City of Batavia Bicycle Commission met January 14.
Here is the minutes as provided by the commission:
1. Roll Call: Amy Moore, Steve Ericksen, John Gamble, Joanne Spitz, Matt Knowles, Karen Cerveny , Randy Deike, Dave Pedersen, John Burnham
2. Absent: Emil Jensen, Karen Cerveny, Scott Brasel
3. AGS is having a Safe Kids Event on April 13, 10-12. Looking for Bicycle Commission to be there. Will have other groups there to present general basics on safety for kids. Amy/Joanne getting more info. Looking for volunteers to handle this.
4. Scouts: Cub scouts, 5 packs, want to do a bike rodeo. They want help organizing it and need a date. NW will provide helmets; Bike shops can get involved. John will contact them and see if some boy scout troops want to help plan it and will see how much support they need.
5. Bikes For Batavia: HWS did a parent survey and will be sending a list of bike requests. Lazarus just asked for a bike, and it is ready already.
6. Bike Education: Abby, Joanne, Karen and Amy will meet January 16 to make recommendations by grade for programs, websites, educational materials. Joanne contacted Laura Abraham at RMS to see if they want help, and they are going to plan the bike/ped program on their own. Focus at elementary level will be in PE class but also in the regular classroom and possibly in art class as well. Programs will be custom to grade level, with more bike/ped info added as grade level increases. Will share recommendations with BBC.
7. Bike Month: Ryan Peterson and Steve worked on suggested areas to add temporary bike improvements during Bike Week and Month. Example: Temporary bike lanes on Island. And bike lanes on McKee south on N Van Nortwick, east on Houston, terminates at Houston and Water. Steve and John will come up with several recommendations to give Randy to bring to city meeting for approval. Amy will ask Abby for her ideas. Can set up cones, temporary markings. Who will pay for temporary work? There is a group filming large bike groups as they run stop signs on Pine and Prairie….don’t want this to ruin chances of getting the bike/parking lanes on Prairie.
8. Bike Plan: Ryan presented the bike plan done by Kane Kendall Council of Mayors. Also available online. Thanks Ryan!
9. January 25 is meeting in Elgin about bike share program. Amy is attending. August 24th is the ride to Lake Geneva.
http://www.cityofbatavia.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01142019-1322
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