City of Batavia Bicycle Commission met May 11.
Here is the minutes provided by the commission:
1. Roll Call: Brett Garrett, Steve Ericksen, Joanne Spitz, Amy Moore, Scott Brasel, Jen Ress, Randy Deicke, John Gamble, John Burnham, Ryan Peterson, Dave Pedersen
Absent: Matt Knowles, Emil Jensen
2. Approve Minutes
3. Bike Plan and Bike Share/Koloni Update: On hold for 60 days for Laura to review.
Two cities have paid for bikes so far- Montgomery and Elgin. S. Elgin is planning for 2 e-bikes, and about 12 bikes total. Koloni has the bikes and are ready to go.
Have new cleaning policies and social distancing rules. Conference call was last week with the cities. If a town delays program until next year, they will give up $6-$7,000 in funding from Kane County Dept of Transportation.
4. Ryan would appreciate it if the BBC would write a letter of recommendation for the use of E-Bikes on the bike trails.
5. Bikes for Batavia: We cannot get keys duplicate - John and Scott have the 2 keys, and will arrange times for Steve, John B to pick up some bikes to fix at home.
Scott working on getting bike parts to use for repairs and help from Prairie Path, once the city allows shops to open up Batavia. John continues to pick up bikes offered to Chip In/Bike Commission and fixes/cleans them, Scott and Joanne also picked up a bike and need to get them all to the storage area, and take an inventory of bikes by category: Age, gender, style, so we can start giving them away!
Hoping to have a social distance work event soon.
6. Cycle Club: Ryan reported that 132 students signed up for the club, even with school out. Storm and HWS had 60 students (5 schools total). Ryan gave out 6 bikes to students who did not have one. He has 12 bikes left, and some may come to Bikes for Batavia. Thank you Ryan!
Other items:
Bike to Market is cancelled; no funding for the $5 coupons
Small boardwalk shops still planned to open on schedule
Bike Month is moved to September and League is pushing biking for utilitarian use.
Farmer’s Market opening still planned for May 30 – many changes: produce behind vendors, no area to chat, to-go items, adding 1 block to spread it out, no Well Batavia; BBC needs to decide if they want a presence.
https://www.cityofbatavia.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05112020-1548
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