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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKCTAC Minutes-2018-05-08 Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee Agenda Tuesday, May 8, 2018 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Conestoga Room Office of the City Clerk Kitchener City Hall nd 200 King St.W. - 2 Floor Kitchener ON N2G 4G7 Page 1 Chair – Marcus Drasdo Vice-Chair – Tim Mollison th Cycling Advisory Committee met on May 8 2018 commencing at 4:15p.m. Present: Mr. E. Bliefert, Mr. D. Brotherston, Mr. M. Drasdo, Mr. B. Jenner, Ms. L. Paprocki Staff: Mr. J. Barton, Associate Landscape Architect Mr. B. Cronkite, Interim Manager, Transportation Planning Ms. D. McGoldrick, General Manager, Infrastructure Services Ms. R. Lusk, Direction of Operations, Roads & Traffic DISCUSSION ITEMS 1. KCTAC Vice-Chair Selection Mr. M. Drasdo provided a brief overview of the resignation of vice chair Tim Mollison leading to an open position on the committee. Mr. B. Cronkite explained the nomination process for filling the position and opened the floor for nominations for Vice Chair. Mr. B. Jenner asked for a summarization of the vice chair duties. Mr. M. Drasdo explained all of the responsibilities the position would entail. Mr. B. Cronkite reopened the floor for nominations. Mr. B. Jenner nominated Mr. D. Brotherston who then accepts the position. 2. Compass Kitchener (Amber Sare) Ms. A. Saber representing Compass Kitchener introduced herself and her company explaining what they do for the community. Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee May 8, 2018 Ms. A. Saber invited all of the members of the committee to attend the all committee wide st meeting on June 21 2018. She briefly discussed the agenda of the meeting and discussion topics. Ms. A. Saber expressed the importance of the meeting to provide additional insight and to have all opinions be heard. Ms. A. Saber explained how the survey was important to help drive strategy and define objectives. Mr. M. Drasdo asked if the company would be reevaluating the data to wrap up the strategic plan. Ms. A. Saber answered yes and explained the report card. Mr. M. Drasdo asked when the report card was expected to be released. Ms. A. Saber replied that it was expected to come out late 2018 to early 2019. Mr. M. Drasdo asked what the report card was based on. Ms. A. Saber replied the report card was based on the strategic plan. She also added in that every year a report card is issued to record up to date progress. 3. Sidewalk Winter Maintenance Review (Aaron McCrimmon-Jones) Mr. A. McCrimmon-Jones, Ms. R. Lusk, and Ms. D. McGoldrick introduced themselves and their position with the city. Mr. A. McCrimmon-Jones introduced the presentation sharing all of the topics the group would be speaking on. The group presented example questions for the city wide survey. Mr. A. McCrimmon-Jones explained current maintenance standards and by-law requirements and presented the winter sidewalk maintenance engagement communications plan. He explained both short and long term goals for the program. Ms. D. McGoldrick explained the two-year program, and how expressed they intend on testing different ways to gain public acceptance to help build a stronger strategy. Mr. M. Drasdo asked the group, at which stage they would be looking at outdoor contracting. Ms. D. McGoldrick responded that it would begin in phase 1 stage 2 where they would be taking potential programs to counsel. Mr. A. McCrimmon-Jones presented an activity to the to gain further insights from the community. Mr. A. McCrimmon-Jones confirmed he would be sending the activity out to all the members through email. Ms. D. McGoldrick added that they are also looking at opportunities to incorporate technology into their efforts. To help them gain more information on what to deploy and how to attack the situation. Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee May 8, 2018 Mr. M. Drasdo asked if the group was looking at other cities and considering them as examples. Mr. A. McCrimmon-Jones responded that they are considering other cities actions and explained they are taking a cautious approach based upon the insights gained from other cities. Ms. D. McGoldrick added that they want to avoid consequences, and have a thorough thought out plan. Ms. D. McGoldrick reminded the committee they would be sharing the discussion template with everyone through email to gather more insights. 4. Cross-Advisory Committee Meeting th Mr. B. Cronkite explained that the June 7 from 6:00pm-8:00pm formal meeting request will go out before Mr. D. Pimentel returns from holidays. Mr. B. Cronkite let the committee know that there had been a request for DropBox to come in and share information from their service product and plans. He then asked the committee what they feel would be important to have on the agenda for the Regional Bike Initiative meeting. Mr. D. Brotherston suggested the topic of sidewalk winter maintenance. Mr. B. Jenner suggested there should be a focus on opportunities for region wide initiative projects. He also suggested more discussion on way finding around the region and continuity of signage throughout tricities. Mr. D. Brotherston said he believes it is important to collaborate on the signage region wide. He also suggested the topic of data collection to gain more insight on bike parking spots Ms. L. Paprocki agreed that regional consistency is an important topic. Mr. D. Brotherston proposed that major projects for active transportation should be shared regional wide. Mr. E. Bliefert asked if there would be any worth in sending out a survey to get more opinions in from all regional members on important topics. Mr. D. Brotherston agreed and stated he believes the survey would be important. Mr. B. Cronkite closed the topic by agreeing that sending out a survey to establish topics for the meeting would be the best approach. 5. BikeFest Mr. M. Drasdo invited committee members to volunteer for Bike Fest if they were available Mr. B. Cronkite asked what would be expected from volunteers. Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee May 8, 2018 Mr. M. Drasdo responded that duties were simply to show up, engage with the community, and hand out swag. Ms. L. Paprocki added that there would be two races going on led by Easy Riders and explained what the races would entail. Mr. M. Drasdo says they are going to be doing everything to help promote cycling. Mr. B. Cronkite introduced Ms. D. Salazar Marketing and Events Coordinator and explained she would be working on the organization of Bikefest. Mr. B. Cronkite commented on the importance of having ambassador’s volunteers. 5. Subcommittee Meetings Meeting Adjourned at 5:59pm. DANNY PIMENTEL JONN BARTON COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATOR COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATOR