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Bicycle
&
Pedestrian
Advisory
Committee
Meeting
Minutes
July
7,
2015
6:00
p.m.
The
Centre
–
West
Conference
Room
Present:
Karen
Erickson,
Tom
Armstrong,
Wayne
Heinmiller,
Chris
Manheim,
Jerry
Turnquist
Staff:
Dave
Waden
(Planning/Parks
&
Recreation),
Ron
Rudd
(Engineering)
Absent:
Darin
Anderson,
Roberto
Soberano
(Police
Department)
Call
to
Order:
Chair
Erickson
called
the
meeting
to
order
at
6:00
p.m.
Approval
of
Minutes:
Turnquist
made
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes
of
the
June
2,
2015
regular
meeting.
Heinmiller
seconded
the
motion,
which
passed
unanimously.
Citizen’s
Forum:
None.
South
Street
Extension/Bicycle
Accommodations:
No
change
in
design
of
the
project.
Bicycle
accommodations
are
included
along
only
a
portion
of
the
road
extension.
East
Chicago
Street/Bicycle
Accommodations:
The
consultants
are
proceeding
with
the
design
work,
presumably
with
bicycle
accommodations
along
both
sides
of
East
Chicago
Street.
A
number
of
issues
and
alternatives
to
the
project
design
have
been
sent
to
staff
and
the
consultant.
Bikeway
Route
4:
The
City
Council
voted
to
request
an
extension
on
the
project
to
allow
staff
and
the
consulting
team
to
explore
options
for
routing
the
bikeway.
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.
The
committee
recommends
that
staff
consider
amending
the
special
events
application
to
identify
when
conflicts
may
occur
along
designated
bike
routes
and
paths,
and
to
consider
signing
detour
routes
or
using
other
methods
to
eliminate
conflicts.
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
MEETING
MINUTES
summaries
can
be
found
at
www.kkcom.org/bikepedinfo.aspx
.
Bike.Walk.Move:
Elgin
Week
2015:
The
committee
reviewed
the
June
21-‐28
activities.
Art
&
Soul
Bicycle
Corral:
The
committee
will
again
partner
with
the
Elgin
Community
Network
to
man
a
bicycle
corral
in
support
of
the
two-‐day
arts
festival.
Project
Ideas:
Armstrong
offered
three
project
ideas
that
the
committee
might
consider
partnering
with
other
community
organization
to
undertake.
The
project
ideas
include
a
history
bicycle
loop,
a
bicycle
scavenger
hunt,
and
fitness
ride
and
walking
loops.
Bicycle
Safety
Quiz:
Armstrong
recommended
that
all
members
of
the
committee
take
the
Illinois
Bike
Safety
Quiz
for
both
cyclists
and
motorists.
Next
Meeting:
The
next
regular
meeting
of
the
BPAC
is
rescheduled
for
Tuesday,
August
11th
at
6:00
p.m.
Staff
will
need
to
confirm
a
meeting
room.
Adjournment:
The
meeting
was
adjourned
at
6:55
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Tom
Armstrong,
Secretary
Approved: