Municipal Service Center

South

City of Santa Rosa

69 Stony Circle

Conference Room 5

Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board

Regular Meeting Minutes - Final

Thursday, July 17, 2025

4:00 PM

4:00 P.M.

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Chair Narath called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m.

5 -

Present

Chair Tanya Narath, Vice Chair Elizabeth Ridlington, Board Member

Sarah Hart, Board Member Kathryn Kelly, and Board Member Emily

Warne

2 - Board Member Scott Doig, and Board Member Paul Schwarz

Absent

2. REMOTE PARTICIPATION UNDER AB 2449 (IF NEEDED)

3. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY BOARD MEMBERS

None.

4. COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS BY BOARD MEMBERS

None.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

5.1

May 15, 2025 Regular Meeting Minutes.

A motion was made by Vice Chair Ridlington, seconded by Board Member

Kelly, to approve as submitted. The motion carried by the following vote:

5 -

Yes:

Chair Narath, Vice Chair Ridlington, Board Member Hart, Board

Member Kelly and Board Member Warne

2 - Board Member Doig and Board Member Schwarz

Absent:

6. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS

None.

7. REPORT ITEMS

7.1

REPORT - Redwood Bikeshare Update

BACKGROUND: Staff from Drop Mobility will present an update on the

Redwood Bikeshare program.

RECOMMENDATION: This is an informational item. Drop Mobility is

looking for input from the Board to add dropzone locations in Santa

Rosa as well as looking for leads on sponsors to add more hub

locations.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Emily Shartin of Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition inquired about the

metrics the SCTA is looking for.

This item was received and filed.

7.2

REPORT - Fiscal Year (FY) 25/26 Capital Projects Budget

BACKGROUND: Staff will present the Capital Improvement Budget

approved by City Council as it relates to Bicycle and Pedestrian

Infrastructure.

RECOMMENDATION: This item is for board discussion.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Emily Shartin spoke in favor and inquired about bike and pedestrian

improvements on Calistoga Road in the area near Sequoia

Elementary School.

This item was received and filed.

8. CHAIR/BOARD MEMBERS' ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chair Narath reported that A Week Without Driving event is coming

up. This is a national event that encourages communities to take a

pledge to go for a week without driving a vehicle. The dates are

September 29 to October 5.

9. STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS

- The Council unanimously adopted the Active Transportation Plan

(ATP) at the meeting of July 8. There was over 30 minutes of public

comment and support.

- The Greenway Connectivity Study process is now entering the

stakeholder phase and a meeting bringing stakeholders together is

scheduled for July 21.

- A recap of the annual NACTO Designing Cities Conference in

Washington DC was given.

- Staff is going to Council on August 19 to lower the speed limits on

29 more street segments throughout the City.

- The TDA Project, including the RRFB on Stony Point Road at

Stony Circle, has been completed.