HomeMy WebLinkAboutBicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee 2024-02-07 Minutes1
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE (BPAC)
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 AT 6:00 P.M.
HYBRID MEETING MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
• Chair Bergman called the meeting to order at 6:02 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Chair Bergman, Vice Chair Mooney, Member (Alternate) Anne Coyne,
Member Mark Kyle
Commissioners Absent: Member Sylvain Frayer, Member Marc Solomon
Staff Present: Staff (Traffic Engineer) Nhat Phan, Staff (Director of Public Works) April Miller, and
Staff (Mayor) Kate Colin, Staff (City Manager) Cristine Alilovich, Staff (City Clerk) Lindsay Lara
APPROVAL MINUTES
Minutes for October 4, 2023 BPAC Meeting were approved.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
No special presentations.
OTHER AGENDA ITEMS
PROCESSES IN SAN RAFAEL AND PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES PRESENTATION BY LINDSAY
LARA
Explanation about how the public would engage during a BPAC Committee Meeting. BPAC
Committee members are to follow City Council adopted roles and procedures. During a meeting, staff
will bring up an agenda item, present the topic, and then open it for comment to BPAC Committee
Members. Once all questions have been responded to by staff, the floor would then be open for
public comment. Upon receiving public comments, the chair will decide to have staff respond to
questions made by the public. After all input is received from the public, the BPAC Committee
members will make a motion, if necessary.
Listed below are comments from BPAC Members and the public.
Member Mark Kyle – In regard to public comment, would emails and letters also count as public input? Yes,
any public response will be received and reviewed by all board members. City of San Rafael believes that all
opinions of the public are very important. During a meeting, either Staff or BPAC Committee Members will
mention public comments submitted and acknowledge that they have received them.
Vice Chair Mooney – Most of our agenda items have recommended action to receive presentation and
provide comments for feedback. How would we close out the following item? For presentations and
commenting time periods, we should call for a motion to receive and file.
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Chair Bergman – What would be the process for how we would receive public in person comments and
online public comments? We would first take comments from the public in person, close public comments,
open for online virtual public comments, and then close virtual public comments.
Public Comment No. 1 – Request that the BPAC Committee does not limit public commenting period for
virtual attendees. Does not have a ride into City Hall to join meeting due to limited mobility. Providing
virtual comment helps the Public engage with City Staff and BPAC Committee.
Public Comment No. 2 – Believes that Rosenberg’s Rules of Order that the City follows in regards to public
engagement, filing, and treatment of the Public is discriminating and that the City should consider a new set
of rules.
Public Comment No. 3 – Request for City Staff to evaluate and consider improvements to bike path along
Andersen Drive and near Marin Square Shopping Center. Current pavement markings indicating bike path is
not safe enough for riders that utilize this corridor. Request for delineations, bollards, roundabout, speed
humps, lighting improvements, or concrete barriers to be placed to help make it safe for cyclists.
Request for Brief Recess
Completed recess and motion to continue.
ADJOURNMENT
This Meeting will be postponed and continued at a later date. When a time frame for meeting has
been decided, it will be posted onto the City of San Rafael website.
Meeting minutes approved this 3rd day of April 2024.
Nhat Phan
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Nhat Phan, Traffic Engineer