Hello and welcome to the capitol of planning commission meeting This meeting is open to the public with in-person attendance in the city Hall here at the council chambers at 420 capitol Avenue and can be watched remotely Please note that public comment is available or in-person speakers only The planning commission and staff are attending in person and remotely There's several ways for the public to watch the meeting remotely Information on how to watch the meeting via zoom is available on our website city of capitol a dot org on the Or and also on the planning commission meeting agenda The public can also live stream the meeting on the city's website or on YouTube As always this meeting is cable class live on spectrum communication cable TV channel 8 And AT&T you first channel 99 is being recorded to be Re-broadcast on the following Mondays and Fridays at 1 p.m. On spectrum channel 71 and spectrum channel 25 a recording of the meeting will also be available on the city's website after the meeting our Technician tonight is Eric Please remember to turn off your cell phones During the meeting and just as a reminder our public comment period will be slightly different tonight In that public comments need to be in person rather than via zoom So with that we will do a roll call Commissioner SD president commissioner Jensen as a commissioner will hear vice chair Christensen and Chair Westman here now, we'll do the pledge of allegiance so The next item on our agenda is new business and then We'll move on to oral communications and the first one is to Know if there's any additions or deletions We did have a few additional materials added to the agenda tonight For item 5a we added two emails For item 6a there was one email and for general public comment We received one flyer all of these have been added to the agenda packet and placed online as well Thank you very much Okay, so now we're at our public comment time And this item is for short communications from the public concerning matters not on the agenda Members of the public may speak up to three minutes Individuals may not speak more than once during oral communications and all speakers must address the entire legislative body So is there anyone here for public comment? Hi, my name is Gwad Kepic 10 a.m Because Abundant all the people so that you can pay for the school I Think it's a look off I But I Because Thank you for your comments Um There anyone else Seeing no one We'll move on to commission comments. I have a comment so I Was thinking about the fact that we are not accepting zoom public comments anymore. I was at the Because you recommended it actually I went to the city council meeting where all the the disruption occurred and If did a little research and found out that this you know, this is not this is a widespread problem It's not just Capitola. In fact, there was an article in the paper about the town of Atherton Where they had this and they decided that they would continue the zoom meetings Because they said well this was This was not a recurring problem. This was a one-time disruption No sense changing policy on Something that wasn't a recurring problem then it occurred to me a little further that maybe if the goal of of these These people or this organization of where they are is to disrupt society or communities by Limiting access to local government. I guess they succeeded because we're limiting access to local government By not allowing zoom calls. So I think there's a good reason not to do zoom It's a big pain and it's half the time it doesn't work, but If we're not accepting zoom calls because Because of this types type of disruption, I think we should maybe Think a little bit further on that It's my understanding that the city council is discussing this at their next meeting They're the ones that are going to make policy decision for the city It was decided for us to not do it tonight since we were the first meeting After the incident happened at the council meeting But what's going to happen in the future will be decided by the city council. That's their jurisdiction Not ours at their next meeting. Thank you So I Can clarify a little more on that so right now we are doing research on the matter at hand Seeing if there's other techniques which would to ensure that there wouldn't be no disruptions But they won't be discussing it next week at next week's meeting We think we're going to continue throughout this year to the end of 2023 with in-person comment only and Research see what other cities are doing and then maybe in the new year come forward with a new methodology to allow Possibly allow public participation via zoom and I appreciate your comments. Thank you So we'll move on to staff comments So one comment that I just wanted to bring up is next week at the city council meeting We will be they'll be reviewing our general plan or housing element for adoption So just want the public to know that and that meeting starts at 6 p.m. on Thursday night And then also we have Kailash here who is going to give a quick update on Capitola Road Since we're so fortunate to have someone from public works This evening Welcome to our planning commission meeting Thank you. Good evening commissioners I'm here at the request of Katie early here our planning department director to give you a quick update on the status of our capital road We have the elitization project that we did bring to you. I think a Roughly a year ago now to review and approve That road project has begun with the sidewalk work being completed Starting this week on the south side of the street. This project is from 41st Avenue including the intersection there Through to city limits at 30th Avenue Our city limits actually and halfway through that intersection and that's as far the county didn't want to partner so we stopped right there and The sidewalk work is happening on the south side of the road and the sidewalk work on the north side of the road will be completed followed by a paving and the paving will start As night work only to limit the amount of disruption to the community Paving will begin the week or the evenings in the week prior to Thanksgiving and then the full project should wrap up in the early part of December with final paving and final striping completed So we're excited that this project has come to fruition and we were able to do the full project from 41st all the way to 30th Thank you. So I have one question for you while you're here I noticed that they were doing some work around the Capitola Avenue bridge that goes over the freeway and It's my belief that We approved when we talked about the highway expansion that that's going to be closed for a period of time Do you know when they're planning on closing that bridge? I have a small update I spoke last with the RTC who's running that project for the Widening project that you're referencing that does require the replacement of the Capitola Avenue bridge And my understanding right now is that they will be doing pretty extensive public outreach to Make sure that the community is aware of that closure Upcoming and the detour that will be in place to allow those residents to still access those neighborhoods I think their rough schedule at some time in the spring that the bridge would be demoed with And I don't remember you don't quote me on the duration But I think they were anticipating something in the range of an eight to ten month closure to do the full rebuild of that bridge But further outreach will come and the RTC will be engaging with our staff as well as our community to make sure everyone's aware of that Thank you very much. I have a question as well. Don't mind. Go ahead So I'm trying to understand the Capitola Road. This is like on 41st Street. We'll cap out So over the freeway, is that the right one? No, you started out talking about the road, right? And and so around 45th Avenue where and the idea was we were Updating the road and sidewalks and what not to accommodate an affordable housing This is headed in the other direction from 41st Avenue headed towards the city of Santa Cruz like towards live oak Okay, so well, but nevertheless there's affordable housing project is and we're gonna do some sidewalk or some Changes there too. Is that moving forward? That project is moving forward. So we have building permits That are ready to be issued. They just need to come in and pay their fees and there's two separate Permits one is to do work in the street and the other is for the development. Thank you Just while we have Kailash here. Thank you. Can you give us an update on the wharf? Yeah, so we've we've bowed one month in on wharf construction It's been a really kind of great experience starting with this new team that we hadn't worked with in the past I feel like we've developed a good working relationship and the team is I feel like working very efficiently and smoothly we are At schedule and definitely not behind schedule at all a little bit advanced of what was originally Provided to us which is encouraging and I would say that We've had a lot of support from PD as well as all the different departments with the different questions that are coming in from the community Engaging with the most immediately impacted residents there at the Venetian courts and the hotel right there So I would say all in all it's been a good start to a project and happy that it's underway Thank you Thank you very much for coming today. Thank you Okay Now we'll move on to approval of the minutes We have two sets October 5th and October 19th. Does anyone have any corrections or additions? I just have a comment Just about our October 19th meaning as I was reading through the minutes seemed like there was a lot of emphasis put on some Issues on like just myself about the sequel, you know and how important that was You know, I mean it was noted, but I think they're you know, I think I echoed some things that I felt very strong about I know commissioner asked me and I know each commissioner and I was just wondering You know if those can be how those can be noted Is just read it says like commissioner Jensen noted concerns about the sequel and I think those You know, I think overall I think those I think we all shared as much as we Voted and supported the housing Element everything I've just had those comments to be noted very clearly in the future So that when we reflect back in the future when we look at these projects that we can reflect back and say well The sequel is a very important thing or water concerns and other issues like that So it was you know, so I think the time stamp of this commission was clearly noted that they Support it but had concerns that hope that they would be addressed in the future Okay, and I should mention in terms of minutes We really depend on our video these days So we try to keep the minutes more brief than you then we would have done 10 years ago because video is Available and we can always go back and look at the videos So you'll you'll notice I because I know that there's a lot of great comments that are made in this hearing but to keep it succinct and We just we really we as staff we go back and look at the videos to See what was said a lot of them. So thank you very much So would you like to add something into the minutes? I think they were reflected is just You know, I think I think everybody had a very strong point of view and that I think that one of me carried forward And so it was a you know I saw how that translate back to it obviously was recorded correctly. I appreciate the work that was done on this Just I think it's important that How could that be? Reflected back to when we look just using my issue as a sequel that when it's another small project that comes forward And another product you know that when does that kick in a full EIR and stuff like that So that's all my comment. I don't think I need to add anything And I appreciate that you the staff would go back or our community go back to look at comments that were made to make sure The next time things come up that we can pull back in that There's a track record history that these comments were made and reflected forward Thank you so with someone like to make a motion to approve the minutes of October 5th and October 19th to approve all second and we have a second so We wanted we can just say all in favor. Hi. Hi. It's carried unanimously All right. Now. We're going to move on to our public hearing And this is a regional bike sharing permit and We have a staff presentation And we have a representative from the police department and public works department to help us if we have any questions Yep, thank you and good evening Fishners. This is the permitting of the bike share program for your this evening and As mentioned we do have Get to my introduction we have a lot of resources here for you to help with questions We have a B site called general manager Kyle Kyle's with us and collecting sites and he's also been mentioning at installation county and at UC Santa Cruz and Help us with any program Needed a question a lush under like works a lot of work in scouting sites and Actually looking at chin parents and kind of boots on the review We have a officer. No, I'm sure Who does outreach and education? Bicycle rebikes in the community and also on the first minute It's goals Certainly getting put from planning to the show in the end of public. This is the first time This program is available for public comment The initial motivation This program over five years And I've got a slide deck for you to be reviewing various permits for 18 sites And so we would like to have as many of those sites that achieve any commission consensus to be approved tonight And so I didn't site me to explore alternatives or bring back some information for the Commission We do that under cover of a permit amendment test test So moving on a little bit of background. I'm gonna move through some of this a little quickly just because a lot of it is in The staff report, but the initial direction from the city council for staff to initiate steps for this program Was a move made in 2018? There were some code amendments that ended up enabling the city to engage with a Bike share partner There was also an effort to collaborate regionally with other regulatory agencies and educational Facilities so that the The the only one vendor would be selected and the program would be universal So with collaboration there B cycle was the selected vendor Final agreements with all of the entities Were struck in the last couple of years and we're at the point now Where we need to review actually sites for when they're in the coastal zone conditional development permits and then where they're in the right of way revocable encroachment permits So a little few details about the contract is a five-year agreement with B cycle this initial rollout Which actually means installing the The bike docks is supposed to happen in March of 2024 About the program. It's a little different than jump bike which wasn't Totally a success and this is a dock-to-dock System so a user would take take a bike from a dock and have to end the ride at a dock region-wide the initial rollout 660 e-bikes with thirteen hundred and twenty docks Capitola share is 50 bikes with a hundred docks and There's an option to grow and with that idea being after a Ridership patterns and demand is understood which will come after the program is initially rolled out And then how would a user use it they would typically need to be 18 years old and Demonstrate a credit card and go through the app There are other ways To so that the program is not exclusive to those who are banked But they would have to contact the cycle directly to do that Here's just kind of a layout I won't go through every way to pay but if you use the program Intermittently and for shorter duration of prices increased per minute if you Sign up for an annual membership. You get a cheaper Rate and a longer duration The overall Installation and there's two different types and I'll get into some of the details But the major two types are ballasted sites, which is so just a gravity site set on Whatever surface that has weights in it So it's not permanently affixed to the ground and then there are anchored sites Which can be moved But are less ideal to be moved or both of these can be moved and adjusted in a in a day's work So there's a lot of flexibility built into these sites Regionally the rollout has started kind of west to east in terms of its availability in the county so UCSC and the city of Santa Cruz has primarily completed their install and Believe they're into live oak now doing installations and then capital would be next in March of this year B cycle has more than more than just Kyle they have a fleet management team and maintenance teams The routinely track bikes recover bikes redistribute bikes and these sites don't require any hard installation so they have interchangeable batteries and They supply fresh batteries to the sites as well So getting into what do these look like so the upper left is More or less an inverted you type of installation and this would be anchored into the gutter pan and Then in the middle on the top. That's a ballasted site And so it's a steel platform with weights and a center track that the inverted you Wheel receptacles are mounted to and then I'll point out the photo on the bottom left has some orange delineators so in places where We're doing a curbside installation in the deck. I'll be showing you there are some locations where we want to We were not we haven't selected orange. We'd rather white Is our recommendation to use these but to provide a safety visual barrier between traffic oncoming and the bike station So here's a few more and then this is some installation details for ballast This is just showing you clearances and other different types of installations and then similarly clearance details for the anchored Type of installation and we used these details on the left we used these to figure out Where to we're to actually locate a lot of these sites so that we'd have the appropriate back out distance not be backing out into bike lanes or traffic lanes and So a lot of this went into the planning and I'll cut a lot of these details into the individual sites And so I'll be mentioning the type of install as we go So with that that is the background and this is our our coverage map and this was really Let's say the driver in terms of our initial rollout We really wanted to have good coverage and not have any blank spots on this map Certainly we were mindful to have some concentration down toward the village But another than that I think for the initial rollout. We did want a pretty good spread of coverage The other thing to point out here is the along the left-hand side. We've got three Private properties in the in the shopping centers along 41st and B cycle will be working independently trying to negotiate to have The sites cited on those properties But we don't have total control of that nor do we need to be permitting those sites But we're we're depending on that to fill in the west side of the map So I'm about to get into the individual Slides or these sites and I think it's probably appropriate for there's clarification questions for either me or our resources here if the Commission wants to Offer those questions as we go because it'll take a while to circle back through but just a reminder any Deliberation or discussion really should be after the public comments. So clarification questions. Let me know as we go Right off the bat. So well, how long is the is the permitting? Is it a year two years five years along these stations? How long are we committing having these? The contract is for five years and the permitting would just be renewed with the contract So this is a five-year commitment There are a lot of safeguards built into that contract should anything go wrong with the program There's there's ways in which to Yeah, there's a safety problem. We wanted to pull out or the Yeah, so this the contract was as Brian said signed by Authorize for signature earlier in the year But there's a lot of protections in that contract in which if we're having too many issues that we could Remove ourselves from the contract clarifying question I Have two quick ones so You're going to be able to rent one of these bikes Even if you don't have their app on your phone There's going to be a way to rent it Where the bikes are? Hear me up. Oh Yeah, so you can rent with an RFID card You'll have to contact us directly to get one of those but I mail them out every Wednesday Okay, but hey, I'm I'm a visitor from out of town and I arrived in Capitola And I walk up to one of these stations and I don't have your app on my phone And there's no way that I can then read one of these bikes. No, there's no instantaneous way But like I said for anybody that's localized we have RFID cards like these Which you can go up and tap on the docks and it rents the bike So that's a little bit of a more localized solution But it is a potential And I have one more quick question We're being told that these go from one doc to the next doc What happens if someone leaves a bike somewhere and doesn't take it to the next Yeah So with that there's a $75 fee if they're not returned and then Potentially you could be banned either temporarily or permanently from the system If you then create fake accounts we can block your financial payments I mean we can go as far as necessary to remove members from the system to ensure the viability of the entirety of the system Thank you. Yeah, I Have one other question Is there any like a systems and it seems like this is really driven, you know for people that live in the area So if they're for tours, is there any Like assistance financial assistance that you guys are providing to community members that might not be able to forward You know whatever the fee is and stuff like that. So is there a program that people that are in need or have financial constraints? yeah, so in our contract there is no requirement for those programs but locally I am pushing those initiatives. So I work with the downtown Association and Santa Cruz The downtown streets teams the homeless gardens projects to provide them with discounted pass rates So we target low equity groups to help be inclusive It's not a requirement, but it helps just build the program and It creates a phase to the name of the product as well So we're not just a bike. We're locals. We all live in the area and work here. I Appreciate your effort Chair Westman's question the street bikes you're going to come pick them up. Correct. Oh, yeah. Yeah, 100% Is there a time frame within? Which you're going to do that is that yeah, so we chase what we would call chasing bikes But is it daily occurrence? So that's every morning we do that There's a very set of tasks we do such as maintaining the bikes monthly inspections cleaning checking stations And collecting those bikes as well. Ideally I don't want to get in this too much. I used to run jump bikes as well So I have a lot of experience with that And chasing those bikes which is a major issue with that system And that's something we just stay on top of here with B cycle. It's a really important factor just To make sure the streets are clean and they're not left in sidewalks and stuff So thank you. Are you during the program where you go over the type of bike? Is that part of this recently? I mean just I think as I overview is it rated 18 miles as a 20 mile bike Yeah, so the bikes are governed to 17 miles per hour. It's a class one e-bike um, so very standard any of your Main e-bike brands out there, but yeah, it's governed to 17. So Now if you go downhill physics is going to take hold, but For the purpose of a flat street, you're going to be governed to 17. You're not going above it And I mean in our community we struggle I think right now and I think our police department's doing an amazing job with it with You know Underage kids under the age 18 went e-bikes traveling at high rates the speed around and I know those bikes Are somewhere rated a lot higher than this But with you the focus being for 18 year olds are are over obviously Many kids are going to be able to rent the bikes under that age um I guess that's more of a question to pd. How they're going to work with trying to ensure that safety that we aren't just Add each to the problem or how we can you know work I know they just introduced a helmet program and stuff like that But I just was interested in the rate and the speed of the bike. So thanks for sharing that Well while you're up there and we're talking of general terms that have you given consideration to Bring on a way to provide helmets along with the bike So providing helmets, there's a couple different issues there. So you have a sanitary problem, which is Kind of an issue of its own, but then you also have a viability issue of the helmet So let's say I rent a helmet take a spill And I don't tell anybody Then you have a helmet that's went through an accident and somebody else could be using it. So We tend to remove ourselves from that situation instead being a truck company. We would we offer discounts on helmets That's probably the way we would go with it instead of providing helmets as a whole because there's Just multi-level layers of issues or that could occur All right, I've got one more since you're up there, of course So I talked to brine about this. This is the serp rack question. Yeah, we've got a lot of locations near beaches one was like near right near o'neill's for example So A lot of a lot of guys on bikes. They have those little side racks that you know, the boards right down next to them Is there any thought of having some bikes like that because I would think those would be in high demand Yeah, um Actually when I was working on the station locations here for capitol and I was looking at And there might have been the county looking at pleasure point I was thinking about that idea is having a bike rack adaptable for a serp rack potentially we would offer selling those just at like a Low rate so people could have access to them. I don't think we would put them on the bikes though Because then you're introducing weight differentiations And that could potentially pose a safety hazard too um So I I don't think that's something we would necessarily add to the bikes But we could sell it as like an accessory that somebody could purchase somewhere like a helmet or Something like that. So you so how would that work? So these bikes you own the bikes, right? So you would So it'd be an accessory that they would be able to attach to the bike Yeah, so you can get a serp racks that hook to your Stem so your seat stem make your saddle stem So you could just sell that aftermarket them on. Yeah, so that begs the question of the spacing so Would you have when you have those? Stations near the beach. Would you have further spacing to allow for that kind of thing? Uh, I mean we could yeah, we could look at that. Um, I mean the idea of a Serp rack on a b-cycle would just be an aftermarket option that would be purchasable by the consumer And then they could just take it If there were more, you know, like three of those guys came up the beach and then all of a sudden they're trying to get into that Yeah, you know, it's tight. All right. Well, we've never ran into this, but we are welcome to uh To face the challenge and create a solution just thinking. Yeah. No, I like the idea. I love the idea That's it All right, after the presentation we'll open the public hearing We'll start with site number one So this is in front of on heels on melton street. There's a extended red curb And this has been scouted for a 14 foot installation This would need to be angled So as not to get out into the traffic lane with the back out requirement We need to stay clear of the fire hydrant and the plan is for lineaters at the oncoming side and six docks anchored Site two is the north side of Claire's That we again have a red curb installation The street the curb to curb width is it's significantly wider than some of the Less traveled streets. So we actually can just back straight out at this location Uh, delineators are recommended here as well And we would have six docks in this location Question on that site. So you've got This one and several others that have you're using red curb locations I mean The reason for the red curbs are you don't want Just cars there. I assume that there's some some danger. I mean like that one particularly has a power pole right next to it I mean Is there any safety concern about just you know Taking over or accommodating these red curb areas I mean Public works or the police answer that question Yeah, good question. The the Selection of the red curb areas here. These are primarily primarily areas where red curbs are installed for site distance And having it not be a full-sized vehicle like a you know Tahoe or Sierra park there that you'd still be able to see as a driver coming out of that driveway You're not going to have a block of your vision to come out from a safety perspective So that's the main reason why the red curbs that we selected kind of fall into that category Explains it. Thank you All right, I'm going to wait for our comments like Do we just make note as we go through them or do you want to recommend I think we probably want to comment on each site As we go through it does that work for you, Brian? Yeah, that works that works for me. I I think it's a no Asked question whatever you feel is best You're correct. We should go just make notes and we'll come back after If you'd like, I mean you could open the public hearing now to hear the public comments And then as you go through them whatever So then you can work through each one We can do it that acceptable Okay So with that we're going to open the public hearing and hear from the public If you have any comments about this application Before we make all We make too many comments Sign in please And you have three minutes Good evening. My name is Neil Savage. I live up in the drill box I'm very much looking forward To the e-bike rentals. I think it's fabulous that we're working across the county So I can go from one end to the other on an e-bike. I committed in a midtown three days a week I should cut that down to zero with an e-bike Um, I'm here actually to talk about Being cautious about what you put into the village Right now in the village there's too many pedestrians too much congestion and I think it'll be a mistake To have sites 12 and 13 in the village And I think it'd be smarter to move them into the parking lots Already bikes that come down cliff are coming into a village at high speeds and are hazarded to the pedestrians walking Come into the village adding inexperienced riders at high speeds. We heard about gravity there On heavy bikes e-bikes are very heavy compared to a regular bicycle I think it's not a good idea I think my recommendation to the commissioner would be to start out slow To see how it goes and be conscientious about adding bike Stations in the village. I think this should be on the peripheral of the village instead Like I said, it's already can be a mess on on popular days And I'm guessing from experience Once we have experience, I think within five years you'll find yourself looking at keeping e-bikes out of the village At all because I think we'll find that they're dangerous like we have found with skateboards Thank you. Thank you very much for your comments. Anyone else would like to address us Good evening. I'm paula bradley a resident of capitol and a cyclist And I'm really excited about the b cycle program Um, the more cycles we see the more e cycles we see even though they Are sometimes driving a little too fast and hazardous It means less vehicles on the roads So that's a really positive thing For the village and just about everywhere else So anything we can do to get more people on bikes safely Is a positive So i'm excited about the project I did Go and look at some of the site the locations and had a few Questions So far for one and two were my main questions about those locations Or by o'neill's on melton But I think the presentation Answered my question that street address used was confusing The same as it was for clairs, but now that I see the locations it makes sense um One of my questions though is i'm a little out of date But whatever happened to the trends at center at the mall is that gone? Are there buses that drive over there in a need to have some bike stations nearby? Well, the mall transit center is it's still there They're still operating buses out of it And as Was shown on the map. It's anticipated that there will be some stations Docks on the mall property, but that's private property. So that will be reached with an agreement between Bike people and the owners of the mall, but it is anticipated that they will be located there Yeah, hopefully that's in the works But yeah, it looks like that's the only location that's private property So I can see that there were actions three of them where brown ranch market places The mall itself and king's plaza where outdoor Never can I say supply hardware? But at the king's plaza center Okay, and I think this is could probably wait to the end for the representative of b-cycle But i'm wondering how is it going so far out there? With the university and Santa Cruz We'll ask him that question. Thank you Are there anyone else who would like to speak? Okay, seeing no one will close the public hearing And so we'll go back and see if anybody has any comments about site one On the planning commission and move our way through the various sites That work Okay, any questions on site one I don't think so Or two All right, I think we were on beginning three All right, so three is 45th avenue And again, we have a good curb to curb distance so we can do a 90 degree perpendicular install Along the curb on the west side The only real consideration here is there's a cluster of utility boxes. So we'll Stay clear of those And this is anticipated for six docks I'll stop for questions on this one. Yeah so I went down there and took a look at all of these and I have sorry I have questions on most of them I would on this one. I was wondering about the the parallel parking. So there's there's apparently you're taking up spots that cars would currently park Park in and then there's spaces all the way down to the edge of 41st and capitol a road So I was wondering as you Uh mapped out this particular location. Did you like measure The the distances between between the at the edge and and the end of the street to see You know, are you cutting out? half a car space or would cars fit there Nice and neatly or you know, if you moved it in a foot. Oh, yeah, then you could squeeze another car in there or in terms of you know What extent was parking parallel parking of cars considered and selecting that exact space? Yeah, I think on some of the sites we did look at those kinds of things We looked at right turn queuing this one the primary concern was the utility boxes, but I think The intention here with just the Adaptability of the program is that they're prop. There's more than likely going to be some site adjustments that are made so if the suggestion from the commission is to To round off to maintain the maximum amount of parking. I think we can We can build that into the installation instructions for all sites Yes, that's my comment. All right site four is the parking lot at jade street community center. So there's a a bit of a Reserve curbed paving space to the right side of the one-way entry drive aisle That is red curbed for Not fire access purposes non-emergency purposes really just to not have vehicles parking there and potentially block the drive aisle so we had a space we could use here and these would be ballasted perpendicular Six docks at this location questions on that one and number five is across from the library at the Park at wristband. So there's Some space in between the the poured stair and ramp And this would also be a ballasted install we will Verify that there's that there's no blockage up the path That was the main concern with this site other than that. It has it's good length for up to eight docks So on that one if there is blockage you would You would adjust the Would you adjust the path? I mean would they adjust the path to go around that since it's such a great spot to put it Or how would those be addressed or would it be less bikes or? Yeah, there's the other option would be to move it to the other side of the path There's also a lot of space there and being that it's ballasted it could adapt to the eventual Development of the park. So that's why this one wanted to be ballasted Because there's a couple of options to be flexible on this one I'd like it to work here though. That's great. That's a great spot. I have a question about Vandalism some of these spots are kind of tucked away in little You know out of the way spots that we're you know It's just great because they don't interfere with any traffic or foot traffic or anything But then it the question becomes is you know, I mean you already have This established in other communities. I was wondering if vandalism is a problem I'll just how sturdy are these stations I don't know me but so Yeah, there's a potential for vandalism for any of the stations This site that was kind of in my mind a little bit as well but I'd be kind of surprised that we saw a lot of that there the ballasted racks are almost impossible to damage to be honest The the dock itself could be damaged, but you'd really have to put a lot of time into it Um We don't see a whole lot of individuals like vandalizing the racks themselves. Typically. It's like theft of parts on the bikes That's the most popular. So less so the docks. I personally might be too worried about this spot though But Any of the spots? I mean you've looked at them all. Yeah, any anywhere. I mean it What I've learned about bike show over the years is that regardless of where you put any of this stuff There is a potential of vandalism um If somebody has mal intent They're gonna seek stuff out and damage and vandalize it. I mean we see it in all of our cities across the country already it says so But in terms of site selection you wouldn't use that as a consideration like oh, this is a you know Well, generally for this area This was the best location that I was able to scout out and locate that I thought was Safest both from a vandalism theft damage perspective chance of hitting um People are accessing the bikes. I mean you have the nice bike path right there I think it just generally it's a good spot um Now that being said if we do have a lot of vandalism or something there um You know, I would work with our city counterparts here to relocate it or to find a new place to move it to Actually, the word that had occurred to me was out when I was looking at the one that knew near new Brighton um, it just seemed to be kind of all by itself And I thought well if there was any that You know, we would want to eliminate because of vandalism or something It wouldn't be this one. It would be that one But but you know, I just brought the question up in general. I mean you've had this already installed Is it this hasn't been a problem? Uh, it depends. It depends on what area you're in. Um Let me have certain parts of tannin crews that we have issues with But the way that I go about it is actually working with our community So that's what actually poised me to start working with downtown street team the homeless gardens project Um, we have other bicycle programs around the country that have had a lot of success working with their communities and in graining themselves within it versus Not putting a face to the name of the product My my whole concept is making the belief that these are our bikes and their bikes Is my whole kind of motive towards all this so Okay, thanks For this site, I will mention that we we did look at the library as another option but because of the topography around the library um And overcrowding we decided it was not a good location for it and the access and and out of the library. So That wall probably be cut down if once the risk from projects start anyways Yeah, the risk and the wall will be lowered. So it will become more visible over time. So hopefully that will help All right, we'll move to the site six so this is the bus stop in In front of a parking lot that's used by shadowbrook and uh, this one has One of the alternate installation types. These are um, they back up Toward each other in this rectangle that we've shown here That's because we didn't want to block any of the pedestrian walkways here or Get too close to the curb at the the bus stop And this would be for four docks. These would be anchored and then the little diagram with the face to face back out or face out and backing toward each other access all right number seven is at the It's kind of a dead end. It's where 49th and prospect Kind of wrap around and turn into each other This is in a no parking striped area along a curb Plenty of space here for an anchored installation and eight docks Number eight is along cliff drive There is an angled painted bit of Asphalt next to some paid parking Little bit cramped and just this angular space that's the remainder So we were only able to fit four docks in here And this would be a ballasted site On that location there Isn't some of that right now or enough a little bit or the For parking from this standpoint of What the condition of the cliff is at this time That's further down the street closer to the village So this is the higher up of the parking areas that are along the bluff So I have a comment for us We did get a comment from the public about the spaces in capital of village and suggesting that perhaps the parking for the bikes should be more on the edge of the village And it seems like if we were going to Something like Consider something like that if we would need to have a lot more Parking spaces on the edge of the village and I just wanted to get a little consensus You have concerns about I I don't think we should limit I think I think I mean I Appreciate the concern and I understand the concern. I think that Having centrally located docks is important more important than Um The congested problems I think that being able to transport the bike into the village docket Go to work if you work in the village or go home if you live in the village is more important driving, you know Putting the responsibility on those individuals to be careful I don't know Yeah, I mean I appreciate the concern about you know e-bikes hurling down cliff drive in Monterey But I'd rather have an e-bike than a f-150 or a yeah undra And I I'm I think we should flood the village with these things and get the cars out of the village Agreed I tend to agree. Although again, I appreciate the comment and Um as I was walking up to this site, you know, there were some guys on bicycle regular bicycles hurling down there 40 miles an hour And yeah, I was glad they were lightweight bikes and not e-bikes, which are probably much heavier. So I appreciate the concern, but But yeah, I think the advantage is outweigh the disadvantages. So I would tend to be in favor of the village parking Okay, I had actually an additional question. Um, if people are I guess this is for the Represented, I'm sorry keep making Stand up and sit down, but um Just out of curiosity. I was looking through your website and just the frequently asked questions and it says that there's um 30 minutes is the allotment of time from when you check the bike out to when you redock it And then it's additional costs for every additional 30 minutes So It depends if you do the the single pass you get a Single allotment of 30 minutes if you do a monthly or an annual The monthly 30 minutes or the annual 60 minutes you can do that as many times as you want it's it's More of a ceiling than an allotted time So each time you rent whether it's 50 times in a day or once in a day Each trip can go up to 30 minutes or up to 60 minutes And then once you go past that threshold, that's when you would pay the Additional three dollars for 30 minutes I'm just curious with these smaller sites that are in populated areas. Are you running into any? Say if you took a bike from Santa Cruz Clear over the capitol to go to work say or whatever Yeah, and you find that some of these smaller docking sites are full That bike then I mean would how do you remedy that? Yeah, so that does occasionally happen typically we'll see it on campus just with it being so busy Unfortunately, we don't have alternative options to docking the bikes Customers have abandoned bikes, but they receive 75 charge each day is not returned. We then each day find the bike and return it typically The way I look at that is We determine the size of the stations to launch and then demand is what really informs our next decision of where do we add more docks Maybe the station doesn't work great. Maybe the spot would be better If that helps explain that um, is there any I mean is there a number people can call so it's not like a yeah, oh five dollar charge Oh, yeah, yeah each bike and this is a requirement say at california. You have to have a braille decal with your customer service number on it um And so on each bike on the shroud there's a braille one 800 number you can contact that they can help you out They could just you can let them know that you didn't have a docking state. Okay. Yeah, you are supposed to return it to a dock though. So Ideally there would be a close enough location that you could then go to that instead Um, which leads me to my next question. Um, just so you don't have to sit back down. Yeah, but the um If you If if as this program progresses over the next five years or I think did you I don't know if you've already Mentioned this and apologize if you have to repeat yourself, but um For additional locations. Is that going to be an addendum to this permit? Did you already say that? No, no if we so there is some flexibility built in here But if we were to add a whole new site that was never contemplated we would need to amend this permit Okay, so just individually it would come back to planning commission and then we'd okay. That's all. Thank you I appreciate it. I want to elaborate on that just a little more Can you go to the last slide to site seven so this site here? There's plenty of room for more than the proposed eight Parking spaces so if there was a great demand or we needed more docks near the village Within the permit that you're issuing tonight Staff would like the flexibility in the areas that it's safe. It's not impacting other parking spaces that we could go ahead And allow more bicycle parking spaces, but the and then if we go to slide eight This this is really limited like we can't we couldn't add more Bicycle parking spaces there, but the locations themselves are what will be approved this evening And then as we figure out demand we'll work with kyle To be able to work within the sites that are approved to accommodate the demand but Just more but anytime there's a brand new site like brian said we would come back to planning commission So a little bit of flexibility within The approvals I have a question on this site. So why This far up to the hill why not right down at the top of the stairs Which is where I thought this was where jerry thought this was initially and I did too before I Walked further up That would obviously be a better spot in terms of accessing the bikes We'd lose was it because he'd lose parking spaces here to put bikes there Which space are you so? Right at the top of the the wooden stairs So that's you know that that looks very much like this one, but it's further down Hey lush We knew we'd need the whole team tonight Again a good question and we did look at that So I think to just jerry's first question about the area that's currently cordoned off due to safety concerns at the second So where there's two parking locations that face the ocean on cliff drive This is the upper of the two the one that's lower down Has the access to hooper's stairway and then on the uphill side Has the area that's walked off currently to Pedestrian access due to safety concerns. And so we did not so we I think in an ideal situation We would have selected that corner But for safety reasons we picked this corner up the next closest corner that we could find And then the reason not to put it right there at the top of the stairs is There is a sidewalk that goes to the stairs and in order to if we were to try to fit Cycles in that location we do they have to take away a parking spot Or have a conflict with the pedestrian access to the top of that stairway ramp So you're taking parking spots Elsewhere in the city. Why why are those so sacred So maybe Brian might be able to elaborate more but in general we tried not to take Especially paid parking spots off of the street And so this was one of those considerations where I get it Ask one more question Are we Is there any projections to put them on the war After it's all finished in 2024? Yeah, we we've talked about that. It seems like a good idea I think it would yeah one squirted there and we see use I think that would be a same thing that would be A nice amenity to add And we'll move on to nine nine is at Long hill street at the bay avenue intersections is At the in front of Dairy Queen and so we've identified this site for five docks anchored And with delineators. This is at a right turn And so we would want delineators on the oncoming traffic side So, yeah, and same question on that I had on 45th street. That's when you can actually see the car is parked there. So Uh, when you when you do actually select that delineation, you know, kind of consider How many cars can fit between the there and then in the driveway by the curb cut? Yeah, there is a stretch of red curb here. We were ideally going to use That it's only red curb. Okay and maximize the distance from the crosswalk all right and So this is across from gales at the intersection of bay and capitol avenue And so this is across the street and there's a partial red curb You would lose about about a half of a parking space with this one would need to be angled Steer clear of the storm drain inlet, of course And we've identified this one for six docks and would certainly need to lineators. This is a pretty busy spot So there's a curb cut on on that Curb is that is there a right away to the village the capitol produce? That they have access to that lot or something because that there is a curb cut there And I don't know what the history of that is Okay So so there's no There's no there's there's no reason to keep that car or to take it over or whatever. Okay Ryan I have a question on this location with the talk of a roundabout that I've heard talk that it can be something that with the PG&E grant funding That might be coming in place as early as this next summer during off-school time And there's this program coming into play in March is that something that you guys are going to look at and that maybe This can be adjusted before you know Got put in and then got how to get moved a couple months later Yeah, I I think the disruption to this area would be so significant that we would we would have a look at what that would be Um, I would imagine that all the paving would be new as well So we were less concerned about not drilling into this if it was entirely Under the cover of a capital improvement project. So I think that the short answer. Yes, this could be moved to accommodate That might be put in in March, but then if that project was going to start in june, it would just be relocated at that time That's right All right site 11 the city hall. So behind the chambers here. We have a parking space That would be repurposed between the dumpster and the building and the one concern about this one was the docks need a cell Connectivity and it did pass the signal test. So this is a viable site, right? So now we are into the proper village With 12 this is at the corner of san jose and esplanade There's a strip of red curb at this location so it's not There's not a lot of remainder space here. So we've only cited four docks in this location Uh, also the police tend to stage in this location. So we'd work with them In order not to disrupt their activity, but that was the The only real consideration other than that. It's a pretty central location and could accommodate four docks Oh, I was wondering on this one if it made some sense to Move it a little further back from the corner Uh, since there is a fairly large area with red curb there that's not being used um, so it's Not quite so close to the corner itself Are you trying to preserve preserve enough room for the police to still be able to park behind the bikes? I believe that was The reason for that is because they oftentimes will just park there while they're down in the village So it was to preserve space for the police Okay Is there any thought about the new law that's just going into place with the viewing standpoints for cars on these corners? It's it has to be an instructor. I think right it would this not count because This this bikes wouldn't that be not an instruction in those areas? Ryan, do you want me to give an update on ab413? Okay So a new law just can't just passed ab413 And it requires that cities not allow parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk So this would comply with that standard. You are allowed to have bicycle parking within that the 20 feet area And But our police probably shouldn't park in the red zone. I don't I don't know. That's a different area I'm not really sure what the rules are for police and parking but um, Sure, if you want but but this would The capitol will be having to look at our different intersections and our setbacks from crosswalks and that was passed in order to protect bicyclists and pedestrians So it's just for vehicles park there is what you said bike parking is fine. Bike parking is fine There's an exception for bicycles and scooters I do not think so I was just going to second that I would have to do a little bit more research in that new law But I mean typically we have used that as a staging area for foot patrols or events down there Just because it is a convenient central location With that law update I would assume it would be only responding to an emergency that we would put patrol cars there But that's something we'd have to look at Thank you I've got a question since since we're downtown. It's more of a general question since You're going to be looking at private property in browns ranch and Forty first street have you looked at quality market? That's down. That's right down there in the village And they might they might really relish the notion of having excess um So kyle this is at the corner of the intersection right as you go down the street here. We're Stocked ending capital avenue me. It's a little grocery. It's a little Convenience store the market. Um, I haven't no this is just really An initial kind of location Uh determination right now, but I can definitely add that to potential locations. We could look at Yeah, I recommend you at least contact them. It might be a win-win. Yeah I appreciate that Oh since you're up there's Um, well, I'm gonna I'm gonna jump ahead to the to number 17 Which is capitol and nulls you're taking up? Parking space there, but there's a lot of there's a big berm As I assume it's part of capitol nulls property And I was just wondering if you could negotiate with them to actually put it on their property as opposed to on the street There's a potential for it. Yeah Just a thought we wouldn't lose a spot parking spot and they would probably appreciate, you know Donate they might want to donate that land just so they can have e-bikes close to their, you know, their village Yeah, we can look at not You have much, um resistance from private property owners when you approach them It's a mix. Um, it's ultimately always easier to work with local government groups. Um Sometimes as well, there's um the belief that there's a lot of profit in this industry Um, I can easily dispel that bike shares Uh a very low revenue generating industry if generating at all um So we do sometimes get pushed back with private where it's like I require x revenue Typically, let me actually do the opposite and we request payment to put docks on land um when it's on private property, so Right now I haven't went too far down that road. Um, I'd prefer to sort with my local groups here Um, it's just a little bit easier that way Um, but I do have a couple private locations in the Santa Cruz area that we've worked on So just kind of depends Site 13 is esplanade park So this would be adjacent to the restrooms. There's an existing Like proper bike rack here, so that would get relocated and we would We would target six docks for this location You check to see if you have enough clearance to the shower that's right there on the lower right You know the guys Yeah, the spray line you can kind of see in this this photo It's it may require you to cut it from six to four It seems to be room to just move it further down closer towards the green sign. I mean there's um There's a curb there and then it goes right into the entrance to the bathroom Not on that side On the other side is a restaurant that might be private property All I know is currently it's just filled with empty bike racks that they're storing there. So there's stuff there Anyway, just so this general area here It's between Britannia arms and it's the the lat when you're looking at the men's bathroom would be the to the left so Um, there is there's a large planter to the left of this That's pretty high and it goes away as along that building I do think this is a great opportunity spot for a mix of not only B cycle But for the kids bikes during the summer and visitors bikes So it's something that there's a tree there I think it's an idea It's an area the city is going to be looking at as we start looking at esplanade park But this would be the first step but really If you're ever next time you're down there take a look at this area because it really has a lot of potential for becoming something really special or kind of Hidden treasure and capitol. So there's plans to use those bicycle racks Yeah, I think I think it could be There's a design fix to what's happening in that little area that we could accommodate a lot more bicycles Um, including the shared shared bikes as well as private bicycles. So all right 14 is uh on the uphill side of The parking lot There's um This is actually a bit wider than the photo does justice for this is about a 10 or 11 feet wide strip of mulch and the idea here is Allisted plates would sit on the mulch and there's a lot of a lot of room here or at least eight eight dock locations all right Monterey Park so the detail on this one where we've We forecasted four docks for this location um public works separately is working with PG&E they There's a gas gas line that runs underground at this location And PG&E is looking to install a regulator valve and pour a few concrete pads uh, so one thing that that uh, kailash is working out is to potentially have an additional pad Located here that would help accommodate The bike uh installation But it would be it would be on park property exclusively Any questions? All right number 16 at kennedy drive in monterey avenue We're looking to put four docks at curbside here with the lineators Our siting notes were to stay 50 feet behind the stop stripe There's some Heavy heavier vehicles and trucks that come in and out of the street And queuing for a right-hand turn. We wanted to maintain a bit of clearance there But the general note that we want to minimize parking loss also means we'll we'll put together Um something that makes sense to not cut parking spaces in half To the extent we can between the curb and The church's curb cut is how I would look at that here as to maintain as many Parking spaces as possible Any questions on this one? all right 17 so, uh, this is the one we just talked about so This one was Was targeted for four docks at the far side of the surfrances intersection with kennedy I've got the note that We may see about private property cooperation and locating it on the knolls property, but Again, we'd follow the same direction and try to Make the spacing breaks between parking spaces and the docks work out My concern there was that this when I'm looking at this spot It seems to be there specifically to service capitol and oles. I mean that's a huge apartment complex taking up a parking space in order to have a docking station for them So You know, I would think that they would be willing to put it on their property Save that spot Isn't there a crosswalk that serves right there too? And so I might just be an option too if we're going to lose parking in the city because of the 20 foot You know as we approach the intersection or to a crosswalk it might be I thought there's a crosswalk. It's not an action. I don't think Kailash, I know we we spoke a little bit earlier today about a crosswalk in this area if you could elaborate Yeah, so I think as as dr. Early pointed out with that a be 413 413 Because there is a stop sign right there We could then this could be shifted to go into that zone that we no longer will be allowed to Accommodate parking and then just switch that on street parking spot to a bicycle parking spot So in a sense, we're being forced to take one parking spot off the street, but then we can add Four more bicycle parking spots so hopefully the net is still usable for that section of the community That's a good answer The last one Coronado Street Park Avenue corner Our sighting notes is to again avoid a right-hand tour Turn queuing potential so 30 feet behind the stop stripe minimum, which would put it just in front of the The garden wall and shrubs that you see in the photo and this is targeted for six angled Docs So this picture doesn't I don't think show justice to the steepness of the hill there What's your experience with putting these things on a hill? Does it make it hard for first timers to start up? No having them on a hill shouldn't have any impact Just generally speaking we have a handful of them on UCSC campus that have some degree of Incline or decline to them So as long as we're putting them in a good angle and the base is not offset or anything Um, regardless of its angle anyway, like should go and find Actually, what could cause issues would just be like compression But that would never happen like an incline or decline Just before you sit down. Sorry. Um, just of course outside of a capitol a bit. Um, looking, you know through the New Brighton beach area just seems like that'd be a great destination Are there plans that they're going to be there too? Obviously capitol ends here, but just looking at the overall map It looks like that'd be the next place somebody right Yeah, yeah, so that likely would fall under the county's aptos area. I would have to assume maybe we would Put it in with the soak hell air. I'm not really sure. I haven't got to that level of planning it Um, right now i'm working on live oak twin lake area of the county in capitol Um, and that will be watsonville and the remainder of the county will be rolled out after So I I have a question about so um You need a credit card to rent these and you know, you have to be over 18 to rent them Someone over 18 can rent them for a child under 18 I mean Yes, but any that could be related to anything though if I mean you could relate that to drugs and alcohol too at that point All right, so at my moment, I'm just trying to understand the program. So if um, If someone under 18, I guess there's no law about you have to be a certain age to ride an e-bike Correct or have So there are A couple different applicable laws to this There's a big one coming down the pipes with the legislature is looking at Establishing a driver's license program I'm requiring anybody under 18 to have a certain class of driver's license. That's not currently in effect The other laws that would apply to this with juveniles on e-bikes would be anybody under 18 is required to wear Helmet of course as well as the different classes. So it sounds like these are class ones So juveniles aren't allowed to ride class ones. Um, but if the company has specific rules against it Then obviously that would be on the person Um for temporarily renting that that e-bike Um, so there may be some changes to this down the road. I hope that kind of clears it up Right, so if I'm a family who arrives and uh, I've got two kids. They're 12 and 14 Um, we could rent four bikes As long as we brought helmets for our kids to wear when they're riding those bikes It would Legally they would probably be okay Right now it would depend on the company's policy on The person being allowed to ride that bike Um, if you're talking about like enforcement action that we would take from you Yeah, I mean if if they're they would legally be riding a class one e-bike and as long as they're wearing a helmet And following the other rules of the road We would not have as much of an issue with that. But again, if they're violating the company's policy It could be a tricky situation Okay, thank you. Yeah, and just to take this Sorry, it's just kind of go a little bit but just to take an opportunity just to Refresh our community again. Can you just go over it so under 18? And then how like two kids riding a bike and yeah, you have the applicable laws and stuff Can you just take the opportunity just to notice for safety? Of course. So, uh, I'll start with the two kids on the bike So, uh, the vehicle code's pretty clear on that is not okay unless the bike is designed To have more than one person on it In that case it's required to have both pegs for the the rider's feet as well as a seat Obviously the rider would have to be wearing a helmet as well So there are some e-bikes out there. I'm not super familiar with b-cycles model That they'll be providing if they'll have seats or if that's an option But that is something that many e-bikes do have And you could have potentially one additional rider on it. Obviously four people on one bike is typically not legal or safe Um, so that I think answers that part for the second part. Do you mind refreshing me? So a helmet's mandatory for under 18. They're required to wear a helmet right now over 18 They are required to wear a helmet. Um, everybody's required to Legally wear a helmet for class three e-bikes If these are class ones or even twos then that would not be required for adults Obviously the company may have Policies or recommendations and I believe b-cycle on their website does, you know recommend wear a helmet And then obviously following all the other traffic laws And not to get technical but like on a class three. That's like a 29 miles an hour, right? 28, yeah, sorry. Uh, it cannot go into bike lane or it can't So no, so class three scan go on bike lanes. So just to break it down ones and twos are pedal assist only Um, and those can typically go up to uh, 20 miles an hour or so The class three is up to 28 legally and they all three can go on bike lanes The main difference between two and three is threes. You don't technically need a pedal to accelerate So if you're out and about in public and you see somebody on a e-bike What looks to be an e-bike and you see them start zipping and their feet aren't moving It's probably a class three and then the other big change with threes is there's certain areas that cities can establish That they're not allowed to ride in so the good example for capitola would be the riverview pathway Class threes are not allowed in that area and there's other like off off-road areas that are not bike lanes But that may be um other pathways such as the risk and mansion Where if a city decides to establish rules on that they're not allowed in that area I hope that Makes sense When we're asking I have one more question So no one can ride a bike on the sidewalk in the village Are children still allowed to ride even if it's an e-bike on the sidewalk So the municipal code does allow for kids under 10 years old to ride in the village or excuse me outside of the Village area inside of the village the municipal code does not allow for anybody to ride on the sidewalk whether it's a skateboard e-bike or regular bicycle Outside of the village area which the if you look into the municipal code It does define kind of the general geographic area surrounding the village as well Say up on 41st as long as it's a kid under 10 years old and they are going with traffic on the sidewalk That is allowed like in the in the proper direction And just um, sorry last two questions Just can you highlight the program that you're working on right now with the helmet program and then probably the downside of what your guess is coded enforcement and Educating and then to a certain level when does somebody get a ticket? I'm sorry. What was the last part when there's something like when would somebody get a ticket Okay, sure. Yeah, but unless we positive first and talk about the helmets. Yeah, absolutely So the police department is doing a lot of positive outreach with the community We've really tried to step up our social media outreach I'm sure you guys have all heard of the three e's when it comes to traffic safety being education enforcement and engineering so I kind of Focus on two of those Education, obviously we have been working a lot with new brand middle school And we actually have an upcoming event this Saturday at their harvest festival where we will be donating helmets and lights to kids that are in need So look out for that. We do want to work with the school on that because that has been a topic of concern We've also had more education up there with a school assembly that myself and other officers have have done recently Where we go over some of the rules of the road for e-bikes So that's something we want to focus on and even though it sounds like Theoretically nobody under 18 should be on b-cycle bikes That's that's something that we want to make sure that the community is aware of what they can and can't do with this And then the second part as far as enforcement, we typically like to start with education even if i'm pulling somebody over you know Depending on the type of violation and if that person's Committed the same violation previously Because there are times where I've stopped that kid for the second or third time And you know that first one may have just been a brief conversation and they understand But if it's a second or third time it may involve Their school being contacted or a parent being contacted potentially a citation if it's a serious violation Yeah Thank you. Yeah, no problem one more quick question. So can you walk a bike down the sidewalk in the village? Yes, you can be a lot of kids walking their bikes Yeah, and that's what we would recommend to students right if they're down there On e-bikes is walking them would be preferred There are also municipal code and vehicle code rules regarding Leaving bikes to where they're going to block the sidewalk or businesses Um, and obviously that could get tricky when you have a lot of kids down there But we would prefer that yes, they're following the rules when they're walking the bike on the sidewalk. That's fine. Thank you Absolutely. Yeah, that lower left hand picture supposed to be there. I couldn't find that view anywhere at that site Oh, that that's a representation of what delineators look like Is generic just info So Nothing to do with the site specifically, but it would I couldn't find that Walked around where the heck is he looking? All right, so I'm gonna wrap up there um, and um So again, we're we are recommending we'd love to walk out of here with with approvals certainly if input from the public or the commission Necessitates that we do some additional research. We can do that But the goal is we'd like to get as many sites tonight approved so we can get B cycle some runway for their installations and planning I just want to recap the notes that I have that we can incorporate into The program one is to minimize loss of parking And I'll point out condition number three That we have added it was in the staff report that public works is supposed to sign off on sites before they actually do the drilling and install so That kind of goes hand in hand there For site number 12. We wanted to pull back From the corner. That's the one at San Jose and Esplanade We will try to help E-Cycle get in touch with quality market as well as the nulls property And then we will double check the clearance by the shower at site 13 Esplanade Park So I don't think we need to based on what calish said about the the ab 413 and the in the crosswalk. I think that probably answers the capital in those questions. So I wouldn't insist on that That's my conclusion Yeah, thank you. So the way the way I understand this when we make a motion to improve it approve this um And do we need to include some language that says there's flexibility for the number of Bike docking stations to change within the site based on use That would be preferred Okay, and that if there are any New sites added those sites will come back to the planning commission Yes, and if if you Wanted to I think you could in your motion say something that as long as the site is within a block If you want to make it more broad um knowing just the example of across from gales and if The roundabout were to go in That it wouldn't have to necessarily come back to planning commission So it's just how flexible you would like to be with it, but oh it seems like when the roundabout gets approved that would be Incorporating something in it. Yeah Anyway, yeah to give some flexibility to the number of docks would be great So someone Do we want more discussion or someone interested? I think it's worth a comment or two just just saying that I think this is a great idea I really appreciate B cycle going through the effort and and bringing this great opportunity to our village and I And I don't have any uh, I thought it selected a great number of sites I kept you know Had a great tour of the village and my city and then I said then I thought they were just wonderful sites for the most part And uh, I highly I I hope uh for a lot of success in this Hey with all of that, but you'll also like to make motion too No, because I'm not sure your amendments. Okay So uh, the amendments I was suggesting was that we include language that allows them to Change the number of docking stations within the approved sites Based on how they're being used And if any additional sites are added that would come back to the planning commission Unless And for relocations of sites they could be done by staff if they were within The same block So I move staff recommendation with the chairs amendments as stated Okay We have a motion in a second. Do we want to do a roll call vote? Commissioner esti. Hi commissioner jensen. Hi commissioner will. Hi ice chair christensen. Hi and chair westman. Hi Okay, looks like we have a bike program that's going to get started in the spring I was wondering um, would we be able to respond to the comment from the public was how the success of the program is going right now? I think that question if you guys give us a highlight Yeah, um, I'm actually really happy to know some of these things. Um, Either this week or last week we hit a quarter of a million trips We've only been launched since june 20th um Right now we're averaging between about 11,000 to 17,000 trips a week Um, when I had jump bikes at its peak when we have about when we had about 600 bikes We were doing about 11,000 trips a week and we have about 200 less Um, so to me, this has been a huge success just as an entire program I think it also proves that Doc-based bike share is probably the better of the options out there a lot less problems um Something I hear from the city of Santa Cruz very regularly is the lack of negative calls and feedback they receive it's Maybe one call a month now versus a couple a day when we had jump bikes Um, so generally I mean it's just been very successful. Um, we do still have vandalism and stuff like that Which we dealt with with jump. Um, so a little bit ahead of that this time just with my previous experience. Um But generally it's been very very successful um check as a company is very happy with the success as well, so I think uh I mean it's full steam ahead just keep growing the program. I mean personally speaking to me This is a huge accomplishment in my own personal life um I'm really excited for it. I mean building a regional bike share program. I mean I don't know the exact statistic here, but nationally there aren't many of them if any others really this side so This is a new pretty big adventure for our own company and I think ourselves in this area our county Um, yeah, so I think just generally it's been very successful. I think the the future looks pretty bright, so Thank you Okay, so now we will move on to our director's report Oh, thank you all for being here all the staff as well as the public on this issue Okay, good evening. Um tonight. I wanted to provide you with a couple of updates first At the last city council meeting the rail trail was considered the The county had asked for consideration for a consolidated cdp As well as uh, whether the other question we asked the council is would the council like to submit any comments on the eir The outcome of that meeting was the council did have comments to provide on the eir so i'm drafting Those in summary will be sending those to the county during the 60-day review period and second Regarding the consolidated permit the city council I think at the beginning of the meeting it looked like they were headed towards Definitely reviewed at the local level by the end of the meeting They decided to go with the consolidated permit. I believe the reason for that Was to make it a really clear process for for the different Parties involved in this there's a lot of different people that showed up that night with different opinions and to just have them all be heard by the coastal commission and Under one review rather than separate coastal development permits by the city of capitol and the county and then Most likely those will get appealed to the coastal commission anyway because of the differing opinions So essentially that was the outcome of that meeting And then the other updated one to give you is that next thursday We're bringing the final draft of the housing element to well, hopefully the final draft of the housing element to the city council We you had asked that I bring back updates on Where this is headed? So i've got some updates for you tonight the updated draft will be published tomorrow on the website All of your edits that were approved at our last hearing on the 19th are incorporated in green So it's really easy to identify. We still have all the color coordination color coordination in there but For missing middle that was one of the items that we had to solve We came up with the 200 units that The hcd wanted actually our ad you count for this year We're at we've issued 10 building permits and we have three in the process that will likely be approved By the end of the year. So now this is the first time that we've issued 13 in one year So the track is going higher because the missing middle numbers aren't tied to the rena calculation Hcd will give us a little more flexibility and where we come up with our numbers. So we're we've put A dedication of that a projection of 180 us in the next eight years We also increased our number of projections for sp9. We've actually had two applications come in for sp9 So we're not projecting beyond that but consistent with the two And then also for the duplexes on corner lots. I think that got bumped about 10 units to make it all come together So that happened Also another update is the there were comments from the hcd about the mall and there is a con We've said that in 2027 if we don't have an application from the mall We will again reassess the situation at the mall and see if There's any other alternatives we can implement You'll see that some of the numbers with the within the rena categories have just changed within the very low low and moderate so just Based on some of the decisions that have been made On congregational sites and these little changes you're going to see a little bit of change But we still have a nice healthy buffer in there and then the deadline to deliver walls Got this great Spreadsheet now I worked with Veronica tam on exactly what the state is going to require to be done by 2024 And those items are all called out and that that's basically anything that we're not in a line We're not in alignment with state law So our density bonus law is out of date We'll be we've got to update that in 2024 the allowance of allowing shelters in Areas that are not just industrial so that'll be an update and those are just two examples, but Otherwise you're going to see a lot of areas in green that i'm really trying to keep the The updates to our code to be due by the end of 2025 so that gives us enough time to get certified by the coastal commission and then anything that requires funding and projects to kind of happen between Yeah 2025 and 2026 so that it's a little more realistic in what we're doing as staff and getting these out and a lot of the Of the I think there's 79 items that are called out for action some of them are we already do such as Some of the assistance for emergency Rental assistance if someone's about to get kicked out of their apartment will fund three months of assistance So there are there are programs that are listed in there, but they're just ongoing and continuing so um, I also wanted to let you know that in terms of uh, commissioner sd's comments on the water and the That um, addendum to the eir. There was definitely an error and that Section so thank you for your work on that and You'll there's red lines that are going into the draft dir to fix that issue. So And also to provide more clarity about the water sources and those studies that are done on a regular basis by the water district so Appreciate all your hard work on the housing element update and your comments and If you notice anything as missing, please reach out because we can incorporate it at the city council meeting if If there are any errors so And that concludes my director's report this evening. Thank you. So we so you so we did have a water Uh comment in the eir that said the water will be affected. So it wasn't it It was it was more about um, the numbers that were tied They were referencing numbers that were incorrect from the water studies So they've they've updated that and they've also updated some more information on like the water sources And the studies that are done regularly at the Water district. There was a separate study Reference in the eir was the number was different than what was in the study Oh, they had to you just got to get make them drive Is there any future projects that will be seen in the near future? Oh, you know, I have an update on 10 98 38th. We're taking a funding request To the city council for $250,000 next week. So with some affordable housing money Um, and brian received the application on that this past week the preliminary application I don't think they've paid their fees yet, but that'll be right around the corner so that something you'll see in the new year and um The assisted living facility on capitol a road on the corner of capitol a road in bulb That project is resurfacing. So I um One owner has sold their portion of the partnership and he one owner has a new partner They'll be moving forward with again an assisted living project. So they've been asking to meet with staff um, and then there's One project up on depot hill that will be coming to you soon at cl salto project next to the property next to the monarch coven um, and there There's a four plex on the site right now and also a single family home They're hoping to Rod demolish the four plex and build two duplexes. I believe so Have that correct And a new single family and no map So that that's where that one's headed, but so you'll see all those in the either Yeah, you'll see them in the new year. I think at this point Thank you. You're welcome