MEETING AGENDA

Monday, April 22, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.

embers: District 1 – Kristin Tieche, District 2 – Charles Deffarges, District 3 - Marc Brandt, District 4 – Anne Brask, District 5 -Melyssa Mendoza (Secretary), District 6 – Mary Kay Chin, District 7 - Bert Hill (Chair), District 8 - Diane Serafini, District 9 – Kisai Henriquez, District 10 - Paul Wells (Vice Chair), District 11 – Jeffrey Taliaferro

 

ORDER OF BUSINESS

1. Roll Call – Determination of Quorum

 

2. Announcements & Acknowledgments 

 

3. Approve Minutes – Monday, March 25, 2019 Meeting

 

4. 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

 

5. Committee Member Reports  - (Information)

   1. Chairman's Report - Caltrans D4 BAC, 

   2. Committee Member Reports 

      (Kristin Tieche – https://www.sfmta.com/projects/central-richmond-traffic-safety-project)

      (Paul Wells - http://peopleprotected.com/bayshore-blvd-needs-protected-lanes-now/)

 

6. Governmental/Organizational/Committee Reports (Discussion Item)

   1. SFPD Report – Lt. Luke Martin

   2. DPW Report – Jeremy Spitz

   3. MTA Bicycle Program Report – Jennifer Chan

   4. BART Bicycle Advisory Task Force Report - Rick Goldman (No Report)

   5. Vision Zero Coalition Report – Bert Hill – No Report

   6. SF Bicycle Coalition – Charles Deffages

   7. Communications Committee – Charles Deffarges 

   8. Ghost Bike Memorial Committee – Charles Deffarges 

 

7. Bike Lanes with insufficient Distance from Parked Cars (Resolution) – Bert Hill: The recent death of Tess Rothstein brought to light the precarious position of untrained bicyclists on streets with poorly designed bike lanes.  Beyond the apparent lack of enforcement of CVC22517, there is no indication of signage or road stencils to identify where bicyclist should position themselves in unsafe bike lanes.

 

8. SFPD Police Bicycle Traffic Enforcement in Urban Core – (Resolution) – Bert Hill: Request for review and resolution bicycle traffic enforcement for congested urban neighborhoods, applying to motorists, active transportation devices, and pedestrians.  Many in the public do not regard bicycles as an equal form of transportation on our streets, although electric bicycles are capable of all of the advantages of motorcycles and are far superior in negotiating in congestion.  This is a request for a study and grant proposal through the California Office of Traffic Safety for a pilot program to test the efficacy of traffic enforcement with electric bicycles.

 

9. Presentation of Facebook Page for BAC (Discussion) – KristinTieche: Committee Member Tieche has established, and will present a new Facebook page for the BAC, offering an opportunity for listing meetings as events on FB to generate more interest and participation from public.

10. Adjournment

 

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