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Fwd: Your Bicycle Friendly Community Feedback Report!
by J.D. Gatlin via Bikeboard 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Board, Please see the League's detailed report on and survey responses to our 2016 BFC application in the email below. What do you all think about publicly releasing this report? If you are in favor, how would you recommend we do so? Best,Drew ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Bicycle Friendly America Team" <ken(a)bikeleague.org> Date: Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 3:00 PM -0500 Subject: Your Bicycle Friendly Community Feedback Report! To: <bikemorgantown(a)gmail.com> Your Bicycle Friendly Community Feedback Report! Your Bicycle Friendly Community Feedback Report! Good afternoon, Thank you for taking part in the Bicycle Friendly Community process. We hope that the process helped your community evaluate how you encourage people to bike for transportation and recreation through the five Es: Engineering, Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, and Evaluation. As your work to improve conditions for people who bike, we hope that the following linked documents help you move forward: Your Feedback Report The Bicycle Friendly Community Feedback Report is intended to give guidance on how your community can improve within the Bicycle Friendly Community program. It provides feedback relevant to each category and sub-category of the application. Guide to the Feedback Report This guide is intended to answer questions about the Feedback Report and provide explanations of how to use the Feedback Report. Public Survey Results for your community This includes public survey results for your community, the results from all communities that applied for BFC recognition, and comparable results from the 2012 NHTSA Attitudes and Behavior Survey. Please share these documents with your top elected officials, relevant committees and departments, key community stakeholders and bicycle groups, and the public. Your Bronze award will be recognized for four years, so your designation will be up for renewal in 2020. At that point to continue your recognition or move to a higher award level your community will need to re-apply. We urge you to make as many improvements as possible before your next application and please contact us if you have any questions or would like assistance. Once again, congratulations on your Bicycle Friendly Community award. Best, Ken KEN MCLEOD, State & Local Policy Manager KEN(a)BIKELEAGUE.ORG | 202-621-5447 THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS WWW.BIKELEAGUE.ORG/BIKELAWS The 2017 National Bike Summit is March 6-9! Register NOW! Share Tweet Forward The 2017 National Bike Summit is March 6-9! Register NOW! Copyright © 2017 League of American Bicyclists, All rights reserved. Thanks for supporting the League of American Bicyclists' mission to create a Bicycle Friendly America for everyone. Our mailing address is: League of American Bicyclists1612 K Street NW Suite 1102Washington, DC 20006 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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January meeting minutes and highlights
by Christina Hunt via Bikeboard 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hello all, January meeting minutes are attached. Please take a look and let me know if you have any questions or revisions. As you can see, we didn't do a good job with setting due dates for our new action items. We will try to leave more time at the end of next meeting to do this. Meeting highlights included: Volunteer roles for Bike Board members - this is a new idea we discussed to help involve more people. See the attached sheet and feel free to respond with your input. Are you interested in a role? Have an idea that's not listed? Send your thoughts to me and/or the Board! Possible bike share in Morgantown - Zagster has been in discussion with Morgantown about the possibility of a bike share. For more information on Zagster: http://www.zagster.com/ <http://www.zagster.com/> *Reminder: our February meeting will be Thursday, February 2 at 6:30pm* I believe Drew has booked the conference room for us again, so be prepared to sit in a fancy chair! Thanks, Christina

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Bicycle Storage Spaces and rack spatial requirements
by John Whitmore via Bikeboard 09 Jan '17

09 Jan '17

Good afternoon, The Development Department has been working with developers to provide for bicycle storage spaces for their respective development projects. Recently a proposal for a short-term bicycle rack was reviewed that would not have been acceptable for the current ordinance. The issue involved the location of the bicycle rack in relationship to a wall. The ordinance language provides that racks may be placed near walls, but presents an obstacle for their inclusion on smaller sites. In particular the requirement utilizes the storage space as the demarcation point, as opposed to the physical rack. The result is a minimum 7 foot cleared physical area must be provided for racks near walls (3 feet for the storage space width, and an additional 4 feet for clearance). The Development Director and I are concerned that this may limit some sites from providing racks that are truly functional. In this particular case, the site is seeking a LEED standard that includes alternative transportation goals that seek a specific number of bicycle racks. Facilitating businesses to provide racks that work as the ordinance intends would be a positive. There were other issues, and we believe that this specific instance has been corrected, but there could be problems in the future. After looking at the ordinance, I have traced some edits that would provide for bicycle storage on outdoor racks with a tweak to the impacts of the required spatial dimensions. I also updated the ordinance to allow for racks attached to walls, which may not have been possible with the old language, although I recall that being an item of discussion. The new text is underlined, the text to be removed has a strikethrough. If you could look this over (it is only three pages) and provide me with some insight it would be greatly appreciated. These edits would be rather easy to implement, as compared to last year's text edits. We are looking to have a solution enacted in the ordinance by the end of Spring. If this is something that shouldn't be changed, please let me know, so we can begin looking at other alternatives or provide better guidance to developers. Thank you, John Whitmore, AICP Planner III [City of Morgantown, WV official website] City of Morgantown, West Virginia 389 Spruce Street Morgantown, WV 26505 E: jwhitmore(a)morgantownwv.gov<mailto:jwhitmore@morgantownwv.gov> P: 304-284-7431 www.morgantownwv.gov

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January Meeting: Doodle Poll, please respond before end of day tomorrow (Friday)
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 09 Jan '17

09 Jan '17

Hello Board, Sorry for all the emails. Please fill out your availability <http://doodle.com/poll/k8if4ncc3b5u832p> for a meeting next week, there's only three options, all 6:30-8:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Frank has informed me that he never once received a quorum when rescheduling a meeting on a different day than the first Thursday in his entire tenure as chair. Sounds like a challenge to me! Let's beat the trend. Based on our conference call, I have updated the agenda as attached. Thanks all for your patience and diligence, Drew

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You're Invited, Saturday 4:00-5:30pm: Meet & Greet the City Manager Candidates
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

Hello Board! Very important changes are happening in our City that concern you as a citizen as well as a bike board member. We're interviewing candidates for our new city manager! Meet the candidates this Saturday from 4:00-5:30pm at the Waterfront Place Hotel (Morgantown Event Center). I'm requesting at least 5 bike board members show up to chat with these folks, inform them that our town is dedicated to cycling and is WV’s only bicycle friendly community, and to ask these candidates what their experiences with cycling are around their communities. Also you can ask them other questions, y'know, about non bike-related issues. If you can attend, please reply all to this letter telling us such and also with any question(s) you're prepared to ask. Thanks! Drew

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Reminder: Meeting Tonight Cancelled! Don't Get Caught Unawares!
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

Conference call details: Tonight, 6:30-7:10pm Dial-in Number: (712) 432-0360 Access Code: 386663 # Meeting is tentatively rescheduled for next Thursday at 6:30pm, but may very well be on a different day due to conflicts with MPO and planning commission Best, Drew

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January Meeting: This Thursday and *New Location*
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

Hello all, Please find the attached agenda for Thursday's meeting. Regarding the new location, it's not very different: rather than the training room, we will meet in the conference room just down the hall. It's much more comfortable in there. As always, bring your thinking caps. Best, Drew

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Is tonight's meeting still on?
by John Whitmore via Bikeboard 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

I just saw that Mon County Public Schools are going to do early dismissal. Is the bike board going to be meeting tonight? Thanks! John Whitmore, AICP Planner III [City of Morgantown, WV official website] City of Morgantown, West Virginia 389 Spruce Street Morgantown, WV 26505 E: jwhitmore(a)morgantownwv.gov<mailto:jwhitmore@morgantownwv.gov> P: 304-284-7431 www.morgantownwv.gov

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Bicycle Board: City Webpage Updates and Press Release Information
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Krista, Thanks so much for your help on these issues! Attached you'll find a list of recent bicycle-related happenings in Morgantown for inclusion in a press release. Also, anticipating increased web traffic due to press coverage, I've attached a document that lists updates we'd like to see made to our bicycle board web page on the city's website. Regarding these updates, don't hesitate to ask for more clarification -- although I have attempted to provide some context, I know these projects can seem a bit arcane. If you could reply to Bridget O'Meara (our media coordinator), Christina Hunt (our secretary), and me with questions, we're all happy to help. Board, I have copied you all in the interest of transparency. Please advise if you have any concerns or questions regarding the two attached documents. Best, Drew

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Revised/ Corrected December Minutes
by Christina Hunt via Bikeboard 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

Hi all, Here are the updated minutes from December's meeting. Please let me know if there are other corrections / updates. Happy holidays!

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