AGENDA
Attendees: Christine, Carmen, Sarah, Conrad, Ed, Lynnette (via Skype)
Javier & Cameron out of town
1)-Bike Mobile Update (Carmen, 10 minutes)
DONE:
-Sarah got us location at Bohnett park
STILL PENDING:
-Carmen hasn’t had time to update flyers, brochures, letters
-Nothing has happened on getting bike together
-We haven’t made any progress on getting second hire done
TO DO:
-Lynnette will put documents up on google docs and share with committee (calendar,
spoke cards, business letter, press release that’s on facebook)
-Conrad is willing to help with stuff
START DATE: March 31st
-This way we can advertise about Earth Day
-Maybe push back start date because of requests to support Milpas community (see agenda
point 5)
GAS GRANT:
-We need to meet quota of TK
-Bike has been going to SBCC farmer’s market: these numbers count towards our goal,
Ed says between 40 and 50 have been served in the last couple months
2)- Eastside Library “Green your Library” Saturday March 3 (11 am to 1 pm)
-Able to go: Carmen, Conrad, Sarah, Ed, Lynnette
-Promote event on website and facebook
-Have 2 tables (education and advocacy)
-Material (2 presentations – kids and adults):
-Need LCI to lead (we can translate if necessary)
-Adults: use illuminate night flyer – English and Spanish
-Christine has neat flyer for kids
-drawings are good, but too wordy
-Spanish/English bike map
-help helmet-fitting with COAST
-pictures from old bike mobile
-bring mobile bike: BC will provide mechanics and pay for parts
- we need schedule to advertise mobile bike shops
-graphs about gas usage from Portland people?
-Maybe get signatures at library event if we produce a brochure
-SBBC is taking a stand to support the new option
-terminology: “neighborhood transition striping”, “street diet” – translate this
-we need images of what the new layout would look like
-Similar event at Carpinteria high school: March 24th
-Debrief: Lunch afterwards
3)-SLOC & Education
-Conversations through email with Nancy and Christine (chairs of Education committee)
-We should work together since our areas overlap – we can support each others’ work
–Come to meeting: Monday 2/20, 12:00 PM @ Handlebars Café on Canyon Perdido
Meeting Agenda:
-Collaboration and coordination
-Joint funding opportunities
4)-Membership Increase for SLOC ideas (all, 10 minutes)
-Need to increase enrollment (because of attrition)
-All committee members should bring one new person who is a good fit with the
committee
5)-Milpas Safety Policy (Ed, 10 minutes)
-We need to have actually campaigns which will allow us to get national grants
-Advocacy committee: also connected to our work with SLOC (ie: McCune grant)
-Milpas is really important part of SB but gets less attention
-is very unsafe: no infrastructure
-has lots of pedestrians and cyclists
-there have been studies done recommending reducing lanes and putting in bikes
-but businesses shot this down because they fear loosing customers who drive
-pedestrian recently killed by driver, community organizing to improve situation
-new option: reduce traffic lanes in lower 3 blocks (adjacent to high school and
middle school)
-put in bike lines, eventually widen sidewalks
-make it like Cliff Drive, upper De La Vina
-Connection to SLOC: we need to get local residents involved
-heavily Hispanic neighborhood
-need to talk to planners and City
-local neighborhood advisory council is very involved – will meet with
Transportation Council next month (March 22, 6 pm?, Public Works Building, 630
Garden St.)
-they want SLOC committee members to come to meeting (we need 2 to 1
public comments in favor of this new plan)
-2 minutes of comment time
-review information on website to Transportation Circulation Committee
-partner with Advocacy Committee, COAST to support walkability campaign
(Eastside Walks)
-Ed suggests ground campaign (like light campaign) to interact with
community
-Carmen suggests maybe targeting churches in Eastside, Scholaris, Trader
Joe’s the Sunday before the 22nd (March 18)
-Christine will network at SBHS
-get students involved
-get them to come to the meeting
-Advocacy committee will put together documents
6)- Winter Annual Campaign (Sarah, 10 minutes)
-Bicycle Master Plan – has been put on hold
-Next steps: trying to assess what community wants
-Gas grant: we had gotten funding for working with the city on this
-Ed thinks they are pretty flexible
7)-Board Updates (Carmen, 10 minutes)
-Retreat on 2/26undefinedIssues from SLOC for board:
-send Carmen an email about any issues or concerns, feedback, etc. that we want
Carmen to bring to the board
-Le Tour de Chocolat: a sweet fundraiser ride!
-idea of Christine and Carmen
-maybe chocolate and wine?
-joint fundraiser for Education/SLOC committees for concrete needs for next year
-we’d have registration with passport, stamps, etc.
-based on LA Bike coalitions “Tour de Taste” and EDC “Ride on the Wild Side”
-the committee is generally enthusiastic
-looking for feedback and ideas:
-Funding: need to purchase wine & chocolate
-Timing: maybe do it in the summer – if French themed, it could be on
Bastille Day (7/14)
-Christine and Carmen know some of the people we’d visit
-Marketing: targeting our sister coalitions from nearby towns
-also could market to French community if we keep French theme
(especially as French Festival isn’t happening anymore)
