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Design Review Commission Meeting Cancelled - October 7, 2026

City Council — Wednesday, October 7, 2026
BodyWalnut Creek, California
SessionCity Council
DateWednesday, October 7, 2026
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Speaker 1

0:00

Yeah, it's we're we're looking, yeah, it's in the capital budget, but I know it's less than a million for parkside.

Speaker 2

0:05

Okay, so small, pretty small.

0:09

Um you have any numbers that support the Jones southbound left turn is an

Speaker 3

0:21

infrequent movement.

Speaker 2

0:23

I know it's not a fun movement because I use parkside quite a

Unassigned speaker

0:29

bit.

Speaker 1

0:39

Yeah, so Jones Road doing that.

0:43

So again, this is Jones Road, um apartments right here.

0:49

Doing that southbound left over the course of an entire hour is 33 vehicles.

0:55

So one every other minute.

0:57

And then in the PM, it's only 18.

Speaker 2

1:01

So for the one every minute.

1:06

Every other minute.

1:07

So the half a car every minute.

1:11

For those those people making those lefts in the

Unassigned speaker

1:15

I think

Speaker 4

1:15

you said the AM.

Speaker 2

1:17

Yes.

1:18

They would have to essentially backtrack, go the other way on Jones and cut through Walden or

Speaker 1

1:26

Yeah, the

Speaker 2

1:26

next

Speaker 1

1:26

closest connection is

Speaker 2

1:28

welded.

1:28

Okay.

1:30

Um the estimated cycle trips, I I I heard you say 12, but that doesn't make sense to me.

Speaker 1

1:41

Uh so that that was based on my recollection of our morning audit.

Speaker 2

1:46

Yeah.

Speaker 1

1:46

Yeah.

1:46

So those are the specifically those kids that live over.

1:50

Okay.

1:51

Yeah, doing doing that.

1:52

And so what that'd be 15, 20 minutes.

1:54

I saw 12 cyclists.

Speaker 2

1:56

So we don't have an estimate currently that says, you know, throughout the day there'll be 500 bike trips down parkside on the new facility or the existing facility.

Speaker 1

2:07

So as part of the operational or the count collection, we we do have it for the those mid those three kind of times of day that we have collected.

2:16

We don't have the daily.

2:17

And again, this goes back to Commissioner McMahon's point where it's like we're there is a demonstrated need, and that even shows up in our plans.

2:25

Uh the adopted plans, our north downtown specific plan.

2:28

There is that demonstrated need, and if we build it something safe, more volume will

Unassigned speaker

2:32

come.

Speaker 2

2:34

Okay.

2:35

Um I think those are my only questions.

2:38

Thanks.

2:39

Anybody have any follow-up questions?

Speaker 5

2:41

Sorry, I had one more.

2:43

Um will there be any signage to like direct people to get to bar using this route?

2:48

Like on Iron Horse and then just down those streets as well.

Speaker 1

2:53

So yeah, so yeah, signing and striping is always a part of it.

2:56

And yeah, wayfinding, um, when we get to that, that's something that we would definitely bring to you all and kind of work through.

3:03

Um the Iron Horse Trail, it's not technically city property, but so that but that's something we can absolutely work with East Bay Regional Parks on.

Speaker 5

3:11

Okay, yeah, sounds good.

3:13

Because yeah, people don't know.

3:14

I just feel like they might not use it.

3:16

So

Speaker 6

3:16

I'll go and I think you said this, but what's the average what's the speed limit on parkside and does this I know we're taking out a lane, but does this then reduce the speed limit?

Speaker 1

3:30

Uh very possibly.

3:31

So it is posted right now at 30.

3:35

Um there are in c every state is allowed to set how each how they set speed limits in California, it's pretty strict.

3:44

Um so what we would do um after the project is installed, the volumes and speeds have normalized, we would conduct what's called an engineering and traffic survey, see if that speed limit needs to be updated.

4:00

It's nothing that we can pick.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Arts And Culture███████████████████████████████31%
Architectural Design Review██████████████████18%
Homelessness██████████████14%
Parks and Recreation███████7%
Miscellaneous██████6%
Public Engagement█████5%
Traffic Management███3%
Tree Management███3%
Emergency Management██2%
Summary of Proceedings

Design Review Commission Meeting - Cancelled

The Design Review Commission regular meeting scheduled for Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. was cancelled due to no business to conduct. The next regular meeting is scheduled for October 21, 2026, and a joint/special meeting on October 22, 2026.

Consent Calendar

  • No items.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • None.

Discussion Items

  • None.

Key Outcomes

  • Meeting cancelled; no decisions or actions taken.

Meeting Transcript

Yeah, it's we're we're looking, yeah, it's in the capital budget, but I know it's less than a million for parkside. Okay, so small, pretty small. Um you have any numbers that support the Jones southbound left turn is an infrequent movement. I know it's not a fun movement because I use parkside quite a bit. Yeah, so Jones Road doing that. So again, this is Jones Road, um apartments right here. Doing that southbound left over the course of an entire hour is 33 vehicles. So one every other minute. And then in the PM, it's only 18. So for the one every minute. Every other minute. So the half a car every minute. For those those people making those lefts in the I think you said the AM. Yes. They would have to essentially backtrack, go the other way on Jones and cut through Walden or Yeah, the next closest connection is welded. Okay. Um the estimated cycle trips, I I I heard you say 12, but that doesn't make sense to me. Uh so that that was based on my recollection of our morning audit. Yeah. Yeah. So those are the specifically those kids that live over. Okay. Yeah, doing doing that. And so what that'd be 15, 20 minutes. I saw 12 cyclists. So we don't have an estimate currently that says, you know, throughout the day there'll be 500 bike trips down parkside on the new facility or the existing facility. So as part of the operational or the count collection, we we do have it for the those mid those three kind of times of day that we have collected. We don't have the daily. And again, this goes back to Commissioner McMahon's point where it's like we're there is a demonstrated need, and that even shows up in our plans. Uh the adopted plans, our north downtown specific plan. There is that demonstrated need, and if we build it something safe, more volume will come. Okay. Um I think those are my only questions. Thanks. Anybody have any follow-up questions? Sorry, I had one more. Um will there be any signage to like direct people to get to bar using this route? Like on Iron Horse and then just down those streets as well. So yeah, so yeah, signing and striping is always a part of it. And yeah, wayfinding, um, when we get to that, that's something that we would definitely bring to you all and kind of work through. Um the Iron Horse Trail, it's not technically city property, but so that but that's something we can absolutely work with East Bay Regional Parks on.

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