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Agenda
Thursday, August 161h, 2007 @ 5:15 P.M.
Siskiyou Room @ 51 Winburn Way
Community Development & Engineering Services Building
CALL TO ORDER
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: July 19st, 2007
III. PUBLIC FORUM - Business from the audience not included on the agenda.
(Limited to 5 minutes per speaker and 15 minutes total.)
IV. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
Subcommittee & Liaison Reports
V. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
Request for Reimbursement of Expenses: Car Free Day
Oregon Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan 2007 Update
(see hfto://www.oreoon.Qov/ODOT/HWY/BIKEPED/index.shtml)
Work Plan Development/Goal Setting Follow -Up
New Business
Agenda Items for Next Month
V. ADJOURNMENT BY 6:00 P.M.
We'll adjourn early to allow members to attend and comment at the Interchange Area
Management Plan (TAMP) Public Charette to discuss the development of IAMP's for Exits 14
& 19. This workshop is happening concurrently in Pioneer Hall at 73 Winburn Way, from 5:00
to TOO p.m..
Upcoming Meetings
Next Regular Meeting - Thursday, September 20t�', 2007 at 5:15 P.M.
Bicycle & Pedestrian Commission
July 19th, 2007 Regular Minutes
Roll Call: David Young, Julia Sommer, Selene Aitken, Matthew Seiler, Mick Church, Tom Burnham
Jim Olney (absent),
Council Liaison: David Chapman
Staff: Derek Severson, Associate Planner
Steve McLennan, Police Officer
RVTD liaisons: Steve Maluk, TDMPlanner
High school liaison: Vacant SOU liaison: Nathan Meyerson (absent)
Call to Order
Young called the meeting to order at 5:20 p.m.
Approval of Minutes — June, 2007
It was noted that the first sentence under Public Forum needed to end with "is worn and needs repair." Severson
noted that he would make this change, and added that he had followed up with Jim Olson in Engineering, who
indicated that this was scheduled for repair in the near future.
Church/Aitken m/s to accept the minutes of the June 2007 meeting as amended. Voice vote: All AYES.
Motion passed.
Public Forum
Egon Dubois, bicycle safety instructor with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, suggested there was a need to
provide a map identifying public restroom facilities in town and to provide at least one bicycle rack at all such
facilities.
Subcommittee & Liaison Reports
Seiler discussed the task list of items to be done for Car Free Day, and asked that members review the list and email
him the items for which they were willing to volunteer. It was noted that RVTD was going to be tabling at the event
and could provide a public address system. There was discussion of the fact that the event falls on a Saturday this
year, and as such bus service will not be available. Members discussed their availability to table for the event, and
Severson and Chapman tentatively indicated their willingness to help with tabling.
Severson gave a brief update on the status of the Wheeldon memorial discussions, and noted that the Public Arts
Commission had planned a public art installation in this location. He stated that he would follow up, in hopes of
resolving the matter as soon as possible and getting a memorial in place.
Severson noted that the lights, pedometers and helmets had been received.
Young noted that the IAMP group met yesterday, and that the public session had been postponed, with a tentative
reschedule date of August 16 in Pioneer Hall (concurrently with the next Bicycle & Pedestrian Commission
meeting.) Young outlined some of the issues of discussion including the population projections which form the
basis for some of the planning, bridge construction, vehicle miles traveled reductions, and the information center
being discussed.
Visit by Angela Koch and Scott Bricker from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA)
Angela Koch, Safe Routes to School Director, and Scott Bricker, Executive Director, from the Bicycle
Transportation Alliance (BTA) in Portland were introduced. It was explained for new members that the BTA is a
long-time partner of the Commission in presenting bicycle safety programs in Ashland Schools, and that they have
also partnered on Safe Routes to School and International Walk/Bike to School events.
Bricker, who serves as the BTA lobbyist in Salem, gave a legislative update including a detailed discussion of SB
108, the "three-foot rule" which relates to bicycle -related ordinance discussions later on the agenda, and also
2007-0719 Bike & Pert minutes Page l of2
discussed BTA's Campaign for Bicycle Boulevards (low traffic streets planned to better accommodate cyclists) and
the Blueprint for Better Biking, a BTA report detailing 40 projects to most improve bicycling in the Porltand Metro
area.
Bicycle- & Pedestrian -Related Ordinances
After general discussion of how this item it was suggested that this would be a long-term item, and that a
subcommittee form to look at the ordinances and what might be needed to update them. Issues such as cyclists
taking the lane were discussed, as was the Grants Pass "three-foot rule" which requires motorists to pass cyclists at a
safe distance. Burnham suggested that the ordinances could also be consolidated to address bicycling, pedestrians,
and skateboarding in one section, and that plain English handouts could be provided. MacLennan suggested looking
at things in light of the Oregon Revised Statutes. Church, Burnham, and MacLennan all indicated a willingness to
work further on this item, and Chapman, Seiler and Young would also consider it as their schedules allowed.
Car Free "First Friday"
Sommer discussed her idea to add a car free element to First Fridays, noting that she felt there was a need to take
being car free beyond an annual event. She suggested that she would like to see encouragement for people to be car
free in the First Friday publicity, and that she would eventually like to incorporate street closures as well. She asked
if there was any interest from others on the Commission in pursuing this.
Young expressed concern with the idea of street closures, and it was noted that downtown street closures could
require ODOT approval. Seiler suggested that this might best be accomplished incrementally, by starting small.
Sommer stated that a car free element could initially be worked into publicity materials and the idea of street
closures held for now. Dubois pointed out that the First Fridays could become more of a street fair. Aitken noted
that there needed to be some sensitivity for those who don't walk, and Church noted that there needed to be viable
alternatives in place and available. Sommer suggested that shuttle service could be developed. There was not a
general consensus of members present to move this item ahead, but Sommer was encouraged to pursue it
individually.
New Business
Aitken noted that she would be out of the country and unable to attend the August meeting.
Burnham noted that there was a need for blackberry removal along the Central Ashland Bikepath, and also reiterated
his desire for a traffic infractions summary to be reviewed by the Commission monthly.
Agenda Items for Next Month
Young stated that he would like to have an agenda item to begin development of a work plan based on the
discussion during last month's goal setting discussion.
Members discussed the IAMP meeting occurring concurrently with next month's meeting, which would be
occurring in the nearby Pioneer Hall, and suggested that they would like to meet at the regular time, deal with
pressing business, and then adjourn to allow members to attend the public sessions dealing with the IAMP.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
Upcoming Meetings:
Regular Meeting — August 16`h, 2007 at 5:15 p.m.
2007-0719 Bike & Ped minutes Page 2 of 2
2007 CFD Committee
Kat Smith
Tracy Harding
Matt Seiler
and...
2007 CFD TASKS
GENERAL
recruit volunteers KAT would love help@
create schedule
secure PA KAT
t shirt design & silk screening TRACE
borrow Parks Dept benches
borrow greenery
Transportation Hero Award
MC
SITE
street closure application
Oak Street businesses check in
Wells Fargo
TRACE
Standing Stone
TRACE
All's Well Vitamins
KAT
Emz Blends Soap
KAT
Raw Elements
KAT
Book Exchange
KAT
vacant corner gallery
recycling/Ashland Sanitation
KAT
PRESS
write press release TRACE & KAT
Sneak Preview
Mail Trib
Daily Tidings
web postings
OUTREACH
district permission for banners & newsletters TRACE
banner application
banner repaint TRACE
school banners up & down 9/14 & 9/23
flyering the towns
local employers
write email announcement for distribution by all
create ° sheets/materials for public awareness
ACTIVITIES
bike rodeo
Kelsy's custom bikes
Dave Nourie trick rider
bike ride/tour, recruit leaders
Commission walks
TABLING
contact past tablers/pa rtici pants
Bicycle & Ped Commission
North Mountain Park Nature Center
United Bicycle Institute
Siskiyou Velo
Ashland Woodland Trails Association
RVTD, SR2S, BTA, ODOT
Bear Creek Greenway Program
KSKQ
Conservation Commission
Ashland Community Bike Program
Ashland Parks & Rec
ECOS/bike blenders
recruit new tablers/participants
pedicab
running/walking clubs
DAY OF EVENT TASKS
no parking signs on Oak and in bank lot
barricades
defining layout
PA & extension cords
sidewalk/street welcome art
barricade adornment
banner hanging on Oak St
TRACE
KAT
KAT
KAT
TRACE
TRACE
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From:
Richard Best
To:
Derek Severson
Date:
8/9/07 10:48:20 AM
Subject:
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DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pedestrian and Bicycle Program
Transportation Bldg. Room 222
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: (503) 986-3555
Fax: (503) 986-3749
email: sheiIa.a.lyons@odot.state.or.us
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BICYLE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY OREGON
Memorandum
To: Whom It May Concern
From: Sheila Lyons
Date: 8/9/2007
Re: Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan - Update
We are very pleased to present to you a draft of the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian
Plan Update for your review and comment. Comments are due by September 5,
2007. They may be submitted via our website or by US Mail.
A public hearing, is scheduled for August 24th, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM, in Room
122 of the T-Building, 355 Capitol St NE, Salem.
The final document is expected to be presented to the Oregon Transportation
Commission for adoption this winter.
We look forward to hearing from you. Feel free to distribute the plan to interested
parties. Information on how to obtain printed and e-copies is below. If you have
questions or need additional information please contact me at 503-986-3555 or
Sheila. a.lyons@odot. state. or.us.
For E-copies and E-comments:
http:1IvAvw.oregon.gov/ODOT/HV%rY/BIKEPED /index.shtml
For Paper Copies: Call or e-mail Anushka Coskan: 503-986-3765,
anushka. c. coskan@odot. state. or.us.
BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION
PRIMARY GOALS
2007-2008
I. Continue (& Expand) Education Efforts
a. Continue to offer bicycle safety education classes in Ashland schools
through on -going partnerships with the Bicycle Transportation
Alliance, Parks Foundation, and Traffic Safety Commission
b. Continue to promote Car Free Day (& car free living)
C. Expand community outreach efforts (recruit youth liaisons and
develop partnerships with the schools)
d. Better utilize the media — Daily Tidings, Tribune, City Source, radio,
TV
e. Continue and Expand Safe Routes to School efforts for all Ashland
schools.
Il. Infrastructure Linkaaes & Connections
a. Partner in the upcoming Transportation System Plan (TSP) update to
identify current facilities in place and needs for new facilities to
address needed connections.
b. Work to enhance existing maps of bicycle facilities and trail systems.
C. Continue to identify and develop connectivity needs adjacent to all
Ashland Schools as part of Safe Routes to School efforts.
d. Consider ways to provide improved bicycle and pedestrian facilities
from the downtown north to the city limits along North Main Street.
III. To Explore the Benefits of a "Transportation Commission"
This would entail combining the Traffic Safety and Bicycle & Pedestrian
Commissions, gaining staff efficiencies, and broadening the focus of each
Commission to better address transit while still retaining the current areas of
interest of each Commission.
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