City of Batavia Bicycle Commission met Oct. 11.
Here are the minutes provided by the commission:
1. Roll Call: John Gamble, Dave Pedersen, Joanne Spitz, John Burnham, Randy Deicke, Jared Heck, Amy Moore, Steve Ericksen, Brett Garrett, Philip Joseph Absent: Jenn Ress, Emil Jensen, Troy Simpson, Evan Thomas
2. Approve Minutes
3. Bikes for Batavia: 15 bikes given away since last month. Evan has 18 requests from Mutual Ground and Lazarus House. May have a few from TriCity Family Services; Joanne will forward any info from their adopt a family program.
Compana: John reported this is not an option for BfB space. Either is the 3rd floor of City Hall. Discussed if Bethany Church has any space they could give us….commissioners will ask friends who belong there. Keep looking for other churches or options.
Dave shared his BfB story…Evan fixed a bike for his son’s girlfriend…she used it for 1 ½ years as her main transportation in Chicago; they are moving, and she returned it back to BfB program. She is so very grateful.
4. Kane County App: SeeClickFix, is Kane County app. Steve had trouble using it, as no category to select. Great app to let county know of any problem on trail, if we can figure out how to use it!!
5. Walk/Bike to School Day: Schools put up signs delivered by BPS. Randy arranged for police/fire to visit all 6 elementary schools.
6. RMS Bike Racks: Joanne reached out to Barco about the double tiered bike racks they wanted to test/donate to RMS a few years ago. Program is on hold, but Mark Anderson at BHS Buildings and Grounds is interested, and Joanne connected them. Concrete needs to laid to install this rack, if it ever is a possibility again. Barco and Robert Schmitd, BPS101 Facilities Director are now in touch, and BPS asked if Barco could meet him at RMS to see the site and talk.
7. Bike Plan: Meetings are starting…Amy offered to attend meetings and should have a BBC member at all meetings, if possible. October 19, 3:30-5. Zoom.
8. Bridge Sanding: BBC wants to request that bridges on Fox Trail are sanded, for safety.
9. FROG Ride: Rotary will send BBC $1800…$1200 profit, and $600 for expenses we covered. If ride is to continue, need a new person to manage it. Randy has done an amazing job getting it going for several years…thank you Randy! This money is critical for BfB so we do need to look for other funding.
10. Amy shared that Main Street is building a 10x12’ booth for the Farmer’s Market, N of bike racks on River St. Can have route signage on it. Welcome/Info booth.
11. Repaving the Green Mile in Aurora!
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