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Special Meeting Minutes
Bicycle Advisory Committee
Council Hearing Room, City Hall, 990 Palm St, San Luis Obispo
Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.
MISSION:
The purpose of the Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) 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.
Lea Brooks (Chair) called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Lea Brooks (Chair), Howard Weisenthal (Vice Chair), Ken Kienow, Jonathan Roberts,
Timothy Jouet, Jenna Espinosa, Layla Lopez
Absent:
Staff: Active Transportation Manager Adam Fukushima, Recording Secretary Lareina Gamboa
Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda
No comments were made.
DISCUSSION ITEM
Agenda Item #1: Zoning Regulations Update
Kyle Bell, Associate Planner, gave a progress report on the Zoning Regulations Update and
presented draft bike parking requirements by use for comment and input.
Discussion followed on parking in-lieu fees, downtown parking garages, parklets, dedicated bike
parking zones downtown, the right balance between short and long-term bike parking, and the
site location of bike parking.
The committee members gave input to try to achieve as much as possible a 20% bike parking
goal to be consistent with the City’s mode split goals.
Public Comment
Myron Amerine, resident, pushed for a higher percentage of bike parking. He also raised
concerns about bike parking in the remodeled Foothill Plaza. He mentioned the bike rack at the
new apartments on Osos at Pismo and Pacific, which had been vandalized.
Sarah Flickinger, resident, raised concerns about the number of spaces required for bicycle
parking for an office space as well as concerns about cargo bike parking. She also cited
concerns for the design standards of bike parking, whether they are U-type racks or otherwise.
Gary Havas, resident, suggested that the money that would be used toward bike parking in an
automobile parking structure could be saved and spent toward placing bike racks elsewhere in
the community.
Barry Rands, resident, suggested policy should clearly state that bike racks should be visible
from the main entrance to an establishment.
PRESENTATION ITEMS
Agenda Item #2: San Luis Ranch and Avila Ranch Bicycle Facilities Update
Luke Schwartz, Transportation Planner/Engineer, gave an update on the progress of planned
bicycle facilities associated with the San Luis Ranch and Avila Ranch development projects
including the intersections of Los Osos Valley Road / Froom Ranch, Higuera / Prado, Dalidio /
Madonna. Improvements discussed included protected intersections, Class IV bikeway
connections and enhanced crossings.
Public Comment
Myron Amerine, addressed the lack of right hand turns for vehicles, and thru bike lanes when
crossing LOVR at Madonna, as well as the turn into the shopping plaza at Froom Ranch.
Gary Havas, wanted to make sure directions are designated regarding the corner refuge
islands.
Sarah Flickinger, had concerns about mid-block crossing on Oceanaire. She suggested to staff
to consider bike boxes as an option for the Oceanaire intersection, and perhaps diagonal
crossing, like in Pasadena City. She suggested that developers take away some parking spaces
instead of cutting into the green open space. She mentioned that the Avila Ranch development
has yet to address treatments for bicycle facilities at Suburban road and believes designing and
integrating this into the plans for Suburban road and the Buckley extension is key to serving
future cyclists. She was disappointed that Los Verdes and Los Palos do not have a way to cross
LOVR, and the two communities do not connect. She suggested a HAWK crossing at that
location.
Agenda Item #3: Unleashed Dogs on Trails
Due to time, CM Roberts motioned to postpone this agenda item to a future meeting. CM
Kienow seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Agenda Item #4: Committee Items
● Adopt-a-Trails Subcommittee
CM Brooks and CM Jouet agreed to meet to discuss the goals and status of the subcommittee.
Agenda Item #5: Project Updates
Broad Street Bike Blvd meeting on December 11th drew a crowd of over 140 people. The final
plan will be presented to Council on February 6th.
Madonna and LOVR paving is done except for the grinding down and restriping along Madonna
Plaza. This will take place after the holidays.
Green pavement went along the bridge of LOVR by the freeway, southbound ramps, as well as
approaching Calle Joaquin.
Active Transportation Plan update: Staff is proposing a special meeting in February to consider
goals of the Plan update.
The transition of the BAC to an Active Transportation Committee is on the council agenda for
February 6th.
The crossing of Foothill and Ferrini is in design right now.
COMMITTEE AND STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS
CM Brooks mentioned that the Cal Poly held a public meeting on their Master Plan update.
Staff is currently composing a comment letter.
ADJOURN
CM Jouet motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:28 p.m. to a regular scheduled meeting of
January 18, 2018. CM Roberts seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Lareina Gamboa
Recording Secretary
MINUTES W ERE APPROVED BY THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1/18/2018