HomeMy WebLinkAboutBicycle Committee Minutes 1996-01-25 Regular Friendswood Bicycle Advisory Committee
January 25. 1996
Call to Order. The Bicycle Advisory committee met on the above date at
7:30 p.m. In attendance were Sherie Warminski, Mel Measles, Barb Fawcett,
Joe Tennison, Sandy McHone and Todd Yeager. Jay Haldiman, an interested
citizen and bicycist, was also present.
Report from Chair. Sherie and Mel gave an update on the Sunset Drive project.
The city will go out for bids for the bike lanes in January. Sherie also mentioned
that we needed additional members for the committee. She will check with
Delores McKenzie in the City Secretary's Office regarding an advertisement for
new members.
Bicycle Friendly Designation. Nothing has been done yet to request a
designation for the city. Todd agreed to prepare an information package.
Sunset Hike/Bike Trails. The bike lane will be an 8 foot wide asphalt strip
beginning at FM 528. A concern was mentioned about cars parking or driving
on the lane. Stencils or signs on the lane to designate its use could deter cars
as well as asking the police department to assist with strict enforcement. Mel
will ask Doug Knuepper for an updated status on the project. He will be asked
to come to our next meeting.
Additional discussion followed regarding designating some if not all city
sidewalks as hike/bike trails. Todd will invite Captain Jimmy Holland of the
Friendswood Police Dept. to the next meeting to discuss ordinances regarging
using sidewalks as bike lanes. Mel raised a question about rollerbladers and
whether thay can use bike lanes or sidewalks. We may want to consider
rollerblader use on hike/bike trails.
There was discussion about pushing for bike trails in the new Centennial park
with the Parks department. Joe said that he would try to make the next Parks
board meeting and take our input.
Planning and Zoning (P and Z) member. Our committee should have a member
from the P and Z committee. Sherie will check with the P and Z committee
chairman Benny Baker regarding the name of a member who might join our
meetings.
Ticket to Ride program. The citation/coupon form was finalized but we still
don't have sponsors. -Sherie and Joe will start calling folks to see if they can
line up some sponsorship.
4th of July. There was discussion about a bike ride for the summer. Saturday,
June 29 may be better date than the 4th of July weekend. Barb will check with
Mike Wright in Alvin on the tour de Bras dates in case of a conflict. The
committee felt that our event didn't need to be a fund raiser. Breaking even
would be acceptable. We have a budget of $2500.00. Registration fees could
be $10 for adults, $5 for children. Adveritising and t-shirt costs were discussed.
Last year we ordered too many t-shirts.
Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Fawcett