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City of San Rafael
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)
Agenda for Wednesday April 3, 2019
6:00 PM
Community Development Conference Room
3rd Floor, City Hall
1. Call to Order
2. Approvals of:
a. February 6, 2019 Meeting Minutes
b. Committee Calendar (Attachment included)
3. Public Comments for Items Not on Agenda: 2 min each
4. 3rd Street Rehabilitation Update (Attachment included): 10 min
5. Walter Lane Revitalization Idea (Attachment included): 10 min
6. Review of North Merrydale Alternatives (Attachment included): 20 min
a. Recommended action: BPAC submit written
support/comments/recommendations to City
7. San Rafael High School Multi-Use Pathway Public Meeting Recap: 20 min
8. San Rafael Transit Center Relocation Project – Discussion of alternatives: 50 min
(http://goldengate.org/SRTC/)
a. Recommended action: BPAC submit written
support/comments/recommendations to City
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the San Rafael
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)
Wednesday February 6, 2019 @ 6:00 PM
Community Development Conference Room
3rd Floor, City Hall
Attendees: Phil Mooney (BPAC), DJ Allison (BPAC), Barry Bergman (BPAC), Mark Solomon
(BPAC), Kate Powers (BPAC), Shoshana Harlem (BPAC), Lauren Davini (City), Rafat Raie
(City), Lindsay Lara (City)
1) Call to Order
2) Introductions
a) New committee members and City staff were introduced
3) Public Comments for Items Not on the Agenda
a) Jean Severinghaus – Caltrans District 4 Pedestrian Plan is being prepared now. Nobody
from Marin County is on the committee. They are still seeking a Marin member at large.
There are 4 meetings per year
b) Steve Lamb. – Recommendation for a book “Non One at the Wheel”
c) Lindsay Lara (City Clerk) – quick review of public meeting protocol
4) Bicycle and Pedestrian Project Status Update
a) SMART Extension
b) SMART Road Closures
c) Grand Avenue Bridge
d) 3rd and Hetherton
e) 3rd Street Rehabilitation
f) North Merrydale Streetscape Improvements
g) San Rafael Creek 101 Off-ramp Replacement
5) San Rafael Transit Center Relocation Project
6) Review of BPAC Charter
a) Request to develop a calendar for 2019/2020 meetings
7) Selection of Chair and Vice Chair
a) Committee selected DJ Allison as Chair
b) Committee selected Kate Powers as Vice Chair
City of San Rafael
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)
2019 – 2020 Meeting Schedule
The San Rafael Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee (BPAC) charter calls for the committee to
every other month on the first Wednesday of that month (6 times annually). The committee
may elect to cancel or reschedule meetings as necessary to ensure a quorum is present, and
also based on the need to meet. The committee also has the option of scheduling additional
meetings, as decided by the committee members. The following lists the committee’s regular
meeting dates for the 2019 and 2020 calendar years.
2019 Meeting Dates:
February 6
April 3
June 5
August 7
October 2
December 4
2020 Meeting Dates
February 5
April 1
June 3
August 5
October 7
December 2
1
Growing Independence: A Community Garden
In collaboration with the Mission San Rafael Rotary club, the Marin Center for
Independent Living and the City of San Rafael
Location: Walter Lane between Tamalpais and Lincoln
Project Description: Transform Walter Lane.
Alleys are gaining attention in cities all over the world as un-tapped community assets.
Currently, Walter Lane is a public right-of-way primarily used as a holding space for
waste receptacles. It is rarely used by vehicles and is frequented by people who are
homeless and transient. Our vision for Walter Lane is to animate this underutilized
space to become an asset for the downtown by incorporating pedestrian access, art,
and a managed therapeutic garden.
Walter Lane is best used as a pedestrian connector between the Bettini Transit Center
location options, the SMART station, and the downtown.
This project has been generated and embraced by MCIL, the Mission San Rafael
Rotary Club, and has received early positive reaction from adjacent property owners
and tenants.
2
The Planning and Design Process
1. Initiate preliminary discussions with City leaders: city department leaders, council
members, city boards and commissions and mayor
2. Research and assemble site information: photographs, dimensions, building
elevation drawings, utilities, easements, adjacent property owners and tenants.
3. Conduct a meeting of community stakeholders to collect ideas, establish criteria
for successful implementation, and to develop community support.
4. Generate preliminary conceptual plans, potential site components and programs,
preliminary cost estimates, and a phasing schedule.
5. Present the conceptual plans to stakeholders and funders. Select the preferred
alternative
6. Make refinements to the conceptual plan
7. Establish funding and obtain City approval
8. Proceed with design development and construction documents for Phase I
improvements.
Stakeholders:
▪ San Rafael residents and visitors
▪ City Departments and entities: City Council, City Manager, Fire, Police,
Community Development, Economic Development, Public Works Department,
Homeless Director, BPAC, Planning Commission, Design Review Board, the
Downtown Streets Team, and others
▪ Downtown stakeholders: Adjacent landowners and tenants, MCIL, The Mission
San Rafael Rotary, the San Rafael Evening Rotary, Whistle-stop, San Rafael
Business Improvement District, Federation of San Rafael Neighborhoods, PG&E,
and others
Programing Walter Lane
MCIL has offered to program this space as a functional and productive therapeutic
garden addressing the access and functional needs of people with and without
disabilities. MCIL anticipates offering management services of this garden component of
Walter Lane, in partnership with other organizations that may include private nurseries,
non-profit organizations and other businesses and agencies that serve the public.
Bringing people downtown via Walter Lane will have a profound change in the activities
that now pose a concern to local shopkeepers and residents. The conceptual design will
address public safety issues, visual access, material selection, and other elements and
controls that provide a safe space for passage and activities.
Art will be incorporated into the design, including murals, sculptural elements, color and
texture. The addition of green, living plants will encourage a healthy downtown
ecosystem.
3
Walter Lane Now
The view from Walter Lane to Lincoln
Wall provide opportunity for murals and vertical plantings
Looking toward Lincoln from Tamalpais
4
Red brick walls reflect San Rafael heritage
From behind MCIL offices toward Tamalpais
Painted billboard on the rear of 4th Street building
5
Gardens in Narrow Urban Passageways