BPC 07-15-2020 MINUTES
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION
July 15th, 2020
The meeting was called to order at 7:03 pm by Chair Gerhard Eschelbeck.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Muni Madhdhipatla, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Ilango Ganga & Erik Lindskog
Staff: David Stillman City Transportation Manager.
Others Present: Bill Mitchell, Chief Technology Officer, City of Cupertino
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. June 17, 2020 minutes
The meeting minutes were approved with Gerhard, Muni, Erik and Ilango voting yes
(4-0-0). Before approval, one minor correction was introduced by Ilango in the draft
minutes with respect to Lozano and De Palma Ave.
POSTPONEMENTS
No postponements
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
No oral communications from any residents present in the meeting.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
No written communications from any residents.
OLD BUSINESS
None
NEW BUSINESS
2. Email Phishing Campaign Presentation from Chief Technology Officer Bill
Mitchell
Chief Technology Officer Bill Mitchel presented about the Email Phishing campaigns
3. FY20/21 Bicycle Pedestrian Commission Work Program (Stillman)
David Stillman presented on the work programs
a. Staff tasked with identifying programs that are relevant.
b. Ilango commented on items 4 & 5; he said that he and Gerhard are already
working with TICC commission on these items.
c. Erik asked if these will be brought back to commission; Ilango said yes and they
will be part of regular reporting.
d. Ilango asked about Item 6 that was missing in David’s presentation. David
agreed to look into it after the meeting.
e. Bollinger Road safety study is the single items from BPC to be completed by next
year; $50K is allocated for this study.
f. Gerhard suggested to put next year’s work program item in the next meeting’s
agenda to brainstorm about it.
g. David pulled up the 6th item that was missing; this was on the topic of improving
the traffic flow through H/W upgrade for signals.
h. Gerhard made motion for the city council to adopt Bollinger study as part of our
work program
i. Ilango seconded it
j. All 4 commissioners voted Yes
k. No public comments on this item
4. Bollinger Study Safety Study (Stillman)
a. Erik: We need to include in the study lack of buffer between parked cars and
bike lane. Also study lack of sufficient crosswalks on long stretches. Also, do
something similar to what we are doing on Mary Avenue on the bike line inside
closer to pedestrian.
b. Gerhard: Do you have data on accidents and fatalities and risk factors on that
road? David said they would look at last 5 years of data.
c. Muni: Could we survey the residents near the road to see what are their pain
points to address on this project. David said we could do a survey of the same.
d. Ilango: Since consultants would be hired for this, can we get scope of the work
for this consultancy to be reviewed and signed off by the commission? Bring
draft proposal for the commission to approve? David said yes, he could do that
for August meeting.
e. No voting on this item.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
5. Staff Report (David Stillman)
a. Next week at council meeting, staff will be asking award of the contract on
McClellan project.
b. Ordinance to restrict parking on this segment for implementing the project.
c. Junipero Serra project is going for approval to move to next stage.
d. Stevens Creek project estimate Ordinance to restrict parking on this segment for
implementing the project.
e. Bids are coming less than expected.
f. Muni: Asked if we fast track all the bike projects during COVID19? David said
that is one of the reasons why he bids are coming low. Apple funded projects are
being considered as well.
g. Muni: Are you expecting resident reactions regarding the Junipero Trail project?
David said, he is not expecting any major resistance like Regnart Creek trail.
Some residents near Blaney might have some concerns; nothing to the scale of
Regnart creek trail.
h. No public comments on this topic.
6. VTA BPAC (Lindskog)
a. None as the meeting was cancelled.
7. Report on Subcommittee assignments and general comments
a. Ilango: We had a joint meeting with TIC Traffic & Video committee and us. We
discussed some objectives for this joint subcommittees.
b. Muni: Asked for noticing requirement for the subcommittee items. David to
check with the clerk and get back.
Meeting with the Mayor
c. Planning commission: Some issues with ADUs and their voting on OAKS
project.
d. Audit Committee:
e. Team Comm: Working on annual hackathon. Also have been advising on school
reopening.
f. Parks & Rec: They delayed dog park decision for 1 year.
g. Sustainability: Building code is already green; keeping it as is.
h. Tech Comm: Census data to be used for traffic study, 5G rollout master plan.
i. Public Safety: Discussed about car catalytic converter stealing. Crime has gone
down a lot. Domestic violence has gone up.
j. Library Comm: Various services of library are slowly resuming.
k. Bike Comm: We reviewed McClellan phase 2 and Bollinger safety study.
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING
Ilango: Future agenda item, want to add staff taking notes from recordings to next
meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Commission Chair Gerhard Eschelbeck adjourned meeting at 08:26 PM.
SUBMITTED BY:
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David Stillman, Commissioner