BPC 04-27-2016MINUTES
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION
April 27th, 2016
CUPERTINO
The meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Pete Heller, Erik Lindskog, Gary Jones
Absent: Vidula Aiyer, Sean Lyn
Staff: David Stillman
Others Present: Timm Borden, Larry Dean, Ann Ng, Craig Hofstetter, Tim Oey, Barry
Bergman, Gerhard Eschelbeck and Tom Schaefer.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Larry Dean informed about the bicycle event on Main Street in Cupertino on April 23'd.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Erik Lindskog handed out 'Vision Zero toolkit' brochures by Silicon Valley Bicycle
Coalition and California Walks.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
1) Staff Report (Stillman): April 7°1 City Council meeting debrief
a. Jim Wiant, Cupertino's VTA BP AC representative has resigned
•Need to appoint a new representative.
b. Bike Plan to council on June 21st
c. "Pedal for the Planet" Family Bike Ride on Earth Day April 30, 10:30 a .m.,
at Library parking lot, ~7.5 miles. All ages. Pete Heller will be leading the
ride.
• Will also demonstrate a protected bike lane as part of ride.
2) VTA BP AC Report -No report as Jim Wiant has resigned .
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3) The Commission approved the March 16, 2016 minutes.
OLD BUSINESS
4) Updates to BPC Items Catalog (Lindskog)
a. Erik Lindskog provided an updated version of the 'Cupertino Bicycle and
Pedestrian Commission Items Catalog' (Version 2016-04-27 _07h00). This
version of the catalog is organized into 'localized' vs. 'systematic' items as
well as into pedestrian and bicycle items.
b. An item regarding 'Sharrows on Linda Vista and Hyannisport Drive to
encourage bicycle traffic to Kennedy Jr. High' was added.
5) Bicycle Transportation Plan Update (Stillman)
a. Implementation Strategy, Prioritizations and Costs
•David Stillman explained that the projects where prioritized based
on a point system into tiered prioritization levels. However, many
fairly low ranking projects have been placed in Tier 1 as a function
of their low cost. David wants to move some of these low cost Tier
1 items out of Tier 1, such as not to overwhelm the city with so
many of these low ranking items all at once. Barry Berman had also
commented and talked on the same issue, stressing that it is
important to stage the implementation of the items in the plan such
as to get functioning networks for bicycling. Commission agrees.
b. A discussion about the mentioning of routing for the Stevens Creek Trail
from Homestead Rd. to Stevens Creek Blvd. took place.
•Tim Oey pointed out that the plan is not considering the advice for
routing given in the 'Joint Cities Coordinated Stevens Creek Trail
Feasibility Study'. Craig Hofstetter disagreed on the use of that
study and its recommendations, or that it gives specific
recommendations.
•Tom Schaefer pointed out that the draft bicycle plan had marked
the route via Mary Ave. and the new proposed bridge over SR-85
as 'Stevens Creek extension', even though this routing has not been
decided.
•The outcome of this discussion was the general agreement to have
the plan mention all three routes recommended by the consultant
in the most recent study. (Via Foothill Blvd., via Mary Ave. or via
Maxine Ave. and Phar Lap Dr.)
c. Ann Ng raised concerns about protected bike lanes and their realizations,
e.g. how to accommodate driveways. Erik Lindskog raised similar
concerns, including how left turns can be realized on streets with
protected bike lanes.
d. Erik Lindskog argued for protected bike lanes along the city's higher
speed multi-lane roads, like De Anza, Miller, Bollinger, Foothill and
Homestead, and recommended upgrading the draft bike plan to include
plans for protected bike lanes along those streets. Was however not able
to get a commission majority support for such a change in the plan.
e. Tim Oey and Gary Jones both raised the possibility for use of grant
money, possibly via other organizations, for development of items in the
bicycle plan.
f. Timm Borden informed that the VTA is putting a transportation sales tax
on the ballot, $6 billion over 20 years of which $330 million would go to
Bike-Ped improvements and that some of the projects in the draft plan
could qualify.
g. Summary of planned changes to the plan stemming from this meeting:
• Add the different alternative routing options for Stevens Creek
Trail from Homestead Rd. to Stevens Creek Blvd.
• Move some of the smaller projects out of Tier 1.
•Change language 'protected lanes' to 'separated lanes'.
h. The commission unanimously approved the proposed draft bicycle plan,
with the above mentioned modifications (bullet g.). The plan is to put the
plan to the City Council on June 21.
i. CEQA Initial Study
• David Stillman informed.
6) Walk-One-Week/Dern Discussion (Lyn) -NIA for BPC, owned by Teen
Commission.
a. Sean Lyn was not able to be present so item tabled.
NEW BUSINESS
7) Bike to Work Day Planning (Stillman)
a. Agreed to setup booth on Stelling, but if possible on the Whole Foods side
(on their parking lot) such as to be on the 'right' side from the perspective
of most people commuting to work along Stelling.
b. Sean Lyn and Gary Jones appointed as main organizers.
8) TDA Article 3 Grant Discussion and Endorsement (Stillman)
a. David Stillman proposed the use of TDA Article 3 Grant for the McClellan
Road Sidewalk Improvements and Pedestrian Master Plan. Commission
endorsed.
9) Items for Future Agendas
a. Request for recommendation for change of city regulation regarding type
III e-bikes .
b. Election of VTA representative .
c. Update to BPC Items Catalog
10) Next Meeting -Planned for May 18, 2016, 7:00pm
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
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Erik Lindskog~