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8. MATTERS FOR COMMISSION'S REVIEW /ACTION /INFORMATION a. Reports from Meetings attended Chair Ritter: Bicycle and Pedestrian meeting? Commissioner Allen: I was there. There were more attendees than ever. There were about 50 and they were from across the Bay Area, and it brought forward independent of blame or anything, it just brought forward how much further we have to go in Pleasanton to improve bicycle safety. And Jerry Pentin was there and encouraged people to come to the Council meeting to heighten awareness about the importance of investing more in bike trail and bike safety because right now, Jerry is the only cyclist on the Council and it really is an important area. The second point here is I ended up going on a ride with a group; the Pleasanton Peddlers, for the first time about a week and one half ago, and I was actually shocked on a Thursday to see about 40 people; half women, half men, all ages riding from Pleasanton to Livermore at 14 miles an hour. Many of them work and they took part of the day off or something, but that's a lot of commitment for that many people to be out riding and they have three rides a week. I was expecting five people, but I mean there are a lot of people that are cycling for health as much as anything. Chair Ritter: That's a big group. I've ridden around Lake Tahoe. I'm a bicyclist also, contrary to the way I look, but haha, we do have a lot of fun. One thing I just wanted to bring up to my fellow Commissioners is that when we created, I was on the Trails Committee once and then we created the Bicycle Committee and now it's the Bicycle and Trails Committee and there's a discussion about making the Bicycle Committee possibly come under more planning focus with Tassano type stuff and the trails being more parks and rec because they kind of mix, and I just wanted to float that out there about things that I've heard because when I was on Parks and Rec we never heard anything about traffic studies. When I'm on Planning I hear a lot about that, so just a thought that might come up at these meetings. Beaudin: It is a Bike Pedestrian and Trails Committee and so the committees were merged at a point in the past. Chair Ritter: I was on that. I was on the Trails Committee and on the merged committee. It kind of lost its focus on on- street biking. That's the challenge I'm hearing. Beaudin: You all are aware that we're doing a Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan update currently, so that process is on -going and we're prioritizing a list of improvements that — it's pretty long, and we actually, Measure B and Measure BB money is coming to the City on an annual basis and we want to make sure we're spending the money in a way that's consistent with the community's expectations and prioritization. Chair Ritter: That's great. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 13, 2016 Page 36 of 38