Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission Meeting

APPROVED‐‐March 10, 2020 1 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) 2 Meeting Minutes 3 4 Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2020 5 Time: 7:00 p.m. 6 Place: City Council Chambers, 400 South Vine Street, Urbana, IL 7 Members Present: Bill Brown (Chair), Annie Adams, Shannon Beranek, Kara Dudek, Cynthia 8 Hoyle, Audrey Ishii, Susan Jones, Jeff Marino, Nancy Westcott 9 10 Late Arrival: Leonardo Covis 11 12 Staff Present: Lily Wilcock, Charlie Smyth 13 14 Others Present: Jeff Yockey 15 16 Members Absent: Morgan White 17 18 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM 19 Bill Brown called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Roll call was taken. A quorum of members was 20 present. 21 22 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 23 Cynthia Hoyle moved to approve the agenda. 24 Nancy Westcott seconded the motion. 25 The motion carried. 26 27 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING 28 The minutes from the December 17, 2019 meeting were presented. 29 Susan Jones moved to approve the minutes. 30 Shannon Beranek seconded the motion. 31 The Commission approved the minutes from the December 20019 meeting. 32 33 4. PUBLIC INPUT 34 There was no public input. 35 36 5. NEW BUSINESS 37 a. 2019 Annual Report 38 Bill Brown stated that the 2019 Annual Report had not been started. He asked for volunteers to assist with 39 the preparation of the report. 40 41 Susan Jones volunteered to help with the report. 42 43 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 44 a. Vision Zero – Subcommittee 45 Bill Brown reported that the City Council tasked the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission with the 46 preparation of a resolution for Council to discuss. He said that the Task Force was to develop a Vision Zero 47 policy, establish goals, and identify funding sources for Vision Zero. Page 1  APPROVED‐‐March 10, 2020 1 2 Shannon Beranek emphasized the importance of securing funding sources prior to bringing the program to 3 City Council. Cynthia Hoyle said that potential funding sources were listed in the report. Ms. Beranek said 4 that actual funding sources needed to be secured, not possible sources. Bill Brown said that the task force 5 could be established to find funding sources. Cynthia Hoyle said that she was gathering data to develop the 6 framework for the program. She added that she needed crash information from Public Works to help with 7 her report. Shannon mentioned that the Vision Zero website provided information about setting up a 8 program. Audrey Ishii said that Police Department should be involved and suggested that the Task Force take 9 over the time slot currently set aside for Traffic Commission meetings. She recommended involving other 10 groups in the meetings, such as the C-U Public Health District, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, 11 Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, Urbana School District #116, and the University of 12 Illinois. She also suggested that the group meeting every three months so more people would attend. 13 14 b. BPAC Webpage Content – Subcommittee 15 Annie Adams gave an update on the webpage content. She read the draft and asked for input from the 16 Commission. Susan Jones and Nancy Westcott agreed to work with Annie Adams to clean up the 17 document. Bill Brown asked Ms. Adams to bring the revised draft to the Commission once she made the 18 changes recommended by the Commissioners. Lily Wilcock said that she would work with City staff to 19 see what could be added to the City’s website. 20 21 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS 22  The March meeting of the Urbana Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission will be 23 moved from March 17 to March 10 24  May 1—Bike to Work Day 25  May 6—Bike to School Day 26  May 16—Bike Rodeo—Champaign Regional Safety Events 27  May 20—Ride of Silence 28  After five years of planning and fundraising, Crystal Lake Park will undergo reconstruction 29 beginning this Spring. 30 31 8. FUTURE TOPICS 32 a. Vision Zero – Subcommittee 33 b. Bicycle Wayfinding Plan – Regional Planning Commission 34 c. Pedestrian Master Plan – Regional Planning Commission 35 d. Bicycle Friendly Community Report Card – Shannon Beranek 36 e. Urbana Bike Racks – Annie Adams 37 f. Truck Parking on Street 38 g. Website Content – Subcommittee 39 h. Regional Bicycle Registration 40 41 9. ADJOURNMENT 42 The meeting adjourned at 8:54 p.m. 43 44 *** 45 Respectfully submitted, 46 Barbara Stiehl 47 Recording Secretary Page 2