Bicycle Board

Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board Meeting – 6 August 2015, 6:30pm-8:30pm Members Present: Damien Davis, Drew Gatlin, Frank Gmeindl, Jonathan Nellis, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Jenny Selin, Derek Springston, Chip Wamsley Agenda Items and Relative Minutes: 1. SLM / BMUFL sign locations; Damien; Status and next step.  Action: waiting for notice to proceed (not until 6 months after June 2015 – December?)  Damien talked with Fred, will review and check in with city – we need to give presentation  Traci and Frank have spearheaded the presentation to CCCOW (city council committee of the whole)  Jenny will scheduling the presentation for the Sep 29th CCCOW mtg agenda  Damien will get comments back regarding the proposals by next meeting 2. SLM / BMUFL sign locations; Derek; Plan for completing location plan to use funds that we haven't allocated  Another revision was completed, we are good to go 3. BFC signs; Damien; Installation commitment date for signs that haven't been installed yet.  Action: Damien will send out current and desired locations i. 705, Sabraton, Mon Blvd, Uni Ave, Westover bridge, Stewartstown Rd, Dorsey Ave ii. 4 more need homes?  Damien will talk to Fred 4. Bicycle parking rings; Damien; Installation date for rings that remain to be installed including those that were removed in recent construction.  Action: Damien will check with the tree plan RE: installing one outside the Grind  Proposed locations i. Public safety bldg under overhang ii. Post Office on South High St. bridge iii. Pleasant Street – near Black Bear, 123, Coop. 5. Bicycle locker signage; Chip; Installation commitment date.  EVERYONE will submit comments and suggestions to Damien on the proposed signage before 17th September (look for the email)  Damien will install the signage before October 1st. 6. Mon Blvd. bicycle climbing lane; Damien; Installation date commitment.  Everything is in place. Everyone supports it  We are waiting to hear back from Jeff before pressing the issue further.  No one sees the need to repave ($$$) the shoulder at this time – painting ASAP is the focus  Damien will report back what he hears from Jeff 7. BFC award; Chip; Plan for renewal.  Application is due 11 February 2016  Need to form committee i. Derek, Drew, Frank (as consult) – need more! ii. Drew will send out a Doodle Poll for initial meeting to be held after Sep. 17th  Beginning steps: review the old application and the LAB comments/feedback on our application  If we begin by addressing the feedback, we will then move to highlighting recent / near future infrastructure improvements. Climbing lane will be integral, hopefully. 8. Minutes; Drew; Desired template // Plan for aggregation of old minutes and website posting  Drew will reach out to Traci and Betsy for any old minutes / templates  Drew will reach out to Jing for any agendas from 2015 9. Bicycle Board Reorganization/Procedural Guideline amendments; Drew; Plan for defining current committees // Redefining what constitutes a quorum // Voting on noncontroversial items // Ex-officio member definition updates // Spread of desired members across city neighborhoods  Need to propose specific, concrete changes to the procedural guidelines if we are going to continue to discuss this further. We should revisit and update the bicycle plan to clarify our motives and priorities. This will hopefully help guide any changes we want to make. Continue discussion next month if needed.  Everyone should send any suggestions into Drew for presentation at next month’s meeting