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MINUTES
Regular Meeting of the
SAN LUIS OBISPO BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Council Hearing Room, City Hall
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
November 15, 2007 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: Present: Kevin Christian (Chair), Jean Anderson, Tim Gillham, Glen
Matteson and Tom Nuckols. Absent: Trevor Keith (Vice Chair) and Ben Lerner.
Staff present: Peggy Mandeville, Principal Transportation Planner
Jake Hudson, Engineer III
Dan VanBeveren, Senior Civil Engineer
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Adam Fukushima, County Bicycle Coalition introduced the new Rideshare Bicycle
Coordinator, Jaime Hill. He also provided the Committee with a summary of the
Coalition’s “Bike Forward” program and the ceremony that took place on the previous
Friday when 30 bikes were given away to participants. He noted that the event was
covered by KSBY television and the Mustang Daily newspaper. Finally, he notified the
Committee that Bike Forward participants would be participating a blog to track their
participation and share triumphs and commuting tips.
MINUTES: The minutes of September 27, 2007 were approved as written.
INTRODUCTIONS:
Dan VanBeveren, Senior Civil Engineer in the Public Works Department, provided the
Committee with an update on current bike projects. He noted that the Bob Jones City to
Sea Trail is under construction between Prado Road and Los Osos Valley Road and
that the Railroad Safety Trail, Phase 4 (Highway 101 to Foothill Boulevard) construction
plans are 75% complete. Finally, he noted that the Railroad Safety Trail license
agreements should be approved by middle of next year and design should be complete
by the end of next year.
He then discussed the recently completed slurry seal project. He noted that the bicycle
stencil at Tassajara and Foothill would be replaced and that the bike lane striping on
north bound California south of Foothill would be corrected.
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Staff VanBeveren noted that the 2007 slurry seal projects will be touched up to address
vertical and horizontal displacement and that the City is developing a standard for
grinding bike lanes before a repaving project begins. Finally, he noted that any BAC
concerns about particular locations should be relayed to staff via Peggy Mandeville.
Chair Christian noted that the BAC can be a positive resource to staff for striping review
of paving projects.
CM Anderson noted that Pacific Street between Broad and Nipomo has been identified
as a street segment that needs to be repaved.
PRESENTATIONS:
Jake Hudson, Engineer III with the Public Works Department, presented the 2006
Annual Traffic Safety Report to the Committee including information on bicycle
collisions. Staff noted that during the past year, the City installed the Morro Street
bicycle signal. Committee members asked general questions of staff.
ACTION ITEMS:
Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA) Grant Application
Staff presented the Committee with a presentation outlining staff’s justification for
identifying the Railroad Safety Trail, between the Amtrak Train Station and Marsh
Street, as the recommended grant application project.
The Committee concurred that this section of the Railroad Safety Trail is identified in the
2007 Bicycle Transportation Plan as a high priority project and because the design and
environmental work has been completed, it is the ideal project to submit for the grant.
The Committee voted unanimously to support the staff recommendation that the City
submit a BTA grant application for the Railroad Safety Trail section between the Amtrak
Station and Marsh Street.
Collision/Volume Location Review
The Committee deferred discussion on the review of Santa Rosa and Foothill until the
next meeting to give the Committee members time to review the project in context with
the information provided in the 2006 Traffic Safety Report.
The Committee requested that at the next meeting staff provide the Committee with an
update on what changes the City made to paving projects in response to their
recommendations.
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
Bike Riding on Sidewalks
The Committee asked that staff confer with the Police Department to determine how
much a ticket is for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk and whether or not the Police
Department considers the offense something the BAC should address as part of an
education effort.
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Bikes on Buses
Staff notified the Committee that the Air Pollution Control District called a meeting of
interested parties to discuss the issue of bicyclists being left behind when the bike racks
on buses are full. The group decided to conduct additional research on the issue prior
to making any decisions.
Air Pollution Mitigation Projects
CM Gillham notified the Committee that the Air Pollution Control District is looking for
projects to mitigate the air quality impacts of development projects. The Committee
recommended that staff send a copy of the 2007 Bicycle Transportation Plan to the
District.
The meeting adjourned at 9:50 pm to the regularly scheduled meeting date of January
17, 2008.
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