Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board

City of Wichita Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board Tuesday, August 6, 5:30 – 7:00 P.M. 777 E. Waterman Wichita Transit Van Maintenance Facility Conference Room Board Members: Maxine Bostic, Barry Carroll, Ryan Hollingshead, Anna Mosher, Tyler Stutzman, Jack Brown, Jerry Jones City Staff: Paul Gunzelman, Public Works, Scott Wadle, MAPD, Mike Lemke, MAPD Intern, Zack Edwardson, WAMPO, Kristen Zimmerman, WAMPO Other: Amy Delamaide 5:30 pm – Call to Order • Jack Brown agreed to facilitate the meeting. 5:30 – 5: 45 pm Welcome and Introductions • Introductions: Board members and staff made brief remarks. • Identification of August meeting minute-taker: Barry Carroll volunteered. 5:45 – 5:55 pm Roles and Responsibilities of the Board (Overview) • Scott Wadle, MAPD Advanced Plans, handed out copies of the ordinance creating the Wichita Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board, provided a brief overview, and responded to questions. 5:55 – 6:05 Bikeways Design Projects (Overview) • Paul Gunzelman, PW&U Engineering, provided a brief description of the bicycle facility design projects that the City Council approved the contracts for earlier that day. These projects will be completed by four engineering firms. These projects are tentatively scheduled to be presented at neighborhood meetings in September and DAB meetings in October. 6:05 – 6:15 pm WAMPO Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts (Overview) • Zach Edwardson, WAMPO, made brief remarks and provided everyone with a new bike/ped map. According to Zach, volunteers will be needed for the upcoming bike/ped official count on September 12 & 14. Board members were encouraged to volunteer. 6:15 – 6:25 pm Delano Bicycle Parking – Phase II (Overview) • Mike Lemke, MAPD Advanced Plans, provided information about the ongoing work to update the Delano West Douglas Avenue Bicycle Parking Plan. This work includes re-prioritizing some of the rack locations for Phase II. The City has secured federal transportation funding to install Phase II. 6:20 - 6:30 pm Delano Oil Drilling and Future Path Corridor (Overview) • Scott Wadle, MAPD Advanced Plans, explained that the site plan submitted for the proposed oil drilling in Delano shows that the screening wall would no longer encroach on the former railroad corridor, a potential bike/ped cooridor. There will be additional public meetings pertaining to this issue. 6:30 – 6:40 pm Pedestrian Master Plan (Overview) • Scott Wadle, MAPD Advanced Plans, explained that a Pedestrian Master Plan Steering Committee needed to be formed ASAP. Scott provided a list of candidates for the proposed Steering Committee. The staff recommendation was for the Steering Committee to be created as a sub-committee of the Wichita Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board. After a brief discussion, a motion was made by Carroll [Bostic] that the staff recommendation, including the slate of candidates, be approved as recommended. Motion carried. In addition, there were board members who agreed to serve on the Master Pedestrian Subcommittee as well [see attached list]. 6:40 – 6:50 pm Project Tracking List (Overview) • The board decided that it would be a good idea to track the various bike/ped projects that have been recently approved. Individuals on the board volunteered for particular projects and agreed to track, monitor and make brief reports at future meetings (see the list below). o Tyler o Jack o Charli o Ann o Ryan 6:50 - 6:55 pm Closing Thoughts • Possible September topics: • Potential Bikeway Design Projects Review o Routine Accommodation Policy and Design Standards Intro o Wayfinding System Plan Introduction o Redbud Path updates o Delano Bicycle Parking o Discussion of bike path maintenance o Establishment of a ‘consent agenda’ [for reports, etc.] o Routine project updates o Public education o Future workshop about the Master Bicycle Plan o City of Wichita’s Website [how to make maintenance requests, etc.] • September meeting date and time: Scott will survey the group and identify an agreed upon date/time. It was decided to continue to meet at the Transit Center. 6:55 – 7:00 pm Public Comment: Amy Delamaide was introduced. Amy agreed to serve on the Master Pedestrian Subcommittee. In addition, Amy expressed an interest in serving on the board if there are any openings since she is an avid cyclist. The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 pm. It was a productive initial meeting!  Agreements Who What By When Jack Agreed to serve as the Board Chair until board elections are held Ongoing Barry Agreed to take the minutes and forward to Scott for dissemination Ongoing All Agreed to track, monitor and report on selected bike/ped projects Ongoing Scott Agreed to survey the board for an agreed upon meeting date/time 8/20/13 Paul Agreed to provide routine status reports on the bicycle facility designs Gunzelman and to bring the conceptual plans back to the Board. Ongoing All Respond to a ‘Meeting Wizard’ survey from Scott pertaining to 8/20/13 acceptable meeting dates/times