Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee MINUTES

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1 CALL TO ORDER Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Wednesday, August 10, 2016 MINUTES The Regular Meeting of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) was called to order at 6:33 p.m. by Vice Chairperson Hertan in Conference Room B-104, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), 3331 North First Street, San José, California. 1. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Title Status Wes Brinsfield Member Present Kristal Caidoy Chairperson Present Barry Chaffin Member Present Jaime Fearer Member Present Paul Goldstein Member Present Peter Hertan Vice Chairperson Present Gary Jones Member Present Breene Kerr Member Absent Sarah Peters Member Present Mary Seehafer Member Absent David Simons Member Present Jim Stallman Member Present Greg Unangst Member Present Herman Wadler Member Present Mila Zelkha Member Absent Colin Heyne Ex-Officio Member Present A quorum was present. Member Peters arrived at the meeting and took her seat at 6:34 p.m. Lauren Ledbetter, Senior Transportation Planner and BPAC Staff Liaison, introduced new Members Jaime Fearer, representing the City of San José; Gary Jones, representing the City of Cupertino; and Sarah Peters, representing the City of Santa Clara. 2. ORDERS OF THE DAY There were no Orders of the Day. 3. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS: Betsy Megas, Interested Citizen, made the following comments: 1) thanked Santa Clara County for quickly repairing a deep groove at San Tomas Expressway and Monroe Street; 3331 North First Street San Jose, CA Administration Customer Service

2 and 2) thanked San José Parks for cleaning up illegal dumping on the Highway 237 bikeway. Member Goldstein noted the County Roads and Airports quick response to a hazard he reported on Arastradero Road in the City of Palo Alto. CONSENT AGENDA Ms. Ledbetter requested the following correction to the May 11, 2016, Regular Meeting Minutes. She referenced Agenda Item #18: Announcements, and noted Members Unangst and Wadler's announcements about Bike Day should be reflected as Silicon Valley Bike Fest. 4. Regular Meeting Minutes of May 11, 2016 M/S/C (Stallman/Wadler) to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of May 11, 2016, as amended. RESULT: MOVER: SECONDER: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] Jim Stallman, Member Herman Wadler, Member Brinsfield, Caidoy, Chaffin, Fearer, Goldstein, Jones, Peters, Simons, Stallman, Unangst, Wadler None Hertan, Kerr, Seehafer, Zelkha REGULAR AGENDA 5. OBAG 2 Project Scoring Criterion - Displacement Policies Marcella Rensi, Transportation Planning Manager - Planning and Grants, provided an overview of the staff report. Chairperson Caidoy arrived and took her seat at 6:40 p.m. and presided over the remainder of the meeting. Members of the Committee and staff discussed the following: 1) anti-displacement; 2) questioned what would happen if the Board does not approve the new One Bay Area Grant scoring criterion; 3) scoring for different categories; and 4) a letter received from Greenbelt Alliance. M/S/C (Wadler/Goldstein) on a vote of 11 ayes to 1 no to recommend that: 1) the VTA Board of Directors adopt two additional One Bay Area Grant 2 criteria to comply with Metropolitan Transportation Commission's requirements for compliance with the California Surplus Lands Act and rewarding jurisdictions with adopted anti-displacement policies; and 2) add Sunnyvale to the list of charter cities on the staff report. Member Brinsfield opposed. Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Minutes Page 2 of 5 August 10, 2016

3 RESULT: MOVER: SECONDER: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ADOPTED Jim Stallman, Member Herman Wadler, Member Brinsfield, Caidoy, Chaffin, Fearer, Goldstein, Jones, Peters, Simons, Stallman, Unangst, Wadler Brinsfield Hertan, Kerr, Seehafer, Zelkha 6. Development Review Quarterly Report for April-June 2016 Rob Cunningham, Transportation Planner, provided an overview of the staff report. Discussion ensued regarding past, present, and future projects. On order of Chairperson Caidoy and there being no objection the Committee received the Development Review Quarterly Report for April to June Review of Complete Streets Checklists for Candidate OBAG Projects OTHER Ms. Ledbetter provided an overview of the staff report. Members of the Committee and staff discussed: 1) the OBAG process; and 2) only BPAC s in Campbell, Los Altos, Mountain View, San José, and Sunnyvale had seen the projects submitted by their city before the VTA BPAC meeting. Public Comment Doug Muirhead, Interested Citizen, made the following comments: 1) expressed gratitude for this level of detail; and 2) provided comments specific to the project submitted by Morgan Hill. Members of the Committee discussed the following: 1) submitted projects and critiqued the questions asked for the quality of answers they received; 2) all of the project forms are on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) website except for those submitted by Milpitas; and 3) comments can be submitted to VTA in the next two weeks. On order of Chairperson Caidoy and there being no objection the Committee reviewed Complete Streets Checklists submitted with One Bay Area Grant applications. 8. Committee Staff Report Ms. Ledbetter provided a report, highlighting the following: 1) Complete Streets Policy development; 2) Operations notice sent out to bus operators reminding them to leave three and a half feet space when passing, at least four seconds of following distance, and not to pass too closely at higher speeds; 3) FLEX pilot program; and 4) Monthly Bicycle- Pedestrian webinar on Street Design and Planning in Suburban Contexts on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at noon. Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Minutes Page 3 of 5 August 10, 2016

4 On order of Chairperson Caidoy and there being no objection, the Committee received the Committee Staff Report. 9. Santa Clara County Staff Report Dawn Cameron, Deputy Director, Santa Clara County Roads and Airports, reported the following: 1) San Tomas Expressway widening to 8 lanes; and 2) update of work on Page Mill Road and Interstate 280 interim bicycle plan. 10. Chairperson's Report Chairperson Caidoy reported that she is co-leading Urban Farm Community Bike Ride on Saturday, August 20, Reports from BPAC Subcommittees There were no reports from the BPAC Subcommittees. 12. Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) and 2000 Measure A Citizens Watchdog Committee (CWC) Report Member Wadler provided the CAC/CWC report, highlighting: 1) the CWC audit report is complete; 2) swapped Measure A funds; 3) the required CWC hearing will be held September 7, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.; and 4) FLEX program report. On order of Chairperson Caidoy and there being no objection, the Committee reviewed the received the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) and 2000 Measure A Citizens Watchdog Committee (CWC) report. 13. BPAC Work Plan Ms. Ledbetter provided an overview of the BPAC Work Plan. The following changes were made to the work plan: 1) add Page Mill Road at Interstate 280 status update to the September 7, 2016 meeting; 2) remove Road Treatments and Signage to Address Safety on Different Road Types as it has already been covered; and 3) add Bike Share in Santa Clara County possibly to the October meeting. Member Stallman requested that the Update on North San Jose Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects remain on the Work Plan. Member Brinsfield requested that the Status of VTA's Grant Proposals for Complete Streets Corridor be removed. On order of Chairperson Caidoy and there being no objection, the Committee reviewed the BPAC Work Plan. 14. ANNOUNCEMENTS Member Stallman announced that Saratoga staff hoped to re-open the Blue Hills path and encouraged VTA to get involved. Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Minutes Page 4 of 5 August 10, 2016

5 Member Simons encountered bike counters on rural roads while travelling in Norway. Member Wadler announced that: 1) Campbell had a ribbon cutting ceremony for the widened Campbell Avenue underpass at Highway 17; and 2) the Almaden Cycling Touring Club (ACTC) Bike Academy has started with 14 people. Member Brinsfield mentioned the Loyola-Fremont Bridge ribbon cutting ceremony was held July 25, Ex-Officio Member Heyne made the following announcements: 1) Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition's (SVBC) annual bike summit is August 11, 2016; 2) SVBC's annual dinner is scheduled for September 22, 2016; and 3) SVBC is organizing a field trip with city officials in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties to look at the bike share program in San Mateo on August 17, ADJOURNMENT On order of Chairperson Caidoy and there being no objection, the Committee meeting was adjourned at 8:38 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Thalia Young, Board Assistant VTA Office of the Board Secretary Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Minutes Page 5 of 5 August 10, 2016