2024-03-07 Summary

Meeting commenced 6:35 p.m.

Attending: Don (Chair), Paul J (vice chair), Derrick, Peter S, Blake, Erika, Fred, Siegfried, Easton Stewart. Online: Rueben, Finn, Heather

General

Agenda additions: None

Public Input/Consultations: Spirit Trail East.

Goals & Objectives

• Appoint CNV Liaison and Events Coordinator
• Gaps have been outlined.
• Additional goal to involve stakeholders.

Events:

• Earth Day April 20 - Finn, Erika, Blake, and Derrick indicated they are available.
• Go by Bike Week June 3-9 - This is an opportunity to inform and recruit. We need 2 committee members at each station.
• Cargo Race - Tentatively a June date.
• VMFF - Film festival Feb/25 - Derrick has arranged that we can have a booth there for free.

City of North Vancouver:

• Don has spoken to staff about tweaking some of the traffic light settings for Cotton Road.
• Staff will inform us if Low Level road can have delineator posts and/or barriers.

Integrated Transit Committee - Dana has retired from the committee & Jonathan says they are moving at the pace of molasses in January.

First Nations - Kira

• TseilWaututh nation is understaffed and therefore unresponsive until they clear up a backlog.

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

• East Spirit Trail will now move on to the next round of public consultations.
  • Maps of proposed rote now online. https://www.dnv.org/streets-transportation/spirit-trail-eastern-extension
  • Attendance strong at Mondays meeting. Estimates that half supportive, half sceptical at that meeting.
  • A letter of support needs to be drafted - Stewart?
• North side of main project underway.

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

• Peter/Paul met with DWV staff on Feb 5/24.
  • Discussed were LGB to Cap road bike lane, Marine Drive gap at 25.
• Mayor met with Don, Laura Jane, Peter S, and Paul I September 9.
  • Letter of support for MUP Horseshoe Bay to Squamish generated as a result.
• Meeting with Mayor set for March 11 tentatively.
  • Action Item - Peter to determine time and place of meeting and convey to Rueben and Heather to encourage attendance.
• DWV has $60K set aside for traffic calming measures.

Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure - Mike/Don

• An effort will be made to resume dialog.

Communications & Outreach - Rueben/Paul/Heather

• Rueben's montage of images promoting the Spirit Trail
• Heather & HUBHO created a wiki info page on the Spirit Trail East extension.
• Ridelink app is live.
• Slip Lanes
• Better North Shore

General Discussion

Schools - Paul Janzen

• Ride the Road for Collingwood school April 8 & 9 at Ambleside Bocci field.

Meeting adjourned 8:02 p.m.