Minutes of 2007-March-07 Meeting
In attendance:
Committee Participant: Jordan Fysh
City Staff Representative: Rich Shebib
Guest: Jill Stephen, City of
Regrets: Al Horzelenberg, Tarquin Adams
Minutes taken by Bob Brown.
Business Items:
1. Transportation Master Plan (TMP) synopsis: Jill Stephen, Senior Project Manager,
Capital Planning & Implementation for the City of
jstephen@hamilton.ca OR
(905) 546-2424 Ext. 6392
-TMP presented to Public Works Committee
-deadline for Public input
-document to be available for review and comment by Public
approximately
-Zoning by-law consideration: proposal for bicycle parking at multi-unit residential buildings, institutions, businesses to be allocated on a # of bicycle parking allocations per square foot of development, shower facilities and bicycle parking facilities at businesses also proposed
-Councillors’ concerns re proposed multi-purpose trails on Hydro One corridors in rural farm country prompted the Planners to break down the proposed trail system into two categories: Proposed and Proposed with Acquisition conditions. Those trails requiring special condition/agreements etc will be shown on the TMP maps as dashed lines.
-ACTION ITEM: Jill to get an estimate of what portion of the proposed multi-use trails running through rural farm areas are on “active farmlands” vis a vis “scrub lands” and advise the Cycling Committee through Rich Shebib
-ACTION ITEMS: Jill to attempt to arrange an electronic version of only those portions of the TMP that apply to bicycling and advise the Committee through Rich Shebib if this can be done. The Cycling Committee is hereby requested to review the TMP and comment
-hard copies of the TMP to be available at the City Clerk’s
Office approximately
Other issues brought
to the table re TMP:
-Highway #8 through Stoney Creek to the City Limits at the
Region of Niagara – will there be proposed paved shoulders as this is a good
bicycling route to
-crossings of Highway 6 north of Highway #403 and northerly to the City Limits – are there provisions proposed for crossing Highway #6 to allow safe bicycle crossings
-ACTION ITEM: Rich Shebib to check detail of designated
bicycle lanes for the new construction across Highway #6 at
-ACTION ITEM:
-downtown areas need more on-street bike lanes for commuter
cyclists e.g.
-TMP features need to consider their facilities to be multi-modal i.e. consider cyclists and pedestrians when making proposals
-the Central Escarpment (between Wentworth and West 5th) area needs some viable escarpment “crossings” for cyclists to connect to the downtown and return to the top of the escarpment
-suggested having an HSR charge of $1 to allow cyclists to board a bicycle friendly bus from below the escarpment to the top of the escarpment and disembark
-suggested a painted (or other) separator between pedestrians and cyclists on multi-use trails
-suggested “Park and Ride” parking lots where commuters from remote areas outside of the City could take their bicycles on their autos, park the auto at a parking lot as they enter the City bounds and then ride their bicycle to their destination within the City
-recommended removal of certain stop signs on streets which are designated as bicycle routes where there are an excess of stop signs in existence
2. Items of Business Arising from the
i) Full time Bicycle Coordinator – looks promising, but has to be ratified
ii) ACTION ITEM: Thom will follow up on contacting HSR re tickets for Committee members to attend Cycling Committee meetings
iii) Capital Budget for Bicycle facilities proposed @ $300,000 for 2007
iv) Bridge proposal at
ACTION ITEM: Rich Shebib to contact Jill Stephen re this incorporation
v) Committee Membership Applications – this process will happen in the near future
vi) The Hamilton Cycling Committee has been officially sanctioned and approved by City Council
vii) Timelines of various projects:
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-QEW
-Hunter Street (
-Shifting Gears Updated Report: outline working plan to be available for next meeting for Committee review and comment – ACTION ITEM by Rich Shebib
Motion to approve
the minutes of the
3. Discussion Items:
i)
-need rural portion of Bicycle Map to be enlarged and more detailed
-need to
have summary of special events to publicize and discuss at the show (e.g.
-a copy of the City’s Booth Order Form detailing what is to be supplied at the Booth is to be given to the Hamilton Committee’s set-up personnel in case of conflict when setting up the booth prior to commencement of the show
ACTION ITEM: Greg Ellis to summarize all comments from the show and e-mail for circulation to Committee Members
ii)
ACTION ITEM:
iii)
ACTION ITEM:
iv) Can-Bike:
The major concern is insurance coverage on municipal roadways for
programs in
ACTION ITEM: Greg Ellis will contact a Can-Bike instructor he talked with at the Toronto Bicycle Show, Michael Trigiani, and discuss the insurance concern and see how this is addressed in other municipalities that conduct Can-Bike courses on municipal roadways
v) Zoning By-law: dealt with in Jill Stephen’s presentation above
vi) Bike to Work Day: This will happen the first week of June
(possibly June 6?). A sub-committee was
struck to plan activities related to bicycling.
Sub-committee volunteers are:
ACTION ITEM: Rich Shebib will check on Special Events proposed for that week vis a vis road closures which could affect the cycling to City Hall for this event
vii) Cycling Map Update: We are behind schedule in updating the map. Next meeting is to be dedicated to this project.
ACTION ITEM: Rich Shebib will review Hart Solomon’s comments re the map legend etc and bring the comments to the next meeting. Rich will also check re budgeting cost for pizza to be provided for the Map Update meeting
viii) Possible lands along CNR mainline for cycling route: Topic introduced by Rob Wazny. ACTION ITEM: Rob Wazny will bring additional information to the next meeting re lands that could be available along the CNR corridor for a possible bicycle route
ix)
x) Next Meeting (Map Update):
MOTION TO ADJOURN by
Brad Tyleman, seconded by