2022-06-02 Agenda

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, Zoom conference call: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81789523337?pwd=ZitLVHVoRmpQVFh3YjdpWi8wNVNTQT09 NOTE: this is a new zoom link

By phone: call 778-907-2071, Meeting ID: 81789523337, Passcode: 354518
One tap mobile: +17789072071,,81789523337#,,,,*354518#

General

• Agenda additions
• Introductions
• 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!!
• Stanley Park Mobility Survey
  • Survey is open until June 1st (~? mins, ? pages with mostly multiple choice)
    • Stanley Park, especially the causeway provides a key connection between North Shore and the rest of Vancouver
  • Some things you may want to comment on:
    • TBD

• Upper Lynn Valley Road, Phase 2
  • Lynn Valley Road from Peters Rd to Dempsey (End-of-line Cafe)
  • Survey is open until June 6th (~10 mins, 4 pages with mostly multiple choice)
    • Open House: Thursday, May 26, 3:30pm - 7:30pm, Karen Magnussen Community Recreation Centre, Eagle Room
  • Some things you may want to comment on:
    • To achieve the District's goals of increase use of Active transportation in this corridor, the route must provide a safe and desirable option for people to get to their destination (shop, school, work, recreation)
    • Prioritize safety and options for active transportation over storage of private vehicles

• The Shipyards Strategy
  • Survey is now open until August 31st 4pm (it’s quick ~ 5 minutes. 1 open ended, rest are multiple choice/checkboxes).
  • ‘What could we do better?’. A few cycling related responses:
    • More bike parking
    • Better/clearer bike routes (wayfinding signage with destinations, pavement markings)
    • Separation of walking & cycling
    • Slower car speeds in the surrounding areas
    • Bike valet at events

Goals & Objectives

• 2022
  • Implementation of 3 top priority Bikeways
  • Establish communications with community stakeholders re Bikeways.
  • Recruit more committee members

• Poster/Display for Bike Stores, Libraries, ...
  • To connect with "Interested but concerned" cyclists
  • Poster to catch attention and give overview (~8.5x11)
  • with tray for Cycle Maps and new "Join HUB North Shore" business cards.

Events

• Outdoor Safety and Emergency Preparedness - May 7th, 11-2pm, Argyle
  • Don, Duncan and Anthony talked to lots of people and ran out of maps
• Go By Bike Week - May 30 - June 3, 2022
  • Wed, May 31 8-10am, W 1st and Welch (DNV)
    • Dana, Peter
  • Wed, June 1 8-10am, Lions Gate Hospital in North Van (Coastal Health?)
    • Paul J, Don
  • Wed, June 1 12-2pm, Shipyards District in North Van (CNV)
    • Don, Erika, Anthony
  • Wed, June 1 4-6pm, 13th and Argyle in West Van (DWV)
    • Paul S, Mike

City of North Vancouver - Nadia

CNV Key Contacts & Staff Meetings

• HUB’s primary contact: Brandon Green
• Next meeting with staff: TBD (likely late summer)

Upper Levels Greenway

• Submitted a letter to express our comments: File:CNV UpperLevelsGreenway 052422.pdf

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

• Esplanade Complete Street (construction underway, estimated completion: Summer 2022)
• Upper Levels Greenway (final design/route selection expected: Fall 2022)
• Mobility Strategy (implementation of some strategies to commence this year, e.g. zoning bylaw updates re new developments and bike storage)
• Carson Graham School - AT improvements (some sidewalk gaps to be addressed this year, most changes part of next year's budget)
• Kings Mill (detailed park design underway, construction to begin: Spring 2023)
• Cotton/Main St bridge (preliminary designs underway, construction is dependent on funding)
• Casano-Loutet Overpass (construction anticipated in 2023)
• Forbes & 3rd (long term, 2+ years away)

E-Bike Share

• Lime is working to add helmets to all bikes in the fleet. This will continue to occur as they receive parts/helmets to retrofit the fleet. Expect to see the percentage of bikes with helmets increase over the summer.
• Working on getting ridership data publicly available

ITC - Dana & Jonathan

• May meeting postponed to end of month (no updates)

District of North Vancouver - Fred/Don

• Meeting with Staff - today, June 2.
  • Upper Lynn Valley Rd
    • Council approved building Mtn. Hwy to Peters Road (Phase 1) this summer
    • Public consultations for Peters to Dempsey (Phase 2)
  • Main St Cycling Link
    • discussed 2 options A=straight $$$, 5+years, b=weaves around, pinch points=$, next couple years
    • 3 Options for crossing main from Barrows
  • Arborlynn connector
    • West side in 2022
      • Design done, Waiting for Metro Van approval to start construction
    • East side
      • Consultant working on detailed design fall 2022? build 2023?
  • Marine Drive - Bridge to Tatlow
    • Consultant to be hired detailed design this fall
  • Kirkstone-Rufus-Brooksbank-SalopTrail
    • Issues with design of crossing at Kirstone Rd

• Other 2022 Construction plans:
  • Hunter Street Bridge
    • construction started, complete by Nov/Dec
• Safe Streets (was slow streets) - Council workshop on May 16th
  • most cashes with serious injuries at collector/arterial intersections. 21 top sites.
  • Propose to focus will on 5 high crash areas that do not currently have improvements underway or planned.
• Repaving Riverside Drive - asked for design and if bikelanes included.

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

Go by Bike week Celebration stations

• On 31 May, Peter volunteered at the Welch Street and Spirit trail location in North Van and counted a total of 148 riders including 36 on e-bikes (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images)/0/04/2022-05-31_Go_by_Bike_Week_tally_sheet_at_Spirit_Trail_and_Welch.pdf).
• On 1 June, I think that Mike volunteered on the Spirit Trail at 14th and Argyle in West Vancouver.

Park Royal Mico Units

• On 17 May, Paul and Peter met with Rick Amantea at the Park Royal boardroom for one hour where Rick described the project with a number of slides (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/f/fd/2022-05-17_Park_Royal_micro_units.pdf).

Cypress Village

• On 31 May, Peter was invited to the Cypress pop-up village for a one-hour briefing on the 22 Aprril 2022 Draft Area Development Plan for Cypress Village and Eagleridge which was accepted by Council.
• Here is the Cypress Village Cycling Network map: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/a/a7/2022-05-31_Cypress_Villlage_Cycling_Network_map.jpg.

Making a case for Cycling Highways in Metro Vancouver

• Here is a copy of the highlights from the lengthy report: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/d/df/2022-06-01_Making_a_case_for_cycle_highways_in_Metro_Vancouver_cycle_hub_4pp_rgb_pdf.pdf.
• Mike has suggested to circulate this to the DWV Engineering staff and perhaps we could also include the mayor and councillors.

Rotary Ride for Rescue on 11 June

• Shall we put this following article up on the HUB-NS listserve: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/6/61/Rotary_Ride_for_Rescue_on_11_June_2022.jpg

Welch Street Bridge

• Closed to automobiles till August but MUP remains open
• Better share-the-path signage is needed to encourage cyclists to ride on the MUP rather than the automobile traffic lanes.

Communications & Outreach - Antje/Paul/Heather

• let us know if there is something we should communicate about - blocked bike lanes, new infrastructure, etc.
• Twitter
  • Account now run by Antje and Rueben
  • 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 from last month; however, it’s worth repeating the last item from May:
  • Does anyone have a connection with one or more of the following schools - Eastview, Capilano, Ross road, Carisbrooke and .or Westview elementary? We have $ for their program.

RCMP -

• Ask them about slow streets?