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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Citizens Bicycle Advisory Committee - Meeting Date: 5/5/2003 CITY OF GLENDALE CITIZEN BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CBAC) Monday, May 5, 2003 MUNICIPAL COMPLEX 5850 West Glendale Avenue 6:30 PM, Room B-3 MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Jim Hunton at 6:37 p.m. Also in attendance: Betsy Turner, Omar Khiel, Brian Bates, Tom Mowery-Racz, David Parks, Joe Terranova, and staff- Steve Hancock. Members absent: Michael Beaver, Ed Cure, Glen Kowacz and Bill Wilkinson. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the March 3, 2003 meeting were approved. III. CALL TO THE PUBLIC There were no guests. IV. INTRODUCTIONS Members introduced themselves. V. CONTINUANCE OR WITHDRAWAL OF AGENDA ITEMS No agenda items required continuance or withdrawal VI. REPORTS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS • Joe Terranova reported that the Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists would soon be publishing their latest newsletter. Steve Hancock asked if, in the future, the Coalition could provide newsletters for members of the CBAC. Joe said that they would do so. • Betsy Turner had no news to report about the Greater Arizona Bicycle Association. She did however mention the recent America Moves Conference that she attended as a workshop facilitator. One item she wanted to pass on to the Committee was the League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Community Campaign. If a city meets the League's requirements, they will designate the city as being "Bicycle Friendly." Betsy thinks Glendale should apply, she will ask for an application. Joe Terranova said he also attended the America Moves Conference where he met Dan Burden, one of the authors of the 1990 Glendale Bicycle Plan. Joe said Dan Burden denies limiting bikeways to half-mile Citizen Bicycle Advisory Committee Minutes May 5,2003 —Page 2— collector streets in the plan, saying doing so was a political decision. VII. 67111 AVENUE BIKE CONNECTION • Steve Hancock presented an overview of the design concept for a multi-use pathway on the east side of 67th Ave. between Hillcrest. He said it was conceived as a 10 feet wide pathway separated from the roadway. Its primary purpose is to provide an off-street connection to Thunderbird Park from the Hillcrest bike route and further south along 67th Ave. via an existing sidewalk. Betsy Turner said she thought having a pathway so near the roadway was a bad idea because it would promote wrong way riding after the pathway ended at the Park's south boundary. She also said that having the path so close to the high school would promote wrong way riding by students. Joe Terranova thought bike lanes on 67th would be a better idea. Steve said 67th Ave. was an arterial street not one of the half-mile collector streets where bikeways were designated. Steve also said that another street project impacting that segment of 67th Ave. would provide 16 feet wide outside lanes, with edgelines that could make on-street bicycling more comfortable for experienced cyclists and motorists. Steve stressed that the pathway would serve the needs of casual, inexperienced cyclists. Jim Hunton thought there should be a pathway on the west side of 67th Ave. so casual cyclists could at least ride the same direction as traffic. Steve said that might be a long term solution but would be difficult due to right-of-way considerations and the number of intersecting streets and driveways. VIII. 2003 GLENDALE FAMILY BIKE RIDE • Steve Hancock said this agenda item could be carried forward to the June meeting since the Power Point presentation he prepared could not be opened on the facility laptop. Betsy Turner said she would prefer to discuss the ride now since the ride was still fresh in the memories of those who participated as volunteers. Joe Terranova said that the ASU West Rest Stop was a disaster citing the poor, misleading signs posted by ASU and the only snack being, besides water, grapefruits. He pointed out that a cyclist would have a hard time eating a grapefruit without spilling juice on their hands or gloves. He said many riders tried to follow last year's route that had been changed due to current construction on the ASU West campus. Betsy said that she felt partly to blame because she had "dropped the ball" in interacting with Cherie Hudson, the Rest Stop coordinator. Both she and Joe concurred that we will need to do something next year to ensure the route through the campus is better marked. Betsy also said that we should develop a list of recommended snack foods for the people who volunteer to provide food and water for riders. Betsy also mentioned the need for first aid kits, citing a minor injury suffered by a child cyclist at the Paseo Rest Stop. Other areas for improvement are the need for more child helmets for helmet sales, fewer extra large t-shirts, and a better way to ensure there are no late starts and consequently late finishes. IX. BICYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION • Joe Terranova reported that he and Michael Beaver had met with staff at the Foothills Library to discuss bike education opportunities through the Library. He said they were very interested in doing a program and agreed to provide space and notification materials for a course based c:\documents and settings\blimbach\desktop\minutes\2003\0503m,doe 04/29/11 Citizen Bicycle Advisory Committee Minutes May 5,2003 —Page 3— on the League of American Bicyclists KIDS I Class. Dick Lorrance, a League Certified Instructor, would teach this class. Joe said Steve Hancock would provide support from the City for materials, free helmets, parking lot props,and staff time. Joe further said that Steve offered to teach the course with Joe when Dick Lorrance was unable to do so. Joe said the Library had selected the date of May 24th to do the class but when he later realized this was on the Saturday before the Monday Memorial Day Holiday he called the Library and they agreed this would not be a good day for such a class. The Library will reschedule the class for sometime this Fall when school is back in session. Betsy Turner said that she had attended an event at St. Joseph's Hospital where Dick Lorrance had done one of his classes. She said it was not a success, citing two other programs as being much better. The best program was one by St. Joseph's Hospital, done by Lucy Reynes (?)that included a Power Point presentation with animation of the human brain during a collision with an automobile. Betsy also mentioned that the City should provide bicycle safety training to school crosswalk guards. She said she had observed a guard passing on bad bicycle safety messages to schoolchildren. X. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • Joe Terranova and others asked that the 67th Ave. Bicycle Connection project be made an agenda item for further discussion and an action to make a recommendation to CTOC on the project. • Joe also suggested that a presentation on the St. Joseph's Hospital program should be an agenda item. • Jim Hunton asked that an update on the Glendale Bicycle Map be made an agenda item. X. OTHER BUSINESS • Responding to the request of a number of members Steve Hancock said that he would keep the CBAC aware of any developments on opposition to the 63`d Ave. bridge over Loop 101. X. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting of the Glendale Citizen Bicycle Advisory Committee will be held on Monday, June 1,2003, 6:30 p.m. in room B3 at the Municipal Complex, 5850 West Glendale Avenue. XIII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Committee, a motion to adjourn was made,seconded and unanimously approved. Jim Hunton adjourned the meeting at 8:16 p.m. c:\documents and settings\blimbach\desktop\minutes\2003\0503m.doc 04/29/11