Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee

To make Fairfax an excellent place to walk and bicycle and reduce overall carbon emissions, it is important to increase the number of residents who walk and bike in the Town.

Objective

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee has been formed to guide the Town's update to its Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (2016). It will provide the Town with a public forum for resident input on bicycle and pedestrian issues, while providing guidance to elected officials and staff on the Master Plan's content as it is developed over the course of the next year.

In 2024, the Town Council authorized a request to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for the allocation of FY 2024/25 project funding. MTC recently awarded Fairfax this grant in full. The updated Master Plan will investigate existing bike and pedestrian infrastructure and suggest areas for improvement and expansion.

Meetings

All BPAC meetings will be noticed, open to the public, and in compliance with the Brown Act, Gov. Code Section 54950 et seq.

Membership

  • 7 voting members appointed by the Town Council.
  • 4 alternate (non-voting) members appointed by the Town Council.
  • Responsibilities: To provide input to staff and town council on the bicycle and pedestrian master plan update. Examples of input are providing comments on a community engagement plan, on a consultant's scope of work, and on policy recommendations. 
  • Attendance expectation: The committee will likely be scheduled to meet 6-8 times over the course of a year. Missing more than 3 meetings in any six‑month period results in automatic removal. When a vacancy occurs, the remaining BPAC members will select a replacement from the pool of alternates.

Alternates

  • Alternates may attend and participate in all meetings.
  • When a voting member is absent, an alternate may substitute and may be counted toward quorum.

Youth Member (Optional)

  • BPAC may include one youth member (non‑voting), appointed by BPAC.
  • The youth member does not count toward quorum.
Joey Schepp Member, Chair
Andrew Hobbs Member
Liz Gottlieb Member, Co-secretary
Virginia Balogh Rosenthal Member
Kyle Jamison Member, Co-chair
Erick Betancourt Member
Marc Vendetti Member, Secretary
Ian Walton Alternate
Charles Barbieri Alternate
Emily MacFarland Alternate
Jeff Guild Alternate
Simon Hewett Youth Member
Lisel Blash Council Liaison
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