2022-02-03 Summary

HUB North Shore Committee regular meeting 2022-Feb-3, 6:30pm - 8:15pm.

Attendees: Fiona, Jonathan A, Jonathan M, Peter, Dana, Duncan, Paul S, Paul J, Don, Nadia, Antje, Rhiannon, Jasper, Mike.

General

AI: Liaisons to send Don a list of 2021 completed projects for HQ

North Shore MLAs
- Jan-28: Meeting with Bowinn Ma & Erin O'Melinn (HUB Exec Director)
- AI: set up meeting with MLAs - AI: Don

Public Input/Consultations

Public input is critical when Council and Staff make trade-offs and decisions. Please make sure your voice is heard!!
- Take the CNV's Mobility Strategy survey! Closes Feb 11 4pm. .
- CNV's Upper Levels Greenway proposal .

Goals & Objectives

Implementation of 3 top priority Bikeways
Establish communications with community stakeholders re Bikeways.
Recruit more committee members - some of the ideas include:
- On the roles page, include time estimates, and highlight some of the "less time" positions
- Industry rep? see if bike shops would be interested
- More diversity - how to connect?
- Shorter more focused meetings
  - Breakouts for specific topics? (Muni's, MoTI, projects?)
  - Liaison verbal reports limited to one or two items needing group input or heeding help (keep the full written ones for all to read)
- Onboarding - critical to involving new attendees - membership coordinator?
- Retaining is easier than recruiting, best fix for burnout is more helping hands
- Many don't know about local committee and what we do, explain this better on communications channels?
- Capitalize on controversy when it occurs
- What did I miss?

Events

Outdoor Safety and Emergency Preparedness - May 7th, 11-2pm, Argyle
- looking for a couple volunteers to staff the booth

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 Mahon and St Georges.
Bike lanes are maintained in both directions through the work area.
Current information can be found at www.cnv.org/ecs
Any comments/questions can be directly sent to Mo Bot at ecs@cnv.org

Moody Avenue & 3rd

Up and running!

St Andrews Safety Improvements

The following are now complete:
- New sidewalks on the east side
- Bumpout & yellow delineators (at 9th)
- Raised crosswalks (at 8th and 9th)
Due to a national road paint shortage, the road has not yet been repainted to narrow the travel lane and provide an uphill parking protected bike lane.
Once complete, counts will follow to measure changes to volume and speed.
Signage:
- Signage typical on CNV bike routes will be added, confirming users are on the route.
- Destination based bicycle wayfinding is not included in this project, as it will be delivered once the City develops a broader wayfinding strategy.
At Andrews Project drawings

CNV Mobility Strategy

Met with CNV staff on Feb 2 to provide HUB North Shore’s feedback:
Take the survey! It closes Feb 11 @ 4pm (1 week extension) - https://letstalk.cnv.org/mobility
Coordinated with HUB HQ to send an email out to all HUB members/stakeholders with our suggestions HUB Action Alert

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:

At next CNV staff meeting, plan to follow up on:

Upper Levels Greenway
Carson Graham School Area Active Transportation Improvements
Forbes & 3rd
Bike storage designs

ITC - Dana & Jonathan

New term cycle of ITC with a few new members. Meeting was mostly orientation and an overview of how the City development process works.
The Upper Levels Greenway proposal is out for public comment

District of North Vancouver - Fred/Don

Next Meeting with staff: Feb-24
- Marine Dr cycling link (south): DWV border – McGuire
- Mtn Hwy - Arborlynn connector
- Arborlynn corridor safety study
- Spirit Trail planning
- Wayfinding priorities
- Slow Streets

Transportation Workshop - Jan-31
- over 60 people attended the workshop
- Upper Lynn Rd
  - Biggest concern is public consultation
  - Also some discussion of Priorities, RoI on this route vs other options.
  - 30% of 1.4M$ cost is for Cycling, rest for lights, sidewalks & bus stops.
  - Not many objections to Phase 1, Phase 2 is more challenging, several options need to be explored.
  - 3 people spoke in favour, Thanks! Only objections were Dracott St residents and their concerns was resolved. (not related to bike lanes)

- E 29th
  - Average 50 users per day in fall 2021
    - Staff proposed to remove pylons due to safety issues
  - 3 on Council want to re-instate parking on south side - "compromise"
    - One councillor stated that cyclist don't pay for roads (which is incorrect), but was not corrected.
    - Some residents want parking on one side, with a bi-directional bike lane to north side.
  - Other 4 councillors focus on safety, long term goal and that numbers will increase as the network grows.

2022 Construction plans (to be confirmed):
- Hunter Street Bridge
- Marine Drive connection?
- Paisley Rd route
- Arborlynn connector - several asked for details, AI: Don to share.
- Welch St

2021 Completed:
- W 15th
- Lower Lynn Wayfinding
- Permanent Traffic counters (LV RD & Welch St Park)

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

2022/23 budget proposals for ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

2022 DWV Active Transport Proposal
Bike Rack Installation - District-Wide focussing on parks.
Marine Drive Bike Lanes - East of LGB planned to be completed this year.
Marine Drive Separated Bike Lanes - 26th to 31st.
31st to Westmount Road Active Transportation Upgrades will include some separated uphill bike lanes and sharrows on the downhill lanes.
Mathers Avenue Extension of cycling path from the Hugo Ray Connector along local streets (3rd Street and Mathers Avenue as far as 575 Mathers Avenue).
Cycling Wayfinding - Hugo Ray to Deep Dene, Capilano Pacific Trail.
Mobility Initiatives - 30 km/h Pilot, Shared/Slow Streets, Traffic Calming Policy, School Safety Upgrades.
Traffic Signals & Intersection Improvements - Marine at 31st involving upgrades to the intersection, including signalization of the north and south approaches (currently stop-sign controlled).
North Shore Connects - Temporary Full Time FTE to support participation in this and other regional initiatives.

21 January meeting with Jenn Moller, Director of Engineering and Transportation

Just one 30 km/hr speed restriction zone - signage only as not enough funds for engineering features - will not be a pilot.
Slow Streets - depending on funding, will look at what can be done on Bellevue and Ambleside/Dundarave loops.
Mobility Plan (formerly an update to the strategic transportation plan) - Kirk and Co. will be doing public engagement this spring - the plan will not be completed this year.
Ambleside Local Area Plan - initial step will be driven by a citizen-led initiative that could go on into 2023.
We should meet with Sue Ketler, Director of Parks, Culture & Community Services re: the Spirit Trail bypass and Horseshoe Bay Park renovation to get separated bike lanes on Bay Street.
Lime e-bike share will be launched in DWV this spring with no helmet mandate.
- Several people ask for details, AI: Peter S

New path on Welch Street Bridge

The official opening will probably be in the spring and could include the unveiling of some Squamish Nation public art.

Cilcovia Family Day Event

It is tentatively planned for June or September of this year.
HUB North /Shore will not play a major role in the overall organization of the event but has offered to organize the following four proposed components of the event:
- set up and operate a tent and table to distribute HUB information;
- coordinate with the North Shore Safety Council to arrange for a bike rodeo;
- coordinate with DWV Police Dept to see if they will offer 529 Garage registrations; and
- will lead one or more group bike rides around a predetermined bike loop through Ambleside and Dundarave.

MOTI - Don/Jonathan

Lower Lynn Interchanges
- Mountain Hwy Interchange
  - Protection for Northbound on Mtn-Hwy at south intersection - MoTI will add spring 2022.
- Mt Seymour parkway/Keith Interchange
  - DNV Ph2/4 wayfinding signage should going up???
- Main-Dollarton interchange
  - New access ramps to existing tunnel on north side, completed but path ends with fence at Phibbs
  - Sent comments to DNV on Ph3 wayfinding signage.
- Phibbs exchange upgrade
  - Requested changes to bikelanes on Orwell and wider cross-walks+cross-rides

Hwy 1 North Shore Corridor Study: Lynn Valley to Horseshoe Bay
- Still waiting for draft report - seems that DNV got a copy.

Lynn valley & Cap road Interchange Cycling improvement designs -
- 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 phase 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

Communications = Paul, Antje, Giacomo, Heather
- Send Antje photos of new or existing good infrastructure on the North Shore or tag @hubnorthshore on Twitter
- let us know if there is something we should communicate about - blocked bike lanes, new infrastructure, etc.

Schools -

Several folks have expressed interest in working on Bike Educations and encouraging kids to ride to school
If a few people are willing to champion this this could be a 2022 goal

RCMP -

Ask them about slow streets - AI Don
- Also ask if they have a bike unit?