Bike Delaware General Meeting Minutes

January 5, 2009

Meeting Commenced: 6:10 PM

Present

Frank Warnock—Chair

Heather Dunigan

John Boyle

David Bennett

Brian Windle

Carol Ireland—Treasurer

Chairman’s Report

·         Website

®         Unable to track the domain “bikedelaware.org”; it is not available.

®         Until the new website is up, Bike Delaware can have several pages within the BCGP website

®         Domain name “bikede.org” was agreed upon.

®         No objections to using “hostmysite”

·         Incorporation

®         Miranda Brewer has agreed to help put paperwork together

®         Sen. Dave Sokola has agreed to help find a lawyer willing to help us

®         John suggests contacting Rick Barrows for help or leads.  He will send contact information to Maria

·         By-Laws

®         Carol has put together a draft

®         Determining membership: agreed that listserve membership is probably enough

®         The organization will rely on donations; will not require dues

®         Carol will post the By-laws on the yahoo group page.

·         Logo

®         Need help cleaning it up: Frank will ask Linda Young of WCBC

·         Liaison openings

®         Frank will divide the list of openings among the officers, who will personally contact potential liaisons.

·         Getting the new “pork chop” policy in writing

®         It would be included in the Design Guidance Memorandum

®         Anthony Aglio is looking into the current stage of progress of the memorandum

®         Some cases are already being fixed retroactively

·         Refusal of MUTCD markings

®         MUTCD guidelines have little legal weight

®         If ‘sharrows’ are approved, this may leave an opening to put more weight on the MUTCD; but neither is certain, depending a lot on the new administration

·         Advance notice of rehab/maintenance projects

®         A preliminary list of projects has been generated; Anthony and Jen will keep an eye on it

®         Due to the economy, there is a freeze on new bike facilities

®         Current goal: maintain status quo.

·         Enforcement of bike rack installation policy

®         Enforcement is the duty of the county

®         We should pressure Wilmington and Newark to have better city bike parking policies

®         Heather Dunigan will look into the specifics of the policy

·         If we find a comprehensive map of the bike routes throughout the state, we can track status and maintenance.

WILMAPCO Update

·         The latest of the TIP will be released on Monday, Jan 12

®         7% decrease in funding for bike/ped projects

®         Projects exclusively for bikes/peds

®          are <1% of the total funding

®         No new projects are included; the bulk are maintenance projects

National Bike Summit

·         There is no charge and no registration to lobby

·         Anyone interested in participating in Delaware’s delegation can contact John and carpool with the BCGP delegation.

Meeting Adjourned: 7:05 PM

Next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 6 PM