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10/22/2019 Bicycle Pedestrian Commission Regular Meeting Adopted 11/15/2019 MINUTES OF BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, October 22, 2019 1. CALL TO ORDER 6:01 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL Zachary Hilton - Chairperson Sean Reedy - Vice Chairperson Patrick Flautt Lionel Gonzalez Chad Reeder ALSO PRESENT Gary Heap, City Engineer/Transportation Engineer Girum Awoke, Public Works Director Nadia Garcia, Office Assistant 4. COMMISSION SECRETARY’S REPORT ON POSTING THE AGENDA The agenda for the Bicycle Pedestrian regular meeting was posted on Friday, October 18, 2019, at 10:03 a.m. in the City Hall announcement window near the Council Chambers and online in keeping with provisions of the California Brown Act. 5. CEREMONIAL ITEMS None 6. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS TO COMMISSION A. PUBLIC COMMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA BUT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION • There were none. B. Valley Transportation Authority Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee (VTABPAC) Report: • There was no report. 7. CONSENT CALENDAR The following items on the Consent Calendar were approved unanimously. A. Minutes of the 09/24/2019 Meeting B. Professional Development Training Opportunities C. Las Madres Turkey Trot Letter of Support 8. OLD BUSINESS A. Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Update: Vice Chairperson Sean Reedy reported: • There are new road signs near South Valley Middle School. The school principal has asked if the Commission can create a flier to help apprise the public with the instructions. • The Commission will continue to promote the Safe Route to School program. B. General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) Update: • There was no report. C. Measure B Education & Encouragement: Chairperson Zachary Hilton reported: • The Commission has created a work plan to present to City Council on November 4th. • A funding agreement was signed by City Council. The Commission has created their own budget template for each of the proposed items in their work plan. They would like to present them to City Council and would like to review with City staff first, as more detail may be needed for each item. • The Commission asked if there are funds available from the City to cover costs for items in their work plan and how to obtain Measure B funding. Is it on a reimbursement basis? • Mr. Awoke stated he will find out the process and advise the Commission of what steps need to be taken to obtain Measure B funds and whether there are City funds to help fulfill the work plan. There was a motion to approve their proposed work plan for presentation to City Council. The motion passes unanimously. D. Pedestrian Safety Sub-Committee Interviews: Commissioner Patrick Flautt: • Invited members of the audience to motion if anyone is interested in becoming a sub- committee member. • Jack Howe indicated he is interested in being a sub-committee member. He was asked a series of qualification questions. There was a motion to approve Jack Howe as a sub-committee member. The motion passes unanimously. E. Bicycle Pedestrian Commission Monthly Award Nomination: • Scott Otterson, Principal of El Roble Scholl was nominated by Commissioner Hilton. • Arnulfo Velasquez was nominated by Commissioner Reedy. There was a motion to approve Arnulfo Velasquez as the next Bicycle Pedestrian Commission Award recipient. The motion passes unanimously. 9. NEW BUSINESS A. Las Madres Turkey Trot: Commissioner Gonzalez reported: • The Las Madres Turkey Trot is a family event and all member of the public are invited. • The Commission was asked to help by participating at the event. There was a motion to approve participation in the Las Madres Turkey Trot. The motion passes unanimously. B. Presentation to City Council: • A detailed power-point presentation was provided and narrated by Chairperson Hilton. • The presentation to City Council will have a major focus on items that can possibly be funded by VTA/Measure B. C. Reimbursement from CalBike Conference: Chairperson Hilton reported: • There was a lodging cost of $785.52 expense and $90.00 for parking costs to be reimbursed from the training budget. The total remaining currently is $988.00. There was a motion to approve travel expense reimbursement from the Commissioners’ training budget. The motion passes unanimously. D. Website Update: Commissioner Patrick Flautt proposed: • Adding the Measure B Work Plan to the website. • Removing the outdated event fliers There was a motion to approve the Measure B Work Plan addition and removal of the outdated event fliers. The motion passes unanimously. E. Dero Repair Station Downtown Chairperson Zachary Hilton reported: • There was damage to the plunger at this station. The parts were purchased and the repair was made, which cost $71,40. There is still $348 remaining in the public bike fund. There was a motion to approve payment of the invoice in the amount of $71.40. The motion passes unanimously. 10. CORRESPONDENCE Spirits Night at San Ysidro Public Invite 11. COMMISSIONER’S REPORTS A. Chairperson Zachary Hilton stated: • Still working on Hecker Pass to Santa Teresa and the adopt-a-spot was rejected due to safety reasons. • He had a blast at the CalBike conference and learned a lot. He also was impressed with the turnout and the ideas and whet he learned there about different things. • He had a chance to present at ASMS and he took his specialized bike, fire hat and coat. It was very exciting. • He would like to bring back the bike portion of the kid’s triathlon. B. Vice Chairperson Sean Reedy stated: • CalBikes conference was a great experience and great connections were made nationwide. Discussion about possible events to have here in Gilroy, walking and biking. Wine tours • He would like to take the bikes from Specialized to South Valley Middle School to start using the bikes that were given to the BPAC. C. Commissioner Patrick Flautt stated: • Attending the CalBike summit and was pleased with the turnout and he appreciated how widely Caltrans attended. Caltrans moving forward will be changing and improving a lot of their new projects. Everyone was glad to see Gilroy’s involvement. D. Commissioner Lionel Gonzalez stated: • No comments. E. Commissioner Chad Reeder: • No comments. 12. STAFF COMMENTS • Mr. Awoke requested the commission to schedule a special meeting for the update of the 10th Street Bridge. The August 2019 capital project and funding needs was reviewed. The general funding has about $9M, but there are a lot of deferred maintenance projects. City Council desires more specific information and he is asking for assistance from the BPAC. Special meeting can be called 72 hours ahead of time. • Mr. Heap stated the bike friendly community signage will be delayed. Also, the agenda review by email method is not working. Missing the 10th Street Bridge item on the agenda is an example. He also would like to schedule meetings for the agendas as sit down meetings. 13. AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING • Recommendation on creating a list of any projects, so that in the future it can be reviewed. Suggestions to go back and items to the strategic plans for the BPC. Starting now there would be tracking and accountability and add recommendations to move forward. • Possibly canceling the meeting for December 24th, 2019 ADJOURN: 7:54 p.m. to the November 26th, 2019 meeting at 6pm.