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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKCTAC Minutes - 2018 -03-13 CYCLING AND TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES March 13, 2018 CITY OF KITCHENER Cycling Advisory Committee met on this date commencing at 4:10 p.m. Present: Ms. L. Paprocki, Ms. M. Oviedo, Ms. P. Rodriguez, Messrs. E. Bliefert, D. Brotherston, M. Drasdo, D. Hoshowsky, R. Mazumder. Staff: Mr. D. Pimentel, Active Transportation Planning Project Manager Mr. J. Barton, Multi-Use Pathways and Trails Project Manager Mr. B. Cronkite, Interim Manager, Transportation Planning Mr. G. Hermanson, Active Transportation Student 1. PILOT MINIMUM SEPARATED BIKE LANE GRID To give adequate time for the Pilot Minimum Separated Bike Lane Grid discussion it was moved to the first item on the agenda. Mr. R. Mazumder gave his presentation on the success of the separated bike lane pilot in downtown Calgary. He talked about the desire to implement something similar in Kitchener, and he asked what the next steps would be. Mr. B. Cronkite thanked R. Mazumder for the presentation. He said that collaboration between the two tiers of municipalities would be absolutely necessary. Cost is prohibitive, with about $500,000 per kilometer needed for pilot. There is a need to tie together the regional and municipal cycling plans. The new Active Transportation Master Plan will be a component to support a minimum grid. Ms. P. Rodriguez asked about the timeline for new Active Transportation Master Plan. Mr. D. Pimentel said it would be completed in about two years and outlined the timeline. Mr. B. Cronkite talked about community engagement in the new Active Transportation Master Plan being an avenue for committee engagement. Mr. D. Brotherston asked about the timeline and funding of the Regional pilot. He inquired as to why the region was able to do pilot during their master plan update but Kitchener is talking about doing a pilot after their master plan review. Mr. B. Cronkite did not know the regions reasons for conducting the pilot before the master plan, he speculated that it was to inform master plan. He said staff talked to the region about marrying the regions proposed protected pilot in Kitchener’s downtown with city plans. Mr. D. Pimentel said funding came from a Federation of Canadian Municipalities grant. CYCLING AND TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES March 13, 2018 CITY OF KITCHENER Mr. J. Barton said master plan is looking at deeper scope than the regions will. Mr. M. Drasdo said that it doesn't make sense to write a master plan without protected network. Mr. B. Cronkite replied that the master plan would include a greater focus on protected facilities. Mr. D. Brotherston asked about the deeper scope that Mr. J. Barton referred to. Mr. J. Barton said it contained maintenance and recreational trails. Ms. M. Oviedo asked about if the city has considered community engagement around bike fest or prerelease information to engage citizens on the cycling master plan. Mr. D. Pimentel replied that bike fest would be early for engagement. Engagement will be a large part of master plan, there is a larger portion of budget dedicated to it. Mr. R. Mazumder said that Calgary saw the pilot as the engagement for the most part. Feedback from the pilot is informing decisions. Demonstrable tool for engagement. Mr. E. Bliefert said that when he was in Calgary he saw the sheer number of cyclists in the downtown. Transit was much more efficient than driving. Separated bike lanes were popular and had great connections to other transit. Cycling lanes should be connected to LRT stations. Mr. R. Mazumder mentioned that in Ottawa they use a crowd sourced GIS type thing to upload trails and cycling routes as well as the ability to highlight where they don't feel safe. He asked again what the largest barriers would be to a pilot protected grid. Mr. B. Cronkite said that the largest barriers would be financial implications, BIA buy in and to a lesser degree the two tier system. Staff can commit to exploring the idea further and seeing if it can be done during the master plan review. Mr. R. Mazumder asked if corporate sponsorship would be helpful in getting a document underway. Mr. B. Cronkite said it was worth investigating. Mr. J. Barton said that the city is working on a policy. Mr. B. Cronkite said the creation of a subcommittee for a pilot protected network. 2. AGENDA SETTING OVERVIEW CYCLING AND TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES March 13, 2018 CITY OF KITCHENER Mr. D. Pimentel explained the agenda setting process to the committee members. He asked that when submitting an agenda item that the accompanying form be filled out. 3. VANIER DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION Mr. D. Pimentel said that staff held a public meeting for the Vanier Drive reconstruction from Walton Avenue to Shelley Drive. Discussion ensued about the possibility and appropriateness of protected facilities on Vanier Drive. On a motion moved by Mr. D. Brotherston – It was resolved and seconded by Ms. L. Paprocki: “Be it resolved that the Committee endorses staff’s proposal for the reconstruction of Vanier Drive, with the added caveat that cycling lanes extend to the school west of Walton Avenue and staff consider implementing speed humps in a way so that does not affect cyclists.” The committee voted unanimously in favour. 4. ONTARIO TRAFFIC MANUAL BOOK 18 UPDATE As the meeting was running late, the decision was made to defer the agenda item “Ontario Traffic Manual Book 18 Update” to the April meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6:00