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10/17/2022 - Meeting Minutes SALT LAKE CITY BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes of the October 17, 2022 Meeting BAC Members Present for this meeting were Ashley Lodmell, Greta Sommerfeld, Sarah Johnson and Matthew Morriss. BAC Members Electronically Present for this meeting were Danny Houpt, Martin Cuma, Rachel Manko, and Ray Reynolds. BAC Members Absent for this meeting were Joshua Poppel, Patrick Casey, and Gabriela Knudson. Also present were Jon Larsen, Lara Handwerker, Ben Trueman, and Matt Jevtic. Also present electronically were Amy Lyons, Lynn Jacobs, Jenn Diederich, Julianne Sabula, Becka Roolf, Trinity Corpuz, and Zack Adams. The meeting was held both electronically via WebEx and in person and was called to order at 5:09 p.m.by Martin Cuma. Martin welcomed everyone and the Committee members introduced themselves. Approval of Minutes Motion: Martin Cuma moved to approve the minutes of the August 15, 2022 meeting. Daniel Houpt seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Public Comment—There were no public comments. Committee Announcements &Updates — Martin announced that he created a Google document that the members can access and add topics they would like to see discussed at a future meeting. Sarah asked about whether the Google document violates Open and Public Meetings Act. Lara said it must be less than a quorum with edit access to the document because it could be considered a conversation. Martin will disable access to that document and asked the members to e-mail him directly instead. Lara said he can leave it for viewing but not editing so the members can see when he has updated it. Sarah has noticed when she's biking around on trash day, the trash receptacles are in the bike lanes. She's tried to be a good steward and move them out of the way for the next bicyclist,but it is everywhere which causes cyclists to have to go out into traffic. She primarily cycles on 1700 South and it's a problem there and then on Friday she was on a long stretch of goo West, and it was prominent there as well. Lara said it's an issue that has been raised in the past and while they can't tell people not to put their garbage cans out, they could consider some sort of public awareness flyer to remind people to put their cans as close to the curb as possible. She will look into this again and facilitate that discussion. Sarah asked if there was a liaison with the Sanitation Department as they often empty the bins and set them in the bike lanes. If they could be made aware and drop them as close to the curb as possible, that would Page 1 of 4 TAB/BAC 10-17-2022 Minutes also be helpful. Greta asked if there is a non-emergency number to call when a car is parked in a bike lane. The number to Compliance (801-535-6628)was put in the chat. Martin said he'll put this on their list of topics because they have discussed this before, and it would be good to brainstorm ideas on this. Letter of Support: Reconnecting Communities Grant Becka Roolf, SLC Transportation Becka said the Reconnecting Communities Grant is a competitive federal grant program for which she is asking the BAC to write a letter of support. The topic of these grants, one they didn't get last spring and the one that they have just applied for is about the East West connections in SLC. This is about being able to traverse, particularly where the I-15 freeway and the railroad tracks both go north/south on the west side of downtown. This essentially cuts off the east side of the city from the west side of city. When Transportation worked on the Pedestrian/Bicycle Master Plan several years ago, this was something they heard about very strongly. As part of that plan, people walking and biking felt like some of those roads had been improved from the perspective of driving,but those same connections were often quite terrifying for someone walking or biking. In many instances the roads that have bridges going over the railroad tracks also have a freeway interchange, so the traffic is fierce and fast. She showed the grant which is called Critical Connections and would be used to work with the community to fully understand, identify, and address the east west connections. The next step would be to have a conceptual design, an engineering design, a cost estimate, and then get a grant to begin implementing these solutions. Becka is asking for a letter of support and said TAB has given a letter of support as have many other community organizations. There was some discussion about this letter and Martin asked some members to write up their experiences and he will merge them together. He said he thinks this grant is very important and will write a letter within the next few days. The final version of the grant is on their website,which is www.slc.gov/east-west. UTA Updates Clint Campbell, Utah Transit Authority Clint was unable to attend so this topic will be rescheduled on a future agenda. 2100 South Project Updates Lynn Jacobs, SLC Transportation SLC is rebuilding 2100 South from 7Oo East to 190o East, the heart of Sugar House. The construction is scheduled for 2024 through 2025 which means they need to have a concept selected by the end of this year so they can get it designed and out for construction in time to meet their schedule. Lynn said they kicked this off in April or May and have made an incredible amount of progress. They convened with a workshop with folks from the city and stakeholders from the community. After reviewing the existing conditions, they came up with a vision and goals for this corridor. That information can be found at http://21oosouthslc.org. He also went over the public outreach that has been done to date along with the results of that public outreach including the largest perceived challenge areas and the demographics from the survey as far as how people are getting around Sugar House. He went over some of the information from a focus group where they learned that people weren't really using the parking on 21O0 South, left turns are problematic, and the focus group wasn't in favor of lowering the speed limit. The vision for this project is connecting destinations with a safe,welcoming, accessible experience. The five goals are to maintain mobility, improve Page 2 of 4 TABBAC 10-17-2022 Minutes safety, elevate bicycle and pedestrian experience, efficient access to destinations, and to enhance neighborhood character. It is estimated that over 600,00o pedestrians are coming to access monument plaza every year and about 30,000 cars use 2100 South every day which is a high volume for a road with such high pedestrian counts. 37% of the accidents on 2100 South are related to left hand turns. 2100 South doesn't have higher crash rates than other roads but generally the left-hand turns would be about 1/2 of what they are here, so they need to somehow address this by improving safety for left turners. Approximately 62% of the on-street parking is unoccupied during business hours and he showed the existing configuration of the road which shows there is no way to widen it. Lynn gave an options summary with the four possible options with a 4-Lane with medians and a 3-lane concept being the best two. He said there is also some old infrastructure here that will need to be replaced and shared the goal metrics with an important one being the transit travel time. He went into the details of each option. The next step is to layout those two options and evaluate them further. He shared their detailed schedule and said he's happy to have any follow up conversations. BAC Member Roundtable Discussion BAC Members&Lara Handwerker, SLC Transportation The members continued their discussion of the 2100 South project including their concerns and things they would like to see on this corridor. Martin is glad the two best options include bike lanes. Matthew was curious if there was any thought given to going west of 7Oo East in the future so it would be easier to move west. Sarah agreed and said it's on topic with the east west connections Becka spoke about earlier in the meeting. Matthew said that east of 7Oo East, there isn't a bike lane when traveling west. Jon said they're always thinking about that like on the 300 West project where they are aware it is short of the Parley's Trail. He listed a few other projects and said they must do these projects in chunks due to the financing and the timing of restripes when Streets is doing a chip seal, along with other challenges. Martin said the more that is done, the easier it will be to do the connecting part and it's his experience that once bike lanes are in, they are hard to remove. Sarah asked about the shift in public opinion and Jon said he believes it is a nationwide shift in opinion of bicycling. Martin believes it has to do with the prevalence of e-bikes as well. Jon said some people on the eastern end of 2100 South like the bike lanes because it is less lanes of vehicle traffic when they are trying to cross the street. Ray suggested private entities be encouraged to include bike infrastructure when they build new buildings. Lara suggested the members think about the 2100 South alternatives that were proposed and maybe they can revisit this at the next meeting. If they come to an agreement on what they like the most, they can always write a formal letter from the Committee and submit it to the Mayor's office. Martin will come up with a letter for the next meeting for their discussion. Motion: Martin Cuma motioned to adjourn the meeting; Ashley Lodmell seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:32 P.M. Meeting Chat from Lyons,Amy to Everyone 17:22 Compliance - 801-535-6628 from Roolf, Becka to Everyone 17:41 Page 3 of 4 TAB/BAC 10-17-2022 Minutes www.sle.gov/east-west from Martin Cuma to Everyone 17:44 Here's the google doc with future discussion topics: https://docs.google.com/document/d/ihn4QVgiUwq-pKhhBPaQBnm guPCTvG eSEdpgxl VjOhg/. Please, e-mail me any new topics to martcumap-gmail.com. from Handwerker, Lara to Everyone 17:47 http://2loosouthslc.or / Approved by the Bicycle Advisory Committee 11-21-22. Page 4 of 4 TAB/BAC 10-17-2022 Minutes