Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board

City of Wichita Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board Monday, December 9, 2013 5:30 – 7:30 P.M. 777 E. Waterman, Building 200 Wichita Transit Van Maintenance Facility Conference Room Meeting Notes: Members Present: Maxine Bostic, Jack Brown, Ryan Hollingshead, Tom Lasater, Alex Umberger, Charli Lauer Members Absent: Barry Carroll, Tyler Stutzman, Jerry Jones, Anna Mosher City Staff Members: Doug Kupper, Parks; Troy Tillotson, Finance; Mike Lemke, Planning; Scott Wadle, Planning; Public: None Time: 5:31 pm Call to Order Jack Brown, Interim Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board Chair, called the meeting to order. Time: 5:33 pm Board Member / Project Tracking Reports Members of the Board introduced themselves. Time: 5:35 pm Approval of October Meeting Notes The meeting notes from the October meeting were unanimously approved as submitted ( motion by Tom Lasater, second by Alex Umberger). Time: 5:37 pm Wichita Capital Improvement Program Overview Troy Tillotson provided an overview of the City of Wichita Capital Improvement Program (CIP) creation process. Highlights from his presentation and the discussion are provided below. • The creation of the CIP is a multi-step process – including the following steps o Financial projections o CIP Committee o Call for projects o City Manager draft o Public input o City Council approval • The City looks to update the CIP about every other year. • The current CIP includes approximately $500,000 every other year for the Bike Enhancements line item. The Budget Office anticipates being able to leverage additional funding with it, including Federal funds. With the leveraged non-City funding, the Finance Department estimates that the City will have 1  approximately $7 million available to implement the Bicycle Master Plan (Bicycle Plan) over 10 years. This is less than the estimated $12.6 million to construct and roughly $2 million to design the 10-year Priority Bicycle Network recommended in the Bicycle Plan. • A general line item in the CIP has the advantage that it is more flexible than project specific line items and reduces administration requirements for approval of multiple projects. • The important dates for the CIP may be coming up within the next two months, as the CIP Committee may start to meet. No specific dates are available at this time. Individuals and organizations will need to contact the Budget Office to receive updates on the process. • ACT ICT is a separate process to determine community priorities and preferences regarding funding. It may or may not be completed in time to utilize for this CIP development process. • The Board members thanked Troy for his presentation. Time: 6:04 pm Park and Recreation Department Capital Improvement Program Submissions Doug Kupper, Director of the Wichita Park and Recreation Department distributed a handout Pathway Project List and Future Considerations for Bike Path Systems; and provided a presentation about the Park Departments planned submissions for the next City CIP. Below are highlights from the presentation and discussion. • The Park Department, under the direction of Tommy Allen, built the first bike path / multi-use path in Wichita, along the Arkansas River. • The Park Department is a collector of ideas for bike paths and welcomes input from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board. • Path loops in parks are generally only for walking but may be adapted for multi-use purposes if they intersect with a bike path. • It is important to connect dog parks to paths • The Park Board will probably update their list of priorities after the 1st of the year. • The distributed handout provides the current Park Department thoughts on project submissions for the upcoming CIP. o Parks  Chisholm Creek Park: FLAP K-96 path connector to GPNC and trail renovation  Chisholm Creek park North Lake – RTP grant request  Orchard – recreation center wellness programming  Aley Park  Central and Bristol Park path system o Bike Paths  Path connection from Gander Mountain to new Lincoln Street Dam boat passage  Lincoln Street Dam down to Herman Hill Park and connect back to Mack Bridge and existing river path system  Path connector from 127th and Central to Kellogg and Greenwich  Meridian Dog Park to river path connection at Amidon Bridge  Oak Park to Riverside Park connector to Minisa Park Little Ark River Pathway  Path connection to river pathway from Watson Park/Mclean Blvd to Gold St. down to Midland Avenue railbank ROW down to Haysville  Crystal Prairie Lake Park to Sedgwick County Park Bike Path along Big Ditch o Park Board 2   #1 Delano neighborhood pathway north of Douglas  #2 K-96 to Harry  #3 Arkansas to Haysville – from Watson to Haysville along the river corridor  #4 South Central Neighborhood East river bank to Herman Hill Park  #5 Redbud A continue existing trail to K-96  #6 Redbud K-96 to County line  #7 Connect west trail to Prairie Sunset Trail through Goddard • It is likely possible to construct a path along or on-top of the Big Ditch. However, the rights to the property for the facility were acquired through an easement and may prevent certain uses. • Street Maintenance does major maintenance to the paths. The Park Department can address small cracks and small maintenance projects. The funding for the maintenance of paths comes from the Street Maintenance budget. • The Board members thanked Doug for his presentation. Time: 6:42 pm Board Retreat Review Scott Wadle provided a brief review of the Board retreat, using a PowerPoint developed by Tami Bradley. Highlights from the presentation and discussion are provided below. • At the retreat, the Board indicated that meeting on the 2nd Monday of the month is the preferred meeting time. • The Board reviewed how best to communicate recommendations and to work with other City stakeholders. • The Board members voted to identify their top priority strategies from the Bicycle Plan to make progress on in 2014. • Board members indicated that there is a need for bylaws and agreed that a subcommittee might be the best approach to developing them. • Individual Board members indicated that there is a need for coordination between the Park Board and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board. Board members indicated that this could be especially important as bicycle facility applications are being considered. Jack Brown indicated that he is willing to attend one of the Park Board meetings, and the Board discussed the idea of volunteering to have a different Board member attend each of the monthly Park Board meetings. • Scott Wadle committed to distribute a copy of the Board Retreat notes PowerPoint to all of the Board members. Time: 7:04 pm Creation of a Bylaws Subcommittee Jack Brown introduced the topic of creating a subcommittee to draft bylaws for the Board. Tom Lasater volunteered and Barry Carroll was volunteered to assist him. Maxine made a motion to have Tom Lasater and Barry Carroll assigned to develop draft bylaws for the Board, Charli Lauer seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously by the Board. Time: 7:09 pm 2013 Progress Report for the Bicycle Master Plan Mike Lemke distributed the handout draft Wichita Bicycle Master Plan 2013 Annual Implementation Progress Report and provided a presentation with an accompanying PowerPoint. Below are highlights from the presentation and discussion. 3  • The City of Wichita is making progress implementing the Wichita Bicycle Master Plan and there are still many strategies where implementation can occur. • The distributed draft report provides performance indicators for each of the performance measures listed in the Bicycle Plan. • The Board members thanked Mike for his presentation and hard work during his internship. The Board members also wished Mike great success for his upcoming adventures. Time: 7:26 pm 2013 Annual Report from the Board Jack Brown initiated a discussion about an annual report from the Board. The discussion included whether the Board wanted to produce one and what format it might take. Below are highlights from the discussion. • Individual Board members indicated that they did want to see an annual report from the Board and that it could be an important way of letting the elected officials know what the Board has been doing. • The report could take the form of a letter and used as a cover letter for the City’s 2013 Progress Report for the Bicycle Plan. • The elements of the letter could include: what the Board has done; the 2013 Progress Report, and what the Board will focus on in 2014. • Scott Wadle committed to sending the Board members examples of reports / letters from other communities. • Jack Brown volunteered to write a draft letter for approval by the Board. • Charli Lauer volunteered to ask her Fiancé if he could assist with developing a logo for Board letterhead. Scott Wadle volunteered to provide all logos and graphics related to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans. Time: 7:49 pm 2014 Annual City Work Plan for Implementation of the Bicycle Master Plan Scott Wadle distribute handouts of the draft Wichita Bicycle Master Plan – 2014 Annual Implementation Work Plan. In the interest of time he encouraged the Board members to review it and indicated that it could be presented to them at their next meeting for their approval. Scott Wadle also indicated that there may be changes from staff prior to the next presentation. Time: 7:53 pm Meeting Schedule Jack Brown opened the meeting up for discussion about the regular meeting dates for the Board. After discussion a motion passed unanimously for the Board meetings to be held on the second Monday of each month (Tom Lasater 1st, Alex Umberger 2nd). Time: 7:55 pm Closing Thoughts Jack Brown provided closing thoughts for the Board. Time: 6:50 pm Public Comments • None 4 Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:04 pm. 5