M.C.P
Transportation Action Team
www.transportationactionteam.blogspot.com
June 19, 2008
Keller House
Present: Wes Laubscher, Mary Lou Laubscher, Lina Ortiz, Gaby Castañeda, Silvia Flores, Claudia Vasquez, Luz Sierra
Gaby, preparing for First Five Festival
Wes, thinking of all the things to do, Route 8 is not being ridden as much as it should.
Mary Lou, City of Concord interested in redoing old Trail Master Plan
Silvia, interested in walking trails
Lina, moving, busy will be settled in by August 20th
Luz, Queen of All Saints has a new spanish Senior group meeting weekly
Community Reports
July 9, Martha Potts will be on Concord TV to talk about Route 8
Naval Weapons Station Re Design Meeting-Many MCP members there
Gaby’s Picture and article is in new 1st 5 Publication
Monument Riding and Walking Trails
Group looked at old out of date Concord Trails Master Plan
Guy Bjerke, Councilman, is interested in getting more people biking
Joan Carriceo, Community and Recreation Services Dept. will coordinate a group of city personal to look at updating the old Trails Master Plan. A member of the new Internal City Trails Planning Committee/Team will come to meet with our action team on July 17.
The team will include:
Interium Assistant City Manager, Kay Winer,
Ray Kazbari -Transportation Dept.
Member -Engineering Dept.
Member-Planning Dept and
Joan- Parks and Recreation Department Manager.
What we like so far regarding Concord Trails:
-Some trails around the city
-Iron Horse trail
Where We Want to Go or Do:
-Sunday Family Bike/Walk Event
-Guy to lead us on a Bicycle Rodeo, (close one lane, 4 hours at a time on a weekend, all sorts of exercise events)
-Get info from Monument Futures on where their workers ride to work. Many ride in the street where it is not safe. But riding on the side walk is illegal.
-Loma Visa Adult Ed., no side walk by Skate BoardPark
-Dangerous trying to cross Monument
-Over Bart Tracks crossing by Oak Grove Intermediate has fights and tagging
Barriers to Getting Where We Need To Go
-Existing trails not promoted
-Oak Grove Road Bike route not safe dirty and has rocks, uneven around curbs, you have to ride outside of the bike lane
-Have to get out of bike lanes to continue
-Many ride bikes on sidewalks on Monument and Oak Grove
-Bikes using sidewalks
-Bike routes through subdivisions poorly marked, poorly marked routes, signs for cars to read “Beware Bike Trial”
-Meadow Lane has no bike trail there is no place for bike
-Victory Lane, walkers and wheelchairs have to go into the street where the sidewalk stops
-Covered benches along trails and bus stops
- Lack of pedestrian warning signs at local markets for those drivers turning in or coming out of shopping centers.
-Uneven curb gutters bikes can’t navigate
-Most dangerous spot in crossing is intersection of Lacey Lane and Monument
-Bumpy black top covers, sidewalk on end of Eureka Lane
-Dangerous path along side Cambridge School going to park, path is dark, men exposing themselves
-No affordable bike shop to repair on Monument (Monument Futures need a grant to set up; a shop)
-Safe sidewalks –some sidewalks are so bumpy persons in wheelchairs have trouble
Crossing Monument to get to BART
-Suggestion: Trucks on Monument only on non-busy hours, signs that say no driving through Monument from 8am-8pm
-Lacey Lane corner sign needed, No Left Turn on Monument from 7 :30-900am, 2:00-400pm
Next Steps: Group bike rides to explore current bike trails and walking paths around Monument and Oak Grove
Wes will outline trails on a current Concord map
Agenda for Next Meeting:
Interagency Team Report and Discussion
Report from Cindy Dahlgren, CCTA regarding rider ship on Route 8
This Meeting Highlights:
So many ideas
Everyone contributing to the discussions
Good working group
How this meeting could be improved:
Meeting went well
Next Meeting: July 17th, 7pm Keller House
Vision Statement By the year 2015 The Monument Transportation Action Team will have planned and implemented a “local” transportation system that will serve all residents of the Monument area who need it. It will be affordable, sustainable, safe, coordinated, environmentally sound, and get riders where they need to go in a reasonable time