BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES

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1 CALL TO ORDER BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE Wednesday, November 9, 2016 MINUTES The Regular Meeting of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chairperson Caidoy in Conference Room B-106, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), 3331 North First Street, San José, California. 1. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Title Representing Status Wes Brinsfield Member City of Los Altos Present Kristal Caidoy Chairperson City of Milpitas Present Barry Chaffin Member City of Monte Sereno Present Jaime Fearer Member City of San José Present Paul Goldstein Member City of Palo Alto Present Peter Hertan Vice Chairperson Town of Los Gatos Present Breene Kerr Member Town of Los Altos Hills Absent Sarah Peters Member City of Santa Clara Present Mary Seehafer Member City of Morgan Hill Absent David Simons Member City of Sunnyvale Present Jim Stallman Member City of Saratoga Present Greg Unangst Member City of Mountain View Present Herman Wadler Member City of Campbell Present Mila Zelkha Member County of Santa Clara Absent Vacant Member City of Cupertino n/a Vacant Member City of Gilroy n/a Colin Heyne Ex-Officio Member Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Present Shiloh Ballard Alt. Ex-Officio Member Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition n/a A quorum was present. 2. ORDERS OF THE DAY Chairperson Caidoy noted staff has requested the following changes to the Agenda: 1) Agenda Item #9. Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Project Status Report to be heard prior to Agenda Item #8. Bicycle Expenditure Program Annual Report; and 2) Agenda Item #11. Committee Staff Report to be heard following Agenda Item #2. Orders of the Day. M/S/C (Stallman/Goldstein) to approve the Orders of the Day. NOTE: M/S/C MEANS MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY North First Street San Jose, CA Administration Customer Service

2 RESULT: MOVER: SECONDER: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: APPROVED Jim Stallman, Member Paul Goldstein, Member Brinsfield, Caidoy, Chaffin, Fearer, Goldstein, Hertan, Peters, Simons, Stallman, Unangst, Wadler None Kerr, Seehafer, Zelkha 3. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS There were no Public Presentations. CONSENT AGENDA 4. Regular Meeting Minutes of October 12, 2016 M/S/C (Stallman/Goldstein) to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of October 12, RESULT: MOVER: SECONDER: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: APPROVED Jim Stallman, Member Paul Goldstein, Member Brinsfield, Caidoy, Chaffin, Fearer, Goldstein, Hertan, Peters, Simons, Stallman, Unangst, Wadler None Kerr, Seehafer, Zelkha 5. Development Review Quarterly Report for Jul-Sep 2016 M/S/C (Stallman/Goldstein) to receive the Development Review Quarterly Report for July to September Committee Staff Report The Agenda was taken out of order. Stephen Flynn, Advisory Committee Coordinator, noted the following: 1) PowerPoint presentations will be posted on the website following the meeting; 2) the minutes reflect the city representation of each member; and 3) Member Jones has resigned from the Committee. Lauren Ledbetter, Senior Transportation Planner and BPAC Staff Liaison, provided a report, highlighting the following: 1) VTA Complete Streets Policy Update; 2) Story- Keyes Complete Street Project; 3) Caltrans District 4 Bike/Ped Plan; and 4) Monthly Bike Pedestrian webinar on Transitions between Bikeway Facilities on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at noon. Member Unangst took his seat at 6:46 p.m. Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Minutes Page 2 of 6 November 9, 2016

3 Jim Lawson, Government Affairs Director & Executive Policy Advisor, provided an update on Measure B and Paratransit services. the Committee Staff Report. REGULAR AGENDA 6. Strategic Plan Final Draft Ms. Ledbetter provided a brief overview of the staff report. Members of the Committee discussed the following: 1) expressed concern about the lack of goals incorporated; 2) the document is internal for staff; and 3) expressed concern that the document is not a strategic plan as written. M/S/C (Goldstein/Wadler) on a vote of 9 ayes to 2 noes to not recommend that the VTA Board of Directors adopt the updated Strategic Plan. Further, the Committee indicated the following: 1) the Committee does not consider the document to be a strategic plan, as it does not contain specific goals; and 2) the Committee does not agree with the revised mission and vision statements. Members Peters and Stallman opposed. RESULT: MOVER: SECONDER: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: APPROVED Paul Goldstein, Member Herman Wadler, Member Brinsfield, Caidoy, Chaffin, Fearer, Goldstein, Hertan, Simons, Unangst, Wadler Peters, Stallman Kerr, Seehafer, Zelkha 7. Election Process for 2017 Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Leadership: Nomination Subcommittee Report Member Goldstein reported that the following Committee Members expressed an interest in serving as Chairperson for 2017: 1) Vice Chairperson Hertan, 2) Member Stallman; 3) Member Brinsfield; and 4) Member Seehafer. The following Members expressed an interesting in serving as Vice Chairperson for 2017: 1) Member Fearer; and 2) Member Peters. Member Brinsfield withdrew his name as nominee for Chairperson for the BPAC Nomination Subcommittee's report on members expressing interest in serving as either chairperson or vice chairperson for Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Minutes Page 3 of 6 November 9, 2016

4 8. Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Project Status Report Marcella Rensi, Transportation Planning Manager - Planning and Grants, provided an overview of the staff report. On order of Chairperson Caidoy, and there being no objection, the Committee reviewed the status of ongoing Santa Clara County Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Program Manager Fund projects. 9. Bicycle Expenditure Program Annual Report Malahat Owrang, Transportation Planner, provided a presentation titled Bicycle Expenditure Program (BEP) Annual Report, highlighting the following: 1) Portals Project: Bike Lanes on Campbell Avenue Under State Route (SR) 17; 2) Guadalupe River Trail, Tasman Undercrossing; 3) Guadalupe River Trail, I-880 to Bay Trail; 4) Hedding Street Bike Lanes; 5) Hendy Avenue Bike Lanes; 6) Scott Boulevard Bike Lanes, Central Expressway to Monroe; 7) Hacienda Avenue Bike Lanes: Winchester to San Tomas Aquino Road; 8) Permanente Creek Trail: Old Middlefield Way to Rock Street; 9) Upper Penitencia Creek Trail Connector Phase 1: Berryessa BART Station; and 10) Santa Clara Caltrain Station. Members of the Committee discussed the connection between the Countywide Bike Plan and the BEP. a status update on the Bicycle Expenditure Program. 10. Vision Zero Update Jaime Fearer, Planning & Policy Manager, California Walks, and Colin Heyne, Deputy Director, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, provided a presentation titled It Takes All of Us: Vision Zero San José Year in Review, highlighting the following: 1) Vision Zero San José; 2) Advocating for Vision Zero; 3) Advocating - Safety Factors; 4) Vision Zero San José; 5) Our Early Involvement; 6) Partnerships to Improve Community Health - PICH; 7) Priority Safety Corridor Assessments; 8) Engineering - Speed; 9) Equity & Engagement; 10) Community Education & Outreach; and 11) Next Steps: Two-Year Action Plan. Public Comment Doug Muirhead, Interested Citizen, inquired about the countywide Crossroads database being a benefit to Vision Zero in the future. Masoud Akbarzadeh, County Traffic Engineer, noted that crash data in the Traffic Community Network (TCN) is often delayed unless the individual cities input the data. Members of the Committee discussed the following: 1) filtering Crossroads data; 2) applying what San José is doing with Vision Zero to smaller cities is a challenge; and 3) road diets, Complete Streets, and Vision Zero are connected. an update on Vision Zero. Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Minutes Page 4 of 6 November 9, 2016

5 OTHER 12. Santa Clara County Staff Report Mr. Akbarzadeh reported the following: 1) the County is looking forward to Measure B; and 2) provided a brief update on Safe Routes to School sidewalk projects. the Santa Clara County Staff Report. 13. Chairperson's Report There was no Chairperson's report. 14. Reports from BPAC Subcommittees Member Stallman provided the Complete Streets subcommittee report, highlighting: 1) Santa Clara County is slow to adopt Complete Streets; 2) money not going into bike and pedestrian projects; and 3) integration of Complete Streets on highway projects. the BPAC Subcommittee reports. 15. Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) and 2000 Measure A Citizens Watchdog Committee (CWC) Report There was no CAC/CWC report. 16. BPAC Work Plan Ms. Ledbetter provided an overview of the BPAC Work Plan noting that with the passage of Measure B the Committee could be busier. Member Stallman would like to add prioritizing County projects and how VTA can be more involved with them to the Work Plan. Member Fearer would like to have a report on the pedestrian safety report brought to the Committee. On order of Chairperson Caidoy, and there being no objection, the Committee reviewed the BPAC Work Plan. 17. ANNOUNCEMENTS Ex-Officio Member Heyne announced that the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition's annual winter party is Friday, December 2, 2016, at LinkedIn in Mountain View. Member Chaffin announced that he recently returned from a two week bike trip to Japan. Member Brinsfield announced the following: 1) Green Town Los Altos is holding a community forum on November 16, 2016, on Complete Streets; and 2) there are openings for Santa Clara County on the Caltrain Bicycle Advisory Committee. Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Minutes Page 5 of 6 November 9, 2016

6 Member Wadler introduced Paul Tuttle from the Campbell BPAC. Member Simons announced the following: 1) hotels have a low impact on traffic; and 2) Sunnyvale is building business parks but not the housing to support the influx of employees. Member Stallman mentioned that VTA has put together a compilation video from the Santa Clara Undercrossing Groundbreaking. Member Unangst announced the following: 1) the Silicon Valley Bike Festival will be May 7, 2017, with a Meeting of the BPAC s; and 2) provided a City of Mountain View BikeShare update. Member Goldstein announced the following: 1) Palo Alto is moving ahead with Bike boulevard projects; and 2) recent safety changes to the bike path in Bol Park. 18. ADJOURNMENT On order of Chairperson Caidoy and there being no objection, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Thalia Young, Board Assistant VTA Office of the Board Secretary Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Minutes Page 6 of 6 November 9, 2016