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CHISHOLM, FELIX.UH, WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, BUT, OKAY.
CHAIR, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? WE'RE GONNA PROCEED.
WHAT DO YOU SAY? PROCEED AS A COMMITTEE OF COMMITTEE OF WHAT? THE WHOLE, UH, THE WHOLE OKAY.
UH, THERE'S NOTHING TO VOTE ON THIS EVENING, SO, UH, WE WILL NOT MAKE ANY DECISIONS, UH, BUT WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT WE CAN DISCUSS, UH, AND CERTAINLY HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, 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 TOTAL, NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES SUBJECT TO THE COMMITTEE'S DISCRETION.
AND NOW OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK SPEAKERS TO PLEASE BRING YOUR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM PRIOR TO THE MEETING? UM, JUST ONE PRIOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
IN PERSON, PUBLIC SPEAKERS, ARE THERE PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO WANNA COME UP TONIGHT? GOING ONCE.
WELL, THAT CLOSES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE NOW MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA.
UH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, OUR FIRST
[PRESENTATIONS]
ITEM HERE IS TO BE POSTPONED THE PRESENTATION ON THE PETALUMA RIVER GREENWAY PROJECT, UH, FROM FRIENDS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER.I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF POISON OAK.
UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT SOME OTHER TIME.
UM, CAN WE USE THIS TIME TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT ANYWAYS? UM, I MEAN, IT IS TECHNICALLY AGENDIZED.
UM, BUT, UH, SO I, I SUPPOSE IF YOU WANTED TO, TO OFFER SOME COMMENTS ON IT, I, I KNOW OBVIOUSLY KIND OF LIMITED IN OUR ABILITY TO DISCUSS WITHOUT HAVING ANY MATERIALS OR HAVING A REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, BUT, UH, I, I SUPPOSE IF THERE ARE ANY KIND OF COMMENTS YOU WANNA MAKE, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.
WELL JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.
UM,
IT'S LIKE THE, UM, UH, THE RIVER PARK KIND OF TAKING, UH, UH, SOME, SOME LAND THAT IS UNDERUTILIZED, UH, THAT, UH, HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR, UM, PUBLIC ACCESS AND, AND USE, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, MORE OF ITS CURRENT FORM OR, UM, OR SLIGHTLY MODIFIED FORM WITH ADDED, YOU KNOW, TRAILS AND OTHER AMENITIES.
UH, IT, UH, RUNS ALONG HIGHWAY 1 0 1 ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PETALUMA FACTORY OUTLET MALLS, UM, ALL THE WAY UP TO CORONA AND DOWN ON THE SOUTHEAST TO THE, UH, LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
UH, EVERYONE HAS SEEN IT A THOUSAND TIMES AS YOU PASS BY ON THE FREEWAY.
AND THERE'S SOME OTHER PLACES YOU CAN KIND OF GET A GLIMPSE.
UH, IT IS ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, UNDER A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UM, OWNERS RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE, THE DREAM WOULD BE TO, UH, GET THAT ALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD, UH, WORK WITH THE CITY TO MAKE IT, UH, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVELY A, A TYPE OF PARK, UH, PUBLIC ACCESS, UH, AND GERMANE TO THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THERE WOULD BE, UH, CONNECTIONS TO ALLOW PEOPLE, IT'S, IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, UH, BUT THERE'S POTENTIAL, UM, DEFINITELY THROUGH THE EXISTING LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
AND THEN, UH, A CONNECTION OVER TO RAINIER, UM, UNDER WHERE 1 0 1, UM, HAS A BRIDGE THERE ALREADY.
UM, AND THEN WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, CORONA IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, UH, OVERCROSSING THERE.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, ANOTHER PLACE WHERE YOU COULD GET, UH, UH, TO THE NORTH SIDE.
UM, I GUESS WITHOUT OUR PRESENTER HERE, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ALL THE EXPERTISE.
I HAD SOME QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK.
UM, KIND OF WHAT ARE THE, THE HURDLES, UH, STANDING BETWEEN US AND HAVING THAT PROJECT REALIZED? UM, MAYBE
UM, YEAH, I'M, I'M EXCITED FOR IT.
IT, IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT, UH, SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER AND WE SHOULD JUST DO IT.
AND THEN IT'D BE DONE
UM, AND, UH, YOU GOTTA CONVINCE OTHER PARTIES,
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UH, TO, UH, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.UM, YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY.
UM, IF ANYONE ELSE HAS, HAS THOUGHTS, UM, I'M CURIOUS RIGHT NOW.
THE FRIENDS ARE IN SORT OF A OUTREACH MODE.
THEY WANT TO GET INTEREST AND GET PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT IT.
UM, THEY'VE RECRUITED A COMMITTEE TO O OF, UH, LEADERS TO GO OUT AND GO TO, YOU KNOW, FARMER'S MARKETS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP THAT MAP, UM, TO, TO BUILD INTEREST, UH, AT, AT SOME POINT, PERHAPS, HOPEFULLY FINDING THAT THE KEY PIECES THAT WILL, UH, WILL REALIZE THIS, THIS MAP, UH, HAS NORTH POINTING DOWN.
SO, UH, YOU, I LIKE THIS ORIENTATION FOR THE PARK.
UH, BUT IT IS A LITTLE, UH, HARD TO, UH, VISUALIZE AT FIRST IF YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT 1 0 1, YOU KNOW, ONE OH ONE'S GOING ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND THE, THE WEST SIDE IS ON THE NORTH.
AND, AND TIE INTO THE, UM, THE OUTLET MALLS THERE TOO, I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HUGE.
IF, IF I, UH, HAD RETAIL BUSINESS THERE OR WAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION THERE, I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN, UH, IN THAT.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO A NATURAL PARKING AREA FOR, FOR PARK ACCESS TO THE GREENWAY ACCESS THERE.
YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO NECESSARILY BUILD A BUNCH OF ADDITIONAL PARKING SO THAT PEOPLE COULD ACCESS IT, UH, WITH MOTOR VEHICLES.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE A NATURAL ALLIANCE THERE SINCE THOSE PARKING LOTS ARE ALMOST NEVER ANYWHERE CLOSE TO FULL.
AND AS I OBVIOUSLY WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM STEPHANIE WHEN SHE CAN JOIN.
BUT, UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE, THE KEY HURDLE, OR FIRST STEP IS, UM, LAND ACQUISITION.
SO, UH, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST ONE PROPERTY OWNER WHO THEY WOULD BE, YEAH, I THINK THERE ARE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE PARCELS, MULTIPLE PROPERTY OWNERS INVOLVED.
SO, YEAH, NO, VERY COOL VISION.
UM, AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'LL, UM, WE'LL KEEP ON THE AGENDA AND, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY HAVE STEPHANIE BACK SOON TO SHARE EVERYTHING THEY'RE WORKING ON.
'CAUSE DEFINITELY A HUGE, UH, A HUGE IMPORTANCE AND RELEVANCE TO THIS COMMITTEE.
ANYONE WHO'S EVER RIDDEN THEIR BIKE DOWN PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH, THERE WOULD LOVE A PARALLEL PATH.
AND THIS COULD BE A COOL WAY TO DO THAT.
WELL, UM, WITH THAT, UH, PRESENTATION NOT HAPPENING, UH, I'M GONNA MOVE ON HERE.
UM, NEXT ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MINUTES FROM THE MEETING TWO MONTHS AGO, MARCH 4TH, IF YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A LOOK AT THAT.WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UH, LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR STUDY.
THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED, UH, WITHOUT CHANGES.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
ITEM THREE HERE TO, UM, APPOINT A NEW CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE AUTHORITIES COUNTYWIDE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.UM, I NOW INVITE, UH, BJORN GREENBERG TO PRESENT.
UH, AND THIS ITEM HAS COME TO THE COMMITTEE BEFORE, UH, LAST TIME.
WE BROUGHT IT BEFORE TO THE COMMITTEE.
I DON'T THINK WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, UH, SOLICIT OR WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ANY VOLUN, ANYONE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE ROLE.
UH, BUT I DID WANNA BRING IT BACK IN LIGHT OF SOME, UH, BROWN ACT, UH, AND, AND POLICY CHANGES, UH, WITH THE SNO COUNTY, WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS COMMITTEE.
UH, SO JUST FOR A REFRESHER, THE, UH, SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE AUTHORITIES, S-C-T-C-A, UH, THEIR COUNTYWIDE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROVIDES TECHNICAL INFORMATION RELATED TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLANNING, POLICY AND FUNDING.
AND, UM, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S AN INTERESTING BODY.
YOU KNOW, IT DEFINITELY LEANS MORE ON THE, KIND OF, ON THE POLICY AND FUNDING SIDE, BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITY, THERE HAVE BEEN OPPORTUNITIES LATELY TO DIG INTO SOME, UM, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTY.
UM, IT IS DIFFERENT FROM, THERE'S ALSO A UNINCORPORATED, UH, COUNTYWIDE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT REALLY DEALS MORE WITH, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE, THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY.
THIS ONE INVOLVES, UH, ALL OF THE, UH, CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY.
UM, AND IT'S COMPRISED OF BOTH AGENCY STAFF.
SO I'M THE CITY'S, UH, STAFF, UH, LIAISON TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, AND THEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEES LIKE THIS ONE TO APPOINT A MEMBER.
SO, UM, UH, I MENTIONED THE BROWN ACT CHANGE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THESE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN, I THINK, UH, DIFFICULT FOR FOLKS TO ATTEND BECAUSE THEY ARE, UH, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A WEEKDAY.
THEY'RE, UH, EVERY OTHER MONTH ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY AT 1:30 PM
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UP IN SANTA ROSA.HOWEVER, UH, THE COMMITTEE RE ENABLED BY STATE LEG SOME NEW STATE LEGISLATION.
UM, THE COMMITTEE RECENTLY ADOPTED A POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION FROM VOTING MEMBERS.
SO, UH, THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN NOW JOIN THE MEETINGS BY ZOOM.
UH, HOPEFULLY THAT'S LESS OF A, OF A BARRIER NOW, UH, FOR THIS, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, THERE ARE SOME RULES AROUND THAT ZOOM PARTICIPATION.
UM, I DO BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO BE ON CAMERA.
UH, YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE WHETHER THERE ARE ANY OTHER, UM, ADULTS PRESENT IN THE ROOM.
UM, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S, YOU CAN STILL VOTE AND PARTICIPATE AND DO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT, UH, THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, IF YOU WERE IN PERSON.
UM, SO YEAH, JUST WANT TO TURN IT BACK OVER FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE COMMITTEE HERE.
I DID NOT HEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, BY, BY, I CAN SEND AN, AN EMAIL OUT TO THE COMMITTEE ASKING IF WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR FROM ANYONE PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
SO I SUPPOSE, YOU KNOW, FROM YOU FOUR, UH, IF THERE'S ANYONE INTERESTED, UM, PLEASE THROW YOUR HAT IN THE RING.
OTHERWISE WE CAN, WE COULD ALWAYS, UM, BRING THIS BACK AT A LATER DATE.
UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE LAST TIME.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE SIX MEETINGS A YEAR ON A TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THE OPTION TO CONNECT REMOTELY.
DOES THAT CHANGE ANYONE'S INTEREST? I, YEAH.
UM, I, I'LL THROW MY HAT IN THE RING.
I'M DEFINITELY FEELING A LITTLE OVERWHELMED AT THE MOMENT.
UM, BUT SIX MEETINGS A YEAR, AND IF I CAN DO IT FROM MY DESK, I'M GONNA BE THERE AT ONE 30 ON TUESDAYS ANYWAYS.
I DON'T HAVE A REGULAR TUESDAY.
NO, ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA BE IN ALAMEDA ON TUESDAYS, BUT I CAN DO IT FROM THERE.
UM, OH, THEY WON'T BE IN THE CUBICLE WITH ME.
YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY FROM, UH, THE, THEIR STAFF, THEIR STAFF LIAISON TOO, ON WHAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DISCLOSE.
I, I USUALLY AM IN THE OFFICE ON TUESDAYS.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE NEED A, UH, IT'S JUST A KIND OF AN INFORMAL APPOINTMENT.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED ANY SORT OF A MOTION.
UM, UH, NOT THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO MAKE ONE ANYWAYS WITHOUT A, WITHOUT A QUORUM.
SO, UM, I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED, AND I'LL PASS YOUR IN INFORMATION ALONG.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS, WE JUST HELD A SPECIAL MEETING IN, UH, MAY.
SO I BELIEVE THAT KIND OF KNOCKED OFF THE, THE CADENCE MAY HAVE SHIFTED.
SO I THINK OUR NEXT MEETING, I'M ASSUMING IT WILL BE IN JULY.
I DON'T KNOW, ADAM, IF YOU KNOW ANY DIFFERENTLY.
OH, UM, YEAH, IT SHOULD BE GOING ON.
AND IT IS KIND OF INTERESTING 'CAUSE YOU DO GET TO SEE THINGS BEFORE THEY GO TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, AND THEN ULTIMATELY BEFORE THEY GO TO THE, UM, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SO IT'S KIND OF EARLIER IN THE, IN THE PIPELINE.
UH, THAT, UH, AS CLOSES, UH, I DON'T KNOW, DO WE NEED TO, OKAY.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S A NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE.
UH OH, IS THERE A, UH, IS THERE A TERM FOR THAT? UH, WE CAN
UH, IT'S FOR PEOPLE ON TBE, SO YEAH, I THINK WE CAN JUST BRING IT BACK IN A YEAR AND THEN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND THEN, UH, YEAH, YOU DO HAVE TO BE ON THE COM ON THIS COMMITTEE TO PARTICIPATE.
SO IF YOU DO EVER LEAVE THIS COMMITTEE.
WE WOULD NEED TO GET A NEW REPRESENTATIVE, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, JUST TO, WE COULD REVISIT IT IN A YEAR TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO DO IT.
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
COMMITTEE COMMENT.UH, 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. DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
UH, SO I'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE, UM, PETALUMA NORTH SPECIFIC PLAN WORKING GROUP, WHICH IS CENTERED AROUND THE, UH, NORTH SMART STATION.
BUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT IT, IT'S A PRETTY BROAD STUDY AREA.
IT'S 1100 ACRES THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM, IT'S A PRETTY BIG RADIUS AROUND THE NORTH SMART STATION.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN MCDOWELL, UM, DOWN TO WASHINGTON.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S STILL IN, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY EARLY STAGES.
I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM,
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PROVIDE INPUT STILL.UM, AND EVENTUALLY IT'LL BE BUILT OUT INTO A SPECIFIC PLAN, UH, FOR THAT AREA.
UM, SO NOTHING TOO DETAILED TO REPORT BACK TODAY, JUST THAT THE, I'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING, UM, AND THAT IT'S, IT'S ENCOURAGING PROGRESS AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR THAT AREA AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THAT LARGE OF A STUDY AREA THAT IT CAN INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, AND I KNOW IT DID GO RECENTLY TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR SOME FEEDBACK.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THE LATEST ON THE DATES.
I KNOW IT GOT DELAYED, UM, AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING.
UH, TOM FORD IS THE, HE SAID IT CHANGED TO, I THINK THEY DID MEET ON MAY 21ST.
UM, I HEARD IT MENTIONED TODAY IN OUR AGENDA REVIEW MEETING.
UH, LOOKS LIKE IT'S TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR A COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON JULY 6TH.
SO, UM, I CAN, ONCE THAT'S SOLIDIFIED, CAN SEND SOME MORE INFO OUT TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A WEBSITE FOR THAT EFFORT.
IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, BUT IT IS, IT IS THERE.
WHAT IS IT? I'M ASSUMING IT'S, YEAH, PIT CITY OF PETALUMA.ORG/PNS.
SP, WHICH STANDS FOR PETALUMA NORTH STATION PLAN.
UH, FRANK, YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US TONIGHT? YEAH, THANK YOU.
UM, IF, GEEZ, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN A, A QUIET, UM, UH, LAST TWO WEEKS, WERE KIND OF QUIET, BUT, BUT PRIOR TO THAT, COUNCIL WAS VERY ACTIVE.
UH, WE, GOING BACK, UM, ALL THE WAY BACK TO MAY 4TH, WE, UM, APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN.
UH, THAT WAS A PRETTY BIG THING.
WE, UH, APPROVED THE BOND MEASURE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.
UH, GOING BACK ON, PARDON ME, GOING BACK TO MAY 11TH, WE HAD A WORKSHOP ON THE UPCOMING ANNUAL BUDGET, UH, AND AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD ON THE 18TH, AND THIS IS ONE THAT I THINK, UM, SHOULD INTEREST FOLKS IN THIS GROUP.
IT WAS THE, UH, ADOPT A RESOLUTION, UM, SORRY, UH, INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS FOR THE PIPS PROJECT.
SO PIPS IS, UM, THE, IT'S A, IT'S A PARALLEL MAIN LINE.
IT GOES FROM THE CITY TO THE SEWER.
AND WHAT'S, I THINK WHAT'S RELEVANT FOR THIS COMMITTEE IS WHEN THAT, I MEAN, IT'S A BIG PROJECT.
IT'S WHAT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO GO OUT AND, AND TAKE BONDS.
UH, BUT WHEN IT GOES IN, THERE WILL BE, UM, UH, UH, PUBLIC NOT, UH, TRAIL ACCESS ON TOP OF THE NEW LINE.
IT GOES BASICALLY FROM THE MARINA TO CASA GRANDE.
IT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL THING, BUT WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE TRAIL, UH, THAT COMES UNDER 1 0 1 OR NAVIGATES AROUND 1 0 1, HOWEVER THAT UNFOLDS, UH, AND WHEN CASA GRANDE, UM, UNDERGOES ITS MAKEOVER WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, IT WILL ACTUALLY CREATE A REALLY NICE CONNECTION FOR THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN TO, UH, MANY OTHER PARTS OF TOWN.
SO IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
UH, AND THEN I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST MEETING, I THINK I'VE SHARED, UH, THAT THE TRANSPORTATION, THE UPCOMING TRANSPORTATION BUDGET IS, UM, IS TIGHT.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING CUTS, UH, IN TRANSPORTATION OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
UH, WE'VE, UM, THE CITY HAS A NEW, UH, TRANSPORTATION MANAGER, SO SOMEONE THAT'S IN CHARGE OF SORT OF OVERSEEING THAT PROGRAM, AND THEY'VE TAKEN ANOTHER LOOK AT THE PROPOSED CUTS, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, UH, TRYING TO GET MORE CREATIVE, UH, AND, AND, UM, FIND MORE EFFICIENCY, MORE EFFICIENCIES THAT I THINK WILL ULTIMATELY BENEFIT, UM, UH, OUR TRANSIT SERVICE IN PETALUMA.
UM, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE, UH, THE SAVINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACHIEVE WITHOUT QUITE THE, UH, THE, THE
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IMPACT THAT WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GONNA HAVE.AND JUST THAT WAS, THAT'S FOR, UH, SPECIFIC TO TRANSIT? YOU WERE SAYING TRANSPORTATION, BUT YEAH, SORRY, I SAYING TRANSPORTATION, I MEANT THANKS.
ADAM, ANYTHING TO BRING? UM, YEAH, JUST ONE QUICK KIND OF RESPONSE TO THAT.
I GUESS AS WE'RE STRATEGIZING ABOUT HOW TO MAXIMIZE OUR, AND I CAN PROBABLY SHOULD PROBABLY SUBMIT THIS IN PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT OUR TRANSIT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES TO MIND IN THE KIND OF COUNTYWIDE, UM, VISION ZERO GOAL IS TRYING TO ADDRESS, UM, DUIS PARTICULARLY.
UM, AND SO THINKING ABOUT IF LUMA GO COULD BE CITYWIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM FRIDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY, AND JUST BE AN ALTERNATIVE TO DRIVING, UM, PARTICULARLY RUNNING LATE NIGHT AS WELL, AND REALLY MARKET HARD IN SOME WAY TO KIND OF SAY, HEY, THIS IS OUR WAY TO GET AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, NOT RISK LIVES.
UM, ENJOY, ENJOY THE, THE RIDE TOO.
UM, I THINK THAT COULD MAYBE START TO, IF MARKETED RIGHT AND HAS THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, RESPONSE COULD BE EFFECTIVE.
UM, BUT JUST, JUST YEAH, KIND OF A, A THOUGHT AROUND THAT.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION AND RELATED TO THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, FOR, UM, S-C-T-C-A JUST ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT WE'LL BE RELEASING, UM, AN RFP FOR, UH, A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE IN PARTICULAR THOUGH THAT'S RELEVANT I THINK TO, UM, TO OUR WORK HERE.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST IS FOR OUR, UH, TRAVEL MODEL VALIDATION, WHICH ISN'T VERY EXCITING.
IT'S JUST KIND OF CHECKING OUR WORK THAT OUR COUNTYWIDE MODEL IS ACCURATE.
UM, BUT THE SECOND ONE IS ACTUALLY THE, UH, IT'LL BE THE THIRD ITERATION OF THE TRAVEL BEHAVIOR STUDY.
SO WHERE YOU USE KIND OF BIG DATA, UM, FROM MON MONITORS AND CARS, CELL PHONES, WHAT'S EVER LEGALLY AVAILABLE THESE DAYS TO BE ABLE TO SAY HOW ARE PEOPLE GETTING AROUND, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, WITHIN, BUT ALSO OUTSIDE OF, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP IN A COMMITTEE COMMENT ARE, UH, RELEVANT AND JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, HOW WELL ARE THESE ESTIMATES THESE DAYS TO REALLY BE ABLE TO MEASURE, UM, KIND OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND THEN PUBLIC TRANSIT AS WELL TOO, SO WE CAN START TO GET THE BREAKDOWN.
IT'S USUALLY JUST KIND OF MORE BLOBBY, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL SO MUCH.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME GOOD, UM, UH, PROPOSALS IN.
AND, UM, BUT YEAH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS A, A POWERFUL TOOL THEN THAT WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, TRIP DISTANCES, TIMES WITHIN JURISDICTIONS THAT PEOPLE TAKE TO GET AROUND, AND HOW CAN THAT BE REPLACED BY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MODE? SO THAT'LL BE A, A GOOD FUTURE RESOURCE ANTICIPATING COMPLETION, HOPEFULLY, LIKE IN THE NEXT, UH, YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF.
AND THEN, UM, JUST ONE ACTUALLY QUESTION I FOR YOU, BONA, JUST TO KIND OF DO A CHECK ON IF THERE'S ANY PROJECTS OR CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, THE, THERE'S A STRETCH IN BETWEEN, UH, KIND OF FAIRGROUNDS DRIVE WHERE THE, UH, UM, GROOM TRANSPORTATION PICKUP IS, AND THEN KIND OF JOHNSON STREET, WHERE THE CROSSING IS TO GET TO THE SWIM CENTER, THE, UH, SKATE PARK.
ARE THERE, IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATIONS OF KIND OF PUTTING IN SOME, UM, SIDEWALK ISH TYPE THING, LINEA DELINEATION FOR PEDESTRIANS? I ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT IN MY STAFF UPDATES.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, UH, FOR COMMITTEE COMMENT AND, UH, I'LL NOW CLOSE COMMITTEE COMMENT AND OPEN UP STAFF COMMENT.
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ALRIGHT, GREAT.UM, YEAH, I'VE GOT, UH, PRETTY DETAILED UPDATE HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE, TRY TO COVER AS MUCH GROUND AS WE CAN GIVEN THE LIGHT AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE MET, SO, UH, DEFINITELY HAVE SOME THINGS TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON.
UM, I THINK MOST NOTABLY, THE, UH, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT MENTIONED, THE FISCAL YEAR 26, 27 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET WAS ADOPTED, UH, BY COUNCIL.
UM, I THINK YOU STILL HAVE THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE APPROPRIATIONS, BUT I, THE, THE
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RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED.UM, AND IF YOU, THE, THE BUDGET IS REALLY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SORT OF TWO, TWO SEPARATE BUDGETS.
THERE'S AN OPERATING BUDGET, WHICH IS REALLY COVERING KIND OF THE, THE DAY-TO-DAY STAFFING OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND ON OPERATIONS.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, WHICH IS LOOKING AT MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, MORE OR LESS ONE-TIME INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, UM, THAT KIND OF GO ABOVE AND BEYOND YOUR ROUTINE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
UM, SO JUST PULLING OUT A SECTION HERE, UM, SHOWING THIS, THESE ARE ALL OF THE, UH, FUNDED PROJECTS IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.
AND, UH, JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT NEARLY ALL OF THESE HAVE SOME SORT OF NEXUS TO, UH, WITH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, WHETHER THOSE ARE PAVING PROJECTS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS THAT VARY, UH, DIRECTLY ADDRESS, UH, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.
UH, SO OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE HERE WE'VE GOT 15, UH, FUNDED CIP PROJECTS THAT HAVE, UH, SOME NEXUS WITH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
UM, AND THEN GOING BEYOND THAT, SEVEN PROJECTS THAT I WOULD SAY ARE, ARE PRETTY MUCH SOLELY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
AND FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, THOSE INVESTMENTS TOTAL $7.3 MILLION.
UM, AND, AND THEY, THESE ARE AT DIFFERENT STAGES, RIGHT? SO SOME OF THESE, UH, SOME OF THESE, UM, DOLLAR FIGURES YOU'RE SEEING ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PLANNING OR DESIGN WORK, ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT STAGES, UH, AND OTHERS ARE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, WILL BE INVESTMENTS IN, IN CONSTRUCTION WITH CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING THIS YEAR.
AND I'LL, I'LL TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE HERE SHORTLY.
UM, I ALSO THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO JUST KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT THIS DOCUMENT LOOKS LIKE IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T YET REVIEWED IT.
IT IS AVAILABLE@CITYOFPETALUMA.ORG SLASH BUDGET.
UM, AND THEN JUST SHOW YOU HERE, ONCE YOU KIND OF, YOU GET ABOUT HALFWAY OR A LITTLE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE DOCUMENT, PAGE 205, YOU'VE GOT THE, UM, THE TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE CIP BUDGET.
UH, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE ALL THESE PAGE, THESE PROJECTS, UM, THAT I JUST HIGHLIGHTED.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE SPANNING A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, DEPARTMENTS.
AND, UH, WE DID THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.
IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE DID SHOW PROJECTS THAT WERE UN ESSENTIALLY UNFUNDED, UM, UH, KIND OF IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ONES THAT ARE FUNDED.
UH, THIS YEAR WE DID SEPARATE THE TWO.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, THESE ARE UNFUNDED PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE IN OUR FIVE YEAR KIND OF HORIZON, UH, BUT DON'T HAVE ANY, WILL NOT HAVE ANY ACTIVE WORK GOING ON THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THERE, WE'VE GOT THE SMART PATHWAY EXTENSION FROM LAKEVILLE TO NORTH WATER.
SO THAT IS STILL VERY MUCH IN THE BUDGET, STILL IN THE PLANS.
THERE'S JUST NO ACTIVE WORK HAPPENING THIS YEAR.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THAT.
IT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR, UM, OUR FIVE PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO S-C-T-C-A.
AND SO IF AND WHEN WE HEAR BACK ON THAT PROJECT BEING FUNDED, OBVIOUSLY THAT COULD KIND OF KICK THINGS INTO GEAR AND, AND MIGHT GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THAT ONE.
UM, AND THEN JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU HERE, ONCE YOU GET DOWN INTO THE, UH, PROJECT PAGES, UH, EACH OF THE PROJECTS HAS A PAGE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS WITH A DESCRIPTION, UM, AND THEN A MORE DETAILED BUDGET SHOWING KIND OF THE BREAKOUT OF HOW THE, UH, HOW THE FUNDING, UH, THE DIFFERENT USES DEPENDING ON THE, THE PROJECT PHASE AS WELL AS THE SOURCES OF FUNDS.
UH, SO I RECOMMEND TAKING A LOOK AT IT AND, UM, BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IN GETTING INVOLVED IN FUTURE, UM, FUTURE YEARS OF, OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ALRIGHTY, MOVE ON NOW TO BACK TO MY PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, WE DID ALSO HAVE, WE ALSO HAD THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR CLEAN AIR CALL FOR PROJECTS.
THIS IS A, A REALLY, UM, DEPENDABLE ANNUAL, UH, GRANT THAT IS ADMIN ADMINISTERED BY, UM, S-C-T-C-A.
THEY GET FUNDS THAT ARE ALLOCATED FROM BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOR, UH, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION.
SO, UM, THEY, UH, BASICALLY TELL THE COUNTY, UH, S-C-T-C-A HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN SCTA PUTS OUT A CALL FOR PROJECTS, ELIGIBLE PROJECT TYPES INCLUDE, UM,
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REALLY ANY PROJECT THAT WILL FACILITATE MODE SHIFT.UH, GENERALLY, UM, WE APPLY FOR BIKE LANE GAP CLOSURES BECAUSE THOSE ARE, UM, UH, THEY'RE, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
UH, AND OUR TRANSIT TEAM, UH, ALSO OFTEN APPLIES FOR EITHER FOR, UM, IN, IN PAST YEARS THEY'VE APPLIED FOR, UH, BATTERY ELECTRIC BUS PURCHASES, OR, UM, IN, IN THIS YEAR THEY APPLIED FOR, UM, SOME, SOME MONEY TO HELP FUND A SHUTTLE OPERATING AROUND THE PETMAN NORTH SMART STATION.
WE, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN, AS WE HAVE BEEN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, WE, UH, WERE AWARDED $435,000 FOR THE, THE GAPS YOU SEE NOTED HERE, WHICH DOES INCLUDE THE FAIRGROUNDS PARKING LOT CONNECTION.
UM, AND I DO HAVE A SLIDE FOR EACH OF THESE, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE, THE GROUNDWORK.
I WILL NOTE WE DID INITIALLY APPLY OUR, OUR INITIAL APPLICATION WAS, I THINK SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $820,000.
UM, AND ALSO INCLUDED, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS ON ST.
FRANCIS DRIVE, UH, CORNELL AND EAST D STREET.
UM, AND S-C-T-C-A GOT BACK TO US AND ASKED US TO REDUCE OUR ASK.
UM, AND IN THAT CASE, WE DID HAVE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH A, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN EXERCISE WHERE YOU LOOK AT THE COST EFFECTIVENESS THAT IS, UH, THAT THEY HAVE.
THERE'S, THERE'S A, A, A WORKSHEET THAT, UM, THIS GRANT USES THAT CALCULATES COST EFFECTIVENESS FOR EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND SO YOU JUST HAVE TO KIND OF PLAY WITH, UM, UH, PLAY WITH THE, THE MOVE AROUND THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND SEE WHAT COMES OUT THE BEST.
BASICALLY, UM, IT'S BASED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE USE THE STREET.
SO, UM, TO KIND OF HELP CALCULATE MODE SHIFT.
SO SORRY FOR THAT VERY POOR EXPLANATION, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE LANDED.
THESE WERE THE, THESE PROJECTS, UH, SCORED THE BEST WITH THE, UM, WITH THOSE CRITERIA APPLIED.
AND, AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT EACH OF THESE.
UM, AND I'LL JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHAT THESE WILL ACCOMPLISH.
SO ON NORTH MCDOWELL, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THERE'S A, A SHORT SECTION ROUGHLY BETWEEN COMMERCE STREET AND CANDLEWOOD DRIVE, WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE THAT WIDENED, UM, SIDEWALK ON THE, UM, ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO IN THIS CASE, RIGHT WHERE THAT ENDS, WE'LL ACTUALLY MOVE THE, UM, THE CURB LINE OUT INTO THE ROADWAY.
UM, SO THAT WE HAVE, UH, A CONTINUOUS, UH, BASICALLY MULTI-USE PATHWAY WITH SIDEWALK.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PATHWAY IS IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
IT DOES NEED TO BE, UM, IT NEEDS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL.
UH, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FUNNY CASES WHERE MAINTENANCE IS NOT AN ELIGIBLE USE OF THIS FUNDING.
SO WE CAN CONSTRUCT A NEW FACILITY.
WE CAN'T MAINTAIN AN OLD ONE, WE'LL HAVE TO USE A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF FUNDING TO COME BACK AND, AND REPAVE, UM, THE REST OF, UH, OF THAT, THAT PATHWAY ALONG MCDOWELL.
BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, UH, IN THE INTERIM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CLOSE THIS, UH, THIS GAP HERE.
AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTINUOUS, UM, PATHWAY PRETTY MUCH FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER ALL THE WAY UP TO SUNRISE PARKWAY, WHERE IT THEN TRANSITIONS TO THE, UM, THE ON STREET, UH, CLASS FOUR BIKE LANES WITH THE, UH, WITH THE FLEXIBLE POSTS.
THE NEXT GAP IS ON THE RING TRAIL, OR WHAT'S CURRENTLY CALLED THE RING TRAIL.
I'LL TOUCH ON THAT IN A MINUTE.
UH, AND THIS WOULD PAVE, UM, INSTALL A NEW CONCRETE PATHWAY.
THERE'S A KIND OF A, A, THERE'S A GRAVEL SECTION THERE NOW, UH, THAT IS DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE FOR, I THINK EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH USING, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WITH SMALLER WHEELS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYONE WITH ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES.
SO, UH, WE'LL GET A NEW PATHWAY IN FROM THE END OF SKY RANCH DRIVE, BASICALLY RIGHT AT THE AIRPORT, UH, OVER TO WASHINGTON CREEK, WHERE IT THEN TURNS INTO A NICE CONCRETE PATHWAY, UH, THAT GOES OVER BY WISEMAN PARK.
AND THEN THE FINAL ONE, ADAM, YOU READ MY MIND, UH, WILL INSTALL RECONFIGURE, UM, THE PARKING LOT TO INSTALL BASICALLY A KIND OF A, A DEFACTO PATHWAY SORT OF CLASS FOUR CYCLE TRACK TYPE DESIGN, BUT HOPEFULLY MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.
UH, THAT BASICALLY FOLLOWS, UM, FAIRGROUNDS DRIVE AND THEN CUTS THROUGH THE PARKING LOT.
SO WE WILL, THERE WILL BE SOME RECONFIGURATION OF THAT PARKING LOT, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE AIRPORTER.
UH, ONCE WE DO THIS, WE'LL HAVE TO STRIFE A LOT OF THINGS AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT A NEW CONFIGURATION THERE.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO CONNECT EAST E STREET WITH JOHNSON STREET.
AND THEN FROM HERE, UH, WE WILL HAVE THE FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY, WHICH WILL BUILD, UH, A SIGNIFICANTLY WIDENED SIDEWALK, UM, ON THIS STRETCH OF, UH, JOHNSON STREET
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AND THEN EVEN WRAPPING AROUND, UM, ONTO KENNELWORTH DRIVE.SO THE PIECES ARE, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO COME TOGETHER AND, AND WE, YOU VIEW THIS OBVIOUSLY AS KIND OF A SHORT TERM SOLUTION, UH, FOR THIS AREA.
UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WILL BE, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLANNING EFFORT, AND, AND THAT'LL KIND OF DRIVE, I THINK, SOME LARGER INVESTMENTS IN THE, IN THE FAIRGROUNDS, UH, INFRA INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET, YOU KNOW, SOME, A MORE PERMANENT, UM, PATHWAY IN, UH, THROUGH THIS AREA.
BUT IN, IN THE NEAR TERM, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL DO SOMETHING WITH QUICK BUILD AND, UM, AT LEAST, UH, SOLVE THAT, SOLVE THAT PROBLEM FOR THE TIME BEING.
SO THEN ON MONDAY, UH, NEXT MONDAY, WE HAVE A BIG WORKSHOP WITH COUNCIL TO COVER THE CALL FIELD AND ELI PROJECTS THAT, UH, WE BROUGHT TO YOU ALL BACK IN MARCH FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
UM, AND EXCITED TO GET, UH, TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK, UM, CONTINUE FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN ALSO, UH, FROM COUNCIL.
AND, UH, AND REALLY FROM THERE, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE TO MARCH FORWARD WITH DESIGN AND, UM, HAVE THESE PROJECTS, UH, HAVE THE DESIGN COMPLETED BY END OF YEAR FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2027.
UM, WE ARE HAVING SOME, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE TIMING OF THE ELI PROJECT NOW, UH, JUST GIVEN THAT IT IS FEDERALLY FUNDED AND, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHALLENGES THERE.
UM, SO THERE'S A LITTLE LESS CERTAINTY THERE WITH THE TIMING ON ELI, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, UH, CONFIDENT IN CALL FIELD MOVING FORWARD IN, IN 2027.
AND ELI SHOULD, SHOULD FOLLOW SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WHETHER THAT'S LATE 27 OR SOMETIME IN 2028, UM, IT WILL HAPPEN.
IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, JUST A QUESTION OF THE, WHEN WE CAN GET THE FUNDING, UM, TO, AND, AND ALL THE OTHER SORT OF REGULATORY, UM, HURDLES SOLVED WITH S-C-T-C-A.
AND I MENTIONED THE RING TRAIL.
SO, UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING KIND OF CATALYZED BY OUR WAYFINDING EFFORT, REALIZING WE'VE GOT THIS INCREDIBLE THREE AND A HALF MILE LONG MULTI-USE PATHWAY THAT RUNS FROM KENILWORTH JUNIOR HIGH ALL THE WAY, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE, KIND OF THE EASTERN URBAN SEPARATOR, UH, BOUNDARY, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CASA GRANDE ROAD.
IT'S THIS, IT'S A, A, A REALLY, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY THERE ARE SOME, SOME SECTIONS THAT NEED SOME IMPROVEMENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, I JUST HIGHLIGHTED THAT ONE.
THAT'S THAT GRAVEL SECTION BY THE AIRPORT.
UM, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A NAME.
I MEAN, I THINK IN SOME PLANNING DOCUMENTS, IT MIGHT BE REFERRED TO AS THE RING TRAIL.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REALLY A PUBLIC, UH, FACING NAME.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SOLICIT SOME, UH, NOMINATIONS FOR, UH, WHAT THIS PATHWAY SHOULD BE CALLED, UM, BECAUSE THAT WILL AID, OBVIOUSLY IN OUR WAY FINDING EFFORTS.
UM, SO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO, UH, THIS URL AND, UH, WE'LL START PUBLICIZING THIS THROUGH OTHER, TO, THROUGH THE CITY CHANNELS AND, UM, SUBMIT SOME, SOME NOMINATION, UH, NAME NOMINATIONS.
UH, FROM HERE WE'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE RECREATION MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION FOR A RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WILL THEN GO TO COUNCIL, WHICH HAS FINAL SAY ON THE NAMING OF, UH, ALL CITY FACILITIES.
SO, UM, YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING WHAT WE COME UP, WHAT THE COMMUNITY COMES UP WITH THERE.
AND THEN JUST TO KIND OF THIS, I'VE, I'VE SHARED THIS BEFORE, JUST KIND OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, MOVING FROM, UM, PLANS THROUGH DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY STILL GOT THE LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR STUDY GOING ON.
WE'LL BE WRAPPING THAT UP THIS FALL.
THE FINAL DOCUMENT AND PRESENTATION IS EXPECTED THIS FALL.
UM, WE'RE JUST NOW, UH, GETTING INTO CONTRACT WITH THE CONSULTANT ON THE DOWNTOWN SMART STATION ACCESS AND CIRCULATION PLAN UPDATE, UH, THAT'S LATER THAN EXPECTED, UM, DUE TO, UH, SOME, SOME ISSUES WITH MTC, UM, JUST GETTING THAT ROLLING.
SO, UM, WE WILL HOPEFULLY GET THAT IN FRONT OF THIS COMMITTEE, UH, LATER THIS YEAR.
UH, REALLY LOOKING AT KIND OF RE-ENVISIONING, UM, EVERYTHING, UH, CIRCULATION AND ACCESS RELATED, UH, AROUND THE SMART, THE DOWNTOWN SMART STATION.
UM, AND, AND, UH, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE, UM, TO, UH, OBVIOUSLY MAKE SOME, SOME MAJOR CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR WALKING AND BIKING IN THAT AREA.
UH, RIGHT NOW FOR CIP BIGGER CIP PROJECTS, UH, WE'VE GOT THE RAINIER AVENUE PROJECT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UM, SOME OF, IF YOU'VE BEEN, UH, BEEN OUT THERE, UH, THE ROUNDABOUT HAS REALLY TAKEN SHAPE.
UM, AND WHAT'S PRETTY, UH, COOL
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IS THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY SET IT UP WITH, UH, YIELD, YIELD SIGNAGE FOR THE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL.SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING TO SEE THE ROUNDABOUT WORK AS A ROUNDABOUT, AND IT'S, UM, FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, IT'S WORKING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
UM, UH, SO VERY EXCITED TO, TO SEE THAT, UH, KIND OF EVOLVE, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
IT'S NOW, UH, THE PR THE, THE DIAMETER HAS BEEN POURED, UM, SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE IT COME TO LIFE.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE WORKING ON THE PAVING PORTION OF THAT PROJECT, AND, UH, IT'S MOVING QUICKLY.
SO THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP, UM, PROBABLY IN JULY.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE BASED ON THE, THE RATE THEY'RE WORKING, UH, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, WE'VE ALSO GOT LYNCH CREEK TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS COMING.
UH, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WORK HAPPENING AROUND THE PETMAN NORTH SMART STATION, UH, WITH SOME FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS ON BOTH, UH, MCDOWELL AND CORONA.
UH, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE THREE CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS ON SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY THAT'LL BE GOING OUT TO BID LATER THIS SUMMER.
UM, AND THAT'LL INCLUDE A NEW CROSSWALK FOR THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL ACROSS SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY.
UM, STILL WORKING, WORKING ON GETTING, UH, WE'RE KICKING OFF WITH THE WAY FINDING EFFORT.
HAVE A, I HAVE A VISIT FROM TOOL, UH, IN SCHEDULED FOR JUNE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BIKE ALL OVER THE CITY AND KIND OF START, UH, START THE BRAINSTORMING AND PLANNING PROCESS AROUND THAT.
UH, WE'RE MOVING THROUGH DESIGN ON HOWARD STREET PAVING AND CALL FIELD PAVING, AS I MENTIONED.
AND THEN, UH, FOLLOWING THAT IN 2028, WE'VE GOT D STREET.
UH, WE'RE ALSO, WE'RE REALLY HOPING WE CAN TACKLE ST.
BUT THAT WILL BE, UM, PENDING FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
AND THEN, UH, KIND OF THE, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE QUICK BUILD SIDE OF THE HOUSE, UM, STILL WORKING THROUGH ALL THE SCHOOLS.
OUR CONTRACTOR WILL BE JUMPING BACK IN ON THOSE, UH, STARTING NEXT WEEK.
AND OUR HOPE IS TO KEEP 'EM BUSY THROUGH THE WHOLE SUMMER.
UM, AND TO, TO DO THE REMAINING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT ROUND OF TFCA FUNDED BIKE CLEAN GAP CLOSURE PROJECTS, UH, FOCUSED REALLY PRIMARILY AROUND THE DOWNTOWN SMART STATION.
SO WE'VE GOT BIKE LANES COMING ON D STREET FROM THE BOULEVARD TO COPELAND, UH, WASHINGTON FROM THE BOULEVARD TO LAKEVILLE, LAKEVILLE FROM WASHINGTON TO THE BOULEVARD.
UM, SO THAT'LL BE SOME, SOME MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS COMING.
UM, AGAIN, IDEALLY THE SUMMER OR FALL AROUND, UH, IN THOSE AREAS, IN MANY CASES, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO GET, UM, WIDER BUFFERED BIKE LANES IN, SO WE'LL TRY TO, WE'LL HAVE SOME FORM OF VERTICAL ELEMENTS, UH, IN THESE AREAS, UM, WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON FROM THE SAME GRANT IS ON RIESLING ROAD OVER FROM, UH, UH, DOVER LANE TO HARTMAN LANE THAT'LL INSTALL A, UH, BASICALLY A CYCLE TRACK IN STREET.
AND I ACTUALLY JUST PUBLISHED A WEBPAGE FOR THAT PROJECT, SO I CAN BRING THAT ONE UP HERE.
UH, THIS IS TO CONNECT CORONA CREEK WITH KENNELWORTH, UH, SORRY.
SO THIS, UM, THIS, UH, LONG STRETCH FROM, UH, KENNELWORTH TO CORONA CREEK.
YOU HAVE HO HOMES ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET IS CITY OWNED OPEN SPACE.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A PRETTY CONTINUOUS TRAIL, UH, THE, THE RING TRAIL OR WHATEVER IT WILL BE NAMED, UM, THAT ENDS AT DOVER LANE, SO RIGHT AT KENNELWORTH.
AND THEN YOU BASICALLY DO NOT HAVE A PATHWAY FROM KENNELWORTH TO CORONA.
UH, WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF STUDENTS WILL JUST WALK IN THIS, BASICALLY THIS WIDE BIKE SLASH PARKING LANE.
UM, AND SO WE'VE WANTED TO FORMALIZE SOME SORT OF A, A CONNECTION HERE.
AGAIN, IN THE INTERIM, YOU KNOW, THE LONG-TERM VISION I THINK IS FOR A PATHWAY IN THE OPEN SPACE, BUT IN THE, IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, UH, THAT CONNECTION.
SO WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS, UH, REMOVING ALL THE STRIPING ON RIESLING.
WE'LL BE BASICALLY SHIFTING, SHIFTING THE TWO LANES CLOSER TO THE HOMES.
UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA LOSE ANY PARKING OUT THERE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE TWO SCHOOLS, YOU DO HAVE, UM, SOME KIND OF PEAK PARKING CONDITIONS, UH, THAT ARE CHALLENGING, UH, AROUND SCHOOL DROP OFF AND PICK UP ESPECIALLY.
UM, SO IF THIS IS THE, THE OPEN SPACE SIDE HERE, UH, YOU'LL END UP WITH A TWO-WAY, UM, CYCLE TRACK THAT'S ALSO CAN BE USED BY, UM, PEDESTRIANS.
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PROTECTED WITH, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT AN ASPHALT CURB SEPARATING THAT THREE FOOT BUFFER AND THEN PARKED CARS.UH, SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, THIS IS THE EXISTING CONFIGURATION OF THE ROADWAY DOWN HERE, PRETTY AMAZING.
THE, THE WIDTH YOU CAN KIND OF SQUEEZE OUT OF IT WHEN YOU BASICALLY GO FROM THESE PARKING, UH, THESE BIKE LANE ON STREETE BIKE LANES, AND YOU JUST, UH, SHIFT THEM BOTH TO, TO ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UM, PROJECT TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'VE MET WITH THE, THE WALL SUPERINTENDENT.
HE'S BEEN A, A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS TASK FORCE.
MET WITH HIM, UH, ONSITE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO JUST TO, UM, MAKE SURE THEY, UH, WE WERE REALLY ADDRESSING EVERYTHING THEY WANTED TO SEE FROM THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, AGAIN, THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THIS DONE THIS SUMMER WHILE SCHOOL IS OUT, OBVIOUSLY.
'CAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO BE CHANGING THESE CONDITIONS WHILE, UH, WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION.
AND GO BACK TO MY OTHER SCREEN NOW AND THEN, YEAH, THE LAST, UH, QUICK BUILD PROJECT ON THAT LIST WAS, UM, ELI, WHICH, LIKE I MENTIONED, LITTLE UNCERTAINTY ON THE, THE TI TIMING THERE, BUT WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH THE DESIGN AND OUTREACH, GETTING IT READY, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, UH, STARTING TO LOOK AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UM, CROSSWALK ENHANCEMENTS AROUND THE CITY.
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN REQUESTS FOR A NEW CROSSWALK ACROSS BODEGA, SOMEWHERE AROUND UPHAM STREET CONNECTING UPHAM WITH PROSPECT.
THERE'S A REALLY LONG STRETCH THERE, UH, BETWEEN HOWARD AND WEBSTER WITHOUT ANY CROSSWALKS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A LOCATION.
IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY, UM, WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONFLICTS, BUT, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE FOUND SOMETHING THAT WE THINK WILL WORK.
UH, AND SO WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH INSTALLATION OF SOME, UH, RAPID FLASHING BEACONS AND NEW CURB RAMPS.
UH, THAT'LL BE GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION IN THE COMING WEEKS THERE AT, UM, NEAR UUM.
UH, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MAKING ENHANCEMENTS TO THE CORONA CREEK TRAIL CROSSING AT ELI ROAD NORTH.
UM, THERE IS A CROSSWALK THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE BEACONS, SO WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING THE BEACONS AND, UM, TRYING TO MAKE SOME OTHER TOUCHUPS THERE TO IMPROVE THAT CROSSING.
AND THEN, UH, WE'VE TAKEN A, WE'RE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT SOUTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD, WHICH IS, UH, REALLY OUR LAST MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADWAY THAT HAS A LOT OF UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS THAT DON'T HAVE BEACONS OR OTHER, UH, ENHANCEMENTS IN PLACE.
SO, UM, THERE'S A COLLECTION OF THEM BETWEEN, UH, WASHINGTON AND, UM, WELL, NOT EVEN WASHINGTON AND CALL FIELD, THERE'S A FEW.
AND THEN, UM, EVEN ON THE NEXT SECTION, UM, UH, EAST OF CAULFIELD, THERE'S ONE AT EVERGREEN LANE.
SO WITH EACH OF THESE WE'LL BE LOOKING TO, UH, ADD QUICK BUILD, KIND OF PAINTED BULL BOUTS, UH, REFUGE ISLANDS WHERE WE CAN AVOID THE LEFT TURN CONFLICTS.
AND THEN, UM, ADD, UH, THE SOLAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS TO THOSE.
UM, WE GOT SOME OTHERS ON OUR RADAR AS WELL.
I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, LAKEVILLE, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU'VE BROUGHT THOSE UP.
WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THOSE VERY CLOSELY THROUGH THE STUDY.
THOSE HAVE SOME SIMILAR CHALLENGES, UH, TO THE ONE AT, AT BODEGA WITH DRIVEWAY CONFLICTS AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE ON THE, OUR RADAR AS WELL.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW AT, AT THE VERY LEAST, I'M KIND OF TAKING A, A FOCUS ON THAT, THAT AREA OF, OF SOUTH MCDOWELL.
AND THEN LASTLY, JUST, UM, UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. UM, I KNOW WE WOULD LIKE TO GET HOWARD STREET, THAT WAS A REQUEST TO GET HOWARD STREET BACK.
UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY PLANNING ON HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING ON HOWARD STREET IN JULY, SO, UM, I DO THINK JULY COULD BE GOOD TIMING TO, UH, MORE OR LESS BRING THE SAME PRESENTATION TO THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, I'M, I GUESS THIS, THIS IS WHERE I'D PA HAPPY, BE HAPPY TO PAUSE AND HEAR ANY OTHER, UM, SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS? UH, NO, DEFINITELY SOME, UH, I CAN HELP PRIORITIZE THIS WHEN WE TALK ON FRIDAY, BUT, UH, NOTHING TO ADD.
OH, FRANK, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, NOT FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UM, THE QUOTE RING TRAIL NAMING, UM, PROJECT.
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COOL.UM, I, UH, BEING FAMILIAR WITH THAT TRAIL, IT'S REALLY ACTIVE ON THE WEEKENDS AND PARTICULARLY WEEKEND MORNINGS AND, UH, IF THE CITY WERE TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE SET UP A POPUP OUT THERE, UH, LIKE PEOPLE, LIKE IF YOU GOT PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THAT OVER THERE, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY COOL THING FOR THEM.
AND I BET YOU WOULD GET A LOT OF ACTIVITY, A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS.
YEAH, I THINK AT THE VERY LEAST, GETTING SOME A-FRAMES OUT THERE AND SOME SIGNS OUT SORT OF AT SOME OF THE, THE POPULAR GATHERING YEAH.
SPOTS, UH, WOULD GENERATE SOME BUZZ AND GET THE WORD OUT.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT SUGGESTION.
THAT'S GONNA BE MY SON'S COMMUTE, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE LENGTH OF IT, STARTING THE FALL.
YEAH, I LIKE RING TRAIL
YOU CAN SUBMIT THE NOMINATION.
I, I WILL
WHICH WOULD BE, WE'VE GOT LITTLE, COUPLE OTHER LITTLE PIECES HERE AND THERE.
ANYTHING ELSE, BJORN? THAT'S IT FOR ME.
WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:23 PM THANK YOU ALL.