 Hi everyone. The time is just about 6 p.m. We will give people a few more minutes to join the meeting While we wait, I would like to introduce Chris Catbaggin of the City of Santa Rosa and Arnica McCarthy of Caltrans to say a few words Chris Great. Thank you all sir Good evening. I welcome those for joining the City of Santa Rosa's virtual open house for the Santa Rosa U.S. Highway 101 ice column cadition over crossings Due to the widespread COVID-19 event, this community meeting provides the opportunity to use available technology to conduct an open house. Our previous open house during the environmental phase was held at Santa Rosa High School Notifications for this virtual open house and circulation of draft environmental documents were distributed through email newsletters social media and city web pages Our copy mailers were sent to residents and property owners. I'm Chris Catbaggin I'm an associate civil engineer with the Department of Transportation and Public Works at the City. I am a project manager The City along with CTS engineers as our design consultants have been working to complete the environmental phase for this project We've been in partnership with Sonoma County Transportation Authority Caltrans and our community with the objective of delivering this complex and duly needed project As I mentioned before Caltrans is a partner with the delivery of this project Caltrans plays a critical role as the lead agency for the California Environmental Quality Act for this project. Therefore, I like to introduce Arnica McCarthy from Caltrans District number four Arnica has been managing the environment through her youth at Caltrans. She's been helping to continue towards the completion of the environmental phase Arnica Hi, Chris Thank you all for being here tonight. My name is Arnica McCarthy. I'm a senior environmental planner at Caltrans. I Overseed the environmental process for transportation projects in Marin and Sonoma counties As Chris mentioned, Caltrans is the lead agency under SIKWA and NEPA And we have been collaborating with the city and SCTA on this much-needed bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing project We are excited to see this project reach this point in the process and look forward to continuing to work with the city SCTA and the public to bring this project to life This virtual community meeting is being held during the 30 day public comment period for the draft environmental document Which runs through July 24th, 2020 During this community meeting, we will take a few minutes to present the two build alternatives evaluated during the environmental process And open it up for questions I would like to thank you for taking the time to participate in this community meeting And encourage you to provide written comments on the proposed project Now I'd like to turn it over to Oscar for more information on the virtual meeting format and process Thank you, Chris and Arnica I too would like to welcome everyone to this online meeting For the Santa Rosa US Highway 101 bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing project My name is Oscar and I'm joined by Jimmy We are from SGA architecture and engineering and we will be the facilitators for this meeting If any attendees would like to listen to this meeting in Spanish We have an interpreter on a separate Spanish language conference line, which is being recorded The number to call is on your screen If there are any attendees on a Spanish language line now Please mute your telephone We also have sign language interpreters for this online meeting Whose cameras will remain on Before we begin, I would like to review the meeting format and zoom features with you We will start with an introduction of the panelists Followed by a 20 minute video slideshow presentation After the video, we will go to a live session for questions and answers After all questions have been answered And if time permits it The video presentation and live question and answer session will be repeated If you have a question during this meeting Please click raise hand or the hand icon in the zoom interface to be called on to speak during the question and answer session If you're an English speaking attendee who has dialed into the meeting with your telephone You can press star nine to raise hand If you are a Spanish speaking attendee on the Spanish language line Please unmute your phone to let the interpreter know you have a question and mute your phone again The attemper will raise hand for you and ask you to speak during the question and answer period If any attendees cannot find the raise hand button Please type your questions in the chat Please take a moment to locate the raise hand button and the facilitators will see if there are any technical questions in the chat Okay, seeing no more technical questions This concludes our meeting format and technology review session Now to begin tonight's meeting I would like to introduce everyone to our panelists who will be taking your questions later Would each panelist please say hello after they are announced On your screen are Arnica McCarthy of Caltrans Chris Kat Bagan of the city of Santa Rosa Nadeena Panardi of BKF Engineers Welcome everyone Steven Grover of Steven Grover and Associates Architecture and Engineering Hi everybody And Will Burns of David J. Powers and Associates Hello Thank you panelists We will now hide everyone's cameras except for the sign language interpreters A 20-minute video slideshow presentation will now begin Followed by a live question and answer session Attendees on the Spanish language line Will hear Spanish narration of the video With the interpreter, please prepare the Spanish audio and let me know when you are ready Looks like we are ready. Please start the video Welcome to this online public meeting For the U.S. Highway 101 Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing Project This project is a Caltrans and city of Santa Rosa project With Caltrans as the lead agency responsible for proving the project under the California Environmental Quality Act In this public meeting, the project team will present findings from the project's draft environmental document Which began circulation on June 22nd And is available for review and comment through July 24th, 2020 To hear this presentation in Spanish The purpose of this meeting is to briefly describe the proposed project and its background To inform the public about the circulation of the draft environmental document For review and comments between June 22nd and July 24th, 2020 To summarize the studies and findings of the document To discuss the project schedule and next steps To describe how to submit comments on the draft environmental document And to answer any clarifying questions you might have about the document or project Following this recorded slideshow presentation We will go to a live session and panelists from the project team Will answer any questions that would provide clarity about the information presented Please note that formal comments about the project or draft environmental document Cannot be received during the question and answer period Since all formal comments must be submitted in writing The proposed Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing Project Is located along US 101 between the Steel Lane and College Avenue Interchanges And two build alternative alignments, approximately 0.25 mile apart Were evaluated in the draft environmental document The Edwards-Elliot Build Alternative Would connect Edwards Avenue on the west Which borders the southerly end of Cottingtown Mall To Elliott Avenue on the east Which borders the northerly end of Santa Rosa Junior College Or SRJC The Bear Cub Way Build Alternative Would cross from the Myers Restaurant Supply Parking Lot South of Foley Street on the west To a parking lot on Bear Cub Way on the east In the SRJC campus Note that during the feasibility study phase A Jennings Avenue alignment was also considered But was ruled out as non-viable Due to conflicts with existing residential uses Both the Edwards-Elliot and the Bear Cub Way Build Alternatives Being considered Would fulfill a key project goal Of closing a gap in the existing and planned Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Network in Santa Rosa In 1994 The City of Santa Rosa identified the need for improved Pedestrian and Bicycle access across US 101 In the vicinity of Steel Lane And included the US 101 Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing Project In the City's Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan As a high priority project Freeway Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing Projects Such as this one Typically passed through four planning and design phases One, Feasibility Study Two, Project Initiation Three, Project Approval and Environmental Documentation And finally four, Plans, Specifications and Estimates In 2010 The Feasibility Study was completed by the City And accepted by the City Council Then in 2016 The City completed the Project Initiation Document Which was formally reviewed and approved by Caltrans Currently we are nearing the end of the Project Approval and Environmental Documentation phase As part of the environmental process This public meeting is being conducted While the project's draft environmental document Is circulated for public review and comments In order to document the environmental impacts That may result from the project Caltrans has repaired an initial study And plans to adopt a mitigated negative declaration That details the potential impacts of the project And strategies to avoid, minimize and mitigate those potential impacts One of the first steps to define the project Is to identify the purpose and need The purpose of this project Is to provide a safer and more enjoyable alternative For bicyclists and pedestrians crossing US 101 In the vicinity of SRJC Compared to existing highway crossings And provide a continuous ADA compliant path To improve pedestrian and bicycle east-west connectivity Across US 101 In the northern half of the city of Santa Rosa And connecting to the existing and proposed bicycle and pedestrian networks The need for the project Is to accommodate and provide safe access To bicyclists and pedestrians in areas east and west of the freeway Currently, bicyclists and pedestrians Wanting to access regional facilities Such as Cottingtown Mall And SRJC from opposite sides of the freeway Must cross at Gernville Road and Steel Lane Or College Avenue Both of these existing freeway interchanges Are heavily congested with vehicular traffic Making them less inviting for bicyclists and pedestrians In order to address the project need Discussed in the previous slide The project proposes a Class 1 17-foot-wide Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing Of US 101 Following either the Edwards-Elliot build alternative Or the Bear Cubway build alternative The design of the overcrossing Would comply with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act And would allow for a 5-foot-wide walking lane And an 8-foot-wide bicycle path With possible mode separation delineated by a concrete curb Both the Edwards-Elliot and the Bear Cubway build alternatives Would facilitate connections to key origins and destinations On the west side of the freeway Including bicycle and pedestrian routes Residential areas The North Santa Rosa Station Of the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District Also known as SMART The SMART multi-use pathway Caught in Town Mall Cleveland Avenue And the Jennings Avenue Bike Boulevard Both build alternatives would also facilitate connections On the east side of the freeway Such as the SRJC campus Santa Rosa High School Ridgway High School Mendocino Avenue And destinations further east For the Edwards-Elliot build alternative The proposed overcrossing would be accessed on the west side Via a touchdown adjacent to Dick's Sporting Goods On Edwards Avenue The existing bus stop on Edwards Avenue near Dick's Sporting Goods Would be relocated further east on Edwards Avenue To a location just west of Cleveland Avenue On the east side The proposed overcrossing would be accessed via a touchdown area Adjacent to Elliot Avenue This build alternative would require the removal of two SRJC buildings And the relocation of approximately four portable buildings Owned by SRJC from the south side of Elliot Avenue The crossing would be illuminated at night Provide ample width to allow for cyclists and pedestrians To travel at different desired speeds And ramp up on each side at gentle slopes Compliant with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act Note that the Edwards-Elliot build alternative Does not propose any changes to the existing roadway network And would not result in the closure of Elliot Avenue At its intersection with Armory Drive On the east side of US-101 Two visualizations on this slide Illustrate how the Edwards-Elliot build alternative Would appear to a driver traveling along US-101 In the northbound and southbound directions These visualizations represent the asymmetric cable stage structure type Proposed for the project With the structural tower located on the east side of Armory Drive Additional structural supports would be located in the landscaped area Between the Freeway and Cleveland Avenue And west of Cleveland Avenue along Edwards Avenue For the Bear Cub Way build alternative The proposed overcrossing would be accessed on the west side Via a touchdown adjacent to Range Avenue And a second access point at Cleveland Avenue The aerial portion of the approach pathway Would span over a private parking lot for Meyer's Restaurant Supply The west approach also includes a landing at the approximate halfway point To facilitate connecting to both Range Avenue and Cleveland Avenue On the east side the proposed overcrossing would be accessed Via a touchdown area adjacent to the existing Call Child Development Center on the SRJC campus The project would require a reconfiguration of the SRJC parking lot And a permanent public easement along Bear Cub Way To provide for public access all the way to Mendocino Avenue As with the build alternative at Edwards Elliott The crossing would be illuminated at night Provide ample width to allow for cyclists and pedestrians To travel at different desired speeds And ramp up on each side at gentle slopes Compliant with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act The two visualizations on this slide Illustrate how the Bear Cub Way build alternative Would appear to a driver traveling along US 101 In the northbound and southbound directions These visualizations represent the asymmetric cable state structure type Proposed for the project with the structural tower Located on the east side of Armory Drive Additional structural supports would be located just west of Cleveland Avenue Within the Meyer's Restaurant Supply Parking Lot And just east of Armory Drive within the SRJC parking lot on Bear Cub Way This project is currently undergoing environmental review To comply with the National Environmental Policy Act Also known as NEPA And the California Environmental Quality Act Also known as SIKWA The initial phase of the environmental review process Involved the design team reviewing the build alternatives That were studied during the project initiation phase Further design refinements were made to each build alternative And technical studies were prepared to analyze The potential environmental impacts of the proposed design Throughout the environmental review process Meetings have been held with local stakeholders including SRJC A public scoping meeting was also held in March 2018 At Santa Rosa High School A public survey was also posted online Following the public scoping meeting Which received over 100 responses Under NEPA The project has been determined to qualify For a categorical exclusion Because its actions do not have a significant effect On the human environment Or the procedures adopted by a federal agency Necessary to implement NEPA regulations An initial study and proposed mitigated negative declaration Or ISMND have been prepared for the project To comply with SIKWA And it is this ISMND That is the document that is currently being circulated For a 30 day public review period As previously stated This community meeting is intended to inform the public Of the availability of the ISMND for review and comment Following conclusion of the public comment period All comments received will be reviewed And a final environmental document will be prepared A variety of technical reports were prepared for the project To identify and analyze Potential impacts of each build alternative And to propose avoidance, minimization measures And mitigation measures for each impact The technical reports analyze the potential for impacts Including but not limited to Air quality Biological resources The community Including low income and minority populations Geology Greenhouse gas emissions Hazards and hazardous materials Hydrology and water quality Noise and vibration Paleontology And visual impacts This project contains project features Or best management practices Which are standard on all Caltrans jobs And are evaluated as part of the scope of the project To comply with Caltrans's standards and guidelines As well as federal and state laws To further reduce impacts specifically related to this project The ISMND identifies avoidance and minimization measures As well as mitigation measures That will be implemented to avoid and or reduce project impacts To less than significant levels under CEQA Avoidance and minimization measures are included in the project To avoid impacts related but not limited to Views of the project Biological resources Cultural resources Greenhouse gas emissions Hazards and hazardous materials Hydrology and water quality Paleontological resources And transportation Additionally Avoidance and minimization measures Have also been included in the project to address construction noise And mitigation measures are included in the project To address elevated vibration levels during project construction The draft environmental document began circulation on June 22, 2020 And will be available for public review and comment until July 24, 2020 During this period, formal comments will be accepted After review of public comments, the final environmental document Will be published in the fall of this year and include responses to comments Caltrans may decide to move forward with all or part of the proposed project Or decide on the no-build alternative As mentioned earlier, the project is nearing the end of the project approval And environmental documentation phase And this public meeting is being conducted While the project's draft environmental document is circulated for public review After analyzing public comments, all are part of the preferred alternative Or the no-build alternative will be selected Followed by the preparation and approval of the final environmental document Which will conclude this project phase Design development will follow And construction of the project is dependent on the city obtaining grant funding The ISMND or draft environmental document Is currently available for review and comments To receive a hard copy or CD of the draft environmental document Please email Elizabeth Nagel at elizabeth.nagle.dot.ca.gov with your request Copies are available for download from Caltrans' website at the link provided in this presentation The document can also be found online by searching for Caltrans District 4 Environmental Documents The public is encouraged to review the draft environmental document And to provide comments in writing Comments can be submitted in three ways By postal mail to Elizabeth Nagel at 111 Grand Avenue in Oakland, California zip code 94612 Or by email to elizabeth.nagle.dot.ca.gov Or via the webinar chat for this online public meeting Comments must be postmarked by July 24, 2020 Thank you for watching this video presentation On the US Highway 101 Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing Project in Santa Rosa The public meeting will now go to live session for questions and answers With panelists Arnica McCarthy of Caltrans Chris Katbagen of Santa Rosa Natalina Bonardi of BKF Engineers Steven Grover of Steven Grover & Associates And Will Burns of David J. Powers & Associates Welcome back everyone We are now in the live question and answer portion of the meeting And we will show the cameras for our panelists If you have a question, please click the raise hand or hand icon in the zoom interface To be called on to speak If you're an English speaking attendee who has dialed into the meeting with your telephone You can press star 9 to raise hand If you're a Spanish speaking attendee on the Spanish language line Please unmute your phone to let the interpreter know you have a question And mute your phone again The interpreter will raise hand for you and call on you to speak If anyone cannot find the raise hand button Please type your questions in the chat Please note that during this question and answer session The panelists can only take clarifying questions As stated in the video, formal comments about the project must be submitted in writing By postal mail, email, or typed in the chat We will now open the meeting to questions And I would like to remind attendees and panelists To pause after each sentence for the interpreters And to speak slowly Okay, I see that Janet Baroco has raised their hand I will now unmute them And allow them to speak Janet, if you can hear me Yes, you may ask your question Can you hear me? Yes, we can. You're a little bit faint though Okay, I'll try to speak up. Thank you Thank you You mentioned the Jennings Bicycle Boulevard in the comments And also that the Jennings crossing was What is the word? It was ruled out because of I think you said residential conflicts I'm not sure if I got that right But my question is how does The Jennings Bicycle Boulevard figure into either of these proposed Bridges over the 101 Okay, thank you Janet. I believe that question It could be for Steven Grover of Steven Grover and Associates Thank you Oscar could you or Jimmy, could you go to the slide which has the Bicycle and Pedestrian Network? Great. So in red here We can see the Jennings Alignment The Jennings Street, I'm just going to mark it It's here So I think there were kind of two parts of the question One is why was this alternative eliminated? There were substantial conflicts with existing Residential development on both sides of Jennings Near Cleveland Such that driveways would be blocked and parking would be eliminated The two alternatives that build alternatives that remain under consideration Would be able to connect to Jennings Via range And Ditto via range Does that answer your question? It does except that one of the Objectives of at least my understanding of today's project is that You wish to connect the west side with the east side And it seems to me That those bicycle lists and pedestrians that live west of the railroad tracks will now have to cross At Gernville Road or West College To access The 101 bridge and there's For years we have as you may know That's another issue but we have fought to get this and had had the Jennings crossing. Okay So it feels like to me it's eliminating We're still going to have to cross those dangerous crossings That's my concern Chris can you speak to that? Chris you'll have to unmute yourself. There we go Okay, I think I should first start out that I appreciate your your question The Jennings crossing is an entirely different project These environmental studies aren't meant for that Jennings crossing. I think that Jennings crossing went through its own environmental process So basically Jennings Avenue crossing The railroad that's its own project And so these are that is a standalone project and so If you'd like you can contact me outside the meeting and I can redirect you to the project manager of that project but again the crossing and The over crossing that we're presenting today and that Jennings crossing Aren't the same project This meeting is for this project The over crossing Does that help? Yeah, I mean I understand that but it again it doesn't it doesn't help us on the west side So I guess we'll just have to be crossing over that Gernbill area, but thank you. Yeah It's pretty obvious to me. I mean if you could tell me the the project manager for that Sure, I'll leave my contact information in the chat and you can go ahead and contact me Great. Thank you. All right. You're welcome Thank you, Janet I will uh now Lower your hand Okay, it also looks like we have a question from Rick Coates or Coates. I'm sorry if I mispronounced that I will now unmute you Uh, let's see There I think you should be able to speak now. Uh, go ahead and ask your question Uh for the record it's Coates Oh, thank you It's okay. Um I have actually three questions. The first Is in the environmental document uh when traffic is discussed. Are you using Level of service or vehicle miles traveled? That's one question Uh, I noticed you mentioned the acquisition of property um Does that entail imminent domain? That's the second question and uh I'll wait for the answers for those before I try another one Okay, it's uh the first one seemed to be about vmt's I'll direct that to will burns of david j powers and associates Yes, so since this is a bicycle and pedestrian over crossing it's not going to have I mean any negative impact related to Vmt or los, of course the hope is that with this additional crossing that allows people to use other modes of travel that um vmt overall would be reduced and Conversely los as well at local intersections, but Given the nature of the project, uh, there there isn't really any impact to Either vmt or los That didn't really answer my question The question is which did you use if any? There was no quantified study of either Uh, lls or vmt as part of the environmental review Since the project would not add any additional Vehicular trips to the roadway network in the vicinity of the bicycle and pedestrian over crossing And uh, there would be some right-of-way take and that is uh detailed in the environmental documents Uh, I think maybe arnica. You might be better able to address You know how that process works through caltrans Yeah, um, thanks. This is arnica from caltrans. Um, so Once we are finished with the environmental process and we have Decided on a preferred alternative and have assigned project report at caltrans We'll move into the design phase of the project And within the design phase We'll start refining what the the actual impacts are to public and private property and The are we have a very talented staff of right-of-way agents who will work with the individual property owners um during design phase to acquire any any land That is needed to build the alternative that we end up moving forward with That also doesn't quite directly answer my question whether you would resort to eminent domain if necessary um eminent domain is uh Always a last resort that is available um but it is a last resort and um In my experience at caltrans. I have seen us make modifications to project designs where we could Avoid take when we didn't have a willing seller Okay, and my final question is Have you decided upon a preferred option here? Have you chosen between the two as as one to recommend? Um We have not We study both alternatives um, and there are pros and cons Uh Different levels of impacts pros and cons We're looking for feedback from the community. Um, if you have a preferred alternative I would definitely encourage you to put that in writing and share it with us um and Just to kind sorry um to further that Is a decision that will be made in coordination with uh the project development team at caltrans the city of santa rosa and scta After the public comment period has ended and we have reviewed all of the comments. Um and Uh That that's when that decision is made so it's made will uh our Final environmental document will include Uh, which of the alternatives we selected and why? Thank you You're welcome. Thanks for your questions Thank you rick I will now lower your hand. Oh you did lower your hand. Okay. Um, I see that a question came through the chat It is from a minoa havaland Her question is or his question is why is the bear cub way build alternative more Expensive than the edwards eliot build alternative Um, I will first direct this to uh, natalina of bkf engineers Yes, um There's primarily there's more right away involved with the bear cub alternative Um as well as it's a lot longer span so those two Items uh contribute to the overall cost it makes it more expensive than edwards and eliot There's also more reconstruction Reconstruction work involved in the parking lots at mires and the bear cub way Um parking lot. So all those are contributing factors I hope that answered your question minoa I'll take a raised hand now. I see a raised hand from eris weaver I will unmute you Hi, um, I I have to say I'm a So far nothing that you've presented is something that we haven't already seen in other meetings and presentations and the The flyer for this meeting said that we would learn about the the draft environmental document And so I guess I was anticipating some more discussion and presentation about some of the details that are actually in that 127 page documents Had a chance to read um so I guess Uh the best question I can come up with on that would be can you give a short summary of Uh any particular um stand out environmental issues and mitigations particularly if there are Significant differences between the two alternatives um from either of those points of view um, and then my second question would be uh, you've mentioned a no-build alternative which um I mean we've been talking about this project and it's been in the in You know in so many plans for so many years that I was actually I'm like horrified even hear that being put out there Is an option after all of this to not build anything at all. So I'd like to hear that address Okay, thank you. Eris with the question first question about the draft environmental document. I will direct that to will Of david j powers and associates. Yeah, thanks for the question um, I think the the primary environmental impact that's been identified in the initial study is the potential for there to be Uh construction vibration that causes a disturbance during the construction period of the project There is mitigation included which is a vibration mitigation plan and in that there are standards identified Under which various buildings adjacent to either alternative would be Given further study to ensure that there were no negative impacts To both the structure and the operations of those uses So that's that's the primary impact. Um, there are a lot of project features that are standard measures that cal trans requires on all of their projects and there are other avoidance and minimization measures that have been incorporated into the design of the project um On the whole I think the the two alignments they're they're pretty similar in terms of their potential for impacts and and the goal has really been to um Avoid impacts through the design of the project to the extent feasible Does that answer your question? It addresses my first question somewhat the second one is about the no build option So the no build option is a is a standard option You know, there could be such um Community concern regarding both of the alternatives that the city and cal trans decides that Neither of these alternatives is appropriate. Um Based on your comment, it sounds like you're you're in favor Of uh, at least one of the alternatives being constructed. So I think the no build is kind of a a last resort All right Thank you, iris. I will lower your hand Okay Um, I see a uh, just a comment from chris Okay, never mind. Somebody is replying there regarding a technical issue Um, I see a raised hand from frank haig I will allow you to talk Frank, uh, if you unmute yourself Unmute and you hear me Hi, frank. You may ask your question. Can you hear me? Yes, we can All right, let's go to the slide that shows the edwards avenue a project and then I have a question about that Okay, I see it here And my home is right across From the exporting goods. I'm at 970 edwards avenue I'm concerned about access to our driveway and the impact that that construction will have on Our property Is frank, is this like a comment or a question? That's a question. Yes. What impact will that have? The construction impacts of the project in that area Uh, I will direct this question to will of david j powers and associates so I mentioned project features, um in my last response and um One of those projects features that calter ants requires is a traffic management plan so that um would be developed as you get closer to construction and Within that plan, they'll be addressing ensuring access to All adjacent uses during the construction period So that's when that Would really be detailed and and work through in terms of how they're planning to provide access I think uh The project has been designed to you know minimize any disruption to The various land uses adjacent to either alternative So the intent is to you know is to continue to allow access to your to the various properties and and there shouldn't be um Any issue for you having access to your residents during construction? Okay, I understand that but i'm also concerned about construction equipment and other kinds of of uh construction People on that site at edwards avenue right across from dicks sporting goods. Can you talk about that? so the um staging areas for that section of the project are going to be located on the north side of edwards avenue So they wouldn't be Storing, you know construction materials on the south side you know the intent is to keep as much of the Construction activity and equipment away from sensitive uses such as you know residential areas that are present on the south side of edwards avenue So that's definitely on Uh the project teams radar and and something that they're going to actively seek to avoid Okay, I understand that but that means then that you are going to be using Dick sporting goods parking lot for your staging area. Is that correct? the the current intent is to keep all construction staging within the um public right of way So that would be on edwards avenue um And and not having an effect on the actual parking areas within dick sporting goods So what does that impact have on access to that parking area there at dick sporting goods? Yeah, there will continue to be access off of cleveland avenue and um Very you know if there might be times where there's some closure of the access from edwards But that would be again limited to to the extent feasible Okay, my last question then is You're going to take and move that bus stop. That's there Right across from dick sporting goods and you're going to move it westward You know, whereabouts? So during construction the plan is to move it um in front of the apartment building I just believe it's called los robles apartment. Okay. I know where that is. Yeah, and then the Permanently it would be relocated to be closer to the Edward's avenue intersection with cleveland avenue Well, you're going to move it down to uh cleveland avenue It's going to be closer. It's going to be on edwards avenue still but closer to the fatelco building Okay, I see the reglo relocated bus stop. That's where you're going to Okay, right. I think that's most of my questions right now. I'm concerned about the construction when it starts Where they're going to be heavy equipment and the ground is starting to shake You know, we feel earthquakes once in a while around here And I'm just wondering if that's going to have a problem with cracks in my home Yeah, so that's something that'll be looked at in greater detail As the design moves forward, um, there are measures in the initial study to Review all the structures that might have a you know potentially the impact You know either due to annoyance or actual cracking In buildings, so they will be they will be looking at that That's fine that you're going to be looking at it, but what are you going to do to mitigate it? May I speak to that? Sure We've located the main structural tower on the east side So that's where the primary deep foundation would be And In the vicinity of your residence The structure would be on retaining walls So we would not expect deep foundations or piles or anything like that near your house Well, then what are those red dots along the way there on the on the main span What are those piers that are holding up the span? Those are piers. They're they would not be the same The same type of foundation as would be needed for the tower though But yes, they are they are piers and they would need foundations substantial foundations But there would there will be some ground shaking when those are installed Uh, not necessarily Uh, depending on the type of foundation we use if it's a drilled shaft then You would not expect ground shaking Okay. All right. Thanks a lot. Good luck This is arnica. Um, I just want to add on and um, one of the ways that Within the environmental document that we have recommended addressing potential unforeseen issues for somewhere such as yourself is to have a contact person in case Issues do arise during construction Thank you, frank. Um, if you have other comments that you would like to submit regarding this project Please do so in writing as a response to the environmental document Um, let's see. I just want to check did I see a raised hand from a wane cell sedent sedan. Sorry if I mispronounced that I will unmute you Wayne if you Would unmute yourself. You can ask your question Can you hear me now? Yes, we can. Oh, okay um, my question is uh with regard to The involvement by the junior college It seems to me that I've heard that they are mainly in favor of the edwards. Uh, Elliott route Uh, gives them better access to the shopping mall as well as the uh train station at The that location and it's also seems like um It just generally the flow of traffic and the numbers of People who would be using that route would be much larger than it would be for the other alternative um Can you comment as to what has been the involvement by the santa rosa junior college? I will direct that question to natalina bernardy of bkf engineers Yes, um, well both the edwards elliott build alternative and the bear cub way alternative affect the junior college So we have had discussions with them. Um, showing them both alternatives and uh, what would be needed in order to construct each alternative They they have not formally weighed in as to an alternative that they're in favor of But as you mentioned, they did indicate that edwards and elliott does provide connectivity To a lot of point sources such as coddy town and also, um, their future student housing center So that's been the conversation today concerning, uh The junior college's preference or at least discussions Thank you, wane. I hope that answered question if you have an additional question. Please raise your hand I'm gonna look in the chat to see if there's other questions. We have a question from sarah jones She says are any trees going to be removed on the s rjc campus? I'll direct that Question to will burn so david j powers and associates I Yes, there would be some tree removal required For either alternative with the edwards elliott avenue alternative On the s rjc campus specifically. I believe it's seven trees that are gonna require removal uh, a few of those are What would be native trees and then on the um air cubway alternative there would also be five trees removed on the s rjc campus Again, some of those are, you know, what would be considered native trees valio libo But to the extent feasible, you know, these have been these alignments have been chosen to avoid trees and The trees that are being removed with edwards and elliott, uh, they're closer to the I think I would say the southeast corner of that intersection of armory and elliott And then with the bear cubway there within the parking lot On the s rjc campus It's the the tree removal has been minimized and there would be replacement trees planted as part of the landscaping plan though Thank you will sarah. I hope that answered your question I'll take a raised hand. I see it elizabeth ridlington, uh, I will Unmute you Elizabeth you can ask your question now. Thank you I think my question is somewhat a follow-up on wane's question And it might be beyond the scope of this document But i'm wondering if the city or as part of the analysis here has looked into trip generation And desired destinations on either side for each alignment as part of the process of thinking about Which crossing is the better one to serve the most people? I live on the north end of the jc And so the elliott av crossing is more appealing to me But i'm thinking about there's a lot of students who need to get to the high school And so how many for how many people is the southern alignment more attractive because it provides easy access From residential areas on the west side over to the high school, for example Thank you elizabeth uh in terms of where people are going maybe i'll direct that question to steven grover or steven grover and associates architecture and engineering Thank you elizabeth. Um, that's a um, first of all to answer your question Uh, the the short answer is we have not done any formal numerical Uh analyses However, we have studied this quite a bit and worked to Understand anecdotally What different people need in the community as we work through all the community meetings We do think That one of the main drivers of people using this project would be the smart station and The connection between the smart station and the jc So now that the smart station is Up where it is Nearer to the edwards elliot location There's probably More trips that would be generated by the connection to smart for the northern option With regard to the high school We did not hear a lot of interest From parents or students About people wanting to use a crossing to access the high school Another factor that I think Has played in Is there's been a lot of new residential development on the west side And we think that that will generate users for either Of these options, we didn't think that there would be a strong preference for either the northern or the southern Headwards elliot or bear cub One more factor is of course Well, I'll say two more factors. Um Most of the pedestrian activity on the s r jc campus Is concentrated on the northern part of the campus the southern part is primarily bear playing fields And the other Significant attractor would be codding town, which is also towards the north So on balance It's just my personal opinion that you would probably see more trips More usage for the edwards elliot location Elizabeth Thanks for that question. We'll now lower your hand Okay, I see uh, I see in the chat, um at john You john sutter if you're if you're calling in you can press star nine to raise your hand we can't Match you to your number and you can also Type in the last four digits of your telephone number that could help us find out, um Which call in attendee you are In the meantime, I'll take a raised hand here from erica asimov Let me unmute you erica Erica. Yes. Hi Yeah, so, um, I too live on edwards avenue just like frank does and have some, um Lots of concerns about this this bridge and I'm wondering Does bear cub have any residential housing? Over where the path is going to be for the expected path Uh, I will direct that question to uh, steven grover of sga architecture and engineering Uh, steven you are on mute. I mean, okay. Okay. There you go At one point we understood the sr. JC was considering housing Uh on the southern part of their campus We are it's our understanding that they're no longer considering that and that they're locating housing a new housing at the corner of armory and elliott Okay, so so basically there is no residential housing at the bear location The bear cub correct So like gennings where you guys Had decided not to use that because of residents wouldn't it also be a good idea probably not To affect the residents because I see this bridge is being a really Impactful project for those of us that literally live across the street on edwards avenue Um, and it's going to change the aesthetic view I mean the lights that are going to be on all night long the additional traffic There's no traffic light at edwards in cleveland And there's no traffic light at range and edwards So it's just sounds like it's going to cause a lot more problems for the residents in that area The people you know more people coming up around at night So I'm I'm just Wondering why that was chosen as a location. I mean I understand for ease but why those residents weren't taking into consideration I realize a lot of the housing around here is low income, but it doesn't mean that it doesn't affect us as well Having you know a bridge be put literally across the street from our house I'm curious why we were Not looked into as you know that being extremely impactful for those of us that live here I would I would encourage you to submit These a lot of what you're saying I would call comments So I would also um I just want to mention that we did extensive public outreach and community meetings over the last Many years 13 years since I've been involved um So we we do very much appreciate your comments and your perspectives and we will take them very seriously as we Consider them in the final environmental review process All right. Thank you Thank you, Erica. Let me just lower your hand here Okay I have another hand raised here from Derek Robertson Derek, let me unmute you Hello, can you hear me? Yes, we can Derek Great. I just have one comment I would like to say comment Derek comments To be submitted in writing or type into the chats if you want to ask a question over the panelists you can do so Oh, uh my comment in the form of a question is why haven't we built this awesome bridge before? Uh that question I will direct to chris. Um, I appreciate the enthusiasm. I will say that again this Is a special project delivery process that involves caltrans. So we have to go through caltrans right of way which activates them to Adhere to their permitting uh process and so that's why we are moving along with this environmental phase. We have uh executed a feasibility study and here we are in the environmental phase um If or when we get past this environmental phase, uh, we should be heading to design uh, we already have uh tarot funded, uh Money allocated for the design phase and then we can go to construction. So right now our objective is to get an environmental clearance within the end of the year So we can move forward to the design phase Understood. Thank you very much Thank you, Derek. Let me lower your hand Okay In the chat, I see a question from rick coats. Uh, he asks who will pay for the deconstruction of the jc buildings the city or sr jc I will direct that question to chris Of the sorry, can you repeat can you repeat that question? I can't quite hear you Rick coats asked who will pay for the deconstruction of the jc building the city or sr jc I don't uh, you know Can anybody uh begin the answer to this question? I just want to make sure i'm on the right path there Chris, do you want me to take it? This is natalina Please Yeah, so If those buildings need to be brought down due to our project It's a project cost So it'll be the cost of doing so will be attributed to this project Um, we did mention that there's a future sr jc housing project depending upon timing if that project Requires those buildings to be taken down then it would be on the student housing project so it's it's a little bit based on timing and When which when the project gets there who has the need to take those buildings down? okay Thank you natalina Rick, I hope that answered your question Uh, let me just take a moment to check. Um, let's see. I saw earlier. Perhaps there's a is there a Spanish question? All right Uh, I see let me see john John, uh, hopefully you can dial star nine on your phone or Write your question in the chat In the meantime, let me take a raised hand from oh actually, let's see Let me John this is this might be you. Let me see Hello Yeah, hi, this is john sutter on, uh, victor drive. I'm just north of the junior college Oh, yes, you may ask your question Okay, um I was just yesterday. I was walking my dogs on bear cub drive and I was told by the campus police I was not allowed to do that because that's private campus Uh, that's part of the junior college He maintained that's not a public street Are you aware of that? I will um, I will direct that question to natalina bernardy Uh, yes in the In the bear cub way build alternative we have accounted for uh requiring right-of-way easements in order to make The alignment of the bridge as well as the pathway from the bridge to medecino drive public accessible So the cost of bear cub Way build alternative considers the need for that Okay, can I ask another question? No, yes, you may Um Are the planners there aware that the college is planning on closing elia? pretty much where the cross light is um Between the northern part of the campus and the main part of the campus I'll direct that second question to chris I will say that srjc Has called that project the pilot Program basically it doesn't close the entire length of Of elliott it closed a portion of it I will say that's a another Stand alone project. It doesn't affect our project I know right now. Um, there was a an open house held by the srjc and Again, they're going through their own environmental process hoping to get clearance. I know they're working with The city of san rosa the department of transportation on that and so we are aware that they are from The last pieces of information I received that there were studies being done. I'm not sure if they've been submitted But I know there's ongoing conversation um So the if that happens and I can just about guarantee you it will once the jc sets their mind to it That that study will become quite permanent But as far as pedestrians there are many many many more pedestrians on elliott than there are on bear cub Bear cub is essentially an alley with absolutely no residents looking out and Have have you considered? Which one is going to be more friendly to pedestrians in the nighttime? I will direct that question to steven grover of sga architecture engineering That question is near and dear to me because we think a lot about how to make things Pedestrian friendly. I'm the chair of the pedestrian advisory committee for caltrans district four um and in the design for this project for both alternatives We took a very hard look at Not just pedestrian and bicycle safety, but also the pedestrian user experience. So We're very concerned with the path of travel, but also the touchdown areas where pedestrians will mix with other Um cyclists pedestrians and ultimately vehicular traffic um The short answer is yes. We we look at that a lot and we look forward to if the project moves forward working to Refine the design in a way that makes it as inviting Friendly and comfortable as possible for pedestrians Okay, thank you. Um Are you aware that the bond money? Uh that the JC has One of the allocations is for demolition of the lucious button building So it it's slated to be removed no matter what Is there a john? Is that a specific question related to this? Yeah, are you aware of that that would have to me that's going to be a savings of a considerable amount of money If this if the college demolishes it instead of having to wrap it into the project. Are you aware of that? I'll direct that question to Will of david j powers and associates That is not something that we are aware of but I think as Natalina or that was considered as in part of the environmental review I think as natalina indicated in her response to a to a prior question Whichever project comes along first that requires the removal of The buildings along elliott avenue that would be taken out They would be responsible for removing them at that point Thank you And I have to make one I love that representation of the bridge behind arnica and I can't wait to get my jungle gym Adventure hat on to cross um 101 on that bridge Thank you john Let me just lower your hand We have a related question. It's from chris zagorowitz in the chat He asks or she asks do you know which buildings will come down? Presumably on the s rjc campus I will direct that question to natalina Bernhardt of bkf engineers So chris, I hope you could see the visual that's up on the screen And with that you'll see The buildings That'll be needed to be demolished as part of the edwards and elliott build alternative on the s rjc campus with an x so the building closest to elliott and armory intersection On the southeast corner will need to be removed And then as we move further east Just east of illinois There's another building That'll be needed to be removed and then there's several portables That are located directly east of The core the building at the corner of elliott and armory Those those portables look closest to elliott would need to be removed in order to allow for the construction And the actual build out of edwards elliott alternative So the buildings will be isolated on s rjc campus and those Closest to armory Thank you, natalina. I hope that answered your question chris Let me take a raised hand from wane said in again wane. Let me unmute you Yes, the question I had was with regard to potential cost Differences between the alternative routes Has there been any rough estimates of what the cost might be between those two? Thank you, wane. I will direct that question to natalina banardi of bkf engineers Uh, yes, um, we have done Just rough estimates because this is in preliminary stage Uh, the estimates the estimates of each of the alternative are similar Um And not tremendously different between one alternative and another Uh, thank you wane. I hope that answered your question Uh, let me take another raised hand here from robert peterson Robert, let me unmute you Hello, can you hear me? Yes, we can robert go ahead and ask your question. Okay, great. I I just want to say I'm glad you're building this I was in a bicycle accident last year in the codding town area Riding home from work at the junior college To the west side and I'm glad you're Actually doing this is going to save lives and it's going to be much better for people But my question is where is the funding coming from? Is it coming from the gas tax that we've all been paying this extra gas tax? We've been stated a few years ago or where is the funding coming from? Thank you robert. I'll direct that question to chris cat baggin of the city of santa rosa Sure I can tell you uh for this environmental phase, uh, there's money already been encumbered to complete Rasa this environmental phase and some of that funding was due to gas tax capital capital facility funds and I a big part of The source of funding came from scpa through measure m So again, I think I spoke about this earlier the design It's already going to be programmed with money from Oh bag two which the federal aid and then For the construction, uh, we haven't secured any funding, but we have an active transportation planner who is looking at multiple sources that includes submitting applications to other federal and state grants such as ATP which is the active transportation program and so we're going to try to do our best to to secure funding and Find other sources of Of funding. Thank you chris. Thank you robert for that question Let me just lower your hand I see a question in the chats See a question is from tom and vicki They ask once all the comments for the is m&d Are gathered and responded to Which agency will be the one to adopt the document? I will direct that question to will burns of david j powers and associates Yes, so cal trans is the uh sequa and nipa lead agency for the project So they will be the ones to adopt to the mitigated negative declaration Thank you. Will I hope that answered your question tom and vicki It looks like you have another question You ask isn't s rjc required To provide the land for the bridge landee as the settlement for the lawsuit with the sonoma county bicycle coalition um, I will direct that question to chris of the city of santa rosa they know that Again, I thank you for that question and um, I appreciate that that concern But and I'd like to revert back to the meeting Meetings purpose. So I highly suggest that You take that comment and submit it as part of the circulation Thank you chris I hope that answered your question tom and vicki I see a question from sterling wallstrom Sterling asks are both alternative routes considered to both be built together Rather than just one I will direct that question to Who would like to take that question? chris of the city of santa rosa Can you uh repeat that question one more time was sterling asked want to make sure I understand Are both alternative routes considered or possibly being considered to both be built together rather than just one No, uh, we can go back to 2000 feasibility study 2007 and the whole purpose of that study was to Have a purpose and a need and so now I jumped into The project initiation document or basically it's a cal chance document Where we scope The actual project We try to figure out the the schedule and we try to find out where our construction money's coming and so In reality having two bridges two bridges two separate bridges built at the same time isn't feasible It the purpose would be served and the need would be served by just one Thank you chris We have a question from meredith kaplan meredith asks uh meredith would like to know more about the if s rjc is is uh Supposed to pay for this project as well Uh, I believe meredith. This is more of a comment. I'm not sure if you have a specific question for the panelists If it's a comment about s rjc Um As they're related to this project. Please submit it in writing as part of the environmental process Meredith's question is is the s rjc supposed to pay for this I will direct that question again to chris cat baggin of the city of santa rosa Thank you. And again, I'll I'll mention that I won't comment on that question but again, I at least suggest that You forward this comment and writing and that way it will be addressed with the final environmental documents Thank you chris And thank you meredith Uh, I don't see any more raised hands again. If you have questions, please click the raise hand button Or press star nine on your telephone if you are calling in I have a raised hand from a synthia park hill Uh, synthia, let me unmute you She thinks synthia is synthia synthia Yes, um, I am I'm hearing about will the bike will the multi-use path be controlled by Bicycle Thank you, synthia. Uh, you there was a little bit of a audio Uh interruption there, but I believe your question was uh, will the multi-use path be controlled by bicycles? Um, hopefully that was your question. I will direct that question to steven grover of sga architecture and engineering Uh, I'd like to request a little bit of clarification on the question. Um Can you just repeat it maybe elaborate on it a little bit? I asked will Bicycle cops control the multi-use path bicycle cops control the multi-use path Okay, thank you, synthia. I think that's a question for chris I think I would address that comment with uh, the understanding that the environmental document Uh, has a set of studies And that's what we're addressing today That's what uh, the environmental, uh, process is for. Um, I will say that Uh, during the design phase There are agreements In terms of maintenance so, uh I haven't had any discussions with the srg jc or regarding security or or any other residents, but I will say that uh If it's maybe I should ask well, well, is there anything that addresses security concerns and and any of these environmental, uh studies Yeah, the focus of the environmental process is to look at physical impacts on the environment so any sort of, um concerns related to You know patrolling of the facility or kind outside the scope of the environmental review document Thank you. Well, so with that said, uh I I suggest you Take that comment and submit it As part of the review and we will address it Thank you Thank you christen will and thank you synthia for your question I have a raised hand from wane said in again Wayne I will unmute you Wayne Wayne can you hear me? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Yes, we can wane. Oh, okay. The question was raised earlier about jenny's crossing um, and um The question I have is if that were built out I know the city is has been trying for some time Santa Rosa to get that jenny's crossing Built and if it were built would that have any impact upon the study? And uh the selection of the best alternative Thank you, wane. I will direct that question to a chris cat wagon of the city of santa rosa I went I was hoping to add to that but I May have to point this and ask one of the consultants again, uh These are standalone projects they function without each other But if anybody else has anything to add Steven this is natalina. I believe the feasibility study um took jenny's avenue over crossing and consideration and The issue was the impacts on jenny's itself just west of 101 Steven could you elaborate on that or could you confirm that that's that's the case? Yeah, natalina I think that wane is asking about the proposed crossing over the smart right away And not a crossing of 101 at jenny's. Oh, I am understanding and maybe we could ask wane I'm understanding if the crossing at jenny's and smart Were to be constructed whether that would influence The decision concerning a jenny's crossing. I see I see. Um, no, I don't think it would because the frankly the The public right of way the city right of way at jenny's is so constrained That I don't even believe there are sidewalks there at this point um So the amount of space available to put in a crossing there um Is is quite limited and the impacts on um, quite a few residences there would not Would make those residences inaccessible um so to answer your question Uh, a new crossing at jenny's over the smart right of way would probably would would not Change the determination that a crossing at jenny's over 101 was non-viable Thank you. Thank you Wayne are you are you there? Yeah, I'm still here. Can you hear me? Yes, we can Well, I just wanted to add that there was quite a gathering of people at Recent smart meetings in which the residents On the other side on the west side of jenny's were very vocal and requesting that that Jennings of over crossing of the Tracks the smart tracks was very much in their interest So it seems to me that ought to be considered in future discussions Uh, thank you wane. I believe that's a comment that you should submit in writing. Okay. I will Thank you very much Let me lower your hand Okay, I see a raised hand from eris weaver eris Let me unmute you Hi eris. Hi. Thank you. I'm the executive director of the sonoma county bicycle coalition I have an answer to a couple of previous questions. I've been digging a digitally through our files and so the Five settlement between us and sienna rosa junior college did call for the jc to contribute one million dollars towards the construction of the over crossing Thank you eris. I believe that's a comment. Do you have a question for the panelists? No, that was just my answer to some previous questions Okay, thank you very much. Uh, please submit a comment with with that information Okay, I see a raised hand from uh rick coats him rick rick Let me unmute you rick Yeah, so I understood wane's question to be entirely different from what you answered I thought he was saying Would the presence of a crossing at jennings Way heavily in some way on the alternatives between edwards and bear cub Or would it make no difference? Yeah, that was the question That was the question that I understood and I I tried to answer and the answer was no it would not make a difference Okay Thank you rick. Let me lower your hand Okay I have a raised hand here from jenet baroko Janet let me unmute you Okay Janet Can you hear me? Yes, we can jenet. You're a little bit faint Okay, I stepped out for a moment. Um, but I heard of the end of wane's comment about jennings and then So, uh, one of the gentlemen, I don't know who it was answered. It would not make a difference I was wondering who that was it said it would not make a difference to If the crossing were to occur to either of the edwards Or the bear club way and I was wondering if the gentleman can answer why that would not make a difference I will direct that to steven grover of sga. Architecture and engineering So the question that I was answering is whether it would make a difference Um of the determination we made during the feasibility phase of the project as to whether A crossing at jennings of 101 was viable and to that My answer was no the viability of that crossing would be unaffected by a crossing at jennings over the smart tracks as to whether A crossing at jennings over the smart tracks would favor consideration of edwards Elliott or the bear cub way alternatives now um I would say I I don't think so Okay, um I that's just interesting because on the map I see that jennings is still seems to be marked as a bicycle boulevard And that was mentioned early on in this presentation Which it would allow access for people coming from the bus station the transit area On west college. That was one of the advantages They could you know Come that way and people on the west of the tracks And again, I made that comment early on but I was told that that was not to be considered in this particular Conversation This meeting is about the environmental review of two alternatives for crossing highway 101 And I think your comment is best directed to the People the city staff that's meant that are managing the process of a crossing of the smart tracks at jennings Okay, it just seems like a real straightforward thing to me when I look at the map. That's all Okay Thank you. Again it let me just lower your hand Okay, I don't see any raised hands with the facilitators. Please check to see if anyone asks questions in the chat If we missed anybody Officer, this is jimmy. I don't see any other question Okay, thank you jimmy Uh, it appears we do not have any more questions, but we will keep this session open For one or two more minutes in case. There any final questions? Oh, I do see one coming in in, uh Chris Zagorowitz Let me unmute you Chris Yeah Um I missed kind of the beginning like all the um the introductions or whatever, but When this is going if it goes through bear cub way Does that mean we lose all the parking down there? that the jc Because that is there's a thoroughfare From Mando to armory And there's a couple parking lots in there. So are we going to lose that lose parking places as well? Thank you, chris. I'll direct that question to anadeline open arty of bkf engineers There will be destruction of parking. Um During construction as well as permanently for the bear cub way alternative There will be losses of stalls In those stalls the number of losses will be minimized based on some rearrangement of the parking lot In those those those uh loss of stalls have been identified in the environmental document In order to assess the impacts of that Nathalina may I just add that some of that loss will be due to New stalls having different geometric standards the new stalls will have to be larger Yes, thank you, chris. It's steven Thank you, steven and anadelina and thank you chris Hope that answered your question Let me just lower your hand Okay, let me take a moment to have the spanish interpreter Check if there are any questions on the spanish line. Nope. No preguntas. Gracias Um, I see a hand raised from a call in attendee Your last four digits six two seven nine. Um, I will unmute you if you could just announce who you are Hello, yes um, this is maryanne calling and uh earlier Erica and frank Paul I live on edwards avenue and My questions are totally different than I think everybody else has come across Um, first of all, we're in a pandemic crisis Second of all, we've had problems with people blocking freeway Um, if we have an overhead bridge How many people are going to be coming over that are going to be possibly homeless because there's a lot of people that are um, I'm a senior And also when they have an overhead bridge like that Um, you know with this time that's happening People are up there on the bridges. They could be shooting at people Killing people on the freeway And I could think of better ways to spend money Like fixing potholes On the roads that need to be fixed. Are you there? Yes, we are that that sounded like more of a of a comment about security um, if you would like to Submit that in writing, uh, that would be much appreciated. Um, I will allow chris to make any comments See a hand. Yeah one Sure, uh once again, that's similar to that security question. Um Unless something like this is disclosed as part of the environmental, uh studies, um Be able to discuss more about this but uh Again, I suggest you forward your question in writing And uh, so it can be addressed Thank you chris. Thank you for that comment I see a raised hand from robert peterson again robert. Let me unmute you Yeah, i'm sorry. I just have to comment on that pothole thing. I was almost killed riding through the codding town Underpass and we're talking about children and schools. There's the elementary school up there on cleveland There's a high school. There's students going to the junior college your staff members using biking from the junior college This is a safety issue here and it's a terrible Terrible crossing area for pedestrians and bicycles and people's lives are very important that that really angers me about potholes and taxes That's ridiculous Thank you robert. That uh was The comment, please submit those comments in writing So we can include them in the final environmental document. Let me just lower your hand. Okay See we have a question from andre Sedentoff Andres asks, um Will the recording be available and where can andre? Find the documents for this project I will direct that question to chris of the city of santa rosa Hi andre uh chris I'd like to refer you to the notification mailers UBC on the bottom. There is a project website to our Our project website for this project and you'll be able to find past documents you'll be able to find this draft initial study And I guess before the end of this week, maybe tomorrow we will post this Recording the virtual open house and uh again, you may want to Look at one of the notification mailers Thank you chris Andre, I hope that answered your question. I see that you have a follow-up question Uh andre you ask is the elliott option taking into account The new student housing I will direct that question to natalina of bkf engineers Uh at the time the environmental document was being developed The student housing project Design development was not Had not been initiated. So the environmental document considers existing conditions for prior to any student housing Be considered in the area We are aware of it though, and we've been tracking its development and the project can easily Be coordinated with that particular project and in Should ewards and elliott build alternative be chosen the next phase of work The development of the design will need to coordinate with that particular project Thank you natalina and thank you andre It appears we do not have any more Questions, but let's keep this session open for one or two more minutes in case there any final questions In the meantime, um the panelists may make any final comments about the project This is arnica with um caltrans And I just want to thank everyone for taking the time to attend this virtual meeting And I remind you all to submit comments during the public comment period Okay Seeing no more. Oh, we do have a hand raised final hand raised. All right. Let's take one more question from chrys zagoro it's Chris let me unmute you Are you there chris? You okay, we both do okay This is probably addressed at the beginning when I couldn't get in but um Why are the extensions so far from? The freeway And I'm saying I'm thinking of there's a crosswalk down in marin county and it starts Just to the sides of the Freeway it doesn't extend all the way out to like Through bear cub drive or all the way down to dick sport sporting goods that wouldn't The one in marin county is much shorter It is there a reason that it has to go as far as it does Rather than having the one that is like Just it starts in a in a loop And goes across and then loops back down and that's it it doesn't go out and To the neighborhoods. Yes chris. I believe your question is about the geometrics of the Overcrossing I will direct your question to a steven grover of sga architecture and engineering I'm familiar with A bridge over crossing in marin with Spiral or circular approaches like you're you're talking about This type of design Emerged as best practices In the middle of the 20th century since then There have been a lot of changes Towards improving access for people with disabilities and improving separation And safety between fast moving users and slow moving users. So the geometrics of projects like this Have evolved significantly so that they are much more open Better sight lines More inviting more comfortable This particular project There's there's also limited room to wrap around on either side But the short answer is Wherever possible We try to design these projects with straight sight lines and straight pathways for safety reasons There's one other part of that which is the slope The preferred slope is as gentle as possible And five percent slope Which is one foot rise over 20 foot run wherever possible And so that's what we've done. Those are current best practices Thank you, Stephen Chris. I hope that answered your question Yes, thank you Thank you Let me lower your hand Okay, I've put on the screen again how to provide input And I did see a hand go up and come down a few times Frank. Let me just make sure Um frank hag. Do you have a question? Let me unmute you Are we there? Yes. Yes, we can hear you. Thanks again for getting back to me. Let's go back to the edwards, uh, alia to slide There now you notice right across from dick sporting goods And you have the west access point And that's when people get off or they get on Now what happens beyond that because the sidewalk only goes up to those apartments on the west side of dick sporting goods And from there on there is no sidewalk Up to range My question is what are you going to do about that access? Thank you, frank. I believe you're asking about, um Outside of the limits of this project But why don't I direct that question to Uh, steven grover of sg architecture and engineering I think that's really a question for chris. Um, okay, did he have plans to put in sidewalks there? Or to require sidewalks so I think uh the answer Before I say anything, um, it would make sense to actually have a sidewalk and uh Continue on with the the bicycle lanes But before I can confirm that I suggest you put that in a comment And we will address that Well, I would hope that you would have this in the comments anyhow. What do you my question? Is that going to happen? again, I I don't have confirmation of that but my guess would it be continuation of that sidewalk, but again, I I asked you to put that in a comment. So it is, uh, certainly addressed And confirmed Chris, I think there's um some cities looking at the overall bike and pet facilities in the area and so we we may want to ask that gentleman to Leave his name and contact information so we could direct him to Others in the city that may have further information on projects outside of these limits So that'll be fine with me and I can give you my name and address My concern basically is you're dumping people off of that Overpass down to the west access point. Where are they going to go up the street? Are they what is the what is the pedestrian? problem there If there's going to be a problem so again, I would say overall there is a 2000 I think it's a recent bike and pet master plan it Shouldn't mention this but again Let me uh let us confirm that and if you can again Send a comment focusing on this and we can address it Okay, how do you want to get back to me? There is Multiple ways you can submit a comment and you can submit a comment through email or you can write a letter all before July 24th All right, let's put that slide back on for how people can submit comments and provide input There you are I see that Okay, uh, I I don't think that you guys when you've designed that Particularly from the city standpoint have addressed where you're going to take people from that west portal going off overpass onto Conning town or range or whatever That's my question. Hello Again, this is chris speaking if you can address that letter in that comment Or particularly a question We can address that it's in the final environmental document and confirm that we give you the the proper response Okay, I understand You have not I'm going to take that response that you have not considered My question or the concern of where those people are going to go after they get off that Overcross on edwards. Is that right? You just ended it right there Uh, this is steven um We are aware that the project in fact, it's a requirement of couch fans That any project like this connect back to the public right of way Cyclists would go on to edwards avenue Um, my understanding Um, is that there would be a shero? Uh class 3 bicycle access and I'm just looking at street view on edwards avenue And I've confirmed that there are indeed sidewalks on both sides with of edwards avenue Yeah, I'll play up to the post office You see Okay So I just um one I this is a very important comment frank. Um and If you provide it as a question verbally here It won't get into the formal review process So what chris was saying is I strongly encourage you to submit something even if it's just in the chat here in writing So that it will be formally considered and addressed So my question is considered formal at this point Is that correct? The verbal questions are clarifying questions Something's considered formally for the environmental review process. It needs to be submitted in writing All right, thank you Thank you, frank. All right. I don't see any more raised hands or questions It is eight o'clock Seeing no more additional questions from attendees Let's close this question answer session Thank you for all your questions and thank you to our panelists All right. Thank you online public meeting for the santa rosa us highway one-on-one bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing project The draft environmental document is currently available for review and comment through july 24 2020 Thank you for attending and we hope you and your families stay healthy