Bicycle and Pedestrians Advisory Committee Thu, Jul 9, 2026 · Bicycle and Pedestrians Advisory Committee https://santafeminutes.space/meeting/1059 == Executive Summary == The Bicycle and Pedestrians Advisory Committee (BPAC) met to discuss various transportation planning initiatives, infrastructure projects, and internal committee matters. Key discussions included an overview of the Santa Fe Metropolitan Planning Organization's (MPO) role in transportation planning and data analysis, and an orientation for new BPAC members outlining the committee's goals, strategic plan, and subcommittees. The committee aims to achieve a 'diamond-level bike-friendly community by 2050,' with an interim goal of 'gold-level' by 2033, and is actively working on several trail and road projects. Significant attention was given to prioritizing infrastructure projects, including the La Paz Roundabout, Bishop's Lodge Road, and the Saint Michael's Rail Trail Underpass. The committee also reviewed proposed trail signage designs aimed at improving safety and etiquette, sparking debate about the enforceability of rules and the impact of e-bikes. Internally, the committee appointed a new Vice Chair, discussed the need for new subcommittee chairs and members, and approved a motion for striping. The meeting concluded with updates on subcommittee activities, upcoming events like the Tierra Contenta Trail grand opening, and a call for a new District 3 committee member. == Key Decisions == - Gary Schiffmiller was nominated and accepted the role of Vice Chair. - The BPAC voted for Kaya Mejia for District 1 and Arroyo and Medyo Pedestrian Connectivity as a priority project. - A motion to approve striping was passed unanimously. == Motions & Votes == - Motion to approve striping — Passed unanimously (8-0). == Public Comment == Public comments included a question about the historical depth of the MPO's crash data, with the response indicating data is available from about 1.5-2 years prior, updated annually. Another comment inquired about the status of an unspecified project outside city limits, which was reported to be stalled at NMDOT. Concerns were raised about aggressive and fast-moving cyclists on the Santa Fe River Trail. Laura Long questioned the legal enforceability of proposed trail signage rules, particularly regarding passing on the left and giving warnings, highlighting the lack of speed limits on trails and the potential danger. Committee members also noted the difficulty of enforcing trail rules due to infrequent police presence and the impact of e-bikes on trail conflicts, as well as pedestrians sometimes contributing to issues by not responding to audible signals or wearing earbuds. == Topics == - Trail Safety & Etiquette - Police Bike Team Expansion - Trail Striping Pilot Project - Bike Santa Fe Initiatives - Trail Signage Design - MPO Role & Projects - Tierra Contenta Trail Opening - Road Restriping Projects - Vulnerable Road User Task Force == Full Transcript == Alright. We will call to order the July 9 meeting of the, that's what it is, regular meeting of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Ramona, can we get a roll call, please? Yes. Member, she's not yet here. Member Robin Garson, member Andrew Jones, member Mark McConnell, not yet here. Member Chandler Moore, member Ben Gilly, not yet here. Member Gary Schiffmiller. Here. Member Dexter Wayne, Chair Pat Fagali. Here. You have a quorum. Yes, Madam Chair. Thank you. We'll go on to approval agenda. Do we have any changes to the agenda, Nana? Nothing from the staff, Madam Chair. So motion? Just if Mark doesn't show up, he's on the agenda. We have to so that item. Yeah. Okay. We can do that when we get there if he doesn't show up. Can I get a motion to approve from someone? So moved. Hold on one second. There's, it's the button. It says push on the bottom. Yep. Your light is on. It's on. You're on. You're good. It's on. If I am, I'll second after all that. Right. Everyone is in the chambers. Can everyone in favor say aye? Aye. Anyone opposed? Okay. On to approval of the minutes. Approving the minutes from June 11 BPAC meetings. Anyone have any changes? Or? None from staff, Madam Chair. Can we get a motion? One second. I'll second. Great. All in favor? Aye. Anyone opposed? Great. Okay. Moving right along. This is a section for public comment. If anyone from the public who is not otherwise on the agenda would like to speak, please come up and you'll have two minutes. We don't usually have a timer, but try to limit yourself to two minutes if you want to speak about something or anything that's not otherwise on the agenda. Oh, yes. For any, yeah, to come up. Okay. Alright. Can't hear me either. You're fine? Yes. Okay. I found out about this group, this committee, from, is it Romela? You. I thank you. And I've lived in Santa Fe for 30 years. I was here when they built the Santa Fe River Trail, and I've been using it ever since. And that's my concern tonight is that traffic on the trail has changed in the last couple years. It's always been a bike and pedestrian path, and it's, to my knowledge, always been light, and nobody's hurt anybody else. And in the recent years, I have noticed a great, a lot of, a lot, a number of aggressive bikers that go past you as a pedestrian really quickly and almost knock you over. I think that's something that's gonna happen pretty soon. I don't know when, if it hasn't already. And so when I contacted Romela about, you know, what are, what are the laws here, she said what I, what I understood her to say is that pedestrians have the right of way and that bikes need to slow down and alert people and then go on their merry way. And she said that you were gonna look into signage for the trail. So I'm a biker myself, but lately I've been walking a lot more since I'm aged. And I have talked to a lot of people who are biking, who are walking on the trail, and they have observed the same thing, that bikers are going way faster than they used to. They're not being courteous whatsoever, and some people have had near misses. Two people in the last two weeks have gone really fast by me and almost hit me. And I screamed out because I was scared. I thought I was gonna be hit. And the guy stopped and started screaming at me. And it's very aggressive. Said, well, you almost hit me, and you're supposed to go 10 miles an hour, and we have the right of way. So anyway, I had two of those incidents recently, and I have never had that before. So I'm not saying bikers are bad or anything. It's just that something has happened on the trails. And I don't know what it is, but I think that a few little signs is not gonna do anything. First of all, they won't read them. Because when you go fast, that fast, even 10 miles an hour, you don't read a sign with. So I propose looking into like we do on the roads, you know, like on Baca Street, it says, share the road or put, you know, bikes and can use the road as well. Something like that. And I looked at the signage thing, and I don't know if we're gonna have a chance to talk about that later with Judith. Talking about that. Judith is not, Chandler's gonna be presenting, but yes, we will be talking, we will be talking about that later. Yes. Okay. So that's my spiel. Okay. Great. Thank you. Yeah. Anyone else for public comment? Okay. Moving on to communications from other agencies. Six A is Bike Santa Fe. I think, Chandler, are you doing that instead of Genevieve for today? Go ahead. Alright. You want me on the podium or can I do it from here? Okay. So we have some reporting from Bike Santa Fe, and Genevieve has put together some of the lists of this report. So some updates. Bike Valley has become a big component of the output for Bike Santa Fe. So that's been at events in the railyard, the water tower, also iFam, and the Canyon Road walks to give folks a place to park their bikes where they're under security and don't have to worry about lockups or vehicle thefts. So that's been big for the organization. And currently, Bike Santa Fe is seeking new board members. So Genevieve is stepping down. I believe there's a total of three vacancies. So that is one thing that Bike Santa Fe is trying to recruit for right now. And also, Enox bike racks, those are underway, but businesses are getting a subsidized program with his, with his bike racks. They have to pay one third of the cost, and so far, that's been an issue. So no one has taken him up or Bike Santa Fe up on that deal as of yet. So what he just came in to report to the board yesterday. So if there are businesses that, that you hear about or that you know of that, that want to, to get bike racks out front, their private property, and you would contact Bike Santa Fe, and, and it's a pretty good deal. Also, there is a consensus among the Bike Santa Fe board to support the new resolution that was put forward to close the plaza to vehicle traffic. I think the voting on that is in three weeks. So the board and every member of the, I believe it was more than 50 people that were surveyed or, or it was discussed with within, like, Santa Fe unanimously agreed that it was a good resolution and that the organization supports that initiative. So that's everything from Genevieve. Great. Thank you. Next, we have the Santa Fe Police Department, Captain Ramirez. Thank you for joining us. I think this is, of course, first time, at least since I've been here, that you've been presenting. So? Yes. And, counselor, committee members, thank you for having me. I honestly didn't know that I was presenting tonight. I thought I was just instructed to come and sit in the meeting and see what the concerns are and see how we can address them from the police department side. But I will talk a little bit about some changes in the department and what we're doing to try and help the pedestrian and, and bicycle side of things. We recently tested for, we recently tested four new members of our department for our bike team. One sergeant and three auxiliary members, they all passed. So we are expanding our bike team in reference to full-time members now. So what that means is we'll have, hopefully, coverage seven days a week of our bike team members. Our bike team is technically a, a do it all team. They deal with a lot of the trails, like, like the one that spoke before talks about. They also deal with the homeless population and, and the concerns there and the camps and that sort of thing. So our bike team is kind of like the Swiss Army knife of the department, so they can't be everywhere at once. But hopefully, this will help us to be in more places than it, than we were before. I don't know when the new team will, will start, but it will consist of one sergeant and four bike members. Like, and again, they're full-time bike members, so they will be working 40 hours a week. Usually more than that because they work a lot of overtime for special events and that sort of thing. The other thing that we were notified of is, glad to see somebody from Santa Fe County here. They do have four bike members themselves, so they will be assisting us in the city with some of that stuff as well. Our, we have two instructors right now that teach the International Police Mountain Bike class. We have, we'll have a third one in about a week or so. He's going to class next week to, to become an instructor. And the four members from the, the county will also be going through that class as well as our other auxiliaries that just tested in that sort of thing. So we do, we are expanding the team. We have right now about 15 or 16 total members on our bike team. That includes our full-time members as well. But the auxiliary members technically belong to patrol right now, and they help with special events and that sort of thing. We also are looking at purchasing new bikes for the team, and some of those new bikes will be e-bikes that we've looked into taking and teaching the e-bike class because there is a different class that you have to take for that. And, and hopefully, we'll have some of those in fairly soon. We're hoping within the next three or four months to be able to get that going. E-bikes make a little bit more sense for us because when you're pedaling, you know, a couple of miles trying to get somewhere really quickly and then you get there, you're gassed out. Right? Anybody that rides a bike knows that. So the e-bikes will help us to be able to handle situations and not be so tired and that sort of thing. We're starting with four to begin with just to see how it works out. And then hopefully, in the near future, we can expand that to the full bike team having e-bikes. The, right now, that's kind of where we're at in terms of the department and, and our bicycle team. I don't know if anybody has any questions for me or if I can, great. Yeah. Does anyone on the, on the committee have questions, Gary? Just out of curiosity, I don't know how familiar you are with e-bikes. There's three different classes. Do you know what class bike they're gonna have? I am not too familiar with them, and I do not know. I wouldn't be able to answer that. But I can probably get that information for you and have it at the next meeting for sure. It's not too important. I was just kind of curious. Not, I'm not too sure. Yeah. Go ahead. What, what is the general area that is patrolled by the bicycle officers? Honestly, all over the city. They handle calls all the way from Airport Road to this side of town. So they, they, they go kind of where the problem areas are for that specific week, day, whatever it is. We receive a lot of emails from constituent services in reference to problem areas with either trails, homeless camping, that sort of thing. And they are, like I said, they're the Swiss Army knife, so they go all over the city. And unfortunately, they don't stay in one spot. We do split them up now that we have a few more people on the team. And most of the time, we have two in this area kind of in the Downtown Paseo de Peralta Loop, and then two more and the sergeant are usually out in a different area of the city. But with our expansion, hopefully, we can cover a little bit more area when, when they come on. Great. Thank you so much for coming, and we appreciate the updates. You're happy. Next, we have the Metropolitan Planning Organization Director, Eric Ani. Good evening. Eric Ani with the Santa Fe MPO. I'm gonna give you all a briefing of who we are. Welcome, Dexter, Andrew, Robin, Chandler. Are you familiar with the MPO as new? Yes. Yep. Perfect. So Leah Engby is part of the MPO. We are two thirds of the entire MPO. Carrie Tremblatt is another senior transportation planner. We are a division that is hosted by the Public Works Department. We are federally funded. We are an independent organization. We are part of the county, the city, and the state, and the fellow of CPA as a result of the Joint Powers Agreement. So the city hosts us, hence, we are city employees, but we work under the leadership of elected officials of each of those entities, including Pat, who's on our policy board. We're federally funded by two federal grants: one federal highway grant and one transit authority grant. That provides 80% of what we do, and then the county and the city provide a 20% cash match. What do we do? This is my wealthier into the MPO. What do we do? We provide essential transportation planning services to the county, the city, and state. What do those look like? Number one, we have our federal requirements over here, which is a prescriptive list of, let's just say, the Metropolitan Transportation Plan, which is a guiding master plan for the entire metropolitan area. Leah is in charge of the Transportation Improvement Program, which is where the transportation plan identifies projects and tries to match those projects with our goal state, local funding, then program and then deliver through a Transportation Improvement Program the funds. It's all very fun and complicated. The funds in a way that is required by federal law. That is some of the prescriptive stuff, just a little bit of it. The fun stuff that we get to do is we get to work with Romello on street design. We get to work with the City Streets Department. We're in a process of drafting an entire new set of street design standards for the city. We're deep in the weeds of redesigning, repopulating the traffic impact analysis that results in developers and engineers designing our streets. We are in the weeds with policy. We love pretty much all of the elements that we work on. If you just look at our website, santafempo.org, you will find pretty much everything that we've done in the recent past, found there, including all plans, projects. And then one of my favorite parts is the data. Just in the last three or four years, we have been able to access data more readily because of the technology, a little bit of AI, and we understand where that's coming from. So we're able to take data, crash data, volume data, speed data, in many different formats and tell us. If anybody's interested about a particular road, trail, intersection, feel free to reach out to us, and we can drill down into when it was designed, why it was designed, and what its behavior is. Those are just a few snapshots. One of the projects we're working on with the city is a post-analysis of the Guadalupe Street reconstruction project. We're right in the middle of that project with our consulting engineers. On Friday, the 24th, at 8:00 in the morning, hopefully, it's a little cooler. We're going to do a walking audit with the technocrats to look at all the good work that's been done. What are some of the concerns that we're hearing from the businesses, people, and so forth? And maybe there's some technical remedies. And in that walking audit, we will be able to hear directly and see directly the good and the opportunity. That's just one example. I will yield my time and see the rest of the stand for questions. Thank you. Does anyone have any questions for Dr. Arnie? I meant, you said you were talking about the data. How far back does the data that you were referring to go? Excellent question, Madam Chair, members of the committee. So we get crash data, if that's one specific step that is about a year and a half, two years out. So when the gentleman, police officer, and his team have an incident report, that's sent over to the state DOT. That information is then funneled over to a university, and that's where we are on track. You then take the raw data and put it into, parse it out and all the details. I mean, when, how, lighting, vehicles, blah, blah. There's a ton of data. That data then is, we get them about every January. So in January '26, we got 2024 data. Years out. Then we upload that into our system. We'll be able to, so I have, we can run a report on 2024 going back again. That's okay. Thank you. Any other questions? Okay. Thank you. Moving on to discussion and possible action items. Item A is BPAC member introductions where we're just going to have people, yeah. We just want to go down and introduce real quickly. Name, I think everyone can see which district or county you're in, but, you know, what brings you to wanting to be on BPAC briefly? I'm Dexter Wayne. I live in the county, and I was drawn to this because I am a cyclist. I'm also a pedestrian. I would ride my bike everywhere and get rid of my car if possible. So I think it's a preferable way to travel. I have a lot of interest in the infrastructure of the city and how it can be improved to help this generation and the next. I'm a father, and the safety of our children is of utmost importance to me as well. So that's why I decided to. Everybody, my name is Andrew Johns. Excuse me. You can call me Andy. I'm in District 2. I'm interested in joining BPAC because I also am a cyclist, both commuting and recreationally. I also walk to work, which is wonderful, and I hope everyone can do that someday. I have a lot of experience in this type of work, and my background's in epidemiology, so I'm really interested in the data. And Eric and I have had discussions about this type of data before, and I just think this is a good way to impact the city. It's right this time. I did it. My name is Robin Garrison. I just moved to Santa Fe, back to Santa Fe, a year ago, and I honestly didn't know this was a committee. But when I found out about it, I was really excited. I walk and ride my bike pretty much everywhere because I don't drive. And so I thought it was a great chance to be a part of having some input on how that's set up for people. I can say congrats to everybody who's been doing this because this is way better than Albuquerque. So, I'm excited to see what goes on here and how I can contribute. I'm Chandler Moore. I'm a District 1 for Santa Fe. And I'm a Bike Santa Fe member, and I think they call me a special adviser in my role there. A bicycling advocate and daily user of our trail systems as well as a bicycle. We invested in our cycling infrastructure. Oh, thank you. Next item is our BPAC orientation from our staff liaison, Romella Gorioso Mas. Michael, I think can we get the presentation back up if that's possible? Thank you. So the Bicycle and Trails Advisory Committee was established via Resolution Number 2003-87 on 09/24/2003. It was renamed to Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee on 01/27/2021. Its purpose is to provide input and advice that makes bicycling and walking in the City of Santa Fe equitable, safe, viable, and comfortable modes of transportation, commuting, and recreation. Deliberate on city projects, plans, and policies that impact both on-road and off-road bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, and advise the governing body on such matters. The BPAC has 10 members: one city councilor who acts as the chair, eight city residents, and one county resident. BPAC was established to support the Roadways and Trails Section of the now defunct Engineering Division under the Public Works Department. In 2023, the Engineering Division and the Streets Drainage Maintenance Division were combined to create or establish the Complete Streets Division. The Roadways and Trails is still a section under the Complete Streets Division, and BPAC is our advisory committee. BTAC, one of the main differences between BTAC and BPAC was in BTAC, in that resolution, the goal is to become a gold, a gold-friendly bike-friendly community by 2030, I believe. So for BPAC, one of the amendments is to become a diamond-level bike-friendly community by 2050. So for the past, how many years, two decades or more than two decades, what we have achieved is silver-level bike-friendly community. So what do we need to do to reach or to obtain the gold-level bike-friendly community by maybe 2033? So BPAC developed the strategic plan that starts from fiscal year 2023, ends in fiscal year 2033. Its mission is within 10 years, by the end of this planning period, which is fiscal year 2033, the City of Santa Fe has successfully obtained the League of American Bicyclists Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Community designation. So what are the key issues that we identified versus how to transition to a multimodal transportation culture, how to integrate land use and transportation planning, how to enhance public participation in transportation decision-making, and how to promote transportation and infrastructure paradigm shifts? We have a strategy. It's to shift policies, programs, and infrastructure toward a coordinated multimodal transportation system that prioritizes bicycle and pedestrian-friendly design, improves safety and comfort, and integrates land use planning, supportive programs to reduce reliance on car travel. We developed an action plan. It answers why an action is needed, who will implement it, how it will be implemented, what will be implemented, and when it will be implemented. We created four subcommittees to implement the action plan. There are three standing committees: the Policy, Planning, and Law; the Promotion, Education, and Communications; Technical Review; and there is an ad hoc task force, which is called the Vulnerable Road Users Task Force. What are the key results of this strategic plan? The adoption of Ordinance 2023-4, which is the Electric Bicycle Ordinance, Resolution 2024-122, which is the Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Maintenance Resolution, and Resolution 2025-41, which was just last year, the Vision Zero Resolution. We also completed the construction of El Camino Real Academy Trail, the completion of the reconstruction of the North Guadalupe Street. Now finished also the completion of the Agua Fria South Meadows Intersection Improvements Project, and the Tierra Contenta Trail, which will be completed end of this month. All these projects are funded by a federal or state. So we in the local economy, we may have put some, like, $20,000,000 of federal funding that supported the local economy. Some of the key results of the strategic plan is now we have a BPAC website. There's a strong partnership with the Santa Fe Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Bike Santa Fe, the Safe Routes School, and the Santa Fe Conservation Trust. Annual surveys are conducted, which is a requirement of the League of American Bicyclists for bicycle-friendly communities. And we participate in the annual Bike Month activities. What's next? Bike Summit. And then the construction of Pacman Road pavement reconstruction. This is a priority project for BPAC. About five years ago, the construction of the Agua Fria Cottonwood Roundabout, the construction of the Acequia Trail extension from Rufina to San Felipe, and the construction of Rail Trail intersection improvements, and the design completion and securing funding for the construction of Henry Lynch Road reconstruction and roundabout project. Thank you. I stand for questions. Thank you, Romella. Does anyone have any questions for her? Seeing none, we will move on. Thank you. You have a question for Romella? Sure. Why not? And does the one from MTO know anything about that? And that's not in the city, so I'm not sure if it's, what's wrong? Well, no. Okay. So I've been bird-dogging this project for a decade, and the short answer is it's still sitting in the NMDOT's office going nowhere. I have, not to be too blunt about it, but we've been asking on a regular basis, getting some feedback that, "Oh, yeah, we've done phase A. We've done this initial cost study." The NMDOT is kind of frank about their belief that it's not going to be a realistic project. I can't say that formally, but I just did. So pretend you didn't hear that because I don't want to get in trouble. It is frustrating that it just sits DOT year after year. We had, the MPO had worked with the county and the state in 2018 to actually do the design with some federal funding we were shooting for. So I believe it still could be done, at least up to, like, it works. It's tricky and really infeasible. What we need back from the DOT, and I think you've inspired us to ask tomorrow, is when will the cost estimate and design usability study, design, sorry, come to be done? Sorry to get on. Thank you. I'll be back. Yeah. Alright. Thank you. Okay. So, moving on. Nomination of VPAC representative to the Public Safety Committee is our next item. Our current, or our former representative, is no longer on VPAC. He termed out, I think, or yes. So, the Public Safety Committee is a city advisory committee like this that has members from many different areas. One of them is BPAC. It meets the Thursday after BPAC at 4:00 PM here at City Hall. Does anyone have any interest and availability in being in a committee that meets the third Thursday at 4:00 PM? Alright. Okay. We can put that out to the full membership and see if anyone is available to do that who's not here today. Yeah. Or if any of you change your minds, let us know. But, yeah, I think for now, we don't have anyone available. So, moving on to appointment of vice chair and subcommittee chairs and members. Our vice chair also termed out. So I would like to put forward Gary Schiffmiller, our longest-standing current member, I think, as our, as the vice chair. Do you want to be vice chair? Gary was also here before you today for this meeting. I'll accept that. Romela, do we have to have a formal motion, or is that no? Okay. We also have those three committees that Romela mentioned before, which is the Policy Planning and Law Subcommittee, Promotion Education and Communication Subcommittee, Technical Review Subcommittee, and then also the Ad Hoc Vulnerable Road User Task Force. Three of those, the Policy Planning and Law Subcommittee, the Promotions, Education, and Communication Subcommittee, and the Vulnerable User Task Force, Vulnerable Road User Task Force, need a new chair and at least one other member. Gary is already chair of the Technical Review Subcommittee, which did not lose all its members, in an interesting way that that's played out. So does anyone have any interest in chairing Policy Planning and Law, or Promotions, Educations, and Communications, or Vulnerable Road User Task Force who is on the committee? Well, I mean, currently, I was in the Promotion Education and Communication. So if that role needs to be filled, then I would volunteer. Okay. Yes. We need a chair for that one. So you would volunteer for a chair of Promotion Education and Communications. Sorry, I can't write and read at the same time, apparently. Okay. Is anyone interested in chairing Policy Planning and Law or Vulnerable Road User Task Force? And, Gary, can you maybe speak of it to, like, how, or Chandler, how these meetings, like, how the subcommittees meet and what is involved before people commit? Technical Review Subcommittee has met in person, but not terribly often. We do most of our meeting through emails. And, and I attend most of the meetings with other, you know, entities and some other members of the task force, of, of the subcommittee who are BPAC members can also attend. Choose to. Okay. Well, John, do you have anything to add, having been on a subcommittee? Yep. We did meet in person, and it was more task-based. So when we had an initiative, then, then we would meet here locally. And, and the same to, to be in touch via email. Do you want to, to chair anything? No? All along, Andy? No. The responsibilities of chairing? Jerry, do you, as a chair, do you want to? Well, as chair of the Technical Review Subcommittee, I have meetings with contractors who are working with the city to work on projects now. So that wouldn't apply to these other subcommittees. Also, I coordinate communication among subcommittee members and sometimes call meetings. Now my subcommittee doesn't have all that many in-person meetings, but it's up to the chair of each subcommittee how they want to handle that. Mhmm. Romela, do you, yeah, do you want to talk a little bit about how they've been working? We start with Policy Planning and Law. So this committee is responsible for updating the strategic plan, which we started two months ago. So, we might have another, like, orientation meeting for the new members to, to make you familiar with the strategic plan because the strategic plan is, you know, really, there are lots of things that the committee needs to do. That's one of the responsibilities of Policy Planning and Law. Also, there's one activity in the strategic plan that you need to develop the performance evaluation factors. How are we doing? How are we implementing the strategic plan? How are we achieving our goal? And also if there are some resolutions or ordinance, amendment to an ordinance, this is the committee that drafts the resolution. And there, and I usually help the chair and the members of the committee to do the work. Yeah. Do you want to talk a little bit about the Promotions Education or the Vulnerable Road Users? I guess Chandler has, yeah, been on, on the Promotion Education. So maybe, Gary, can you please talk about the vulnerable because you are a member of that committee too? So the Vulnerable Road User Task Force was started relatively recently in response to a specific incident that occurred last year. A bicyclist was killed on Cerrillos Road, and it was many in the community's perception that the driver who was at fault was basically not held accountable. And that concerns us, as it should concern everyone. And, we want to develop either policy guidance or perhaps even a vulnerable road user ordinance, something to address the idea that drivers don't seem to be held accountable when they injure or kill pedestrians and bicyclists. And we're trying to determine through data if that perception is actually correct. You know, it's possible that drivers aren't held accountable no matter who they injure or kill, even other drivers, which is still not okay. But at any rate, the task force wants to address this issue of driver accountability. And then the, yeah, and then Production Education and Communications is basically project-driven, like Chandler said. So that meets when there's a project, like the signage thing that we're going to talk about. So, I, one, one more call. Does anyone want to be on or chair Policy Planning or Law, Policy Planning and Law Subcommittee? I'll volunteer to chair it. Thank you. Yeah. You're welcome. And then does anyone want to chair the Vulnerable Road User Task Force or be on it? We held a chair and a vacancy. I'd like to be on the Vulnerable Road User Committee, but I definitely don't want to chair this time. Okay. That sounds good. Is anyone else interested in, in being on any of the committees? Technical Review Committee is all, but the other two have vacancies also. And it's already on at least one. Is there still room on the Vulnerable Road User? There's a, there's a chair spot. Do you want to be the chair? I don't, I don't feel ready to chair something that I haven't even been a part of yet. Well, there's going to have to be a new member chair because Gary is already on it, and he's already chairing something else. So one of you two maybe wants to chair. Gary can help you out. He just won't officially be the chair. I don't know what I'm signing up for, but I'll do it. Great. I love that. Alright. Well, then we'll put out the other vacancies to the other members and see, but so I have Chandler as the nominee for the chair for Promotions, Education, and Communications. We have Andy as the potential chair of the Policy Planning and Law, and then Dexter as the Vulnerable Road User chair nominee, and Robin as a member of that, and Gary as vice president. So thank you. We will, we'll follow up on, on what, what happens with those. But, Romela, is that, is that good? You got, you got all those names? Yeah. Oh, yeah. You want? Okay. So you are, you're on the Technical Review Subcommittee? Okay. Great. And you, you're on the member-at-large side, so we will figure that out. Was there room for a member on the Technical Committee? There is now. There is now. Well, as a member-at-large, not as a committee member. Yes. No. Okay. Not, not at the moment. Although, we'll, we'll see. Maybe, maybe folks will want to rotate. We, we, we'll send out an email and figure that out. But for now, at least, we have chairs for everything. The Promotion Education and Communication Subcommittee and the Policy Planning and Law Subcommittee both have other vacancies for BPAC numbers still. Alright. I think, takes care of that. Items, what number? Seven E is discussion of proposed ICIP 2028 to 2032 project priorities. Romela, do you, do you want to talk about that? ICIP is our, I always forget what the I stands for. Infrastructure Capital Improvements Projects? Yes. So ICIP stands for Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plans. So every year, he, now retired, so the capital projects for Public Works, as the all the departments and divisions in the city, what capital projects they want to prioritize. For, I can't remember how many, how many projects in the ICIP. Usually, more than a hundred. Yeah. There's many different. It doesn't mean that if your project is included in the ICIP, you will get funding. And that this is the funding is via the legislative. It's capital outlay. But what it, but what it does for, for example, for me when I apply for funding is that I can say that this project is prioritized by the city, like number one, top one, top two, top three for funding, for construction, then your chance of getting funded is a lot higher. So, last week, the governing body adopted the resolution for all these projects that is included for the ICIP fiscal year 2028 through fiscal year 2032, five years. So the next step for the governing body is for them to prioritize these projects for funding because we have city has lobbyists. They go to the, to the meeting, and they, they lobby for the city top five projects and council district's priority projects. So last meeting in June, the, the BPAC has voted to prioritize for the major projects, Henry Lynch Road Reconstruction, Bishop's Lodge Road, and the Saint Michael's Rail Trail Underpass. However, the madam chair, or Chair Feg Alley, wants to reconsider or, or discuss why we are prioritizing Saint Michael's Rail Trail Underpass, and why not we, why not BPAC prioritize Saint Michael's Road Reconstruction? So Henry Lynch Road Reconstruction is from Rufina to Agua Fria. The word reconstruction is adding bicycle lane and sidewalk and median. The, the bicycle lane is a separated bicycle lane. This would be the first project of the city that will have separated bike lane. And the role of BPAC, especially the Technical Review, is to review all the plans that we, all the design plans. We have 28 projects. Nine were for construction. The rest are design and in, in different stages of design. So there's conceptual, there's 30%, 60%, 90%, 100%. The Henry Lynch project is at two, at 90% design. It includes the reconstruction of a roundabout at Agua Fria and Henry Lynch. This will be the first project that city-county project. The roof from Rufina to Wofford is city jurisdiction. From Wofford to Agua Fria is county jurisdiction. We are finishing the design, and we are applying for construction funding for Phase A, which is the roundabout. It will cost an estimated $7,000,000. Phase B, which is Rufina to Wofford, is about $8,000,000. It includes replacing the stormwater drainage. There is nothing there, so we will construct that because every time there's a huge rain, the La Paz neighborhood gets flooded. So that's the project. There is a memorandum of agreement between the city and the county that the city will lead the securing of the funding and the construction of the project, even though the roundabout is in the county jurisdiction. The Bishop's Lodge Road, this is a project that was prioritized by BIPA in 2020. The design has been completed. However, the construction funding that we need is about $25,000,000. There are a number of bicyclists who are emailing me, "When is the construction going to start?" We know the design has been completed two years ago. So because it's ready for construction, I recommended to the PPAC to prioritize it for funding. The third one is the Saint Michael's Rail Trail Underpass. This project came about because there was a road safety audit that was conducted in 2014 by NMDOT and SFMBO, because there were two deaths at that intersection in 2014. So HSIP, which is the Highway Safety Improvement Program, funded the design of this project, and we are at 60% design. We wish to move forward with construction. We applied for federal funding twice now by Safe Streets for All. We were turned down. HC promised us that they will give us $8,000,000 for construction if we can secure the rest of the funding. We need $25,000,000 to construct Saint Mike's. So the chair's question about why do we prioritize the underpass and not the reconstruction of Saint Michael's. There's Saint Michael's Road reconstruction from Sirius Road to Battle Road. We received funding to study the feasibility of a road diet. My reason for not prioritizing it is because we have not started anything, and this ICP is for 2028 to 2032. A plan, typically, we complete the design of a major project like this, maybe six or seven years. So we will finish the design of the underpass. Maybe not maybe. The target is next year. So it will be ready for construction when we get the funding. For council district priorities, the VPAC voted for Kaya Mejia for District 1, Arroyo and Medyo Pedestrian Connectivity. This is a Thursday on Arroyo, behind Fiskay Apartments on Sawmill. And there's a request to connect, to make a pedestrian trail or maybe a pedestrian bridge to connect the Sawmill to Zia. And that's for District 2. District 3, the VPAC did not vote on this because I wasn't able to think fast. But there is a project on Lucia Lane. We constructed the Tierra on Tenta Trail, and that has access to Lucia and Buffalo Grass. We wanted to reconstruct the Lucia Lane. There is a design to include or add a pedestrian lane and a sidewalk and bicycle lane. The fourth one for District 4 is Rufina Street and Lopez Lane intersection improvements. We received $500,000 to design this intersection. However, the design fee is more than $500,000. So $100,000 would be nice. So that's... Thank you. Eric, did you want to add anything or no? You wouldn't talk to us about, but Madam Chair, members of the committee, we understand the intent in the long term. We believe that a simple restriping, adding a bike lane, reducing the lane widths for vehicles could be something the city could do in the short time at a very low cost. I wanted to just get that out there for your concern. Okay. But so, Romel, also this question for you. Us keeping the priorities that we already set, keeping the underpass is not, and keeping KMEA is not preventing us from doing a restriping project or anything else. Okay. And this is just a discussion item, correct? Like, we're not... This has already been voted on. We're just... Yeah. So, does anyone have any questions or comments or wish to change anything? It's sort of by the, what's it called now? Hotel Clarietta. It's leading up to the transit center on that hill, and it is a fairly steep hill for us and not very well marked for bicycles. So it's a little tricky to get to the transit center. I'm going to share. Yes. The Canyon De Rincon is there. The Canyon De Rincon Trail. Yeah. Does anyone have any questions or comments or discussion? Yep. Cool. The next item is trail striping to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety from member McConnell, who is not here. Gary, did you... You didn't know anything about that to present on it? So we can, we'll just skip that unless, Romel, you... I'll be alright. So the next one is review a proposed trail signage design. Chandler, I think you're going to... Let's see if, Romel, can we get that up on the screen, Lisa, or I'm not sure if it's on my computer. I think Romel has it on that one. We just need to get it pulled up. Right. Right. Well, Chandler, you can present, and then we'll take public comment, and then we'll have our discussion. Okay. There's a different-looking mock-up too, but I think they pretty much say the same thing. So that one, what I've got, can you hear me? My voice is loud on its own, but I have a different mock-up that I'm looking at, but it looks like they're very similar. So, three priorities of the sign showing that bikes yield to pedestrians. It says, "Slow down, give warning, pass on the left side." Did everything make that on this one? Maybe not. It did. Okay. Good. And then, "Pedestrians stay to the right." So, "Travel on the right, pass on the left." And, "All animals on leashes, keep pets close and under control at all times," which seem to cover most of the, I think, ideas that we had put together. Okay. So do we have any public comment on that? Come up. Hi. I'm Laura Long. And underneath the sign, it has a phrase that says, "Okay." I'm not... It says, "The courtesy rules are worded as advisory, while the actual laws, e-class, leash, and control read as firm. So nothing claims authority it doesn't have." Well, I don't know what that means. And it seems to me that it's like it seems like it's a suggestion, or is it mandatory that bikes pass on the left? Or they warn us when they're coming, the pedestrians? Because it doesn't sound like that's what that says to me. I'm not sure, honestly, if there is an actual law. Leah, do you know? I'm not sure. I don't know if I think it is not legally binding. All bicycles should have bells. For the law, but is that law? They... But I do not believe there's a law that says you have to pass on the left or warn. I think it would have been building. Yeah. Warn. I think it's more of a courtesy. It's to try to stay organized on the trail. It's... It's like, "Yield to everyone." Does that mean that is it binding, or is it just a suggestion? Well, that would be a suggestion as well. We don't have laws. They're not state laws. There's not city laws that say any of these things. I don't believe there are any laws pertaining to bicycle shows. There's no speed limit. You had mentioned 10 miles an hour. I don't know where you got that. There is no 10 mile an hour speed limit. There's no speed limit at all. Really? We were told that. Not by law. I mean, by courtesy, sure, people should be reasonable. But... So there's no recourse then if, say, someone's going 20 miles an hour? There's civil recourse if someone... There's no recourse for that. There's civil recourse if someone were to hit you, you could sue them. There's no criminal re... Yeah. There's no criminal resource. I don't know. I'm from... I lived in Dallas, Texas for a long time, and they have a Katy Trail, which is similar to the Santa Fe River Trail. And there was a jogger that was killed by a biker because she suddenly stopped to go the other direction. Now they have a bike lane, you know, painted out. I mean, there's a line. But that's why I don't understand why we can't have some kind of law about the speed limit. I mean, if there's no speed limit and if it's just courtesy, then no wonder these two men that we encountered last couple of weeks that were so aggressive and angry with us, well, there's nothing we could do about it other than say, "We're just asking, would you please slow down?" Right. Well, we've discussed the idea of having signs that say speed limit 15 or whatever. And it's largely been rejected because there is no law that we could point to. But I know there are signs in Albuquerque on their trails that say speed limit 20. I don't know if they have a law or not. As a practical matter, it would be difficult to enforce because even though the officer was here earlier and he said, you know, there's going to be bike cops on the trails, I have almost never seen a bike cop on the trail. Yeah. And, you know, I would say I don't have any data to back it up, but your perception that this has changed in the last few years, it's my impression that it's largely due to a lot of people now riding e-bikes who either didn't ride e-bikes before or didn't even ride bikes before, and e-bikes can typically go a lot faster, and so people do. And I think that's a lot of where this, this conflict is coming from. Well, also on here, it says one and two e-bikes. What is that? So there's three classes of e-bikes. And as far as I remember, our ordinance doesn't prohibit Class 3. No. So Class 1 e-bikes, the electric motor can assist as long as you're pedaling, and it'll assist up to 19 miles an hour. Class 2 e-bikes are the ones that can you can throttle them. You can use them without pedaling, and that'll also go, I believe, up to 19 miles an hour. And a Class 3 e-bike can go up to 28 miles an hour, but you have to pedal. And, you know, companies are coming out with other variations on this. So I hate to say it, but our e-bike ordinance might already be antiquated. The e-bike ordinance is only up to Class 3. Right. 28 miles per hour. And the e-bike ordinance, there's a speed limit only on sidewalks because you can ride on sidewalks except downtown. It's legal. So they put a speed limit only for e-bikes on sidewalks, not for trails. You know, I would also point out that I appreciate your frustration with bicyclists, and I am a pedestrian on the river trail quite frequently, and I am also a bicyclist. And I would say 50% of the time that I give an audible signal, pedestrians either don't respond or respond inappropriately. Sometimes I'll give a bell or a buzzer, and people will move to the left. And when you're a pedestrian, you should stay to the right to allow bicycles to pass on the left. People don't always do that. And people often either don't respond or they're wearing earbuds and they don't hear the audible signal. And so I would say if you're going to wear earbuds, you should be vigilant about being aware of who's using the trail alongside you because you're not... Absolutely. Because you're not going to hear audible signals. So there's frustration for both pedestrians and bicyclists, and it really comes down to people being civil towards each other. And, unfortunately, civility has declined, I think, in recent years in our country. And part of what we're trying to do with the sign is to make it something that is quick, easy to read. I don't think this is the final, final version, but something that applies to everyone, bikes, pedestrians, people with pets, and so that everyone can have, can know what they're supposed to be doing. You know, bikes are supposed to yield to pedestrians. Pedestrians are supposed to stay to the right. Pedestrians who have dogs are supposed to have dogs on a leash, not spreading across the whole trail, preferably. While we don't have laws saying this is illegal, we also don't have enforcement, so I don't know how useful the law would be. But hopefully, at least, informing people of what they should do will help. That's what we were going for. Thank you. I just wanted to say one other thing: I walk every day. I used to ride my bike, and I do sometimes, up and down that same trail. I love doing that, and the bike trails have improved so much in Santa Fe. It really makes it so much safer for bikers, so I appreciate the biker perspective. It's just that it really is getting to the point where it's dangerous, and Santa Fe is not a young city. There's a lot of us my age who it's not that we have earplugs in, it's that we're going deaf. So a little tiny "ding, ding, ding" does nothing, okay? So if you say "passing on your left," then we can go, you know? But "ding-a-ling-a-ling" is not, you know? It's not that we're not listening or not looking around all the time. I turn around on a dime. I appreciate that you do, but I've had the experience where I say "on your left," or I actually have a bell, and I also have this obnoxiously loud electronic, you know, sounds almost like a foghorn, and people sometimes utterly ignore that. Well, I can't defend that. No, I know you can't, and I'm just saying it goes both ways. There are people, there are bicyclists and pedestrians, both who are very unaware of each other, and people need to be more aware of each other. I have asked people on the trail in the last two weeks, "How do you feel about the trail now? How do you feel about bikers?" And they say, "We hate them." I have never heard that before in Santa Fe because it's so great to have people bicycling. It's so great not to have cars. So anyway, I'm just saying that the consensus of pedestrians is there are more bicyclists that are being aggressive and not paying attention and going way too fast. And maybe signage would help because there are three signs on that path, and they've all been defaced, spray-painted. And so anybody that we say, "Hey, we have the right of way because it said that," they don't know that. So anyway, just encourage you to do something. Thank you. Well, I have just a couple of comments on some of this. One, I would say that the super fast bikers are also scary for bicyclists. I have been run off trails multiple times by people going too fast around blind corners. And so I totally sympathize with what you're saying. I also walk a lot on the trails, and so same experience. I also ride my bike a lot, and I really do try to be very mindful of startling pedestrians on the trail. I do think it comes down to what you're saying about it's just common decency, and we really have a lack of that these days overall. So I think all of us doing our part to be aware. On the signage part of things, I do have the same experience you've talked about where I'm riding, I'm ringing my bell. I'm like, "On your left, on your left, on your left." My bell is very sharp, and no response. And I think a lot of times that's the earbud issue. And so I don't know if there's something we can do with signage that also reminds people, bikers and pedestrians alike, if you're wearing earbuds, maybe just have one in. That's what I do. I only use one. Maybe that's something we want to consider with signage to remind people, if you're zoned out completely, you're not going to get it no matter what someone does. And that's risky for both, for everyone, bikers, pedestrians alike. That's risky. And so that's something that maybe can be considered. Maybe something on the signage along the lines of, "You're sharing this trail. Be aware." I don't know. Something that brings attention to that specifically might be an option. I'm coming into the signage thing late, so I'm not sure where we're at on that progress there, but maybe those two things are something to consider as well. Yeah, when we designed this, this is basically the design I brought to our meeting, and it's had a couple of small changes. But when we designed it with our subcommittee, it was a little different. But we know that we don't have the ability to reference laws of, like, a speed limit, like you had said, or enforce those ever, right? But so the intention was to have pedestrians, cyclists, animals that maybe with an owner being walked, all to be aware of each other, maybe aware and considerate. So that's what we were going for because, sure, you could say "speed limit 15 miles an hour." And if it comes off as a policing kind of notification, nobody responds to that, right? But maybe saying, "Hey," it used to say "community is cool" on the bottom. I don't know what happened to that. I was, yeah, "Keep trails safe." That's great. But I think kids would like "community is cool." Just saying. Ramelon, did you have something to add? Yeah, at the last meeting, Irene Osolla suggested to stripe the trails in the median. And when Gary, Mark, and I were meeting for the Acequia Trail, I asked, "Can we do that? Can we stripe the trails?" Because we are completing the construction of Tierra on Tenta, and I have some funding. If we would like to stripe Tierra on Tenta, maybe we can do that. And as I get trail, we will construct it next year. So Leah, she said, "Why don't we have a, like, what's that? Like an exploratory project?" Pilot project. A pilot project. And the street, sir, whoever else was in this meeting was, didn't have a reason that we couldn't do it. Oh, it's our project. It's roadways and trails project. So we can do it if the BPAC or because we, the consultant for Acequia Trail, showed trails. Where is it, Carrie? All their trails are striped. Yeah. Is that something that the technical review subcommittee could look into as a suggestion for the Acequia Trail extension? It was brought up at the June 29th meeting, and I thought the contractor said that they could do it and it wouldn't be terribly expensive. Yeah, so what would you need from the BPAC in order to try it? Do we do a pilot project? Oh, we finished the last concrete today for. So it will be ready for striping if we want to. Okay. We have extra funding. Is that, I just need a vote. Okay. Is that, it's not on this agenda item, but can we, oh, but we could go back to item F and vote on that. But once we're done with this, trail signage design, does anyone, I think the potential of adding something that says, like, "Be aware of your surroundings." I mean, it is obvious, but so is, you know, "Don't be a jerk." Well, I mean, one of the other issues is, like, I can slow way down when someone's got pets and, you know, saying, "Keep your pets on a short leash." I mean, as I go by, their dog darts in front of me. So I think there's a lot of risks inherent in being on the trail, period, whether you're walking or biking or walking your animal or whatever. So I think, yeah, definitely adding something about, "This trail is being shared." I don't know. Something. Yeah. It just reminds people that you're not on this alone. Well, just to, yeah, you can't force people to be able to hear things, but, you know, you can suggest that they do not impair their own hearing, at least. Could we circle back around, you know, as chair of the PEC? Could I take another crack at it? Yeah, I think that would be good. Eric, did you have something to add? Yes, Madam Chair, Chandler, this may or may not help. So uniform traffic ordinance does have a section on speed. It says something, paraphrasing, "No one shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than some reasonable improvement." Okay? And I understand that's kind of really not that through the beginning. However, what I've learned from traffic signs in the street with cars is that if you put that citation in some print on that sign, if there is an event that these nice ladies have described who might happen, then the public's been sort of notified. The law enforcement can then treat that sign as sort of a way of actually writing a ticket to somebody who might be so, just a suggestion that it's, oh, thank you. Hold on real quick. The speed limit on sidewalks is in miles an hour according to that code. But, of course, multi-use trail is not, it's not a sidewalk. Thank you. So just a quick question. Maybe someone has the answer to, how many bikes are equipped with, like, a speedometer anyway in the first place? Not very many, but some. I mean, it's not standard. Yeah. Issue with your bike. That's a, right. Yeah. A lot of people probably don't have that. Probably hard to track how fast you're going. I can tell you, you don't have to be going very fast for it to not be a good incident to get something or wreck. Andy? Yeah, Chandler, I know you're going to take another crack at this, but the one we have in front of us and the one that was shown, I would just be cautious about such small text. I can't imagine these signs are going to be very big. So just kind of thinking about what the main point we want to tell them is. It's like, "Yield to everybody. Be aware. Pedestrians say the right things," things of that nature. Maybe we up the font a little bit. That's just my only concern. I guess the cursive may be a little hard to read too, so thinking about that as well. And options for maybe visual cues rather than words for words where it works better? Yeah, we talked about that last month. So, yeah. Do you, I have them. I'll show you the design. It was, I'm not sure what that came from that we were looking at. This, we'll look at that one next time. Okay. Okay. So if we go, we're good with that? Oh, yeah, go ahead. But if I can add something, I feel like this ties in a few of these threads. One day, I was riding my bike in El Dorado, passing one of those signs that says, "Share the road." At that exact moment, somebody decided not to share the road and swerved at me going, like, 70 miles per hour. So what I think may be part of the issue with cyclists on these trails is that they feel that they're being forced off the road, and then they're treating pedestrians potentially the same way that they were treated by cars. So there's kind of like a trickle-down thing, I think, that might be happening. One thing that I have noticed when trying to turn the opinion of some of a person who's acting aggressively is that humor goes a long way. And if there's a way to inject some goofiness into these signs to grab people's attention, I think that might actually go a long way. Thank you. Are you coming back up to say something? I'm sorry. We've also, how about putting signs or the wording on the pavement itself instead of having a sign appear like they do on streets? We can look into that. I'm not sure. I'm assuming if we can do striping, we can do words, but I don't know if that's true. Yeah, I'm now saying yes. So, Chandler, may I have something for your subcommittee to consider as well? Can I ask, you were talking about something earlier, and I wasn't quite sure? It sounded like you were talking about painting a line down the middle of the path? We, yeah, we're going to vote next on trying that on this new part of the Acequia Trail. Yeah, I think that's a good idea too. Thanks. Thanks. Okay, so going back to seven F, Trail Striping to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety. So, Ramel, this is for potentially a vote to stripe the new section of the Acequia Trail, the TR Contenta Trail. Sorry. But we would, we're right now, we're potentially voting on the TR Contenta Trail that is just being constructed on striping that with a center stripe. We'll be complete with the construction end of the month. As soon as I get the funding. But we have extra funding. It's only striping. And when the consultant of the Seguid Trail said that, "Oh, yeah. All our trails in," I don't remember where she came from, "Our striping, this striping lasts for 20 or 30 years because no one really drives or walks on the side." Okay. But if we say walk this way or on the where you will walk, the striping will not last. Okay. So, anyone want to make a motion or discussion on that? So if we vote for striping, does that mean it's going to happen, or does this then go to council? No, I think Rommel is in charge of that. Then I motion to vote. To approve the striping? Yes. Second that motion. Alright. Any discussion from the committee? No. Rommel, can we get a roll call, please? Member Project? Yes. Sorry. Member Garrison? Yes. Member Johns? Here. Member Moore? Yes. Member Pengilly? Yes. Member Schiff Miller? Yes. Member Wayne? Yes. Chair Figuelly? Yes. Motion passes. Thank you, Romela. Okay. Moving on to subcommittee communications. Not sure. Chandler, do you want to talk about promotions, education, and communications, or did we already hear everything? We are redesigning the sign, and I got some great ideas. It's great to get the feedback and for people to come and communicate what they are seeing out there. And if you want to join my subcommittee, I got space for you, and we can come up with exactly the sign you want. We need one member at large still for the promotion, education, and communications. Yes. They are separate slots for BPAC members and community members. Great. So next is technical review subcommittee. Gary? Okay. Since our last BPAC meeting, the technical review subcommittee has been involved in meetings related to the Airport Road restriping project, to the Henry Lynch Road project, to the Seco Trail extension project. And also, sort of informally, after the Airport Road restriping project, the conversation shifted to the Syringo Road restriping project. It was the first I'd heard of it, but I just ran with it, even though I hadn't been assigned it officially. So we've been talking about the Saringa Road restriping project. This is Saringa Road East of Saint Francis. Thanks. So we've been attending those meetings. We've been having email discussions about it. So those pavement and striping are under street maintenance. So we do new construction. So it's a different group, but it's good that we are now complete streets so the BPAC can get involved in other projects of the streets division. They seem to be soliciting our input, and I wasn't about to deny them. Right. Gary, do you have any vulnerable road user task force updates? We had a meeting about that, and I am currently trying to procure data to be able to move forward once we can see the data. Thank you. Moving on. Matters from staff. Romela, do we have anything else? Oh, so we're thinking to the grand opening of the Tero Contena Trail on August 27th. That's the same date of the national conference of Safe Routes to School. August 27th. I'm giving a, not a lecture, but a presentation on the ECRA project, which is a Safe Route project. So I will give a presentation on that. And afterwards, my presentation is 11:00 to 12:00. And then at 1:00, there's a field trip, field visit of the Tierra Montana. So I asked my team, "Can we do the grand opening?" And I will need some help from promotion, education, and communications. And that's one of their duties to promote our projects, and one of their responsibility also is maintaining the BPAC website chair. Thank you. Excited to help you promote. So that's August 27th. That's great. Do we have a budget of any kind? So I will find a budget. Right. That's exciting. Right. So matters from committee. Chandler, we'll start with you and go down. Anything you want to tell us? Oh, I got a party to plan for on August 27th. This is going to be great. So we're putting that on our official subcommittee business. I think that's it. These mics. Now, just thank you for letting me be a part of this, and I hope to add something good to all of this. I just want to welcome all the new members and appreciate your service, and that's all. Nothing from me. You're having me, and I look forward to working together on the vulnerable road users subcommittee. Excellent. Matters from the chair. I'm glad we got 40 members. We do still have an opening in District 3. If you know anyone, your friends, your coworkers, people you meet on the street, if they want to join us from District 3, have them email me and or Romella. And we've been having some really great summer events. A lot of people are riding their bikes to them. The railyard is hosting the World Cup final next Sunday on the 19th at 1:00. If you would like to watch the game outdoors and hang out with me and yell about soccer, you can do that. Our next meeting is, I don't know how it's not on here. Hold on. It's August 14th will be our next meeting here at 5:30 PM. And with that, we are adjourned. Thank you.