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MISSION: The purpose of the Active Transportation Committee (ATC) is to provide
oversight and policy direction on matters related to bicycle and pedestrian
transportation in San Luis Obispo and its relationship to bicycling and walking outside
the City.
ROLL CALL: Lea Brooks (Chair), Ken Kienow (Vice Chair), Jenna Espinosa, Timothy Jouet, Briana
Martenies, Garrett Otto and Jonathan Roberts
OATH: Reappointment of Ken Kienow and swearing in of Briana Martenies and Garrett Otto
PUBLIC COMMENT:
At this time, the public is invited to address the Committee concerning items not on the agenda but are
of interest to the public and within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Active Transportation
Committee. The Committee may not discuss or take action on issues that are not on the agenda other
than to briefly respond to statements made or questions raised, or to ask staff to follow up on such
issues.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: March 15, 2018 (Attachment 1)
1. ACTION ITEM: Laurel Lane Complete Streets Project 2018 (30 Min) – Rice
2. ACTION ITEM: Anholm Bikeway Plan “Middle Section” (85 min) – Schwartz
3. ACTION ITEM: Officer Elections (10 min) – Rice
4. Committee Items (10 Min)
5. Project Updates (10 min) – Rice
COMMITTEE AND STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS (5 min)
ADJOURNMENT: The next regular meeting will be held July 19, 2018
Agenda – Regular Meeting
Active Transportation Committee
(formerly the Bicycle Advisory Committee)
Council Chambers, City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
Thursday, May 17, 2018 – 6:00 pm
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activities. Please contact the Clerk or staff liaison prior to the meeting if you require assistance.
DRAFT Minutes
Active Transportation Committee – Regular Meeting
Council Hearing Room, City Hall, 990 Palm St, San Luis Obispo
Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
MISSION:
The purpose of the Active Transportation Committee (ATC) is to provide oversight and policy
direction on matters related to bicycle and pedestrian transportation in San Luis Obispo and its
relationship to bicycling and walking outside the City.
Lea Brooks (Chair) called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Lea Brooks (Chair), Ken Kienow (Vice Chair), Timothy Jouet, Layla Lopez, Jonathan
Roberts
Absent: Jenna Espinosa
Staff: Active Transportation Manager Adam Fukushima, Recording Secretary Lareina Gamboa
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CM Lopez announced it would be her last meeting and is not seeking reappointment to the
committee since her term ends at the end of March.
CM Weisenthal resigned via email prior to the ATC meeting.
Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda
No comments were made.
MINUTES:
January 18, 2018
Correction to line 28: may not get use(d)
CM Jouet motioned to approve the Minutes with amendments. CM Kienow seconded the
motion. The motion passed unanimously.
February 27, 2018
Clarification to line 32: Staff presented the kickoff for the first Active Transportation Committee
meeting.
Correction to line 67: revisit public comment made by Myron Amerine for expansion and
clarification.
CM Lopez motioned to approve the Minutes with amendments. CM Roberts seconded the
motion. The motion passed unanimously.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
Agenda Item #1: Funding the Future of SLO
On behalf of Daryl Grigsby, Adam Fukushima gave an update on the Major City goal of Fiscal
Sustainability and Responsibility including the need to address capital improvement needs for
the next 10 years with available funding. The Committee was informed of a City Council meeting
on April 17th to address this issue in further detail.
Public Comment
No comments were made.
Agenda Item #2: Annual Traffic Safety Report
Matt Crisp, Transportation Planner / Engineer, presented the Annual Traffic Safety Report on
collision activity in 2016 and how it affected collision trends throughout the City over the past
five years. The Safety Report consisted of collision trends involving bicyclists, pedestrians, and
motor vehicles, and included primary collision factors, as well as high ranking collision
intersections and recommended actions.
Public Comment
Myron Amerine, resident, suggested advanced stop bars at each intersection along Santa Rosa
Street beginning at Foothill Blvd. stretching to Pacific Street. Also, as Santa Rosa approaches
town, close to Mill Street and Palm Street, speed limit signs should be posted to remind drivers
they are no longer on the Highway.
Amerine also asked that the entrance to the Trader Joe’s shopping center along South Higuera
be included in the traffic report. He mentioned a “D” shaped, stand-alone island that cuts into
the bike lane that has been a concern to cyclists.
He also suggested the bike lanes on Marsh, from Higuera to Johnson, be widened with a road
diet to vehicle lanes.
Committee Discussion
Committee discussion centered around buffered bike lanes and concerns with construction
signage.
Agenda Item #3: Committee Item
● Adopt-a-Trails Subcommittee
CM Brooks, acting under her authority as Chair, disband the Adopt-a-Trails subcommittee due
to a lack of time to devote to it.
Agenda Item #4: Project Updates
● Paving Plan Update
Staff gave an update on the upcoming summer paving project and addressed
questions from the last meeting. He informed the committee that when completed
Orcutt Road between Tank Farm Road and Johnson will have wider bike lanes
but there is not sufficient width at this time for a buffered bike lane.
An update was presented on the status of the Righetti Ranch construction and
the phases were described. Buffered bike lanes are not in the project plan, so the
City will be adding improvements along the way to allow buffered bike lanes to
exist.
The bike lane channel at the Orcutt and Laurel intersection will be upgraded as
part of the Laurel Lane paving project to bring it up to current standard.
• Anholm Bikeway Plan “Middle Section” Update
Staff gave an update on the Plan as directed by the City Council. Staff informed
the committee that, per council direction, they will be revising the Middle Section
to see if there is consensus about a shared bikeway without significant removal
of parking. This will involve more public outreach and analysis.
• Active Transportation Plan Update
Staff informed the Committee that due to the additional public outreach and
analysis required on the Anholm Bikeway Plan, that progress on the Active
Transportation Plan would be delayed until at least late summer due to a lack of
staff resources.
• Bike Rodeo
The Bike Rodeo will take place May 19, 2018 at Hawthorne Elementary School
and is looking for volunteers.
COMMITTEE AND STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next meeting will require new officer elections.
The Advisory body dinner appreciation is Tuesday, March 20, 2018.
ADJOURN
CM Lopez motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:36 p.m. to a regular scheduled meeting of May
17, 2018. CM Roberts seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Lareina Gamboa
Recording Secretary
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ITEMS:
1. ACTION ITEM: Laurel Lane Complete Streets Project (30 Min) --Rice
On May 1st the City Council approved the reconfiguration of Laurel Lane to one lane in each direction
with a two-way center turn lane, parking lanes, and buffered bike lanes. This approval also included
pedestrian crossing enhancements at Southwood & Augusta. As part of that action, however, the
Council directed staff to evaluate the feasibility of one-way cycle tracks putting the bicycle lane between
the parking lane and the curb.
Cycle tracks have the benefit of providing a dedicated and protected space for bicyclists as well as
eliminating risk and fear of collisions with over-taking automobiles. Things to consider for parking
protected bike lanes is to ensure adequate clearance space between the parked car and the curb to
avoid the risk of being “trapped” in a door zone, conflicts with bus stops and difficultly for cyclists riding
side by side or passing.
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) recommends desired widths for
parking protected cycle tracks. NACTO recommends that the parking lane and buffer combined width be
11 feet to discourage motor vehicle encroachment into the cycle track. The minimum desired width for
the cycle track should be 5 feet. In areas with uphill sections and adjacent to transit stops (such as Laurel
Lane) NACTO recommends a minimum desired width of 7 feet.
To accommodate the NACTO recommended widths, the total width needed for Laurel Lane is 66 feet
(this includes parking on both sides of Laurel and reducing the motor vehicle lanes to the minimum of
10’). Laurel Lane is 64 feet in width and the corridor has a capacity of approximately 100 on-street
parking spaces.
One alternative, Option A is to go with less than the NACTO recommended bike lane width and use 6’
bike lanes with a 3.5’ buffer between the bike lane and parking. On-street parking lanes would be
accommodated on both sides of Laurel, increasing the parking capacity of the corridor. While some
parking near driveways and intersections will be restricted to ensure adequate sight visibility, overall,
the number of on-street parking spaces would be approximately 116 (17 more than existing).
Option A: Install cycle tracks and maintain on-street parking
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Option B is an alternative where one side of on-street parking is removed in order to
accommodate the NACTO recommended minimum widths for cycle tracks. This implementation
would result in a traditional buffered bike lane on the southbound side where the parking lane
is removed and a parking protected cycle track on the northbound side. While initially the
southbound buffered bike lane would not have physical separation, the design is such that it
would seamlessly accommodate physical separation if desired in the future. Because parking is
removed in this option, on-street parking capacity is approximated at 75 (25 less than existing).
Option C is what was originally recommended and presented to the City Council at the May 1st
Council meeting. Option C includes buffered bike lanes and the addition of on-street parking.
This is still a viable option. The number of on-street parking spaces with Option C would be
approximately 133 (34 more than existing).
Staff Recommendation:
Review the three options and select one to recommend to the City Council for implementation
as part of the Resealing 2018 & Laurel Lane Complete Streets project.
Option B: Install cycle tracks and remove on-street parking
Option C: Originally planned buffered bike lanes
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2. ACTION ITEM: Anholm Bikeway Plan “Middle Section” (85 Min) -- Schwartz
On April 10, 2018, the City Council adopted a modified resolution approving the Anholm Bikeway
Plan. This followed extensive public outreach including neighborhood surveys, a project website,
and four community meetings developing the plan over the course of the last year and a half. In
addition, there were extensive discussions at the Active Transportation Committee (then known
as the Bicycle Advisory Committee) and a Council Study Session. The adopted Plan calls for further
evaluation of the “middle section” on Broad and Chorro between Ramona and Lincoln to
determine if a Class III shared street with traffic calming and diversion off Broad, coupled with
measures to mitigate impacts on Lincoln and other streets, is acceptable to the community while
also achieving a low-stress through route for bicycling and walking.
On May 10, 2018 a community meeting was held to present a draft concept of the “middle
section” of the Anholm Bikeway corridor. The purpose of the meeting was for the community to
participate in a design charrette, where community members submitted their own ideas and had
an opportunity for dialogue with staff and other community members on the draft concept. The
staff presentation to the ATC on May 17th will summarize the key points taken from the design
charrette. Based on direction from Council per the adopted Anholm Bikeway Plan and
considering community input provided to date, the following design options for the “middle
section” have emerged and are presented for ATC consideration:
Options Consistent with Adopted Anholm Bikeway Plan
Option #1 – Shared Street with Traffic Calming and Diversion on Broad
Consistent with Council direction and the adopted Anholm Bikeway Plan, this option proposes a Class
III bike route (“shared street”) along Broad Street between Lincoln and Ramona. The staff-developed
proposal for this concept includes a single traffic diverter on Broad Street between Ramona and
Meinecke to shift auto traffic off Broad, coupled with traffic calming measures along Broad, Lincoln,
Chorro and other side streets to minimize speeding and cut-through concerns.
Other Options for Discussion (Not Consistent with Adopted Anholm Plan)
Option #2 – Shared Street with Traffic Calming Only
This design option establishes a Class III bike route (“shared street”) along Broad Street between Lincoln
and Ramona with traffic calming, but no physical traffic diversion. Traffic calming measures are
proposed along Broad, Chorro and Lincoln to reduce auto speeds and discourage potential for cut-
through traffic within the neighborhood. This option is not consistent with Council direction per the
adopted Anholm Bikeway Plan—no traffic diverters are proposed—but, is sensitive to neighborhood
opposition to physical traffic diversion.
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Option #3 – Revisit Protected Bike Lanes via On-Street Parking Removal
This design option provides dedicated buffered and/or protected bike lanes on Chorro and Broad
Streets through removal of one-side of street parking. As previously proposed in the Draft Anholm
Bikeway Plan, this option included a two-way protected bikeway along one side of Chorro Street and a
protected southbound bike lane on Broad Street. Traditional one-way bike lanes without physical
separation are also feasible on each side of Chorro under this design option. Per the adopted Anholm
Bikeway Plan, if a solution incorporating a Class III shared street along Broad cannot be developed in a
manner that is acceptable to the community while achieving established multi-modal goals, a plan for
protected bike lanes may be revisited.
Option #4 – Revisit Protected Bike Lanes via Broad/Chorro One-Way Couplet
This design option was previously considered during the Alternatives Analysis phase of the Anholm
Bikeway Plan development, but was ultimately discarded in favor of other alternatives . This option
provides dedicated buffered and/or protected bike lanes on Chorro and Broad Streets through removal
of one travel lane and conversion to one-way couplets. As previously envisioned, this option included
a two-way protected bikeway along one side of Chorro Street, with Chorro configured as one-way
northbound for auto traffic, and a buffered southbound bike lane on Broad Street, configured as one-
way southbound for auto traffic. Per the adopted Anholm Bikeway Plan, if a solution incorporating a
Class III shared street along Broad cannot be developed in a manner that is acceptable to the
community while achieving established multi-modal goals, a plan for protected bike lanes may be
revisited.
Following consideration by the ATC, a draft plan for the “middle section” will be presented to the
Planning Commission on July 25, and ultimately, the City Council on August 21, 2018. Regardless
of which specific design concept is ultimately adopted, performance monitoring will be
conducted before and after construction of improvements with a report to Council after 12 and
24 months.
Staff Recommendation:
Review the conceptual design options presented by staff for the “middle section” of the
Anholm Bikeway Corridor, as well as community input provided at the May 10th design
charrette, and identify a preferred alternative to be recommended to the Planning Commission
on July 25th and City Council on August 21st, 2018.
Link 1: Adopted Anholm Bikeway Plan
The adopted Plan and supplemental project information are available on the project webpage:
https://www.peakdemocracy.com/portals/189/Issue_3444
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3. ACTION ITEM: Officer Elections (10 min) -- Rice
The ATC shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson to serve for one year. Responsibilities
for the chairperson can be reviewed in the Advisory Body Handbook.
4. Committee Items (10 min)
• Highlights of the Advisory Body Brown Act Workshop from April 18, 2018 -- Brooks
5. Project and Committee Updates (10 min)
• Railroad Safety Trail Update
• Bob Jones Trail (Calle Joaquin to Oceanaire)
• Bike Month Events
• Bike Rodeo: May 19, 2018 at Hawthorne Elementary
• Items for next meeting
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ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held: July 19, 2018
ATTACHMENTS:
1. DRAFT March 15, 2018 BAC Minutes