Terms of reference

The Policy Council advises Council and staff on:

• Strategic priorities relating to active transportation directions, policies, and guidelines
• The Transportation Plan and Active Transportation Master Plan as they are developed, implemented, and updated

The Policy Council advises staff on:

• The education and promotion of active transportation modes, as well as on partnership opportunities

Subcommittees

The Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition, BEST, and other local and regional cycling and walking organizations are encouraged to attend subcommittee meetings, which meet a minimum of four times per year.

Active Transportation Projects Subcommittee

Provides advice to staff on priority walking and cycling and other active transportation projects. The Manager of Active Transportation will determine priority infrastructure and development projects for subcommittee input.

Active Transportation Promotion and Partnerships Subcommittee

Provides advice to staff on the education, outreach, and promotion of active transportation modes, as well as on partnership opportunities.

Subcommittee membership

The policy council may appoint a reasonable number of subcommittees to assist with its projects. Membership may include persons willing to serve who are not members of the Active Transportation Advisory Committee.

Subcommittees will each consist of up to 10 members, with a quorum of four policy council members. Optional membership on a subcommittee requires approximately a 2-hour time commitment every other month. Members are not required to be policy council members, but participation must be approved by the Active Transportation Policy Council.

Subcommittee meetings will not have administrative support from the City Clerk’s office. City staff will take summary notes to document input from subcommittee meetings that will be provided to members.

Meeting frequency

The policy council will generally meet, either formally or informally, on the third Wednesday of the month at 5:30pm in the Business Centre, Second Floor, City Hall.

Five of the meetings (listed in the Documents tab) will be formal meetings with administrative support from the City Clerk's Office.

Time commitment

Policy council meetings will last up to 2½ hours. A minimum of one to two additional hours a month is spent on email and other correspondence, meetings, networking, and promotion. Preparation time for all meetings is required.

Attendance requirement

Member may miss no more than four consecutive meetings without obtaining leave of absence from the policy council. Membership will be terminated following the fourth such absence.

Membership

The policy council is composed of 15 voting members. The Chair is selected by the members at the policy council's first meeting for the Council term.

Members must reapply to be reappointed.

Members

Terms expire 7 December 2014

• Dean Alexander
• Joan Andersen
• Graham Anderson
• Adrian Bell
• Rhiannon Chernencoff, Chair 
• Eugene Chin
• Keltie Craig
• Jacob Hunter, Vice Chair
• Tom Lancaster
• Tanya Paz
• Liliana Quintero
• Lisa Slakov
• Adam Vasilevich
• John Whistler
• Meghan Winters

Liaisons

• City Council: Councillor Heather Deal
• Park Board: Commissioner Constance Barnes
• School Board: Trustee Rob Wynen
• Vancouver Police Department: Constable Pat Allen 
• TransLink: to be determined
• City of Vancouver Planning Department: to be determined 
• Staff: Dale Bracewell, Active Transportation

2013 meetings, agendas, and minutes

2012 meetings, agendas, and minutes