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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-08-10 Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board Minutes Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board City of Bozeman, Montana BABAB Meeting Minutes 6:00 pm, September 8, 2010 Commission Room, Bozeman City Hall 6:00 Call to Order, Introductions Members attending: Baker Lyon, Elizabeth Bird, Jason Delmue, Bill Cochran, Rebecca Gleason Ex Officio: John VanDelinder 6:02 Approval of July 7, 2010 Meeting Minutes Minutes not available 6:03 Approval of August 4, 2010 Meeting Minutes Minutes not reviewed – secretary will re-send 6:04 Disclosure of Comments or Information Received None 6:05 Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items (Please limit to 5 minutes per person) None Announcements: City Commission meeting about Willson and College intersection will occur October 4 with a presentation by MDT regarding round-about vs. traffic light options. Rebecca will check on whether she can go and email us about it. John will check on timeline for West College shared use path construction to report at October meeting. There was discussion of staying in touch with visitors to BABAB meetings. We agreed to set up a contact list on our Google account, a BABAB friends group, and send minutes to all of them. The BABAB email address is bozemanbikeboard@gmail.com Rebecca had a meeting with Dan Stevenson at MSU who’s developing a climate action plan. WTI will help MSU come up with a CAP (climate action plan). Current Business 6:20 Bicycle Map Update Bobby Not present 6:30 Letter to MDT RE: Peach Street Bike Lanes Jason D Jason took notes on further discussion and will bring a letter back to our October meeting. Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board City of Bozeman, Montana 6:40 NING Website Elizabeth W Not present 7:00 Bicycle Benefits Update Rebecca G Chad reported on his progress via email – a lot of the businesses don’t want to sell stickers (Baker ran into this as well). BABAB makes more money if we sell them directly. We should think about additional venues for selling them. In contacting the businesses, it’s best to go in person, and preferably approach the business when they’re slow. Baker visited a few businesses and found it hard to get hold of someone who can make decisions. We need to provide businesses via email, information about where customers can buy stickers. Continuing the Bicycle Benefits program will require every BABAB member to be persistent. 7:10 Letter to City RE: Babcock/Mendenhall Streets Elizabeth B Elizabeth announced that Ralph Zimmer of the Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee reported that Rick Hixson made it clear to Ralph that both BABAB and the PTSC would have representation on both the consultant selection committee and the project oversight committee. Elizabeth agreed to write a note of thanks to Rick (rather than a request to do just that which is what had been on the agenda). This was completed 10/4/10. 7:15 Parking and Snow Removal Policy Elizabeth B John VanDelinder explained that a new “reverse-911” is being set up in the city which, if citizens sign up, will make it possible for the City Streets Department to notify neighborhoods when the snowplows will be coming down their streets. The hope would be that when they’re informed, they’ll choose whenever possible to move their vehicles off the named streets. Trying to create an enforceable city ordinance about this would require substantial expenditure on signage for every block of the city (when the city is already sign-laden) and so BABAB agreed that this voluntary approach might be the best bet. BABAB agreed to find a way to conduct a sign-up campaign (as sign-up will be voluntary) to get as many residents as possible to cooperate, in part in order to create greater safety on plowed roads for winter bicyclers. BABAB recommended to Mr. VanDelinder that as much as possible the plowing system make it feasible for people who have no off-street parking to move their vehicles just a short way – preferably across the street, or second-best, around the nearest corner. Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board City of Bozeman, Montana Pending Business 7:55 October Meeting Agenda Brainstorm CIP Requests No comments forthcoming from members for October’s agenda. 8:00 Adjourn The BABAB reserves the right to deviate from the published meeting agenda. BABAB meetings are open to all members of the public. If you have a disability that requires assistance, please contact our ADA Coordinator, James Goehrung, at 582- 3232 (TDD 582-2301).