2024-10-08; City Council; 11; Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan

CA Review GH
Meeting Date: Oct. 8, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Nathan Schmidt, Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager [email protected], 442-339-2734
Subject: Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan District: 1
Recommend
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Adopt a resolution accepting the Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan.

Executive Summary
Traffic safety continues to be a top priority in the City of Carlsbad. One way the city is improving traffic safety is through a Safe Routes to School program, a key component of the city’s Safer Streets Together Plan and Sustainable Mobility Plan. This program promotes walking and biking to school through infrastructure improvements, safety education and incentives. Other city strategies focus on safe driving.

While not every family may be close enough to their school to walk and bike, the more people who do, the better traffic will flow, and the less time will be spent waiting in school pick-up and drop-off lines.

In 2021, the City Council approved funding for Safe Routes to School programs throughout the city. In 2022, Hope Elementary School was selected as a pilot school to kick off the program.

The safe routes plan for Hope Elementary School consists of short- and long-term conceptual recommendations such as curb extensions and a new separated multi-use path on the east side of Tamarack Avenue from Chatham Road to the school, as well as recommendations for park and walk locations and evaluations of crossing guards and safety training programs.

Staff are requesting the City Council review and accept the concept plan before they move forward with the final design and engineering of the proposed improvements.

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Explanation & Analysis
Existing conditions
To better understand the existing conditions surrounding Hope Elementary School, staff took three initial steps:
• Conducted a walking audit of the suggested walking route around Hope Elementary School
• Conducted an audit during peak pick-up and drop-off hours • Hosted listening sessions open to parents, school staff and students The walking audit allowed city staff to gain a better understanding of the pedestrian and bicycle pathways surrounding the school and assess the concerns heard from public input. Staff generally followed the suggested walking and biking routes to school map from the city’s Sustainable Mobility Plan which is provided as Exhibit 2.

The peak hour pick-up/drop-off audit gave staff the opportunity to better understand existing travel patterns and behavior. Staff observed pick-up/drop-off patterns within the school parking lot and along Tamarack Avenue, north and south of the school. The audit showed that long queues of cars were backed up along Tamarack Avenue in both the northbound and southbound directions at the driveway entry because of the pick-up/drop-off activity at the school. It also showed that parents used Chatham Road to park and then walk their kids to and from school.

The two listening sessions provided an opportunity for staff to hear directly from school administrators and parents about their experiences and concerns regarding school pick-up and drop-off throughout the year. Key issues raised during these sessions were the needs for:
• Safer pedestrian crossings at the intersection of Carlsbad Village Drive and Tamarack Avenue
• Improved driver behavior along Tamarack Avenue near the school • Better bicycle access to the school, specifically addressing the gap in bicycle lanes on Tamarack Avenue south of Hope Elementary School
• Minimizing the effect on parking along the front of the school, which is used by school staff
Proposed improvements
The proposed improvements were based on the walking audit, pick-up/drop-off observations and community feedback. Concept-level plans of the proposed improvements are provided in Exhibit 3. The proposed improvements include a combination of the following measures:

High-visibility continental crosswalks
Installation of upgraded high-visibility continental – i.e. boldly striped – crosswalks at three intersections
• Wilshire Street and Tamarack Avenue intersection – north leg and east leg • Cheshire Avenue and Tamarack Avenue – east leg
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Each location is proposed to include installation of continental or ladder-style crosswalks with yellow paint, in keeping with the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, the state’s standard for traffic signs, road surface markings and traffic.

Carlsbad Village Drive and Tamarack Avenue crossing upgrades These improvements include installation of countdown pedestrian crossing signal heads and adjusting the signal timing to give pedestrians time to start crossing before the vehicle light turns green. During the walking audit, a few of the pedestrian crossing signal heads were noted to not include countdown timing. Countdown pedestrian crossing signal heads allow pedestrians to be aware of how much time they have left to cross and allow them to safely clear the intersection before the end of the walk phase.

The leading pedestrian interval allows pedestrians to establish their presence in the crosswalk before the light turns green which helps make them more visible to drivers turning left and right on a green light.

Curb extensions
To help improve pedestrian safety, curb extensions are proposed at the Chatham Road/Tamarack Avenue and Wilshire Street/Tamarack Avenue crossings. Curb extensions physically narrow the roadway, creating a shorter distance for pedestrians to cross, slowing vehicle speeds through the intersection and increasing the visibility of pedestrians before they begin to cross.
• Curb extensions at the Chatham Road and Tamarack Avenue intersection are proposed along the west leg, to shorten the existing crosswalk length. • Curb extensions at the Wilshire Street and Tamarack Avenue intersection are proposed along the east leg, to shorten the existing crosswalk length.

School zone flashing beacons
School zone flashing beacons are proposed to be installed along Tamarack Avenue north and south of the school. The beacons would flash only during school hours. These beacons can help draw drivers’ attention to the school zone signs, warning them of the school zone ahead and signaling them to use caution and slow down.

Marron Road and Sims
bury Court trailhead
Identifying the Marron Road and Simsbury Court trailhead and adding this location to the suggested walking routes map will help inform families living in the northern community of walking and biking options to get to school.

Park-and-walk locations
There are two park-and-walk locations proposed along Chatham Road and at Calavera Hills Community Park as suggested locations for picking up and dropping off students. These locations are being identified only, there would be no physical improvements made. These locations would help alleviate congestion on-site and along Tamarack Avenue to Hope Elementary School.

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Other proposed improvements
• Improvements to on-site pick-up/drop-off locations, which would be coordinated with the Carlsbad Unified School District and Hope Elementary • Installation of a Class-I multi-use path, which is for people walking and biking only, along the east side of Tamarack Avenue from Carlsbad Village Drive to Wilshire Street. • Maintain the existing Class-II bike lanes and on-street parking along Tamarack Avenue between Carlsbad Village Drive and Hope Elementary.
(More details on the proposed bike paths are provided in the Community Engagement section, below.)
Proximity to other city projects
Hope Elementary School is located near the area of the recently completed East-West Corridors Resurfacing and Restriping Project, along both Carlsbad Village Drive and Tamarack Avenue, south of Carlsbad Village Drive. Resurfacing and restriping portions of these streets enhanced bike safety by restriping vehicle lanes to 10 feet wide, widening the bike lanes, adding buffers to the bike lanes and adding green paint within bicycle-vehicle conflict zones.

Community Engagement
To ensure the Safe Routes to School Plan reflects community needs, values and priorities, staff engaged the community:
• Before the plan was drafted to hear parent and school administration specific experiences and concerns
• When the draft plan went to the Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission to make sure the recommended improvements and its impacts were clearly communicated In April, staff mailed notices to residents around the school about the planned improvements.

Hope Elementary School administrators also informed their staff and parents about the project.

At that time, the draft plan included a bike safety recommendation to extend the bike lane on Tamarack Avenue past Chatham Road, where it currently ends, to Wilshire Street in front of the school. The recommendation was to restripe the lanes to 10 feet to make room for expanded seven-foot bike lanes on both sides of the roadway.

The plan, as originally presented to the Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission, included proposed bike lanes between Carlsbad Village Drive and the school that would require the removal of about 55 on-street parking spaces on Tamarack Avenue. Staff reached out to the community before the commission’s May 6, 2024, meeting and gathered opinions from many people, both opposing and supporting the removal of street parking on Tamarack Avenue to make way for new bike lanes, for the commission to consider.

Community members raised concerns about:
• Inadequate parking for staff, volunteers and parents, which is already a concern because of the school’s small parking lot
• Worsening traffic congestion
• Practical difficulties for daily school operations, including pick-ups and drop-offs

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Some of the concerns expressed focused on safety, with some residents concerned that removing street parking would increase traffic congestion and risk, particularly from parents needing to drop off their children directly in traffic lanes. Some residents suggested that this plan might shift problems to nearby neighborhoods, worsening congestion and parking on residential streets.

Proposed alternatives include adjusting the start and stop times for classes to reduce congestion, adding drop-off lanes to improve traffic flow and maintaining some street parking to alleviate other potential issues. Some residents emphasized the need for safer biking conditions and reduced car dependency, but the majority of the feedback leaned toward addressing and modifying the proposed bike lane proposal to better accommodate the needs and safety of the school community.

A full compilation of the feedback received is provided as Exhibit 4.

Recommendation for design modification and phased implementation approach Given the significant public feedback against removing parking on Tamarack Avenue to accommodate new bike lanes on the street, staff have modified the draft plan to include a multi-use path along the east side of Tamarack Avenue, as reflected in the updated plan in Exhibit 3.

However, constructing the curb extensions and a multi-use path along this segment will require significantly more funds, so staff are recommending a phased implementation approach:
• During the first phase, all recommended improvements except for the multi-use path and curb extensions would be constructed.
• The curb extensions and separated multi-use path could then be added later as a long- term improvement, when additional funds become available.

If this change is approved, staff would maintain the bike lanes on Tamarack Avenue as they are currently configured to preserve the existing on-street parking.

This recommendation is based on the following considerations:

Safety and accessibility
A multi-use path, considered a Class I bike lane because it’s only for pedestrians and cyclists, would provide a completely separated right-of-way for exclusive use by pedestrians and young or inexperienced bicyclists. This separation from vehicle traffic increases safety for school children and other users, which is a core objective of the Safe Routes to School Plan.

Community feedback and impact
Adding a multi-use path addresses the community's concerns about removing street parking and the possible increased congestion and safety hazards. The multi-use path would likely not require removal of parking spaces, depending on its exact placement and design.

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Funding constraints and phased implementation
While the path would require a significant amount of additional funding and engineering, staff cannot establish a timeline for implementation until the city can find an appropriate source of funding. Due to the costs of building the multi-use path, the city would implement the project improvements in phases as discussed above.

Environmental impacts, if any, would need to be assessed.

This recommendation is intended to balance the needs and concerns of the Hope Elementary School community with the city’s objectives for safe, more sustainable routes to school. This approach addresses immediate issues while adding to the community’s long-term well-being and safety.

Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission recommendation
Staff presented the Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan to the Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission on May 6, 2024. After hearing staff’s presentation and public comments, the Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission voted in support of revising the draft plan to remove the Class-II bike lane extension and design a Class-I multi-use trail on the east side of Tamarack Avenue and for staff to consider a countdown timer for the walk phase on the pedestrian signals at Carlsbad Village Drive. The minutes of this meeting are provided as Exhibit 5.

While the motion was to replace the Class-II existing bike lane, staff are recommending leaving the Class-II bike lane, the lane on the street, in place to accommodate the higher-speed bicyclists who would prefer to ride in this sort of bike lane, away from obstructions commonly experienced in a slow-speed Class-I pedestrian and bike path.

Fiscal Analysis
The project would be constructed in phases with a near-term phase consisting of new crosswalks, roadway striping enhancements and curb extensions for approximately $250,000 to $350,000. The long-term phase would include construction of the curb extensions, sidewalk and the Class-I shared use path for an additional approximately $475,000 to $550,000.

Staff intend to implement all striping enhancements as part of the fiscal year 2025-26 roadway resurfacing program. The remaining curb extensions, sidewalk and multi-use pathway improvements, would be constructed later, once a funding source such as a grant is identified.

Once that funding is secured, a target work plan and schedule could be established using additional funds from the city’s Capital Improvement Program.

Staff plan to return to the City Council in the summer of 2025, once the project’s preliminary designs are completed and a construction cost estimate is developed, with a request to approve the plans and specifications and authorize bidding on the construction contract. Staff will also provide an analysis of whether additional funds would be needed to award the contract.

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Next Steps
With the City Council’s acceptance of the Safe Routes to School Plan, staff will continue with the design and engineering of the improvements for the near-term phase only until additional funding is identified.

The Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan will be implemented in the following phases as resources become available or funding is identified:
• Construct the roadway striping improvements as part of the FY 2025-26 roadway resurfacing program
• Initiate improvements to existing sidewalks, curb extensions and the Class-I shared use path once funding is identified through securing an applicable grant and/or the city's Capital Improvement Program and after any potential environmental impacts have been assessed
Environmental Review
This action to accept the Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan does not constitute a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act under CEQA Guidelines Section 21065 in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.

The direction provided by the City Council does not have a legally binding effect on future discretionary actions to approve the project.

Public input received and technical information prepared will be used during the planning and environmental evaluation process for each phase of the project.

Exhibits

1. City Council resolution

2. Hope Elementary School suggested walking and biking routes to school map

3. Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School plan and preliminary concepts

4. Public feedback responses

5. May 6, 2024, Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission meeting minutes

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Exhibit 1
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-229

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,

CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING THE HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAFE ROUTES TO

SCHOOL PLAN
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California has determined that improving traffic safety near Hope Elementary School is necessary and desirable to encourage students and residents to bike and walk to and from school and throughout the surrounding residential neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the proposed project improvements will include various traffic calming measures and pedestrian crossing enhancements to meet the project goals to slow down traffic and enhance walkability and bikeability; and
WHEREAS, as a long-term solution to address the existing gap in the Class-II bike lanes on Tamarack Avenue, a Class-I shared use path would be constructed on the east side of Tamarack Avenue from Chatham Road to the Hope Elementary School frontage to provide a separated facility for people walking and on bikes to access the school site and surrounding neighborhood, as funding is identified; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Class-I shared use path will be further evaluated during the engineering design process for any potential environmental impacts, and an environmental assessment will be conducted to ensure compliance with all applicable environmental requirements; and WHEREAS, this action to accept the Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan does not constitute a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act under Public Resources Code section 21065 in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment . The direction provided by the City Council does not have a legally binding effect on future discretionary actions to approve the project.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows :

1. That the above recitations are true and correct.

2. That the City Council accepts the Hope Elementary Safe Routes to School Plan.

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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 8th day of October, 2024, by the fo llowing vote, to wit:

AYES:

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ABSTAIN :

ABSENT:

BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER, LUNA.

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KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
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Introduction
The City of Carlsbad (City) has a long history of supporting Safe Routes to School (SRTS) initiatives. Most recently, the City’s 2021 Sustainable Mobility Plan identified SRTS as a key strategy to help the City improve transportation-related safety, reduce greenhouse emissions, and increase travel choices.

The Sustainable Mobility Plan development process included walk audits and mode shift analyses at all 20 Carlsbad public schools. This process identified Hope Elementary School as the first school to receive a more extensive assessment to determine implementable projects that will make walking and biking safer and more desirable travel mode choices for the school commute.

This document, the Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan, includes recommendations that are the result of reviewing walking and biking conditions; listening to concerns and opportunities from school, school district, and community stakeholders; and using professional judgment. The recommendations are broken into two categories—infrastructure and non-infrastructure. Infrastructure, also called engineering, refers to improvements to the physical built environment that make active modes of travel safe, convenient, and comfortable.

Infrastructure is an important part of SRTS because it
supports communities in designing and building sidewalks, paths, crosswalks, and streets that are safer for all users and more conducive for using active modes of transportation.

Non-infrastructure, also called encouragement and education, complements infrastructure by promoting activities that make active modes of travel to school more attractive, fun, and interesting while also teaching skills to use active modes safely.

SRTS is a strategy that improves
pedestrian and bicycle travel conditions
around schools in order to increase
opportunities for students and
their families to use active modes of
transportation to get to and from school.

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Improving Safe Routes to School at Hope
Elementary School
The infrastructure recommendations developed for Hope
Elementary School are physical design solutions that have been tailored to existing infrastructure conditions. These considerations include right-of way, road widths, intersection geometry, and crosswalk orientation. Each recommendation was drafted to include accurate measurements to confirm the feasibility and cost. Cost estimates can be found in Appendix 1.

The infrastructure recommendations outlined in this chapter address the following key concerns expressed by parents/ caregivers and school staff collected during two school walk audits and two school community workshops:
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any vehicle and pedestrian conflict points on T amarack Avenue caused by not enough queuing space during drop-off and pick-up.

In addition, real and perceived safety concerns exist among the school community that likely stem from the 2018 bicycle crash involving a 16-year-old at the intersection of Carlsbad Village Drive and T amarack Avenue
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HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Student Enrollment: 597
Grade Span: Kindergarten–Fifth Grade
School District: Carlsbad Unified
To address these key concerns, here is a highlight of some of the infrastructure recommendations that can be found on the following pages of this chapter:
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tall Class II buffered bike lanes along T amarack Avenue. • Upg
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Non-infrastructure strategies are an important part of
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In addition, SRTS programs with non-infrastructure components build enthusiasm and support for active transportation and can Source: Carlsbad Police Twitter
be an important first step toward implementing more costly infrastructure improvements.

This chapter outlines SRTS educational and encouragement recommendations for Hope Elementary School. These
recommendations are based on school and community needs and priorities, available resources, and SRTS best practices.

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SRTS EDUCATIONAL AND ENCOURAGEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS #1

PARK AND WALK
School-promoted park and walk locations have the potential to reduce traffic congestion around a school and encourage physical activity for parents and students. The school community identifies a predetermined parking lot meeting area for families who drive and then park and walk the remaining distance to school.

Calavera Hills Community Park has the potential to serve as a park and walk location for Hope Elementary School. The park is about a 10- to 15-minute walk to and from the school.

Getting more cars away from drop-off and pick-up will alleviate a tremendous amount of traffic congestion, and as more students and families use this park and walk location, the active school commute will become safer and more fun!
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SRTS EDUCATIONAL AND ENCOURAGEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS #2

SUGGESTED ROUTE MAP
A draft suggested route map (available in Appendix 2) was created for Hope Elementary School as a part of the Sustainable Mobility Plan. However, there are new opportunities that warrant an update to this map:

1. As mentioned previously, Calavera Hills Community Park has the potential to serve as a park and walk location for Hope Elementary School. If the school community decides to adopt this location for park and walk, then it should be added to the suggested route map.

2. A trail on Simsbury Court to the north of Hope Elementary School connects to the Acacia at the Preserve by Cornerstone Communities. The homes in this development are within the Hope Elementary School boundary. The trail location should be added to the suggested route map so that students and families in this community learn how to access the school via active modes.

SRTS EDUCATIONAL AND ENCOURAGEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS #3

CROSSING GUARDS
Carlsbad Unified School District staffs 23 crossing guards, of which Hope Elementary School has three—located at Carlsbad Village Drive and T amarack Avenue, T amarack Avenue and Chatham Road, and T amarack Avenue and Wilshire Avenue
right in front of the school. To ensure these crossing guards are performing their duties properly and safely, it is important that they receive training on at least a biennial basis. Free crossing guard training resources are available through the California Active Transportation Resource Center.

SRTS EDUCATIONAL AND ENCOURAGEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS #4

STUDENT VALET
A student valet program could alleviate safety concerns on the Hope Elementary School campus by providing a more fluid motion of vehicular traffic in the drop-off area. Student valets are typically fifth-grade students who are stationed along the drop- off area. They wear bright safety vests holding “PULL FORWARD” signs. Drivers pull into the drop-off area and drive as far forward as directed by student valets to use the entire length of the available curb. When vehicles come to a complete stop, student valets open the passenger door to allow students to exit the vehicle and then close the vehicle door. The valets direct drivers to pull forward and exit the drop-off area.

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RECOMMENDATIONS #5

PARENT AND CAREGIVER EDUCATION
Parents and caregivers are the most critical partners in making a school community safe. Regular and friendly messaging through school communication channels such as newsletters, social media, websites, and in-person events can be used to promote safe walking, bicycling, and driving behavior and encourage families to walk and bike to school.

SRTS EDUCATIONAL AND ENCOURAGEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS #6

BIKE SAFETY
The City offers free bicycle and ebike safety courses for students and their families. This incredible community resource should be promoted as appropriate with Hope Elementary School and other Carlsbad schools. In addition, Hope Elementary School students may benefit from watching this ebike safety video developed by the City of Oceanside, Carlsbad’s neighboring city to the north.

SRTS EDUCATIONAL AND ENCOURAGEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS #7
Bike racks at Calavera Hills Community Park.

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CITY AND DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP
Carlsbad Unified School District provided valuable input to the development of this document and should remain a trusted partner. Their support for this effort and SRTS in general is formalized in their adopted School Board Administrative Regulation (AR) 5142.2 Safe Routes To School Program. AR 5142.2 provides direction on strategies the district may employ to improve student safety along routes to school and to promote walking, bicycling, and other forms of active transport to school by students.

In addition, on-campus opportunities to improve circulation remain, such as re-striping the school driveway. Regular meetings between the City and school district will help advance ongoing and new SRTS efforts.

Hope Elementary School driveway.

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1 Eliane Paiva
Subject: FW: Bad city plan
From: Lisa Martin <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 7:08 PM
To: Traffic <[email protected]>
Subject: Bad city plan
To whom it may concern,
I am a parent of Hope Elementary school students. I see that the City of Carlsbad is considering the removal of street parking on Tamarack (from Chatham going north to Wilshire) and replacing it with bike lanes. This plan has a direct impact on our community and neighbors of Hope campus. The morning traffic is so confusing and the street is so busy that I park here every morning, on the side of the school and walk my 2 sons up to the front gate. It is where I feel the most safe. I park going south, past the school on the school side of the street. There is no cross traffic and I do not even need to use a crosswalk.

Not only is the general morning traffic horrendous but the area you may take away is where the majority of our parents, faculty, and staff park. This plan will make morning drop off 10 times worse than it is now.

I suggest your office go watch the morning drop off and view the cars that roll in from the north and south, how they block traffic and cause a traffic jam. I can only get to work on time if I park facing south past the school on the very street and spot you plan to take away. Reconsider this plan please.

Sincerely,
Lisa Smith
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From: Nicole Medrano
To: Traffic
Subject: Bike Lanes at Hope Elementary
Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 8:59:49 AM
Hello,
My name is Nicole Medrano, PTA President at Hope Elementary School. I am writing in regards to the proposed traffic solutions to the streets surrounding Hope.

PTA is resoundingly AGAINST these changes, namely removing street parking from Chatham to Wilshire, for the following
reasons:
1) Hope has a very small parking lot with only about 30 spots available. This is significantly less than the number of teachers we
have, not to mention our other staff like Intervention
Teachers, Instructional Aides, administrative assistants, cafeteria staff, janitors, Special Day teachers and aides, school nurse, and the list goes on. As a result, the majority of Hope faculty, staff, and support staff park on the street every day.

2) Parents use street parking to park and walk their children to/from school at pick up and drop off.

3) Volunteers also park on the street when coming to school. We have MANY daily parent volunteers and campus visitors. Some of these volunteers are grandparents who may be hindered by parking even further from campus. One example is our kindergarten Garden Grandma who is of advanced age. She comes to school multiple times a week often with her wagon full of supplies (large bags of soil, fertilizer, tools, large pots, etc) for the Kindergarten's vegetable garden. Removal of convenient street parking would be a great hindrance to grandparents, like Garden Grandma.
4) Because our parking lot is already so small, pick up and drop off lines are already quite long and extend well down Tamarack, going both north and south. If street parking is removed, our pick up and drop off lines will become even more congested and long. 5) Adding bike lanes to this section of Tamarack is unnecessary. Only a small number of parents and students ride their bikes to school. Out of this very small number, the most are parents on E-Bikes who drive along with the cars and obey the same traffic rules that apply to cars. Only a very small number of students ride their bikes to school. We have 647 students at Hope, 112 5th graders. A handful of 5th graders ride E-Bikes on their own to school every day. I am on campus almost every day. The most bikes I have seen in our bike parking area are 5. So, the city would be removing parking for hundreds of people in order to satisfy maybe

20. 6) By removing parking on Tamarack from Chatham to Wilshire, parents will start to park mostly on the residential streets that branch off of Wilshire. We have hundreds of cars parked on the street at pick up and drop off. Forcing these cars to move into the residential areas would be a great annoyance to the residents in these areas as their streets would become packed with cars, some of whom I imagine would partially block driveways because they are in a hurry.

7) Safety issues we encounter will not be resolved by adding bike lanes and removing parking.

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cutting across the street without any warning in front of moving vehicles, parents having their children get out of the cars in the middle of the street while they are in stopped traffic, parents pulling over in red zones (and partially blocking oncoming traffic) to have children get out of the cars, and parents parking in unsafe ways that partially block traffic, and drivers driving the wrong way on the opposite side of the street to get around the stopped cars waiting to turn into Hope parking lot for drop off.

I strongly encourage a team from the city to come to Hope at 7:45am and 2:15pm to observe our pick up and drop off situation. You will find that the addition of bike lanes and the removal of street parking will be a huge burden on the Hope community and our neighbors. I will encourage all of our PTA parents to write in and attend any city meetings regarding this matter.

Thank you. Kindly,
Nicole Medrano
Hope PTA President
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From: Julie Fieri
To: Traffic
Subject: Bike lanes near Hope Elementary
Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 10:07:32 PM
Hello.

It was just brought to my attention that there is a proposal to remove the street parking, on both sides of the street, near Hope Elementary.

I’d like to share that we strongly oppose this plan. There is very little parking near Hope Elementary school to begin with and removing the ability to park on Tamarack would cause major traffic disruptions during school drop off and pick up. I’d recommend that you drive near the school at 7:50am and 2:20pm on a school day so you can see just
how disruptive it would be to remove these necessary parking spots. We rely on these street parking spaces to safely pull over and let our kids out of the car, and to pick up our kids. There are extremely few people biking to our campus so I’m extremely confused why we would sacrifice the safety of hundreds of students by removing these parking places in favor of rarely used bike lanes. Removing these parking spaces would result in extreme traffic
delays for the 500+ families dropping off students in the morning and picking up in the afternoon.

I will also share that teachers, school volunteers, and family members need these street parking spaces to more easily access the school both during and after school hours. There are school award ceremonies, back to school nights, open houses, and festivals, etc. that bring hundreds of families to the campus each year. Please, please, do not take these street parking places away from our community.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you
Julie Fieri
760-224-2154
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From: Sharon St Clair
To: Traffic
Subject: Changes around Hope School
Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 10:27:10 AM
Hello,
As a part of the Hope School Community, I am very concerned about the proposed changes. While I understand the reason behind the proposal, removing that much parking will make life much harder for those who are at the
school everyday. There is not enough staff parking, so I park on the street. This would directly impact the amount of time I have to prepare for my day with my students.

I am wondering how you requested feedback from the school community.

I was never contacted, nor were
my colleagues. Any proposed
changes should be discussed with those it will affect the most.

Please reconsider these proposed changes. There has to be a better way.

Sharon St. Clair
First Grade Teacher
Hope Elementary School
Carlsbad Unified School District
760-533-2806 (cell)
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From: Janis Rechlin
To: Traffic
Subject: City Planning Improvements
Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024 9:25:22 PM
Good morning
We received your letter this morning with the plan proposal to improve safety for students and drivers on Tamarack by Hope Elementary and I do have a couple of comments to share.

Firstly, I applaud and appreciate your collaborative work and efforts to improve the safety of our children, but I do question whether the plan of removing the street parking on Tamarack north of Chatham to Wilshire will actually make things less safe with more stand still traffic congestion created by parents wanting to pick up their children.

Instead of the cars being parked along the curbs, they’ll be parked in the street.

The view might be that because of
the improved bike lanes, with the cars parked in the middle of the streets instead of along the sides, the children can safely ride their bikes to and from school. As someone who lives a block away from Hope Elementary, our daughter attended Hope and later graduated from CHS, I have to confess that one of my main concerns in terms of the safety of our children, has to do with the real possibility of an increase in children, especially young children, who would be riding E bikes to get to and from school. Hope Elementary is surrounded by steep hills, which makes using a traditional bike very difficult. That’s why this area is often used by bike clubs because the hills are so challenging.

In summary,
It seems to me, that instead of this being an improvement for safety it’s simply the problem/risk being transferred from the south of the school on Tamarack to the north and east of the school on Tamarack which is also busy with the hill, the cars and more neighborhoods.

As a possible solution for safety and traffic congestion, has the school considered staggering the start and stop times for classes?
Thank you for considering my input.

Janis Rechlin
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From: Jeff Roeser <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2024 10:40 AM
To: Traffic <[email protected]>
Subject: Comments regarding Hope Elementary Traffic Plan - May 6 Meeting, Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission

Hello,

I am a Carlsbad resident in the vicinity of Hope Elementary, with 2 young children, and have lived here since 2020. We often walk/bike along Tamarack Ave in front of Hope and the adjacent neighborhoods. I am glad to hear this Commission is actively looking at ways to improve traffic safety in this area. My comments below are a summary of my observations of traffic related concerns in this area:

1) Intersection of Tamarack & Carlsbad Village Dr: I have often observed vehicles running the red light at this intersection, most often when driving westbound on Carlsbad Village Dr, since the road is on a long downward slope towards the west. Visibility of Carlsbad Village Dr from Tamarack northbound & southbound at this intersection is limited due to the hills in this area. Our neighbors were in a collision at this location with another vehicle that ran the light. Please consider studying traffic patterns in this area and opportunities for improving safety for vehicles/pedestrians/micro mobility.

2) 3-way stop at Tamarack & Wilshire: This stop sign is well-hidden when approaching from Tamarack south or north, due to the hills and curves present in the roadway. I have often observed vehicles on Tamarack running the stop sign at this intersection. This route seemed to be used heavily as a shortcut during commutes when there are delays/closures on I-5/78W (i.e. during last year's emergency closure of 78 due to the sinkhole). This increased level of traffic indicated that Tamarack was being utilized as a detour for commuters heading to/from points north or east of the Calavera vicinity. Please consider studying traffic patterns in this area and opportunities for improving safety for vehicles/pedestrians/micro mobility.

3) School pickup/drop off congestion in front of Hope Elementary: I have often observed vehicles queued for pick up/drop off at the Hope Elementary driveway entrance, with the line of vehicles extending onto Tamarack Ave, both to the north and south. The queue is often at a complete standstill for minutes at a time. Vehicles who wish to drive past Hope during this time must either detour through the residential area by turning onto Wilshire or illegally pass the queued vehicles by crossing into the oncoming lane. Please consider studying traffic patterns in this area and opportunities for improving the pick up/drop off process.

Thank you for taking the time to review and address concerns from the community on this matter.

Jeff Roeser
3619 Cheshire Ave.
[email protected]

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From: Bill Stasiewicz
To: Traffic
Subject: Fw: Proposed Removal of Street Parking in Front of Hope Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 3:10:08 PM
Hi Nathan,
Good afternoon. I wanted to share some feedback about the proposed plan to alter the street parking and bike lanes in and around Hope Elementry School (HES).

I agree that something should be done in and around HES to improve the traffic flows, but what the City is proposing isn't well thought out. My children have been attending HES since 2016, so I am not new to the frustration of parking and driving around HES during peak traffic times.

If this plan is truly about safety, this plan is incomplete and doesn't address the east side of the campus.

Effectively, the proposed approach doesn't solve the problem; it just pushes it back two blocks on the west side. Also, very few elementary-aged kids ride their bikes to school. It would make much more sense to ask children/post signs to walk their bikes on the sidewalk in the areas highlighted in the map between the hours of 7:30am-8:30am and 2-3pm than to displace most of the parking available to parents, volunteers, etc.

The school also has frequent events during and after school hours. If you remove the most popular parking area, it will simply push tons of cars deeper into the neighborhoods where neighbors drive/park/play/live/etc.It will likely irritate those living near the campus even more.

The introduction of school buses would be the best and safest solution.

Regards, Bill Stasiewicz
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From: PTA President <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent:

Monday, March 18, 2024 at 09:25:27 AM PDT
Subject: Proposed Removal of Street Parking in Front of Hope Hello Hawks!
The City of Carlsbad is considering the removal of street parking on Tamarack (from Chatham going north to Wilshire) and replacing with bike lanes, along with some other modifications on Chatham. An image of a letter from the City of Carlsbad with more detailed plans is attached.

This plan has a direct impact on our community and neighbors of Hope campus. Please look carefully at the attached map of the proposed affected areas of Tamarack as this is where the majority of our parents, faculty, and staff park.

I encourage everyone to email the City at [email protected] , call at 442.339.5332, and/or attend any City Council meetings to voice your opinions on this matter.

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From: Joel Cooper
To: Traffic
Subject: Fwd: Proposed Removal of Street Parking in Front of Hope Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 11:49:46 AM
Hello Nathan Schmidt/ Carlsbad Transportation Dept.

I wanted to say that after receiving a timely email from a Hope Elementary representative, I support removal of street parking on Tamarack Ave (from Chatham going north to Wilshire) and replacing with bike lanes. As someone that drops his child off daily, I can attest to the notion that those parking here at dropoff/ pickup impact ability to exit Hope elementary at the designated egress exit, increase the likelihood of an accident with a car/ bike/ or (heaven forbid) a person.

However, I think it would be very prudent to work with Hope Elementary administration/ PTA reps to determine if and how the dropoff/ pickup process should be changed if there are less spots to park in the morning, which will likely be the case. If this key aspect is not handled well, then this decision to remove the parking could very really become more of a net negative than a positive.

Thank you for your time.

Joel Cooper
(father of a Hope Elementary student)
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From: PTA President <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Subject: Proposed Removal of Street Parking in Front of Hope To: <[email protected]
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Hello Hawks!
The City of Carlsbad is considering the removal of street parking on Tamarack (from Chatham going north to Wilshire) and replacing with bike lanes, along with some other modifications on Chatham. An image of a letter from the City of Carlsbad with more detailed plans is attached.

I encourage everyone to email the City at [email protected] , call at 442.339.5332, and/or attend any City Council meetings to voice your opinions on this matter.

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From: Michelle Eaton
To: Nathan Schmidt
Subject: Hope Elementary
Date: Friday, March 15, 2024 11:03:39 AM
I love the plan! I live in the Trails and I am uncomfortable with the cars parked along Tamarack by the sxhool.

I can’t wait for the finished product!!
Michelle Eaton
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From: Brendan Cummings
To: Traffic
Subject: Hope Elementary School Traffic Safety
Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024 2:38:37 PM
Dear Nathan Schmidt-
I received the notice for traffic improvements near Hope Elementary school. I live about 100 yards from the school and think all ideas proposed are fantastic. Having little children walking and biking in the same space as 5,000 pound cars will never be a safe situation. Appreciate all efforts to separate pedestrians and bikers from cars, and dis-incentivize the use of cars in general. Thank you for continuing to make improvements to the city of Carlsbad.

Sincerely,
Brendan
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From: Jillian Gallop
To: Traffic
Subject: Hope Elementary street parking
Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 10:12:04 AM
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Hi,
We strongly disagree with the proposed street work on tamarack near Hope Elementary. I have had 4 kids attend that school and there is no way the school could function without that street parking.

Elementary children shouldn’t be expected to ride or walk to school, it’s dangerous and preposterous. There is barely even enough parking now. This seems targeted to benefit adult cyclists which is absurd, the kids come first. It is a small stretch of road in a school zone. Children needs over cyclists needs.

Attaching the letter of proposed changes. Again, we are completed opposed to removing street parking.

Thank you,
Jillian Gallop
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From: Amy Baird
To: Traffic
Subject: Hope Elementary
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 10:43:17 AM
Hi-
I am a resident one street over from Hope Elementary. I wanted to write about the letter I received regarding the upcoming traffic safety proposals for pedestrians. I love that there is attention being brought to this issue. I myself have crossed the Tamarack crosswalk in front of Hope and have had to pause because of high moving traffic from the southbound lane that had to stretch to a halt at the crosswalk.

I live on Greenwich Street and because of my proximity
to the situation, I love that this is being considered. Thank you! I feel that the common problems are these:
1) people speeding coming southbound on Tamarack to fast around the corner (Simsbury, Cheshire / Tamarack intersections).
2) people turning off Chatham Road left on a Tamarack without paying attention to traffic 3) people doing U-turns on Wilshire
4) Non-crossing guard hours
These problems occur most after 9 AM - 2 (After main school start) when the kindergartners are starting their classes and early bird kindergarteners are being released.

After 3:30 PM... Or
once the crossing guards are gone. These issues also occur on the weekends... When kids are out on their bicycles.

My Suggestions:

I do think that there should be an additional crosswalk for the Cheshire and Simsbury/Tamarack area as well that is very obvious to drivers. There is a grassy area that many kids use before an after school and then cross the street. When people come down Tamarack in the southbound lane they come very fast because of the decline of the hill. And it's just a tricky situation.

This would also serve a dual purpose in slowing down people coming down the hill (southbound) on Tamarack.

I do think that you should allow parking on Tamarack, Wilshire, and Chatham. If you don't then all of the staff from Hope Elementary will park in my neighborhood (Greenwich, Glenbrook, etc.). There’s already limited parking for residents. And if those main streets are blocked from Hope staff for parking that will complicate the issue. There will not be enough room for parking for parents to do pick up. We already have problems with parents that park in front of my house blocking things like my driveway and my mailbox. But at least the drop- off and pickup parking is just for a short time.

I do think you should consider red paint the curbs on the corners along Wilshire and Tamarack red because people park on the corner which upstructs the view of pedestrians and oncoming traffic.

You should also post signs like no U-turns. I can't tell you how many times I seen a parent do a U-turn in the intersection of Greenwich and Wilshire almost hitting pedestrians and other cars.

In closing, I have lived with this issues for the last six years since I live on Greenwich. I have two small children under the age of five, one of which is a kindergartener at Hope.

I feel that I
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am in a better situation to discuss these issues than most. I feel that you need to prioritize keeping safe parking for the Hope staff that does not interfere with traffic and pedestrians.

Second I agree that there should be very obvious pedestrian crossings. Third I also like the idea of people not parking on corners and giving space on corners so views of pedestrians and oncoming traffic is not obscured.

Thank you for considering my suggestions.

Amy
Amy Baird
3019 Greenwich St
Carlsbad CA 92010
[email protected]
(C) 619-621-7730
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From: Jessica Bremer
To: Nathan Schmidt
Subject: Hope School traffic plan
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 7:55:16 PM
Mr. Schmidt,
The proposal to remove ESSENTIAL parking spots from Tamarack Ave at Hope Elementary is ABSURD. As a parent and employee of the school I am emphatically opposed to this idea and find it absolutely ridiculous. No one closely involved at Hope Elementary would support this idea. Employee parking onsite is insufficient for the number of staff on campus and overflow onto Tamarack is essential. If these parking options are removed more cars will be parking in the surrounding neighborhood taking spots from residents who patiently tolerate so much already.

If you want to decrease the number of cars driving to campus the school district must restore bussing for the students living at the farthest edges of the school boundaries (Spinnaker Hill, Foothills, etc).

Students don't walk/ride to school because of unsafe vehicles on CARLSBAD VILLAGE DR, not in the immediate vicinity of campus. Plus, the school is located at the bottom of a canyon so walking/biking out is physically tiring for kids. There is not justification for the proposed changes to lanes and parking area Hope Elementary. Feel free to survey parents/teachers to find out why students don't ride/walk and where the dangerous parts of our route to school actually are. I would be happy to discuss further ideas and reservations with the city as needed.

Jessica Bremer
909-456-4350
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1 Eliane Paiva
Subject: FW: Hope School traffic plan

From: Jessica Bremer <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 7:41 PM
To: Traffic <[email protected]>
Subject: Hope School traffic plan

Mr. Schmidt,

The proposal to remove ESSENTIAL parking spots from Tamarack Ave at Hope Elementary is ABSURD. As a parent and employee of the school I am emphatically opposed to this idea and find it absolutely ridiculous. No one closely involved at Hope Elementary would support this idea. Employee parking onsite is insufficient for the number of staff on campus and overflow onto Tamarack is essential. If these parking options are removed more cars will be parking in the surrounding neighborhood taking spots from residents who patiently tolerate so much already.

Jessica Bremer
909-456-4350
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From: KOOTMAN Kelly
To: Traffic
Subject: Parking Impacts on Tamarack near Hope Elementary Date: Friday, March 15, 2024 1:51:12 PM
Hello,

I live in the neighborhood in front of Hope Elementary and just received the letter about the proposed changes on Tamarack. I have a major concern with removing all of the street parking, since every one of those spots is used each day at drop off and pick-up. Can you please let me know how many parking spots that will eliminate, and what is the new proposed parking location for those cars?

I will not support this change without adequate parking backup for those parking spots that will be removed.

Thanks,
Kelly Kootman
Greenwich St.

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From: Lindsey Campbell
To: Traffic
Subject: Parking
Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 3:09:01 PM
Hello. I have read about the proposed plan to remove street parking near Hope Elementary school on Tamarack. This would be very detrimental to the parents and students who have to come and go from Hope daily. We would have to walk long distances to the school, and ever have to park in the neighborhoods, disrupting the people who live there. Please reconsider.

Lindsey Taylor
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From: Nicole Medrano
To: Nathan Schmidt
Subject: Proposed Removal of Street Parking at Hope Elementary Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 9:44:38 AM
Hi Nathan,
My name is Nicole Medrano, PTA President at Hope Elementary School. I am writing in regards to the proposed traffic solutions to the streets surrounding Hope.

2) Parents use street parking to park and walk their children to/from school at pick up and drop off.

7) Safety issues we encounter will not be resolved by adding bike lanes and removing parking.

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cutting across the street without any warning in front of moving vehicles, parents having their children get out of the cars in the middle of the street while they are in stopped traffic, parents pulling over in red zones (and partially blocking oncoming traffic) to have children get out of the cars, and parents parking in unsafe ways that partially block traffic, and drivers driving the wrong way on the opposite side of the street to get around the stopped cars waiting to turn into Hope parking lot for drop off.

8) Removing the street parking we do have will only make the above issues worse as MORE cars will be in the traffic lines, cars will stop in the bike lanes and thus block bike lanes (this will undoubtedly happen, especially when parents are in a hurry) to drop off kids, people will drive in the bike lanes to get around stopped traffic, people will park in residential areas (this will be a mess on trash days), etc.
9) This solution is not inclusive to working parents (or other groups of parents) who, regardless of proximity to school, do not have the luxury of walking or biking their children to school. Some families have 4 children at Hope. How would they bike their young, elementary school aged children to school? A lot of families have multiple children at different schools (day care and Hope, Hope and middle school, Hope and high school). How are they to manage multiple drop offs without access to convenient parking, on a bike, or walking? 10) Not all Hope families are within
walking/biking distance to school. The Foothills
neighborhood, for example, is zoned for Hope. For someone to walk from the Foothills to Hope would take 44 minutes. Nobody is going to do that. Biking would take 15 minutes.

Although a nice idea, mornings are incredibly busy for families! Sometimes, parents are arriving at school seconds before the bell rings. Time-wise, biking is not practical for those families who have multiple drop offs.

Who is the best person to speak with regarding this issue? Is there a City Council meeting I can attend and speak? How do I get on the agenda?
Thank you. Kindly,
Nicole Medrano
Hope PTA President
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From: Michal Siorek
To: Traffic
Cc: Elaine J. Illoso
Subject: Regarding removal of Street Parking near Hope Elementary Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 10:30:25 PM
Dear City Planners,
I understand the city is considering extending bike lanes near Hope Elementary.

As safely of our Carlsbad children is our outmost priority, this is a worthy consideration.

I will suggest that most children, especially in grades K-3 are dropped off/picked up by their parents at the gate.

This is not only an additional safety measure, but allows for good quality bonding time. This act requires parents to park in front of Hope elementary. There is already limited parking spaces around the school campus and many parents already park on Chatham Rd.

Removing parking along Tamarack avenue will only create a nightmare traffic scenario in the morning. I would really encourage the city planners to consider other options and not remove parking spaces in front of Hope Elementary.

These parking spaces are also needed during parent-teacher conferences, back to school nights, and numerous other after-school extracurricular activities hosted by Hope PTA.

I welcome consideration on how to improve traffic flow and safety.

Perhaps a traffic circle at
Wilshire intersection would improve traffic flow.

I do think a bike trail through the green space on the west side of Tamarack avenue would be feasible and welcome.

But please, don't remove the limited parking spaces currently present.

Thank you
Michal Siorek
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From: Lindsay Hart
To: Traffic
Subject: Removal of street parking in front of Hope School Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 9:43:27 AM
Hello,
Please consider NOT removing the tamarack street parking near Hope Elementary. Those spaces are much needed by the school community. We all agree that bike safety is crucial, but removing those parking spaces would likely have the unintended consequence of parents driving even more frantically trying to get their child to school on time.

Thank you,
Lindsay Hart
Zip 92010
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From: Jenni Copland
To: Traffic
Subject: Safe Routes to School proposed modifications on Tamarack near Hope Elementary Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 12:30:42 PM
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To Mr. Nathan Schmidt,
This email is in regards my opposition to creating bike lanes along Tamarack Ave near Hope Elementary School for the Safe Routes to School program per the photo attached below.

I understand the need to improve bike safety and encouraging non-vehicle transportation.

However, this is not realistic for a large portion of Hope’s student body. Consider the hilly landscape surrounding Hope Elementary - most elementary students in K-2 would be considered too young to safely ride their bike to school, and many families live too far away to make biking to school a reasonable endeavor. Creating bike lanes in the proposed locations would have a very significant detrimental impact on available parking spaces around Hope.

The 38 non-handicap parking lot spaces are already insufficient for paid, full time staff, and that isn’t taking into consideration part-time staff, volunteers, parents and visitors that require parking every day. During pick up and drop off times, Tamarack, Wilshire, Greenwich, and Chatham are completely packed with parked vehicles of Hope families.

The benefits of adding bike lanes do not outweigh the necessity of crucial supplemental parking for Hope staff, volunteers, parents and other visitors.

Thank you,
Jennifer Copland

Parent of Hope students (1st & 3rd grade)
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From: Haley DiDonato
To: Traffic
Subject: Support for bike lanes near Hope
Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 4:35:24 PM
Hello, I am writing on behalf of my family to express strong support for adding bike lanes in route to Hope elementary school.

It’s currently not safe
for kids to be riding to school with so much traffic and no bike lanes. Perhaps more parents
would feel comfortable about their kids riding
their bikes to school, so they don't have to drive them, if there were safe bike lanes.

Thank you in advance for helping make routes to school safe for our kids who either need or want to ride, walk, scoot, etc. to school.

DiDonato Family
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From: Debbie Smith
To: Traffic
Subject: Tamarack Ave.

Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 10:09:13 AM
To Whom It May Concern:

It was brought to my attention that there are plans to put bike lanes near Hope Elementary.

Our school already has a small parking lot that doesn't even hold enough spots for our staff.

The neighborhood across the street lacks parking because they are attached homes. When we have school events, cars are parked up and down Tamarack Ave. on both sides of the street.

This would not be a good idea for our school or neighborhood.

Thank you for considering this.

Debbie Smith
4th Grade
Hope Elementary
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1 Eliane Paiva
Subject: FW: Improvements on Tamarack by Hope School

From: Heather Konoski <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 4:56 PM
To: Traffic <[email protected]>
Subject: Improvements on Tamarack by Hope School

Greetings,

Thank you for your consideration regarding the safety of our children and any pedestrian walking or biking on Tamarack near Hope Elementary.

I am a Cheshire Ave resident and mother of two Hope students. While I support the plan to implement curb extensions, high visibility crosswalks and school zone flashing beacons; I have some concerns regarding the extending of bike lanes, and elimination of parking on Tamarack. I will try my best to be clear and concise, as I lay out my concern as I know you are very busy at work supporting our community!

-From the perspective of someone who lives on Cheshire, the most troublesome traffic problem is that people build up very fast speeds, coming up and down Tamarack in between Carlsbad Village Drive all the way to College Blvd. A few Cheshire families have reached out to the city to address the problem, especially because there are a significant amount of new young families who have moved into the area. many of these children will be walking to school within the next few years. With the existing plan, the only thing that seems to combat Tamarack speeds is flashing beacons. While these may help, they cannot force drivers to slow down.
-As a Cheshire resident, what neighbors hope to see one day are speed bumps on Tamarack. The greatest threat to our children are the cars that race down Tamarack at alarming speeds. - Most families drive to Hope school, park nearby and walk their students in. Eliminating parking near the school would result in families having to park further from the school and children walking a further distance on Tamarack Avenue where traffic continues to speeding by. While walking a further distance to school is fine, it is concerning that this walk would be on Tamarack where cars continue to speed significantly. The plan seems to result in pushing pedestrians further away from the existing crosswalks around the school, as well as the crossing guards near the school.

Thank you once again for the chance to express some concern for the plan for Hope school children and near by residents.

All my best,
Heather Konoski
714-478-8498
3632 Cheshire Ave
Carlsbad CA 92010

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Exhibit 5
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TRAFFIC SAFETY & MOBILITY COMMISSION
Minutes
May 6, 2024, 4 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER: 4:01 p.m.

ROLL CALL: Coelho, Fowler, Penseyres, and Kohl.

Absent: Proulx, Newlands, Garcia.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Chair Coelho led the Pledge of Allegiance.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

Minutes of Regular Meeting held on March 4, 2024
Council Chamber
1200 Carlsbad Village Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Motion by Commissioner Kohl, seconded by Vice Chair Fowler, to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting held on March 4, 2024, as presented. Motion carried, 4/0/3 (Proulx, Newlands, Garcia - Absent).

PUBLIC COMMENT : None.

CONSENT CALENDAR:

1. EL CAMINO REAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS FROM POINSETTIA LANE TO CAMINO VIDA ROBLE.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT NO. 6072-Support staff's recommendation to the City Council to approve the plans and specifications of the El Camino Real Roadway Improvements from Poinsettia Lane to Camino Vida Roble, Capital Improvement Program, Project No. 6072. (Staff Contact: Brandon Miles, Public Works Department).

Motion by Commissioner Kohl, seconded by Vice Chair Fowler to approve Consent Calendar Item No.

1. Motion carried, 4/0/3 (Proulx, Newlands, Garcia -Absent).

2. BARRIO TRAFFIC CIRCLES. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT NO. 4015 - PHASE I - Support staff's recommendation to the City Council to approve the plans and specifications of the Barrio Traffic Circles Phase I, Capital Improvement Program, Project No. 4015. (Staff Contact:

Brandon Miles, Public Works Department) .

In response to Commissioner Penseyres' inquiry confirming that there will not be any stop signs in the traffic circle, Transportation Director/City Engineer Tom Frank explained that the traffic control for the intersections will not change and that the traffic control for the side streets, where the re are stop signs, will remain as stop signs.

In response to Commissioner Penseyres' inquiry regarding sharrows on the proposed improvements and what education is planned, Transportation Director/City Engineer Frank confirmed that sharrows will be installed and explained that information will be shared with the public about the changes and how to maneuver through the new improvements.

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May 6, 2024 Traffic Safety & Mobility Regular Meeting Page 2 Socorro Anderson spoke about the four-way stop sign on Oak Avenue and Madison Street and she inquired whether the four-way stop sign will be removed.

Transportation Director/City Engineer Frank responded that the Oak Avenue and Madison Street intersection is not a proposed traffic circle and the four-way stop sign will remain.

Motion by Vice Chair Fowler, seconded by Commissioner Kohl to approve Consent Calendar Item No.

2. Motion carried, 4/0/3 (Proulx, Newlands, Garcia -Absent).

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS:

3. POLICE REPORT REGARDING TRAFFIC & MOBILITY-RELATED MATTERS DURING THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2024. INCLUDING NOTABLE NEWS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL AND APPROVAL OF QUARTERLY REPORTS - Receive a presentation from a representative of the City of Carlsbad's Police Department that will provide an overview of traffic and mobility-related police matters during the months of February and March 2024, including notable news for the month of April and approval of quarterly reports. {Staff Contact: Lieutenant Alonso DeVelasco, Police Department) .

Staff's Recommendation: Receive the presentation and approval of quarterly reports.

Lieutenant Alonso DeVelasco presented the report and reviewed a PowerPoint presentation (on file in the Office of the City Clerk).

The Commission received the PowerPoint presentation by Lieutenant DeVelasco.

Socorro Anderson spoke about the four-way stop on Pio Pico Drive and Chestnut Avenue and she explained that drivers are not stopping at the stop sign and perhaps getting some enforcement at the intersection would change the behavior.

In response to Commissioner Kohl's inquiry regarding when the last speed study was done on Poinsettia Lane and El Camino Real, Lieutenant DeVelasco responded that he would be able to provide the information at a later meeting.

Commissioner Penseyres commented that he would like to see year-long rolling statistics to better see long-term trends.

Motion by Commissioner Kohl, seconded by Commissioner Penseyres to approve quarterly reports from the Police Department . Motion carried, 4/0/3 (Proulx, Newlands, Garcia -Absent).

4. HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL- SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLAN - Receive a report on the Safe Routes to School Plan for Hope Elementary School and make a recommendation to the City Council on the preferred design. {Staff Contact: Nathan Schmidt and Nick Gorman, Public Works Department).

Staff's Recommendation: Receive the presentation and provide feedback.

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May 6, 2024 Traffic Safety & Mobility Regular Meeting Page 3 Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Nathan Schmidt and Associate Engineer Nick Gorman presented the report and reviewed a PowerPoint presentation (on file in the Office of the City Clerk).

The Commission received the presentation by Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Schmidt and Associate Engineer Gorman.

Malcolm Muter spoke about the flashing lights that were added to Hope Elementary School and he requested that there be continuous notification of any changes to the flashing light scheduled plan and that they have a point of contact if the lights were to accidentally stay on.

Ronaele Muter spoke about her concerns regarding the proposed Class-I multiuse path and its proximity to their back fence as well as the steepness of the hills on Tamarack Avenue, suggesting that speed bumps be placed. She further added that she is concerned about the increase in blocked driveways if parking spots were removed.

Commissioner Kohl recommended to add a countdown on the walk phase in addition to the leading pedestrian interval and to make the crosswalk at the front of the school an exclusive pedestrian crossing.

In response to Commissioner Kohl's suggestion Transportation Director Frank clarified that a traffic signal would not be installed at the crosswalk in front of the school, however a crosswalk with flashing beacons is proposed at this location.

In response to Commissioner Penseyres' inquiry as to what will activate the flashing beacons, Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Schmidt responded that they will be active during school hours.

In response to Commissioner Penseyres' inquiry regarding whether parking will be removed, Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Schmidt explained that with the revised recommendations, all existing parking would remain and that there would be no bike lanes on either side.

In response to Commissioner Penseyres' suggestion to measure the distance between Marron Road to Tamarack Avenue compared to the trail connecting Marron Road to Simsbury Court, Associate Engineer Gorman explained that the difference is approximately two miles versus a half to three-quarters of a mile.

In response to Chair Coelho's inquiry as to when the Class-I multiuse path would be implemented, Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Schmidt responded the path will remain as is until funds become available.

Motion by Commissioner Kohl, seconded by Commissioner Penseyres to revise the plan to provide a Class-I multiuse trail on the east side of Tamarack Avenue in place of the proposed Class-II bike lane extension from Chatham Road to the school frontage and for staff to consider a countdown for the walk phase on the pedestrian signals at Carlsbad Village Drive and Tamarack Avenue.

Motion carried, 4/0/3 (Proulx, Newlands, Garcia -Absent).

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May 6, 2024 Traffic Safety & Mobility Regular Meeting Page4

5. FARADAY AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS - CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT NO. 6099- Receive a presentation and provide input regarding the Faraday Avenue Improvements Conceptual Design. (Staff Contact: John Kim and Nick Gorman, Public Works Department).

Staff's Recommendation: Receive the presentation and provide feedback.

City Traffic Engineer John Kim and Associate Engineer Nick Gorman presented the report and reviewed a PowerPoint presentation (on file in the Office of the City Clerk).

The Commission received the presentation by City Traffic Engineer Kim and Associate Engineer Gorman.

In response to Commissioner Kohl's inquiry regarding pedestrians having to stop on the island and push another button to complete their course across the street, City Traffic Engineer Kim explained that the timer will be set for crossing the entire street, curb to curb.

In response to Commissioner Penseyres' inquiry as to where pedestrians will be coming from if there is no parking on the south side, Associate Engineer Gorman responded that pedestrians could come from the southeast of the park, the business park, and down the hill from Cannon Road.

City Traffic Engineer Kim added that there is a bus stop along the roadway.

In response to Commissioner Penseyres' inquiry regarding the flashing beacons that will be installed, City Traffic Engineer Kim responded that they will be pole-mounted flashing beacons not in-pavement flashing lights.

Commissioner Penseyres recommended that the design be made to keep cyclists further left with enough buffer of around three to four feet.

In response to Chair Coelho's suggestion that the two furthest crosswalks be removed from the proposal, City Traffic Engineer Kim explained that these crosswalks also serve as a traffic calming feature along the frontage of the park.

In response to Chair Coelho's inquiry regarding when construction would take place, City Traffic Engineer Kim explained that they would be in conjunction with the park construction and ideally before the park construction.

Chair Coelho recommended looking into the speed limit on Faraday Avenue.

6. NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR - Nomination and appointment of one member of the Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission to serve as Chair and one member to serve as Vice Chair, orto extend Chair Coelho and Vice Chair Fowler's term through December 2024 to coincide with the City Council reorganization that will take place on January 2025. (Staff Contact: Nick Gorman, Public Works Department).

Staff's Recommendation: Appoint a Chair and a Vice Chair.

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May 6, 2024 Traffic Safety & Mobility Regular Meeting Page 5 Motion by Commissioner Kohl, seconded by Commissioner Penseyres to extend Chair Coelho and Vice Chair Fowler's term through December 2024. Motion carried, 4/0/3 (Proulx, Newlands, Garcia - Absent).

CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER COMMENTS:

City Traffic Engineer Kim spoke about the approved plans for the Barrio Traffic Circles and confirmed that the striping plans include sharrows at all traffic circle locations .

Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Schmidt spoke about the month of May being Bike Month and that May 16, 2024, is Bike Anywhere Day. He further added that the city will be hosting a pit stop on the morning ofThursday, May 16, at the corner of Pine Avenue and Carlsbad Boulevard.

COMMISSION COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS:

In response to Commissioner Kohl's inquiry regarding whether there is a program to identify which pedestrian signals do not have a countdown and if it is possible to add them, City Traffic Engineer Kim responded that countdowns are the standard for any new signal light . He further explained that staff have identified high pedestrian areas and have implemented the leading pedestrian interval to the countdown and that they will be updating older signals as the budget allows.

In response to Commissioner Kohl's inquiry regarding advance green signals and specified the intersection at El Camino Real and Calle Barcelona, City Traffic Engineer Kim explained that advance signals are incorporated via the signal design process, which studies the curvature of the roadway and. if there is an opportunity to incorporate one. He further added that he would invest igate that specific location to see if an advance signal can be installed.

ADJOURNMENT: Chair Coelho adjourned the Traffic Safety & Mobility Commission Regular Meeting on May 6, 2024, at 5:37 p.m.
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Subject: Public Comment: 11 . HOPE ELEM ENT ARY SCHOOL SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLAN Dear Mayor and City Council ,
I am writing in strong support of the Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan. As a community member, I believe this plan is essential for improving traffic safety and encouragine more students to walk and bike to school. The proposed infrastructure improvements, including upgraded crosswalks, curb extensions, and the multi-use path, will significantly enhance safety for our children . I appreciate the city's phased approach, balancing immediate needs with long-term solutions . I also look forward to seeing this process implemented at all school sites within our district, ensuring safer routes for the safety of our students and community .

Thank you for your leadership on this critical issue .

Stephanie Wells, D1 Resident - 92008; 2023 Citizen Academy CAUTION: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you reco nize the sender and know the content i safe.
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Regarding the traffic safety proposals for pedestrians (https://www.carl sbadca.gov/departments/public works/p rojects/ safe-routes-to-school ) I just had another idea.

I would think one of the main reasons parents are parking during pickup is that the drive through pickup is messy and takes too long to get in and out .

To speed up the drive through we could add one additional exit and one entry.

That way parents coming from the north would also leave back to the north and parents coming from the south leave that way.

No one would have to wait for kids crossing the road and the crossing would also be safer for the kids .

I would think that way we would have less congestion and hopefully more parents picking up the kids through the drive through instead of parking and walking them to the car. 1 Since more and more parents are_ now picking up kids by bike it would be nice to have a dedicated bike pickup area. • •
Just some thoughts ...

Best regards,
Ronald Goerke
_ 4475 Salisbury Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92010
(408) 802-1887
On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 11 :55 AM Ronald Goerke <[email protected] > wrote :

Hello
My twins are attending Hope and I wanted to provide some comments about the traffic safety proposals for pedestrians (https ://www.carlsbadca .gov/departments/public-works/projects/safe-routes-to school ). I love that there is attention being brought to this issue and the plan looks very good to me.

Since parking removal is heavily discussed and a controversial topic I would like to bring up some proposals.

Instead of completely removing parking from both sides of the street, why not allow parking on one side and have a multi-directional bike lane?
A one way street (Tamarack) could be another possible solution.

Wouldn't it be possible to add parking to the existing parking lot by limiting the drop off lane to a single lane and using the additional space for parking?
Instead of perpendicular parking lots they could be made diagonal which should save space .. 2 Any chance to create additional parking space off the street? I doubt parents will use calavera hills as a park and walk location.

It's just too far and parents are too lazy to walk. They rather wait 30min in front of the school with running engines.

I always see parents parking on this corner which makes it dangerous to exit the parking lot .

I would suggest having this parking space also physically blocked by curb extension . 3 Thanks for your consideration.

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Ronald Goerke
4475 Salisbury Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92010
(408) 802-1887
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Safe Routes to School

Nathan Schmidt, Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Oct. 8, 2024
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt a resolution accepting the Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan.

ITEM 11: HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - SRTS
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PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
• First Safe Routes to School project
• Well-vetted process
• Lis
tened to and implemented community
input
• Balanced plan with cost effective solutions
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ABOUT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
• Promotes walking and biking to school
• Reduces traffic congestion, improves drop-
of
f/pick-up process
• Collaboration with community to improve
tra
ffic safety
• Key principle in the Sustainable Mobility
Plan
and Safer Streets Together Plan

CITY OF CARLSBAD

SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN -
DRAFT
DECEMBER 2020
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COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL OUTREACH
• Met with school administration
• Hosted listening sessions
• Conducted a walking audit
• Conducted peak hour pick-up/dr op off
observations
• Mailed and emailed school/staff and
commu
nity
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OBSERVATIONS
• Walk audit, peak hour drop-of f/pick-up
• Observations
• f
- Tamarack Avenue/Carlsbad Village Drive
- Bike access
- School parking
- Driver behavior near the school
- Park and walk locations
- Trail connections

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PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
Short term:
• High visibility crosswalks
• School zone flashing beacons
• Pedestrian crossing improvements at Carlsbad Village Drive/Tamarack Avenue • School programs: Park and walk, education
Long
term:
• Curb extensions
• Class I bike path along Tamarack Avenue from Carlsbad Village Drive to
Wilshire Street
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Tamarack Avenue/Carlsbad Village Drive
crossing improvements:
• Leading pedestrian interval
• Countdown pedestrian signal heads

11 No bike lanes
Existing bike lanes
Proposed Class 1 multiuse path
– just for biking and walking

12 Proposed Class-1 path
Curb extensions
Park and walk
School
flashing
beacon

13 Curb extensions
High visibility
crosswalk

14 School
flashing
beacon
High visibility
crosswalks

SCHOOL PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
• Park and walk
- Ch
atham Road
- Calavera Hills Community Park
• Bike education
• Parent and caregiver education
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16 Park and walk
Park and walk
Trail identification

TRAFFIC SAFETY &

MOBILITY COMMISSION
• Community feedback at the commission
• Commissioner feedback
• Plan today reflects input we heard
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PHASED IMPLEMENTATION
Short term:
• High visibility crosswalks
• School zone flashing beacons
• Pedestrian crossing improvements at Carlsbad Village Drive/Tamarack Avenue • School programs: Park and walk, education
Long
term:
• Curb extensions
• Class I bike path along Tamarack Avenue from Carlsbad Village Drive to
Wilshire Street
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
ITEM 11: HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - SRTS
Adopt a resolution accepting the Hope Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan.
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Carlsbad City CouncilOctober 8, 2024

Carlsbad City Council
October 8, 2024