Bicycle Board Members,
I don't really understand how the City's budgeting process works but it might help if you encouraged your councilor to support our request rather than the proposed budget. Specifically, the proposed budget does not include Shared Lane Markings ($35K) or Bike Route signs ($10K) that we requested.
Four years ago, we had $35K in the budget for Shared Lane Markings that got reassigned in subsequent years because the City and State sat on their hands.
The proposed budget for education ($960) and parking ($164) is just carryover from prior years.
The only new money is the $12.5K for " Bike Lanes". That's probably the Mon Blvd. bicycle climbing lane and would be the 50% cost share in a deal Terrence made with WVDOH to fund the other half. (We also submitted to Bikes Belong a grant for $10K to make up part of the $12.5K but we can't count that until we get the grant.)
If we get the Bikes Belong grant, the City will only be spending $2.5K for bicycling of FY2013 money.
Frank
"For the equivalent cost of a single mile of freeway, we have a bike infrastructure" - John Adams, Mayor, Portland OR
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From: Frank Gmeindl frank.gmeindl@comcast.net Date: February 28, 2012 11:15:06 AM EST To: Bicycle Board bikeboard@cheat.org Subject: Budget
Bicycle Board Members,
If you're interested, the attached file compares a request that I gave Terrence and what was proposed to City Council.
Frank