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Meeting Notes, January 4, 2017
Public Present: Christian Black, Kevin Jacobsen (presenter), Jennifer Wirth
Board Present: Sam Haraldson, Rachel Rockefeller, James Lusby, John Vandelinder, Tony
LeBaron, Dillon Warn, Jennisse Schule
A. Call Meeting to Order at 6:05 p.m.
B. Approved Previous Meeting Minutes
C. Public Comment
● Dillon received email about someone road biking along South 19th Avenue;
rumble strips are unsafe between edge of asphalt and white line; John had a few
emails he forwarded to Butte district; is this a passing issue with cars?
● Kevin Jacobsen (Morrison Maierle) has been working with the City of Bozeman on
the streetscape project on North 7th Avenue; Project is in construction document
phase; construction this summer planned; on phase 3 from Main Street to Durston
Road; goal is to turn South 7th Avenue into an attractive corridor; handed out
concept plan; current design does not show any bicycle facilities b/c consultant
doesn't feel like MDT will accept bicycle improvements; most the work is going to
happen outside the curb to curb section, so mostly pedestrian oriented; Candace
suggested looking at shared use path or bike path outside the curb to curb; Kevin
said MDT is not very excited about bicycle facilities within their ROW; this is a TIF
district; Rachel said this is a "midtown" district for redevelopment; Kevin
suggested that BABAB offer up a letter of support with comments; sets up
possibility to promote future enhancements for bikes; kjacobsen@m-m.net;
406.587.0721
D. BABAB Email Address
● Sam said when he sends out newsletters he uses gmail address but would like to
set up bozeman.net or bozemanbikeboard.org address to do business more
professionally; asked John who to talk to at city; John will check into it; will need
to vote on it...put on next month's agenda
E. Consideration of Board Leadership
● For 2017, by Dillon Warn (been chair for 1.5 years)
● Candace voted in as new President
● We need a new secretary...Dillon voted in as secretary
F. League of American Bicyclists Report Card Discussion
● Rachel passed out City’s evaluation report from League; we have been given
Silver Rating; rating is valid for four years; need to re-apply ahead of expiration
date
● Is there the ability to re-apply early if big accomplishments were made?
● Rachel said that a friend of hers hit a hose on the sidewalk on Kagy Boulevard
and had to be airlifted...(does Athletics know about this?)
● John will get this on the agenda for City Commission in the next few months (City
Commission is on Monday nights at 6 p.m.)
G. 2017 BABAB Planning
● Base it on the League’s 5 E's for planning purposes
● Evaluation - Bike Counts - lets continue participation in national event (Dillon will
do bike count organization - taking over for Rebecca)
● Enforcement/Engineering- Reducing speed limits from 25 to 20 to improve safety
and reduce fatalities - may be a longer fight, maybe 5-10 years; Jennifer Wirth
asked if there were designated bike routes; John said there are some; Matt at
Streets said South Grand would become bike priority route; John said bike map
might be out of date and it might be silly to update now based on future work this
summer taking place
● Education - Get a series of letters or column with regular writing about bicycle
issues and safety, etc.; get re-involved in presenting at drivers ed courses;
Jennisse said that she would be open to helping out with education work;
Bozeman Adult Education; Orientation for MSU students; Safe Routes to Schools;
Rachel could do the four presentations this year to drivers ed classes (Sam would
need to get information from Jen)
● Encouragement-Work with employers to incentivize cycling and other modes;
Jennisse mentioned also encouraging culture change by including kids in the
incentivization programs (at elementary school level); Jennifer Wirth said she is
new GVBC Children Ride Coordinator and could look into incorporating some
events or education for general riding into her classes; we put together another list
in a previous meeting...let's get these out there for new board members/existing
members to review
● Agenda due to John on Friday before meeting each month, just as an FYI
H. Adjourn
● Meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.