Difference between revisions of "2023-01-05 Agenda"

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HUB North Shore Committee regular meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Everybody is welcome.

In-person at the North Vancouver City Library (14th/Lonsdale) in the Don Preston Boardroom (2nd floor).

Or Online, NOTE Now Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/myr-xmnd-iob

or by Phone: +1 587-977-8033‬ PIN: ‪290 663 905‬#

General

Agenda additions
Introductions

Public Input/Consultations

Public input is critical when Council and Staff make trade-offs and decisions. Please make sure your voice is heard!!
none?

New Municipal Councils

Liaisons to connect with new councillors
- Introduction of HUB
- listen to their thoughts/concerns/ideas
- Share our priorities
Delegations to councils in New Year
- Book soon to get in queue
- Key messages?

Goals & Objectives

Add Phase 2 top priority Bikeways - current Gaps Map
- Liaisons to select a one or two for their municipality
Communications ideas??
Recruiting ideas??
Ensure Cycling Priorities are in DWV's Transportation Strategy

City of North Vancouver - Nadia/Sophia

CNV Key Contacts & Staff Meetings

Brandon Green will be presenting information regarding the Midtown Project to this committee at the February 2nd meeting.

Summary of current/upcoming CNV projects - this year & beyond

St. Andrew’s

We submitted a letter to Council regarding concerns about cyclist safety and the residents' new proposal for St. Andrew's. Council meeting on December 5th if anyone would like to speak in favour of the bike lane and traffic slowing measures.https://wiki.bikehub.ca/images/9/96/CNV_St._AndrewsSafetyImprovements_Design_Feedback_12012022.pdf

Cotton/Main WB

City engineers have requested a markup of our suggestions. They believe there is insufficient space between the hydro poles and existing landscaping.

Esplanade

cycling and pedestrian infrastructure should be finished by end of year; green paint may be delayed until spring
still waiting for temporary push button at 3rd and Forbes

Casano-Loutet Overpass

new legislation requires any project that touches provincial land to have First Nations consultation
if all goes well, construction will begin in 2023 and complete in 2023

Upper Levels Greenway

lots of interest in the route along 25th; will need spurs to other amenities like schools
discussions underway with MOTI to ensure they are on board with the proposed changes
need to clarify how this will cross the highway on/off ramps.

4th and Chesterfield

in line to get a bike light but no timeline

Midtown

connects West 1st bike lane to Casano-Loutet/route not yet decided

Forbes

larger changes are intended at this intersection but dependent on discussions with the Squamish Nation

ITC - Dana & Jonathan

May meeting postponed to end of month (no updates)

District of North Vancouver - Fred/Don

Meeting with Staff - currently exchanging emails on various projects.
Upper Lynn Valley Rd
- Mtn. Hwy to Peters Road (Phase 1) - mostly built

Orwell
- They paved the muddy, gravel portion between Rupert and Crown that turns into a lake when it rains and that we have been complaining about for years!! Hurray!

Hunter Street Bridge
- Finishing up the bridge and ramps, should be open early in the New Year

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

19 December meeting with Mayor Sager

Paul and Peter met with the mayor for about one hour.
The principal reason he wantede to meet with us was to update us on his proposal to develop a multi-use pathway on the CN railbed between Horseshoe Bay and Whistler.
He has made contact with a number of people who have supported his proposal, including a company that would like to sponsor the initiative.
He asked for the support of HUB and in turn said he would support some of our goals
We suggested that because the proposal extends beyond the district's boundary, it would be good to get the support of would like to have the support of the BC Cycling Coalition

Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure- Don/Mike

Phibbs Exchange
- Phase 1 just started (complete by May-2023?)
  - Detours with signage in place. The connection between Orwell and south side of main is a long ugly detour via Mtn Highway, or ride with traffic on the off-ramp. They will try to improve this in month or so if they can widen the off-ramp once they move some utilities.
- Phase 2 will start after Phase 1 and finish in late 2024. Detours should be much better for this phase.

Communications & Outreach - Rueben/Antje/Paul/Heather

let us know if there is something we should communicate about - blocked bike lanes, new infrastructure, etc.
Twitter
- Rueben is documenting Esplanade construction and has created a list of other locations for regular posting of infrastructure on Twitter

Schools - Paul Janzen

No updates for the school programs at this time. Instruction recommences mid March.

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+'''19 December meeting with Mayor Sager'''
-'''Proposal to establish 4 slow-street bike loops south of Hwy 1 and east of 28th Street'''
+* Paul and Peter met with the mayor for about one hour.
-* In response to our proposal Jenn Moller, DWV director of the Engineering Division, sees that bike loops can be incorporated into expansion of the 30 km/hour programming that is being planned for 4 zones. She also said that: "the 30 km/hour vision zero initiative status doesn’t preclude us from moving ahead with the shared streets"
+*The principal reason he wantede to meet with us was to update us on his proposal to develop a multi-use pathway on the CN railbed between Horseshoe Bay and Whistler.
-*In her email she posed the following questions to us which would be good to discuss before our next meeting with her:
+* He has made contact with a number of people who have supported his proposal, including a company that would like to sponsor the initiative.
-**"I guess one question I would have for HUB is around the routing, would you have concerns with a program where we are relying on signage to support the program?"
+*He asked for the support of HUB and in turn said he would support some of our goals
-**"What would delivery of a successful stand-alone shared streets initiative look like to you?"
+*We suggested that because the proposal extends beyond the district's boundary, it would be good to get the support of would like to have the support of the BC Cycling Coalition
-**"Is the intention to just provide wayfinding and inform the public that these loops exist? Or is Hub envisioning that some sort of physical work is to be done to implement these loops?"
-*What we envision eventually are 4-5 slow or shared street loops with adequate directional signage at critical intersections along each route and a few strategic traffic calming features.
-*Due to funding constraints and possible resistance by Council, it may be more practical or desirable to proceed with implementation through a number of phases.
-*One question that needs to be considered is: What about the fact that some of the sections of the proposed bike loops are not part of the existing marked bike network?
-*Another question to consider is whether or not we propose to add a 5th loop north of Hwy 1 that would incorporate the Hugo Ray Connector and plans this next year to build a connecting bike path between the Hugo Ray Connector and Taylor Way/Westcot Road?
-*Joe Weiler, who has expressed an interest in helping with this project, has contacted two councillors who have agreed to meet with us. We have decided that we should first meet with Jenn Moller before meeting with councillors. Joe has been away this month, so we plan to meet soon with him to discuss our next meeting with Jenn Moller and how we respond to her questions on bike loops.
-'''31st & Westmount bike and pedestrian improvements'''
-*Construction is continuing on phase 1 of this project with phase 2 expected to begin in March 2023.
-* Mike Cormack has been monitoring the project and has expressed some concern about the narrow gap between the sidewalk curb and speed humps that have been installed on Westmount Road - https://wiki.bikehub.ca/images/f/f9/2022-11-27_Westmount_Road_speed_hump.jpg
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 ===Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure- Don/Mike===