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NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Date: July 5, 2018 Time: 4:30 pm Location: City Hall 1st Floor Conference Room Members Present: Richard Dandridge (Vice Chair), Joe Finn, Hendrik Taatgen, Pat Teal, Mike Kaill
Members Absent: Sam Feinson (Chair) Staff Present: Park and Facilities Director Alex Wisniewski, City Clerk Joanna Sanders
AGENDA ITEM ACTION
Approval of Minutes: The Minutes of June 7, 2018 were unanimously approved.
Staff Report/Updates: Alex Wisniewski gave a trail work party review - ten were in attendance. It was suggested that an email reminder be sent to the email list Lys Burden used to manage. Some discussion ensued about how best to do these communications in the future through City email account. NMTAB members
would receive business cards.
Climate Action Committee Goals: Alex Wisniewski reported on the 2018 goals
that overlap with the NMTAB (handout provided). It was noted that this was for
the Board’s information only at this time.
Volunteering Coverage: Alex Wisniewski distributed a handout and reported on the tracking of hours for Labor and Industries (L and I).
Election of Chair and Vice Chair: In the absence of Chair, Vice Chair Dandridge took over running the meeting. There was unanimous approval of motion to elect Sam Feinson as Chair and Richard Dandridge as Vice Chair.
Bike History Interpretive Sign Location: Alex Wisniewski led a discussion of
options for location/relocation of the sign currently at Adams Street Park.
The recommended locations were: Taylor Street
Plaza or Cotton Building if that is where covered
bicycle parking is eventually located; there was interest in the condition of the sign.
NMTAB Work Plan Review and Discussion: The Committee reviewed a proposed work plan as discussed at the June Council workshop and considered breaking the plan into smaller components. Joe Finn agreed to forward to Alex the traffic study/cross walk
information that T-Lab prepared in the event it could be used in conjunction with the bicycle safety audit. It was noted that NMTAB would have difficulty prioritizing without knowing available staff resources. There was also a question about how the safety audit
overlaps with the 2017 priority list of NMT projects completed months ago.
There was consensus that the work plan priorities be as follows: receiving an audit timeline and NMTAB training on conducting the audit; conducting actual
safety audits, and then conducting the pedestrian facilities inventory.
Trail Work Party Planning: Continue work on Bishop Park from gully up to
Thomas.
Next Meeting: The next regular meeting will be August 2, 2018. Upcoming topics included: Overview of Bicycle Safety Audit by Greg Lanning. Designating a PRTAB member liaison from NMTAB.
Public comment: Robert Gray mentioned clean up needed at Bishop Park. Debbie
Jahnke noted that roughly 100 people are on work party distribution; she asked for
NMTAB materials ahead of the meeting. Richard Dandridge inquired whether the adopt a park policy could be expanded to trails.
Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 5:46 p.m.