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03/21/2022 - Minutes (2) SALT LAKE CITY BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes of the March 21, 2022 Meeting BAC Members Present for this meeting were Ashley Lodmell, Daniel Houpt, David Parrott, Martin Cuma, Patrick Casey, and Rachel Manko. BAC Members Absent for this meeting Gabriela Knudson, Josalyn Bates, Joshua Poppel, Sam Janse, and Stewart Soleman. Also present were Amy Lyons, Lara Handwerker, Ellen Reddick, Clint Campbell, Tyler Schmidt, Julianne Sabula, Sarah Johnson, Dave Iltis,Alex Beim, Dallin, Hugh Van Wagenen, and Alex Beim. The meeting was held electronically via WebEx and was called to order at 5:17 p.m. by Martin Cuma. Martin welcomed everyone. Approval of Minutes Motion: Martin Cuma moved to approve the minutes of the November 15, 2021 meeting. David Parrott seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Motion: Martin Cuma moved to approve the minutes of the January 10, 2022 joint TAB/BAC meeting. David Parrott seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Public Comment— Clint Campbell introduced himself as the new Active Transportation Liaison for UTA and said he will be attending BAC meetings from time to time. He said the Committee should feel free to reach out to him if they have any active transportation questions and he looks forward to working with them. Dave Iltis with Cycling Utah had a few comments on things he feels the Committee should be paying attention to. He said 200 South is scheduled to get a bus lane and a redo of the bike lane with some floating bus stops and the plan is not very good. It's lacking in that the bus lanes won't be painted red. It is a dedicated bus lane and being painted red would really help. He knows the group Sweet Streets is asking for that,but they haven't been talking much about the bike lane itself. There's a great opportunity to make the bike lane a parking protected bike lane rather than it being a weaving mess that goes back and forth between the curve where cyclists are going by the floating bus stops to around the parking or behind the parking and the bike lane really needs to be curbside parking protected. There are some issues with the curve and the slope of the street but at least on most blocks, that's not an issue. He would hope the Committee would take a hard look at this as SLC seems to be allergic to protected bike lanes. They haven't had a decent protected bike lane since the 30o South and 200 West bike lanes were put in. His next comment is that Tyler Schmidt spoke to TAB the other day regarding some new UDOT repaving projects on 30o West on the top of Victory Road and some other roads, but 30o West is one of the biggest concerns. They aren't planning on changing anything on 30o West. They're planning on striping everything the same way it is, and this is Page 1 of 5 TAB/BAC 03-21-2022 Minutes unacceptable from a biking and active transportation point of view. 30o West, especially between North Temple and 60o North, really need bike lanes. The traffic lanes are 14 feet wide, there are three of them and there's easily room to create bike lanes there and probably even buffered bike lanes doing little or nothing other than just putting the striping in different places. He said on the top of Victory Road, they're not really planning on making that better. Around Columbus Street, other than to put in a median to prevent wrong way car traffic, it would be nice to see a better exit out of Victory Road onto the Capital area. He continues to see on UDOT streets within SLC, almost nothing ever happens for bike safety or bike facilities. There are some bike lanes on 70o East and that's about it. UDOT streets are dangerous and heavily traveled and it's ridiculous UDOT isn't doing a better job. Martin asked if it was too late to comment on 200 South and Lara said it will be done in phases. Martin proposed the Committee members looked at the link for that project and send in their comments. Sarah Johnson introduced herself as a prospective Committee member and told them about her bicycling experience. She is scheduled for confirmation by the City Council tomorrow. Meeting Format Discussion Lara Handwerker, SLC Transportation Lara detailed the Committee's future meeting options. After some discussion, they chose a hybrid meeting option, not requiring a specific number of Committee members to be present in person while allowing the public to attend and comment electronically. They will vote on this at their next meeting after verifying some details of their choice. BAC Goal Setting for 2022 Committee Members Lara asked the Committee members how they want to make the most impact and be sure the time they're spending in meetings is productive and helpful to them and their presenters. She asked while they're on the Committee, what purpose they thought they should be fulfilling and then what methods they think are the best to achieve those specific goals. There are powers and duties of the BAC and a basic purpose statement listed but she asked if there a need to adopt a mission statement. She asked if they want to create a list of action items, or outcomes, or a checklist that is gone through every time someone brings a project or presentation to make sure they have an actionable items list rather than just taking the information. Dave Iltis said the committee does have a mission statement that used to be online. It was based on the mission statement from the Mayor's BAC, and it is an excellent mission statement which he will find and share. Martin thought looking at that mission statement was a good starting point and wanted to discuss a document entitled BAC Goals 2022 which was sent out with the agenda. They discussed this document as well as the mission statement and Lara asked what procedures they would like to lay out for each meeting to ensure that the mission statement is being furthered. Martin said he would like to talk about this at the next meeting so they can agree on a final version. He asked everyone to write down their thoughts and ideas and he will compile a more concise document. The Committee can then vote on the model, the mission statement, the goals, and how they can achieve those at the next meeting. They also decided to form a sub-committee to read through and help with formatting or rephrasing of this document prior to the next meeting. Motion: Martin Cuma moved to create a sub-committee including himself, Danny Houpt, Patrick Casey, and Dave Iltis to review the BAC model, mission statement, and Page 2 of 5 TAB/BAC 03-21-2022 Minutes goals prior to the next meeting. Danny Houpt seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Bike Month Brainstorm Committee Members, SLC Transportation Bike Month is only 6 weeks away and Transportation hasn't done a lot over the last couple of years due to gatherings being discouraged. Lara thinks it would be great to have a few in person events this year including bike to work events or back from home events that include local businesses as well as members of the public. She thinks it's a great opportunity for the BAC members to engage outside of this meeting circle and use their positions as representatives of their communities to try and engage more folks in biking. She did attend a meeting discussing having a Mayor's Bike to work day and feels it would be great, if that happens to have as many BAC members as possible. She asked if they have any ideas for their own neighborhoods as community representatives that they think can get people out who maybe don't bike all the time? There were many great ideas discussed including pit stops and connecting small businesses with bike paths. The members will continue thinking about additional ideas and Lara said Ginger at the U of U has also reached out to see how the city and the U can build off each other for bike month. Martin asked if the city is going to do Open Streets again. Lara said those have been led by the Economic Development Department and she's not sure it could be done in time for bike month but she's sure it will be discussed again for summer. Martin asked if Economic Development could come and talk to BAC about the event in the future. He asked about the Bike Bonanza at the Gallivan Center and Lara said it would be late for this year. Martin said he really enjoyed those events and would like them to start again. Danny mentioned a city concert cruise where people would bike around and listen to bands throughout the city. The timing could work out well especially if they are already going to do it, he will reach out to the past organizers. Lara asked how they feel about spreading smaller events throughout the month vs doing a couple big events closer together. Martin likes things like the Bike Bonanza which was a big event but now with his family, it is easier to have smaller events closer to neighborhoods, there are pros and cons for both. Motion: Martin Cuma moved to create a sub-committee for the May Bike Month organization which will include himself, Danny Houpt,Ashley Lodmell, and Dave Iltis. Danny Houpt seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. BAC WebEx Meeting Chat Info from Martin Cuma to everyone: 5:21 PM https://www.slc.gov/mystreet/2020/03/27/200south/ from Dave Iltis to everyone: 5:28 PM 3. 30o W between 600 N and N. Temple absolutely needs bike lanes. The street is very wide here, it's residential and/or next to a high school. The current lanes appear to be 14'to 18'wide. Buffered bike lanes would be appropriate here. This would extend the bike lanes from Davis County to N. Temple. 200 W does have bike lanes, but preemptively, this is not a reason to prevent bike lanes from being installed on 300 W. from Handwerker, Lara to everyone: 5:43 PM https://www.slc.gov/boards/boards-commissions/bicycle-advisory-committee/ Page 3 of 5 TAB/BAC 03-21-2022 Minutes from Martin Cuma to everyone: 5:46 PM https://docs.google.com/document/d/ig1K--mlwJtYXXQ1HWovs3QReNuBGg- o6D41Jw-M1FNA/edit from Dave Iltis to everyone: 5:48 PM The mission of the BAC is to promote, enhance, preserve and,where necessary, restore physical, social, political and economic environments in which bicycling is recognized as an essential element of a clean, healthy, and vital community. from Dave Iltis to everyone: 5:57 PM • reviewing and advising the City on various bicycling projects and issues; • acting as the eyes and ears of the City on the street to inform the City of problem areas for bicyclists; • contributing vision and direction to the City on bicycling matters; • fostering initiatives that have won Salt Lake City a Bicycle Friendly Community designation; • helping to guide development and implementation of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan; • acting as a forum for the community to interact with the City; from Dave Iltis to everyone: 6:0o PM In regard to David's point, the City could bring projects to the committee to get feedback, not just to present to the committee. Drawing on maps, looking at plans etc. from Dave Iltis to everyone: 6:05 PM 2021 events are here: https://www.cyclingutah.com/event-calendars/utah-bike-month/ from Dave Iltis to everyone: 6:05 PM What about the Mayor's Bike to Work Day? from Dave Iltis to everyone: 6:07 PM And the Bicycle Pit Stops? from Hugh Van Wagenen-WFRC to everyone: 6:08 PM Golden Spoke ride, celebrating the ioo+ miles of paved pathways between Ogden and Provo, is happening on Saturday, May 14th. More details forthcoming: goldenspokeutah.org from Handwerker, Lara to everyone: 6:08 PM Dave I., totally- City staff are working on planning those events like we've had in the past! from Dave Iltis to everyone: 6:io PM Open Streets from Dave Iltis to everyone: 6:ii PM SLC used to have Cycle Salt Lake Week in partnership with UTA that had a Bike Bonanza celebration at the Gallivan Center. from Danny Houpt to everyone: 6:12 PM Page 4 of 5 TAB/BAC 03-21-2022 Minutes https://www.nowplayingutah.com/event/salt-lake-city-concert-cruise/ from Danny Houpt to everyone: 6:12 PM That happened in 2020 and was amazing to see how many people came out on bikes. Run by Kilby Court/Urban Lounge owner I think,but was tons of fun from Ashley to everyone: 6:14 PM The concert cruise was super cool, I heard last summer they weren't doing it anymore because the places had their own live music, and it didn't need to be outside from Dave Iltis to everyone: 6:19 PM Focus first on the National Bike Week. Then add things in other weeks. Mayor's Bike to Work Day, National Bike to Work Day are both usually this week. from Dave Iltis to everyone: 6:2o PM May 16-22, 2022 Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to giving biking a try. Bike to Work Week 2022 will take place May 16-22, 2022, and Bike to Work Day is on Friday, May 20! from Dave Iltis to everyone: 6:21 PM Bike to School Day is May 20. from Dave Iltis to everyone: 6:21 PM Actually, I think it's May 4. Motion: Martin Cuma motioned to adjourn the meeting; David Parrott seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:24 p.m. Approved by Committee 04-18-22 Page 5 of 5 TAB/BAC 03-21-2022 Minutes