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City of Edwardsville Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee met March 5

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

The regularly scheduled meeting of the Edwardsville Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee was held at 5:30 p.m. at

City Hall located at 118 Hillsboro Avenue in Edwardsville, Illinois.

I) ROLL CALL:

Present Absent

Aaron Newcom, Chair Danielle Adair, Secretary

Emily Morrison, Vice Chair Bryan Frost

Paul Brazier

Ashley Cox

Musonda Kapatamoyo

Colin Gibbons

Evie Hemphill

Jason Stacy

Breana Buncher, Staff

Cathy Hensley, Staff

Tapiwa Mupereki

II) PUBLIC COMMENT:

a) Tapiwa Mupereki spoke about JewelRide and their Books for Bikes spring reading challenge in the community. Children in Kindergarten through 8th grade will read books and log each book they read for a chance to win a bike. Kapatamoyo asked how many participate and Mupereki said that it was about 80 kids last year. They can use the Beanstock app or provide a hard copy log with the library. Morrison asked if this could be reshared from a post on Facebook by the City and Hensley said that she would.

Mupereki said that they would help with any BPAC initiative if they can.

III) APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Cox made a motion to approve the minutes of the February meeting, seconded by Morrison. Motion passed unanimously.

IV) OLD BUSINESS:

a) Bike & Hike – Newcom asked about getting a table with the Goshen Market and Morrison said that Goshen Market should be able to accommodate our days, we just need to let them know. Discussion ensued about the Rotary Criterium and different location for the market. Newcom said that each subgroup will do each of the planned Bike & Hike events. Discussion ensued about the three dates of the Bike and Hike. Education and Safety will do June 21st. Community Engagement will do August 23rd. Policy and Infrastructure will do September 20th. Stacy asked about swag and helmets. BPAC will need to purchase a tent, get the easels, maps, bike parking, bike parking signs from Breana. Newcom is going to reach out to Stephanie Robbins to see if they will do the bike parking monitoring.

b) Slowdown Town Banners & Materials – Discussion about new banners, they want to do 3 more sets and understanding that the summer time may be an issue with timing with other banners. Newcom is working on the renderings with Sherrie Hickman and she will send them over to be reviewed by City Staff. Discussion about window clings for businesses. Buncher indicated that it would technically be considered a sign.

c) Remaining FY 24-25 Budget- Newcom stated that we would be getting the banners and bike helmets with the left over. BPAC would like to purchase 1 box of small (white), medium (white), large (black), extra-large (black). Discussion about swag that BPAC could purchase from, t-shirts, wristbands, something bike oriented, hats, pens etc. Newcom said he would talk to Sherrie Hickman about what she could do. Hensley said there was a company called 4imprint that the City has just purchased from there and liked the material.

d) Bike Bus Labels – Stacy discussed needing the child’s information if they may ever need to contact the child’s parent and said that they could get a Bike Bus bookmark and if you do 2 out of 3 rides you can get MCT sunglasses. Stacy said that he would like to keep it open for anyone to join if they needed and did not want to do registration. Discussion ensued on what to keep the child’s information on. It was decided to provide the bike bus drivers with the school’s contact information and try out the bike bus bookmark ticket with the incentive for riding to get MCT sunglasses. Newcom said that we could do. yard signs along the route to help inform of the event and to hopefully keep people mindful that it may be necessary to slowdown during this.

e) Bike Bus Safety Video- Stacy said that he worked with Mass Communication Department with SIUE for Bike Bus Safety videos about ABC Safety Check and Sizing a Bike and they are willing to do it for $1,000. Stacy said that he would send over the scripts for the videos and it will be posted on the BPAC website.

V) NEW BUSINESS:

a) Upcoming Events/Calendars – Newcom said that he wanted to get a calendar of BPAC events so that everyone can keep ahold of it to be aware of all the events. Newcom will share with Buncher and BPAC.

b) Subgroups Updates

i. Education & Safety (Jason, Paul, Evie)

i. Bike Bus- Stacy said that he has all the bike bus drivers and is finalizing the dates to send to Cathy Hensley

ii. Bworks Class – They successfully have filled the BWorks class for students of Columbus Elementary.

ii. Policy & Infrastructure (Danielle, Emily, Colin)

i. Morrison and Adair and maybe Newcom will meet with Eric Williams about pedestrians in crosswalk after Public Services committee next week to talk about

iii. Community Engagement (Musonda, Ashley, Bryan)

i. Campus Adventure- They met with SIUE and is trying to set up a meeting with Campus to Community

ii. Draft – Cox asked when BPAC wanted to do the next Draft at the end of April, possibly April 22. Cox asked about the speaker, hoping for pedestrian oriented, possibly RunWell. BPAC should send Draft ideas to Cox for future events.

VI) INFORMATIONAL

VII) ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to discuss, Stacy made a motion to adjourn; seconded by Cox.

Motion passed unanimously

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