BPC 11-29-2018MINUTES
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETINGF THE
BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ISSI
November_ 291h, 201
The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Jennifer Shearin, Pete Heller, Erik Lindskog, Sean Lyn, Gerhard Eschelbeck
Staff. David Stillman (Senior Civil Engineer)
Others Present: Liang Chao
1) _ APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Eschelbeck moved to approve the October minutes. Seconded by
Lindskog. October minutes were unanimously approved.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
A resident noted that the doors to City Hall were locked when he attempted to attend a
prior meeting. Commissioners noted that the likely cause was the exceptional meeting
date shift due to the annual Commissioners dinner overlapping the BPC meeting in
August.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
None
OLD BUSINESS
2) Bicycle Path of Travel to Lawson Middle School (Lindskog)
a. _ Commissioner Lindskog suggested bike travel changes related to the
proposal regarding bike travel at Lawson.This _proposal is currently
being discussed with CUSD. _ CUSD has shown receptiveness to the idea
but funding has yet to be identified. Separately Lindskog reiterated
concerns that he has made previously regarding bulbouts potentially
forcing bikes into the path of auto travel. Mr. Stillman again indicated
that bulbouts will only be used when a minimum of 14` exists from the
centerline to the bulbout to mitigate such concerns. Mr. Stillman also
stated the city's position that raised crosswalks are not recommended
where there are stop signs.
b. The plan moving forward is (1) Agree on plans with CUSD via a meeting
between Mr. Stillman representing the city and Kevin Jackson and Jeff
Bowman representing CUSD; (2) determine cost sharing (the city could
tap into $250K from the walk audit to assist); (3) agendize at CUSD board
meeting.
3) Bicycle Pedestrian Commission Workplan (Shearin)
a. Commissioner Eschelbeck moved to approve the plan. This was seconded by
Lyn and unanimously approved
4) Staff Report (David Stillman)
a. McClellan sidewalk improvements: Construction begun in September and
now nearly complete.
b. Orange and Byrne: Similar to McClellan with sidewalk infill. Requires
negotiation with the property owners. Construction anticipated Summer of
2019.
c. McClellan Class IV bike lane: Schools requested a delay due to concerns over
insufficient notice from city and potential for disruption to traffic with
construction occurring during the school year. The city has agreed to
approve a change order to the contractor since the costs increase by $120K to
push the project out to the summer of 2019.
d. Junipero Trail Feasibility Study: now available on the Cupertino web site and
is open for comments. The study will be discussed during the December BPC
meeting with the expectation to take it for approval by City Council in
February 2019.
e. Carmen Road Bridge feasibility study: now available on the Cupertino web
site with a survey that will be open until January 2019. Concept is to connect
north to south over Stevens Creek to facilitate safe crossing by kids and
adults since autos are moving rapidly and the road is wide. There will be a
community outreach meeting before the survey closes. [Liang Chao
commented that it should be made clearer that the physical location is the
natural place for such a facility as well as the distance to the nearest
crosswalks.]
f. Regnart Creek Trail: a community outreach meeting plus door to door contact
with the neighbors to assess security and privacy issues. Currently
anticipating a May 2019 council meeting to make the budget request and
environmental review.
g. Union Pacific RR Trail: UPRR is asking for more time before meeting due to a
reorganization. In the meantime, the city is drafting a letter to UPRR HQ in
Omaha.
h. Class IV bike lane on Stevens Creek and Bike Boulevards: Now in 65% design
phase. The consultant has been requested to submit a better package since
the current package is missing info.
i. Grants: The city has been successful in securing grants to assist with funding
the Class IV bike, lanes. That includes:
i. $140K for McClellan from BAAQMD
ii. $55K for Stevens Creek from BAAQMD
iii. $1M for McClellan from VERBS (Vehicle Emission Reduction by
Schools)
5) VTA BPAC Report { inds og)
a. San Jose is advocating a multimodal plan to build more housing involving
wider roads. Lindskog will provide a statement for the Cupertino BPC to
approve to represent the sentiment against such developments at the VTA
BPAC. That is because it would be unsupportive of non-auto transport
modes.
6) Public Relations Subcommittee Report (Heller)
a. It was discussed that the commissioner; representing the BPC at the monthly
Mayor's meeting should also attend the City Council meeting to apprise the
full council on the Commission's' plans and actions.
NEW BUSINESS
7) Items for Future Meeting Agendas
a. None
8) Next Meeting — Information
a. December 19, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 9:19PM.
SUB ITTE
Pete H er, .Commissioner