BPC 09-16-2015CUPERTINO
MINUTES
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION
September 16th, 2015
The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Pete Heller, Vidula Aiyer, Gary Jones, Erik Lindskog, Sean Lyn
Absent: None
Staff: David Stillman
Others Present: Larry Dean, Scott Hughes, Craig Hofstetter
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
1. Craig Hofstetter, representing Citizens for Responsible Trails, provided
background on the Stevens Creek Trail status. A joint cities working team has
been formed involving city council members from Cupertino, Los Altos and
Mountain View. Mr. Hofstetter also indicated that the Sunnyvale Bicycle
Pedestrian commission was involved and recommended that the Cupertino
BP AC get similarly involved.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
ORDERS OF THE DAY
1) Staff Report (Stillman)
a. Bike Plan Update. Alta Planning and Design agreed to the scope of the
contract and the contract is now signed. The final plan is due by May
2016. Only $45K was budgeted so they will focus on their strengths. They
will augment using help from the BP AC, the city and members of the
community. Mr. Stillman agreed to distribute the scope of the work to the
commissioners. The plan includes 2 meetings with the BP AC and 1 with
city council. The plan will identify and prioritize areas to focus on for
improvements but will only provide planning level cost estimates. I.e.,
detailed engineering plans or costs will not be provided with the plan and
will require further studies.
2) Received VTA BPAC Report (Wiant)
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3) The Commission approved the August 191h, 2015 minutes unanimously with one
modification.
OLD BUSINESS
4) Bike Plan Update
a. See staff report above.
b. In addition, Gail Seeds the project manager will be invited to attend an
upcoming BP AC meeting to present the status and solicit inputs.
5) Updates to the BPC Items Catalog/Hot List
a. It was agreed that the BPC Items Catalog and the Hot List should be
merged.
b. Mr. Stillman will investigate a location to host the hot list.
6) Bike Rodeo Planning -October 3, 2015
a. Chelsea Biklen has publicized the Bike Rodeo to the schools.
b. The flyers have been put up in public buildings and also mailed along
with to the Recology bills to approximately 18,000 residents.
c. The city will cordon off the parking lot in preparation.
d. As with last year's event the Rodeo will be organized and staffed by Safe
Routes.
e. Mr. Heller and Mr. Lyn will staff the Bike Blender from the commission
along with Mr. Stillman.
f. Mr. Heller will provide a shopping list for the bike blender ingredients.
NEW BUSINESS
7) Crossing Guard Study
a. Mr. Stillman presented the results of the crossing guard study. Although
no location strictly met the "warrants" study criteria the city will propose
adding 4 new crossing guards since there is budget available to do so.
They are Item #7 (Vista Drive and Merrit Drive), 8 (Vista Drive/Torre
A venue and Stevens Creek), 9 (McClellan at Lincoln Elementary) and 10
(Bubb and Regnart).
8) Crosswalk Improvement Study
a. The city will propose changes to 3 items studied. They are Item 2
(McClellan Road and Rose Blossom Way), 5 (Torre Avenue at Library)
and 9 (McClellan Road and Linda Vista Road).
9) Items for Future Agendas
10) Next Meeting -Information -October 21, 2015, 7 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 9:06 p.m.