City Council

2. ADOPTION OF THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PLAN;\nAUTHORIZATION TO REALLOCATE MEASURE R FUNDS FOR THE\nIMPLEMENTATION OF BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN PROJECTS; AND\nACCEPTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXEMPTION DETERMINATION – F2M22-33,\nM2M24-47\nOn January 8, 2024, staff presented the Bike and Pedestrian Improvement Plan for the\nCouncil’s consideration, pursuant to data collection, a needs assessment, and public\nengagement conducted throughout the Plan process. This Plan is a directive under the\nCity’s Strategic Plan under the goals of Enhancing Public Safety, Improving Infrastructure\nand Mobility, and Promoting Sustainability. The Plan presented on January 8, 2024 was\nnot adopted by the Council; rather, based on public comment for additional time to review\nthe document, consideration to adopt the Plan was tabled to the February 12th meeting.\nStaff and the City’s consultant conducted a virtual workshop on January 23, 2024; a\n2\n3-11-24\nSpecial Meeting with the Transportation Commission on January 24, 2024; and an in-\nperson workshop at the Library on February 1, 2024. On January 24, 2024, the\nTransportation Commission submitted a recommendation to adopt the Bicycle and\nPedestrian Improvement Plan, contingent on also aligning the Plan with Metro’s recent\nupdate to their Active Transportation Plan (for regional connectivity benefits) and removing\nthe McLean Bridge from the City’s pedestrian or bicycle network. On February 12, 2024,\nthe Plan was resubmitted for the City Council’s consideration. Based on input received\nthat the Asian Pacific Islander Forward Movement (APIFM), a non-profit organization,\nwished to provide feedback regarding the Plan, the Council directed the adoption of the\nPlan be rescheduled to March to allow time for the City’s consultant to collect this\ninformation or any other public comments received for further analysis. Feedback provided\nby APIFM included approximately 200 written comments, with many responses focused\non improvements near Fremont Elementary School, such as installing high-visibility\ncrosswalks, compliance with speed limits and ambitious traffic calming infrastructure.\nAlhambra’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Plan highlights a Backbone Bicycle\nNetwork, Full Network (comprehensive), and Further Study Network, with a description of\nthe facility types or bicycle lane classification. In addition, it includes “priority” pedestrian\nimprovements zones based on demand, major destinations and barriers, and safety. The\nestimated costs for Alhambra’s bicycle infrastructure are between $8 million and $32\nmillion, for up to 50 miles of bike network, not including costs subject to further study. The\nestimated costs for the pedestrian improvements at eight priority areas of the City are\napproximately $15 million.\nThe Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Plan is available for public review via the City’s\nwebsite at https://www.cityofalhambra.org/228/Notices-Documents.\nRecommended Action: City Council take the following actions:\nA. Accept the Council Subcommittee’s request to adopt the Bicycle and Pedestrian\nImprovement Plan (Plan);\nB. Direct staff to move forward with the Backbone Bicycle Network and the Priority\nPedestrian Improvements, contingent on obtaining all the necessary funding;\nC. Authorize staff to request a reallocation of $14.4 million in Measure R Funds from the\nLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) toward the\nimplementation of Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Plan projects;\nD. Accept the environmental review exemption determination for this Plan; and,\nE. Direct staff undertake the steps necessary to finalize the Council’s action. (M2M24-47)\nCONSENT AGENDA (Item Nos. 3 – 18)\nAll items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine and\nwill be enacted by one motion unless a citizen or Council member requests otherwise; in which\ncase, the item will be removed for separate consideration.