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Home My WebLink About2020-01-02 Agenda - Cancelled due to illnesses Active Transportation Advisory Board MeetingAgenda Thursday January 2, 2020 - 4:30 p.m. st 1 Floor Conference Room, City Hall 250 Madison Street I. Call to Order/Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of December 5, 2019 Minutes IV. Public Comment (3 minutes per person) and Board Comment. V. Old Business A. Safety Surveys \[Sam 20 minutes\] Compilation of completed surveys o Next steps o B. Downtown bike rack placement \[Sam 15 minutes\] GIS - bike racks o Funding bike racks o VI. New Business A. Trail Classifications \[Alex 20 minutes\] B. Post Office Curb Extension Project \[Alex 5 minutes\] C. Adams Street Curb Ramps at Washington Street \[Alex 5 minutes\] D. Rules for Motorized Scooters \[Sam 10 minutes\] E. Easy Fixes Striping/Trails \[Sam 5 minutes\] Sheridan and Hastings crosswalk update o New locations o VII. Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting: Thursday February 6, 2020 VIII. Public Comment (3 minutes per person) and Board Comment. A. Emails received \[Sam 5 minutes\] IX. Adjourn Workplan: 1. Non-Motorized Transportation Plan update 2.Bicycle Master Plan create new or update bicycle chapter of NMT plan 3. Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety Audits 4. Pedestrian Facilities Inventory 5. Volunteer Projects (i.e. trail work parties, safety audits) 6. Walk Your Wheels 7. Trail information pamphlets/guides/electronic/etc. Parking Lot: Bike racks: Discuss bike corral location, review proposed downtown locations, interpretive bike history sign location near a bike corral Bike/Ped grants status report City website content for ATAB Walk Your Wheels Follow Up Adams Street Trail maintenance and extension to Franklin Street Electric-assist bicycles: Guest Presentation Pete Sexton re: industry views on eBikes Distribute bicycle safety flyers Future Budget Requests: Bike racks at Mountain View Pool ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Date: Time:Location: December 5, 2019 4:30 pm City Hall Council Chambers Members Present: Sam Feinson (Chair), Pat Teal, Hendrik Taatgen Members Absent: None Staff Present: Alex Wisniewski (Parks Recreation and Community Services Director), Laura Parsons (Civil Engineer) Liaisons Present: Amy Howard (City Council), Brenda McMillan (Parks, Recreation and Tree Advisory Board) AGENDA ITEM ACTION Approval of Minutes: The group unanimously approved November 7, 2019 Minutes as amended to correct the spelling of Owen Rowes name. Public Comments: None Monica MickHager and Owen Rowe, new council members starting January 1, 2020, introduced themselves. Safety Surveys: There was group consensus for Sam Feinson to compile completed surveys and share Henrik Taatgen presented findings from traffic observations at the intersection of them at the next meeting. Sheridan and 19 th on November 19 th 7:30-8:30 am and 2:30-3:30 pm. Discussion ensued regarding what next steps should be with the safety surveys. Amy Howard suggested that ATAB ask for feedback from the Transportation Committee on where to go from here. She also suggested ATAB sending completed survey information to the Transportation Committee. Sam Feinson offered to compile the completed surveys to share with the group at the next meeting. This will be done in lieu of surveying a new site this next month. Board Membership There was group consensus to move Mike Kaill has resigned, resulting in three remaining members. meetings back to the 1 st floor conference room. A quorum is now two members. Therefore, if board members run into each other outside of the ATAB meetings, they cannot talk about board business. Laura Parsons will follow up with the City Clerk about switching locations. Amy Howard is drafting a flyer to advertise for new ATAB members. Amy Howard is advertising for new ATAB members by posting on her campaign website. WSDOT Active Transportation Plan Virtual Open House: None Laura Parsons described the WSDOT Active Transportation Plan Virtual Open House. Page 1 of 3 AGENDA ITEM ACTION Report on Transportation Committee: Sam Feinson reported on the November 19 th Transportation Committee meeting. Areas of discussion were on-street parking, off-street parking, and transportation benefit districts. Amy reminded the group that they can always come and listen. Sam Feinson to send Laura Parsons transportation benefit district information to distribute to ATAB. Report on Parks, Recreation and Tree Advisory Board meeting: None Report provided by Hendrik Taatgen and Alex Wisniewski. A Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) plan update was provided. Downtown bike rack placement: Laura Parsons to check if the GIS Discussed possible bike rack locations (not only downtown): next to Elevated Ice Coordinator, Tyler Johnson, has the Cream, Tyler Street Plaza, Police Department, Mountain View Pool replace number of existing bike racks. existing, and Library replace existing with covered bike parking. Laura Parsons to check on funding options Amy Howard suggested researching the cost, size, and number needed, so funding for downtown bike racks. could be requested during a future budget process. The group discussed if there is any funding left from the Water Street Project to pay for bike racks downtown. Easy Fixes Striping/Trails: Laura Parsons will communicate with the Brenda McMillian suggested that the crosswalk at Sheridan and Hastings needs to be re-public works crew about the crosswalk at striped. Sheridan and Hastings needing to be re- striped. Next Meeting: None Thursday January 2, 2019, at 4:30 in the First Floor Conference Room at City Hall. Public comments and Board comments: There was group consensus to recommend to Council to replace the bike racks at the Pat Teal requested that a future agenda item review city code related to motorized Mountain View Pool, and add this replacement scooters. to the list of lower-cost items that could Amy Howard suggested creating a list of lower-cost items (like bike racks) that could potentially be funded in the future. be requested during the annual budget process. This could be an on-going list that appears on the agenda like the work plan and parking lot lists. Pat Teal made a motion to replace the bike racks at Mountain View Pool and add this replacement to the lower-cost items list described by Amy Howard. Monica MickHager stated that if someone is interested in serving on a particular citizen board and there isnt availability, they may be willing to serve on ATAB instead. Amy Howard stated that the Adams Street closure will come before ATAB in the future. Page 2 of 3 AGENDA ITEM ACTION Emails received: Marion Huxtable of Disability Awareness Starts Here (DASH) wrote an email expressing her support for keeping Adams Street closed. 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To receive updates on the project, sign up at: https://cityofpt.us/newsletter/subscriptions Project information can also be viewed at: https://cityofpt.us/publicworks/project/adams-street-curb-ramps-washington-street CƚƩ ƒƚƩĻ źƓŅƚƩƒğƷźƚƓ ƦƌĻğƭĻ ĭƚƓƷğĭƷʹ Sarah Tiffany (360) 390-4115 Laura Parsons, P.E. (360) 379-4432 City of Port Townsend | Public Works Department