Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting

City of Norman Bicycle Advisory Committee Agenda for June 11, 2018 Meeting, 6:00 PM City of Norman Municipal Complex 201 West Gray, Council Chamber Room (1) Roll Call and Introduction of Visitors Attendees: Hal Cantwell, Meghan Wieters, Sunni Bailey-Koszarek, Gordon Carrie, Kyle Williams, Chris Southern Visitors: Charlotte Adcock (ACOG), John Hunter and Jeremy Jones (American Ramp Company) (2) Approval of April Meeting Minutes & New Business for July agenda Motion by: C. Southern 2nd: K. Williams Approved Minutes Items for Agenda July 9th Review draft concepts for Bicycle Skills Park Nominate and elect a Vice Chair for BAC Status reports: • City of Norman Updates: (Angelo, James) • OU Crimson Cruisers Bikeshare (Kyle) • OU Bike Committee Update (Lee) • Bike Map – City version (James) (3) Agenda A. Norman Bike Skills Park Public Meeting with Bicycle Advisory Committee, Norman city staff and park design consultants from American Ramp Company (Jeremy Jones) Presentation to Committee (Community members did not attend as hoped) Goals for site – assess access points and site issues; define goals for project Proposed Norman Site • Soil is conducive to compacting and already has undulations to establish flowlines • Goal will be to maintain the contours to work with existing drainage patterns in order to maintain course more easily. • Site lines for emergency management (e.g. access for EMS, Police) Examples of different Bike Playgrounds, Bike Parks shown: Griffin Bike Park (Terre Haute, Indiana) 1 mile skills, lake jump, alternate paths or “chicken” routes for skipping a skill https://griffinbikepark.com/ Lake Tahoe example Intermediate and Advanced areas http://bijoubikepark.org/ Ruby Hill Bike Park (Denver, CO) • Pump track • Up and down courses • Trail around the site • Connection to other trails http://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-parks-and-recreation/parks/park- attractions/bike-parks.html Lake Cunningham Bike Park (San Jose, CA) • Drinking fountains, parking • Flowlines • Pump track • Progression areas • Jump lines http://www.sjactionsports.com/facilities/lake-cunningham-regional-bike-park/ Pineville Bike Park (Pineville, MO) http://pinevillemo.us/attractions/pineville-pumptrail-bike-park/ Bentonville, AK Bicycle Playground https://www.bentonvillear.com/783/Bentonville-Bike-Playground The Railyard (Rogers, AK) • Expensive park • Playground • Skills park • Return trail back to beginning • Restrooms • Drinking fountains https://rogersar.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/The-Railyard-57/ Next Steps Establish the line of trail possible, where off-shoots are possible Identify where intermediate and advanced areas Connections off site to promote cycling to the park Look at having volunteers create the ‘everybody’ trail connections (weedwhacker and flatten earth); save creating/constructing the jumps for Progressive Ramps to build Address ADA access and Adaptive Chair/Cycle use on trails Options to use whole park, potentially use alternate path on tricky jumps if needed. Q: How do the dirt banks hold up to weather/rain? A: Where stabilization is needed there are constructed elements to prevent erosion, etc. Otherwise dirt banks can handle weather (with maintenance) Q: We will likely need some kind of training for volunteers to maintain the track correctly, is that possible? A: Yes, after opening a training session on maintenance could be scheduled. Comment from staff: This site is hoped to be popular. Therefore, some of the budget will need to be included for some parking. 24th St is planned for widening and an access point there may be ideal as the access to the alley is private. Q: What can our budget get us? A: The determination will be how much of a playground areas is wanted. There is the ability to have trail all over the site, then we figure out how many features can be added within budget. Discussion: Pump track option If pump track was to be included – ideally will be hardscaped. This would be an alternative space to practice skills if the trail was muddy. Comment: There is a good pump track in OKC, we may not want to create another one and use that space/$$ for more jump features, etc. The next stage will be approximately 30 days the American Ramp Association will have some layout options to present at a public meeting. This may be a separate meeting from the Norman BAC and the hope will be to get more participation. Comment: An additional option is to post a pdf of draft layouts to CiviComment (https://www.civicomment.com/) Free option: https://www.civicomment.com/get-started-free/ This space allows people to fluidly comment on images easily. Comments can be compiled more easily for use as well. (1 free option per organization) B. Upcoming meetings / topics of interest to cycling in Norman A. iCan Bike OKC Camp June 4-8 Heritage Hall School: volunteers needed https://icanshine.org/ican-bike-oklahoma-city-ok/ This event happened last week. (4) Adjournment 7 pm Next Meeting: July 9, 2018 REQUEST ALL MEMBERS EMAIL FULL EMAIL LIST BY Friday July 6th if you are not able to attend on July 9th (if we won’t have quorum, we will cancel. ) Committee member Title Original Term Term Ends Ward Liaison Term Begins Michelle Carr Member 7/10/2012 2/13/2016 2/13/2019 2 Conquest Lee Krumholz Member 5/22/2012 2/13/2017 2/13/2020 4 BLN Hal Cantwell Member 2/13/2017 2/13/2020 BLN Thomas Woodfin Chair 9/13/2011 1/13/2018 1/13/2021 6 Meghan Wieters Secretary 3/12/2013 2/13/2016 2/13/2019 2 TRB Sunni Bailey-Koszarek Member 5/24/2016 5/24/2016 2/13/2018 4 Social Media Outreach Gordon Carrie Member 4/14/2015 2/13/2016 2/13/2019 7 Weather Center Kyle Williams Member 10/14/2016 2/13/2017 2/13/2020 8 OU Bikeshare Chris Southern Member 5/14/2018 5/14/2021 OEF Ex-officio members: James Briggs Angelo Lombardo Lt.Teddy Wilson