The Bike Edina Community

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Bike Edina Task Force Meeting

The Bike Edina Task Force (BETF) Meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room at Edina City Hall. For questions contact Kirk Johnson, Chair. Guests are welcome to present information only if on the agenda. All guests are welcome to observe, space permitting.

2010 presentation for the Hennepin County Bicycle Advisory Committee. Purpose is to highlight what we learned in Edina and advocate building a network of city-based bike advocacy and advisory groups throughout Hennepin County and eventually the whole state. Seeking advice and sponsorship from HCBAC and also Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota. Contact: Kirk.Johnson@LoganLogic.com.

Completed Bylaws. Reviewed by Gordon Hughes, updated by Carl Follstad.

City Council & City Leadership BETF Workshop.

Draft presentation attached. Will be finalized Tuesday at noon. 

Bicycle Friendly Community Award

This application (Attachment below) was prepared by the Bike Edina Task Force on behalf of Mayor Hovland, Gordon Hughes, Wayne Houle, and other City of Edina leaders and elected officials. 

The Bike Edina accomplishments and upcoming goals and objectives were covered at the February 16th work shop with elected officials and City staff. 

Our closer review was completed today with final inputs from Gordon Hughes and Wayne Houle. 

Attached is the final version. This is the approved version that will be submitted on Friday this week unless any changes come up. Kirk Johnson sent the final version out this evening to the Mayor, Gordon, and copied Wayne and BETF -- 2/17/2010. 

Updated 2/19/2010: Final version is attached. Submitted today at 9:50 a.m., reviewed/approved by Mayor, City Manager, inputs by other City management groups and prepared by the Bike Edina Task Force, submitted on behalf of the City.

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Edina City Hall

Description: 

Bike Edina Task Force Meeting

The Bike Edina Task Force (BETF) Meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room at Edina City Hall. For questions contact Kirk Johnson, Chair. Guests are welcome to present information only if on the agenda. All guests are welcome to observe, space permitting. 

Meeting outcomes attached in an MS Word file.

Location: 

Edina City Hall

Description: 

Bike Edina Task Force Meeting

Source to this agenda: http://tcstreetsforpeople.org/node/1106

The Bike Edina Task Force (BETF) Meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room at Edina City Hall. For questions contact Kirk Johnson, Chair. Guests are welcome to present information only if on the agenda. All guests are welcome to observe, space permitting. 

Meeting outcomes attached in an MS Word file.

Bike Edina Task Force / Edina Police Department Liaison Meeting

(Notes will be pasted here when approved by Sgt. Larsen.) 

See www.BikeEdina.org for details on time and location.

Source for meeting agenda/minutes: http://tcstreetsforpeople.org/node/1049 

Meeting notes are attached!

Source: http://tcstreetsforpeople.org/node/987

Please see attachment.

Bike Edina Task Force Meeting Agenda -- Proposed -- July 9, 2009 

Source to this agenda: http://tcstreetsforpeople.org/node/870

The Bike Edina Task Force (BETF) Meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room at Edina City Hall. For questions contact Kirk Johnson, Chair. Guests are welcome to present information only if on the agenda. All guests are welcome to observe, space permitting. 

Meeting outcomes are attached in the MS Word file.

Bike Edina Task Force Meeting Notes June 11, 2009 

The Bike Edina Task Force (BETF) Meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room at Edina City Hall. For questions contact Kirk Johnson, Chair. Guests are welcome to present information only if on the agenda. All guests are welcome to observe, space permitting.

 Please see attachment.

Bike Edina Task Force Meeting NotesMay 11, 2009 

The Bike Edina Task Force (BETF) Meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room at Edina City Hall. For questions contact Kirk Johnson, Chair. Guests are welcome to present if on the agenda. All guests are welcome to observe, space permitting.

• Online source: Source link here (http://tcstreetsforpeople.org/node/758)

• Present: Alex Dirr, Alice Hulbert, Bob Fried, Carl Follstad, Donald Eyberg, Dwaine Lindberg, Jennifer Janovy, Kirk Johnson, Larry Olson, Richard Griffith, Rob Erickson, Sally Dunn, Sarah Jakobsen
• Guests: Carl Gulbronson, Bob Fried, Rob Erickson
• Absent: Joseph Hulbert, Kraig Jakobsen, Todd Brewwer
• Recorded by: Kirk Johnson
• Distribution: BETF, guests, City Manager, City Engineer, and City Council. Also, Jack Sullivan to forward to the Edina Transportation Commission, and Surya Iyer to forward to the Edina Energy and Environment Commission.

See attached.

Meeting Ouctomes for April 27th, 2009 BETF/City Liaison Meeting

1. Regarding TLC Grant: Next steps include Engineering Dept (W. Houle) to follow up with Dan Erickson from MNDoT.
2. Regarding April BETF meeting minutes notes for #4, Kirk Johnson has asked Dwaine to get back to John Keprios with a bit more of an explanation of what that meant. This is in progress.
3. Clarification from April BETF meeting minutes (linked above) for #6, W. Houle said there was analysis underway for what kind of signage is best for Mirror Lakes. This is a recommended bike route.
4. Sustainability Conference on May 4th: This is put on by the Alliance for Sustainability. Go to the site and look on the right for the May 4th flyer hyperlink. Edina Mayor Jim Hovland will be opening (6:30 a.m.) and Surya Iyer will be speaking also -- leaders from communities nearby will be present. Visit the flyer to learn more. BETF will be having a 10-minute slot to demonstrate how we got started and what we've done and what we will be doing. Kirk Johnson and Alice Hulbert will be there to present this portion. Hope to see you there.
5. Bike/Ped Infrastructure Dollars Available To States, Cities And Counties Through ARRA Energy Efficiency Grants: deadlines May 25 & June 26 (K. Johnson sent April 5th). This is also known as EEGBG or something similar (there are a few related grants in the same family). City Manager (G. Hughes) noted that the focus of this would likely be for the new public works building and maybe something related to Braemar Arena. Some discussion on Transit for Livable Communities and Met Council regarding upgrades to bus stops. Kirk Johnson suggested including bike parking facilities along with this for park-and-ride options for bikers.
6. CP Rail: Parks Director (J. Keprios) commented that Todd Brewer has been very effective in the meetings and activities for working through challenges and opportunities for this trail potential.
7. Map project update: K. Johnson reported that the map project is still in progress and near a final draft phase. Improvements and updates subsequent to our previous discussion include the following, and everyone in the group found these points to be agreeable: (a) Hedberg has removed any indication of regional trails in Edina (these could be added in future versions only if specifically approved and/or construction underway); (b) K. Johnson showed a sample of the Minneapolis map with the distances between markers, and this approach for the Edina bike map will be used -- guiding the placements will be the recommended bike route network; however, the map will not specifically associate these routes with the bike plan; (c) Hedberg will coordinate through K. Johnson the review of the map for City leadership (including Jennifer Bennerotte) and BETF to ensure we are accurate and all are happy with the results; (d) G. Hughes noted that the July "About Town" will be using a bagged approach and it is possible that if we wanted to distribute the bike map, this could likely be arranged at a cost of $1,150 if Hedberg/sponsors cover it: K. Johnson will follow-up with Tom Hedberg on this.
8. Bike Parking at Parks: K. Johnson to queue this up for BETF for leadership and action: We'd like to know which parks are a priority and for those that are a priority, where to place racks and how many. K. Johnson to organize this work and get back to J. Keprios.

Next meeting: We'll assess near end of each month (final Monday) if we need to meet and if so, what the agenda will be. For May, we might try to address topics via email due to Memorial Day Weekend -- K. Johnson will follow-up near that time.  

Here is our Charter for general reference.

Bike Edina Task Force Meeting NotesApril 9, 2009 

The Bike Edina Task Force (BETF) Meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room at Edina City Hall. For questions contact Kirk Johnson, Chair. Guests are welcome to present information only if on the agenda. All guests are welcome to observe, space permitting.

• Online source: Source link here (http://tcstreetsforpeople.org/node/721)

• Present: Alex Dirr, Alice Hulbert, Carl Follstad, Donald Eyberg, Dwaine Lindberg, Jennifer Janovy, Kirk Johnson, Larry Olson, Richard Griffith, Sally Dunn, Sarah Jakobsen, Todd Brewer
• Guests: Kate Meredith, Carl Gulbronson, Bob Fried
• Absent: Abby Nesbitt, Joseph Hulbert, Kraig Jakobsen, Roger Sweet,
• Recorded by: Sally Dunn
• Distribution: BETF, guests, City Manager, City Engineer, and City Council. Also, Jack Sullivan to forward to the Edina Transportation Commission, and Surya Iyer to forward to the Edina Energy and Environment Commission.

Please see attached.

BETF City Liaison Meeting: 4 p.m.  

Attended:

• G.H. - Gordon Hughes 
• W.H. - Wayne Houle
• J.K. - John Keprios
• K.J. - Kirk Johnson
• D.L. - Dwaine Lindberg 
• T.H. - Tom Hedberg 
• N.C. - Nate Case

(Note: Copy Pam Matchie, who is working with map sponsors) 

4 - 4:20: Edina Bike Map (discussion with Tom Hedberg and staff member plus a person on the marketing team): We will be talking generally about content, review process, and distribution options and find out what next steps are.

Outcomes/Highlights:

1. W.H to give heads-up to GIS staff expert (R.F.) regarding GIS needs from Hedberg; T.H./N.C. to follow-up as needed for information
2. T.H. explained that the timing would be end of April with a print/distribution of 40,000 for the first run; expected to run out of inventory summer 2009.
3. Distribution ideas include City Hall info desk, libraries, merchants. Regarding "About Town," G.H. to check on options -- we discussed that this is not currently a bagged item but there may be possibilities depending on price. Another distribution idea is for the new-comer packet.
4. Regarding markings on the map for proposed routes, there is a need to avoid setting the wrong expectations about "proposed" status. For sure, map would include implemented bike treatments. Ideas to give bikers hints about how to get through/out of the City could include mileage distances on key roads, bolding/coloring roads, also the idea of not marking street names unless the street was a recommended bike route. The objective of the map (giving bikers information about best routes) needs to be balanced against the need to give the right expectations. We will discuss more when the draft is ready.
5. Hedberg will provide draft versions of the map progress to W.H., G.H., J.K. and BETF (via K.J.) when ready to ensure that everyone from a City leaderhsip perspective is satisfied with the map and so that the BETF can endorse.
6. Edina Bike & Sport will be a primary sponsor and funder for the map.
7. City information, such as a link to the City's website, and also how/where to find the City of Edina Comprehensive Bicycle Transportation Plan, will be included.  

 
4:20 - 4:50: Various Topics

a) TLC grant, Promenade, BETF role with anticipated road projects -- any topics too detailed can be addressed in a smaller meeting

1. We agreed that monthly meetings with the smaller group are helpful to cover upcoming projects, exchange information, ensure we are coordinating well.
2. Tentatively plan on last Monday of each month; BETF Chair to check in with City Manager/BETF Liaison at least a week ahead of time because we don't want the meeting to be the day prior to the Council meeting (which happens about twice a year) -- in those cases, we'd meed earlier or later.
3. Regarding anticipated projects, BETF should be aware of the City Construction projects -- view the map. Suggested activities are to ride the upcoming routes, gather feedback with BETF Chair, discuss at these monthly meetings. Note that Blake road will likely have lanes, South Park (Cornelia) area likely to have some kind of signage; W.H. is working on these actively. K.J. to get back to resident asking about Blake/South Park and copy W.H.
4. The TLC grant is officially approved; W.H. leading the work with TLC from a City perspective.

b) Responding to a widely circulated resident letter about Nine Mile Creek (Kirk to bring draft response)

1. K.J. shared the letter from the Limerick Lane resident
2. K.J. to send respone to clarify that the Bicycle Plan is a high-level plan and not an implementation plan; the approval of it is for the recommendations it makes, not approval of detailed engineering implementation plans. The letter will provide info about the proposed creek trail being contemplated for more than 15 years, and it will give contacts at 3RPD and City contact J.K.  

c) Other topics as needed -- reserving time

1. Bike registration: G.H. to look into this likely code that is out of date (section 1452). Reference: M.S. Chapter 168C
2. G.H. to get back to K.J.

Meeting Agenda Ideas:

1.  June ride event(s) (Alice); Dwaine suggested: "As a way of introducing folks to the route our grant creates, I suggest you consider a ride from Edina Bike down Wooddale,to 54th Street.  54th to Zenith and Zenith to 47th Street and 47th  Street to Lake Harriet. You will find three traffic diverters on the route but bides can cross these diverters  on a paved path"
2. League of American Bicyclists application (Kirk)
3. Traffic counting (Dwaine?)
4. Others...

Three Rivers Park District Open House City of Edina City Hall

Here is the flyer. 

What to bring and who is staffing...this list is being managed via email per suggestion of a task force member. Contact Kirk.Johnson@LoganLogic.com for questions/ideas.

City Council Talking Points.

From City Manager: " I'd like to re-reschedule BETF for March 3...at 5:30 PM... The Council periodically meets with boards/commissions and other groups just to check in and chat. That's what this meeting is about. I believe the Council will be interested in your work and if there is any specific direction that BETF needs from the Council."

Alice Hulbert states that we have 60 minutes for this meeting.

• Three Rivers Park District and Nine Mile Trail (Alice)
• Phase I next steps (Dwaine)
• Any discussion remaining for West 70th (Larry, Jennifer, Kirk)
• BETF organization: What works best -- explore options (Jennifer)
• Bike transportation education / sensitivity training (Todd)
• Other discussion as time permits

Attending includes: Kirk, Sarah, Dwaine, Don (maybe, depending on travels), Larry, Sally, Carl, Don, Alice, Todd, Jennifer

Please see attached file.

Bike Edina Task Force: Meeting Notes are attached.

Meeting minutes attached.

Please see attached.