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Home My WebLink About3/17/2022 Item 2, Finger Delgado, Adriana From:Helene Finger <helenefinger@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, To:Advisory Bodies Subject:ATC Pedestrian Crossing Improvements Agenda Item Attachments:half mile map DAC increase.pdf This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Dear Active Transportation Committee, I am writing to request that a pedestrian hybrid beacon be installed at South/King so that Hawthorne Elementary School students have a safe route to school and so that adjacent low-income residents on the north side of South Street have a safe crossing to their closest park (Meadow Park) and South Hills Open Space. Hawthorne has the highest rate in the city of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. As is common with disadvantaged communities, language and other barriers limit their voices being heard and their needs can go unmet for years. In the staff report for this agenda item, there is discussion about installing a pedestrian hybrid beacon near Sinsheimer elementary, but there is no provision for a similar project for crossing South at King, a location with higher traffic volume (17,408 daily motor vehicle volume) than the Sinsheimer project (14,815 daily motor vehicle volume). Crossing South at King has long been a safety hazard, including being the location where a second-grade pedestrian, Kimberley Macias, was hit by a car and killed in 2005. Several years ago, SLOCOG created the attached Safe Routes To School map that unintentionally highlights the need for a safe crossing at South/King for low-income residents. More recently, this past fall the Walk To School route with adult crossing volunteers was modified to not cross South at King due to the principal’s concern for student safety. Thank you for your consideration of making crossing South at King safer, Helene Finger 1 èé èé èé èé èé èé èé èé èé èé èé èé èé èé !"$ !"$ èé !"$ èé èé !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$!"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ èé èé !"$ èé !"$ èé !"$ !"$ èé èé !"$ èé !"$ !"$ èé !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ èé !"$ !"$ !"$ èé èé !"$ !"$ èé !"$ !"$ èé !"$ èé !"$ èé !"$ èé !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ èé !"$ èé !"$ èé !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ èé !"$ !"$ èé èé !"$ èé !"$ !"$ èé !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ èé èé !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ èé !"$ èé !"$ èé èé !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ èé !"$ !"$ èé èé !"$ !"$ !"$ èé !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ èé èé !"$ èé èé !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$!"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ èéèé èé !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ èé èé èé èé !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ !"$ èé èé )2 )1 )2 )1 )2 )1)1 89:m89:m ÅÆSÅÆS Pacific StTrevorWy He l e n a S t Branch St Je n n i f e r S t PaulineWy Blvd Del CampoEmily StMutsuhito AveStoneridge Dr Fi x l i n i S t Flo r e n c e A v e Bi n n s Ct Rich CtExposition Ct Humbert StKing StExposition DrMadrid CtRoundhouse Ave Stoneridge Dr Os o s S t Sendero CtCumbre CtGanador CtBanderola CtSy lvia C tChurch StNi p o m o S t W alk er St Bishop StAr c h e r S t Mitchell Dr BluerockDrNi p o m o S t Pacific StKristy Ct Lawrence DrHe n r y S t R u t h S t Ar c h e r S t San Carlos Dr Woodbridge S t K e n dra C tCa r m e l S t M o r r o S t B i k e B l v d Ella StMorrison St Mcmillan AveBe a c h S t A u g ustaStLeffStIslay StPacific StUpham StKing StSan Carlos DrBeebee StCorrida Dr W a l k e r S t Rachel StLawrence Dr South St Brook StGeorge StCar m e l S t Islay StIris StFrancis StFletcher Ave Caudill St Ga r d e n S t Church StLeff StNi p o m o S t Ca r m e l S t Be a c h S t Upham StBushnell StLawton AveMeadow StSandercock St Vi c t o r i a A v e Vi c t o r i a A v e LeonaAveChandler StTenbrook StMeadow StC h o r r o S t G a r d e n S t Ar c h e r S t C h o r r o S t G a r d e n S t Be a c h S t Ca r m e l S t M o r r o S t B i k e B l v d Ni p o m o S t Ni p o m o S t Iris StBianchi St Ella StFunston AveKing CtStory StHutton StHarris StCypress StWard StPrice StPerkins LnAlphonso StBridge StPacific-PismoAlleyRachel St Garibaldi AveSanMateoDrWoodbridge StCaudill StHumbert AveSendero StIslay StChurch StNipomo AlleySwazey StBrizzolara StRailroad AveElks LnSanta ClaraStBeebee StDanaStParker StSie r r a W y High St C h o r r o S t Pismo StBuchon StSanta Barbara StBuchon StO s o s S t Pismo StBr o a d S tMarsh StSouth St Br o a d S tHigueraSt Jo h n s o n A v e So u t h H i g u e r a S t MitchellPark Emerson Park SinsheimerPark Meadow ParkSanLuisObispoCreekBrizzolaraCreekHawthorne ES Cerro San LuisNatural Reserve South HillsOpen Space Terrace HillOpen Space RailroadRecreation Trail Safe Routes To SchoolInfrastructure Survey £¤101 0 500 1,000 Feet I Legend San Luis Obispo Regional RideshareSan Luis Obispo Council of Governments1114 Marsh StreetSan Luis Obispo, CA 93401Date updated: January 2019 Signal Type and Other Signs èé Signal ÅÆS Radar Speed Sign !"$Stop Sign 89:m Flashing BeaconSchool Entry Points )1 Primary Entry Point )2 Secondary Entry Point Pedestrian NetworkSidewalk Standard White Crosswalk Ladder White Crosswalk Continental White Crosswalk Zebra White Crosswalk Unmarked Crossing No Sidewalk Standard Yellow Crosswalk Ladder Yellow Crosswalk Continental Yellow Crosswalk Zebra Yellow Crosswalk Bike Path or Informal Path Schools High School (Continuation) High SchoolElementary School Junior High School Infrastructure study areas1/4-mile walk from school 1/2-mile walk from school Park and Recreational Facilities Open SpaceRegional Park Community Park Golf Courses Community Boundaries Unincorporated CommunitiesIncorporated Cities Bikeways Class III (planned) Bicycle Boulevard (planned) Sharrows (planned) Pacific Coast Bike Route Class III (existing) Bicycle Boulevard (existing) Sharrows (existing) Recreational Route Class II (planned)Class II (existing) Roadways Rural Collector Freeway Expressway Highway Ramp Major Arterial Local Roadways Note: This map is meant to reflect the pedestrian or walking network proximate to schoolsin the San Luis Obispo region. Presence of sidewalk is meant to reflect existing conditionsas of 2011. Digital aerial photography is available for 2014 and 2018 (as of February 2019). Actual conditions on the ground may vary from this map. Map author: Geoffrey Chiapella, San Luis Obispo Council of Governments Hawthorne Elementary School 1/4-Mile and 1/2-Mile Survey Area San Luis Coastal USD