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SAN FRANCISCO BICYCLE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA
25 Van Ness Avenue,
Suite 345,
San Francisco, CA 94102-6033
For information,
leave a message for BAC Chairperson James Morrison at (415) 282-8564
Wednesday,
March 15, 2000, 6:00 P.M.
1
Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place (Polk Street) Room 408
We urge
you to bicycle, walk, or use transit to get to this meeting. BAC members and
the public may park in the City Hall Employees’ Bicycle Room AFTER obtaining
an entrance code in advance. Members of the public wanting access to the bicycle
room for BAC meetings contact Tom Adams 554-6074. He will supply a code and
explain the policies for use of the room. Enter the Grove Street City Hall entrance.
The Bicycle Room (#333) is down the hall to the left, through the second door
on the right. You cannot enter the City Hall secure bicycle parking area without
an access code.
AGENDA
1. Call
meeting to order and adoption of agenda **
2. Review
and approval of minutes from January and February 2000 **
3. Consent
agenda (from Working Committee agenda, 3/8/00)
I. Election
of chairperson to Working Committee for 2000 **
II. Procedures
for making BAC reports to the Board of
Supervisors
Transportation and Land Use Committee **
III.
Review of pedicab licensing and route authorization
process,
member or members assigned to research
possible
changes **
- Update
of San Francisco Bicycle Plan. Assign member(s) to begin preliminary consideration
of sections
of existing Plan to be updated. **
- Formation
of BAC Outreach Bureau, report on contacts with
Coalition of San Francisco Neighborhoods **
- Report
(finalization of date) on request for appearance
at a BAC meeting by Sgt. Fewer, SFPD **
4. Administrative
Business and Announcements **
5. Public
comment--non-agenda items; Please limit comments to 3 min. per person
6. Transit
Reports - BART Bicycle Advisory Task Force
7. DPT Reports
I. Bicycle
Program Manager’s Monthly Report
II. Bike/Ped
Safety Coordinator’s Monthly Report
8. BAC discussion
of general direction and most important issues for the year 2000, including,
but not limited to, review of priorities in 1999, possible outreach programs,
funding initiatives, legislative initiatives, and the implementation of the
San Francisco Bicycle Plan **
9. Working
Committee Report
- Update
on planning for regional bicycle/alternative transportation
conference **
II. Safe
Routes to School Bill, possible applications in San
Francisco **
- Good
Roads Bill, possible letter of endorsement **
Changes
in allocation for Bicycle Transportation Account
(Senate Bill 1772).
- Endorsement
of Bay Area Air Quality Management District TFCA 40% Program Manager Fund
Applications **
- Traffic
Calming Program - Local Streets Track: Page Street
and the "Wiggle" (mini-traffic circles) DPT
- Traffic
Calming Program - Arterial and Commercial Streets
Track: Van Ness Avenue (pedestrian bulbs and
median improvements) DPT
- Belden
Street Traffic Calming and Pedestrian Enhancements
- Planning Dept.
- Broadway
Corridor Traffic Calming & Pedestrian Improvements
- DPW
- Bicycle
racks on 60 Articulated Buses - Muni
- Bicycle
lanes, path striping, and racks - Treasure Island
Development Authority
V. Date
and time of next meeting **
10. New
business and announcements
11. Adjournment
and next BAC meeting, April 19, 2000
Look at the archive of SF Bicycle
Advisory Committee discussions at http://www.topica.com/lists/SFBAC/read.
** Indicates that action may be taken
on this item
LOBBYIST ORDINANCE
Individuals
and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative
action may be required by San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (S.F. Administrative
Code 16.520-16.534) to register and report lobbying activity. For more information
about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market
Street, #801, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 554-9510, fax (415) 703-0121,
and web site http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/ethics/.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
Government's
duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public.
Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist
to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations
are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's
review.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE OR TO REPORT A
VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE, CONTACT THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE.
Sunshine
Ordinance Task Force, Rachel Arnstine O'Hara, Clerk
City
Hall, Room 362, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San
Francisco, CA 94102-4683
Office:
(415) 554-6171, Fax:(415) 554-6177
(Email):
Rachel_ArnstineO'Hara@ci.sf.ca.us
Copies
of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task
Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City's website at www.ci.sf.ca.us.
Persons from the public
may inspect documents referred to on the agenda by contacting the DPT staff
liaison, Peter S. Tannen, at 554-2396.
DISABILITY ACCESS
The
Bicycle Advisory Committee’s meeting room, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett
Place, Room 408 is wheelchair accessible. Sign language interpreters can be
made available by contacting the DPT staff liaison, Peter S. Tannen, at 554-2396
at least 72 hours before a meeting. Assistive listening systems are available
upon request. See the DPT staff liaison at the meeting for assistance. Large
print copies of the agenda can be made available by contacting the DPT staff
liaison at least 72 hours in advance of need.
In order
to assist the City's efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental
illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees
at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various
chemical based products. Please help the City accommodate these individuals.
The
closest accessible BART Station is the Civic Center Station at 8th
and Market Streets (at the United Nations Plaza). Accessible MUNI/Metro lines
to the Van Ness and Civic Center Stations are the J-Church, K-Ingleside, L-Taraval,
M-Ocean View, and N-Judah. The Downtown bus lines that are accessible include
the 9-San Bruno, 71-Haight, and 42-Downtown bus lines. For information about
MUNI accessible services, please telephone (415) 923-6142.
Off-street
parking is available at the Civic Center Garage located at 355 McAllister Street.
Please note that the Civic Center Garage does not provide for van access. Off-Street
parking is also available at the Performing Arts Parking Garage at Grove and
Franklin Streets.
Blue
zones are located at the southeast corner of McAllister Street at Van Ness Avenue
(one space); southwest corner of Van Ness Avenue at McAllister Street (one space);
southwest corner of Van Ness Avenue at Golden Gate Avenue (one space); southeast
corner of Franklin Street at Fulton Street (one space); northwest and southwest
corners of Grove Street at Van Ness Avenue (five spaces).