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Home My WebLink About84-58 CHICO URBAN AREA BIKE PLAN 2 OF 2TABLE 173. R rI��I1`FSCl% runcli.n� Source ,AV.-licable, Pr a'Loral/State ects Gas Tax - �-= M��t,t;chi� T't�nd brat°c All City Streets: Scotian 2106 1.00%' Local Street & llighway Code All City Stzeec:s 1007- Local Gas Tax All Cit Sections 2107 & 2107.5 y Streets . ',. 1OQ/ Local redcxal, laid Urban F.Ax. System Streets 36Z rcderal State Sales Tax 167. Local SB 325 -Public Transportatior! Bikeway Facilities 100% Local. In-licu funds, t fines No restriction and forfeiture on Projects 1007 Local Revenue Sharing Capital ImProVement .Projects, etc: �p01 Local Parking Revenue Parking Tots, Parking ,,ieters 100 o Local Parking and Business xmprouamctrt area tax Parking Pro,, o tion, total Beautification 100/ L Dat.,nLotl;n Chico 3usness Revitalization'Association Urban kenet,�al State BikoWay Account City Streets State }iighways 10Z Local Bicycle Grant 907 State Program Various Biketgay► Projects 25% Local State Office a Traffic 75% Federal Saate or-ice Ln�oxCc♦I.cnr, education Mai ):ding projects 1007"State Getieal Revenue Fund Maintenance, Capital Projects �'b07 Local.: ♦ , i y . * TABLE C - HIGH 1 R> ORZTV PRQJtCTS 1. Oleander Avenue. Finish paving; roadway to curbs., 2. Covered Parking;. Construct covered parking unite, Fa an City king; 10 —OE—f r people G:�orkin y ,Io�a�1to�,Y-n a da provide secu� e and dry parkit�►g y that would 3.l'ar_c�.st; Avenue Bicycle Rot, Construct abicycle patpath(Class � L -o connect i�ortii i'ar c e w L h ikladrot7e/>'a110mr o; Q and thenuw bicycle bridge over Big Chico Creek. 4. Salem ;St `eet. Stripe Salemalem Street from 9th Street to tst Steeii Llass -II bicycle lanes, 5�. Iindo Channel. Construct a. bicycle and Dedestrid'11 brill e over �i_ndo Channe L to connect Palm ,genie with Rio Undo Avenue at Cohasset Road and install traffic signal. Y 1 } Y , . Y Appr:,r'DIX ►►D►► Compliance with Statll, Beatiirerents Fax Genera7. !iikoniayPla:ts r Y ti r aVii.++•�; '�' APPENDIX "D� Compliance with State Requirements For General. Bikeway Plans The California Bikeways Act set$ forth eight elements to be addressed in a Bikeway Plan in order to quality for Bicycle Lane .Account funds (see next page) These are listed below, with appropriate comments and/or references to the section(s) in the Bikeway Plan wherein the item is addressed. 1, Route Selection. This is reflected in the l)i.cycle: Iow data presented in Appendix "A". The sc�lection of routes is -based on this data and on the i ccommen- dations of the two citizen committees (see Appendix "B" and "C")4 2, Land Use. See the "Chico General. Plan: 1976--1995.11 3 Po ulataoll Density/Settlement Patterns. See Section .1 and the Chico General P an. 4. Transportation Interface, See Sections 2,4 and 3.4. 5. Citizen and Community Involvemont; Citizen involvement I n the planning; process is documented in Section l.l.. 6. Flexibility and Coordination w Range TransPortatiOn P� ann n ',Cie Bikeway Plan is consistetlt vItft Elie oec= tives and policies contained :in the 1982 BCAC, Regional Transpor tatIon Plan (pp • IV -6 and IV -7) and the draft Butte County Transpor to tion l'lement (pp 82 and 83). 7. Local. Government Involvement in Planni.This item is documented I'll Section lol. Provisions ` . ' _ � . ; acili.t.ies.11 �kis eve�:issue suchis not la�i.l.iti.eseared 8. M8ctlyini.t heRBil, eest ra) Plan, o o available at numerous locations al.on8 major bicycle corridor's and in Bidwell pant, gi Provision for Parlt,i�y� Viaci.li.t Cs. See section 2.4, 8.31 ,O (0 jccti:ve ) ► and 5.0 CHIEAAiDMINIS':L'RATIVE OFFICE COUNTY OF BUTTE aOUTTF 25 COUNTY CENTER bR. l onovILLE, CALIFORNIA 95955-3380 (916) 534-4031 O • b e c MEMBERS Or T10. 00AMD COUK, Al A ii oCI NI JAW OULAN MAI#IN J. NICHOLS IIII i1A wl lth.Ell CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER ii I I IA Mi `18t.l f -Y It N f:ULTON April 4, 1984 William F. Derrick Transportation Coordinator Chico Department of Public Works P: D. Box 3420 HuitsCo. Planning Co►nm. Ch 'co , CA 95927...: APR 1984 Dear Mr, Derrick; Orovillo, Calitar»le Re; Chico Area Bicycle Plan Reference is made to your letter of March 27 1984 concerning the above subject. I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter and the bicycle plan to our Board of Supervisors for informational purposes only, The plan itself is being referred to our planning Department, Planning Commission and Department of Public Works. As you are aware, the county is going to be holding a hearing on April l7 concerning the circulation element of the Butte County general plan. Any needed re- visions to the plan or recommendations for further study will surely be forwarded to you by the Board following public hearings or by our Director of Planning Bettye Kircher or Acting Public Works Director Bill Cheff. ery •ruly your , Marti j, Nithdis chief nAdmAl strative Officer MdNJMP/ jar e cc t,.- ettyo Kircher, Director of I' arming Bill Cheff, Acting pub'l'ic 1�,, rs Director Fred Davis, Chico City Manager Y " CIT N � IB)Zii o DEPARTMENT — OF PUBLIC WORKS Filth and Main Street$ Co. Box 3420 hico, CA 95927 (916) 895,4891 ATSS 4594891 DPW Chrono/subj. Mat -tin Nichols Chief Administrative Officer County of Butte 25 County Center Drive Oroville, CA 95965 Dear Mr. Nichols: March 27, 198+ On February 21, 1984, the Chico City Council approved the Chico Area 'Bicycle Plan, which, had been prepared by staff bused on reports from two previous citizen committees. The Plan as approved encompasses the entre Chico urbanized area, and was prepared in consultcition with representatives of the Butte County Planning and Public Works De- partments. The Council, in approving theplan, noted that there were still many unresolved issues that should be addressed through a continuing planning process l.eadir,g to periodic updates/re- visions to the plan. Because the Plan involves potential bikeway facility development in unintorporated areas and other- forms of participation by Butte ,County, we arFr hereby transmitting the Plan for consideration by the Board of Supervisors In doing so, the Board may wish to indicate any needed revisions to the Plan or recbmmendations for further study. It should be noted that approval: of a Bicycle Plan is a precondition for applying for bikeway funds under the State Bicycle Lane Account Program, The City is now eligible or such funds, but their use for projects in unincorporated areas Mould re- quire adoption of the Bicycle Plan by the County as well BWta CO. Planning Comm. MAR 2 0 1984 Oroyillo, California Inter-Departmentap Iderrnorandurn rot Bettye Kircher - Planning Diyrectox` FROM: Mark Radabaugh SUBJECTI, Chico Urban Area Bike Plan/Status Report DATEt Match 6, 1984 As you know, the Chico City Council held a public hearing February 21, 1§84, on the proposed Chico Urban Area Bike Plan.. The Coianci?� unanimously adopted- i��een�soposal fozaard�the theconclusion of this hearing; The City now to tCAG and the.Counbwould ne aslccdmtosadoptothedPlan, nsubsiequent Board of Supervisors royal.. to. Planning Commission app est that both the Commission and the Board be 7 would suggest roved scheduled to reviewtheElement, ike awliichewi� 1ebeohearda�.naca.rly the draft ftElCirculationispolicies on urban area, 'bicycle plans Apsi1�. The draft Element 7'I presently conforms to actions taken to date regarding the Chico Bike Plan. De artment staff endorsed the hat At the Febzuar 21�w hearing, p ta,ff recommended t y Bike Plan proposal with one modification S Vallombrosa Avenue northof Bidwell .Staff's xeasoningteasathat, i1) route in the plants masterke p 11 recreational uses bike commuting.should not be mixed with gener found along Bidwell Park's Northould Park Dris.e, 2,) xllof Classse of rih Park Drive as a bike route punctures through the Park 14114 lbr veonnect �ana 3) res-dential of Vallo,-'-vola to north Par and therefore Oitvey .vit, pool; sight distance and cvitho it lighting, is not a safe alignment for a bike route, MR: s ate cc: Bill Derrick city 01 Chico, Public Works Inter-Departmenta t Memorandum TO.. Bettye Kircher - Planning Director FROM: Mark Radabaugh SUBJECT* Chico Urban Area Bike Plan/Status Report OATS' March 6, 1984 As you know, the Chico City Council held a public hearing PebrueAxy, 2l, 1984, on the proposed Chico Urban Area Bike Plan. The Council unanimously adopted the proposal at the conclusion of this hearing. The City now intends to forward. the Plan to BCAG and the County Planning Commission for adoption. The Board o•f Supervisors would Be asked to adopt the Plan-, subsequent._ to Planning Commission approval. I would suggest that Goth: the Commission and the Beat& by scheduled to review the Bike Plan after the Board has approved the draft Circulation Element, which will be heard in early April. The draft Element's policies on urban area bicycle plans presontly conforms to actions taken to date regarding the Chico Bike Plan At the February 21st hearing, Department staff endorsed the Bike Plan proposal with one modification. Staff recommended that Vallombrosa Avenue north of Bidwell Paris be indi.cated as a bake Plan'sn the mastermap; Staff's reasoning was that, 1) bike commuting should not be mixed with general. recreational uses found along g oute a.o Bidwell Park's Forth Park Drive; 2j' use of North f Park Drive as a bike route would require a number of -Class I punctures through the Park which connect residential areas north of Vallombrosa to North Park Drive; and, 3) North Park Drive is cu.rvnytvith poor Sight distance and without lighting, and ther,!fore ' is not a safe alignment for a bike route MR c saw cc: Bill Derrick City of Chico, Public Works Dulio Cb. Planning Go,pm NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON1984 DRAFT CHICO AREA BICYCLE PLAN Californls Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, February 21, 1984; at 7:30 P,,M. in the Council Chamber, Chico Municipal Center, 421 Main Street, the Chico City Council will hold a public hearing on the draft Chico Area Bicycle Plan. The Bicycle Plan Is intended to set 'forth'Cit y and County Policies recjarding bicycle facilities, safety, education, and enforcement, to identify short term and long term bikeway needs, and serve as a guide for programming bikeway improve- ments in the Chico urban area. The adopted plan will also qualify the w.hico urban area for additional State bikeway funds. This hearing is scheduled for the purpose of receiving comments from the pub—c. and interested orga.nizatilons with regard to the draft plan; A dopy of . r the j �vG is available for inspection at the City Clerk's Office, 196 East 5th $t°reet, Publish: E' -R 2/15/84 N&R 2/16/84 Distr:' Ci` "y `Got�ncil (7) Supervisor Dolan Planning Commission (7) Supervisor Wheeler Park Commission (5) County Chief Admin, Ofcra Bicycle Committee (6) County Planning Director ,-- City Manager County Public W4ks Dir, DeppUty City Manager CUSD - Jeffries Public 'Works Director CSUC Forbes Trah8pi Coordinator Chico Velo Cycle Club Planning Director Park Director Police 'Chief News Media (8) L ..�949m Coma LAND OF NAI URAL WCA LTH SNC+ B;ixf,ll1'Y FILANNiNG COMMISSION December 5, 1517 COUNTY WITER DRIVE -- OROVILLE CALIFORNIA 95965 .3 PHONE; 534-1601 Bill Derricl, Uepartiaent of Public horks City of C:Lico I1.0. lox 3420 Chico, CA 95927 SUBJECT Staff Comments Oil Preliminary Draft Chico Area :Bicycle Plan Dear Bill Than"", you for the t pportimity to comment on the preliminary draft of the Chico Area Bicycle, Plan. Our commants are attached. The coximients aro generally minor acid it appears thi-tt trtn PlFtn is 11rt sently r.ore thiri. adetptate to submit with vny tIT11�.8t -t an for State Bike TA110 Accowi t t;tonlcls. We look forvard to scent;,; the Chico City Council review and adortrt this plan atd anticipate_ thn.t tlo, plazl will be forwarded to t1ie COU11ty for its cons:i.deT t on for ;tpZ,roVal, Sincerely, J((ij Mark Radaba.Ltah 8011 or Plamier Attachment l k STAFF COMPI;NTS ON PRELIMINARY ORArr CHICO AREA BICYCLE PLAN The f=ollowing are comrr1ent- on thr, draft Chico Area Bicycle plan: City of Chi cO's preliminary Page 1; Paragraph I r more o The second Youthful sentence ,' Y thful F�opulatian�� of the Chi coarea�G�sdC�af'�7ctnc�e the area's bike ridership• rhe ,• o stage "a number o f u i nst e paragraph s th i rd $en l- f t`ct 1' i n the listed advantages in a v� rti ct11 OF col Umn 1 �� and then di sp1 aY the Pale I, Paragraph 2; The se transportations stem cond sentence should 11 Y des 0nedI ,.l The read Irt a city Is perhaps premature in the text PaVagraph s las sentence which sltggest the -nd 0-tild be replaced ",entente related r`egulationS and/or need t placed with a or cit n , rcl e plant) ng and certain 20 "ire.'1ud se2t�nanumbers the P1 h .1c ch, . n� l i sth d sections Should Page Para :tr'aph 4; r forecastedA U��of description of the urban areas �,npul a�1 i on be i nr,1 utied as growth a d 1 ocat on of c areas part of the 1:,lz�tn's setting �r i tr�Sect on3. should Page 3, Paragraph ra; generation should- b+- ac" Such ,� . Y, y g p Estimates of CS UC daily bTc cle trip i�ncltrda i ratifies of tr'il� generation" csttmae could include clude F'ag? 4, Par'agr,aph 3: It i5 not clear Whether t indicated far erent the entire urb., pians r►ylareK�or for the, he i lacyp `of bike path favliti�s are For aniy, Al So, the hit 1Acle data should Ind`G i►icorported mt Mage, by r.lass i , jocat 41 in Bt'tl'We11 Park. pF the rk" much of the 1 �a t�ftoW m page 6. the draft plan's consideration the acramento Northern Pati 1 road r tj � of the potential use of F'age 7 P J t af`WaY i s strori ll y supported" �tragrraph i: The Facilities � plan should also list bicycle deve10pme:',ts as an issue f d 1 agger high deers - ` `ip�rki rr�7 . for new commer►:�ial 1n tt , For new dovelO y reside -ii a Page 7, Paragraph: The plan 8 pmeni po l i cy�, parks ng d1sp1 c:c:�►nent p laoill d me►1t1 on an t, bit cle �clttors rr, �tteti b , _ " Y"potential. Y parks ►tg for arrtomob le Y �.�hsi r trrtt Etg ot)-strer~t ptr"ktn*l pl,ace;, ,�� ylt, s rig, {ieWHOW Litany bicycle tore bike part; i nor enrrrgentsitbsi ts?ar: By g to u e of the autooFo ��the d 4 bike9) Page 7, Paragraph 4: The parking discur�;n should be ex anded to i ncl u�le areas other than the downtown, density residential tiAs a complex complexes, i ncl udl nq (,lisclassion of large commei'ciaT center , high parks. and at schools, plilygroun�IS and Page 8, Paragraph G, Item 2: add ;sand County starr, Page 11 Objective 2: There should be policy/recnrIi�n nd;t on language related to providing bicycle lartter commercial and the urban area. parkin high density residential `C��,eth"oughati't page 1i, Objective 4, ' sand County. Policy 3 and t�bj ecti ve 5, Policy 1 add Page le Objective G, bicycle e clubs; �� Policy 1: add "repre'sent-actives Prorri local u