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Home My WebLink About2020-02-06 Agenda packetActive Transportation Advisory Board Meeting Agenda Thursday February 6, 2020 - 4:30 p.m. 1st 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 (no January meeting minutes) IV. Public Comment (3 minutes per person) and Board Comment. V. Old Business A. Safety Surveys [Sam – 20 minutes] o Compilation of completed surveys o Next steps B. Downtown bike rack placement [Sam – 15 minutes] o GIS - bike racks o Funding bike racks VI. New Business A. PROS Plan – Trails section update [Alex – 20 minutes] B. Post Office Curb Extension Project [Laura – 5 minutes] C. Adams Street Curb Ramps at Washington Street [Laura – 5 minutes] D. Rules for Motorized Scooters [Sam – 10 minutes] E. Easy Fixes – Striping/Trails [Sam – 5 minutes] o Sheridan and Hastings crosswalk update o New locations VII. Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting: Thursday March 5, 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 Page 1 of 3 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Date: December 5, 2019 Time: 4:30 pm Location: 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 Rowe’s name. Public Comments: Monica MickHager and Owen Rowe, new council members starting January 1, 2020, introduced themselves. None Safety Surveys: • Henrik Taatgen presented findings from traffic observations at the intersection of Sheridan and 19th on November 19th 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. There was group consensus for Sam Feinson to compile completed surveys and share them at the next meeting. Board Membership • Mike Kaill has resigned, resulting in three remaining members. • 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. • 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. • There was group consensus to move meetings back to the 1st floor conference room. • Laura Parsons will follow up with the City Clerk about switching locations. WSDOT Active Transportation Plan “Virtual Open House”: Laura Parsons described the WSDOT Active Transportation Plan “Virtual Open House”. None Page 2 of 3 AGENDA ITEM ACTION Report on Transportation Committee: • Sam Feinson reported on the November 19th 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: Report provided by Hendrik Taatgen and Alex Wisniewski. A Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) plan update was provided. None Downtown bike rack placement: • Discussed possible bike rack locations (not only downtown): next to Elevated Ice Cream, Tyler Street Plaza, Police Department, Mountain View Pool – replace existing, and Library – replace existing with covered bike parking. • Amy Howard suggested researching the cost, size, and number needed, so funding 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. • Laura Parsons to check if the GIS Coordinator, Tyler Johnson, has the number of existing bike racks. • Laura Parsons to check on funding options for downtown bike racks. Easy Fixes – Striping/Trails: Brenda McMillian suggested that the crosswalk at Sheridan and Hastings needs to be re- striped. Laura Parsons will communicate with the public works crew about the crosswalk at Sheridan and Hastings needing to be re- striped. Next Meeting: Thursday January 2, 2019, at 4:30 in the First Floor Conference Room at City Hall. None Public comments and Board comments: • Pat Teal requested that a future agenda item review city code related to motorized scooters. • Amy Howard suggested creating a list of lower-cost items (like bike racks) that could 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 isn’t 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. There was group consensus to recommend to Council to replace the bike racks at the Mountain View Pool, and add this replacement to the list of lower-cost items that could potentially be funded in the future. Page 3 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. Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m. Post Office Curb Extension Project The Post Office Curb Extension Project will begin Monday December 30, 2019. The work includes the construction of a curb extension on the northwest corner of Harrison and Washington Streets. 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/post-office-curb-extension For more information please contact: Sarah Tiffany (360) 390-4115 Laura Parsons, P.E. (360) 379-4432; lparsons@cityofpt.us City of Port Townsend | Public Works Department B I D S E T S E N N I O A L F E P R O N D 4 2 6 1 8 I G E R S E R E T S STAT E O F W A S H I G INEER G T O N L A U R A P A R S O N S Adams Street Curb Ramps Project The Adams Street Curb Ramps Project will begin Thursday January 2, 2020 and finish approximately on Friday January 17, 2020. The work includes the construction of two bulbouts with curb ramps on the southwest and southeast corners of Adams and Washington Streets. 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 For more information please contact: Sarah Tiffany (360) 390-4115 Laura Parsons, P.E. (360) 379-4432 City of Port Townsend | Public Works Department