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Minutes from the Meetings of the Working Group for the False Creek YOF CITY CLERK'S DEPARTMENT VANCOUVER Access to Information & Privacy File No.: 04-1000-20-2018-414 September 18, 2018 Dears.22 1 Re: Request for Access to Records under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the "Act") I am responding to your request of July 31, 2018 for: Minutes from the meetings of the Working Group for the False Creek Flats Rail Corridor Strategy document ( https://vancouver.cafstreets-transportation/false­ creek-flats-rail-corridor-strategy.aspx), showing how TransLink, Better Environmentally Sound Transportation, and the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition were involved and what their input was. Date Range: January 1, 2006 to October 31, 2008. All responsive records are attached. Please note: The Rapid Transit Office confirms there were no meeting notes as the meetings provided comments on the report that was incorporated into the documents attached. Under section 52 of the Act, and within 30 business days of receipt of this letter, you may ask the Information & Privacy Commissioner to review any matter related to the City's response to your FOi request by writing to: Office ofthe Information & Privacy Commissioner, [email protected] or by phoning 250-387-5629. If you request a review, please provide the Commissioner's office with: 1) the request number (#04-1000-20-2018-414); 2) a copy of this letter; 3) a copy of your original request; and 4) detailed reasons why you are seeking the review. City Hall 453 West 12th Avenue Vancouver BC V5Y 1V4 vancouver.ca City Clerk's Department tel: 604.829.2002 fax: 604.873.7419 Yours truly, Barbara J. Van Fraassen, BA Director, Access to Information & Privacy Barbara. [email protected] 453 W 12th Avenue Vancouver BC VSY 1V4 *If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] and we will respond to you as soon as possible. Or you can call the FOI Case Manager at 604.871.6584. Encl. :ag Page 2 of2 Working Group Vancouver Translink Key staff VACC BEST Transport Canada Steering Committee Translink Port Metro Vancouver City of Vancouver GVGC Working Group • Meets as a group or as a subset to discuss details on specific elements of the rail strategy • Subgroup could include focus on • Cycling/ Pedestrians (Best/ VACC) • Transit (BESTI Translink) • Utilities (Vancouver) • Greenway Connections (BEST/ VACC/ Vancouver Greenways Branch) • City Resources can be pulled in as required CITY OF VANCOUVER RAILROAD CROSSING STUDY BURRARD INLET LINE CITY OF VANCOUVER RAILROAD CROSSING STUDY BURRARD INLET LINE Opus Hamilton Consultants Ltd. Prepared by: Margaret Gibbs, P.Eng., PTOE Senior Transportation Engineer Reviewed by: Sarah Rocchi, P.Eng., PTOE Senior Project Manager September 2008 H-08279.00 850 - 1185 West Georgia St. Tel: 604 684 4488 ISO 9001:2000 Registered Vancouver, BC Fax: 604 684 5908 Canada, V6E 4E6 www. opushamilton.com RAILROAD CROSSING STUDY (BURRARD INLET LINE) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 General Background 1 1.2 Purpose and Objectives of This Study 2 2.0 PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF STRUCTURES 2.1 Background 6 2.2 Design Criteria 6 3.0 CENTRAL VALLEY GREENWAY 3.1 Design 9 3.2 Connections to Adjacent Bike Routes, Streets, and Transit 10 4.0 MALKIN AVENUE 4.1 Design 12 4.2 Expected Impacts 13 4.3 Traffic Diversion on Clark Avenue 14 5.0 VENABLES STREET 5.1 Design 18 5.2 Expected Impacts 18 6.0 UNION STREET 6.1 Design 20 6.2 Expected Impacts 21 7.0 POWELL STREET 7.1 Design 23 7.2 Expected Impacts 24 8.0 CLOSURE OF AT-GRADE CROSSINGS 8.1 Background 26 8.2 Cordova Street 26 8.3 Raymur Avenue 30 8.4 Parker Street/ Glen Drive 31 8.5 Evaluation of Crossing Closures on Pedestrians and Cyclists 36 8.6 Evaluation of Crossing Closures 38 RAILROAD CROSSING STUDY (BURRARD INLET LINE) 9.0 NORTH-SOUTH CYCLING ROUTE OPTIONS 9.1 Option 1 – Glen Drive/ Vernon Avenue 40 9.2 Option 2 – Glen Drive/ Raymur Avenue 43 9.3 Option 3 – Glen Drive / Strathcona Park/ Hawks Avenue 44 9.4 Evaluation Criteria for North-South Bicycle Routes45 9.5 Evaluation Results for North-South Bicycle Routes 46 10.0 CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMARY 10.1 Purpose and Objectives of the Study 47 10.2 Grade Separated Crossings 47 10.3 Closure of At-Grade Crossings 47 10.4 Evaluation 48 10.5 North-South Cycling Route Options 50 APPENDIX A ANTICIPATED PROPERTY REQUIREMENTS APPENDIX B GRADE SEPARATED STRUCTURES: DESIGN NOTES AND PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS APPENDIX C IMPACT EXTENTS LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1.1 STUDY AREA AND LOCATIONS 3 FIGURE 3.1 PROFILE OF PROPOSED BIKE/PED OVERPASS: CVG 9 FIGURE 4.1 PROFILE OF PROPOSED FOUR-LANE BRIDGE: MALKIN AVENUE 12 FIGURE 5.1 PROFILE OF PROPOSED SHARED USE PATH: VENABLES STREET 18 FIGURE 6.1 PROFILE OF PROPOSED BIKE/PED OVERPASS: UNION STREET 21 FIGURE 7.1 PROFILE OF PROPOSED FOUR-LANE OVERPASS: POWELL STREET 24 FIGURE 8.1 CIRCULATION AFTER CLOSURES (CORDOVA ST & RAYMUR AVE) 28 FIGURE 8.2 TRUCK TURNING REQUIREMENTS: CORDOVA ST AND RAYMUR AVE 29 AT-GRADE CROSSING CLOSURE FIGURE 8.3 CIRCULATION FOLLOWING CLOSURE OF AT-GRADE CROSSING AT 34 PARKER STREET/GLEN DRIVE FIGURE 8.4 TRUCK TURNING REQUIREMENTS: PARKER STREET/GLEN DRIVE 35 AT-GRADE CROSSING CLOSURE FIGURE 8.5 SPACING OF PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE THROUGH CORRIDORS 37 FIGURE 9.1 NORTH-SOUTH BICYCLE ROUTE OPTIONS 41 FIGURE 9.2 BICYCLE ROUTE OPTION ENVIRONMENTS 42 RAILROAD CROSSING STUDY (BURRARD INLET LINE) LIST OF TABLES TABLE 3.1 SUMMARY OF CVG OVERPASS 9 TABLE 4.1 SUMMARY OF MALKIN AVENUE OVERPASS 11 TABLE 4.2 ESTIMATED PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC AT CLARK DRIVE INTERSECTIONS 15 TABLE 5.1 SUMMARY OF VENABLES STREET UNDERPASS 17 TABLE 6.1 SUMMARY OF UNION STREET OVERPASS 20 TABLE 7.1 SUMMARY OF POWELL STREET OVERPASS 23 TABLE 8.1 IMPACTS OF CLOSURE OF CORDOVA STREET AT-GRADE 27 CROSSING TABLE 8.2 EXPECTED PROPERTY IMPACTS AND REQUIREMENTS: CORDOVA 29 STREET AND RAYMUR STREET AT-GRADE CROSSING CLOSURES TABLE 8.3 IMPACTS OF CLOSURE OF RAYMURE AVENUE AT-GRADE 30 CROSSING TABLE 8.4 IMPACTS OF CLOSURE OF PARKER STREET/GLEN DRIVE AT-GRADE 32 CROSSING TABLE 8.5 EXPECTED PROPERTY IMPACTS AND REQUIREMENTS: PARKER 36 STREET/GLEN DRIVE AT-GRADE CROSSING CLOSURE TABLE 8.6 EVALUATION SUMMARY (ALL CROSSING CLOSURES) 39 TABLE 9.1 EVALUATION CRITERIA TO ASSESS THE NORTH-SOUTH BICYCLE 45 ROUTE OPTIONS TABLE 9.2 EVALUATION RESULTS OF NORTH-SOUTH BICYCLE ROUTES 46 ASSESSMENT TABLE 10.1 EVALUATION SUMMARY 49 RAILROAD CROSSING STUDY (BURRARD INLET LINE) 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 General Background Railways are an essential component of the region’s goods movement network. They are vital to the success of port operations in the Greater Vancouver area, as well as the provincial and national economies. The market for Vancouver ports has recently experienced significant volume growth. It is forecast that rapid growth in rail goods movement will continue over the next 15 years. Railways are also a critical element of passenger movement for local, regional, and intraprovincial travel. The VIA, Amtrak, Rocky Mountaineer, and West Coast Express passenger train services are all candidates for future expansion. Available rail capacity at the south shore terminals is very important to encourage future intermodal growth at these terminals. To accommodate the short term critical needs for rail, CN and CPR have a co-production agreement that the two railways will share key sections of track to improve the fluidity of rail operations over existing infrastructure in the Vancouver area. Rail modeling analyses currently being undertaken by the Port of Vancouver indicate that this co-production agreement, along with a few minor infrastructure and rail operational improvements, could help to meet the demand for the south shore terminals up to approximately 2012. However, in order to allow for future growth in all commodity sectors, or if this co-production agreement were to end, there would need to be new ways to satisfy the demands for rail in the future. One of the potential areas for additional rail capacity is the rail yards within the False Creek Flats. However, prior to the CN/CP co-production agreement, rail analysis conducted by the Greater Vancouver Gateway Council identified constraints in the Burrard Inlet rail line (“BI Line”) that links the Port to the False Creek Flats. These constraints affect the ability for the False Creek Flats to efficiently provide additional rail capacity to support the Port facilities. The two primary constraints along the BI Line include: • at-grade road/rail intersections • the rail/rail intersection with the CP mainline at the Port. 1 RAILROAD CROSSING STUDY (BURRARD INLET LINE) The City of Vancouver supports increases in goods movement by rail, as rail is a more sustainable mode of transport than truck. The City reports that recent statistics from the Rail Association of Canada indicate that goods movement by rail is nine times more efficient than by truck in terms of overall energy consumption, and creates over 60 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions. In order to examine ways to remove the constraints along the BI Line, the City of Vancouver applied for funding through Transport Canada under the Transportation Planning and Modal Integration Initiative for the False Creek Flats Rail Corridor Strategy. In June 2006, the City’s proposal was accepted by Transport Canada. This report is the summary of the work completed by Opus Hamilton and EarthTech to develop and evaluate a grade separation concept of the BI Line corridor for that Rail Corridor Strategy. This study follows several other studies summarized in the Phase 2 Application for a Contribution from the Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative Transportation Infrastructure Fund for ‘Waterfront to False Creek Flats Rail Grade Separation (City of Vancouver, 2007).
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