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BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Regular Meeting

Thursday, October 20, 2005

6:30 p.m.

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

AGENDA

1. Roll Call

2. Committee Member Business

a. New Member Seating – Frank Chan, District 3

b. Training

c. Announcement of Leadership Nominations in November; Election in December

3. Announcements & Acknowledgments

4. Approve Minutes – July 21, August 18, September 15 Delayed (Secretary Absent)

5. 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.

6. Chairman's Report (Information)

7. Committee Member Reports (Information)

8. Reports on the Bike Plan

a. MTA Report – See MTA Bicycle Program Report to the BAC for September 2005 (index.aspx?page579 – bottom of page). Items will be open for public comment. (Information)

b. SFBC Report - See the SFBC Report to the BAC for September 2005
(http://sfbike.org/bac/200509.pdf) Items will be open for public comment. (Information)

9. Task Force Reports

a. Bike Theft & Security – Bert Hill, District 7

b. Bike Plan – Andy Bindman, BAC District 3
Proposal for progress measurement of the Bike Plan implementation

c. Home Depot – Rufus Davis, District 10
Presentation of Resolution

10. New Business (Items will be open individually for public comment)

a. Mills Corporation - Plans for development of Piers 27-31 recreation, office, and retail services
Action: Presentation by Brandon Hernandez, with Discussion

b. Rincon Hill – Proposal for bicycle facilities in the Rincon Hill Area, with focus on Beale St. and Main St.
Action:Presentation/ Discussion by Josh Switzsky, Planning

c. Proposition B – Discussion of Street Resurfacing, Pedestrian Safety and Access Improvement Bond Special Election (File #050932)
Action: Discussion

11. 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/.

Street Resurfacing, Pedestrian Safety and Access

Improvement Bond Special Election (File #050932)

($208,000,000)

Tom Ammiano,

Aaron Peskin

554-5144,

554-7454

Ensuring That No MoreThan One Lane of Motor Vehicle

Traffic is Allowed in Each Direction on Ninth Avenue and

Martin Luther King Jr. Drive within Golden Gate Park

Between Lincoln Way and Concourse Drive; and

Permitting an Entrance - Exit within Golden Gate Park