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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Citizens Bicycle Advisory Committee - Meeting Date: 1/3/2005 CITY OF GLENDALE CITIZEN BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CBAC) Monday, January 3, 2005 MUNICIPAL COMPLEX 5850 West Glendale Avenue 6:30 PM, Room B-3 MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER Michael Wood called the meeting to order at 6:41 p.m. Also in attendance: Ed Cure, Charles Grosscup, Jim Hughes, Brian Kanitsch, Jeff Reid, Betsy Turner, Bill Wilkinson, and City staff—Steve Hancock Members absent: Jim Hunton Guests: None. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the December 6, 2004 meeting were approved. III. CALL TO THE PUBLIC No guests addressed the Committee. IV. INTRODUCTIONS Members and guests introduced themselves. V. CONTINUANCE OR WITHDRAWAL OF AGENDA ITEMS No agenda items required continuance or withdrawal VI. REPORTS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS • Bill Wilkinson said that the Citizens Transportation Oversight Committee (CTOC) this month occurs on Jan. 6th so he nothing to report at this time. • Ed Cure reported that the Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists will be sending two members to the National Bicycle Summit in Washington, D.C. in March. • Jeff Reid reported on activities planned for Valley Bike Week in April of 2005. Jeff said that Royce Clayton, short stop for the Diamondbacks, will be the poster player for this year's bike helmet safety poster. Citizen Bicycle Advisory Committee Minutes January 3,2005 —Page 2— • Jim Hughes asked the Committee at large about their opinion on the use of bike helmets. Betsy Turner said that she strongly supports helmet use, saying that studies support the use of helmets in limiting the severity of head injuries in bike accidents. Other members unanimously indicated their use of bike helmets. Jim said that he rides about 4000 miles a year but does not use a helmet. VII. GLENDALE BICYCLE PLAN Steve Hancock handed out copies of the Bicycle Plan of the City of Glendale along with maps of planned routes. Steve reminded members they had discussed having the 1990 plan updated in recent meetings. He said that it might be possible to have URS Corp., under their current contract with the City's Transportation Dept., update the plan. This might be possible because the current contract includes 463 hours to do spot studies for bike and ped projects. Steve said that the CBAC had compiled a list of projects, many in the bicycle plan, to determine the feasibility of completing the projects. These feasibility studies would be the "spot studies" in the URS contract. Steve asked the Committee if they would like to suggest to the Citizens Transportation Oversight Committee (CTOC)that the spot studies be done as part of a larger bicycle plan update, assuming sufficient funds are available to cover the additional costs. The members indicated that they would like Steve to pursue a bicycle plan update combined with the feasibility/spot studies. Steve said he would run the idea by Terry Johnson the Transportation Planning Director who acts as staff liaison to CTOC. Betsy Turner said that it would be great if Matt Zoll from Tucson could help out on a bike plan update, noting that Matt had worked with the CBAC in the past and was very impressive. Steve said that Matt Zoll was now working for Pima County and would probably not be available for outside work. VIII. GLENDALE FAMILY BIKE RIDE Steve Hancock showed a PowerPoint presentation he did for Valley Metro and MAG on staging a successful bike ride. Steve pointed out that the presentation was based on the 2004 Glendale Family Bike Ride and was a good way to show new CBAC members what is involved in preparing for the 2005 ride. Steve stressed that he relied heavily on volunteers for a successful ride and hoped that members would volunteer to help out on the 2005 ride. Using the PowerPoint slides he discussed areas where CBAC members had helped in past years. Steve noted that he hoped to increase this year's ride to 500 participants from last years 417 participants. He asked members to think about ways to promote the ride to more people, especially through local and regional newsletters, newspaper event listings, and brochure distribution. Ed Cure said that he thought all members of the Committee should volunteer to help out with the ride. Jeff Reid said he would check on media contacts maintained by Valley Metro and pass along any information to Steve. Ed said that we should get ride information in the event calendars for the Arizona Bicycle Club and the Greater Arizona Bicycling Association. Steve said he would keep the Glendale Family Bike Ride on future agendas through April so the Committee would be aware of and have an opportunity to participate in the ride planning process. c:\documents and settings\blimbach\desktop\minutes\2005\0105m.doc 04/29/11 Citizen Bicycle Advisory Committee Minutes January 3,2005 —Page 3 IX. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS No agenda items were suggested. X. OTHER BUSINESS Jeff Reid said that the Arizona Republic newspaper had an article on Pima County redoing all the cattle guards on County roads to make them safer for bicyclists. This prompted a general discussion of the dangers cattle guards posed to cyclists if gaps between sections were too wide and could trap bike tires. Ed Cure said that the City of Phoenix has a standing policy to repair all reported road hazard within 30 days of the hazard first being reported. XI. NEXT MEETING Michael Wood said the next regular meeting of the Glendale Citizen Bicycle Advisory Committee would be held on Monday, February 7,2005, 6:30 p.m., Room B-3, at the Municipal Complex, 5850 West Glendale Avenue. XII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Committee, a motion to adjourn was made, seconded and unanimously approved. Michael Wood adjourned the meeting at 7:27 p.m. c:\documents and settings\blimbach\desktop\minutes\2005\0105m.doc 04/29/11