2025-03-06 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, using Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/myr-xmnd-iob

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

General

• Agenda additions
• Introductions of meeting attendees.

Public Input/Consultations

• Public input is critical when Council and Staff make trade-offs and decisions. Please make sure your voice is heard!!
• ### DWV ### Commercial Areas Draft Plan
  • As part of the ongoing process, a Draft Plan has been prepared for the Ambleside Commercial Areas, informed by findings from engagement in Fall 2024.
  • Share your feedback between now and Monday, March 17, 2025 by connecting with staff by email or phone at planambleside@westvancouver.ca and 604-921-3459.

Goals & Objectives

Complete 3 Top Priority Bikeways!

• 2025 Goals presentation
  • Map of 2024 Improvements & Gaps

Events - Nicole

• HUB Bike Awards March 2025, MEC Vancouver.
• Earth Day: April 26, Sunrise park 10-2, CNV
• Blueridge Good Neighbour Day – May-25th , 11:00-15:00
• Spring Go by Bike Week – Mon 31-May – Fri 6-Jun 2025

Rides - Helen

• Discuss possible routes and priorities
  • Other Local Committees have talked to the Municipal Staff to find out what is planned and then done assessment rides on the route to provide as input.
  • While other Local Committees have done more social rides to attract membership and show off good existing routes.
• LC Ride trainer course. March 29/25. $25 refundable deposit so course is free. Held st HUB central - 312 Main Street, Van. register at: https://revenue-can.keela.co/2025-local-committee-ride-leader-workshop-registration

City of North Vancouver - Rhonda/Easton/Jacob

• Meeting with Staff
  • Last meeting was Sep-20. We will ask for another meeting in late January.

• Esplanade
  • Advanced walk at Esplanade and Lonsdale

• Upper Levels Greenway
  • Will start with the Lonsdale Ave to St. Andrews Segment first, working with MOTI on intersection improvements at Lonsdale and HWY 1

• Casano Loutet Bridge
  • Will be under construction in early spring 2025 - the city received MOTI approval

• Chesterfield and Midtown routes
  • HUB North Shore submitted an official letter of support for the staff report on these two routes.
  • Heather attended council to thank staff for this most comprehensive report ever : ) dealing with project risks and realistically handling design in tight spaces

First Nations - Kira

• Generate summaries of their cycling related goals and then add assessment of how this aligns with our goals. Also how this aligns with neighbouring muni's plans.
  • Develop strategy how to move forward.

District of North Vancouver - Duncan/Stephen/Stewart/Mike G

Requests for action

• • People to show up at council for Spirit Trail 10-Feb. Important - NIMBYs expected in abundance.
    • Biggest opposition from residents (many wealthy folk) on Roslyn & Beachview drives.

Latest news:

• Spirit Trail funding cut by $5million (only $2.5 million saved by DNV)
  • Support the southern route (or both northern & southern). Southern route is only topology with grades that can be AAA - good for kids, seniors, and "interested by concerned"

• Mtn Hwy safety for kids - crossing guard motion. Not as good as infrastructure, but a worthwhile band-aid for now.

• Wayfinding budget - see thread on groups.io. They have taken on board the "No Exit except bikes" concept and plan to work through that in 2025 budget. Add your wayfinding improvements in the spirit of "Debug the network"

Routes expected complete 2025:

• Marine Drive - LGB to Capilano road - at long last.
• Arborlynn Connector & Mtn Hwy - very fluid. Paving to be redone this summer. Something may be done. Wayfinding might get done.
• Complete Salop-Brooskbank-Rufus-Kirkstone - including wayfinding. Almost done as of February 2025.
• Spirit Trail (Seymour to Windridge and Roche Pt Trail) sections Confirmed, including wayfinding. Expected complete July 2025.

Mtn Hwy at Hwy 1 - Painted lanes south of Hwy 1 both sides

• In process. Stuck in-between MoTT and DNV. MoTT & DNV liaisons are working through it.

District of West Vancouver - Peter/Mike C

Ambleside Commercial Areas Draft Plan

• A draft HUB letter has been prepared containing our HUB North Shore feedback.

Plans to improve the Spirit Trail

• Staff are formulating a plan to improve the Spirit Trail, and have applied for $100,000 in the 2025 budget for design and construction.
• They are considering dividing the Spirit Trail into 3 segments:
  • Segment 1 – Capilano River to 13th Street
  • Segment 2 – 13th Street to 18th Street
  • Segment 3 – 18th Street to 26th Street
• The intent is to complete design work for projects in segment 1 and construct one or two projects in 2025.
• If funding is available, they would also like to start design work for segment 2 so they have additional projects ready for 2026.
• The following sketches are some of the ideas that they will ask the consultant to examine for segments 1 and 2: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/index.php?title=File:2025-02-07_Concepts_for_Improvments_to_the_Spirit_Trail_to_Address_Congestion_Complaints.pdf

Other Projects

• They are still waiting for information from BC Hydro about relocating the utility pole in the Marine Drive/31st Street intersection so they can complete the detail design for the intersection and traffic signal.
• They are waiting for the Ministry of Transportation and Transit’s comments on the MUP from Hadden to Westcot along the westbound Taylor Way ramps and across Taylor Way.
• They should be going to tender in late February or early March for the construction of the MUP eastbound along Marine Drive from the Lions Gate Bridge to Capilano Road.
• They are waiting for an update from TransLink to see if they will fund the installation of delineators along the Marine Drive bike lanes between 26th and 31st Streets.

Ministry of Transportation & Frustration - Mike C/Don

• Requesting a meeting but still no respose yet
  • Multiple broken sections of Stanley Park Causeway fencing have finally been fixed, asked how this could happen faster in the future,
  • Will discuss any improvement plans they have for 2025/26
  • Will discuss creating a prioritized list of operations related GAPs to be fixed

Communications & Outreach - Rueben/Heather

• let us know if there is something we should communicate about - blocked bike lanes, new infrastructure, etc.

• Bluesky / Mastodon (Rueben)
  • HUBnorthshore on Bluesky and Mastodon
  • Encouraged people to write to DNV about budget and Spirit Trail East funding.

• Facebook(Heather)

• North Shore News and Other
  • Big indoor bike park in North Vancouver shutting down
  • North Vancouver indoor bike park to be evicted for another tenant, director says
  • Update: District of North Van to move ahead with plan to build McCartney Creek bridge
  • Dump truck driver pleads guilty in fatal cyclist collision in North Vancouver

• Share Cathy's letter outlining reasoned responses to criticism of AT infrastructure.

Schools - Paul

• Only active school program is Collingwood in West Van. Public school programs return last week in March.

Social

• @ Jack Lonsdales, after the meeting.
  • All are welcome