Meeting summary: February 2, 2012

Attendance

• Welcome new members and guests: Aaron, Mike, Ann, Fiona, Susan, Antje, Peter

Review January minutes

• Peter reported on his 11 January briefing to the VACC board (see:http://northshore.vacc.bc.ca/images/7/7b/Slides_for_VACC_board_presentation_on_11-01-12.pdf) in which he was told each regional committee can have access up to $400 annually, can be represented on the board by applying to become a board member and learned that VACC will not be a delegate at the Velo-city conference in June but have submitted a paper for presentation and plan to organize a pre-conference event.

Education & Outreach

• Sea to Skye mapping project: Two SFU students, Aaron and Mike, briefed us on their bike safety project in which they plan to use GIS to produce a map showing the most dangerous sections for cyclists on the Sea-to-Sky highway between West Vancouver and Whistler. Ann is auditing and helping them with the project. It is planned to present the results to MoT and MP John Weston. It was suggested that they give us a presentation on their project and this presentation could be open to the public. Ann offered to help organize this, probably sometime in March. The results of the project will include some proposals on how to mitigate some of the safety concerns.

• North Shore bike map update: Antje said the consulatant plansd to have a first draft of the map ready by the end of febriuary

• Presentation to VACC meeting on 11 January (Peter)
• Presentation to Rotary Club North Vancouver in April (Antje)
• Meeting with MP John Weston on 11 February 1100 in John'f office at 17th and Marine Drive in West Van (Peter)- Ann will represent us at the meeting
• 30 January meeting of Cycling Plan Implementation Committee (Peter)
• redevelopment of the vacant waterfront area south of the North Shore Automall (Peter)
• IWMB bike ride {Fiona) 4 from MoT 3 from VACC on ride today 2 February