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December 5, 2006 Meeting Summary
Attendance
David Baumbauer
(chair)
X Jon Henderson X Matt Rognlie X
Jeff Ball
X Emily Harrington X Matt Jennings
Dave Kunkle X Chad Bailey X
Jason Delmue X
Guests: none
Old and New Business
(1) The board decided to change the leadership for 2007. The board agreed on
appointing Jon Henderson as Chair, Chad Bailey as Vice Chair, and Emily Harrington as
Secretary. The by-laws will be checked for official terms of these offices.
(2) Bike to Work and School Week (http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/)
will be May 14-18, 2007. The Advocacy Subcommittee will be working on this starting
in January. The success of the ride-by breakfast at the Co-Op will be built on. Some
other ideas were brought up and include a Commuter Challenge, modeled after an
event in Missoula where a bicycle commuter races a car commuter on “errands” in
town, strictly following all traffic laws. Ideas for the week can be forwarded to David
B., Matt R. or Emily.
(3) Matt R. heard back from the Sweet Pea Committee regarding the valet bike parking
proposal. They will consider the idea at their January meeting and contact Matt with
their decision.
(4) There were no updates from the Bozeman Bike Kitchen
(http://www.bozemanbikekitchen.org/).
(5) Matt R. informed the board that Gallatin Valley Love INC
(http://www.loveincgc.org/) has room for volunteers wishing to repair used bikes to be
used in their ministry. As it is an interdenominational Christian ministry, volunteers
must sign confidentiality and statement-of-faith forms. Interested bike mechanics can
contact Jim Good at 587-1433.
(6) The Safe Routes to Schools (http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/) project is underway,
with grant proposals due the end of December. A pilot project at Emily Dickenson
Elementary School will take place.
(7) Transportation Plan Update. Of the 33 pages making up the draft scope of
services, 22 deal with pedestrian and bike issues. Bike Board members need to
regularly keep up with the Plan and make sure that bike/ped issues are followed
through on. Jon has done a great job assembling all the important resources at
http://www.bozeman.net/commission/bike_board_resources.aspx
The consultant hired to write the Plan update has proposed a cost of $250K, and
the state/city/county portion does not quite cover that amount. Jon offered the balance
of the BABAB budget ($43K) to make up the difference. The consultant hired is Robert
Peccia & Associates (http://www.rpa-hln.com/), with Alta Planning and Design
(http://www.altaplanning.com/) as the sub-consultant for bike/ped issues.
(8) Our proposal to have a travel & advocacy budget as part of the Board was not
approved. Bike Board members will try again next year.
(9) For a good overview of why bike lanes are so important in the ‘big’ transportation
picture, members are requested to read the article “Benefits of Bike Lanes” on the Bike
Board Resources page.
Next Meeting: January 2, 2007, 6:00 pm, Alfred Stiff Professional Building.