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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-06-10 - Agenda PacketTrails Advisory Committee Agenda June 10, 2020 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 6:00 p.m. PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM'S EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20 THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD AS A TELECONFERENCE MEETING In response to the Governor's Executive Orders, the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health requirements, and to ensure the health and safety of our residents by limiting contact that could spread the COVID- 19 virus, there will be no members of the public in attendance at the Trails Advisory Committee meetings. Members of the Trails Advisory Committee and staff will participate in this meeting via teleconference. In place of in -person attendance, members of the public can observe and offer comment at this meeting via Zoom: VIEW MEETING VIA ZOOM APP OR ZOOM.COM AT: zoom.usljoin using Webinar ID: 817-8627-6744 .or - YOU CAN DIAL -IN USING YOUR PHONE UNITED STATES: + 1 (669) 900-6833 Access Code: 817-8627-6744 IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING JUNE 10, 2020, TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING As an alternative to participating in the teleconference, you may submit comments in writing to Elizabeth.Thornhill(a�_CityofRC.us by 12:00pm on the date of the meeting. Written comments will be distributed to the Committee and read into the record. A. Call to Order B. Public Communications This is the time and place for the general public to address the Trails Advisory Committee on any item listed or not listed on the agenda. The Committee may not discuss any issue not included on the Agenda but set the matter for a subsequent meeting. C. Consent Calendar C1. Consideration to adopt Regular Meeting Minutes of March 11, 2020. (Meetings cancelled for April 8, 2020 and May 13, 2020 due to no items submitted.) D. Discussion Items D1. San Sevaine Trail Project E. Identification of Items for the Next Meeting This is the time for the Trails Advisory Committee to identify the items they wish to discuss at the next meeting. These items will not be discussed at this meeting, only identified for the next meeting. F. Adjournment If you need special assistance or accommodations to participate in this meeting, please contact the Planning Department at (909) 477-2750. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility. Listening devices are available for the hearing impaired. I, Elizabeth Thornhill, Executive Assistant of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, or my designee, hereby certify that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on Thursday, June 4, 2020, seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2 at 10500 Civic Center Drive. Trails Advisory Committee Agenda — June 10, 2020 Page 2 of 2 MARCH 11, 2020 TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA MINUTES RAINS ROOM CITY HALL 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE A. 6:00 P.M. -CALL TO ORDER 6:00 pm Roll Call: Francisco Oaxaca _X_ Tom Tisler (Bicycle) _X_ Tony Morales _X_ Carol Douglass (Equestrian) _X_ Bryan Dopp (Alternate) Mike Smith (Staff Coordinator)_X_ Additional Staff Present: Gianfranco Laurie, Sr. Civil Engineer; Lori Sassoon, Deputy City Manager; Jason Welday, Director of Engineering Services/City Engineer. B. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Trails Advisory Committee on any item listed on the agenda. State law prohibits the Trails Advisory Committee from addressing any issue not previously included on the Agenda. The Committee may receive testimony and set the matter for a subsequent meeting. Comments are to be limited to five minutes per individual or less, as deemed necessary by the Staff Coordinator, depending upon the number of individual members of the audience. This is a professional businessmeeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, making loud noises or engaging in any activity which might be disruptive to the decorum of the meeting. C. CONSENT CALENDAR The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and non -controversial. They will be acted upon by the Commission at one time without discussion. Any item may be removed by Committee for discussion. C1. Consideration to adopt Regular Meeting Minutes of February 12, 2020. Page 1 of 3 ** Draft ** 003 CITY OF RANCHO NCAMONGf� r MARCH 11, 2020 TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA MINUTES RAINS ROOM CITY HALL 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE D. DISCUSSION ITEMS D1. DESIGN REVIEW DRC2017-00193 — GEORGE BOTROS — A request for site plan and architectural review of a proposed 12,350 square foot church and 18,033 square foot social building on a 3.28 acre (143,053 square foot) project site located at the northwest corner of East and Wilson Avenues in the Very Low (VL) Residential District of the Etiwanda Specific Plan; APN: 0225-123-05. Related Record: Conditional Use Permit DRC2017-00194. This item is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's CEQA guidelines under CEQA Section 15332 — Infill Development. TAC raised the following questions and concerns: 1. Would the project be required to construct half of Wilson Avenue at the time the project is constructed? Staff responded that the project would be required to pay an in -lieu fee of the future construction of Wilson -East Avenue street improvements. 2. Will the Wilson -East Avenue intersection continue to have a roundabout when fully completed? Staff responded that an upgraded roundabout would be included when Wilson Avenue is fully improved. 3. Where the East Avenue crosswalk will be located? Staff responded that the crosswalk will be located to the south of the entrance to the roundabout. 4. Committee member Tom Tisler stated that from his experience roundabouts are unsafe. The project was recommended for approval by the Planning Commission by all the Committee members (Oaxaca, Morales, Tisler, Douglass, Smith). D2 DISCUSSION OF STEP-THRU BARRIER REPLACEMENTS AT FLOOD CONTROL ENTRANCES (Oral report). Staff presented the report on the project. The Committee asked several questions about the reasons and technical details for the project. Staff answered these questions to the Committee's satisfaction. The Committee consented to the actions related to the implementation of the project. The report was received and filed. Page 2of3 ** Draft ** 004 MARCH 11, 2020 TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA MINUTES RAINS ROOM CITY HALL 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE D3. DISCUSSION OF PACIFIC ELECTRIC TRAIL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS (Oral report). Staff presented the report on the project. The Committee asked several questions about the reasons and technical details for the project. Staff answered these questions to the Committee's satisfaction. The Committee consented to the actions related to the implementation of the project. The report was received and filed. E. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MEETING This is the time for the Trails Advisory Committee to identify the items they wish to discuss at the next meeting. These items will not be discussed at this meeting, only identified for the next meeting. G. ADJOURNMENT 771 n Pm I, Elizabeth Thornhill, Executive Assistant II of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, or my designee, hereby certify that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on Thursday, March 05, 2020, seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2 at 10500 Civic Center Drive. 0 If you need special assistance or accommodations to participate in this meeting, please contact the Planning Department at (909) 477-2750. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility. Listening devices are available for the hearing impaired. Page 3 of 3 ** Draft ** 005 STAFF REPORT DATE: June 10, 2020 TO: Trails Advisory Committee Members FROM: Jason C. Welday, Director of Engineering Services/City Engineer INITIATED BY: Gianfranco Laurie, Senior Civil Engineer SUBJECT: San Sevaine Trail Project RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Trails Advisory Committee receive a project update on the San Sevaine Trail Project and provide staff with guidance with respect to the four options provided in the report regarding the conceptual design of an equestrian trail adjacent to the multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail proposed to be constructed by the City of Fontana with Recreation Trails Program (RTP) and Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Committee (MSRC) grant funding. BACKGROUND: The City of Fontana is the lead agency for the San Sevaine Trail which envisions a multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail facility from Lytle Creek to the Santa Ana River through the Cities of Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana, Unincorporated San Bernardino County and Jurupa Valley. The current Phase 1, Segment 2 Project is proposed to construct a 1.25-mile multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail beginning at the trail entrance where the Pacific Electric Trail meets the existing Etiwanda Creek Channel just east of the 1-15 Freeway in the City of Fontana. The new trail connection is located north of Baseline Avenue where a portion of the San Sevaine Trail is already constructed between the Pacific Electric Trail to Foothill Boulevard. This new segment will start at the Pacific Electric Trail in Fontana and extend through Rancho Cucamonga ending at Banyan Street. The trail segment will run north and south along the Etiwanda Creek Channel and provide a healthy, scenic, and recreation alternative for pedestrians and bicyclists. A Vicinity Map is included as Attachment 1. The Etiwanda Specific Plan envisioned a Community Trail along this stretch of the Etiwanda Creek Channel including a joint bicycle and pedestrian trail adjacent to an equestrian trail. The City of Fontana was awarded two grants for the design and construction of this portion of the project by the State of California and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) totaling $5.9 million. An RTP grant was awarded to the City of Fontana by the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation for an initial amount of $2,467,897. A MSRC grant was also awarded to the City of Fontana by AQMD in the amount of $500,000. During design it was determined that there would be significant increases in anticipated construction costs, from the original estimate. As a result, the City of Fontana was granted an additional award of $2,992,519 in RTP grant funding to fully fund the proposed project. It should be noted that, like other Page 1 of 5 006 comparable grants, these funding sources require construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities and are not eligible for construction of equestrian facilities. The Trails Advisory Committee (Committee) recommended support for the City of Fontana's AQMD grant application on August 26, 2015. Later, on June 8, 2016, staff provided the Committee with an update on the project. At that time the Committee recommended that the project proceed provided that the design allows for future construction of an equestrian trail adjacent to the multi- purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail improvements planned to be constructed by the City of Fontana. In February 2017, the City Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Rancho Cucamonga and the City of Fontana for the planning, design, and construction of the project. The MOU defined roles and responsibilities for each jurisdiction identifying the City of Fontana as responsible for the design and construction of the trail, while the City of Rancho Cucamonga will be responsible for the design review, construction inspection and ongoing maintenance of those portions within the City. ANALYSIS: The City of Fontana has submitted 60% design plans for the City to review. These plans show most of the proposed multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail improvements being constructed along the existing Etiwanda Creek Channel maintenance roadway. The maintenance roadway is paved and would only require lighting improvements and minor striping to delineate the proposed improvements. However, the portion within the City along the Etiwanda Creek Channel from Victoria Street to the State Route (SR) 210 Freeway is currently unpaved. The design plans show the construction of a newly paved roadway section at 12-foot-wide, plus 2-foot shoulders on each side, for a total of a 16-foot-wide proposed multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail along the entire segment consistent with Caltrans Class I bikeway standards. It is important to note that there is a portion directly underneath the SR-210 Freeway where the total available width to construct the proposed multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail and a future equestrian trail is roughly 18.5-feet due to the existing freeway bridge abutments. This "pinch point", approximately 200 feet long, will restrict the ability to construct a standard 10-foot-wide future equestrian trail in this area. As mentioned above, the entire multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail will be 16-feet wide as shown in Image 1 below. This design requires construction of a 4-foot-high retaining wall along the edge of the trail. One potential option for future construction of an adjacent equestrian trail in the future would be to create an elevated trail as shown in Section 1 below. The City of Fontana is currently evaluating the feasibility of adding the loading from the additional equestrian usage to the 4-foot high retaining wall in order to avoid the need to replace it in the future if an equestrian trail is constructed. Page 2 of 5 007 FUTURE CITY OF RANCHD CUCAMON F��Ls� WALL H=4' EQUESTRIAN PiAIL EXPANSICN u i — --. [FUTURE RETAINING r WALL, H=6' --------------- 3 4-C91 — Image 1 Section 1 The existing abutments for the SR-210 Freeway bridges over Etiwanda Creek restricts the ability to maintain a 10-foot-wide future equestrian trail underneath the freeway. As shown in Image 2, the proposed multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail at 16-feet wide would only leave 2.5- foot-wide adjacent to the multi -purposes trail (bicycle and pedestrian) beneath the freeway. A typical cross-section of this segment is shown as Section 2. Page 3 of 5 008 r ! I 1 f I I N I I r 1 1+ I I I I 1 1 I !! !r f I R0P65bD TIE- } p[ FUTURE TIE-BAU JJ BRM E dSUTAIEH IOGE TiAEH ALL, H=9 WALL, H=W In ENI + f B I :r MEL r ! -PTO OFAMN J TOP OF CHANNEL _ TH CF EL TH�I',�NEL HA EL I I I 1 x B -- L Image 2 HORIZONTAL DISTANCE PER PLAN II -- J SR-210 FWY - EB TO 1-15 N13 EXIST. BRIDGE SOFFIT 1 '! 2.5' 16' PROPOSED MULTI —PURPOSE TRAIL F—�--�—� ll I i 4J ETIWANDA 1 MAX 1 MUM \` „CHANNEL L POSS. WIDTH �PROROSED SET K L1 TIE —BACK WALL TIE —BACK WALL \ W=2'; H=14' W=2'; H=8' \\\ SECTION B-B Section 2 Recognizing that moving the existing freeway bridge abutments would be infeasible, staff investigated the possibility of narrowing the multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail width to 12 feet to allow for a substandard 6.5-foot wide future equestrian trail underneath the SR-210 Freeway bridges with the City of Fontana as shown in Section 2 above. Unfortunately, the City of Fontana found that the project's grant funding specifically precludes the use of the funding for any Page 4 of 5 009 work beyond what is necessary for the multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail improvements. Further, the project has already received approval of its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document. Redesigning the proposed tie -back wall to accommodate the two narrower trail types would require the environmental documentation to be revalidated, a process that would not be feasible due to grant funding restrictions and cannot be completed within the funding timeline which would ultimately jeopardize the funding that must be expended by June 2021. Therefore, any future equestrian improvements adjacent to the San Sevaine Trail would need to merge equestrian, bicycle, and pedestrian uses for this 200-foot stretch of the trail. Should a future equestrian trail be planned, the design would evaluate the best options for safely merging these uses through this pinch point. Based on this analysis, construction of equestrian trail improvements adjacent to the proposed multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail would have some constraints that would likely involve the need to create an elevated equestrian trail and a mixture of pedestrians, bicyclists, and equestrians at the pinch point under the SR-210 Freeway. As a result, staff has identified the following four potential options related to the San Sevaine Trail project and an adjacent future equestrian trail along Etiwanda Creek: Option 1 - Provide concurrence that the proposed multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail as submitted by the City of Fontana meets the requirement of the City's MOU for the project. Option 2 - Provide concurrence that the proposed multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail as submitted by the City of Fontana with the design of the 4-foot-high retaining wall modified to support the elevated equestrian trail at a later date meets the requirement of the City's MOU for the project. Option 3 - Determine that the multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail does not meet the requirement of the City's MOU for the project and recommend that the City Council rescind the City's participation in and consent to the project, directing the City of Fontana to stop the multi -purpose trail improvements outside the City Limits. Option 4 - Recommend that the City Council appropriate additional funds in the amount necessary to construct the full trail improvements per the City's standard trail design. It should be noted that a funding source to proceed with this option has not been identified. FISCAL IMPACT: The City of Fontana has successful acquired over $5.9 million in grant funding to construct the proposed multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) trail improvements along the portions of the San Sevaine Trail from the Pacific Electric Trail to Banyan Street, primarily within the City limits. Acknowledging the limitations in constructing future equestrian trail as an elevated trail and the constraints that would require a short segment of approximately 200 feet underneath the SR-210 Freeway to serve a mixture of pedestrian, bicyclists, and equestrians, the City has no current or future anticipated funding source with which to construct the multi -purpose (bicycle and pedestrian) or equestrian trail improvements along this portion of Etiwanda Creek. 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