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FRIENDSWOOD BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
AUGUST 27TH, 1992
Call to Order. The Bicycle Advisory Committee met on the
above date at 7: 30 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room.
In attendance were Tony LeCara, Chairman, Councilman Mel
Measels, Joe Tennison, Todd Yeager and Melinda Wasson.
June 4th Minutes. The minutes were approved as printed.
New Committee Member. People who have attended prior
meetings were discussed as possible candidates. Tony
recommend the Committee recommend Barbara Fawcett if she
will serve. He said if she agrees, he will forward her name
to Council for possible appointment at the September 14th
meeting.
Bicycle Riders Survey. Tony said he will mail the survey
form to the Ramble participants and other bicyclists he has
on a mailing list. He will use his bulk mailing permit.
Todd said he will help and contact the remainder of the
Committee members if they need additional help.
Cub Scout Pack 452 Bicycle Safety Dav_. Tony said 15 adults
assisted with the bicycle rodeo at Mary Queen church. In
the first part of the program, they handed out brochures and
talked about safety. Next they had a bicycle maintenance
program. They performed safety checks of bikes and repaired
problems. They replaced some worn out parts. He told the
adults about the work of the Committee. He said another
scout troop is asking for a program and he recommended
standardizing the program so other Committee members could
participate. He will make a program outline which will be
half safety and half maintenance so we can take the program
to other groups. We can have a practice run instead of a
ride on a Sunday afternoon. We can have group session one
or two nights a month.
Cub Scout Bicycle Safety Day. Tony suggested having the
event some Sunday afternoon at or after a cub pack meeting.
The Committee and adults participating can reinforce safety
rules.
Charity Bicycle Ride for Children. St. Jude's hospital is
looking for groups to participate in a fund raising ride. A
two mile route with laps is suggested. The children raise
money by collecting pledges for each lap completed. St.
Jude's furnishes brochures, registration forms and T-shirts.
No action was taken by the Committee as they felt this type
of activity was beyond their assigned scope.
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Sunset Widening. Mel said a ten foot strip on each side to
be used for bicycle lanes is proposed in this year's budget.
It will probably be asphalt. Mel read a memo from Ron Cox.
The Committee needs to write a letter to the City endorsing
the project. The City also needs to adopt an ordinance
restricting cars on the bicycle lanes. Out letter should
have three parts - discussion of the widening project, a
recommended ordinance restricting the cars on the bicycle
lanes and recommended enforcement measures. Tony said he
will write the letter and direct it to the City Manager, Ron
Cox. He will then make the recommendations in the letter to
council.
The Committee said the letter should include the Highway
Department standards for the construction of the lanes and
copies should be sent to various staff members.
Other Discussion. Mel suggested the Committee write a
letter and recommend the grate be changed north of
Whispering Pines on FM 518. We do have $1, 000. 00 in the FY
1991-92 budget and the FY 1992-93 budget. We need to have
the printing of the Bicycle Riders Survey and the mail out
in this year's budget.
Discussion took place on getting the Friendswood Police on
bicycles. Tony mentioned a ten page article in Bicycling
that came out a year and a half ago. The writer spent ten
days with the Boston Police Department on bicycles.
Equipment is available at reduced rates for officers. We
need to poll the Police Department and possibly make this a
future agenda item after we get their opinion.
Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 9: 15 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Melinda Wasson
Recording Secretary
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