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Meeting Minutes
Non-Motorized Transportation Advisory Board
Thursday, October 4, 2012, 4:30 pra - 6:00 pra
City Hall, Conference Rm 41
L Meeting called to order at 4:37 pm by board chair, Scott Walker
II. Members in attendance: Lys Burden, Sally Chapin, Tim Eaton, Pete Sexton, Pat Teal,
Jolly Wahlstrom and Dick Williams
III. Staff present: none
Visitors: Judy and Zach Gayne
II Approval of agenda — agenda approved as amended by voice vote
III. Approval of Minutes —August and September minutes with no corrections were
approved by voice vote
IV. Business
1. Explore possible road edge funding source using car tab fees - Scott explained that
the City would like to propose a new fiinding source from car tab fees to help pay for
roadway improvements, and they would like NMTAB endorsement before they announce
the proposal to the public for their vote. The board requested more information, i.e.: How
much of a fee is proposed? How much funding would be generated? How would the
funds be spent? Would the revenue be dedicated fiinding? Scott said $25 per car would
generate approximately $180,000. He is more in favor of paid parking as a revenue
source. Jolly commented that fiinding should be considered in the perspective of all forms
of transportation users and needs.
2. Grant Street School SRTS Meeting—Many board members participated in the
walkable audit of the Grant Street School area on October 3rd at 12:30pm, during school
release. Many observations were made and comments recorded. Lys volunteered to
collect these into a summary report. She noted that the survey tool we used, provided by
the WALC Institute, was too detailed for the amount of time we had to collect
information, but that we did have some valid observations to report.
3. Aug Trail Project Recap - (Baker Street treadway relocation) Very light volunteer
turn-out; Dick Williams worked from the south end, Jolly from the north to clear brush.
There is still much work to be done relocating treadway to make gentler slopes and turns
with bigger radii. The trail is presently appropriate for walking and walking bikes, and
board members thought the trail should be left as is to "let the trail work itself in." The
r/w is still well marked.
4. 39th Street Trail Project—Jolly reported that Moving Earth moved some gravel to the
trail site, and Duke Rhoades would move more. The delivered gravel was the wrong type
to establish good drainage and solid base, but we will use what was delivered. For the
project to be completed successfully, the trail would need additional and more
appropriately sized gravel. Also a new stretch of treadway was needed to align the trail
on the r/w. The work party is scheduled for Saturday, October 20th, 9am to noon. Jolly
will send Lys detailed directions for volunteer parking and trail access, for broadcast to
the trail volunteer list.
5. Budgeted Funds for Map Printing— Sally checked with David McCullough, who
said that a redo of the old map was in the works. Board members had many questions and
asked if David could give a more detailed report at the meeting next month.
6. Downtown Bike Racks — The City has no bike rack plan, and more people are riding
bicycles both Downtown and Uptown. More racks are clearly needed, and the historic
commission has said that art racks may be appropriate. Since Mayor David King is an
avid bicycle rider, this may be a good time to promote policy decisions on art racks and
funding from lodging tax revenue or as a line item in the budget for non-motorized
infrastructure(0.5% would yield approx $35K).
7. 2013 Work Plan —to be discussed in November
8. Fir Street Walkway—Jolly reviewed the shoulder situation and need to widen it on
the west side of the street(better safety for people walking along Fir Street, especially at
night); also the postman keeps a narrow path clear already. In the past staff has said that
any improvements made by graveling this shoulder, would eliminate this road's
eligibility for future non-motorized improvement funding. Board members asked for
confirmation of this situation, since this type of improvement seemed more like shoulder
repair than non-motorized facility development.
V. General Discussion
- Missing Links: Spruce Street, Chestnut Street, and on the sidewalk on the north side of
Water Street near the ferry terminal intersection (the yellow splitter island into the
parking lot blocks the sidewalk).
VI. Next Meeting: 4:30 pm, November 1, 2012.
VII. Adjourned at 6:00 pm
VIII. Long Term, Continuing Issues:
1. Securing r/w easements for: Spruce Valley and Chestnut Street Trails,
2. Marking the Portage Trail,
3. Hwy 20 underpass and appropriately marking bicycle passage through the Sims Way
roundabouts
IX. Action Steps Needed
1. Grant Street School Walking Audit Report
2. October 20"'Trail Work Day organizing and announcement sent to trail volunteers
3. Invite David McCullough to next meeting
4. Obtain more information about proposed car tab fee program
5. Speak v th David King about potential bike rack policy changes and funding
6. Draft letter to WashDOT still needs to be v ritten about inappropriate roundabout signage for
bicycling