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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKCTAC Agenda 2021-05-11 Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee: Agenda Office of the City Clerk Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Kitchener City Hall nd 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 200 King St.W. - 2 Floor Kitchener ON N2G 4G7 Online Chair – Matthew Rodrigues Vice-Chair – Victoria Hand Due to COVID-19 and recommendations by Waterloo Region Public Health to exercise physical distancing, City Hall is closed to the public. Members of public are invited to view this meeting electronically by contacting the Committee Administrator. While in-person delegation requests are not feasible at this time, written comments may be submitted, and electronic participation can be facilitated by contacting Darren Kropf at Darren.kropf@kitchener.ca. Delegates must register by 4:00 p.m. on the business day prior to the meeting in order to participate electronically. Written comments will be circulated prior to the meeting and will form part of the public record. DELEGATIONS J. Belanger, K. Marshall, Region of Waterloo AGENDA ITEMS 1. Micromobility (15 min) 2. New Terms of Reference (20 min) 3. Complete Streets 2023 (20 min) 4. Iron Horse Trail crossings (20 min) 5. Trail construction in 2021 (15 min) 6. Better Benton (15 min) 7. All advisory committee chairs report (5 min) 8. 50x30WR report (5 min) 9. Staff updates (5 min) COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATORS  Darren Kropf  Liz Christensen Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee 1. Micromobility From: J. Belanger, Region of Waterloo K. Marshall, Region of Waterloo Overview The city of Kitchener’s strategic plan includes the launch of a subsidized bikeshare program. This will be done in partnership with the Region of Waterloo, City of Waterloo and City of Cambridge. It is expected that other forms of micromobility, including e- scooters, e-bikes and/or e-cargo bikes, may also be included as part of a sharing system. Regional staff will provide a summary of progress made thus far in support of this action item. C. Schafer of Bird Canada has provided a written submission on this topic, attached via email. Expectations of Committee For information. Further discussion expected in future meetings. 2. New terms of reference From: Darren Kropf, city staff Overview In 2020-2021, the committee has considered possible changes to the committee’s Terms of Reference. The changes would expand the committee’s mandate to emphasize safety, accessibility, comfort and convenience of streets and trails for all users, with an emphasis on active transportation and protecting vulnerable users (pedestrians and cyclists). Expectations of Committee Please review the draft new terms of reference, attached via email. Following potential amendments to the draft terms of reference, the committee may move a motion to approve the new terms of reference and recommend their adoption by City Council. 3. Complete Streets 2023 From: Greg Piccini, Aleksandra Simidzija, Mark Jackson-Brown, Geoff Kirk Overview The Complete Streets subcommittee met with city staff to review streets scheduled for Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee reconstruction in 2023. They have prepared a memo of comments for staff to consider in the scope of the project. Expectations of Committee For discussion. Please review the memo in advance, attached via email. Following potential amendments to the memo, the committee may move a motion to submit the memo to staff for their consideration. 4. Iron Horse Trail crossings From: Darren Kropf, city staff Overview The Iron Horse Trail is the city’s busiest trail, with over 250,000 trips a year by pedestrians and cyclists of all ages and abilities. Guided by the Iron Horse Trail Improvement Strategy (2015), recent investments in the trail have improved the trail’s function, safety and comfort, including trail widening, benches, lighting and landscaping. Continuing with these improvements, city staff is proposing to improve safety and accessibility at all city-owned trail crossings with the installation of Pedestrian Crossovers (PXOs), as well as raised crossings or refuge islands. The following improvements are being proposed at the identified Iron Horse Trail crossings: Street crossing Current Proposed improvements conditions Union Boulevard Refuge island PXO Type B Glasgow Street No crossing Raised crossing and PXO Type B features Gage Avenue No crossing PXO Type D features (In scheduled reconstruction, consider raised crossing) West Avenue Refuge island PXO Type D Mill Street No crossing Raised crossing and PXO Type B features Madison Avenue No crossing Raised crossing and PXO Type D features Kent Avenue No crossing PXO Type D features (In scheduled reconstruction, consider raised crossing) Expectations of Committee Provide feedback on the proposed street crossings improvements. The committee may move a motion to express support for the proposed improvements. Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee 5. Trail construction in 2021 From: Liz Christensen, city staff Overview Staff has prepared 90% drawings of existing trails that the City of Kitchener is looking to upgrade in 2021. Subject to funding approval. Expectations of Committee Provide feedback on the proposed improvements. 6. Better Benton From: Dan Brotherston, committee member Overview This is a citizen proposal for improving Benton and Frederick streets. The current designs are from the 1960s and envisioned a through street which has been long since cancelled. As a result, the street is enormously overbuilt, and the space should be used more effectively. This proposal would convert half of the street into a separated cycletrack. This would complement the downtown grid, shorten pedestrian crossing distances, and improve access to LRT stations. More information and a petition are available at betterbenton.netlify.app or https://www.change.org/p/regional-of-waterloo-chair-karen-redman-a-better-benton-and- frederick-st/ Expectations of Committee For discussion and feedback. The committee may choose to move a motion in support of the proposal. 7. All advisory committee chairs report From: Matt Rodrigues, committee chair and Vicci Hand, committee vice-chair Overview Compass Kitchener hosted a meeting of all City of Kitchener advisory committees to build on feedback from the previous All Committee Meeting and identify areas of collaboration regarding Strategic Plan implementation. Expectations of Committee For information. Kitchener Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee 8. 50x30WR report From: Jorg Broscheck, committee member Overview Several committee members attended a meeting on active transportation hosted by 50x30WR. 50x30WR is a grassroots, community-led campaign advocating for Waterloo Region to commit to a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, in line with the imperatives of climate science and centering social justice and well-being. Expectations of Committee For information. 9. Staff updates From: Darren Kropf, Liz Christensen, city staff Overview City staff will provide updates on a variety of projects underway. Expectations committee For information.