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
• Met with Brandon on April 27th.

CNV Mobility Strategy

• Final Mobility Strategy unanimously approved by Council
• HUB North Shore Letter of Support: File:2022-04-18 CNV-mobility-strategy.pdf

Community Wellbeing Strategy

• Engagement for draft strategy will be in mid/late June; in parallel with the Climate & Environment Strategy
• Final strategies to be presented to Council in September
• More info here: https://www.cnv.org/city-services/planning-and-policies/community-wellbeing

Forbes & 3rd

• Timeline for upgrades is uncertain; CNV is working with the Squamish Nation. Archaeological component to any changes given the site of a former residential school.
• Could be up to 2 years away.

Bike Storage Designs

• As part of the Mobility Strategy, CNV will be looking at zoning bylaw updates regarding new developments and high quality bike storage/bike rooms designs.
• Taking on some research over the summer re new developments (including on/off street bike parking). Will engage HUB on guidelines this summer/fall.
• Sent this document to Brandon to share with the team: https://bikehub.ca/sites/default/files/hub_cycling_amenities_report.pdf

E-Bike Share

• Going well, ridership has been strong & feedback has been positive
• Last summer, ~6000 rides/month with ~2.5 rides/bikes/day
• Ridership declined over the winter, but starting to creep up again
• In the process of addressing: providing helmets with the bikes, equity programs, additional groves across the city
• Working on getting ridership data publicly available

Casano-Loutet Overpass

• Staff are still working through the permitting process with MoTI and First Nations. Construction anticipated in 2023.

Cotton-Main St Bridge Over Lynn Creek

• Scope is two-fold: need to conduct a bridge inspection + putting forward a business case to widen the bridge
• No detailed plans/designs yet; will engage HUB for input at a later stage
• Need to wait for federal funding as it is going to be costly.

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
  • Arborlynn connector
    • West side in 2022
      • Design done, Waiting for Metro Van approval to start construction
    • East side
      • requested an update design 2022? build 2023?
  • Marine Drive - Bridge to Tatlow
  • Kirkstone-Rufus-Brooksbank-SalopTrail

• Other 2022 Construction plans:
  • Hunter Street Bridge
    • construction started, complete by Nov/Dec

• Spirit Trail, East of Seymour planning:
  • Initial Concepts & timeline will be shared with this summer
  • Will build in multiple phases over next 10 years

• Wayfinding signage:
  • DNV has put up some new wayfinding signage around the new Keith/Mt Seymour overpass, but not all.
  • DNV will share new Lower Lynn & Brooksbank designs by end of April
  • Also requested some for Lower cap road, Pemberton heights (23rd to Paisley and McKay)
• 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

7 April meeting with the Mayor and TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn

• Peter was invited and is attending this West Van Chamber of Commerce annual meeting with the mayor where transportation will be a major topic discussed.

MOTI - Don/Jonathan

• Lower Lynn Interchanges
  • Mountain Hwy Interchange
    • Protection for Northbound on Mtn-Hwy at south intersection - MoTI will add spring 2022.
  • Keith/MSP interchange
    • MoTI working on solution to blind merge created by the sound barrier at the SW end of the overpass where the Orwell MUP connects.
    • DNV has put up some new wayfinding signage, but not all.
  • Main-Dollarton interchange
    • New access ramps to existing tunnel on north side, completed but path ends with fence at Phibbs
    • Rating for response from MoTI
  • Phibbs Exchange
    • Start delayed until summer

• Hwy 1 North Shore Corridor Study: Lynn Valley to Horseshoe Bay
  • Don to request 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
  • Don to follow up this month

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

• April 27 webinar on Active School travel:
  • Hosted by Kulvir Mann.
  • Outlined the process for closing streets around the school to promote AT. "School Streets" program.
  • Rose Gardner with HUB outlined our education programs for those unaware.
  • Alyshia Burak (formerly HUB) outlined City of Van trial "School Streets" from 2021.
  • Faye Willickfrom DASH BC outlined their efforts to promote AT in BC.

• Update from HUB HQ on North Shore school involvement:
  • CNV funds all schools.
  • DNV funding 7 schools in 2022 up from 4 in 2021, 0 in 2020.
  • West Van funds 0/nada/zilch/nuttin schools for bike ed. Do they have someone from the municipality that works on this issue?
  • 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?