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BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Regular Meeting

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

6:15 p.m.

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place (Polk Street), Room 408

AGENDA

  1. Roll Call
  1. Announcements
  1. Approve Minutes – 11/17/04 meeting
  1. Public Comment: (Discussion Item)
    The public may address the Committee on any matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee.  This should not relate to any item on this agenda since the Committee will take public comment after it discusses and/or before voting on each agenda item.  The Committee requests that each person limit him/herself to three minutes.
  1. Chairman's Report (Information)
  1. Member Reports (Information)
  1. DPT Report (Information/Action)
  1. SFBC Report (Information/Action)
  1. New Business
    1. Shared Lane markings (Sharrows) - application standards – current and proposed application standards for "Sharrow" pavement markings (Discussion)
    2. Broadway Tunnel sidewalk - permit bikes on north walkway – DPT proposal to reform SF Traffic Code governing bike & pedestrian use of Broadway tunnel walkways, opposed by DPW ADA/Disability Coordinator (Action)
  • resolution of support for DPT's reform of Broadway tunnel walkway rules (Sup. Peskin & DPW Director)
  1. Union Square parking garage - bike parking facility delays (Action)
  • resolution urging prompt resolution of bike parking facility delays at Union Square garage (DPW Director)
  1. San Jose Avenue bike lane, Caltrans right-of-way – Proposed bike lanes on San Jose Avenue cross freeway ramp right-of-way, implementation may require Caltrans approval (Action)
  • resolution urging Caltrans to make official declaration on San Jose Ave right-of-way for the sake of proposed bike lane (Caltrans Dist 4 Director)
  1. State Bike Transportation Account (BTA) funding ­- re-allocation of unused funds – DPT requests approval to use unneeded BTA funds for bike lanes on Guerrero Street (29th Street to Randall Street), all of John Muir Drive, a contra-flow bike lane on all of Conservatory Drive East (Golden Gate Park), and a westbound bike lane on Fulton Street (Webster to Baker Streets). (Action)
  • resolution of concurrence with DPT's request to change BTA fund use for 4 projects
  1. SFBAC Report to the Supervisors – draft and present one-year summary SFBAC report to the Board of Supervisors (Discussion/Action)
  2. Election of Officers (Action)
  1. Adjournment

DISABILITY ACCESS:

Room 408 of City Hall is wheelchair accessible.  The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #47 Van Ness, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 923-6142. There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.

  Large print copies of the agenda, sign language interpreters, or assistive listening systems can be made available by contacting the DPT staff liaison, Lorraine R. Fuqua, at 415-554-9808..  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.

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. The Sunshine Ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Donna Hall; by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102 by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at Donna.Hall@sfgov.org Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine.htm    Persons from the public may inspect documents referred to on the agenda by contacting our staff liaison, Frank Markowitz at 252-4696.

LOBBYIST ORDINANCE

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code, Section 2.100, to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone 415-581-2300, fax 415-581-2317, or visit their Web site at www.sfgov.org/ethics/.