Burlington Cycling Advisory Committee Meeting

Minutes

Meeting #:
Date:	Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Time:	7:00 P.m. - 9:00 P.m.
Location:	Virtual

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1.

Members Present:

Chris Scotland (Chair), Claudia Segatore, Jon Millman, Pat Binnie, Laura Fowlie, Vicki Trottier, Katherine Dobson, Tracey Almeida, Rob Todd, Greg Pace, James Dekens

2.

Member Regrets:

Brett Moore, Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, Mo Sayed, Nancy Gray, Councillor Kelvin Galbraith

3.

Others Present:

Dan Ozimkovic (Transportation Planning Technologist), Georgie Gartside (Clerk)

4.

Land Acknowledgement:

The Chair read the city's land acknowledgement.

5.

Election of Chair and Vice Chair

Georgie conducted the election of Chair and Vice Chair.

On motion, Chris Scotland and Jon Millman were elected as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, to the Burlington Cycling Advisory Committee for the term to expire December 31, 2022.

6.

Declarations of Interest:

None.

7.

Approval of Minutes:

7.1

Approve minutes from the meeting held November 23, 2021

Moved by Vicki Trottier:

Approve the November 23, 2021 Cycling Advisory Committee minutes as presented. CARRIED

8.

Delegation(s):

None.

9.

Regular Items:

9.1

Approval of 2021 annual report

Moved by Claudia Segatore:

Approve the Cycling Advisory Committee's 2021 annual report. CARRIED

Georgie to add the number of web page hits under the "Measurements" heading in the report.

9.2

Approval of 2022 workplan

Moved by Jon Millman:

Approve the Cycling Advisory Committee's 2022 workplan. CARRIED

9.3

Staff Update

Dan provided the following updates:

• Plains Road public information session is this Thursday, January 27 at 6:30 p.m.;
• Rural Active Transportation Strategy public engagement closed on January 14th. Next steps - consultant preparing document and a draft will be presented to Cycling Committee;
• Cycling map 2022 has been finalized. PDFs will be posted on the city website and printed next month;
• Interactive Cycling Map www.burlington.ca/cyclingmap has been updated with current cycling facilities;
• Cycling giveaways were ordered and have been received;
• Bike Month in June - starting to talk with Cycling Toronto about this year’s events and will keep the committee updated;
• Visited the 7 permanent bike counters that count bikes/pedestrians 24/7 on multi-use trails. Data will be summarized and shared. Would like to promote the trails along with the data;
• Air pumps keep getting broken at the bike repair stations. Speaking with vendor to find a pump that isn’t easily broken.

9.4

Integrated Transportation Advisory Committee update

Jon said that ITAC's next meeting is on January 31st and will provide an update at the next meeting.

10.

Other Business:

10.1

Resignation of Mohamed Abdel-Aziz

Georgie advised that Mohamed has resigned from the committee. This leaves a voting position open and Georgie drew names from the three alternates to see who would fill the voting position. James Dekens’ name was drawn and, effective immediately, James moves to a full voting member of the committee.

11.

Adjournment:

Chair adjourned the meeting at 7:49 p.m.