2022-07-07 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
By phone: call 778-907-2071, Meeting ID: 81789523337, Passcode: 354518
One tap mobile: +17789072071,,81789523337#,,,,*354518#
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!!
- 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
Events
- Lynn Valley Days - Sat 16-July, 10:00-4:00
- Lime & DNV wil sponsor our booth.
- Need 6 volunteers to staff the booth, 2 hr shifts
City of North Vancouver - Nadia
CNV Key Contacts & Staff Meetings
- HUB’s primary contact: Brandon Green
- Next meeting with staff: TBD (likely late summer)
Upper Levels Greenway
- Submitted a letter to express our comments: File:CNV UpperLevelsGreenway 052422.pdf
Summary of current/upcoming CNV projects - this year & beyond
- Esplanade Complete Street (construction underway, estimated completion: Summer 2022)
- Upper Levels Greenway (final design/route selection expected: Fall 2022)
- Mobility Strategy (implementation of some strategies to commence this year, e.g. zoning bylaw updates re new developments and bike storage)
- Carson Graham School - AT improvements (some sidewalk gaps to be addressed this year, most changes part of next year's budget)
- Kings Mill (detailed park design underway, construction to begin: Spring 2023)
- Cotton/Main St bridge (preliminary designs underway, construction is dependent on funding)
- Casano-Loutet Overpass (construction anticipated in 2023)
- Forbes & 3rd (long term, 2+ years away)
E-Bike Share
- Lime is working to add helmets to all bikes in the fleet. This will continue to occur as they receive parts/helmets to retrofit the fleet. Expect to see the percentage of bikes with helmets increase over the summer.
- Working on getting ridership data publicly available
ITC - Dana & Jonathan
- May meeting postponed to end of month (no updates)
District of North Vancouver - Fred/Don
- Meeting with Staff - next meeting Aug?
- 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
- Sent in our comments, as discussed last meeting
- Upper Lynn Valley Rd
- Bike parking locations in DNV - Duncan
- Ingrid of the District asked us to give her a list of places it could/should be improved.
- Brainstorming
District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike
Go by Bike week Celebration stations
- On 31 May, Peter volunteered at the Welch Street and Spirit trail location in North Van and counted a total of 148 riders including 36 on e-bikes (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images)/0/04/2022-05-31_Go_by_Bike_Week_tally_sheet_at_Spirit_Trail_and_Welch.pdf).
- On 1 June, I think that Mike volunteered on the Spirit Trail at 14th and Argyle in West Vancouver.
Park Royal Mico Units
- On 17 May, Paul and Peter met with Rick Amantea at the Park Royal boardroom for one hour where Rick described the project with a number of slides (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/f/fd/2022-05-17_Park_Royal_micro_units.pdf).
Cypress Village
- On 31 May, Peter was invited to the Cypress pop-up village for a one-hour briefing on the 22 Aprril 2022 Draft Area Development Plan for Cypress Village and Eagleridge which was accepted by Council.
- Here is the Cypress Village Cycling Network map: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/a/a7/2022-05-31_Cypress_Villlage_Cycling_Network_map.jpg.
Making a case for Cycling Highways in Metro Vancouver
- Here is a copy of the highlights from the lengthy report: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/d/df/2022-06-01_Making_a_case_for_cycle_highways_in_Metro_Vancouver_cycle_hub_4pp_rgb_pdf.pdf.
- Mike has suggested to circulate this to the DWV Engineering staff and perhaps we could also include the mayor and councillors.
Rotary Ride for Rescue on 11 June
- Shall we put this following article up on the HUB-NS listserve: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/6/61/Rotary_Ride_for_Rescue_on_11_June_2022.jpg
Welch Street Bridge
- Closed to automobiles till August but MUP remains open
- Better share-the-path signage is needed to encourage cyclists to ride on the MUP rather than the automobile traffic lanes.
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
- no updates from last month; however, it’s worth repeating the last item from May:
- 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.
Developers - Fred, Paul & Peter
- Currently active:
- West Van
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- CNV
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- DNV
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- West Van
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