HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-02-22 Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Final Minutes
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CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
BICYCLE / PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Zoom Teleconference
South San Francisco
6:00 pm
Frank
McAuley
Chair
Reno Bowen
Vice-Chair
Tommy Chheng
Committee
Member
Natalie Gore
Committee
Member
Arian Guzman
Committee
Member
Darryl Yip
Committee
Member
Philip
Hollenback
Committee
Member
Christopher
Espiritu
Secretary to BPAC
Adena Friedman
Principal Planner
Kelsey Evans
Clerk
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Present:
Reno Bowen, Vice Chair -Joined at 6:16pm
Tommy Chheng
Natalie Gore
Arian Guzman
Darryl Yip
Philip Hollenback
Absent: Frank McAuley, Chair
STAFF PRESENT:
Planning: Christopher Espiritu, Secretary to BPAC
Adena Friedman, Principal Planner
Kelsey Evans, Clerk
PROCEEDINGS:
Call to Order: 6:06 PM by Committee Member Arian Guzman
Chair Comments: None
Agenda Review: None
Public Participation: Amaan Nore, Raphael Kissell
Public Comments: None
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CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes for September 7, 2022:
Approved 4-1-2: Committee Member Guzman motioned, Committee Member Gore Seconded
(Committee Member Yip did not approve, Vice Chair Bowen was not yet present)
▪ Committee Member Darryl Yip had a comment on the actions taken for environment reviews.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
2. Active South City Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan - Staff Update (INFORMATIONAL)
▪ Principal Planner Friedman asked if BPAC members can not attend, can submit a comment?
▪ Secretary Espiritu answered, yes, sending comments would not go against the Brown Act.
▪ Vice Chair Bowen was volunteered by Secretary Espiritu to attend, Committee Member Gore
commented her too can attend, and Committee Member Guzman commented she can attend as
well.
▪ Secretary Espiritu noted there will be more information to come
ACTION: None taken, none required
3. BPAC Letter of Support - SMCTA Cycle 6 Funding Applications (Christopher
Espiritu, Senior Planner)
▪ Committee Member Gore noted she has noticed more re-paving of SSF streets and would like to
know if we can start a map that indicated where for public knowledge.
▪ Secretary Espiritu answered, Engineering keeps an updated map in office, all members can either
come in or ask him to send copies.
ACTION: None taken, none required
COMMITTEE COMMENTS
▪ Vice Chair Bowen mentioned his wife is on the Art Committee and they orchestrate creative fund
raisers. Wants to know if BPAC can do something similar.
▪ Secretary Espiritu responded that BPAC has not engaged in public funding before, we deal with
Capital projects working with Caltrans District 4 – Complete Streets Academy currently. BPAC
could do a public demonstration after the completion of a project.
▪ Vice Chair Bowen then asked when has BPAC orchestrated outreach to the public. Secretary
Espiritu responded yes, there have been clean-up days in the past.
▪ Committee Member Gore also answered yes, there have been Safety Assessments in the past and
outreach with bicyclist and pedestrians about 4 years ago.
▪ Principal Planner Friedman asked if BPAC would be interested in doing a bike to workday,
maybe in Spring.
▪ Secretary Espiritu noted BPAC could coordinate with Silicon Valley Bikes for this.
▪ Committee Member Yip asked about the Utah Ave roadway project and how is the City
responding to comments?
▪ Secretary Espiritu answered he will note this and pass the question to Engineer Ruble and
update Committee Member Yip.
▪ Principal Planner Friedman noted that anyone who submitted comments receives a response.
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▪ Committee Member Yip asked if he were to draft recommendations to City Council, how would
that process work.
▪ Secretary Espiritu answered no, letters would work better.
▪ Committee Member Yip noted he has strong feelings about expanding the roadways in SSF.
Committee Member Guzman asked Committee Member Yip if he had spoke to anyone about his
concerns.
▪ Committee Member Yip answered “spoke to staff, who spoke to the attorneys.”
▪ Vice Chair Bowen commented Committee Member Yip should seek an additional party that
doesn’t solely benefit from larger roadways.
▪ Committee Member Gore asked if the larger roadways had larger bike lanes and walkways for
pedestrians, would that ease Committee Member Yip’s concerns?
▪ Committee Member Yip then asked if BPAC could send a letter.
▪ Principal Planner Friedman suggested to check-in with Matt for the correct steps to add
comments.
▪ Committee Member Gore thought the Utah Ave project was not yet finalized. Secretary Espiritu
answered it is. Also mentioned the CEQA would have the answers BPAC is asking; the lead on this
project’s CEQA findings was Caltrans, that is why BPAC doesn’t have the answers they are
looking for.
STAFF COMMENTS
▪ Secretary Espiritu noted past and current BPAC minutes need to be signed by the Chair or Vice
Chair and will be sent out via DocuSign.
▪ Secretary Espiritu introduced Clerk Evans to the Committee, noted her effects to have all videos,
minutes, and agendas of past meetings available for public view. This all can be found on the
SSF.net website under the Planning Division- Commissions and YouTube.
▪ Secretary Espiritu also noted that Committee Member Hollenback’s first name will be corrected
on Agendas and Minutes moving forward.
MEETING ADJOURNED: 6:52 PM: Committee Member Arian Guzman motioned, Committee Member Natalie
Gore Second
_____________________________ _____________________________
Christopher Espiritu Reno Bowen
BPAC Secretary BPAC Vice Chairperson
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