Washtenaw Bicycling and Walking Coaliton Minutes

Washtenaw Bicycling and Walking Coalition
117 North Division Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan
734/487-9058
www.wbwc.org
April 6 2006 WBWC Meeting

1. Prior minutes approved.
Attendees:  John Hritz, Peter Hines, Bob Krzewinski, Kris Talley, Erica Briggs, 
Ana Jacob, Tim Athan, Ken Clark
2. Treasurer reported $873.36
3. New members - stepan Zumko, Paul ?

4. Actions/news - Safe routes to school, Huron River Drive paving and Closing, 
Ann Arbor Non-motorized Plan - we had an extensive discussion and generally 
agreed that we support the recommendations of the non-motorized plan, but are 
concerned that it will be implemented poorly, bike lanes will be poorly 
maintained, the city's outdated ordinances will not be updated, and there will 
continue to be poor/discriminatory enforcement.  We support the nonmotorized 
plan, but we want to make it clear that bike lanes are a mixed benefit 

5. Curb your car month - The new website is up and the new brochure is out!  
There are many fun and great events planned for the month.  Too many events to 
list!  See www.getdowntown.org for the list of events.
Ride of Silence 5/17 8pm.
Transportation 101 meeting on 5/4 - 7pm Ann Arbor Main Branch Library
Other WBWC activities

6. Other upcoming events - 
4/21 - James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Long Emergency" and one of the 
speakers in "End of Suburbia" will be coming to Shaman Drum Bookstore 7pm.
4/22 - Earth Day at Mattei Botanical Gardens - Erica setup and Bob K / John H 
will help
6/16 - Ann Arbor Green Fair - Ana and Robert
6/16 - Bike Fest - Same time and place.  Erica is planning to use a big chunk 
of Main for bike-related things.
7/4 - Independence Day Parade.
August ? River folk festival in Manchester.

7. WBWC General Business
A. Membership report/outreach
- No Membership Report
- No update on current bike shops
- No discussion of membership fee for businesses.
B. Newsletter - Next version coming up soon.
C. WBWC Legislative Committee - Bob Kr would like to have people consider 
forming a WBWC legislative committee.
D. Kris brought up the idea of skipping some general meetings during the summer 
and instead hold meetings of committees.  We noted that May is not a regular 
meeting and we traditionally skip the July meeting anyway.  That means that our 
next regular meeting is in June, and not again until August.


8. Reports from other groups/events
Washtenaw Public Health - Bob Kr reported that WPH is putting up a number of 
bike parking hoops and running some events.
UM Nonmotorized transportation - Kris found someone at UM SOPH to have a 
student look into staff commuting habits and obstacles for staff using 
nonmotorized transportation for work.  Unfortunately, for the second year the 
University won't be doing anything for Curb Your Car Month.
Friends of AA Greenway - No update
GetDowntown Program - 
League of Michigan Bicyclists - Rich Moeller was at the AABTS Potluck.
AABTS Safety Committee - The AABTS board is considering Pete's idea that the 
club grant miles for commuting.  
Nonmotorized transportation planning committee - Norm Cox will probably call 
another meeting to discuss changes to the plan proposed by other communities 
and staff.
Parks and Recreation - No update
Washtenaw County Nonmotorized Steering Committee - Two more proposals were made 
that took the whole meeting to discuss.  Those were to recommend that 
developers provide sidewalks in new developments and to create recommended 
design standards for bicycle facilities for townships in the county.

Meeting adjourned 9:30pm.


Adjournment