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Friendswood Bicycling Advisory Committee
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2/27/92
The first meeting of the Friendswood Bicycle Advisory
Committee was called to order by City Councilmember Mel
Measeles at 7 : 00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers of
Friendswood City Hall, 109 Willowick. The following members
and guest were present.
Members: Richard Prentice
Melinda Wasson
Tony LeCara
Joe Tennison
Janie Honeycutt
Mel Measeles
Staff: Todd Yeager
Guest: Debbie Yeager
John Gaynor
Committee member Jan Jordan was unable to .attend.
The first order of business was for everyone to
introduce themselves to the committee and tell what they
would like to see the committee accomplish. Some of the
items were as follows:
1 . More bike lanes within the city, especially on
thoroughfares.
2. Paved bike lanes on Sunset and FM 518
3. Sidewalks on FM 518 (downtown area)
4. Safer cross-walks (controlled)
5. More exposure of committee to citizens
a. Newspaper articles
b. Sponsor bicycle ride in 4th of July parade
c. Work with the Friendswood Midnight Bike Ramble
d. Members attend organized rides
e. Work with the Chamber of Commerce
f. Work with the schools
6 . Develop a Master Bicycle Plan for the city
a. Develop map of bike paths in city.
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b. Committee ride bikes within city so as to get a
better ideal of conditions.
7. Address funding of Master Plan.
8 . Encourage wider shoulders on new construction of
streets and highways .
9. Installation of bike-safe drainage grates within
city
10. Develop a Bicycle Safety Program for the citizens
11 . Contact the schools for possible safety and
awareness programs
12. City needs a street sweeper to keep the debris and
trash off streets.
Mr. John Gaynor, Regional #12 Bicycle Coordinator for
the Texas Department of Transportation addressed the
committee as to the progress of bicycle awareness at the
state level. The following items were discussed.
1 . All regions of the -DOT now have Regional Bicycle
Coordinators.
2. All states must now have Bicycle Coordinators
3. DOT funds are presently limited to Educational and
Safety Programs.
4. DOT is in the transition stage and new policies for
cyclist are being developed.
5. Suggested that the committee contact the following
groups for further cycling programs;
a. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Mrs. Kathryn Nichols
Outdoor Recreation Planner
(512) 389-4735
(ask about the "Sims Trail Act")
b. Harris/Galveston Area Council
possible grant money for bike trails
The committee agreed to meet on the forth Thursday of
each month at 7:30 p.m. at Friendswood City Hall, 109
Willowick. Mr. Tony LeCara agreed to serve as the
Chairperson. Mr. Richard Prentice agreed to serve 'as the
Vice Chairperson. No one volunteered for the job as
Secretary. Future .meeting will be tape recorded and minutes
will be extracted from the tapes.
Draft copies of the Friendswood Bicycling Advisory
Committee, By-Laws were distributed to the members for their
review. The by-laws will be discussed in more detail at the
next meeting.
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The following information was distributed to the
committee;
1 . History of past Friendswood Bicycle Committee
2. Texas Bicycle Coalition information
3. Local Newspaper article on the committee
The meeting ad or ed at approximatly 9 : 30 p .m. .
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