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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/12/2024 - Meeting Minutes SALT LAKE CITY BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes of the February 12, 2024 Meeting BAC Members Present for this meeting were Ashley Lodmell, Martin Cuma, and Matthew Morriss. BAC Members Electronically Present for this meeting were Alla Chernenko, Ben Trueman, Greta Sommerfeld, Joshua Poppel, Laura Lewis, and Raymond Reynolds. BAC Members Absent for this meeting were Max McLeod, Patrick Casey, and Sarah Johnson. Also present was Steve Wooldridge. Also present electronically were Amy Lyons, Becka Roolf, Hugh Van Wagenen, Heather McLaughlin-Kolb, Dede Murray, 801-2XX-XX19, and Geoff Dupaix. The meeting was held both electronically via WebEx and in person and was called to order at 5:10 p.m. by Martin Cuma. Martin welcomed everyone. Approval of Minutes Motion: Martin Cuma moved to approve the minutes of the December 18, 2023 meeting. Matthew Morriss seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Motion: Martin Cuma moved to approve the minutes of the January 8, 2023 joint TAB/BAC meeting. Matthew Morriss seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Public Comment—There were no public comments. City Creek Canyon (follow-up) Martin Cuma Martin and Dave Alderman met with the Mayor's Chief of Staff and representatives from Public Utilities. Their goal was to make sure something like the City Creek closure doesn't happen again without input from City Boards and Committees. Martin said Public Utilities acknowledged they should have spoken with BAC and suggested they present at their meeting twice a year to discuss what projects they are working on. Martin would like them to come to a meeting and do "Public Utilities 101" so the Committee can learn what they do and how it involves bicycling or any active transportation safety. He would like to know if there are other departments that may be directly linked to what BAC does and should come to one of their meetings. The City also just hired a Public Communication Director and the Mayor's office said engaging with the Boards &Committees would be a good activity for this person. Becka put a list in the chat of possible other departments they should consider having at one of their Page 1 of 3 BAC 02-12-2024 Minutes meetings. Martin said Public Utilities does have a newsletter and has put him on the mailing list and recommended the other members sign up for this. Capital Improvement Program — FY25 Funding Requests Becka shared and reviewed the priority order from a CIP survey she sent out to both TAB and BAC. Livable Streets was the #1 choice for BAC and Transportation. There was some discussion regarding why BAC ranked these projects the way they did compared to how SLC Transportation ranked them. Several members said safety is the first thing they look at,but also consider what they feel can do the most good with the requested funds. They looked at the results from the constituent CIP applications and what those rankings were. Becka explained the City's role in the citizen CIP applications and what help they give to the constituents. She showed the survey results from the combined City/constituent CIP list and told them TAB wrote a letter of support to the Mayor and City Council and decided to include this combined list. There was further discussion about the projects and their rankings as well as a discussion regarding what type of support BAC would like to give for these projects. Motion: Matthew Morriss moved to delegate Martin Cuma to write a letter representing BAC with the feedback given today, the rankings they reviewed, and to send it to the appropriate entities. Ashley Lodmell seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Project Initiation Process and Complete Streets Checklist Becka circulated with the agenda a Complete Streets checklist SLC Transportation created a few years ago. She suggested BAC look and let her know if there are things they thought should be changed. It is a draft form which was put together a few years ago and is actively being worked on to revise it significantly. Heather is planning to share the final version with both TAB and BAC when it's complete. Martin asked for clarification on what this form would be used for. Becka said it was originally put together with the idea that it be used for anything from surface treatment with striping changes to an intensive complete streets reconstruction. Heather said this is a preparation tool to organize information prior to the kickoff of a project,but they also wanted a form that could be revisited and document revisions or additions to it. After some discussion and feedback, the Committee said they look forward to seeing the completed version. Committee Announcements &Updates Matthew said that after a presentation from Bryan Meenen a few months ago about signal timing, he e-mailed him about pedestrian crossing timings for lights. He and Martin have talked about it, and they did a deep dive on the SLC website for documentation of priorities for light timing. There was a report published in 2014 and there was very little in this report about bikes and thinking about bikes so he's hoping the City continues to prioritize and expand the prioritization of bikes and pedestrians in the light timing. Martin said a first good step would be doing more half-time signals and he would like to discuss this in a future meeting and encourage the City to be more aware of this. Becka said as signals are upgraded, they are making sure that signals can detect bicycles as well as vehicles. Martin will contact Bryan about this topic. Matthew asked about a bicycle green wave comment Becka posted and what that means. Becka said a green wave is basically a corridor where the signals are timed for bicyclists or there are advanced sensors to detect them. Page 2 of 3 BAC 02-12-2024 Minutes Motion: Martin Cuma motioned to adjourn the meeting; Laura Lewis seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:14 p.m. Meeting Chat Roolf, Becka 2/12/2024 5:16 PM • Public Utilities, Engineering, Streets, Public Lands, RDA, Planning, Facilities/CBD maintenance. 2/12/2024 5:17 PM • Sanitation Roolf, Becka 2/12/2024 5:18 PM • Reminder of the request for committee members to keep your cameras on. Roolf, Becka 2/12/2024 6:05 PM • 2014 Signals report - not much about bikes. Increase this for the next report? 2/12/2024 6:o6 PM • Shorter signal lengths - example 21oo E and 230o E have long greens compared to 1700 S, which is a well used bike corridor. Roolf, Becka 2/12/2024 6:o8 PM • We've talked about a bicycle Green Wave before. Approved by the Bicycle Advisory Committee 03-18-24. 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