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11/15/2021 - Minutes SALT LAKE CITY BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes of the November 15, 2021 Meeting BAC Members Present for this meeting were Daniel Houpt, David Parrott, Gabriela Knudson, Josalyn Bates, Joshua Poppel, Martin Cuma, and Rachel Manko. BAC Members Absent for this meeting were Jacquelyn Thiel, Patrick Casey, and Sam Janse. Also present were Amy Lyons, George Chapman, Dustin Parks, Jenn Diederich, Dave Iltis, Julianne Sabula, Tom Millar, Lara Handwerker, Paighten Harkins,Alex Beim, Cassandra, Joe Taylor, and Kayla Kinkead. The meeting was held electronically via WebEx and was called to order at 5:05 p.m.by Martin Cuma. Martin welcomed everyone. Public Comment George Chapman has been trying to get SLC to recognize that the bicycle path on the east side of goo East from 2600 South going north to Simpson, is one of the most dangerous paths he's ever seen. The path has a bunch of uneven rocks placed at a slant next to the bicycle path and on the other side of the path is a beveled edge which he thinks is also dangerous. He also feels the beveled edge is going to cause an accident for anyone with a stroller or who is mobility challenged using the sidewalk. He said the bicycle path that they asked for was a raised path on the east side of the street and that didn't really happen. In his opinion,what SLC did put in is very dangerous. In addition, there is a bulb out, which tends to push bicyclists into traffic if they aren't designed correctly. They are mainly to decrease the distance in crossing streets for pedestrians. Unfortunately, SLC put one in right next to Hollywood Avenue on goo East and Hollywood has a divider to limit traffic which means if a northbound cyclist wants to turn onto Hollywood, they not only have to go into traffic but also must slow down significantly to make that turn. He thinks these are two very dangerous designs for bicyclists and he would like the BAC to investigate further. Martin said he wanted to raise this issue as well and while he hasn't personally been on the path yet, he will check it out prior to the next meeting. George said he will send pictures to Lara to share with the Committee. Martin said he also agrees with George on the bulb outs. He said they should not really be used in high traffic roads where the speed of the vehicles is not the same as the speed of the cyclists because it forces the bike into the car lane and the car moves at a different speed than the bike so it's dangerous for the bike. Lara said she will add this as a future agenda item. Dave Iltis said that as ioo South moves along, it's a reminder that SLC broke the law with their street design and the reasons that the Complete Streets Committee gave for not giving a road diet to ioo South are wrong. The FHWA recommends road diets on emergency vehicle routes. SLC did nothing more than assert that they couldn't do a road diet because it is a route to the U of U. They fabricated reasons that were a stretch of logic as to why they couldn't do this. They said they can't put bike lanes on ioo South because it's not in the Pedestrian/Bicycle Master Plan which is nonsense. The precedent this sets for the future where the Complete Page 1 of 5 TAB/BAC 11-15-2021 Minutes Streets ordinance can be ignored on the whim of the Transportation Director and the Complete Streets Committee is awful and if the Becker administration followed this on 100 South, there would have been bike lanes from State Street to 500 East and then there would be bike lanes from 900 East to University so we would be close to completing a corridor from State Street to the University. His understanding is that this was also discussed in the University to Downtown Bikeway Plan. The fact that the administration said there is no need for bike lanes on 100 South is not only offensive, but also not keeping with what has been studied previously. The real consequence of this poor outcome is when is that when the SLC administration breaks the law, there is no way to get them to follow it short of suing them and that is too high a bar for most people to be able to do it. Tom Millar is going to talk about the Typologies which kind of in tandem goes with the Complete Streets ordinance. This ordinance that we have is pretty good but if the City refuses to follow it,what's to say they're going to follow any update to this and what are the consequences. The Complete Streets ordinance is a law, it's not just a suggestion like Transportation has put on their website and it says the city shall put bikeways and pedestrian ways on any street that undergoes construction. The law becomes utterly useless if it's not followed and if the reasons against it are made up and wrong. In terms of the argument against the road diet on 100 South, the current street configuration while they are doing construction is more stringent than a road diet in that there are only two lanes of traffic and as far as I know, there have been no problems whatsoever getting with cars getting to the U of U. It is also a natural experiment that shows yet again, SLC is wrong in their decision in this and if we want to move forward with better projects for climate change, safety and for people moving around SLC, things must change in the Transportation Division. If they don't, we're going to have the same nonsense with just a little bit of improvement, if there is no backbone within Transportation to push bike lanes where they really belong,we're not going to move forward very quickly. Martin said his personal feeling is that the "train has left the building" on this project but the BAC needs to be more vigilant for future projects. He agrees with Dave and said there was a similar situation with prior administration, and they need to keep an eye on these things and voice their position. Approval of Minutes Motion: Martin Cuma moved to modify the minutes of the October 18, 2021 meeting. David Parrott seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Motion: Martin Cuma moved to approve the minutes of the October 18, 2021 meeting. David Parrott seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Committee Announcements &Updates There were no Committee Announcements or Updates. SLC Street&Intersection Typologies Design Guide Tom Millar, SLC Transportation The Street and Intersection Typologies Design Guide is now live for its third and final round of public input. The materials have been put together into one convenient design guide document and are broken out into different sections so they can be seen separately as well. All eight chapters of the design guide as well as all the designs themselves and any other materials that have been produced, are available in English and Spanish. Tom said they are going on about 21/2 years of public input and there have Page 2 of 5 TAB/BAC 11-15-2021 Minutes been more than 5,00o comments so far and they hope to get another i,000 or so with this last round wrapping up on November 3oth. He would love for the BAC to get the message out about this project and the opportunity to comment to all their contacts, neighborhoods, community councils and anyone else they think would be interested. This is not specifically about bikes, it is more broadly about transportation,land use and place making. There is a huge bicycle component to the project because any street that has a design speed over 25mph in this design, has a proposed physically separated bike lane. Any street between 20-25mph design speed would have a painted bike lane and anything below 2omph design speed would have traffic calming appropriate for the scenario so people feel comfortable walking and bicycling in the street if they desire. This information can be viewed here: https://www.slc.gov/transportation/typologies or in Spanish here: https://www.slc.gov/transportation/tipologias. In addition to these materials, there was a press release and postcards went out to all 25k residential addresses west of State Street because in the second round there was a lot of input from the east side of the city and now, they want to make sure the west side of the city is aware of the project. Martin said they need to promote this, so more feedback is received. Lara asked Tom if he had any guidance for how the BAC should view and comment on this information. Tom said the recommendations for the bicycle facilities and the transit facilities are based on previous master plans that outline a good network of bicycle facilities. This was a good opportunity to bring them all into one cohesive design so they can visualize what a street could look like with all those competing priorities for space. He said if there was one thing that he would recommend BAC look at, he would say pay attention to the streets that do not have certain types of bicycle infrastructure. If they believe that some streets should have or should not have certain types of bicycle infrastructure, he would love their comments. They can go into the survey and provide their feedback on each of those 15 Typologies or, if their comment is specific to a street, they can go to the interactive map and comment in one specific location. Martin reminded everyone that the survey goes until November 3oth and said he thinks in general, it's great and is glad to see all the bike infrastructure in the plan. Bicycle Theft, Misc. SLCPD Topics Dustin Parks&Jenn Diederich, SLCPD Dustin asked specifically what type of information the BAC is looking for. Martin said for one thing, there is a lot of bicycle theft in his own neighborhood, and it seems like it's getting worse. He asked from the PD perspective, what they are seeing and what they are doing because bicycle theft limits people's mobility. Dustin said that unfortunately, there are some skilled bike thieves that seem to have cutters that can cut through almost any lock. He said the U-bolt locks seem to be the best but some of these bike thefts are unavoidable because some of these thieves are so good. His first recommendation is to register all bikes online (http://www.slcpd.com/bike-registration/). He said it is also crucial to have your serial number as only one in fifteen people who get their bicycle stolen, know that number and it has a dramatic effect on recovering the bike. Being vigilant about where a bike is left is important and if they notice a pattern, they should reach out to their District Community Liaison Officer which can be found here: http://www.slcpd.com/community-engagement/community/. Jenn said that if a bicycle is stolen, it is almost immediately listed online for sale and it helps if you do a little investigative work looking for it because you will see your bike before PD is able to. If you find your bicycle, call them and they can help facilitate making that a safer transition to catch that person who has it. She said you're better off working with a detective if you find your bicycle but if there are no priority calls, an officer can assist Page 3 of 5 TAB/BAC 11-15-2021 Minutes you with that, but it is not safe to try and get it back by yourself. Martin said he would like to see more enforcement; it seems like people are doing this because there isn't any retribution for it. Jenn apologized but said proactive enforcement is down right now because they are down at least ioo officers. They are trying to boost those numbers because they would rather be proactive than reactive. Dustin said people are often frustrated with them by the punishment but reminded them that the PD has no control over that. They can only arrest people for the crimes they commit. Martin asked how the BAC could help them reach the public and tell them what they need to do to protect and recover their stolen bicycles. Dustin said he can talk to their PR team and see if they can put something together. Martin thought that would be a good idea to have at neighborhood festivals. Josalyn asked if the pawn shops have a system to know a bicycle is stolen. Jenn said they do put the serial number in the system and the SLCPD has someone who goes out once or twice a week and looks for stolen items at pawn shops. She also said that not only registering your bicycle but having a picture of your bike and your serial number is very helpful. Martin thanked them for coming and said he hopes when things get better, they will be able to focus on bicycle thefts. Jenn said they are eager to do these types of things and they do genuinely care and want to help when they can. CIP Survey Results Lara Handwerker, SLC Transportation Lara was going to share the survey results but since there were only two, she didn't feel that would be very insightful. Instead, she said there were a couple of staffing changes with UTA, and Alex Beim is now the rep who will be attending the BAC meetings. Alex introduced himself and said he is in UTA's long range and strategic planning group. He said he's excited and interested in bikes and active transportation and happy to answer questions. Martin asked about the bike hooks in the TRAX trains and Alex said he doesn't know if there is a more effective solution,but he'll check into it. Martin also said he isn't feeling very comfortable on TRAX lately because of questionable people riding it and thinks it is instrumental for people to use public transit. Alex said public spaces can be challenging but there is security on the trains and any issue can be reported to UTA. There was a comment in the chat about bus driver training and he said that is something they are looking into as far as people being comfortable taking bikes on busses and he will check into training regarding how bus drivers interact while passing busses. Lara said she'll put UTA on as a future agenda item. Transportation Master Plan Activity&Discussion Joe Taylor, SLC Transportation Joe quickly reviewed the background, policy areas and timeline of this plan. He said a paid Community Advisory Council has been selected and represents a diverse range of transportation users. The first round of public engagement is a high-level focus on what people value, not talking about any specific mode, problem or issue,just what people care about in respect to transportation. He had the Committee take this survey and will combine their answers and send the results later. The survey itself is in English and Spanish and can be found here: https://www.slc.gov/transportation/plans- studies/tmp/. He can be contacted at connectslc@slcgov.com with any questions and will be back to present to BAC as soon as there are draft policy documents. Martin asked everyone to take the survey which ends on December 3ist. BAC WebEx Meeting Chat Info Page 4 of 5 TAB/BAC 11-15-2021 Minutes from Millar, Tom to everyone: 5:23 PM https://www.slc.gov/transportation/typologies from Millar, Tom to everyone: 5:23 PM https://www.slc.gov/transportation/tipologias from Millar, Tom to everyone: 5:29 PM If you have any additional questions or concerns or comments, please visit the project webpages or call me (801-535-6134) or email me (tom.millar@slcgov.com). Thanks, everyone. Have a great evening. from Lyons,Amy to everyone: 5:31 PM http://www.slcpd.com/bike-registration/ from George Chapman to everyone: 5:33 PM call SLCPD Evidence Room 799 3041 from George Chapman to everyone: 5:37 PM many recovered bikes are not returned due to no report/serial numbers so call evidence room if you have serial number. from Dave Iltis to everyone: 5:41 PM Bikeindex.org from Martin Cuma to everyone: 6:05 PM Here's the code: 2848 1809 from Martin Cuma to everyone: 6:11 PM https://www.slc.gov/transportation/plans-studies/tmp/ Motion: Martin Cuma motioned to adjourn the meeting; David Parrott seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:13 p.m. Approved by Committee 03-21-22 Page 5 of 5 TAB/BAC 11-15-2021 Minutes