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Bicycle
&
Pedestrian
Advisory
Committee
Meeting
Minutes
June
2,
2015
6:00
p.m.
The
Centre
–
West
Conference
Room
Present:
Karen
Erickson,
Tom
Armstrong,
Wayne
Heinmiller,
Scott
Magee,
Chris
Manheim,
Jerry
Turnquist
Staff:
Ron
Rudd
(Engineering)
Absent:
Darin
Anderson,
Dave
Waden
(Planning/Parks
&
Recreation),
Roberto
Soberano
(Police
Department)
Call
to
Order:
Chair
Erickson
called
the
meeting
to
order
at
6:00
p.m.
Approval
of
Minutes:
Manheim
made
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes
of
the
May
12,
2015
regular
meeting.
Magee
seconded
the
motion,
which
passed
5-‐0-‐1,
with
Heinmiller
abstaining.
Citizen’s
Forum:
None.
South
Street
Extension/Bicycle
Accommodations:
The
committee
sent
memorandum
recommending
that
bicycle
accommodations
(sidepath)
be
provided
along
the
entire
length
of
the
South
Street
extension
project,
which
will
connect
between
Randall
Road
and
Long
Common
Parkway.
East
Chicago
Street/Bicycle
Accommodations:
The
committee
reviewed
plans
prepared
by
the
engineering
consultant
for
the
project.
The
consultant
has
identified
two
options
for
bicycle
accommodations,
1)
stripe
bike
lanes
in
both
directions
(requires
removal
of
parking
on
one
side
of
the
street
and
2)
mark
shared
lanes
in
both
directions
(requires
additional
right-‐of-‐way
acquisition).
Public
comments
on
the
project
are
due
by
June
23,
2015.
Bikeway
Route
4:
Two
alternatives
to
crossing
under
the
US
Route
20
bridge
have
surfaced.
One
alternative
would
route
the
bikeway
to
a
new
bridge
crossing
between
the
Fox
River
Water
Reclamation
District
Main
Plant
and
West
Plant,
which
would
link
with
the
Fox
River
Trail.
A
second
option
would
be
to
cross
over
US
Route
20
on
a
new
IL
State
Route
31
bridge,
which
will
include
bicycle
accommodations.
Bicycle
Friendly
Community
(BFC)
Application
Feedback:
One
of
the
recommendations
to
improve
MEETING
MINUTES
Elgin’s
potential
for
designation
as
a
BFC
is
to
increase
our
efforts
to
educate
the
community,
both
cyclists
and
motorists,
regarding
the
rules
of
the
road
and
good
techniques
for
sharing
the
road.
The
committee
has
been
invited
to
participate
with
the
Police
Department
and
other
agencies
in
the
September
19th
Safety
Saturday.
Detour
Routes/Protocol
for
Special
Events:
There
is
a
need
to
stay
on
top
of
this
issue
by
encouraging
the
city
to
establish
detour
routes/protocols
and
by
monitoring
bike/ped/attendee
interaction
at
events.
Fox
River
Trail
Signage
Program:
Kane
County
has
inventoried
all
existing
signage
along
the
trail
and
is
gathering
information
for
a
new
signage
plan.
Information
concerning
the
project
and
meeting
summaries
can
be
found
at
www.kkcom.org/bikepedinfo.aspx
.
May
is
National
Bike
Month:
The
committee
reviewed
the
May
activities.
Bike.Walk.Move:
Elgin
Week
2015:
The
committee
reviewed
the
schedule
of
events
for
the
June
21-‐28
week.
New
Business:
Magee
announced
that
he
would
be
moving
soon
to
Elmhurst,
a
bronze
level
Illinois
Bicycle
Friendly
Community.
The
City
Clerk
will
need
to
be
notified
of
the
new
opening
on
the
committee.
The
committee
wished
him
well.
Next
Meeting:
The
next
regular
meeting
of
the
BPAC
is
scheduled
for
Tuesday,
July
7th
at
6:00
p.m.
in
the
West
Conference
Room
of
The
Centre.
Adjournment:
The
meeting
was
adjourned
at
7:22
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Tom
Armstrong,
Secretary
Approved: