Burlington Cycling Advisory Committee Meeting

Minutes

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Date:
Time:
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Location:
Room 247, Level 2, City Hall

1.
Members Present:

James Schofield (Chair), Don Thorpe, Chris Ariens, Brad Slade, Jackie Lodder, Jeffrey Brooks, John Greven, Teresa Baerg, Claudia Segatore, David Darnell, Kinsey Schirm,

2.
Others Present:

Kate Whitfield, Ezra Lipton (Alta Planning), Ryan Adamson (LURA Consulting), Jaime Garcia (CIMA), Dan Ozimkovic (Transportation Technologist), Jo-Anne Rudy (Clerk) and Suzanne Gillies (Clerk)

3.
Regrets:

Glenn Cockfield, Brett Moore, and Councillor Jack Dennison

4.
Declarations of Interest:

None.

5.
Approval of Minutes:

5.1
Approve the minutes from meeting held February 27, 2018
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1.02-27-18 - Post-Meeting Minutes - Burlington Cycling Advisory Committee.pdf

On motion, the minutes from the meeting held on February 27, 2018 were approved as presented.

6.
Delegation(s):

None.

7.
Regular Items:

7.1
Sub-committee updates:

a.
Communications & Events (Jackie)

Jackie provided the following update:

  • Jane's Trail of Two Cities will take place on May 5 at 11:30.  The route will be the same as last year starting at LaSalle Park.  Action: Suzanne to promote the event in similar ways to last year and through social media.  Suzanne to connect with Tourism Burlington to request help in promoting the event.
  • Attended a meeting with Eleanor McMahon and Cycle Oakville where cycling infrastructure was discussed.  Need to have shovel ready projects for when funding becomes available from the Province.   
  • The City will be hosting a 101 activities in a day on June 2.  Asked if the committee can commit to providing one of the activities?
  • Dan provided the update there are two Senior Rides planned for April and June, date to be confirmed. 

b.
Infrastructure (Chris)

Chris provided the following update:

  • An interesting idea for a future event that has recently been done in Hamilton and a great way to educate the Mayor and Council on the challenges faced by cyclists.  Ask members of Council to follow a bike commuter for a day or for their commute. 
  • Asked about the possibility of pushing the Region for better infrastructure on Dundas Street in light of the recent accident of the 11 year old cyclist being hit by a car at Dundas and Sutton.   
  • Acknowledge the work that the Accessibility Committee has done to include all ages and abilities in the cycling Master Plan.

7.2
Transportation update (Dan)

Dan provided the following update:

  • CanBike training will take place at City Hall on April 14 and 15. The training can accommodate up to 12 people and spaces are still available.  Action: Dan to follow up on any age limits for participating in the training.
  • Received $7,500 in funding from the Safe Cycle Education Fund.  $5,000 will be used for bike lights to use as cycling give-a-ways and $2,500 will be used to purchase 3 bikes for the Burlington Seniors' Centre bike share.
  • Promotion of Bike to School Week, Bike to Work Day and Bike to the Go will be taking place soon.    
  • Presenting at the upcoming Ontario Bike Summit  on the New Street pilot project, and James will be presenting 'Why don't we cycle to the Go?'
  • The plan is for the Cycling Master Plan information report to go to Planning and Development Committee meeting on June 5.

Dan introduced the Cycling Master Plan consultants, Kate Whitfield and Ezra Lipton of Alta Planning.  Kate introduced the rest of the team:  Ryan Adamson from LURA and Jaime Garcia from CIMA.  Kate provided an review and update of the status of the Master Plan:

  • review of social engagement results
  • review and discussion of the proposed draft maps to be included in the plan
  • terms need to be updated to be consistent with Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) language
  • discussions regarding if improving Multi-Use Paths (MUP) that already exist or new infrastructure is a priority
  • discussion regarding whether or not include a modal split goal for Burlington in the plan
  • presented the concept of a downtown grid as a first step
  • next steps include drafting criteria for setting priorities, more mapping, more engagement. continue to build draft documents including cost estimating. 

8.
Other Business:

  • The suggestion was made to use the app SLACK to communicate with each other. Perhaps a demo can take place at the next meeting.  Jo-Anne noted that communication between the committee and the City would not be able to take place through the app.

9.
Adjournment: 9:00 p.m.

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