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City of Maple Ridge
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Active Transportation Advisory Committee, held in
Blaney Room at Maple Ridge City Hall, 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, on
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 7:00 pm
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT
Bijan Naghipour
Councillor Duncan
David Rush
Franklin Salguero
lneke Boekhorst
Kino Roy, Vice-Chair
Paul Yeoman, Chair
Tara Abraham
Wayne Stevens
DELEGATIONS
Ivan Chow
STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT
David Pollock
Sunny Schiller
REGRETS/ABSENTS
Cpl. Steven Martin
Lisa Beare
Member at Large
Council Liaison
Cycling Rep
Member at Large
Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association
Youth Rep
Member at Large
Fraser Health
Seniors Rep
HUB Cycling Group Presentation
Staff Liaison / Municipal Engineer
Committee Clerk
Ridge Meadows RCMP -Traffic Services
School District 42 Rep
1. CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS
The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm.
2. AGENDA ADOPTION
R17-016
It was moved and seconded
That the agenda dated May 31, 2017 be adopted.
3. MINUTES APPROVAL
R17-017
It was moved and seconded
That the minutes dated April 26, 2017 be approved.
CARRIED
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May 31, 2017
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4. DELEGATIONS
4.1 HUB Cycling Presentation -Ivan Chow
The presentation included background on work done by HUB around cyclist vehicle
conflicts. A short term proposal focusing on restricting speed limits in specific areas
was proposed. In the long term HUB would like to collaborate with other
stakeholders to create a vibrant pedestrian friendly downtown. The Committee was
asked to consider the proposal and forward it to Council if supported.
Note: lneke Boekhorst entered at 7:21 pm
5. SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES
R17-018
5.1 Cycling on Sidewalks Subcommittee
Wayne Stevens provided a subcommittee update, including background on the need
for the issue of cycling on sidewalks to be addressed and information on different
types of sidewalk users. The subcommittee requested that ATAC consider the
proposal to disallow cycling on sidewalks in specific locations and to forward the
proposal to Council if supported.
It was moved and seconded
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That the subcommittee will draft a letter to Council which will outline the recommendations
to remove cyclists from specific streets, with clarification if necessary, and provide the draft
to a future ATAC meeting for approval.
NEW & UNFINISHED BUSINESS
6.1 2017 & 2018 Committee Work Plan/ Strategy
Tabled to a future meeting.
6.2 Requests for Agenda Items -Nil
6.3 Engineering Update
CARRIED
The Staff Liaison shared that an Open House is coming up for proposed area plans
and that two large proposed developments were recently presented to Council. The
Staff Liaison addressed the pedestrian accident at the intersection of 214 Street and
121 Avenue and shared enhancements planned for the intersection. A multi use
pathway has been installed along a section of 117th Avenue.
CORRESPONDENCE
7.1 FYI to ATAC -G and C Mohr Message re: Cycling on Sidewalks
7.2 FYI to ATAC -V Appleton Message re: Cycling on Sidewalks
QUESTION PERIOD -Nil
ROUNDTABLE
Kino Roy shared his experiences as a regular cyclist on 216th Street between Dewdney Trunk
Road and 128th Avenue and recommended that alternative uses be explored for the area
currently used for vehicle parking.
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May 31, 2017
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10. ADJOURNMENT
oved and seconded that the meeting be adjourned at 8:49 pm.
Chair
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