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Home My WebLink About09-02-15 BABAB meeting minutesBozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board (BABAB) Meeting Minutes, Weds, September 2, 2015 6-8 PM, City Shops Complex - 814 N. Bozeman Board members present: Dillon Warn, Jen Petersen, Jenna Fallaw, Juliana Olliff, Rebecca Gleason, Sam Haraldson, Steven Blair, Tony LeBaron, Zachary Steffl Board members absent: Bill Cochran, Daniel Davis, Jason Delmue Other attendees: Matt Workman: Assistant City Streets Superintendent A. The meeting was called to order. B. Public Comment: none C. August meeting minutes were approved. D. September Bike Counts - Sam will give Matt Workman the information to get out on the city twitter and Facebook pages. a. Zach – He will send out bike count forms for people to print out early next week and will answer any questions that people might have. Cameras are available for open or busy spots. ‘No parking’ signs can be borrowed from city and put out the day before the count. b. Number Crunching: Board members should sign up now if they have not already at: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0445ACAD2EA2F85-bozeman E. League of American Bicyclists Report a. https://www.bozeman.net/Bicycles - additions, outreach, social media rollout. ‘Bicycling basics’ and ‘Why should you commute by bike?’ have been added to city website by Dillon and linked from the BABAB site. Sam can also add a link to bikebozeman.org. Can we further promote on Facebook? Other suggested additions and changes: • We could change current links from the league report on what we could to better and provide information on what we have done already and future action items. • Updates on how people can get involved and come to our meetings and the BABAB page could provide access to the Bozeman.net for more information. • Bike routes map, photos of good bike facilities around Bozeman and a photo gallery of bike week and previous bike counts. • Rebecca has a list of accomplishments that we could provide a link to. • Links to sign up for newsletter and a ‘contact us’ link. Dillon and Sam will spearhead tackling some of these proposed changes. b. Bike Board members / Ambassadors: We can request part of the funding allocated to BABAB if we have a project in mind. Can we design a t-shirt for board members to wear to city events? We could go to the farmer’s market and Music on Main with the city water bottle fill station. Do we still have leftover BABAB t-shirts? Rebecca will ask Bill and Jessie May. Tony will draft a summary sheet on the job description and duties of a bike ambassador. Western Transportation Institute (WTI) is in communication with the city about a potential partnership to create a position involving MSU, the city, the county & WTI to coordinate bike/pedestrian issues. c. Public Cycling Safety Classes – MSU or Library Zach will talk to Ana price about getting signs made up for campus with ‘rules of the road’ (the do’s and don’ts) d. Other LAB Report discussions: none F. Bozeman Bicycle Advocacy Film – Steve a. issues and locations Needs: cars & bikes for scenarios and 15 local locations/issues we want attention brought to. $500-1000 for one 10-15 min video or a few shorter ones. Ideas generated: • Taking the lane b/c bike lane ending, dangerous intersections • Examples of how it is now and better designs that could be incorporated. • Demonstrating how to ride a roundabout • Issues on North7th & unused parking lanes Locations to play videos: MSU union, DMV, courthouse, streamline, news stations Different length videos, use voice over, subtitles Rebecca sent the board the ideas that that were drafted in the past to revisit and we will create a google doc with our ideas. Next month we can narrow ideas down so that we can get bids. b. filming schedule: tbd G. Streets Plan Update – tabled a. Wikimapping H. MSU and Bozeman High Bike Outreach/Clubs – Juliana: She is trying to work with the high school to make double sided bike racks work or provide new bike racks. She is also working with gear wizard. Other ideas: A Kickstarter campaign to raise money, BABAB could write a letter recommending appropriate space between bike racks. Juliana will email contact information and Sam will draft a letter if needed. Tony: Move in weekend at MSU: There were classes with tours for new students providing information on bike facilities and safety info for cyclists. About 40 students participated in this inaugural event. I. Old Business: none J. New business: none K. The meeting was adjourned.