The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About03-19-2015 BAC Minutes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MISSION: 10 The purpose of the Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) is to provide oversight and policy 11 direction on matters related to bicycle transportation in San Luis Obispo and its relationship to 12 bicycling outside the City. 13 14 ROLL CALL: 15 16 CM Woolf called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. 17 18 Present: Jim Woolf (Chair), Howard Weisenthal (Vice Chair), Lea Brooks, Paula Huddleston, 19 Catherine Machado, and Arlene Winn. 20 21 Absent: Pete Deragon 22 23 Staff: Peggy Mandeville, Dan Van Beveren 24 25 PUBLIC COMMENT: 26 27 There was no public comment at this time. 28 29 MINUTES: November 14, 2014 30 31 Action: CM Machado moved to approve the minutes as submitted. CM Winn seconded the 32 motion. The motion passed unanimously. 33 34 ACTION ITEMS: 35 36 Agenda Item # 1: Major City Goal Priority Recommendations 37 38 Ms. Mandeville discussed that one of the major City goals includes a multimodal transportation, 39 and staff was developing a work program that would identify suggested projects and efforts to 40 undertake to achieve that goal. 41 42 Dan Van Beveren, Senior Civil Engineer discussed project updates for the Railroad Safety Trail 43 (RRST), including the Taft to Pepper segment. He reviewed the project timeline for the Class I 44 trail extension that includes a “cycle-track” as an interim route along California Blvd. He reported 45 that the cycle-track design was completed, but that Cal Trans was reviewing the application for 46 an encroachment permit. Mr. Van Beveren also discussed options available to build a 47 bicycle/pedestrian bridge over the tracks near Phillips and Pepper. 48 49 Public Comment: 50 Myron Amerine, resident, favored the cycle track and supported the project up to Phillips Lane. 51 He felt, however, there would be more “wrong way” cycling between Mill and Phillips. 52 53 Minutes Bicycle Advisory Committee Council Hearing Room, City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 7:00 pm James Park, resident, was concerned that the solution would not be user-friendly. 1 2 Barry Lewis, resident, asked if the existing Class 1 facility on California Blvd. allowed pedestrian 3 usage. This was confirmed, and Mr. Lewis suggested some signage be installed to make that 4 clear. 5 6 Tom Weinschenk, resident, spoke of his concern about the steepness of Johnson Avenue near 7 Lizzie Street and that the vehicle speeds on Johnson were problematic for bicycling. He favored 8 a bike boulevard and felt the Sequoia/Flora/Fixlini bike boulevard would protect students 9 bicycling to the high school. He asked if bikes were allowed on Fixlini. This was confirmed, and 10 he suggested signage be installed so riders were aware of that. Ms. Mandeville noted that the 11 City would follow up on adding signs to Fixlini to ensure bicycle riders knew they were allowed. 12 13 CM Woolf noted that with the renovation at Sunny Acres, a trail would be extended through the 14 County owned property. 15 16 The Committee discussed the prioritization of the projects list for goals to submit to Council. 17 18 Mr. Amerine and Mr. Lewis felt the RRST and Bob Jones Trail projects should be at the top of 19 the priority list. 20 21 The public comment period was closed. 22 23 Prior to making their recommendations, the Committee made the assumption that Council would 24 continue to budget $100,000 annually for miscellaneous bicycle facility improvements and that 25 funding could be allocated to the projects that were valued below $100K, e.g. including safe 26 routes to school, Boysen/Santa Rosa study, Highland/Chorro, and Chorro/Foothill projects. 27 28 They also agreed that the Flora/Fixlini bicycle boulevard could be used now by bicyclists and 29 signage should be considered to encourage students to use that route to the high school. 30 31 The Committee identified the following projects listed in priority for Council consideration as part 32 of the upcoming financial plan, noting this priority listing presumed that projects would be 33 receiving necessary on-going maintenance and that the Bicycle Coordinator position would get 34 funded apart from these projects: 35 36 1) Railroad Safety Trail- Bridge over Railroad 37 2) Bob Jones Trail Octagon Barn Connection (Design) 38 3) Sinsheimer Park Path Connection to Railroad Safety Trail 39 4) Prado Road Class I Bikeway- Broad to South Higuera 40 5) Bob Jones Trail- Prefumo Creek Connection 41 6) Railroad Safety Trail Class I Connection – Laurel to Sacramento 42 43 Chair Woolf will present these recommendations to the City Council, per Committee direction, 44 and will indicate that all projects considered are necessary elements to the overall multimodal 45 community goal. 46 47 Agenda Item # 2: Review of Advisory Body Bylaws 48 49 Ms. Mandeville discussed the bylaw review process. 50 51 The Committee reviewed the bylaws and asked staff to confirm that the bylaws indicated that 52 officers would serve maximum two-year terms. 53 54 CM Brooks moved to confirm the bylaws as submitted, with the contingency that the two-year 1 term for officers be included if the language was not already incorporated. 2 3 CM Weisenthal seconded the motion. 4 5 The motion passed unanimously. 6 7 DISCUSSION ITEMS 8 9 Agenda Item # 3: Committee Member Items 10 11 Consideration of Transitioning to a Multimodal Transportation Committee 12 13 CM Woolf discussed the need for a pedestrian plan to be drafted, and reported it’s been 14 suggested that the BAC shift to a multimodal committee, to include bicycles and pedestrians. He 15 suggested that a few Committee members volunteer to research other agency committee types. 16 17 Public Comment: 18 Mr. Amerine noted that some bicycle/pedestrian/ADA committees work well, but felt each 19 committee should stand individually and have a multimodal staff facilitator to coordinate 20 between the committees. 21 22 The Committee discussed the concept. 23 24 CM Weisenthal and CM Winn did not support the concept. 25 26 CM Huddleston, CM Woolf, and CM Brooks supported the creation of a subcommittee to 27 explore the concept for discussion purposes. 28 29 Chair Woolf agreed to gather examples from similar communities that had multimodal 30 committees in place. 31 32 CM Huddleston discussed her desire for more community education regarding bicycle safety, 33 apart from the Bike Rodeo event. She discussed the possibility of KSBY doing a series of PSA’s 34 about various safety tips. It was agreed she would approach the Bike Coalition and Rideshare to 35 discuss the suggestion further. 36 37 CM Brooks asked that a discussion of construction signage be added to the next meeting 38 agenda. 39 40 ADJOURN: 41 42 CM Woolf moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:18 p.m. to the next regular meeting of May 21, 43 2015. CM Winn seconded the motion. 44 The motion passed unanimously. 45 46 Respectfully submitted, 47 Lisa Woske 48 Recording Secretary 49