Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting

Bicycle Advisory Committee of the City of Los Angeles 

Meeting Agenda – Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 7:00 p.m.

Hollywood Neighborhood City Hall Community Room

6501 Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles, CA  90028

Bicycles may be brought into the meeting room.
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Administrative Items (action may be taken on all agenda items)

1. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum.  BAC Members – Mayor: Henny Alamillo, Glenn Bailey, Karen Canady, David Wolfberg; CD 1: Jennifer Gill; CD 2: Ron Meyer; CD 3: Dana Sherman; CD 4: Kate Parankema; CD 5: Taylor Nichols; CD 6: Quirino de la Cuesta; CD 7: John Laue; CD 8: Aubrey Provost; CD 9: (vacant); CD 10: Abe Chang; CD 11: Kent Strumpell; CD 12: Mike Kaiser; CD 13: (vacant); CD 14: Neel Sodha; CD 15: Allyson Vought  – Alternates: CD 5 Michael Schneider
2. Approval of Minutes: October 1, 2019 and any previous meetings
3. New BAC website LABikeCommittee.org update – Quirino de la Cuesta
4. Public Comment on non agenda items: all speakers are requested to submit a Speaker Card. Public Comment is limited to two (2) minutes per speaker at the discretion of the presiding officer.

Presentations: 

1. (1) Wheels E-Bikes; (2) Neighborhoods United for Safe Streets on connecting the existing bike lanes on Rowena Ave in Silver Lake to the LA River Bike Path and to Atwater Village via Glendale Blvd. – Scott Gamzon (8 pm)

City Departments/Staff Reports/Metro/County/Caltrans

1. Transportation:  Active Transportation Group Report; Complete Streets Work Program; Vision Zero Action Plan and Vision Zero Alliance updates; LA Great Streets updates
2. Police: LAPD Bicycle Working Group updates – Bicycle Liaison Officer Donald Inman
   1. CF 19-1172 LAPD Vision Zero enforcement efforts
3. Metro:  LA River Path Project 8 miles between Elysian Valley and Maywood; comments due 12/6/19
4. County:  LA River Master Plan update

BAC Subcommittee Reports and Motions

1. Advocacy and Education Subcommittee report – Ron Meyer/Henny Alamillo
2. Bikeways Subcommittee – Jennifer Gill (joint meetings with Planning Subcommittee held 11/19/19)
   1. Bicycle signal detection and bikeway maintenance issues
3. Planning Subcommittee – Kent Strumpell (joint meetings with Bikeways Subcommittee held 11/19/19)
   1. New LADOT Livable Streets website:  https://ladotlivablestreets.org/
   2. Active Transportation Project updates including Expo bike path – Northvale Gap closure (property purchase); Jefferson Blvd. (Western to Flower); Mid City West Neighborhood Greenways (grant funded)
   3. Vision Zero project updates (Avalon, Broadway, Reseda Bl., Sepulveda Blvd. Rinaldi to Nordhoff Streets Sepulveda Visioning workshop 12/7/19, 10am – LAPD Mission Station, 11121 Sepulveda Bl.)
   4. “Stress-Free Streets” Project update
   5. Bicycle project suggestions by BAC members; Google Doc; prioritization for LADOT
      1. Santa Monica Blvd. convert existing bike lanes to protected bike lanes between Avenue of the Stars and Sepulveda Blvd. – Michael Schneider
      2. Foothill Blvd. bike lanes gap closure between LVT Recreation Center and Wheatland – John Laue
      3. Venice Blvd. protected bike lanes between Lincoln Blvd. and Cadillac Ave. – Michael Schneider

Other Potential Action Items/Updates

1. Discussion of E-Scooters that have been Geo-Fenced and Speed Controlled to participate in any CicLAvia event   
2. Bicycle-Related Council Files: 17-0863 Promote Effective Bicycle Registration Program / Encourage Bicycle Serial Number Registration (LAPD/LADOT to recommend); 16-0415 Establishment of Bicycle Traffic School Program (LADOT/LAPD to report back); 15-0719-S21 5th and 6th Street / Central to Broadway / Inclusion to the Mobility Plan 2035 / Bicycle Enhanced Network (DOT to report back); 18-0731 Arts District / Mobility Strategy (DOT to report back); NEW 19-1172 Vision Zero Initiative / Enhanced Enforcement / Traffic Collisions / LAPD; NEW 19-1373 LADOT Report / Mobility Investment Program (MIP) / Mobility Improvements / Project Delivery

BAC Reports and Announcements 

1. BAC Member and Officer Reports – Emphasis on Council District meetings and projects not listed above
2. Upcoming Meetings/Events/Rides: CicLAvia – The Valley 12/8/19
3. Adjournment in memory of Mel Levanthal and…    Next Meeting – Tuesday, February 4, 2020