Plans for 14th Street repaving, buffered bike lane and school safety timeline discussed

City and district staff updated trustees on planned repaving and safety work on 14th Street and discussed related timelines, community engagement and grant constraints.

Speaker 7 (works/transportation staff) said the 14th Street project — from F to Oak — will be repaved and will include a buffered bike lane, pedestrian safety features, intersection bolt-outs at Oak and signal improvements at F. "Staff are working on completing the necessary Caltrans paperwork to secure their approval for the bid project with construction anticipated to start in summer," Speaker 7 said.

Trustees asked whether the construction would interfere with summer school and requested clearer definitions of a buffered bike lane. Staff explained a buffered bike lane provides a protected area between parked cars and moving traffic, and that design revisions at the F/14th intersection aim to reduce conflicts for cyclists making left turns onto a bike path near Little League Field.

Trustees and staff also discussed the Anderson Chavez project timeline and grant conditions. One trustee noted the related grant must be spent by 2028 and said an extension had been obtained, which places deliverables within that spending window.

The board requested a future staff presentation by the district’s traffic engineer, coordination with the police department and university partners on pickup/drop-off safety, and an education and enforcement campaign for e-bikes and e-scooters in the spring.