REPORT TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SUBJECT
Title
Update on Governance Item/Revise BPAC Bylaws (Liw)
Report
BACKGROUND
At the September 14, 2020 Governance and Ethics Committee meeting (Item 20-313), the Committee provided direction to staff to formalize the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) and ensure that the BPAC is consistent with other boards, commissions, and committees (Commissions). In addition, in October 2019, member Kratz requested an annual work plan topic (Attachment 1) to discuss changes to the BPAC bylaws.
In response, staff prepared changes to amend the City Code and BPAC Policy guidelines. At the October 26, 2020 BPAC meeting, staff presented proposed changes to the City Code and BPAC Policy guidelines (Attachment 2) and BPAC members provided numerous comments. BPAC voted to table the item and form an adhoc subcommittee (Subcommittee) comprised of three BPAC members to review the proposed changes to the City Code and BPAC Policy guidelines and to draft changes and comments to present to staff and the full BPAC.
At the December 7, 2020 Governance and Ethics Committee meeting (Item 20-991, Attachment 3), staff provided an update to the Committee on formalizing the BPAC and requested deferral of the item based on the upcoming BPAC subcommittee review of the proposed changes to the City Code and BPAC Policy Guidelines. The Committee accepted staff's recommendation for deferral and directed staff to return to the Committee in March 2021 for further updates. At the December 10, 2020 BPAC meeting (Attachment 4), Subcommittee members provided individual reports to staff and the full BPAC. The Subcommittee stated they could not come to full agreement on all of their proposed changes or comments.
DISCUSSION
Staff reviewed and considered all of the BPAC comments from the October 26, 2020 and December 10, 2020 BPAC meetings and recommends further changes to formalize BPAC and ensure the BPAC is consistent with other Comm...
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