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AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 7TH.IF WE COULD HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER CASTILLO PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER WEIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? SURE.
I PLEAD THE ANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND SERVE ALL MY STANCE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, NOW I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SWEAR IN WITNESSES.
IF YOU PLAN ON GIVING ANY TESTIMONY THIS EVENING, UH, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
IF YOU PLAN ON GIVING TESTIMONY, PLEASE STAND.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU SHALL GIVE IN THIS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DID.
WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT THIS EVENING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THAT? I SO THANK YOU JANE TEMP.
I BEG YOUR PARDON? JANE TEMPLIN.
AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
GOOD EVENING, JARON COMMISSIONERS.
UH, JUST AS WE ARE GETTING USED TO THE MICROPHONES AND FORMAT HERE AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
THIS WILL BE OUR LAST MEETING HERE, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING.
AS THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING EVERYONE BACK AGAIN ON THE 21ST BACK AT CITY HALL.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
IT'S, UM, A EXCITING AND BUSY TIME THIS WEEK HERE IN LONG BEACH.
WE'RE HOSTING, UH, THE, UH, STATEWIDE HOUSING CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE WHERE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND STAKEHOLDERS AND ADVOCATES FROM ACROSS THE STATE, UM, ARE HERE LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER, TOURING MANY OF THE GREAT PROJECTS HERE IN OUR CITY.
I KNOW OF AT LEAST TWO TOURS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, LOOKING AT VARIOUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND OUR REZONING EFFORTS HERE IN THE CITY.
SO WE WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND WELCOME EVERYONE THAT'S HERE VISITING.
UM, AS SOME OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, WE'RE ALSO THE HOST CITY THIS YEAR FOR THE ANNUAL PLANNING COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMY, UH, WHICH IS TAKING PLACE, UH, UH, FROM YESTERDAY UNTIL TOMORROW HERE IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH.
SO, UH, GLAD TO BE HOSTING COMMISSIONERS, UH, FROM ACROSS THE STATE WHO ARE GETTING TO LEARN, UH, FROM EACH OTHER, UM, AND ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL DO UP HERE ON THE DIOCESE.
UM, MORE WITHIN THE PLANNING BUREAU.
I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE SOME EXCITING NEWS WE'VE HAD, AS YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO, BEEN DEALING WITH HIGH LEVELS OF VACANCY, WHICH WE ARE CHIPPING AWAY AT.
WE HAD FOUR NEW PLANNERS START IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
AND THEN, UM, ONE OF OUR PLANNERS WHO YOU'VE SEEN MANY TIMES HERE PRESENT BEFORE YOU, UH, MARYANNE CRONIN, WAS, UH, RECENTLY PROMOTED TO THE NEW ZONING ADMINISTRATION OFFICER.
UM, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING HER INTO THAT IMPORTANT, UH, NEW ROLE THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET THIS PAST YEAR.
SO I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING HER.
THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THE STAFFING LEVELS UP, AND, UH, CERTAINLY PASS ON OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO MARIANNE AND HER NEW PHYSICIAN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF? I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON JUST ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE COMMENTS ON THAT.
BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.
ANY COMMENTS IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE? STILL SEEMS STRANGE DOING IT FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
HUH? COMMISSIONER CASTILLO? YES.
COULD I GET A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FROM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH? JANE TEMPLIN.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES AS THEY WERE SUBMITTED? NO.
UH, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THE MINUTES FROM OUR FEBRUARY 15TH MEETING? I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE ON THAT, PLEASE.
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GONZALEZ MOND AYE.AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FIRST REGULAR ITEM OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING, IF THE CLERK COULD READ THAT FOR US.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT A CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 19.
SECTION 15, 3 3, 2, CLASS 32 INFILL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
APPROVE A SITE PLAN, REVIEW AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL RELATED THERETO FOR THE DEMOLITION OF ALL EXISTING STRUCTURES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 74,203 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE BUILDING LOCATED AT 3 9 0 1 VIA ORO AVENUE IN THE WEST LONG BEACH BUSINESS PARKS PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION HERE? THIS ITEM? I DO HEAR THE ITEM.
OH, I THOUGHT WE ALREADY KNEW.
I I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ITEM OR TO THE STAFF TO HEAR THE ITEM.
THERE A STAFF REPORT? YES, INDEED.
UH, PROJECT PLANNER QUENTIN JACKSON WILL PROVIDE THE STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM.
AND GOOD EVENING TO THE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, WE HAVE BEFORE YOU A REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO STORY WAREHOUSE BUILDING WITH 75 SURFACE PARKING SPACES AND A NEW ONSITE LANDSCAPING.
THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF VIA ORO AVENUE IN FORBES WAY, UH, WITH THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF PD 26, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE WEST LONG BEACH BUSINESS PARKS PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
AND THE SITE HAS A GENERAL PLAN PLACE TYPE DESIGNATION OF INDUSTRIAL.
UH, THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 3.15 ACRES IN SIZE, AND IT'S CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A TWO STORY OFFICE BUILDING OF APPROXIMATELY 53,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND WITH 234 SURFACE PARKING SPACES, UH, SURROUNDING LAND USES INCLUDE INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE USES IN, IN EVERY DIRECTION REDIRECTION.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING TWO STORY OFFICE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCT A NEW WAREHOUSE FACILITY WITH A TOTAL OF 74,203 SQUARE FEET, WHICH WILL INCLUDE 10,700 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.
UH, THE PROJECT WILL ALSO IN INCLUDE 75 SURFACE PARKING SPACES AND NEW LANDSCAPING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE NEW BUILDING.
AND THE SITE, UH, HERE ARE JUST A, A COUPLE OF, UH, EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS FROM THE, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH DIRECTIONS, UH, JUST TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF THE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY OF THE BUILDING.
UH, LIKEWISE, HERE ARE A COUPLE MORE ELEVATIONS, UH, SHOWING STREET VIEW FROM EAST AND WEST DIRECTION.
AND SO BEFORE THE, UH, COMMISSION TONIGHT IS A SITE PLAN REVIEW REQUEST WITH PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL, WHICH IS TRIGGERED WITH THE ADDITION OF 50,000 SQUARE FEET OR MORE OF NEW BUILDING AREA.
AND IN ORDER FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE, UH, SUCH A REQUEST, UH, POSITIVE FINDINGS MUST BE MADE.
UH, THESE FINDINGS INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE PROJECT BE HARMONIOUS AND COMPAT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
UH, THE CITY'S, UH, SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE DID REVIEW THE PROJECT IN JUNE OF, OF 2023 AND RECOMMENDED THAT IT MOVE FORWARD BASED ON THOSE FINDINGS BEING MADE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
UH, THE SURROUNDING AREA INCLUDES A MIX OF INDUSTRIAL USES AND OFFICE USES.
UH, AND SO THE PROPOSED PROJECT ADDRESSES, UH, THIS VARIETY IN THE NEIGHBORING AND ADJACENT COMMUNITY WITH THE PROPER SCALING AND THE USE OF CERTAIN FEATURES, UH, SUCH AS, UH, REFLECTIVE STOREFRONT GLASS SYSTEMS, METAL CLAD CANOPY STRUCTURES, ACCENT COLORS, UH, VARIED ROOF HEIGHTS, UH, WALL SCORING AND, UH, POP OUTS AND RECESSIONS FOR ARTICULATION, UH, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ELEVATIONS THAT, UH, FACE THE STREET, UH, SITE LAYOUT IS ALSO MAXIMIZED TO THE EXTENT, EXTENT FEASIBLE WITH, UH, BUILDING PLACEMENT ORIENTED ALONG VIA ORO AVENUE IN FORBES WAY, UH, WHICH ALLOWS PARKING TO, UH, BE SOMEWHAT SCREENED FROM, FROM PUBLIC VIEW.
UH, SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, THE APPLICANT DID WORK WITH STAFF, UH, TO ADDRESS MINOR COMMENTS WITH THE PROJECT.
AND THE, UH, SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE IS SATISFIED WITH THIS DESIGN.
RE REGARDING THE SECOND SPR FINDING RELATED TO, UH, GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY.
UH, THE LAND USE ELEMENT SETS FORTH, UH, SEVERAL CITYWIDE GOALS TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN LONG BEACH.
AND, UH, ONE OF THESE GOALS IS TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB GROWTH.
UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY LAND USE POLICY THREE DASH FOUR IS TO PROMOTE, UH, AND ATTRACT THE MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES BY EMPHASIZING THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE PLACE TYPES.
AND SO WHILE THE, UH, PROPOSED PROJECT CONSISTS MAINLY OF
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WAREHOUSE SPACE, UH, IT'S ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE 10,700 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE, WHICH ADDS TO THE DIVERSITY OF LAND OF LAND USES.UH, FURTHERMORE, THE URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN CALLS FOR, UH, PROJECTS TO PROPERLY SCALE, UH, BUILDINGS FORM TO THE PRIMARY STREET AT FRONT ZONE.
UM, AS I JUST MENTIONED A WHILE AGO, THE, UH, SURROUNDING AREA CONSISTS MAINLY OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE BUILDINGS.
AND SO THE PROPOSED PROJECT, UH, STRIKES A BALANCE BETWEEN, UM, SCALING, UH, WITHIN ITSELF AND THE SURROUNDING, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, TO FIT IN WITH THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO, AGAIN, STAFF IS, UH, SATISFIED WITH THE PROJECT'S LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
UH, REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR THE PROJECT, UH, IT'S BEEN, UH, DETERMINED TO BE CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 15 3 3 2 OF THE SQL GUIDELINES AS THE PROJECT WILL BE DEVELOPED ON A SITE OF LESS THAN FIVE ACRES WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
UH, LISTED HERE ARE, UH, THE REQUIRED FINDINGS OF, OF WHICH I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO DETAIL INTO, BUT, UH, A CLASS 32 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT AND ALL FINDINGS ARE MADE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, AND YOU'LL FIND REFERENCE TO THE EXEMPTION AS EXHIBIT, UH, E IN YOUR PACKETS.
AND SO, UH, IN CONCLUSION, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL ALLOW FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF NOT ONLY THE PROJECT SITE, BUT THE SURROUNDING AREA WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW CONTEMPORARY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING TO REPLACE THE OUTDATED OFFICE BUILDING CURRENTLY ON SITE, UH, WE'VE INCLUDED SEVERAL CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO GIVE STAFF THE LEVERAGE TO, UH, CONTINUALLY MONITOR THE USE AND ENSURE CONTINUED COMPLIANCE.
UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, POINT OUT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE UH, COMMISSION DID RECEIVE THE REVISED SET OF CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, UM, THAT REFLECT ADDITIONAL MES MEASURES, UH, SUGGESTED BY THE, UH, LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALLEVIATE, UH, CONCERNS RELATED TO AIR QUALITY AND TRAFFIC.
UM, AND THE APPLICANTS HAVE GRACIOUSLY, UH, AGREED TO THESE, UH, CONDITIONS AND ADDITIONAL MEASURES.
AND SO NOW THEY'RE INCORPORATED INTO YOUR REVISED SET OF CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL INCLUDED AS ATTACHMENT D.
UH, AND SO BASED ON THE, UH, ANTICIPATED BENEFITS, UH, FOR THE PROJECT, UH, THE POSITIVE FINDINGS AND THE INCORPORATION OF SET CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, APPROVE THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT SUBJECT TO THOSE CONDITIONS.
UH, THAT'S GONNA CONCLUDE THIS REPORT.
WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANTS ALSO ON HAND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF NEED BE, AND STAFF IS IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.
CAN I ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE I AND I KNOW THAT THESE WERE JUST REVISED AND SO, AND IF I COULD CHAIR, WE HAVE COPIES JUST FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS THE REVISED AS WELL AS FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO I'LL, UH, DISTRIBUTE THOSE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE YOU HAVE 'EM.
UM, AND I'M, I'M GONNA ASK YOU THESE QUESTIONS, QUENTIN NOW, SO THAT IF, UM, WE UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY WHEN WE GO TO APPROVE THIS, IF WE NEED TO MAKE, UH, CHANGES IN OUR MOTION TO APPROVE IT, WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE AT THAT POINT.
UH, NUMBER 39, AND MOST OF THESE HAVE TO DO WITH THE L-A-U-S-D, UH, PROVISIONS THAT YOU'VE INCORPORATED IN, UM, WHERE IT SAYS, PROVISION SHALL BE MADE TO ALLOW THIS SCHOOL.
I THINK WE COULD CLARIFY THAT AND SAY REPRESENTATIVE RANCHO DOMINGUEZ PREP SCHOOL AND OR A-L-A-U-S-D REPRESENTATIVE, IS THAT THE, THAT'S THE INTENT.
AND THEN ON 43, UM, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, TRAFFIC TRUCKS AND CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES MAY NOT CAUSE TRAFFIC DELAYS TO TRANSPORTED L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS.
AND I THINK THERE'S JUST ONE MORE.
AND ON 57, UH, THE PROJECT WOULD UTILIZE, OR SHOULD THAT BE THE PROJECT WILL UTILIZE ALSO? CORRECT.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? STAFF'S PRESENTATION, COULD YOU BE CHAIR, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS? MY NAME IS DANE PLANGE.
I'M WITH EPD SOLUTIONS, THE OWNER REP, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF FOR PAST YEAR AND A HALF ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING MR. JACKSON AND, UH, THE REST OF THE CITY STAFF FOR THEIR CONTINUED COOPERATION AS WE WORK THROUGH THE DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY OF THIS PROJECT.
OUR TEAM, UH, AS MR. JACKSON MENTIONED, HAS REVIEWED ALL THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND AGREED TO THEM, UH, HERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT COMMISSIONER.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? ANY COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.
SO, UH, THIS IS REALLY CLOSE TO A FREEWAY TO THE SOUTH, UM, BUT IT ALSO CONNECTS IN WITH LIKE THE 91 GOING NORTH ON SANTA FE.
IS THERE AN EXPECTED TRUCK ROUTE THAT THIS WOULD GO ON? S SO, UM, YEAH, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE 4 0 5 FREEWAYS
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DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH, THE MAJORITY OF VEHICLES FOR A, A SMALL SIZE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, SUCH AS, AS THIS IS NOT GENERATING THAT MANY TRIPS.UM, SO, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE TRIP GENERATION THAT WAS PREPARED, WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A, A DECREASE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, THE PRIOR USE OF A DECREASE OF 317 TRIPS PER DAY.
UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A, A DIRECT TRUCK ROUTE, UH, THAT RESTRICTS, UM, THE WAY IN WHICH TRUCKS TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE SITE, UH, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WOULD DEFER TO CITY STAFF, UH, IF FOR SOME REASON THEY WANTED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AND CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ON THAT.
OBVIOUSLY THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS ON SANTA FE, THE TWO SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BROUGHT UP SOME, SOME ISSUES IN BETWEEN NOISE AND, UH, AIR QUALITY CONCERNS.
UM, THAT WOULD BE, UH, I'D WANT TO TRY AND AVOID THAT.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING, MAYBE WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, WE COULD, UM, I, I KNOW WE HAVE THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL, HALL ROUTES ARE NOT TO PASS BY ANY SCHOOL EXCEPT FOR WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION, AND MAYBE STAFF COULD CLARIFY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS AS ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN LONG BEACH, UH, WHEN THEY GET TO THE DEMO PHASE AND THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, THEIR HALL ROOTS NEED TO BE APPROVED BY PUBLIC WORKS AS PART OF THEIR PUBLIC WORKS PERMIT PROCESS.
BY BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO IN THOSE TWO REVIEWS, THEY WOULD BE ENSURING THAT THIS CONDITION OF APPROVAL IS, UH, ADHERED TO.
AND IF YOU SEE, UM, CONDITION 14 IN YOUR PACKET WOULD REFER TO THAT, IS THIS, UH, LIMIT RESTRICTED TO SPECIFICALLY DURING CONSTRUCTION THOUGH? YEAH, I MEAN, AND THAT'S THE THING.
I MEAN, A YEAR OR TWO WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION VERSUS 30 YEARS OF OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, IN AN ALREADY, UH, POLLUTION BURDENED, UH, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
UM, AND MOST OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SURROUNDING CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE MORE INTENSIVE IMPACT, BUT NOT THE LONGER TERM IMPACT.
UH, MR. CLEMSON, IF, IF I COULD ADD, UH, TO THAT, UM, IT, IT IS SMALLER INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.
THERE'S ONLY SEVEN DOCK HIGH DOORS HERE, SO YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T YOUR TYPICAL LARGE BIG BOX WAREHOUSE THAT WOULD BE GENERATING A, A LARGE NUMBER OF TRIPS BASED ON THE TRIP GENERATION MEMO THAT WAS PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT WE'RE AVERAGING 30 TRUCK TRIPS PER DAY, UM, ADDED.
SO, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT AN INCREASED, UH, AMOUNT OF TRIPS IN THAT REGARD.
ADDITIONALLY, AN AIR QUALITY AND GREENHOUSE GAS REPORT WAS PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT.
THE FINDINGS OF THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE THRESHOLD OUTLINE IN S-Q-A-M-D.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER WARE? UM, I HAD A QUESTION.
UH, PART OF THE TREE PRESERVATION AND REMOVAL, IT SAID THAT MATURE TREES WOULD BE LEFT, UM, WELL MATURE TREES WOULD BE LEFT.
AND THEN THE NEXT COMMENT SAYS THAT ALL TREES, SHRUBS, AND LANDSCAPING WILL BE REMOVED.
SO IS IT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED MATURE TREES WILL BE LEFT OR NOT BECAUSE IT'S CONTRADICTING? UH, ARE YOU, ARE YOU SPEAKING TOWARDS THE PRESENTATION OR? MM-HMM,
I, I, WITH THAT, I WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, I, I KNOW THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN, THROUGH OUR ENTITLEMENT PHASE, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND, AND PER THAT PLAN, UH, FOR REDEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN A, A, AN ENTIRELY NEW PROPOSED LANDSCAPING PLAN.
UM, THERE'S OTHER GUIDELINES THAT THE CITY SETS FORTH IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE OF SHADING OF PARKING LOT AREAS AND SO FORTH.
SO I, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER REGULATION REQUIREMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MEET.
UM, IF, IF FOR SOME REASON, UM, THE COMMISSION WANTED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AND TRY AND PRESERVE, UM, SOME OF THOSE TREES, THAT CAN DEFINITELY BE CONSIDERED JUST COMES DIFFICULT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ENTIRE REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER IS SOME RESTRUCTURING TO THE SIDEWALKS AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW, UH, BUS STOP ALONG VIA AURA.
AND SO WITH THAT, IT JUST MAY BE, UH, SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC TO, UM, ALLOW FOR THE GRADING AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT WHILE PRESERVING SOME OF THOSE TREES.
COMMISSIONER TIMLIN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NOPE.
NO, I AM, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.
ON THE, UM, CONDITIONAL, UH, REVISED DOCUMENT ON NUMBER.
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ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS ARE ONLY DURING CONSTRUCTION OR ARE THERE SOME ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ONLY 'CAUSE I, I, I THOUGHT THE WAY I READ IT, LIKE NUMBER 34, THE PROPERTY SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINING A NEED QUIET AND ORDERLY CONDITION AND OPERATED IN A MANNER.SO IT'S NOT TO BE DETRIMENTAL OR ADJACENT TO THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT.
AND THEN I SAW THAT ANY GRAFFITI FOUND ON THE SIDE SHALL BE REMOVED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ITS APPEARANCE.
AND SO IF, IF THIS IS FOREVER, RIGHT,
SO OUR CONDITIONS ARE GENERALLY RELATED, YOU KNOW, IN PERPETUITY, BUT THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS THAT RELATE TO HAULING AND TRUCKS THAT ARE CONSTRUCTION RELATED, WHICH OBVIOUSLY CEASE AT THE END OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER CONDITIONS YOU FIND IN THE PACKET THEY APPLY AS LONG AS THE PROJECT IS IN OPERATION.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION,
SO THIS IS A OFFICE LOCATION GENERALLY, UM, NEAR THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY, WHICH IS WHY IT'S A LONG BEACH LOCATION, BUT THE LA UNIFIED LETTER, UM, SO THIS IS A UNIQUE PROJECT.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN SOMEONE WANT TO TEAR DOWN AN OFFICE BUILDING TO BUILD AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, WHICH IF WE WERE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION FOUR YEARS AGO, WOULD MAKE NO SENSE AT ALL BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU TEAR DOWN SOMETHING THAT GARNERS HIGHER RENT TO BUILD SOMETHING WITH LOWER RENT? UM, BUT WE FIND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE OFFICE, ESPECIALLY BELOW CLASS A OFFICE, INCREDIBLE VACANCY.
UM, SO LOTS OF DEMAND FOR VERY HIGH QUALITY OFFICE, BUT ANYTHING BELOW THAT, THEY'RE HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE OTHER INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES HERE.
SO MERCEDES HAS AN EMISSIONS, UM, TESTING FACILITY NEARBY IN TECH CORPORATION HAS AN EXISTING FACILITY AND THEY HAVE AN APPLICATION IN TO EXPAND, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OFFICE USES.
SO LONG BEACH UNIFIED, NOT LA UNIFIED HAS THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OVER IN THIS AREA.
UM, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, HEALTH, UM, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY OFFICES OVER IN THIS AREA.
SO IT'S A MIX OF OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL, BUT IT'S NOT A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THE ONLY RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE FOUND INLAND, SORT OF TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS LOCATION.
WEIR CONDITIONS 32 AND 41 SEEM TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
DEMOLITION SITE PREPARATION CONSTRUCTION IS ALLOWED ON WEEKDAYS SEVEN TO SEVEN.
HOWEVER, 41 SAYS THAT DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES SHALL BE SCHEDULED FOR ONE SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE CLARIFIED OR ONE CANCELS THE OTHER OUT.
30 32 IS OUR STANDARD CONDITION, AND I THINK IN INCORPORATING THE L-A-U-S-D REQUEST THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECT REQUEST, BUT YEAH, WE SHOULD, YEAH.
AND WE CAN DO THAT WHEN WE APPROVE THAT AND, AND THE APPLICANT AGREES TO THE MORE RESTRICTIVE NATURE OF THAT.
THE OTHER COMMISSIONER? GO AHEAD.
UM, CONDITION 41 IS MORE SPECIFIC TO DEMOLITION, WHEREAS 32 IS A LITTLE BIT BROADER.
SO THE, THE MORE RESTRICTIVE 41 WOULD APPLY JUST TO DEMOLITION, WHEREAS 32 IS ABOUT DEMOLITION CONSTRUCTION SITE PREPARATION.
JUST TO, TO MAKE IT EASY FOR US WHEN WE'RE MAKING THE CORRECTIONS TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
COULD WE JUST STRIKE THE WORD DEMOLITION FROM NUMBER 32 SINCE WE HAVE A DEMOLITION CONDITION THAT'S SPECIFIC TO DEMOLITION? MM-HMM.
UM, WELL LET ME ASK YOU THIS, DO YOU SEE THERE'S A CONFLICT IN HAVING BOTH OF THEM? I MEAN, THEY BOTH HAVE, THEY HAVE TO COMPLY TO BOTH OF THEM, RIGHT? THEY DO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH BOTH.
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER TEMPLIN.
UM, I DID SEE THAT IN YOUR BUILDING IT HAS TO BE, UM, SOLAR PANEL READY, WHICH IS NOTHING MORE THAN GETTING THAT CONDUIT UP TO THE ROOF AND MAKING SURE THE ROOF IS STRONG ENOUGH.
BUT I WAS HOPING TO ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE SOME, UM, MORE, UM, BECAUSE YOU WANNA BE LEAD, WELL NOT CERTIFIED, BUT LEAD, LIKE, LEAD, LEAD GOLD.
UH, WHAT ARE THE OTHER KINDS OF, UM, NOT JUST SOLAR, BUT ENERGY CONDITIONS THAT YOU'RE INCORPORATING? DEFINITELY, YEAH.
SO, UM, LEAD GOLD COULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, SITE FEATURES AND CHARACTERISTICS.
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AS YOU MENTIONED, IS SOLAR PANELS.IF, IF YOU WOULD ACTUALLY, UH, LOOK AT, UH, CONDITION NUMBER, UH, 57 THAT WAS RECENTLY ADDED.
THIS WAS ONE OH, THAT'S NEW, UH, THAT WE COORDINATED WITH MR. JACKSON AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TEAM IN WHICH THE APPLICANT WILL MOVE FORWARD AT THE, THE GREATEST EXTENT FEASIBLE TO OFFSET, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE SOLAR DEMANDS OF THE BUILDING.
GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.
AND, AND I'M LOOKING AT NUMBER 51 OF THE RECENTLY ADDED ONES.
CONTRACTORS MUST MAINTAIN SAFE AND CONVENIENT PES PEDESTRIAN ROUTES TO ALL NEARBY SCHOOLS.
UH, CAN WE JUST CHANGE THAT TO STREETS? I I I SEE A LOT OF, EXCUSE ME, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT DON'T TAKE PEOPLE WALKING INTO CONSIDERATION AND I DON'T SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PERSON WALKING TO WORK AND A PERSON WALKING TO SCHOOL.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN AGREE TO.
CAN YOU, SO WHEN WE MAKE THE MOTION SO WE CAN GET IT CLEAR, COULD YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE FOR ITEM 50? UH, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS MUST MAINTAIN SAFE, INCONVENIENT PEDESTRIAN ROUTES TO ALL NEARBY STREETS OR ON ALL NEARBY STREETS OR ALL PEDESTRIAN ROUTES, RIGHT? WELL, NO, NOT ALL.
I MEAN, YOU WANT SIDEWALKS TO BE CLEAR AS WELL, RIGHT? WELL, WELL, I'M, I'M USING STREETS AS KIND OF A COLLOQUIAL STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
IF YOU WANT TO, UM, PEDESTRIAN ROUTES GO MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT, WE DO OKAY.
WITH JUST PEDESTRIAN ROUTES INSTEAD OF SPECIFYING THERE'S A SIDEWALK OR A STREET, JUST PEDESTRIAN ROUTE.
JUST TO REMIND THE COMMISSIONERS TO PLEASE TURN ON THEIR MICROPHONES.
I, UM, WAS SUGGESTING THAT THANK YOU, SIR.
THE SENTENCE READ, CONTRACTORS MUST MAINTAIN SAFE AND CONVENIENT PEDESTRIAN ROUTES, PERIOD.
JUST ALL THE PEDESTRIAN ROUTES, WHETHER IT'S A STREET OR SIDEWALK, THAT IT'S SAFE FOR THE PEDESTRIANS.
UH, ONE OTHER MENTION, UH, ONE OTHER ITEM I WOULD JUST MENTION IS IN ORDER TO DO ANY WORK WITHOUT, UH, WITHIN THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY, WE NEED TO OBTAIN A CITY ENCROACHMENT PERMIT.
AS PART OF THAT EFFORT WILL BE A TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN, UM, THAT WILL HELP GUIDE BOTH VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS YEP.
WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM, YOU CAN PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS JASON BIAS AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF LABOR'S INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AND WE FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
REXFORD INDUSTRIAL HAS A REPUTATION FOR DESIGNING THEIR PROJECTS IN A WAY THAT ACCOMMODATES THE CONCERNS OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT OUR STATE IN THE VERY BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
THEY ALSO MAKE THE SACRIFICIAL, UH, THE FINANCIAL SACRIFICE OF PAYING TOP DOLLAR TO MAKE THIS A FULL UNION PROJECT, WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE BUILT TO THE VERY HIGHEST STANDARD POSSIBLE.
IT'LL ALSO ENSURE THAT EVERY SAFETY STANDARD IS IMPLEMENTED AND RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT.
ALSO, IT'LL GIVE OUR INDENTURED APPRENTICES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCUMULATE THE HOURS NECESSARY TO GRADUATE THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS JOURNEY MEN AND WOMEN WILL BE ABLE TO ACCUMULATE THE HOURS NECESSARY TO KEEP THEIR FINANCIAL BENEFITS INTACT AND BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE.
BUT BEST OF ALL FOR ME AT ONE TIME WAS PROJECTS LIKE THIS, OPEN THE DOOR FOR NEW RECRUITS.
WE CAN OPEN OUR DOORS WIDER EVERY TIME ONE OF THESE PROJECTS HAS PASSED.
AND A PERSON LIKE ME WHO KNEW NOBODY IN THE UNION, BUT JUST WALKED UP TO A PROJECT AND ASKED, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH THEM, I WAS BLESSED WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THEY TRAINED ME, CERTIFIED ME, UH, ON THE JOB IN THE SCHOOL.
AND I WENT FROM, YOU KNOW, LIVING CHECK TO CHECK IN A RUNDOWN APARTMENT BUILDING, BARELY ABLE TO GIVE MY FOUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BARE NECESSITIES TO OWNING THREE HOMES AND GIVING ONE KID AFTER ANOTHER, A CAR, PUTTING THEM THROUGH UNIVERSITIES.
I'M STILL ON THAT COURSE RIGHT NOW.
BUT THANKS TO THE LORD AND TO THIS GREAT UNION AND, YOU KNOW, GOOD, UH, UH, DEVELOPERS LIKE REXFORD, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN TAKING WELL CARE OF MY FAMILY AND I LOVE IT WHEN I HEAR TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SHARING THAT RIGHT THERE.
THIS PROJECT WILL BRING BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY
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AND CONTINUE TO BRING IN FINANCES TO CITY COFFERS.I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER ALL THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT.
MY NAME, SORRY, MY NAME'S ANDREW MYRA.
I'M A MEMBER OF LAUNA LOCAL 1309, UH, THE DIRECT LOCAL THAT WILL IMPACT THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH THIS PROJECT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD FOLLOW UP AFTER THAT.
I MEAN, HE PRETTY MUCH SUMMED IT ALL UP, RIGHT? SO I GUESS ALL I'M GONNA SAY IS, UM, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR IMPACTING LIVES THAT YOU DON'T EVEN SEE.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE TESTIMONY RIGHT THERE WITH THE DECISIONS YOU GUYS MAKE ON, ON A DAILY BASIS OR A MONTHLY BASIS.
TAKING THAT SEAT, HOLDING THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY'RE ALWAYS TOUGH DECISIONS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
BUT ONCE IN A WHILE, IT'S NICE TO SEE THE OUTCOME OF THOSE DECISIONS.
AND I THINK THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST SPOKE BEFORE ME IS THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO BY APPROVING THIS PROJECT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE DEVELOPER BECAUSE WHEN BUSINESS PARTNERS COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND WANT TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, THERE'S NO OTHER BETTER WAY THAN PARTNERING WITH THE, THE LOCAL LABOR FORCE.
AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION WHEN BUSINESSES APPROACH YOU AND THEY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WELL, THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THEY PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS AND THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING THAT I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK.
PINE THE RAIL COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? NO.
THEN CAN I GET A MOTION OR ACTUALLY, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION.
IF I COULD, IF WE COULD MODIFY.
I HAVE 39 AND 43 TO BE SPECIFIC TO L-A-U-S-D.
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHO MADE THE MOTION? IS THAT COMMISSIONER EDMONDS? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ EDMOND.
IT WAS COMMISSIONER ED EDMONDS.
AND YOUR SECOND IS COMMISSIONER TEMPLAN.
ARE YOU UH, OKAY WITH THAT, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS.
WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE.
UH, WITH THAT, UNFORTUNATELY I NEED TO EXCUSE MYSELF AND I'M GOING TO PASS THE GAVEL OVER TO VICE CHAIR TEMPLE.
OKAY, WE'RE, WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING THE CITY'S MOBILITY PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES CITYWIDE.
UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE MOVE TO APPROVE CASTILLO SECOND.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE STAFF? WE DO.
UM, IN A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO PASS THE MIC OVER TO OUR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, PAUL VANDYKE, WHO'S WITH US HERE ON THE DAIS.
BUT BEFORE I DO, I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AND FRAMING AS TO WHAT HE'LL BE GOING OVER THIS EVENING.
AND JUST A REMINDER, THIS PRESENTATION WE FIRST DISCUSSED, UM, BRINGING BACK, UM, IN THE CONTEXT OF ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE REVIEW, THAT THE COMMISSION WAS REVIEWING IN THE SOUTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN OR CIP, WHERE WE HAD SOME, UM, ROBUST COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND DEBATE, UM, REGARDING MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, UH, WITHIN C CIP AND THROUGH THE CIP PLAN.
UM, WHICH LED TO, UM, SOME THINKING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET AN UPDATE KIND OF ON WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF MOBILITY CITYWIDE.
UM, SO COULD I HAVE, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FROM THE PLANNING SIDE, UM, EVERY FOUR YEARS, UM, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS ARE SCAG UPDATES OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN CALLED CONNECT SOCAL.
IT'S NOW THE R-T-P-S-C-S BECAUSE
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IT'S ALSO OUR PRIMARY SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY FOR THE REGION.AND, UH, SCAG IS, UH, THE LARGEST REGIONAL, UM, NPO IN THE COUNTRY.
UM, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS BECAUSE IT'S A PRIMARY MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH REGIONS PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, UH, TO HELP, UM, FACILITATE HOW FEDERAL DOLLARS GET SPENT ON TRANSPORTATION.
BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR ROADS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS, YOU KNOW, UM, START AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THEN WORK THEIR THEIR WAY DOWN TO LOCAL.
UH, THE PLAN MUST PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND FACILITIES THAT'LL FUNCTION AS INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FOR OUR, UM, UH, METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA.
AND THEN HERE LOCALLY WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WE HAVE OUR GENERAL PLAN, AS YOU'RE AWARE.
SO EACH GENERAL PLAN REQUIRES WHAT THE STATE CALLS A CIRCULATION ELEMENT HERE IN LONG BEACH.
WE CALL IT OUR MOBILITY ELEMENT.
THIS ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN IS NOT SIMPLY A TRANSPORTATION PLAN, BUT RATHER A STRATEGY FOR EFFECTIVE INFRA ADDRESSING EFFECTIVE IN, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, INCLUDING FOR CIRCULATION OF PEOPLE, GOODS, ENERGY, WATER, SEWAGE, UH, STORM DRAINAGE, AND COMMUNICATIONS.
BY LAW, THE ELEMENT MUST CORRELATE DIRECTLY WITH OUR LAND USE ELEMENT, BUT ALSO HAVE DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ELEMENTS AND BE CONSISTENT.
UM, GREATER HOUSING DENSITY AND COMMERCIAL INTENSITY SHOULD BE PLANNED AROUND OUR TRANSIT STATIONS, ALLOWING TRANSIT SERVICES TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND SUCCESSFUL.
AND NEW PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC REALM LIKE SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC SPACES AND STREETS, AS WELL AS PRIVATE PROPERTY ARE TO INTERFACE, UM, AND ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, NOT JUST THE AUTOMOBILE.
SO FROM THE GENERAL PLAN FLOWS, WHAT WE CALL SPECIFIC PLANS.
AND SPECIFIC PLANS ARE A TOOL FOR THE SYSTEMATIC IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENERAL PLAN FOR A DEFINED AREA UNDER ITS SCOPE.
SO WE HAVE, UM, A FEW SPECIFIC PLANS.
SOME OF THEM ARE SHOWN HERE ON THE SLIDE, LIKE OUR MIDTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN, THE SOUTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN, THE GLOBE MASTER SPECIFIC PLAN, AS WELL AS THE SPECIFIC PLAN FOR CENTURY VILLAGES AT CABRILLO.
UM, UNDER STATE LAW, THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, UM, SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF THE CODE, AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS TO HAVE A CHAPTER ON MOBILITY AND STREETS SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS TO GUIDE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN DEFINED AREAS.
UM, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF OUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS OR PDS LIKE PD 30, WHICH IS A DOWNTOWN PLAN.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS OF UPDATING MANY OF OUR PDS TO TURN THEM INTO SPECIFIC PLANS OVER TIME.
THAT'S A BIG STRATEGY IN OUR LAND USE ELEMENT, UM, TO HELP, WHICH WILL HELP US TO BETTER INTEGRATE MOBILITY AT THAT MORE LOCALIZED LEVEL.
SO HOW ARE ALL THESE PLANS AND INITIATIVES ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED? A LOT OF IT REALLY IS FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SO FEDERAL, STATE, AND CITY FUNDED PROJECTS, UM, MANY OF WHICH START AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND MONEY FLOWS THROUGH TO STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING THROUGH THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE ALSO GRANT PROGRAMS TO LOCAL AND STATE JURISDICTIONS THAT, AGAIN, MUCH OF WHICH FLOWS FROM THAT FEDERAL LEVEL AND SOME FROM THE STATE LEVEL.
AND THEN THE CITY FUNDS PROJECTS THROUGH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR CIP, WHICH THIS COMMISSION SEES EVERY YEAR BEFORE IT GOES THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS, BECAUSE THERE IS THAT REQUIREMENT FOR THE CIP TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN SO THAT THESE ARE ALL CONSISTENT AS WE THINK ABOUT WHERE WE, UH, WHERE AND HOW WE FUND THINGS.
SO THEN HOW DOES PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTE TO ALL THESE PLANS? UM, FIRST WE HAVE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
SO THERE ARE THINGS IN THE CODE, FOR EXAMPLE, REQUIRED LANDSCAPING OR A CERTAIN REQUIRED AMOUNT OF BICYCLE PARKING THAT COULD BE REQUIRED.
UM, AND THEN SPECIFIC PLANS CONTAIN MOBILITY STANDARDS THAT, UM, BECOME PART OF THAT REGULATORY REQUIREMENT, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH I'LL GET INTO MORE IN A MINUTE.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, SO PAYING FEES TO HELP FUND MANY OF OUR MOBILITY PROJECTS.
UH, PRIVATE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE THROUGH MITIGATION MEASURES DEPENDING ON THE, UM, CQA OR CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT REVIEW PROCESS.
WE OFTEN, UM, A APPLY MITIGATION MEASURES OR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, UM, FOR ANY ENTITLEMENT WHERE THERE'S, UM, A PROPORTIONALITY AND NEXUS FOR THAT CONDITION, WHICH I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT.
SO, UH, CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND IMPACT FEES MUST MEET TWO LEGAL TESTS.
THE FIRST IS THAT THERE HAS TO BE AN ESSENTIAL NEXUS BETWEEN THE IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT AND THE PROJECT ITSELF.
SO, UM, THERE HAS TO BE SOME WAY IN WHICH THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PROJECT BEING DEVELOPED AND WHAT THAT IMPACT WE'RE ASKING FOR CONTRIBUTION TO BE.
AND THEN THERE HAS TO BE A ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY.
SO WE CAN'T ASK, YOU KNOW, A FIVE UNIT HOUSING PROJECT TO REPAVE ALL OF ATLANTIC AVENUE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
THERE HAS TO BE A NEXUS BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT BEING DONE AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC AND HOW MUCH WE'RE ASKING FOR CONTRIBUTION.
SO THAT IS DERIVED OUT OF FEDERAL LAW.
SOME EXAMPLES OF CONDITIONS RELATED TO MOBILITY INCLUDE
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RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING SIDEWALKS OR BIKE LANES OR STREETS OR ALLEYS, DEDICATION OR ALLEY WIDENING, ABUTTING A PROJECT SITE CONSTRUCTION OR CONTRIBUTION OF FEES FOR PLANNED MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.ABUTTING THE SITE LIKE I MENTIONED THROUGH IMPACT FEES AS AN EXAMPLE, OR ENHANCEMENTS TO, UM, EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS ENHANCING A BIKE PATHWAY, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ENTRY TREATMENT OR, UM, AN ADJACENT BIKE PATH OR BUS STOP MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS OR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL AMENITIES LIKE SEATING OR SIGNAGE OR TRASH RECEPTACLES.
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF STREET CLASSIFICATIONS AND SPECIFIC PLANS WHERE WE HAVE THAT MOBILITY CHAPTER THAT, UM, GUIDES THE TYPES OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN REQUIRE FROM THOSE, UM, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, SOME OF THESE, UH, IMAGES COME FROM THE CSIP PLAN, AND WHEN WE GO TO PUT CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ON PROJECTS, WE LOOK BACK AT THAT MOBILITY CHAPTER TO SEE WHAT DID WE PLAN FOR THIS, UH, PARTICULAR RIGHT OF WAY, WHETHER ARE THE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER IT'S A WIDENED SIDEWALK OR A DEDICATED BIKE LANE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, ET CETERA.
AND THEN HOW CAN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THEN HELP US ACHIEVE WHAT WAS IN THE PLAN? ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN IS OUR MIDTOWN PARKLET PROGRAM.
SO, UM, THE MIDTOWN AREA ALONG LONG BEACH BOULEVARD IS ONE OF OUR MOST PARK POOR COMMUNITIES AND HAS AN, AND IS AN AREA WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT BEING PROPOSED.
AND SO THE MIDTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN CAME UP WITH THIS UNIQUE STRATEGY OF REQUIRING, UH, PARKLETS, UM, AT THE END OF SMALLER STREETS THAT KIND OF END AT LONG BEACH BOULEVARD BECAUSE THE RAILWAY GOES NORTH SOUTH THERE, IT'S NOT A THROUGHWAY TO CREATE THOSE INTO SMALL POCKET PARKS OR WHAT WE CALL PARKLETS.
UM, AND SO WE'VE SEEN, UM, SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES OF THAT HAPPENING.
THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTATION WITH THAT, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT STRATEGY FOR HELPING ADD SOME AMOUNT OF PARK SPACE, UM, IN THAT BUILT OUT AND UNDERSERVED, UM, PARK PORT AREA OF THE CITY.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO PAUL TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE MOBILITY PROGRAM CITYWIDE FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, SO YES, UH, I'M PAUL VAN D**E.
I'M THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER IN PUBLIC WORKS.
I AM THE DIVISION MANAGER OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION OF THE ENGINEERING BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UM,
SO NOW YOU KNOW WHERE I SIT,
UH, AND SO WHEN I WAS ASKED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON, ON CITYWIDE MOBILITY, UH, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE IS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
UH, SO, UH, I DID MY BEST TO SYNTHESIZE IT INTO A COUPLE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES SO IT'S MORE BITE SIZED.
UM, AND I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO TRACE THIS ALL THE WAY BACK TO OUR CIVICS 1 0 1 CLASS WHERE, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATIONAL PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? WE'RE ALL CREATED EQUAL WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS, AND THOSE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
UM, AND, UH, MYSELF AND MY STAFF IN PUBLIC WORKS, UH, FEEL REALLY EMPOWERED TO DELIVER UPON ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS, UM, THANKS TO THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, PROVIDING, UM, THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR LIFE, UH, OUR VISION ZERO PLAN, THE, THE SAFE STREETS LONG BEACH PLAN, UM, HAS A DIRECT CORRELATION THERE.
UM, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE RESPONDING WITH URGENCY AND PRIORITY TOWARD FATAL AND SEVERE CRASHES, UH, AND BUILDING A CITY BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THAT ALLOWS FOR PRESERVATION OF LIFE.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO LIBERTY, UH, A NUMBER OF OUR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS ARE ALSO, UH, MOVING US IN THE DIRECTION OF GIVING PEOPLE MORE FREEDOM TO MOVE ABOUT TO SOCIALIZE.
UM, I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT MY FIRST BICYCLE AND THE DOORS OF THAT OPENED, THE PLACES I COULD GO, UH, WHEN MY FAMILY BOUGHT A CARGO BIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT OPENED UP THE NUMBER OF PARKS, ICE CREAM SHOPS THAT WE COULD GET TO, UH, WITH MY THREE KIDS THROWN IN THE FRONT OF THAT BIKE.
UM, AND THEN THAT ALSO PLAYS DIRECTLY INTO PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
I THINK I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ICE CREAM THERE.
SO, UM, YEAH, THE, JUST GETTING AROUND TOWN CAN ALSO BE REALLY FUN.
UM, WHETHER YOU'RE USING SOME OF OUR MICRO MOBILITY PROGRAMS OR YOU'RE SEATED IN A PARKLET OR, UM, THOSE MIDTOWN STREET LIT, UM, LOCATIONS THAT ALLISON JUST DESCRIBED.
UM, BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SPACES MEANS WE GET TO, UM, BE PROVIDING THESE SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN SOCIALIZE, UM, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE FABRIC, UM, OF THIS CITY.
SO, UH, TO TOUCH MORE SPECIFICALLY ON LIFE, I HAD MENTIONED VISION ZERO.
UM, WE HAVE OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, UH, THAT'S DOCUMENTED IN THE VISION ZERO SAFE STREETS PLAN.
WE HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AROUND THAT VISION ZERO NETWORK.
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AT HIGHER RISK OF SEVERE AND FATAL CRASHES ARE BEING PRIORITIZED.UM, FOR OUR NEWER, LARGER PROJECTS, UM, ONE OF THE PRIMARY ACTIONS WITHIN THAT PLAN IS FOR US ALSO TO REDUCE SPEED LIMITS AROUND TOWN.
SO, UM, OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS, WE'VE REDUCED, UM, ALMOST 100 DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF SPEED LIMITS AROUND TOWN.
WE NOW HAVE 40 PLUS MILES OF STREETS THAT HAVE A SPEED LIMIT OF 20 MILES AN HOUR OR LESS.
AND SO WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UM, THAT DID THAT COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL OF OUR SPEED LIMITS THAT WE HAVE AROUND TOWN.
UM, AND WE USED RECENT CHANGES TO STATE LAW TO BE ABLE TO BRING SPEED LIMITS DOWN ACROSS THE CITY, UM, PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE TO INFLUENCE SPEEDS DOWNWARD ON OUR ARTERIALS.
UM, THIS YEAR, UH, WE'RE ALSO SEEING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE MORE THAN QUADRUPLING THE RATE OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES THAT THE CITY'S BEEN BUILDING, UH, WITHIN THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, UH, WHICH I THINK WAS FEATURED ON ONE OF ALLISON'S SLIDES.
UH, WE HAVE A VERY LOFTY GOAL OF BASICALLY GETTING TO THE SAME LEVEL AS AMSTERDAM OR COPENHAGEN, UH, WITHIN 15, 20 YEARS.
UH, AND SO THAT MEANS WE'RE GONNA NEED A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, TO SUPPORT, UM, THAT MODAL SHIFT AWAY FROM AUTOMOBILES TOWARD BICYCLES.
AND ESSENTIALLY THAT MEANS WE NEED TO BE BUILDING ABOUT EIGHT MILES OF THOSE PROTECTED FACILITIES EVERY YEAR FROM NOW UNTIL 2040.
SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN GEARING UP, UM, WITH VARIOUS NEW PRACTICES IN PUBLIC WORKS, NEW STANDARD PLANS, UM, AND WE'VE ALSO REORGANIZED THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, TO BE MORE FOCUSED ON PROJECT DELIVERY SO THAT WE CAN BE DELIVERING AT THAT PACE, UM, FOR THE DURATION OF MY CAREER, UH, HERE AT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, SO SOME OF THE GREAT PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING US CLOSER TO THAT PROTECTED BIKEWAY GOAL ARE, UM, THE ARTESIA GREAT BOULEVARD, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDING PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
UM, STUDEBAKER ROAD IN ITSELF IS PROVIDING OVER FIVE MILES OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES, UM, IN THE WORKS FOR THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR, UM, ARE PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE BIKE LANES ON ORANGE AVENUE, COMPLETING, UH, THE BICYCLE MASTER PLANS ORANGE AVENUE BACKBONE BIKEWAY, WHICH CONNECTS THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT TO THE OCEAN, UM, AS WELL AS OUR UPCOMING PROJECT ON CLARK AVENUE JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR HERE.
UH, WHICH WILL ALSO BE ADDING ABOUT THREE MILES OF PROTECTED BIKEWAYS CONNECTING THIS CAMPUS WITH A LOT OF THE STUDENT HOUSING.
UM, IT'S CLOSER TO THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE, ALL WITH A PROTECTED BIKEWAY.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN ORIENTING OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM AROUND VISION ZERO GOALS.
UH, WE'VE REORGANIZED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
WE NOW HAVE AN ENGINEERING BUREAU, WHICH I'M A PART OF, AS WELL AS A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUREAU, UH, TO STREAMLINE ALL THE VARIOUS FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND OTHER PLANNING EFFORTS THAT GO INTO PULLING OFF THESE.
NOW, UM, THESE MEGA PROJECTS, UH, THE VISION ZERO PLAN CALLS FOR US SPECIFICALLY TO COORDINATE ALL OF OUR SAFETY PROGRAMS, UH, WITH OUR RESURFACING PROGRAM, UM, THAT'S BEING BORNE OUT AS PART OF THAT REORGANIZATION.
UM, AND WE'VE ALSO PIVOTED TO HOW WE'RE DELIVERING THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT LONG BEACH HAS BEEN BUILDING OVER THE PAST DECADE PLUS, UM, SOME OF OUR MORE NOTABLE PROJECTS WERE OUR BICYCLE BOULEVARD PROJECTS, UH, THE VISTA BIKE BOULEVARD SIXTH STREET, 15TH DAISY MYRTLE.
UM, THOSE WERE ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES, UM, FROM OUR ARTERIALS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BITE COMFORTABLY, UH, FROM ONE END OF THE CITY TO THE OTHER.
UH, WE HAVE SINCE PIVOTED TOWARD OUR ARTERIALS INSTEAD OF PROVIDING ALTERNATE ROUTES, PROVIDING ACTIVE ROUTES, UM, SO FOLKS CAN GET, UM, TO THE PLACES THEY'RE REALLY WANTING TO GET TO, UH, WITHOUT BEING PUSHED OFF ONTO SIDE STREETS.
THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE NOT ABANDONING OUR SIDE STREETS EITHER.
UM, WE, WHILE WE HAVE PIVOTED AWAY FROM LINEAR BIKE BOULEVARDS, WE'VE ALSO BEEN APPLYING FOR FUNDING FOR COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD UPGRADES, UM, INCLUDING OUR MID-CITY PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY PROJECT, WHICH WAS AWARDED A TP FUNDING IN THE LAST CYCLE, UH, WHICH ALSO IS RESPONSIVE TO OUR, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM IN VISION ZERO, UM, BY IMPLEMENTING TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES WITHIN THAT MORE LOCAL CONTEXT, UM, THAT PLAYS DIRECTLY ALSO INTO OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL EFFORTS.
UM, WE ARE HIRING MORE SCHOOL GUARDS AND ACTIVATING OUR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, TO PLACE THOSE GUARDS, UH, IN THE AREAS WHERE THERE'S MOST NEED.
UM, BUT BY CALMING TRAFFIC, BOTH ON ARTERIALS AND ON OUR LOCAL STREETS, UM, SIMPLY CREATING SAFER CONDITIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE WALKING, UM, TO ANY OF OUR CAMPUSES OR PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE WALKING, UH, ANYWHERE.
NOT SOLELY FOCUSED, ONLY ON SCHOOL CHILDREN AT, AT SPECIFIC TIMES OF THE DAY.
UM, SO ONTO THE NEXT CATEGORY, UM, WHICH IS LIBERTY.
UM, CREATING THE CONDITIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE FREE, UM, TO OPT INTO WHATEVER MODAL CHOICE, UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT MO MULTIMODAL DESIGN IS AT THE CORE OF WHAT
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PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING.UM, HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM ACTUALLY THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND'S, UM, COMPLETE STREET GUIDE.
UH, WE ARE WELL UNDERWAY PREPARING A, A SIMILAR DOCUMENT FOR OUR STAFF HERE IN PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TO USE AS THEIR BASIS OF PROJECT SCOPING EFFORTS.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT BUY-IN FROM OUR EMPLOYEES HERE IN PUBLIC WORKS TO SAY, YES, WE WANNA MAKE THIS CITY THE CITY OF THE FUTURE, A CITY WHERE WE CAN GET OUR KIDS A BIKE FOR THEIR BIRTHDAY AND DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR SAFETY AS THEY GO TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE, FRIEND'S HOUSE, ICE CREAM SHOP.
UH, AND SO, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHILE WE HAVE THAT BUY-IN, THEY STILL KNOW WHAT TO DO.
UH, AND SO A LOT OF ENGINEERS, MYSELF INCLUDED, WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, UM, LEVEL OF SERVICE.
WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, UM, HOW TO BUILD FREEWAYS, HOW TO BUILD HIGHWAYS, UM, THE HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL, BUT THEY'RE LESS EQUIPPED, UM, TO BE BUILDING THESE TYPES OF STREETS, UM, THAT WE'RE PIVOTING TOWARDS.
SO, UM, PUTTING THAT INFORMATION AT OUR PRACTITIONER'S FINGERTIPS IS, UH, CURRENTLY MY HIGHEST PRIORITY.
SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THIS PLAN, UM, FINALIZED OR THIS GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FINALIZED THIS YEAR, UM, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A PUBLIC FACING RESOURCE, NOT ONLY, UM, FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, BUT SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE COMING TO US WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING THEMSELVES INTO, UM, THEY KNOW THAT IF THEY'RE BUILDING SOMETHING IN THE MIDTOWN AREA, THEY WERE ABLE TO CLICK THAT STREET SEGMENT ON OUR WEBPAGE AND SEE THAT, OH, R STREET WAS TURNED INTO A PARK.
MY PROJECT THAT IS ON A SIMILAR STREET WITHIN THAT PLANNING DISTRICT GETS FLAGGED AND I CLICK THAT LINK.
SO, UH, WE WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S HANDY FOR NOT ONLY MY STAFF, UM, BUT FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY AS WELL, UM, SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE BEGINNING, UM, THEIR PROJECTS, THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE, UM, AND WHAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THAT WE AS A CITY ARE HOPING, UM, TO DEVELOP.
SO IN ADDITION TO LIBERTY, UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT, I GUESS, ABOUT BIKE LANES SO FAR, SO I'D LIKE TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, PUBLIC WORKS DOES RECEIVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TRANSIT FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND AS PART OF THAT REORGANIZATION THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, UH, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DEDICATING STAFF SPECIFICALLY TO COORDINATE DIRECTLY WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT, UH, WITH OUR PARTNERS AT METRO, UM, SO THAT WE CAN PUT THOSE DOLLARS TO THE BEST USE, UH, AND BE AS RESPONSIVE AS POSSIBLE TO REQUEST FOR, UH, IMPROVED TRANSIT STOPS, UM, IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR OUR TRANSIT OPERATORS, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DEVELOP THAT INTERNAL, UM, INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
UM, ALSO FOR LIBERTY, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, SOME OF THE DISCREPANCIES IN ENFORCEMENT, UM, IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.
UH, AND SO, UH, AGAIN, REPRESENTING PUBLIC WORKS, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE, UH, THIS YEAR TO DEVELOP AN AUTOMATED SPEED SAFETY SYSTEM, UM, AND DEVELOP THE FRAMEWORK FOR THAT PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN BE DEPLOYING UP TO 18, UM, SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS AROUND THE CITY, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE DEPLOYED EQUITABLY.
UM, AND THEN THE LAW THAT, UM, FORMS THE FRAMEWORK FOR THOSE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS ALSO HAS EQUITABLE PRACTICES, UH, BAKED RIGHT INTO IT.
SO FOLKS AT THE POVERTY LINE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DISCOUNTED, UM, CITATION RATES.
UM, THE PROGRAM IS NOT INTENDED TO BE, UM, A GOTCHA TYPE SCENARIO LIKE YOU SEE, UM, ON TV WHERE THE, THE COP'S HIDING BEHIND A BILLBOARD OR A BUSH, UH, WITH HIS RADAR GUN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE YOU ARE ENTERING A SPEED ZONE OR A SPEED SAFETY ZONE, SLOW DOWN, AND THE FOLKS HAVE PLENTY OF WARNINGS BEFORE, UM, THAT CITATION IS ACTUALLY ISSUED.
SO MAKING SURE THAT, UM, AS, UM, RESPONSIBLE PARTY WE'RE PROVIDING RESPONSIBLE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, AND THEN I'LL ALSO GET INTO, UM, MICRO MOBILITY.
SO, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, MICRO MOBILITY, RIGHT, ACCESS FOR ALL TO BE ABLE TO GET PLACES, UM, IN A CAR FREE LIFESTYLE OR CAR LIGHT LIFESTYLE, UM, GIVING FOLKS THE ABILITY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO RIDE A SCOOTER OR A BIKE SHARE BIKE, UM, AND AGAIN, DEVELOP THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY, UM, AS THEY'RE NAVIGATING THE CITY.
UH, I THINK THE PANDEMIC ESPECIALLY, UH, MADE US VERY AWARE THAT, UM, PEOPLE CAN OFTENTIMES FEEL VERY SEPARATED FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS.
UM, WHETHER YOU'RE SHELTERING IN PLACE OR, UM, IF YOU'RE STUCK IN YOUR CAR IN TRAFFIC, YOU KINDA MISS OUT ON THAT INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION, UM, WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, YOU MISS OUT ON THE SMELLS OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE IN, SOMETIMES THE FOOD SMELLS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT, UM, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS THAT REALLY EXPERIENCE THEIR COMMUNITY, UM, WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING, UM, IS ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT THING.
SO, UM, UP NEXT, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, LIBERTY, I HAD ALREADY MENTIONED THE, THE STUDEBAKER PROJECT THAT'S FORTHCOMING.
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AS WE'RE BUILDING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AGAIN, UH, WHETHER YOU'RE ON A SCOOTER, A BIKE SHARE BIKE, UM, YOUR OWN BICYCLE, UM, YOU HAVE CONDITIONS, UM, WHERE YOU'RE SAFE, WHERE, UM, VEHICLES ARE, UM, OPERATED, UH, IN A SAFE MANNER, UM, IN A SLOW MANNER.UH, AND SO, UM, INTERSECTIONS LIKE THE ONES, UM, THAT ARE SHOWN ON THIS SCREEN INCLUDE AMENITIES, LIKE EXPANDED, UH, TRANSIT PLATFORMS. THEY INCLUDE, UH, PROTECTED INTERSECTION DESIGNS THAT REQUIRE SLOWER TURNS FOR VEHICLES, AS WELL AS HIGH CONTRAST MARKINGS, UM, FOR BIKE CROSSINGS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT AGAIN, UH, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THIS CITY.
UM, AND ON A VERY PERSONAL LEVEL, UH, THIS PHOTO IS A RENDERING NEAR, UM, THE EL DORADO BRANCH OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, WHERE THERE'S ALSO, UM, DISC GOLF AVAILABLE.
UM, CONNECTING TO THIS INTERSECTION IS ALSO SOME OF OUR NEW PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON SPRING STREET THAT TAKE YOU TO THE REGIONAL, UM, PORTION OF EL DORADO PARK.
UH, AND SO, UH, AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT AS STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THESE ARE SPACES, UH, THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UM, FOR EVERYONE.
SO, UH, TO FOCUS MORE SPECIFICALLY ON MICRO MOBILITY, UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, UM, THAT ARE OPERATED BY PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, WE HAVE OUR SCOTER PROGRAM WHERE WE SEE, UM, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR SCOOTERS U USED ON AVERAGE AT LEAST ONCE PER DAY, UH, WITH AN AVERAGE TRIP DISTANCE OF AT LEAST A MILE.
UH, WE HAVE 440 DROP ZONES AROUND TOWN FOR OUR E SCOOTER PROGRAM, UH, WITH A DAILY AVERAGE OF ALMOST, UH, 2,500 SCOOTERS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR USE.
UH, WE COUNTED ALMOST 750,000 INDIVIDUAL RIDES IN 2022, UH, WHERE WE HAVE OUR MOST COMPLETE DATA.
UM, AND THEN FOR OUR BIKE SHARE PROGRAM, UH, WE HAVE ALMOST 75,000 ACTIVE MEMBERS.
WE'RE PLANNING THIS YEAR ON EXPANDING THOSE HUBS, UM, INTO A MORE, UM, CITYWIDE DISTRIBUTION, UH, TO COINCIDE WITH OUR BIKE SHARE FOR ALL PROGRAM, UH, WHERE FOLKS WHO ARE ON ANY TYPE OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, WHETHER IT'S A FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN OR, UM, FOOD OR ANY OTHER THING THAT FOLKS, UM, HAVE ASSISTANCE ON, THEY'RE ABLE TO GET, UH, ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR OUR BICYCLE SHARE PROGRAM FOR $5.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON MAKING AVAILABLE, UM, TO MINORS.
UH, CURRENTLY THE BIKE SHARE SYSTEM'S ONLY AVAILABLE TO ADULTS 18 AND UP.
UM, BUT WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT, UH, MANY OF OUR STUDENTS, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE ALREADY IN COLLEGE OR STILL, UM, IN HIGH SCHOOL, UM, CAN CERTAINLY MAKE USE OF OUR BIKE SHARE PROGRAM.
UH, AND SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON EXPANDING, UM, THE ALLOWABLE AGES THERE.
UH, BUT $5 PER YEAR, UM, IF YOU'RE UNBANKED OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CREDIT CARD OR A SMARTPHONE, YOU CAN ALSO SIMPLY PAY IN CASH AT OUR GO ACTIVE HUB DOWNTOWN, UM, FOR YOUR ANNUAL $5, UH, BIKE SHARE MEMBERSHIP.
SO, UM, UP ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE HAVE OUR, UH, PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, RIGHT? SO, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS, UM, THAT WE'VE RECENTLY COMPLETED, UH, AGAIN, IS, IS REALLY THE BEST WAY TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD, TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS CAN GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, WHETHER IT'S BY EXPANDING OUR SIDEWALK AREAS, ENCOURAGING MORE OUTDOOR DINING, UM, WHETHER IT'S PROVIDING, UM, BRIGHT AND COLORFUL, UH, FACILITIES FOR FOLKS TO GET TO THEIR LOCAL PARK LIBRARY FRIEND'S HOUSE, UM, OR, UM, THROUGH OUR VARIOUS PROGRAMS LIKE OUR BEACH STREET PROGRAM, UM, TO GET FOLKS OUT OF THEIR CARS, UM, SEEING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AT A HUMAN SCALE, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LONG BEACH IS A LIVABLE CITY.
UM, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UM, OUR NEXT BEACH STREETS EVENT WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE WEST SIDE, UM, ALONG WITH THE, THE MAYOR'S WEST SIDE PROMISE, UM, WITH A ROUTE THAT CONNECTS THE WEST SIDE OVER THE LA RIVER VIA WILLOW STREET, UH, AND ALSO TURNS DOWN SANTA FE AVENUE.
SO LOOKING TO BE CONTINUING TO EXPAND THESE PROGRAMS, UM, ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, BUT REALLY, UH, 2024 IS THE YEAR WHERE A LOT OF THE HARD WORK AND INNOVATION THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE IN PUBLIC WORKS IS REALLY RISING TO THE FOREFRONT.
SO THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING BEHIND THE SCENES, AGAIN, TO REFORM OUR STANDARD PRACTICES, TO UPDATE OUR STANDARD PLANS, UH, REFORM, EVEN OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL GUIDANCE, UM, THOSE ARE COMING TO BEAR THIS YEAR.
SO PROJECTS LIKE MARKET STREET, ARTESIA, ANAHEIM STREET, STUDEBAKER, UH, ARE BECOMING MORE ACCESSIBLE, MORE EQUITABLE, UH, AND MORE JUST.
AND SO, UH, I PERSONALLY AM VERY PROUD OF THAT.
UM, I ALSO FEEL A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE ALL THE GREAT CONTENT THAT'S BEING PREPARED BY, UM, OUR PLANNERS AND DO OUR BEST TO MAKE THAT A REALITY.
UM, IT CERTAINLY IS, UH, VERY HELPFUL TO USE, UH, THE VERY SPECIFIC PLANS OR UM, CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLANS WHEN WE'RE NOT ONLY DISCUSSING THESE INTERNALLY, BUT ALSO WITH,
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UM, OUR FUNDING PARTNERS, UM, AND OUR CONSTITUENTS.BUT, UM, YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ON ANY OF THESE THINGS OR BEYOND, BUT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES, UH, MY SUMMARY, UM, OF CITYWIDE MODAL EFFORTS, SO THANK YOU.
HOW TURN THAT ON FOR THAT? PARDON ME? UH, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? YEAH, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
SO IT'S THE PLAN FOR WHEN WE HAVE DEVELOPERS COME IN TO A CERTAIN AREA THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S REQUIRED AND MOBILITY AND IT'S APPLIED KIND OF UNIVERSALLY, WHERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING IT AS IT COMES IN.
I, I WILL SAY THAT RIGHT NOW, UM, SOME DEVELOPERS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS AT DOING THEIR RESEARCH BEFOREHAND.
UM, AND SO WE WANT TO TRY TO EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD OR JUST BE MORE TRANSPARENT, UM, IN WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.
UH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE IN THESE PLANS ARE CAUGHT IN THE PROCESS AS THE VARIOUS PLANNERS AND ENGINEERS AND OTHER FOLKS ARE TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
UH, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF, AGAIN, STREAMLINING THESE PROCESSES, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THESE MORE INNOVATIVE MEASURES, UM, AND, AND BENEFICIAL PROGRAMS BUILT MORE QUICKLY, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT ALL THAT INFORMATION IS CURATED, UM, DISCOVERABLE, UH, AND, AND UPFRONT, AGAIN, NOT ONLY FOR OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERS AND, AND PROJECT MANAGERS, BUT FOR, UM, EXTERNAL PARTIES AS WELL.
AND I KNOW WE DO THE PEDESTRIAN COUNTS.
I USED TO TAKE MY KIDS TO DO THAT WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER.
DO WE DO THE SAME FOR BIKES? I'M NOT SURE.
UH, THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FIRST TASKS WHEN I STARTED AT THE CITY IN 2012 AS AN INTERN, UH, WAS MANAGING THE ANNUAL BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COUNT.
I DO BELIEVE WE, UM, HAVE THE LONGEST RUNNING CONCURRENT ANNUAL COUNT, UH, DATES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2008.
IT ACTUALLY DID START AS A BICYCLE COUNT, UH, AND THEN WE ADDED, UH, PEDESTRIANS AND ACTUALLY SCOTERS, UH, TO THE TALLY SHEET.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT EVERY OCTOBER, UH, ON THE THIRD WEEKEND OF OCTOBER.
UH, AGAIN, SINCE 2008, UH, WE HAVE, UM, A GREAT SNAPSHOT IN TIME FOR EACH OF THOSE.
UM, THEY GIVE US REALLY GREAT GR I'M SORRY, THEY GIVE US REALLY GREAT, UH, QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO'S RIDING, WHO'S WALKING.
UM, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TRACK DEMOGRAPHICS LIKE AGE, UH, RACE ABILITY, UM, AND EVEN JUST THE MANNER IN WHICH THE BICYCLES ARE BEING RIDDEN, WHERE, WHETHER IT'S IN WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON THE SIDEWALK, THAT TYPE OF THING.
UH, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US AS WE'RE DESIGNING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR EXISTS ON THE STREET.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE ANNUAL BITE COUNT IS A SNAPSHOT, RIGHT? IT PROVIDES US, UM, UH, FOR SIX HOURS A YEAR, UM, AN IDEA OF HOW PEOPLE ARE NAVIGATING THESE SPACES.
UH, WE ARE FOCUSING ON BEING A MORE DATA-DRIVEN DEPARTMENT, UH, ALSO IN THE WORKS ALONG WITH THAT COMPLETE STREET DESIGN GUIDE IS ALSO, UM, OUR INTERNAL DATA STRATEGY DOCUMENT.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING, UM, FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN BE INCORPORATING, UM, DATA COLLECTION DEVICES INTO ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN ONLY SEE SO THAT, UH, WE CAN NOT ONLY SEE WHAT'S, UM, BEING COUNTED BY OUR VOLUNTEERS DURING THE BIKE COUNT, BUT ALSO WE CAN SEE, UM, HOURLY INFORMATION ON HOW MANY PEDESTRIANS OR HOW MANY BIKES ARE USING, UM, THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE DEVICES LIKE THOSE ON THE BEACH PATH, ON THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES DOWNTOWN, AND WE'RE PLANNING ON A MUCH LARGER ROLLOUT OF THAT INFORMATION AND MAKING THAT MORE TRANSPARENT.
SO IS THE, THE FUTURE, UM, I GUESS THIS IS A TWO PART QUESTION.
UM, BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY SEEING AT A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE BIKES ARE CONCERNED, BUT WE ARE, UM, CREATING THE ABILITY TO HAVE MORE BIKES.
HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE ON BIKES? AND IT'S, I SEE IT DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE ON A BIKE, BUT THERE ARE ANY BIKE PATHS OR EVEN SIDEWALKS
UM, SO IS THERE A, IS THERE A WAY, IS THERE A PLAN TO REALLY HAVE DATA AT SOME POINT SO THAT WE AREN'T JUST BUILDING BIKE LANES EVERYWHERE AND NO ONE'S ON THEM OR NOT USING THEM? DEFINITELY THAT, THAT'S THE BIG REASON FOR THAT PUSH, FOR THAT DATA STRATEGY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE METRICS THAT ARE IN THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN ARE VERY, UH, QUANTITATIVE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S A 30% MODE SHARE FOR CYCLING BY 2040.
UH, CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A HISTORICAL RECORD OF WHAT OUR MODE SHARE IS CITYWIDE.
UH, AND SO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF KEEPING TRACK OF THAT.
UM, I WILL MAKE A NOTE THAT I NEED TO RING MY BELL ON MY BIKE WHEN I'M RIDING THROUGH LAKEWOOD VILLAGE FROM MY HOUSE
UM, BUT UH, YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT WE DO GET THAT MUCH BIGGER PICTURE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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TO MAYOR ROBERT GARCIA IN 2009 WHEN HE GOT ELECTED.HE WAS A BIG CHAMPION OF THE BIKE LANES IN DOWNTOWN.
SO I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MOBILITY AT THAT TIME, BUT IT'S EVOLVED TREMENDOUSLY.
AND SO I JUST WANNA APPLAUD ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
UM, I HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION.
I REALLY LIKE THAT MODEL THAT YOU SHOWED US ABOUT.
UM, IT HAD A BUS AND IT HAD ALL THESE DIFFERENT LIKE, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING, UM, MEASURES AND SO FORTH.
I DON'T KNOW IF, SO, UM, SO WHERE I LIVE, THERE IS TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS, TWO HIGH SCHOOL, ONE HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND, AND ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND WE'VE LOST THREE KIDS IN THE LAST, LAST FOUR YEARS BECAUSE THERE'S CROSSWALKS, BUT THE CARS FOR WHATEVER REASON, DON'T SEE THE STUDENT IN THEIR BIKE CROSSING THE CROSS, THE, THE BIKE LANE.
AND SO PEOPLE DRIVE DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING WHAT STREET THEY'RE ON.
AND SO LAS COYOTES DIAGONAL IN SPRING, IT'S LIKE A DEATH TRAP.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT I CAN TELL MY SON, DRIVE YOUR, RIDE YOUR BIKE TO SCHOOL.
UM, AND SO TO SEE THAT KIND OF A STREET, I KNOW THAT THERE'S GUIDELINES ON THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC CALMING THAT YOU COULD DO ON SPECIFIC STREETS, DEPENDING ON THE STREET.
THE PEOPLE DOWN SPRING WHEN THEY GET OFF THE 6 0 5 GOING WESTBOUND ARE DRIVING AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR AND THERE'S A HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT THERE.
AND SO I JUST WANT, WANTED TO ASK IN THE PLAN, IN THE EDUCATION TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M BEING VERY SPECIFIC TO AN AREA, BUT THERE ARE STREETS THAT ARE LIKE HIGHWAYS FOR OUR CITY.
'CAUSE WE'RE SO DIVERSE, RIGHT? WE HAVE SOME VERY NICE SMALL QUIET STREETS.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME MAIN STREETS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF ALL AGES.
THERE'S A LOT OF SENIORS IN THAT COMMUNITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF, SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING LOOKED AT FOR THOSE SPECIFIC TYPES OF, 'CAUSE IT, IT'S ALSO A, I THINK YOU, THE WORD WAS, IT'S A MID, IT'S A, IT'S A PUB, UM, PUBLIC BUS, UH, ROUTE AS WELL.
AND WHEN I SAW THAT STREET, I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS IS POSSIBLE ON SPRING
UM, SO YEAH, I CAN SPEAK TO, UM, OUR PLANNED PROJECTS ON SPRING AS WELL AS, UM, KIND OF OUR, OUR DESIGN PHILOSOPHIES AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE VISION ZERO PLAN VERY CLEARLY DRAWS A LINE OR DRAWS A, A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN SPEED, UM, AND THEN CRASH SURVIVABILITY.
UH, AND SO WE'RE REALLY, UM, TRYING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE, UM, WE CAN HAVE CITYWIDE SPEED LIMITS, UM, THAT ARE CLOSER TO THAT SURVIVABLE SPEED.
I THINK NOTABLY NEW YORK CITY, UM, HAS AN ENTIRE CITYWIDE SPEED LIMIT OF 25 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO, UM, IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE IF, IF NEW YORK CAN DO IT.
WE'RE A LOT SMALLER THAN THEM.
SO I THINK WE CAN, UM, WORK TOWARD THAT.
BUT, UM, THIS SLIDE IS PARTICULARLY GENERATED FOR OUR STUDEBAKER PROJECT.
UH, WE'RE PLANNING ON REDUCING SPEED LIMITS ON STUDEBAKER, UM, THANKS TO SOME OF THE DESIGN ELEMENTS, UM, THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO THAT PROJECT.
UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED 50 MILES AN HOUR ON SPRING STREET, WHICH, UH, IS KIND OF UNCANNY 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT, UH, FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WHEN I'M AT THE RED LIGHT AND BOOM, THEY SPEED.
SO, UM, JUST TO THE LEFT OF THIS, UH, THIS PHOTO, WE RECENTLY HAD COMPLETED THAT PROJECT TO ADD THE CURB PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON SPRING STREET.
I THINK WE HAD FIVE FATAL CRASHES, UM, IN EITHER A FIVE OR A 10 YEAR SPAN.
I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT THAT WAS, BUT IT WAS ACROSS ALL MODES.
UH, PEOPLE ON BIKES, UH, WALKING TO THE PARK, DRIVING THROUGH THE PARK.
UM, AND OUR SPEED SURVEY WE HAD CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THAT BIKE LANE PROJECT SHOWED THE TWO THIRDS OF VEHICLES WERE GOING 50 PLUS MILES AN HOUR.
UM, AFTER THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED, WE CONDUCTED THE SAME EXACT SURVEY.
IT WENT FROM OVER 60% TO 4% OF VEHICLES GOING OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR.
SO, UM, BY NARROWING STREETS, UM, BY BUILDING THESE TYPES OF PROTECTED INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT, UM, I HAD MENTIONED OUR ORANGE AVENUE BACKBONE BIKEWAY EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO THE ORANGE AVENUE BACKBONE BIKEWAY RUNS NORTH SOUTH.
UM, IT'S TWIN PROJECT RUNS EAST WEST ON SPRING STREET.
AND SO THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY FROM COYOTE CREEK WEST THROUGH, UM, THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL BEFORE CROSSING THE RIVER AT WARDLOW.
UM, BUT WE'RE PLANNING ON EXTENDING THAT TREATMENT LIKE WE SEE, UM, IN EL DORADO PARK AND EXTENDING THAT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, THAT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON STUDENTS FROM MILLIKEN, OBVIOUSLY, UM, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER SCHOOLS AS IT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE CITY.
BUT, UM, YEAH, THESE ARE KINDA THE AMBITIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PREPPING FOR.
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BEEN STAFFING UP RECENTLY, SO, UH, NOW WE HAVE, I, I BELIEVE THE TOOLKIT AND THE PEOPLE NECESSARY TO GET US TO THAT 2040 GOAL.ANYMORE, KIT, I DO WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE A SUMMARY OF, OF WHAT IS BEING WORKED ON AND WHAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, ALLISON, DO YOU, CAN YOU GO THROUGH WHAT THE ROLE OF THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, THE CX THREE PEDESTRIAN PLAN AND THE DOWNTOWN TOD PLAN IS? YEP.
SO I'LL START, AND PAUL, FEEL FREE TO ADD ON.
SO, UM, THE BIKE MASTER PLAN AND THE CX THREE PLAN ARE BOTH TECHNICAL APPENDICES TO THE MOBILITY ELEMENT.
SO, UM, THE CITY HAD A BIKE MASTER PLAN THAT PREDATED OUR MOST RECENT MOBILITY ELEMENT.
UM, BUT AFTER THE MOBILITY ELEMENT WAS ADOPTED IN 2013, AND WE HAD BEGUN DOING MORE AMBITIOUS BIKE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THE CITY WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO UPDATE THAT CITYWIDE, UM, PLAN, WHICH GUIDES AND DICTATES, UM, UM, PRIORITY BICYCLE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO, UM, AT OUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WE'LL HAVE OUR, UM, ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GENERAL PLAN AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION.
AND EACH YEAR WE BRING IN THAT ANNUAL REPORT AN UPDATE ON, UM, PROJECTS RELATED TO THE MOBILITY ELEMENT, INCLUDING PROJECTS THAT FLOW FROM BOTH THE BIKE MASTER PLAN AND THE CX THREE PLAN.
UM, AND YOUR THIRD ONE WAS THE DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN PLAN, WAS THAT IT DOWNTOWN, TOD AND THE DOWNTOWN TOD PLAN, UM, IS, IS SORT OF SIMILAR IN WHICH IT'S MORE GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC, BUT HAS THAT FOCUS ON, UM, MULTIMODAL WAYS OF LEVERAGING, UM, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHEN WE FOCUS NEW DEVELOPMENT NEAR TRANSIT, THE IDEA IS THAT BY DOING SO, WE'LL GET MORE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND USING TRANSIT, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THEY CAN SAFELY, UM, ACCESS THOSE TRANSIT LOCATIONS BY, BY WALKING, BY BIKING, UM, AND, AND THROUGH OTHER MODES.
ANYTHING TO ADD, PAUL? NO, I THINK YOU, YOU REALLY NAILED IT.
I ASKED BECAUSE PAUL AND HIS TEAM ARE THE ONES REALLY IMPLEMENTING ALL THOSE PROJECTS.
SO WE, WE GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE GET IT ADOPTED, AND THEN, UM, PUBLIC WORKS REALLY LEADS AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROJECTS FROM THE PUBLIC PUBLICLY FUNDED SIDE.
AND THEN WE WORK TOGETHER ON SORT OF THE ANNUAL REPORTING AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS IT TIME TO UPDATE THE PLAN TYPE OF PROCESS.
SORRY, THERE, THERE'S ONE MORE THING THAT'S PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO THOSE PLANS IS THE FACT THAT, UM, THEY ALLOW US TO PURSUE MORE GRANT FUNDING.
UM, THAT'S OFTEN A REQUIREMENT IF YOU'RE GONNA BE APPLYING, UM, FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF DOLLARS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VISION ZERO PLAN.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UM, THIS PROJECT IN YOUR BICYCLE MASTER PLAN OFTEN TO GREAT DETAIL.
UH, THERE NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST A CONCEPTUAL VERSION OF THE PROJECT IN YOUR BIKE MASTER PLAN.
SO, UM, THAT WORK IS TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL FOR US AS WE'RE TASKED WITH FINDING THE DOLLARS NECESSARY TO BUILD THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND FROM THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT SIDE, I SORT OF STATED THIS AT THE BEGINNING, BUT THAT THOSE PLANS ALSO GIVE US THE BASIS FOR ASKING FOR IMPROVEMENTS, UM, FROM PRIVATE PROJECTS THAT HELP US TO IMPLEMENT THE PRE-APPROVED PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THE PLANS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, CITYWIDE.
SO IT'S SORT OF WEAVING TOGETHER BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC DOLLARS TO MAKE, UM, PRIORITIES IN THOSE PLANS POSSIBLE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN.
MY MY CONCERN WITH THAT THOUGH IS THAT YOU HAVE A PROJECT LIKE ANAHEIM STREET WHERE YOU'RE DOING THE MEDIAN PROJECT AND IT'S LEAVING A LOT OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE LISTED THERE.
YOU KNOW, THE CX THREE PLAN TALKS ABOUT A BIKE LANE, A BUS LANE, IT TALKS ABOUT EXPANDING SIDEWALKS, IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, TREE, TREE, LETS ON THE, ON THE SIDEWALK SIDE.
THOSE TO ME, SEEM LIKE MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL, UH, ELEMENTS THAN PUTTING TREES IN A MEDIAN WHERE NO ONE CAN EVER GO.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK THE CITY'S GONNA COME BACK TO ANAHEIM STREET ANYTIME IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
AND SO IT FEELS LIKE THE PROJECTS THERE AREN'T BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE BEING DESCRIBED.
UH, WAS THERE A DIRECT QUESTION THAT I CAN RESPOND TO, OR, I MEAN, IS THAT, IS THAT TRUE? IS THAT, ARE WE, ARE WE GONNA LOOK AT, AT GOING BACK TO THESE, THESE PROJECTS AND UPDATING 'EM? I MEAN, WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF DEFERRED STREET MAINTENANCE AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO GO BACK TO THESE STREETS AND BE LIKE, WELL, WE ALREADY HIT ANAHEIM STREET FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THE CITY, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL, BUT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO FIX EVERY SINGLE STREET IN THE CITY AND MAKE EVERY STREET PERFECT AND THEN GO MAKE THEM MORE PERFECT THE NEXT YEAR.
BUT WE, IT'S A RESOURCE, UM, CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENT.
SO NO ONE CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ANAHEIM AGAIN OR NOT.
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APPRECIATE THAT.YOU KNOW, YOU MAY FEEL THE PROJECT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE AMBITIOUS OR SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED OTHER ELEMENTS.
UM, IT IS A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT, AND THAT'S WHAT THE STATE WANTED TO FUND.
SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THIS EQUATION.
UM, SO IT'S A TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS ONE OF THE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE ANAHEIM PROJECT.
AND THEN THERE'S LOCAL DOLLARS PUT INTO THAT.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT LONG BEACH TRANSIT, THAT'S THEIR MOST IMPORTANT CORRIDOR.
UM, SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET DOLLARS, UM, IN THE FUTURE TO DO FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ON ANAHEIM, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT JUST THE CITY.
SO WE WERE IN MEETINGS TWO DAYS AGO WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT ABOUT FIRST STREET AND THE TRANSIT MALL, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL AGREE ON THE TOP LINE GOALS, YOU KNOW, INCREASING RIDERSHIP, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSIT AGENCY MAY WANT TO HAVE NO LANDSCAPING ANYWHERE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SORT OF EXIT AND ENTER THE BUS EASIER.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STORMWATER GOALS.
WE WANT THE CITY TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
WE WANT THE CITY TO BE APPROACHABLE.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRIDE AND, AND IT'S HARD TO DO THAT IF YOU JUST HAVE CONCRETE JUNGLE, RIGHT? SO LANDSCAPING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
SO ALL OF THAT HAS TO GET MESHED OUT.
I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THAT YOU BELIEVE, OR WE MAY HAVE MISSED THE MARK ON ANAHEIM, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT WE'RE IGNORING THESE PLANS, BUT ESPECIALLY THE CX THREE PLAN, IT'S ASPIRATIONAL.
AND AND WE PROBABLY WON'T HIT EVERY ASPECT OF EVERY SORT OF TOOLKIT IN THERE.
UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MOVE FROM THE STATUS QUO TO SOMEWHERE THAT'S BETTER AND THAT THOSE PLANS GIVE US KIND OF A GUIDEPOST TO WHAT WOULD BE IDEAL.
I'LL, I'LL ADD ON TO THAT JUST WITH ONE THING TOO IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THANKS TO THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE, SOME OF THEM THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED, OTHER ONES THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS, UH, WE, WE DO DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO FUTURE PROOF, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WHERE WE'RE NOT STEPPING ON OUR OWN TOES.
UM, AND SO, UH, THE WAY THAT THE ANAHEIM PROJECT IS BEING DELIVERED, UH, IT LEAVES ROOM FOR FUTURE TRANSIT ONLY LANES ON ANAHEIM, UM, IF WE'RE ABLE TO SWING THAT.
UM, AND THE CITY'S MORATORIUM POLICY FOR PAVING, UH, IS NOT A GENERATIONAL MORATORIUM.
UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, WE ARE ABLE TO CUT INTO ASPHALT, UM, TO MAKE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WITHIN FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.
WE CAN REVISIT A STREET, UM, ADD THINGS LIKE, UM, ADDITIONAL TREE WELLS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, I, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE FOLKS WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT WE GO AND WE, WE BUILD A STREET AND THEN WE JUST KIND OF WALK AWAY ONTO THE NEXT, UH, ANYONE WHO'S, UH, BEEN IN A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING OFFICE IS GONNA RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, AS SOON AS YOU'RE DONE WITH THE PROJECT, THAT'S WHEN THE REAL PHONE CALLS START, UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS, UM, WANTING TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE NEW CONDITION.
SO, UH, WE DO TRY TO BE AS RESPONSIVE AS POSSIBLE, BUT IN AS EQUITABLE A WAY AS POSSIBLE AS WELL.
SO, UH, YEAH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE DO CONTINUE TO HAVE PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE ABOUT ANAHEIM AND THE WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE IT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, UH, THE DIRECTOR HAD MENTIONED THAT WE HAD STATE FUNDS INVOLVED FOR THOSE MEDIANS.
UH, WE DID HAVE TO, UM, LOCATE THOSE IN VERY SPECIFIC PLACES BASED ON HISTORICAL CRASHES.
HOWEVER, THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM ADDING MORE THROUGH OTHER MEANS, UH, IN OTHER AREAS.
UH, AND, UH, IN SOME CASES, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT MOVES FASTER THAN THE, UM, THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
SO THE MEETINGS THAT YOU DO SEE ON ANAHEIM, THOSE WERE NOT PART OF THAT GRANT.
THOSE WERE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED AS CONDITIONS ON PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
SO I DO EXPECT IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WILL SEE, UM, THOSE BE, UM, CONTINUE TO BE ADDED TO ANAHEIM, AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS LIKE TRANSIT BULB OUTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO, UM, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT, UH, AND THIS IS VERY SMALL AND IT'S INDICATIVE, SO DON'T TAKE THIS AS LIKE A, WHY DID YOU DO THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT.
BUT, UH, AT TERMINO 14TH RECENTLY, THE, UH, CURB CUTS WERE REDONE.
AND I ASSUME IT HAD TO DO WITH A DA, THERE WERE 80 UPGRADES, BUT WHAT THERE WEREN'T, WERE NARROWING THE CROSSING DISTANCES.
TERMINO IS A VERY, VERY FAST STREET, A VERY RESIDENTIAL STREET.
IT GOES PAST, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME THERE IS, UM, A VERY CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS LIKE NARROWING THE STREET THERE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I DON'T SEE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MARGINAL COST WOULD'VE BEEN TO DO THAT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO GO AND DO THIS SUBSEQUENTLY.
DO YOU KNOW WHY THESE AREN'T INCLUDED IN, UH, THOSE, THOSE SMALLER PROJECTS? UH, SO WE DO HAVE AN A DA RESPONSE TEAM THAT'S, UH, WORKING ON DELIVERING IMPROVEMENTS,
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UH, BASED ON THE OCHOA SETTLEMENT, WHICH MANDATES US TO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, UPGRADING OUR A DA RAMPS ACROSS TOWN, SPECIFICALLY AT T INTERSECTIONS IN PARTICULAR, WHICH HADN'T BEEN PART OF OUR REGULAR PROCESS PREVIOUSLY.UM, SO THAT WAS CERTAINLY A WAKE UP CALL FOR US IN THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, THAT WE'RE DOING THEM IN A WAY THAT'S MOST RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, THAT TEAM IS NOW LOOPED IN WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, UM, AS THEY'RE DEPLOYING MORE RAMPS AROUND TOWN.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I, UM, CAN REALLY, UM, GET INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT SOME OF OUR INTERNAL PRACTICES THAT ARE STILL BEING WORKED ON.
BUT, UH, THE GOAL IS TO SHORTLY HAVE INTERNAL GUIDANCE, AGAIN, TO EMPOWER OUR PRACTITIONERS WITH THE LATEST AND GREATEST SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT, UH, TO SOME FOLKS MIGHT SEEM SMALL, UM, THEY TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO REALLY THE BEST POSSIBLE THING.
AND IN A LOT OF CASES, THAT DOES INCLUDE A BULL BOUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, YEAH, SINCE I HAD BEEN NAMED CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT ON A LOT OF THAT INTERNAL GUIDANCE, MAKING SURE THAT THINGS LIKE BULL BOUTS ARE STANDARDIZED, SO THEY'RE EASIER FOR OUR, UM, NEWER HIRES, RIGHT.
WE'RE HIRING A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET UP TO SPEED AND BUILD EXACTLY THAT AND NOT JUST REPLACE, UM, THINGS THAT THEY MAY HAVE SEEN SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND JUST SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T DO IT, BUT DEVELOPERS GET VERY UPSET WITH US WHEN WE MAKE THEM DO BULB BOUTS.
AND YOU ARE TALKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN COSTS.
IT'S NOT A MARGINAL COST INCREASE.
IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, YOU CAN'T JUST MOVE THE CURB.
SO THEN YOU HAVE TO RE-ENGINEER ALL OF THE DRAINAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CURB.
SO AGAIN, THERE ARE IMPORTANT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, WE SHOULD DO THEM, BUT THE COST FOR A SINGLE BULB OUT IS IN THE EXCESS OF A HUNDRED GRAND.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT CONTEXT.
UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, TWO MORE QUESTIONS, AND I'LL LET THE THE PUBLIC COMMENT GO.
UH, CAN YOU GO GO INTO HOW THE, UH, HIGH INJURY NETWORK IS CALCULATED? SURE.
SO THAT'S ALSO, I BELIEVE, DETAILED IN THE VISION ZERO PLAN.
UM, BUT JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
UM, WE TRY TO BALANCE, UM, THE SEVERITY OF CRASHES.
SO WE ASSIGN A SCORE, UM, IT'S CALLED A-E-P-D-O SCORE.
I'LL HAVE TO REPORT BACK ON WHAT THOSE LETTERS ALL STAND FOR, BUT, UM, BASICALLY IT'S A MEASURE OF THE SEVERITY.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE A LOCATION WHERE THERE ARE A HIGHER FREQUENCY OF FATAL CRASHES, THAT'S GONNA HAVE A HIGHER SCORE THAN IF THERE ARE ONLY SEVERE CRASHES, COMPLAINT OF PAIN, PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY.
UM, SO THEY ARE FILTERED, UM, BASED ON CRASH SEVERITY.
UH, WE ALSO APPLY, UM, A FILTER BASED ON, UM, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, AGAIN, APPLYING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, UH, IN THOSE AREAS.
SO, UM, YEAH, IF YOU ARE AWARE OF KIND OF WHERE THOSE SEGMENTS ARE ON THE MAP, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE WEST OF CHERRY, UM, KIND OF IN THAT CENTRAL NORTH DOWNTOWN, UM, LONG BEACH AREA, UM, WITH A HANDFUL OF, UM, PRIORITY INTERSECTIONS, UH, WHICH HAPPEN TO COINCIDE WITH, UH, CALTRANS INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY.
SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S PRIMARILY ORIENTED AROUND, AGAIN, WITH, WITH THE VISION ZERO PHILOSOPHY, UH, CURBING FATAL CRASHES FIRST.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, SEVERE CRASHES ARE OFTEN INDICATORS OF SPEEDS OR CONDITIONS WHICH MAY LEND TOWARD, UM, A FATAL OCCURRENCE.
SO, AND IS THE, WHAT'S THE DA IS THE DATA SOURCE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE CHP DATA? SO WE USE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION.
UH, WE DID TRY TO RECONCILE BOTH, UM, YEAH, CHP, UM, THE, THE STATEWIDE SW SYSTEM WITH, UM, THE REPORTING THAT WE HAVE FROM LONG BEACH PD.
UM, AND THAT IS PART OF THAT PROCESS.
SO, UH, THE MAP THAT'S IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT, UM, WAS PRIMARILY USING, UM, LONG BEACH PD INFORMATION.
UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RELEASING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF DATA, UM, TO SHOW, UM, HOW SOME OF THOSE SEGMENTS HAVE MOVED AROUND, UM, A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT ALSO USING, UM, YEAH, AGAIN, THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION, WHEN I ASKED THEM ABOUT IT, THEY DID NOT HAVE SEVERITY DATA.
ARE THEY
UM, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KIND OF OPEN UP THE CURTAIN, RIGHT? THEY SEND US, UM, THE RAW POLICE REPORTS.
UM, WE THEN INPUT THEM BY HAND FILTERING OUT, UM, IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR THE PARTIES, UH, TO MAINTAIN A DATABASE THAT HAS RELEVANT INFORMATION LIKE, UH, LIKE, UM, THE PARTY'S RACE AGE, UM, WHERE IT HAPPENED, UM, WHAT TIME OF DAY IT WAS, UM, THE MOVEMENT PROCEEDING, COLLISION, A NUMBER OF OTHER FACTORS.
UM, AND THEN WE MAINTAIN THAT AS PUBLIC WORKS, UM,
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WITH THAT KINDA LESS SENSITIVE FORMAT.UM, SO IF YOU WERE TO FILE A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR SAY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE SEVERE INJURY CRASHES IN THE CITY FROM THIS YEAR TO THAT YEAR, WE COULD PROVIDE YOU A SPREADSHEET OF ALL THAT INFORMATION.
SO, SO I, I BRING THIS UP JUST BECAUSE FROM WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND, THE STATE IS MISSING ABOUT HALF OF OUR FATAL CRASHES IN 2020 AND 2021.
AND I'M ASSUMING, BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET THE SEVERITY DATA THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE SIMILAR FOR SEVERE CRASHES, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NUMBERS YOU'RE USING ARE AS ACCURATE AS THEY CAN BE.
I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THE STATE DATABASE.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WE DO USE, UM, OUR, OUR OWN INTERNAL INFORMATION.
UM, SO YEAH, I, I WOULD SAY THAT HOPEFULLY THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE USING IS THE MOST ACCURATE.
UM, BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, UM, BY USING POLICE INFORMATION.
AND THEN, I THINK IT'S AB FOUR 13, THE DAYLIGHTING BILL.
UH, AND THE BILL HAS A PROVISION FOR ESTABLISHED TRAFFIC SAFETY STANDARDS.
SO THAT, UM, THAT DOCUMENTATION PROCESS IS STILL IN THE WORKS, UH, WITH OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEYS, UH, AND STAFF IN PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, THAT, UM, THAT ARTICLE, I THINK IT WAS IN THE POST, UM, ABOUT KIND OF OUR STANCE THERE, UH, WAS TAKEN, UM, UH, FROM A MUCH LONGER DIALOGUE AT A COMMUNITY MEETING ABOUT, UM, THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THAT RULE.
UM, ESSENTIALLY, UM, LONG BEACH IS KIND OF A LEADER IN DAY LIGHTING.
UH, IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE OUR PRACTICES WITH THOSE OF THE OTHER LARGER CITIES ACROSS THE STATE, UM, I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ESTABLISHED CODES ABOUT PROVIDING RED CURB, UM, AT INTERSECTIONS LIKE WE DO.
UM, SO FOR AS LONG AS I CAN TELL, UH, WE'VE BEEN MARKING, FOR EXAMPLE, 20 FEET OF RED BEFORE ALL THESE CROSSINGS, 10 FEET OF RED BEYOND, UH, THAT'S NOT COMMON PRACTICE STATEWIDE, WHICH LED TO THAT LAW BEING INTRODUCED.
UM, THERE'S ALSO, UH, AN EXCEPTION IN, UM, IN THERE FOR YEAH, ENGINEERING JUDGMENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED.
UM, AS WELL AS, UH, REDUCING THAT DAY LIGHTING WHERE BULL BOUTS ARE PRESENT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, RIGHT? PEDESTRIANS ARE MORE VISIBLE TO MOTORISTS IF THEY'RE CLOSER TO THEM.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON A FRAMEWORK TO HOW BEST, HOW, HOW WE CAN BEST DOCUMENT, UM, EXCEPTIONS TO THAT RULE.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, I THINK LONG BEACH HAS BEEN A LEADER, UM, IN THE STATE FOR ALREADY PROVIDING A LOT OF THAT DAY LIGHTING.
UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT IN THAT PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE THOSE, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A RULE THAT, THAT, THAT ALREADY MANDATES 20 FEET.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S CODIFIED.
UM, I, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE IT'S IN, UM, BUT YEAH, UH, THE, OUR, OUR TYPICAL STANDARD IS 20 FEET OF RED, UH, ON THE APPROACH TO A CROSSING 10 FEET ON THE DEPARTURE.
UM, AND THAT'S BEEN OUR TYPICAL PRACTICE FOR DECADES.
AND THE
CURBS ARE GREAT UNTIL NOBODY ENFORCES THEM.
I OBVIOUSLY KNOW THAT'S NOT YOUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, I HOPE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRY AND TAKE SOME OF THESE THINGS SERIOUSLY.
UH, I DO KNOW THAT BIKING AROUND TOWN PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE POLICE PARK IN THE BIKE LANES, OFTEN, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY I'M BIKING DOWN BROADWAY, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE PARKED IN IN RED LANES, IN RED, RED ZONES.
AND I GET THAT PARKING IS LIMITED, BUT ALSO THOSE ARE RED ZONES FOR A REASON.
SO, UM, I HOPE THAT, THAT THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN TRY AND GET THE POLICE TO TAKE THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY.
UH, I KNOW YOU DON'T CONTROL 'EM THOUGH.
IT'S SO, I, I, I DO WANNA SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT THAT, UH, PARKING ENFORCEMENT IS, UM, A PART OF PUBLIC WORKS, UM, IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY FOR THAT.
UM, MY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION IS NOT WHERE THEY'RE HOUSED.
UM, SO YOU'RE YES AND NO, RIGHT? UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR POWER IN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION, WE ARE AGAIN, WORKING ON PLANS ON, UM, AGAIN, EMPOWERING OUR PRACTITIONERS SO THAT AS WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, UM, THEY'RE AS SELF-ENFORCING AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ROAD DIET PROJECTS.
THOSE ARE ALLOWING US TO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S SELF-ENFORCING THE SPEED LIMIT, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE STUCK BEHIND SOMEONE GOING SLOWER AND THERE'S NOT ANOTHER LANE TO ZOOM PAST THEM IN THE SPEED LIMIT IS SELF-ENFORCING.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BULL BOUTS, UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, UM, THOSE ARE EFFECTIVELY SELF-ENFORCING, UM, RED CURB ZONES.
SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON A TOOLKIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE QUICK BUILD CAPABILITIES FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS LIKE BOUTS, UM, SO THAT WE GET BETTER COMPLIANCE AND, UM, SELF ENFORCE,
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UM, OUR RED CURBS.BUT, UH, YEAH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ACTIVELY BEING WORKED ON.
AND, UH, I'VE SAID ENOUGH, SO LET THE FOLKS, FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE SAY SOME STUFF.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT THE SLIDE BACK UP THAT HAD THE SPRING STREET, UH, CORNERS? 'CAUSE THERE WAS LANGUAGE ON THERE I WANTED TO REFERENCE.
SO I'M GONNA SHARE A THIRD STREET STORY.
UH, THIRD STREET'S ONE WAY, IT IS NOT VERY WELL, BUT IT IS POSTED 20 MILES AN HOUR, AND THERE ARE BIKE PATHS WITH ARROWS ON EACH SIDE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONE WAY.
SO I WAS DRIVING DOWN THIRD STREET, PEOPLE COMING UP BEHIND ME, HONKING THEIR HORNS 'CAUSE I WAS DOING 20 AND MAN ON A BICYCLE IN HIS BIKE PATH GOING THIS WAY WHEN THERE'S ANOTHER BICYCLE COMING TOWARDS HIM, LIKE PLAYING CHICKEN.
AND I LITERALLY HAD TO SWERVE ALMOST INTO THE OTHER LANE TO AVOID THEIR LITTLE EN THEY ACTUALLY HAD AN ENTANGLEMENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS, I DIDN'T HANG AROUND.
BUT RESPONSIBLE ENFORCEMENT, NOT JUST THE CARS, BUT THE, THE BICYCLES, UM, AND THEIR OPERATORS, DO THEY KNOW THE BICYCLE LAWS? ARE THEY HELD TO VEHICULAR? NOBODY STOPS AT A STOP SIGN UNLESS THEY'RE IN TERRIBLY IN DANGER OF BEING RUN OVER
IS THIS GOING TO BE PART OF, I KNOW IT'S UNDER LIBERTY, BUT RESPONSIBLE ENFORCEMENT, IS THERE ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY STARTING WITH SCHOOLS AND YOUNGER CHILDREN AND ALL THOSE AREAS ABOUT BIKE LAWS? AND WILL THERE BE ENFORCEMENT? CERTAINLY, UH, YEAH.
WITHIN OUR, WITHIN MY TEAM, UM, I HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER, THAT MIGHT NOT BE HIS EXACT TITLE, BUT, UM, BASICALLY HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PERFORMING, UM, THAT TYPE OF OUTREACH TO SCHOOL-AGED KIDS AS WELL AS ADULTS, UM, THROUGH WHAT WE CALL, UH, YEAH, BIKE RODEOS, UH, GETTING FOLKS TRAINED ON HOW TO USE A BIKE.
UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, SPECIFICALLY HAS A LOT OF CAMPAIGNS AROUND, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION.
UM, OFTENTIMES EVEN I THINK, UH, OFFERING GIVEAWAYS OF BIKE LIGHTS OR HELMETS, THAT TYPE OF THING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT ROAD USERS ARE SAFER.
BUT, UM, YEAH, IN, IN RESPONSE TO THE, THE ANECDOTE THAT YOU DID SHARE, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE OFTEN FOUND THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER THE MODE THAT PEOPLE ARE RIDING ON.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY ALWAYS FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO GO VERY FAST, UH, OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE MORE COMFORTABLE GOING AT A, AT A MORE MODERATE SPEED THAT DOESN'T PERTAIN ONLY TO MOTORISTS.
UH, THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE HAD TO, UH, COME TO GRIPS WITH AS WE'RE BUILDING, UH, THE TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE, UM, TO WHOEVER FROM LONG BEACH IS GONNA BE THE NEXT LANCE ARMSTRONG, RIGHT? UM, IT'S CONDUCIVE FOR ALL AGES.
UH, AND SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU SEE HERE HAS A DESIGN SPEED, UM, FOR ALL MODES OF AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.
SO, UH, SOME CYCLISTS CAN GET UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
UM, I'M NOT ONE OF THEM UNLESS I'M GOING DOWN SIGNAL HILL, UM, BUT, OR
SO, UM, ACTUALLY WE DON'T DO FINES ANYMORE, SO THAT'S AN OUTDATED ANECDOTE.
BUT, UM, YEAH, REALLY, UM, THAT'S THE TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE BUILDING IS TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, UM, PROVIDES CALMING BENEFITS, UM, ACROSS ALL MODES.
COMMISSIONER, YOU'VE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING.
AND I, AND I ESPECIALLY FOUND IT VERY HELPFUL TO SEE THE OVERLAY OF HOW THE REGIONAL PLANNING CASCADES DOWN TO ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE GENESIS OF THIS PRESENTATION WAS, UH, THE IMPACT THAT, UH, OUR, SOME OF OUR RECENT DECISIONS AROUND ADDING, UM, UNITS DOWN, ESPECIALLY ALONG SECOND STREET AND PCH AND BY EXTENSION, THE IMPACT THAT'LL HAVE INTO THE 22 ON, ON RAMP, ET CETERA, OR OFF RAMP.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT, UM, WE ARE PLANNING TO DO TO HANDLE THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF CHANGE THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS? 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS A CONCERN OF OURS
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AS WE WERE DISCUSSING IT AT THE TIME.UM, AND I KNOW I GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK AROUND THAT WHEN, WHEN ALL THESE, IT, IT, IT APPEARED TO ALL HIT AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, BUT SO BE CURIOUS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO GET PREPARED FOR IT.
YEAH, AND I'LL, I'LL BRING IT FULL CIRCLE, RIGHT? THE, THOSE PLANS THAT YOU GAVE CREDIT TO ARE THE PLANS THAT I GIVE CREDIT TO.
UM, A LOT OF THAT, UM, IS ALREADY OUTLINED IN THOSE PLANS THROUGH THE VARIOUS CROSS SECTIONS, UH, THAT ALLISON HAD DISPLAYED.
UM, PROVIDING, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.
UH, PACKING A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, IN THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL CARS IS NOT A VERY EFFICIENT USE OF SPACE.
I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE MEME THAT SHOWS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WAITING IN THEIR CARS ON A BLOCK, AND THEN YOU SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE TAKE UP, UM, HOW MUCH SPACE ON THAT STREET IF THEY WERE ON A BUS OR WALKING OR BIKING, RIGHT? UM, SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SPACE, WHICH IS THE SITUATION WE'RE FINDING OURSELVES IN, UM, THE BEST WAY TO GET MORE PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THESE AREAS IS TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MOVES MORE PEOPLE MORE EFFICIENTLY.
SO, UM, AS WE'VE BEEN PLACING CONDITIONS ON THESE DEVELOPERS IN THE CIP AREA, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE VARIOUS CROSS SECTIONS, UM, THAT ARE CLEARLY, UM, OUTLINED IN THOSE PLANS.
UM, CROSS SECTIONS, WHICH INCLUDE PROTECTED BIKE LANES, UH, WHICH INCLUDE EXPANDED TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT'S A REALITY.
UM, WORKING WITH CALTRANS IS ALWAYS A, A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.
UM, THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE'RE AVOIDING THAT.
INSTEAD WE'RE, UM, CONTINUING TO BUILD OUR COALITION.
I WAS JUST, I PROBABLY SPENT TWO OR THREE HOURS TALKING WITH CALTRAN STAFF TODAY.
UM, ONE OF THOSE WAS ABOUT PCH.
SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THIS, THAT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, ALLOWS PEOPLE TO OPT IN TO TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT DON'T REQUIRE THEM, UM, TO HOP IN A CAR, UM, WORRY ABOUT FINDING A PARKING SPACE SOMEWHERE, UH, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IN PARTICULAR, UH, WE'LL BE RECEIVING PROTECTED BIKE LANES, UM, AROUND THE SAME TIME AS THOSE DEVELOPMENTS ARE BEING FINALIZED.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE PLANS IN THE WORKS FOR IMPROVING, UM, MULTIMODAL CAPACITY ON THE DAVIES BRIDGE, WHICH IS SECOND STREET OVER THE MARINE STADIUM.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WITHIN THAT CSIP AREA, WE'VE, UM, MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, UH, AND AGAIN, IN, UM, EXPANDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR STREETS, NOT BY ADDING MORE VEHICLE LANES, UM, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, ON STUDEBAKER, ADDING A BRAND NEW BIKE PATH, JOGGING PATH ALONG THE WETLANDS, UM, FROM SECOND STREET TO LOINS, UH, IN ANAHEIM AND BEYOND.
UM, ALSO ADDING PROTECTED BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE TO LOINS DRIVE.
UM, AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT PLAN ARE ALREADY A REALITY.
OTHERS ARE IN DESIGN, UH, AND OTHERS ARE STILL TO COME.
BUT, UH, I THINK THE ANSWER HERE, UH, TO YOUR QUESTION OF HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE, UM, ALL THESE PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, UH, THE, THAT ANSWER IS TRANSIT.
THAT ANSWER IS BIKING, THAT ANSWER IS WALKING.
UM, AND THE NATURE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THEMSELVES, UM, I THINK THE PLAN, I'M, I'M NOT THE EXPERT, THE EXPERTS ARE OVER THERE.
UM, BUT I DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THE DIAGRAMS, UM, AND THE WAY THAT THOSE DEVELOPMENTS ARE STRUCTURED TO BE WALKABLE, UM, TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, SUFFICIENT AMENITIES FOR FOLKS TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF LIFESTYLE WHERE THEY'RE LIVING ON THE WATERFRONT AND THEY CAN WALK TO THE GROCER, THEY CAN WALK TO THE BUTCHER, THEY CAN WALK TO WHEREVER, UM, AND HAVE THAT BE A REALITY.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE, UM, THAT AREA TAKE SHAPE.
AND, UM, BUT WHAT ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO SPECIFICALLY, 'CAUSE I, I, I GET THE, THE ASPIRATIONAL ELEMENTS OF THAT.
UM, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SPECIFIC IMPACT THAT WE WILL HAVE GIVEN THAT IT IS A GATEWAY? UM, THAT AREA IS A GATEWAY FOR US, SO WE WILL STILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE TRAFFIC, UH, COMING EAST, UH, FROM OFF OF SEVENTH, AND OF COURSE COMING SOUTH, SOUTHEAST FROM PCH AND EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING CONVERGES THERE.
SO I, I'M NOT SUGGESTING AT ALL THIS IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION, BUT WHAT ARE THE KIND OF THE IMMEDIATE STEPS THAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY AND, UM, MAKE THINGS MORE FLUID? YEAH, WITH THE ADDED VOLUME.
SO BEFORE PAUL KIND OF TAKES OVER, HE SORT OF ALLUDED TO THE TWO HOURS WITH CALTRANS, BUT THE REASON THAT THEY'LL SPEND TIME WITH US IS WE HAVE HAD KIND OF A BREAKTHROUGH.
AND THERE IS A WORKING GROUP BETWEEN THE CITY AND CALTRANS THAT IS NOW MEETING REGULARLY, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME SIGNAL TIMING ADJUSTMENTS AND THAT, UH, SIGNAL THAT'S ON PCH THAT'S NEVER BEEN TURNED ON, UM, THAT SERVES CENTER CAL'S DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THE COMING MONTHS THAT TURNED ON.
UM, REALLY HAVE TO THANK OUR STATE PARTNERS.
SO ASSEMBLYMEN LOWENTHAL, UM, REALLY HELPED, UH, FORCE SOME BETTER COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE, THE CITY AND CALTRANS.
AND WE ARE MEETING REGULARLY, SO WE ARE GOING WHILE WE, YOU KNOW, WORK ON THE STRATEGY, THE MULTIMODAL STRATEGY IN TERMS OF THE ROADWAY AND ROAD MOVEMENT, WE ARE WORKING ON THE SIGNAL TIMING AND TURNING THE SIGNALS ON, AND THE, THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS
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TO, UM, PCH, IT IS THE STATE'S HIGHWAY.I REALLY WISH WE WERE GIVEN THE SAME CONTROL AND RESPECT THAT SEAL BEACH AND HUNTINGTON BEACH AND NEWPORT BEACH ARE, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT DISTRICT OF CALTRANS.
BUT, UM, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER NOW, THE 22 FREEWAY.
OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS LITIGATION BETWEEN CALTRANS AND THE CITY AND ORANGE COUNTY AND LA COUNTY, UM, REGARDING HOW THE IMPROVEMENTS TO 4 0 5 AND THE TOLL LANE IMPACTS, UM, 22.
BUT THAT LITIGATION WAS SETTLED, AND WE DO HAVE A FUND THAT WE'RE SPENDING THROUGH TO MAKE STREET IMPROVEMENTS ALL AROUND THE CITY, UM, TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS.
UM, BUT WITH ALL OF THAT, AS A CITY OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE, WE ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE TRAFFIC.
AND, UM, WE ARE NOT, THE, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IS NOT GOING TO DECREASE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF, UM, PART OF THE COST OF LIVING IN AN INCREDIBLE CITY WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IS BY THE WATER THAT'S DESIRABLE.
AND WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO COME THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF VEHICLES AND THERE ARE GONNA BE DELAYS AT, AT SORT OF INTERSECTION.
SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE IT SAFE AND MAKE IT AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT IN PAUL OR ANYONE'S, UM, TOOLBOX TO JUST MAKE TRAFFIC MOVE PERFECTLY ALL THE TIME.
UM, IF WE MADE THE CITY REALLY UNDESIRABLE, THERE WOULD BE LESS TRAFFIC, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE'D, WE'D ASPIRE TO.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE HIGH LEVEL VIEW AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, WITH CALTRANS.
UH, AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, AND THANK YOU, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO PRESS PRESS TOO FAR ON THIS, BUT, 'CAUSE IT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND AS I THINK BACK TO A LOT OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS THAT WERE COMING IN, OR CONCERNS I SHOULD SAY, WHEN EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE BEING PROPOSED, BESIDES THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THE OVERRIDING IS OF COURSE THE ISSUE OF TRAFFIC AND IMPACT ON TRAFFIC AND, AND, AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THAT AREA.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, UM, INCORPORATE A COMMUNICATIONS COMPONENT OR A MARKETING COMPONENT, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS A CRITICISM, IS THAT IF THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION AROUND IT, THEN THERE, THE NATURAL INCLINATION IS THAT, THAT NO ONE'S DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT, AND THAT IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A SURPRISE AND IT ISN'T A SURPRISE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY OBVIOUSLY ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THAT.
AND, AND I, I JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO BE, UM, THE PERCEPTION BECAUSE THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE AND THERE'S MULTI-AGENCY, MULTI GOVERNMENTAL, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATION AND IT HAS TO HAPPEN TO, TO MAKE THIS ALL MOVE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S COMING FAST AND IT'S COMING HARD AND I, AND I EVEN SIMPLE THINGS LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH, EVERYONE CAN GO, WHY CAN'T THEY JUST TURN IT ON? I'M SURE THERE'S REASONS AND THERE ARE, WE JUST NEED TO BE VOCAL ABOUT THAT AND, AND INCORPORATE THE MEDIA OR WHATEVER TO TO, TO AT LEAST QUAIL SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.
SO WE'RE, UH, NOW GOING TO GO WITH OUR PUBLIC WHO HAS BEEN SO PATIENTLY WAITING, AND IF YOU WILL LINE UP BY THE MICROPHONE PODIUM OVER HERE.
AND, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, UH, STAFF, EXECUTIVE STAFF, UH, PETE MARSH, SECOND DISTRICT.
UH, I NORMALLY COMMENT ABOUT CLIMATE, UH, YOU'RE USED TO HEARING THAT FROM ME.
TONIGHT IS REALLY NO DIFFERENT.
DENSIFICATION, LIVABILITY AND MOBILITY ALL HAVE HUGE CLIMATE CO-BENEFITS, BUT, UH, THE LIVABILITY AND YOUR LINKAGE, PAUL TO, UH, OUR INALIENABLE RIGHTS.
UH, I, I CHUCKLED AT FIRST WHEN I SAW THAT, BUT, UH, I LOVED THE WAY YOU LINKED IT TOGETHER, SO THANK YOU.
UM, OVERARCHING, I LOVE THE STRONG TOWNS APPROACH TO MEETING, UH, ALL OF THESE GOALS.
UH, I APPLAUD YOUR VISION, AMSTERDAM, I'LL CALL IT, AND THE LATER COMMENTS ABOUT HOW YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVING TO LEAVE THE HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL THAT GUIDED YOUR EDUCATION IN OUR HELMET MOUNTED REAR VIEW MIRRORS, UH, AND TRANSITIONING FROM SEVEN OR EIGHT DECADES OF, UH, CAR-CENTRIC DESIGN TO HUMAN-CENTRIC DESIGN IS A MASSIVE LIFT.
UM, AND IT TAKES GUTS AND INITIATIVE AND I APPRECIATE WHAT THE STAFF HAS DONE.
UH, AND I, I HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION WILL LEND YOUR FULL THROAT ITS SUPPORT TO STAFF
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FOR THIS.I THINK, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT EASY.
UH, JUST A FEW MEETINGS AGO WE WERE ARGUING ABOUT TWO PARKING SPACES OUT OF THE 2 BILLION PARKING SPACES IN THE UNITED STATES.
UH, EVERY ONE OF THESE IS GONNA BE A HASSLE.
SO, UM, BUT THAT VISION OF BETTER MOBILITY AND LIVABILITY IS FANTASTIC.
UM, I APPLAUD THE PAST AND, UH, PLANNED INCREASES IN BIKE LANES.
I'VE RIDDEN MAYBE 1500 MILES ON MY E-BIKE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
I APPRECIATE WHAT'S ALREADY DONE.
UH, I RESPECT THE BUDGET STRETCHING APPROACH THAT, UH, HAD DESCRIBED TO ME OF, UH, COORDINATING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND MAXIMIZING BIKE LANES PER DOLLAR KIND OF THING.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COULD USE A LITTLE LOVE IS THE GAPS BETWEEN EXISTING LEGS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A FEW YARDS OR A FEW BLOCKS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FAIRLY OBVIOUS ON THE MAPS.
SEVENTH AND PCH COMES TO MIND.
UM, COMMISSIONER WARE, I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, NEVER SEEING BIKES ON THE ROAD AND, UH, I STILL DON'T SEE MANY WHEN I'M RIDING, BUT THIS REALLY IS AN AREA WHERE WE MUST BUILD IT BEFORE THEY WILL COME.
MY 30 5-YEAR-OLD ADULT SON REFUSES TO RIDE HIS BIKE NOW 'CAUSE HE'S AFRAID HE'LL GET HIT.
I COMMITTED TO RIDING A BIKE BECAUSE IT'S A PART OF A CLIMATE SOLUTION, AND I WANT TO DO, THANK YOU.
PLEASE ROCK THE, IS MY THREE MINUTES UP ALREADY? OH MY GOSH.
JUST IF YOU CAN SUMMARIZE SIR, PLEASE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SHOW DEMAND FOR BIKE ROUTES.
NEXT PERSON, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN AND I'M PROUD OF AM IMPRESSED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS THAT IS BEING MADE TO OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE BIKE LANES MAKING ALTERNATIVES TO TRAVELING BY CAR MORE AVAILABLE AND POTENTIALLY SAFER.
THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, I'M CONCERNED WITH SOME SAFETY ISSUES THAT I HAVE OBSERVED NUMEROUS TIMES.
FIRST, THERE IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH CARS AND MOST OFTEN DELIVERY VEHICLES, PARKING IN BIKE LANES.
I'VE EVEN OBSERVED CITY VEHICLES PARKED IN BIKE LANES FOR EXTENDED PERIODS.
THIS CAUSES CYCLISTS TO HAVE TO VEER OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS THAT I'VE SEEN.
SECOND, I LIVE IN A MID-RISE BUILDING WITH AN UNDERGROUND PARKING STRUCTURE.
NUMEROUS TIMES I'VE DRIVEN OUT OF THE STRUCTURE IN VEHICLES SUCH AS FOOD TRUCKS, CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES, OR EVEN JUST CARS ARE PARKED IN THE RED ZONES, BLOCKING THE SIGHT LINES TO STREET TRAFFIC FROM THE STRUCTURE, PARTICULARLY CARS SPEEDING DOWN BROADWAY, COMING OFF THE FREEWAY.
JUST THIS AFTERNOON, A LONG BEACH UTILITIES VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THAT RED ZONE FOR FOUR HOURS.
I'VE CALLED PARKING ENFORCEMENT NUMEROUS TIMES, AND I'VE EITHER LEFT A MESSAGE WITH NO REPLY OR THE LINE RINGS CONTINUOUSLY WITH NO ANSWER OF THE DOZENS OF TIMES I'VE CALLED.
ONLY ONCE DID I SPEAK TO AN ACTUAL PERSON AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY PARKING ENFORCEMENT DO NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE PARKING VIOLATIONS AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT DISPATCH.
SO WHEN I DO THAT, THEY ALWAYS SAY, WE'LL SEND SOMEONE OUT WHEN AND IF WE CAN.
ONLY ONCE AFTER DOZENS OF CALLS HAS A POLICE OFFICER ACTUALLY SHOWN UP AND GIVEN A TICKET.
THEREFORE, I HAVE A QUESTION AND SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO ANSWER IT.
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO BREAK THE RULES AND TO MAKE IT MORE OBVIOUS WHEN THE RULES ARE BEING BROKEN.
FOR EXAMPLE, RAISING BIKE LANES, HAVING 'EM AT DIFFERENT LEVELS THAN THE STREET, HAVING RED ZONE, UH, RED CURBS BUILT OUT FURTHER AND SOLID BOLLARDS BETWEEN BIKE LANES AND PARKING.
UH, THE FINAL SUGGESTION IS ONE THAT REALLY ISN'T THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMISSION, BUT SINCE WE DO HAVE A GENTLEMAN FROM, UH, PUBLIC WORKS HERE IS, UH, PARKING VIOLATIONS REPORTING IN THE GO LONG BEACH ALP.
SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO FOR THE CITY, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE MY DOZENS OF PHOTOS OF EVIDENCE WITH THE COMMISSION AND WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
PLEASE COME UP AND, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
HELLO, COMMISSIONERS AND FRIENDS.
HOLLINS, UH, MY HUSBAND JUST SPOKE AND, UH, I WANTED TO SHARE ONE INCIDENT, AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY WELL KNOWN, UM, ISSUE.
UH, IF YOU GO DOWN BROADWAY, JUST PAST REDONDO, UH, THE ROAD DIED, ENDS THE STREET, WIDENS AND STRAIGHTENS, AND PEOPLE JUST, YOU KNOW, HIT THE GAS.
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UH, SO GREG AND I WERE IN THAT BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED, UH, RAINBOW, UM, MARKED, UH, CROSSWALK.AND, UH, WE WERE PASSING AND, UH, SOMEONE CAME, I THINK THEY HAD TO BE GOING UP CLOSE TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.
THEY BARELY SAW US HIT ON THEIR BRAKES AND ACTUALLY STOPPED FULLY WITHIN THAT BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW, UH, UH, CROSSWALK.
UM, SO I THINK THIS IS EMBLEMATIC OF SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING IN TERMS OF AREAS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PROMOTING AS CULTURAL DISTRICTS PROMOTING AS WALKABLE DISTRICTS.
UH, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO EMBRACE THAT CULTURE, UM, IN LONG BEACH, AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE STILL ISN'T THERE, AND WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT ENDS, PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY MAKING UP FOR THAT BY SLAMMING ON THE GAS, UH, WHEN THEY GET TO THE END OF IT.
UM, SO I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE FOR, UH, AS MY HUSBAND POINTED OUT, UH, WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, MAKE THE LAW, THE RULES A LITTLE EASIER TO FOLLOW AND NOT RELY ON ENFORCEMENT, UM, AS OUR, UH, GO-TO ALL THE TIME.
UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION AND, UM, SO I'M VERY GLAD YOU ALL ARE DOING THAT AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
PLEASE COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
I'M AN ARTIST WHO RECENTLY MOVED BACK TO LONG BEACH, UM, MY ART STUDIO BACK TO LONG BEACH.
UH, MY OLD STUDIO GOT SOLD TO DEVELOPERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS DISPLACED.
SO I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK IN LONG BEACH, BUT DEFINITELY MISS SANTA ANA.
UM, I AM A 2019 LONG BEACH WALLS ARTIST.
UM, MY MURAL IS AT THE THIRD STREET PARKING LOT IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH CALLED GET HOME SAFE.
UM, IT'S A MEMORIAL ARTWORK TO VICTIMS OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE AND CELEBRATES MOBILITY OF DIVERSE MOBILITY DIVERSITY.
UM, I AM STILL AN ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, ORGANIZATION IN SANTA ANA CALLED SANTA ANA ACTIVE STREETS.
I'M GRATEFUL TO THEM BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DISCUSSED HERE, UM, AT PLANNING COMMISSION ARE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THROUGH THAT ORGANIZATION.
AND, UM, I'M ALSO DIRECTOR OF PROJECTS DIRECTING PUBLIC ART MURAL PROJECTS, UM, HERE IN LONG BEACH AT THE ARTS COUNCIL FOR LONG BEACH.
UM, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A GO HUMAN MINI GRANT FOR THE, UM, WE COMMUNITY CORNERS PROJECT, WHICH IS A PROJECT, UM, I DIRECTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOBILITY BUREAU, UM, WHEN RACHEL JUNKIN WAS WORKING THERE.
AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MY OPINIONS STATED HERE ARE MY OWN.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE SOMEONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTED ME TO COME MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, A FEW FOLKS SAW SOME STUFF I POSTED ON MY FACEBOOK.
UM, SO RECENTLY YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THE COLLISION THAT OCCURRED AT THE ARTERIAL CORRIDOR, UM, AT SEVENTH IN ROWS AROUND MIDNIGHT THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, UH, 24TH, I BELIEVE.
UM, I WAS, YOU KNOW, 56 DAYS INTO LEASING MY NEW STUDIO SPACE, WHICH IS IN THE SAME BUILDING WHERE THOSE TWO CARS, UM, DROVE INTO.
UM, I MUST HAVE LEFT ABOUT 30, 45 MINUTES BEFORE THOSE TWO CARS DROVE INTO OUR BUILDING.
I WAS STANDING RIGHT OUTSIDE ON THAT CORNER.
UM, JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I WAS ENCOURAGED TO MAKE THE FAMILY AWARE OF THIS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND HAVE THEM COME AND MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, ART SEGO LIZ GARIBALDI AND THEIR SON DYLAN, AND YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS FAMILY IS MIRACULOUSLY ALIVE TODAY.
UM, THEY LIVE AND WORK, UM, IN THAT SPACE CALLED OPEN GALLERY, UM, LB AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE CARS LANDED INCHES AWAY FROM THEIR SON, UH, FROM THEM.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EXTEND THE INVITATION TO THEM BECAUSE, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO FACE TRAUMATIC EVENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SPILL OUT DETAILS OF HOW THEY ARE PROCESSING WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEM.
UM, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT HOW THEY WANT CITY OFFICIALS OR CITY EMPLOYEES OR CITY COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE, UM, DECISIONS THAT ARE HELPFUL TO THEM TO LIVE A, A LIFE THAT IS FULL OF, YOU KNOW, UH, LIFE LIBERTY AND, YOU KNOW, THE POINTS THAT PAUL MADE EARLIER IN HIS PRESENTATION.
CAN, CAN YOU SUMMARIZE, PLEASE? SURE.
UM, OVERALL, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS TRAFFIC COLLISION IS PREVENTABLE AND, UM, IT'S ABOUT DRIVER'S CHOICES, BUT IT GOES BEYOND DRIVER EDUCATION AND INE INEBRIATED DRIVING.
AND, UM, I HIGHLY, UH, ENCOURAGE, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE CRITICAL DECISIONS,
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CRITICAL AND INFORMED DECISIONS TO CREATE SAFER, MORE ACCESSIBLE AND SAFE STREETS FOR LONG BEACH.COULD YOU PLEASE COME AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? HI, MY NAME IS CARRIE BETH LARRICK.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE AND ALSO A SAFE STREETS ADVOCATE.
I STARTED MY ADVOCACY JOURNEY BECAUSE I WAS HIT BY A VAN WHILE CROSSING THE STREET TO GET TO MY BUS STOP.
UM, SINCE THEN, UH, I'VE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN PROMOTING SAFE STREETS.
I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
UM, IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE MORE THAN JUST WHAT WAS IN THIS PRESENTATION SLIDES.
UH, SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT PAUL VAN D**E, UH, YOU, YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF PROJECTS.
UM, A FEW THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, THE SAFE STREETS HIGH INJURY NETWORK IS PRETTY OUTDATED.
I KNOW THAT THERE, THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS PROBABLY IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING IT, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ALREADY PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE THAT ARE BASED ON PREVIOUS DATA.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT SOME OF THE PROJECTS DO HAVE A BACKGROUND THAT IS NOT UP TO DATE.
SO, UM, PLEASE BE ASKING FOR THAT.
ALSO, I LOVE THE SPEED LIMIT REJECTIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AREAS.
HOWEVER, MOST OF THE COLLISIONS AND SEVERE INJURIES HAPPEN ON ARTERIAL ROADS, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO REDUCE THE SPEEDS ON THOSE ROADS AS WELL.
AND, UH, LET'S SEE, THE MICRO MOBILITY, I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU ADDRESS MICRO MOBILITY HUBS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WITH THE $5 BIKE SHARE FOR ALL FOR THE YEAR.
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH HUBS AVAILABLE IN LOW INCOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THOSE SERVICES.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE HUBS INSTALLED IN THOSE PLACES AS WELL.
AND, UM, LEMME SEE IF I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, BECAUSE OF THESE THINGS, I, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS VISION ZERO A LITTLE BIT MORE HEF IN THE PROJECTS THAT YOU OVERSEE.
UM, PART OF THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMPLETE STREETS DESIGN GUIDE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON IT, PAUL, I JUST REALLY WANNA REITERATE THAT.
I ALSO WANNA REITERATE THAT THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A VISION ZERO COORDINATOR HIRED AND WE NEED A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, UH, MANAGER TO OVERSEE THOSE PROJECTS.
AND THAT PERSON IS, HAD THEY BEEN HIRED YET? I'M NOT SURE.
AND, UM, I REALLY ALSO REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSION BE INVOLVED IN PRESSURING PUBLIC WORKS TO PUT OUT THEIR, UH, ELEVATE 28 DASHBOARD SO THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE EYES ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
PLEASE COME UP AND, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UH, I'M A RESIDENT DISTRICT SIX OVER IN CAMBODIA TOWN, UM, AND FRIEND OF CARRIE BES.
UH, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT FOR THE MOBILITY PLAN, WHICH I DO APPRECIATE THAT LONG BEACH EVEN HAS ONE, BUT ITS ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION COULD, UM, ALWAYS BE IMPROVED UPON.
IT'S BEEN COMMENT ON EARLIER FROM OTHER FOLKS ABOUT THE LACK OF ENFORCEMENT ON THE ACTUAL ROADS.
UM, PEOPLE DOUBLE PARKING, PEOPLE ON THE RED CURVES, THE LACK OF DAYLIGHTING.
AND I DON'T HAVE A CAR NOR DO I DRIVE, WHICH MAKES IT ESPECIALLY HARROWING WHEN I TRY TO GET, GET AROUND THE CITY.
AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T PARTICULARLY WELCOME ME OR ENGENDER LIKE SAFETY, ESPECIALLY WHEN CARS ARE OVERTAKING ME LITERALLY THREE INCHES FROM MY FACE, UH, WHEN I'M TRYING TO SHARE THEIR ROAD WITH THEM ON THE ARTERIALS.
UM, JUST IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TWO HIT RUNS OVER IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON ANAHEIM AND ALAMITOS, AS WELL AS A CAR THAT RAN INTO ANOTHER CAR SENDING A SUV INTO A PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS SITTING AT A BUS STOP OVER ON PCH AND MOK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS NECESSARILY ACCEPTABLE, NOR THAT THE CITY HAS STALLED SO MUCH ON PUTTING IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
I KNOW THAT THE, UM, SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN MATERIALS HAVE BEEN LOWERED, BUT SIGNAGE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR WITHOUT PROPER ENFORCEMENT.
PEOPLE ARE STILL SPEEDING AT 40 IN A 25 ZONE AND ALMOST HITTING ME AS A RESULT OF THAT.
OUR PROGRESS ON VISION ZERO HAS BEEN STALLED FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
LIKE KB SAID, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE ON THE VISION ZERO COORDINATION ROLE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HIRED ALREADY.
AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO PUSH UPON THE A E TO GET THAT ROLE FILLED IN AND TO INCREASE THE TRANSPARENCY FOR THE DATA, UM, AND HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING ON THAT.
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WE'LL BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE, UH, THIS, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION TO MR. VAN D**E, AND AS PART OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING THE PROBLEMS ARE SO GOOD.YOU'RE HERE TO HEAR THAT, BUT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RIDING BICYCLES WILL ONLY DO IT IF THEY DO IT DURING THE DAY.
THERE'S NOT AT NIGHT, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY KIND OF, UM, A MOBILITY SAFETY NET FOR THEM.
CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? UH, SO YEAH, WE DO MAINTAIN A NETWORK OF, OF STREETLIGHTS AROUND TOWN.
UM, AND, UH, I BELIEVE ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL LINES INTERSECTIONS HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF SAFETY LIGHTING, UH, ON TOP OF THE TRAFFIC INDICATIONS THEMSELVES.
UM, BUT UH, YEAH, I I GUESS IS THERE A MORE DIRECT QUESTION ABOUT, UM, I, I DO KNOW THAT IN SOME AREAS OF LONG BEACH THERE ISN'T AS MUCH, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING FROM ONE PART TO ANOTHER AND THAT WHOLE PART IS DARK, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO THERE AT NIGHT.
AND IS THERE GOING TO, IS THERE, IS THAT PART OF THE FUTURE PLANS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? YEAH, CERTAINLY.
UH, THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR STREET LIGHTING IS WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS.
I'M, I'M NOT AS WELL VERSED IN, IN THAT PART, UM, OF WHAT WE DO.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT AGAIN IN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION, BUT, UM, YEAH, IF THE COMMISSION REQUESTS AN UPDATE ON STREET LIGHTING, UH, WE CAN RESPOND TO THAT.
SO WHEN WE BRING YOU THE CIP, WE DO SPEND, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS WITH OUR STREET LIGHTS TO REMOVE ALL THE GUTS OF THE STREET LIGHT.
IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE SAME STREET LIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT AN UPGRADE THEM TO LED.
UM, SO THAT WAS KIND OF STEP ONE.
IN PLACES THAT FEEL SAFER, A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAVE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING.
IT'S INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE TO PUT IN, BUT ONCE IT'S IN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL.
SO, UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT MORE WHEN WE DO THE CIP AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND, UM, POOR PAUL, THAT'S NOT HIS, UM, BACKYARD, BUT WE CAN GET YOU THE RIGHT FOLKS.
IT OBVIOUSLY IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S ALL A BALANCE, RIGHT? SO THE, THE, UM, STAKEHOLDERS THAT COME HERE AND, AND TALK TO US ABOUT BIRDS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TOO, THEIR PREFERENCES TO NOT HAVE ANY LIGHTS ANYWHERE AND THAT WILDLIFE PREFERS DARKNESS.
SO, UM, AND THEN FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, WE WON'T HAVE AS MUCH LIGHT AS POSSIBLE AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT COMPETING FACTORS.
SO, UM, WE TRY TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT MORE, UM, IN THE LATE SUMMER WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET.
JUST ONE THING AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE VOTE ON THIRD STREET AT LONG BEACH BOULEVARD HEADING WEST RIGHT THERE AT THE POST OFFICE ON THE NORTH SIDE AND PUT IN A NEW LIGHT, A RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND A FORWARD BICYCLE SIGNAL.
BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY INFORMATION IN THE PAPER ABOUT IT OR ONLINE OR IT JUST WAS THERE AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH IGNORED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND.
AND I'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY UNPLEASANT THINGS,
SO, UM, I THINK THAT PUTTING IN CHANGES ISN'T AS EFFECTIVE IF THE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO ARE, IT'S BROUGHT TO THEIR NOTICE THAT, DID YOU NOTICE THAT IT'S 20 MILES AN HOUR ON THIS ROAD? THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN SAY TO THE GUY BEHIND YOU HONKING HIS HORN
SO, UM, JUST AS PART OF YOUR GOOD WORK, IF YOU COULD PUT OUT THERE WHAT SHOULD BE EXPECTED AND MAYBE DISPERSING THAT.
COMMISSIONERS WE'RE, UM, JUST NOT GO ON.
WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE AND FILE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT APPROVING THE REPORTS.
AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT VOTE NOW, PLEASE VICE CHAIR, THE, THE SPEAKERS LEFT, BUT JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE, CITY VEHICLES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO PARK IN RED ZONES OR BIKE LANES, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE KNOW.
SO I HAD AN ISSUE RECENTLY WITH A INSPECTOR THAT WAS DRIVING TOO FAST AND DOING THINGS THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO.
IF WE GET A COMPLAINT, WE FOLLOW UP ON IT AND THERE'S A CORRECTION, BUT IF NO ONE TELLS US, WE DON'T KNOW.
SO THERE'S CONTROLS IN CITY VEHICLES THAT PREVENT YOU FROM DRIVING LIKE
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SUPER FAST.AND THERE'S GIS CONTROLS THAT PREVENT YOU FROM LIKE LEAVING THE CITY, BUT IN TERMS OF SOMEONE PARKING SOMEWHERE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
EVERY CITY VEHICLE SAYS ON IT, WHICH DEPARTMENT IT BELONGS TO.
UM, AND IF IT GETS REPORTED, IT'S FOLLOWED UP ON.
SO COMMISSIONER CILLO WITH THAT.
WITH THAT SAID, I HAD A FOLLOW UP BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WERE GIVEN FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND IF PAUL OR, OR, OR OTHERS COULD, COULD SPEAK TO THIS, UM, THERE IS BOTH A, I THINK AN EMAIL SUBMITTED BEFORE THE MEETING ON THE STREET DESIGN GUIDE, UM, ON THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE RATHER THAN EACH OF US REQUESTING A, UH, FOI REQUEST FOR THE SEVERITY REPORT, COULD WE GET A COPY OF THAT OR AN UPDATE OF THAT AS A, AS A, AS A SHARED DOCUMENT FOR US TO REVIEW? UM, THAT'S PART TWO.
AND THEN THREE, I THINK IT WAS A NOVEL IDEA AND I THINK A GOOD ONE TO, UM, EITHER ACTIVATE AND OR INCORPORATE SOME OF THESE COMPLAINT REPORTINGS INTO THE GO LONG BEACH ABSENCE.
I KNOW I'VE USED THAT QUITE A BIT FOR, FOR DUMPING AND GRAFFITI AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE UTILITY I THINK THAT COULD BE GAINED FROM, FROM THAT BECAUSE EVEN IF I HAD A CONCERN, I, I'M JUST THINKING AS A LAY CITIZEN, I WOULD PROBABLY BE BOUNCED AROUND FIVE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, FIVE DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBERS TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHO IN OUR CITY WOULD HANDLE A PARTICULAR ISSUE.
AND EVEN AS ONE OF THE, UM, SPEAKERS POINTED OUT, THEY WERE GIVEN INFORMATION THAT, OH, IT'S NOT THEIR JOB TO ENFORCE, IT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO AT LEAST, UH, FIND A, A QUICK AND EASY MECHANISM THAT WE CAN ROUTE, UM, MEMBERS TO WITH A PICTURE AND EVERYTHING ELSE RIGHT THERE.
UM, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, UH, THANK YOU.
I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THE, THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM THE FOLKS THAT CAME HERE, EVEN THOUGH I THINK A LOT OF TIMES ARE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE REALITIES OF IMPLEMENTING A PRETTY BIG SOCIETAL CHANGE.
SO I I, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THE SUPPORT THAT FOLKS HAVE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS.
UM, AND AS PART OF THAT, I THINK AS PART OF ADDRESSING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE AS OPPO AS, AS FAR AS PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE, UH, THE, UH, VISION ZERO, UH, COORDINATION MEETINGS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE VISION ZERO ACTION ITEMS, UH, THAT I DON'T THINK IS, HAS GOTTEN A WHOLE LOT OF PROGRESS ON.
UM, I KNOW I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT SINCE THIS CAME OUT, TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND AND GIVE INPUT TO, UH, THE CITY'S PLANS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT STAFFING IS OBVIOUSLY A CHALLENGE.
I WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE HIRING ISSUES RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO I, I GET WHY THAT MIGHT NOT BE GOING ON.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT CAN ALSO BEEP SOMETHING THAT, THAT HELPS TO KIND OF BUILD SOME TRUST BETWEEN THE FOLKS OUT THERE WHO ARE SEEING THINGS, MAYBE SENDING COMPLAINTS OUT INTO THE, INTO THE WILDERNESS, NEVER HEARING ABOUT IT.
UH, AND, AND, AND BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE CITY'S WORKING ON.
WE DIDN'T IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE THINGS FROM THE PLANS IN THE EIGHTIES, BUT HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE FUTURE.
UH, SO I, I, I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE HAVE THE, UH, VOTE PLEASE.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA TAKE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANNA SPEAK ABOUT THAT WASN'T COVERED IN ONE OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP TO THE, UM, DEUS OR TO THE MICROPHONE.
I JUST WANTED TO THROW IT OUT THERE THAT THERE IS AN APP CALLED BIKE LANE UPRISING, WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN USING IT TO REPORT CITY VEHICLES.
SO IF YOU WANT THAT DATA, IT'S ALL LIVE AND THERE READY TO GO.
SO IT'S CALLED BIKE LANE UPRISING.
JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AS A REMINDER, THIS IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO IT'S FOR ITEMS THAT WERE NOT AGENDIZED, BUT ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION.
UM, I JUST DOWNLOADED THE GO LONG BEACH APP AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS LIKE AT ALL
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UM, AM I LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE OR IS IT SOMETHING TO LIKE ADD DOWN THE LINE? NO, IT'S NOT ON THE APP AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUGGESTIONS.
NONE OF US ON THE DEPARTMENTAL SIDE CONTROL THE APP.
IT'S, YEAH, PROGRAMMED BY A THIRD PARTY, BUT, UM, THAT THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH, BUT WHAT I WAS SAYING IS ALL OF THE TRUCKS, ALL OF THE CARS, ANY VEHICLE OWNED BY THE CITY, IT HAS THE DEPARTMENT'S NAME ON IT AND THEIR LICENSE PLATE, YOU'D HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT DEPARTMENT.
SO IT WOULD BE MYSELF FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ERIC LOPEZ FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, AND WE DO GET COMPLAINTS, USUALLY NOT ABOUT PARKING, USUALLY ABOUT LIKE SPEEDING OR NOT DRIVING IN A CONSIDERATE WAY.
AND WE DO INVESTIGATE EACH ONE OF THEM.
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A VERY QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO I'VE HEARD, THIS IS GONNA SOUND PETTY AND I'M SO SORRY, BUT MY LAST NAME IS GONZALEZ.
ISN'T THAT EDMONDS? IT'S, UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING THAT.
I JUST, I, INSTEAD OF GOING TO EVERYBODY AT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT PUBLIC THAT MY LAST NAME IS GONZALEZ.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I'LL DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED.