City of American Canyon Open Space Advisory Committee 4381 Broadway, Suite 201 December 7, 2022 ACTION MINUTES  CALLTO ORDER  The meeting was called to order at 6:30p.m.  PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.  ROLL CALL Roll Call was taken. ATTENDANCE Open Space Advisory Committee Members Present: Chair Nance Matson Committee Member Barry Christian Committee Member Tara McClinton-Horner: Committee Member Kim Hester-Williams  Absent: Vice Chair Scott Artis PRESENTATIONS  Received a presentation by Deborah Elliot, Environmental Resource Specialist, on the Napa  County Regional Green House Gas Inventory.  Chair Matson opened Public Comment on the Presentation.  Written Public Comment Received: Oral Public Comment Received: Leon Garcia, Mario Valadez  None  Open Space Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes-D December7,2022    Chair Matson closed Public Comment on the Presentation.  PUBLIC COMMENT  Chair Matson opened Public Comment. Written Public Comment Received: Oral Public Comment Received: Kara Vernor made al Public Comment. Chair Matson closed Public Comment.  None  AGENDA CHANGES None CONSENT CALENDAR  Approved the Consent Calendar that included Meeting Minutes for the November: 2, 2022, OSAC Meeting and the 2023 OSATS Meeting Calendar, Motioned by Committee Member Christian; Seconded  by Committee Member Hester- Williams. Roll Call was taken; the motion passed unanimously.  BUSINESS  1. Draft Reauthorization Resolution" and Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Work Plan. City Manager Holley led a discussion and review with OSAC of the draft Reauthorization Resolution to include open space, active transportation, and sustainability issues and the draft Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Work Plan. OSAC provided comments and revisions in preparation for City Council's review and adoption of OSATS's Reauthorization Resolution and Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Work Plan at the December 20, 2022, City Council Meeting.  Chair Matson opened Public Comment. Written Public Comment Received: Oral Public Comment Received: Kara Vernor made al Public Comment. Chair Matson closed Public Comment.  There was a written comment received by Kara Vernor (see attached).  Open Space Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes December 7, 2022    ADJOURMMENT CERTIFICATION Lylause Liz Lozano Administrative Technician  The meeting was adjourned at 8:55p.m.  Open Space Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes-D December7,2022    Support(0%) Oppose(0%e) Neutral(100%) No Response(07e)  eComments Hide/Show  Name  Position Submitted At = Neutral 12-07- 2022 09:41 am  Agenda Item =  Comment  4.)Draft Reauthorization Resolution" Kara and) Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Work  Vernor The Napa County Bicycle Coalition is excited about the shift in how the City of American Canyon works with its citizen advisors, and we applaud the newly transformed entity now known as the Open Space, Active Transportation, and Sustainability, or OSATS. Having al bicycle advisory committee or active transportation committee (ATAC)is sO essential to being a bicycle-friendly community that the League of American Bicyclists, the national organization that bestows this community designation, lists bike advisory committees as one ofits ten criteria for evaluating whethera a community is bicycle-friendly. That's because creative solutions arise when citizens who have the lived experience of walking and riding their community's streets give input into how those streets are designed. For example, the City ofl Napa will be implementing its first buffered bike lane, a design that resulted in part from collaborating with its ATAC. For an ATAC to be truly that, it must advise on the designs of proposed bike/ped facilities. This is standard for ATAC workplans and is regularly done sO in other Napa County jurisdictions. We  Plan.    Name  Position Submitted  Agenda Item -  Comment =  At =  recognize and respect not only the expertise of City of American Canyon stafft but also their good intentions in building more complete streets. The need for citizens to review design plans is in no way aj response to staff capabilities in any jurisdiction. Rather, ATACS are there to bring lived experience to designs, as well as community values. Almost always there is more than one right way to design a street, and ATACS rely on the expertise of city staff to show them the feasible options. Choosing between those options do we remove trees to implement a bike lane; do we prefer wider vehicle lanes ora buffered bike lane with narrower vehicle lane-relies on community input. City Council voted not only to continue this advisory committee, but to elevate it to a commission and to include Active Transportation in its name. Fori it to serve its purpose, iti must have the opportunity to advise on bike/ped infrastructure. Ifitis only presented infrastructure projects after designs are final or near final, it cannot provide advice that results in substantive Incredible improvements can happen when cities collaborate with citizen advisors. Therefore, it is fundamental that review of designs fori repaving projects, CIP street projects, and other road projects is included in OSATS' workplan and come before OSATS on a regular basis for input.  outcomes.  Speaker Requests Hide/Show No Speaker Requests have been received for this selection  Feedback