Meeting Agenda: May 10, 2018

HUB North Shore Committee holds regular meetings at 6:30pm - 8:30pm on the second Thursday of every month. Everybody is welcome. The meetings are at the North Vancouver City Library (14th/Lonsdale) in the Don Preston Boardroom (2nd floor). Link for HUB Cycling NS mailing list: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/hub-nshore/info

• Introductions
• Agenda additions
• Annual Action Plan for Committee
• 20 in 20 Infrastructure Challenge - http://wiki.bikehub.ca/northshore/index.php?title=File:2018-_20_in_20_Infrastructure_Challenge_Backgrounder_(DRAFT-05-03).pdf
• Events: (http://wiki.bikehub.ca/northshore/images/5/50/2018_Events_overview.pdf)
  • There is a HUB NS calendar which can be incorporated into a calendar program: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/hub.ns.events%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics
  • HUB- NS BTWW Plan - Tuesday May 29th 4-6 at IWMB – Dianne will be getting supplies for booth and Obsession Bikes will man a maintenance tent.
• Letters: http://wiki.bikehub.ca/northshore/index.php?title=Letters_to_governments
• Consider recommending to NS Councils changes to the Motor Vehicle Act - http://wiki.bikehub.ca/northshore/images/8/81/Modernizing_the_bc_motor_vehicle_act_nov_2017.pdf
• Future of HUB NS - Yahoo Group - Progress on move to Google - https://groups.google.com/d/forum/hub-north-shore
• HUB Chair Plan - 3 Co-Chairs + Communications
• Council Support for MVA Reforms - fyi that New Westminister and Victoria council have passed a motion to support the MVA reforms. http://www.newwestrecord.ca/news/new-westminster-supports-modernizing-of-motor-vehicle-act-1.23188859

District of North Vancouver

• Highway 1/Lower Lynn Improvements Project
  • Results of information sessions on 14 and 17 April
• 2018 repaving list – (http://wiki.bikehub.ca/northshore/images/2/23/2018_paving_map.pdf).
  • We should gather comments on the segments listed below using our yahoo group, and discuss/approval a draft at our May meeting and then submit them with a request to see the plans for cycle improvements to be included as part of these repaving projects.
  • Paving segments in the 2012 Bicycle Master Plan:
    • 29th Street – DNV currently has a comment open on there website. We should continue to encourage people to contribute. Also HUB NS should submit an official letter with our recommendations. http://www.dnv.org/news/share-your-thoughts-proposed-e29th-st-safety-improvements
    • Highlands Blvd – DNV currently has a pilot on this segment. HUB NS should submit an official letter with our recommendations. http://www.dnv.org/property-development/current-bike-lane-pilot-projects
    • Queens - DNV currently has a pilot on this segment. HUB NS should submit an official letter with our recommendations. http://www.dnv.org/property-development/current-bike-lane-pilot-projects
    • Mountain Hwy - 1250 Mtn Hwy to 14th St. Steep, narrow S turn on busy road. ask for protected bike lanes, to connect to new Mtn HWY overpass.
    • West 15th/Roosevelt St – 2 block segment Pemberton to McKay Creek(CNV), needs review, ask for protected bike lanes, to be extended later?
    • Spicer – 1 block on-road segment that connects 2 off-road segments, request protected bike lanes?
    • Arbourlynn Drive – short segment Hoskins to 20th, needs review, ask for protected bike lanes, to be extended later?
    • Philip – 1 block on residential street. Any improvements needed? Connection to the underpass?

District of West Vancouver

• Welch St_Bridge_over Capilano River - Media:2018-04-23_DWV_WelchSt_Bridge_CapilanoRiver.pdf
• 752 Marine Drive Public hearing on 7 May

Bowen Island

• now on ungap the map and an area for growth

City of North Vancouver

• 13th St E between Lonsdale and St. George's
• Results of open house on 26 April re the proposed new Harry Jerome Recreation Centre.
  • Update on Green Necklace.