REPORT TO GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS COMMITTEE
SUBJECT
Title
Review Formalization of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Report
BACKGROUND
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) is an advisory body to the City Council on matters relative to modifying or expanding the City's recreational and commuter bikeway system. Its goal is to encourage recreational and commuter bicycling by promoting safe, convenient, well-designed facilities and by evaluating local bicycle-related projects. The BPAC's purpose, membership, and policies/procedures are established through City Council's past approval of the BPAC's Policy Guidelines (Attachment 1), with the most recent version being amended by City Council on March 25, 2014.
At the September 14, 2020 Governance and Ethics Committee (Committee) meeting, the Committee provided direction to staff regarding policy guidelines for the BPAC under Item 2 ("Discussion and Consideration of Approving a New Boards, Commission and Committee". Although the City Council approved the formation of the BPAC and the BPAC Policy Guidelines, there is no City Code section addressing the BPAC. The Committee discussed an option that an ordinance be considered to clearly set forth the composition of the membership of the BPAC and the scope of the BPAC's jurisdiction. The Committee directed staff to bring back a recommendation on formalizing the BPAC through an ordinance, that reflects the input of both the Committee and the BPAC, to the December 7, 2020 Committee meeting.
To formalize the BPAC through amendments to the City Code, staff prepared a report for the BPAC's consideration that included the proposed changes to the City Code (to later be enacted by ordinance) and updated the BPAC Policy Guidelines to align with all other boards, commissions, and committees. At the October 26, 2020 BPAC meeting, staff presented the report, draft City Code amendments and draft policy guidelines revisions. The BPAC members provided numerou...
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