Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board

Regular Meeting

Public Safety Building

August 7, 2008

Open Action Items:

Due date	Responsibility	Action Item
9/4/2008	Rosenbaum	37. Develop a concrete plan for bicycle parking throughout the city; explore the applicability of WVU’s planning process and substance to the cities parking garages.
10/2/2008	Spencer and new chairman	38. Schedule a meeting with the new director of the CVB to discuss bringing a large bicycle rally to Morgantown.
9/4/2008	Gmeindl	39. Put together a database of all Action Items, and bring a list of all present and past action items to the next meeting.
9/4/2008	Vernon	40. Send the Bicycle Board Alice’s current e-mail address
9/4/2008	Rosenbaum	41. Ask Jim Hunt if he wants to be a Bicycle Board member.
9/4/2008	Spencer	42. Ask Chief Scott if he would recommend an officer for membership on the Bicycle Board and if so, whom.
9/4/2008	g Shogren	43. Check with Chris Phillips his intentions to join the Bicycle Board and get a working e-mail address.

Meeting Minutes:

The August monthly meeting of the Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board (BB) was called to order at 6:30 p.m. at the Public Safety Building by chairman Frank Gmeindl with the following members attending:

Don Spencer, Marilyn Newcome, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Don Dickerson, Alice Vernon, Derek Springston, Chip Wamsley, Betsy Shogren, and Gunnar Shogren. Absent members were Greg Good, Tyler Pearson, Hugh Kierig, and John Lozier.

Agenda Item 1 (Agenda):

The agenda was approved.

Agenda Item 2 (Minutes of last meeting):

There were no changes to the minutes.

Agenda Item 3 (Action Items):

Open Action Items:

o #24 - closed. Don Spencer spent much time looking for the Kansas bicycle question from the Driver’s exam question, but was unsuccessful.

o #37 - open. Two meetings have occurred thus far. Progress is being made, but the process of developing a concrete plan for bicycle parking throughout the city and exploring the applicability of WVU’s planning process and substance to the cities parking garages is still ongoing.

o #38 – open. Don Spencer would like to work with the Chairman of the Bicycle Board to schedule a meeting with the new director of the CVB to discuss bringing a large bicycle rally to Morgantown.

o #39 – open. Gmeindl is in the process of assembling a database of all Action Items, and will bring a list of all present and past action items to the next meeting

Agenda Item 4 (Ripe Banana Issues):

Mark Wise, the director of BoParc attended the first portion of the meeting to address the lines on the railtrail issue. As of 08/07/08, the lines have been blacked out with black eraser paint, and will eventually fade over time. In the meantime, a committee is being formed to determine if lines are needed on the RT, and if so, how they will be applied (size, spacing, etc.). Don Spencer and Jonathan Rosenbaum volunteered to serve on this committee.

Don Spencer reported on a non-profit organization in Burlington, VT., called Local Motion. He, and others, would like to get details on how the organization established its roots.

Don Spencer also reported on the Green Team meeting. This committee has been established in Morgantown in an effort to get the city to conform to the standards of the Climate Protection Agreement. Don reports that increased cycling was mentioned at the meeting as a means to decrease energy usage and will most likely be included in the comprehensive plan.

Agenda Item 5 (Membership Status):

Welcome to the BB, Derek! Chris Philips and Jim Rye are not yet official members, and have not yet been presented to the Traffic Commission as potential members. Bill Reger-Nash has resigned from the BB. Greg Good will be moving (and hence resigning) in the next few months. Suggestions for new members include: Marc Glass (is willing to serve), Jim Hunt (in charge of Sunny Side-Up), and perhaps a police officer appointee from Chief Scott.

Jonathan Rosenbaum will speak to Jim Hunt; Don Spencer will speak to Chief Scott about the possibility of a police officer appointee; Gunnar Shogren will speak to Chris Phillips about his correct email address and his desire to be on the BB.

Agenda Item 6 (Officer Election):

In July, Frank Gmeindl quit as chairman, though he still desires to be on the BB. It was decided that this would be a good time to elect all new officers, since the BB has been in existence with the same officers for nearly 2 years.

• Secretary: Betsy Shogren is willing to continue to be secretary, especially because nobody else wants to be secretary. However, Betsy requests a “back-up” secretary, as her vocation and avocation both require her to be out of town fairly often.
• Chairman: Frank Gmeindl graciously agreed to table the elections for another month, mostly because nobody else wants to be chairman, and/or nobody else feels up to the challenge. Frank has done an excellent job so far, and is subject to much frustration in navigating the channels of the city government. The BB is hopeful that a new approach to presenting things to the city will relieve some frustration.
• Vice-Chairman: Don Dickerson will remain the vice-chairman, at least until the chairman issue is resolved.

Agenda Item 7 (Future Direction)

Because more often than not BB ideas and proposals get backlogged or misinterpreted whilst going through the city channels, the BB decided that they need to try a new approach to “getting things done.” Henceforth, every project or proposal that is presented to the Traffic Commission will contain sufficient detail that they can get done without a need for further information or interpretation. Don S. pointed out that there is only one city engineer, and the BB should try not to get too frustrated when things get delayed, as long as they eventually get done and get done to the BB’s specifications.

Further, the BB might revisit our goals at the next meeting, in order to pare them down to those goals that we can achieve with more independence from the TC.

Agenda Item 8 (New Action Items)

• #40. Alice Vernon will send her correct email to the BB.
• #41-43 – G. Shogren, Rosenbaum, and Spencer: Gunnar will get in touch with Chris Phillips, Jonathan will get in touch with Jim Hunt, and Don S. will get in touch with Chief Scott, all regarding BB membership.

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Agenda Item 9 (Meeting Evaluation)

The 8:30 PM adjournment time was reached before this agenda item was addressed.

The next regularly scheduled meeting is September 4, 2008 @ 6:30 pm, at the Public Safety Building. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm.

Betsy Shogren

08/08/2008

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Good, Greg

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Newcome, Marilyn

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Pearson, Tyler

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Rosenbaum, Jonathan

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