City Council on 2022-09-06 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER Meeting Time: 09-06-22 18:00
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City Council on 2022-09-06 6:00 PM -
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
09-06-22
18:00
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City Council on 2022-09-06 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER 09-06-22 18:00
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N.1. 22-4733 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING
MEASURABLE GOALS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXISTING
BICYCLE MASTER PLAN AND REVIEW OF LOCAL TRAVEL
NETWORK CONCEPTS
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N.2. 22-4694 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE
DRAFT CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR BEAUTIFICATION AND
LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
EDISON RIGHT OF WAY PROPERTY LICENSED BY THE CITY WEST
OF PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
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N.3. 22-3839 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER
OPTIONS TO EXPAND INSTALLATION OF BIKE RACKS ON
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
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Agenda Item: eComments for N.1. 22-4733 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MEASURABLE GOALS FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXISTING BICYCLE MASTER PLAN AND REVIEW OF LOCAL TRAVEL NETWORK CONCEPTS Overall Sentiment
Lezlie Campeggi
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Submitted At: 6:57pm 09-06-22
As with any plan, it's only as good as the education and enforcement. We MUST do a better job of both, especially regarding bikes and e-bikes not allowed on sidewalks.
Brianna Egan
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Submitted At: 6:42pm 09-06-22
It seems every week we are hearing a new story of a person hit and seriously injured by a car while riding a bike in Redondo Beach. But Redondo is not alone in seeing tragic and preventable bike accidents and deaths: The city of Carlsbad recently declared a state of emergency over several bike deaths, including a young mother transporting her infant child. As part of their emergency response, Carlsbad will be fast-tracking the implementation of safer bike lanes by allocating $2 million towards traffic calming and restriping projects.
I'm glad to see this timely item brought to the city council agenda tonight. We enjoy riding bikes in Redondo and the vast majority of our community would like to see more fully protected bike lanes and car-free routes to be able to get around town with ease on a bicycle. Kids find more freedom on a bike to ride to school or to their friend's houses without needing to have an adult chauffeur them around. But it needs to be safer for them to do so. Bike lanes are far more efficient at transporting more people, faster, than car lanes. Just look at the crowded bike racks at Beach Life Festival and Fiesta Hermosa to see that bike transportation just makes sense.
Forward-thinking cities like Paris, Amsterdam, and Utrecht have miles of interconnected bike networks and happy, healthy residents. I am urging the city council and staff to implement the bike master plan with fresh eyes without continuing to appease fast-moving, heavy vehicles. This implementation needs to be coupled with traffic calming, physical barrier protection, and visibility improvement for both bicyclists and motorists. The LTN concept seems to be a network of "sharrows" which are not true protection and will not mobilize micro-mobility nearly enough.
Goals should include maximizing the number of miles of protected lanes and utilizing quick-build techniques to implement this efficiently and cost effectively. CalBike has a great page on quick-build bike lanes (https://www.calbike.org/our_initiatives/quick-build-bikeway-networks-for-safer-streets/). Don't settle for less in a climate crisis.
Agenda Item: eComments for N.2. 22-4694 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE DRAFT CONCEPTUAL
PLAN FOR BEAUTIFICATION AND LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON RIGHT OF WAY
PROPERTY LICENSED BY THE CITY WEST OF PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY Overall Sentiment
Deirdre Brand
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Submitted At: 8:35pm 09-06-22
A couple of quick comments: 1) perhaps the plan section nearest the gateway to the City be designed as evergreen with perhaps a small amount of supplemental irrigation? 2) Do you plan on testing soils and proposing soil amendments, if needed? 3) I believe there should be some kind of gather or resting place within the site; maybe a place to have a picnic? and 4) please budget appropriately for intensive weed management through more than one season, it makes or breaks a project.
I'm thrilled about this project! Thank you Redondo Beach! Brianna Egan
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Submitted At: 6:59pm 09-06-22
It's exciting to see this native garden concept move forward with an SCE license agreement, knowing they have very strict requirements. The final design for the space should include adequate connections to the Hermosa Greenbelt, including signalization and bulbouts for pedestrian crossing along Herondo and Francisca/Valley (it's such a wide street that pedestrians are not safe crossing) and bicycle parking and bike route connections from Harbor Dr. I would suggest there is still potential to include a drought-tolerant edible and sensory garden concept (Mediterranean palette of fig, pomegranate, artichoke, rosemary, lavender) and water-saving techniques like bioswales, vernal ponds, and rainwater catchment. See Arlington Garden in Pasadena as an example of a public garden with multiple garden zones (both native and Mediterranean).
Providing adequate shade and benches should also be a priority to make the garden accessible. SCE probably has restrictions on buildings onsite but some kind of interpretive center on native plants, animals, and peoples would be special. Outdoor event space would be nice and could also be a potential revenue generator for the city for rentals. I think the city should put out an RFP for full design services that would also include a community input and feedback process to make the process transparent.
Barbara Epstein
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Submitted At: 12:41pm 09-06-22
Thank you for working with the Edison Company to create this beautiful entrance to Redondo Beach. It will be a great asset in terms of a place to relax, and to access the waterfront.
I imagine this as an important part of our future network of urban trails and bike paths that will connect all parts of our city and our neighborhoods, and someday will connect us to the Hermosa Beach Green Belt.
We will see many native species come to this Native Plant Habitat, giving more birds and butterflies a place called “home.”
Deepest Gratitude
Barbara Epstein
Agenda Item: eComments for N.3. 22-3839 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER OPTIONS TO EXPAND
INSTALLATION OF BIKE RACKS ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
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Brianna Egan
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Submitted At: 7:12pm 09-06-22
This is a great item. I really love how responsive Public Works has been to installing new bike racks by request of city council members (and probably also requests from businesses and BIDs). Is there an official program for business owners/landlords to put in a formal request for bike rack installation? If not, there should be! As we've seen with Riviera Village, removing parking spaces and replacing them with dining decks and bike parking was actually a huge boon for restaurants and businesses! This can be done with Artesia Blvd as well.
Around 10 bikes can fit in 1 car parking space. In the Netherlands, cities use temporary bike platforms (fietsvlonder) to pilot bike parking sites and test their popularity and utility (https://www.fastcompany.com/90780018/dutch-design-swap-car-parking-for-bike-racks). This way, the neighborhood gets to test whether they want to install a permanent bike parking lot and the city can respond efficiently to requests.
I strongly support the city to continue to move proactively with a commercial bike rack program such as installing by request. Observing policies and programs from neighboring cities can only tell us so much. LA cities are notoriously behind on implementing bike networks and policies. We should instead be looking to policies more forward-thinking bike cities like Portland, Boulder, NYC, Culver City, Emeryville, etc. Public Works can also create a webpage on preferred bike rack designs and bike locker facilities in the city to encourage businesses to install their own.