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OKAY I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING ORDER OF THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
WOULD EVERYBODY, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
OKAY. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL OF COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER AGUILERA HERE.
COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER ACHESON.
COMMISSIONER SPYCHER AND COMMISSIONER ERRECA HERE.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM FOUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES.WE HAVE THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 21ST, 2022.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. OKAY.
[5. CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS]
ITEM FIVE CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS.PLEASE DO SO AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 13570 SAN CLEMENTE AVENUE IN SANTA NELLA, CALIFORNIA.
DID I MISS ANYTHING? BECAUSE I COULD HARDLY HEAR YOU.
I'M ONLY ASSUMING THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK TOWARDS THE ITEM THAT'S UP TODAY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SALMONELLA, RIGHT? RIGHT. AT THIS POINT, THOUGH, THIS IS ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
OH, SO YOU'LL HAVE YOUR CHANCE WHEN WE HAVE THE ITEM COME UP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
OKAY. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY? PLEASE DO SO NOW AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, NOT SEEING ANY.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO OUR SOLE ITEM OF THE DAY.
[6.I. ITEM A. EXTENSION APPLICATION No. EXT22-015 TO MAJOR SUBDIVISION No. MAS06-006- SANTA NELLA VILLAGE WEST - SANDHU BROTHERS]
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN ERRECA, I AM GOING TO PUT ON THE SLIDE SHOW RIGHT NOW.
I'M A PLANNER THREE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND I AM PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY.
EXTENSION APPLICATION NUMBER EXT 22-0152 MAJOR SUBDIVISION NUMBER MAS 06006.
THE SUBDIVISION WAS CALLED AND IS CALLED SANTA NELLA VILLAGE WEST FOR THE APPLICANT SANDY BROTHERS.
THE REQUEST IS TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF AN APPROVED TENTATIVE MAP MAJOR SUBDIVISION MAS 06006 BY TWO YEARS FROM FEBRUARY 9TH, 2023 TO FEBRUARY 9TH, 2025.
THE LETTER OR THE REQUEST WAS PROMPTED BY A LETTER DATED DECEMBER 8TH, 2022, FOR THE REASONS OF OBTAINING ADDITIONAL TIME TO ADDRESS UTILITY ISSUES RELATED TO WATER AVAILABILITY, AS WELL AS ONGOING MARKET CONDITIONS.
TO GIVE THE COMMISSION SOME BACKGROUND.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION 0006-006 SANTA NELLA VILLAGE WEST WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON AUGUST 9TH, 2006. THAT SUBDIVISION WAS TO SUBDIVIDE 345 ACRES INTO 881 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, A TEN ACRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH AN ADJACENT TEN ACRE PARK AND THEN A SMALL FOUR ACRE PARK ON THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT WOULD FEATURE TWO STORMWATER DETENTION BASINS AND VARIOUS OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS TO ACCOMMODATE THE MIGRATION OF SAN JOAQUIN FOX AND PROVIDE WETLAND PROTECTION MITIGATION MEASURES.
THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH HIGHWAY 33, ABOUT 4300 FEET SOUTH OF WEST HENRY MILLER, HENRY MILLER AVENUE AND WAS SLOTTED TO BE BUILT IN EIGHT DIFFERENT PHASES.
SOME BACKGROUND ON THE EXTENSION HISTORY.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS ALLOWED TO GRANT SIX YEARS OF EXTENSIONS.
THIS IS A VICINITY MAP OF THE PROJECT.
THE PROJECT SITE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.
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YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SITE SPANS MANY PARCELS AND IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF SANTA NELLA.HERE IS THE PROPOSED TENTATIVE MAP WITH ALL THE LOTS KIND OF SUBDIVIDED AND SHOWN ON A MAP.
AS FOR GENERAL PLAN AND LOCAL COMMUNITY PLAN CODES AND REGULATION CONSISTENCY, THIS PROJECT WAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE 2030 MERCED COUNTY GENERAL PLAN AND SANTA NELLA COMMUNITY SPECIFIC PLAN AT THE TIME OF APPROVAL.
THE PROJECT SITE WAS DESIGNATED LOW DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL AND GOLF LAND USE IN THOSE PLANS, AND THEN THE PROJECT SITE WAS ZONED R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND A-1 AGRICULTURAL GENERAL AGRICULTURAL.
THE GENERAL AGRICULTURAL PORTION IS THAT GOLF PORTION OF THE SITE AND IN THE COMMUNITY SPECIFIC PLAN, IT DOES STATE THAT A ONE IS AN IMPLEMENTING ZONING DISTRICT FOR GOLF.
AND WITH THAT SAID, AT THE TIME OF APPROVAL, THIS PROJECT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING CODE AND SO THEREFORE THE EXTENSION WOULD NOT DRIVE ANY CHANGES TO THE PROJECT.
AGAIN, THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED IN 2006 AT THAT TIME, KIND OF TEARING OFF OF THE SANTA NELLA COMMUNITY PLAN SPECIFIC PLAN EIR, WHICH WAS CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN 2001.
THE PROJECT WAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY SPECIFIC PLAN AT THAT TIME.
AND SINCE THERE ARE NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE PROJECT OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTER OF THE SITE, THE PROJECT STILL REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THE SPECIFIC PLAN . FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE MERCED COUNTY TIMES ON JANUARY 26TH, 2023, AND MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN JANUARY 27TH, 2023. AT THE TIME OF THE STAFF REPORT, NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED, BUT AFTER THE STAFF REPORT WAS PUBLISHED, ONE COMMENT LETTER WAS RECEIVED AND IS PROVIDED TO YOU THE COMMISSION AS ATTACHMENT D AND TO THE PUBLIC AT THE FRONT DESK.
THE COMMENT SHOWED CONCERNS REGARDING WATER, ROAD CAPACITY, TRAFFIC, CONSTRUCTION, WORKING HOURS OF THE CONSTRUCTION CLEANUP, MOSQUITOES, STREET SWEEPING PARKS AND LANDSCAPING.
TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN TERMS OF THE WATER AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS.
SO THEY MUST ACTUALLY OBTAIN COMMITMENTS FROM THEM FOR THAT SERVICE.
AS FOR ROAD CAPACITY CONDITIONS, 714 AND 15 WOULD HELP WITH ROADWAY CAPACITY, INCLUDING ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE, AND THEN RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION TO HIGHWAY 33.
FINALLY, FOR CONSTRUCTION, THE CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS ARE OUTLINED IN ARTICLE THREE, WHICH INCLUDES NOISE AND GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR HOW WE OPERATE CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING WHEN WE NEED TO DO THOSE CONSTRUCTION OPERATING HOURS TO MINIMIZE NOISE IMPACTS.
CONDITION NUMBER TEN DOES STATE THAT FEES WILL BE PAID TO BASICALLY FUND A LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE ROAD AND A ROAD MAINTENANCE ZONE FOR THE SUBDIVISION.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WITH THE PARKS, THIS PROJECT WOULD INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO PARKS.
SO THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE PARKS AFTER IF THIS PROJECT WERE TO BE BUILT.
IN CONCLUSION, BASED OFF OF THE ITEMS TALKED TODAY IN THE SUMMER, THIS PRESENTATION AND THEN DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT STAFF HAS TWO RECOMMENDATIONS. THE FIRST TO BE PLANNING COMMISSION DETERMINED THAT NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED.
AND THEN THE SECOND FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION APPLICATION.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, STAFF CAN ANSWER THEM.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF FROM THE COMMISSION? NOT HEARING ANY. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM ANY BODY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ABOUT THIS ITEM CAN DO SO NOW.
AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
OKAY. OKAY. NOT SEEING ANYBODY.
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I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR EITHER DISCUSSION OR MOTION.I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DETERMINED THAT NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15183 RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS PURSUANT TO SPECIFIC PLAN OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE CEQA.
ALL IN FAVOR AYE. CHAIR ALSO VOTES AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. AND I'D ALSO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE PROJECT DETERMINATION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE EXTENSION APPLICATION NUMBER EXT 2 2-015 BASED ON THE FINDINGS AND SUBJECT TO RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE PROJECT.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. SO ONE THING I WANTED TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR BEING PATIENT.
WE HAD TO CANCEL. WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM THE LAST MEETING.
AND I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE VERY PATIENT AND WORKED WITH THIS AND THAT.
OKAY. ITEM SEVEN COMMISSION ACTION ITEMS. NOTHING ADDITIONAL, SIR. ITEM EIGHT DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
[8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
A HANDFUL OF THINGS. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO START WITH THE GENTLE LADY IN THE FRONT.SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS.
SO I WANTED TO START THERE A HANDFUL OF THINGS TODAY.
ONE, I WANT TO JUST REALLY PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE MR. ACHESON I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS.
HE'S UNDERTAKEN A GREAT DEAL OF STRESS ON HIMSELF IN RECENT WEEKS WITH THE PASSING OF HIS WIFE, AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU HAVE CARRIED YOURSELF AND HOW YOU HAVE TAKEN CARE OF YOUR FAMILY AND HOW YOU AND DONNA ALWAYS CONDUCTED YOURSELVES AS AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS BEST FRIENDS.
AND I FEEL VERY BLESSED TO TO HAVE YOU IN MY LIFE.
AND. AND SHE'S IN A VERY GOOD PLACE NOW.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE MODELED FOR ME AS A HUSBAND WHAT IT MEANS TO TRULY LOVE ANOTHER PERSON.
AND SO JUST VERY PROUD OF YOU AND WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY UP HERE ON THE ON ON THE DAIS, I THINK WOULD SAY THE EXACT SAME THING.
ALSO, WANTED TO SHIFT GEARS HERE REAL QUICK.
I'VE HAD A GOOD BIRD'S EYE VIEW NOW FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AS IT RELATES TO, OBVIOUSLY THE STORM EVENTS THAT THAT HAMMERED NOT ONLY CALIFORNIA, BUT SPECIFICALLY MERCED COUNTY, MERCED COUNTY AS EACH OF YOU ARE WELL AWARE WAS WAS EXPRESSLY NAMED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE FACING.
AND WHILE THERE ARE A LOT OF POCKETS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, I'LL FOCUS MY COMMENTS TODAY SPECIFICALLY ON THE COMMUNITY OF PLANADA AS WELL AS MCSWAIN, TWO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN A LOT OF WAYS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE IN MANY RESPECTS BOOTSTRAPPED EFFORTS SO AS TO HELP LIFT UP THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE AS A COUNTY.
WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE COUNTY HAS A RAZOR SHARP FOCUS RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK ON WHAT CAN WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY TO HELP EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO'S BEEN IMPACTED RECOVER FULLY.
THAT'S OUR GOAL. AND SO EVERY SINGLE COUNTY DEPARTMENT, OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER, OUR BOARD, OUR ANCILLARY PARTNERS WITH BOTH CAL FIRE, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG HAUL. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE OVERNIGHT, THIS RECOVERY.
BUT I THINK THE UNDERLYING POINT IS ALL OF THOSE GROUPS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE STANDING SIDE BY SIDE THOSE COMMUNITIES UNTIL WHICH TIME THEY ARE FULLY 100% RECOVERED.
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THERE WAS THAT THERE WERE SHELTERS IN PLACE, THAT THERE WAS FOOD BEING PROVIDED, THAT THERE WERE CLOTHING BEING PROVIDED, THAT THERE WAS A DONATION NETWORK THAT WAS ESTABLISHED. THERE WAS A LOT OF VERY GOOD WORK THAT WAS DONE.AND I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT FOR FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING AT HOME OR PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST, I THINK, DO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A COUNTY OF FOLKS THAT HAVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT HEARTS AND AND COMPASSION FOR WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH.
SO I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE CITY.
BUT FROM A COUNTY PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PLANADA AND MCSWAIN, THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE PRETTY HIGH ON THE LIST RIGHT NOW OF OF OF MAGNITUDE OF PRIORITY. SO JUST WANT TO TO CONTINUE TO WISH THOSE COMMUNITIES GODSPEED AND WARM WISHES AND JUST RECOGNIZE THAT THE COUNTY OF MERCED IS GOING TO BE STANDING WITH THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO ENSURE THAT THEY'VE GOT ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACCESS TO RESOURCES, AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SOMEDAY LEAVE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE UNTIL EVERY SINGLE PERSON GETS THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M GOING TO STOP THERE AND JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, MARK. ACTUALLY, IF I CAN GO BACK, WE DO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM ON THE COMMISSION ACTION ITEM LIST, AND I'M GOING TO ASK MAYBE TIFFANY TO GIVE THIS COMMISSION A QUICK, QUICK PRESENTATION.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT HOW QUICK, BUT I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT QUICK.
AGAIN, TO GIVE THE COMMISSION SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS PROJECT, THE DEPARTMENT HAD APPLIED FOR A CAULDRON SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES GRANT OR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT, WHICH WAS REALLY TO ENCOURAGE THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL PLANNING TO SUPPORT STATE GOALS AND ULTIMATELY ACHIEVE THE STATE'S GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGETS OF 40 AND 80% BY 2030 AND 2050 RESPECTIVELY.
OUR PROJECT WAS AN APPLICATION TO DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH AS IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD SUPPORT AND PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IN AND AROUND FRANKLIN BEECHWOOD COMMUNITY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
WE WERE NOTIFIED AN AWARD ON JUNE 18TH, 2020 AND RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $135,000, WITH A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF 1500 OR $152,000.
THE PROJECT GOALS WERE TO AGAIN CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT FOCUSED ON MULTIMODAL INTERCONNECTIVITY INTERCONNECTIVITY, HANDFUL OF WORDS TO SAY WHICH REALLY MEANS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NOT ONLY WITHIN FRANKLIN BEACHWOOD, BUT THE NEARBY COMMUNITIES SUCH AS MERCED, ATWATER AND CASTLE COMMERCE CENTER.
THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDED ENGAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY AND PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS, ASSESSMENTS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENT CONCEPTS AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN ALTERNATIVES, IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING SOURCES AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN OVERALL, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN AND REPORT.
OUR OUTREACH PLAN CONSISTED OF MANY DIFFERENT FRONTS.
THE FIRST WAS OUR WEBSITE INTERCONNECTFB.ORG WHICH HOSTED DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT MEETINGS AS WELL AS OUR WEBSITE SERVICE SURVEY AND MAP ENGINEER, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
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DID EMAIL BLASTS, DOOR TO DOOR FLIERS, YARD SIGNS AND ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE BUS THAT WERE ALSO PROVIDED NOT ONLY IN ENGLISH BUT SPANISH TRANSLATION.HERE IS A SCREENSHOT OF OUR WEBSITE SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AGAIN, ENGLISH AND SPANISH TRANSLATION, AND AN ABILITY TO MAP ON GOOGLE MAPS A POINT OR ROAD THAT NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS THROUGHOUT 2022 AND ONE IN 2023.
AND IN THESE MEETINGS WE DISCUSSED MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, SUCH AS THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES, EXISTING CONDITIONS, THE DESIGN CONCEPTS AND PRIORITIZATION AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS AND OBTAIN FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE HAD FIRST STARTED THE PROJEC.
WE DID HAVE ONE IN-PERSON MEETING, THE JULY 9TH JOINT WORKSHOP, WHICH WAS HELD AT JOE STEPHANIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH REALLY WAS TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
THE FRANKLIN BEECHWOOD PARK PLAN THAT WAS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE AND THE INTERCONNECTIVITY PLAN AND REALLY DISCUSS HOW THESE WERE SEPARATE PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WERE OCCURRING IN THE SAME PLACE AND HOW THEY INTERACTED WITH EACH OTHER.
WE ALSO HAD TWO STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY MEETINGS THAT INCLUDED THE MERCED COUNTY ASSOCIATION GOVERNMENTS, THE CITY OF MERCED BICYCLE COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHERS. AND THEN WE HAD ONE FOCUSED STAKEHOLDER MEETING THAT INCLUDED PUBLIC LIFE, HEALTH AND SAFETY, INCLUDING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND CAL FIRE. AND THAT MEETING WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE SUGGESTED WOULD NOT IMPEDE ANY SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDED . FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS WE FOUND THAT MOST OF THE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IN FRANKLIN BEECHWOOD WAS DRIVING 95% OF TRIPS WERE WORK RELATED.
AND THERE ARE TEN BUS STOPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OR THE SURROUNDING AREA.
BUT HEADWAYS WERE ABOUT AN HOUR OR MORE.
BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY AT OUR WORKSHOPS AND ON THE SURVEY.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO FORMULATE A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE PLAN OUTLINED SOME ESTIMATED BUDGETS AND TIMELINES FOR COMPLETION AND CATEGORIZED THEM IN FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS, MID-TERM, LONG TERM AND CAPITAL. THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS SHORT TERM AND MID-TERM PROJECTS WOULD REDUCE FRONT END ENGINEERING AND PROVIDE INTERIM PROJECTS THAT WOULD HELP REDUCE SOME CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE COLLISIONS, AND THEN ALSO PROMOTE BICYCLE AND PED ACTIVITY AS WELL AS LONG TERM PLANS WOULD BUILD UPON THOSE SHORT TERM PROJECTS, BUT INCLUDE SOME MORE TRADITIONAL PLANNING AND ENGINEERING.
AND FINALLY, CAPITAL PROJECTS WOULD FURTHER BUILD UPON THOSE PROJECTS, BUT REQUIRE A BIT MORE TIME BECAUSE THEY INCLUDED MULTI AGENCY COORDINATION, RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND UTILITY RELOCATIONS.
SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE SHORT TERM PROJECTS WOULD INCLUDE ESSENTIALLY RETROFITTING SOME OF THE STREETS TO INCLUDE YIELD STREETS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW TWO WAY TRAFFIC AND ON STREET PARKING, BUT WOULD BE NARROW STREETS THAT USE PARKING AS NATURAL TRAFFIC CALMING.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A STREET SECTION THAT INCLUDES THAT YIELD WELL IN THIS ONE, THERE ISN'T A YIELD STREET, BUT THERE IS A PAVED SHOULDER THAT SHOWS YOU HOW THERE'S A SEPARATION FROM THE TRAFFIC FOR THOSE THAT ARE BIKING OR WALKING.
HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE SHORT TERM RECOMMENDATION, AND THIS ONE IS A YIELD STREET WHERE THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE DRIVING LANE AND THEN PARKING ON THE SIDES AND THEN PAVED SHOULDERS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.
A MORE LONG TERM OR MID-TERM RECOMMENDATION WERE ROUNDABOUTS AND NOT IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE THAT WE SEE, BUT REALLY RETROFITS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE ISLANDS THAT REDUCE CUT THE TRAVEL LANES FOR PEDESTRIANS TO WALK ACROSS INTERSECTIONS AND INCLUDE ESSENTIALLY BULB OUTS THAT HELP WITH TRAFFIC CALMING. THE IDEA IS THAT SOME OF THIS WILL NOW KIND OF INFLUENCE DRIVING BEHAVIOR AND REDUCE FATAL CRASH RISK, WHICH IS REALLY ASSOCIATED
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WITH SPEEDS OF VEHICLES TRAVELING.AND THEN AS FOR A CAPITAL PROJECT, HERE'S ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY OF FRANKLIN BEACHWOOD, THAT'S ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MERCED, BUT CAPITALIZES ON CONNECTIONS, RIGHT.
CONNECTIONS TO THE CITY OF MERCED BY CREATING A SHARED USE TRAIL FROM FRANKLIN BEACHWOOD USING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE SULLIVAN BIKE PATH AND ESSENTIALLY MAKING THAT POSSIBLE THROUGH A RECTANGULAR, RAPID FLASHING BEACON.
THERE'S ALSO AN INCLUSION OF A LIGHTING PLAN WITH SOME DESIGNS THAT WOULD HELP WITH FINANCING AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DARK-SKY COMPLIANT AND INCLUDES A VARIETY OF STYLES HERE. SO NEXT STEPS IS WE WOULD PRESENT THE SAME PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON FEBRUARY 28TH AND ALSO USE THESE THIS PLAN TO INFORM OUR COMMUNITY PLANS UPDATE INCLUDING SECTIONS RELATED TO MOBILITY AND CIRCULATION, AND THEN KIND OF USE THIS PLAN TO HELP SUPPORT ANY EFFORTS TO SEEK FOR FUNDING AND WHEN NECESSARY, WITH COMMUNITY INPUT UPDATE THIS PLAN AS NEEDED.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFFS PRESENTATION ON THE FRANKLIN BEACHWOOD INTERCONNECTIVITY PLAN.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, WE'RE FREE TO HAVE THEM NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF FROM THE COMMISSION? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
IT WON'T FACILITATE ANY OF THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN.
CORRECT. SO THIS IS JUST A PLANNING GRANT.
SO THIS IS REALLY, IN ANOTHER SENSE, FUNDING FOR LOOKING AT FEASIBILITY AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT THEN THIS COULD HELP SUPPORT ANY ANY DESIRE TO GO FOR ANY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANTS.
AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE CEQA HERE AS THIS IS DATA COLLECTION.
AND SO ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT WOULD REQUIRE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WOULD REQUIRE CEQA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
NOW WE'RE DONE. COMMISSIONER'S COMMENT.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYBODY LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND COMMENT ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS JUST GIVEN TO US? OKAY. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANY.
WE'LL ADJOURN. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.