Meeting Minutes

Washtenaw Bicycling and Walking Coalition
117 North Division Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan
734/487-9058
www.wbwc.org

   04-11-04 WBWC Minutes

   Meeting convened at 7:09pm

   Present: Kris Talley, Tim Athan, Ana Iacob, Frank Schwende, Ken Clark,
   Jack VanDyke, Bob Krzewinski, Rita Mitchell, Scott Tenbrink, Steve ??,
   Mary Hogan

   1. Meeting minutes for the October 7th 2004 meeting were approved.

   2. Treasurer's report: $597.87

   3. New member/attendee intros and interests, Scott Tenbrink - a masters of
   urban planning student

   4. Actions/News

   A. Greenway Letter endorsement - Tim is working on a letter of endorsement
   for the project. We need to work out a process for approving letters where
   there is concern. We agreed without dissent that Kris will finalize the
   letter and send it next week to a list of recipients suggested by
   supporters.

   B. WBWC 2004 Nonmotorized Projects - University of Michigan - Kris will
   contact the university again.

   C. Winter bike commuting workshop - Krista McDermott & Riin - Krista is
   planning the event, she is looking for a location on campus, possibly in
   East Hall or the Dana Building.

   D. Huron River Drive - no update

   E. Walk to School activities - no update

   F. Bike to Work Week/Commuter challenge month 2005 - Erica

   G. Senate bill 1839 - Scott discussed this draft bill that would prohibit
   cyclists from biking two-abreast. We discussed the other bad parts of
   current legislation. We agreed to pass along the information to the full
   WBWC email list. Scott will also test joining the Topica email list.

   G. New High School traffic proposal - The new traffic study proposes to
   remove the new bike lanes on Maple to add another traffic lane. Ken will
   forward a recent email about this and draft a letter from WBWC.

   H. Upcoming Events

   Washtenaw County Non-motorized Transportation Plan Meeting, November 16th,
   4-8pm, AATA offices on South Industrial.

   5. WBWC General Business

   A. Board Member Elections

   1. The membership meeting will in part discuss board membership. The
   current board members and their status are:

   Continuing: Iacob, Athan, Clark, Talley

   Up for reelection: Nieters

   New candidates: Bob Krzewinski, Paul Alman, Jack VanDyke, Brenda

   New board members were adopted without dissent.

   B. Membership report/outreach

    1. Frank Schwende is taking over the membership volunteer position.

    2. Kris showed a new proposed logo. The revised logo added a side path or
       sidewalk. Comments were that it suggested roads and cars, that it
       still looked like a bird symbol, but that it's not bad. Kris plans to
       take the design back for changes. Other people will come up with other
       possibilities. We plan to decide next month.

    3. Renewals are by calendar year, so we need to start renewals for bike
       shops, etc.

    4. New bike owner packet - no update.

   C. Newsletter/blog (Krzewinski/Iacob/Fields) - There is a new newsletter
   to distribute, but it's being held up by a password change at the website.

   D. Reports from other groups

    1. AA Bicycle Coordinating Committee (Clark) - No update.

    2. League of Michigan Bicyclists (Clark) - The state has a new bicycle
       driver's manual. Ken is LMB Board Secretary again.

    3. AABTS Safety Committee (Talley) - No meetings recently

    4. Non-Motorized Transportation Planning Committee (Hritz) - Next meeting
       is November 18th, the public meeting will follow though we don't know
       a date at this point.

    5. AA Environmental Commission Transportation Committee (Clark) - No
       update.

    6. GetDowntown program (Briggs) - No update.

    7. Thunderhead Alliance - The thunderhead alliance recently agreed to
       include pedestrian advocacy.

    8. Washtenaw County non-motorized steering committee. - Apparently the
       local jurisdictions seemed to expect WATS to do the planning for them.
       There was a good turnout from the townships. Terri Blackmore and Ryan
       Buck of WATS are leading the plan. Next steering committee meeting is
       December 19th. The public meeting is November 16th at AATA
       headquarters on South Industrial from 4-8pm.

    9. Friends of Ann Arbor Greenway - Rita indicated there will be meeting
       of this group coming up soon. Their website is www.AAgreenway.org.

   10. Bob Kr. passed around a draft letter from WBWC to Eastern Michigan
       University in support of repair to the EMU section of the cross-county
       trail.

   Meeting Adjourned 8:40pm