Meeting Summary: June 6, 2013
Attendance
- Guests: Dragana Mitic, Manager, Transportation, City of North Vancouver; Stephen Blore, Transportation Planner, City of North Vancouver
- Fiona, Antje, Peter, Erin, Tom Walker (North Shore Safety Council- Elmer), Nelson
Additional agenda items
- Lynn Valley Town Centre walk-about (Fiona)
- MEC Bikefest June 8 (Nelson)
Chesterfield improvement project 4th St to 13th St (Stephen Blore)
- 3 options presented - see website for options and a survey http://www.cnv.org/City-Services/Streets-and-Transportation/Cycling/Cycling-Projects/Chesterfield-Avenue-Cycling-Improvements
- concerns about bike lanes between moving and parked cars, discussed safer options including removing parking on the west side of Chesterfield
- next open house with revised options on July 10th
- Action: Heather and Erin to draft letter including desire to remove parking on one side to facilitate another safer and cheaper option
13th St at Lonsdale Ave planned cycling facilities with Onni development
- No time to discuss before Dragana left
- Action: Antje to check with Dragana and Daniel about plans in July/August
Lynn Valley Town Centre walk-about (Fiona)
- Walk-about with Mark Sager and Brian Wallace (retired transportation planner) related to BOSA development application, about 10 people attended
- Looked at intersections, many traffic and pedestrian safety issues
6 June Open House on traffic calming on Keith Road and Clyde Avenue bike route in West Van (Peter)
- It was an information and idea gathering session with a survey to be filled out by nearby residents - the survey will be put on the District website
- Action: Peter to draft HUB letter to provide sidewalk and two-way separated bike lane on Keith
Update from DNV transportation consultation committee (Nelson)
- Meeting in late May, several items presented including TransLink wayfinding design study
- Nelson to provide update at the June HUB-NS meeting
DNV Cycling Safety Review http://www.dnv.org/cycling
- Good review of high collision locations
- Action: Antje to draft HUB letter in response to review
Mt Seymour Parkway repaving east of Mt Seymour Road, no cycling facilities (Antje)
- Did not discuss
Norwest Cycling Club safety survey
- Distribution of survey at West Van Community Day and Bart sent email to HUB-NS list
Stanley Park causeway call to action (Antje)
- HUB sent a letter which is on the HUB website along with a petition (https://bikehub.ca/news)
- Letter writing campaign and petition to Province and Vancouver Park Board, in HUB bulletin sent out today
Low Level Road construction impact on cycling (Heather)
- Did not discuss but Heather had sent an email to the HUB-NS and Vancouver lists
DNV town and village centres (Antje, Nelson)
- Lower Lynn Town: Mountain Highway facilities, implementation plan passed by council
- Did not discuss
- Lynn Valley Town: public consultation on implementation plan
- Action: Antje to send email to HUB-NS list with public consultation dates and online survey
HUB delegation at North Van City council meeting 24 June on all ages & abilities bike routes (Heather, Antje)
- Working on presentation
HUB delegation at West Van council meeting 6 May on Ambleside Bike Friendly Business District, recap (Heather, Peter)
Events recap: Lynn Valley Days, West Van Community Day, Bike to Work Week
Bike ride & dinner with MP John Weston, recap (Antje, Dianne, Fiona)
HUB AGM in Burnaby on May 11, recap
- Did not talk about past events