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AGENDA
Regular meeting of the
SAN LUIS OBISPO BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Council Hearing Room, City Hall
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
March 21, 2013 Thursday 7 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.
ROLL CALL: Jim Woolf (Chair), Howard Weisenthal (Vice Chair), Bill Bradlee, Chris Black,
Peter Deragon, Catherine Machado, and Arlene Winn.
RECOGNITION: BAC service recognition for Bill Bradlee.
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 Bicycle Advisory 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.
MINUTES: January 17, 2013 (Attachment 1)
ACTION ITEMS:
1. Bi-Annual Review of Advisory Body Bylaws (Attachment 2)
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
2. Committee Items:
3. Staff Items:
• For the Love of San Luis Obispo
• Railroad Safety Trail and Bob Jones Trail
• Major City Goals
• Bicycle Transportation Plan Update
• Advisory Body Recruitment
• Tentative Agenda Items for next meeting - Chevron EIR, Unmet Bikeway Needs
Adjourn:
The next meeting will be held May 16, 2013
The City of San Luis Obispo is committed to including the disabled in all of its services, programs, and
activities. Please contact the Clerk or staff liaison prior to the meeting if you require assistance.
ACTION ITEMS:
Agenda Item #1: Bi-Annual Review of Advisory Body Bylaws
As stated in the Advisory Body Handbook, Section 3: “By May 1st of each odd-numbered year,
the bylaws of each advisory body shall be reviewed by that body. Any proposed changes shall
be submitted to the Council through the City Clerk for approval. If no changes are proposed, a
report of the review shall be submitted.” The BAC recommended changes to its bylaws in 2009
(see Attachment 2) and those changes were approved by Council. At this time staff is not aware
of any additional changes that should be made.
Staff Recommendation: The BAC should review its bylaws and vote on a motion to either
maintain or amend the bylaws.
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
Agenda Item # 2: Committee Items
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Agenda Item # 3: Staff Items
• For the Love of San Luis Obispo
• Railroad Safety Trail and Bob Jones Trail
• Major City Goals
• Bicycle Transportation Plan Update
• Advisory Body Recruitment
• Items for next meeting
o Chevron EIR review
o SLOCOG Unmet Bikeway Needs
o _____________________________
o _____________________________
The next meeting will be held: May 16, 2013
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Minutes of January 17, 2013
2. San Luis Obispo Bicycle Advisory Committee Bylaws, 2009
3. City of San Luis Obispo 2013-15 Major City Goals
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Draft Minutes 1
Regular meeting of the 2
SAN LUIS OBISPO BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 3
Council Hearing Room, City Hall 4
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo 5
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January 17, 2013 Thursday 7 p.m. 7
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MISSION: 9
The purpose of the Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) is to provide oversight and policy 10
direction on matters related to bicycle transportation in San Luis Obispo and its relationship to 11
bicycling outside the City. 12
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ROLL CALL: 14
Present: Bill Bradlee (Chair), Peter Deragon (Vice Chair), Howard Weisenthal, Arlene Winn, 15
and Jim Woolf 16
Absent: Chris Black, Catherine Machado 17
Staff: Kevin Christian and Peggy Mandeville 18
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PUBLIC COMMENT: 21
No public comment was made at the beginning of the meeting. The following public comment 22
was offered at the end of the meeting: 23
Jessica Berry, San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG), noted that Bike Month 24
planning is underway. The next Bike Month Volunteer meeting will be Jan 31st. Current Bike 25
Month calendar, application forms for “mini-grants” and a handout for “Bike Month 2013 26
Sponsorship Opportunities” were passed out. Ms. Berry also noted that at its next meeting the 27
SLOCOG board will be honoring the SLO Bike Club for their contributions. C. Bradlee asked 28
Ms. Berry about personal liability concerning the “Host a community ride” suggestion on “Bike 29
Month 2013 Sponsorship Opportunities” handout. 30
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MINUTES: November 15, 2012 33
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Action: CM Weisenthal moved to approve the minutes as submitted. CM Deragon seconded 35
the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 36
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ACTION ITEMS: 39
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Agenda Item #1: Election of Officers 41
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Staff reviewed the election process, along with the terms and duties of the positions. Chair 43
Bradlee summarized the time commitment necessary for the Chair position. 44
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CM Woolf expressed an interest in the Chair position. CM Deragon proposed CM Weisenthal 46
as a possible candidate. CM Weisenthal declined interest in the Chair position but indicated he 47
would be willing to be the Vice Chair. 48
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Action: CM Deragon moved to nominate CM Woolf for the Chair position. CM Bradlee 50
seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 51
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Action: CM Deragon moved to nominate CM Weisenthal for the Vice Chair position. CM Winn 1
seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 2
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Agenda Item #2: Bicycle Transportation Plan (BTP) Update: Misc. Clean Up Items 5
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• Railroad Crossings: Staff reviewed the current draft plan policy and noted that although a 8
need arising for the added clause is unexpected, it would be prudent to cover the 9
circumstance in the policy. 10
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CM Weisenthal questioned if all existing at-grade crossing are at 90 degrees and wondered 12
what could be done if they are not since roadway alignments are already built out. Staff 13
indicated that roadway striping might be employed to address the need. 14
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• Retaining Existing Bikeway Connections: Staff reviewed the proposed new definition and 16
policy, noting that adoption of them would mean deleting projects whose sole purpose was 17
to retain existing access areas. 18
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CM Winn asked for clarification on the wording, “Shall be retained”. Staff noted the 20
“Industrial to Bougainvilla” project in the draft BTP. This project is the result of a previously 21
open-to-the-public access point between bicycling facilities being closed off with a welded 22
shut gate. The purpose of the new policy is to keep these bikeway connections open. 23
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CM Weisenthal asked if these bikeway connections would include signage. Further 25
discussion lead to the general consensus that signage for these connections are provided 26
for in the policy section of the BTP. 27
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CM Deragon expressed the desire that the term “connectors” be used on maps to designate 29
these bikeways. 30
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CM Winn noted that the word “existing” needed to be added to the definition. (An existing 32
unpaved trail or paved walkway providing connection to bikeways.) 33
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There was specific discussion concerning the existing dirt trail connecting Southwood Drive 35
with the RRST, along the southern border of Sinsheimer Park next to the creek. CM Woolf 36
expressed that he ideally would prefer a Class I be installed there. CM Winn concurred, 37
noting that she felt that with the high number of users that it might be unsafe for some. She 38
also wondered if ownership was an issue for eventual Class I creation. Staff noted that the 39
current draft BTP project covering the dirt pathway supports the Sinsheimer Park Master 40
Plan which calls for retention of this trail as a dirt pathway, but does call for a paved 41
connection between the ball fields and the RRST. 42
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• Financial Section: Staff described the Future Financial Needs section of the draft BTP and 45
noted that the City has someone preparing a cost benefit analysis for the Railroad Safety 46
Trail (RRST) and Bob Jones City-to-Sea Trail (BJT) as examples. Staff noted that while 47
inclusion of a cost benefit analysis is not required per the CA Streets and Highway Code, 48
staff believes the information is useful and can be expanded upon during the next update 49
effort. 50
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CM Woolf noted that there is no mention of bicycle boulevards and would like to amend the 52
section to include them. 53
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Further discussion generated the suggestion to change the table name to “Future Financial 1
Commitments” (from “Future Financial Needs”) and to include a clarification that the costs 2
being discussed are for construction only. 3
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• Unocal Collector Project Ranking: There was no further discussion on this project. 6
Committee members present who still owed staff ranking indicated that they would provide 7
it. There was consensus to accept the project as written and ranked. 8
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Action: CM Woolf moved to approve the BTP items as recommendations by staff with the 10
following changes: 11
- The bikeway connections definition will include the term “existing”. 12
- The bikeway map will use the term bikeway “connector”. 13
- The Financial section should clearly identify the costs as construction only and the table 14
name should accurately reflect the data type contained. 15
CM Bradlee seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 16
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DISCUSSION ITEMS: 19
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Agenda Item 3. Committee Items: 21
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CM Woolf noted that there is no Class II channelization on north bound Santa Rosa at 23
Highland and questioned if a project should be added to the draft Plan. Staff noted that this 24
is the third highest bike count intersection for the City, but that it is a Cal Trans controlled 25
area. CM Winn concurred that with the high number of Cal Poly students biking the 26
intersection.. CM Deragon noted that there is a lot of driving and texting going on in this 27
intersection too. Discussion of the nearby Santa Rosa/Foothill intersection was included as it 28
too is lacking Class II channelization (although it has it in the south and east bound 29
directions). The topic was opened up larger, asking if there might be other intersections 30
citywide that are high speed, high volume that don’t have Class II channelization. There was 31
general consensus requesting staff to propose how to handle this in the draft BTP. 32
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CM Winn praised the Monterey and California conspicuous colored Class II lanes, noting 34
that she felt motorists were paying more attention to bicyclists in the area. CM Bradlee 35
requested that statistics on the impact of the new colored lanes be shared with the BAC 36
when available. 37
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Agenda Item 4. Staff Items: 39
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• Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Requests (SLOCOG): Staff summarized the 41
annual request. Jessica Berry of SLOCOG explained that input for bicycling and 42
pedestrian needs is included as part of their annual input for unmet transit needs 43
request. 44
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• Land Use and Circulation Element update (LUCE): Staff directed the BAC to the 46
SLO2035.com website, and described MindMixer, an online forum to discuss LUCE 47
projects. Staff also noted that a multimodal level of service (LOS) analysis is underway 48
as part of the overall project. Multimodal level of service was then explained. 49
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• Bob Jones Trail workshop update: Staff reviewed the recent meetings held on the trail 51
alignment options, from the Octagon Barn to Los Osos Valley Road. Responses from a 52
City survey, public comment from the meetings, and environmental and cost information 53
are being compiled in order to determine the best alignment. 54
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• Community forum for City Council goal setting update: Staff reviewed the event and 2
noted that there was a great community turnout. Of specific note was the number of 3
supporters backing the Bike Coalition speaker (more than half of the room stood up). 4
Council will meet Jan 26th regarding priorities. 5
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• Best Practices in Pedestrian Wayfinding webinar Jan 16, 2013: Staff reviewed a 7
pedestrian wayfinding webinar and briefly reported on findings. Webinar materials can 8
be forwarded upon request. 9
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• Advisory Body Recruitment: Staff noted that CM Woolf and CM Bradlees terms are up in 11
March and expressed a hope they reapply. 12
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CM Deragon motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:05. CM Weisenthal seconded the motion. 15
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The next meeting will be held March 21, 2013 17
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Respectfully submitted, 20
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51 The City of San Luis Obispo is committed to including the disabled in all of its services, programs, and
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Appendix 1 4 of 4
Updated 6/16/2009 1
BYLAWS
SAN LUIS OBISPO BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Amended by Resolution No. 10096 (2009 Series)
ARTICLE 1. PURPOSE
The purpose of the Bicycle Advisory Committee 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.
ARTICLE 2. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS OF OFFICE
The Bicycle Advisory Committee shall have seven members appointed by the City
Council to staggered terms of four years. Members must be residents and registered
voters of the City. Committee members will serve at the pleasure of the City
Council. Any Committee member may be reappointed, provided no appointee
serves more than two consecutive terms (8 years). A member who has served eight
years can be reappointed after a one year absence from the Committee.
ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS
The officers will consist of a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson who will be elected
annually at a regular Committee meeting in each calendar year. The Chairperson
will preside over all meetings of the Committee and perform such duties as directed
by the Committee. The Vice-Chairperson will serve in the absence or incapacity of
the Chairperson.
ARTICLE 4. MEETINGS
A. The Committee will hold a regular meeting at least quarterly. The meetings
are generally held the third Thursday of every other month (January, March,
May, July, September and November) at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Hearing
Room, City Hall. All meetings will be open to the public.
B. The Chairperson or any four members of the Committee may call a special
meeting, provided that a week's prior notice is given in writing to each
member.
C. A quorum will consist of a majority of established Committee members.
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Updated 6/16/2009 2
D. All actions of the Committee will be decided by a majority vote or consensus
and will be directed through the Committee chair.
E. All members present must vote, except when abstaining due to a declared
conflict of interest. A failure or refusal to vote when present (except for a
declared conflict or interest) will be construed as an affirmative vote.
F. Any member with a declared conflict of interest will not vote or participate in
any discussion of any item or in any manner attempt to influence the decision
on that item.
ARTICLE 5. SUBCOMMITTEES
Subcommittees consisting of less than a quorum of the Committee can be appointed
as needed by the Chairperson.
ARTICLE 6. ADVISORY BODY POLICIES
The Committee adopts and incorporates by reference all policies as stated in the City
of San Luis Obispo Advisory Body Handbook, that are not in conflict with these
bylaws.
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