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BPAC's January meeting starts tonight at 5:30 pm

Register here⬇️

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https://twitter.com/mmwpro63/status/1353527160909094914

Usually, I live-tweet during the meeting.

Since it's difficult for me to listen to what people are saying while typing out a tweet/screengrabbing/etc, I'll be tweeting a lot less than usual.

I'll try to share anything I think is important/newsworthy.

If you want to watch the meeting in full, you can watch it on @CMACTV the following day.

Meeting is called to order by @PhilArballo some people have some new backgrounds.

5/8 members are present. We barely have a quorum. 👀

There's a vacant District 4 seat if anyone is interested.

Minutes approved, Melanie 1st, I 2nded, moving on to the District 4 Transit Policy.

NVM, public comments.

Celeste Martinez has applied for the District 4 position.

John Shelton (@sjrparkwaytrust ): A project proposal will be on the March agenda of the River Conservancy for a trail connecting to the Milburn overlook.

Proposal can be viewed: sjrc.ca.gov/wp-content/upl…

On to @Maxwell4Fresno, Remarks his first public meeting was for BPAC.

Tonight he is reaching out to BPAC for our endorsement of his proposed transit policy. Has a 12-minute presentation for us

He is calling for the citywide elimination of bus-fares.😲

This would be to help people get COVID-19 vaccinations and promote sustainable development.

Notes Clovis nearby has beat us to the punch.

He highlights that more people are taking the bus than ever in Fresno, especially if not for COVID.

Other benefits include higher ridership and no more farebox collection.

Didn't know about this one, apparently, @FresnoFAX is introducing free bus wifi this spring.

The economic impact could be huge, one less thing people would have to struggle to pay for.

More benefits of no farebox collection, no lines, no fare disputes because "someone is a dime short."

Finances

He's reaching out to kaiser, @BitwiseInd , and more for endorsements.

He says people are more likely to be able to pay more healthcare, housing, and more.

He says he's not interested in a 10-month exploratory committee, enough studies have been done in other citys

Motion in favor by me, 2nd by Susan Smith.

@PhilArballo reminds @Maxwell4Fresno to fill his seat on BPAC.

On to member elections.

Since the slate was already decided, no members object.

Task forces:

All task forces are no longer meeting. Since we don't have an acting task force, we apparently need one.

They suddenly have a class IV standards task force meeting tomorrow between 2-4. Some of it in regards to the Palm Bike path.

Unfortunately I can't make it since I'm working. 😭

Laura Gromis, Tony Molina, and more non-members are coming forward as being available, but no BPAC members.

@PhilArballo volunteers although he will have to be juggling watching his kids. BPAC representation is needed for it to be a BPAC task force.

Member reports, @PhilArballo wants us to remind us to talk to our councilmembers about keeping an ATP coordinator in mind for the upcoming city budget.

PD collision report

63 traffic deaths in 2020

28 pedestrians deaths

7 cyclists

2 so far in 2021

Officer Belli says that 2020 has been one of the worst years in his 24 years in Fresno.

Belli just submitted a grant funding request for traffic and pedestrian safety operation to the Office of Traffic Saftey.

On to the BPAC work plan.

Not much change according to Jill Gromley

R-street is done.

Reminder from Jill to fill out the form 700/RDA form by April.

Request from Tony Molina, to not be listed as a member anymore on the agenda.

I didn't notice until now!

We've gotten into talking about the ATP Coordinator, the mayor has expressed his support to adding the position to the next budget.

Since, we've reached the end of the agenda, Susan Smith is asking Scott Sehm with public works about a bike pump station that was previously proposed to be built in Woodward park.

According to Scott,The project was being worked on in 2018, someone left who was working on it and the project "vaporized."

One was included at the park and ride built along Willow ave, it was going to be the exact same kind.

According to Scott Sehm, PW are interested in adding one to the Midtown trail, but that is yet to be seen.

I'm skipping over a lot here, but I had a question about why the recently completed segment of the Herndon trail (eastbound at Herndon and Blythe) where a stop sign was added.

Scott Sehm says that this is unusual, they don't usually do this.

Jill Gromley, this may have been due to concerns about bikes hitting pedestrians on the SB sidewalk. 🧐

It's weird to me that nobody can specifically tell me the exact reason it was put there.

Meeting adjourned.

If you missed it, I'll post the @CMACTV link once it's up online.

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