Burlington Cycling Advisory Committee Meeting
Minutes
Meeting #:
Date:
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Time:
7:00 P.m. - 9:00 P.m.
Location:
Room 305, Level 3, City Hall
426 Brant Street, Burlington, Ontario
Visited1.Members Present:

​Don Thorpe (Chair), Chris Ariens, Brad Slade, Jeffrey Brooks, James Schofield, Phil de Ruiter, Brett Moore, Teresa Baerg, Claudia Segatore, David Darnell, John Greven (alternate) and Kinsey Schirm (alternate)

Visited2.Others Present:

Councillor Jack Dennison, Dan Ozimkovic and Jo-Anne Rudy (Clerk)

Visited3.Regrets:

​Jackie Lodder and Glenn Cockfield

Visited4.Declarations of Interest:

​None.

Visited5.Approval of Minutes:
Visited5.1Approve minutes from meeting held January 31, 2017
1.Post-Meeting Minutes - Burlington Cycling Advisory Committee_Jan31_2017 - English.pdf
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​On motion, the minutes of January 31, 2017, were approved as presented.

Visited6.Delegation(s):

​None.

Visited7.Regular Items:
Visited7.1Transportation Update

​Dan provided the following update:

  • Watermain work on New Street will begin shortly and continue into May. Will continue to collect data and report back to Council on October 30.
  • Public meeting for Lakeshore Road (water treatment plant to Eastport Drive) will take place in April. Will provide more information when details confirmed.
  • Bike racks ordered for schools and businesses and should be delivered in April.
  • Looking at list of locations Chris provided for installation of three bike repair stations.
  • Glenview P.S. was the winner for a free bike rodeo. Connecting with Rolling Horse and New Hope Community Bikes to see if they are interested in running it. Hoping to tie it in with Bike to School Week.
  • Halton Region Safe Cycling Partnership is looking to run a cycling event at the end of April at the Velodrome in Milton. Wondering if BCC would be interested in attending/participating and having a display table.
  • Have not heard from Metrolinx yet re: BikeShare program.
  • Working on a staff direction re: Active Transportation in rural Burlington as it relates to pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. Asked members to prioritize east/west roads in Burlington north of Dundas Street.

Action: Chris to send out email and will summarize information received and send to Dan.

Visited7.2Sub-committee Updates
Visiteda.Communications & Events
  • ​Brad advised that BCC has been invited to participate in the Ward 6 Love My Hood event on Saturday, June 24 and the Appleby Line Street Festival event on Sunday, September 24.
  • Would like to hold a Bike Maintenance seminar this spring but must determine location.
  • Sub-committee will meet to discuss getting into schools for promoting safe cycling. Possibility to participate in schools spring flings.
Visitedb.Infrastructure
  • ​Chris provided some detail on an event held on February 27 in Toronto entitled "Getting Cycling Right: An Evening with Mikael Colville-Anderson" and noted that it was very encouraging to see a large Burlington presence.
  • Councillor Dennison stated that it was a great event with great information. Key message was "Create the network and then improve".

Visited8.Other Business:
  • ​Don distributed the 2016 annual report for the committee's review and noted that it will go to the Committee of the Whole meeting on April 3.

On motion, the annual report was approved as presented.

  • Dan reminded members of the Ontario Bike Summit taking place in Toronto on April 11/12, 2017.
Visited9.Adjournment:

Chair adjourned the meeting at 8:23 p.m.

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