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Regular Meeting
Thursday, December 3, 2009
6:30 p.m.
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place (Polk Street), Room 408
AGENDA
1. Roll Call – Seat Ariella Hyman, District 1
2. Announcements & Acknowledgments
3. Approve Minutes - October 2009 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. Chairman's Report (Information)
- Committee Member Business – Continued opening in District 6
- Monthly Activities – Meeting to review design details for projects after year 1; comment on bicycle fatality trends.
6. Committee Member Reports (Information)
7. MTA Bicycle Program Report – See MTA Bicycle Program Report to the BAC for December 2009 (http://www.sfmta.com/cms/cbike/3170.html). In addition, there is a report on causes of bicycle collision fatalities (http://www.sfmta.com/cms/rbikes/3172.html).
8. Task Force Reports
a. Golden Gate Park – Susan King, District 5
b. Bicycle Report Card Task Force – Elect New Chair
Development and approval of the metrics and reporting of bicycling growth
c. Bicycle Plan Review Task Force – Casey Allen, Marc Brandt, Jerry Ervin, Richard Tilles and Jake Wegmann. Mark Brandt integrate with Achievable Projects tracking. sheets.
d. BART Task Force - Mariana Parreiras (on-month)
e. Shared Mode Working Group – Proposal for PSAC, SFBC, BAC, WalkSF, SAN, MDC, SFPD, DPH development of joint resolution: Cooperative Use of Streets and Sidewalks.
9. Enforcement in Safe Use of Bicycle Facilities – Last week, Deputy Chief John Murphy was assigned to the MTA, and the BAC would like to invite him to speak to the BAC on issues of enforcement, to help understand the rights of bicyclists, motorists, valet parking companies, and on/off-duty buses. We would also like a legal clarification on the permissibility of bicycling on the Embarcadero sidewalk, and enforcement of wrong-way riding in bike lanes.
Action: Presentation and Discussion
Sponsor: Bert Hill& Sean Benward
10. MTA Locker Management – Response to issues raised on bike locker management by the MTA, especially 5th and Mission Garage
Action: Presentation and Discussion
Sponsor: Susan King and Brandon Fine
11. Prop. K 5 Year Prioritization Program (5YPP) – The CTA has requested that the BAC comment on the November 13 draft document as soon as possible. The compilation of comments will be reviewed and assimilated as appropriate in the final document. Members and the public should be prepared to make specific comments in this public forum.
Action: Presentation and Discussion
Sponsor: Chad Rathman, CTA
12. Accommodation of Bicycles Onboard High-Speed Rail – As rail use continues to grow, the importance of accommodating bicycles within the planning stages becomes more critical. Learning from the difficulties in retrofit on systems like Caltrain, a number of organizations are uniting in support of a resolution for advance planning in accommodation of bicycles in the coming California High Speed Rail system.
Action: Resolution for Approval
Sponsor: Marc Brandt, District 3
13. Fort Mason Bike Path – As anyone who has traveled East/West across Fort Mason knows, there is a section along McDowell Avenue that is exceedingly steep, too much so for the many tourists and recreational cyclists who travel over the route daily. A proposal has been made to re-route the pathway along the shore, as being both easier and more scenic.
Action: Resolution for Approval
Sponsor: Richard Tilles, District 2
14. 2010 Election of Officers – Annual election, as required by bylaws
Action: Nomination and election
Sponsor: None
15. 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.
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