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Home My WebLink About2/6/2018 Item 12, Fukushima City of San Luis Obispo, Council Memorandum Date: February 02, 2018 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Adam Fukushima, Active Transportation Manager VIA: Derek Johnson, City Manager SUBJECT: DRAFT Minutes from the January 18, 2018 Bicycle Advisory Committee Attached are the DRAFT minutes from the January 18, 2018 Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting including recommended actions on the Broad Street Bicycle Blvd. The DRAFT minutes are unapproved and will be considered for approval by the Bicycle Advisory Committee at their March 15, 2018 meeting. 1 2 3 4 DRAFT Minutes 5 Bicycle Advisory Committee 6 Council Chamber Room, City Hall, 990 Palm St, San Luis Obispo 7 Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. 8 9MISSION: 10The purpose of the Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) is to provide oversight and policy 11direction on matters related to bicycle transportation in San Luis Obispo and its relationship to 12bicycling outside the City. 13 14Lea Brooks (Chair) called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 15 16ROLL CALL: 17Present: Lea Brooks (Chair), Ken Kienow (Vice Chair), Jenna Espinosa, Timothy Jouet, 18Jonathan Roberts, Howard Weisenthal 19Absent: Layla Lopez 20Staff: Transportation Planner / Engineer Jennifer Rice, Active Transportation Manager Adam 21Fukushima, Transportation Manager Jake Hudson, Recording Secretary Lareina Gamboa 22 23Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda 24Lydia Mourenza, resident, reminded the committee and staff that the City would no longer 25receive funding from the closure of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant and that the Safe Routes to 26School Plan should be revisited before the City moves forward with it. She has seen a decrease 27in students heading to Pacheco Elementary School and does not want the city to waste money 28on a new route that may not get use. 29 30MINUTES: 31November 16, 2017 32CM Howard motioned to approve the Minutes with no amendments. CM Jouet seconded the 33motion. The motion passed unanimously. 34December 14, 2017 35A correction was made about the Adopt-a-Trails subcommittee item to add CM Jouet on the 36subcommittee, not CM Roberts. 37 38CM Kienow motioned to approve the Minutes with amendments. CM Weisenthal seconded the 39motion. The motion passed unanimously. 40 41ACTION ITEM: 42 43Agenda Item #1: Broad Street Bicycle Boulevard 44 45Transportation staff gave an update on the planning effort for the Broad Street Bicycle 46Boulevard including a summary of the community outreach conducted over the course of the 47last year and technical analysis on the two alternatives as determined by the City Council study 48session on August 15, 2017. Analysis included the benefits and tradeoffs of each alternative. 49Staff also provided information on the proposed phasing of the project and the performance 50monitoring proposed throughout the project implementation. 51 52Public Comment: 53Lydia Mourenza, resident, informed the committee that most homes were built in the 1920s and 5430s and were not built with wide parking spaces, or even garages, therefore leaving residents to 55rely on on-street parking. She alspatibility with garbage 56and recycling collection. She mentioned challenges with living in a parking district especially on 57the elderly. 58 59Garrett Otto, resident, is in favor of the project and believes many in the community want the 60protected path as well. He is concerned with safety first and encouraging more people to bike. 61He does not believe that trash collection or driveway access are significant issues. In addition to 62the Preferred Alternative, he suggested speed humps on Lincoln Street since it is already 63seeing overflow from those who try to bypass Chorro Street. With the extra traffic calming 64measures, he encouraged staff to pick a couple of elements from Phase II to push forward a 65project that some have been waiting a long time for. He understands the Ferrini crossing is very 66important and should be a high priority but hopes that striping on Chorro and Broad streets 67would occur during the temporary implementation. 68 69T. Keith Gurnee, resident, mentioned the lack of garages and driveways for some residents and 70gave an overview of when his home was built in the 1980s. When he obtained his permit to 71build, he had to decide on a three-story residence, the garage being the first story, or to park on- 72street. At the time, the City decided there was ample space for on-street parking, so he 73proceeded with a two-story home. He favors improvements to the underpass but is hoping for 74the Lincoln Street option. He has made many trips by bicycle and does not see a need for the 75project. He also has never seen a report on bike vs. car accidents in the area and questions the 76safety need. 77 78John Valpa, resident, says his neighborhood is impacted by parking and removing parking 79would be detrimental to the community. He stated that Chorro Street traffic is too fast and 80congested. He prefers the Lincoln Street alternative as a place to bike with his grandson and 81hopes the City will choose that alternative. 82 83Myron Amerine, resident, thanked staff for all the work they have done in designing and 84implementing this plan. He supports the full application of the Preferred Alternative and when he 85bikes and walks he does not, and will not, go out of his way to take the Lincoln route. He asked 86the Committee to consider City policy, the LUCE 20% mode share goal, and presented 87percentages from other cities who have succeeded and surpassed this mode share goal. He 88also encourages two-way cycle tracks for being more appealing to a wide range of cyclists and 89hopes they will be pursued more often. 90 91Liz Silveira, resident, likes Lincoln Street and uses it herself. She thinks more signage could 92make it better. She worries that the Preferred Alternative will put more vehicular traffic on 93Lincoln Street, creating a busy side street. She hopes that planters will not be considered on 94Chorro since there is a question of who will maintain them. She appreciates that the City is 95encouraging bicycling but wonders where they will park once they reach downtown. 96 97Questions and Discussion: 98Staff answered committee questions including those regarding parking demand, trash collection, 99and the design of the protected bikeway. 100 101CM Kienow motioned to recommend to the City Council the adoption of the Preferred 102Alternative. CM Roberts seconded the motion. The motion passed with a majority 5 to 1 vote, 103with CM Weisenthal 104 105CM Weisenthal then motioned for a reexamination of the Broad Street Bike Boulevard using 106minimal diverters, traffic calming devices along Chorro Street with shared lane marking, and that 107staff investigate the possibility of closing the entrance of US 101 off Broad Street as an 108alternative to the Preferred Alternative. The motion died for lack of a second. 109 110COMMITTEE AND STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS 111 Applications for BAC members are due on January 19th, and new officer elections will 112take place at the March meeting. 113 There will be a City Council meeting on February 6th 114transition to an Active Transportation Committee (ATC). 115 As discussed at the December meeting, there will be a special BAC meeting in 116February. Staff will send a doodle poll to the BAC members to help decide on a few 117potential dates. 118 119ADJOURN 120 CM Weisenthal motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:16 p.m. CM Jouet seconded the motion. 121The motion passed unanimously. 122 123Respectfully submitted, 124 125Lareina Gamboa 126Recording Secretary 127 128DRAFT MINUTES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AT THE MARCH 15, 2018 BAC 129MEETING