Huntsville Bike Committee

BASC Meeting Minutes
6/9/10

BASC Attendees:

Peter Hannah
Marjorie Holderer
Rex Reynolds
Bradley Adams
Clint Patterson
James Moore
Jamie Miernik
Scott Erwin
Jo Somers
John Scott

Other Attendees:
Michael Holderer, Ken Rex, somebody else

Meeting was called to order at 5:05 pm.

Minutes
May 12 meeting minutes were approved.

City Website Update
• BASC members
• host bike route maps that are on hsvbike
• BASC logo
• picture from Mayor’s Ride, which had over 200 attendees
• revised 2006 bike plan
• bike rack functional requirements for the new parking ordinance, the ordinance document contains this information
• a motion was made to establish a website subcommittee, Jamie and Clint are the members
• the subcommittee has an action item to get the bike web page on hsvcity.com updated with a deadline of the next meeting

PSA Update
• the PSA has insufficient content
• a motion was made to establish a PSA subcommittee, Marjorie, Peter, and Dave are the members
• the subcommittee has an action item to talk with Blake about adding content to the PSA or making another PSA more similar to the Baton Rogue one with a deadline of the next meeting

Grants
• Marjorie, Jamie, and Jo have a finished product and will email it to everyone on the committee, and James Moore will process it then send to ALDOT
• Jamie will distribute information about alternative funding sources with no deadline for application to committee members
• TIGER II grants will not be pursued for the current round
• a motion was made to establish a TIGER grant subcommittee, James Moore will investigate who should be on it

Parking Ordinance
• Lisa Leddo sent the May 13 copy to all relevant parties, and the public input so far has been positive

LAB Bicycle Friendly status
• the previous application was in 2007
• a motion was made to establish a Bicycle Friendly Status subcommittee because reviewing the requirements and what needs to be addressed most will be beneficial even if the status is denied; Marjorie, Jamie, James, and Jo are the members
• the subcommittee will prepare to apply this August
• the subcommittee will address who to get to review the application

Traffic Engineering Progress Report
• Rex distributed a handout on types of bicycle racks that he was given
• bicycle racks are in the northwest corner of the courthouse square and across the street from the south side
• an amended ordinance for downtown will allow for expansion of seating on the sidewalk for businesses, and this will limit where bike racks can be placed
• there was an action item to look for the list of locations for bike racks in old minutes, Clint will check on OpenCycleMap for additions
• bicycle traffic counts at the Mayor’s Bike Ride differed by 3 between hand counts and camera counts, and the tube counts differed drastically
• the city owns 1 camera for these counts, and the manufacturer is excited about working together on a PR project since no other city has used this device for counting bicycles

New BASC Member
• SCCC should decide on a new community affairs officer and/or who they want to represent the club on BASC before proceeding
• a motion was made to establish the bylaws review subcommittee, Rex, Peter, and John are the members
• the subcommittee will decide on parameters and bylaws for BASC, including if we want another member or not and who that member should represent
• James wants us to remain open to a new member or members at large
• Marjorie has an action item to educate new members about what the committee has been doing

Police Reports
• no crashes have been reported recently

Road Suitability Map
• Marjorie wants a road suitability map for the entire MPO area and has someone to help with the cartographic part
• Jo anticipates that Richard Grace, the new county engineer, will help a lot with this
• the entire MPO area is beyond the scope of this committee for now
• Clint Patterson will send Jamie the criteria that he used for determining road suitability for the map he generated and posted on hsvbike since all BCI data are not available

Mayor’s Ride
• a motion was made for Michael Holderer to officially thank Microwave Dave & The Nukes and the Mayor for hanging out for a while before and after the ride and talking, Peter will sign

Pro Bike/Pro Walk
• Jo is registered
• the city has insufficient funds to send people from Planning or other departments
• avenues for getting money donated to BASC, such as for attending conferences, was discussed, and the bylaws subcommittee will discuss more if necessary
• Alabike may be able to donate money for this

Next Meeting
The next meeting is July 14 at 5pm