2022-01-06 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.

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General

• Agenda additions
• Introductions

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
• Review of progress in 2021 & brainstorm ideas for 2022
  • Implementation of 3 top priority Bikeways
    • Get council's to approve prioritized, multi-year Active Transportation infrastructure plans
    • Ensure new infrastructure designs are AAA early in the design stage so it can be improved if necessary.
  • Establish communications with community stakeholders re Bikeways.

City of North Vancouver - Nadia

CNV Key Contacts & Staff Meetings

• HUB’s primary contact: Brandon Green
• Next meeting with staff: TBD

Esplanade Complete Street

• Construction is currently underway between Lonsdale and St Georges and between Mahon and Chesterfield.
  • Between Lonsdale & St Georges:
    • Bike lanes are maintained in both directions through the work area
  • Between Mahon & Chesterfield:
    • Bike lanes will be maintained eastbound through the work area
    • Cyclists travelling westbound will be directed to merge with traffic for a half block between Chesterfield and Semisch. An optional detour is available by travelling north on Chesterfield to 1st Street.
• Information can be found at www.cnv.org/ecs
  • Any comments/questions can be directly sent to Mo Bot at ecs@cnv.org

Brooksbank Avenue

• Since the lanes initially went in, the City installed a no right turn on red sign and changed the signal phasing to have an advanced walk for pedestrians

Moody Avenue

• Poles & lights are in, but still covered.

Community Wellbeing Strategy

• The City is developing a Community Wellbeing Strategy to plan for the services, resources, amenities, activities, and places that will help our community thrive. The Strategy will serve as a guide for how to make decisions about social infrastructure over the next 10 years.
• Public feedback results will be shared in early 2022.
• Project timeline: https://s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/ehq-production-canada/4bccf98cf34dd36cfacb1618684e29182a1b4415/original/1632256590/35d66e477789839e981e3ba9b63d349e_Process_Graphic_9_21_72dpi.jpg?1632256590

St Andrews Safety Improvements

• Planned safety improvements appear to be complete:
  • New sidewalks on the east side
  • Bumpout & yellow delineators (at 9th)
  • Raised crosswalks (at 8th and 9th)
• https://www.cnv.org/-/media/City-of-North-Vancouver/Images/Image-Panels/Streets-and-Transportation/St-Andrews-road-maps.ashx

CNV Mobility Strategy

• Staff recently presented the Draft Mobility Strategy to Council
• “When finished, it will be the playbook that guides decisions about how we plan, design, operate, maintain and invest in our transportation system today and over the next decade, in order to best respond to current and emerging needs, issues and opportunities.”
• Located here (in the Dec 13 Agenda Pack, starting on pg.123): link
• Hub to provide our feedback in early 2022.

Waterfront Transportation Network Survey

• Survey closed on December 10th
• Targeted towards people who live, work or visit the City’s waterfront
• Some comments regarding cycling: more bike parking, better/clearer bike routes (wayfinding signage with destinations, pavement markings), separation of walking & cycling, slower car speeds,car free areas (e.g. in front of the art gallery at Lonsdale/Carrie Cates

ITC - Dana & Jonathan

District of North Vancouver - Fred/Don

• Meeting last week, next one in Late November
  • Nov-8: Transportation workshop for Council:
    • Slow Streets investigation proposal
    • Upper LV Rd next steps

• Tatlow + W15th
  • Mostly completed - Asked for traffic measurement results - whole DNV report due in Jan 2022.
  • Working on design for the connection on Marine between Capilano Rd and Garden. Hope to build next spring.

• Arborlyn Connector
  • west side design is reviewed a and look good, east side underway
  • requested schedule update

• Capilano Rd/Highway Underpass MOTI project
  • budget request for a joint design with MoTI in 2022
  • Investigating replace the barriers in Phillips tunnel with fence at south end (on DNV roadway) to make entry to Phillips Ave safer

• Other
  • Wayfinding signage - Lower Lynn Ph 1/2/4 designs done, Ph3 (main/dollarton) - no date yet.

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

4 November meeting with DWV Engineering & Transportation staff

• Current (2021) program progress:
  • Welch St Bridge, eastern approach crossing progress
  • Bellevue Slow Street
  • Westmount Rd/31st bike lanes
  • Marine Drive/Ambleside capital grant allocation
  • NXSTPP, 2021 survey timetable
• Near/Medium term program
  • Marine-to Main (M2M) bikeway
    • Marine Drive, LG bridgehead to DWV/DNV municipal boundary
    • Marine Drive, 25th to 31st
    • Park Royal/Ambleside sports fields bypass to Spirit Trail
  • Slow Street program expansion
    • Bellevue deviations
    • Ambleside/Dundarave circuits
    • Ciclovia/car free day (June 2022)
• Longer-term program
  • Capilano Pacific Trail
    • Trail stability study findings
    • 3rd St link improvement and wayfinding
    • Klee Wyck link study
  • Upper-Level Trails
    • Highway 1 – Hugo Ray Connector to Cypress Bowl Rd
    • MoTI improvements for cycling on Hwy 1 and Cypress Bowl Rd
    • Cypress Village Access
  • Taylor Way Bikepaths/MUPs
    • Mathers to Westcot
    • Marine Drive to Clyde Ave (or Duchess or Keith)
    • Adjoining Inglewood Care Home Development (with Burley Dr)
    • Marine Drive to Welch St
    • Marine Dr to Park Royal access roads

MOTI - Don/Jonathan

• Lower Lynn Interchanges - Monthly meeting -
  • Mountain Hwy Interchange
    • Have asked for protection for Northbound on Mtn-Hwy at south intersection - MoTI looking into it.
  • Mt Seymour parkway/Keith Interchange
    • Bike Infrastructure completed - Reviewed DNV wayfinding signage, sent comments
  • Main-Dollarton interchange
    • onramp to IWMB west sidewalk closed until Nov (detour via east sidewalk)
    • new 4m MUP on south side of main-dollarton open but unfinished
    • new access ramps to existing tunnel on north side underway, complete in late Nov
  • Phibbs exchange upgrade
    • Meeting in November to review design and detours during construction

• Hwy 1 North Shore Corridor Study: Lynn Valley to Horseshoe Bay
  • Still waiting for draft report - by end of year?

• BC Economic Recovery funding -
  • have asked to see and share final designs, next year maybe?

• Cycling Gaps project
  • Provided comments on draft of MoTI's Gap's list.
  • Next paste 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

Planning

• Communications = Paul, Antje, Giacomo, Heather
  • let us know if there is something we should communicate about - blocked bike lanes, new infrastructure, etc.
• We are coordinating our approach to communications on groups.io, Facebook and Twitter
  • Facebook and Twitter have increased in terms of numbers of followers and numbers of original posts
  • Number of posts on FB up %169 | 200% increase in comments shares and likes.
  • Number of posts on Twitter up 104% followers up 30 for total of 1311
• Targets:
  • double Facebook followers by Dec 2021 and add +300 to Twitter
  • Commitment to send out 2 google group emails per week
  • New North Van Rides episodes on Youtube - subscribe to Heather Drugge
• Call for comms topix
• Still looking for help with photos / videos

Developers - Fred, Paul & Peter

• Currently active:
  • 405 – 485 Marie Place, Lynn Creek
    • Interesting redevelopment at Marie Place (off Crown St east of Mtn Hwy) in the Lynn Creek town Centre. DNV council allowed it to go to first reading at March 29 /2021 council meeting. Eleven single family homes to be replaced by two 6 storey apartments. Unique to the plan is to provide bicycle parking facilities on each floor of both buildings. The same developer owns a large property to the west bordering Mountain Hwy which includes the Dykoff Nursery lands for which they are hoping to get council approval. Mayor Little commented that these projects need wider support from the community for council to consider them. Those who spoke in favour tended to have a business relationship. HUB NS is aware that without large scale redevelopment Lynn Creek will not see better cycling infrastructure. A HUB member presence might make a difference. The concept of locating bike rooms in upper floors is gaining traction.
    • DNV have now scheduled a public hearing Tuesday November 9th 7pm for both Fairborn proposals - Marie Place and Crown & Mountain redevelopments. The latter is much larger as described in the October 27 NSN article starting page A25.
    • 252 bicycle spaces (exceeding the policy by providing 2 spaces per unit)
    • Bicycle storage provided on each floor for resident convenience and safety
    • Bicycle maintenance room for residents
    • 18 visitor bicycle spaces (located adjacent to the entrance)
    • Electrical charging will be available in all bicycle storages, as well as level 2 charging for all residential parking spaces.
    • There will be new bike lane at the frontage of the site along Crown St which will connect to Mountain Hwy and the district’s cycling network.

DNV Staff agrees that “the bicycle parking proposed, along with the proximity to transit service, will help to support alternate transportation options for residents and visitors to the project.”

Translink - Antje

• Secure bike parking at Lonsdale Quay

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