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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKCTAC Agenda - 2019-09-10 Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee Agenda Office of the City Clerk Tuesday, Sepember 10 , 2019 Kitchener City Hall nd 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 200 King St.W. - 2 Floor Kitchener ON N2G 4G7 Conestoga Room 1. Page Chair – Matthew Rodrigues Vice-Chair – Victoria Hand DELEGATIONS Niall Lobley, Director of Parks and Cemeteries DISCUSSION ITEMS 1. Wayfinding (30 min) 2. Complete Streets (45 min) 3. Boulevard multi-use trail standards (15 min) 4. Active transportation forum (10 min) 5. Subcommittee updates (20 min) COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATORS  Darren Kropf  Liz Christensen  Lisa Chominiec Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee 1. Wayfinding From: Niall Lobley, Director of Parks and Cemeteries Overview The City of Kitchener’s Parks & Cemeteries Division, within Infrastructure Services, looks after greenspaces, trails and parks year round. This includes supporting grass cutting on some sidewalks, snow clearing and looking after multi-use trails across the City and along City and Regional roads. This diverse network is growing and increasingly is seen as an important corridor for transportation for recreation and daily use reasons. As the City grows and as new people move in, as our community diversifies and changes, and we recognize and develop services that are better suited to all members of our community, the time is right to review and consider how we sign and identify these important areas. In order to start the process, a new set of sign and wayfinding elements supporting a consistent corporate brand is has been developed. Expectations of Committee The committee is asked to provide feedback on the proposed sign and wayfinding elements. 2. Complete Streets From: Darren Kropf, Active Transportation Overview The city is taking a Complete Streets approach to street design. Identified as one of five strategic items under People-Friendly Transportation, the development of Complete Streets guidelines will assist in creating safe, comfortable and convenient streets for all. In the fall of 2018, KCTAC provided comments during the initial round of public engagement. City staff will report back on what was heard and share the key elements of the Complete Streets guidelines. Expectations of Committee The committee is asked to read the Complete Streets Guidelines (and/or the shorter Community Edition) in advance of this meeting and provide questions or comments for improvement. The guidelines can be found at https://www.engagewr.ca/complete-streets in the Document Library section. The committee will be asked to consider a motion in support of the guidelines before they are presented to City Council in October. Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee 3. Boulevard multi-use trail standards From: Darren Kropf, Active Transportation Overview Currently each municipality in Waterloo Region follows their own standards or different industry guidance for pavement markings and signage of boulevard multi-use trails. Many multi-use trails are unmarked. In November 2018, KCTAC was asked for input on their favourite trail experiences and best practices for trail standards. Staff from all municipalities met to discuss an agreed upon standard that will be used moving forward. The committee is asked to review these standards in advance of the meeting. Expectations of Committee Staff will present the proposed boulevard multi-use trail standards to the committee for their comment. Committee members are also asked to share which boulevard multi-use trails are the highest priority to apply these standards to. 4. Active transportation forum From: Lisa Chominiec, Active Transportation Overview The Intermunicipal Partnership for Active Transportation (IMPAcT) consists of representatives from the municipalities and region, Public Health, universities and colleges, school transportation services, police, ministry of transportation (province), Canadian Automobile Association, Sustainable Waterloo Region, and Explore Waterloo Region (tourism). IMPAcT is hosting another Active Transportation forum on Wednesday September 25 8:30am-1:30pm. The purpose of the forum is bring together different audiences that are involved in active transportation through roundtable discussions, with the goal to get stakeholder feedback on potential IMPAcT campaigns and initiatives. The key themes will include:  How to better engage with New Canadians  How to support students and the guardians of students in Grade 7 and 8 in walking or biking to school  How to foster buy-in from people who oppose active transportation projects All KCTAC members are invited to attend. Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee Expectations of Committee Committee members are asked to indicate if they are attending the event and suggest key stakeholders to invite. 5. Subcommittee updates Overview The three subcommittees, education, advocacy and separated bike lane opening event, are encouraged to meet and report on progress. Expectations of Committee Subcommittee members are asked to provide an update on their plans.