City of Santa Fe Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee met Sept. 9.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
The meeting was called to order by Chair Michael Garcia at 5:31 pm.
2. ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Member Terence Foreback
Member Judith Gabriele
Member Michelle Hoffman
Chair Michael Garcia
Member Khal Spencer
Member Yolanda Eisenstein
Member Tony Gerlicz
Member Phil Lucero
Members Excused:
Member Ben Pingilley
Others Attending:
Romella Glorioso-Moss, Project Administrator
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: Member Eisenstein moved, seconded by Member Gabriele, to approve the as presented.
VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Foreback, Member Gabriele, Member Hoffman, Chair Garcia, Member Spencer, Member Eisenstein, Member Gerlicz, Member Lucero
Against: None
Abstain: None
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. August 12, 2021
MOTION: Chair Garcia moved, seconded by Member Eisenstein, to postpone the approval of August 12th, 2021 minutes until the next meeting in October.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Foreback, Member Gabriele, Member Hoffman, Chair Garcia, Member Spencer, Member Eisenstein, Member Gerlicz, Member Lucero
Against: None
Abstain: None
5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
6. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS
a. Santa Fe Metropolitan Planning Organization (Erick Aune, AICP, SFMPO Officer)
Hannah Burnham, SFMPO Planner Tech, Senior
SFMPO received an AARP grant earlier this summer to do a pop-up bike lane. Part of the grant is we need to implement this 3 times. We are going to do this at the SF Century. For Friday and Saturday, we’re only doing pop-up bike lane on one side of the road because we don’t have enough materials. But on Sunday, there will be bike lanes on both sides of the road because SF Century will also provide pop-up bike lanes.
Prior to the event, we are going to do a speed study to see how bike lanes impact speeding.
We will need some volunteers to help us set up pop-up bike lanes because the bollard weigh more than a ton.
Q & A:
Member Hoffman: I don’t know what pop-up bike lanes are so you can start with that. Ms. Burnham : Sorry, I should have said that a pop-up buffered bike lane. We are going to put the bollard down on the way to Paseo de Peralta. It’s basically a make shift bike lane that creates space for bikers. It will be visible and looks like a road construction material. The point is to see if there is an interest in the public for a bike lane. As you know, Paseo de Peralta has ample sidewalks but no bike lanes. It’s a share a road and we know bikers use that area so we’re looking for feedback on narrowing the road and give bikers more space or does it make more sense to share the road. The pop up nature allows us to do it in other places.
b. Santa Fe Conservation Trust (Tim Rogers, Trails Manager)
7. SUBCOMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS
a. Introductions (Yolanda Eisenstein, Terence Foreback, Michelle Hoffman)
Member Yolanda Eisenstein, District 1, Member Terence Foreback District 4 and Member Michelle Hoffman gave brief introductions.
b. Request to Re-name and Re-purpose 2 BPAC Sub-committees: 1. Planning and Funding to Technical Review Subcommittee
2. Law and Policy to Planning and Policy
(Romella Glorioso-Moss, BPAC Staff Liaison)
MOTION: Member Eisenstein moved, seconded by Member Spencer, to rename and repurpose Planning and Funding Subcommittee
to Technical Review Subcommittee..
VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Foreback, Member Gabriele, Member Hoffman, Chair Garcia, Member Spencer, Member Eisenstein, Member Gerlicz, Member Lucero
Against: None
Abstain: None
MOTION: Member Spencer moved, seconded by Member Gabriele, to rename and repurpose Law and Policy Subcommittee to Law,
Planning and Policy Subcommittee..
VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Foreback, Member Gabriele, Member Hoffman, Chair Garcia, Member Spencer, Member Eisenstein, Member Gerlicz, Member Lucero
Against: None
Abstain: None
c. Appointments:
1. BPAC Subcommittee: Planning & Funding or Technical Review (depending on the action taken on previous Agenda Item #)
• Terence Foreback, PE (Chair, BPAC Member)
• Tony Gerlicz (BPAC Member)
• Michelle Hoffman (BPAC Member)
• Ben Pingilley (BPAC Member)
• Tim Rogers (Public)
2. Public Safety Committee
• Khalil Spencer (BPAC Vice Chair)
3. Safe Route to School Project Planning Committee
MOTION: Member Spencer moved, seconded by Member Gabriele, to approve the appointments as amended. Amendment includes the appointment of Ms. Lara Miller to Law, Planning and Policy Subcommittee.
VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Foreback, Member Gabriele, Member Hoffman, Chair Garcia, Member Spencer, Member Eisenstein, Member Gerlicz, Member Lucero
Against: None
Abstain: None
d. Request to Install Bicycle Striping on Calle Mejia (Nick Stofocik, The Reserve at Santa Fe General Manager with Erick Aune, SFMPO Officer)
Mr. Nick Stofocik, General Manager of The Reserve at Santa Fe presented his request to add bicycle striping on Calle Mejia. Striping is especially needed when the City constructs the Canada Rincon Trail. It’s safer for bicyclists and pedestrian to add bicycle striping on Calle Mejia. They requested for central striping for a few years and they finally got it two years ago.
Ms. Hannah Burnham, SFMPO showed a Powerpoint presentation in support of Mr. Stofocik’s request (see attached). The presentation detailed segment by segment how to stripe Calle Mejia.
Member Eisenstein asked how to implement this recommendation. Staff Liaison said she will reach out to Public Works’ Traffic Operations Manager to implement BPAC’s recommendation. Member Eisenstein also asked about funding. Staff Liaison responded that she doesn’t think this would be a major expense.
Mr. Tim Rogers added that the bicycle striping on Calle Mejia was included in the Bicycle Retrofit plan of BPAC’s On-Road Subcommittee several years ago.
MOTION: Member Eisenstein moved, seconded by Member Spencer, to recommend to Public Works to install bicycle striping on Calle Mejia as requested by Mr. Nick Stofocik, General Manager of The Reserve of Santa Fe and endorsed by the SFMPO.
VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Foreback, Member Gabriele, Member Hoffman, Chair Garcia, Member Spencer, Member Eisenstein, Member Gerlicz, Member Lucero
Against: None
Abstain: None
e. Consideration of a Resolution Regarding Maintenance and Installation of On-Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities (Judith Gabrielle, Promotion, Education and Programming Subcommittee Chair)
MOTION: Member Spencer moved, seconded by Member Gerlicz, to approve the draft resolution as presented and send it over to Legal Services for final draft and approval of the Governing Body.
VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Foreback, Member Gabriele, Member Hoffman, Chair Garcia, Member Spencer, Member Eisenstein, Member Gerlicz, Member Lucero
Against: None
Abstain: None
The Chair asked what’s the inspection schedule will be pertaining to line 22 to 23 on page 2 “Establish a regular inspection schedule to assess the condition of the city’s bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure”. Staff Liaison replied that this is a perfect example where planning follows the policy. In this case, the city asking Public Works to establish a regular inspection schedule …. With the help of BPAC’s Law, Planning and Policy subcommittee, and perhaps SFMPO, Public Work’s Traffic Operations Division will establish that schedule based on availability of staff, etc.
f. Consideration of Amending Various Sections of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance Related to Bicycling (E-Bikes Task Force: Yolanda Eisenstein, Judith Gabriele, Gary Schiffmiller, and Khal Spencer)
MOTION: Member Spencer moved, seconded by Member Eisenstein, to approve the draft amendments to the various sections of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance related to bicycling as presented. Send the draft amendments to appropriate Staff for review, send back to BPAC for review and approval before sending to Legal Services for final draft.
VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Foreback, Member Gabriele, Member Hoffman, Chair Garcia, Member Spencer, Member Eisenstein, Member Gerlicz, Member Lucero
Against: None
Abstain: None
g. BPAC Presentation to the Governing Body (Judith Gabriele, Promotions, Education and Programming Subcommittee Chair)
February presentation to the Governing Body. Staff Liaison to request City Clerk to schedule BPAC’s presentation in February. PEP to prepare presentation.
h. Staff Liaison Report
Staff Liaison reported that for this fiscal year, Roadway and Trails are managing 18 projects, of which 14 are road projects, 3 are trails projects and 1 wayfinding project. Total project cost estimate is $66M; of which $33M has been secured. 6 road projects and 1 trail project will go to construction. Also included in the 18 projects is the engineering design of Bishop’s Lodge Reconstruction project. Public Works will be receiving $800,000 for the design. We are anticipating to start this project in Feb/Mar 2022. This project is direct result of Mr. Jim Taylor’s request last year. Mr. Taylor requested BPAC for this project. Staff Liaison was directed to find funding for this project.
8. MATTERS FROM STAFF
9. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE
10. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR
11. NEXT MEETING: October 14 2021
12. ADJOURN
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