROM UNMARKED CROSSWALK.
UM, AND THE SAFETY, THE, THE SAFETY ASPECT THAT THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR WITH THAT IS TO IMPROVE THE SIGHT LINE TO SEE PEDESTRIANS ON THE CORNER.
SO, UM, THAT'S IN EFFECT IF YOU ARE, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HARD WITHOUT A DIAGRAM, BUT THE APPROACH SIDE, UM, TO A CROSSWALK.
SO PRIOR TO A CROSSWALK ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CANNOT PARK WITHIN 20 FEET FROM THAT.
SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, BECAUSE IT IS A NEW LAW AND SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, WE'RE PUTTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, BUT STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO WE'RE ISSUING WARNING SITES, WE'RE GOING OUT TO SCHOOLS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH AHEAD OF IT AS WE CAN WITHOUT JUST DOING ENFORCEMENT, UM, TO TRY TO GET THE EDUCATION PIECE OUT THERE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NEW.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE, IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE'D HAVE EVERYTHING PAINTED RED SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW.
UM, BUT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY, IT'S GONNA BE A WHILE BEFORE WE COULD GET THAT DONE.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A PUSH TO GET IT DONE AROUND SCHOOL ZONES, ESPECIALLY TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIANS IN THAT AREA, THE SIZE OF A LOT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AS LITTLE, THEY'RE ALREADY HARD TO SEE.
AND WE WANNA AVOID ANY TYPE OF, UH, INCIDENT WITH CHILDREN OR PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.
SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY RESULTS FOR IT YET.
UH, IT, EVERYTHING'S BRAND NEW, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE TAKING AN ACTIVE APPROACH TO THAT.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT, A LOT OF IT IS ON THE EDUCATION SIDE AT THIS POINT, AND YOU ARE ENFORCING IT.
'CAUSE I GOT A TICKET,
I WAS, I'M, I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY BECAUSE I KNOW THE LAW.
I MEAN, I EVEN TALKED ABOUT AT COUNCIL AND IT WASN'T A RED, IT WASN'T MARKED RED, IT WAS JUST A WHITE JAGGED.
AND MY BACK TIRE WAS IN THE FIRST LINE, SO THAT PROBABLY MADE ME 15 FEET FROM THE CORNER.
IT WAS, UM, ON LAUREL, SO IT WASN'T A MARKED A CROSSWALK.
AND I WAS RUNNING TO AN EVENT AND I HAD ANOTHER EVENT TO GO TO.
I WAS ALREADY RUNNING LATE, SO I THOUGHT, OH, I'LL JUST PULL IN HERE.
NOT GONNA BE MORE THAN MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN, IT WON'T EVEN BE AN HOUR.
WELL, THERE WAS THAT LITTLE BLUE LOVE NUTTER ON MY WINDSHIELD AND IT'S $50 FINE.
SO IT WAS LIKE, OUCH, OKAY, I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN.
SO IT'S A GREAT, IT'S A, AND OF COURSE I WAS DOING CITY STUFF AND I WAS GOING TO ANOTHER EVENT WHERE I SAW EVERYBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT WAS EMBARRASSING, BUT AT LEAST IT'S A GOOD, THE MORE ENFORCEMENT, THE MORE EDUCATION.
'CAUSE I PROBABLY TOLD 50 PEOPLE ALREADY DON'T PARK 20 FEET FROM THE CROSSWALK OR THE, THE CORNER, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A CROSSWALK, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
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OF INTERSECTIONS THAT AREN'T CROSSWALKS.SO, AND I KNOW BETTER, SO I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY I AM ONE.
YEAH, WE, WE ARE DEFINITELY, ENFORCEMENT IS BEING DONE.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE PROBABLY DOING, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES MORE EDUCATION OF JUST GETTING OUT AND CONTACTING PEOPLE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND IT.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA ROLL RIGHT INTO E-BIKE TRENDS AND SAFETY CONCERNS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY OR FORTUNATELY, THIS, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, STRICTLY FOUND IN PETALUMA.
UH, IT, IT HAS BEEN A BIG ISSUE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW AND HAS NOW MADE ITS WAY UP TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND WE ARE NOT UNIQUE IN, IN THE, WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE PROBLEMS OR THE UPTICK IN ACTIVITY REGARDING THESE.
UM, THERE'S THREE CLASSES OF E-BIKES OR CLASSIFIED IN A TYPE ONE, TYPE TWO OR TYPE THREE, UH, TYPE ONE E-BIKE IS, UM, IT'S MOTOR ASSISTED PEDAL BIKE.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE PEDALING FOR IT TO BE ASSISTING YOU.
IT GOES, IT'S MAX SPEED, IT'S 20 MILES AN HOUR.
UH, THERE IS NO AGE LIMIT FOR IT.
THE TYPE TWO OR CLASS TWO, UM, E-BIKE IS, HAS A, A THROTTLE ON IT.
SO THE RIDER DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PEDALING AT ALL.
THOSE, THOSE BIKES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TOPPED OFF AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AS WELL.
UM, BUT THEY WILL RIDE BASICALLY LIKE AN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PEDAL, YOU COULD JUST USE THE THROTTLE.
AND, UM, AND THEN THERE'S A CLASS THREE E-BIKE, WHICH WILL PROPEL A RIDER UP TO 28 MILES AN HOUR.
UM, WITH PEDALING IT DOES NOT HAVE A THROTTLE.
AND THOSE YOU HAVE TO BE 16 YEARS OR OLDER AND, UM, HAVE TO WEAR A HELMET, ALL OF THEM.
IF YOU'RE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, YOU HAVE TO WEAR A BICYCLE HELMET.
TYPICALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH, WITH THE E-BIKES AND WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SEEING WITH E-BIKES THAT ARE CAUSING THE MOST, THAT THEY'RE SEEING MOSTLY USED WITH DANGEROUS RIDING AND DANGEROUS HABITS ARE THE CLASS TWO E-BIKES, WHICH ARE THE THROTTLE, UM, ASSISTED OR CONTROLLED E-BIKES.
UM, AND ONE OF THE LARGE PROBLEMS IS, IS THAT THERE'S WAYS TO ADJUST AND MANIPULATE THE SOFTWARE TO ALLOW THE BIKES TO GO FASTER THAN 20 MILES AN HOUR.
UM, CHILDREN THESE DAYS ARE VERY GOOD AT ACCESSING THE INTERNET.
MOST OF THEM HAVE CELL PHONES AND THE, THEY'RE VERY AWARE ON HOW TO, UH, SEARCH THINGS UP.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S GONNA BE A SOFTWARE CHANGE AND NOT A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WHERE THEY'RE HARD WIRING OR REMOVING WIRES OR, UH, DOING SOMETHING MECHANICAL.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO MANIPULATE A LOT OF THESE BIKES IN THEIR SOFTWARE TO MAKE THEM GO FASTER.
UM, THE INJURIES, THERE'S A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
UM, THEY'RE CONSISTENT MORE WITH MOTORCYCLE COLLISION TRAUMA.
UM, MANY DOCTORS HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED ICUS, UH, EMERGENCY ROOMS, AND THEY ARE SEEING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF HEAD AND NECK TRAUMA.
IT'S MORE CONSISTENT WITH RIDERS ON MOTORCYCLES THAN THEY ARE ON BICYCLES.
UM, THIS IS A LOT OF IT'S DUE TO THE SPEED ALSO BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO PUT THEMSELVES OR ANYONE, IT'S NOT JUST CHILDREN, BUT ANYONE WHO'S RIDING THESE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN MODIFIED, YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT YOURSELF OUT IN TRAFFIC WHERE A TYPICAL BICYCLE'S NOT GONNA BE.
UM, THERE ARE ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES WITH THIS, WITH, YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT THE BICYCLE IS JUST BY LOOKING AT IT.
UM, YOU CAN'T TELL THAT A BICYCLE'S HAD ITS SOFTWARE MODIFIED WHEN SOMEONE'S RIDING IT.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE A RIDER ON LIDAR OR RADAR, WE CAN GET A SPEED AND THEN WE CAN ARTICULATE THAT THE SPEED IS FASTER THAN THE LIMIT THEY SHOULD HAVE.
THAT COMES FROM THE MANUFACTURER.
UH, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, LOOKING AT A BICYCLE, ONE TO THE OTHER, YOU, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL, UM, THAT THEY'RE OUT OF CLASS OR THEY'VE BEEN MANIPULATED.
AND THEN THERE IS A PARENTAL AWARENESS GAP, UM, THAT WE'VE NOTICED, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE PARENTS ARE GETTING THESE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
UH, IT'S GIVING THEM INDEPENDENCE.
UM, IT'S GIVING THE PARENTS INDEPENDENCE AS WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT NOW HAVING TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO PRACTICE TO SCHOOL TO EVERYTHING ELSE.
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THAT MINDSET, THEY'VE ALSO, UH, WE, WE HAVE A GAP IN, IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCERN OF WHAT, OF WHAT KIDS ARE, ARE DOING.UM, WE HAD A, A PRIOR MEETING, UM, REGARDING E-BIKES, STRICTLY E-BIKES IN THE COUNTY.
AND MY, MY CONCERN IS, IS ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE.
AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO LEARN IT BY SOMETHING HORRIFIC HAPPENING BECAUSE WE SEE THESE BIKES RIDING DOWN AMONGST TRAFFIC WITH THREE QUARTER TON TRUCKS, TOWING TRAILERS, AND THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN CONSTRUCTION GOING TO WORK.
AND WE HAVEN'T TWO KIDS ON AN E-BIKE RIDING RIGHT NEXT TO IT IN THE NUMBER ONE LANE.
UM, BUT THE PARENTS AREN'T SEEING THAT.
THEY'RE SEEING THEIR KIDS LEAVE AND THEY'RE SEEING THEM COME HOME AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, I THINK THE CAPABILITIES OF WHAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THEIR CHILDREN.
AND THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT AND DO THE SOCIAL MEDIA PIECES, THE TALKS, UH, THE EDUCATION TO PARENTS, UM, EVEN THEM UNDERSTANDING THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE GETTING THEM OF HOW FAST IT ACTUALLY GOES, CAN IT BE MANIPULATED? UM, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT EQUIPMENT, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING IS NOT E-BIKES.
PARENTS THINK THEY'RE GETTING E-BIKES OR ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE PEDALS ON 'EM.
AND THOSE WILL GO UP TO 50, 60 MILES AN HOUR.
SO SERGEANT, IF I CAN JUMP IN.
SO, UH, THURSDAY I WAS AT, UH, THE STATE TRAUMA SUMMIT IN SAN DIEGO AND ONE OF THE, UH, TRAUMA SURGEONS FROM MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL WAS THERE PRESENTING ON THIS VERY TOPIC.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IS CHANGES IN LEGISLATION ON TO GIVE TOOLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BETTER BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THIS ISSUE.
UM, DO YOU CURRENTLY, AND MAYBE THIS IS A LIEUTENANT IN CHIEF QUESTION, BUT DO WE CURRENTLY FEEL THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE LEGISLATION IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO GIVE THE OFFICERS THE ENFORCEMENT TOOLS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? OR, I MEAN, CLEARLY I DON'T THINK THE VEHICLE CODE IS CAUGHT UP TO THIS YET IN THE STATE.
UM, BUT ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN AS A CITY TO GIVE Y'ALL THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY, PULL OVER AND DO ENFORCEMENT ON SOME OF THESE ISSU ON SOME OF THESE, UM, E-BIKE ISSUES? I'M NOT, I'M NOT EXPECTING YOU TO HAVE LIKE, OH, WELL GABE, WE HAVE A STACK OF PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE CHANGES NOW.
YEAH, BUT I MEAN, NO, WE HAVE, WE HAVE LOOKED AT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING MARIN COUNTY, THEY DID A ALL OUT VAN ON E-BIKES.
WE HAVE EX UH, EXPLORED THAT AS AN OPTION, UM, BECAUSE THE, LIKE, UH, SERGEANT OMI MENTIONED THE CHALLENGE IS IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE, THE, THE, THE E-BIKE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EASILY IDENTIFIABLE.
IT'S THOSE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO WHERE THEY CAN GO A LOT FASTER.
SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY, UH, IN VERY RECENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THAT, IS THAT AN OPTION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE? UM, AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MARIN COUNTY IS A PILOT PROGRAM AND WE'RE KIND OF, UM, THAT IS ON THE VERY FOREFRONT OF, OF THE TOPIC AND THE CONVERSATION OF THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN BE DOING, UM, TO, TO INSIST IN IN ENFORCEMENT.
YEAH, IT, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME, UH, SORRY CHIEF, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, AND I JUST WANT TO MAYBE CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THOSE POINTS.
SO, UM, AS A LIEUTENANT STATED, MARIN COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE TWO COUNTIES THAT THERE'S, UH, LEGISLATION THAT WAS ENACTED THROUGH ASSEMBLY BILLS THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PILOT PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE INTENT TO LOOK AT THE REDUCTIONS BASED ON LOCAL REGULATIONS, REDUCING THE AGE OF E-BIKE RIDER SHIPS, UM, THAT PROHIBIT RIDERS, UM, UNDER THE AGE OF 16 YEARS OLD.
SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE TO BE A LICENSED RIDER OVER THE AGE OF 16 TO OPERATE A CLASS TWO E-BIKE.
UM, AND THEY WANTED TO LOOK AT THE DATA TO SEE IF THAT REDUCED COLLISIONS AND INJURIES TO JUVENILES, UM, ON THOSE TYPE OF OF DEVICES.
SO THOSE ARE THE CURRENTLY THE TWO, UM, COUNTIES THAT HAVE REGULATIONS, UH, WITH ENFORCEABILITY TO, TO, TO HAVE MORE RESTRICTIVE ORDINANCES, UH, AT LEAST IN MY UNDERSTANDING.
UM, SO WE DO GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THE ABILITY TO ACT ENACT LOCAL RE LOCAL REGI LOCAL REGULATIONS.
UM, BECAUSE OUR PARTNERS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY LIKE NOVATO MILL VALLEY, HAVE REALLY ROBUST PROGRAMS CURRENTLY, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN MARIN COUNTY, WHICH IS ALLOWING THEM TO DO SO.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO THOSE AND LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, AND, AND CLEANING SOME INFORMATION FROM THERE.
UM, ALSO THERE'S A CURRENT ASSEMBLY BILL WORKING THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATION RIGHT
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NOW TO ADDRESS WHAT THE LIEUTENANT WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THOSE MODIFICATIONS TO E-BIKES THAT ARE MODIFYING AND ALTERING THEM, WHICH IS REALLY THE CHPS PREROGATIVE ON, UM, THOSE HIGH SPEED, UM, REALLY DIFFICULT TO, TO IDENTIFY ONES.UM, BUT I THINK THAT, THAT WHAT OUR TRAFFIC TEAM'S REALLY INTENT ON LOOKING AT ARE THE ALL ELECTRIC, UM, DIRT BIKES THAT WE SEE THAT ARE PRETTY PERVASIVELY OUT THERE.
THEY HAVE NO PEDALS, THEY'RE REALLY HIGH SPEED, THEY'RE DRIVING AGGRESSIVELY.
YOU'VE SEEN 'EM DOING WHEELIES THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.
THOSE ARE JUST STRAIGHT UP ILLEGAL.
THAT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN DRIVING A GAS DIRT BIKE THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU NEED INSURANCE, YOU NEED A HELMET, UM, ALL THESE SAME THINGS, UM, ET CETERA.
AND WE CAN ADDRESS MUCH OF THOSE BEHAVIORS THE SAME WAY THAT WE CAN WITH ANY AGGRESSIVE OR RECKLESS DRIVER.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE ALSO, UM, IF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TUNED IN A FEW WEEKS AGO THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE'RE TALKING, WORKING WITH OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DIVISION ON, UH, EDUCATION OUTREACH AND SOME ENFORCEMENT INCREASED WAY FINDING IDENTIFICATION OF OUR MULTIMODAL AND PATHWAYS SIGNAGE.
BECAUSE I THINK PART OF THIS IS ALSO IDENTIFYING THE APPROPRIATE VENUES AND PATHWAYS ON WHERE CLASS ONE, TWO, AND THREE BIKES SHOULD BE OPERATED.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS ARE, YOU KNOW, I'M ON A TRAIL AND SOMEONE'S ON A BIKE AND THEY'RE GOING TOO FAST FOR ME HERE AND WHERE'S THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO RIDE? SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON THOSE PLACES.
'CAUSE I CAN ALSO COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND LIKE PARENTS AND KIDS THAT, UH, THIS SUMMER I SAW A LOT OF KIDS ON E-BIKES LIVING REALLY, FRANKLY, THEIR BEST LIVES.
AND WE DON'T WANNA TAKE THAT AWAY FROM 'EM.
WE JUST WANNA FIND THAT REALLY FINE TUNED BALANCE OF HAVING A GREAT TIME, BUT DOING IT SAFELY.
UM, AND, AND HOPEFULLY KEEPING THOSE COLLISIONS AND THOSE INJURIES DOWN WELL, AND IT'S ALSO HARD BECAUSE THERE'S NO IDENTIFICATION, THERE'S NO LICENSE PLATE.
SO YOU'LL SEE NINE OR 10-YEAR-OLD BOYS, YOU KNOW, ALMOST RUNNING YOU OVER, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME.
THEY, YOU CAN'T SAY, YOU KNOW, OFFICER, I JUST SAW, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THE BIKES ALL LOOK THE SAME, THE KIDS ALL LOOK THE SAME AND, AND THEY'RE GOING TOO FAST AND TO GET A FACIAL, UH, RECOGNITION IF YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THEM.
BUT THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NO LICENSE PLATE AND THERE, AND THERE'S ALSO NO, UM, LIGHTS.
SO IF IT'S DUSK, THEY'RE HARD TO SEE.
SO THEY ALWAYS WORRY ME WHEN THEY'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT EVEN LOOKING BEFORE THEY TURN THE CORNER AND THERE'S CARS COMING AT THEM.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE RULES OF THE VEHICLE CODE TOO AS WELL WHEN THEY'RE ON A BICYCLE.
SO IT IS CONSIDERED A BICYCLE.
THERE'S A LOT OF LAWS THAT RE THAT, UM, PERTAIN TO BICYCLES.
AND SO, LIKE, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, THE CHIEF WAS SAYING, I THINK THE VEHICLE CODE DOES US A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF IDENTIFYING AND PULLING PEOPLE OVER FOR APPROPRIATE SECTIONS.
COULD THERE BE MUNICIPAL CODES? POTENTIALLY.
BUT WHEN WE WE'RE SEEING THESE CRASHES, WE'RE SEEING THESE INJURIES, THEY ARE BECAUSE OF THE, THE RIDER, WHETHER ADULT OR CHILD VIOLATED A VEHICLE CODE, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE A CHILD, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, THE MUNICIPAL CODE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE, WE CAN IDENTIFY A BAD DRIVING BEHAVIOR FOR THEM TO GET INTO A CRASH, WHETHER IT'S THEIR FAULT OR NOT.
UH, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE LIGHTS ON A BIKE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE REFLECTORS, YOU HAVE TO OBEY THE SPEED LIMIT.
YOU CAN'T RIDE THE WRONG WAY ON THE ROADWAY.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD DO.
UH, BUT LIKE SERGEANT SAID, IT'S, TO ME THE BIGGEST THING IS TRYING TO GET THE PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS ENFORCEMENT.
'CAUSE NINE TIMES OUTTA 10 I GET YELLED AT BY THE PARENT BECAUSE I'M, THE KIDS ARE BEING KIDS.
AND YOU GUYS SEE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
I MEAN, IT'S, WELL, AND I'VE YELLED AT KIDS THAT HAD THREE RIDERS ON ONE BIKE, RIGHT.
WHICH IS ILLEGAL WITH NO PROTECTIVE.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE REAL SHOES ON.
THEY HAD LIKE FOOT FLOPS AND SHORTS AND, AND NO HELMETS.
AND OF COURSE, I, THAT NEIGHBOR THAT'S YELLING
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT IS REALLY, IT, IT'S HARD.
ALL RIGHT, SO EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.
UH, YOUTH PROGRAMS. UH, SO WE'RE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, UH, WHICH WE HAD HIT ON EARLIER, THE BACK TO SCHOOL, UH, UPCOMING, I BELIEVE IT'S OCTOBER 8TH.
WE HAVE WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY, UM, WHICH WE WILL BE ATTENDING AT ALL, ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.
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UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT YOUTH EDUCATION WITH, WITH RIDING AND PEDESTRIAN, UH, SAFETY.UH, WE DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH CAR SEAT CHECKS.
UM, WE ATTEND TRAFFIC SAFETY SUMMITS AND THEN, UM, CONDUCT SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS FOR BICYCLE SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND, AND, UM, ANYTHING RELATED TO THOSE.
UH, THE PUBLIC AWARENESS THAT INCLUDES THE SPEED TRAILER DEPLOYMENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINT FOLLOW UP, UH, THE NICKEL SAFETY TIPS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND HANDOUTS.
AND THE GOAL BEHIND OUR EDUCATION OUTREACH IS TO PROMOTE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE THROUGH EDUCATION ALONGSIDE ENFORCEMENT.
OBVIOUSLY WE LIKE HITTING THAT EDUCATION PIECE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, AND THEN SUPPLEMENT IT WITH THE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, LESS OF A COMMENT, BUT MORE OF A, MAYBE A SUGGESTION, UM, SINCE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION, AND I HATE TO BRING THE E-BIKES THING UP AGAIN 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A
YOU MAY WANNA THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, EVEN MAYBE AS YOUNG AS LIKE SIXTH GRADE OR SEVENTH GRADE, WHERE YOU GET OTHER KIDS, OTHER PEERS WHO SORT OF TALK TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF E-BIKE SAFETY, SORT OF AT THAT YOUNGER AGE WHERE THEY MIGHT HEAR IT FROM THEIR PEERS WHERE THEY'RE NOT HEARING IT FROM THEIR PARENTS OR FROM OTHER ADULTS OR FROM POLICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO LESS OF A COMMENT AND MORE OF A SUGGESTION.
YEAH, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ON THAT.
UM, SO LOOKING AHEAD, OUR PRIORITIES, UM, WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO INCREASE TRAFFIC SAFETY.
WE WANNA REDUCE THE DUI COLLISIONS DESPITE THE FEWER ARRESTS.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPAND THE E-BIKE EDUCATION ENFORCEMENT, UM, ADDRESS, SPEEDING THROUGH ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION, AND THEN STRENGTHEN THE SCHOOL AND PARENT PARTNERSHIPS, UM, WITH THE POLICE.
UH, OUR GOALS ULTIMATELY ARE FEWER FATALITIES, UM, SAFER STREETS IN A MORE LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOOD, MORE LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, FOR PETALUMA.
SO IT'S AN ONGOING EVERYDAY PROCESS.
UM, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO REACH ALL THESE PRIORITIES.
UH, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WOULD THERE BE A PATHWAY, LIKE INSTEAD OF GOING STRAIGHT TO BANNING E-BIKES, LIKE A KIND OF REGISTRATION SORT OF, SINCE WE DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THEM AND IF THEY'RE, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO LIKE HAVE SOME SORT OF LIKE VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION SORT OF THING, OR MAYBE NON-VOLUNTARY OF LIKE, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU COULD BE LIKE, PULL 'EM OVER OR
YOU WOULDN'T LIKE THEN GIVE THEM A CITATION AT THE, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
INSTEAD OF GOING STRAIGHT TO NO E-BIKES, MAYBE SOMETHING KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.
I BELIEVE IT'S HUNTINGTON BEACH WHERE THEY'RE, THEY STARTED DOING, THERE'S AN OFFICER DOWN THERE THAT STARTED DOING AN E-BIKE SAFETY COURSE THAT THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOLS WHERE IF THE RIDERS COME AND ATTEND THE COURSE STAY AND, AND PARTICIPATE, THE PARENTS HAVE TO ATTEND AS WELL.
UM, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE COURSE, IT'S A ONE DAY COURSE, I BELIEVE THEY GET A CERTIFICATE THAT THEY PROVIDE TO THE SCHOOL SO THEY CAN RIDE THE BIKES TO SCHOOL.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY'VE TAKEN THE STEPS TO UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND HOW TO OPERATE THEM SAFELY PRIOR TO BRINGING THEM TO SCHOOL.
AND I UNDERSTAND, LIKE THE CHIEF HAD ALLUDED TO, WE DON'T WANNA SAY WE DON'T WANT KIDS BEING KIDS.
UM, PARENTS GET VERY UPSET BECAUSE THESE BIKES, MANY OF THEM ARE 2000 TO $5,000.
UM, WE JUST WANT THEM TO BE SAFE WHEN THEY'RE USING THEM.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.
SO, UH, TRYING TO GET THAT BALANCE AND, AND KNOWLEDGE OUT THERE WITH AND, AND PUSHING THAT, THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE NOT AGAINST THEM.
WE JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE SAFE WHILE USING THEM AS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND AND TO BE CLEAR, EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE ILLEGAL, UM, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ILLEGAL TO BE OPERATED ON THE ROADWAY IN, IN THEIR
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CONDITION THAT THEY ARE.YOU CAN DO THINGS TO GET THEM TO BE LEGAL, TO BE OPERATED ON THE STREET.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S THE SPEED AND THE CONDITION WHICH THEY'RE SOLD THAT MAKES THEM NOT STREET LEGALS.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE BLINKERS, THEY DON'T HAVE BRAKE LIGHTS, THEY DON'T HAVE REGISTRATION.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.
'CAUSE THEY GO 50 MILES AN HOUR, SO THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD ON IT.
I STOPPED A 12-YEAR-OLD DOING PAST ME ON THE BOULEVARD ON MY WAY TO WORK ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL, AND HE'S LIKE, WHAT'S THE MATTER? AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE DOING 55 MILES AN HOUR, YOU KNOW, WHICH YOU TELL ME.
UM, SO WE, WE ARE ENCOUNTERING THIS OFTEN AND I THINK KIND OF OUR MODEL HAS BEEN, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT DOING A WHEELIE, IF YOU'RE NOT RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK, IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, UM, EVADING, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A COUNCIL MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT AND, UH, OUR OFFICERS WERE IN A PURSUIT WITH FOUR E BICYCLISTS.
UM, THEY WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN D STREET UP TO HAYES LANE.
WE ENDED UP ARRESTING ONE OF THE RIDERS.
I THINK THERE WERE 14 OR 15 YEARS OLD.
UM, THE OTHER THREE WEREN'T APPREHENDED.
WE'RE WORKING ON IDENTIFYING THEM.
BUT IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE WILL IMPOUND THAT ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
IF YOU STOP, WE'LL PROBABLY GIVE YOU A WARNING.
WE'LL TALK TO YOUR PARENTS AND WE'LL LET YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE BIKE.
UM, AND THAT'S IN THOSE CASES, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCRETION IN THAT.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE GET VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.
WE CAN WORK WITH THOSE THINGS, BUT WE DON'T DEFINITELY WANT PEOPLE TO EVADE.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE OFF.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO PUT THEMSELVES OR THE PUBLIC IN, IN MORE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS.
BY ALL MEANS, I'M GOING TO DATE MYSELF, BUT IN THE EIGHTIES WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE ADOBE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RIDE A BIKE TO SCHOOL, THEY HAD TO GET THEIR LITTLE BICYCLE LICENSE AND THEY HAD TO DO A LITTLE COURSE AFTER SCHOOL AND THEY GOT THE LITTLE BICYCLE LICENSE AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO, AND WE LIVED WITHIN, WE STILL LIVE WITHIN LIKE FOUR BLOCKS OF THE SCHOOL.
AND SO, UM, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PEER PRESSURE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE, THE OLD DARE PROGRAM WHEN ABOUT DOING DRUGS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE LEARNING IN SCHOOL ABOUT THE DANGERS AND E-BIKES ARE RIGHT UP THERE WITH, WITH THE USE OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DRUG USE.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO BRING THAT MAYBE A PROGRAM BACK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT WITH A GRANT OR WITH THIS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE WRITING THESE EBOOKS TO SCHOOL AND THEIR PARENTS ARE BUYING THEM, AND THEN THEY'RE WRITING THEM AFTER SCHOOL FOR PLEASURE.
THEY, WE JUST WANT THEM TO BE SAFE SO THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY'RE NOT HURTING ANYTHING OR THEMSELVES.
SO YEAH, OUR TEAM WORKS REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, THAT'S REALLY OUR PRIORITIES WITH OUR TEEN DRIVERS RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN DURING THE, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMMUTE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY WE'VE BEEN REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE BIKE RODEOS ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
UM, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, SOME OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT LESS INCLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. WE'VE SEEN A LOT MORE ENGAGEMENT.
I THINK ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE CURRENTLY ARE INVOLVED IN THE SAFE ROUTES OF SCHOOL PROGRAM, HEAVILY INVOLVED.
UM, AND MARIO AND THE TRAFFIC TEAM ARE WORKING WITH THAT PROGRAM EXTENSIVELY.
UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING FROM A CITYWIDE PERSPECTIVE AND THE CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM PERSPECTIVE IS WORKING WITH PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS AND SUPERINTENDENT HARRIS AND GOING TO BE GETTING INTO A MORE REGULAR CADENCE MEETING WITH THEIR TEAM.
'CAUSE OF WHAT I DO THINK WE NEED IS, UM, A BETTER ENGAGEMENT AND COORDINATION, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES ABOUT SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK THE SCHOOL, UM, DEFINITELY CAN HELP US WITH COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THEIR NETWORK BACK TO THE PARENTS.
UM, AND THEY'RE SEEING THIS, THIS, THE YOUTH COME ONTO CAMPUS EVERY SINGLE DAY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WELCOMING THE STUDENTS ONTO THE CAMPUS AND THEY SEE THEM AT THE BIKE RACKS AND THEY'RE HELPING SHEPHERDING ON CAMPUS.
AND SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE RIDING AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LEAVING.
THEY KNOW WHEN THEY DON'T SHOW UP WITH HELMETS, THEY SEE 'EM ON CAMPUS ALL DAY.
AND WE ABSOLUTELY NEED THEIR ASSISTANCE IN, IN HELPING MONITOR THIS THING.
AND WE DEFINITELY NEED THE PARENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A PERVASIVE ISSUE WITH JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF DRIFT AND REGARD.
UH, LIKE SERGEANT GILMAN WAS SAYING, JUST A LACK OF AWARENESS OF THE SENSITIVITY AND THE, THE CARE FOR THEMSELVES.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RIDING WITHOUT HELMETS.
I DON'T SEE A BICYCLIST WITH A HELMET ON AN E-BIKE OR A REGULAR BICYCLE ANYWHERE.
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WHILE THEY'RE RIDING, SO THEY CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.UM, AND JUST THEY'RE OUT IN TRAFFIC AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL AND WE DON'T DEFINITELY, THERE'S, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING CAUTIOUSLY, BUT, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN QUICKLY AND THERE ARE ACCIDENTS FOR A REASON, AND WE JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE IN ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT, THAT EQUATION TO FIND THEM THEMSELVES IN THAT SITUATION.
UM, IS THERE ANY SORT OF DATA, UH, SORT OF GOING BACK TO, UM, VEHICLES FOR A SECOND, TRAFFIC CARS, UM, I NOTICED THAT THE OVERALL COLLISIONS ARE DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT THE FATAL COLLISIONS WERE UP UNFORTUNATELY, WHICH IS TRAGIC AND NONE OF US WANT THAT.
DO WE TRACK SORT OF THE TYPE OF VEHICLE THAT WAS IN THE COLLISION OR IN THE INCIDENT? SO I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S DATA THAT WOULD TELL US, OH, WELL WE TEND TO SEE MORE INCIDENTS WITH LARGER PICKUP TRUCKS THAN WE DO WITH SMALLER SEDANS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I'M, I'M CURIOUS IF THAT'S A DATA POINT THAT WE TRACK AND SORT OF IF, IF IT IS, IF YOU GUYS HAPPEN TO HAVE ON HAND SORT OF HOW THAT CORRELATES TO THE, UM, COLLISIONS AND ACCIDENTS WE SEE.
SO I, WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, BUT THAT'S ALL CAPTURED IN OUR INVESTIGATIONS, IN OUR DATABASE OF, OF WHAT THEY ARE.
UM, THESE FATAL COLLISION NUMBERS ENCOMPASS MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
SOME OF THEM ARE, UM, PEDESTRIAN INVOLVED WITH A VEHICLE, BICYCLE INVOLVED WITH A VEHICLE, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE COULD BE SOLO VEHICLES OR, OR UM, VEHICLE WITH A SECONDARY VEHICLE.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A CORRELATION, UM, BETWEEN THE TYPE OF VEHICLE AND IT BECOMING A FA FATALITY.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE COULD PROVIDE IF YOU WANTED TO SEE THAT AT A LATER DATE.
UM, BUT TO SPEAK TO THAT TOO, JUST SO WE KNOW, LIKE, UH, 2017 THERE WERE, WE HAD FOUR FATALS.
2018, WE HAD THREE, 2019, WE HAD THREE, 2020, WE HAD FOUR.
AND THERE'S CERTAIN YEARS LIKE 2015 WE DID NOT HAVE ONE.
UM, WE SHOOT FOR THAT, WE HOPE FOR THAT.
UM, BUT WE'RE NOT ALSO IN SOME GIGANTIC, WE'RE STILL WITHIN, UNFORTUNATELY THE, THE AVERAGE RANGE FOR US.
I CAN PIGGYBACK ON WHAT HE'S SAYING.
I THINK SERGEANT AND I HAVE TAKEN THE MOST FATAL CRASHES, YOU KNOW, UM, I'VE TAKEN SEVERAL THIS YEAR, UM, AND THIS YEAR MOSTLY BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS.
UM, AND I'LL TELL YOU, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, UH, WERE ACCIDENTS.
THEY WERE PURELY, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE, NO AMOUNT OF ENFORCEMENT NECESSARY THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT THESE THINGS.
UH, IT'S JUST, IT, IT'S JUST BAD TIMING.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO IDENTIFY.
I MEAN, IF WE HAD AN AREA WHERE WE WERE HAVING MAJOR CRASHES, I I, I RUN THE NUMBERS EVERY MONTH AND I SEND THEM OUT TO OUR PATROL OFFICERS TO LET THEM KNOW NOT ONLY WHERE WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS, BUT WHERE OUR NUMBERS ARE.
AND WHEN I RUN THE NUMBERS THAT ARE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, FOR INSTANCE, WASHINGTON AND MCDOWELL, THERE'S 60,000 CARS THAT GO THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION A DAY IN A MONTH, WE'LL HAVE A CRA ONE CRASH THERE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CRASHES.
UM, AND THE ONES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE MAJOR INJURY OR FATAL, IN MY EXPERIENCE AND IN HIS EXPERIENCE, THEY, THEY ARE PURELY ACCIDENTS.
CAN WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? IS THERE A DRIVING BEHAVIOR THAT WE, WE COULD, UM, WORK ON OR TRY TO TRY TO REDUCE? ABSOLUTELY.
BUT IN THE CASE OF LIKE, WE HAVE THIS MAJOR INTERSECTION WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST GETTING HURT AND DYING, WE, WE KNOCK ON WOOD, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE.
IT'S A, A, A MEATY TOPIC AND A HUGE SUBJECT AND I'M SURE IF WE HAVE FUTURE QUESTIONS OR COMES UP AGAIN, WE'D LOVE TO GET YOU GUYS INPUT AGAIN, BUT THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PRESENTATION ITEM AND ASK SPEAKERS TO BRING THEIR CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY.
CLERK, DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING? WE HAVE NOT SEEN, UH, RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
THEN I WOULD ACTUALLY, GIVEN THAT THAT TOPIC WENT PRETTY LONG AND WE'RE GETTING PRETTY SHORT ON TIME, AND WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF OUR, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO PROPOSE A MOTION THAT MAYBE WE SKIP OUR ANNUAL REPORT COMMITTEE MEMBER INPUT AND OUR LONG RANGE
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CALENDAR SINCE WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY OF THE MEMBERS HERE.SO MR. CHAIR, I THINK WE'VE DIALED DOWN OUR LONG RANGE CALENDAR THROUGH JANUARY, SO I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS WELL.
I THINK WE HAVE LINED UP, I THINK EVEN ALL, ALMOST ALL THE WAY UP TO FEBRUARY.
I AGREE ON THE TOPIC, SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
WE'LL SKIP, UH, COMMITTEE COMMENT, UH, AGENDA ITEM THREE AND FOUR FOR THIS MONTH.
AND SINCE WE ALREADY DID THE IPA COMMENT FIVE AT THE BEGINNING, IF THERE'S NO OTHER TOPICS, I THINK WE MIGHT BE DONE.
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OH, SORRY.AND THERE'S ALWAYS A TIME FOR COMMITTEE COMMENT, SO I DON'T WANT TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH OF YOU TO PROVIDE A REPORT OUT.
BUT, UH, JUST BRIEFLY EARLIER IN THE MONTH, UM, THE DEPARTMENT PRESENTED A, UM, A CITY COUNCIL ITEM THAT WAS ADOPTED AND, UH, ACCEPTED INTO THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR THE CODIFICATION OF OUR OVERSIGHT MODEL, WHICH INCLUDES THE INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR, THIS COMMITTEE ITSELF.
UM, SO THAT WAS A VERY, UM, A HUGE MILESTONE.
WE ACTUALLY CAME BACK, IT WAS A, A TWO READING ITEM, UM, BUT FOR, UM, THIS, IT KEEPS THIS INTO, UH, PRACTICE FOR PERPETUITY FOREVER AS WELL AS THE INDEPENDENT, UH, UH, AUDITOR MONITORSHIP.
AND SO, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN NOW POINT TO IN OUR LOCAL REGULATIONS, THE ENABLING LEGISLATIONS THERE TO, TO POINT BACK TO.
AND, UM, AND IT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE.
UM, SECONDARILY LAST NIGHT WE WERE HERE IN CHAMBERS ON ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR THE DEPARTMENT, SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN PART OF IN MY CAREER.
UM, BUT WE PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE GOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF SUPPORT IN PASSING, UM, THE, UH, THE, UH, APPROVAL FOR OUR JOINT PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY PROJECT, UM, FOR OUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND OUR PERMITTING PROCESS, UH, FOR OUR NEW FACILITY.
UM, AND THE SITE PLAN, THE DESIGN REVIEW AND THE, THE PROGRAMMING, UM, WHICH IS, UH, INTENDED TO BE BUILT AT THE, UH, FAIRGROUNDS.
UH, THE SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE FAIRGROUNDS IS A THREE ACRE PARCEL RIGHT BEHIND THE SWIM CENTER, KIND OF AT THE INTERSECTION OF JOHNSON DRIVE AND KENNELWORTH DRIVE.
UM, WE'RE ON TRACK AT THIS POINT TO, UH, PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 20TH.
UM, HOPEFULLY IF THINGS GO WELL AT THAT MEETING, UM, WE WILL BE GOING OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDDING HERE SOON.
UH, POTENTIALLY BREAKING GROUND THIS SPRING, UM, GOING TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2027 AND HOPEFULLY BE IN OCCUPANCY IN 2028, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY ACCELERATED.
UM, AND SO WE'RE IN JUST ABSOLUTELY EXCITED TO SEE A NEW FACILITY.
AS YOU KNOW, UH, OUR FACILITIES SERVED FOR 40 YEARS.
WE'RE UNDERSIZED, WE'RE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS, AND IT JUST, IT'S AN, IT JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PROCESS AND OUR STAFF IS WELL DESERVED AND, UH, BEEN BEEN LONG OVERDUE.
SO I THINK THE, THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS EXCITED TO SEE THAT ITEM COME BEFORE HER NEXT MONTH.
UM, LAST NIGHT WAS OUR SECOND MEETING OF OUR COMMUNITY ACADEMY, UH, CLASS.
THIS, UH, THIS PAST YEAR WE HAVE 18 OR 19 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE, SO WE'RE WELL REPRESENTED ONCE AGAIN.
UH, IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT IN THE PRESENTATION, SERGEANT OMI MENTIONED IT VERY BRIEFLY.
BUT OCTOBER 8TH, OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS ARE PARTICIPATING IN WALK AND ROLL.
THAT'S GOING ON RELATIVELY CITYWIDE.
AND THEN ANOTHER NOTABLE, UM, EVENT GOING ON, I THINK TOMORROW.
UM, I FEEL REMISS NOT MENTIONING IT, BUT WE'RE DOING A PEDESTRIAN OPERATION ENFORCEMENT EVENT.
DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY? SO WE'RE GOING, UH, OPPOSITE TRAFFIC SAFETY, UH, RAMP PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE, UM, SAFETY ENFORCEMENT.
SO WE'LL BE TARGETING ALL THE, UH, AGGRESSIVE DRIVING OR THINGS THAT PUT BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS AT RISK FOR INJURY, WHICH INCLUDES ENFORCEMENT ALSO ON PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.
AND THEN JUST TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE IT, I, I DID A, UH, IN RETROSPECT A REALLY POOR JOB AT INTRODUCING MY TEAM.
AND SO THE ONE THING I JUST WANNA SUMMARIZE IS THIS IS OUR TRAFFIC TEAM.
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PRIORITIES, RIGHT? WE TALKED ABOUT, WE WERE, WE FOCUS ON FOUR THINGS, REDUCING CRIME, INCREASING TRAFFIC SAFETY, IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE, ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITY, BUT OUR WHOLE DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTES TO ALL FOUR OF THOSE THINGS.AND WHILE OUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS FOCUS ON THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES BEING OUR, THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS, OUR OTHER, OUR OFFICERS FOCUS ON ALL THOSE ELEMENTS AND ALL, ALL FACETS OF THEIR JOB ALL, ALL AROUND THE DAY.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON PARKING REGULATIONS, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THE THINGS CITYWIDE, SO ANYWHERE WE CAN, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AND COLLECTIVELY WORKING ON IT AT ALL, ALL THE TIME.
AND SO WE, AS MENTIONED, WE SEE MORE TRAFFIC FATALITIES, UM, STATISTICALLY SPEAKING YEAR OVER YEAR THAN WE DO, UM, FATAL, UM, OR VIOLENT CRIME IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH, UH, IS TRAGIC.
BUT NONETHELESS, WE, WE'D MUCH RATHER SEE, SEE THOSE TYPE OF ISSUES WHICH ARE, UM, OUTWARDLY UNINTENTIONAL OR ACCIDENTAL THAN, THAN PEOPLE INTENTIONALLY HARMING ONE ANOTHER.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE'RE WORKING REALLY DILIGENTLY IN THOSE EFFORTS.
UM, WE'RE SEEING OUR COLLISIONS, UH, AS A RESULT OR INJURY COLLISIONS TRENDING DOWN AND THE INJURIES AND THE NUMBER OF INJURIES WITHIN THOSE INJURY COLLISIONS ARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE CARS BEING INJURED.
AND THOSE INJURY COLLISIONS CONTINUE TO TREND DOWN AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES AND IT'S REALLY KUDOS TO THIS TEAM, WHICH IS SMALL AND MIGHTY AND WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO IDENTIFY HOPEFULLY WITH SOME STAFFING AND SOME SPOKES GETTING OUT OF OUR FTO PROGRAM HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
HOPEFULLY AT LEAST ONE IF NOT TO, UH, UH, MOTORCYCLE TRAFFIC OFFICERS JOINING THE TEAM HERE SHORTLY.
SO THAT'S MY REPORT AND THANK YOU CHAIR.
I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.