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I. pedaled on.to campus past bollards that blocked cars and entered.a world where bicycles filled the. road ·and the only motor vehicle to be seen. was·. a maintenance truck or two. There were racks everywhere .·and ·I . was one of. the, few people wearing a helmet, making me feel like I .was a medieval warrior gaping at the peacefulness. inside the castle walls .. -Ol;ay, I thought,. but,. this is a college campus; Students ride bikes a_lat. l,headed toward the north side of DaVi..s,. population sixty,..five •thousand, with no particular destination in, mind. In a bikelane, I fell in next to Ernie Biberstein, eighty..;three, a retired microbiology .professor, out for· an exercise ride .. "I remember .when the town only had' .sixty-four hundre.d people arn;l they p.ut i.n the first .stop}ight;'' .. he saic;I.. ~Tve, lived here ) n9 Pedaling R evolution for fifty years and I've always bicycled around." We parted ways and I pretty quickly found myself in a north Davis neighborhood honeycombed with off-street paved trails that linked several small parks tucked among suburban-style ranch houses. I took one path that led me to an overpass over a busy arterial-Covell Boulevard- and then dumped me in another park next to Davis High School and North Davis Elementary School. And there, in the elementary school yard, was an amazing sight. In a fenced-off area, there were racks with ninety-nine child-sized bikes parked in them. Around one of the buildings, I saw another set of racks with forty-seven more bikes. I soon attracted the attention of the principal, Judy Davis who wanted to know why this man was standing on a picnic ' 'I. table taking pictures of her students' bikes. After she decided I was harmless, she explained that a quarter to a third of the four hundred sixty student~ regularly ride to school, as do many of the teachers. The school distric~ doesn't bother with bus service. Many of the students can ride to school without ever getting on a street, she explained. "Most parents think it is pretty safe," Davis added, and it's good for the children as well. "We don't have much of an obesity problem." at the school, she said, as she and a custodian who had also wandered over agreed that they couldn't think of that many overweight kids. I walked back to my bike shaking my head in wonderment. Later, I was talking to Alon Raab, a Jewish Studies professor who moved from Portland to Davis to teach at the university. "It is just really relaxing" to ride here, said Raab, who also teaches a class on the sociology of the bicycle. "It is odd not to have this adversarial relationship with cars." Davis, whose official logo is a high-wheeler, has that immediate impact on bike lovers. Through the years, it has often been billed as the Bicycle Capital of America and it is the first city in the country to win the League of American Bicyclists' highest award in its bicycle-friendly cities program-platinum. The 2000 Census said 14.4 percent of Davis residents commuted by bike, far above any other city. Davis may be the one place in the U.S. that almost 120 ··-·······-~····-·-····- CHAPTER 4: Davis: Creatirig an American Bike City looks like it could be a city in the Netherlands, where it feels safe for people of any age to cycle. In fact, despite its large number of cyclists, Davis has had just two bike fatalities in the last twenty years~ another sign of the safety in numbers at work. · Arid yet, the. story of Davis and bikes is much more complicated than you might think from my handlebar tour of the city. In one sense, Davis and a scattering of college towns around the country- Madison, Boulder, Eugene, Corvallis, Berkeley, Cambridge, and Palo Alto are among those that come to mind-have played an important role as laboratories of experimentation for bicycle transportation. With a large base ofcytlists and a progressive political culture, they have tried things that would be harder to accomplish: in most of America, In particular, Davis played an important role in pioneering the use of bike lanes and in building complete networkS" that helped cyclists of different skill levels move about the:.entire community: During the 1980s and early· 1990s, when few thought much about bicycle transportation, Davis.was like a bicycling.Mecca: preserved iri.. amber, waiting to be· discovered by a ;new generation of bike planners and advocates. . But Davis is also a cautionari tale. fo' recent years, many cyclists have felt the city has drifted-rested. on 'its laurels, is a common expressio~-:--as ridership in the city ebbec:l. Critics cited example after example-such . as the addition of new parking garages downtown and on campus. as well as. the refusal to put bike lanes on the main street through the center: of town...--of what they say is bicycle. neglect by the university and the city The, 2000 Census confirmed some of the angst.As high as that 14.4 percentbicycle- cornmuting figure was; it represented a major de~line from the 22 percent share reported in the 1990 Census. Part of the proble~ was . the shifting demographics' of the city. As the price of Davis housing skrr:ocketed, it attracted more people who actually worked in other cities and. who seemed to appreciate Davis more as ~ affluent enclave:. With good :schools and easy access to. Interstate 5 than for the opportunity.to get,out from behind the wheel of a car. 121 · Pedaling Revolution "You have all these new' residents coming to Davis and bringing their driving habits with them from LA. or the Bay Area,1' said Tim Bustos, who was the city's bike coordinator from 1994' to 2006, "and they believe that is the wayto get around." More parents are driving their kids to school, and Davis High School now has a parking lot crowded with the· cars of affiuent students who could easily bike or walk but prefer the:·status of driving. ; : ·!·· . . . ; . The ·promise· and perils of America's Bicycle Capital were. on display one Febniary night iiQ 2007 iri downtown 'Davis at the Varsity ;Theater, an old::. fashioned niovie house now used for a wide variet)r of events. The featured speaker was:Ted Buehler, a.graduate student presenting a synopsis of.his thesis-and the· 350-'seat theater was just abouf packed. Outside; for the first time during my .. visit;' I had trouble finding a place to park my bike that: hadn't already been taken: All aro.und me were clearly ardent cyclists with sturdy bikes outfitted with racks, baskets, and, in several cases;" one less car". stickers. Clearly, I had found the heart. of Davis' bike' citltiue. Inside, Buehler was getting ready· to make a presentation about the history of bicycle policymaking in Davis,. and to use the occasio.n tojumpstart' a new advocacy group :that would pressure .the city and the:·university: to do inore:for bikes. Buehler; who with his conservative haircut and unobtrusive glasses looked like a worikish city planner, began by noting that even in Davis, ''nobody studies bicyclirig· here." And then he described the unlikely; confluence of personalities,· geography,. and events that produced a city so . unlike any other in America.·.· r Many visitors to Davis assnme there ;tre .so many bikes because it'.s flat and sunny most: of the· year. But so are many other· cities in America where cycling is. a decidedly minor activity;: lf not for the right people and the. right conditions; said Buehler, Davis today would instead."be known as the~square tomato .capital of the 122 T CHAPTER 4: Davis: Creating an American Bike City . w:orl~:'.'~.J~ere is no doubt that weather and topography made the bioyde i useful tool for getting around the sprawling camp~sin the. 1940~ anq.~ftie,s wh,en it ~as the agricultural ~nilex to'. UC>'Berkd~ '! f\1~s.n~qe?tS C~uldn;t a,ffo~d:c:rrs in those ~ays:~d it 'mS ilifficu~ to ~~·to tilinY.:ofthe fa~~flung farmJmildi~~; in 1959, tli6ba.vd <;amPJl5;9eca,m_e ·* ?W1ldiniversity a~cl . aggress~ye exp~~~i6n pk~~ w,ere 1-llad.e; The. school'~ cpanc~llor : at .the: dme Emil ·Mrak · · ~articpl'.lfl( foi:tq ·ofbicycJitig. J{~ ~ecalld ho~as~ tee~ gro~i~g~ . u~·:tb~ ~~t~·(;J~i:a Valley, h;Y wouJg take off for hnndred~miie 'ride~ · thro~g~:;th~,sa1lta Crllt fy19,untai6~~:And b:e lik~d-to tiJk ~bout il~~ ;;~r:;jJ;7~7;d;t1tii'.e~~=;::::'.tt~'~';~i=~ stufi~r;ts :~qJ'.iing thejr. bikes to scpoOLMos't c:~idC:ally;Mrak'd~sed ?:ff th~ cent~~ ·part -~f the :~ar.npus :t~ ~utdry10bil~, traffi~, e~s~~i1ui th;ttb1cyd~~ ':''}>;uld re~aiqtli~ easiest way to.get a~o~nd:dJ.e sch~oi: The architects returned with a plan f~r a sprawfuig campus linked by gracefully curving bike paths. At one point, the school and the city even planned to dose Third Street, which runs from the middle of campus through downtown, to cars. That never came to pass, but in 1966, the new bike-filled campus was celebrated ·in a famous Ansd Adams photograph showmg students attending to their bikes at a parking rack that stretched toward :i monumental buildmg that almost looked like a religious shrine. Students established a bike shop in an old dairy shed called, logically enough, the "Bike Barn." When cyclists had a problem getting through busy intersections during the period between classes, the university solved the problem by installing roundabouts. Workers unrolled fire hoses to create the fir:st traffic circle, fiddling with the circumference until it seemed right; Now, navigating a roundabout is one of the first . things new students need to learn .. · LNo, these tomatoes aren't actually.square. But you've eaten them. The tomato with the firm skin tha.r.-travels well (albeit at a sacrifice in taste). WflS developed atUG Pavis. · . . . · . · . . . . . . .. . . . .· '· .· . . . I I ! I I 1 I 1 j ' ~ _ .. @& ... EE &. -··--··--· ·--.,., . .. .-: Pedaling Revolution .· Bi~airig iz:~d}ecot~e ~ b0ig-pa~t of,~;i~y · 1~:a! theUni~,e~suy'o/, ,; , ··.·• .·· California at Davis by the ~ime Anse!Adams t~ok this p~o_to~ p~rt ~of a.•• . series he did Jo~ th~ UC ~yste~. · . . · . ·.· . · · ·.. ·. (Contemporary Pri~t ~~ Original Ne~tive by Ansel_Adams, vc~1silifo~nia ~u;et~m of Photog~p~y,.Sweeney/Rubin ~~el Af~1m FIAT LU~ Co~e~tiorf, University ~f California, Riverside) . . . . ... ' . .. '· .. • ·:,·.: ; li ;,·_;·' As the university and DaVis grew, so did the nurii.ber of car-bike conflicts•· on city· streets: Bicyclists worried that it was · becoming increasingly dangerous· to ride-in: toWn;'and, from the qther side of the, handlebars, there were ·also complaints about cyc:lists. riding on sidewalks and disobeying traffic laws. Frink and Eve Child-'-he was an. economics professor at the school and· she was a dancer~ had sp~nt the summer of 1964 in the Netherlands and ~ec:ame convinced that the city needed to do more to accommodate bikes. (Ironically, Bolland's big push to preserve biking and make.it safer didn't come until the 1970s. But even before that, there was enough to impre~s a visiting American coupk) Frank C:::hild wrqte a letter i24 CHAPTER 4: Davis: Creadng an•American Bike City to the editor urging that the city provide dedicated rights of way to · cyclists on· city streets~ That klcked off a small but dedic~ted movement to push' the city into action. "None of us had ridden in a double century or ever would," wrote Dale Lott, another UC professor who with his wife, Donna, was another key bike advocate: "We liked to do our daily travel around town by: bike, and wanted to preserve that feature oflife in Davis." · · These newly minted activists·were largely rebuffed by the council and city staff, but they managed t6 make bicycle accommodations· in the city the major issue of the 1966 :city council campaign. They elected two ·newcomers· who ·supported bikeways · and ousted ari incumbent who derided bikes as outmoded relics'. Within months, the city council agreed to· pu:t bike lanes on several streets and a new· era was launched_ It was so new, in· fact, that nobody was quite sure what the'. bike lanes· should look like. They tried several different ideas (including two'-way lanes and lanes between parked cars and the sidewalk) before settling on the familiar striped bike' lane seen around the country today: "There didri't seem to have been much controversy," said Buehler. ''There wasn't much fanfare; It just all came together." "··The city was even able to quickly change state law so that it could lega.J.ly install the lanes, and the emerging Davis bikeway standards were largely adopted by the Federal Highway Administration when it put out its own guide to bike facilities in 1974.In many ways, the city quicklyachievedjust :what the Netherlands was attempting to do: preserve and·expand a bicyde culture that already existed. In 1970, the university surveyed its 12,323 students and found that 78 percent had bikes with them at school, according to a city history by Mike Htch. In addition, Fitch said,' anotherstudy, ·from 1972, found that 30 percent of trips in Davis were by bike. Buehler's thesis contains another interesting parallel to the Netherlarids that::speaks to the depth of the bike culture in Davl.s. He'fotind'a promotional · · ad that the local newspaper, The Davis Enterprise, had run in 1964. · It featured a sketch of a' woman in a: dress pedaling on a bike with · ..•. 125 l I I I l l l ., 1· i j ·~ Pedaling Revolution front and rear baskets. filled with packages. She's also pulling a t,i;ailer with a child i~ it, 0 and t,he l;ieadline reads; "Shop J.?:;i.~is ~irstfr .It's hard t~ i;nagirie ano~het A~eric~ cify in the mi.d,,si_xties whe:~e -~ adver~s-er would e:xp~~t a hous~:v\Tife)o sh?P by b~k~:''.It he!J_:>st? be g~ing with.the tide:tha~:agaiiis~it.'\s.~id Dqnna Lott;"ati4.in D.avis we· were preservi11g a traditi~:m!' : > , < · .·.· . -: '. ' ' Tw;;: cjty ~taffors~DavePeli; t~e : public w?rks dire<:t0~, and [)~~ne Copie};; th~· citY. engineer~o played .crucial r9ies.•j\vid ~ycli~ts. th~~selv~srthey plunged int:o ~hd fine. .det~ls ofri;i~µg the bik~~~ys v;~rk; In~ 1999 pap~r ti~ed"it'sJ\llAJ?o~t C:~n~~~tioqs." the ~o laicl: o~t thefr.philos9ph)i.. ~'[TJh~ #iessa~e 1llust,b¢ cl.ea.r," · ~h~y: wr~t~, '·'A b~cycleJ~cilitY has t() b~ part 9fa to~~Y cqrin,~cted route. on a grid . that. serves the.. popl!lation. We wo.W,d nq~ qi.ore b~ild a syste.m fo~; t,he biifrle that.ends .(!;er)' fyw J:,l(;c~ th:i~ "':'e ~ould build·. an ·a~terial for~ moto~ .. ~ehides that tldoured ti:affic every 800.meters;'.'.Ptl,z, who .worked for the city from 1964 until his retirement in: 1999' "rode his bike to work each and every day,'' Bustos told me. ''That is . going to send a. message.'' Pelz, :who had biked around Europe as a young man;:went to bicycle conferences in Groningen in 1984 and Amsterdam in 2000. He sha'red the Davi~ story abroad and brought back new ideas for potential adoption. Bustos said that.when he wrote the application. for the bicycling league's platinum award, which the city received in 2005, he did it as a tribute to Pelz, Copley, and. other former Gity leaders, rather than for anything the city -was currently doing. ~'That. award was upmost an historical award,'~ he said .. ·. · · .•. · ·Also because of the university's.· influence, Davis . was in . the forefront of.the environmental movement as it gained steam in the 1960s.The city adopted a groundbreaking energy conservation plan for buildings. that attracted . national a~tention. Residents experimented with different kinds. of housing and debated how they wanted the.community to look The Village Homes and.Northstar developments were. each built with greenbelts that included off- ~treet. bike paths .. Eventually; the city required, greenbelts for . new 126 CHAPTER 4: Davis: Creai:lng an:American Bike City developments, thereby creating a system of developer-built trail~ as the city expanded. Some developers and homebuyers initially resisted· the. paths. But those trails, now to tiling some sixty miles, have since become·. big selling points with homeoWilers. I 'noticed that real estate ads were· filled with references to them, such as, "Located• rieai shopping, parks, bike paths & schools in South Davis.'' Developers still built subdivisions with .suburban-style cul. · de sacs; but the greenbelts helped preserve connectivity for cyclists and pedestrians.The city also helped pioneer traffic signals that were sensitive enough to be activated· by cyclists and, at one problematic intersection,. a green:--light phase for cyclists only.· The city also constructed severalsidepaths, essentially sidewalk.:: like paths that run along streets. They're. disliked by many traffic engineers (as I discuss in Chapter. 7) and even some cycling advocates in the city. Pelz, now retired, was not known as· a big fan of them either. But as he put it when he talked t0 me: "What you are experiencing is our attempt to satisfy the full range of people who make trips cinbicycles."The city also wangled money from the ·state and impact fees from developers to improve· connections across Interstate .5 to new neighborhoods to the south.There are now five bike-friendly crossings over and ·under. the freeway, a remarkable achievement for a. stretch .of freeway · 1ess than five . miles . Jong. ~'Davis got into the bike thing at a very opportune time,''. when the city was still in a rapid growth ·phase, Pelz explained. "Ifyou're in a small comrimnity," he added, "all you've got to do is incorporate bicycling into your specifications for new development, and you~ve got it made, and you didn't have td spend millions of dollars .... You've just got· to be . patient and build it. one new subdivision at a time'." But there is one big caveat, he. added. "It takes a lot of political will to do it, a lot of guts." · · As developers learned the value of.the greenbelts arid bike lanes, they became less resistant. The idea that children could safely bike in the community helped build an jmage that made the city attr;tctive. to neweom~rs; (Although .it should be noted that, just as · 127 ~ I J. ............ ,.,.; .. -. ... · $ j : ·; ·:. . , Pedaling Revolution . has happened elsewhere, parents in Davis now drive their children to school in greater · numbers. The elementary school I visited happened to have the' highest share in the city of students M'ho· bike and walk to school, perhaps because it is so accessible by off-street paths.) The city also planned foi: neighborhood grocery stores that are easy for cyclists .to reach and some of themysually have quite a few bikes parked in front. · ···' .:· One of the most remarkable things about the Davis experiment has been the impressive traffic safety record.for all users. Norman Garrick, .a .civil and environm~ntal engineering p~ofessor at the University of Conriecticut, analyzed traffic injury ;rnd fatality data for a 2004 paper about the city's bicyde planning. He found that, between 1998 and 2002~Davis had the lowest pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle fatality. rates of sixteen similarly sized California cities. 0 Irifact, the city didri1t-have a single bike or pedestrian fatality during that period. He also found it had·the second-lowest injury rate for all users. "This firiding is probably indicative of thefact that crashes between vehicles and between people and vehicles occ:ur at lower vehicle speeds in Davis . than. in cities · such as Irvine and Turlock,'.' he wrote, adding: that, "one important stre.et · design goal in Davis is to reduce vehicle speed, especially ~t locations where vehicles are likely to encounter pedestrians· and bicycle users:' Garrick also noted that.Davis decided notto build any streets wider than four lanes, unlike so many suburban-type cities that built wide arterials that have such a "corrosive effect''. on bicycle and pedestrian travel. He pointed out .that College Station, Texas, is a simil;irly sized agricultural university town:·that is also separated from other large urban· areas. That city,. though, has eight intersections with more than forty thousand·vehicles a day, compared to none in Davis. He attributed it both to the much higher rates of cycling in Davis.,and to the lack of a:, connected stieet network in College Station, which forces more mo.torists,onto,1the. arterials. i'! · As Buehler bro~ght his narrative ·toward the present day, the clouds figuratively. darkened. As. the.-city expanded, it became. less 128 CHAPTER 4: Davis: Creati'ng an A~erican Bike City of a company town dependent on the university. By 1970,' the city's population had grown to just under twenty-four thousand, more than two times what it had been a decade earlier. And local officials were making plans for a city of a quarter million people by the turn of the century. That spawned a strong anti-growth movement that voted in a like-minded council in 1972; UnHke in most cities, you ~on't see the suburbs here gr~dually tapering out in the countryside.The city comes to the' edge of farmland· and then abruptly 'stops, thanks to an agreement the city worked out with the county aimed at preventing leapfrog development outside Davis boundaries. Since 1972, the modern political history ofDavis seems to consist· of one pitched battle after another over proposed commercial and ·residential development. For cyclists, this was a. mixed blessing. Successful developers generally knew their projects had to have good bicycle connections. And the city's attempt to restrict big-box retail helped preserve a lively downtown shopping district that was easily accessible to cyclists. But the restrictions on growth helped drive up the price of housing, especially since the city was such a desirable place to live with plenty of jobs. Davis be cam~ a bedroom community for many affluent workers, particularly from nearby Sacramento, who appreciated the small-town way of life, and they· often had long commutes and little interest in bicycling, From 1990 to 2000, the number of Davis residents with out..:of~ county commutes increased from: two to twelve thousand, which is one big reason why the percentage of bicycle commuters declined during that peri9d. At the same time, many ·workers at UC and other businesses in town were priced out of Davis-where th~ median home price topped $550,000 by 2006-and were forced to commute in by c~r. The ten-square-mile · city is eminently bikable, but only by those who can afford to live there. I found cyclists were also split in fights over commercial development. In November 2006, for example, Davis voters narrowly approved the construction of a Target department store. Some cyclists feared the Target store would weaken local retailers, particularly in downtown, that were 129 :11 i' j i Pedaling Revolution · il "ble to cyclists But others· argued that Davis residents eas y access1 · . . were. already driving to other cities to shop atTarget a.nd ot~er b1g- box retailers. Putting one in Davis woill~ reduce vehicle rmles and give people the option of shopping at one by bike. . Bustos said the city's drift on cycling . after the turn of the century was caused in part because Davis had neared full "build- out" · in other words there was no developer to pay the bill for mor~ infrastructure. Susan Handy, a transportation and land-use . h at UC Davis recalled how residents recently voted down researc er. . , . a development that would have been placed at the edge of th~ c1~ between two existing neighborhoods. Some people voted agam~t it b th did 't think it had the right mix of affordable housing, ecause ey n · \. . she noted, "but I voted for it because I thought it was better to have the housing here. than in Woodland," some twelve miles away. In fact, in the fall of-2007, a Woodland resident who worked at ~C Davis was . killed on a co~ntry road during his bicycle commute. Buehler said one of the goals of the new bicycle advocacy group he helped start-called Davis Bicyclesl-was to pressure Yo~o County to . provide better cycling conditions on th_e ~a~ leading to and from Davis.While this was a laudable goa4 it d1dn t get to the root of the problem. Daniel Weintraub, a political columnist for the Sacramento Bee, was not talking about cycling when he wrote this July 2007 column about Davis. But the point he· makes is releva~t:. .· ... . . . : . . . ·. Davis has a reputation as a liberal bastion. But the city is truly . conservative, fighting change with every ounce of its political body. _While the rest of California becomes more ethnically and economically diverse, Davis remains a mostly white enclavefor wealthy, highly educated people . ... The children who grow up in Davis cannot qfford to live in tot~ once they leave their parents' homes, but their parents refuse to consider JUSt . about any project tiJ build more houses. Anyone lucky enough to get a . job in the city has to live elsewhere and commute in, causing more traffic congestion, smog and global warming. Wonderful.. · ·· · · .. ' · · · · · 130 CHAPTER 4:Davis:Creatingarl.Arnerican Bike City This all raises the question of whether the Davis bike model could have been preserved even if the community had been allowed to grow much larger. We'll never know because. it is a road not taken. But I don't see why not if the city had continued to insist on greenbelts, good connections for cyclists, and grocery stores foi each neighborhood.And, in fact, some additional growth is coming. The university, responding to the needs of its workers, is working on ·its. own housing development 6ot of theTeach of city control (the campus is just outside city limits)~And there is talkofallowing higher-density housing near downtown that could encourage a walking-and biking-oriented lifestyle. Many Davis residents fear, of course, that they will be overwhelmed by traffic that will ruin the city's small-town ambience. But it wouldn't necessarily have to be that way if cycling levels were to begin going up instead of down:· ·· By the 1990s, the student body at UC Davis was also changing. They were becoming more afiluent, more likely to bring a car with them, and m:ore likely not to have had much childhood experience with cycling. Many found a ready ·alternative to, the· bike in. the Unitrans bus system, which was started by students in 1968. It was greatly expanded in. the 1990s when a, portion of undergraduate student ·fees ·was dedicated to the system ' and students were no longer charged to.ride. So the bus essentially became a free means of travel,whi_i::hwas particularly attractive to students who increasingly lived further from campus. Although the city was still relatively cornpact~it's. only about five miles from one side of Davis to the other; which seems like an easy ride to me-Buehler said many students and residents complained that the city was getting too big for biking .. By 1999 .• Pelz and Copley had both retired and "things changed a· lot," said Bustos; the bike coordinator. "You haa people [in City Hall] more inclined to manage for motor vehicles than for bicycles." Buehler said .such cities as .Portland and Boulder had become the real innovators, willing to take .risks to.increase cycling and other . 131 Pedaling Revolution forms of alternative transportation. In contrast, bicycling education was no longer offered at the Davis schools and I had to work some to find a bike map of the city. for cycling advocates, the new attitude at City Hall seemed to be summed up by a fight in 2006 over Fifth Avenue. The street, running along the north edge of downtown, is the main east-west thoroughfare through the central part of the city. Many people had complained for years that the four;-lane arterial was dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians who tried to cross it. The North Davis Neighborhood Association, which represented the area on the other side of Fifth Street from downtown, pressed for changes that would reduce the number offuotor vehicle lanes and provide room for bike lanes. By having one auto lane in each direction, plus left- turn pockets for motorists, the new plan would reduce crashes and keep traffic moving at a safe pace, proponents claimed. But the city staff-as well as the local chamber of commerce--opposed the "road diet," saying it would worsen congestion, particularly on the side streets, and the city council voted not to proceed. City officials argued that cyclists could easily take alternative routes just a few blocks away. And, to be honest, I rode on fifth Street for several blocks and didn't find it particularly scary, at least by the standards of what I see on many arterials in other cities. But it was one of the few places in Davis where cyclists really have to mix it up with cars, and the neighborhood association saw it as a real barrier between downtown and nearby residents. "If Dave Pelz was still public works director, he would have made [the road diet] happen," said David Takemoto-Weerts, a member of the city's bicycle advisory committee and the bike coordinator for UC Davis. "It would have been a no-brainer." Pelz himself was more dipl;matic, saying he didn't have the proper data to judge. The Fifth Street issue came up after Buehler's talk, when several people were asked to comment on his presentation, and Davis Mayor Sue Greenwald said she would have gone ahead with the road diet but lacked a majority on the council. That won her n2 .•:, -.... CHAPTER 4: Davis: Creatfog an ~erica~ ~J~e qty . . .... '"~:.~:.~~:·'.~.' .. : : . big cheers. The real issue, she said;_-was reas~uring people frol'n.\the outskirts of the city that they would.still ,b:e,'aj:)le, to get through th~ middle of town okay. "It's a challenge to ~ollvit1ce< citizens and their elected representatives that it would in fact have'.~orked," she said. As Buehler told me later, even in the Bicycle. Capital ·of America; nobody wants to make things more difficult for ¢.e motoring majority. ·Still;. there have been some rece'a.t positive signs.The local soccer league has encouraged parents and kids . to ride to soccer games, and a .2006 survey found that nearly 20 percent did. Some cycling advocates were discouraged by that. percentage, but it would be remarkable in almost every other U.S, city. A .new city engineer; Bob Clark, began to establish a good working relationship with bike advocates. The League of American Bicyclists renewed Davis' standing as a "platinum" dty. Buehler and his group began lobbying the council and quickly won some small victories.The city agreed to res tripe several bike lanes before' a group of bike and pedestrian planners met in Davis in the fall of 2007, and it also· marked a bicycle loop around the city that could· serve' as the beginning of a signed route system (One thing that had struck me orr'my rides around the city was the lack of signage cin the bikeways.) But the city. council refused to end the long tradition of allowing residents to dump their grass clippings and other yard .debris on. the edge of the street,.where it often.becomes a hazard for.cyclists.That didn't strike me as particularly important until mytalk with Raab, the UC professor.It can get really dark at rtighcin Davis.because the city keeps street lighting to a minimum t~ maximize star Views, and he rode into a pile.of yard debris one night that sent him tumbling.to the asphalt. • · · ·, The university, which· once .spawned the bike culture, .has. also come ,in for its share of knocks. Buehler said in his thesis that the school has not .always followed its 1994. long-range development plan ·that calls for. bicycle improvements to. be incorporated into campus growth. For example,· Buehler noted .that,. three: main 133 Pedaling Revolution bicycle paths once served residential units to the north of campus and all were eventually displaced by construction. One of the paths "was removed entirely, one was replaced with an inferior path, and one was carefully rebuilt to its prior quality," he wrote. Takemoto- Weerts, the UC Davis bike coordinator, acknowledged that he's had to make compromises on bike facilities as construction changes the campus. But part of it is also a philosophical difference. One of the paths runs parallel to Hutchison Drive, a street that brings cars into a huge new parking garage, and Takemoto-Weerts said he be1ieves that bike lanes are safer than these side paths. He said the school was also planning to widen the bike lanes after getting clearance to move the curb closer to some large trees. Takemoto-Weerts said tht school has taken some steps that helped preserve the bicycling culture. In recent years, freshmen have not been allowed to bring cars with them for their first yea~ in the dorms because of the shortage of parking on campus.That's made it more likely, he said, that they'll bicycle when they go downtown or somewhere else off campus. "One of the things I want to instill in their first year is the benefits of using the bike as much as they can," he said. "None of them have lived in a community where bicycling is as popular as it is here." And, indeed, I met several students who said their cycling experience in Davis gave them a new-found sense of the usefulness of the bike. I chatted with Kate Wright and Jason Moore at Buehler's event. Wright, a graduate student in community and regional development, said she had only biked a bit in her hometown of Santa Rosa before coming to Davis. "But after being here, I just realize how much I love it: the exercise, the not sitting in traffic, the not whining about parking." Moore, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, chimed in, "It's the first city where I could put out my hand for a turn and a car would slow down." Wright nodded. "It's caused me to look at my hometown in a whole new way and I realized there were other reasons why I never biked much before," she said. Both said they were interested in promoting 134 CHAPTER 4: Davis: Creating ari American Bike City bicycle transportation wherever they ended up; Chris Dearth, who now works for the City.of Portland's planning department; was· a student at Davis in the 1970s. ''I grew up in Long Beach, where I drove everywhere," he said. "I drove. if I had to go one mile." But in Davis he didn't have a car at-first andhe fcell · 1 ·th h · · .. m ove w1 t e easy bi.king .on campus· and in the city: And when he got a job in Sacramento as a legislative aide, he c;ommuted by bike fifteen miles each way. "I was in the best shape of my life·" ·he s~;d "r.t I · . , · "'"' • £ll1 er eav1ng, he contmued to ride and is now a daily bike commuter in Port! d ,, , . an . Ive been passronate about biking·ever since Davis" he said "D · , . ; av1s has .been formative for me." Still, many students buy cheap department-store b;kes that they abandon when the school year ends and they return to. an auto- cent~ic culture. Some former students told me that bicycling in Davis represents a pleasant· interlude that is hard to -repeat when they move. on.· Michelle Sandhoff was a regular cyclist in Davis and enjoyed it enough that she took her bike with her when she moved to Alexandria', Virginia, after graduating in 2005. However "I haven't biked· a lot'her:e because I'm so terrified of the driver; and vehicles·:.· she said, "Peoplejust freak out when they see a bike." She complained about motorists who didn't seem to see her and ./ ":'o~d ·routinely cut her off. "It's like. they don't understand. They don t know.what the etiquette should be.". , . . . · · · After Davis' polite drivers; it makes sense that muc~ of the rest of the country could be a shock. It made· me remember that in addition to being called .the Bicycle· Capital of America:, Davi~ is also often referred to as, "Ten square miles surrounded. b ·ali " . . y re ty: Des~1te ·1ts. challenges; Davis .. remains an almost unparalleled place to nde a bike, As gas ,becomes more expensive, Davis residents are able,' to adjust more easily than. rhost .Americans-as long as;-they don t have to leave .the city limits. .·;':·· ;'. : -; .... ~ .. .. :.:·· ;".: .. 135 Pedaling Revolution · Madison, Wisconsin; and •Boulder, Colorado; are . also often described as islands surrounded by reality, which is probably a characterization. of many colleg~ towns that are more p~litically liberal · than the. surrounding area. Bui: ·they're also. important laboratories of innovation that have sought to compete with Dav:is' claim ofbicycle sup~emacy. In addition to large numbers ofstudent cyclists, both cities are. also important centers of the bike .industry. About 20 percent of the co~ntry's bicycle' manufacturing · and distribution business is in the Madison area. Boulder is an important center of the• ou.tdoor recreation industry and. is headquarters of two of the country's major bike lobbies, Bikes Belong (the bicycle industry trade group) Gllld the International Mountain Bicycling Association:. • · in Madison, the big player is Trek, which dominates the high- end bicycle market· in the U.S: The company .is headquartered in nearby Waterloo and Trek's chairman, John Burke, has bec~me the indu~try's most · powerful advocate. ·Burke, ·who served ' on the president's council on physical fitness; has·' become close· to poiitiCians as diverse as · President ·George W Bush and House Transportatiori.ChairnianJames Oberstar, D-Minn. Burke says his · goal is to increase the 'percentage of trips made by bike in •the U.S. from 1 percent to5 percent over the next decade.And he's taken a powerful interest in notching up·bicycling in'his hometown. Trek, followed by three other cyclillg• compapies-'.,....Pacific Cycle;· Saris Cycling Group, and PlanetBike_:.._has helped finance the City of Madison's effort tci figure, out how to improve its bicycling climate to win a platlnum: award:; · . · · ' " · Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, a former land-use and transportation activist, was one of the first of more than seven hundred . US:· mayors who, following the refusal .of the.-•Bush admjnistration to agree to international llinits · on greenhouse emissions, signed an accord agreeing to their own limits. And in the fall of 2006, at the urging of bike activists, Cieslewicz-:- k.nown universally around towi'i. ;s "Mayor Dave" because of his 136 CHAPTER 4: Davis: Creating an American Bike City hard-to-pronounce last name--announcecl the formation of a platinum committee. "All of the great cities for bicycling--such as Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Boulder, Portland, and Davis-hav~ become great cities for bicycling because of the visionary actions of citizens and government," he said. "The time is ripe for Madison to become the best city in America for bicycling." . When I was in Madison in June of2007, the city's bike coordinator, Arthur Ross; gave me . a . tour of the city's bike network. Unlike in Davis, where developers and the university built most of the trails, in Madison the city has been ·~ggressive about converting lake frontages and old railroad rights 1of way to bike paths: And unlike in many places; these "rails to trails?' have "always been transportation oriented," Ross . said. Most of the residents within two or three miles of downtown are close to trails that will take them to the state capitol or the university, which stand at opposite ends ofState·Street: In 2006, the city completed a $1.8 million '·'missing link" bike trail project that provided the final key connections downtown. While we were riding around, Ross also took me along one particularly inventive bikeway on University Avenue on the south side of the main section of the University of Wisconsin campus. The wide boulevard contains three westbound lanes for cars, a bike lane, and a bus· lane. But on the left side · of the street, protected by a clirb,.is a "contra-flow" lane that allows cyclists--alone among all vehicles-to travel in the opposite direction-.. Cyclists had previously used a· contra-flow'. bus lane on that street: But when the, ·buses were moved a block away, to an eastbound one-way street, cycling advocates persuaded the city to keep the special lane for bikes. They argued that ifthe city didn't, many cyclists would be likely to ride on the sidewalk£ or the wrong way in the street .. Ross said he was particularly. proud that the city·: had designed the lane carefully enough that it won the blessing of John Allen, the vehicular cycling expert who has been critical of many of the bikeways built around the country. Overall, about 3 percent· of work trips in the city were . made by bicycle, according to the 2000 Cc:;nsus. But·Ross said some; r37 1 ! ! PedalingRevolution : . counts by the city suggesnhat 7 to 10 percent of trips in the ~loser­ in parts .of the cit}r arei.made: by bike. He said ;that the c_1ty ~as counted up to twelve . thousand bike trips a day along Umversity A · the· c_11 ·which is usually the most ·active cycling season, venue in . iau, since students are back.in schooLThat's about double whereit was a decade ago, he said.' · • ' · · .. ·. · · · : · · · .... · · · ·' ·' . • . Later, I watched as members of the platinum committee and city staffers met to work on a draft copy of the report. They sat at a long table, passed around snacks (including one local delicacy, chees~ curds),: and· tried •to figure out what they could sell to. the' council and Mayor Dave'. The report called for expanding Madiso~ s system ofmulti-use trails~r'\.a:dy one of the best in the. nat10n~and improving connections to make. bicycling in the city feel more comfortable for beginning and· timid riders. They talked about making sure that the city's pledge to reduce greenhouse emissi~ns was proniinently mentioned and about how they expected action during a timeline that fit within the mayor's current te_~:m ~f office. ~'The nice thing is. this puts· gentle• pressure on him; said Ma~ Rouse, the retired dean of students at the University ofWisc~~sm and. co-chairwoman · of the .committee. John Coleman,; a citizen bike advocate,· noted· the · $72 million a year lost· ill' damages to auto crashes and suggested that a shift to bicycling might help that. "Maybe we could get the insurance industry to chip in a. bunch. of money," he said, realizing that probably wouldn't happen. . . ·: ' ' •·. Afterwards, I had dinner withJay Ferm, the advocacy coordinator fo~ Planet Bike and the other .co-chair of the committee. n don't give . a darrin about platinum;" he said: "But I give ·a damn about what it takes to get platinum. I want people from Copenhagen. to come tci Madison to figure out how to do stufI.'~While the.city has steadily expanded itS path system; he noted, it hasn't don~ everything it could to make cycling easier on the ·streets. The platmum:report talks about looking for opportunities·to create such facilities as low- traffic bike boulevards and bike-friendly improvements at difficult intersections. The major goal; Ferm saickwas to simply increase the ·::,:' NJ ·;;.: ~f !"};'.·. i~ ,~r "[:;,.~ i i I I I ;~j .7,%'.i I ',j& I .~1. CHAPTER 4: Davis: Creating an American Bike City percentage of trips made by bike, which the bicyclists' league has cited as its main measurement of a city's friendliness toward cycling. But .he said the committee had, largely tiptoed around what he called the "elephant in the room." .:.. ''We've got to discourage car use," Ferm said, ''and a lot of people in the bike community are intimidated by that.!' He talked about how UW football fans often park miles away from Badger Stadium on game days and enjoy the celebratory atmosphere of walking in. "On Badger Saturdays they walk two miles and they love it," he said of the fans. "But would they advocate a car-free zone [around the stadium]? No way. No way." In Boulder, city officials have been more explicit about trying to limit the use of cars. They've stuck to a goal of keeping vehicle miles from growing, although they've used more carrots than sticks. They poured millions of dollars into a bus system-which many local residents ride for free through passes bought by their employers-and into an extensive bikeway network. The city has also tried to accommodate a wide variety of riders, sometimes providing both bike lanes in a road and side paths next to it. The city has also been able to use flood-control money to build bike paths along Boulder Creek, which runs through the city. The 2000 Census found that 7 percent of conunuting trips were by bike. The city conducts its own surveys and concluded that, in 2003, some 21 percent of all commute trips by Boulder residents were by bike. That figure attracted no small share of controversy, especially after it was picked up in a Wall Street j ournal article and touted as higher than the mode share in Davis.Even many cycling advocates scoffed. '~Nobody buys the 21 percent mode share," said Ray Keener, a cycling industry consultant based in Boulder. Martha Roskowski, who runs the "Go Boulder" alternative transportation program for the city, defended the numbers but said they needed to be put into context. Boulder-like Davis-> has strict growth controls. It also is a big employment center, with · the University of Colorado, the National Center for Atmospheric Pedaling Revolution · Research, and several high-tech employers. As a result, some 65 percent of the city's workforce actually lives outside. of Boulder and R'.oskowski said the vast majority of those workers commute by car. The survey only covered city residents, so it's missing the majority of work trips ·made within the city; In short, Boulder is one· of those bike-friendly college towns, surrounded by reality-arid reality corrunutes in every day. ·.;: ·': 1:. ; : '. ~ : . ·."··;-·: ,,·: :·:· .· .t·: ' . ~ ; . . . . : . '; ,._ .... _ j -:·.·: .·· .·/: .· .:. ~-· . , .. , :· . . . :.. . .. ·! . •',', . • ,; J . .. •','; ..... ,. ' -. j. • ; ' 140 5 Portland Built It and They Came F ot one · ridiculous moment, l felt like a teenage girl rummaging through her closet looking for the right top. Should I wear my spandex and enjoy . the• rush of speed on my feather-light road bike? Or should I go in casual·wear on my comfortable hybrid, which I usually ride to' work? Nope. I finally settled on aT-;shirt; hiking shorts, and my mountain bike. After all, the. sucker· eats potholes for breakfast and it seemed like ·the jauntiest way to take a sunny Saturday spin to the Multnomah County Bike. Fair. · ··As I came within a few blocks of Colonel Summers Park in Southeast Portland, the urban ecology. started to change. Cyclists, alone and in clumps, approached.from' all directions.You could see several motorists swivel their heads,, suddenly realizing . they were going to have to tlunk a bit more while they navigated the narrow streets around the park. I bounced my bike over the curb and rode over a grass field to a roped-off parking area .rapidly filling with bikes of all descriptions. Parents lifted toddlers out of trailers and ·couples dismounted from tandems. I walked to the fair's entrance, an archway made of old bicycle rims and strolled along a midway lined. with booths. A handful of riders on ludicrously · tall bikes made of two or three frames welded together wobbled. through the park, like circus clowns on stilts. I stopped to talk to a group of guys who always made me. snule every time. 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If there is a large caseload, items will be scheduled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Submitting your information on an established deadline day in no way guarantees that you will be placed on the corresponding P&Z, City Council, ZBA, or ORB meeting as shown, but staff will do their best to accommodate projects that meet the deadline. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Development Coordinator Bridgette George (bgeorge@cstx.gov) at 979 .7 64.3570. Site Plans/Construction Documents/Drainage Reports Deadline Dates: All site plans, construction documents and drainage reports that are not required as part of a review before the Planning and Zoning Commission or City Council, must be submitted by 10:00 a.m. on any Wednesday for review. Information submitted after 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday may not be scheduled for staff review until the following week. (In case of a Wednesday holiday, the deadline will be moved to the previous business day at 10:00 a.m.) 12/30/2008 Bicycle, Pedestrian and Greenwoys Moster Pion TIMELINE Legend: Blue -Staff Resource T earn Purple -Technical Task Force Red -Citizen Engagement Green -Council/P&Z Type Group Meeting STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Meeting Stakeholder Meetings/Focus Groups Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Meeting COMMUNITY MEETING Meeting P&Z -Workshop Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Meeting CITY COUNCIL - Workshop Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Date, Time, Location Week of January 12th Tuesday, January 27th Council Chambers Gp.m. Week of February 2nd and gth Monday, February 16th Council Chambers 6p.m. Tuesday, February 24th Thursday, March 5th Monday, March gth Thursday, March 12th Monday, March 23rd CITY OF C OLLEGE 5TATIO Description Deliverables Initial Meeting; discuss issues to Chapter 1-Introduction and be addressed Chapter 2 -Inventory Comments due Wednesday, January 21st Project Kick-off, Chapter 1-Introduction and Introductions, Role, Plan Chapter 2 -Inventory Overview, Open Meetings Act Video(?) Meet with City of Bryan, Texas A&M University, Brazos Valley Cyclists, etc Review of Chapters 1 & 2; Emphasis on Inventory/Gap Analysis and Needs Assessment Inventory/Gap Analysis /Needs Assessment/Goals & Objectives UPDATE Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment Comments due Friday, March 13th UPDATE Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment Comments due Tuesday, March 31st Type Group Date, Time, Location Description Deliverables Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, March 31st Review of Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment; Discussion on Goals & Objectives and System Recommendations Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday, April 20th Chapter 4 -Goals & Objectives and Chapter 5 -System Recommendations Comments due Friday, April 24th Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, April 27th Chapter 4 & 5 -Comments due Tuesday, May 5th Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, May 5th Review of Chapter 4 & 5 Discussion on Policy & Program Recommendations Meeting Community Meeting Tuesday, May 19th Goals & Objectives, System Recommendations and discussion on Policy & Program Meeting P&Z Thursday, May 21st UPDATE Meeting City Council Thursday, May 28th UPDATE Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday, June 8th Chapter 6 -Policy and Program Recommendations Comments due Friday, June 12th Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, June 15th Chapter 6 -Policy and Program Recommendations Comments due Tuesday, June 23rd Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, June 23rd Review of Chapter 6; Intro to Operations and Maintenance Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday, July 13th Chapter 7 -Operations and Maintenance Comments due Friday, July 17th 12/30/2008 Type Group Date, Time, Location Description Deliverables Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, July 20th Chapter 7 -Operations and Maintenance Comments due Tuesday, July 28th Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, July 28th Review of Chapter 7; Intro to Implementation Strategies and Design Standards Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday, Aug. 10th Chapter 8 -Implementation Strategies Comments due Friday, Aug. 14th Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, Aug 17th Chapter 8-Implementation Strategies & Design Standards Comments due Tuesday, August 25th Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, August 25th Review of Chapter 8 and Design Standards; Wrap-up Meeting Meeting P&Z -Workshop & Thursday, Sept.1ih PUBLIC HEARING Due Friday, Sept. 4th -DRAFT Public Hearing MASTER PLAN Due Meeting City Council -Workshop Thursday, Sept. 24th PUBLIC HEARING & Public Hearing or Oct. 8th 12/30/2008 2009 J ANUARY S M T W T F s 4 s ...§.. 7 8 11 mJi ll!R~ 15 18 ~ I 22 25 26i:iil 8 29 3 9 10 16 17 23 24 30 31 F EBRUARY S M T W T 2 3 4 s 8 9 10 11 12 15 6 _17 18 19 22 24 25 26 M ARCH SMTW B 2 3 4 10 11 15 22 A 2S 26 F s 6 7 13 4 20 21 27 28 F s m.:~ .v 21 27 28 Newman Printing Company~ Inc. 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Meet with City of Bryan, Texas A&M University, Brazos Valley Cyclists, etc Review of Chapters 1 & 2; Emphasis on Inventory/Gap Analysis and Needs Assessment Inventory/Gap Analysis /Needs Assessment/Goals & Objectives UPDATE Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment Comments due Friday, March 13th UPDATE Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment Comments due Tuesday, March 31st Type Group Date, Time, Location Description Deliverables Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, July 20th Chapter 7 -Operations and Maintenance Comments due Tuesday, July 28th Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, July 28th Review of Chapter 7; Intro to Implementation Strategies and Design Standards Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday, Aug. 10th Chapter 8 -Implementation Strategies Comments due Friday, Aug. 14th Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, Aug 17th Chapter 8 -Implementation Strategies & Design Standards Comments due Tuesday, August 25th Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, August 25th Review of Chapter 8 and Design Standards; Wrap-up Meeting Meeting P&Z -Workshop & Thursday, Sept.17th PUBLIC HEARING Due Friday, Sept. 4th -DRAFT Public Hearing MASTER PLAN Due Meeting City Council -Workshop Thursday, Sept. 24th PUBLIC HEARING & Public Hearing or Oct. 81h 12/30/2008 Bicycle, Pedestrian and Greenwoys Moster Pion ./ \--;Jflf' 'TIMELI NE Legend: Blue -Staff Resource T earn Purple -Technical Task Force Red -Citizen Engagement Green -Council/P&Z Type Group Meeting STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Meeting Stakeholder Meetings/Focus Groups Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Meeting COMMUNITY MEETING Meeting P&Z -Workshop Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Meeting CITY COUNCIL- Workshop Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Date, Time, Location Week of January 12th Tuesday, January 27th Council Chambers 6 p.m. Week of February 2nd and gth Monday, February 16th Council Chambers Gp.m. Tuesday, February 24th Thursday, March 5th Monday, March 9th Thursday, March 12th Monday, March 23rd On' OF C OLLEGE STATIO Description Deliverables Initial Meeting; discuss issues to Chapter 1-Introduction and be addressed Chapter 2 -Inventory r\.t.~c.~ s T\ s se -s ~~ ~ Comments due Wednesday, ~\~ January 21st Project Kick-off, Chapter 1-Introduction and Introductions, Role, Plan Chapter 2 -Inventory Overview, Open Meetings Act Video(?) Meet with City of Bryan, Texas A&M University, Brazos Valley Cyclists, etc Review of Chapters 1 & 2; Emphasis on Inventory/Gap Analysis and Needs Assessment Inventory/Gap Analysis /Needs Assessment/Goals & Objectives UPDATE Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment Comments due Friday, March 13th UPDATE Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment Comments due Tuesday, March 31st PAr4-$ ~~,-~~ ~~\)Y\1 po1vJ-/~ Type Group Date, Time, Location Description Deliverables Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, March 31st Review of Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment; Discussion on Goals & Objectives and System Recommendations Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday, April 20th Chapter 4 -Goals & Objectives and Chapter 5 -System Recommendations Comments due Friday, April 24th Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, April 27th Chapter 4 & 5 -Comments due Tuesday, May 5th Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, May 5th Review of Chapter 4 & 5 Discussion on Policy & Program Recommendations Meeting Community Meeting Tuesday, May 19th Goals & Objectives, System Recommendations and discussion on Policy & Program - Meeting P&Z Thursday, May 21st UPDATE Meeting City Council Thursday, May 28th UPDATE Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday, June gth Chapter 6 -Policy and Program Recommendations Comments due Friday, June 12th Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, June 15th Chapter 6-Policy and Program Recommendations Comments due Tuesday, June 23rd Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, June 23rd Review of Chapter 6; Intro to Operations and Maintenance Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday, July 13th Chapter 7 -Operations and Maintenance Comments due Friday, July 1ih .. 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Sunday. Freshman Convocation. Monday. First day of fall semester classes. Friday. 5 p.m. Last day for adding/dropping courses for the fall semester. Friday. · Academic Convocation · 5 p.m. Last day to apply for all degrees to be awarded in December. Monday. noon. Mid-semester grades due in Office of the Registrar. Friday. 5 p.m. · Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty (Q-drop). · Last day to change Kinesiology 198/199 grade type. · Last day to officially withdraw from the University. Wednesday. Bonfire 1999 Remembrance Day. Thursday-Tuesday. Preregistration for 2010 spring semester. Thursday-Friday. Thanksgiving holiday. Monday. · Redefined day, students attend their Friday classes. · Prep day, classes meet. No regular course exams (except for laboratory and one-hour classes) shall be given on these days. Tuesday. · Last day of fa II semester classes. · Redefined day, students attend their Thursday classes. · Prep day, classes meet. No regular course exams (except for laboratory and one-hour classes) shall be given on these days. Wednesday-Thursday. Reading days, no classes. http://adrnissions.tamu.edu/Registrar/General/Calendar.aspx 12/22/2008 I I Registrar: Academic Calendar Student Business Services Student Financial Aid TAMU Student Rules Ml:M Page 2 of2 December 11, 14-Friday, Monday-Wednesday. Fall semester final examinations fo r all 16 students. December 18 December 18-19 December 21 December 23- January 1 Friday. 5 p.m. Last day for December undergraduate degree candidates to apply for Tuition Rebate. Friday-Saturday. Commencement and Commissioning. Monday. noon. Final grades for all students due in Office of the Registrar. Wednesday-Friday. Faculty and Staff holi day. * All dates and times are subject to change. Corps of Cadets -Giving to A&M -State of Texas HXAS AM. 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Sunday. Freshman Convocation. Monday. First day of fall semester classes. Friday. 5 p.m. Last day for adding/dropping courses for the fall semester. Friday. 5 p.m. Last day to apply for all degrees to be awarded in December. Friday. Academic Convocation. Monday. noon. Mid-semester grades due in Office of the Registrar. Friday. 5 p.m. · Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty (Q-drop). · Last day to change Kinesiology 198/199 grade type. · Last day to officially withdraw from the University. Thursday-Tuesday. Preregistration for 2009 spring semester. Tuesday. Bonfire 1999 Remembrance Day. Thursday-Friday. Thanksgiving holiday. Monday. · Redefined Day, students attend their Friday classes. · Prep da y, classes meet. No regular course exams (except for laboratory and one-hour classes) shall be given on these days. Tuesday. · Last day of fall semester classes. · Redefined day, students attend their Thursday classes. · Prep da y, classes meet. No regular course exams (except for laboratory and one-hour classes) shall be given on these days. Wednesday-Thursday. Reading days, no classes. http://admissions.tamu.edu/Registrar/General/Calendar.aspx 11113/2008 Registrar: Academic Calendar Student Business Services Student Financial Aid TAMU Student Rules ll(Jol December 12 December 12-13 December 15 December 24- January 2 Page 2 of2 Friday, Monday-Wednesday. Fa ll semester final examinations for all students. Friday. 5 p.m. Last day for December undergraduate degree candidates to apply for Tuition Rebate. Friday-Saturday. Commencement and Commissioning. Monday. noon. Final grades for all students due in Office of the Registrar. Wednesday-Friday. Faculty and Staff holiday. * All dates and times are subject to change. 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(<H9) 845 1031 OA ,, 'J -4757 Friday. S p.m. Last day to register for spring semester classe lhrl:~ytteeis. the physical address of the Rf!9istrar's office and is not the receiving address for mailing. Monday. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Faculty and Staff holida~-----------~ Tuesday. First day of spring semester classes.·\ Monday. S p.m. Last day for adding/dropping courses for the spring semester. Friday. S p.m. Last day to apply for all degrees to be awarded In May. Monday. noon. Mid-semester grades due in Office of the Registrar. Monday-Friday. Spring Break. Thursday-Frfday. Faculty and Staff holiday. Monday-Friday. Preregistration for the 2009 first term, second term, and 10-week summer semester. Monday. S p.m. · Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty (Q-drop). · Last day to change Kinesiology 198/199 grade type. · Last day to officially withdraw from the University. Friday. Reading day, no classes. Thursday-Friday. Preregistration for the 2009 fall semester. Tuesday. Muster. Campus c~ Monday. Prep day, classes meet. No regular course exams (except for laboratory and one-hour classes) shall be given on these days. Tuesday. · Last day of spring semester classes. · Redefined day, students attend their Friday classes. · Prep day, classes meet. No regular course exams (except for laboratory and one-hour classes) shall be given on these days. Wednesday-Thursday. Reading days, no classes. F Friday,· Monday-Wednesday. Spring semester final examinations for all students. May 15 May 15-16 May 18 Friday. S p.m. Last day for May undergraduate degree candidates to apply for Tuition Rebate. Friday-Saturday. Commencement, Commissioning, and Final Review. Monday. noon. Final grades for all students due in Office of the Registrar. • All dates and times are subject to change. 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Memorial Day. Faculty and Staff holiday. Friday. 5 p.m. Last day to register for first term and 10-week semester classes and pay fees. Monday. First day of first term and 10-week semester classes. Thursday. 5 p.m. last day for adding/dropping courses for the first term and the 10-week semester. Friday. S p.m. Last day to apply for degrees to be aw.arded In August for students completing degree requirements in the first term. Friday. 5 p.m. · Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty for the first term (Q-drop). · Last day to change Kinesiology 198/199 grade type for first term. · Last day to offtclally withdraw from the University for first term. Wednesday. last day of first term classes. Thursday. · First Term Final Exams · No 10-week classes. · 5 p.m. last day to register for the second term and pay fees. Friday. Faculty and Staff Holiday Monday. First day of second term classes. Wednesday. noon. First term final grades due In Office of the Registrar. Thursday. 5 p.m. Last day for adding/dropping courses for the second term. Friday. 5 p.m. Last day to apply for degrees to be awarded In August for students completing degree requirements in the second term or 10-week semester. Monday. 5 p.m. · Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty for the 10-week semester. · last day to officially withdraw from the University for 10-week semester. Friday. 5 p.m. · Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty for the second term (Q-drop). · Last day to change Kinesiology 198/199 grade type for second term. · Last day to offlctally withdraw from the University for second term. Friday. last day of second term and 10-week semester classes. Monday-Tuesday. Second term and 10-week-semester final examinations for all students. Thursday. noon. Grades for degree candidates from departments due in Office of the Registrar. 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Meet with City of Bryan, Texas A&M University, Brazos Valley Cyclists, etc Review of Chapters 1 & 2; . -· .. ·-y ...... 9aps in ;n:rvn .. t: ariu N~ tfs A~essment Inventory/Gap Analysis and Needs Assessment UPDATE Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment -comments due March 13th UPDATE Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment -comments due March 24th ... Type Group Date, Time, Location Description Deliverables Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, March ~th,.,"'._, Review of Chapter 3 -Needs ~\ Assessment; Discussion on System Recommendations Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday, April ~ Chapter 4 -Goals and Objectives, Chapter 5 -System Recommendations . Comments due April 10th Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, April ~1'"'\~ Chapter 4 & 5 -Comments due April 20th Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday , April 2Qth Review of Chapter 4 & 5 A.~~ Intro/Outline of Policy and ""'~ Program Recommendations Meeting Community Meeting Tuesday, May 'il'1 ~.,,./ Goals & Objectives, System ~ Recommendations and discussion on Policy & Program Recommendat ions Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday, May-Hoth '1, ~ Chapter 6 -Policy and -:5 vv-t. Program Recommendations Comments due May 15th Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, ~th '-,-J!t Chapter 6 -Policy and ~r\ Program Recommendations Comment due May 26th Meeting P&Z Thursday, May 21st UPDATE Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, May 26th Review of Chapter 6; Intro to Operations and Maintenance Meeting City Council Thursday, May 28th UPDATE Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday,~~ Chapter 7 -Operations and 5 'I Maintenance Comments due June 19th Type Group Date, Time, Location Description Deliverables Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, Jime 22"P If/ Chapter 7 -Operations and by..."'·~ Maintenance Comments due June 30th Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday, Jttne 3~ l\/V.' Review of Chapter 7; ~Y'-Intro to Implementation Strategies and Design Standards Deliverable STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Monday, Jttly 13th 0 Chapter 8 -Implementation ~~\ Strategies Comments due Friday, July lih Deliverable TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Monday, l•lr ;~"'\ Chapter 8 -Implementation Strategies & Design Standards Comments due Tuesday July -~ 28th Meeting TECHNICAL TASK FORCE Tuesday,J~~"v-, Review of Chapter 8 and Design Standards; Wrap-up Meeting t\ , _'-.A. . ~ \ P&Z -Workshop & Thursday, Aug. ~6th \~• / PUBLIC HEARING Due.A.l.ls~!lt >fl' -DRAFT Public Hearing ~~ MASTER PLAN City Council -Workshop Thursday, Sept. 10th PUBLIC HEARING & Public Hearing Com lete Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Council Chambers 6p.m. Week of February 21111 Monday, February 16, 2009 Council Chambers 6p.m. Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Monday, March ~ 2009 °' Monday, March ~' 2009 Tuesday, March , 2009 z.p,~ Thursday, April 16, 2009 Monday, April l , 2009 ~ Stakeholder Meet with City of Bryan, Texas . ·_ ~ ~,::•~gs/Focus ::~~iverslty, Brazos Valley ~..<JP~ ;u\ z~· ~ ~ ~~~~~ TECHNICAL TASK Review of Chapters 1 & 2; ~J"v .. ,.((" FORCE Emphasis on Inventory and -1JJA. V"" COMMUNITY MEETING STAFF RESOURCE TEAM TECHNICAL TASK FORCE TECHNICAL TASK FORCE P&Z STAFF RESOURCE TEAM Gaps in Service and Needs llfflll' Review of Chapter 3; Discussion on Goals and Objectives and System Recommendations - Criteria for Analysis Update to include Chapters 1-3 Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment -comments due March 20, 2009 Chapter 3 -Needs Assessment ;t._-3=s:c==,_.i._1--...-:'~:--~ -comments due March 31, 2009 April 3 -Draft Reports finalized Chapter 4-Goals and Objectives, Chapter 5 -System Recommendations Comments due April 17 • \ - Complete Date, Time, Location Type Description Deliverables ~-Monday, April 40, 2009 TECHNICAL TASK Chapter4 & 5 ·"I I FORCE Tuesday, April ~· 2009 TECHNICAL TASK Review of Chapter 4 & 5 FORCE Intro/Outline of Policy and Program Recommendations Monday, May fl, 2009 STAFF RESOURCE Chapter 6 -Policy and Program i\ TEAM Recommendations ,, Comments due May 15 "'.\PM Monday, May ~, 2009 TECHNICAL TASK Chapter 6 -Policy and Program FORCE Recommendations ~~· ,rA Commen(due May 16 cM\ Tuesday, May J:6, 2009 TE NI;~; Review of Chapter 6; , FORC ( ~~!) Intro to Operations and f4~ l Maintenance r.Y\~~ ~; Monday, June 15, 2009 STAFF RESOURCE Chapter 7 -Operations and TEAM Maintenance pc,:Z, -· Comments due June 19 -Monday, June 22, 2009 TECHNICAL TASK Chapter 7 -Operations and FORCE Maintenance Comments due June 30 Tuesday, June 30, 2009 TECHNICAL TASK Review of Chapter 7; FORCE Intro to Implementation Strategies and Design Standards Monday, July 13, 2009 STAFF RESOURCE Chapter 8 -Implementation TEAM Strategies Comments due Friday, July 17 ?y. Monday, July 20, 2009 TECHNICAL TASK Chapter 8 -Implementation FORCE Strategies & Design Standards ~ -6V" Ch Comm.,.-•~ ..i '"'Tuesday July 28 ~-~, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 TECHNICAL TASK Review of Chapter 9 and Design _ ~~·\ ~Ji#..f+>· FORCE Standards; Wrap-up Meeting Thursday, Aug. 20th P&Z Due August 7th -DRAFT --• MASTER PLAN ) $2pt !O~/. ' ~f-~oph en'\, ~ ~1rl1· c~0 "' (,. (.JL~ . t~ r -.- Phase II Revised Project Schedule College Station Comprehensive Plan C rrv OF C OUJ'.GE rAno Date & Time Meeting Discussion Topics Deliverable y"' Friday September 12, 2008 Modeling results 5:00 p.m. Tuesday Modeling results, ETJ y"' September 16, 2008 discussion (including Growth CPAC Management, Annexation, 5:30 p.m. etc), Thoroughfare Conference Center discussion Wednesday y"' September 24, 2008 SRT Land Use Plan, modeling 2:00 p.m. results Council Chambers Community Facilities & Municipal Services Chapter (unformatted), Growth Management y"' Wednesday Chapter, including all September 24, 2008 maps, graphics, etc. 5:00 p.m. (unformatted), Transportation Chapter, including all maps, graphics, etc. (unformatted) Comments on Community Wednesday Facilities & Municipal October 1, 2008 Services Chapter, Growth 5:00 p.m. Management Chapter, Transportation Chapter Wednesday Draft Revised Land Use October 8, 2008 Plan Map, including ETJ 5:00 p.m. land use tioroughfgres,JCommunity iWe:Qnesaay Facilities and Municipal Services to serve proposed ctober 2 2, 2008 ~CJ land uses, Growth 5:30 p.m. Management and the ETJ, Conference Center Revised Land Use (including ETJ) [ParKS:':'Art & Leisure ~pter, including all r Tuesday maps, graphics, etc. October 28, 2008 (unformatted), 5:00 p.m. Implementation & ;;;;.,j Administration Chapter (unformatted) Friday "First batch" of formatted November 7, 2008 Prepared 08127108 Project Schedule C m OF COUEGE TATIO College Station Comprehensive Plan 5:00 p.m. chapters, including all maps, graphics, etc. Monday "First batch*" items to November 10, 2008 CC, PZ, CPAC, and on 5:00 p.m. website Tuesday Comments on Parks, Art November 4, 2008 & Leisure Chapter and 5:00 p.m. Implementation & Administration Chapter Wednesday Community Facilities and November 12, 2008 2:00 p.m. SRT Municipal Services, Growth Council Chambers Management, Transportation Wednesday November 12, 2008 ,,Rar:J s, Art 8l [e1sure, and I CPAC J :,!lmplementation & 5:30 p.m. Council Chambers Administration Thursday November 20, 2008 CC at PZ "first batch*" items 5:00 p.m. Workshop Council Chambers Friday "Second batch" of November 14, 2008 formatted chapters, 5:00 p.m. including all maps, graphics, etc. Monday "Second batch**" items November 17, 2008 to CC, PZ, CPAC and on 5:00 p.m. website Tuesday Economic Development December 2, 2008 discussion, Implementation 5:30 p.m. [~J~AcJ and Administration Conference Center conclusion Friday Economic Development December, 2008 Chapter (formatted) 5:00 p.m. Thursday ..) December 4, 2008 CC at PZ "second batch**" items 5:00 p.m. Workshop Council Chambers Friday Final Plan draft January 16, 2009 Document, complete and 5:00 p.m. formatted Monday Deliver Plan to PZ, CC, January 19, 2009 CPAC and post on website 5:00 p.m. Monday February 9, 2009 Open House Materials 5:00 p.m. Prepared 09125106 Project Schedule Cm OF COLLEGE rAnu College Station Comprehensive Plan Monday February 16, 2009 Comments on Open 5:00 p.m. House Materials I Tuesday February 17, 2009 ''J 5:30 p.m. CPAC Recommendation to PZ & CC Conference Center J Thursday February 19, 2009 CC at PZ Discussion of Plan draft 5:00 p.m. Workshop Council Chambers Monday March 2, 2009 J 5:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. Community Open house -booth set up Pebble Creek Elementary School Open House for various plan topics (Tentative location) Tuesday J March 3, 2009 Community Open house -booth set up 5:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. Conference Center Open House for various plan topics <Tentative location) Tuesday Presentation and March 10, 2009 materials for Joint 5:00 p.m. Workshop Tuesday Comments on March 17, 2009 presentation and 5:00 p.m. materials for Joint Workshop Tuesday Public Hearing, Discussion, March 31, 2009 Joint Workshop 5:00 p.m. of the PZ & cc recommended changes and Council Chambers formal PZ recommendation Friday April 3, 2009 Deadline for public 5:00 p.m. feedback on draft plan Friday Revised Plan based on April 17, 2009 CPAC, PZ, CC and pubic 5:00 p.m. comments April 20, 2009 Final Plan to CC Friday May 1, 2009 Presentation for public 5:00 p.m. hearing Friday Comments on May 8, 2009 presentation for public 5:00 p.m . hearing Thursday CC Public May 14, 2009 Adopt revised plan 7:00 o.m. hearing Prepared 09125106 C ITY OF CoLt.£GE TATIO Council Chambers Monday June 1, 2009 5:00 p.m. *"First Batch" chapters include: Introduction Community Character Neighborhood Integrity Transportation Growth Management & Capacity ** "Second Batch" chapters include: Community Facilities and Municipal Services Parks, Art & Leisure Implementation & Administration Italics = City led Chapter CC = City Council PZ = Planning & Zoning Commission CPAC = Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee SRT = Staff Resource Team Yellow = CPAC meeting Orange = SRT meeting Green = Workshop meetings (KKC do not need to attend) Blue = Public meetings Project Schedule College Station Comprehensive Plan Printed and electronic copies of adopted plan document Prepared 09125106 l'i/4 [0%· 'r --._ Project Schedule ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~C-o-ll-eg-e~St_a_t-io-n~C-o_m_p_r-eh-en~s-iv_e_P_l_a~n 11YOf UL.LEGE 11\rlON Parks, Art & Leisure Chapter, including all ./ Tuesday maps, graphics, etc . October 28, 2008 (unformatted), 5:00 p.m. Implementation & Administration Chapter (unformatted) Tuesday Comments on Parks, Art November 4, 2008 & Leisure Chapter and 5:00 p.m. Implementation & Administration Chapter Parks, Art & Leisure ./ Friday Chapter and November 7, 2008 Implementation & 12:00 p.m. Administration Chapter - CPAC distribution ./ Monday "First batch" of formatted November 10, 2008 chapters, including all 5:00 p.m. maps, graphics, etc. ./ Wednesday "First batch*" items to November 12, 2008 CC, PZ, CPAC, and on 5:00 p.m. website Wednesday Community Facilities and November 12, 2008 2:00 p.m. SRT Municipal Services, Growth Council Chambers Management, Transportation Wednesday ~ ,:~ ./ November 12, 2008 Parks, Art & Leisure, and ill I• 5:30 p.m. CPAC Implementation & Administration Council Chambers ~ ~ Thursday ./ November 20, 2008 CC at PZ "first batch*" items 5:00 p.m. Workshop Council Chambers Monday "Second batch" of ./ formatted chapters, November 24, 2008 including all maps, 5:00 p.m. graphics, etc. ./ Wednesday "Second batch**" items November 26, 2008 to CC, PZ, CPAC and on 5:00 p.m. website ./ Wednesday Economic Development November 26, 2008 Chapter (formatted) - 5:00 p.m. CPAC distribution ! " ./ Tuesday Economic Development December 2, 2008 CPAC II ~ discussion, Implementation ~ 5:30 p.m. I and Administration n "' Prepared 09125106 .. ' ~-.... Project Schedule ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-C-o~l~le_g_e~S~t-a~ti~o-n~C~o-m~p-re~h-e_n_s~iv-e~P~l~a~n CITY OF Cou.EGF 1AnoN Conference Center Thursday December 4, 2008 5:00 p.m. Council Chambers Friday January 16, 2009 5 :00 p.m. Monday January 19, 2009 5:00 p.m. Monday February 9, 2009 5:00 .m. Monday February 16, 2009 5 :00 p.m. Tuesday February 17, 2009 5:30 p.m. Conference Center Thursday February 19, 2009 5:00 p.m. Council Chambers Monday March 2, 2009 5:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. Pebble Creek Elementary School (Tentative location) Tuesday March 3, 2009 5:00 p.m. -8 :00 p.m. Conference Center Tentative location Tuesday March 10, 2009 5:00 p.m. Tuesday March 17, 2009 5:00 p.m. Tuesday March 31, 2009 5:00 p.m. Council Chambers Friday April 3, 2009 5 :00 p.m . CC at PZ Workshop CC at PZ Workshop Community Open House Community Open House Joint Workshop of the PZ & CC conclusion "second batch**" items Discussion of Plan draft Open house -booth set up for various plan topics Open house -booth set up for various plan topics Public Hearing, Discussion, recommended changes and formal PZ recommendation Fi nal Plan draft Document, complete and fo rmatted Deliver Plan to PZ, CC, CPAC and post on website Open Hou se Materials Comments on Open House Materials Presentation and materials for Joint Workshop Comments on presentation and materials for Joint Workshop Deadline for public feedback on draft plan Prepared 09125106 .. Ct:~---~~~~~~~~~~~P_r_o~je_c_t _Sc_h_e_d_ul_e 'J!lf College Station Comprehensive Plan ITY OF OtilGE tAflON Friday April 17, 2009 5:00 p.m. April 20, 2009 Friday May 1, 2009 5:00 p.m. Friday May 8, 2009 5:00 p.m. Thursday May 14, 2009 CC Public 7:00 p.m. hearing Council Chambers Monday June 1, 2009 5:00 p.m. *"First Batch" chapters include: r_ ~ • Introduction ,. ~~ '~' Community Character Neighborhood Integrity L"t~S\'C\t • Adopt revised plan Transportation (became second batch b/c it didn't meet deadline) Growth Management & Capacity **"Second Batch" chapters include: -1' r -...)~..-..· Community Facilities and Municipal Services Parks, Art & Leisure Implementation & Administration Italics = City led Chapter CC = City Council PZ = Planning & Zoning Commission CPAC = Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee SRT = Staff Resource Team Yellow= CPAC meeting Orange = SRT meeting Revised Plan based on CPAC, PZ, CC and pubic comments Final Plan to CC Presentation for public hearing Comments on presentation for public hearing Printed and electronic copies of adopted plan document Green = Workshop meetings (KKC do not need to attend) Blue = Public meetings Prepared 09125106 Phase II Revised Project Schedule College Station Comprehensive Plan Date & Time Meeting Discussion Topics Deliverable ~ Modeling results, ETJ Tuesday ./ September 16, 2008 discussion (including Growth 5:30 p.m. ~ Management, Annexation, Conference Center f,o etc), Thoroughfare discussion Wednesday ./ September 24, 2008 SRT Land Use Plan, modeling 2:00 p.m. results Council Chambers Thoroughfares, Community Wednesday Facilities and Municipal October 22, 2008 Services to serve proposed 5:30 p.m. land uses, Growth Conference Center Management and the ETJ, Revised Land Use (including ETJ) Wednesday Community Facilities and November 12, 2008 x 2:00 p.m. SRT Municipal Services, Growth Council Chambers Management, Transportation Wednesday Parks, Art & Leisure, and ./ November 12, 2008 5:30 p.m. CPAC Implementation & Council Chambers Administration Thursday November 20, 2008 CC at PZ "first batch*" items 5:00 p.m. Workshop Council Chambers Tuesday Economic Development December 2, 2008 CPAC discussion, Implementation 5:30 p.m. and Administration Conference Center conclusion Thursday December 4, 2008 CC at PZ "second batch**" items 5:00 p.m. Workshop Council Chambers Tuesday February 17, 2009 CPAC Recommendation to PZ & CC 5:30 p.m. Conference Center Thursday February 19, 2009 CC at PZ Discussion of Plan draft 5:00 p.m. Workshop Council Chambers Monday March 2, 2009 5:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. Community Open house -booth set up Pebble Creek Open House for various plan topics Elementary School Tentative location Prepared 08127108 ,~ ........ ~~~~~~~~~~~~_P __ ro_j_e_ct_S_c_h_e_d_u_l_e College Station Comprehensive Plan HY OI CoLJ.£Gl T TIO. Tuesday March 3, 2009 5:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. Conference Center (Tentative location} Tuesday March 31, 2009 5:00 p.m. Council Chambers Thursday May 14, 2009 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers *"First Batch" chapters include: Introduction Community Character Neighborhood Integrity Transportation Community Open House Joint Workshop of the PZ & CC CC Public hearing Growth Management & Capacity **"Second Batch" chapters include: Open house -booth set up for various plan topics Public Hearing, Discussion, recommended changes and formal PZ recommendation Adopt revised plan Community Facilities and Municipal Services Parks, Art & Leisure Implementation & Administration Italics = City led Chapter CC = City Council PZ = Planning & Zoning Commission CPAC = Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee SRT = Staff Resource Team Yellow = CPAC meeting Orange = SRT meeting Green = Workshop meetings (KKC do not need to attend) Blue = Public meetings Prepared 09125106 Phase II Revised Project Schedule College Station Comprehensive Plan 1TYm CoUEGE 1Ar10N Date & Time Meeting Discussion Topics Deliverable ~ Friday September 12, 2008 Modeling results 5:00 p.m. dJ< Tuesday Modeling results, ETJ ~ September 16, 2008 discussion (including Growth Management, Annexation, 5:30 p.m. etc), Thoroughfare Conference Center discussion Wednesday ~ September 24, 2008 SRT Land Use Plan, modeling 2:00 p.m. results Council Chambers Community Facilities & Municipal Services Chapter (unformatted), Growth Management ~ Wednesday Chapter, including all September 24, 2008 maps, graphics, etc. 5:00 p.m. (unformatted), Transportation Chapter, including all maps, graphics, etc. (unformatted) Comments on Community Wednesday Facilities & Municipal October 1, 2008 Services Chapter, Growth 5:00 p.m. Management Chapter, Transportation Chapter Wednesday Draft Revised Land Use October 8, 2008 Plan Map, including ETJ 5:00 p.m. land use Revised Community Facilities & Municipal Services Chapter Friday (unformatted), Growth October 17, 2008 Management Chapter 12:00 p.m . (unformatted), Transportation Chapter (unformatted) -for CPAC distribution Thoroughfares, Community Wednesday Facilities and Municipal Services to serve proposed October 22, 2008 CPAC land uses, Growth 5:30 p.m. Management and the ETJ, Conference Center Revised Land Use (including ETJ) Prepared 08127108