Safe Cycling Access to UBCO

PETITION TO PROVIDE SAFE CYLCING ACCESS TO UBCO

To:
The Mayor and City Councilors of Kelowna;

Copy:
UBC Board of Governors;
UBC Okanagan Presidents Advisory Council;
University of British Columbia Students' Union Okanagan;
British Columbia Ministry of Environment;
British Columbia Ministry of Transportation;
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada;
Transport Canada;
Kelowna R.C.M.P.;
Canadian National Railway;
Kelowna Pacific Railway;
UMA Engineering Ltd.;
Kelowna and Area Cycling Coalition;
Central Okanagan School District No. 23;
Land Reserve Commission;
Kelowna People in Motion;
Rutland Residents Association;
Clifton Highlands Community Association;
KLO Central Neighbourhood Association;
Kelowna South Central Association Of Neighbourhoods;
Okanagan Mission Residents Association;
Quail Ridge Residents Association;
Glenmore Valley Community Association;
North End Residents Association;
McKinley Landing Residents Association.

From:
UBC Okanagan (hereafter referred to as UBCO) Cycling Club;
Concerned Members of the Kelowna Region Cycling Community;
Concerned Parents of Current and Future UBCO Students;
Concerned Members of UBCO Student Governance;
Concerned UBCO Students, Faculty, and Staff;
Concerned Members of the Local Community;
Concerned Visitors to the Okanagan Region.

Begun: March 27, 2006

Whereas the City of Kelowna actively promotes the concept of sustainability;

whereas the City of Kelowna actively promotes cycling as alternative transportation;

whereas the City of Kelowna, its residents, and the local business community benefit from the active participation of UBCO students, faculty, and staff within the community;

whereas the Quality of Life within the region would be more sustainable with a reduction in the number of motor vehicle commuter trips to and from the UBCO campus;

whereas no safe access exists for cyclists entering the UBCO campus from the east;

therefore, we the undersigned, without prejudice, do humbly petition the Mayor and City Counselors of Kelowna and all stakeholders listed above to:

(1) Implement an action plan to provide safe cycling access to the UBCO campus;
(2) Ensure the access begins at or near the junction of Sexsmith Rd. and Highway 97;
(3) Give serious consideration to the use of the Rails with Trails concept;
(4) Complete the access and have same ready for use by September 1, 2006.