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Minutes – Active Transportation Committee Meeting of November 18, 2021 Page 1
Minutes
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Regular Meeting of the Active Transportation Committee
CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the San Luis Obispo Active Transportation Committee was called to order
on Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. via teleconference, by Chair Arndt.
ROLL CALL
Present: Committee Members Thomas Arndt (chair), Donette Dunaway, Timothy Jouet,
Russell Mills, and Jonathan Roberts
Absent: Briana Martenies (vice-chair), and Audrey Ogden
Staff: Active Transportation Manager Adam Fukushima, and Recording Secretary Lareina
Gamboa
PUBLIC COMMENT ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Lea Brooks
Myron Amerine
--End of Public Comment--
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Review Minutes of the Active Transportation Committee Meeting of September 16, 2021:
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER MILLS, SECONDED BY
COMMITTEE MEMBER DUNAWAY, CARRIED 5-0, to approve the Minutes of the Active
Transportation Committee Meeting of September 16, 2021, as presented.
Public Comment
None.
--End of Public Comment--
BUSINESS ITEMS
2. Officer Elections:
The committee elected a new chair officer.
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER DUNAWAY, SECONDED BY
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COMMITTEE MEMBER JOUET, CARRIED 5-0, to approve Russell Mills as Chair to fill
the rest of the term until new officer elections are held in May 2022.
Public Comment
Myron Amerine
--End of Public Comment--
3. FY 2021-22 Minor Active Transportation Facility Improvements
Active Transportation Manager Fukushima provided a presentation and responded to
Committee inquiries.
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER DUNAWAY, SECONDED BY
COMMITTEE MEMBER JOUET, CARRIED 5-0, agreeing to the staff recommendation to
fund the list of projects for minor pedestrian facility improvements.
WITHDRAWN MOTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER ROBERTS,
SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER JOUET for the ATC to recommend that the city
council considers diverting adequate funds towards an emergency safety build-out on Foothill
Blvd. SECOND AND MOTION WITHDRAWN.
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER MILLS, SECONDED BY
COMMITTEE MEMBER JOUET, CARRIED 4-1, to agree to staff’s recommendation to
begin the study of Foothill Blvd to put in protected bike lanes and to encourage the city to
accelerate this project to whatever extent is possible.
Public Comment
Myron Amerine
Lea Brooks
Steve Klisch
--End of Public Comment--
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
4. Committee Member Updates
5. Staff Updates
a. Railroad Safety Trail (Pepper to Phillips)
b. Halloween Pedestrian Safety Campaign
c. Bike Light Awareness Campaign
d. S, Higuera Corridor Quick-Build Project
e. County Probation Office Expansion Project MND
f. Agenda Forecast
ADJOURNMENT
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The meeting was adjourned at 7:58 p.m. The next Regular Active Transportation Committee
meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., by teleconference.
APPROVED BY THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: 02/16/2022