Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board

Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board Monday, January 8, 2018 5:30 – 7 p.m. 777 E. Waterman, Bldg. 200 Wichita Transit Van Maintenance Facility Wichita, KS 67202 Meeting Notes Members Present: Maxine Bostic, Jack Brown, Jane Byrnes, Russell Fox, Tom Lasater, Christopher Parisho, George Theoharis, Tyler Stutzman Members Absent: Elizabeth Allah, Barry Carroll, Jerry Jones City Staff: Scott Wadle, Interim Transit Director, Paul Gunzleman, Public Works &Utilities, Mark Manning, Finance Department Guests: Aimee Basham, Alan Kailer, Clayton Pearson Item Description 1. Call to Order: Jack Brown, Chairperson, welcomed guests and called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm 2. Approve Previous Meeting Notes: By consensus, the board approved the December 11, 2018 meeting notes. (I thought Tom Lasater moved to approve, Chris P second) 3. Public Comments: There were no comments. 4. City of Wichita Advisory Board Membership Changes: Scott Wadle, Interim Transit Director, provided an overview of the new City of Wichita Municipal changes for all City of Wichita boards. Several board member asked questions about renewal appointment dates for advisory boards in the new ordinance. Based on the questions and comments the chair recommended that staff from the Law Department will need to clarify the ordinance changes for the board. There was consensus from the board that a member of the City of Wichita Law Department should be placed on a future agenda to answer board questions. 5. Wichita Capital Improvement Program (CIP): Mark Manning, Finance Department, outlined the proposed calendar for the CIP process. Indicating that the board should make their project recommendations in early 2018. Mr. Manning stated that the CIP public engagement would occur in May or June and that the CIP could be adopted by the Council in August. The board thanked Mark for his informative comments. Paul Gunzleman, Public Works & Utilities, and Scott Wadle continued to direct the discussion about the CIP processes and reviewed the list of past CIP recommendations made by the board and discussed possible future bike and pedestrian and pedestrian projects. Questions from the board focused on connections between the Prairie Sunset Trail and Delano, future use of the K&O railroad on the Delano project and the Prairie Sunset Trail bridge crossing at Cowskin Creek. Scott then guided the BPAB members and others through the Prioritization Assistance Tool, and the members collective reviewed the results for 27 possible projects. On the basis of the information provided through the prioritization process as well as the expressed interested of the group. Discussion of 1  the Redbud project from K-96 to 159th East by staff indicated the money for construction was already appropriated. Paul assured the board that the money for construction was already appropriated. The remainder of the work on the Redbud Path would still be completed even if it were not on the re-prioritization list. Based on Mr. Gunzelman’ s comments during this discussion, the chair proposed re- emphasizing the same 10 Priority Bikeways projects from 2017, dropping only the portion of the Redbud Path from K-96 to 159th East. Tyler Stutzman subsequently made a motion that the board’s 2019 CIP recommendations be as follows: 1. Redbud Pathway Woodlawn to Rock Road 2. Prairie Sunset Trail 3. Delano and Chisholm Trail 4. Mt Vernon and South Central to Ark River 5. Hoover Bikeway 6. WSU Bikeways 7. Woodchuck to Buffalo Park and Air Capital Memorial Park 8. Ark River to Haysville 9. 31st Street 10. K-96 Connector Jane Byrnes urged that the final recommendation include strong words of gratitude for the work that has been done thus far on the Redbud Path. Jane Byrnes also suggested and that the boards also ask for more money for pedestrian crossings and intersections. George Theoharis supported Jane Byrnes in that regard, urging that the board specify $300,000 for crossing improvements. After considerable discussion, Tyler Stutzman moved [Maxine Bostic] that the board recommend resubmitting the same list of prioritized bikeways, with the aforementioned changes in language. Motion carried 8-0. Jack Brown, Chairperson, will draft a letter to be forwarded to the City Council with the board’s recommendations. 6. Board Member Project Reports: Due to time constraints, there were no reports. 7. Announcements: Due to time constraints, there were no announcements. 8. Closing Thoughts: Due to time constraints, there were no comments. Since there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:45 pm. The next meeting of the board will be held on Monday, February 12th, 2018 @5:30 pm. Respectfully submitted, Russell Fox, Board Member 2