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| 00:00:23.40 | Walfred Solorzano | Salcedo is taking place over in 420 Little Street in the City Council Chamber. It's also in the Edgewater Room on the first floor, and it's also available on the city's website and on Zoom and cable TV channel 29. |
| 00:00:42.94 | Steven Woodside | Thank you, city clerk. I will call the meeting. to order and ask you to call rolls. |
| 00:00:47.99 | Unknown | on Summer Blasting. |
| 00:00:49.17 | Steven Woodside | THE FAMILY. |
| 00:00:49.93 | Unknown | Councilmember Hoffman. |
| 00:00:51.25 | Steven Woodside | here. |
| 00:00:51.84 | Walfred Solorzano | Councilmember Sobieski. Here. Vice Mayor Woodside. Here. And Mayor Cox. |
| 00:00:56.38 | Steven Woodside | here. We are going to start off our meeting with a closed session so we will be adjourning to close session for 30 minutes and then the regular meeting will start at 1pm. I do want to let people know that during this meeting this afternoon the two hour parking limit on the streets surrounding City Hall has been lifted and so people can park on our side streets without worrying about getting a ticket and I want to thank all of you who are here already. Thank you for your interest. I also want to thank our city clerk for being here. Today is his 11th wedding anniversary, and he has chosen to spend the day with us. |
| 00:01:40.78 | Steven Woodside | All right, so we will be adjourning to close session for a conference with legal counsel regarding anticipated litigation, significant exposure to litigation under Government Code Section 54956.9D2. Is there any public comment on our closed session? |
| 00:01:57.33 | Walfred Solorzano | Seeing none. |
| 00:01:58.73 | Steven Woodside | Very well, we will adjourn to closed session. We will reconvene to comment. So I'm gonna ask that city staff help me, but I can't have this many people in the room. It's a fire hazard. There's no ability of, there's not enough circulation. So I am gonna ask some of those of you who are not seated to, take advantage of the chairs downstairs. I thank you and appreciate your cooperation. |
| 00:02:22.10 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:02:22.15 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 00:02:22.19 | Walfred Solorzano | like to one moment I'd also like to note that there are speaker slips downstairs if you haven't filled one out and so we have speaker slips and agendas also down there |
| 00:03:03.50 | Kieran Culligan | Balfred, are you ready? |
| 00:03:04.63 | Steven Woodside | Walford, are you ready? |
| 00:03:06.28 | Kieran Culligan | Thank you. |
| 00:03:06.30 | Walfred Solorzano | Yeah, literally. |
| 00:03:06.52 | Kieran Culligan | you |
| 00:03:06.58 | Steven Woodside | City Clerk, are you ready? |
| 00:03:10.15 | Walfred Solorzano | It's 1 o'clock. Yeah, we're ready. |
| 00:03:14.26 | Mustafa Alami | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:03:28.62 | Susanna Suvest | They all are going. |
| 00:03:41.01 | Steven Woodside | Okay. I'm going to call this meeting back to order. It's 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Thank you all so much for being here. We just returned from closed session. There are no closed session announcements. Is there any comment on closed session? |
| 00:04:01.31 | Steven Woodside | City Clerk. Thank you. |
| 00:04:03.10 | Walfred Solorzano | See none. |
| 00:04:04.48 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. All right, so then we will start with roll call again. |
| 00:04:12.19 | Walfred Solorzano | Councilmember Blaustein. Thank you. |
| 00:04:13.90 | Steven Woodside | THE FAMILY. |
| 00:04:13.93 | Walfred Solorzano | Councilmember Hoffman. |
| 00:04:16.97 | Steven Woodside | Here. |
| 00:04:17.48 | Walfred Solorzano | Councilmember Sobieski? Here. Vice Mayor Woodside? Here. And Mayor Cox? |
| 00:04:18.62 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 00:04:22.35 | Steven Woodside | Here, we'll do the Pledge of Allegiance. Roger Taylor, will you lead us? |
| 00:04:36.65 | Roger Taylor | Thank you. of the United States of America. |
| 00:04:38.11 | Leslie Hale | I've seen it so far. |
| 00:04:39.80 | Roger Taylor | and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. |
| 00:04:54.04 | Steven Woodside | Give me a second. |
| 00:05:03.24 | Steven Woodside | May I have a motion approving the agenda? So moved. |
| 00:05:06.80 | Steven Woodside | Second. |
| 00:05:07.38 | Steven Woodside | All in favor? Aye. That motion carries 5-0. OK, so we're going to turn to our one and only business item today, provide direction to staff regarding the acceptance of OBAG III funding for the construction of the Bridgeway Bike Lane project, Princess to Richardson in the amount of $504,600. Before I turn it over to the city manager, I want to give my council members an opportunity to make any announcements they would like. |
| 00:05:33.35 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. We received some correspondence suggesting that there might be a need for recusals with regards to this project and I just wanted to share with members of the public that I have since moved I no longer live within 500 feet of the bridgeway bike lane I now live in the hills so I will not be needing to see feel need to recuse myself from this issue. Thank you. |
| 00:05:54.69 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Okay, so I'm going to turn this over to the city manager. We will hear from several folks, retained and employees of the town, and then we will go to public comment. Seeing how many people we have here, I'm going to limit public comment to one minute per person so that we actually can get through this. this item this afternoon and make a decision. |
| 00:06:24.14 | Steven Woodside | Okay, I'm going to also ask that in order to keep this meeting proceeding in an orderly manner that you not clap, applaud, boo, please extend each person the courtesy to have their words heard in a calm manner. All right, and with that, I'll turn this over to the city manager. |
| 00:06:42.50 | Chris Zapata | Thank you, Mayor. Can you all hear me? So thank you very much. Thank you members of the public. A couple of comments I want to make sure that are understood before this gets going in earnest. One is we received significant public comment on this matter and sometimes up to two o'clock in the morning last night. So one of the things we will tell you is all the comments that were received by the city staff will be part of the public record. So whatever was sent after Friday we will make sure that it's part of the public record going forward. Secondly, the mayor mentioned the edgewater room is available and we have proctors that will help you get back and forth if you want to testify up here and that can be arranged for you there again are 59 seats there to provide seating for people that need seating and then I also want to provide a little backdrop on the actual grant itself. We have had not one, not two, but three presentations in sequence. The first presentation was to the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee. There was a second presentation to the Sustainability Commission. And there was a third presentation to the Chamber of Commerce. And so here we are today. And today's presentation format is going to be this way from city staff and our consultants. Director McGowan will provide some comment and introduction. It will be followed by our consultant parametrics. Our sustainability resiliency manager, Katie Tho Garcia, will provide some comment and introduction of our WRT, our C-level climate change consultant that has done some work on it, and then we will take questions from council and then open this up to how the council and the mayor want to run the public meeting. But I'd like to start by introducing Director McGowan. Kevin, please. Thank you. |
| 00:08:32.44 | Kevin McGowan | Good afternoon, Mayor, City Council members, and everybody in the audience. I'm Kevin McGowan, Public Works Director for the City of Sausalito. It's great to be here this afternoon, and I appreciate everybody's effort to come in and talk about this specific issue. So today I have just a short little couple things to say. I'll probably foreshorten what I was originally going to say because all of this is in the staff report. But today I've got a brief introduction of the item, and then I'll hand the presentation over to Parametrics and WRT to discuss some of the recent analysis for this section of Bridgeway. As you know Bridgeway is a main arterial in Sausalito. The section of Bridgeway from Princess to Richardson connects what is known as Old Town Sausalito to Downtown Sausalito. And as most of us know, the roadway is positioned directly adjacent to the San Francisco Bay. In the 1960s, this section of road was initially two lanes and was widened in 1968 to include a center median. The raised center median was intended to assist with emergency services access to Old Town. Over the years, the use of the center median has changed. The median is currently at the same elevation as the adjacent vehicle lanes. and is now striped as a two-way left turn lane and is used for deliveries, parking, and passenger drop-offs. The overall geometry of the roadway has not changed since 1968, with the exception of adding Class III bike lanes, which share the lanes with vehicles, which were added after 1960. The concept of widening this section of Ridgeway has been raised in years past. In a study presented to the city in 2011, staff noted that this area could be impacted by sea level rise, and the report provides, or at least provided, some concepts to addressing this area with the seawall and widening the roadway. In 2010, the city saw a heavy influx of bicycle tour groups establishing a route ending in Sausalito and utilizing this section of Bridgeway Boulevard. The city worked with tour groups to establish a bike return system. However, this section of Bridgeway is still heavily used during the summer months by bicyclists. Sausalito's Pedestrian Bicycle Advisory Committee, which was established in 2014, has discussed and developed possible schematics to improve this section of Bridgeway with the intent of improving safety for bicyclists. In December 2024, PBAC, or Pedestrian Bicycle Advisory Committee, sorry about the acronyms, received a presentation from Parametrics regarding the repurposing of the median and adding bike lanes on this section of Bridgeway. In 2011, Excuse me, in 2021, the city of Sausalito was awarded a grant from the Association of Bay Area Governments called ABAG. Yes, another acronym, so sorry, to develop a conceptual plan which included safety aspects for bicyclists, vehicles, and pedestrians on Bridgeway in this section of Bridgeway. This city awarded a professional services contract to parametrics to study this section of the roadway. In the fall of 2022 city staff submitted three applications for one barrier area grant cycle three funding. known as OBAG 3. One of the submitted applications supported the construction phase of the Bridgeway bike lane projects from Princess to Richardson. The original concept included micro-sealing the entire roadway and re-striping the road to eliminate the center median and add Class 2 bike lanes on each side of the road. In February 2023, the city was notified by the transportation authority of marin that the metropolitan transportation commission authorized our request for funding in the amount of 504 600 to support the construction of the bike lane project no specific letter was sent to the city regarding the authorization, and in order to secure these funds, the City Council needs to pass a resolution of support to accept these funds. Initially the city was required to submit a resolution of support by January 1st, 2025. However, the city requested additional time to determine the City Council's preferences regarding moving forward with the original project. In January 2024, the city formally moved forward with a long-term sea level rise adaptation. Through the plan's vulnerability analysis and observations of winter storm events, we can see that this section of Bridgeway is susceptible to sea level rise and wave run up. Sometimes I sound like Elmer Fudd when I say wave one up. the city secured the services of wrt to assist with the vulnerability assessment and we'll be making a presentation to the council this afternoon regarding this section of Bridgeway. The city has held many meetings on this particular issue, which are listed in the staff report. Of interest are the meetings with police and fire personnel related to repurposing the median. Police and fire do not typically use the center median for access, but rather use the vehicle lane. Fire has noted that they use the median when the vehicle lane is obstructed. emergency services are confident that as long as the present curb to curb width or the geometry Thank you. is maintained, elimination of the center median will not hinder services. However, Elimination of the center median may have an unintended consequence and that traffic control will be needed if there is a call for services within this specific corridor. The current median allows for vehicles and bicycles to go around a fire truck responding to an incident. However, if the median is eliminated, additional resources are available. sources may be needed to perform traffic control while the incidence is occurring. As noted earlier, this section of roadway is utilized by many users, from deliveries to drop-offs to many others. Our traffic engineering consultant, Parametrix, studied this section of roadway. They have a presentation which identifies possible impacts and solutions related to the repurposing of the center median. Following Parametric's presentation, we will have a short presentation from our sustainability consultant wrt to address address the council on possible issues and of this section of roadway related to sea level rise and after that i have three or four slides to show the council to kind of tie everything back together so with that i'm sorry about mymer Fudd, but I'd like to turn it over to David Parisi and his team from Parametrics. Thank you. |
| 00:16:00.61 | David Parisi | Good afternoon, Mayor and Councilmembers. I'm David Parisi with the firm of parametrics, as Kevin explained. We're an 800 person West Coast company with large focus on planning and designing safe streets for people, for all people, and all travel modes. I'm a registered civil engineer and a registered traffic engineer with over 35 years of experience in multimodal safety and transportation. and in designing streets that provide mobility and safety benefits for all users. Streets, just like Bridgeway, evolve over time. And I have managed studies and designs of dozens of roadways, including many located throughout the West Coast. and within Marin. I'm also a Marin resident. I'm joined here today by Jen Schreiber, a transportation planner and public health expert who has a deep knowledge and data analysis safety assessments and weighing the trade-offs of different measures. Our firm was hired by the city to explicitly do one thing. Study the segment of Bridgeway and Richardson between Princess and Second Streets and see if it would be feasible to add bikeways. This is exactly what was required in our contracted scope of work. including the development of a recommended plan if it was feasible to add bikeways. The scope of work was aligned with the $504,000 grant Public Works Director McGowan just mentioned. that the city could receive to install such biotech ways and provide safety improvements if the plan would meet design standards in compliance with San Francisco Bay trail requirements. since Ridgeway is part of the Bay Trail. So that's the hook there. During our study, we conducted some extra work. particularly related to safety. This included an assessment of reported collisions over a 10-year period. These crashes were reported by the Sausalito Police Department, as well as allied agencies, which could include emergency service providers, hospitals and others. |
| 00:18:04.37 | David Parisi | this better. I'll just get lower. Maybe I'm seated higher. I'll lean over. You're going to hear the term. Is that better? Okay, great. Should I repeat that whole? Okay, thank you. You're going to hear the term or acronym SWITRs today. This means the statewide integrated traffic records system, which is run by the state of California and is the crash data clearinghouse for the state. Licensed professionals like us, including researchers and safety experts, know to use SWITRs for comprehensive corridor studies, such as the one we did for Bridgeway. Almost all reported crash records make it to Switters, but sometimes reports inadvertently do not. And then some additional analysis is needed, which Jen will get into today. We discovered, probably not to many people's surprise, that this stretch of Bridgeway and Richardson has many critical operational and safety issues, not just for bicyclists, but also for pedestrians, motorists, and delivery vehicles. Many of these issues have nothing to do Many of these issues have to do with how the street has evolved since the 1960s. And we did not realize the extent of the safety issues until we took a deep dive into the crash information. As you'll hear within a 10 year period, there were at least 50 reported collisions with about half involving vulnerable users and that is pedestrians or bicyclists. And I want to mention that nationally there are generally as many, if not more, unreported collisions to every reported one. We concluded, as you will see today, that provision of bike lanes are more than feasible and in fact would improve safety. Under the plan we developed, pedestrian safety would be improved for those walking along the shore and those crossing the street. and vehicular collisions along key hotspots would be reduced. Illegal uses of the continuous two-way left turn lane, which lead to safety issues would no longer happen because the center lane would be repurposed. Today we're going to share that plan with you along with its benefits and its trade-offs. Overall, Paramatrix is confident the plan could address many of the safety issues of the roadway and make it a more complete street for everyone. Again, so that is what we're scope to do. Take a look and see if, bikeways compliant with the Bay Trail guidelines were feasible. and could be a man. |
| 00:20:28.67 | David Parisi | You know, but taking a step back and being realistic and looking at all the folks here, We also realize that there are a lot of concerns about modifying the street, especially one that's been in place for 60 years. Even one that has slowly evolved and no longer functioned as it was designed to do so 60 years ago. And particularly since travel modes have really shifted along this corridor. And we have, of all people, know that change is hard. On the other hand, I think most people, including almost everyone here today, wants a safer roadway. So later in our presentation, we're going to also offer some incremental street change ideas that could improve safety, not as much as the full plan we developed, which is totally in compliance with our contractor's scope of work, but ideas to address some of the major safety issues many people are concerned about. We've added a few slides at the end for this. Some of these ideas may be in conflict with the half-million-dollar grant. So you may not be able to realize that, Grant, if you pursued some of these other ideas instead. but could have Yeah. that, but that can provide safety for other users besides cyclists. So just wanted to give that introduction to let you know we have some other ideas too. that could be considered, again, things that are outside of our scope of work, But just thinking about it a little bit further to some some considerations for counsel. So with that, I'd like to get into the meat of the presentation and Jen and I will walk through these slides. Cover slide, next please. I'll try to go fast. So here's our agenda. We're gonna cover the background, the study area history, what we've found out about existing conditions, the concepts that we've developed some of the key considerations, pros and cons of those, |
| 00:22:11.74 | Ian Sobieski | I'm just noting people in the back. see the screen. So if you could turn the screen back there, so... |
| 00:22:15.11 | David Parisi | Thank you. |
| 00:22:15.15 | Steven Woodside | Yeah. |
| 00:22:17.39 | Ian Sobieski | audience members. |
| 00:22:18.98 | Steven Woodside | If we turn the lights off, While the presentation is going on, |
| 00:22:26.52 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. Thank you. it. |
| 00:22:30.64 | Steven Woodside | There. All right. I think that makes it easier for us to see from here as well without the lights on. |
| 00:22:39.13 | David Parisi | Okay, great. And then finally, recommendations as next steps, including some additional ideas. Next slide, please. |
| 00:22:47.99 | David Parisi | Next slide. |
| 00:22:52.71 | David Parisi | I'm not gonna repeat this. Kevin covered this about the grants, the, the, both the study grant and the potential for half a million dollars for implementation of bike lanes along the street. Next slide, please. Again, the focus of our contract of scope of work was to study the potential benefits impacts associated providing bicycle facilities in compliance with Bay Trail standards along Bridgeway. Next slide. |
| 00:23:22.11 | David Parisi | The focus area of our study is shown in yellow so it's bridgeway from Princess to Richardson and Richardson the short block of Richardson from bridgeway to second and as you all know north. Bridgeway north of Princess there are existing class to bicycle lanes that go almost all the way to gate six with a couple little gaps in each direction. Next slide please. This is an image looking north. It's simulated. We did this to save some money because it would have cost a lot more money to do a whole bunch of simulations. But we use the same background to show some of the different ideas. But here's what we got today. looking from west to east. The roadway itself between the curbs is 42 feet wide. It is divided with a parking lane. or parklets, depending on where you are on the street. a southbound traffic lane that's 12 feet wide. a striped two-way left turn lane that is 10 feet wide, and a traffic lane that's 12 feet wide in the northbound direction with the walkway along the bay about nine and a half feet. some of the history of the study. like please. Kevin mentioned that in 1965, a different council. Approved plans for widening bridgeway, including from two to three lanes. So it expanded the roadway with the provision of a raised lane in the middle that was raised a couple inches. And it was actually prohibited from use except for emergency vehicle lanes and making turns across. There was a sign that we found a grainy image of one. You can see that we've zoomed in there. So sign that the roadway would certainly was not allowed for use. In fact, all loading. was not done in the center lane, it was done against the curb. There's still some remnant marks markings, green and yellow markings along the west side of Bridgeway Curb if you go out there and check it out. Next slide, please. |
| 00:25:22.49 | David Parisi | In the late 80s, paving was done to raise the northbound and southbound lanes, the asphalt, to the same level as the median lane, so now everything was flush. And then, the striping. was changed around that time. So it was changed to the two-way left turn lane configuration, which has some meaning. There's legal things you can do and illegal things you're not supposed to do within that lane we'll get into today. |
| 00:25:52.68 | David Parisi | In 2007, there was an unfortunate fatality of a pedestrian that got hit. by a garbage truck Crossing. or using the middle lane. Here's some quotes from one of the police captains at that time. Just acknowledging the lanes not permitted for use other than turning into and out of driveways, but already it was starting to be used for other purposes. Next slide. So that I'm going to turn it over to my colleague, Jen Schreiber, who's going to walk through existing conditions and other features and I'll, come back. And we're talking about some recommendations. |
| 00:26:33.44 | Jen Schreiber | All right. Can everyone hear me okay? Great. So like David said, I'm going to walk through the current uses of Bridgeway, some of the data analysis that we have done, as well as the concepts that we have developed. So first off today, Bridgeway is striped as a two way left turn lane. The image on the left here is from the California DMV driver's handbook. And you can see that a two way left turn lane has the solid yellow lines stripes on the outside and then dashed on the inside. Compared to what we're seeing today, it is striped as that two way left turn lane. Next slide, please. However, there are a lot of different uses that people are using Bridgeway for currently outside of the legal uses of a two-way left turn line. And you can see those up here, and I'll get into them in a little bit more detail. And this can create sort of a chaotic environment. That can be hazardous to all users, not just people walking and biking. Next slide. So I'm not going to read all of this, but this is an excerpt from the California Vehicle Code essentially outlining what is permitted in a two-way left turn lane. So these are meant for making turns. Vehicles are allowed to drive in them up to 200 feet in preparation for a left turn or when they have already made a turn back onto the roadway. And that is the legal use of it. Driving longer than 200 feet is not allowed. Parking is not allowed. And using the lane to pass others is not allowed. Next slide, please. However, we are seeing a number of other uses. So for example, vehicles use the center turn lane to pass cyclists, as we can see in this image here. And this creates hazardous conditions not only for the cyclists, but for the drivers themselves and raises the risk of a side swipe or head-on collisions. Next slide, please. Pedestrians are also using the center lane as sort of an informal refuge. There are, aside from the crosswalk at Princess and Bridgeway, there are no other crosswalks across Bridgeway in the study area. And so people often will just cross mid-block. pause in that center lane to wait for an opening and then continue on. But this really creates a false sense of security because they are potentially standing in an active travel lane. Not only that, since a lot of cars and other vehicles, including trucks, park in the lane, this can obscure pedestrians from view, creating more risks for those pedestrians. Next slide, please. So we're also seeing a lot of deliveries and parking used in the lane. So this slide... shows data that we gathered from a Thursday. We did a one week video survey in March looking at the number of vehicles and the types of vehicles that were parked in the lane. So on Thursday, which was the busiest weekday that we recorded, there were 63 vehicles parked in lane. 40% of these were passenger vehicles, so folks dropping people off or taking phone calls or taking pictures. And most of the rest were trucks and other vehicles making deliveries to nearby businesses. You can see the chart on the bottom shows the number of vehicles over time in each direction. About 90% of trucks did arrive before 3 p.m., and at the peak, we saw four vehicles at one time. Next slide, please. So looking at Saturday, which was the busiest weekend day, we saw a lot more passenger vehicles here. So 64% of the vehicles that were parked in that center lane were passenger vehicles, using it for one reason or another, aside from the legal use of making turns. All of the trucks that were recorded arrived before 2 p.m. And then at a maximum, we saw three vehicles at one time. So a lot of vehicles just being in this lane and yeah, creating unsafe environment for folks using the roadway. Next slide, please. So emergency access is key. We all know that Bridgeway is a key corridor in the city, and emergency vehicles use it to access different parts of the city. We had several meetings with emergency services personnel who told us that they do not rely on that center lane to get through in the event of an emergency, given that. So often there are vehicles parked in it. Rather, they rely on lights and sirens to alert vehicles to pull over and make room for them. As Kevin did mention, the center lane is also used as a sort of release valve. So in the event that emergency services need to stage in one of the lanes, vehicles can use that center lane to get through without having to deploy staff to manage traffic. Next slide, please. All right, so next we're going to talk about safety, and this is a very big issue for Bridgeway and for this study. I'm going to step back a bit. I know David mentioned some of the data sources already, but I want to just step back and talk about those before diving into the data that we're seeing. So the data that we were reporting is the latest 10 years of complete data from SWITRS, which is the statewide integrated traffic record system. And this is the statewide system that police departments, CHP and others report crashes to you. So this is really the most comprehensive, the most reliable source for crash data. This is what planners and engineers typically use when we are doing in-depth corridor studies. At the outset of the study, we had initially looked at another source. This is TIMSS, the Transportation Injury Mapping System, which is a really great way of, um, quickly and easily seeing crashes and mapping crashes. This looks, or this uses injury only crashes, whereas switters will also record property damage only. And in looking at the TIMS data, starting out with that data, we realized that that data set was not complete even for the injury crashes themselves. So. jumped over to switters and we use that for our in-depth analysis. So since the analysis, we have been able to get a hold of some police data, police records from the city. Uh, and, We just got those recently, so we'd You need more analysis, but we are seeing that there are cases in which Uh, Crashes that have been reported to the police along this corridor are not making it into switters. So we have reason to believe that there could be as many as 10 additional crashes occurring on this corridor that just didn't make it into that statewide database. We have also been able to analyze 2023 to 2024 crash data, again at a high level because we just received it recently. And There were nine additional crashes involving active transportation users, so pedestrians or cyclists, that have occurred since the cutoff date for our analysis. So safety is a huge issue, not only for cyclists and pedestrians, but for everyone who's using the corridor. So, Zooming back in, we looked at the 10, most recent complete years of data, which was 2013 to 2022. And during This time there were 50 collisions along the study area. About half of these did involve a cyclist or pedestrian, resulting in 16 injuries of a cyclist or pedestrian. And we also saw that about 40% of the crashes that were happening on the street on the segment of the street, I should say, were sideswip collisions. So these are, as I mentioned earlier, collisions that could be susceptible to actions occurring around the center lane. We don't know for sure. Um, But these types of crashes do tend to happen when cars are trying to pass in close proximity to each other. I also want to mention that this corridor is part of the High Collision Network for the County of Marin. In 2024, the Marin local road safety plan was completed. And this part of what it did was identify a high collision network, which is the road segments and the road . intersections with the highest crash rates in the county. home. This was a high-level study with more specific analyses for each jurisdiction, and the segment from Bay Street down to 2nd and Richardson was included on that high-collision network because it did have a higher rate of crashes than what one would expect given the amount of vehicles that are traveling on it. All right, next slide, please. So this is just a reminder. I talked previously about all of the vehicles that we were seeing parked in the center lane. So this shows sort of a heat map of where we're seeing the most of these vehicles in the center lane. If you go to the next slide. you can see that there is somewhat of a correlation here between where we're seeing all of those vehicles, where the really clogged up parts of the street are, and where we're seeing the most crashes. just bridgeway by itself. So, you know, discounting Richardson from our study area. We can see that about half of the crashes that are happening on this stretch of bridgeway are occurring in about a quarter of the space that's by those delivery areas or those high delivery areas. Next slide, please. All right, so next I'm going to walk through some of the improvement concepts. And when we got started on this project, it quickly became clear that there were only a few ways that we could add in bike lanes. at a seawall and built out, which I'll talk about in a moment. we could get rid of the parking lane, which is, um, you know, would be a very drastic thing to do. Or we could look at how we could repurpose the center lane and then use that for bike lanes. And so to start off with, next slide, please. So that is what we were trying to do. Next slide. So to start off with, we went with that idea of how could we repurpose the center lane? Obviously, there's a lot of people who use it, so we need to be able to accommodate those uses. So we started off by thinking of curb management scenarios. And the idea behind this is that There would need to be some, you know, pick up and drop off zones, for example, outside of the study area to accommodate a lot of the passenger vehicle uses. But the truck uses, as well as some of those passenger vehicles, could still be accommodated within the study area using a number of different curb management scenarios. So we'll walk through two that are focused on southbound loading, so trucks heading from the north. We'll talk about two that would accommodate the northbound loading. And it's important to know here that all of these scenarios would really require education and enforcement to make sure that they are being implemented effectively. Next slide. So our first southbound loading concept, we'll call it S1, this creates three loading zones along Bridgeway. You can see those yellow boxes called out along the corridor. And this would be one smaller 15-minute zone, as well as two larger truck loading zones. And these were constructed to be able to accommodate the maximum number of vehicles that we were seeing at any one time. So what we have here in terms of regulations is that the loading zones could be in effect from 630am to 4pm Monday through Saturday, after which point they would convert to two hour parking in order to be opened back up to public use by the time that the parking demand really hits its peak. We will note that This timing is for illustrative purposes. It is flexible and could be adjusted based on actual needs and based on more observations. For example, we talked to folks at the Chamber of Commerce who said that the majority, if not all, of truckloading is actually done by 1 p.m. For example, that 4 p.m. ending of the loading zone Could actually be pushed earlier and then more parking would be available sooner. This also provides an opportunity to create a mid-block crosswalk that would go from this loading zone across the street to help delivery workers get to the Trident and places on the other side of the street. Whereas currently they're parking in the middle and sort of taking their chances crossing the street without a crosswalk. Next slide, please. So as I said, parking is a big premium. There's a big demand for it. So we also tried to see what we could do to reduce the impact on parking. So the previous scenario that I just showed while those loading zones are in effect, nine parking spaces would be repurposed as loading zones. So here, uh, we tried to minimize the amount of parking that would be taken over for loading zones. Um, however, of course, with everything, there are trade-offs. So in this case, um, This scenario would be able to create three loading zones while only temporarily repurposing five parking spaces However, it would do so at the cost of one of the park lots. We know that parklets are extremely popular, both for the visitors of Bridgeway as well as for businesses. So that, you know, that would be a major trade off and this concept probably is not the most feasible because of that, but it is Um, you know, just another way that we could create that space for loading while trying to balance out all the other needs. Next slide, please. So we're also looking at northbound floating. So what do we do about trucks coming from the north? In the short term, trucks could be rerouted to the southbound loading zones. And there's two ways that they could do that. So trucks coming from the south on the highway, for example, could just stay on the highway. get off. north of the downtown core and then come in from the north to be able to be on the right side of the road. Other trucks who may not be able to do that could sort of circle around and turn around on Anchor, Humboldt, and Bay Street, |
| 00:40:36.12 | Jen Schreiber | So, |
| 00:40:36.51 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. I'm going to really ask that you not call out so that people can be heard. So remember that this is being watched telephonically as well. So I really ask for that courtesy. Thank you. |
| 00:40:51.26 | Jen Schreiber | So we recognize that this is not an ideal situation. People that we talked to from the Chamber of Commerce did say that delivery drivers may not be willing or able to use this route. but it is one potential option. Next slide. So another and a sort of longer term option to accommodate that northbound traffic northbound loading, I should say. would be to create a loading zone on the north side of the street, or the northbound side of the street. And this could be done by using the pier that is adjacent to the Trident, which is part of the public right of way, Um, As this graphic shows, we could create a 60-foot loading zone to be able to accommodate those trucks. Pedestrians would be routed around the loading zone And while this would obviously cost more money than simply having trucks loop around, it would be beneficial in terms of safety. Right now, there are a lot of deliveries that are made to the Trident and SCOMA, as we saw that in our data. And these delivery workers will park in the center lane and then cross the street back and forth with their deliveries outside of a crosswalk. but this would allow them to park right in front of their destinations, get out and not have to worry about crossing the street when they're making their deliveries. Next slide, please. Okay, so now that we've talked about some of the ways that we could potentially reap uh, move loading to the curb to free up that center lane, we can talk about some of the bikeway configurations. So I'll be talking about two near-term and two longer-term concepts that we have. developed. I should note that all of these will either retain the current curb-to-curb width of the street, or in the case of one of the long-term concepts, it will actually widen the street. Next slide, please. So the first configuration, oh sorry, this is the current configuration just as a reminder. So we have 12 foot travel lanes that are shared between vehicles and bicycles. Next slide, please. So our first near-term concept would, like I said, repurpose that center lane and put one-way bike lanes on both sides of the street. So, This is in keeping with the Bay Trail standards. At a minimum, they do require six-foot bike lanes, so check that box. And it also provides dedicated space for cyclists, so they're no longer sharing space with vehicles. Thank you. This could have positive effects on emergency vehicles traveling through bridge by since vehicles would be able to pull over into the bike lanes in the event of emergency to let say an ambulance pass through. And it's also widening out that parking lane a bit, so bumping it out to eight and a half feet to accommodate trucks that would be loading at the curb. Very rarely would we expect to have trucks larger than eight and a half feet wide accessing the curb loading. Next slide, please. So this isn't something that is completely new. So if you go up, travel, a bit north to Anchor and Bay, This is a configuration that is currently in place, and that's a picture that you can see here. This is looking south, whereas the previous graphic was looking north. The difference here is that this This part of the street between Anchor and Bay is actually slightly narrower than our study area. So the street that we're looking at here from curb to curb is 40 feet. We've got an eight foot parking lane. and five foot bike lanes. proposed concept that I just went over would actually widen out that parking lane to give vehicles and trucks a little bit more space and widen out those bike lanes as well to give cyclists more space. Next slide, please. So our second near term concept, again, repurposes the center lane. And this time would create a two-way bikeway. on the water side of the street. So this could be beneficial in that some cyclists would feel more comfortable riding in a facility like this. It would also create A nice big buffer between the pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. and the vehicles in the roadway where currently there really isn't any There would need to be some routing considerations for this concept. So cyclists who are traveling southbound would have to go from one side of the road to the other, and then back to the first side of the road as they're traveling through this area, so there would be extra considerations around that. Next slide, please. So these near-term concepts, the repurposing of the center lane provides a really great opportunity to put in some pedestrian improvements. And that would be in the form of crosswalks and three locations along the corridor. Like I said, currently in our study area, once you go south of Princess Street, there really isn't any formal way to cross the street for quite a while. But this would allow for crosswalks to be created first at the proposed loading zone at the Trident. Another at the sea lion statue and then a third at second and Richardson Street All of these crosswalks would have flashing beacons and bulb outs to improve pedestrian visibility and to excuse me, to shorten crossing distances, and they would all have adequate sight lines as well. Next slide, please. So next we'll talk about some long-term bikeway options. And these provide the opportunity to keep the center lane, but like any other concept, they come with tradeoffs. So the first one would essentially bump out the sidewalk, build a seawall and build a two-way cycle track up on the sidewalk at that sidewalk level. Um, this is, I mean, this is really an all ages and abilities facility. Um, cyclists would be completely out of the way. of vehicles on a, you know, vertically offset from vehicles as well. So this would be the most comfortable facility for the most riders to use. However, construction of a seawall would be quite costly and really make this a longer-term project. Similar to the last concept I just talked about, this would also have considerations for transition. So how do you get those cyclists from one side of the road to the other safely? And then the fact that the center lane would be retained would preclude mid-block crosswalks, and I'll talk a bit about that shortly. Next slide, please. So then our second long-term concept would again, build a seawall this time, we would bump out the curb to be able to retain that center lane, but add street level, um, bike lanes. So this would meet those Bay Trail standards. It would create separate space for, um, for cyclists, but again, it would be costly and there would be implications for any mid-block crosswalks. Next slide, please. All right, so next I'll talk about some key considerations that we took into account as we were developing these concepts. Next slide. So first off, emergency access is extremely important. It was, you know, why the center median was created in the first place back in the 60s. And, you know, we need to make sure that there are ways for emergency vehicles to get to where they need to go. Currently, as we've heard multiple times, emergency services does not rely on that center lane since so often it is blocked. Rather, they rely on their lights and sirens to get through. Next slide. by repurposing that center lane And for example, creating bike lanes, this is our near term one concept. We are keeping the roadway the same. So we have heard from the fire department that as long as the curb to curb width of the road stays the same, they'll be able to get through. We're not touching the curb to curb width. We're keeping it the same. and sort of opening up the street. So this way, without that center lane, vehicles can pull over into the bike lanes in the case that an ambulance or a fire truck is coming through. And that vehicle can get to where it needs to go. So we do recognize that the center lane plays an important function in terms of rerouting traffic. If, for example, a fire truck needs to stage in one of those lanes. So in this case... If an ambulance, say, needs to park in a bike lane. there would be implications for the flow of traffic and personnel might be needed to help navigate vehicles around that. Next slide, please. So next, pedestrian crossings. Pedestrian safety is also a big issue, um, And like I said, there are very few crosswalks in the study area, so it would be ideal to have an opportunity to add more. Currently with the existing configuration, a crosswalk would be risky for pedestrians. So as I've mentioned, people currently will use that center lane as an informal, pedestrian refuge while they're crossing. And this is quite risky given that it is an active travel lane. Vehicles are allowed to travel up to 200 feet in that lane. as well as with trucks and other vehicles parked, they could be blocked from drivers. So we would not advise adding a crosswalk under current conditions. Next slide. So one way that we could see that safely happening is if... physical concrete medians were put refuge medians were put into that center lane to provide an actual dedicated place for pedestrians to pause while they're crossing the street. That would work. However, that would interrupt any of the emergency access or turning functions that this section of the street is currently serving. Next slide. So we really do recommend for the safest mid-block crossing alternative would be to repurpose that center lane. and build crosswalks with flashing beacons and with to be able to improve that visibility. and have pedestrians safely get across the road mid-block. you Next slide. So I presented a number of concepts in terms of loading and bike lanes, and these were not the only concepts that we thought of. We thought of a big long list, and then we developed the ones that made the most sense. And we did this based on a few criteria. Um, So first off meeting the Bay Trail standards, um, was very important since this grant funding was coming. to build a portion of the Bay Trail, we needed to meet those standards. Now in an ideal situation, the Bay Trail standards are an 18 foot path that is fully separated from motor vehicles. In constrained settings, which is what we see here, six foot on street bike lanes are allowed. So that's what we were aiming for. We also wanted to make sure that any concept we were putting forward met basic design standards and really focused on safety. So we didn't want anything that would decrease safety. And then of course, parking is super important here. So we wanted to make sure that we could preserve as much parking as possible. So some of the other ideas that we considered were, for example, narrowing the parking lane. removing the parking lane altogether or narrowing the center turn lane. And these, you know, for one reason or another, either didn't meet the standards or would have made safety or had serious safety implications or just would have been reduced parking too much. So based on all of those factors, we moved forward with the concepts that I've just presented. Next slide. And then lastly, we wanted to make sure that we did a lot of outreach. As today shows, this is a very important topic. People have a lot of feelings about it and a lot of... and we wanted to make sure that we were taking those into account. So this is a picture of a presentation to the business exchange that was done just a week or so ago. You can see in this picture actually a couple of those trucks parked in the center lane that I was talking about earlier. Next slide. And then this is just a slide showing all of the other outreach opportunities we had during the project. So we talked with, fire and police quite a bit, as well as sustainability, business owners, and then made sure that the public could get involved through PBAC and through this meeting today. So next slide. I'm going to turn things back over to David to talk about recommendations and next steps. |
| 00:53:20.39 | C.G. Ware | Thank you. |
| 00:53:20.41 | David Parisi | you. |
| 00:53:20.63 | C.G. Ware | Thank you. |
| 00:53:25.45 | David Parisi | Thank you, Jen. Next slide, please. |
| 00:53:31.80 | David Parisi | So we're looking at several things we've, besides looking at and seeing if bike lanes could work, We determined they could. And they could actually provide a lot of other safety benefits, not just for cyclists, but for pedestrians. or motorists in for delivery vehicles. We developed a recommended plan, which is part of our scope of work. I'll take you through that real quickly in a second. It does include the six foot wide directional bike lanes in each side of the street, as well as the pedestrian improvements that Jen mentioned. It would require the curbside management aspects, right? Making Making some flexible parking spaces for deliveries during the morning, early afternoon, and letting those come back to parking in the later part of the day. We also believe that a partial or a full segment pilot test could be implemented. We've done this many times on projects throughout Marin and the Bay Area, and I'm happy to talk more about that later. There's been some confusion on the costs. The cost of the improvements is around $600,000, which would include a micro seal of the street. So it'd be micro sealing the street. doing some limited dig outs, which is where some pavement has failed a bit. doing all the signing and striping and the pedestrian improvements as well. The $2.6 million figure is actually repaving the whole street. Falling apart. Either way, at some point, lots of it needs to be repaved. So down the line, that should be done at some point in time. So we came up with a cost estimate for that as well. Next slide. We also developed a conceptual plan of the improvements. This is all available on the city's website. It includes three sheets with two or one panel on each street to scale. It starts in the top left at Princess. It shows retention of the parklets. It also shows in yellow where the loading zones could be. Again, they could be tested. shrunk if necessary over time. the cross-section of the street, is wider, as Jen mentioned, than the street is between Anchor and Princess, where that's 40 feet, we have 42 feet. which allows wider loading zones and wider parking than is on that two block section currently. You see the crosswalk that is shown? with a potential bulb out. right near the Trident that's showing twice because there's a match line on the plan. So it's shown on the upper right and the lower left. Next slide, please. This continues down the street, around the curve, but Sea Lion, where a crosswalk could also be provided that has really good sight lines from both directions. and then around the curve at Richardson. as well. And the next slide shows the path going up Richardson and tying into the southbound bike lane that already exists a couple hundred feet to the south of Richardson and 2nd with a crosswalk by Golden Gate Market. With adequate sight lines, this has been looked at very carefully to make sure this would work with, again, rapid flashing beacons and high visibility crosswalk. So that's, that's the plan we developed, but I do want to take back to what, come back to what I said earlier in the presentation today. our mission, our contract was explicitly to look at potentially getting bike lanes in a follow Bay Trail standards. And we took that seriously. And we determined through the analysis that we did that, We're very confident. that It could provide a lot of benefits, again, not just for cyclists, but for all the modes. And that there, yes, there's some drawbacks. We talked about those today, but those are not insurmountable. Nonetheless, the street has evolved for 60 years. It's where it's at right now. Sometimes change like that, taking it back to what we think it should be and if we had a blank blank slate probably what we do with the street may be difficult to do may be tough to do right away so we've come up with some potential incremental ideas for council's consideration again this none of this was in our scope of work so these are high conceptual ideas just for consideration and discussion. Next slide, please. And again, our intent is to enhance safety. There's a lot of crashes on this corridor. We're actually seeing an uptick in the last two years of bike and pedestrian collisions as well. And it's real, it's a real thing that we're concerned about. Next slide, please. So some of these ideas that I'm gonna share with you again, possibly would not be able to use the grant. but it's something that could be considered incremented for implementation. over time. We strongly believe that the center left turn lane should not be used for parking. It's an illegal use. It is causing safety issues. There's... At any time of day, many times a day, you'll find cars out there with a driver in it, trucks without drivers, delivery person going back and forth across the street. And as Jen showed, there's a high correlation with where the crashes are occurring in the use of this lane. So, We think curbside management And, should be installed. It doesn't mean, The lane needs to go away. It just should be enforced and not allowed for use for parking and deliveries. Next slide, please. Doing that would allow what Jen showed earlier, pedestrian crossings. at two, three, or even four locations. And as we showed you earlier, this could be with raised pedestrian refuge islands, with flashing beacons. You can see that we've restriped how the lane could look conceptually there with two solid lines on each side and diagonal lines through it. It could look a lot different. Doesn't need to look like that. It could be more beautiful. But. This does mean vehicles will not be able to travel through the crosswalks. which we think is a benefit. if crosswalks are provided. Next slide, please. Something that could also be considered in this package are things such as, again, this does not benefit bikes whatsoever. little bit, maybe, but not, it doesn't provide separation. And we're seeing a lot of bike crashes, but perhaps, uh, use of green sharrows or shared lane use arrows throughout the corridor. The striping is quite old. There's places on this segment and other parts of Sausalito where you have these old botts dots instead of the thermoplastic stripes, which are much more visible. That could be considered as well. And then finally, the council recently approved reducing speed limits specific streets in town because of safety reasons. And this is one of them. And I believe this is going to happen this summer, where the speed limits can be reduced to 20 miles an hour. So there's a package that could be combined with everything else I just mentioned. All right, next slide, please. We also have a couple of thoughts in our head about some hybrid ideas. Jen showed this photo looking south again this is between anchor and princess it's. more or less the street that we're recommending. It's a little narrower, actually. Like I said before, it's only 40 feet wide. Loading zones even narrower than what we're recommending that bike lanes are as well. but one idea would be to carry this through further south. as a hybrid project or a pilot project, but maybe not all the way down the Richardson. Maybe halfway, maybe past loading zones, past the Trident. OK? The issue here though is it's really difficult to end a bike lane into mixed flow traffic in the middle of a street. So that would be a huge challenge. Not impossible. That is, you know, something that would need to be considered. And then we had one. idea that I wanted to run by you, which we just thought of. Again, does not meet the purpose of our contract. or the grant. but it's something that could be considered all the time. Show it on the next slide. The idea, and this is looking north, of using that 42 feet of space. And from the water side in, providing a really wide bike lane where people could ride two abreast, perhaps, That's buffered. Traffic lanes. In each direction. And a parking lane against the curb that could be up to nine feet wide. And why are we bringing this up? Because 70%, about 70% of bike traffic is northbound. on this segment. Most of the northbound bike traffic rides slower the southbound traffic. Most of the northbound congestion occurs because they're behind cars. So this is a possibility of addressing many of these same issues. Would it provide a bikeway in both directions? No. Um, It would definitely require repurposing of the median lane, which we think is important. Um, but again, it's just another idea. we wanted to throw out there. I'm not sure if you're going to potential consideration. Again, we haven't developed any of these. We've stuck to our scope of work. We've done an exhaustive safety analysis But. if there was other consideration to be out there We wanted to let you know some thinking. So with that, I think we are wrapping up our presentation. And I'd love to turn it back to our Next speaker. Thank you. |
| 01:03:01.13 | Steven Woodside | Thank you, David and Jen. This is at least the third time I've seen this presentation. And it is remarkably improved today from the last time I saw it. And so I really appreciate the investment of effort to make sure we have all of the facts available. |
| 01:03:19.15 | Jill Hoffman | Mayor, this says questions. Are we asking questions at this point? |
| 01:03:23.62 | Steven Woodside | I'm going to turn it over. So, Kev, I don't know what the staff has in mind. Are we going to hear from WRT next? |
| 01:03:30.02 | Kevin McGowan | Yes, Madam Mayor, we have WRT, and then I have a couple slides just to close everything up. |
| 01:03:35.92 | Steven Woodside | So, It's up to the Council. Would you like to ask questions now or wait until we hear all of the presentations? Okay. All right. We'll hear it all through. Thank you. |
| 01:03:46.08 | Kevin McGowan | Thank you. Thank you, Jen, and thank you, David, for that presentation. There's another component that our consultant did mention, which has to do with the seawall. And we have, I just want to thank Katie Garcia-Tho for being in the audience today. She is our sustainability coordinator. I don't want to step on her toes at all, but she's taken a big step into moving forward with the sea level rise adaptation study. And we have a consultant who's been helping us with that adaptation study, WRT. Now, their main lead person isn't here today, John Gibbs, but Meg Archerson is here, and she's going to do a little study, not a study, a presentation. We have a whole lot of slides in the packet for you, and just based off of everybody in the room, I think we ought to move those forward fairly quickly. So Meg's going to kind of talk about a few things that they studied, and hopefully we'll make that presentation rather short. |
| 01:04:47.98 | Meg Ackerson | Thank you, Kevin. Thank you, counsel. I'll do my best to work through quickly here. My name is Meg Ackerson. I'm at ARIP. I'm a licensed civil engineer focused on coastal resilience and sea level rise adaptation here in the Bay Area. I'm part of the WRT-led consultant team working on your shoreline adaptation plan. That plan is looking at the entire shoreline of Sausalito. And as part of some of our work, we've been helping you look a bit more closely at sea level rise vulnerabilities and adaptation solutions. along this bridgeway, southern promenade area. John and I presented to the Sustainability Commission back in January. And today we're sharing a very similar presentation, but I'm going to move very quickly through it and keep it to about 10 minutes if I can. We want to remind council and the public that our charge is to look at climate related issues and not transportation, which is what much of today's conversation is about. We've incorporated goals to provide more space for mobility without getting too specific on what that looks like. So let's walk through our findings. Could we do next slide, please? have an agenda, I'm going to skip through most of the introduction and focus on the existing conditions, vulnerability overview, and some of the adaptation opportunities there. So if we could go through next slide, next slide, go maybe three more forward to the next kind of title slide. One more, please. Great. Okay. So, and if we could do one more, we'll talk about the existing conditions and vulnerabilities. So here's one photo looking at northwards. We know that this corridor is an important place for businesses, for residents, for visitors alike. all of which we see in this photo is exposed to coastal hazards, sea level rise, wave run up and overtopping. It's the sidewalks exposed, it's the roads, and it's the buildings as well. It's also what we don't see. It's extensive critical infrastructure following the road. It's our sewer mains, water mains, electrical fiber that are all kind of key to this corridor here as well. And in the longterm, this road does need to be protected. You could go next slide. The team really wanted to understand everything that's along this corridor and what's happening here between access to the water, the businesses, what the views are and how it what kind of sidewalks mobility, what the look and feel of it all here. We go to the next slide, please. All of this work is part of a much larger study. You could see all of Sausalito's shoreline here. The impacts along the Bridgeway corridor in the southern area of Sausalito aren't unique. It's really smart that the city is considering and thinking about sea level rise and as it's contemplating other improvements along the road. If we go to the next slide, please. Someone's focused now zooming in on that bridgeway promenade and sea level rise vulnerabilities here. the road, critical infrastructure, everything going on here is at risk starting in the mid-century time horizon in a more permanent way. that's, said, we're seeing impacts from severe storms today. We could see on the right an image from some of the winter storms from a few years ago, 2022-2023 winter. where we see waves overtopping and passing cars at the same time. Next slide, please. So I'm going to walk through a bit of the design height height guidance developed by the team and walk through this diagram. On the right side here, we see different sea level rise projections in addition to today's water level in blue. It's showing the design height for a protective measure that considers both sea level rise and storm. Um, and I'd like to mention that bridgeway slopes, so the height needed. is a little bit less towards the Princess Street end on the northern end of this section. That said, we need about two to three feet of protection in about 20, 25 years for that mid-century. century option and then by the end of century and another 75 years we're looking at four to five feet. Next slide please. The WRT team observed a couple character changes along the road. Lots of businesses located on the northern end. in the center section focused on residential and more towards the southern end, we have Tiffany Park and more Park area where you could really soak in the views. There are also two wharf building scomas in the trident that are attached to the shoreline and would need to be considered in any kind of shoreline treatment, sea level rise adaptation. If you go to the next slide, please. I'm going to talk a little bit about some of these treatment options and for addressing silverized adaptation. So let's go to the next slide. We defined some reasonable considerations for our work, and I think the main one I'd like to highlight here Um, is that we did not take a position on the center median or bike lanes. and that Our adaptation responses are accommodating of all of the options explored by the parametrics team. We go to the next slide, please. One thing we've heard quite clearly from the community and our engagement work on this project is how proud we are all about this waterfront. It's really world-class waterfront. And since our work is, what I'm presenting today is representing a fairly simple engineered solution and quite simple diagrams. We'd want to just acknowledge and reinforce here that there's an ability to add design elements, incorporate elegance, incorporate placekeeping and keep that and enhance that world front world class waterfront appeal. And there are lots of examples we go to the next slide as well that that many of you know. Next slide. So this sidewalk seating exhibit became an important part of our exploration. We sat down at the sidewalk cafe and imagine the protective walls needed for future sea level rise. What changes with that view? How do we take in the skyline differently with a wall? And so at one to two feet, you could see here, Um, no problem, like covering a little bit of the water, but not much of the view by three feet. You could still see the SF shoreline, but beyond four feet, the character is really changing. Um, and as you'll see in the alternatives, there's options to elevate the roadway and sidewalk. to prevent that difference being so great between a wall and being able to see out. If we go to the next slide, please. So this is an overview of the adaptation options explored so far. There's three categories for option zero. This is that mid-century approach. We're looking at a little less than a foot of sea level rise at this point. Um, options one and options two are both looking at a more long-term solution with a more robust seawall, um, and have a couple of different iterations between them. It's too much for today's meeting. Um, so I'm not going to go into all of the detail and I'm going to keep it at a relatively high level, um, just to be able to move quickly through it. But I think that at a high level, there kind of near term solution and then something more robust for long term. If we go to the next slide, please. It's about the existing conditions kind of zooming out from just the roadway itself into the shoreline and what's happening offshore. And a reminder that it's not just the roads that are exposed to coastal flooding, it's also the buildings. You can kind of see that line extending all the way across the road. And so these alternatives are exploring shoreline protections that protect not just the road, but everything inland And some of these options include raising the road in buildings and improving stormwater capture as well as part of this. You go to the next slide, please. This is where we start to get into a few of the options and what those cross sections look like. Here is our mid-century approach, which is a low wall incorporated to the sidewalk. It's keeping the cross-section width the same. It's not going to be, you know, in this configuration, an Army Corps certified structure, it won't reduce FEMA floodplains, But it'll have some appeal because of its low cost. It does offer some protection and buys you time. Ultimately though, it is a stranded asset and something more robust will have to be developed by the end of the century. Something more robust like a seawall if we go to the next slide please. So, These long term alternatives in the cross sections are showing the bike lanes in different locations, class two, class four cycle tracks. But again, we defer to the transportation study on this. If we could go to the next slide, please. and one more, these are all option one, which focus on widening Um, the roadway and sidewalk to create a bit more space. If we go to the next slide, and one more after that. These are now going into option two and different iterations on that, which incorporate a cantilever structure. So a bit of a sidewalk leading out over the water. where we've put kind of a cross section of people out on there. So we can go to the next slide, please. All of these long-term locations do assume a widening of that right-of-way. It's not required, but seems to make some kind of sense if exploring an investment like this, to also improve that world-class feel of this section of bridgeway and accommodate multimodal transportation. Next slide, please. I believe that's the final one showing kind of a separated boardwalk as an example. Let's go next slide, please. Really flying through these. Here's some examples of how we make a concrete seawall a little bit more cohesive with the natural environment and maybe prettier for people to look at as well. It's called Greening the Gray. This had huge support from the Sustainability Commission. There are methods available to encourage aquatic life, thrive on and with structures and concert with them. This can be anywhere from tide pools or incorporating reef balls offshore. There's a lot of different ways to do that that can be explored. Next slide. There's also options for adjustable flood protection and kind of temporary stopgap measures that can be deployed. These can go in gaps along a seawall or on top of a structure. This does require human effort to deploy during a time that may be busy for staff in responding to a major coastal storm. Individual business owners can also employ deployable barriers like this during storms. Kind of that bottom middle image is an example. Next slide, please. I'm going to keep the implementation strategy at a really high level as well. Go to the next slide. We looked at different ways on how to plan and fund the work and address kind of all of these competing tradeoffs between multimodal transportation, sea level rise protection. ecological opportunities, how do you weigh all of that in these options? So I'm going to go to the next slide, which shows one of those bottom line values of rough order of magnitude cost estimates for these different treatment plans. And so. That option zero that I shared earlier focused on that mid-century, really low, kind of more of a robust sidewalk with a lip on it. It offers the least of protection and is in that $2.5 million kind of dollar range. for longer term protection, whether you're looking at options one or two with that elevated |
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| 01:18:13.69 | Meg Ackerson | kind of cantilever structure out over the water or raising the road and sidewalk with a wall. While widening the right of way, all of these are on the order of $100 million or more for something more robust. And so all of this is quite substantial and somewhat necessary for protecting the assets. |
| 01:18:38.47 | Steven Woodside | Once again, if you would like to chat, perhaps you could step outside. so that everybody can hear the presenter, I would appreciate it. |
| 01:18:46.48 | Meg Ackerson | Thank you. And these offer, you know, the best long term protection, looking at that again, 70 or so years out from now. We go to the next slide, please. This is some of the background on that costing. It followed kind of cost standard to develop them. plus accuracy plus or minus 50%. Again, this order of magnitude and it's really purpose is to be able to compare options. at this level and be able to kind of guide, give decision makers the information they need in terms of an order of magnitude. Next slide, please. And next slide, thank you. And here's kind of draft recommendation to council to continue exploring designs for long-term sea level rise adaptation. and after discussion, you know, I think the committee may recommend approaches that prioritize all these different trade-offs that you're considering as part of this, so thank you very much. Thank you so much. |
| 01:20:01.46 | Kevin McGowan | All right, thank you, council. Just a couple more slides, which I'm hoping that we can bring up very quickly. Sorry, be short. Sorry. A couple more folks to recognize while she's bringing this up. We have Chief Gregory, who is here in the room this evening, our police chief. Thank you for being here. Chief Tubbs from Southern Marine Fire is also here as well. So very important topic this afternoon. Okay, next slide. Thank you. So we have seen a presentation from Parametrics regarding the analysis of the original application, which noted advantages and disadvantages with the original application to reconfigure the lanes on this section of Bridgeway to include dedicated bike facilities. Parametrics examined multiple alternatives and presented these to the council. Next slide. Staff submitted an application in 2022 for one Bay Area grant cycle three, OBAG three, Funding to support the construction of the original concept at that time a rough estimate was developed to included a micro seal of the roadway Restriping and the installation of a mid block crossing at Golden Gate market The construction did not include additional mid-block crossings or the construction of new delivery pullouts at the Trident, which was kind of a long-term alternative. However, signage and modifications to the curb side management plan and loading and unloading for deliveries can be accommodated with that option. I do want to mention and acknowledge that the full Thank you. The full limit of the work is not necessarily the limit of the median. The median goes from just south of Princess to a little bit south of Tiffany Park, while the entire limit goes all the way up towards the Golden Gate Market. So just to acknowledge that. Next slide. And thank you for your patience. |
| 01:22:04.14 | Kevin McGowan | Next slide. Oh, no, way too far. There we go. That's the right one. Parametrics identified a long-term solution, which included adding a pullout in the front of the Trident that could be modified to create a delivery and drop-off area. In addition, the city... could add mid-block crossings to the original concept. However, the limited OBAG III funding at this time would not cover that cost. Now, you may ask why the high cost for a pullout area? Well, it's right next to the bay, and you're going to need sheet piles and some other things in order to protect the area. So it needs a pretty substantial wall. Next slide, please. We go. Parametrics also developed an estimate for fully reconstructing the roadway. This includes the removal of the center concrete median, and that means physically taking the whole thing out, and fully resurfacing the roadway. This cost far exceeds the original estimate and because it includes all these additional elements. Next slide, please. looking at these collectively, just kind of looking at costs. The original application included a micro seal curb management to address deliveries. Parametrics noted an impact of nine parking spaces could need to be modified to provide delivery parking for parking each day. If in the future more deliveries and drop off areas are needed, Parametrics provided a concept and estimate to construct an area in front of the Trident in order to achieve a drop-off area and a delivery parking area. Paramedics looked at other alternatives, such as reconstructing the entire roadway. This alternative is significantly higher in cost compared to the original application. Next slide. We also had a presentation from WRT. and Arup, which identified this area of Sausalito as being susceptible to impacts from sea level rise. Their presentation showed some graphics, noting that in 2050, A 100-year storm event and wave run-up could impact this section of roadway. Next slide. There we go. All right. And that brings us to the bring us back to the council. So thank you very much, everyone, for your patience today, including those in the audience and the council for taking this item on. Really appreciate it. Staff is looking for direction regarding acceptance of the OBAG 3 funding for the construction of the noted project. If your council wants to proceed with the original concept and accept the construction funding, staff council would need to adopt a resolution of support for the grant. That concludes my presentation, and thank you again, everybody in the room. |
| 01:25:00.08 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 01:25:00.31 | Kevin McGowan | Thank you. |
| 01:25:00.92 | Steven Woodside | Director McGowan. All right, I'm going to open it up to council questions. um following council questions we will take a five minute break for a purpose of personal convenience before we resume we open public comment so who has questions Go ahead. Vice Mayor Woodside. |
| 01:25:22.35 | Steven Woodside | These are for David or Jen, and I really have just a couple of questions regarding what you called incremental recommendations. These are not part of the original robust body of your work. These you added recently. |
| 01:25:47.11 | Steven Woodside | Okay. Can you hear me now? |
| 01:25:48.83 | Mark Palmer | Yes. |
| 01:25:51.07 | Steven Woodside | So my questions are pertain to what you call incremental improvements that I don't think were part of your original robust report, but you mentioned them today and I just have a couple questions. Sure. Number one has to do with the center lane not used for parking or loading. That's a recommendation that you would make for safety reasons. |
| 01:26:16.02 | David Parisi | Yes, absolutely. |
| 01:26:17.05 | Steven Woodside | And can you explain in a little bit more detail what the problems are that you |
| 01:26:22.82 | David Parisi | Yes, for sure. There are several problems with that center turn lane. Number one is striped as a two-way left turn lane. So not only, I'll talk about the non-loading and parking elements of it first. There are pedestrians crossing through there with a false sense of security. As Jen mentioned, there could be a truck right in front of them and another car coming by. I would hate to see that happen in the future. They step out and get hit. Motorists pass cyclists using that lane as well. That's illegal and if there's somebody in that lane, that's very dangerous. But more to the point about the loading and unloading. At any time we can see two, three, up to four vehicles in that center lane. It's only 10 feet wide. It's actually less than it. It's supposed to be per standard. It's supposed to be 11 foot wide just for turning, but it's being used by large trucks for loading and unloading. There's a lot of, if you recall Jen's diagram earlier, we do see a correlation. Half the collisions on Bridgeway occur within that area. A lot of them are the side swipe where everything is choked down quite a bit. Also the delivery workers themselves have to cross the traffic twice. When they go from the truck to the curb and back. So we're absolutely recommending that the the lane of two way left turn lane, which is supposed to be used for making left turns and driving up to 200 feet is prohibited from from parking. And that could be done by a lot of different ways through stripes, through signing, through some low curbs and of course through enforcement. |
| 01:28:07.15 | Steven Woodside | That would not necessarily require elimination of a middle lane. Thank you. |
| 01:28:11.86 | David Parisi | to work. |
| 01:28:11.93 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 01:28:12.03 | David Parisi | Act. |
| 01:28:12.62 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 01:28:12.71 | David Parisi | Thank you. |
| 01:28:13.45 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 01:28:13.47 | David Parisi | Correct. Okay. In fact, if the middle lane was retained, except for loading, unloading in those crosswalk areas, there'd be the ability to do raised median islands. Within that area. |
| 01:28:27.66 | Steven Woodside | Okay, and that brings me to a question about raised median islands. Is it your view that you really shouldn't have a crosswalk in that vicinity where there is a median without having a raised portion of the median for the crosswalk? Or would it be possible to using the flashing beacons to cross, in effect, three lanes at one time? |
| 01:28:52.18 | David Parisi | We would not recommend that because under current conditions, it's an active two way left turn lane. So cars can park right up to a potential crosswalk, cars could drive. through a crosswalk. So for mid-block crosswalks, which these would be, not an intersection, for mid-block crosswalks, we'd highly recommend, again, refuge areas and there's, if there's, again, if the middle lane is retained. |
| 01:29:18.20 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 01:29:18.48 | David Parisi | So, |
| 01:29:18.97 | Steven Woodside | Your understanding, my understanding of the crosswalk laws in California are that when there's a pedestrian in the crosswalk one must stop. Correct? |
| 01:29:34.89 | David Parisi | Correct. One is supposed to be |
| 01:29:38.77 | Steven Woodside | I'm just asking the question. I appreciate us hearing the answer. Thank you. |
| 01:29:42.72 | David Parisi | Yeah. |
| 01:29:42.80 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 01:29:43.12 | David Parisi | That's my understanding of law, but the circumstance here would be with an active A crosswalk and a mid block crosswalk through an active two way left turn lane. Vehicles could be driving through there, a vehicle could be uh, parked. in there, and then another car coming by, providing, again, a false sense of security for the pedestrian who's emerging from a triple threat position could get hit. |
| 01:30:06.66 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 01:30:06.68 | David Parisi | I just couldn't recognize it. |
| 01:30:06.70 | Steven Woodside | I just couldn't recognize it. |
| 01:30:07.79 | David Parisi | I'm in a way. |
| 01:30:07.86 | Steven Woodside | I understand why you're not recommending it. I just would ask you whether the person or the driver in the left turn lane would also have to stop if, for example, there was flashing lights and a clear crosswalk. |
| 01:30:08.05 | David Parisi | Thank you. |
| 01:30:21.40 | David Parisi | If they're moving, yes, they would. That's right. They're supposed to stop. |
| 01:30:24.67 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. And then lastly, you mentioned something that your firm recommended to us recently that we adopted, and that is a reduction of speed limits through town on Bridgeway that will take place this summer, correct? Yes. Thank you. No further questions. |
| 01:30:42.27 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Yes. Councilmember Hoffman. |
| 01:30:46.98 | Jill Hoffman | Hi, Mr. Preezy, thank you. I'm going to share my screen, maybe. |
| 01:30:56.21 | Jill Hoffman | I think so. I'm speaking in the microphone now. Walford, I've sent you a request to share my screen. Sure. Thank you. |
| 01:31:06.32 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 01:31:06.37 | Jill Hoffman | You should be. |
| 01:31:06.42 | Walfred Solorzano | You should be. |
| 01:31:06.92 | Jill Hoffman | to the next episode. |
| 01:31:06.97 | Walfred Solorzano | We'll show you yours. |
| 01:31:08.22 | Jill Hoffman | OK. This is, hold on. |
| 01:31:20.00 | Jill Hoffman | Now I've got to figure out what to call on. |
| 01:31:21.44 | Walfred Solorzano | At the bottom, there's a you |
| 01:31:22.84 | Jill Hoffman | Hold on. |
| 01:31:22.85 | Walfred Solorzano | you Screen, share screen. |
| 01:31:28.02 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:31:28.03 | Meg Ackerson | Yeah. Thank you. |
| 01:31:42.92 | Jill Hoffman | I'm I sure. |
| 01:31:43.37 | Walfred Solorzano | Go to slide and start slides. |
| 01:31:43.41 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:31:48.44 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:31:48.45 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:31:48.49 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:31:48.60 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:31:48.77 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:31:49.31 | David Parisi | Once you're doing that, maybe I can add to mine. |
| 01:31:50.07 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:31:50.11 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 01:31:50.19 | Jill Hoffman | There we go. Thank you. |
| 01:31:53.43 | David Parisi | I've smeared my skin. |
| 01:31:53.47 | Jill Hoffman | Okay. Here we go. Okay, so just to level set, this is, I've got this, this is a, This is a picture of Bridgeway from Google Map. And this is just where the arrows are. This is where the median is. You'll agree with me on that one? Yes. You can see the arrows. Because a lot of this, you know, |
| 01:32:13.02 | David Parisi | Yes. |
| 01:32:17.92 | Jill Hoffman | A lot of this is where we're talking about some of the maps and we're expanding out to areas that that don't actually include Um, that don't actually include the median. Yeah, so this is just where the median is. And this is a report that you did, here you are down here, Parisi, in 2018, This is the 2018 Marin County Travel Safety Plan. So I'm gonna look at some maps. And Mr. Taylor, Dr. Taylor has, actually there's several different sources of information that were provided to us by residents. And this is some information that I was, that actually that we discussed this week. So thank you so much for your time. Welcome. And so this is a map that I looked at this week. This is a map that you prepared for the County of Marin that actually, our Department of Public Works, Jonathan Goldman, helped prepare. And so this is these arrows are roughly again the area of Sausalio that included our That includes the center median area. that you prepared. Here's the... This is a fairly benign area though. So this is a collision severity index that you prepared for the county of Marin And here's the severity index down here, which shows collision severity. Maybe. Okay. There you go. I'm telling you, I am so good at this technology stuff. I'm very proud of myself right now. And so here's the collision area right here. This is Anchor and Bay. And this is 2nd and Richardson. But this area along here, you would agree with me. You prepared this map. Fairly benign. Not an area of high collision. You would agree with that. I'm assuming, You prepared the map. |
| 01:34:15.67 | David Parisi | Yeah, I'm happy to walk you through the SSC. |
| 01:34:18.59 | Jill Hoffman | Well, yeah, let me... Let's go to the next. Well, we'll get to it. Uh-oh. How do I get to the next? Okay, how do I get my next line? Oh, here we go. All right, here we go. Now here's a 2024 Marin County local road safety plan. Here you are again, down here, parametrics. You prepared this one too. Um, And here's our friend Warren Wells, Marin County Bicycle Coalition. Mr. Wells also sits as a non-voting member on our bike and ped committee. I wanted to point that out and invite him, because he's invited to participate in our our efforts here in Sausalito. But here's an interesting thing that we also discussed on Thursday. You've expanded this map out. And you've expanded it out to This bay and anchor high collision intersection And you've expanded it out to Richardson and Second Street. Again, I didn't have time to put little arrows. But here's Here's where the arrows would be on Bridgeway, right here. And this is a 2024 map. So we have a 2018 map that you prepared where Bridgeway is fairly benign. But then you've expanded it out in 2024 a few years later, but you've included the bay and anchor, and the Richardson and Second Street And now, this corridor along here, that we're talking about. Roughly, it goes from about here, right after Yitachi Park, to about right here where you turn the turn you start to turn into Richardson II, and now all of a sudden, This is reported in a Marin County report as a high-collision network. And so we discussed that. And here's your report. Here's the accident reports that are listed in this high collision segment. Here's the accidents, two pedestrian, two bicycle, one motorcycle. two vehicles. |
| 01:36:33.66 | Jill Hoffman | That's in the 2024 report. Let's go back and look at the I think it has a date range on it. Nope, then have a date range, but it is a 2024 report. And then here's interesting again. Ah, you can't quite see it. But, This is the map that was presented at the bicycle and ped committee meeting on December 9, 2024. and the date range on that map was Hold on a second, I can't see it because the... Oh, you can say it on the screen. Oh, good. Yeah, so that was 6-30-2024. So you've only got, I think, nine accidents on this map, and that was just in December of 2024. And then for today, you've got this map. And you've got the date range on that of 2022. So we're going back two years and you've got 50. accidents, go back a month, and we only got 15, go back here, we've got six All of a sudden, this is a high-collision corridor when we've decided you've expanded this out to these... High collision. You've included those intersections. And then we go back to 2018, fairly benign. So I'm confused about the progression Love it. the accidents and the claim that this is a high collision network and then And then we have another, and we also talked about this too. We have another. public comment from Dr. Johnson, Jan. and Johnson and our police department that lists the number of accidents along this corridor as 15 in the past 10 years. And so I'm confused about that. |
| 01:38:33.67 | Melissa Mooney | their cl... |
| 01:38:34.47 | Jill Hoffman | THE END OF THE END OF THE |
| 01:38:34.65 | Melissa Mooney | Thank you. |
| 01:38:34.80 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:38:39.31 | Jill Hoffman | That's my question. I'm confused about that. And now here's your chance. |
| 01:38:43.54 | David Parisi | Thank you. |
| 01:38:44.08 | Jill Hoffman | I think it's |
| 01:38:45.45 | David Parisi | I'm very happy to answer that question. I'll start with where we are now. The SWITRS data is the most comprehensive database, as Jen mentioned. It's one we use for specific corridor studies. police records. et cetera, that comes right from the city to the state. It includes not just injury collisions, but all collisions. It's and we've discovered not just 50, but there's been 60 collisions within the 10 years. including just some in the last two years, including I think with four or five bicycle collisions in 2024. But let me step back to the sources that you're talking about here. The first one, which is the Marin Travel Safety Plan, which was, I think, 2016 to 2020. That relied, as Jen mentioned, as I discussed with you the other day, solely on data from TIMSS, which is a subset of the SWITRS database. and it's a subset that only includes some of the, um, injury collisions. Most researchers know this. And what we discovered early on is that TIMS actually is missing a lot of data. from Sausalito. And that's why, and what we presented to the VPAC, We said, oh my gosh, there's a lot of information missing. let's do like we usually do for a specific quarter studies and not for planning level studies quarter wide or county wide. Let's look at the sweaters data cause it's super reliable. It's coming from the city. is coming from emergency service providers and it's accurate. So that's what we are using now. That's what we're relying on. The other map you had, said we've expanded the study area. This study area on this map existed before we even got under contract for this project. and we were able to determine that yes. the second highest area of injuries for the incomplete Tim's data at the time is the stretch of Bridgeway from Bay to 2nd and Richardson. So none of these are really They were relying on the data we had at the time, but the most accurate data and the most important data for what we're doing right now is the SWITR's information. So we, we, we, The data is the data. It came from the city. It's 50. and an additional 10 we just found of collisions for a 10 year period. on the stretch that we're studying right now. |
| 01:41:13.75 | Jill Hoffman | But you would agree that changing out the changing the configuration of the bike lanes versus the center median in this core. Oops, sorry, I didn't mean to do that. in the corridor. notwithstanding Anchor Street, because it didn't have anything to do with Anchor Street, nothing to do with Richardson and Second Street. This corridor here is not going to have anything to do with the high collision In this area, it's not gonna have anything to do with the high collision, actually, at Princess Street because it doesn't have anything to do with Princess Street. and it's not gonna have anything to do with Second and Richardson because there's no center mediator at Second and Richardson. |
| 01:41:51.89 | Unknown | THE END OF |
| 01:41:56.15 | David Parisi | I'd agree. But again, this study was done before we were in our contract for this. It was for a different purpose. It was to identify the starts and ends of high injury patients. you know, roadway segments. |
| 01:42:06.92 | Jill Hoffman | And you had a meeting with the Sausage Police Department and the Southern Marine Fire Department on June 30th of 2023, correct? |
| 01:42:18.50 | David Parisi | Not sure about the date, but. |
| 01:42:20.56 | Jill Hoffman | Sometime in 2023? Yes. |
| 01:42:22.18 | David Parisi | Mm-hmm. |
| 01:42:22.51 | Jill Hoffman | And do you recall that there was a memo of that meeting? |
| 01:42:25.50 | David Parisi | I do recall, yes. |
| 01:42:26.90 | Jill Hoffman | Do you know or understand why that memo Well. Do you recall that at that meeting, sorry, do you recall that at that meeting the police the police department's input was that there would be regulating The police department's recommendation was to retain the center median. |
| 01:42:52.55 | David Parisi | I don't recall that. I do recall the police department was concerned, as Jen mentioned, And as Kevin has mentioned, that if there's an incident, they would have to you know, they'd have to direct traffic around just like on East Blightdale or Magnolia Avenue or Corte Madere Avenue, which is, which is common. And these streets have three times more traffic, but they'd have to maneuver traffic around. But I do not recall anything about any opposition to removing The median. |
| 01:43:21.91 | Jill Hoffman | As part of your report, did you do any traffic counts |
| 01:43:26.10 | David Parisi | You know, our report was very limited However, We did prepare the circulation element for the city. And we prepared a study a number of years ago looking at the whole Alexander II and Richardson corridor We do know that traffic volumes, current traffic volumes, are lower than they've been in 10 years. So what we did cite was the higher volumes of about 10 years ago. which I have right here if you want me to walk through those. |
| 01:43:53.82 | Jill Hoffman | No, that's fine. Did you do any studies on how the reconfiguration will affect traffic congestion? |
| 01:44:00.71 | David Parisi | Well, we looked at the, again, the traffic numbers from 10 years ago. And yes, we did some traffic assessments with the traffic engineers in house to determine what would happen? We do know. for instance, and this is important, northbound traffic. You know, summer traffic, on this street is about 7,200 At the peak was about 7,200 cars a day. Springtime at about 6,700 cars a day. peak hour traffic. in the summer. The peak of traffic is about 700 cars today, which is about between seven and one. in the afternoon. Um, During that same time, There's about 400 of those cars are going northbound and 300 southbound. and that the summer... peak of bikes and Five to 600 bikes. So about 50% more bikes. The bikes, from our observations, are causing a lot of congestion because the cars are behind the bikes. So the provision of separated bike lanes certainly would improve day-to-day traffic flow on the corridor. So that was the assessment that we came up with looking at the numbers and talking with the traffic engineers internally about this. |
| 01:45:21.49 | Jill Hoffman | but, So your assumption is that they're going to stay in the bike lanes? |
| 01:45:28.41 | David Parisi | That dice looks like a... |
| 01:45:33.51 | David Parisi | You know, my assumption is with a Bay Trail standard bike lane six feet wide, which is wider than any bike lane in Sausalito, the slow cyclists will. My assumption is that the Peloton cyclists that are coming through on a 20 mile an hour roadway are gonna take the lane. They certainly are. Right. And they, well, they slowed. Yeah. So. |
| 01:45:50.87 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:45:52.30 | Jill Hoffman | And so did you do any sort of study on whether or not the reconfiguration and the removal of the center median is going to affect either increase or decrease emergency vehicle response times. |
| 01:46:11.15 | David Parisi | We did some research looking at roadways before and after bike lanes. And every case with the bike lanes, it improves emergency response times. We talked to the fire department, who And they're here tonight. or this afternoon. stated. and he can, if I misquote him, he can tell me, As long as we have the same amount of curb space, right and the vehicles can go into the bike lanes. Um, And the fact that they use their sirens and Um, horns. they can navigate and just find a, So that was. |
| 01:46:52.01 | Jill Hoffman | Other than, but specifically other than anecdotal evidence from your general knowledge of inserting bike lanes, the specific configuration of bridgeway, and removal of the center median, and the way that it's used, and insertion of a two-way traffic system with no ability for cars to pass each other along a street with no side streets and no other outlets and no ability to pass each other. Have you done any study specific to this stretch, that This reconfiguration will either increase or decrease emergency response times. from what you told me, In our previous conversation, the answer is no, you have not done that study. |
| 01:47:46.75 | David Parisi | So in our scope of work, what we did do is we looked at, as I mentioned earlier, some before and after studies, and Jen can talk more about those. We also compared it to other streets throughout Marin, frankly, other streets that have three times the traffic volume in our just two lanes. And we also did depend on the fire department's response. They are the experts. So we take that with high value. |
| 01:48:12.82 | Jill Hoffman | So the answer to my question is no. |
| 01:48:15.27 | David Parisi | I think, I feel like I'm being deposed here. I think I answered yes. So, you know. |
| 01:48:25.80 | Steven Woodside | All right, I'm really going to ask people not to call out, not to clap, and I would like to recognize that this is a consultant. |
| 01:48:36.36 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:48:36.46 | Steven Woodside | on trial. |
| 01:48:37.97 | Jill Hoffman | Follow-up question then. One of the important aspects of this stretch of roadway is that there are no other outlets. There are no side streets. There are no other ways to exit this stretch of roadway. There are actually few other even driveways. There are some garages, but there's no driveways. There's no other flex, so you're trapped on this roadway. So that's why the center median serves so many purposes and why people are so concerned about taking out that center median |
| 01:49:13.54 | Unknown | So... |
| 01:49:14.25 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah. That's why I like for the I'd like for Mr. easy. To answer my question, I don't think you have done the study. You were asked to do certain things in your scope of work. you didn't do this thing. And this is why I'm asking, you may have looked at other parts of Marin But I don't think you've done it for this stretch of roadway. And I am going to follow up my question to the police chief. |
| 01:49:39.24 | David Parisi | Yeah, please do. And keep in mind that we saw so much parking of unattended vehicles in that center lane so its use for emergency egress is is questionable And the fire chief would say the same thing. |
| 01:49:51.96 | Jill Hoffman | And the fire chief. Thank you. Yeah, thanks. I have no further questions. |
| 01:50:01.07 | Steven Woodside | Okay, thanks. |
| 01:50:03.49 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:50:03.52 | Ian Sobieski | Others? |
| 01:50:07.82 | Ian Sobieski | I guess I'm sure I'll have a couple. Hi, thanks. Good day to you. |
| 01:50:08.85 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 01:50:08.97 | Unknown | THE FAMILY IS NOT ABLE TO |
| 01:50:17.43 | Ian Sobieski | Following up on my colleagues' questions about accident data, you heard the reaction of the crowd. There is simply incredulity about the numbers that are being reported now. the 50, 60 accidents. And then I heard your colleagues say, rule of thumb under your expertise, they're a bunch of unreported accidents. So it's actually more. |
| 01:50:37.86 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:50:38.89 | Ian Sobieski | but, No, that's a genuine feeling. It's actually incredulity. There's a suspicion that maybe there's a hidden agenda. You know, you ramp up numbers on accidents. It makes the case for doing something stronger. What's going on? Why were numbers in December one thing, a year ago another thing? I'd like you to, if you could speak to me, but also speak to the reaction that you heard from members in the community about not believing the numbers. How, how can you, give credibility and credence to the accident numbers that you're reporting today. |
| 01:51:19.14 | David Parisi | That's a great question. So as I mentioned before, the two previous studies that were done countywide were based on information from a database called TIMS. It was a high level study. It didn't include all collisions. In fact, it was really the collisions that were included in the database were just those that involve some sort of injury. We, And that was used for a countywide studies for all cities and towns to look at injury collisions throughout the county. What we determined right after Oh, your microphone is. |
| 01:51:53.11 | Ian Sobieski | I think he may have turned it off. |
| 01:51:55.61 | David Parisi | you |
| 01:51:55.62 | Ian Sobieski | when I |
| 01:51:56.13 | David Parisi | Okay. Well, we determined right after we met with a P back, there was some questions that people were saying, these numbers aren't lining up. We think there was more collisions and more injuries. And so we said, let's look at a more reliable data source. And by the way, doing the safety analysis was not the scope of work. We decided to do it anyway. So we went in and looked at the statewide database, the SWITRS database that Jen and I have talked about. And Switters is... Much. much more reliable than the TIMS data. Tim's actually says the Sausalito information is incomplete. So we went to the Switters data and that's usually what we go to for a detailed study of a quarter. And because it provides 10 years of information and provided by all the jurisdictions that may report to it, including the city of Sausalito, CHP, emergency service providers, et cetera. It includes all crashes that are injury or non-injury. And it's not our data. It's from the city, it's from the emergency service providers. So it's exactly what is provided. It's the most reliable information As I mentioned, it's what we use when we're getting to this level of a study, not when we're doing an overall, program for a county, but when we're looking at a roadway from one side to the other, What's the data showing? So it's, it's, It's, uh, it's available. Uh, we may, we said we prepared a memo. We provided that whole information. Uh, the database is accessible. Anybody here that could find it would find the exact same thing with that information. |
| 01:53:32.52 | Ian Sobieski | Okay, thank you. So in your, you know, I can't, I guess, I mean, you're a professional. This is what you do. Your firm has 300 employees. Or something like that? A little over 800. 800 employees. And you're here representing your company. Yeah. |
| 01:53:43.77 | Unknown | Something like that? |
| 01:53:48.97 | Ian Sobieski | of your company's |
| 01:53:49.23 | David Parisi | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 01:53:51.32 | Ian Sobieski | going on record. with your professional integrity to say that to your best professional knowledge in your work of the number of accidents that have occurred on this segment of Bridgeway, the correct number is 60 plus. |
| 01:54:03.55 | David Parisi | Yes. Not only that, keep in mind, this information, like I said, is readily available. Anybody can get it. I would love to sit down with folks here who are questioning it and show where it comes from, how you use it, how you geocode it, what it's telling. But also, I have two licenses. And to retain those licenses, I have to have a lot of it. integrity. I have to be very objective. The civil engineering license and traffic license require that. And so you can count that the data we're using is coming right from Twitter's. And it's very reliable. There's no reason for me to lie. For God's sake. There's a lot of collisions and no one, you know, nobody should be really be questioning that. In fact, the last two years we're seeing, we're seeing a spike again. So. |
| 01:54:36.86 | Ian Sobieski | No. |
| 01:54:37.10 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:54:46.99 | Ian Sobieski | Well, okay. Thank you. You know, so, you know, I didn't even appreciate that. So you're, you're a licensed professional and also you're, you're, it's interesting what you just offered. You're willing to sit down with anyone here and go through the numbers to show them how you got to. Absolutely. |
| 01:55:01.79 | David Parisi | Absolutely. Love to. |
| 01:55:03.61 | Ian Sobieski | Okay. Thank you for that. |
| 01:55:09.58 | Ian Sobieski | Could you pull that? I don't know how easy it is, Mr. City Clerk, to pull up his presentation and go back to the heat map of, |
| 01:55:24.52 | Steven Woodside | Guys, again, I'm going to start to ask people to step out if they're going to continue to to call out. So I really appreciate your indulgence. |
| 01:55:38.02 | Ian Sobieski | I just wanted to, which slide is it that has little dots where all the accidents are? Do we know the heat map and the clusters that you showed? It was... |
| 01:55:52.77 | Ian Sobieski | That's the parking. So those are that's where people are parking. But can you go? So that's where people are parking. |
| 01:55:58.56 | David Parisi | Right here, there you go, go one back. There you go. |
| 01:56:00.77 | Ian Sobieski | So that's where the and that was interesting. We just saw where people are parking. That's the collisions. And then the next thing is that heat graph of where people are parking again. If you can go forward one or forward, I guess the other direction. Don't be it. that was... |
| 01:56:20.05 | Ian Sobieski | No, it's the other direction. Sorry. Yeah, there we go. Thank you. One more, in whatever direction that was. Okay. Well, we saw that. I saw it. Good enough to ask my question. It looks like there is a correlation between the loading and unloading zones and about half of the accidents in that area, in the area of Bridgeway. |
| 01:56:43.31 | David Parisi | Yeah, approximately half of the collisions that have occurred along Bridgeway within where there's a median. have occurred in those loading zone areas where it gets really tight and constrained. |
| 01:56:55.52 | Ian Sobieski | And are those Accidents involving cars, are they bicyclists? Are they pedestrians being hit by cars? Thank you. |
| 01:57:02.56 | David Parisi | Yes, yes, all the above. Yeah, the different color dots show what occurred. And as Jen mentioned earlier, |
| 01:57:02.60 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. |
| 01:57:08.96 | David Parisi | Interestingly enough on this quarter, 40% of the crashes have been attributed to what's called a side swipe. |
| 01:57:16.91 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 01:57:16.94 | David Parisi | where cars are very close to either center lane or or trying to pass a bike. Just swiping up for the side right here. |
| 01:57:23.56 | Ian Sobieski | And then did I hear you reiterate that this has the second highest number of per capita collisions in Sausalito? This stretch of roadway? Yes. |
| 01:57:34.76 | David Parisi | Yes, looking back on an injury basis from the local road safety plan, this is the second highest. The first highest by far, to be real honest, is Bridgeway between Napa and Johnson. And then this is the second. highest rate of injuries per vehicles. |
| 01:57:54.65 | Ian Sobieski | Okay. And then You really I mean, I know that the instigation of this work was this grant around bike lanes, but just say we didn't do bike lanes and say we didn't change the configuration at all. Just kept a median, kept the traffic lanes where they are. What safety recommendations would you recommend to make this place safer? |
| 01:58:19.75 | David Parisi | Thank you. |
| 01:58:19.77 | Ian Sobieski | So I understand the question less of bike lanes, not don't do the bike lanes. Just leave it as is leave the median where it is, leave the traffic lanes where they are. What recommendations, |
| 01:58:28.71 | David Parisi | What? |
| 01:58:30.53 | Ian Sobieski | Is it the sidewalks in the loading zones? What do you recommend? |
| 01:58:33.13 | David Parisi | Yeah, it would definitely be the elimination or the prohibition of loading and parking in the center lane. the redistribution of that to manage curbside lanes. the provision of refuge islands for pedestrians. And by the way, to follow back up on that question, Vice Mayor, another reminder thing that the Rays Islands offer is the ability to put those signs of flashing lights on them and so they're not sitting right flush in the road. that. And then plus some of the additional, Markings, perhaps like the green back sharrows. better striping. on the street. as well. Um, That's, that would be a good start, right? It's definitely not addressing the bike collisions. |
| 01:59:16.60 | Steven Woodside | You forgot the signage that you mentioned earlier for 20 miles an hour. |
| 01:59:19.87 | David Parisi | and the sign is for 20 months, but that's a given, right? So yeah, so. you |
| 01:59:23.35 | Ian Sobieski | Yeah. |
| 01:59:23.60 | David Parisi | Thank you. |
| 01:59:23.98 | Ian Sobieski | So I had one more question for you, and then I want to ask Chief Tubbs a question, so I don't know if the chief is around. But can we put that, you had a picture of the street in front of Vina del Mar Park. Can we pull that up? It was toward the end of his presentation. |
| 01:59:34.15 | Unknown | We've been here. |
| 01:59:40.34 | Ian Sobieski | And while I'm waiting for him to find that slide, sir, what role does increased police citations and enforcement of bicyclists who are breaking the law, motorists that are acting erratically have in improving safety? We've talked about the built environment here, but how much can a priority on better enforcement of our laws, speed limits and otherwise, help mitigate some of the accidents that we're seeing reported here? |
| 02:00:07.95 | David Parisi | I think the chief could probably answer that better than I can because there's such limited Such limited staff. to do that. So, In my profession, if we can design it, work better. and not require as much enforcement, that is a better, better condition. |
| 02:00:25.18 | Ian Sobieski | Okay. |
| 02:00:25.40 | David Parisi | Thank you. |
| 02:00:25.45 | Ian Sobieski | Right. So I'm not sure where that, do you know where this picture is of the roadway in front of being at Omar Park? Can you go back too, please? Okay. So this is intriguing. So this is just a point of reference. It's kind of funny. This is the actual, this is what's being proposed under this grant that actually exists right here. |
| 02:00:46.88 | David Parisi | Yeah. almost exactly except two feet wider. This is 40 feet. |
| 02:00:51.42 | Ian Sobieski | This is too big order. |
| 02:00:53.61 | David Parisi | you |
| 02:00:53.75 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. |
| 02:00:53.85 | David Parisi | Thank you. |
| 02:00:53.97 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. |
| 02:00:53.99 | David Parisi | The current width? occurred to occur between Princess and Richardson is 42 feet. So there'd be the ability to do this. Yeah. wider loading area within that two feet and make the bike lanes a little wider. So here we have, I see a car park there. That's a loading zone. That's about seven and a half feet and a five foot bike lane. |
| 02:01:12.72 | Ian Sobieski | lane, two travel lanes, and then another bike lane. Yes. Do you have any accident data or congestion data or just any data on this little segment? Um, |
| 02:01:23.30 | David Parisi | Thank you. I think Jen looked at something, I believe there was very limited, There were very few collisions mid-block. There was one head-on. Thank you. |
| 02:01:34.69 | Ian Sobieski | week. |
| 02:01:35.01 | David Parisi | Thank you. in the, between the yellow lines. Lines. you |
| 02:01:37.29 | Ian Sobieski | I'm going to ask the chief about this picture too, if Chief Tubbs is here. Thank you. |
| 02:01:40.31 | David Parisi | THE RENCH. |
| 02:01:41.84 | Ian Sobieski | Chief Tubbs here? Hello, Chief. First of all, thank you so much for your service and that in the department, everybody here. Thank you. you |
| 02:01:49.49 | Chief Tubbs | Thank you. |
| 02:01:49.96 | Ian Sobieski | Thanks for being here just to answer a technical question. I don't know anything about traffic management, but do you have any trouble getting through this section of sauce Lido in your experience? |
| 02:01:59.39 | Chief Tubbs | Um, not that I'm aware of it. Let me have my deputy chief of operations come in who speaks with the crews on a regular basis, but we've not, I've not received reports specifically about that. |
| 02:02:11.29 | Matt Barnes | Good afternoon, everybody. Matt Barnes, Deputy Chief Operations, your fire department. I don't believe we have any specific data on if that specific spot has incurred limitations to our emergency response. Um, In general, if the We respond based off of the traffic flow. So if the traffic flow is congested, it takes us longer as, um, would be kind of just a good assumption. With that marking in the center of the road, it does not pose a problem in the fact that if there was car parked on one side, we could go over it as it's plastic and movable. |
| 02:02:56.09 | Ian Sobieski | Okay, but I just meant, I mean, it's a story in the fire department that, boy, you got to watch out for this section because you can sometimes get stuck. |
| 02:03:04.45 | Matt Barnes | No. |
| 02:03:05.26 | Ian Sobieski | Right, and then I just want other question. I have the presumption and I'm still not convinced otherwise that you guys use the emergency median. I mean, I've seen you guys drive down it. Uh, It seems like it's used. And this is critical to the question here, because it is baked into people's presumption And I can see in the energy and the letters that that the bicyclists are going to take away pavement that you need to respond to an accident, and that you're going to be slower. because of these proposals. That's when my die and I just want to know what you, I want you to kind of really address that at a human level, you know, professionally, we've heard from a traffic engineer who's a professional and I can see people saying, well, what does he know? What, how many fires has he fought? So you fight fires, you respond to a bicycle accident, people bleeding in the street. Is the thing we're talking about today, this proposal of doing a section like this that exists in front of Vida and Omar. Is it going to slow you down in your emergency response? |
| 02:04:06.65 | Chief Tubbs | There's two things that affect our response. The first is the physical width of the roadway, which we've talked about very consistently. The reason for that is the wider the roadway, the more options are required. or apparatus have. The other factor that affects our response is human behavior, quite frankly. And so not everyone will pull to the right. We see all sorts of behavior. Sometimes folks stop. Sometimes people pull to the left. And so being able to sort of maybe answer this question, I think, the way that the council and the community wants is very difficult because we can't predict human behavior. So our folks are trained to respond to that. meaning is they're traveling down the roadway, and normally they'll be in the normal route of travel in the lane. If there is an obstacle, they are trained to be constantly scanning for those obstacles and having alternate routes. So if they're going southbound on Bridgeway and the normal lane and there is an obstacle, they will use the center lane. If that is blocked, then they will look at going into the opposing lane. They'll have to slow down and take steps like that. But every response can be uniquely different. I don't know if that answers your question. |
| 02:05:21.49 | Ian Sobieski | It does. So when you, and you're quoted in the staff report is saying that the emergency services have no issue with the change in the configuration in terms of their ability to travel and response time. What you've just said sounds a little bit different than than that. And I just want to it's so critical and I'm sorry to belabor it, but I want to really unpack your professional assessment of this. You respond to fires over in Bordeaux Beach, you don't know about fires, but you know, drownings and whatnot, and you gotta report to the south end of town. There's a video the way around, around lighted boat parade where there's packed cars, right? And so you're seeing what we're talking about. And the question is, you know, The real question is, just as a professional, do you think having this kind of configuration that we're looking at right here, that actually exists in town right there in front of Vena, along that bridgeway section is going to slow you down. And knowing what you know about our town's congestion and usage. |
| 02:06:19.81 | Chief Tubbs | Yeah, again, I'm not trying to be evasive, but the question feels very binary. Yeah. And what I'm trying to say is it depends. Under normal conditions, this roadway as I see it right now, would that have any impact on our emergency response? Clearly no. If there are vehicles stalled in that lane, will that have an effect on our response? Absolutely yes. So the striping, again, the reason that we have this has been a challenging issue for us to sort of answer again, I think the way that the community and the council wants to is, It's all dependent. can't predict human behavior. So striping patterns to us are guidelines for the drivers and the bicyclists and the pedestrians. They don't always follow those rules. And so we have to be able to adjust to that. And so for us, again, the physical roadway with is ultimately what's critical because that gives us the options when people deviate from those guidelines. try and keep our responses timely. |
| 02:07:19.70 | Ian Sobieski | Well, thank you, I just have one more. I mean, I guess just asking about this picture, I have two more, this and one more. you don't, at least on this section, it's short, but you don't find it doesn't sound like this particular point is a place of congestion. So you wouldn't recommend taking out these bike lanes and putting a center median here, I presume. Okay. And then I'll ask you an unfair question because I know you're not a traffic engineer, but just you see what we're talking about and there's a trade off, right? if there are fewer accidents, there's fewer calls. Do you have an opinion about which one of these, the configuration with the median or the configuration with the bike lanes is better from your experience? |
| 02:07:58.12 | Chief Tubbs | No, again, correct. I'm not a traffic engineer. We were asked to assess, based on our experience, the different striping options. That's all we've done. We've not had any sort of an analysis done on modeling. And so I couldn't tell you with definitive comfort about what that impact would be. |
| 02:08:21.29 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you very much, sir. And thanks again for your service in the whole department. |
| 02:08:25.36 | Steven Woodside | I'm going to let each council member ask questions and then I'll go to follow up. So not everyone has even asked questions yet. I understand, but I'm going to go ahead and let Councilmember Blaustein ask questions. |
| 02:08:33.74 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:08:40.44 | Steven Woodside | And then I'll circle back and allow follow-up. You can ask questions of anybody you have questions of. So we're not confining questions to one person. |
| 02:08:56.49 | Jill Hoffman | Okay, thank you very much, and thank you to all the members of the public who are here with us today, and staff and our consultants who have spent a lot of time on this issue. and many of you have been involved from the very beginning. So I'm trying to understand, given the amount of public comment that we've received and just the the direction and will of the community around this, given if we were to keep the, and this is for you, David, sorry. Yeah, is it okay if I just call you David? Sure. |
| 02:09:25.70 | David Parisi | Thank you. I'm sorry. |
| 02:09:26.80 | Jill Hoffman | And could you just speak to the what we could do to and I know that Councilmember Sobieski asked you specifically and you said crosswalks with maintaining the median. I'm not sure. In terms of bicycle safety, what would you recommend to increase bicycle safety while maintaining the median. specifically. |
| 02:09:48.27 | David Parisi | So if the median, was maintained. |
| 02:09:50.61 | Jill Hoffman | Yes. |
| 02:09:51.13 | David Parisi | we'd still recommend that the deliveries and parking do not be allowed there. Thank you. |
| 02:09:55.79 | Jill Hoffman | Okay. |
| 02:09:56.16 | David Parisi | Okay. And if the median was maintained at 10 feet, that means the traffic lanes would be retained at about 12 feet each, which would be for shared use. Shared use. |
| 02:10:05.73 | Jill Hoffman | But in terms of, are there steps we can take specifically for striping, et cetera? There are, but. |
| 02:10:11.00 | David Parisi | There are, but I'll be honest without separating bikes, they'd be marginal for bicycle safety. Um, but there are things that could be done for awareness. Things such as the greenbacked shows at specific Increments, the crosswalks could help, right? Because they get people consolidated with flashing lights and refuge islands. The 20 mile an hour signs. And then restriping some of the road because again, the road striping is obsolete. |
| 02:10:39.90 | Jill Hoffman | Okay, and I'm aware that if we, we're all aware that if we choose not to accept the grant, any of these improvements, we'd be funding ourselves. So, but I'd like to understand, I know that the process and cost for completely repaving the road with the improvements is now at about $2.6 million. What if we just wanted to do what you had just recommended, which is crosswalks and restriping and 20 mile per hour signs? |
| 02:11:03.07 | David Parisi | We'd have to look into it. I think Public Works, McGowan, Director McGowan and myself, we're contemplating something around 300,000, but we'd have to do some additional. |
| 02:11:13.05 | Jill Hoffman | Okay, so potentially less money and then no additional money. |
| 02:11:13.37 | David Parisi | But it's such a lot. |
| 02:11:16.47 | Jill Hoffman | $2 million. |
| 02:11:17.36 | David Parisi | Probably absolutely not because that's for repaving the street, which is needed at some point anyway. |
| 02:11:22.70 | Jill Hoffman | Right. |
| 02:11:23.19 | David Parisi | Thank you. |
| 02:11:23.34 | Jill Hoffman | Okay, but there are steps we can take that we may and director mcgallon maybe this question is for you, but if we wanted to allocate $300,000 from our capital improvement plans to make some of these general safety improvements because from what what we're hearing from you and from all of staff is that everyone appreciates safety but there are steps that can be taken to maintain the median and increase safety. |
| 02:11:44.33 | Kevin McGowan | Yes, we could add it to the capital plan. |
| 02:11:46.63 | Jill Hoffman | Okay, so we have budget to make those improvements. Thank you. I appreciate that clarification. Okay, and then now I have a question for |
| 02:11:51.22 | Unknown | And then... |
| 02:11:53.26 | Jill Hoffman | Chief Gregory, and I'm going to ask the same question of Chief Tubbs. Thank you again, Parametrics, for All of our questions. Hi, chief Gregory. So I'm, I'm, I know that everyone is going to be nuanced in their responses and I appreciate that. And I know this is a political issue, but I just kind of want to get a yes or no type answer. You can vary if you'd like, but do you believe if we make these improvements as suggested, the roadway will become safer? |
| 02:12:16.19 | Chief Gregory | Are you talking about removing the center median? Yes, the proposed, yes. I can't say yes or no. Same as Chief Tubbs. There's a lot of variations. And so, yeah, that's my answer. I can't say yes or no. |
| 02:12:29.29 | Jill Hoffman | Okay. But do you think it would be beneficial for the community to add some safety improvements like perhaps renewed striping or crosswalks? Yes. Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. And Chief Tubbs, could you just weigh in on the striping and crosswalks? |
| 02:12:39.77 | C.G. Ware | Thank you. |
| 02:12:52.96 | Jill Hoffman | Hi, Chief. Thank you. |
| 02:12:53.79 | Unknown | THE END OF THE END OF THE |
| 02:12:53.87 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 02:12:53.89 | Chief Tubbs | Thank you. |
| 02:12:55.17 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:12:55.19 | Chief Tubbs | Yes. |
| 02:12:55.51 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:12:56.12 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah, so if we move forward with increasing, in your experience as a public safety responder and professional, would you be in favor of adding crosswalks and renewing our striping and signage there? |
| 02:13:08.59 | Unknown | THE END OF THE END OF THE |
| 02:13:09.70 | Jill Hoffman | or doing nothing. This is an alternative. I guess I'm trying to get to, without making you give a yes or no, what you think makes the most sense down there. |
| 02:13:18.51 | Chief Tubbs | with the issue at hand between the striping and the non-striping is what you're asking. |
| 02:13:23.03 | Jill Hoffman | Yes, I'm not asking you about the median. This is assuming we maintain the median. Would you be in favor of if we added crosswalks and increased striping there? |
| 02:13:23.17 | Chief Tubbs | Okay. |
| 02:13:26.27 | Chief Tubbs | Yeah. |
| 02:13:31.35 | Chief Tubbs | I certainly, you know, crosswalks again, I am not a traffic engineer, so I want to be very clear about that. From my experience, striping is a guide to people. When I'm driving a vehicle, emergency or private, and I see a crosswalk coming up, I'm aware of that. I'm watching for that. Does everyone... do the same. No, people make mistakes. Some people don't pay attention or they're watching their cell phone, whatever it may be. But I do think that. where you provide those kinds of guides or tools to increase pedestrian safety That's the work that we're in, right? Is a preservation of life and property. So we would be, have a tendency again, a non-expert, right? A tendency to support those kinds of things. that increase the safety of our residents. Absolutely. |
| 02:14:26.67 | Jill Hoffman | Okay. Thank you, I appreciate that. And then now I'm going to ask a couple of questions of our sustainability manager who is here. Hi, Katie, thank you for being with us. And thank you to WRT for your presentation. Just in the context of any changes we make without considering sea level rise, given that Bridgeway as is will likely be underwater in a number of years. I think it's important to continue this conversation. So we received a million dollar grant for sea level rise mitigation assessment, correct? |
| 02:14:53.45 | Unknown | for it. |
| 02:14:53.75 | Jill Hoffman | And about how much money do we have left from that sea level rise mitigation assessment? |
| 02:14:57.64 | Katie Garcia-Tho | Once WRT finishes their work, they're scoped. We're scoped to have roughly $450,000 left. |
| 02:15:04.62 | Jill Hoffman | So if we wanted to direct some of that funding towards looking more realistically at option 1C as presented by WRT, we could do that. |
| 02:15:13.19 | Katie Garcia-Tho | Thank you. |
| 02:15:13.23 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 02:15:13.38 | Katie Garcia-Tho | there's no current |
| 02:15:13.89 | Jill Hoffman | assigned to |
| 02:15:14.97 | Katie Garcia-Tho | Thank you. |
| 02:15:15.35 | Jill Hoffman | fund for that. Okay. And then can you go to slide? I think it's 18 of WRT. Sorry for the go to slide thing. I know it's really a lot to get to. Okay, this is what it would be really great if we could eventually get to over time, right? We all wanna see a world-class waterfront, so we could direct funds towards maybe prioritizing something where we consider long-term what it would look like to have bike lines and a sea level rise response there. |
| 02:15:45.54 | Katie Garcia-Tho | Yes, I believe we could further develop the designs that have been presented by WRT and Arup and see what could come of them. OK, thank you. I appreciate it. Those are my questions. |
| 02:15:58.89 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. I have a couple of questions. I'll start with David Parisi. You've mentioned the TIMS data, you've mentioned the SWITR's data, but I believe that our police department actually provided the actual data from the Sausalito Police Department to Jen. Thank you. Is that right? |
| 02:16:20.68 | David Parisi | So what Some of the data. Yes. And we had the SWITRs data, which is the comprehensive data. |
| 02:16:28.19 | Steven Woodside | No, I'm separating because the SWITR's data is actually, the reporting agency is the Sausalito Police Department, correct? |
| 02:16:29.86 | David Parisi | Bye. |
| 02:16:36.34 | David Parisi | It's the South Salud Hill Police Department and other agencies that may be emergency responders. So switters for this stretch of bridgeway could have more than what is provided by the police department. But you're right. The city did provide some additional information. We looked it over and there's some information from the city's police department that is not in Switter's. |
| 02:16:55.91 | Unknown | Right. |
| 02:16:56.32 | David Parisi | So that's why we've come to the conclusion that even Switters is incomplete in the 50 collisions we saw. is more like 60. So we're going to be adding that to our database. And we encourage the city to also get that into the SWITRs database so it's more complete. |
| 02:17:12.64 | Steven Woodside | Um, So but my point is, the police, the spreadsheets, so I saw them, they were provided a day after a Public Records Act request from a resident. And they are from 2014 to 2024. And they identify the specific location of every accident. Correct. Correct. |
| 02:17:33.85 | David Parisi | I'll have Jen jump in. She took a look at that. |
| 02:17:35.94 | Steven Woodside | I know that, and I know that she spoke with, um, Sergeant. |
| 02:17:39.79 | David Parisi | Yeah, maybe Jen can talk more about that because they're not as geocoded or as precise as this information that is in switters from actual police reports. |
| 02:17:40.38 | Steven Woodside | as well. |
| 02:17:52.53 | Jen Schreiber | So the police data that we received did include location, but like David said, it was a little broader than what we're seeing in sweaters. So. Starting with the SWITRs data, in an ideal world, it includes a latitude and longitude. A lot of the data from South Salado did not. So we geocoded the data based on a few different attributes, which were the primary road, the secondary road, Um, was the crash in an intersection, which is a yes, no, and then the distance in feet and the direction from the intersection. So that was Switters. The police department data on the other hand It just has a location. So that could be 550 Bridgeway, or it could be Bridgeway and Princess, you know, sort of that intersection, but not giving more detail about where. |
| 02:18:37.11 | Steven Woodside | Is it possible for you So we had a resident submit a letter that said that if you only look at the stretch of Bridgeway on which the median runs, that the number of accidents in 10 years was 16. um, along that stretch. And that's the stretch from 303 Bridgeway to 629 Bridgeway, which is the address of the median. Were you able to perform that type of analysis? |
| 02:19:06.83 | Jen Schreiber | Yeah, so based on the SWITRs data itself, we took off, there were 10 crashes at the Princess and Richardson intersection, we took those off. There were a few crashes along Sorry. Princess and Bridgeway intersection. We also removed the few crashes on Richardson and we found that along the corridor of Bridgeway within our study area, we were seeing 35 crashes. We looked at the police department records, which, you know, again, our analysis was 2013 to 2022. We got the police data from 2014 to 2022. And we actually found an additional eight crashes that could have been along the corridor as well. |
| 02:19:40.44 | Steven Woodside | So I'm actually going to invite Nick White to come forward, because I asked the police to do the same analysis, following your presentation at the Chamber of Commerce. And I would like to know from the police, whomever, the number of crashes and in involving bicycles and also whether you were able to find out who was at fault for those crashes. |
| 02:20:06.73 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 02:20:07.17 | Nick White | Hi, I'm Sergeant Nick White, so I'll salute you, PD. So after the- Welcome. |
| 02:20:09.33 | Steven Woodside | You're welcome. Thank you. |
| 02:20:10.30 | Nick White | Thank you, God, America. After the barrel house presentation, I looked at crash data not including, second in Richardson, and not including Princess and Bridgeway, simply from the 300 block to prior work, basically the median area. And as part of that, I used our internal reporting data that we give to Switters that our records department creates every year. And so in that, it includes addresses. And I pulled up all the case numbers, and I reviewed each case one by one. It took me hours. And there was 27 collisions in the median, 14 involving bicycles, and 10 of which the bike was at fault for the collision. And that was the extent of my research. So thank you. |
| 02:20:54.03 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. And Chief Gregory or Sergeant White, could you tell me how many estimated, you do the bicycle reporting for us every year, so how many bicycles have traversed that stretch of roadway in those 10 years, if you can give me a rough order of magnitude? |
| 02:21:15.57 | Chief Gregory | I can. So for an example, I use 2016. These numbers are from different points of counting, which is very counted bikes from our ambassadors when we were doing that, as well as parked bicycles. So in 2016, as an example, we had just rental bikes. This is not including commuters, 248,576 bikes. And this is the bike counts are from April to September, only rental bikes and in that year we had in this And this is the bike counts are from April to September. Only rental bikes. And in that year we had in the center median, we had two bicycle collisions. So that's the highest year. I picked the highest year. 2012, we have 110, all the way to 2019, 184,000. And then, you know, we really don't have numbers for 2021, 22 because of COVID and whatnot. Thank you. |
| 02:22:14.98 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 02:22:15.00 | Chief Gregory | Thank you. |
| 02:22:15.03 | Steven Woodside | to be a good one. |
| 02:22:15.17 | Chief Gregory | Thank you. |
| 02:22:18.24 | Babette McDougall | Let's see. |
| 02:22:20.67 | Steven Woodside | Mr. Parisi, if one of your options was to utilize five parking spots and eliminate a parklet, which parklet would be eliminated? |
| 02:22:40.50 | David Parisi | Oh, that's a setup. I'm sorry. Logistically, the one that's closest to where we're loading it. |
| 02:22:45.31 | Steven Woodside | Just took me the one. Closest to the voting. |
| 02:22:49.34 | David Parisi | Voting or not voting probably. |
| 02:22:51.86 | Steven Woodside | Is it the one that's closest to a parking lot? |
| 02:22:55.11 | David Parisi | Well, there's a couple in our conceptual diagram. We selected potential locations to try to minimize the parking loss, try to provide as much site distance for potential future crosswalks as possible, right? And have contiguous three or four spaces where we remove them. So we'd have to have to take a look at that to be honest. |
| 02:23:14.91 | Steven Woodside | So the reason I ask is that I know one parklet is not used right now for dining. And so that was really the... |
| 02:23:18.69 | David Parisi | right now. |
| 02:23:23.06 | David Parisi | It would have to be long enough, right, for the type of trucks. |
| 02:23:26.11 | Steven Woodside | Right. |
| 02:23:26.38 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:23:26.99 | David Parisi | I want to get back real quick, if you don't mind, on the Switters. The Switters data is not just information provided by the city of Sausalito. So there is information there's been collisions that have been reported by other entities. So that's why you're going to see from emergency service providers from who knows, or in general from CHP if they responded to an accident. So that's why those numbers are a little bit lower than what we actually see in the database. |
| 02:23:51.68 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. And then I had another question for the chief, and I think this will be my last question. |
| 02:24:01.53 | Chief Gregory | Sorry, it's hard to hear. |
| 02:24:02.33 | Steven Woodside | Sorry. And thank you for standing outside so our residents could have the room. I appreciate that. |
| 02:24:07.05 | Chief Gregory | Yeah. |
| 02:24:08.32 | Steven Woodside | Um, If the median were removed, would that impact your response to emergencies? |
| 02:24:24.75 | Chief Gregory | Yes. So when the fire department responds to whatever life-saving event they're responding to, a lot of times they block the road and they have to for their safety and the safety of the people they're helping. So... Currently, the center media and real um, provides a relief valve is what I'm we're calling it, is really felt. So if the fire department is in either one of the lanes, organically, the center median becomes the lane of travel that's blocked. And Our concern is when that is no longer there and available for people to use and figure out on their own in a safe manner, that we, the police department, and the staff is going to be called to assist because then we're creating a head on, um, opportunity for people as they're having to go over the center median to get around whatever event is happening. |
| 02:25:23.75 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. So removing the median would increase your required presence on site during any emergency response. Thank you. |
| 02:25:34.36 | Chief Gregory | I believe so, and I do believe it's any, whether or not it's a lift assist. Their engine is their toolbox, so they're parking it as close to the event as possible. And so when that is blocked, bike lane, lane of traffic, it's going to create some some movement that could be unsafe and would have to be monitored. |
| 02:26:00.30 | Steven Woodside | If we were to maintain the median lane and prohibit loading and unloading in the median lane. Um, Would you be able to enforce that prohibition? |
| 02:26:15.33 | Chief Gregory | We absolutely would be able to force it. Are we going to be down there, you know, every day, all day long? Not possible, but yeah, absolutely. We will, you know, part of that's education too, is, you know, you know, once people get the, you know, pink slip on their car, they're going to think twice about doing it again. |
| 02:26:32.26 | Steven Woodside | All right. Thank you so much. I know Council Member Hoffman had some follow-on questions. |
| 02:26:36.56 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah. I'm not sure. |
| 02:26:41.54 | Jill Hoffman | I have a follow-up question with Mr. Parisi about the number of 50 accidents. Is that 50 accidents over 10 years? |
| 02:26:52.26 | David Parisi | That was from the database, I'm sorry, the Twitter's query we did on their database. Yes. 10 years, exactly a 10 year period. |
| 02:26:58.57 | Jill Hoffman | And that is for all vehicles or just bicycles? |
| 02:27:02.15 | David Parisi | That was for all crashes reported. It could be a bicycle hitting a light pole, A bicyclist getting sideswiped by a car, a car hitting a truck in the middle lane. A pedestrian getting hit by a car. all the crashes. |
| 02:27:15.49 | Jill Hoffman | Okay. All right, thank you. And that was the only follow-up I had for you. Thank you, sir. And I have questions for Chief Tubbs and just a few questions, by the way. A few questions for Chief Gregory and for Chief Tubbs. So whoever's first up. |
| 02:27:29.92 | Steven Woodside | Okay, and then after those questions, then we will take a five-minute break, and then we will turn to public comment. |
| 02:27:34.75 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. Thanks, Chief. And so Chief, we had a conversation earlier this week and the first question that I thought was interesting was your statement that a fire department is a reflection of the community's tolerance for risk. So I thought that was a good statement. And what's, in your opinion, what's Sausalito's tolerance for risk? |
| 02:27:56.42 | Chief Tubbs | Thank you. I think for the community, it's pretty low. In other words, the community has a high expectation around services, certainly from the police department and the fire department to ensure that we provide rapid response and we can deal with whatever emergency they've called for. |
| 02:28:11.98 | Jill Hoffman | And the challenges, what are the challenges for, well, the response times, what are the challenges to response times in Sausalito? |
| 02:28:21.24 | Chief Tubbs | There are several factors that can affect response times with the biggest one is traffic infrastructure design, right? The width of the roadways, uh, stop signs, traffic signaling. And then, uh, as I mentioned earlier, human behavior. |
| 02:28:33.96 | Jill Hoffman | And with regard to the section of Bridgeway that we're talking about, this is the primary emergency response route through Sausalito to Old Town, GGNRA, and Rodeo Beach, correct? Thank you. |
| 02:28:46.15 | Chief Tubbs | Correct. |
| 02:28:46.18 | Jill Hoffman | for the rest of the world. Thank you. And during the summer season, which basically is from April through September, conservatively, we're all aware this is a high congestion time for traversing that area, correct? |
| 02:29:00.44 | Mark Palmer | Correct. |
| 02:29:01.03 | Jill Hoffman | And so when we talk about primarily the picture that Councilmember Sobieski showed you when we're talking about two-way traffic. We're all aware that when you traverse that area, that's a time of high congestion during certain hours of the day, correct? Correct. |
| 02:29:16.57 | Mark Palmer | Correct. |
| 02:29:17.09 | Jill Hoffman | So when you're talking about, and you and I discussed this, when you're talking about two-way traffic on a double yellow line, and I think that's a great question. that's going to be full during certain hours of the day. We can bank bet on it during summer hours. Correct. |
| 02:29:31.46 | Chief Tubbs | I would assume so, yes. |
| 02:29:32.54 | Jill Hoffman | So when you're trying to get through that section of town, there's no other outlets along that section from Princess to Richardson, right? Meaning there's no other side streets either way, right? |
| 02:29:42.42 | Mark Palmer | Correct. |
| 02:29:43.12 | Jill Hoffman | Okay, so you're going to have to wait as you're blowing your horn for people to incrementally get out of your way as you're trying to get through that part of town. |
| 02:29:52.33 | Roger Taylor | Thank you. |
| 02:29:52.89 | Jill Hoffman | And in your experience as a fire chief and on a fire truck getting through, how many years do you have in a fire department? |
| 02:30:00.65 | Chief Tubbs | almost 47 years. |
| 02:30:01.97 | Jill Hoffman | And that's going to slow you down trying to get through there, correct? |
| 02:30:06.15 | Chief Tubbs | Yes. |
| 02:30:06.91 | Jill Hoffman | Okay. And. I think you also said the other day when we were sitting down that the current configuration works pretty well. Correct. |
| 02:30:19.87 | Chief Tubbs | It's been a longstanding configuration. Our crews are used to that. They're used to the conditions. So one could say that it's sort of been institutionalized. |
| 02:30:29.49 | Jill Hoffman | And finally, it's safe to say that your choice would be for the configuration that would support the fastest response times through that corridor. Yes. |
| 02:30:38.85 | Chief Tubbs | Yes. |
| 02:30:39.46 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah. Thank you. And absent a presentation to you of a study that shows a faster, that this plan to remove the center median would result in faster response times your recommendation would be to retain the current plan. |
| 02:30:57.74 | Chief Tubbs | I've not seen modeling of what the alternative would do to response times. |
| 02:31:02.92 | Jill Hoffman | and absent of showing that any change in the configuration would result in faster response times your recommendation would be to retain the current configuration. Thank you. |
| 02:31:12.10 | Mark Palmer | Correct. |
| 02:31:12.42 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. And I have some... |
| 02:31:18.90 | Jill Hoffman | And thank you, Chief. I have some questions for Chief Gargery. |
| 02:31:27.77 | Jill Hoffman | Good afternoon, Chief. Thank you for your time. You're welcome. And Chief, as part of this exercise with parametrics, you had a meeting with parametrics on June 30th of 2023. You recall that? |
| 02:31:42.25 | Chief Gregory | Yes. I don't know the exact date, but yes, we've met several times. |
| 02:31:44.70 | Jill Hoffman | THE END OF THE END OF THE It was with you and Officer Steve Viveros, sorry, Viveros, sorry. Yes. Sorry, Officer Viveros, if you're out there. And Officer Mather and Fire Chief Welch and Parking Officer Beth Delago. |
| 02:32:04.80 | Unknown | Yes. |
| 02:32:04.82 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. Thank you. And also present was Kevin McGowan, Andy Davidson, and Mr. Parisi, and Jen Schreiber, and that was part of this outreach with parametrics. And as part of that, I'm looking at some notes. We were provided this as part of a public comment. I don't believe this was attached to the parametrics report, and it wasn't referenced in the report of parametrics and I did ask Mr. Parisi about that but I don't think he recalled this meeting and as part of that you recall that you stated as part of this that the street right now is rather safe due to low collision numbers compared to the high number of cyclists. |
| 02:32:48.76 | Unknown | Yes. |
| 02:32:49.70 | Jill Hoffman | And, It is incredible that the statement that you made that hundreds of thousands of bikes come through Sausalito the bike counts that we have are only rental bikes You're not even counting other recreational bikes or commuter bikes, correct? Correct. and that, and you still agree with these statements that regulating these regulating if you change the way that we regulate these in a different way from how it's working, it would add a lot more chaos. You still agree with that statement that's in this memo? |
| 02:33:30.91 | Chief Gregory | I do. |
| 02:33:34.88 | Jill Hoffman | And the memo also says, it also represents that Officer Viveros said the center median as you referenced earlier in response to another question, that it's a relief out for residents but also commercial purposes and emergency purposes. that the police department needs to be able to get to the coastline along the sidewalk and that you need to park in the center median lane. Do you agree with that? |
| 02:34:01.81 | Unknown | Yes. |
| 02:34:05.22 | Jill Hoffman | And if the center median is removed, you think vehicles will park in the bike lane and users will be pushed more together. Do you still agree with that? |
| 02:34:13.00 | Chief Gregory | I do. The one thing I think we haven't talked about is that, you know, this roadway is, you know, unlike any in Marin County, right? We have the beautiful view of San Francisco. So the amount of people that see that as they come down the hill, whether in a car or on a bike, They stop to take it in. We're lucky we see it every day. So that human behavior isn't going to stop. And so that's also part of the concern is then it relies on my agency and my staff to regulate it. And that's hard. I mean, it's busy down there often, almost all year round. |
| 02:34:54.55 | Jill Hoffman | And... One thing that's been made much of, I think, Thank you. that I wanted to follow up with you on, and we discussed this earlier, is that The fatality in 2007. And I know this is difficult sometimes to talk about because you happen to actually be there. And can you tell us a little bit, just a little bit about the facts of that that unfortunate fatality that happened |
| 02:35:25.22 | Chief Gregory | Yeah, I don't think we have to talk about the circumstances. I mean, it was a garbage truck backing up. And the way the accident happened, that garbage truck could have been backing up and somebody walking behind it anywhere. It did not have any, where it was parked wasn't a factor. The garbage truck was backing up. The gentleman was walking behind it in a very unfortunate accident for everybody involved. That happened. |
| 02:35:53.18 | Jill Hoffman | And it happened at eight o'clock in the morning. |
| 02:35:56.66 | Chief Gregory | Thank you. |
| 02:35:56.78 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah. |
| 02:35:56.83 | Chief Gregory | TODAY. |
| 02:35:56.90 | Jill Hoffman | Yes. |
| 02:35:56.97 | Chief Gregory | Thank you. |
| 02:35:57.03 | Jill Hoffman | And it was no traffic. And it was, in fact, it could have happened in this new loading zone that we're talking about. |
| 02:35:57.42 | Chief Gregory | on earlier. |
| 02:36:07.01 | Chief Gregory | Like I said, it could have happened anywhere. |
| 02:36:08.93 | Jill Hoffman | And it was just a freak accident. Yes. OK. Thanks, Treve. I appreciate you coming in. You're welcome. |
| 02:36:18.11 | Steven Woodside | Okay, I'm so sorry, but we now have two more questions from council members. Vice Mayor. |
| 02:36:23.56 | Steven Woodside | Vice Mayor. I have one question for each of the chiefs, so whichever one comes back first. Chief Tubbs, we've heard a recommendation for an incremental step, which would be to remove parking, loading, et cetera, from the center lane. Do you have a position on that? Would it be an improvement from your point of view? We don't have a position on that. We don't have enough data to analyze that. Okay. Chief Gregory, same question. |
| 02:36:58.76 | Chief Gregory | I do have a position on it. I do think removing commercial big trucks from the center median will add more chaos. They are going to have to get along the curbside, They are going to be, you know, there's going to be interference. Again, we talk about human nature. Thank you. So I think, do I think it's doable? For sure. Do I think it'll be better? No. Can we do some things as... you know, a law enforcement agency and as a community and start using The center median, if it stands in a different way and more appropriately, yes. And again, that involves, you know, education and communication that these changes are being made. So I think both could work, but I think the center median, you know, works pretty well. |
| 02:37:47.80 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 02:37:49.98 | Steven Woodside | Councilmember Sobieski. |
| 02:37:51.14 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. I don't have any questions, but I'll thank Chief Gregory for the service of her and the police department. So thank you. |
| 02:37:57.39 | Steven Woodside | Great. OK, we are going to take a five minute break, and then we will start with public comment. I already have a stack of speaker slips. If you would like to be heard, please fill out a speaker slip with public comment. Thank you. uh, I'm gonna call three names at a time to give people time to come up from downstairs if they're downstairs. We're going to limit public comment to one minute per person. I want you to know that although The city clerk had a day off yesterday, actually, but he came in and worked all day anyway, and he posted all letters on the agenda that were received prior to 2 p.m. However, we have still received additional letters. We are continuing to receive letters during this meeting. So I want you to know I personally read every single letter. I have them. in my binder here. I'm sure that my fellow council members have read your letters, even though they're not yet all posted on the agenda. And we will post them all on the agenda for the matter of public record. So I just wanted you to be clear about that. I do ask that you refrain from clapping or booing or calling out during public comment. And I am going to invite the people who come up to make public comment to share their residence. You are not required to tell us where you live, but if you would like to, we would like to know. All right, and with that, I'll start it off with coffee one, Jim Gabbert. |
| 02:39:35.45 | Jim Gabbert | Thank you very much. Everybody, welcome. I should be welcome. Anyway. I've never in my life. I've totally changed what I was going to say after the presentation I heard. I have never heard so much lack of knowledge, like you're going to have one place for a trudge to park and you've got six restaurants. You look at the whole thing and it's incredible. And I am sick and tired of him calling it a turning lane. Every afternoon in the summertime, every afternoon, three times at least a week minimum, usually five. Ambulance, fire truck, racing along because somebody got hurt someplace right, we live on Bridgeway, right in front of the Sea Lion. And the emergency vehicles use it daily in the summertime. It is more than a turning line, I mean, just, |
| 02:40:21.70 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:40:27.34 | Jim Gabbert | really irritates me because I get the feeling these people are trying to get something true for whatever reason. But you look, it's going to create one of the largest traffic jams in the Bay Area. |
| 02:40:38.17 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. That's the end of your one minute, Mr. Abbott. |
| 02:40:39.39 | Jim Gabbert | I've got one thing right now. for the city council, Council and all, here's 1021 So... |
| 02:40:49.46 | Unknown | So- |
| 02:40:50.93 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Thank you. So for people who are watching, we are being handed a petition signed ostensibly by 1,021 residents opposing the removal of the median lane. All right. Next is Roger Taylor, then Jan Johnson. |
| 02:41:16.86 | Roger Taylor | Mayor Cox and city council members, thank you. With one minute, I'll just say I'll focus exclusively on safety. Councilman, Councilwoman Hoffman. directly summarized the 2018 and 2024 County Transportation Plan data, which really shows that we had almost no actual injury accidents, a lot of bicyclists along that front area where we're going to be putting, should not be putting these bike lanes. I've heard a lot of talk about the Uh, The data sources that are coming up, the Swiss system, Three days ago, I went on to UC Berkeley transportation injury query system. I was able to pull up the section of what we're talking about in Sausalito. And you can ask for cluster or heat map pictures of all of our injury accidents in Sausalito. You can define what area you want. I did. the entire area along Bridgeway there has almost none And then the clusters are on each side. |
| 02:42:22.54 | Steven Woodside | I'm so sorry. |
| 02:42:23.47 | Roger Taylor | So we do not have a safety problem to deal with. |
| 02:42:26.24 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. All right, next is Jan Johnson, then Bert Drobnis, then Kieran Culligan. |
| 02:42:35.00 | Jan Johnson | Hi, O-Town resident, 31 plus years. There's four reasons to keep the median. per parametrics, Sorry. Their success of this plan requires traffic enforcement for every service call. And the police have clearly stated multiple times they don't have the staff to do this. Chaos will ensue. And while they're there, we won't have any police presence in the rest of the entirety of Sausalito. Two, your citizens, most of us, or a lot of us, don't want this. 112 signatures on the petition. You've had, as far as Friday, 348 public comments. Six to one, keep the median. Three, I'm not sure the city can attest there's not going to be pending or threatened litigation as I've heard at least one resident business owner threatened to sue during a previous meeting. for people or people. Pedestrians, okay. |
| 02:43:36.34 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. All right, Bert Drobness, then Kieran Culligan, then Claudia Duncan. |
| 02:43:45.43 | Bert Drobnis | Mayor Cox and City Council, first let me say thank you for having this meeting. Council member Hoffman, you are correct. The number is 16. I requested that information directly from the police department and I have the report of all the statistics that were thrown out at the council and everybody here. The one thing that caught my ear was that in the majority of cases, the liability fell on the bicyclist. The problem is, I see it is cyclists, not tourists, that come over the Golden Gate Bridge, race down Alexander Avenue, race through Sausalito, They go through red lights. Not all of them. A majority of them do stop, but a high percentage go through red lights. This is a problem. And I don't know what the solution is, but I'll say this. If accepting the grant means you are going to seal coat Bridgeway, you're going to re-stripe it and add crosswalks, I'm all in favor of that. And I'll leave you with this. President Grover Cleveland said the business of government is the business of the people, and the people have spoken. Leave the Midian Lane alone. |
| 02:44:55.16 | Steven Woodside | THE END OF THE END OF THE Folks. I am so sorry, but I am going to enforce the one minute. So I'm just not going to let... Please focus. We've read your very detailed letters. So... Thank you, Kieran. |
| 02:45:09.23 | Kieran Culligan | I'm not sure. |
| 02:45:09.44 | Steven Woodside | Yeah. |
| 02:45:09.50 | Kieran Culligan | Kieron Culligan, Sausalito resident, there's a tragic irony we can't ignore. Last Sunday when the Marin IJ published an opinion piece minimizing safety on Bridgeway with fake data, inaccurate data, that same day another person was hit and had to be taken to the hospital. This is happening. More than anyone wants to admit, there is a real human cost. I've talked to this person. They couldn't even make it today because they are so unwell. And their lawyer advised them not to for legal reasons. Hey, face it, people, this is not an isolated incident. It's happening again and again. It's an unsafe condition. I know about it. You know about it. It's on the record. I've heard the quote now twice. Someone died, it could have happened anywhere. Why not someone died, it happened here, what are we going to do about it? You face this choice today, passive acceptance of a known issue or leadership to prevent the next tragedy. Let's start doing something. |
| 02:46:09.26 | Steven Woodside | All right. uh, Claudia Duncan. |
| 02:46:16.73 | Steven Woodside | Okay, Cameron Duncan, Patty Swenson, Dirk Rosen. |
| 02:46:24.14 | Chris Zapata | Good. |
| 02:46:33.39 | Steven Woodside | All right, I'm not hearing Cameron Duncan, Patty Swenson, Dirk Rosen, Lori Vialt. |
| 02:46:44.49 | Dirk Rosen | Hi, I'm Dirk Rosen. I'm a bike rider and I've been riding on Bridgeway since the late 60s. It's perfectly safe with the multiple uses and the iconic views that we have. I would not get rid of that middle lane. I think the bicyclists are at fault, my fellow bicyclists, and that we have to create a new culture for. Thank you. |
| 02:47:07.90 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 02:47:13.35 | Steven Woodside | Philly, please. Please, okay, Laurie Vault. Mark Palmer. Matthew Hartzell. |
| 02:47:23.47 | Laurie Viot | There are several important points for voting no on funding. What's your name, please? Laurie Viot. Okay. Viot. |
| 02:47:26.12 | Steven Woodside | What's your name? |
| 02:47:28.99 | Laurie Viot | There are several important points for voting no on funding and keeping the center median. One, safety, we need a way from emergency vehicles such as ambulances to quickly and safely get to where they need to be. If there is no center median and if there is a delivery vehicle or a turning car blocking the lane, the ambulance will be forced to potentially hit cyclists in their dedicated bike lane or potentially hit cars in oncoming traffic. Two, traffic, removal of this intermediate will result in endless backups, making what is now a three minute trip much longer, as no one will be able to maneuver around the delivery trucks and tourists who stop and the cyclists. Three, access for residents who live on Bridgeway without the median, they can no longer turn into their driveways and garages. and their endless waiting will turn and contribute to even more traffic backups. Four, costs. This unnecessary study and work will result in millions of dollars spent. Instead, we should look into signage for cyclists who repeatedly break traffic laws and run rides. |
| 02:48:24.09 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Thank you. Okay, Mark Palmer. then Matthew Hartzell, then Sybil Boutelier. I'm Cameron. |
| 02:48:32.97 | Cameron Duncan | Duncan, sprinting from downstairs. All right. I think this whole conversation regarding the median might be academic since the sea level rise is coming pronto, sooner than we know. So investing towards the future strikes me as more pertinent than wondering about stripes today. Hope that's considered, and thank you. |
| 02:48:51.85 | Steven Woodside | you Thank you. All right, Mark Palmer, Matthew Hartzell, Sybil Boutelier. Then Regan Fulton. Okay, Dave Troop. Joris Van Menz. |
| 02:49:13.15 | Jan Johnson | Bye. |
| 02:49:14.23 | Steven Woodside | It's all right. I'll call again. |
| 02:49:22.53 | Regan Fulton | So I'm Regan Fulton. I'm a longtime resident. I live at 147 Harrison, and I'm a homeowner. and a business owner in Sausalito. I'm also on the BPAC, and we have studied this proposal for a long time, and we are strongly in favor of it. We have studied the issue very deeply. We're aware of a very unsafe situation, whether the data are present to your satisfaction or not. I have ridden on that stretch of road significant numbers of times with my children on the way to school. We are pictured in some of the report pictures as being squeezed to the side of the road by cars and trucks. We need to make it safer for children. We need to make the whole road safer for pedestrians and for all traffic, including emergency vehicles, by eliminating the blockades that delivery trucks provide. So thank you very much. |
| 02:50:24.20 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Mark Palmer, Matthew Hartzell, Sybil Boutelier, Dave Troop. Patty Swenson, Joris Van Menz. |
| 02:50:38.13 | Joris Van Menz | Thank you very much. |
| 02:50:38.60 | Steven Woodside | And Alice Merrill. |
| 02:50:38.62 | Joris Van Menz | THE END OF THE END OF THE Thank you. you very much city council my name is joris i'm a homeowner at the southern end of this stretch i live in in old town together with my my wife and our daughter i bike here very often i also drive here very often It is a very unsafe stretch of road. I don't feel safe here biking with my daughter on the backseat right now, but I also dream of a time when she can bike here on her own bike without me having to worry about her safety. Just this Sunday, I saw a cyclist getting hit by a car, blood on their face everywhere. Again, this is where I am cycling with my family. |
| 02:50:52.27 | Unknown | It is. |
| 02:51:13.55 | Joris Van Menz | I ask you city council to please do something to make it safer here. I think the plans that's proposed today are a good step in the right direction. And there are many great solutions here Please do something for the safety of our families in this part of town. Thank you. |
| 02:51:27.18 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Alice Merrill, then Nancy Fleming, then Annie Porter. |
| 02:51:34.49 | Alice Merrill | I'm Alice Merrill. There's a picture of a very hurt person up here. I'm not sure that we all need to see this. Yeah, I know. I know. It was left on the podium? Yeah. Glued to it. Stuck on it. Yes. Yes. a bit much. |
| 02:51:54.25 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 02:51:57.68 | Steven Woodside | I'm we're going to start her time over. Wow. |
| 02:52:03.04 | Kevin McGowan | Thank you. |
| 02:52:03.06 | C.G. Ware | Thank you. |
| 02:52:03.11 | Kevin McGowan | Yeah. |
| 02:52:03.62 | C.G. Ware | Thank you. |
| 02:52:03.67 | Steven Woodside | Wow. Sharon did it. |
| 02:52:07.78 | C.G. Ware | Yeah. |
| 02:52:11.46 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 02:52:11.50 | Alice Merrill | Thank you. |
| 02:52:11.58 | Steven Woodside | Okay. Okay. Go ahead. Thank you for pointing that out, Alice. I apologize for that. |
| 02:52:12.90 | Alice Merrill | I'm. I appreciate that you ask people to say where they live. I think it's important that people do. I live in Sausalito. And I think that it's important that we know who lives. Thank you. who speaks for, because this is our town. The next is... The Bay Trail, the whole thing about the Bay Trail, honestly, Sausalito is not very enthusiastic about that. And it's not the end of the world. Please just be lowering the speed limits. Glad to hear that. I would like to see people be more considerate. I would love it if people would just drive a good, decent distance instead of like this just because they want to get by. It's a very small stretch of just everybody be polite, be human. And if you put curbs in the crosswalks, oh my goodness, what's going to happen with the emergency vehicles? Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 02:53:13.29 | Steven Woodside | Nancy Fleming. Annie Porter. |
| 02:53:16.21 | Annie Porter | Thank you. |
| 02:53:17.04 | Steven Woodside | Michael Smiley. |
| 02:53:18.02 | Annie Porter | Thank you. Hi, everyone. I'm Annie Porter. I've lived on the 300 block of Bridgeway for 35 years. It is absolutely necessary to keep the current road configuration of Bridgeway. I oppose the proposal by the Bike Coalition to remove the median. The median is a critical part of the road design that ensures the residents' safety. The median allows space for emergency vehicles to efficiently navigate the narrow portion of Bridgeway, even in the most congestive times. That median is in use from sunup to sundown as it allows space for the businesses to operate while it allows vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians the space to flow. The bicyclists should slow down and conform to the current road configuration instead of coming in and requiring the town change for them. The roadway design is working and needs to remain for the safety of everyone. Removing the median will create gridlock, and it is an absurd proposal. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 02:54:18.33 | Steven Woodside | Nancy Fleming. then Michael Smiley, then Adarsh Bahat. |
| 02:54:26.78 | Steven Woodside | All right. Okay. And then Elina Frankiff. |
| 02:54:32.00 | Adarsh Bhatt | Hi, my name is Adarsh Bhatt. I live on the intersection of Princess and Bulkeley, about a block from this area. I really appreciate living in the city. It's a beautiful area, and I find the old part of Bridge Bay very charming, and I would urge that the current configuration be maintained. I am in favor of adding crosswalks for pedestrians to cross, but not for the addition of bike lanes. Thank you. But I also feel for the safety of everyone, including the cyclists. |
| 02:55:05.23 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Nancy Fleming, Michael Smiley, Alina Frankiv, Sonia Hansen, Melissa Mooney. |
| 02:55:20.11 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Welcome, Sonia. |
| 02:55:30.76 | Sonia Hansen | Okay, so I guess the first thing I'd like to say is this process has been This process has been incredibly lengthy, and it didn't have to be. I don't mean today's meeting. This started in 2023. There was that safety report done by the police and fire department, and it was taken away so that we couldn't see it. If we had been allowed to see it, instead of requiring the residents to hire an attorney and come to the city for three months to get the report... which is right here, and anybody who would like a copy, come bring your camera and take it. This is police report that was repressed, suppressed. And this was wrong. It's still wrong. You should have done this from the start. We would not be here today. This would have been over months ago. So thank you. And clearly, my position is no. |
| 02:56:17.06 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:56:17.28 | Leslie Hale | Thank you. |
| 02:56:21.68 | Steven Woodside | Thank you, Sonia. All right. Melissa Mooney, Nancy Fleming, Michael Smiley, Alina Frankiv, Scott Robinson. |
| 02:56:34.44 | Melissa Mooney | Thank you, City Council. Mayor Cox, my name is Melissa Mooney. Thank you. I've lived in Sausalito since 1999. I've lived at the north end of town. Now I live in the middle of town. I've been a cyclist in Sausalito as long as I've lived here. I believe there are better ways for the city of Sausalito to spend our money. than to accept the recommendations of the Parisi Consultant's who I heard when they were being questioned by the Council engaging what I would call speculation to direct questions. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 02:57:27.51 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Nancy Fleming, Michael Smiley, Alina Frankiv, Scott Robinson, Lynn Carey. |
| 02:57:39.23 | Steven Woodside | Come in. |
| 02:57:40.49 | Alina Frankiv | Hi. My name is Alina Frankiv. This is Arden. She's almost two. We are Saucelita residents. Hi. I don't want her to talk too much. |
| 02:57:46.47 | Steven Woodside | Hi. |
| 02:57:50.35 | Alina Frankiv | We live at the south end of the stretch of road that is under question. And we're... As pedestrians and cyclists, we use that stretch of road almost daily. So we urge you to keep both us safe, but also the strolling and cycling parents and kiddos that use that stretch of road also safe by implementing all of the safety measures. Because right now there is lack of orderliness on that stretch of road and that would improve it. But also to everyone who's opposing this project, especially if you have a kid. I ask you to take a moment and think about the time when your kids were this age and how heart-wrenching it is to think about them getting hurt. Now imagine how sad it is to think about, I know council members, but the public, you guys are the ones who are voting, how sad it is to think about your child and you getting sex. |
| 02:58:44.03 | Steven Woodside | I don't know. |
| 02:58:44.06 | Alina Frankiv | by a car. |
| 02:58:45.19 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Oh, sorry, your time is up. Okay, Nancy... Nancy Fleming, Michael Smiley, Scott Robinson, Lynn Carey. Please come forward. Then Patricia Pigman and then Sophie Pappas. |
| 02:59:00.36 | Lynn Carey | My name is Lynn Carey. I've, |
| 02:59:02.88 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 02:59:02.89 | Lynn Carey | Hold on. My name is Lynn Carey. I've been in Sausalito since 1986. My question today is I've heard so much about so many things, but very little about the council doing anything about the bikers, particularly all the rental bikers, the hundreds of thousands apparently that come into the city attempting to license them in some way. I'm a person that got hit by a bike And the biker went away. Can you talk into the mic? |
| 02:59:32.03 | Steven Woodside | I went away. |
| 02:59:33.30 | Lynn Carey | I'm here. I have a massive amount of metal in my spine from being hit by a bike And left on the path. I had no repercussion because I have no way to know who hit me. There's no numbers or anything. There's no licensing. You've got all this hundreds of thousands of rental bikes. doing so much damage, why can't you at least license the rental bikes for God's sakes and give us a chance to know who hits us. |
| 03:00:06.97 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:00:07.12 | Lynn Carey | Thank you. |
| 03:00:07.15 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:00:07.19 | Lynn Carey | Thank you. |
| 03:00:07.32 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:00:07.67 | Lynn Carey | Thank you. |
| 03:00:07.69 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. All right, Patricia Pigman, Sophie Pappas, Mary Hudson, then Warren Wells. |
| 03:00:19.47 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 03:00:20.79 | Steven Woodside | Patricia Pigman, Sophie Pappas, Mary Hudson, Warren Wells. |
| 03:00:26.51 | Patricia Pigman | Trisha Pigman. I live at 59 Alexander. I moved to Sausalito in 1962. People have said much more eloquently than I can, why to keep the median I was on the first bike committee in 2014. We had the ambassador program. which worked, bring it back, get some control over the bikers. and keep the median. Thank you. Thank you. And put in crosswalks. |
| 03:01:08.00 | Steven Woodside | Okay. |
| 03:01:08.53 | Patricia Pigman | Thank you. |
| 03:01:08.54 | Steven Woodside | Sophie Pappas, Mary Hudson, Warren Wells, Steve... |
| 03:01:13.74 | Sophie Pappas | you |
| 03:01:13.79 | Steven Woodside | Okay. |
| 03:01:14.03 | Sophie Pappas | on it. |
| 03:01:14.38 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 03:01:15.55 | Sophie Pappas | Sophie Pappes. Thank you. My husband and I, we manage and own the property just across the street from Skoma, where they say it's so hectic. And all what I can say, there are 12 apartments that we manage. I feel that it's safe there. The only issue is the speed of the bicycles just zooming through and it's constantly going. They're way too fast. They should go. slow and do not decrease the amount of parking. We need parking particularly for 12 people that live there. We need parking right there and move the unloading maybe somewhere else. Also the middle lane we use it for the fire truck. They come and come into the building whenever there is an issue and they park in the middle lane to help us in the building. So do not take the middle lane. Thank you. |
| 03:02:08.03 | Steven Woodside | you |
| 03:02:08.05 | Sophie Pappas | you |
| 03:02:08.08 | Steven Woodside | you |
| 03:02:08.09 | Sophie Pappas | Thank you. |
| 03:02:10.10 | Steven Woodside | Mary Hudson, Warren Wells, Steve Monick. And CG where? |
| 03:02:19.62 | Mary Hudson | Hello, my name is Mary Hudson and I live at the south end of town looking right down Bridgeway. and the median strip. For 45 years, I was an environmental attorney, and 10 of those years I spent at the California Coastal Commission, where, among other things, we were engaged in implementing the coastal trail. And one of the things we learned there is that one size does not fit all. And the standards that had been announced as the preferred standards for individual trails didn't always work. And I won't go into the details here about this project, but we already have an effective Bay Trail here. It's not up to the standards that are ideal. We have a trail. It's in heavy use, as you've been hearing. And I think we should be content with that and move on. Years ago, I represented a bicycle coalition in the East Bay trying to stop or change. I five. Thank you, Mary. We didn't succeed, but I am sympathetic. |
| 03:03:23.93 | Steven Woodside | Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. All right, Warren Wells, Steve Bonnock, CGWare. Mike Monsef. |
| 03:03:34.51 | Warren Wells | I am Warren Wells with the Marin County Bicycle Coalition. We've heard from the traffic engineers. Bridgeway today does not work for everyone. There are no crosswalks for half a mile. Delivery trucks block potential emergency response rather than facilitating it. and bicyclists share the lane with cars blocking auto traffic. I've heard some people today scoffing at the number of crashes we've seen, as if the number of injuries occurring today isn't enough. I hope that we would feel an obligation to make Bridgeway as safe as possible. I suspect all of us have friends and family injured or worse in a traffic crash, and I urge you to imagine what you would say if you learned that a safety project had been planned on a road, but not implemented where your loved one was injured. This project, largely funded by regional government, would not make Bridgeway perfect. but it would be an improvement. I urge the council to move the project forward, even if on an interim or pilot basis. And long-term, the road obviously needs tens of millions of dollars for a seawall, but that is years, if not decades in the future. And we should not let the perfect be the enemy of the better. Thank you very much. |
| 03:04:29.58 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Steve Bonnick CG where. Mike Monsef, Tyler Peterson, Jeff Torchens. |
| 03:04:39.40 | C.G. Ware | Hi, my name is C.G. Ware. I've lived here since 2001. We live at 171 San Carlos. And for 21 years, I've been part of a dog walking group where we walk Tuesday, Thursday, Saturdays, and we walked the full length of Bridgeway. And what we've noticed, I have a son and many grandchildren who ride bikes, so I care about bicycle safety. But what I see here is a plan that finally today I heard much more information. information about, but I agree, keep the median lane, put in some crosswalks, because we almost got clocked about four times trying to cross illegally in the middle of Bridgeway near the seal. So you have to look right and left. So I think that we can make some improvements, make it work for more people, and enforce the cyclists to obey the rules. If they just knew they had to slowdown coming down Alexander. They had to stop down coming down Alexander, they had to stop at crosswalks. I mean, our dog walkers group, we put our hands out like that to get... I'm just |
| 03:05:43.03 | Steven Woodside | Absolutely. |
| 03:05:43.34 | C.G. Ware | Thank you, C.G. |
| 03:05:43.39 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Thank you. All right. Mike Monsef, Tyler Peterson, Jeff Torchen. Charles Kaufman. Who's not here? |
| 03:05:54.74 | Scott Robinson | I'm actually Scott Robinson. You called earlier, but then... |
| 03:05:56.92 | Steven Woodside | Okay, great. |
| 03:05:58.44 | Scott Robinson | I didn't. |
| 03:05:58.94 | Steven Woodside | I'll take it. |
| 03:05:59.84 | Scott Robinson | So I wish to. Today has been very interesting. The issue was more complicated than I thought. I still want to keep the media in. Median plus crosswalk seems to me the best solution. Thank you. |
| 03:06:12.53 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Nancy Fleming, Michael Smiley, Steve Bonnick, Tyler Peterson, Jeff Torchin, Charles Kaufman. |
| 03:06:23.62 | Tyler Peterson | Hi, my name's Tyler Peterson. I just want to thank the staff and the council members. I know this has been a lot of work over a long period of time. I'm here for two reasons. One, Adrian Britton couldn't be here in person, so I'm submitting this on his behalf. It's a list of nearly 500 people in support, a petition in support of the project, so I'll submit that to the city clerk. And then also, I've been a resident since 2008. I've been away temporarily looking after father-in-law with dementia. We're returning to the city here later this year. And I am a regular cyclist using Bridgeway all the time. And I would just urge the council, even if this may not be, the perfect proposal or the right proposal right now to consider the safety of cyclists along bridgeway. And also it seems there's definitely some bicycle anti-sediment. And I get that from bicyclists who break the law. It seems like enforcement would be helpful. Yes, sir. |
| 03:07:25.01 | Steven Woodside | Thank you, sir. Thank you. Jeff Torchan, Charles Kaufman, Mustafa Alami, Susanna Sorrester, Amy Spendberg. |
| 03:07:26.07 | Tyler Peterson | Thank you. |
| 03:07:48.35 | Unknown | Okay. Thank you. |
| 03:07:51.25 | Susanna Suvest | Good afternoon. My name is Susanna Suvest, and I'm one of the owners of Suzette, located at 633 Bridgeway. I'm here today to object to the removal of parklets on Bridgeway. I'm not here to debate bike paths, emergency safety, or parking. My focus is on the survival of my business. Over the past year, 48% of my revenue has come from the parklet in front of my restaurant. In the summer, that number jumped to 66%. As many Sausalito restauranteurs know, we lose money in the winter and we rely on the summer to stay afloat. If the parklet is removed, my business won't just struggle. It won't survive. And I don't believe I'm alone with that. Cities evolve, but we must acknowledge the stakes. This isn't just about seating. It's about whether small businesses can keep their doors open. Prioritizing bikers passing through over businesses that invest in and generate revenue for Sausalito is short-sighted. I urge you to consider a long-term solution like a waterfront promenade, that benefits residents. Thank you so much. That's the end of your time. Thank you. |
| 03:08:52.93 | Steven Woodside | Thank you so much. That's the end of your talk. Amy Svenberg. Jeff Torchin, Charles Kaufman, Mustafa Alami, Babette McDougall. |
| 03:09:04.05 | Amy Stenberg | Thank you. you. Hi, I'm Amy Stenberg. I'm speaking on behalf of Poggio and Copita on Bridgeway. I also represent the Chamber of Commerce, who has already submitted a letter. So I'm just going to speak to my businesses. You know, it's, I am in front of two of these intersections where you have actual examples. Copita, we saw the example. Poggio, we have a parking lane, we've got bicyclists. All of it is, doesn't It's not better. There's no guarantee that what you're going to put in will give you better results than what we have in front of our restaurant. So I really caution you before you make this move. I also would like you to consider removing any parking spaces. We've been a big partner with the city with many of these initiatives, but we do lose 44 parking spots last year. six or nine parking spaces will affect the ability for people to come to our businesses and for our residents to park at my business. spots last year. Six or nine parking spaces will affect the ability for people to come to our businesses and for our residents to park at my business. So thank you very much. Thank you very much. |
| 03:10:04.06 | Steven Woodside | Jeff Torchin, Charles Kaufman, Mustafa Alami, Babette McDougall, Lily Duchampians. and Philip Touretto. |
| 03:10:14.20 | Mustafa Alami | I don't know if I'm next or not, but I'm on your own. Sure, go ahead. Oh, great. Thank you. |
| 03:10:16.14 | Steven Woodside | Sure, go ahead. |
| 03:10:17.74 | Mustafa Alami | My name is Mustafa and I'm a longtime resident of Sausalito. I fully support the plan, remove the middle, add sidewalks and add bike lanes. I see safer bicycle routes everywhere in the Bay Area, but nothing in Sausalito. Why is that? |
| 03:10:31.22 | Steven Woodside | Can you talk into the mic? |
| 03:10:31.78 | Mustafa Alami | Can you talk? Thank you. Oh, I'm sorry. I want to hear you. Oh, thank you. Yeah. I use my bicycle for work, school, recreation and grocery. And my son Omar, you know, bicycles are local time high school in Sausalito and across from |
| 03:10:47.27 | Kieran Culligan | here. |
| 03:10:47.51 | Mustafa Alami | When I ride into the city, I often see families with children exuding pure joy as they ride through fog on the bridge. I smile and echo their excitement, but I can't help to really pray for their safe passage through Saucyedito. It's just not safe to get through. Surprisingly, our collective safety seems to be of little concern. Why is that? And furthermore, I'm an assistant coach in our local TAMHA mountain bike team. We ride everywhere, we ride in Tennessee Valley to practice in the headlands, but we avoid at all cars just to come through Sausalito because of safety. Thank you. Thank you. I support the plan. |
| 03:11:18.31 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. All right, Babette McDougall, then Lily Duchampians, then Philip Toretto, then Niels Carlsen. |
| 03:11:26.86 | Babette McDougall | Thank you. Thank you very much, Babette MacDougall, Sausalito resident. I want to thank you all very much for giving up your Saturday and doing such a thorough job in preparing and including the review of so much public input. And I really appreciate it. the questioning and the cross-examination by our council members. This has been a really good exercise. All right, there are two things that I'd really like to drill down on. Number one, this incremental Look at Bridgeway. Stem to stern, we need to take a big picture look at Bridgeway. And what I'm hearing is the calmer we make Bridgeway, the safer ultimately it will be. The other thing is some people have got a text, in fact, saying, well, what are the strings attached? Why are so many people so determined to take this money? Well, that's actually a good question to ask because the truth of the matter is we can always reapply when we know a better what we really want and need. And we need to get that consensus going today. partly why I consider it a litmus test. I think we hear everyone saying, families, we want families. |
| 03:12:29.09 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. you Lily Duchampians, Philip Toretto, Niels Carlson, Nicole Beck. |
| 03:12:41.74 | Lily DeChampry | Hi, I'm Lily DeChampry, and my mother and my aunt both live in Saucelito, and I've been coming to Saucelito since I was six. Hardly enough, I survived crossing Bridgeway since her early age. I don't know how I did it, but I did. And I just wanted to raise a few things that are a bit surprising to me. First of all, I don't really understand how some experts can state in the same statement that it is dangerous and it slows down traffic to keep regular cars behind bikes, but that it would be okay to have ambulances and fire trucks on the bike lane where the same bikes would allegedly retard the regular cars. And then it's great to see that so many people seem to be concerned by this very serious issue. And I hope that the engagement keeps coming for other issues in the future. |
| 03:13:33.00 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:13:34.43 | Lily DeChampry | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 03:13:34.76 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Philip Toretto, Niels Carlson, Nicole Beck. Leslie Hale. |
| 03:13:42.22 | Philip Toretto | Philip Toretto, 307 Bridgeway. Excuse me, if I talk quickly, I want you. First to mention about this bloody accident that happened right in front of our place with the bicyclists. about five days ago, that was because someone did a three point U-turn And U-turns are part of something I've never heard about that. Human behavior. Yeah, everyone goes into our driveway and turns. I don't know how many times do a study on that. I'm talking 100 times and they're doing U-turns. And that's how is any of this going to change someone making a U-turn in our driveway? And that is the one thing I haven't heard. All day, all of these studies, all of these years, how many driveways are on that stretch of road people? How many I counted it's over 20 driveways. We back up, we look, there could be a van here. We back up. Is there a bicyclist there? Oh, the bicyclist then has to move over. The car moves over into the median lane, which is our grace for the other people whipping around that corner. You're making swipes into head-ons, people. Thank you. Swiping goes to head-ons. Thank you. |
| 03:14:45.77 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:14:45.80 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 03:14:45.97 | Annie Porter | Head-ons people. |
| 03:14:47.00 | Steven Woodside | you |
| 03:14:47.01 | Jill Hoffman | you |
| 03:14:47.03 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:14:47.20 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 03:14:48.06 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 03:14:50.27 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:14:52.82 | Steven Woodside | We are, I'm just going to let you know, we are going to hear from the police about the accident that happened last Sunday. So as soon as public comment is over, we will hear from the police on that. All right, Niels Carlson. I'm here. Yes, go. But then Nicole Beck, then Leslie Hale. |
| 03:15:08.28 | Niels Carlson | Yes, I am. |
| 03:15:12.12 | Niels Carlson | I moved to Sausalito before Braceway was expanded 50 years ago. Totally impressed of the design and the brilliant solution to a critical problem. It was not a change. It was an improvement. We just need to add some crosswalks to it. I feel, Elaine, A bicycles list gives them a kind, I feel making a lane for bicyclists gives them a kind of privilege and a wrong way of feeling safe. Let us face it, the bicyclists and venturing into Sorzolito has already, at the entrance, being forced to be careful to share the roads before they get into the relative short straights of which way that we are talking about. And they will have to continue to the more in critical area in downtown. And again, a couple of miles going north to Sausalito. creating a bicycle Lane. is, Thank you. Thank you. |
| 03:16:16.10 | Steven Woodside | Thank you so much. |
| 03:16:16.94 | Niels Carlson | Thank you. |
| 03:16:16.98 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:16:18.75 | Niels Carlson | I have a lot more. |
| 03:16:19.62 | Steven Woodside | Nicole. Nicole Beck, Leslie Hale, Matthew Hartzell. |
| 03:16:26.86 | Nicole Back | Hello, my name is Nicole Back, and I'm a fifth generation Sausalito. And I also own property with many tenants on Bulkley, which is right above the stretch of water, that stretch of Bridgeway. I'm happy that you noticed that the presentation was self-serving, including discussing a truck backing up and killing someone, a garbage truck, that had absolutely nothing to do with bicycles. And I think that using that is totally not okay. by the coalition. So Bridgeway is a public street. It doesn't belong to Bay Trail, even though they say they just mentioned that it was part of Bay Trail. We have the right to discuss and give you our opinion. the city should favor pedestrians who come to the city or who live here and |
| 03:17:28.44 | Steven Woodside | That was quick. Thank you so much. Leslie Hale, Matthew Hartzell, David Troop. |
| 03:17:35.48 | Leslie Hale | I'm Leslie Hale. I love you. on the hill. I've been here since 1959. I've ridden bikes as a child and as an adult. So have my children. And please keep the median and put the money to police and fire and educate and enforce laws and get the bikes to obey the moving vehicle laws already in place. The response time is critical to safety. It has made a difference in my life. where six minutes is what the fire department wants and it took them 15 minutes to respond to a fire. and it caused a lot of damage. Bikes ride three of them. |
| 03:18:33.95 | Steven Woodside | like Shride 3. Thank you. |
| 03:18:36.55 | Leslie Hale | Thank you. |
| 03:18:36.65 | Steven Woodside | Thank you so much. Okay, I'm going to call... Speaker cards I've already called and they haven't come. And then I'm going to, is there anyone online? Okay, so Matthew Hartzell, David Troop, Patty Swenson, Nancy Fleming, Michael Smiley, Steve Bonnock, Jeff Torchin, and Charles Kaufman. And any of those people who are still here, feel free to come up to the podium. In the meantime, I'll turn it over to Maria for online public comments. |
| 03:19:10.47 | Unknown | Sandra Bushmaker? |
| 03:19:15.90 | Unknown | you |
| 03:19:15.92 | Sandra Bushmaker | Good evening, council. Thank you for having this. this hearing today. I'm a long term resident living in the south part of town. Against the removal of the median from Princess to Richardson, as it's been in place for decades for very good reason. I have heard, if it's not broken, don't fix it. I have heard no data whatsoever of a causal relationship between the proposed project and the reduction of accidents. You have heard that our police chief said that removal would be chaotic, along with other public safety employees. who have received a notice from an attorney letter in your packet, which indicates there is a threat of litigation. You cannot make the finding of no litigation needed for your resolution. Remember that it is Sausalito residents that put you in office. This is who you should be serving. Please say no to this grant. Thank you. |
| 03:20:11.79 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 03:20:14.95 | Sandra Bushmaker | Thank you. |
| 03:20:14.96 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:20:14.98 | Sandra Bushmaker | Thank you. |
| 03:20:15.03 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 03:20:15.25 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. even Jane, Chris, Evan, Chris, and then can you announce who will be next, Maria, so they know? |
| 03:20:25.86 | Evan Jane Criss | Yes, hello, my name is Evan Jane Criss. My family has owned a home here in Sausalito for 53 years. We live up on the hill. I, uh, respectfully requests that you decline the grant to remove the median on Bridgeway. unnecessary, poorly timed, misguided, and costly. It will further endanger the residents of Sausalito by making passage of emergency vehicles more difficult through one of the few straight routes of ingress and egress in the city. Sausalito already lost its insurance due to neglect of infrastructure. This is the immediate concern. The additional estimated costs of $2.8 million above the grant amount to be covered by taxpayers is unacceptable. Our tax money should be used to repair and upgrade sewage, water, and roadways. This is especially important to address in advance of the building of some 900-plus new housing units as mandated by the state. which will increase our population |
| 03:21:28.13 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:21:28.15 | Evan Jane Criss | Thank you. |
| 03:21:30.38 | Unknown | Okay, next we have... Adrian Brinton, Carolyn Ford, and then India, Linda Pfeiffer. |
| 03:21:36.98 | Steven Woodside | Okay. Adrienne, welcome. |
| 03:21:44.47 | Adrian Brinton | Hi, thank you for taking my comment. First, thanks to staff. I know with a huge amount of public engagement, it's been a massive effort to get everything ready and get everything online for the meeting. So thank you for that. This area is unsafe. Bike lanes would help organize the chaos and that would make it safer. I think in addition to that, enforcement is a huge issue. We've heard from many people about the issues with cyclists not following the rules, not stopping at lights and not respecting pedestrian right away. And that's unacceptable. Speeding and unsafe passing make the area unsafe as well. And that's also unacceptable. In the past, since 2008, citations issued have dropped by 95%. We issued 100 citations in 2023 for moving violations. If people feel they can do what they want without consequences, they will. And we need to understand what it will take to enforce these flagrant violations and ensure better compliance for traffic laws by everyone. Thank you Tyler for presenting the petition. I want to note that there were 100 residents as well as 300 non-residents that signed our petition. Thank you. |
| 03:22:46.87 | Sandra Bushmaker | Thank you. |
| 03:22:55.17 | Steven Woodside | Maria, if you ask them to unmute ahead of time. Okay, go ahead. |
| 03:23:08.29 | Linda Pfeiffer | Hello, can you hear me? I know Carolyn Ford was |
| 03:23:12.02 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:23:12.03 | Linda Pfeiffer | Thank you. |
| 03:23:12.34 | Unknown | Thank you. Oh, sorry. Linda, can you, can you, Linda, I asked you to unmute. Linda Fleck. |
| 03:23:19.15 | Steven Woodside | Linda, can you? |
| 03:23:20.20 | Unknown | unused |
| 03:23:20.33 | Linda Pfeiffer | Can you hear me? Yes, we hear you. |
| 03:23:22.38 | Steven Woodside | Yes, we hear you. |
| 03:23:23.78 | Linda Pfeiffer | Okay, thank you. My name is Linda Pfeiffer. I'm a Saucedo resident. Keep the middle median lane. I've lived here 30 years, biked the route for decades. The middle median lane is safe for everyone and critical for emergency response to Old Town. I'd add during the November election, residents were led to believe the median was safe from being removed. They were told this was just a study for safety. Blaustein said there was never a plan to remove the median, and Sobieski said it was a manufactured issue. Five months later, we're all here on a Saturday fighting to save the medians. The bike lobby is here. Consultant data is all over the place, shifting accident data, shifting sources, shifting boundaries on roads. Thank you. Listen to Police Chief Gregory, who said the center median is a relief valve for people and for police response. Listen to Chief Tubbs, who confirmed the current configuration is preferred for emergency response. Counsel, listen to your constituents. |
| 03:24:26.81 | Steven Woodside | Did you cut her? Did you? Okay. She just lost connection. Yeah. Okay, can you call out the next couple of people? |
| 03:24:33.57 | Unknown | The next few people are Carolyn Ford, Matthew Hartsell, Mark Palmer. |
| 03:24:40.52 | Lynn Carey | Thank you. |
| 03:24:40.54 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:24:40.56 | Steven Woodside | Great. |
| 03:24:40.71 | Unknown | to be. |
| 03:24:40.75 | Lynn Carey | Thank you. |
| 03:24:40.76 | Unknown | Thank you. Carolyn Ford, can you hear us? Yes, I can. Can you hear me? |
| 03:24:44.91 | Carolyn Ford | you |
| 03:24:44.93 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:24:45.03 | Carolyn Ford | Yes, we hear you. Welcome, Caroline. Thank you. Um, And I'm in the south end of town. So what I want to say is I have a concern about the transparency of this process. During last year's campaign debate, three of you pledged Support for the middle lane. You knew the police chief in the department back then. You knew residents were circulating a petition in favor, yet six months later, we're still here. this time with questionable additional... Accident figures. Recognizing the safety benefits and low accident rates mayor cox and council member hoffman have remained consistent in their support of the middle lane. But seemingly a majority of this council continues to resist, ignoring police expertise and overwhelming public support. I urge you to vote no. Let's move on. |
| 03:25:51.47 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. We have Mark Pollack. |
| 03:25:54.93 | Carolyn Ford | I'm right. |
| 03:25:55.16 | Unknown | Bye. |
| 03:25:55.25 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:25:55.28 | Unknown | Thank you. Matthew Hartzell, please unmute. |
| 03:26:04.17 | Matthew Hartzell | Good afternoon. This is Matthew Hartzell, Director of Planning at WTB TAM. Sausalito has enacted a Vision Zero policy. The goal of that policy is zero collisions and zero injuries. So one collision and one injury is too much, and certainly 60 is too much. I've heard a lot of frustration today about bad behavior from bicyclists. I am a bicyclist, and I completely agree with you. But that's not the people who this project and these recommended improvements are for. They're for the locals of Sausalito, they're for the residents of all ages and abilities to improve their mobility within the city and improve traffic and let people get from old town to downtown, not the people who are going up the hill to the bridge, but just getting around the city. Mode separation is proven to improve safety for all modes, including pedestrians and motorists. The consultants and the data show that the median is unsafe and is being used for unsafe illegal activity. Counsel, please show leadership. Don't be cowed by disinformation. and vote for the recommended improvements. Thank you. |
| 03:27:09.33 | Unknown | Mark Palmer, please unmute. And is there anyone after that? you After that, there will be a Scott Banzanella and Aaron Roller. |
| 03:27:18.29 | Mark Palmer | Thank you. |
| 03:27:18.31 | Lynn Carey | RAY. |
| 03:27:18.39 | Mark Palmer | Thank you. Mark Palmer, Sausalito, can you hear me? |
| 03:27:21.90 | Unknown | Yes, please. |
| 03:27:22.96 | Mark Palmer | SEAT. As a lifelong cyclist, I'm 78 years old. I respectfully request you to implement the Bridgeway Safety Plan on this confusing and dangerous stretch of roadway. Having proper pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure is the hallmark of a city that that cares for its most vulnerable road users. Please take this long awaited opportunity to install these professionally engineered safety improvements for the benefit of all motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists. Thank you. |
| 03:27:53.58 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:27:59.63 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:27:59.65 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:27:59.67 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:27:59.74 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:27:59.87 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:27:59.97 | Unknown | Who's next? City clerk. Aaron. Oh, Aaron Roller. Are you enrolling? |
| 03:28:06.38 | Aaron Roller | Hello, City Council. Hello. This is Aaron Roller. |
| 03:28:08.61 | Unknown | Hello, welcome. |
| 03:28:10.33 | Aaron Roller | Sausalito resident, but I'm in Switzerland now living here. And in 2018, when I joined the PBAC, I heard the residents talk and they were really frustrated with congestion. So I looked what we could do and it was add bike lanes because that would actually reduce the congestion. And that was the goal. When I looked in the general plan and the master plan of the bicycle master plan, And it said, remove the median. So this has been there since 1995. And so now that was the yes we've gotten here. Thank you so much for having us here. This has been a lot of work. And I think that I'm very grateful for all that you've done. Please vote yes so we can move forward because we know what no looks like. And it looks like it does now with a lot of injuries. Thank you. |
| 03:29:08.85 | Sandra Bushmaker | Thank you. |
| 03:29:08.87 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:29:09.90 | Sandra Bushmaker | Bye. |
| 03:29:09.97 | Unknown | Thank you. Who's next city clerk? Next, we have Scott Banzanella. Please unmute. |
| 03:29:17.27 | Steven Woodside | And who's after that? |
| 03:29:18.25 | Unknown | And then after that? |
| 03:29:19.03 | Steven Woodside | That's it. Okay. |
| 03:29:22.29 | Unknown | Now I don't, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, |
| 03:29:27.49 | Steven Woodside | Okay, so that's the end of public comment. I'm going to invite the police chief back to address this accident that we got this gruesome picture about that happened last Sunday. |
| 03:29:41.10 | Chief Gregory | I'm going to invite... |
| 03:29:41.90 | Steven Woodside | Sergeant White to the... |
| 03:29:43.04 | Chief Gregory | Thank you. Mike to talk. Thank you. |
| 03:29:45.56 | Nick White | Thank you. |
| 03:29:45.66 | Chief Gregory | Thank you. |
| 03:29:46.10 | Nick White | Madam Mayor, Council. So the collision involved a woman who was completing a U-turn in a residential R2 district of Bridgeway 300 block. A, as she was completing the U-turn, her nose of her car was on the curb, this is her statement in short, that she couldn't complete the U-turn, had to make a three-point turn, As she was reversing, she noticed the bicyclist down. She did not feel any impact to her car, and the bicyclist had no recollection of the incident at all. There were no witnesses to it. The one big piece of evidence that we were able to determine was that there was the blood spot from the bicyclist almost on the southbound yellow striping, which leads us to believe, we weren't there of course, that the bicycles would be the traveling to the left of the southbound roadway or driving in the median itself. Again, there's no cameras available or witnesses. The case is still under investigation. There's a few more steps to complete, but those are the facts currently. So we'd also, a big piece of it too is that There was no impact felt by the driver. the bicycle was in recollection, there was no damage to the car, We don't know if there was a panic break and a crash. We don't know if there was a, collision or not currently, we still need to talk to the bicyclist as he had no recollection. So there's still some more steps to take. |
| 03:31:00.64 | Steven Woodside | Thank you so much for that update. Yeah, Sergeant White. |
| 03:31:04.15 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. |
| 03:31:04.18 | Nick White | Thank you. |
| 03:31:04.19 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. |
| 03:31:04.35 | Nick White | Yeah. |
| 03:31:04.52 | Ian Sobieski | So, |
| 03:31:04.97 | Nick White | Sure. |
| 03:31:04.99 | Ian Sobieski | THE END OF THE END OF THE Thank you. Was it driverish through the citation if you're making an illegal turn? |
| 03:31:08.68 | Nick White | No, no. And there's a big piece of that too. So 21, four 60, I believe is the code for the center left turn lane. They do in fact allow you turns. There's also a no U-turn sign prior to the area of the collision about 200 feet prior. I think at the start of perhaps the R2 zone of the residential area. So that is an impacting part. Um, but again, we don't usually issue citations, uh, after the fact of an unwitnessed event usually. So that's part of our traffic collision process. |
| 03:31:09.93 | Ian Sobieski | Amazing. |
| 03:31:34.40 | Steven Woodside | Thank you so much. OK. |
| 03:31:39.45 | Steven Woodside | What is going on? Okay, public comment is closed. I'm going to bring it back up here for motion and discussion. |
| 03:31:51.95 | Ian Sobieski | I'll start. Hi, everybody. Long afternoon. And thank you. Maria, three minutes. |
| 03:32:00.78 | Steven Woodside | Maria, three minutes. |
| 03:32:03.36 | Ian Sobieski | So I read every public letter and I read the big report. And there is a lot of information, as you saw here today, there was a lot of information that I know was news to a lot of people because I also spoke to a lot of residents who didn't read the report and I don't blame them cause it's pretty lengthy and there's a lot of data here. Uh, We only have three minutes and we're gonna do a round robin, but I would just say that I hope, and my real hope and ambition among other things is some agreement about facts that I think was loosened today, and I hope that people will take Mr. Precy up on his offer to meet individually and to go over the data directly. If you don't believe his number is about 60 plus accidents, please sit down with him. He said he would meet with you. And if you're not willing to meet with them to settle that issue, then we're not gonna get on the same page about something that's important. This is a complicated issue, obviously, many different tradeoffs. And for me, I'd like to, since I have limited time, I'll just speak about what I'm sure about. And then on my next turn, maybe things I'm less sure about. The thing I'm sure about is what a lot of people wrote about is i think we should have some crosswalks i think i support the three crosswalks that are in the proposal uh and i hope we will implement those three crosswalks that means not not changing the median configuration i think we should i'm sure we should add the crosswalks dr taylor wrote about that cj ware mentioned it many of the other speakers said it too i also think it's a no-brainer that we need to enforce the no parking stopping loading, loading, and unloading in the center median. That is illegal. I mean, it's actually illegal in the code. And it just obviously obstructs the flu through traffic. If that's going to remain our emergency median lane, then it should stay an emergency median lane clear of blockages. So should and i think i would i would support implementing uh s1 of the uh loading zone idea and ask our police uh to uh enforce it by by sending the parking people down there and making sure that we educate through warnings and citations uh the loading zone uh concept uh i would think that in lieu of what the chamber's information is that should just go to 1 p.m rather than 4 p.m so it can be used for resident and visitor parking uh during our peak hours uh so those are the things i would i'm sure about. I think we should definitely ask the police to prioritize enforcement of the law for speeding and bad bicycle behavior and bad driver behavior. and that section and the other dangerous section of Bridgeway. I don't think there's any need to undercut the facts that have been reported by a certified licensed person of integrity that this section of ridgeway is the second most dangerous and the other First most dangerous is from Napa to downtown. So let's ramp up police protection. You heard about the drop off in our citations. We should start, maybe we overdid it with not citing shoplifters or arresting them. We probably maybe overdid it with just issuing warnings. I've gotten one, I appreciated it, but I probably should have got a ticket. |
| 03:35:08.24 | Steven Woodside | I'm just going to remind the Council, what we have to decide today is whether or not to accept the OBAG III funding for the construction of the Bridgeway Bike Lane project. Princess de Richardson. So I'm looking for your feedback on that issue that's before us today. And then if you want to add other things, obviously that's great. But I need to hear from each of you regarding whether you would like to accept that grant. |
| 03:35:33.79 | Steven Woodside | So just to answer that question, no. But I do believe that we have a problem, we have a risk, a substantial risk in this stretch of the road, and there is simply not enough room to handle all the needs with the level of safety that I think everyone in this room would like to see. That's the bottom line as I see it. I do support and we need to remove the loading from the median. If the median was intended to be an emergency and perhaps a safety valve to get around someone who's pulled over to the side of the road, as often happens, putting on emergency lights and loading or unloading something which happens everywhere else in town that median is a safety valve so I don't favor removing it at this time I'd simply say something else personally I've been biking almost all my life but I'm at an age now where I don't feel safe biking almost anywhere to be honest sorry to say that |
| 03:36:10.48 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:36:36.82 | Steven Woodside | Bye. I don't do double black diamonds on the ski run. I mean, there's a lot of things I don't do. But I do value separate bike lanes whenever you can do them. I was a sophomore at UC Davis when the very first bike lane in a public street was installed by the city after the legislature signed by Governor Reagan allowed for bike lanes to be put on public streets. Before that, it was questionable whether they were even allowed. They are an improvement where you have room. I also can tell you that I don't really like those narrow little lanes next to cars. I was doored once. That was enough. Okay? That was enough. Fortunately, I wasn't seriously injured, but my bike was a mess. So I'm speaking personally, but I'm also trying to be objective. To say there's no problem there is just not accurate in my view. To say that there's a huge problem that we have an unsafe condition of public property, also I don't think is true. We have a lot of misbehavior by a lot of people that contributes to the risk that we all face whenever we go on that street. I walked to this meeting today from maybe the southernmost home in all of Sausalito. It took me about 30 minutes. I walked briskly. Three good friends of mine on the way buttonholed me to make sure that I didn't remove the median. Most of the people in this room that have spoken I've known. I've talked to individually with many of you. And I respect your point of view. I respect the way this meeting has been conducted. And I want to say that because we need to come together for safety. We're going to talk in a while maybe about long term plans. That's another issue, but enough for now. Thank you. |
| 03:37:45.04 | Unknown | Yeah. Thank you. |
| 03:37:47.63 | Matt Barnes | people. |
| 03:38:11.60 | Unknown | end. |
| 03:38:37.34 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:38:37.37 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 03:38:37.83 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:38:38.47 | Jill Hoffman | Councilmember Blaustein. Yeah, I'm I'm happy to make a motion to reject the grant just so that that's officially on the table. And I just wanna- Before you speak, we need to see if there's a second. Oh, is there a second? And with some, we can all give varied direction to staff. Is there a second for that? |
| 03:38:46.64 | Steven Woodside | I want to- Oh, is that right? |
| 03:38:52.92 | Steven Woodside | . I could. |
| 03:38:53.41 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. Okay, great. So whenever we're ready, we can talk about that. But, you know, a lot of people brought up that this conversation has been going on since 2023 that I specifically was mentioned as talking about it during the contentious campaign that we just had during which time. I said, We... we're gonna preserve it based on community input. And we received overwhelming community input and I really appreciate it because I think it reiterates the role that all of us play as representatives of the community. And while I'm absolutely in favor of the Bay Trail and the North South Greenway, and I'd like to see us be more supportive of figuring out a path forward for safety for bikers in general, our community has resoundingly spoken in favor of maintaining this median and that's really important. And I think what's even more important that we've heard today from our public safety professionals is that the best path forward is to maintain the median. With that in mind, I really appreciate the amount of research that was done here. And one thing that is immediately clear, well, two things are immediately clear. We can't remove the median, and also we can't do nothing because one pedestrian death, in my opinion, is too many. That's why Vision Zero has been adopted, and that's really important. So I'd really like to see us move forward, though we're not accepting this grant, which I think it's important to reiterate that that funding is now completely lost to Marin County. So we are responsible, I believe, to do something to step up for safety using our capital improvement funds. and what we heard was that it would be about $300,000 for striping and re-striping for crosswalks. For I'd like to see lighting on those crosswalks and as mentioned loading zone enforcement. And going forward from that point, we heard from Katie Tho Garcia that we actually have over $400,000 remaining in our sea level rise assessment strategy funds. and some of that could be directed to create a more clear long term plan that mirrors 1 C, which would raise Bridgeway and allow for potential bike lanes that would maintain the median. So I'm hopeful that we will be able to come together. I don't think that we have to have all of the answers today. But what is clear is that we have a need to make Bridgeway safer, to do something, and to maintain our median. So I look forward to hearing what my other council members have to say. |
| 03:41:10.68 | Steven Woodside | Thank you so much. Councilmember Hoffman. |
| 03:41:12.42 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I would support the motion to respectfully decline the grant and thank the community for all of their input and helping us get to this position that we're at today and the tremendous amount of work that members of our community put in. you know um there were issues with the safety numbers i think as i uh you know as i brought to as i addressed with mr parisi i think you know ultimately we may be actually on the same page with mr parisi um because as his as he said his numbers included all vehicles all you know all incidents um and i was addressing only bike incidents and so i think it was confusing that all of a all incidents popped in. at a number of 60, and yet we were addressing numbers of or he was specifically addressing numbers of 235 10 as we lived up to this meeting and then all of a sudden it was 60 all vehicles. I will follow up with him later, but that was an unfortunate circumstance that all of a sudden we're talking about 60. We may be closer to, you know, the same number, actually. But overall, even if you talk 60 over 10 years, that's 10 incidents. And if you drill down and subtract out those two high-conflict intersections at each end, you know, you subtract out. That's still a pretty low number for, you know, hundreds of thousands of just rental bikes coming down to that one small corridor. You know, that's still a pretty low number of accidents or, you know, bike-related accidents along that corridor. So, you know, revisiting, designating that as a high-conflict corridor, I think, might merit some work as well. But, you know, ultimately, we all want it to be safe. We want to be safe for everybody who comes here, not just residents. We want to be safe for everybody who comes down that corridor. And that's, you know, something that we're all committed to. That's what we were committed to when we stood up the bicycle ambassadors that had tremendous success when it was running. So maybe it's time to rethink that and standing that up again. You know, the issues of addressing how we look at that corridor and adherence to, you know, basing our decisions on facts, basing our decisions on actual metrics, and adhering to those metrics is vitally important. And when you look at just the facts of, what we already have. We know that just looking at the actual you know, other high collision areas in town, namely from Johnson Street north, we know that crosswalks, bike lanes, and stoplights, that's where most of the conflict occurs. So those things don't necessarily make it safe. |
| 03:44:19.23 | Steven Woodside | Thanks, we'll circle back. Um, I'm a bike rider. I don't think council member Sobieski mentioned it, but he is an avid bike rider. I know this for sure. I have a mountain bike, an e-bike and a scooter. And I, a motorized scooter, of course, at my age. And I routinely ride through town. I've not been scared off yet, vice mayor. And so I am very aware of some of the challenges of different stretches in town. I definitely think micro-ceiling bridgeway is a must because that will help safety. I was really struck by the woman who said, not one size fits all. So I have frequently made that statement myself. Um, And I also consider myself to be a public servant. And so between April 2024 and December 2024 and today, we've received 348 comments that I've counted. a six to one ratio to keep the median that, coupled with the feedback from our public safety officials Um, convinces me that the right thing for now is to keep the median um, I we did spend significant funds to create bike lanes at the north end of town by restructuring the median there. And rarely, I drive through town at least twice a day, every day, And I often see bicycles riding three or four abreast and not staying within the lane. And so I question, without better enforcement, how helpful creating bike lanes in this stretch would be. We need to do a better job of enforcing bikes. the laws that we have. I said the same thing about short-term rentals. we need to show that we can enforce it before we can adopt a change. And so I think it's important that we focus for the safety of pedestrians, residents, and bicyclists on existing bike lanes and traffic rules, including signal lights and speed limits. So, you know, I see... bicyclists run the light at molly stones all the time I And I, when I'm coming down Alexander Avenue, I get passed. I'm in a van. a huge 19 foot van and I have bicyclists passing me across a double yellow line on the left. And so I would like to figure out if we can find the staffing. We used to have a motorcycle cop who enforced the bicycle rules, and it made a difference back in 2016. 18, 20, 19. I'd love to see that come back. So those are my preliminary thoughts. |
| 03:47:23.23 | Ian Sobieski | Councilmember? Well, yeah, it's totally aligned. I do ride my bike a lot and I think people, clearly there is a lot of antithoppy about a history of conflict between pedestrians and bicyclists. As a pedestrian, I was attacked by a bicyclist. when I asked the bicyclist or admonished by cyclists for not stopping. But I've also been run off the road by a car. So angry and bad behavior isn't the exclusive domain of any one transportation type. And... And I feel some of that anger here, and it seems that it, uh, just gets in the way of engaging with the facts that some of my colleagues are talking about. There's no need to... pretend that the accident data somehow isn't real to recognize that some areas both are accident challenged and that there's no magic wand that will suddenly reduce it to zero, but that we should try as best we can to engage with the facts to make things safer where we can. And yeah, I'm concerned that bicycle lanes necessarily wouldn't be filled with, you know, they wouldn't just stay in their lane. And I get the, uh, you know, the sense of loss that a bicycle lane then means the bikes can be in the lane and they can be in the traffic lane both. So the amount of space for cars is less. At the same time, a lot of people, Babette and McDougall mentioned it, about being stemmed to stern. You know, we've talked about, and by the way, I'll regress to say, one great safety improvement would be to actually repave the streets from Ed Hapache's house all the way to Napa Street. So that's Bridgeway. It's a pothole mess. We should, when we talk about the CIP, organize a repavement of that. But if we're going to do that, that's a great opportunity to do, Babette and McDougall said, and think STEM discerned about the correct layout of crosswalks, lines, signage, and whatnot to service everybody. Again, I'm supporting the motion, of course, but in terms of asking for opinions, pointing to future direction that, you know, Thank you. for we should we talked about issuing an rfp for complete streets we should include in that when we do our commitment to repave bridgeway do it thoughtfully for all the users near term near-term, and I hope as soon as possible, we give, and if we can't do it today, we should agendize it for the future, give specific direction to create, to prohibit Parking, stopping and loading. in the center of the median, so it stays as emergency travel thoroughfare. and hence establish a loading zone And as the mayor said, we should give emphasis to the police to start doing enforcement across the whole town, but in particularly in these areas that Parisi has identified as high accident areas, as Councilmember Hoffman said, where there are a bunch of crosswalks and bike lanes is actually the number one. area of damage and just yesterday you know I saw a woman uh drive down all those turn lanes speeding past the line of traffic uh she deserved a ticket not a warning They stopped arresting shoplifters in San Francisco. and that went too far we should issue more tickets and i do want to reiterate my support of just moving straight ahead as soon as possible on the three crosswalks that are in the proposal |
| 03:50:30.22 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:50:30.24 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. Sure. Sorry, yes. So my follow-up is, no, I think we should, my point was, I think before we move ahead, give direction, move ahead, our police chief actually said that she thinks, especially from the June 30th, 2023 memo, by the way, I think that we should attach that to the agenda as the next item, which I think is 13. I think that would be attachment 13 on the agenda so that other people, the public can see that clearly. It is... as the next item, which I think is 13. I think that would be attachment 13 on the agenda so that other people, the public can see that clearly. It is in the agenda. |
| 03:51:05.04 | Steven Woodside | because it was attached to a public comment letter. |
| 03:51:07.96 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah, but you can't find it. I mean, there's 300 pieces of public comments. So I think it should actually be attached as attachment 13 to the agenda or the next item on the agenda. But anyway, the police, the point of the police is that that is a safety valve and it serves a purpose. So creating a loading zone would cost $700,000 and it would take away, I think, some parking spaces. And it may actually create more problems. So my point being, I think that we need input from our public. I'm not against crosswalks, let me just say that. Let me just say that 100%. But to the point being that inserting crosswalks doesn't make places safer. And in fact, it may have an unintended consequence in some ways making it less safe and creating more congestion. So I'm just saying don't do it. I'm just saying let's make sure we're doing the right thing. And I support this, you know, putting up declining the grant because that's the recommendation of our police chief, our fire chief, and the vast majority of our public. And so anyway, that's I didn't have time to get that out. Sorry. And my concern, I'm a biker too. I regularly bike up through south on Bridgeway, up through Upper Alexander and up through the Headlands. And my point is, Upper Alexander is much rougher and there's far more accidents up there and far more greater injuries from accidents up on Upper Alexander than along that stretch of Bridgeway. And so, and I've talked to The bike. coalition about this and Mr. Wells about this, that that would be and and Dr. Fox, who lives up there and was the original chair of our bike and ped committee, that if we were gonna spend money on improvements and bike for bicyclists, that would be where we would spend our money. So I would, anyway, that would be my recommendation for bike improvements and improvement of bike safety, so. |
| 03:53:08.95 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:53:08.97 | Jill Hoffman | They're not. |
| 03:53:09.03 | Steven Woodside | have it. Thank you. |
| 03:53:12.86 | Jill Hoffman | I'm just wondering if I could get some feedback from fellow council members about the idea of using some of the funding for the sea level rise grant assessment to just do further research into how we might potentially facilitate a safer sea level rise mitigation strategy integrating a bike lane there Thank you. |
| 03:53:28.09 | Steven Woodside | I... I was about to say, I endorse that, so... We have $400,000 left in the grant. I would say let's spend some of that money to perform the study that was recommended by WRT. |
| 03:53:40.81 | Steven Woodside | I agree. |
| 03:53:42.40 | Steven Woodside | Okay. I do want to sort of poll us on some of the things that have been mentioned. So I, uh, recommend that we ask staff to come back to us with a plan for, uh, accommodating, loading, on the on the sides of the street, north and south sides of the street, including possibly creating a loading zone on the north side of the street next to Trident. So I'd like to ask that staff come back to us with a proposal for us to consider to accomplish that. |
| 03:54:14.83 | Ian Sobieski | Mayor, one, I support that one factual piece of information that wasn't because it wasn't just didn't come up, at least in my direct conversation with David Preece the first time yesterday. One concept that's much cheaper than $700,000 curb cutout is since it is our parking lot that we lease to Trident and we are in negotiations with them about a variety of things. The loading zone can actually be on the Trident deck and not on the street. |
| 03:54:39.13 | Steven Woodside | Yeah, I'm just asking them to come back to us with a proposal. Yeah, just wanted to offer that for everyone's |
| 03:54:41.65 | Ian Sobieski | THE END OF THE END OF THE When it offered that practice for everyone's knowledge. |
| 03:54:43.97 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:54:44.02 | Ian Sobieski | SHOWING THEM TO |
| 03:54:44.06 | Steven Woodside | He mentioned that today during his presentation. |
| 03:54:45.44 | Ian Sobieski | I missed it then. Sorry. |
| 03:54:47.18 | Steven Woodside | Support me. Okay, everybody. Okay, good. I would like to go ahead and give staff authorization to beef up the signage that says do not pass share lane do not pass. Good. Okay. I would like the police to come back to us with a plan for better enforcement. whatever their budget might accommodate. Okay, I would like staff to come back to us with what lighted flashing crosswalks could look like so that we can consider it. |
| 03:55:23.00 | Ian Sobieski | On that comment, we have a specific proposal of place and design. It's in the report. |
| 03:55:23.04 | Steven Woodside | What? |
| 03:55:28.76 | Steven Woodside | I know. |
| 03:55:29.22 | Ian Sobieski | And I'm wondering. |
| 03:55:29.79 | Steven Woodside | We have a lot of resident concern expressed about those settings. So I would like us to. I understand that. |
| 03:55:33.35 | Roger Taylor | Yeah. |
| 03:55:35.46 | Ian Sobieski | I understand that we're not going to act on it right now, but rather, I just want to make sure it's not a vague grab all. Like we have specific designs and specific placements that would support the direction to be specific and asking for approval to do those three things. |
| 03:55:50.75 | Steven Woodside | I was just about to say, at the Golden Gate Market, the Sea Lion, and the Trident, which are the three places. |
| 03:55:52.11 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. |
| 03:55:52.27 | Steven Woodside | I'm sorry. |
| 03:55:52.33 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 03:55:54.86 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. If I could just add one thing I'd really like to explore further whether a crosswalk near the Trident can be accomplished on three lanes without having to put curbs itself in the middle and the reason I say that is I frequently go to other parts of the world or this country where you get to a corner and you get a green light to cross over, in some cases, six lanes of traffic without there really being, you know, they time the lights and such so that you can make it. But I guess my point is, would it be better to have flashing lights and a clearly marked crosswalk Thank you. Thank you. going continuously across the street, including the median, without raised curve that would then have an adverse impact on the use of the media. I'm just to guess you could. |
| 03:56:41.83 | Steven Woodside | I think we have that discussion when it comes back to. |
| 03:56:44.24 | Steven Woodside | Sure. I just want it to be. addressed one way or the other. |
| 03:56:47.57 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 03:56:47.58 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. Can you also? Sorry, one more thing. Can you also include in that, included with that, a congestion analysis? because we don't have stoplights there. We only have one stoplight at Princess, and that's it when you go south, right? So the issue being, if you have people constantly in the crosswalk and cars have to stop every time somebody's in a crosswalk, obviously, you're going to have stoppage along that. that constant stoppage along that very busy corridor, so you're going to have constant congestion. So... as opposed to, so I mean, it's just, I'm not saying you shouldn't, obviously, you shouldn't stop when someone's in a crosswalk, but you're creating a congestion you know, unintended consequences, right? Like we want to understand and the flow of traffic and keep maintaining the flow of traffic along there. I just want to make sure that we understand the flow of traffic. and not creating three new Um, issues. |
| 03:57:40.94 | Steven Woodside | Understood. I'm not saying it would be triggered. I'm actually considering synchronized so that they are controlled. |
| 03:57:40.96 | Jill Hoffman | I'm not saying that. |
| 03:57:49.26 | Steven Woodside | like our other lights are, so that as the light turns green on Princess, that means there would be a progression of you |
| 03:57:59.00 | Jill Hoffman | But that was something that was lacking in this report that we received today was the congestion analysis. |
| 03:58:02.12 | Steven Woodside | Okay. I'm going to get through my list and then others can comment. Okay. I would like to have us at a future agenda item consider restoring the Ambassador Program. I'd like to hear from the police on that. And I would like... our public works director to come back to us with part of our capital improvement plan to talk about the cost of micro ceiling different portions of Bridgeway so that we can consider them. I don't know that we can undertake right away the entirety of Bridgeway, but I'd like to hear different portions for consideration. Do I have anybody object to any of that? No. Okay. All right. |
| 03:58:47.33 | Ian Sobieski | Just I can't remember. I'm sorry. Is your, does your list include enforcing no parking in the media in the emergency medium? |
| 03:58:55.53 | Steven Woodside | pending the not until we set up the loading zones. So for now, there's no enforcement |
| 03:58:58.84 | Ian Sobieski | The Lucky Junks? |
| 03:59:03.66 | Steven Woodside | perhaps we can consider only allowing it prior to 1 p.m. |
| 03:59:08.83 | Jill Hoffman | And can we do that after? after we have input from the South Carolina Police Department. |
| 03:59:14.26 | Steven Woodside | Absolutely. We're not taking any of these actions today. I'm asking folks to come back with the implementation plan. |
| 03:59:21.33 | Jill Hoffman | Can we add also re-striping to the best of our ability Absolutely. to increase safety for, and then the other thing I wanted to see addressed that we got a lot of correspondence on, I previously lived in a building that was struck by a car and that's been struck multiple times and there had been a proposal for bollards there that was |
| 03:59:24.84 | Steven Woodside | Absolutely. |
| 03:59:41.72 | Jill Hoffman | move to be considered through this proposal, and then it wasn't. And I just would like someone to look at the safety of that corner in the context of what we're doing to improve |
| 03:59:48.33 | Steven Woodside | I'm happy to give direction to staff for that as well. And then also to add 20 mile per hour signs. |
| 03:59:53.58 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah. Oh, yeah. |
| 03:59:54.25 | Steven Woodside | as recommended by Mr. Parisi. Okay, anything? I'm going to go ahead and call the question, and then anybody who has anything else to offer can. All those in favor of the pending motion say aye. Aye. Aye. That motion carries unanimously. Any further direction for staff today? Yes, just on. |
| 04:00:06.18 | Leslie Hale | Bye. |
| 04:00:06.79 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. MOTIVATED. |
| 04:00:10.91 | Ian Sobieski | Mayor? Yes, just on your list. The one thing is, that as you know we lost our insurance and we are very risk conscious and one comment made here today was don't let the best be the enemy of the better or the perfect be the enemy of the better so on your list there is of course the danger of these things dragging with all our other priorities so i'm wondering if you could put some deadlines nothing clarifies the work flow as a deadline so some deadlines on these tasks would be helpful |
| 04:00:19.79 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. |
| 04:00:19.97 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 04:00:43.48 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. So these are being added to the future agenda items list, and the vice mayor and I, as the agenda setting committee, will prioritize the rate at which they are brought back to us. I want to. |
| 04:00:55.51 | Steven Woodside | They want to. Sorry, just to add to that very briefly, we do have capital budget deliberations coming up fairly soon. |
| 04:01:05.50 | Steven Woodside | And some of this might happen in that context. Not all of it, but I have a sense of urgency, as I think we all do. |
| 04:01:14.63 | Steven Woodside | Thank you. And with that, I just want to say thank you again to all of the members of the public who wrote in, who attended this marathon meeting, who provided us such helpful and wide-ranging feedback. It's your participation in our government that makes us do our job better and serve you better. So thank you to everyone. And also thank you to the staff who have worked around the clock. |
| 04:01:34.93 | Unknown | Mayor? |
| 04:01:41.23 | Steven Woodside | to bring this to us today, as well as a full agenda next Tuesday, and for really all the work liacing with our various boards and commissions to really have this heard by the widest sector of the public possible. And I think the city manager wants to say something. |
| 04:01:57.54 | Jill Hoffman | Did we also thank Parisi? Thank you. |
| 04:01:59.42 | Steven Woodside | Yes, I'll thank our consultant as well. And he certainly went through military duty today. City manager. |
| 04:01:59.43 | Jill Hoffman | Yes. |
| 04:02:06.94 | Chris Zapata | Yes, if I may, Mayor, thank you again. So to close the loop on this, then we'll construct a letter for my signature to go to MTC, copy to TAM that the grant is being declined. That's the direction I'm hearing. |
| 04:02:19.11 | Steven Woodside | That's correct. Okay, thank you. This meeting is adjourned. |
Roger Taylor — Against: Argued safety data shows almost no injury accidents in the median area; questioned the need for bike lanes based on his analysis of public data. ▶ 📄
Jan Johnson — Against: Cited four reasons to keep median: police lack staff for required enforcement, overwhelming public opposition (348 comments, 6-1 against), threat of litigation, and pedestrian safety concerns. ▶ 📄
Bert Drobnis — Against: Supported crosswalks and re-striping but opposed median removal; noted police data shows 16 accidents in median area with bicyclists often at fault; urged council to listen to the people. ▶ 📄
Kieran Culligan — In Favor: Argued the corridor is unsafe, citing a recent injury; urged leadership to prevent tragedies and improve safety, rejecting passive acceptance of known issues. ▶ 📄
Dirk Rosen — Against: As a longtime bike rider, believes Bridgeway is safe with current configuration; opposed removing median, stating bicyclists need to change culture, not the road. ▶ 📄
Laurie Viot — Against: Listed safety, traffic, resident access, and cost reasons to keep median; opposed bike lanes, suggesting better signage and enforcement for cyclists. ▶ 📄
Regan Fulton — In Favor: As a BPAC member, strongly supports the plan after deep study; described unsafe conditions for children and need for safety improvements for all users. ▶ 📄
Joris Van Menz — In Favor: Resident and parent urged safety improvements; described unsafe experiences and a recent cyclist injury; asked council to act for family safety. ▶ 📄
Annie Porter — Against: 35-year resident opposed median removal; stated median is critical for emergency vehicles and current design works; cyclists should slow down, not change road. ▶ 📄
Warren Wells — In Favor: Marin County Bicycle Coalition representative urged council to move project forward, citing safety data and need for improvement; supported even interim pilot. ▶ 📄
Susanna Suvest — Against: Business owner opposed parklet removal, stating 48-66% of revenue comes from parklets; removal would threaten business survival; prioritize local businesses over passing cyclists. ▶ 📄
Matthew Hartzell — In Favor: WTB TAM Director supported improvements for local residents' mobility and safety; urged council to show leadership and not be swayed by disinformation. ▶ 📄