MEETING AGENDA

Monday, March 25, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.

Members: 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 – Kasai 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, February 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 - League of American Bicyclists National Summit

   2. Committee Member Reports

 

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

   1. SFPD Report – Commander Raj Vaswani

   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 – Vision Zero Quarterly Report

   6. SF Bicycle Coalition – Charles Deffages: Absent

   7. Communications Committee – Charles Deffarges : Absent

   8. Ghost Bike Memorial Committee – Charles Deffarges : Absent

 

7. Dooring Fatality (Discussion) – Bert Hill: The recent death of Tess Rothstein brought to light the precarious position of untrained bicyclists on streets with poorly designed bike lanes.  Anecdotally, a surprising number of bicyclists report doorings, although there is no indication of enforcement of CVC22517.

 

8. Resolution in Support of the TDA (Transportation Development Act) request for FY 2017/18 – (Resolution) – Angela Alter: Request for review and resolution of support for projects to be funded by TDA Article 3 State grant funds from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in FY 2019-20.

 

9. Establishment of a Facebook Page for BAC (Discussion) – KristinTieche: Proposal to create and maintain a Facebook page for the BAC, and listing meetings as events on FB to generate more interest and participation from public

10. Improving Safety on California Street – (Resolution) – KristinTieche: California Street, from 18th Avenue to Arguello – has been identified as part of the High Injury Network in Vision Zero SF documentation. Yet it’s one of the few streets in The Richmond District that lacks a comprehensive plan to fix its dangerous conditions. 

 

11. Adjournment

 

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