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Home My WebLink About2022-06-02 - BPAC Minutes 117 NW Lafayette Avenue, Bend, Oregon 97703 | P.O. Box 6005, Bend, OR 97708-6005 (541) 388-6575 bpac@deschutes .org www.deschutes.org/bpac MEETING MINUTES DESCHUTES COUNTY BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE Thursday, June 2, 2022, 12:00 to 1:30 pm Virtual Zoom Meeting Members Present: Dave Thomson, David Roth, David Green, Wendy Holzman, Neil Baunsgard, Emily Boynton. Agency/Organization: Tanya Saltzman (Deschutes County – CDD), Miranda Wells (ODOT), Robin Lewis (City of Bend), Emily Dougan (Commute Options), Andrea Napoli (Bend MPO). Call to Order Meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. Introductions Tanya provided a brief introduction of virtual meeting procedures via the Zoom platform. Attendees of the meeting introduced themselves and, if applicable, identified the organization they represent. Approval of Prior Minutes Approval of the May 2022 minutes were postponed due to lack of a quorum. Public Comment There were no public comments. Oregon SCAN Design Bike Tour – Robin Lewis, City of Bend Robin Lewis provided an overview of the Scan Design Fellowship program that she will be participating in.  The course, “Designing Cities for People on Bikes,” was made possible by the Scan Design Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing American-Danish relations  Focuses on: Planning and design solutions for community building; livability; sustainability; transportation safety  Robin is part of the Oregon professional cohort consisting of participants from Lane County, ODOT, the City of Eugene, and Oregon Metro Page 2  The course will travel to Denmark and the Netherlands over the course of several weeks and will have meetings and tours with policymakers, mayors, city staff, community leaders, volunteers, school and park leadership, engineers, architects, and city planners  Robin will update a blog throughout the trip: www.greatcommunitybicycling.com ODOT Updates - Miranda Wells, ODOT North Corridor Project Manager North Corridor Miranda provided an overview of the project, including bike ped improvements  Provided a summary of multiuse paths: Cooley, Robal, US 20 path connecting to Empire.  Addressing design speeds down to 35 mph  US 97: keeping same cross section but changing land width to widen bike/ped  ADA updates at each intersection  Enhancing the crossing by 97 and Cooley, though is limited by right of way issues  Will integrate with any crossings that the city will be addressing  Crossings will be at all roundabouts plus certain locations on 97 between Cooley and Robal, with RFBs  Noted that roundabouts are a bit smaller than usual to address climate change goals and thus will not build to 2040 standards  The group had several questions about access to various points, particularly around the Cascade Village Shopping Center  Timeline: completion by end of 2023 but depends on certain items (light poles have long lead time, for example)  Rest of project will be complete by end of 2024 Committee Business – Dave  Decide on format for July meeting; hybrid won’t yet be possible  July meeting will be in person at the County (Tanya to coordinate)  Report on presentation of BPAC Annual Report to Board of County Commissioners – o Lots of interest in e-bikes and a request from BOCC for presentation in fall that would address the rules for various jurisdictions, and any potential changes o Email Dave if you have interest in helping with this o BOCC felt there are a lot of bike-ped issues happening and encouraged BPAC to visit them more often with relevant projects, issues, etc. Perhaps annual report and then in- between topic-specific check in. Will discuss more next meeting. o BOCC was supportive of bike ped summit and requested that BPAC shares the date. Page 3 Central Oregon Bike/Ped Summit in early September  Need to decide on location  Subcommittee volunteers so far :Wendy, Chris, Dave R. Dave T. and David Green; still need chair  Dave T. will arrange kickoff meeting then turn it over to chair; will send a poll to determine times  Dave T will email planning materials from 2019 to subcommittee members; also on Dropbox  Potential date should coincide with OR Transportation Options meeting in early September TSP Subcommittee Update (Mason, Dave G.)  Met with Chris Doty, Peter Russell (Deschutes County) to review the list of projects; worked out a few minor details on that  Next step: work on the body of the TSP, which team noted that role of bikes as transportation, not just recreation, will be a theme. Document will be reviewable this summer. External Committee Reports Tumalo Community Plan Active Transportation stakeholders:  Scheduled a stakeholders meeting next week (walking tour) Bend Transportation Bond Oversight Committee:  Meeting either bimonthly or quarterly at this point  Updates on some of the first projects (Wilson corridor)  Discussion of advanced signal systems, potential of using some of the funding for certain corridors in Bend—what does it mean with respect to emergency vehicles, bikes, peds Other Updates Redmond  Last BPAC meeting was about the joint street festival event at which they’ll have a booth Deschutes County  KAI/County hosting a walking tour of Tumalo at 2p on June 8 as part of the TGM grant. On the same day, KAI is slated to upload a Tumalo map to their website to allow the public to comment.  County is planning on holding 20-minutes Meet A Planner sessions in Tumalo for more one-on- one feedback regarding the entire Tumalo Community Plan. Commute Options:  Just ended Walk and Roll Challenge; had over 115 adult participants and 3,000 miles  Awarded ODOT Safe Routes to School Innovation Grant: will fund an education program for walking school buses for areas identified as not very safe currently Page 4  Hired new vanpool coordinator; started a new vanpool with Nosler and are in discussions with the SHARC in Sunriver  Reminder: take the OR Friendly Driver course online Meeting Adjourned at 1:30 pm Next Meeting Thursday, July 7 – 12:00 to 1:30 pm – DeArmond Room, Deschutes County Service Center, 1300 NW Wall Street, Bend