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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 2019.09.10 @7:00 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL PLAN UPDATE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Meeting held at: MUNICIPAL SERVICES BUILDING, POLICE TRAINING ROOM 33 ARROYO DRIVE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080 Tuesday, September 10, 2019 7:00 p.m. Call to Order Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. Roll Call COMMITTEE PRESENT:, Roderick Bovee, Kristy Camacho (arrived at 8:00 pm), Robert Cavalieri, Nicholas Maiden, Sophie Martin, Julie Ann Murphy, John Skerry, Bill Zemke ALTERNATE PRESENT: Alan Wong, Eddie Flores ABSENT: Rehman Baig, Patricia Murray, Sam Shihadeh, Steven Yee, Betty Battaglia, Courtney McCrane Public Comment None. Consent Calendar 1. Approval of the Meeting Minutes of July 9, 2019 MOTION Committee Member Julie Ann Murphy moved and Committee Member Bill Zemke seconded a motion to approve the meeting minutes of July 9, 2019 as submitted. The motion carried unanimously New Business 2. Storytelling Icebreaker Committee members discussed how they came to South San Francisco and what they like about the South San Francisco.. 3. Review Community Engagement To-Date David Javid provided an overview of community engagement to-date. The team held six sub-area meetings, with three more scheduled and conducted a pop-up event at the Mayor’s State of the City event. The team also conducted stakeholder interviews. Dave Javid reviewed the key takeaways from those meetings. He noted that meeting summaries are being prepared from each meeting and will be posted on the project website. 4. Existing Conditions Briefing - Transportation Taylor McAdam, Fehr & Peers provided an overview of existing transportation conditions. She noted that South San Francisco has more regional transportation connections than cities of similar size. She reviewed travel modes and commute modes of residents. She reviewed the transit network in South San Francisco, noting only two bus routes are considered high quality (within 15 minute headways). She also noted private bus shuttles are used by employers east of Highway 101. She noted that BART has high ridership in South San Francisco, with much larger ridership than Caltrain. The new Caltrain station may assist with the low ridership issue. Ferry ridership is about half of Caltrain riders. Ms. McAdam reviewed the existing bike network and noted that the Bike & Pedestrian Master Plan is currently being updated. Taylor McAdam noted that only 9% of the employees in South San Francisco live here. The average South San Francisco resident commute is 27 minutes and the average South San Francisco employee compute is 35 minutes. Approximately 50,000 employees working in South San Francisco and approximately 37,000 South San Francisco residents work. Ms. McAdam reviewed the transportation safety information: +/- 137 collisions per year; +/- 11 bicycle collisions per year and +/- 11 pedestrian collisions per year. She noted emerging transportation trends including; Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs, private company shuttles, Caltrain modernization, autonomous vehicles, complete streets and micromobility. Taylor McAdam reviewed key questions for the General plan update: • How can the city address mobility through land use decisions? • Regional access points – how can the city capitalize on upcoming changes to Caltrain, Samtrans, ferries and US 101? • Street performance – what goals should the city prioritize when designing its street network? Vehicle throughput, bike and pedestrian connectivity, safety, public space, etc. • Development review process – how can the city align its development review process with its mobility goals? Committee discussion: • Encourage employers to adopt a flexible work schedule to adjust the commute hours. • Engage with regional transportation agencies to align service. Eric Yurkovich noted that we will reach out to agencies through the General Plan update process. • Is air pollution and sustainability part of the conversation? Eric Yurkovich responded in the affirmative noting the State has changed the CEQA review process to evaluate vehicle miles traveled. We will evaluate this for the different land use scenarios. The team will conduct full green house gas emission evaluation and will look at policies and strategies. Also, review environmental justice with pollution from transportation. • With apps like Waze, are we using roads more efficiently? • Autonomous vehicles? The timeline for autonomous vehicles in unknown and could result in more trips and longer trips if it results in more efficient and enjoyable travel mode. • Autonomous vehicles may help the aging population. • Look at routes to make it hard to drive to push transit. • Need to improve public transit -more enjoyable and cleaner. • Need to address local trips – its easy to get people that live far away to use private bus, but hard to get San Mateo County residents out of their car. • Look at impact ride share is having on transportation network. • People use South San Francisco streets for parking and ride share to SFO, • The free shuttle does not go to the Westborough neighborhood. • We may not know the future of transportation – hope the General Plan does not preclude improvements to transit and modes of travel. • Analyze individual trips to maximize transit options. • The free shuttle does not go to the ferry. The team is working on the transportation model for the city to evaluate travel modes. The long-range plan will look at different scenarios. Want to plan to be adaptive over time and flexible. 5. Discuss CAC Forum #1 – Emerging Trends in Mobility David Javid provided an overview of the upcoming Community Forum on Emerging Trends in Mobility on October 30 from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, noting it will include regional transit plans, building multi-modal networks and adapting new technology. It was noted that BPAC members should be invited. The November 12, 2019 CAC meeting will include the following topics: • Existing conditions briefing including climate change. • Discuss key issues and opportunities • Discuss draft vision and guiding principles Staff Comments - None Committee Member Comments None Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.. The next meeting is scheduled for October 30, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.