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09/21/2020 - Minutes Page 1 of 3 BAC Minutes 2020 – 09-21-20 SALT LAKE CITY BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes of the September 21, 2020 Meeting Present from the Bicycle Advisory Committee were Daniel Houpt, David Brooks, David Parrott, Joshua Poppel, Martin Cuma, Nathan Anderson, and Zachary Anderson. Absent from the Bicycle Advisory Committee were Elicia Cárdenas, Gabriela Knudson, Jacquelyn Thiel, Josalyn Bates, and Todd Hadden. Also present were Amy Lyons, Lara Handwerker, John Mitchell, Ginger Cannon, Hugh Van Wagenen, Alex Palomino, Nancy Montieth, Will Becker, Julianne Sabula, Jena Carver, Morgan Julian and Call in User 2. The meeting was held electronically via WebEx and was called to order at 5:o4 p.m. by Zachary Anderson. Welcome and Introduction of Members and Guests – Zachary welcomed everyone, and everyone introduced themselves. Approval of Minutes Motion: David Brooks moved to approve the minutes of the June 15, 2020 meeting. Zach Anderson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Motion: Nathan Anderson moved to approve the minutes of the August 17, 2020 meeting. Zach Anderson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Public Comment – There was no public comment. Committee Announcements & Updates – There were no announcements or updates. SLC Parks Master Plan Nancy Monteith, SLC Parks Division SLC Public Lands is beginning their comprehensive master plan for parks, natural lands, trails and urban forestry which is a rare opportunity to chart the future of parks and open spaces in SLC. They have received many responses during their first engagement window but would like everyone to share this information in hopes of receiving many more. She gave a presentation on the master plan which is called Reimagine Nature, SLC Public Lands Master Plan and can be found at www.reimaginenatureslc.com. There has been an incredible increase in the use of trails and public lands recently and it’s a good time to see what people want in these areas. The three Divisions of Public Lands which are Natural Lands, City Parks and Urban Page 2 of 3 BAC Minutes 2020 – 09-21-20 Forest are putting together a citywide plan with analysis and public comment. The first part of this plan was a comprehensive needs assessment where they looked at existing conditions and identified the gaps from a geographic standpoint, where people are more than ½ mile from public lands. There is currently 70 miles of existing trails and 129 miles of proposed trails and almost 1700 acres of natural land and now an additional 6500 acres in the area called the Foothills Natural Management Zone. The Parks Division manages 735 acres of parks and Urban Forestry manages more than 86k trees. The comprehensive needs assessment showed there is a real opportunity to address parks and natural lands as essential elements for better air quality, climate change mitigation, energy efficiency, and environmental justice. They will be focusing on three specific values for public lands which are stewardship, livability and equity and will guide how Reimaginenature can start to describe the future of the public lands system. By 2040 there will be 30k more residents added to the city which will require an additional park space roughly equivalent to Liberty Park (94 acres) to maintain the level of service enjoyed today. Currently, 63% of public lands assets are in fair to poor condition which means they have an incredible backlog in deferred maintenance. They’re looking at how to address that while adding more public space. The 86,500 trees including the 7,000 trees in city golf courses provide a cooling of summer temps by 6 degrees. She went over their outreach plans and said their goal is to reach about 10k people. There is a survey open on the website until October 14th. Once they receive those results, they will reach out to the 200 community groups they’ve been working with on their 10 transformative projects and will share those ideas once they are developed. They are also partnering with a U of U community engagement professor whose students will do intercept interviews. We think that’s a great way to find people who aren’t connected in an online way. Nancy answered some Committee questions about surface parking lots, rooftop parks and the Warm Springs Park redevelopment. Life on State Jena Carver, SLC Transportation There was a Life on State Implementation Study that identified 3 sites including the section of State Street from 600 South to 900 South. These sites will act as a catalyst, once improvements are made on them. After that study was complete, the City applied for SLCo Choice Funds which were approved. The money that was received was for improvements on the section of State Street from 600 South to 800 South but the City is hopeful it will be enough to go all the way to 900 South. The goals that were identified are to improve safety and security, improve identity of place, expand connectivity, optimize mobility, drive economic prosperity, support equitable living opportunities and encourage healthy and sustainable design. The City worked with the business community who were very interested in whether they would lose parking and they wanted more trees. Since UDOT owns State Street, SLC can’t remove any lanes but have been given permission to reduce the lane width to 11 feet which will give wider sidewalks. Jena went through the proposed improvements which include bulb outs, increased space for outdoor dining, mid-block crossings and moving the bus stops to mid-block. A parking analysis is being done and they are trying to find more off-street parking. She showed a preliminary design and went through project schedule as well as the public engagement plan which includes a survey that will be sent out soon. With the Page 3 of 3 BAC Minutes 2020 – 09-21-20 SLCo grant request, they also requested money for Main Street and 200 West to look at parallel bike facilities on those streets since there is no room for bike lanes on State Street. They are looking at a way to connect 200 West and Main Street to State Street. Danny asked if there will be an opportunity to put in bike parking and Jena said that is one of the things they are looking at as a priority. Martin asked how people with bikes would be able to access the businesses and Jena said the plan is to have connections from the 9-Line trail to the outside lane on State Street or the sidewalk since it is outside of the CBD and the sidewalks will be wider. More information can be found here: www.lifeonstate.com 900 West California Avenue Intersection Improvements Will Becker, SLC Transportation Will gave a recap of this project including that it is an important intersection to the Glendale community with a lot of community destinations nearby. This means there are also a lot of families and children walking and biking in the area which is why the City wants to make safety a priority here. He went through the community survey results where they found 45% of people who took the survey, drive this area daily while 28% only drive it weekly. He went over what people said they liked and disliked about the intersection. Will also met with some Glendale community members who really asked to prioritize bicycle/pedestrian safety specifically at the nearby elementary school and the Sorenson Center. He showed a prior image of the intersection and then the concept image which he’ll be looking to the public to comment on. The current plan includes this being a protected bicycle intersection which is also the best thing to do to make the crossing distance for peds shorter and to try and slow the traffic. Will went over potential challenges as well as the schedule and said he would like to have this implemented next year. He said it’s always great to have the support of the BAC if they were interested in writing a recommendation letter at some point More information on this project can be found at: www.slc.gov/transportation/. Bike Laws and Enforcement Lara Handwerker, SLC Transportation At the last meeting, it was brought up that the Committee wanted to have an in-depth discussion regarding what the City does in the way of enforcement in bike lanes as well as other bike related laws. Lara contacted the Enforcement Division who said they actively enforce vehicles in the bike lanes and garbage cans on a complaint basis, if they are in the area when the complaint is received. She suggested they discuss making recommendations to the City or whatever other action they feel would be appropriate. Joshua has been interested in this for quite some time and volunteered to review all city and state laws related to bicycling and make recommendations to the Committee. Zach offered to help him with this. A suggestion was made to have the Sustainability Division put stickers on garbage cans in the bike lanes as they are checking the cans for the proper items. Motion: Zachary Anderson motioned to adjourn the meeting; Joshua Poppel seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:29 p.m. Approved by Committee 10-19-20