Sunnyvale Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee

July 21, 2005

Staff Reports

Consent Calendar Items

1.A) Draft Minutes from June 16, 2005

Attached (Attachment 1).

1.C) 2005 Calendar

Attached (Attachment 2).

Public Hearings/General Business

2.       Election of Officers

The Committee will need to elect a chair and vice-chair to serve for the 2005-06 fiscal year.

Staff recommends that Committee members make nominations for members to serve for each position, and that a vote by show of hands be taken to elect officers.

3.       Review Code of Ethics

Attached for Committee members’ review is the City’s Code of Ethics for Board and Commission members (Attachment 3). Committee members are pledged to follow the Code of Ethics when they sign their oaths of office and are sworn in. The Code is reviewed annually by the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Staff recommends that Committee members familiarize themselves with the Code.

4.              Bicycle Map Revision

This item has been placed on the committee for discussion at the request of a BPAC member. Staff requests that committee members provide staff with any image that they would like considered for inclusion in the bicycle map. Any image provided must be in electronic form and be at least 300dpi at a minimum of 4X8 inch size.  

5.              Bicycle and Pedestrian Collision Analysis

In the fall of 2002, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) initiated a program to assist local agencies in improving bicycle and pedestrian safety. The program, called the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Technical Assistance Program (Safety TAP), identified four pilot agencies to participate in the program. The agencies selected were Sunnyvale, Napa, Fremont, and Santa Rosa. The over -riding goal of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety TAP was to create a culture of safety by institutionalizing pedestrian and bicycle considerations into city policies and practices. To this end, each agency identified a Safety TAP working group, which participated in a series of meetings. Working group members reviewed citywide collision analyses for both bicycles and pedestrians in order to identify trends to address through city policies and programs.

This document contains the results of the collision analysis; a summary of existing programs; a set of recommended safety initiatives; and concept plans addressing both short and long-term strategies for intersections selected by City of Sunnyvale staff for further study. These results will be incorporated into the Update of the Sunnyvale Bicycle Plan as well as the Pedestrian Safety and Opportunities Study.

The report is enclosed.

Information Only Items

1.     Approved May 17, 2005 Meeting Minutes

Attached (Attachment 4).

2.     BPAC Active Items Report

Attached (Attachment 5).

3.     BPAC Email 

Attached (Attachment 6).