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Home My WebLink AboutBicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee 2025-04-02 Agenda Packet1 AGENDA BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE (BPAC) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2025, AT 6:00 P.M. San Rafael City Hall, Third Floor Conference Room 1400 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901 Watch Online: Watch on Zoom Webinar: https://cityofsanrafael-org.zoom.us/j/84126116833 Listen by phone: (669) 444 -9171 ID: 841 2611 6833 One Tap Mobile: +16694449171,,84126116833# US CALL TO ORDER MINUTES 1.Approve regular meeting minutes of February 5, 2024. Recommended Action – Approve as submitted SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 2.Overview of US101/I-580 Project and Bike/Pedestrian Improvements Along Bellam Blvd (Presentation by Kimley-Horn on behalf of Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM)) OTHER AGENDA ITEMS If necessary to ensure completion of the following items, the Chairperson may establish time limits for the presentations by individual speakers. 3.Other Agenda Items a.Informational Report on Citywide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan (CBPP) Update Recommended Action – Provide feedback and accept report. b.Presentation on Los Gamos Drive Pedestrian and Bike Enhancement Options Recommended Action – Provide feedback and select preferred option . c.Informational Report on Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Recommended Action – Provide feedback and accept report. STAFF LIAISON REPORT 4.Staff Liaison Report: Project Updates COMMISSIONER REPORTS 5.Other brief reports on any meetings, conferences, and/or seminars attended by the Committee members. OPEN TIME FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION The public is welcome to address the Committee at this time on matters not on the agenda that are within its jurisdiction. Comments may be no longer than three minutes and should be respectful to The meeting will be held in person. The meeting is being streamed live via Zoom . How to participate in the meeting: •You are welcome to come to the meeting and provide public comments in person. Each speaker will have 3 minutes to provide public comments. •Submit your comment by email to TrafficEng@cityofsanrafael.org by 4:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. •If you experience technical difficulties during the meeting, contact TrafficEng@cityofsanrafael.org. 2 the community. ADJOURNMENT •Next scheduled meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at 6:00 P.M. Any records relating to an agenda item, received by a majority or more of the board or commission less than 72 hours before t he meeting, shall be available for inspection online and in the City Hall Third Floor Conference Room placed with other agenda -related materials on the table when you first walk into the room prior to the meeting. Sign Language interpreters may be requested by calling (415) 485 -3066 (voice), emailing city.clerk@cityofsanrafael.org or using the California Telecommunications Relay Service by dialing “711”, at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Copies of documents are available in accessible formats upon request. To request Spanish language interpretation, pl ease submit an online form at https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/request-for-interpretation/. Public Works Liaison: Joanna Kwok, Assistant Director/City Engineer, 111 Morphew Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 Email: TrafficEng@cityofsanrafael.org (email if you have any questions related to the agenda, projects, or issues getting into the meeting) Minutes subject to approval at the next BPAC meeting Bicycle And Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC ) Wednesday, February 5, 2024, at 6:00 P.M. San Rafael City Hall, Third Floor Conference Room 1400 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901 Hybrid Meeting via Zoom Minutes Present: Chair Mooney Member Bergman Member Callagy Member Kuhn, Alternate Absent: Vice Chair Kyle Member Vicente CALL TO ORDER Chair Philip Mooney called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. Vice Chair Kyle and Member Vicente were absent, and Alternate Member Kuhn served as a regular voting member for the meeting. MINUTES 1.Approve regular meeting minutes of October 2, 2024. AY ES: Members: Bergman, Callagy, Kuhn, Mooney NOYES: Members: None ABSENT: Members: Kyle, Vicente Motion passed 4-0. OTHER AGENDA ITEMS 2.Selection of Chair and Vice Chair Recommended Action – Select a Chair and Vice Chair On behalf of Vice Chair Kyl e (absent), Chair Mooney shared that Vice Chair Kyle is available and accepts the position as new Chair. Member Callagy accepted the position as Vice Chair. Both appointments will be effective starting at the next meeting on 4/2/25. Chair Mooney invited public comments. No public comments were raised. Chair Mooney called the members to vote for Vice Chair Kyle as the next Chair and Member Callagy as the next Vice-Chair. AYES: Members: Bergman, Callagy, Kuhn, Mooney NOYES: Members: None ABSENT: Members: Kyle, Vicente Motion passed 4-0. 3. Informational Report on Second and Fourth Street Intersection Improvements Project Update Recommended Action – Accept report. Grey Melgard, Associate Civil Engineer from the Public Works Department, provided a verbal report and presentation slides for an update on the funding and design for the Second and Fourth St Intersection Project. Environmental clearance was received, and the project design is moving towards 95% completeness. The latest project design includes access to the existing business driveways on the north side of 4th St, a new pedestrian refuge and planting median along 2nd St with the closure of the existing 2nd St westbound left turn pocket into Marquard Ave and West End Ave, and relocation of the north-south crosswalk from the west side of the intersection to the east side. A traffic study is in progress on the closure of the left turn pocket from 2nd St onto Marquard Ave and West End Ave and a memo will be provided to discuss the traffic and user impacts. Questions from the committee included: why did the bike lane switch sides between the crosswalks, what would traffic calming measures look like in the business access only lane, what is the parking situation in the business access only lane, what would the signal timing be for the two westbound 4th St lanes onto 2nd St and would the business travel lane ever be a flashing red, considerations for protections of bicyclists heading east from vehicles turning onto West St, if hard protections could be considered from vehicles 4th St heading eastbound at the northern bike cutout, if the existing brick pedestrian median would be removed in all iterations of the design, and what the level of service would be for the eastbound 4th St business access only lane. Staff and Rich (from CSW, Project Design Consultant) answered questions from the Committee. Chair Mooney invited public comments. Speakers: Names Withheld (4 members of the public) Staff and Rich responded to questions raised during public comment. The Committee supported the design modifications and latest concept design. Member Callagy moved, and Member Kuhn seconded to receive the verbal report. AYES: Members: Bergman, Callagy, Kuhn, Mooney NOYES: Members: None ABSENT: Members: Kyle, Vicente Motion passed 4-0. STAFF LIAISON REPORT 4.Staff Liaison Report: Project Updates Associate Civil Engineer Grey Melgard provided updates on speed limit reductions through application of Assembly Bill 43, Rafael Meadows (South Merrydale) Project multi-use pathway, Spinnaker Point Traffic Calming Pilot, Citywide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan (CBPP), Los Gamos striping, Lincoln Avenue Safety Corridor, Pt San Pedro Rd Slurry Project with County of Marin, and funding for the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM ) Safe Pathways to School grant and State Active Transportation (ATP) grant. COMMISSIONER REPORTS 5.Commissioner Report: Chair Mooney attended the SMART pathway opening at McInnis Parkway on January 25, 2025. OPEN TIME FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION Name Withheld commented on refreshing bike paintings on Pt San Pedro. Name Withheld commented on the rugged terrain of the road in front of San Rafael High School and flooding at the end of the Smith Ranch Rd pathway, next to the railroad track. Suggests workarounds to avoid the flooding. ADJOURNMENT Chair Mooney adjourned the meeting at 7:12 P.M . Approved this 2nd day of April 2025 _____________________________ Joanna Kwok, Staff Liaison