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03/18/2024 - Meeting Minutes SALT LAKE CITY BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes of the March 18, 2024 Meeting BAC Members Present for this meeting was Greta Sommerfeld. BAC Members Electronically Present for this meeting were Ashley Lodmell, Ben Trueman, Laura Lewis, Martin Cuma, Matthew Morriss, and Sarah Johnson. BAC Members Absent for this meeting were Alla Chernenko, Joshua Poppel, Max McLeod, Pat Casey, and Raymond Reynolds. Also Present were Becka Roolf, Ginger Cannon, Gary Kobzeff, Tyler Fonarow, Lt. Wooldridge, Julianne Sabula, and Jon Larsen. Also Electronically Present were Ethan B, Kyle Shields, Mary Sizemore, Heather Mclaughlin-Kolb, CJ,Amy Lyons, Sophie Frankenburg, Geoff Dupaix, David Iltis, and Logan Simpson. The meeting was held both electronically via WebEx and in person and was called to order at 5:11 p.m. by Martin Cuma. Martin welcomed everyone. Approval of Minutes Motion: Martin Cuma moved to approve the minutes of the February 12, 2024 meeting. Matthew Morriss seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Public Comment—There were no members of the public present during the public comment period. Collaboration with Parks, Natural Lands, Urban Forestry&Trails Advisory Board (PNUT) Ginger said she is a member of the PNUT Board which is basically the public lands advisory board. They do a lot of work through sub-committees and when they want to form a sub-committee, they must put forward a proposal to PNUT Board. They would love to have a sub-committee that has joint membership with BAC and TAB as well as some other non-profit advocacy groups that help support the urban trails system. She gave examples of some urban trails and said they are being built at an increased rate. They believe a sub-committee with a diverse membership could have some objectives around how to advise the city on these types of trails, how to better educate the public around their acceptable uses and could share input around design and safety related elements of those trails. The hope is that this sub-committee group could act as an advisory group to City and elected officials. The scope of work hasn't yet been completed but will be worked on once a sub-committee is formed. Greta expressed interest in participating in this sub-committee. Sarah asked about the time commitment and Ginger said they tried to put together that timeline,but their objective wasn't so well defined that they could, she's guessing a few hours a month. Matthew Page 1 of 3 BAC 03-18-2024 Minutes would love to see this come to fruition and continue to build advocacy around the urban trails. Martin asked how many people they expected to have from different groups and Ginger said they would love to have at least one member each from several advocacy groups. Once they have a group of potential members for this sub-committee group, it will go before the PNUT Board for approval. CJ said from their perspective, it's mostly about connecting soft trails to hard trails, whether there is a plan for that, and any collaboration that needs to be done. Lt. Wooldridge asked if there was representation from the SLCPD and offered to attend these meetings. Ginger said they'll be in touch with those interested once they finalize a few things. Sprinklers &Irrigation along Trails and Bike lanes Kyle Shields, Salt Lake City Public Lands Department Martin introduced Kyle and said he's hoping to understand the timing and scheduling of the irrigation and then hopefully coordinate with them to see if they can avoid watering areas adjacent to bike lanes and paths during the time those areas are heavily used. Kyle said big parks take time to water and with the Sunnyside route, they must shoot over the path. It usually comes down to cost when the paths are put in as they can't reconfigure the irrigation. He explained why they time that route the way they do which has to do with soil type. Public Lands hasn't received any complaints from cyclists until now, but they can certainly look at the specific areas and see if they can move things around. Martin was unaware of the soil condition limitations, explained some problem areas and asked what cyclists could do for them to take this into consideration. Kyle said they shouldn't be shooting into the roads, and they will look at spray patterns and check the sprinkler heads. He said they check the irrigation every year but can likely do it monthly to look for problems. Public Utilities Pump Station Project/ Foothills Trails Sophie Frankenburg&Logan Simpson, Consultants — Gary Kobzeff, SLC Public Utilities — Tyler Fonarow, SLC Public Lands Gary introduced himself and showed a map of the Salt Lake North Bench Pump Station project. The project is off 18th Avenue and Hilltop Road and while the new pump station is being built, the old one will still be online so water service to residents will not be interrupted. He gave an overview of the area and shared some background information including that the current plant was built in the 1950's. Due to the age of the current plant, there are inefficiencies in existing infrastructure and a lack of flow measurement, so full replacement is desired to improve the reliability and serviceability of the system. He discussed the site selection which was based on sound mitigation, public interference, access, and constructability, as well as access to service utilities and other factors. The project is scheduled to begin sometime in October and will take around six months. They intend to stage at an old baseball field nearby and divert the trails that are currently going through that area around the construction. Matthew asked if there would be any changes to the parking for the 18th Street trailheads. Gary said there will still be parking but they may have to fence off a dedicated truck route for the heavy equipment needed to build this pump station. Tyler said Public Lands is putting a new parking lot there which they will begin looking at once the pump station plan is at least 40% through review. He said parking might be limited at times due to construction equipment in the area. He also said this trailhead was going to be rebuilt by Public Lands, but they are now waiting until the pump house project is complete because part of it would have needed to be removed for construction had it been done beforehand. Page 2 of 3 BAC 03-18-2024 Minutes Committee Announcements &Updates Ashley was riding her bicycle on the 9-Line Trail in February and noticed a lot of people walking on it and taking up the entire trail. Some of it has painting that says bikes only but she estimated that around 95% of the pedestrians were on the trail rather than the sidewalk. She's wondering where people should be walking. Sarah said the west side is very clear and she hasn't seen that issue but when she's on the east side as Ashley was, it becomes problematic. Jon thinks since it's a trail, people are allowed to walk on it, he doesn't think it's against the law but they have access to a sidewalk so it'd be nice if they would walk there instead. If you're walking with your dog or a group of friends, it is nice to have a little more elbow room and it shows the continued need to keep giving more right of way space to people. He thinks if cycling traffic starts picking up, it might push more pedestrians to the sidewalk. Greta said the west side is well marked and asked if there were plans to mark the east side the same way. Jon said he doesn't believe all the signage and markings are in place yet and that might help when it's finished. He said they'll have to figure out ways to help with this. Lt. Wooldridge said there are laws about bicycles on sidewalks in certain areas, but he'll look into whether there are laws about pedestrians on bike lanes. Matthew said it is confusing to have a transition in signage from east to west and he's hoping the City will unify the signage to make it a bit clearer. Jon said the contractor was pushing to get the concrete in before the holidays and can't complete the painting until the weather is warm enough. Ben said there are two large utility boxes on the east side of the trail and wondered why they are right in the middle of the trail. Jon said that is on a list of things that need to be cleaned up this spring. He said the contractor was hurrying to get the trail functional for the winter and weren't able to complete everything. Motion: Martin Cuma motioned to adjourn the meeting; Sarah Johnson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:02 P.M. Meeting Chat David Iltis 3/18/2024 5:17 PM • Note that the Salt Lake County BAC is no longer in existence since Mayor Wilson killed the committee. Martin Cuma 3/18/2024 5:21 PM • Thanks Dave for this information. Approved by the Bicycle Advisory Committee 04-15-24. Page 3 of 3 BAC 03-18-2024 Minutes