Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee

 

 

Meeting Date:              Wednesday, June 13, 2007

 

Meeting Location:        Himmel Park Library 1035 N.  Treat Avenue

(1 block south of Speedway Blvd).  Please lock your bikes outside the meeting room.

Meeting Time:             6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

 

 Please arrive by 5:45 PM.  If a quorum of 12 members is not reached by 6:10 PM City, County and other staff are required to leave and the meeting will be cancelled.

Agenda

                                                                                                                        Projected Duration

 

1.   Call to order; Introductions and Approval of May meeting minutes                    10 min.

 

2.   Law Enforcement Report on Bicycle Crashes to date                                   5 min.

      Law Enforcement Updates on Enforcement Activities                                   5 min .                                  

3.   Call to Public                                                                                                       10 min.

This is the time when any member of the public may address the BAC. Due to time constraints, the total time allocated for this is 10 minutes. Individuals are allowed three minutes each. If additional time is needed to address the BAC, it may be considered as an agenda item for a future meeting.

 

4.  Annual Report from Chair and BAC Retreat                                                    10 min.

                                                                                               

5.  BAC Consent Agenda                                                                                         10 min.

The consent agenda is relatively new to the BAC, however it is not new to many organizations and municipal leaders.  Items placed on the consent agenda are determined by the subcommittees and submitted by the subcommittee chairs to the Executive Sub-committee. 

 

Matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion and one vote.  There will be no separate discussion of these items.  If discussion is desired by members of the public body, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.

 

    1. Letter of support for Tucson Department of Transportation to improve bicyle access at from 9th Avenue/Franklin/Church.
    2. Letter of support for Safe Routes projects for the 2008 Bond
    3. Letter of support for Santa Cruz River Bike Path improvements at Congress St.
    4. Resolution 2007-1 Regarding Suggested Standards Related to Bicycling

 

6.  Bicyclist Behavior (Mission Road, Mt. Lemmon, Madera Canyon)               20 min.

 

7.  Subcommittee Reports*                                                                                     20 min.

            a. Executive Committee

b. Education Committee

c. Enforcement Committee

d. Facilities Committee

e. Downtown Bicycle Task Force

f.  Platinum Challenge

 

8.  Ride of Silence Recap                                                                                        5 min.

 

9.  BAC my space page (Wayne)                                                                             5 min.

 

9.  Action Items Report and Update                                                                       5 min.

 

10.  Staff Reports                                                                                                      10 min.

Tom Thivener, City of Tucson; Matt Zoll, Pima County; Nancy Ellis, Oro Valley; Gabe Thum Pima Association of Governments

 

11.  Announcements                                                                                                 5 min.

 

12.  Adjournment                                                                                                       at 8:00 pm