Good evening.

Thank you.

Welcome to the September 18th, 2025 Active Transportation Commission.

The meeting is now called to order.

Will the clerk please call the roll to establish a quorum?

Thank you, Chair.

Commissioners, please unmute Commissioner Harris.

Here.

Commissioner Gibson.

Here.

Commissioner Wadwani?

Here.

Vice Chair Gonzalez.

Commissioner Ha.

Here.

Commissioner Tao?

Commissioner Hyatt.

It's absent.

Commissioner Moore?

Here.

Commissioner Banks.

Aye.

And Chair Hodell.

Here.

Thank you.

We have a quorum.

I would like to remind members of the public in chambers that if you would like to speak on an agenda item, please turn in a speaker slip when the item begins.

You will have two minutes to speak once you are called on.

After the first speaker, we will no longer accept speaker slips.

We will now proceed with today's agenda.

Please rise for the opening acknowledgments in honor of Sacramento's Indigenous People and Tribal Lands.

To the original people of this land, the Nissanon people, the Southern Maidu, Valley and Plains Miwok, Pacquin Winton peoples, and the people of the Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe.

May we acknowledge and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together today in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous peoples history, contributions, and lives.

Thank you.

Please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance.

Oh, there it is there.

Okay.

Well, can we do the staff report right now?

They should create it here.

Is that okay?

Yeah.

Okay.

So we're going to start today with the uh commission staff report.

Staff, you may proceed.

Thank you, Chair.

Um Chris Doherty, your uh transmission planning manager.

Uh recently hired, so um give the quick staff report.

Um, did want to update uh the commission.

We have a um uh for our shared writables.

We're gonna have a user survey that'll be launching as of today.

Uh that will be uh in partnership with bird and lime, uh and they'll be doing surveying all users about how they use those devices and um uh perceptions on pricing and understanding local and state laws and regulations.

So we're looking forward to that feedback from that survey uh as it comes in.

Uh it does start today, uh, and I I think it closes on October 6th.

Also, the Del Rio Trail will have be having a closure for some maintenance or for some umranty work uh on the section between Sutterville Road um and uh Riverside Boulevard or the bridge.

Uh that will be closed from September 29th to October 10th for some uh some repair work there.

Um that was in the newsletter, and then also um we've updated our crash data for our crash uh dashboard uh moving forward with up to twenty uh for the full year of 2024 data.

Um so uh that is up and available for for public viewing, so it's uh much in advance of the uh more commonly accessible uh state data that we have there.

So that concludes my report.

Thank you.

Next is the approval of the consent calendar.

Clerk, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on the consent calendar?

Thank you, Chair.

I have no speaker's lips for this item.

Thank you.

Are there any commissioners who wish to speak on this item?

I don't see anyone popping up.

May I have a motion and a second for the consent calendar?

Seconded.

I have a uh motion from Commissioner Haupt and a second from Commissioner Harris to um approve the consent calendar.

Clerk, would you please call the roll?

Thank you, Chair.

Commissioners, please unmute.

Commissioner Harris?

Aye.

Commissioner Gibson.

Aye.

Commissioner Wadwani.

Aye.

Vice Chair Gonzalez?

Yes.

Commissioner Hopp.

Aye.

Commissioner Hyatt is absent.

Commissioner Tao?

Aye.

Commissioner Moore.

Aye.

Commissioner Banks.

Aye.

And Chair Holdell.

Aye.

Thank you.

The motion passes.

Thank you.

We'll now proceed to the discussion calendar.

Item number three is the ninth street separated bikeway.

Is there a staff presentation?

Yes, there is.

Good evening, Chairman and Commissioners of the Active Transportation Commission.

My name is James Craig, and I'm here to present on the Ninth Street separated bikeway.

First off, the goal of this project is to close a gap in the city's enhanced bikeways network.

This corridor was selected based on its alignment with the bikeway master plan and the central city mobility project.

This separated bikeway will function alongside the existing 10th Street separated bikeway to allow more symmetrical north-south access to and within the central city.

Funding for this project is provided through the active transportation program, which supports infrastructure improvements designed to increase the use of active modes of transportation, such as walking and biking.

Located in District 4.

This section of the Ninth Street separated bikeway continues south along 9th Street, starting from the existing left side parking separated bikeway terminus at Q Street to close the half mile gap to Broadway.

When completed, the 9th Street separated bikeway will be the only southbound Class 4 facility that connects the neighborhoods of South Side Park, Land Park, and Downtown.

Today 9th Street is classified as a one-way arterial road with two southbound 30 mile per hour vehicle travel lanes.

To address these issues, my team has suggested the following improvements.

Narrowing the vehicle path to reduce pedestrian exposure.

And turn wedges to slow turning vehicles and improve crossing safety.

This is a young project, not even six months old.

The concepts I've presented today are preliminary to formal design, and I'm expecting to continue reviving refining the design through next year with community participation.

I anticipate finalizing the design and any right-of-way needs in December 2026 with construction to follow in the first half of 2027.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Thank you very much.

Are there any members of the public who wish to speak on this item?

Thank you, Chair.

I have one speaker for this item.

Dan Allison.

Good evening, Commissioners.

Dan Allison, resident of District 4.

I'm glad to see this project because it closes a gap in the bikeway system in the central city.

And that's an important thing to do.

Um I have several comments though.

The design seems weak to me.

Um the widths.

The six bikeway lanes do not meet current NACTO recommendations, which is eight feet or more.

Six feet is a bike lane.

It's an old fashioned thing.

We need to be building for the future, which means the ability of larger bikes and bicyclists to pass each other within the bike wing.

I support bin leaf zones, but they should really be wide enough to be a continuous leaf bin zone, as is done on some blocks of P and Q Street.

I don't not sure what width that needs to be, but it's more than three feet.

Should be changed in their width.

There's a concern about buses on that street.

Buses need 10.5 feet.

Great.

Make one of the lanes 10.5 feet and mark it as 10.5 feet.

Then everybody knows what that lane is for.

Protection.

I like turn wedges.

I see them as being an effective safety feature, but the concrete ones are much more effective than the paint and post ones.

Any block where there is no driveway other than the alleyway should be a continuous concrete curve and not paint and posts.

When a bikeway crosses general purpose lanes, it needs to be marked with either dashed green sharehouse or it needs to be marked with a continuous green as approaching Broadway.

It seems like we dropped the green paint when we got close to Broadway.

I don't know why, but it's present other places.

It's not present there.

Thank you very much.

Thank you for your comment.

Chair, I have no more speakers.

Thank you.

Are there any commissioners who wish to speak on this topic on this item?

I see no names popping up.

Ah, Commissioner Wadwani.

I just wanted to say I know it's in the very early stages, and the design may change, but I'm grateful to at least see this project move forward.

It is a route that I use regularly, and it is quite scary to travel that section of the city right now.

So expressing appreciation.

I do hope we listen to comments on design, but glad to see it go forward.

Absolutely.

I'm looking forward to designing this in the coming year with community input.

Thank you.

Commissioner Banks.

Also, thank you for the presentation.

Early days for sure.

I want to agree with Commissioner Wadwani.

It is really dangerous.

I ride it also very frequently, and where I find most of the pinch points are with those left-hand turns to the freeway or onto X before you head over towards Bike Dog, which is where I'm usually going when I'm on 9th Street.

So that's a special place for uh bikes to get a little extra love.

Yes, the area underneath 50 and surrounding there is a complicated area that we were paying special attention to.

Great.

Thank you.

Okay.

Commissioner Moore.

On that note, um, can we explore uh having cyclists shift maybe earlier to the I guess uh west other side of the street?

Um because yeah, right.

If you if you get the green or if you get a red light, it's really easy to come to that stop, move to the other side, and then continue underneath 50.

But if you have the green light, your eye, and I assume most cyclists are definitely not stopping to wait for it to turn to the red to go to the other side to go through, and it is really hazardous, especially coming from the class four.

I think 19th is this great example, right?

Of this casual low stress environment, and then you get to that and it is it is back to just yeah, full hundred percent attention.

Uh so if there's something we can do maybe preemptively before that intersection to get them kind of positioned to be on that right side, and then I echo Dan's comments around some type of prioritization on the merge uh, I guess to W Street or X Street.

Um, just to kind of emphasize that cyclists are going to be merging uh and kind of into that shared use lane once the protection ends.

I think they're sure.

If I'm understanding your comment correctly, I'm thinking you're asking.

I have a new slide here for the bike crossing over W street over in the center of this slide.

Um your comment is maybe to look into crossing at V Street or U Street.

Is that yeah, I yeah, and I I just think it gives more opportunity for cyclists to plan how to get over rather than if they have a green light at W, they're just gonna go through and not and then they're gonna just keep going, right?

And now they're unprotected and needing to navigate it within one block, how to get over to the other side.

Whereas if we if we move the transition back, yeah, it they can make that choice to continue, and you know, maybe we have to lose that protection because it goes the other side, but there's just more time for them, I think, to navigate and kind of process maybe what the next steps are.

And then the last comment was just yeah, some green conflict striping once they're in approaching X Street underneath 50 when they lose that protection to get into the shared traveling.

Sure.

Uh underneath 50, this uh exhibit here does have a protected bike lane on the uh right side of the road.

Um, oh then approaching Broadway, I'm sorry.

Wherever it gets targeted, yeah, approaching Broadway, some green striping, something to emphasize to drivers who are going to continue going straight and intersect the bike lane that cyclists are going to be coming over from their right.

Yes.

Yeah, coming if we can have something to emphasize that.

Yeah, absolutely.

We can uh consider adding conflict markings.

Um and regarding crossing earlier or later, or um the this crossing point was selected because well, not selected yet.

It's we're still very early.

It's shown here on this uh exhibit where it is because of our early traffic counts.

Um showed heavy right turn traffic on W street and heavy left turn traffic on X Street.

Um crossing W Street on the left side of the road um avoids the heavy right turn conflict on W street, minimizing the turning uh conflict risk there, being on the right side approaching X Street, minimizing the left turn conflict movements there.

Which is yeah, which is great.

But if you moved, yeah, you'd have to compete with the right turns on on W street, but you'd be in a much better position to deal because right now you're you're kind of sacrificing one for the other, right?

Like having the protection through W gets you out of the issues of those right turns, but now you're gonna be competing if you get the green light, the left turns on the X Street, whereas I would rather deal with more protection for the right turns on right and have that infrastructure beyond that side to be set up to just continue traveling through rather than having to personally merge right and um just so I'm understanding.

Are you referring to the left turns from W street onto 9th Street that crossing movement?

I guess I am thinking of right turns from 9th uh on to W.

Is that was is that where the high volume was?

The high volume is the right turns from 9th to W.

The volumes from W to 9th are roughly a quarter, right?

And so I get that, but also the left turn volumes on X are really high, right?

Yes, okay, and so what I'm saying is the for cyclists who are gonna end up having to keep going through who don't want to stop on the other side, which I guess I did think it was before the light.

Um, but for cyclists who don't want to wait because they have a green going through W, don't want to wait there to cross over to the right.

They're gonna be competing with all of the traffic under US 50 and going to be on the left side competing with people making that left hand turn, which has a higher volume.

So it's to me, I think we could enhance protections for the right hand turn at W, move infrastructure over to that side a little sooner so that way cyclists can just keep going straight and have their protection from yeah, maybe U, maybe V all the way to Broadway.

Absolutely, my team and I can look at that.

Okay, wonderful.

I expect a full report back.

Thank you.

Okay.

Um I see no commissioners popping up.

Um I uh appreciated seeing the red paint for the daylighting.

So I'm glad that that's part of this design.

Uh is that will that be a part of all future designs?

I mean, that's progress in my opinion with paint, you know, getting daylighting out there more visible.

I can't speak for the other projects.

Um, I'm the manager of only a few right now, but um this project will be observing the California daylighting law.

Yes.

Good.

Um I appreciated Dan Allison's input about the widths of the bike lanes and stuff, so I hope you will take that into consideration.

Um then the green paint.

There's a lack of green paint as you're approaching uh at X in Broadway, and I just think that should be extended to cover um that whole area.

To me, that looks like um it would be good to educate everyone, drivers of vehicles and bicyclists about how best to approach.

So, absolutely, thank you.

Um I noticed that you were uh specifically seeking input regarding the continuation on the left side of the street.

Did we give you enough feedback on that?

Yes, and the e-comments also give the feedback on that too.

Okay, I just wanted to make sure that we had addressed what you were specifically seeking.

Yes, okay.

Commissioner Tao.

Thank you, Chair Aldell.

Um, I just had a question and forgive me for not knowing.

Um, do we currently have bike lanes for both sides on the road right now?

Yes, we do.

And then the improvement plans are focused on just the left side.

Correct.

Um, this would be uh if I can go back here.

Um existing condition on the slide here.

How shows bike lanes and parking lanes on both sides of the road?

If I move forward one slide to what is suggested with uh this preliminary exhibit, um it would be remove the bike lane on the right side of the road and take all of that space, put it into a buffer, and enhance the bike lane on the right side of the road with the parking protected bikeway.

This gives more space to bikes overall and reduces the uh street area dedicated to vehicles, although it does take what used to be a two-side class two facility and concentrated into a one-side class four facility.

Got it.

That's helpful to know.

Um, and then at one point the biker would have to switch to the to the right side of the road is kind of that that is uh what's suggested with the exhibit that um me and my team came up with.

Okay, um reasoning for that was primarily to avoid turning conflicts at W and X Street and to line you up for a um to interact uh smoothly with Broadway.

The uh striping shown on the plan uh as we approach Broadway south on 9th Street is roughly what exists today.

Okay, got it.

Thank you for that.

Um I do like if it's possible to explore the idea of having that continuous experience instead of having the biker having to cross that road, but um I think that's helpful to know.

So thank you for that.

My team and I can look into that.

Yeah.

Thank you very much for your presentation.

I think I don't see any other speakers, so thank you very much.

Thank you.

The next item is item number four, Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero Safety Project.

And the is there a staff presentation?

There is a good evening.

My name's Luke Fusen.

I'm a senior engineer in Public Works.

Um, happy to be presenting the Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero Safety Project.

So a little bit of background on the on the location.

Well, Marysville Boulevard is located in the northeast corner of Mary's of Sacramento in the Del Paso Heights and Hagenwood neighborhoods, bound to the north by Interstate 80 and to the east by State Route 51.

Specifically, this project begins at Arcade Boulevard to the south, heads north over Arcade Creek and Hagenwood Park, past Grant Union High School, and ends to the north at North Avenue, just south of Interstate 80.

This is part of the city's Vision Zero planning effort.

The city adopted the Vision Zero goal in 2017, with which was quoted as the city will city of Sacramento will work collaboratively in a data-driven effort to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2027.

Following that, the city adopted the Vision Zero Action Plan in 2018 and the top five corridors plan in 2021.

Those documents identified a set of counter countermeasures to address what we what was identified as the high injury network within the city.

And this project is one of those projects, and is that it is one of the top, one of the projects in the top five corridors plan.

Mary's Noble Boulevard is one of the top five corridors in Sacramento with the highest number of traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

So the purpose of this project is to calm traffic and improve safety, provide safe and comfortable mobility for all users.

I'll get into the improvements that this project will implement, but I think right off the top I'll start off with this project as a road diet, reducing the number of lanes from two lanes in each direction to one lane in each direction, provides protected bikeways and buffered bikeways, and provides a substantial traffic signal improvements.

A little bit of the collision here history that this project attends to address.

There were 19 severe collisions between 2009 and 2017.

Unfortunately, 11 of those involved a pedestrian, and three of those involved a bicyclist.

And there's a graph, a graph on the screen, a little bit hard to see, but a lot of some of this was unsafe speeding, so we're trying to address the speeds and right-of-way violations and some others.

And as I get through this, we'll show you how we're intending to address those.

So a little bit about the community, and I have a little bit here to kind of explain, but the Marysville Boulevard is located in the Hagenwood and Del Paso Heights neighborhood.

In the mid-20th century, employment with the Southern Pacific Railroad and the McClellan Air Force Base spurred growth in the community.

As development began, Marysville Boulevard started out as a two-lane street, lined with businesses serving nearby residents.

North Sacramento became part of the city in around 1964.

Then around the late 60s to early 70s, Marysville Boulevard was widened to five travel lanes around the same time when most of the freeways were built.

The interstate system created a bypass around Marysville Boulevard, which created a physical and social barrier throughout this area.

In the late 1970s through the early 2000s, brought challenges to the community living in these neighborhoods.

The Southern Pacific Railroad Yards employment dwindled and McClellan Air Force Base closed.

So Marysville Boulevard may long no longer have the smaller main street sense of place it had before, but it continues to be a vital link for the community.

We believe this project will improve commission conditions along Marysville Boulevard and provide needed investment to improve safety and help bring back maybe some of that field that it had in the past.

And I do have some of the amenities shown up here on the screen that this project around this project, the Hagenwood Community Center, I think we're familiar with some of us are familiar with, Hagenwood Park, there's places of worship, Greater Sacramento Urban League, and Grant Union High School, to name to name a few.

Recently, we have been doing quite a bit of outreach in the area over the past year or so.

Some of the outreach we've done recently includes events at the Del Paso Heights Community Association meeting, Hagenwood Community Association, May Day, and May 10th, 2025.

We presented this project to the Disabilities Advisory Commission in meeting with you today, and we did recently hold a community open house.

This is an important transit corridor with Sacramento Regional Transit bus routes 86 and 15.

And they're both active corridors with high ridership.

And we have been coordinating with Sacramento Regional Transit on this project and also coordinating with City Council as well to incorporate some bus stop improvements along the corridor.

And I think this is where we really kind of get in get into the project, spend a little bit of time here.

The project is going to make improvements to nine traffic signals between Arcade Boulevard and North Avenue.

Six of these traffic signals are going to be modified and upgraded, and I'll explain some of the details, but upgraded to full standard accessible pedestrian signals.

Some of these older signals are going to be upgraded, and then we have some new signals going in.

So starting at the South, we're going to be modifying arcade boulevard signal, Los Robles, South Avenue, Roanoke Avenue, Grand Avenue, and North Avenue.

And there's going to be a new pedestrian signal installed with this project at Hagenwood Park, just actually just at the community center there.

A new signal at Rosalind Avenue and a new signal at Harris Avenue.

So this slide is intended to give you just a little snapshot or a menu, if you will, of the types of improvements that we're going to be doing at each of these intersections.

Of course, we have the road diet going in, reducing the number of lanes from you know four to two.

But at each intersection, we'll be putting in the accessible pedestrian signals, which will have the accessible APS push buttons that have the kind of that vibro tactile function or the wave function with the audible walk, don't walk pedestrian countdown heads as well.

So full audible, accessible pedestrian signals at each intersection.

We'll be installing the high visibility ladder ladder style crosswalks for enhanced safety, putting in protected bikeways or buffered bikeways along the corridor, and um and replacing the uh curb ramps with ADA compliant accessible curb rants, curb ramps throughout the project.

So I'm just gonna run through run through the corridor fairly quickly here just to just to give you a feel of of how the project goes and where it starts and begins.

But at Arcade Boulevard, currently a non-accessible traffic signal.

There are currently no bike lanes north of Arcade Boulevard approaching Hagenwood Park.

So this project will install the modified traffic signal with all the accessible features that I mentioned, and uh do the road diet and put in the protected bikeways.

Umps and the crosswalks as we approach Hagenwood Park.

And then once we get to Hagenwood Park, that's where the new pedestrian signal will be installed, and that's kind of directly at the community center there where there's some existing bike paths right across from Ben Alley Shriners.

So a new a new uh pedestrian signal to shorten that crossing distance, and then as we go a little bit north at Los Robles Boulevard at the at the main entrance to the park that'll have a major reconfiguration with bulbouts to uh shorten the crossing distances for pedestrians and a modified traffic signal to include all the accessible features that I had explained.

And as you can see, we have the green paint and the protected bike bikeways going north from Los Robles to Rosalind Avenue.

There will be a new traffic signal at Rosalind Avenue, so a new accessible pedestrian signal, again with uh upgrading the curb ramps and uh out there we have the we have the narrow class two bike lanes.

It looks like sometimes those white stripes are basically at the curb and gutter right now, so we're gonna be installing those nice new wide pedestrian uh I mean protected protected bikeways, and then as we as we go north to south, go north to South Avenue, um again modifying the traffic signal to an accessible traffic signal and all the features that I had mentioned.

Um at Grand Uh Rowan Oak Avenue to Grand Avenue.

We realize this is an important stretch of the project.

This is immediately adjacent to uh Grant Union High School.

So there's a lot of student activity, a lot of traffic in general, especially with events and and things like that.

So at Rowan Oak Avenue, there's currently a pedestrian hybrid beacon, which which does provide you know some pedestrian functionality with a push button and a and a and a flashing light to get across, but the city is kind of getting away from the pedestrian hybrid beacons.

So we're gonna go ahead and take that out and install and replace it with a brand new traffic signal at Roe and Oak Avenue.

And then with the road diet continuing north with some buffered bike lanes, we go to Grand Avenue, which will also be upgraded to a modified standard APS traffic signal.

So between Rowan Oak and Grand Avenue, we think this is kind of, you know, this is going to enhance the safety in a needed area around the high school.

As we go north, we get to Harris Avenue, currently unsignalized.

So we're the project will install a brand new signal at Harris Avenue as well.

And then as you go north from there, again with the protected bikeways to North Avenue, where the project ends with a modified and upgraded traffic signal.

And we have the protected bikeways and road diet or buffer bikeways throughout.

So the cost of this project, the total cost of this project is around 18 million dollars.

We're currently in the preliminary engineering phase of this project.

18 million dollars is a lot of money, is a lot of money, and it's a big investment investment in the community.

And the city has currently invested about 1.2 million dollars of local funds into this project to complete, and we're working on that preliminary engineering and environmental clearance phase.

In the past, the city has applied for uh two safe streets for all grants.

So we've been working on funding this project for a few years now.

Um where we stand right now.

We were recently successful with a SAGOG grant for 9.1 million dollars.

So with the 9.1 million plus the 1.2 million we've invested, we're getting there on the total cost.

And I'd just like to uh point out that the city is actively uh pursuing additional funding uh to complete the investment required to build this kind of complex, complex project.

Um we're currently in the preliminary design environmental clearance phase.

We're planning on uh completing that phase of the project towards the end of the year, and then move we're moving into the final design of this project next year, 2026, maybe you know, early next year in the spring.

That process probably takes you know about a year, plus or minus to get through that.

And I have a date on here in construction, but it does kind of depend on as we continue to pursue the additional funding for this project when the construction will actually be scheduled.

And that'll get that gets me to the phase one and phase two of this project.

So we the city did um approve a quick the city adopted the quick build safety program in 2025 to expedite near-term safety improvements on um high energy networks for the tier two and and Marysville Boulevard is gonna be one of the first to move forward under this new quick build program.

Um we were carving out about four blocks from Los Robles Boulevard uh to Grand Avenue as phase one of this of this of this project or Nogales.

Um the quick build program is based on the same plan lines or the same with the same road diet and and the bike lanes that I that I've shown between those between the limits there, but it doesn't include some of the other longer term items that that the overall project, the overall corridor project requires, such as ride-away acquisition.

Um, the overall safety project requires ride away, quite a few areas, utility coordination, and long leads for things like uh traffic signal equipment procurement.

We're currently seeing about you know anywhere from six months to a year to from the time the the contract is awarded until that traffic signal equipment is delivered, and on the overall project with nine traffic signals, there's going to be a lot of traffic signal equipment required.

So that first phase of the project, we'll install the the road diet and the protected bikeways and do some minor traffic signal improvements um while we continue to develop the overall corridor so the quick build project the total project cost is 1.4 million dollars and that's that's being that investment comes from the the city's quick build program and this project is nearly um complete it with the with the design phase and we're planning to advertise the quick build project for construction in October and then construction um go through the advertise advertise the project award the project to a contractor and then construct the project this the quick build does have some traffic signal um improvements although minor those that signal equipment delivery does take a little bit of time several months so this project is scheduled for construction in in in summer of 2026 and so that's what I have for day thank you uh thank you clerk are there any uh members of the public who wish to speak on this topic thank you chair I have no speakers for this item and are there any commissioners who wish to speak on this item wow you guys are quiet tonight oh I'm sorry it always pops up slower on my screen Commissioner Harris.

Well very excited to see this for district two so thank you for all your hard work and all the coordination you've brought as well as the um planned Harris Avenue uh light in my honor I appreciate that as well um eventually um I I know that you've just taken a ton of comments and done a ton of work so I don't have any substantial um you know questions or revisions I just want to acknowledge all the hard work and say we're excited to to be the recipient of this new quick build program and I recognize all the hard work of this group for advocating that quick build program to see that come to fruition so um for those of you who don't know about this boulevard may not have been on it I would say there's three different types of users um you know there's the people we have a lot of people who are on the boulevard businesses people who walk it um it's an active uh pathway to get to uh the Marconi light rail station um and you know we have local commuters like myself I was on one of the maps uh underneath my house covered up in one of those uh those uh signs um so we have those people but we have a lot of people who cut through Marysville Boulevard to get um into the suburban areas inside instead of taking watt um or another major boulevard so I do think there's gonna be some growth um personal growth you know some changes and behaviors some some learning but I think it's a great first step so thank you.

Thank you.

Vice Chair Gonzalez.

Thank you Luke for the presentation thank you staff.

Uh thank you chair uh just a couple questions um or end statements number one um awesome to see the pedestrian signals very happy to see those it seems like they're all fully signalized intersections red yellow green oh that's so wonderful I think um we have a better adherence to uh the desired behavior of our drivers when um a pedestrian pushes a button or or requests um the ability to to walk across the street and they get a red yellow green awesome thank you very much for that in some of the cohorts I frequent there was uh a little bit of discussion back and forth about the quick build um uh budget of this so would you be able to explain to us um where that pot comes from uh I know there's a um uh a moment to advertise uh the new senior engineer that will run the quick build program and then the team behind them and two million with with that program.

Is this the same?

This 1.5 is that coming out of that pot, or is it a different pot?

Well, could you mind if I get that one that's that's okay.

Yeah, thank you.

Um, Vice Chair Gonzalez, thank you for asking that question.

So for those of you who may remember back in March, Public Works came to city council.

It's very awkward sitting here.

I can't see all of you.

Like I was able to.

If you remember back in March, um Public Works came to city council and asked permission to establish a new quick build program.

The quick bill program is twofold.

There is tier one, tier one are the smaller um types of quick bills that are like our traffic investigations but at a higher level that would include new crosswalks, curb extensions, using delineators, other types of smaller treatments, that's tier one.

Tier two, which is an additional two million dollars, would be for our our vision zero high injury network, our corridor projects that we don't have sufficient funding, like the 18 million dollars, which is I think that's a conservative estimate, Luke is probably gonna be a little bit more of that.

But I'll leave it to you on that one and to come up with that money.

And so what we want to do is recognize that this is a public health issue and that we want to move quickly.

So what can we do that's quick that we can make some quick interventions that maybe it's not the full project while we work on the full project?

So Marysville is the first, it's our first time doing it.

We're figuring out we're learning as we go, and we'll see how this works, and we hopefully can apply or this program to other key corridors that we're working on.

So we're working through those now.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Um where does the money come from?

Where's the money come from?

Yeah, I think the other question is the one point five out of the two million initial or is there another tranche?

Um the the money comes from a couple of different sources.

It comes from our capital improvements program.

It is local dollars that we have on hand, um, gas tax or measure eight dollars.

Okay, um, so first time we're doing something like this, the quick build and this legacy corridor.

Awesome.

I know there's a great deal of attention and excitement about it.

I know there'll be a story about it tonight on channel three.

So um I'm looking forward to seeing what you do, no pressure.

Commissioner Moore.

Uh the short response is that I I think this project is great.

Thank you.

Um, and if it has you know community support, love it, go for it all the more.

Um the slightly longer answer is that I every time we get one of these kind of especially arterial rehabilitation um kind of road diet projects through the advocate in me always takes a look first and like where do they cut corners and where are they catering to the current or future right driver demand uh and complaints?

And I just I echo I think Commissioner Harris's kind of comments.

I just I continue to be impressed with the um enhancements that the city's team continues to make on these really big arterials that takes a lot of change.

I think it's really easy to get into this pitfall of not fully doing all of the things that make it actually safe, but also making it a little more approachable, and then you just get uh safe it.

Yeah, right.

Um, you know, you get this quasi where it's still dangerous, but you're slightly encouraging more use, and and so I just I commend the city on all of these big arterial projects, Stockton, Freeport, Howe, Marysville.

Um it's great to see.

I just appreciate all the effort in that.

Um the couple questions I had, uh, we've had previous comments from some advocates and and ADA kind of representative folks around I think maybe the volume on the pedestrian signals not being maybe pro WAG compliant.

I don't know if anybody else has a better recollection, but just want to make sure that the upgraded pedestrian kind of signals and that that is going to meet Pro Wag and all of the ADA needs that folks may have.

Yeah, okay.

Okay.

I assume I mean I guess I assumed the previous ones would have also, but it sounds like they're they're not for folks that do really need that.

So just want to emphasize that.

Um and then I did notice so the the buffer width is substantial in some areas.

I think maybe five to at least eight feet in width.

And to um Dan's comment earlier, I think if there's opportunities to narrow that down a bit and give the actual bike lane some room so that people can kind of pass each other.

I think it's doable now, but you have to really want it, or you kind of come off as a jerk.

I find myself kind of waiting until an intersection and then uh racing past them.

Uh and then so, yeah, if there's opportunities to take some of what I think is a pretty um considerable width, and I appreciate that width, but just give that to the actual bike lane itself.

I think maybe that could um help with some of that future, hopeful future demand uh for people using the corridor.

Yeah, we can definitely definitely look into that.

You know, we're still working in the preliminary engineering phase of this project, so yeah, your comments are welcome.

So and then the fully project's not fully baked yet.

So I appreciate the comment.

We can look into it.

Okay, thank you.

I think that's it.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Am I correct that uh the buffered area is more than just paint that I see like little circles indicating vertical something?

That's correct.

Yeah, it'll have this vertical element with the the donators.

Okay.

Good.

That's what I want to hear.

Um a question regarding those local dollars that are funding the quick build.

Um, is that there every single year?

I mean, are we a part of the budget?

Um, did we get a slice of the pie and we can count on this year after year?

Chair Hodell, I think that we can expect it for the next few years.

Uh one transportation funding is uncertain.

Um, and we this is not funded through the general fund, right?

So this is a different effort.

I think we're trying this out and we're seeing what it is.

The reason we were able to do this is that we were unable to move some other efforts forward, which freed up some dollars.

So we're investing in this.

We'll see how it works, see if we're able to continue the funding, and we're committed to talking with the commission about how that process is going.

Good.

I I hear hope there that we can be a part of the budget instead of relying on just grant writing.

Okay, thank you.

I think that's it.

So thank you very much for your presentation.

Thank you.

And pardon me.

It's my turn to go to.

Okay.

Thank you.

We are now moving on to um, oh, I guess maybe I should say officially, this item was review and comment, so no vote is required.

The next item is item number five, fiscal year 2020, 26, 27.

Caltrans sustainable transportation planning grant application.

And there is a staff presentation.

Yes, good evening, Chair and members of the commission.

Again, Chris Dougherty, uh, transportation planning manager here at the city.

Uh, the item before you this evening um is uh we're asking for your uh to submit your approval to the city council so that uh they can approve staff to pursue grant funds for the 2627 Caltrans sustainable transportation planning grants.

I'm sorry, I'm learning this as we speak, so bear with me here.

There we go.

The Caltrans um sustainable planning grant program.

It's been a kind of a stalwart program, one of our uh more reliable sources for for funding transportation planning projects in the city.

Um as you see here, the under previous awards, several of our past efforts were funded with this kind of program, including I think four that we are currently running right now, which is Howe Avenue Norwood, Arden, and Auburn, and Fruit Ridge.

So it's been a very consistent uh source of funding for us uh in in the past.

It does include several um sub-programs uh under that umbrella of that program.

There's the sustainable communities program.

There's also the climate adaptation planning program, and there's also uh two other programs that are generally only for the MPOs that they're eligible to go after.

That is the uh more formula funding uh component of this, and strategic partnerships.

Uh, we are pursuing uh our request tonight is for the sustainable communities grant.

Uh, that has a maximum ask amount of about 700,000 and requires us uh 11.47% match.

Um just a couple cue points, quick points here on what is eligible.

These are strictly for planning activities.

Uh the the what engineering design, environmental, and construction are not eligible to these grant programs.

So last year we submitted two uh efforts uh two proposals to this program.

Uh one was the a transit needs assessment for the city, and a second was a wayfinding um citywide program.

Uh neither of those efforts were awarded to this uh to the city last year.

Uh so we, in consultation, we did some got some feedback from Caltrans, and are going back and asking you to, we'd like to resubmit the transit needs assessment uh plan uh back uh into into this program.

Uh we are looking at other avenues for the wayfinding program at this point.

It's not done yet, but we are not going to be pursuing it through this program is our recommendation at this time.

So again, we're asking you for the transit needs assessment citywide.

What we want to do is really look at our existing travel patterns, identify really what are those trips that could be converted to to transit.

We are really working towards a very aggressive goal in the city of 11% transit mode share by 2030.

We're almost running out of 2025.

So what we really want to do is get a really good game plan to understand what our needs are, and then really some implementation steps, both programmatic and service related to how to get to that 11%.

So that's what the idea of this plan is.

So at this point, it's our staff recommendation is to ask the PASCA motion to forward a recommendation to city council to prove staff to pursue this grant at this time.

And I'm available for any questions that you have.

Thank you very much.

Clerk, are there any members of the public who should wish to speak on this item?

Thank you, Chair.

I have no speakers' lips for this item.

Thank you.

Are there any commissioners who wish to speak on this item?

Commissioner Gibson.

Hi.

Nice to see you both sides of the dice today.

Just uh first question I have is um have we as a city done any kind of studies like this before and what publicly available data is available today that this would either complement or enhance.

Is my understanding that we have not done anything like this as of yet?

Most of our efforts to especially this kind of funding program have been around corridor studies and and things of that nature.

Uh this level of transit studying, I don't believe we have completed anything like this assessment yet at this point.

Um, and I'm sorry, what was your second question?

Uh just how would this uh relate to any data that's already publicly available and how if you give me an insights how this grant would specifically enhance it?

So uh there are several um high-level data sources um that are big data sources as they're generally referred to as the in the industry that really could be very applicable for this that have they all use our cell phones and they and they uh have uh anonymized origin destination data citywide, region wide uh at different intervals.

I do know our uh SACOG, our regional MPO does have this data available at quarter levels.

Uh so the idea is to use some kind of program like this to analyze our trips, both in and out of the city, but also from areas outside of the city into the city because we have at this point, I think eight different transit agencies operating within the city, two different passenger rail operators coming into the city.

We really want to know kind of agnostically what our needs are moving forward.

So that's the idea to kind of use more of these big data platforms to really analyze this and get into the details.

Thank you very much.

I see no other commissioners popping up.

Commissioner Banks.

I know I can't get done.

Sorry.

Thanks, Chris, for the presentation.

I'm kind of curious about how you identify which non-transit trips are likely to be converted to transit.

That's a great question.

Uh, and that's something I think we would really look.

Generally, we bring in consultants for these kind of uh these projects, and that's something we'd really look in the expertise and what would be what are those good trips that would convert either their short car trips and maybe their um long walking trips.

Uh we don't know.

There's a lot of different use cases in there, and it also really depends on the land use context of and what services currently available there.

Maybe there are just not a lot of options.

So there's a lot of a lot of ways we could we could take a look at that.

So will this be city of Sacramento writ large, just city the city?

Yes.

Uh I would envision this being um definitely city of Sacramento for especially origin and destination data, definitely destination data, because we really want to know where people are coming into the city from.

So where those regional transit agencies are really a big player in in those discussions.

Kind of really want that kind of pretty broad assessment of what of how people come in and out of the city.

Great.

Thanks.

Thank you.

This is an action item to pass a motion forwarding a recommendation to the city council for approval for the city of Sacramento to apply for funding through the Caltrans FY2627 sustainable communities program for the transit needs in Sacramento to meet climate equity and mobility goals.

I need a motion and a second.

So moved.

You don't want to repeat all that?

Oh.

Okay, I have a motion from Commissioner How second.

And a second from Commissioner Banks.

Clerk, would you please call the roll for the vote?

Thank you, Chair.

Commissioners, please unmute Commissioner Harris.

Aye.

Commissioner Gibson.

Aye.

Commissioner Wadwani.

Aye.

Vice Chair Gonzalez.

Aye.

Commissioner Ha?

Aye.

Commissioner Hyatt is absent.

Commissioner Tao.

Aye.

Commissioner Moore.

Aye.

Commissioner Banks?

Aye.

And Chair Holdell.

Aye.

Thank you.

The motion passes.

Thank you.

The next item is item number six.

Active Transportation Commission 2025 annual report.

Is there a staff presentation?

Hello, good evening.

Jeff Jelzema, associate planner with um Department of Public Works.

Here to talk about the 2025 ATC Annual Report.

So the just quick overview.

The ATC has seven powers and duties.

Tonight we are talking about the duty to annually report to and make recommendations to city council regarding the status of walking and biking and rolling and activities of the commission.

So a quick overview of the process.

So we're in step one, which is this will be a standing item at commission until we can come to some sort of consensus, which then I will bring the approved report to ATC as an action item to then forward to the personnel and public employees committee, which would be step two, and step three, um, PMPE would then approve that, hopefully, and then forward, that's city council for approval.

So 2025 report, again, it follows the a template that is coming from the clerk's office.

We can add some photos, but beyond that, the format needs to stay into that template.

Um the report contents are more or less gonna be the same as last year, with the highlighted sections gonna be the main ones we're talking about tonight, um, where we're literally looking for input from the commission on, which is a message from the chair or from the commission, as well as the recommendations of council.

So just quick overview from last year's report, just what it looks like at the moment, which is um the message from the chair.

So there's um some written message and then a lot of data, um, kind of outlining what the message is talking about in terms of vision zero, etc.

Um, so look really looking from input from the commission on whether or not you want to keep it like this, change it, update the data, et cetera.

Um the next part is the recommendations.

So there's an introduction to the end and to the recommendations, so it's quite lengthy.

Um whether or not you want to keep that the same.

Um, I think some of the recommendations are gonna change, so we'd probably want to update that um along with that, and then the six recommendations from the year previous um looking for input on that from the commission, whether or not we want to keep those recommendations, um, and really looking to get a solid idea of what that's gonna look like.

Staff needs to create cost estimates for these.

These are pretty old at this point, probably need to get re-updated, and that does take time.

Um, and so we don't have a lot of time from the this um commission to the next in terms of the staff report and the report review.

So um it'd be great if we can come to some kind of consensus on these recommendations tonight.

Um, so yeah, discussion items are um I would love some input on the message from the chair or the commission, the recommendations from the year previous for this year's ATC report.

Um, and then uh a little fun one in there, some photos for the report.

So obviously, there we got some new commissioners, so we'll have to take a new group group photo at some point.

Not everyone's here tonight, so hopefully we'll do it when everyone's here.

But yeah, that concludes my um presentation.

Happy to open up for discussion.

Thank you.

Uh clerk, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on this item?

Thank you, Chair.

I have no speaker's lips for this item.

Okay.

Okay, commissioners.

So tonight we hope to get all of your ideas out on the table for consideration.

Um, and we won't add any more new ideas after tonight.

And uh the closer we can get to consensus, the better.

Uh I need to know what you want to keep, what you want to add.

And in October, we'll take a look and firm up that consensus.

And in November, crop fingers crossed, we'll do a vote on the final report.

Okay.

So now I'm going to open it up for your input.

Please.

Oh, thank you.

Vice Chair Gonzalez.

Thank you, Chair.

Uh, first, I want to object to the uh new photograph.

I've gained like 30 pounds last year.

I like last year's photo.

Just fine.

Thank you very much.

Photoshop, you're right.

Can we photoshop last year's commissioners who's still here and liked their photo?

Good.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Um, in all seriousness, uh, I I actually want to echo a lot of the comments that uh came online today through the e-comment section.

While I know that we've discussed the realities of the situation of our city's finances and you know the willingness of our council to um enact many of the recommendations we made which have not been enacted to date, um, there are still some really good recommendations in the comments that came in um about the last couple days.

Um of which that resonate with me the most I would say um would be the installation of leading pedestrian intervals uh when possible throughout our system.

We know that these are uh great amenities that help to save lives and create calmer um situations and encourage walking and rolling.

Uh no right turn on red, which we also know saves lives and makes the intersection safer.

And lastly, it which resonate with me is the um creative crosswalks program, which I know we're gonna be kicking off pretty soon here up on Northgate, but I think there's already enthusiasm and energy behind um taking this to additional areas and perhaps even opening it up to uh citizen participation through a portal of some kind, uh, not unlike our blog party permit.

So I'm gonna just try that out to the commission.

I know we have so many things we want and so many things we haven't yet gotten, and challenges ahead, but those are three things that I'm hearing repeated from the communities which we represent, and um they all resonate with me, so I don't know why we couldn't at least have a discussion about one that we want to throw in the mix.

Commissioner Gonzalez, I have leading pedestrian signals, no right on red and creative crosswalk program.

Yes, leading pedestrian intervals, I think is the technical.

Leading pedestrian intervals.

Okay.

Yes, yes, Chair, that's correct.

Do though do any of those items fall under one of our headings now?

I'm just wondering.

Well, maybe Jeff in your thinking, if they fall under one of the categories, we should include it there versus a separate item.

So, think about it.

Okay.

Commissioner Banks.

Somebody unmuted me for me.

Thank you.

I clearly can't do it.

Um, I have a couple things to say.

One is on the very short is we gotta change that first picture.

I know it's great on Broadway, but I'm tired of seeing it.

We've been seeing it for like six years.

Um, that's a joke, but joke, not a joke.

I would love to see that changed.

I'm gonna put a stake in the ground and say, I think last year, when we identified safety as a main theme to rally around and have all of the different things that we wanted around safety.

I think we should stay the course on that.

And so thinking about um more policies.

I'm actually in the exact same camp as Commissioner Gonzalez.

Um, I think that leading pedestrian intervals.

I'm actually thinking more policy versus program.

And I think that we haven't spent as much time thinking about policies, and maybe we should flip to policies a little bit in this report.

So I'm all in on leading pedestrian intervals and seeing a more widespread approach to those across the city.

It's not very expensive, nor is right turn on red, which would be an amazing thing for the city to adopt citywide.

No right turn on red would be fantastic.

Um I think lowering speed limits also would be something again uh it sends a message.

We know that speeding still exists even with lower speed limit signs, but um they do catch some people's eyes and it will slow some people down.

So again, it's a safety uh type of thing.

And this thing about creative crosswalks, I've been playing around with it uh in my world at Saba, and we've been talking to some people about expanding that program to creative uh uh alleyways to daylighting to crosswalks to a few other things that could be a really fun way to also allow uh community members to engage in the city.

Again, we streamline and keep the necessary um uh structures in place so that we're not giving anybody, hey, just go get some pain and go paint some, you know, some curbs.

There is still process and procedure, but then you could get people that are uh all interested in working on you know beautification in their area, neighborhood associations might be interested in it.

Who knows?

Who else?

So I think that's a really great idea to expand.

I guess for me, mostly I think that we should stay the course with safety, and I want to make a pitch for Don to update the work that you did last year if you'd be willing, because I thought that was really really valuable and it helps anchor all of the things that we then are talking about proposing.

I'll stop there.

Commissioner Harris.

Um, I am really excited about this.

Um I definitely want to make sure that we add to our accomplishments this quick build program and talk about the two programs and the timing, talking about what we can get done with that money.

But I I think it would be important to talk about what's left to do.

What does that solve?

How do we, you know, how do we utilize it max?

I mean, the staff's doing an amazing job of leveraging that money.

Um, but I want I wanted to be clear to city council that you know quick build is not um the only solution, it's just one of the pieces that we're now having and how great it is, but that it's not gonna be a silver bullet.

Um, and then I'm gonna say the only thing I really feel excited about that I'm I'm really impassioned about is um adding staff level review or something based on Jeff's um maybe suggestions of what would make sense to proposed um facilities for homeless residents.

Um in this last year we've seen uh a number of really upsetting deaths and heard quite a bit of um coverage about um residents being killed trying to get to uh transit.

Um I had a personal uh interaction with um a very wonderful homeless woman who was doing her darndest to walk from White Rail to uh a doctor's appointment in Carmichael, and I I happened to pick her up because it was clear that she wasn't set up for the walk in that heat.

Um, and it really highlighted to me that transit and being able to get to transit safely is part of the solution to homelessness.

We can build these facilities.

Not that those aren't controversial, but I would really like to see us include um a commitment that the city staff provide a review that people can safely get now to transit because most of the people who use these facilities do not have cars.

They are given a free transit.

They are getting mental health services, they're trying to get jobs, they're trying to get on their feet, and some of them are dying trying to do that.

And I just think that that is shocking that we have to make this as a recommendation.

So I don't know what the um the right phrasing is.

I don't know the whole process of what happens, but I would like that to be included, and that that include, you know, county.

If if residences the closest um transit station is on county land, that includes um an analysis on county land as well, because it is irresponsible given how many homeless facilities we put adjacent to our city borders, um, and then we are blind to the fact that pedestrians have to cross those borders to get to where they're going.

Their doctor's appointments are on county lands in many places because that's where they can get medical treatment in um Medi-Cal and other programs.

Commissioner Harris, if I may ask, um, just to clarify your suggestion, the Streets for People plan includes access to and from all the transit stops and stations within the city of Sacramento, whether the the funding for the infrastructure to make that happen is not there.

So can you clarify the ask of what you'd like to see in this commission report so we can appropriately word it and and identify costs?

That when a new homeless facility is considered, that part of the process is a pedestrian access plan to transit, whatever the reasonable amount is.

I mean, you guys are the experts, but that that also include county lands, if that is the if it is so closely adjacent um that somebody a reasonable person would go to the county transit stop.

I don't know if anyone has to chime in or is opposed to that, but I don't think that's a high cost item to include.

And I I think it serves our most vulnerable population.

I'd love to go as far as say that if you put a new if you put a new uh facility in that it immediately gets added to the streets for people, but I don't know if that's possible.

Um I I want to make sure that we're also making sure that we're having people exit on the right side of the building.

I mean, on the Roseville Road, the desk stopped when they opened up the gates on the not Roseville Road side.

It's that easy.

People stop dying when you stop putting them on Roseville Road and making them walk it.

Thank you.

So to make sure I understand you're asking for a staff level review of how pedestrians access transit.

Of homeless facilities, proposed homeless facilities, and how they can access transit and the safety from the homeless facility.

Oh, new proposed homeless facilities.

Okay, I think I've got it.

Okay, uh, Commissioner Gibson.

Uh uh first um to Commissioner Banks, uh be happy to update data, but I also want to sort of punt that to Jeff in a sense, hear me out.

I call it things.

Um, is because with the vision zero project, a lot of that data is already been updated.

Um would I be able to connect with you after this meeting sometime just to make sure the data that the ATC report matches with the vision zero reports is I know that stuff is somewhat preliminary.

Would that be kosher?

Yeah, I mean uh we have a vision zero dashboard that's publicly available that has that updated data.

So yeah, happy to work with you on that.

Yeah.

Um I believe the dashboard has it.

Yes, yeah.

Through 2024.

Sure.

Uh the thank you in advance.

I'll hopefully follow up promptly.

And just um deadlines are important.

More for me since I offered to uh help crack on it.

Um we would need to get something that would then go into a staff report roughly two weeks from today.

Let me pull up my county.

Or one week.

Yeah.

Um I think the drop dead for that would be like the twenty sixth.

The latest would be the twenty ninth.

Okay, so uh twenty ninth, so understood.

So like Monday, not this upcoming, but the following.

Yeah.

Um so I'll first try to take a look, hopefully, sometime this week to see what's available and I'll try to email you just to make sure I'm interpreting it correct.

And if there's any other things to add upon it then um I'll make sure it's available to you by that time.

Great.

Yeah I'll make a note to follow up with you just to send you that resource.

Yeah.

I think you yeah because um the data that I presented in this report um is interpreted differently than the city's A because I include data that involved the freeways and for the vision zero um process is not including freeways because the city doesn't management so that was one those where there was discrepancy in the data.

Different interpretations not the numbers were wrong.

Then for when it comes to the report I'm gonna recommend splitting this into two categories one is a policy change category and the second would be uh I don't want to say funding but things that require significant funding as is um if we wish to include things such as Commissioner Harris, the um leading pedestrian enrolls, creative crosswalks and that third one that I wrote a note for or fourth one I apologize.

The other one that was being talked about if those fall in kind of pol city policy changes those um I think the implementation of those would be different obviously than you know fund more active transportation.

So that'd be one thing I want to first put out um see if commissioners are happy to kind of format that and keep that as ways that we evolve the conversation tonight.

Commissioner Gibson if I may weigh in.

Um while while they might be policy changes, the implementation still require a good amount of funding.

So for example a prohibition on right on red will require a traffic analysis which will require funding to bring on a consultant and so my guess is is that the cost for that are and this is just a gut check I don't have actual numbers anywhere from three to four hundred thousand dollars and then implementation would probably be another couple hundred thousand dollars so these things while our policies the implementation of them still have costs that are not currently available to us.

And so should the commission want to talk about programs and policies but uh in one place and then maybe funding and projects in another one I think we're totally amenable to that but I just want to make sure that you understand that all of these things do actually come with a cost.

Uh I wish more things were free in life.

So I downloaded the reward apps for the fast food I eat.

Alright um and then I just uh just the one since a lot of I don't want to speak all out too many times I just want to say I really want to see the creative crosswalks program redesigned.

Um there is a proposal that's moving forward for Northgate Boulevard for two crosswalks.

I just reviewed the city timeline it's a year from RFP to construction or painting I should say and the grant I was told is around fifty thousand dollars.

Although I'm very happy to hear that's happening.

If we can redesign a program that would be a lot more accessible um and have a lot more clarity and lower the barriers it could be a real way to um build a sense of community.

There's a really good conversation at the um vision zero about placemaking and if you have um a neighborhood association I'm trying to restart my mine's kind of defunct right now I'm trying to restart it but we know we was like so we have a neighborhood what do we do other than complain to the city about things well let's make the city better using our spare time and a couple bucks we can all pitch in.

So create crosswalks could be one of those examples saying hey we're getting the neighborhood association together um and let's you know make a street or two a little bit safer and a little bit prettier and especially in um a lot of you know I I a lot of the streets look the same.

They're um I it kind of looks very generic y 90s to two thousands to today suburbs.

So you know one neighborhood doesn't necessarily have a distinctive look or feel from another neighborhood um but if you have things like create crosswalks like you know maybe one neighbor has a theme or another neighborhood has a theme.

It's a way to build space and community um community.

But if it's $50,000 to paint two crosswalks and somebody's liable to update maintenance every year um then that's not gonna happen.

So um just yeah that's my thoughts.

Thank you.

Commissioner Moore.

Thank you.

Uh every time I blank out um I don't know if this is tied to policy or not, but I think that there should be some aspect of the city's funding being tied to their vision zero.

If we're not meeting the vision zero goals or even a downward trajectory, I feel like we should have some kind of trigger where more money needs to be held.

Like some kind of, yeah, just connection between our visions or goals.

Do you know does the city have any kind of obligation around whether or not we meet the vision zero goal and the amount of funding that goes into transportation safety?

I assume not.

Commissioner Moore, um, no.

The short answer is no.

Um, the bigger answer is is that our transportation funding is what it is because we don't receive general funds.

So our our transportation funding is through gas tax and measure A.

And measure A is very prescriptive about what we can and can't use, and the remainder is gas tax generally.

There's some smaller other pots, but it's gas tax, which we use to leverage um other grants, right?

Like Marysville Boulevard or Fruit Ridge, and so um the money path and how it is is not necessarily clear, but I would say that of our transportation dollars, the vast majority are going towards safety already.

Okay, then I guess my if we do have a policy element of this, a policy recommendation is to dedicate general fund dollars to transportation safety, and some kind of connection to reaching our vision zero goal.

Um the other thing, from the from a report content standpoint and the data we're using.

I don't see any like clear connection between the disparity of active transportation represented in all collisions in the KSIs.

We connected to the homicide, and I think just kind of total number, whether it's going up and down, but I think if you're gonna include some of the data, I think it would be helpful to show that that disparity, and they're really clearly to show that uh just the extra vulnerability that they do have um when they are involved in those collisions.

Uh that's all I have for now.

Admittedly, I did not spend as much time thinking through these as I would have liked.

Commissioner Wadmani.

Thank you.

Um a couple of things.

First, I I also kind of want to put in a plug for the um leading pedestrian intervals and the no right turn on red.

That's a lot more money than I thought these would cost now that I understand it requires a study, but um those were the two that jumped out at me.

I do love the expand creative crosswalks program.

I don't have a creative bone in me, so I will leave that to others, but um, but I did want to go back to the priorities from last year and just ask one question since I wasn't here for the discussions.

Um the citywide safe routes to school program, six hundred fifty thousand is not obviously enough money to make routes to school safe everywhere.

So, what exactly was that a planning effort?

Um I could take a stab at this, but I would love your info too, so this is a while ago.

But I um I think the 650 would be um for the staff time and then yeah, initial plan effort in terms of like what the routes would look like, um, coordination with the school districts, city time, stuff like that.

Jeff, if I may correct you, sorry.

Um it was not infrastructure planning at all, it was encouragement programs.

So it is I believe two staff to work with the four or five school districts.

I can't remember.

I'm drawing a blank right now because it's been a long day.

Uh school districts in the city to create education programs, education and encouragement programs that the schools would then implement.

Um it does not include infrastructure planning or route identification, like uh the back from my consulting days.

I did a lot of safe routes of school work when you develop a plan.

You're like, here's Jennifer School, and these are the routes that create these maps where children can use and families can use to get to school, did not include any of that planning work.

That would significantly increase the funding for that.

But if that's what the commission asks, then we can develop the cost estimates for that.

Thank you.

That's really helpful.

Commissioner Moore.

Yeah, to say something concrete on these.

I think we can fully support the LPIs, uh, throw it in there.

I think we can reallocate the re-established slow and active streets personally to either another bucket or eliminate that if I know I'm not a fan of asking for less money, so maybe reallocating that.

I just think the slow and active streets where those were taking place were in those residential neighborhoods, um, where we are not seeing as much of the um, I don't think any of the KSIs or as much of them.

So I think we could better use that funding to um kind of enhance and and provide safety interventions on closer to the arterials, maybe collectors personally.

Are you suggesting we drop that recommendation?

I'm recommending we reallocate that either to another category that we are maintaining or create a new category, but I I do not think that we need to re- I don't think we need to invest that money into that in our top priority of this, yeah.

So reallocate to another priority item.

So if there's no money allocated, then there's no recommendation, right?

I don't think we need to re-establish low and active streets.

Yeah.

Okay.

Commissioner Harris.

Noticing the amount of that, if we were looking to reallocate it, that's two 400,000 studies for perhaps a right on red and delayed turn signal, which is sort of like slow and active streets, slightly slower.

Delayed streets.

Yeah, fundamentally, similar outcomes.

I think mine was really more location based on where the slow and active streets implementations and the um elements that were being implemented to create that traffic calming were in residential neighborhoods, as far as I recall, it was a while ago.

Uh and I from my experience using them, it didn't change travel behavior.

Folks are already driving relatively slow.

That's just not where the priority of KSI collisions are taking place.

And I it's a lot of money, and I think a corridor study or uh, yeah, no right on red or it would be better used.

I'm not saying that we don't want slow and active streets, I just think in our neighborhoods where that program existed, we had relatively slow and if people wanted to use them active streets, maybe not everywhere, but that money could be better used elsewhere.

Well, I love the idea.

If we're gonna make a recommendation for something like right on red and delayed um traffic lights, that we put a money towards something, even if it's an estimate, and if that's a place we can transfer it from from, that might be ideal.

Commissioner Banks, I'm a huge slow and active streets fan.

Um and there's recent research out there that does show that slow and active streets does both do two things slow the streets and save lives, depending on where they're located.

So I agree with you.

When we did slow and active streets, it was during the pandemic, was for a completely different thing.

Uh it I'm okay with pulling it off of this, because I think the program would need a complete overhaul, and maybe we're not there yet.

So if I have a forced choice, I'm good with losing slow and active streets, which is near and dear to my heart, um, to help put dollars towards some of these other things that I think uh will help us create safe streets and slow them down uh for all users across the whole city.

Thank you.

Um I have just one thought.

It's create a Sacramento quick build bikeways program, but we've already created it, so we want to continue support for it, not create, correct?

So we just need to change that verb.

Chair Hardell, we created a quick build program, not a quick build bikeways program.

So I want to make sure that I understand, or the commission understands what is moving forward.

So the quick build program, the two tiers, right?

Tier one is the quick build curb extensions, crosswalks, maybe medians.

I'm not sure.

We'll see how it goes.

That team is still staffing up, and then the other pieces are corridors that could conceivably include bikeways, but may also include a bus lane.

I mean, we don't know what that's gonna be, right?

So if the commission is good with that, I just want to make sure that it's transparent of what the program the city is currently moving forward is.

I think we should create then.

Yeah, so thank you for the clarification.

Uh Commissioner Wadwani.

Clarification on one other item from last year, if possible.

The speed management programs, what was that anticipated, expected to entail?

Um from what I remember, it was um additional staff, also additional traffic calming treatment.

So right now it's that's the speed lump program citywide.

Um so that would potentially include other treatments and then have an equitable distribution across the city.

Um I can't remember the exact amount, but it was like to increase the overall implementation of it.

Um, do you remember anything else from that?

You're phone it up.

So yeah, I have it up in front of me right now.

So it's to expand the traffic calming toolbox from speed lumps, which is essentially our major traffic calming tool, to other tools.

Um, and to also include um implementation of AB 43, which we are working on right now, and hope to move that forward soon.

Um, yeah, that's it.

So expand the toolbox beyond speed lumps, bring down speed limits through AB43, and then roll it out.

Commissioner Moore.

I guess uh another opportunity maybe for uh reevaluating this funding for the quick build bikeways program.

I mean, the current quick build program does would include but is not limited to bikeways, correct?

So it feels like to limit that, and maybe that just provides additional funding for that specific thing, but it seems like that could be funding that could go to and it seems like the quick build program is responding to unfortunately collisions and and crashes for the most part, it is not doing as much to preemptively look at where collisions may be taking place, correct?

The most part, we like is it responding to a it's responding to a collision that takes place, and so we go out and we do the quick build, right?

Commissioner Moore, in the the quick build program tier one, which is the the shorter smaller improvements, is not only responding to when a crash happens and a response, it can be in response to um well, history of data.

So a location that has a lot, uh working with communities uh who say this is a problematic area, or uh with our police department who say that they get uh a lot of calls about specific areas and want staff to look at it from an infrastructure perspective.

So, a lot of different ways that uh locations will be identified.

Um that team is not yet staffed though, and so once that team is staffed, they will go through our process to identify a process to identify like what how that'll work, right?

How to prioritize, what will they do, and um all the above.

Then I I know that I approach a lot of these with a very kind of bike centric um viewpoint.

I think that we I think not limiting that to quick build bikeways, but maybe shifting those funds also to the quick build program, which gives that an additional one point nearly five million uh includes bikeways, but it also just addresses the actual safety conditions that are on our streets that are not limited to bikeways.

So I would, I guess I would also recommend changing that to uh dedicate whatever 1.476 million to the quick build program, uh, rather than limiting us in case bikeways are not continuing to um see the same level of collisions or safety needs as other active modes.

Commissioner Moore, if I just may ask clarification because we have a week to go back and write the staff report and get it in.

So last year's report said that it wanted 1.1 million dollars to invest in the implementation and the additional dollars were for staff time.

So if you want to suggest um a mortgage generic or 1.5 or anything specific, the 1.1 was um inspired, I think, by Sandy Ego.

Commissioner Banks brought that one up as an inspiration a year or two ago, if I remember correctly.

I don't.

Um yes, it is San Diego.

There it is, right there in the write up.

And so um, I just want to make sure they understand the clarification so that Jeff and Chris have the appropriate tools to move forward to represent what you'd like to see next month.

Well, I don't know where the 1.1 is that not the 1.4.

Do we just increase it or something?

Where's 1.1 coming from versus the one point four?

One point one is what the city of San Diego invested in for the infrastructure of building.

And the additional four hundred and three hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars was approximately staff time.

Got it.

Okay.

I yeah, whatever's going to dedicate, and I'm opening this to the commission.

I'm not recommending this if the commission doesn't agree, but I'm opening that we just eliminate any kind of dedication to that quick build bikeway program, and whatever those funds are, they go towards the quick build program that was established earlier this year because I think it addresses and meets the safety needs that exist outside of just bikes.

Commissioner Banks.

First things first, we're definitely going to dump finalize the construction detour policy because we all know it's been done, right?

All right, great.

Uh so that'll be gone.

All of these things that we've been talking about, leading predestining intervals, right turn on red, creative crosswalks.

I'm not sure about creative crosswalks, but lowering speed limits, etc.

could live under the expand speed management programs because we are managing speed, as well as other things.

I think the name expand speed management programs is a deadly dry, and nobody knows what that means.

And so if we rename it to expanding the toolbox that's for the streets for people or traffic call me toolbox, and these are things that live in that among other things, it might be a a little bit more understandable and and then it ties to our streets for people project and uh plan and um and then we can reallocate those dollars from slow and active streets, offering that up.

So expand the toolbox, yeah, and then other things can live under it.

Okay, thank you, including what is currently under it, which I don't remember what's in that right now.

Yeah, thank you.

Commissioner Gibson.

So it sounds like there's a bit of consensus to try the not increase roughly the overall fiscal ask here, um, seeing that what the quick build was of the ask of here eight eight million became two point four, which hey, that's a lot of progress here, especially as an advisory commissioner.

So just shout out.

Thanks to staff um and city leadership for that.

Um, just kind of summarize um a things I like just to echo, um, re rebranding speed management uh program.

Yes, traffic calming toolbox better.

Um remove as a recommendation slow enact for streets, remove finalize detour policy.

Uh I would disagree with um Chair Hodell about uh quick build bikeway program.

I would actually um be in the camp of Commissioner Moore to say uh increase funding for the quick build program, um and again 1.5 roughly, you know, in that ballpark.

So just increase funding um in that kind of tier.

Um and then we had, if I recall correctly, about four.

I don't want to say policy, but well, uh uh policy lead changes that would require funding, such as um uh uh the uh homeless encampments, uh not on campus, I'm sorry, that's not correct.

The um shelters, um, uh traffic uh creative crosswalks.

Sorry, I got my COVID vaccine today.

I'm almost stepping.

No right on red.

It was a bit of a line.

Uh that was the only real problem.

Um leading pedestrian involves and no right turn on red.

I think those were the four ones that multiple people brought up.

Is there anything I'm missing?

No.

Lowering speed limits?

Was that in there?

Uh that was not on my list.

I think you're the only one that's mentioned.

Thank you.

Okay.

Um and I I I'm sympathetic to keeping the ass below 10 million, just because that extra digit does look a lot bigger.

Thank you.

I appreciate that summary.

Commissioner Town.

Thank you, Chair O'Dell.

Um, I I love all of these ideas, and I uh if I could support all of them, I would so um I do agree in terms of the supplementing the bikeways program.

I think it makes sense to uh do a general um support for the program, the quick bill program, um, versus specifying it for the bikeways.

Um if I'm understanding correctly, this staff does still need to take these ideas and run the numbers again.

So these numbers would not be uh the same, even if we like these ideas.

That's correct.

Okay.

So I think uh in terms of the numbers, if we if we liked ideas, then the numbers would still not it could still go over that 10 million, depending on what that calculation is.

Yeah, I mean I think these are 2023 numbers.

Um, and so yeah, I would imagine 10% at least increase, maybe even more.

So TBD, but yeah, it could potentially go over 10.

Got it.

Um, and then I was just gonna ask the commissioners in terms of the, I think this is the only other item perhaps that we um didn't touch on a little bit in terms of the first ask.

Just wanted to see what the response was from that recommendation to the council last year and um if they wanted to see any changes to that ask.

So the first item about increasing funding?

Yes.

I'll go to Commissioner Harris.

Or I was in a answer to that question.

So you're asking for feedback regarding number one increased funding.

Yes, if there was any from the council.

Personally, I would just like to have a slice of the budget that is that we can count on every year.

So right now there is no funding, correct?

So we're we're asking for a slice of the pie.

And any amount would be appreciated.

That's how I understand it.

Um, Commissioner Tao, from what I recollect from council, uh they did take it to budget and audit, but then nothing was made from that.

So no action was moved on any of these items, and there has been I think Commissioner Harris before has suggested removing that one just because we are not gonna get any money anyway, but I think we should keep asking and expecting it.

Commissioner, uh Commissioner Harris.

It wasn't removing everything, it was being very thoughtful about what we ask for, knowing that we some there is a theory, not necessarily correct, that you can dilute your best arguments.

So I would hate for us to want, I mean, I'm I'm all for personally, everything that builds actual stuff, and however fast to do it, we have a lot of plans.

They're all great plans.

They all are neat necessary.

We have very little funding to leverage to even get more grant money.

That's what makes the quick build program so amazing.

So my bias is that the money we do ask for should be strategic and should be for actually putting stuff on the ground, not for plans.

Um, I think that the, you know, hearing more about the uh safe routes to schools programs is great.

It's nice.

I don't know that it gets solves a lot of the problems.

It's it's a nice to have for me.

That was my my point was to be strategic, knowing that we're unlikely to get much, if anything, and I would not want us to get the wrong thing.

That was my perspective.

That being said, um, I'm fine with limited changes, and I I quite like the rebranding.

I think it is nice to have some changes, and that will highlight the thoughtfulness of this group and how we are hopefully being more approachable, more understandable, and um maybe it's newsworthy.

We'll see.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Commissioner Moore.

I'll resubmit my policy recommendation and ask for active opposition to requiring the city to dedicate general fund dollars every year that they do not move towards their vision zero goal.

I think that's a very tangible connection.

So any year that they do not reduce their fatal or serious injuries, they have to use X percent of their general funds and give that to transportation.

Um is what I was trying to say early on in a very muddled, muddled way.

Uh I think that's a worthwhile policy one.

Again, I if anybody has opposition to that or thinks that that can hurt us in some way, I'm open to hearing it.

But I love accountability and a little bit of valuation and tying everything to vision zero and trying to get to it would be really great.

And I think that it's a lot of cities talk about vision zero and they pass plans and they pass recommendations, but they really don't get to it.

I think we're trying to help get there, but I also think the city, and I'm not talking about city that works, you guys.

I'm talking about um other electeds, etc.

that are just dealing with so many different competing things with budget.

Um but this has some teeth to it, and I like things that have a little teeth to it.

So I'm all in favor of that.

Thank you.

I think we want to be more like Helsinki, who just finished one year of Vision Zero.

So if we could ever, so one year with no traffic pedestrian or bicycling desks in the city of Helsinki, they started 20 years ago to achieve this goal, and they just finished one year.

So we need to be more like Helsinki.

Thank you.

I see have you received enough input from us?

Uh, I want to kind of do like an overview of just to make sure that um we have the right idea of everything that was discussed, um, get some nods, and then I think that'll be that would be it.

Um, so yeah, I heard um in terms of the recommendations that are with the current or the the most recently adopted plan of 2024.

Um so we would remove finalized construction detour poly policy, um, reallocate funding from reestablished slow and active streets to um no right on turn, no right turn on red, as well as leading pedestrian intervals, um, keep develop citywide safe roads to schools, keep um create a quick build program, but change that to just quick build, not quick build bikeways, uh um change expand speed management programs to well uh it wouldn't be expand the traffic calming toolkit because we wouldn't want to expand that necessarily, but maybe implement the traffic calming toolkit.

Um we can play around with that and then keep the increased funding for october transition, um, as well as um city staff review of uh facilities for people walking to uh shelters for unhoused, and then um did I miss anything else?

Creative crosswalks, redesign the policy and the program to be more accessible.

So anything else that I missed?

The other two I have on my list are somewhere to stick in leading pedestrian interval signals and no right on red.

Yeah, so the reestablished slow noctive streets would be reallocated to those two things.

Okay, maybe just as long as I don't know if it's a one-for-one, but take that out and then replace it with those two.

Okay, I see no more.

So, um, go ahead.

Yeah, hold on one second.

So um I'm gonna come back next month with a renewed table similar to this with cost estimates, hopefully as well.

Um so when we can then have a consensus and then come up with a report.

Hopefully, I'll send I'll send the data to you, um Commissioner Gibson, so that you can draft um the message from the commission, and then we can all also review that as a commission at next month's meeting.

The only last item is the introduction to the recommendations.

So I guess that would depend on the recommendations.

So given next month is October and November is when we would want the action item.

Um how do we want to proceed with that?

Is that the message from the chair?

It is not.

So there's an introduction um prior to the recommendations, okay.

Um here, I yeah, it's kind of hard to read.

Um it's pretty much just an overview of the commission and why they're they have these different recommendations on a really high level.

So I guess given the discussion that we had today, would we want something that reflected that?

Who would be the author of it?

Do we want to just strike it entirely?

Just need some input on that.

Commissioner Harris.

But what I would like to include would be some details.

Assuming that everyone else is okay with this approach.

Really singing the praises of the funding we got for the quick build program.

Because I think the most likely thing to do is you know the first couple pages people might read before the gloss over.

And I think it is such an important accomplishment of this of all of us and the city that it really speaks to what can be done and the changes that we could see from it while also recognizing we're in year one.

If people are okay with that, I will take first draft if you can provide me where our programs are and some details might have some questions, but I'll go through our presentations and try to have a cognizant compelling argument.

Yeah, I'm happy to help with the information and the resource.

Does anyone have any concerns or things that they would like to have included?

I only like yeses, not don'ts.

Don'ts are hard to not do or to do, whatever.

I appreciate you volunteering to do this very much.

So thank you.

It looks like you're good to go.

Does she have, and what is my deadline for the message from the chair?

And does Commissioner Harris have a deadline?

Yeah, it would be the same as um what I mentioned earlier to Commissioner Gibson.

Should be the 26th, would be next Friday.

Next Friday, the 26th.

Thank you, Commissioner Harris.

Okay, uh nothing else.

I think we're ready to move on to the next item.

And we have um 12 minutes.

And depending on, I may have to stop you at because we we're almost done.

So depending on how long the next part goes.

Otherwise, we'll have to get an extension.

The last item.

Oh, wait a minute.

Uh clerk, are there uh this the next item is public comments matters not on the agenda?

Clerk, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on public comments matters not on the agenda?

Thank you, Chair.

I have no speakers list for the second.

Are there uh uh okay?

Uh the last item is commissioner comments, ideas, and questions.

Are there any commissioners who wish to speak?

Yes.

Uh Commissioner Gibson.

Uh just first of all, uh, thank you to fellow commissioners for a prompt discussion today on all the items.

Um, but of course, as we talked about safety, um, this was not as bad as it has been last couple weeks.

There was at least one fatality on our roads um on the intersection of Truxel and San Juan.

A man 46 years old was struck and killed on uh September 7th.

Um, and it was uh during middle of day, I believe, I think around 3 or 4 p.m.

And I use this road regularly, and sadly I'm not surprised to hear it.

Commissioner Harris.

Um on Monday, September 29th.

Um, I'll be leading a walking tour of the Marconi light rail station up Academy Way and to Mackey Park to highlight some of the concerns we have as a community.

Um, with access, there are no sidewalks, there are few lights, um, and this is a major hub for um some of our least car-privileged residents um to be able to pull themselves up by the bootstraps.

They might have boots.

Thank you.

Um, it is at 6 p.m.

We'll be meeting at the light rail station.

Um, so you're welcome, members of the public.

Um, we're invited some community members and appreciate all the work in the staff with the coordination.

It's just an invitation.

But I would love for you to see some of the concerns we have outside the central grid.

Thank you.

Commissioner Banks.

Cyclists and pedestrians, and a long-time Caltrans person who was really a dogged advocate for all of us as uh bikes bikers and pedestrians.

So if you're interested in knowing more about it and want to join as soon as I get the details, I'm happy to send them out.

October 12th.

And I wrote a letter to uh several people about this.

So I wrote the letter and sent it off and said what the impact was for the closure of the American River Bike Trail and also the effect for all the people living north of the river.

And I did get um a response back from Liz Bellis, who is in charge of the county parks, and she said that she they when they created their plan, um, that it oh wait a minute, I have to backtrack a little bit.

So I wrote the letter and then the next day I was riding through Discovery Park and see a um a sign uh for the people on so on the garden highway um side saying that the closure is not just for aftershock, it goes from September 23rd to October 10th.

And there are directions on this uh sandwich board that say uh bicyclists you can go down to Northgate or you can get on I-5, and uh that just it really bothers me because there's a lot of commuter traffic, uh weekends, there's a lot of uh recreational traffic, and in Liz's letter back to me, she said that they had worked with um CHP, SAC PD, the Park Rangers, and SAC Fire, and they created this plan, they presented it to the city, and um they felt that this was the best plan to in the interest of safety, and what bothers me is that somebody is safer, but there's another group of people who are now less safe as they travel or try to travel into and out of the city.

Um so I just want to make you all aware of that, and the and the length of the closure is really awful.

And by the way, there is no sign on the city side of the entrance to Garden Highway.

All it says is boats aren't going to be able to uh access the boat launch between during aftershock itself.

So um just want to let you know about my upset.

So thank you very much.

And if there is nothing else, the meeting is adjourned.

And we did it.