Ê Ê Ê Ê ÊMINUTES OF PBPC MEETING ÊOF 6 JULY 06
 
Attendees:

Bob Cronin Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ÊGladwyn D'Souza Ê         Ê Ê Ê Mike Harding
Steve Vanderlip Ê Ê Ê Ê Tony Panero Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Didrik Hoag
Margaret Pye Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ÊJerri-Anne Meyer Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ÊPat Giorni
Al Meckler Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ÊMilo Fenzi, Woodside BAC
Deborah Gordon. Woodside Mayor

Pre-meeting discussion: ÊMilo Fenzi and Mayor Gordon discussed the
cyclist/motorist/equestrian conflict in the Woodside area. ÊThey find
the situation dangerous due to the level of anger seen in a few
motorists and cyclists. A lack of understanding on all sides makes it
worse.

Agenda Items:

- Introductions and Minutes: Ê The minutes of the June meeting were approved.
- Reports:

 ÊSchools- ÊJerri-Anne requested help with the educational ride 17
 Ê ÊSept at Oak Knoll Elementary, Menlo Park, as part of a Bike
 Ê ÊSafety week, 11-15 Sept. ÊThis is the school Michelle Mazzei
 Ê Êtaught at.
 
 ÊHillsdale/101 Bike Bridge- ÊSteve announced a workshop to be
    held for public information on the proposed bike overcrossing, 13 July,
    at the San Mateo City Hall.

 ÊC/CAG BPAC meeting- ÊMike described the presentation on the El
    Camino "Grand Boulevard" initiative. ÊMayor Gordon said Caltrans has an
    agreement with C/CAG on right-of-way issues and cities are signing on.
    How this affects bike access to El Camino is unknown, but widening of
    the street is very difficult, so results are likely to be cosmetic. ÊThe
    GIS-based bike map has bike route input largely done, and the County is
    considering ways to make a printed version. ÊDiscussion covered the
    relative merits of digital and paper publishing. ÊTDA Art.3 is a likely
    funding source for printed maps.
 
 ÊSan Carlos BAC- ÊMargaret described a proposed workshop for Safe
    Routes to School. ÊThey are looking for a site, a date and likely
    participants. ÊOddly, the city staff and police department are
    unenthusiastic, as are the schools.

 ÊWoodside road rage- ÊMilo Fenzi and Mayor Gordon are looking for
    suggestions on how to improve matters. ÊMilo summarized the conflict,
    noting that a half-dozen bike-haters are leading public opinion, which
    would otherwise be milder. ÊHe is organizing an informal meeting to
    start a dialog, and asks PBPC's help. ÊSuggestions included cameras to
    document incidents, better publicity about the issue and personal
    encouragement of good stop sign behavior. ÊCuriously, the
    Woodside/Canada intersection is usually polite, due to the congestion.
    Individual efforts to spread the word for better behavior may be the
    best we can do, plus finding ways to open the dialog.

 Ê4th of July wrap-up: ÊSteve said pictures are up on the website now.
 
 ÊN-S Route- ÊDidrik is changing the focus of the campaign, with
    the whole route as a long-term goal and bottlenecks getting the
    short-term efforts. ÊWe will meet early in August at 6:30, for a
    pre-meeting to plan our approach. ÊA suggestion was made to put
    County-wide bike route signage on the County Bikeway Plan. ÊThis
    requires finding the study that describes the signage scheme that was
    endorsed by the C/CAG BPAC. ÊThis is comparable to the SFBC signage.
    Bob mentioned that information on the results of the Valencia St.
    project are forthcoming from Leah Shahum of SFBC.

 ÊWillow/101 overcrossing upgrade- ÊIt was decided to have an
    off-line meeting to discuss the details of the various designs for our
    recommendations.

 ÊC/CAG and liability- ÊGladwyn will draft a letter for Board
    discussion.