Huntsville Bike Committee

BASC Meeting Minutes
4/07/10

BASC Attendees:

Peter Hannah
David Stone
Sharon Bayler
Marjorie Holderer
Michael Holderer
Rodney Baker
Scott Erwin
Clint Patterson
James Moore
Jo Somers
Jamie Miernik

Other Attendees:
Benjo Clark, Project Ruwanda

Meeting was called to order at 5:10 pm.

Minutes
March meeting minutes approved as amended. M/S/P.

Membership
• Motion to accept John Scott to BASC committee M/S/P.
• Peter Hannah to inform & welcome Mr. Scott to the committee
• Peter Hannah will invite Mr. Scott to the May 1st Cycling Essentials class.

Mayor’s Ride planning
• Rodney Baker to check on transportation of equipment (tables, chairs, tents) to event.
• Rex Reynolds to authorize overtime of city personnel if needed.
• 3 tables, 9 chairs per tent are needed
• Michael Holderer will confirm tent size
• Tent distribution
o Safety City (1 tent)
o Registration (1 tent)
o Advocacy (SCCC, BASC, Alabike) – (1 tent)
o Planning Dept. (1 tent)
o Earth Fare ( 1 tent)

• Event Footprint – Rodney Baker needs at least 2 weeks notice on footprint, blockage of Fountain for more vendors is possible but needs to be confirmed..
• Clint Patterson has hi-res map of site to help with footprint.
• Michael Holderer will review number of vendors and how to place them.
• Michael Holderer to check permit for vendors & revise as necessary.
• WHNT/Robert Reeves will do morning show spots on May 10th – 5:25 AM – Michael Holderer will do 2 min spot. Additional 2 min spots at 6:25, 7:25 and 8:25. Members should decide who will do spots then email Rex Reynolds with names. Rex Reynolds and the Mayor are available for one of the spots.
• May 14 – WAFF midday news – 11:45 am – James Moore will do an in-studio spot.
• WLRH – Sharon and Marjorie to do PSA
• Music for event – No response from Jim Cavender. Marjorie Holderer to check with Microwave Dave’s bass player.
• SCCC has PA system, need to decide on where on footprint & how to get power to it.
• Mayor will do a National Bike Month Proclamation similar to 2009 release.
• Invites to other Mayors, council members etc – Trent Willis will invite & advise list of invitees to BASC.
• 200 Mayor’s Ride flyers were printed & need to be distributed.

PSA update
• PSA is almost done, similar to Baton Route PSA. Need cyclists for shoot on April 13 and 14.

Cycling Essentials
• Course is set for May 1st, 8 am – 5 pm at Safety City
• Cost is $60, discount available for SCCC/Alabike members, cost for COH employees and BASC members is $50.
• Dave Stone to send out registration form to BASC list.
• Form needs to be returned by April 21st.
• Cycling Essentials is a pre-requisite for LCI certification.
• LCI certification course is planned for October.
• Scott Erwin to send May 1st Cycling Essentials announcement to city employees.
• Dave Stone to send LCI outreach information to Jamie Miernik for Madison for their SRTS grant.

Redstone Arsenal Activities
• MWR Fair April 22nd
• MWR Fair May 11th
• Jamie will distribute Mayor’s Ride Flyers at both events.

BASC Logo
• James to incorporate changes as discussed and send out by email for approval.

CARS Grant
• James to provide history by email on CARS grant correspondence.
• James Moore, Jo Somers, Jamie Miernik and Marjorie Holderer to set up a time to coordinate on CARS grant & set up action list and report by next BASC meeting. M/S/P
• Jo Somers will provide lunch.

Traffic Engineering updates
• Jo Somers presented progress and visibility of the intersection triggering/stenciling sweet spots. The following are complete:
o Governor’s and Memorial Parkway (L turn lanes)
o Technology Drive and Sparkman
o Pratt Avenue and Meridian
o Franklin and Governor’s
o Left turn signals at Airport and Chateau and Queensbury Dr.
Still to be marked:
o Add – 9th and Jordan as a priority
o Gallatin and Governors
o Holmes Ave and Jordan Lane
o 14th Street and Governors
o Longwood Ave and Brandon Street at Whitesburg
o Donegal Dr. and Cecil Ashburn
o Sutton Road and Old US 431
o Marsheutz at Whitesburg and Franklin

• TE can mark 6 or 8 more in April, arterials & collectors are 1st priority, after that by request.
• Route signage that are needed along 40,55 and 59
• Route 40/55 turn signs are needed at Breckenridge Dr. at Balmoral Dr. SW – Jo to address
• Route 55 shortcut on sidewalk – The city is reluctant to sign the sidewalk due to ordinance – tabled.
• City Council may designate by ordinance certain sidewalks as “Bikeways”. This will be done by the end of the calendar year, especially sidewalk on University between Oster & Meadow.
• “Sweet spots” were painted using stencils, TE to monitor to see how paint wears.

Bike Pike West/$5K
• Thermoplastic sharrows to mark Technology Dr. are expensive – $143.00 each, $3500 to mark Technology Dr.
• TE per Richard Kramer will not use paint on that large a marking.
• Speed test on Technology – will recommend to reduce speed limit on Technology to 40 MPH as part of a bundle of streets to be presented to City Council.
• Technology Drive has been signed with “Share the Road” and “Bikes Allowed Full Use of Lane”.
• TE would like to have a list of bicycle commuters & their routes.
• Survey Monkey provides 7 free questions
• Clint Patterson & Jamie Miernik will work offline on questions
• Survey will be on hsvbike.com
• TE will do bike counts during Mayor’s Ride.
• Also can do equipment test for bike detection at Huntsville High School as part of Bike Month.

Bike Map
• Jo Somers still has 30 boxes of maps. Members need to check various distribution outlets and restock as necessary.

Google Maps
• Google Maps now has bike data, but HSV bike routes are not the most current
• Jamie Miernik and Clint Patterson will keep trying to get this updated.

ProBike/ProWalk
• Sharon Bayler to send email to committee to remind them to register.

National Bike Summit
• Jamie Miernik attended and will send trip report on the National Bike Summit held in Washington, DC.

Police Reports
• Data from Feb 1st to March 31st – one incident on Feb 4th, vehicle struck a cyclist at Taylor and Sutton.
• Sharon Bayler reported on cyclist struck by car at Bankhead and Maysville – official data not yet available.

Next meeting
Tuesday, April 27th, 5:00 – 6:30 pm. Mayor’s Ride and Bike Month planning only.