2025-01-02 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, using Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/myr-xmnd-iob

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

General

• Agenda additions
• Election of Committee positions
• Introductions of meeting attendees.
  • New HUB Board Liaison Leanna Grimes

Public Input/Consultations

• Public input is critical when Council and Staff make trade-offs and decisions. Please make sure your voice is heard!!
• Local Committee Workshop Nov 26-Translink and the Major Bikeway Network (MBN)
  • Zoom meeting with Translink and all Local Committees

Goals & Objectives

Complete 3 Top Priority Bikeways!

• 2025 Goals presentation
  • Map of 2024 Improvements & Gaps
  • discuss next steps to advance each Goal

Events

• Need a coordinator/organizer for Events.
• HUB Bike Awards to be held March 2025

Rides

• Need a coordinator/organizer for Rides.
  • 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
  • Possible routes and priorities

City of North Vancouver - Heather+Rhonda

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

• 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

ITC - Jonathan

• No Update in several months

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.
• Plans
  • Squamish Nation
    • Strategic Plan 2022-2026
    • Land Use Plan 2023
  • Tsleil Wauthuth Nation
    • Active Transportation Plan 2023
  • Musquem Indian Band
    • Land Use Plan 2020
    • Improving Active Transportation

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

1. Regular Bi-monthly Meeting with Staff

• Last one was 08-Nov. Next one is 17-Jan-2025

1. Projects/sections

District of West Vancouver - /Peter/Mike

• On 27 December, Paul Stott submitted his retirement from the North Shore Committee.

DWV 2025 Capital Budget

• Council Strategic Plan items for Future Budgets Require resources over next couple of years for the following:
  • Enhanced cycling safety through additional bike lanes
  • Expanded 30km/hr street initiative to more neighbourhoods
• No further details on planned capital expenditures are currently available.

Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure - Mike/Don

• Requesting a meeting in January
  • Multiple broken sections of Stanely Park Causeway fencing are dangerous and taking months to get fixed
  • Delays approving Marine Drive (LGB to Cap Rd)
  • Will discuss any improvement plans they have for 2025/26
  • Will discuss creating a prioritized list of operations related GAPs to fix

Communications & Outreach - Rueben/Paul/Heather

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

• Twitter (Rueben)
  • Twitter has become a wasteland. Might be worthwhile switching to Mastodon or Bluesky.

• Facebook(Heather)

• North Shore News

Schools - Paul Janzen

• no school activity at present.

Social

• @ Jack Lonsdale, after the meeting.
  • Any and all are welcome