Hamilton Cycling Ctte

October 5, 2005

Attended: Al Horzelenberg, Bob Brown, Brad Tyleman, Sarah Veale, Tarquin Adams, Bruce Buchanan, Udo Ehrenberg, Daryl Bender

Regrets: Cheri Weaver, Brian Applebee

1) Previous minutes – Moved/ Seconded/ Carried

2) Transportation Master Plans:

Waterdown – Daryl to send comments prepared by the committee to the project managers via email

Kirkendale – This is the area south of Main in the Locke/Dundurn area. A Public Information Centre Nov 3 was announced and members were encouraged to attend.

McMaster Innovation Park – Mac is having a study conducted. The HCC is very mindful of the potential to create cycling linkages between Longwood and Dundurn (on to downtown neighbourhoods).

City Wide Master Plan – HCC to arrange a meeting to focus on our desires for an ultimate cycling network which would be submitted to those doing this report. Brian to email any details of planned dates/times of any public meetings for this study.

3) Cycle Ontario Alliance (COA) Conference – The committee was asked by the Chair to consider a donation to the COA to support their conference in Hamilton, just as the Burlington Ctte has done. Another option to subsidize members choosing to attend the conference was also discussed informally but dismissed. Motion by Bruce “Hamilton Cycling Committee shall donate $300 to the COA (from our City committee account) to support the COA initiative to host their 2005 conference in Hamilton.” Al seconded motion. Carried easily.

Bob & Al bringing the HCC display to the conference. Daryl to provide a laptop.

A show of hands suggested that about 8 members of the ctte are planning to attend.

4) Correspondence from Brian Applebee:

There are plans to extend the Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail easterly from Confederation Park to the Niagara Region border. More details at the November meeting.

Bike racks are being installed on Locke Street. Soon to have racks are The Casbah in King West BIA, Ancaster Cycle, and locations in the Downtown BIA.

Brian is proceeding with a review of the Hatt Street bike lanes and a meeting with the councilor as he now has pictures from Daryl.

Brian is getting quotes to do another printing of the 8-routes pamphlet.

Bike route along the CP line over Hwy 403. Culture & Rec have rejected the use of their lands to develop this multi-use route. The City has plans to meet with CP in the near future. The ctte was very disappointed to learn of the Culture & Rec decision. Brian to provide details of their reasons. The HCC may consider pushing this issue more since it is only a sliver of land requested and the alternative will still be land immediately adjacent to the land being rejected by Culture & Rec.

Members of the ctte also briefly discussed the cycling routes through Red Hill Valley, asking that Brian provide drawings of the details recently provided via emailed to HCC members by Red Hill Project staff – as per Bob’s email.

5) HCC 8 Route Pamphlet – The committee reviewed and provided a few edits. Daryl to convey these edits to Brian Applebee or directly to the printing company.

6) Website – Sarah is proceeding to update/revise the website.

7) Finances – The ctte discussed the need to have a better accounting of finances by having more regular updates – including all 3 accounts:

our own account at Desjardins Credit Union,

our City committee account (the $6000/year account), and

the City capital expenditure account (the $300,000/year account).

We as a ctte need to better understand how this money is being spent.

Motion to adjourn, seconded.

Adjourned.

Next meeting Wednesday November 2.