City of Santa Fe Bicycling and Pedestrian Advisory Committee met May 13.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chair Garcia at 5:30 pm.
2. ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Councilor Michael Garcia
Member Khal Spencer
Member Sky Tallman
Member Judith Gabriele
Member Yolanda Eisenstein
Member Bruce Finger
Member Rob Morlino
Member Sid Redner (left at 8 PM)
Members Excused:
Member Yvette Serrano
Others Attending:
Romella Glorioso-Moss, Staff Liaison
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: Member Gabriele moved, seconded by Member Eisenstein, to approve the Agenda as amended.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Councilor Garcia, Member Spencer, Member Tallman, Member Gabriele, Member Eisenstein, Member Finger, Member Morlino, Member Redner
Against: None
Abstain: None
Amendments: Remove Agenda Items #6.c “Bicycling in Other Countries” and #7.b “BPAC Recommendations for Potential Uses of Parks Stimulus Funds”.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. April 8, 2021
MOTION: Member Eisenstein moved, seconded by Member Morlino, to approve the Minutes of April 8, 2021 as amended.
VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Councilor Garcia, Member Spencer, Member Tallman, Member Gabriele, Member Eisenstein, Member Finger, Member Morlino, Member Redner
Against: None
Abstain: None
AMENDMENTS: Member Tallman corrected the language of the motion on “Street Closure” on page 15. It should be “the closure”; not “fee closure”.
5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
6. COMMUNICATIONS FROM OTHER AGENCIES
a. LED Street Lighting Conversion Project, Cheyenne Ernst, Project Expeditor, Dalkia Energy Solutions, and Regina Wheeler, Public Works Department Director
b. “Borrow a Bike” Program at Fort Marcy Recreation Complex, Gino Rinaldi, Acting Recreation Division Director, and Elizabeth Roybal, Recreation Complex Manager
c. Bicycling in Other Countries, Daniel Schwab, Senior Planner, Historic Preservation Division & Santa Fe Bike Month Committee.
d. Santa Fe Metropolitan Planning Organization, Erick Aune, AICP, SFMPO Officer
e. Santa Fe Conservation Trust, Tim Rogers, Trails Program Manager f. Public Safety Advisory Committee, Bruce Finger, BPAC Representative
7. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS
a. 90% Design Plan Review of Agua Fria St/ South Meadows Intersection Improvements Project (Romella Glorioso-Moss, Staff Liaison; Eric Cornelius, Santa Fe Engineering LLC; and Sky Tallman, Chair Planning and Funding Subcommittee)
COMMENTS:
Member Tallman:
-- No pedestrian refuge island
-- Drainage grates on north side of Agua Fria encroach on bike lane. Can these be tucked under sidewalk?
-- Sidewalk on east end of project does not connect to bus stops at Jemez. Extend sidewalks to connect to bus stops. (Issues with Village of Agua Fria? Re: improvement of bus stop -- what about connectivity?)
-- Bus stops are 740 and 815 ft away from S. Meadows. Though this condition existed prior to this project, this project should include new bus stops on the far ends of the intersection stopping at S. Meadows. (Not a suggestion to remove existing bus stops, as it is reasonable to have bus stops spaced over 700 ft. apart)
-- Add marked crosswalk near existing bus stops.
-- Bike lane markings don’t continue through intersection
-- Praise for incremental bike infrastructure build-out.
-- After Eric Cornelius’ (Consultant) presentation, he mentioned level of service numerous times. Can the city cease to use LOS as a primary consideration in traffic studies? LOS has been demonstrated to incentivize sprawl and have negative impacts on walkability/bikability.
Erick Aune, SFMPO Officer
-- Make crosswalk international pattern due to proximity to schools
b. BPAC Recommendations for Potential Uses of Parks Stimulus Funds (Robert Morlino, BPAC Member)
c. Public Works Department Temporary Street Closure Permit Process (Chair Garcia)
d. Sidewalk Funding Policy (Sky Tallman, Planning and Funding Subcommittee Chair)
e. E-Bikes (Khalil Spencer, Vice Chair and Yolanda Eisenstein, Law and Policy Subcommittee Chair)
The Chair appointed Yolanda Eisenstein, Khalil Spencer and Sky Tallman as members of the Task Force responsible for analyzing and evaluating e-bikes. Should the City regulate e-bikes?
8. SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS
a. Promotion, Education and Programming (Judith Gabriele)
b. Planning and Funding (Sky Tallman)
9. MATTERS FROM STAFF
10. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE
11. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR
12. NEXT MEETING: Thursday, June 10, 2021
13. ADJOURN 8:32 PM
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