2022-03-03 Agenda

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

• Agenda additions
• Introductions
• Draft list of projects completed in 2021

• 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

• Full design here: https://www.cnv.org/city-services/streets-and-transportation/sustainable-transportation/travel-options/cycling/mobility-network-project/esplanade-complete-street
• Construction is currently underway between Mahon and St Georges.
• Bike lanes are maintained in both directions through the work area.
• Current information can be found at www.cnv.org/ecs
• Any comments/questions can be directly sent to Mo Bot at ecs@cnv.org

CNV Mobility Strategy

• Phase 2 public consultation is now closed.
• HUB NS provided feedback to staff on Feb 2. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lp3rMTwRwLgSE7rpXIEt0zNLRp8SGWsSFaDQpHIWB_0/edit?usp=sharing

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 Meeting and 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 afterward.
• We discussed some draft comments that Paul had prepared on the engineer drawings that DWV staff had sent us for comment on proposed plans for improving Westmount Road down to 31st and Marine Drive.
• This was not the first time that we have commented on the plans and our main concern remains the fact that the proposed uphill bike lanes, some with buffers, are not consistent along the whole route.
• We also suggested speed cushions on Westmount Road (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/5/5a/Speed_cushions_on_15th_St_east_of_Pemberton_Ave_2022-01-21_IMG_3697_01.JPG) instead of speed humps which are more comfortable and safer for cyclists to ride through.
• After our meeting in the coffee shop, we rode our bikes on our proposed route for a separated bikeway between Ambleside and Park Royal and discussed possible options for a required new bridge across the Pound Road wetland.

New path on Welch Street Bridge

• At the 9th Annual HUB Awards virtual ceremony on 24 February (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=323246326520137&ref=sharing), the #1 infrastructure improvement award was presented to the Squamish Nation, District of West Vancouver and Park Royal.
• On 11 February, Peter, Paul and Don had previously met on the new path with the respective recipient representatives: Wilson Williams, Mayor Mary Ann Booth and Rick Amantea to present the actual awards (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/d/dc/Recipients_of_HUB_2021_Infrastucture_Improvement_Award_4_x_6_2022-01-11_IMG_3727.jpg). We then retired to the business office of Park Royal where Paul video recorded the thank-you comments from each of the recipients. The videos were shown at the 24 February ceremony.
• We informed North Shore News of the event and they published an article at: https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/new-spirit-trail-bridge-wins-2022-hub-north-shore-infrastructure-award-5103513.

Planned 3 March meeting with DWV Director of Parks, Culture & Community Services

• Paul prepared an agenda for our first meeting with Sue Ketler, Director of Parks, Culture & Community Services, which focuses on possible improved bike infrastructure in the vicinity of the parks at Ambleside and at Horseshoe Bay.
• We will also mention the need for more bike racks in the Ambleside parks including the two artificial playing fields.

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

• Hwy 1 North Shore Corridor Study: Lynn Valley to Horseshoe Bay
  • Release a couple weeks ago, at a high level looks good. Need to review in detail.
  • And see what the next steps are.
• Cycling Gaps project
  • Provided comments on draft of MoTI's Gap's list.
  • Next phase will be prioritization, no dates yet.

• 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?