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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-05-20 BABAB MinutesBozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board (BABAB) Meeting Minutes for February 5, 2020 6-8 p.m. City Hall, Commission Room BABAB’s purpose is to recommend safe bicycle practices throughout Bozeman in regard to enhanced bicycle circulation and design, community-wide bicycle education and safety programs, and other matters relating to bicycling in the Bozeman area. In attendance City Staff liaison: Taylor Lonsdale, John VanDelinder Bozeman Police liaison: James Lusby BABAB board members: Jason Karp, Tawnya Healy, Lila Fleishman, Kristin Davis, Jason Delmue, Andrew Brechbuhler, Rachel Rockafellow Absent: Candace Mastel, Chrissy Pepino Members of the Public: Ralph Zimmer (PTSC), Marilee Brown (PTSC), Matt Marcinek (GVLT), Mark Egge, Mark Buckner (public) City Council liaison: Terry Cunningham A. Meeting Called to Order at 6:03PM B. November Meeting Minutes Approved  10 mil from December meeting clarify is $10M  250k is $250,000 as well  Motion to approve by Lila seconded by Andrew Brechbuhler C. Public Comment Marilee Brown:  Met with Mark Egge – Alexa passed away – people wanted to do more – need more funding – create a coalition to get some energy and hope that BABAB becomes the official force to push this forward  Grew up in Fort Collins good example of how bike travel can work o Large city boundaries with ability to control development o Installed two-cans with painting – has good maps o Passed out city bike maps from Fort Collins Ralph Zimmer: PTS meets regularly at 20 East Olive;  Put in place to spearhead the Bozeman comprehensive transportation plan  One component – PTS educate bicyclists and how to educate the public on safe practices – etc.  Candace is assisting in that activity as part of BABAB  Second Component: laws effecting bikes and pedestrians and transportation  Gallatin County is in the process of adopting a Gallatin County Standards for transportation o Jason Karp o Marilee o Ralph attended o No BABAB representative o Next county commission will finalize Feb. 18th o Remind us that Jeff Krause said we are the Bozeman AREA Bicycle advisory board o Marilee mentions that cycling is left at the wayside Rebecca Spear:  Nurse at the High School right next to drivers ed  First responder to a bike accident on Willson/ Garfield – wants to be involved with safety aspects – comments with o Young Woman Got ran over by pickup truck o She has survived but is very lucky  Daughter Jocelyn is interested in being part of the board – has extensive experience with riding in Bbozeman and in Europe – possible High School Representative D: Moment of Silence:  Moment of Silence for Alexa Dzintars  Marilee – statement: o Someone passed away and it could have been fixed – Marilee promised her Alexa’s sister that Alexa won’t be forgotten – we need to keep working to make things better E. Absent Board Members – See Attendance above F. Update from City Transportation Engineer  Met with folks from Blink rides to start conversation with this upcoming summer and how the scooters work – and parking o Scooters need to park off the sidewalk o Why can’t they park at bike racks? No good answer  Other Priority – Front Street Path Project – GVLT o Funded 5 years ago – got delatyed due to Rouse Construction o Connection between Oak Street and Wallace o Funding gap between the cost of the project from the original allocated funds- TOP Committee in 2015 o Birch Street start o Taylor and Matt (GVLT) Comments:  Kenyon Noble had some fencing on the property – Kenyon vacated the right- of-a- way  Stormwater outfall right where the new bridge will go due to Rouse updates  Right of Ways are in place and secured  Sanderson-Steward revised estimate – doubled in price due to inflation and some too-low assumptions – need wider bridge for the creek  $178,000 of additional cost  Submitting for $30k grant  $20,850 Cash in Lieu parks plan – Northside PUD  $10k from Collin’s Coalition Fund  $25k Northeastern Urban Renewal District  Bike Ped CIP – Would help  Advocating to the TOP committee in February to get this moving – almost complete on the design level  Would appreciate the support of the bicycle board  East on Birch go across ped bridge along Kenyon’s fence to Wallace – Connect to story mill park – depot park – path to M  Front Street to wetlands as connected park is the future  Key E-W connection  Hoping the Rouse project starts N side first and then jump to south side (John V.)  City took over the project in 2015 – July 2020 start goal – Oct Nov project completion  Fiscal year 2021 – starts in July  When would we need to make an action item for next month – briefRequest for rundown of what the bike/ped funding that is being requested can be used towards as background knowledge for making a decision. the background of the requested money (Danae)  Fits into the funds for street maintenance allocated to BABAB (Taylor)  Jason would like to know what else is out there on the horizon that we would want to possibly allocate funds o Ferguson and Durston – same contractor is working on roundabout – they are temporarily patched for the winter and will work better on Taylor - Cottonwood and Huffine – Install Sewer water and a culvert G: Griffin Drive Design:  Taylor Lonsdale: o Griffin drive separation o Streetmix.net is a cool road section tool o Map: Manley road will be reconstructed o Summer 2022 – rebuild Griffin o 90’ right of way o Three land road – two sides travel lanes and center turn lane o Desire to move toward separated bike lanes – adjust to see things differently  Maintenance – who is responsible  Adjacent property owner would be responsible to clean the sidewalks  Who street sweeps in the summer  Sand and gravel are a particular problem if on road and not removed o Danae – couple of points:  Maintenance is an important consideration for separated and on-street facilities. A consideration with on street facilities is the assumption that drivers are paying attention or will be kind towards bicyclist but on street facilities can be scary due to drivers not paying attention. Maintenance – On street facilities think people are paying attention or are being kind – on street are scarier due to lack of people paying attention o Separated bike paths are the way forward but need to figure out snow removal – etc. o Jason: Policy to annex properties into the city o Lila: HRDC is looking to purchase the property on the south side near tracks for a warming facility – need safe access by walking/bicycling o Striping on paths to separate walking/biking o Versus shared use paths? – Fast bike riders don’t like mixing with pedestrians but it would allow bike commuters move faster o Marilee: Taylor was sent an article from ’98 where people prefer not to be on the roadway  Pointed out that more bike-people conflict at road intersections  Taylor: improved intersection design where conflicts happen  Terrified for people walking on Griffith and 7th o Jason: Feels that the educated rider will stay on bike and the less confident will use the sidewalk – shared use Jason K. – From rouse to manley is a bit tough o How the railroad would address this in question o Case Studies for how to do this safely o Mark Egge:  Bike lane – can Bozeman handle the cleaning of on street biking  Two lanes on 7’ wide – bi-directional movement  Separated bike lanes  Why do we allow MDT to control our roads  Is there an underpass from Cannery to Evergreen in the future o Taylor:  Challenges for all options – people have different preferences  Stop letting MDT after they stop paying the bill – they have a go-to street section  At 7th intersection the cemetery comes right to the right of way of unmarked graves H: BABAB Work Plan Adoption  Danae – Work Plan Adoption o Getting ahead of things prior to our limited time together during monthly meetings o Chrissy asked to add some items to the plan – would these some items fall under some categories o Divvy up the plan and hash out the questions – better way to contact us – pass out sign up sheet o Bike to Work Week – we need a new champion (Lila) o Facebook – who is in charge of this?  Ralph Johnson: He receives agenda and minutes – workplan was not in it – entire mailing list, requested o Taylor: Intent was it was to be included as part of the agenda – on the website  Workplan Adoption: o Andrew Brechbuhlerm seconded by Kristien Davis I: Old Business: 1. Map: o Share to PTS 2. Drivers Ed Classes: (Jason) o Look at current program review of drivers ed plan o Give some input for reviewing the curriculum to add input to Elain o Elain Warn wife put the curriculumar together o Marilee would like to be part of it o Need to touch base with Bozeman High Driver’s Ed class and provide input o Candace, and Marilee, and (Anna Price (MSU)) would provide information prior to starting driving – safety and getting it in their minds – driving and cycling  BABAB / PTS / MSU  Incoming freshmen from MSU / High School / Middle School / Etc o Danae – with WTI – could be interested – currently working with teachers – useful for all parties, plan for new peopples o Jason – maybe go and watch the program to see what is missing from presentation 3. Winter Bicycle Route Maintenance: o Is there anyone who can spearhead the recommended routes to have a bike maintenance plans – BABAB to give recommendations  If we wanted to get this presented to the City Board  What is the level of service  Danae – on the record to say she appreciated that the city is doing a great job keeping the on-street bike lanes and separated paths cleared of snow open / look for people to get involved and having good input for the city to consider 4. Danae: o Email for reinforced polymer bridge video – WTI have money to do a wildlife crossing – want to start the conversation to do an experimental bike bridge – We will review the email  Lighter weight – easier to build  Addie Jaden (Mattrk GVLT) big component is bridge replacement from Parks and Recreation  Steel bridges might not meet some of the requirements 5. Community Plan: o Metric for bike accessibility – provide detail to the city – how do we get information o Dig up email and review J. New Business: 1. GVLT West Bozeman Trail Connectivity: a. Matt spent a lot of time out there this fall to see how all of the new development coming along b. Propose field trips out there to see what is happening – best way to see what needs to happen is by visiting the areas c. City is interested in the process – get better trail connections – spine trail to access the sports park d. Identify sections that could get improved – how do we get connections through the spaces e. Get back to Mattrk who could be a part of the plan and provide input f. Bike lanes versus Bike Routes g. More mapping once the snow clears – GIS trail assessments 2. Bike Walk Montana: a. April 28-May 1 Summit is in Great falls – river trails system in Great Falls b. Who from the city will attend I. Meeting adjourned at 7:54 p.m. For more information, please contact John Vandelinder, Street Superintendent. This board generally meets the first Wednesday of the month from 6pm to 8pm. BABAB meetings are open to all members of the public. If you have a disability that requires assistance, please contact our ADA Coordinator, Mike Gray, at 582-3232 (TDD 582-2301).