Bicycle Board Members,
I usually create and send the agenda for the monthly BB meeting the weekend before the meeting. With this weekend being Thanksgiving weekend, I would like to complete and send the agenda this Wednesday.
Two items we probably should discuss are Jim Rye's replacement and the Bicycle Friendly Community award application.
To save meeting time, please identify potential candidates to replace Jim Rye, confirm with them that they'd want to serve and reply-to-all to this message with their names and invite them to the meeting.
I'm suggesting we discuss the Bicycle Friendly Community award application to help the teams that volunteered to write the application.
Following is status of on-going activities. Let me know which, if any, you want me to put on the agenda for discussion at the meeting. If I missed something, let me know. Distributed preliminary first draft of Morgantown Bicycling Plan to key stakeholders: Terrence Moore, Jeff Mikorski, Terry Hough, Ed Preston, Chris Fletcher, Mark Wise, Tom Arnold, Bill Austin, Fouad Shoukry, Perry Keller and Wes Stafford. I requested their comments and changes by December 8. So far, I haven't heard from any of them. We need to get on the City Council's agenda to present. Thanks to Chet, he and I met with Damien and Jeff to discuss a joint Morgantown-Star City TEP grant application for a bicycle climbing lane from Star City Bridge to WVU Coliseum. Subsequently, Chet met with Star City Mayor Sharp. Unfortunately, Jeff later informed me that Morgantown will not apply for this funding because they're afraid it will jeopardize their application for street scape funding. We may still pursue it with Star City. Nick asked for $500 more to complete the video for 12-year old and younger cyclists. Two BB members replied to me and one replied to all with their agreement so I told Nick and Jeff that we're OK with it. Ryan taught 3 WVU students CCC TS101 class Nov. 3, 11, 13. Thanks, Ryan! Thanks to Hugh, we're just about complete establishing a 1-credit hour CCC course at WVU CPASS to be taught for the first time in Spring 2012. Participants will be able to take it for credit or through the Lifetime Activities program. Price is TBD. On Nov. 9, the Parking Authority approved bicycle lockers for 2 city garages. Chip is working on specifications to enable Tom Arnold to submit a purchase order. The City's 2012 budget has $5,500 for bicycle parking. The lockers will cost about $4,000. Trying to determine status of grant application that we submitted to Jeff Mikorski in September for him to submit to Bikes Belong for $10K to fund Mon Blvd. bicycle climbing lane from Eighth St. to Evansdale Dr.. Brandon Crawford, WVU Cycling Club rep has resigned. I've asked him to find/recommend a replacement. WVDOH replaced in-line drainage grates by Coliseum with bicycle-friendly grates. Remaining in-line grates to be replaced are on Westover Bridge, Walnut St. Bridge, South University Ave. northbound between Pleasant and Walnut. (We need to inventory in-line grates on campus.) Delivered to Paul Mattox, Ray LaHood, Earl Ray Tomblin, Joe Fisher, Asel Kennedy and Brent Walker, petition with 125 signatures to enable cyclists to cross Cheat Lake at Ice’s Ferry during bridge replacement. MPO Policy Board chaired by Joe Fisher planned to discuss the application and may write a support letter to DOH. I'm working on the education grant final report. In his completion of the Enforcement section of the BFA application, Chief Preston said that First Sergeant Matt McCabe "is an active member of the bicycle Advisory Committee". May I have your concurrence to invite Sergeant McCabe to join us as an ex-officio representing the MPD? Welcome Adam Henry! I would appreciate your replies to this message before the holiday.
Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles