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Home My WebLink About02/13/24 MULTI-MODAL& SAFETYMULTI -MODAL TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE 440/ � AGENDA REGULAR MEETING BAKERSFIELD TW SOUND Of rK ljn CG.. POSTED ON by City Clerk's Office City of Bakersfield _-2 by — _ 1. ROLL CALL 2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS February 13, 2024, 5.00 p.m. > 3; N City Hall North Conference Room A x -n 1600 Truxtun Avenue rn Committee Members: Councilmember Arias Councilmember Smith Councilmember Kaur a. Agenda Item Public Statements b. Non -Agenda Item Public Statements 3. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES a. Adoption of October 24, 2023, Special Meeting Agenda Summary Report Staff recommends adoption of Agenda Summary Report. 4. STAFF REPORTS a. Report on Multi -Modal Transportation Safety Actions revised Staff recommends Committee receive and file report 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Safe Routes to Schools and Parks Staff recommends discussion and receive and file staff report. b. Neighborhood Traffic Calming Mapping Portal Staff recommends Committee receive and file report 6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS 7. ADJOURNMENT PUBLIC STATEMENTS SPEAKER'S CARD Date: �SA, You may address the Council under Public Statements on any matter related to City Business. Comments regarding public hearing matters will be heard under the Public Hearings portion of the agenda and aSpeaker's Card is not -necessary for those items. All persons desiring to -address the Council on an item listed on the agenda shall speak during the Agenda Item Public Statements portion of the meeting. Please identify the item you wish to speak on below. Speakers will be limited to two (2) minutes per person, twenty (20) minutes per agenda item. Note: The Consent Calendar as a whole constitutes one agenda item. 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Is BAKERSFIELD THE SOUND OF5*fAkjVe* Staff: Committee Members: Gary Hallen, Assistant City Manager Councilmember Eric Arias — Chair Greg Strakaluse, Public Works Director Councilmember Bob Smith Councilmember Manpreet Kaur Special Meeting of the Multi -modal Transportation and Safety Ad Hoc Committee of the City Council — City of Bakersfield Tuesday, October 24, 2023 5:00 P.M. City Hall North, First Floor, Conference Room A 1600 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield CA 93301 ►_LPL-4aIJ,Fi9u1ul_1ATM c7*Zl iI 1. ROLL CALL Committee Members present: Councilmember Arias — Chair (seated at 5:08 p.m.) Councilmember Bob Smith Councilmember Manpreet Kaur City Staff: Eric Galvan, Communications Coordinator Ashley Zambrano, Deputy City Attorney II Gregg Strakaluse, Public Works Director Julie Drimakis, City Clerk Ed Murphy, Civil Engineer III Luis Topete, Assistant Public Works Director Paul Archer, Civil Engineer IV Ryan Starbuck, Traffic Engineer Christian Clegg, City Manager Paul Johnson, Planning Director Phil Burns, Building Director Jennifer Byers, Economic & Community Development Director Jason Cater, Economic & Community Development Manager Cecelia Griego, Economic & Community Development Principal Planner Page 2 of 9 2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS a. Agenda Item Public Statements 1. Michael Turnipseed, from KernTax, stated that PowerPoints were not made available ahead of time for the public to review before the Committee meeting. b. Non -Agenda Item Public Statements 1. Michael Turnipseed commented on public involvement in the Committee meeting, reiterating that materials were not provided before the meeting. 3. ADOPTION OF THE AUGUST 10, 2023, AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Motion by Councilmember Kaur to adopt August 10, 2023, Agenda Summary Report. Motion was unanimously approved. 4. REPORTS a. Bi-monthly Report on Multi -Modal Transportation Safety actions taken since last meeting. (Staff recommends Committee receive and file report.) Paul Archer, Engineer IV, made staff comments and provided a PowerPoint presentation to receive and file. Motion by Councilmember Smith to receive and file, unanimously approved. -04a 47.11i1�I**I a. Complete Streets Ordinance: Recommendation to move forward to City Council for first reading. (Staff recommends Committee discussion and direction.) Gregg Strakaluse, Public Works Director, made staff comments. Motion by Councilmember Arias to send Ordinance to City Council was unanimously approved. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Update from the California High Speed Rail Authority. (Staff recommends Committee receive and file report.) Christian Clegg, City Manager, made staff comments. Multi -modal Transportation and Safety Ad Hoc Committee Special Meeti o e0f442023 Agenda age 2 Brian Kelly, CEO of California High Speed Rail Authority spoke about the project. Margaret Cederoth, Director of Planning and Sustainability of California High Speed Rail Authority spoke about the project. Motion by Councilmember Kaur to receive and file, unanimously approved. 7. COMMITTEE COMMENTS Councilmember Smith thanked California High Speed Rail Authority for being at the meeting and asked about incorporating bike paths into the project. Councilmember Kaur also thanked California High Speed Rail Authority and asked about the station design process. Councilmember Arias asked about the timeline of the High -Speed Rail and inquired about the process of notifying people whose properties are needed for the project. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 6:27 p.m. ERIC ARIAS, CHAIR Multi -modal Transportation and Safety Ad Hoc Committee ATTEST: JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC, CPMC CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of The Council of the City of Bakersfield Multi -modal Transportation and Safety Ad Hoc Committee Special Meeti 0 !e&4g2023 Agenda �iage 3 0 BAKERSFIELD nEADMINISTRATIVE REPORT MEETING DATE: February 13, 2024 AGENDA CATEGORY: Staff Reports TO: Multimodal Transportation and Safety Ad -hoc Committee FROM: Gregg Strakaluse, Public Works Director DATE: February 1, 2024 SUBJECT: Bi-monthly Report on Multi -Modal Transportation Safety actions taken. [Document Description] RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends Committee receive and file report BACKGROUND: Staff will present Multi -Modal Transportation Actions taken since the last Committee meeting. COUNCIL GOAL: Safety and Resilience ATTACHMENTS: None Page 5 of 9 0 BAKERSFIELD ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT MEETING DATE: February 13, 2024 AGENDA CATEGORY: New Business TO: Multimodal Transportation and Safety Ad -hoc Committee FROM: Gregg Strakaluse, Director DATE: February 5, 2024 SUBJECT: Discussion and Report on Safe Routes to Schools & Parks [Document Description] RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends discussion and receive and file staff report. BACKGROUND: Safe Routes to Schools and Parks have been and continues to be a top priority for City Council and the Public Works Department. Routes to parks and schools occur in a variety of ways on a variety of surfaces. The many ways people move is termed multimodal transportation. This may include walking, running, bicycling, and motoring on a motorcycle, in an automobile, and on a bus. Electrified devices have created a boom in transportation, particularly for recreation. Scooters, unicycles, bicycles, tricycles, skateboards, and others are using the public right of way and are entitled to do so with motorists with very little exception, but in accordance with the rules of the road. Limited access facilities such as freeways restrict the type of vehicles allowed. Lastly, the American Disabilities Act establishes design standards to ensure that the public rights -of -way are accessible to those with disabilities. Providing safe and accessible routes is a complex issue, but there are many design options and technologies available to engineers for developing a well-balanced solution for multimodal use. Establishing a route to/from a park or school doesn't mean it'll be used or safe. In many areas of the City, 5-foot bike lanes are provided along 12-foot vehicular travel lanes on arterials with speeds exceeding 50 MPH. Also, adding a safety feature, like a caution sign, to an existing route doesn't necessarily ensure that it'll be substantially safer to use. Engineers should understand that there are a wide variety of users of the right-of-way, as well as the wide variety of design options and technologies available for use in 2024. Prior to Measure N (one -cent sales tax), actions to improve safety over the years have been limited to what could be provided due to budget constraints. Compounding this, the traditional approach to roadway design was focused on moving vehicular traffic with minimal delay. The consequences of this have been higher than normal vehicular speeds, one of the lowest vehicular commuting times in the nation (Axios), and one of the highest pedestrian (#7) and bicyclist fatality (#11) rates in the nation (Dangerous by Design-2022, Car Insurance.org-2023). There have been actions take over the years to add additional warning and regulatory signage, implement occasional police enforcement details, and install flashing beacons; today there are many more innovative designs and technology available to traffic engineers to protect pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists. To add even more perspective, transportation development standards for land developers have required the construction of traditionally wide vehicle travel lanes for dedicated rights -of -way, with minimal accommodations for sidewalks and bike lanes. This has changed in recent years. Today's development standards have narrowed vehicle travel lanes in most cases to 10-feet and provide for buffered bicycle lanes. Sidewalks buffered by landscaping to the curbline are encouraged. Page 6 of 9 LRI BAKERSFIELD ne:.ouxv oep^uafipu}Fxju Safe Routes to Schools and Parks Needs Assessment and Mapping Portal In late 2022, the Department, in close collaboration with school officials and parent -teacher organizations, began to identify transportation safety needs within a half mile radius around schools and parks. Understanding the transportation safety issues facing students and neighborhood residents has been important for the Department. To organize the data and information, staff began to map these needs in the City's Geographic Information System (GIS). Mapping the needs throughout the City and highlighting disadvantaged areas (defined by CalEPA's 2018 Disadvantaged Communities Map) has enabled staff to plan, budget, and prioritize improvements. The following hyperlink provides direct public access to the Safe Routes to Schools and Parks mapping portal. It's a powerful tool for engineers and planners to use for identifying and tracking the transportation safety projects proposed and completed. It can be found at the following link: https://cob.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=3f3829f6db214a05930la6el453ff 3f6 Over the 155 square miles that make up Bakersfield, the following features are summarized on the mapping portal: • 155 schools (public, charter, and private) within the City or within a County pocket within the City; 62 Parks; • Approximately 21.62 miles of missing sidewalk or pathways, much of which is pending construction by future development of vacant parcels; • 7 proposed pedestrian flashing beacons; • 8 sets of proposed radar feedback signs; • 44-intersections of proposed reflective traffic signal backplates; • 4-roads with raised medians islands; • 6-Intersection with proposed geometric improvements; • Multiple Active Transportation Projects (a.k.a. Complete Streets) Areas for allocating American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding are consistent with the bounded disadvantaged areas on the map. Additionally, a layer is provided for Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) area also known as the Southeast Strong area. Page 7 of 9 0 BAKERSFIELD peso"a-s"13-* FISCAL IMPACT: There are multiple funding sources for Safe Routes to Schools and Parks, the most prominent being the American Rescue Plan Act. Significant grants have also been awarded. Staff provides the following funding summary: $2.2M Highway Safety Improvement Projects (HSIP) • Reflective Backplates (various locations), • New Raised Medians (Jewetta, Camino Media, Hosking, Panama) • Radar Feedback Signs (various locations) • School Flashing Beacons (Norris Elementary School, Stiern Middle School) $8M Active Transportation Projects (ATP) • Friant-Kern Multiuse Pathway ($4.3M) • Chester Avenue Bike Lanes ($200K) • H Street Complete Street ($3.5M) $10M RAISE Grant • Chester Avenue ($10M) $6M ARPA Funding Of the available $6M in ARPA funding for Safe Routes to Schools and Parks, roughly $5.2M remains to be encumbered. Total Encumbered to date: $788,838 $449,429 Monitor Street 30% Complete Street Design (S. High School to Golden Valley High School) • $141,909 Rafer Johnson School Area Improvements: ADA Ramps, Sidewalk, Curb, Gutter • $87,500 Fruitvale Jr. High School Flashing Beacon • $110,000 Bike Transportation Plan Encumbrance plan for $5.2M prior to the December 31, 2024 deadline are as follows: • $1.75M to complete the Monitor Street Improvement Design • $1.9M to fill roughly 4.4 miles of sidewalk gaps or create other safe pathways; • $300K Intersection Control Evaluations (potentially roundabouts) o McKee Road • $550K Curb Extensions & Traffic Calming • $450K Enhanced Decorative Crosswalks • $250K Rectangular Rapid Flashing Devices, at Crosswalks COUNCIL GOAL: Safety and Resilience ATTACHMENTS: Web link address for Safe Routes to Schools and Parks Mapping Portal: https://cob.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=3f3829f6db214a05930la6el453ff 3f6 Page 8 of 9 BAKERSFIELD nE5� 1?,,*, ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT MEETING DATE: February 13, 2024 AGENDA CATEGORY: New Business TO: Multimodal Transportation and Safety Ad -hoc Committee FROM: Gregg Strakaluse, Public Works Director DATE: February 2, 2024 SUBJECT: Report and Update on Neighborhood Traffic Calming Mapping Portal [Document Description] RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends Committee receive and file report BACKGROUND: Council adopted the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program in February 2023. Staff developed a Neighborhood Traffic Calming Portal to monitor the requests for traffic calming that come in from both City Council and citizens. This map provides both visual information and meta data for easy reference to show the progress of each response as well as which projects have been completed. FISCAL IMPACT: COUNCIL GOAL: Safety and Resilience Reliable Infrastructure Community Character and Quality of Life ATTACHMENTS: Page 9 of 9 RECEIVE AND PLACE ON FILE AT KfAMMEETING OF 14 i Complete Streets Workshop MARCH 18