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Adopted goals include ensuring intersections safely accommodate bicycle and pedestrian movements in all directions; piloting temporary accommodations (paint, signage, temporary barriers) before committing permanent resources; considering dedicated bicycle and pedestrian lanes where feasible; tightening curb radii to reduce vehicle turning speeds (the committee amended the recommended radius from 8 feet to 12 feet to match city practice); and improving trail and pathway connectivity to existing routes such as the Long Bridge, City Beach, and the Sand Creek Trail.

Staff response: Brandon (city staff) said the committee’s recommendations will be passed to the capital improvements team and can be used to inform design decisions and staff reports as Phase 3 proceeds. The committee’s endorsement came as the design process is underway, increasing the likelihood that committee-identified priorities can be evaluated in the formal design process.

Motion and adoption: Jennifer Heller moved to adopt the recommendations (with the radius change), the motion was seconded, and the committee approved the set unanimously.

Ending: Committee members characterized the document as a set of investigatory goals — the recommendations advise design study and pilots rather than prescribing specific final elements.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Sandpoint | Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting | 05/08/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee unanimously approved multimodal design recommendations for Phase 3 of Sandpoint’s downtown revitalization plan, emphasizing safe intersections, pilot treatments, and connectivity.","taxTitle","Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho","taxId",52019,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6558692,"Sandpoint committee forwards bicycle- and pedestrian-focused recommendations on four development projects; committee approves with one abstention",1464,2326000,3790000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3235580-1fb5819830b6498f4e798538284c9e09&start=2326&end=3790","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3235580-1fb5819830b6498f4e798538284c9e09/thumbnail_2326000.jpg","/articles/6558692/Sandpoint/Bonner-County/Idaho/Sandpoint-committee-forwards-bicycle-and-pedestrian-focused-recommendations-on-four-development-projects-committee-approves-with-one-abstention","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6558692-10a5ca57549bc70b70b1a4a5f85bc5ca/orig.mp4?Expires=1773737313&Signature=Q1CdtgIaN1tl~B9SLVGH9qe5Gj82UHN80lecT7HfS3cHuk6-jRRaNOUTGRUSozZrqCEARMm9VgfUFymNngiBF46poF5lo52A-Gj4Hz9ym9RuAQbS5Zmc9j6Pxb6C4u8OHLn6A3~E4HuO3xHhtTQ8WvWqobBq6ExblcLah5ayxWAvABxhwNQo0GhjhqyE7VULT6inCfNe-0~ytRZEA6uoDO4KuSBoSee33ZuzzlxJcyXIZgG8ELJWSoOoSl9qen3vqzYZQG6HICQA2vYREAAuuctLDt6CooPuCb1AYahPXqCohDU9uCjZjNrYo5-qBt~8TGw-F38xw-CoJNZiUhsYHQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Sandpoint Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee on May 8 approved a set of recommendations addressing pedestrian and bicycle access at several private development projects in or near the city. The adopted recommendations cover a proposed multiunit residential project on Church Street (referred to in committee materials as “Farm and Flats”), a brewery development on North Boyer, Boyer Meadows Industrial Park, and the GM Commerce subdivision near the airport area.

Key recommendations approved by the committee include: requiring well-lit, direct pedestrian access from the public sidewalk to residential units; providing convenient, secure bike parking (with a planning target of approximately one bike space per dwelling unit) and considerations for e‑bikes and cargo bikes; ensuring building entries do not force pedestrians to pass through driveways; and requiring curb ramps and planting strips for snow storage where applicable. For Boyer Meadows, staff indicated the site-plan review process included a condition to provide required bicycle parking per code.

The committee removed one item from the package prior to the vote: a proposed six-foot pedestrian/bicycle connection between phases of the GM Commerce subdivision. The committee also deferred discussion of the Millbreth multifamily project to a future meeting because it is “perpetually in process,” according to staff.

Vote and conflict guidance: the committee approved the consolidated recommendations by recorded tally (yes: 4; abstain: 1). Meeting discussion included advice that committee members with a conflict of interest should abstain from motions related to projects where they have a personal or financial interest; a participant present at the meeting was advised to abstain for that reason earlier in the discussion.

Implementation: staff said it will include committee comments in planning staff reports to Planning & Zoning and will attempt to record the committee’s recommendations in the official file so they are available to planning staff and council during future review. Brandon (city staff) told the committee he plans to include committee comments in staff reports for upcoming Planning & Zoning review, noting that “we will include public comments and ... address those in the staff report.”

Ending: Committee members said the recommendations are intended to supplement code requirements and to flag pedestrian- and bicycle-specific issues for staff and decision-makers during planning review.","The Sandpoint Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee on May 8 approved pedestrian- and bicycle-focused recommendations for four private development projects and removed one proposed connection from the adopted package.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6558697,"Sandpoint committee adopts package of short- and long-term safety recommendations for Boyer–Highway 2 intersection",1182,212000,1394000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3235580-1fb5819830b6498f4e798538284c9e09&start=212&end=1394","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3235580-1fb5819830b6498f4e798538284c9e09/thumbnail_212000.jpg","/articles/6558697/Sandpoint/Bonner-County/Idaho/Sandpoint-committee-adopts-package-of-short-and-long-term-safety-recommendations-for-BoyerHighway-2-intersection","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6558697-e59faef72feddbf96b0c8613a12b06da/orig.mp4?Expires=1773737313&Signature=WTY-XbjBspYGWjCo57ktxfulQkJMOhiZylPOU8eMDZOnvEKVCHrVGpsyzo81PrBio-tY3sqiGQdq0w91iI~gAV77wBQhgnlhLSndLdz~ulq9WwaL2tKMMo~QKZP1vboZo6gXWUo8fAVmvIhyiG0rRXffzTg3wY~9tmZBeDoMNvtcnF3tsJtH~UQIdtlmW384Kr5aJxsBrQe0vK4afF-o6E9zmZPgCv2QXWygyU16ITjm5~wHn1-GTNJB8PapuPqIsEzXWXLkvsEpLcCoh8X7tWO7SCxQPiMQ8DZ-OoWncXcN0whsHSicy5tl5gLcbarXVMgGdf4XKSnji23J70KzTg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Sandpoint Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee on May 8 unanimously approved a package of short- and long-term recommendations to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety at the Boyer Street and State Highway 2 intersection.

The adopted short-term measures include repainting worn crosswalks, providing orange pedestrian flags for people crossing, installing mid-street pedestals or warning devices, and testing walk-activated or flashing signage that would alert drivers when a pedestrian is in the crosswalk. The committee also added a seven-second “lead time” for pedestrians — a brief period that gives people time to enter the crossing before turning or through traffic receives a green — to the short-term list. Longer-term recommendations include reorienting crosswalk locations and geometry as part of a future intersection redesign.

Why it matters: committee members and public commenters said the intersection has recurring conflicts between turning vehicles and people on foot or bicycle. A resident who identified himself as Brad Smith told the committee “the ideal solution ... all those turns would be protected,” arguing that protected left- or turn-phasing would reduce conflicts between turning vehicles and pedestrians or cyclists.

Committee discussion and constraints: committee members and city staff emphasized that some actions — notably reprogramming signal phasing to create fully protected left-turn movements — would require coordination with the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and traffic engineering resources. Brandon (city staff) said major changes to intersection timing or geometry are best pursued through a formal project in an adopted master plan and that the committee’s recommendations will be shared with public works and entered into the record for future master-plan work. He cautioned that those changes “are not something that we'll just get done, you know, this year or next year.”

Motion and next steps: the motion to adopt the short- and long-term recommendations, including the seven-second pedestrian lead time moved forward and passed unanimously. The committee recorded the request that staff forward the recommendations to public works and that the measures be considered during master-plan and capital-project planning. Staff said it will share the committee’s recommendations with public works and include them in future staff reports and council briefing materials when the intersection is considered for design or funding.

Quotes from meeting participants are quoted verbatim and attributed to speakers identified in the committee’s meeting record.

Ending: Staff and the committee said they will follow up with ITD and city capital-planning staff to determine which short-term measures can be implemented quickly (repainting, flags, signage) and which require formal project planning, design, and public-review steps (signal reprogramming and geometric redesign).","The Sandpoint Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee on May 8 unanimously approved a package of short- and long-term recommendations to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety at the Boyer Street and State Highway 2 intersection.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6558682,"Committee hears updates on Highway 2 speed signage, North Division crosswalk, Pine Street Park and other local walk/bike items",2642,2064000,4706000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3235580-1fb5819830b6498f4e798538284c9e09&start=2064&end=4706","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3235580-1fb5819830b6498f4e798538284c9e09/thumbnail_2064000.jpg","/articles/6558682/Sandpoint/Bonner-County/Idaho/Committee-hears-updates-on-Highway-2-speed-signage-North-Division-crosswalk-Pine-Street-Park-and-other-local-walkbike-items","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6558682-56eba7c004b94fa100f622dacb2d1d7b/orig.mp4?Expires=1773737313&Signature=JG5hXPTHzEYtjMY-5GsG0FeIrNZx0bY9OkZ17f0nQMgJbcmaITLXUlIBq07gFzNzITixgHYihn5Yav29tQmdnN3Bj4DvEEreArawWebL7a~6vGNhh0lyaozHCROY-nPtOL6cUXCYovQvIW8gjgnqlFqXyAIDw3AmXG6NR-QYEuR-1sDsbJgZ94cKfvt~s4Ut621XDFyc5XHf-ZGo7KNKjqR2AS8kQmONCPDLkpfWz~Whe-enmV~V~8RY0tWc96HTn0MsPsi-0SqSRqafPqxaS2V2NTfNQdzFDaKGMNx7Tk3JfrFvSLGF77mrp-BcmJ06O916jfS8VMEySsOo0IpH5w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A set of shorter but locally important items were discussed near the end of the May 8 meeting.

Highway 2 speed signage: Committee members flagged that posted speed signs on Highway 2 between Division and Boyer appear to show 35 mph in some locations although staff cited written guidance that the posted limit should be 25 mph in town. Brandon (city staff) said he would follow up with ITD and, if ITD confirms the 25-mph designation in writing, he would seek to place an item on a future City Council agenda to adjust posted signs. Members asked to be notified if the matter reaches council.

North Division crosswalk: The committee reviewed an audit that recommended adding a crosswalk on North Division (near the school corridor between Cedar and Spruce). Staff said the addition will likely require building ADA ramps and that the city will seek to include the work under the on-call concrete contract; signs or other countermeasures would be added as funding permits.

Pine Street Park crosswalk and other priority intersections: Members raised the missing or faded striping and lack of “crosswalk here” signage at Pine Street Park and discussed whether T-intersections should be treated as crossings that merit marking; a staff comment noted pedestrians have right-of-way at intersections under Idaho law, and the committee suggested considering striping and signage to highlight high-use crossings and parks.

Fourth Avenue item postponed: A scheduled Fourth Avenue agenda item was deferred to a future meeting to allow participation by a member who requested to be present for that discussion.

Ending: Staff committed to follow up on the Highway 2 speed-sign question with ITD, to pursue the North Division crosswalk as funding and scheduling allow, and to place the Fourth Avenue discussion on a future agenda.","Members discussed apparent discrepancies in posted speeds on Highway 2, plans to pursue an on-call contractor for ADA ramps at a proposed North Division crosswalk, missing crosswalk markings at Pine Street Park, and postponed Fourth Avenue design discussion; staff will follow up with ITD and include items on future agendas.","actionData","errors"]

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