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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-29-2009 BAC minutesMINUTES Regular Meeting of the SAN LUIS OBISPO BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Council Hearing Room, City Hall 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo January 29, 2009 Thursday 7 p.m. MISSION: The purpose of the Bicycle Advisory Committee is to provide oversight and policy direction on matters related to bicycle transportation in San Luis Obispo and its relationship to bicycling outside the City. ROLL CALL: Glen Matteson (Chair), Jean Anderson, Matt Colonell, Tim Gillham, Cheryl Lenhardt, and Kristina Seley (vice Chair). There is one vacancy on the committee at this time. Staff Members: Peggy Mandeville, Kevin Christian, recording minutes Janet Miller PUBLIC COMMENT: Morgan Marshall, SLO Regional Rideshare, gave a brief introduction of her organization with an update on planning activities for Bike Month. MINUTES: November 20, 2008 Action: CM Anderson moved, seconded by CM Colonell to approve the minutes as amended. The motion passed with CM Lenhardt abstaining. PRESENTATION ITEMS: Agenda Item #1: 2007 Traffic Safety Report Jake Hudson, Senior Traffic Engineer, presented a summary of the 2007 Traffic Safety Report. He presented the highest incident sites involving bicyclists, and how these are determined. In response to collisions on Monterey Street, Staff Christian provided an update on the “Sharrow” project (Shared Roadway Bicycle Marking) on upper Monterey St. Staff provided the following link for reporting roadway hazards on State controlled highways: http://www.dot.ca.gov/maintform.html CM Lenhardt suggested that reporting these hazards through the San Luis Obispo County Bicycle Coalition might be easier as you don’t have to know who (City, County, State) has jurisdiction on a particular roadway. This may be done at: http://slobikelane.org/cm/resources/road_conditions.html ACTION ITEMS: Agenda Item #2: Bicycle Advisory Committee Bylaws The Committee reviewed and discussed articles 2 and 3. The amended provisions regarding residency requirement to article 2, “Members must be residents and registered voters of the City” were agreeable to all. The “reality” of officer elections (Article 3) was discussed in relationship to the high number of committee members leaving the BAC in the past year. CM Anderson expressed a desire to have the bylaws more closely reflect that reality. The Committee suggested the following changes be made to Article 3: The officers will consist of a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson who will be elected annually at the first a regular Committee meeting in each calendar year. The Chairperson will preside over all meetings of the Committee and perform such duties as directed by the Committee. The Vice-Chairperson will serve in the absence or incapacity of the Chairperson. Action: CM Lenhardt moved, seconded by Vice Chair Seley to recommend to Council that they adopt the bylaws with the suggested amendments. The motion passed unanimously. DISCUSSION ITEMS: Agenda Item #3: Committee Member Items • CM Tim Gillham presented the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) Unmet Transit/Bikeway Needs study. A brief explanation of the annual study was given. A public meeting will be held Feb. 4, 2009, with input considered for this year’s requests through Feb. 11. The Committee discussed the relationship of this request, and current City Bicycle Transportation Plan projects. Specifically discussed was that further funding for Phase 3 of the Railroad Safety Trail is needed. Action: CM Anderson moved, seconded by Vice Chair Seley, to have staff forward a recommendation to SLOCOG suggesting funding for the completion of Phase 3 of the RRST be added to the Unmet Bikeway needs list. The motion passed with CM Gillham abstaining. • On the topic of unmet bikeway needs, Vice Chair Seley noted that commuting from North County is now more problematic for cyclists with the closing of access to a road on the Miossi property. (The Road extends north of Loomis St., adjacent to Hwy. 101 and Cuesta Park, to meet south bound Hwy 101). Staff noted that this is outside of the City limits. The issue of the status of prescriptive easement was discussed. Chair Matteson suggested that the City’s Natural Resource Mgr. might be able to provide more information. • CM Colonell gave the sub-committee presentation of the Shared Use Path, Use by Motorized Devices, draft statute. CM Anderson provided CM Colonell with further contacts around the State who are also working on similar projects, and suggested that the BAC might want to wait on those. Vice Chair Seley suggested that moving on this statute at a City level would be quicker than waiting to work on a statewide level. CM Anderson replied that she felt the first step should be education. CM Anderson would like to see the State involvement prior to adding another statute to City regulations. Vice Chair Seley noted that it would be easier to enforce an ordinance in place. Chair Matteson suggested running a statute through Parks and Recreation Department before forwarding to the City Council for consideration. He asked how Segways would be categorized in the statute. CM Colonell replied that he had included the Segways as a permitted vehicle. Chair Matteson requested further information on handicap and disability devices. CM Colonell replied motorized disability devices were permitted. Chair Matteson noted that more specific definitions should be used to clarify the statute. He also questioned the term “moped” as possibly being a specific brand name versus whether it was definition of a devise. Planner Mandeville suggested including vehicle licensing requirements in definitions. Committee members discussed speeds of vehicles requiring licensing and the need to involve related business owners. Staff Christian suggested a vehicle width requirement be included. CM Colonell agreed to continue to work on the proposed ordinance with information and direction provided. He requested members email him additional comments. Agenda Item # 4: Staff Items • The addition of a bike box at the California/Foothill intersection is currently in process. The bike box is planned for north bound Foothill, at the California intersection. Topic continued to next meeting. • An update of the Jan. 15 City Budget forum was given. It was noted that strong support for bicycling projects and related programs was presented by speakers at the forum. • Phase 4 (Hathway to Foothill) of the Railroad Safety Trail is almost complete. Pavement has been put in place, with fencing to follow. Staff will apprise the Committee on the date for the opening when available. • Staff updated the Committee on the Perfumo Creek crossing Safe Routes to School project. Committee members thanked Planner Mandeville for her work on the project. • The annual Advisory Body recognition event will be held on March 19. • The next BAC meeting has been rescheduled to March 26 due to the conflict with the recognition event. • Staff updated the Committee on a potential request for on-street bicycle parking on Garden Street. CM Gillham suggested checking Garden St. on Thursday night for possible location conflicts. CM Lenhardt motioned, and was seconded by CM Colonell to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm.