HomeMy WebLinkAbout(Re)Appointments to the Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board.pdfCommission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Aimee Kissel, Deputy City Clerk
Stacy Ulmen, City Clerk
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: (Re) Appointments to the Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board
(BABAB)
MEETING DATE: January 11, 2010
MEETING TYPE: Action
RECOMMENDATION: Appoint the four applicants listed below to the BABAB.
BACKGROUND: The BABAB has four terms which expired December 31, 2009 and four
applicants; three of which are new.
The Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board (BABAB) was created by the City Commission in
September 1990 (Resolution No. 2817). Its 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.
As amended by Ordinance 1594, Chapter 2.98 in April 2003, the board shall consist of up to nine
members who will serve two year staggered terms. Each member may be reappointed without any
limitation on the number of reappointments. Persons must be of legal age.
A majority of the board shall be residents of the city. Non-resident members of the board shall have
some interest in the city by virtue of working in the city, owning property in the city, or entering the
city frequently for any lawful purpose. In addition, the members should be knowledgeable of
bicycling and/or traffic safety in the Bozeman area.
This board has four expired terms, one re-applying applicant, and three new applicants.
Re-applying Applicant: New Applicants:
Rebecca Gleason Bill Bartlett
Steve Bretson
Elizabeth Williamson
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Attachment: Board Applications
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Fill out the following information and click send to apply for the Bicycle Advisory board.
Date: November 23, 2009
Name: William A. Bartlett
Physical and Mailing Address:, Bozeman, MT
Email:
Phone(s):
Length of time in the Bozeman area: 25 years
Occupation: Lawyer
Employer: Angel, Coil & Bartlett
Have you ever served on a City or County board? (Yes/No) No
(If so, where, what board, and how long?)
Please explain your relevant qualifications, interests, and experiences.
Lawyer: criminal law is my specialty, but some of those skills are transferrable.
Substitute Municipal Court Judge (lately inactive), former mediator, service on the
Montana State Bar Association, Fee Arbitration Committee.
My daily bike travels are to the office at 125 West Mendenhall, law and justice center,
and any place else I need to go.
I think that 63 years of using muscle power to travel as often as possible (canoe, bike or
walk) have brought me to the point that at the very least I might serve as an example or a
roll model; an old guy who’s stayed fit through a simple lifestyle.
I am interested in expanding the number of bicycle travel days that Bozeman residents
undertake and making each of them as safe as possible.
References (Individual or Organization). Please include name and phone for three references.
Susan Wordal, Bozeman City Prosecutor – 582-2309
Eric Bryson, Bozeman City Commissioner – 582-3700
Chris Mehl, Bozeman City Commissioner, elect – 581-4992
I understand that sending this email is the same as signing my name. (Yes/No) Yes
Special Note: This application is considered public record. Application contact information may be
displayed on the City of Bozeman website.
PLEASE NOTE: Per Ordinance No. 1759, revising Chapter 2.01 of the Bozeman Municipal Code, all
board members are required to attend a yearly ethics workshop provided free of charge by the City as a
condition of service as a member of a board.
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Application for the Bicycle Advisory Board:
Fill out the following information and click send to apply for the Bicycle Advisory board.
Date: 11 December, 2009
Name: Steven Gregory Bretson
Physical Address: Bozeman, MT 59715
Email:
Phone(s):
Length of time in the Bozeman area: resident of 10 years
Occupation: Designer
Employer: Massive Studios
Have you ever served on a City or County board? (Yes/No) No
(If so, where, what board, and how long?)
Please explain your relevant qualifications, interests, and experiences.
I've been a resident of Bozeman for the past 10 years prior to living here I grew up in the suburbs
of Minneapolis. Just in the past two years, I purchased a home here in downtown Bozeman and
I'm very excited and feel very fortunate to be able to become an even more integral part of the
community I never had any trouble loving.
I've spent 26 out of 30 years of my life as a competitive cyclist in nearly all cycling disciplines.
In that time it has shown me more than I could have ever imagined and I'm not about to slow
down now. I've worn many hats within the cycling industry from Professional athlete, team
director, program director, head mechanic, retail buyer, coach, consultant, movie stunt double,
and most recently production editor of a national cycling publication and Operations Director, an
unofficial but agreed upon title, for the Bozeman Bike Kitchen. Other current community cycling
efforts include hosting - with a small group, several sold-out cycling film premieres at the
Emerson in benefit of local organizations - We hope to have another this spring. I've also had the
great opportunity to work with the Bicycle advisory board on a few several occasions during the
annual bike week, and have helped to bridge the gap between some of the other cycling groups
and the Board, so we can be moving together rather than separately.
I ride my bicycle as my main form of transportation 365 days a year, as I have for the past
decade -- but I am not out of touch from the average person who uses an automobile as their sole
form of daily transportation. One of the things that makes me a good designer (my day job) is I
have the ability to step away from my personal beliefs to see how someone else might see and
interpret my ideas, and to find a balance that hopefully will include everyone within the target
audience. I understand the grievances that Cyclists, Drivers, and the general public have against
any certain concept. I like to think that I always try to apply an un-biased opinion. I hope to help
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our Community develop a strong cycling base with the resourses we absolutely require, and
hopefully a few nice extras along the way.
I've recently been asked to direct the development of an area mountain bike club as a branch of
the Gallatin Valley Bicycle Club. They have started to understand that they might be too biased
to certain areas of cycling and have been alienating a very important group of cyclists, allowing
Mountain bikers to have to develop their own relationships and views on their own, which can be
a decent thing, but has started to get out of hand with younger cyclists building unauthorized
trails within forest service land and having user conflicts with other groups on trails. What I hope
to do is develop a new club over this winter to bring in all these younger riders and older more
responsible cyclists to have an externally social aspect, in hopes to give us a new foundation to
develop leadership, mentorship, and an effective vehicle to get information on trail usage
changes, workdays, and legislation concerns to the mountain bike public. I have been told, and
even though my modesty would deny - I do see, that I am a very well respected and looked up-to
individual in our cycling community here and also on an international level. Being I've competed
in anything from the X-Games as a BMXer, Downhill and Road Racing, I've been told that many
of the young kids want to be me when they grow up, and the older generations respect me for my
responsibility, mutual respect, future vision and ability to be a leader to all generations. I only
hope that I can continue to live up to the expectations given to me by my community peers.
Along with cycling, I'm an avid skier, climber, sportsman and woodworker. Other past interests
have been motorcycle and auto racing, but those are frankly too expensive for this homeowner to
continue. I would love the opportunity to help shape and lead the community I love. Thanks for
your time and consideration.
References (Individual or Organization)
Please include name and phone for three references.
Joseph Gilpin, Alta Planning
Zac Collins, Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board
Casey Shlenker, Bozeman Bike Kitchen
I understand that sending this email is the same as signing my name. (Yes/No)
Special Note: This application is considered public record. Application contact information may
be displayed on the City of Bozeman website.
PLEASE NOTE: Per Ordinance No. 1759, revising Chapter 2.01 of the Bozeman Municipal
Code, all board members are required to attend a yearly ethics workshop provided free of charge
by the City as a condition of service as a member of a board.
Steve Bretson
designer at large
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/ / / massive studios
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Fill out the following information and click send to apply for the Bicycle Advisory Board board.
Name: Rebecca Gleason
Physical Address:
Mailing Address (if different):
Email:
Phone(s):
Length of time in the Bozeman area: 20 years
Occupation: Research Engineer
Employer: Western Transportation Institute (WTI)
Have you ever served on a City or County board? (Yes/No) No
(If so, where, what board, and how long?)
Please explain your relevant qualifications, interests, and experiences.
For the past two years, my work at WTI has focused on promoting alternative transportation (bicycling,
walking and transit) primarily on Federal lands. I would like to apply this knowledge locally to help create
viable alternatives to the private automobile. I think this is possible with an integrated
bicycle/pedestrian/transit network and promotion of these options. I’ve been an avid mountain biker in the
Gallatin Valley for many years and am learning how to become a more avid bike commuter. I am
interested in promoting bicycle safety education programs and initiating a local bike share program. I
recently completed the "Guide to Promoting Bicycling on Federal Lands" which was prepared for the
Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Central Federal Lands. The Guide is available at
http://www.cflhd.gov/techDevelopment/completed_projects/bikes/index.cfm and at the Pedestrian and
Bicycle Information Center at www.pedbikeinfo.org. Please see the attached a one-page description of
this effort.
References (Individual or Organization)
David Kack – Western Transportation Institute Mobility and Public Transportation Program
Manager 406-994-7526
Susan Law – FHWA Central Federal Lands Alternative Transportation Planner- 720-963-3570
Otto Stein – Montana State University Civil Engineering Professor – 406-994-6121
Please include name and phone for three references.
I understand that sending this email is the same as signing my name. (Yes/No) Yes
Special Note: This application is considered public record. Application contact information may be
displayed on the City of Bozeman website.
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Fill out the following information and click send to apply for the Bozeman Area Bicycle
Advisory Board.
Date: 5/29/09
Name: Elizabeth R.Williamson
Physical Address:
Mailing Address (if different):
Email:
Phone(s):
Length of time in the Bozeman area: 14 years
Occupation: Wildlife and Highways Program Coordinator
Employer: American Wildlands
Have you ever served on a City or County board? (Yes/No) No
(If so, where, what board, and how long?)
Please explain your relevant qualifications, interests, and experiences. Long-time city and
mountain biker. Interested in the need for improved awareness regarding biking and traffic issues
in the community. Participated in Leadership Bozeman in 1999. Participated in Bozeman
planning focus group. Experience with consensus building and working group situations from
wildlife conservation experience. Strong facilitator and team participant. Member/Facilitator
of the Montana Wildlife Linkage and Highway Safety Committee. Former member of the
Bozeman Pass Working Group and co-founder of Bozeman GIS Users Group. Primary organizer
for the Gallatin Whitewater Festival / Gallatin River Celebration, 2002 - 2004.
References (Individual or Organization) All individuals
Please include name and phone for three references.
Jason Delmue (Bike Board Member, City of Bozeman):
Jon Henderson (GIS Manager, City of Bozeman): 582-2250
April Johnston (Conservation Director, American Wildlands):
I understand that sending this email is the same as signing my name. (Yes/No) Yes
Special Note: This application is considered public record. Application contact information may
be displayed on the City of Bozeman website.
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