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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee - 01/10/2024 BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA JANUARY 10, 2024 Par�cipa�on Op�ons In Person: 180 Market Street, 3rd Floor, Room 301 Assistive Listening Service Devices available upon request Electronically: https://meet.goto.com/SBCity/bike-ped-committee_01-10-2024 Via phone: (571) 317 – 3112 ; Access Code: 510-688-429 Mee�ng Start 5:30 p.m. 1. Welcome, Emergency Exit and Virtual Meeting Instructions, Gratitude (5:30 p.m.) 2. Additions, deletions or changes in order of agenda items (5:35 p.m.) 3. Comments and questions from the public not related to the agenda (5:40 p.m.) 4. Consideration of minutes from December 13, 2023 (5:45 p.m.) 5. Budget Updates – Bob (5:55 p.m.) 6. ***City Updates – Erica (6:25 p.m.) 7. Active Transportation Plan Updates and Local Motion Webinar (6:40 p.m.) 8. Sub-Group Updates (7:00 p.m.) a. Chair – Havaleh b. DRB – Mark c. DPW/Safety – Bob, Dana, Amanda, Doug, Ken d. Bike Friendly Community Planning – Nic e. Communications/Outreach – Donna f. Safe Routes to School – Nic, Amanda g. Mapping – Nic, Amanda h. Signs and Wayfinding – Nic, Donna, Dana 9. Confirm February 14, 2024 Meeting (7:55 p.m.) 10. Adjourn by 8:00 p.m. ***Attachments included MEMORANDUM To: South Burlington Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee From: Erica Quallen, DPW Deputy Director of Capital Projects Date: January 10, 2024 Re: City Updates Since the Committee’s meeting on December 13, 2023, I have the following updates to report on behalf of City staff: • The first public meeting/open house for the Active Transportation Plan will be held on the evening of Thursday January 25, 2024, at City Hall. A flyer and blurb will be distributed to the Committee to help in getting the word out. o The first Advisory Group meeting will be held a few weeks after the public meeting. • The City Center Park path and boardwalk and Garden Street south path (near Healthy Living) projects are on track to go out to bid for construction in Summer 2024. • Planning for 2024 line striping is fully underway. Please let me know if there are any key roads you’d like us to look at and consider for this season. • UPWP applications are due January 19, 2024, and we are submitting the projects described on the following pages. This memo to the Planning Commission is in their January 9th agenda packet. • The next Committee meeting on February 14th will include a public meeting for the school zone analysis and safety improvements being constructed as part of the Dorset Street Paving Phase 4 (Aspen Drive to Kennedy Drive). • New pedestrian signals have been installed on almost all of Dorset Street. A location of note is Garden Street where all crossings are now signalized and part of an exclusive pedestrian phase. Remaining work on the intersections to finish pedestrian and other improvements will continue through February/early March. MEMORANDUM To: South Burlington Planning Commission From: Paul Conner, Director of Planning & Zoning Date: January 9, 2024 Planning Commission Meeting Re: Recommendation for FY ’25 CCRPC Unified Planning Work Program requests This memo serves as a follow-up and recommendation following the Commission’s initial review and feedback last month. Background: The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission is accepting requests for possible transportation planning-related projects they should undertake in their next fiscal year in support of South Burlington. Funding assistance is available for transportation-based projects using Federal Transportation dollars. For transportation projects involving consultants, the City is generally responsible for 20% of the project cost. The City can also seek technical assistance from CCRPC staff on transportation and land use planning projects. For land use planning projects, the City pays a per-hour fee for services. Proposed Projects: Below is a summary of current projects and staff’s proposed project list for FY ‘25. In developing this year’s list, we’ve looked closely at the 10-year capital improvement program, long term needs, staff capacity, and matching fund availability. The proposed list was assembled by staff from Planning & Zoning, Community Development, and DPW and includes feedback from the Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee. It is also heavily informed by the Climate Action Plan, Climate Action Plan Transportation Sector Implementation Plan, and draft CityPlan 2024. The Commission asked staff to look into a few items at the last meeting. They were: • Consider prioritizing the culvert resiliency assessment higher on the list. Status: done. See below. • Consider including the Queen City Park Road / Lindenwood Drive intersection in the Shelburne Road Crossings study. Status: done. See below • Consider adding a scoping of improving of the pedestrian infrastructure over the Queen City Park Bridge. Status: staff confirmed that the bridge falls exclusively within the City of 180 MARKET STREET, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT | (802) 846-4107 | WWW.SOUTHBURLINGTONVT.GOV Burlington, and as such any study is theirs. Staff reached out to Burlington DPW for a status update on the bridge, relaying the Commission’s interest in improved pedestrian facilities. Burlington DPW staff reported to us that they have been seeking funding for the bridge improvement. In terms of design, they completed an initial review a while back that remains valid with the exception of the pedestrian facility improvements in that study. For the pedestrian facility, their intent would be to update it to a 10’ wide path as recommended in the recent Queen City Park – Austin Drive Bicycle Pedestrian Connections Scoping Study. • Consider adding a scoping connections between Rice and Joy Drive / Eastwood Neighborhood. Status: Staff discussed the idea with CCRPC staff. They felt that the project was premature to study without having brought the project forward to the property owners and recommended that if the City would like to pursue it in a future year’s funding after some initial groundwork it would be welcome to do so. Recommended FY 2025 Project list (in ranked order): A. Transportation-Related Projects 1. Shelburne Road Crossings Assessment. Assess the safety and facilities around signalized crosswalks on Shelburne Road between IDX Drive/Holmes Road and Lindenwood Drive / Queen City Park Road. This will involve: (1) assessing existing signalized crossing infrastructure; (2) understanding future growth in the Larkin Estate area; (3) identifying any missing crosswalks; (4) evaluating alternatives for improvements; (5) determining preferred alternatives; and (6) public engagement. Cost: $60,000. City Share $12,000 2. Culvert Assessment. This project will consist of a comprehensive city-wide culvert assessment and prioritization, covering publicly owned conveyance culverts throughout all watersheds within the City of South Burlington. The assessment will evaluate each culvert for geomorphic compatibility, aquatic organism passage, flood capacity, effects of future growth of impervious surface, transportation criticality and risk under storm events of various sizes, and culvert condition. Expected deliverables include a final report with detailed assessment data for each culvert and a ranked prioritization that can be used to inform the City’s culvert maintenance and replacement strategy. Estimated cost: $85,000. City Share $17,000. 3. Strategic EV Deployment Plan. To implement the EV Adoption action adopted in the Climate Action Implementation Plan, a network of public EV charging stations needs to be available. This study plans to understand where best to site these charging hubs (on 180 MARKET STREET, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT | (802) 846-4107 | WWW.SOUTHBURLINGTONVT.GOV and off-street in publicly accessible spaces) to provide equitable, affordable, and convenient access to charging infrastructure as well as the structure that will support them. This involves understanding current and future land use patterns, the optimal number of spaces, a pricing and enforcement system, and the identification of partners and potential suppliers. Sample Resource (see page 5 for an outline of the process): THE EVSE TOOLKIT: ADMINISTRATIVE AND PLANNING STRATEGIES FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS (transportationandclimate.org) Cost: $75,000: City Share: $15,000 4. Parking Management Study (City Center Parking Phase II). In 2020 a study was completed which included parking counts at various times (pre-pandemic) throughout City Center, an analysis was conducted to understand whether City Center was over or under parked, where, and the usage efficiency and land use, transportation and governance policy directions recommendations made. Mixed-use street-oriented development is underway in City Center. A need has been identified by potential tenants of retail spaces, and this need is consistent with literature on downtowns, for management of on-street parking, and parking in general to ensure access by driving customers. The City would like a parking management plan that updates the parking usage counts where the City has had a significant change (new street, change in use), evaluate the feasibility of a parking enterprise fund including expenditure and revenue forecasting, personnel/management requirements, and ordinances needed, and to make recommendations regarding initial cost of parking, hours, and enforcement level. Estimated cost: $40,000, City share: $8,000 5. Patchen Road Bike/Ped Study. Study Patchen Road from Williston Road to the Burlington City Line to evaluate options for increasing safety and accessibility for bicyclists and pedestrians along the corridor. This will include: (1) collecting existing traffic, safety, and geometric data; (2) evaluating alternatives for improving bike/ped accommodations and reducing vehicle speeds in the short and long term; (3) determining preferred alternatives; and (4) public engagement. Cost: $70,000. Local Share $14,000 B. Land Use Planning Projects: 1. Climate Action Plan Data Reporting. Prepare an updated greenhouse gas emissions assessment and status of sector-based targets within the Climate Action Plan. This would include running the ICLEI model using the most recent data to update from the 180 MARKET STREET, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT | (802) 846-4107 | WWW.SOUTHBURLINGTONVT.GOV 2019 base year, as well as reporting on the various targets identified within the 2022 CAP. City Cost $10,000- $15,000 C. Inventories & Assessments (no local match) 1. Shared Use Path Conditions Assessment. Assessment of the pavement condition and maintenance needs for the City’s Shared Use Path system. Estimated Cost: n/a – CCRPC staff/ intern request 2. Grant Performance Measure Baseline Data: Walk Bike Bridge. Provide baseline data to fulfill performance measurement requirements for the 2021 RAISE grant for the East West Crossing Transportation Project. This includes 1) collecting quarterly data for average daily bicycle and pedestrian counts generated from hourly counts at key locations in the study area on a typical weekday, Saturday and Sunday and should be collected monthly to result in a quarterly average and 2) preparing auto crash rates by type and severity for the Exit 14/US 2 intersection. As background, these performance measure are standardized across all RAISE grants in the country. Estimated Cost: n/a – CCRPC staff/ intern request D. Letters of Support / Participation (Staff action – FYI to Commission) City Staff have been invited to support and participate in two possible submittals. No action is required from the Commission; this is an FYI only. i) Green Mountain Transit Route Service Analysis in Core Areas UPWP. City staff have been meeting with GMT leadership to discuss service needs in the community (and beyond). We have been discussing an assessment of how recent and anticipated housing and employment in our core Chittenden County communities can be best served. In the coming weeks staff will be preparing a letter for the GMT Board to consider this as a planning project request using GMT’s UPWP allocation and/or other funds. We will provide the Commission with an update at your next meeting. Estimated Cost: n/a for South Burlington ii) EV charging planning, education, and/or fleet electrification. VEIC/Drive Electric VT may be submitting a UPWP application to provide assistance to those municipalities that would like it in this field. City Estimated Cost: $3,000 Recommended Motion: “I move to recommend that the City Council submit the list of CCRPC Unified Planning Work Program projects as presented”