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===District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike===
===District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike===
'''Liaison Group Ride'''
* On 23 February Paul and Peter and Mike met at the Crema coffee shop for a meeting, then went for a bike ride to Park royal afterwards
* we discussed some draft comment that Paul had proeared on the engineer drawing that DWV staa had sent us on prosed plans for improving Westmount Road down to 31st and Harine drive


'''2022/23 budget proposals for ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE '''
*https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/0/02/2022_DWV_Active_Transport_Proposals.pdf
*Bike Rack Installation - District-Wide focussing on parks.
*Marine Drive Bike Lanes - East of LGB planned to be completed this year.
*Marine Drive Separated Bike Lanes - 26th to 31st.
*31st to Westmount Road Active Transportation Upgrades will include some separated uphill bike lanes and sharrows on the downhill lanes.
*Mathers Avenue Extension of cycling path from the Hugo Ray Connector along local streets (3rd Street and Mathers Avenue as far as 575 Mathers Avenue).
*Cycling Wayfinding - Hugo Ray to Deep Dene, Capilano Pacific Trail.
*Mobility Initiatives - 30 km/h Pilot, Shared/Slow Streets, Traffic Calming Policy, School Safety Upgrades.
*Traffic Signals & Intersection Improvements - Marine at 31st involving upgrades to the intersection, including signalization of the north and south approaches (currently stop-sign controlled).
*North Shore Connects - Temporary Full Time FTE to support participation in this and other regional initiatives.

'''21 January meeting with Jenn Moller, Director of Engineering and Transportation'''
*Just one 30 km/hr speed restriction zone - signage only as not enough funds for engineering features - will not be a pilot.
*Slow Streets - depending on funding, will look at what can be done on Bellevue and Ambleside/Dundarave loops.
*Mobility Plan (formerly an update to the strategic transportation plan) - Kirk and Co. will be doing public engagement this spring - the plan will not be completed this year.
*Ambleside Local Area Plan - initial step will be driven by a citizen-led initiative that could go on into 2023.
*We should meet with Sue Ketler, Director of Parks, Culture & Community Services re: the Spirit Trail bypass and Horseshoe Bay Park renovation to get separated bike lanes on Bay Street.
*Lime e-bike share will be launched in DWV this spring with no helmet mandate.


'''New path on Welch Street Bridge'''
'''New path on Welch Street Bridge'''

Revision as of 01:36, 2 March 2022

HUB North Shore Committee regular meetings will be held online using Zoom, on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Everybody is welcome.

Online conference call at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85326713256?pwd=UUNtTGx4NVBSL2FXcFVXY1dVS1pNZz09

By phone: call 778-907-2071, Meeting ID: 853 2671 3256, Passcode: 406068
One tap mobile: +17789072071,,85326713256#,,,,*406068#

General

  • North Shore MLAs
    • set up meeting with MLAs - Don


Public Input/Consultations

  • Public input is critical when Council and Staff make trade-offs and decisions. Please make sure your voice is heard!!


Goals & Objectives

  • 2021 Goals Setting
  • 2022
    • Implementation of 3 top priority Bikeways
    • Establish communications with community stakeholders re Bikeways.
    • Recruit more committee members
      • Friends & family - all
      • Email to NS HUB members
      • Survey form (Google Form) to groups.io & members - Nadia & Don
        • Sample questions (multiple choice options provided):
          • Are you interested in getting more involved with the HUB North Shore Committee?
          • What are ways that you would be interested in getting involved? (e.g. events, letters, council monitoring, meetings)
          • What topics are you interested in hearing more about (as a presentation at Committee meetings, for example)?
          • How much time are you able to spend on HUB activities per month?
          • Are you interested in joining our Committee email distribution list to learn about upcoming meetings and ways to get involved?


Events

  • Outdoor Safety and Emergency Preparedness - May 7th, 11-2pm, Argyle
  • Go By Bike Week - May 30 - June 3, 2022


City of North Vancouver - Nadia

CNV Key Contacts & Staff Meetings

  • HUB’s primary contact: Brandon Green
  • Next meeting with staff: will aim for March/April. Do you have any questions for the CNV?

HUB Awards Congratulations!

  • Lifetime achievement award: Bowinn Ma, MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale
  • School that reported most # of trips during BTSW: Boundary Elementary

2022-2031 Draft Preliminary Capital Plan

  • Highlights in 2022 & the 10-year plan
    • Pavement Management: Streets and Lanes ($1.0M in 2022)
    • New Traffic Signals ($0.9M in 2022)
    • Priority Mobility Networks Improvements ($0.7M in 2022)
    • Upper Levels Greenway ($0.3 M in 2022, $6.7 M in 2022-2031)
    • Carson Graham School Area Active Transportation Improvements ($3.6 M in 2023-25)
    • Waterfront Park Master Plan & Implementation ($10.0 M in 2024/25)
    • Open Streets, Parklets and Placemaking ($0.3M in 2022)
    • Climate and Environmental Strategy Implementation ($0.2M in 2022)

Esplanade Complete Street

CNV Mobility Strategy

At next CNV staff meeting, plan to follow up on:

  • Upper Levels Greenway
  • Carson Graham School Area Active Transportation Improvements
  • Forbes & 3rd
  • Bike storage designs
  • Community Wellbeing Strategy

St Andrews Safety Improvements (no update)

  • The following are now complete:
    • New sidewalks on the east side
    • Bumpout & yellow delineators (at 9th)
    • Raised crosswalks (at 8th and 9th)
  • Due to a national road paint shortage, the road has not yet been repainted to narrow the travel lane and provide an uphill parking protected bike lane.
  • Once complete, counts will follow to measure changes to volume and speed.
  • Signage:
    • Signage typical on CNV bike routes will be added, confirming users are on the route.
    • Destination based bicycle wayfinding is not included in this project, as it will be delivered once the City develops a broader wayfinding strategy.
  • https://www.cnv.org/-/media/City-of-North-Vancouver/Images/Image-Panels/Streets-and-Transportation/St-Andrews-road-maps.ashx

ITC - Dana & Jonathan

  • New term cycle of ITC with a few new members. Meeting was mostly orientation and an overview of how the City development process works.


District of North Vancouver - Fred/Don

  • Meeting with staff: Feb-24
    • Marine Dr cycling link (south): DWV border – McGuire - Design spring, Build Winter 2022-23
    • Mtn Hwy - Arborlynn connector: West 2022, East 2022 or 2023.
    • Arborlynn corridor safety study (focused on vehicle speed and intersections)
    • Spirit Trail planning (Concepts & plan for approval this summer, build over next 10 years)
    • Wayfinding priorities (Requested area around 2nd narrows, Lower cap road, Pemberton height (23rd to Paisley and McKay))
      • Any others?
    • Slow Streets: Safe Streets workshop Mar 28th
    • Repaving Riverside Drive - asked for design and if bikelanes included.
  • Upper Lynn Valley Rd
    • At Mar 7th council meeting:
      • Request approval to build Phase 1 this summer
      • Approval for public consultations for this spring
  • 2022 Construction plans (to be confirmed):
    • Hunter Street Bridge
      • construction started, complete by Nov/Dec
    • Marine Drive connection (2022-23)
    • Paisley Rd route - TBC
    • Arborlynn connector - West side


District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

Liaison Group Ride

  • On 23 February Paul and Peter and Mike met at the Crema coffee shop for a meeting, then went for a bike ride to Park royal afterwards
  • we discussed some draft comment that Paul had proeared on the engineer drawing that DWV staa had sent us on prosed plans for improving Westmount Road down to 31st and Harine drive


New path on Welch Street Bridge

  • The official opening will probably be in the spring and could include the unveiling of some Squamish Nation public art.

Cilcovia Family Day Event

  • It is tentatively planned for June or September of this year.
  • HUB North /Shore will not play a major role in the overall organization of the event but has offered to organize the following four proposed components of the event:
    • set up and operate a tent and table to distribute HUB information;
    • coordinate with the North Shore Safety Council to arrange for a bike rodeo;
    • coordinate with DWV Police Dept to see if they will offer 529 Garage registrations; and
    • will lead one or more group bike rides around a predetermined bike loop through Ambleside and Dundarave.


MOTI - Don/Jonathan

  • Lower Lynn Interchanges
    • Mountain Hwy Interchange
      • Protection for Northbound on Mtn-Hwy at south intersection - MoTI will add spring 2022.
    • Main-Dollarton interchange
      • New access ramps to existing tunnel on north side, completed but path ends with fence at Phibbs
    • Phibbs exchange upgrade
      • Consultants/MoTI turned down our requested changes
  • Small projects - maintenance issues
    • Meet with MoTI's Operations Mgr Oct 14th
    • Phillips ave Tunnel barriers - looking to make changes, but best option will require DNV and local resident buy in.
    • Will consider Repairs to Paths between Cap bridg , North interchange and Phillips tunnel in 2022
    • Cypress Bowl Road - MoTI are gathering information. We and others have suggested reallocation of 1 uphill lane during non-ski season.
    • HSB & Exit 0


Communications & Outreach - Heather/Antje/Giacomo/Paul

  • Communications = Paul, Antje, Giacomo, Heather
    • Send Antje photos of new or existing good infrastructure on the North Shore or tag @hubnorthshore on Twitter
    • let us know if there is something we should communicate about - blocked bike lanes, new infrastructure, etc.


Schools -

  • Several folks have expressed interest in working on Bike Educations and encouraging kids to ride to school
  • If a few people are willing to champion this this could be a 2022 goal


RCMP -

  • Ask them about slow streets?
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