HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-9-09 Bicycle Advisory Board Minutes
Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board (BABAB) minutes for meeting on 9-9-09
Members Present:
Molly Pickard
Elizabeth Bird
Baker Lyon
Joseph Szasz
Rebecca Gleason
Guests:
Joe Gilpin
Elizabeth Williamson
John VanDelinder
Brenda Truman
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1. Approval of last month minutes
2. Ian Kleptner is looking for a local liaison for the selling of stickers for Bicycle Benefits. We would need
people to touch bases with local businesses willing to offer benefits to cyclists presenting the stickers.
BABAB could sell these stickers at events such as bike to work week and other events. One reason this
would appeal to BABAB is the promotion of commuting and helmet wearing. We will need to contact
the cities city’s legal counsel for final approval. The potential financial benefits for BABAB would be
anywhere fromeither $1.25 toor $3.75 per sticker, depending on whether BABAB is selling the sticker to
a store or directly to a bicyclist. Molly will get this started (working with city staff to open an account);,
Rebecca and Joseph will then help implement. This was approved unanimously.
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3. Joe Gilpin then discussed the striping being done around the intersection of College and 19street.
There have been some issues with the striping especially concerning a cyclist ability to travel safely
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North on 19. The best idea seemed to be moving back the bike lane by 100ft and allow cyclist to
determine the safest route for themselves. We also talked about access to the shared use trails where
the bike lane ends. We also talked about the potential use of the “fog line” and to designate the edge of
the chip sealing around next to the bike lane. We agreed to contact Tom McCormick at MDT about our
concerns. Discussed also was the cities city’s desire to get College Ave. work moved to top of priority list
and for MDT to do the work. A letter drafted by Elizabeth Bird directed to Mr. McCormick was
unanimously approved and Elizabeth will follow up.
3. We discussed bike to school day which will take place in early October. We will need two
locations/schools where volunteers will lead “trains” to the schools. Marylyn King is talking to principals
and making parent contacts. Bike to school day will only involve elementary schools at this point. We
also considered whether we would conduct AM/PM “trains” or just an AM event. At this point we need
to organize volunteers and start publicizing the event. Rebecca or Joe will send out information and
people can volunteer as able.
4. Elizabeth Williamson discussed the benefits of using Ning interactive website for BABAB information.
We would need to balance the focus between BABAB and Bozeman Bike Central. Ning provides
document sharing and a discussion forum. We need to find out exactlyElizabeth described how
muchminimal time and effort for upkeep of the site as well as BABAB’s ability to filter comments and
site rules. We also talked about whether people posting on the site would need to provide tier their
name or require that they be a resident of the city/county. We decided to go with Ning because it
seemed to fit our need and was free. Elizabeth Williamson will set things up and invite all BABAB
members. We will discuss things further at the next meeting.
5. We then discussed BABAB updates – (from notes provided by Elizabeth Bird)
a.Bill & Chad - report of maps distribution (done; Bill says: Maps have been handed out. I
have a small stack left in my possession.)
b.Bill – plans for bike safety training (Bill emailed the following message to Elizabeth Bird).
c.Joseph had plans to attend a subdivision review meeting on the Laurel Glen subdivision
– will report next meeting.
There will be a Traffic 101 skills training session on the weekend of Oct 3rd in Bozeman. It is a
prerequisite course to getting certified as an instructor. This course will be offered via a joint effort of
the GVBC, Bike Kitchen, and me on the BABAB side. The instructor is coming over from Billings.
T4America is being handled by Becky and me at this point I believe. We are both attending meetings,
and we are going to write a letter to the Chronicle.
6. We then discussed the 2010 budget status. At this point the budget will increase by 3% all thought
that is pending final approval which will happen sometime after in October.
7. We also discussed proposed changes to the BABAB charter. We can possiblye expanded membership
and/or specify the BABAB activities may go beyond “advising”. New members could include
representatives from the county commission, MDT, TCC, etc. Jason and Baker will be heading up this
projecttake a first stab at drafting changes and then get Jason’s assistance.
8. We discussed next month’s meeting which will include further discussion on bike to school day, the
production of resource maps, the Bike/Ped coordinator position, and the Laurel Glen subdivision.
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