MINUTES

SUNNYVALE bICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee met in regular session at 6:30 p.m. on September 15, 2005 with Committee Chair Mayer presiding.  Because of a scheduling conflict with the West Conference Room, the meeting was moved to the South Annex Conference Room, City Hall, 456 West Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale.

ROLL CALL

Members Present:             Kevin Jackson

Cindy Cotton

Thomas Mayer

Ralph Durham

Thomas Reuner

Gerald Gras

Andrea Stawitke

Members Absent:   None

Staff Present:          Dieckmann Cogill, Transportation Planner

                                    Coryn Campbell, Neighborhood and Community Resources

Visitors:                    Asawari Joshi, Sravanthi Edara, Supriya Nirmale, Shanthi Ganji, Bogdan Claianu, Svetlana Radovic, Yong Chul Shin

SCHEDULED PRESENTATION

Campbell presented the details of a Study Issue that will be before the City Council on October 4, 2005 (tentative). The report is titled Posting and/or Agenda Noticing Timelines for City Council Agenda Items. Campbell asked for informal comments or thoughts regarding the issue.

Members of the committee felt that there is definitely a lot of room for improvement regarding access to City reports and other information in a timely and complete manner. The web site information should be more complete and should always include all report attachments. There should be at least three business days to review the reports and agendas rather than just 72 hrs. There should also be the capability for email notification to interested members of the public regarding specific issues.

None

CONSENT CALENDAR

1.A  Approval of Draft Minutes from August 18, 2005

Jackson requested the change on page 9 of the minutes.

1.B. Approval of Agenda

1.C Approval of 2005 Calendar

Jackson requested that the Right-Turn Study be added to the Calendar in November.

Mayer requested that a discussion about the Street Smarts Guide distribution be added to November. 

Mayer asked that a 1D be added to the Consent Items for approval of Ongoing Action Items List.

None

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

2.                                Study & Budget Issue Development

The Committee requested that the following Study Issues be added to the list for consideration in October:

A.                 Update procedures for noticing B/C agendas and reports

B.                 Review of existing public safety ordinances regulating undesirable activities on mulit-use trails and bike/ped bridges.

The committee chose to remove from consideration the following proposed issues

·        Expand Bicycle and Pedestrian Hazard Reporting Mechanisms

·        Wrong-way bicycle riding collision study

The committee also suggested a number of language changes regarding the other proposed issues.

3.                                Bike Map Revisions

Cogill presented the committee with a first draft of the map and requested comments and possibly action to approve the map. Cogill also stated that the map is scheduled to be approved by Council at the November 1, 2005 City Council meeting. Staff also noted that she would provide an electronic version of  the map for additional review.

Jackson requested that the October meeting be moved up to October 13, 2005 in order to allow for the inclusion of additional BPAC comments before City Manager review the RTC. The committee chair and the rest of the committee agreed with the suggestion.

The committee reviewed the map and provided staff with comments.

NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND COMMENTS

·        BPAC ORAL COMMENTS

Gras reported that a tree branch is blocking the view of the traffic signal on SB Fair Oaks at Maude Avenue.

Jackson reported on the results of the Wolfe Road Sharrows Report. He requested that staff email him the link to the existing sharrows guidelines.  He also asked about the status of the Caltrain Bike Lockers. He also stated that staff should have emailed the committee that the Sharrows report was going to be on the City Council Agenda. He also requested that staff update the City Council regarding the SB1233 status.

·        STAFF ORAL COMMENTS

Staff informed the committee of an upcoming public meeting regarding the Borregas Avenue Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridges.

INFORMATION ONLY ITEMS

Mayer asked if a Grand Opening Ceramony was being planned for the Calabazas Creek Trail opening.

 ADJOURNMENT