Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission Meeting

APPROVED 1 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) 2 Meeting Minutes 3 4 Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5 Time: 7:00 p.m. 6 Place: Executive Conference Room, 400 South Vine Street, Urbana, IL 7 Members Present: Bill Brown (Chair), Annie Adams, Kara Dudek, Audrey Ishii, Susan Jones, 8 Craig Shonkwiler, Nancy Westcott 9 10 Staff Present: Lilly Wilcox 11 12 Members Absent: Leonardo Covis, Cynthia Hoyle, Jeff Marino, Morgan White 13 14 Others Present: Kelley Wegeng, Members of the Public 15 16 17 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM 18 Bill Brown called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Roll call was taken. A quorum of members was 19 present. 20 21 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 22 Susan Jones moved to approve the agenda. 23 24 Audrey Ishii seconded the motion. 25 26 The motion carried. 27 28 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING 29 The minutes from the March 19, 2019 meeting were presented. 30 31 Audrey Ishii had corrections that were distributed to commission members. 32 33 Annie Adams moved to approve the minutes as amended. 34 35 Craig Shonkwiler seconded the motion. 36 37 The Commission approved the minutes from the March meeting. 38 39 4. PUBLIC INPUT 40 Kelley Wegeng shared that she works at the University of Illinois Research Park and said that it is very 41 difficult to bike there. She suggested the infrastructure on Florida be changed, specifically between Race 42 and Lincoln, to make it more bike friendly. Annie Adams proposed adding this topic to future agenda 43 items. Bill Brown agreed that this would be a good topic to discuss in the future. 44 45 Annie Adams spoke about the preventable death of Shelly Taylor. She shared statements made by resident 46 Jason Rock at last night’s city council meeting that implied the designs of the roads sacrifice pedestrian and Page 1  APPROVED 1 cyclist’s safety for driver’s convenience. Annie said that the City needs to adopt a Vision Zero plan to 2 prevent future deaths. 3 4 Audrey Ishii played a portion of the public input from the City Council Meeting that took place Monday, 5 April 15, 2019. She requested Vision Zero be added to next month’s agenda. Audrey also gave resources 6 on where to find Vision Zero statistics. 7 8 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 9 a. Expansion of Sidewalk Shoveling Zones – Bill Brown 10 Bill Brown gave a recap of the previous discussion in regards to expanding sidewalk shoveling zones. He 11 passed out maps and asked for suggestions on what areas would be a priority. He explained the process for 12 moving forward. Bill said the goal would be to connect activities such as Crystal Lake Park. Kara Dudek 13 said she would take the map back to the park district and have someone mark their routes. Nancy Westcott 14 suggested making sure both sides of the street are shoveled. Bill will write up a draft of a resolution of 15 snow routes to add. Annie Adams suggested implementing a discounted shovel promotion to encourage 16 people to shovel snow. 17 18 b. Lincoln and Springfield Resurfacing Project – Craig Shonkwiler 19 Craig gave an update on the Lincoln and Springfield resurfacing project and reviewed the plans for it. 20 Annie Adams asked if there would be stop for pedestrian signs at the crosswalks or painted lines on the 21 street indicating where motorists should stop before the crosswalks. Craig said no, but there will be 22 warning signs. Annie and Susan stated that this will still be very confusing for motorists and pedestrians 23 and strongly suggest something be implemented to clarify. Kara Dudek expressed her appreciation for the 24 attention to detail in this plan. She thinks these changes will be a big help. Craig asked for the commission 25 to consider endorsing the change of a section of brick near Main Street to concrete. 26 27 Susan Jones moved to recommend to City Council changing the section of brick near Main Street to 28 concrete. 29 30 Audrey Ishii seconded the motion. 31 32 The motion carried 33 34 Craig discussed the schedule and timeline for this project. 35 36 6. NEW BUSINESS 37 a. Bike Share IGA – Lily Wilcox 38 Lily Wilcox presented information on proposed changes to the bikeshare IGA. She asked for thoughts on 39 sole provider options. Bill Brown asked how it would work with a sole provider. Lily explained the options. 40 She asked for comments on the statement “providing affordable transportation alternatives to all residents.” 41 Susan Jones suggested removing the word “all” because it may not be available to all residents especially 42 those who do not have a smartphone. Lily asked for feedback on the amount of the application fee. 43 Commission members agreed with the $600 amount. She also asked for feedback on increasing the number 44 of bikes allowed to existing companies in good standing from 500 to 750. Annie Adams thinks allowing 45 more bikes would be great. Bill Brown recommended being more specific on the statement “one year of 46 operation.” Kara Dudek thought “good standing” should be clarified. 47 Page 2  APPROVED 1 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS 2  May is bike month 3  Bike Rodeo 4  May 1 – Bike to work day 5  May 23 – Bike with the mayors of Urbana and Champaign 6  Path work has begun on the south side of Crystal Lake Park 7 8 8. FUTURE TOPICS 9 a. Vision Zero – Subcommittee 10 b. Bicycle Wayfinding Plan – Regional Planning Commission 11 c. Pedestrian Master Plan – Regional Planning Commission 12 d. Subdivision Development Requirements for the Installation of Bicycle and Pedestrian 13 Facilities 14 e. Crystal Lake Park One-Way Road Study – Kara Dudek 15 f. Bicycle Friendly Community Report Card – Craig Shonkwiler 16 g. Urbana Bike Racks – Annie Adams 17 18 9. ADJOURNMENT 19 The meeting adjourned at 8:54 p.m. 20 21 *** 22 Respectfully submitted, 23 Tamra Jane Corbin 24 Recording Secretary 25 Page 3