Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board

 

Regular Meeting

 

Public Safety Building

 

November 1, 2007

 

New Action Items:

Due date

Responsibility

Action Item

12/6/07

Hein

16. Follow-up on meeting with Tom Arnold.

12/6/07

Wamsley et al

8. Continue working on details for “Bicycle Morgantown.”

ASAP

Gmeindl

17. Provide Hein with the meeting minutes from the TC stating the order for indoor parking and facilities at MHS

1/3/08

B. Shogren

13. Compose a succinct annual report of the BB’s activities and successes.

12/6/07

Hein, Good, G. Shogren, Gmeindl

14. Work on grant applications to help meet the education goals.

12/6/07

Rosenbaum, Bryson, Pearson

15. Continue working on getting approval for the Campus Connector.

ASAP

Hein, et al

19. Meet with principal of MHS regarding the need for bike parking.

 

 

Meeting Minutes:

 

The November monthly meeting of the Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board (BB) was called to order at 6:35 p.m. at the Public Safety Building by chairman Frank Gmeindl with the following members attending:

 

Betsy Shogren, Nick Hein, Don Spencer, Frank Gmeindl, Bill Reger-Nash, Autumn Bryson, Marilyn Newcomb, Don Dickerson, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Gunnar Shogren, and a friend of John Lozier.  Absent members were Sonitt Bhatt, John Lozier, Alice Vernon, Greg Good, Tyler Pearson, and Chip Wamsley.

 

à Agenda Item 1 (Agenda):

Jim Rye has resigned from the BB. All present members agreed to follow the given agenda.

 

Also, it should be noted that the bicycle standards for city zoning ordinances suggested by the BB have been accepted by the TC. 

 

à Agenda Item 2 (Action Items):

Ø       Open Action Items:

o       #16- open. Hein will follow-up on his meeting with Tom Arnold.

o       #8- open. Wamsley was absent.

o       #17- open. Gmeindl will provide Hein with the meeting minutes from the TC stating the order for indoor parking and facilities at MHS, as soon as a copy of these minutes can be located.

o       #13-open. B. Shogren will attempt to have a draft of an annual report of the BB’s activities done by the January meeting.

o       #14-open.  Hein, Gmeindl, Good, and G. Shogren will work on grant applications to help meet the education goals.

o       #15-open. Rosenbaum, Pearson, and Bryson have made good progress toward permission for the formation of a Campus Connector (CC) Trail.  Right now the plan is to approach individuals with clout to see if they would support the CC. So far, everybody, including the WVU president, has been very supportive.  Further, a city council member, Jennifer, has been authorized to pursue the project. Further plans include continuing to work with Jennifer, the Pedestrian Safety Board, and the Sunnyside-Up Committee.  They are also exploring technologies to combat the steepness of  the proposed trail, as well as exploring options to get permission to use some private property that the trail would cut through.

o       #19-open. Hein would like to have the evidence (i.e. meeting minutes) before he meets with the principal. 

 

à Agenda Item 3 (BB Law Committee):

Don Spencer suggested that the BB start thinking about the formation of the Law Committee.  While board members are exceedingly busy right now, it would not hurt to start brainstorming a bit.  Some ideas that were proposed during this discussion were working with Barbara Evans Fleischauer, hold a legislative forum in January to force a dialogue about bicycle and pedestrian issues, and working with the police to have better enforcement of laws.  To further this discussion, a breakfast meeting was proposed for Monday, November 5, at 8:30 AM at the Blue Moose.  All interested parties should attend, if available.

 

à Agenda Item 4 (Complete the Streets Resolution):

Don Spencer composed a very nice Complete the Streets Resolution.  This proposed policy would aid officials in planning road improvements in Morgantown and adjacent areas, thereby making the streets more pleasant for ALL forms of transportation. 

The BB carefully read this proposal and unanimously agreed to support it.  Don Spencer will now present the resolution to the Traffic Commission for their endorsement.

 

à Agenda Item 5 (New Action Items)

-B. Shogren will send out an email ASAP regarding the planned Monday morning breakfast meeting at the Blue Moose.

 

à Agenda Item 6 (Meeting Evaluation)

Suggested improvements for future meetings include:

            -Please make every effort to be on time.

            -Reinstate the Ripe Banana agenda item

 

The next regularly scheduled meeting is December 6, 2007 @ 6:30 pm, at the Public Safety Building.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 7:59 pm.

 

Betsy Shogren

09/12/07