Meeting Minutes

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

   WBWC Meeting 3/3/05

   Meeting came to order at 7:05

   Kris Talley conducted the meeting.

   Paul Alman, Frank Schwende, Ken Clark, Bob Krzewinski, Tim Athan, Bob
   Klingler, Ana Jacob were present.

   1. The February meeting minutes were approved with a few changes.

   2. Treasurer reports balance of $534.74.

   3. No new members were present at the meeting.

   4. Updates on Actions

   A. WBWC 2005 biking /walking projects

    1. UM has posted a non-motorized transportation coordinator position,
       Kris brought a copy of the posting. Kris, Erica Briggs, and others
       held a meeting with UM staff on February 11th. One interesting point
       is that North University is being considered for a new configuration,
       which would make the area better for transit and non-motorized
       transportation. The university has added bike parking in the Palmer
       parking structure and is looking at bike parking in other structures.
       The university has also created a campus bike parking map. These
       meetings are now planned to continue each quarter.

    2. Jack Van Dyke is working on a bike-friendly city application for Ann
       Arbor.

    3. There is now a tentative calendar of events for Sustainable
       Transportation Month - May. There are currently 18 events listed on
       the calendar, which will be posted on the getDowntown website. We'll
       put up a link to that site when it's available. The first week is "Try
       Transit" week, the second is "Use Your Feet Week", the third is "Bike
       to Work Week", and the fourth week is "Share a Ride Week". We are
       committed to handle a seminar the night of our typical meeting.

   B. Discussion/Decision needed

    1. Crosswalk traffic stings - We talked about making this a discussion
       point for our meeting. Paul will send an email to an officer on the
       AAPD we know to ask for the best approach to contacting the police
       about this. We agreed that this might be a good hook for the police to
       get involved in pedestrian efforts for sustainable transportation
       month. We considered the best locations for crosswalk enforcement
       activities and came up with the crosswalks in front of Community High
       School and in front of Northside Elementary school.

   C. Upcoming events.

    1. Ann Arbor City Council Working session with the DDA on the proposed
       1st and William parking structure - Monday March 7th, 6-7pm in City
       Hall

    2. Allen Creek Greenway Town Hall meeting, Tuesday March 8th 7-8:30pm

    3. Washtenaw non-motorized steering committee meeting, Thursday March
       10th at 9:30am

    4. Greenway Trek, Sunday March 13th, 2pm

   5. A.

    1. Membership report/outreach - It's time to send out membership mailings
       for the year. Frank will send out about 60 letters over the next week.

    2. Membership report

    3. The board adopted the new logo. Tim will add the logo to the new
       membership cards.

    4. Renew Current bike shops - Paul gave a run down on bike shops in the
       area. He's confident that he can get many of the local shops to
       contribute this year.

    5. Topica email list - people can subscribe directly by sending email to
       wbwc-subscribe@topica.com.

   B. Newsletter went on the website the first of the month. The next
   deadline is April 15th.

   C. Reports from other groups

    1. Bicycle Coordinating Committee - No update.

    2. AA Environmental Commission Transportation Committee - No update.

    3. League of Michigan Bicyclists - No update.

    4. AABTS Safety Committee - Meeting this Monday the 7th. 19th AABTS
       training meeting for ride captains. 26th Red Cross training at Red
       Cross building. April 8th & 9th AABTS appreciation day at the Aberdeen
       bicycle shop. April 16th, group riding , April 21st Chelsea bike
       rodeo.

    5. Non-motorized Transportation Planning Committee meetings - no update.

    6. Getdowntown program. No update beyond the sustainable transportation
       month updates.

    7. Friends of the AA Greenway March 13th walk of the potential greenway
       starting at Bandemere Park. The group is also looking for people to
       host "Greenway Meetups".

    8. Ann Arbor Greenfair is June 17th 6-9pm.

   Adjourned 8:45