Bicyclist and Pedestrian Commission

Minutes - Wheaton Bicycle Advisory Commission Wheaton City Hall, Gamon Room, 303 W. Wesley Street, Wheaton, IL 60187 Wednesday May 16th, 2018 Roll Call: Chair, Dan Dlhy called the meeting to order at 7:05pm In Attendance: Dan Dlhy, Therese Kushman, Carrie Provost, Nancy Allured, Rita Nathanson, Bill Nieman and Laurel Salvador Approval of Minutes: Carrie Provost approved the minutes and Laurel Salvador seconded Public Comment: None Chair Report: None Ongoing Business: Bike Festival – August 11th – Paula Barrington from the Downtown Wheaton Association wasn’t able to attend our meeting. Since I Have a Bean is not able to participate in the festival this year, Rita Nathanson will speak with Paula Barrington about approaching My Half of the Sky (coffee shop) to attend the festival. Discussed the ride after the festival and Dan Dlhy will lead the ride and ensure that all participants have a helmet and waiver but will need at least one person to be the sweep for the ride. We also discussed who from the commission will be attending the festival this year, the giveaways, the planned bike route with the construction on Front Street as well as putting a list of vendors that would like to participate again this year. We also viewed the various marketing pieces that were created for this years festival. Taste of Wheaton – Bike Valet – June 2nd: Michelle Dunlap had posted the sign – up form for the bike valet and the times slots are as follows: 6-10:30am, 10:30am – 3pm and 3pm until close (7pm). It was decided that we will keep the bandanas for the bike festival and not give them out at the bike valet. Bike / Walk to School – Spring (May 9th): Therese Kushman reported that the bad weather on the day of the event affected the numbers as it prevented the children from riding or walking to school that day. At one school the safety video was shown in the school lunch room. At another school, children received crossaints for pledging to ride their bike to school or walk to school when the weather is nicer. No actual numbers were gathered for this year’s event. Wheaton Public Library Display (Bike Month): Rita Nathanson reported that the library didn’t have any space for our display this month but promised that we could set it up in July. So it was decided that we will have a display in the Wheaton Public Library in July which will help promote our Bike Festival. Progressive Dinner Group Ride: Carrie Provost proposed having our commission turn a group ride into a Progressive Dinner outing. It was decided that this would be just for our commission and we will have to create a route based on who is participating in the event. More details to come. New Business: None Other topics from Commission Members: Group Ride Reminder - Carrie Provost reminded us that there is a group ride scheduled for Saturday and we will be following the street signs that were put up around the city of Wheaton. Upcoming Meetings: Wednesday June 20th, 2018 Wednesday July 18th, 2018 Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:56pm Respectfully Submitted: By Dan Dlhy