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Home My WebLink About2013-03-07 - BPAC Minutes Meeting Minutes DESCHUTES COUNTY BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE Thursday, March 7, 2013 - Noon to 1:30pm Bend City Hall Audio recording of this meeting is archived for review and/or transcription. The purpose of this document is to outline topics of discussion and actions by the Committee. Members Present: Bill Braly, Pam Hardy, Cheryl Howard, Matt Martin Michele Simms, Jim Stone, Kevin Tanski Agency: City of Bend – Heidi Lansdowne, Robin Lewis, Rick Root; Bend Metropolitan Organization - Jovi Anderson; City of Redmond - Perry Brooks, Mike Caccavano; Deschutes County - Peter Russell; ODOT – Bill Hilton Call to Order Meeting was called to order at 12:03 p.m. Introductions Approval of Prior Minutes The minutes of Feb. 7, 2013, were approved as amended Update on Scenic Bikeways Program, Alexandra Phillips, Bicycle Recreation Coordinator, Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. Topic tabled as Ms. Phillips was unable to attend meeting. Discussion of bike mapping in Central Oregon, Woody Starr and Patrick Trowbridge, Central Oregon Trail Alliance, Doug LaPlaca, Visit Bend Group discussed about where to house digital maps for biking in Central Oregon. Friends of Three Sisters Scenic Bikeways and Visit Bend have several suggested road rides; Visit Bend website already has a plethora of biking and walking maps. Oregon Tourism provides platform of “Ride Oregon Ride” which has user-created maps. COTA is assembling a digital base map of mountain bike rides. The domain map of centraloregonmaps.com was available. General discussion about local governments’ bike maps and adding links to a central site for maps. General discussion followed about adding points of interest, photos, eateries, bike shops, etc., to digitized maps. No decision was reached about a centralized map repository. Bill Hilton, ODOT, also presented a spreadsheet he has developed that lists improvements constructed between 2003-2012 to State highways and local roads that would benefit bicyclists. The list also includes upcoming 2013-2014 projects. 2 City of Bend, Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Priorities, Rick Root, City of Bend Previously, the City had done a physical inventory of bicycle and pedestrian facilities in Bend, but the information is now dated. The inventory will be updated. Additionally, the review criteria that prioritized bike/ped projects will be revisited. Rick will meet with stakeholders next week. Brian Potwin (Commute Options), Pam Hardy and Matt Martin (BPAC) agreed to attend the March 14 meeting. Scott Beaird (Kittleson & Associates) will also attend as KAI has worked on the City’s recent Riverside/Franklin bike project. Riverside/Franklin Bike Project, Rick Root, Robin Lewis, Heidi Lansdowne, City of Bend, and Scott Beaird, Kittleson & Associates Project team reviewed the City’s recent project to fill a hole in the City’s east-west bicycle corridor. The team, based on citizen comments, revised earlier concepts for the Riverside/Tumalo/Galveston intersection. The intersection will go from a four-way stop to Riverside-Galveston being a through movements. The team also has balanced parking with bike lanes on the section of Riverside/Franklin between the park and Lava Avenue. The project team plans to present the latest design at an upcoming open house. BPAC Business Safe Sidewalks nominations: BPAC received two, one for ODOT District 10 for maintaining and clearing snow from sidewalks along the Parkway and the other for Ray’s Food Place in southwest Bend for keeping clear sidewalks that both abut and are internal to the property. Both nominees will receive awards. US 97 North Corridor field trip: ODOT is seeking comments from BPAC on the bike/ped issues for the current design concept. Cheryl will send out a Doodle poll to those interested in attending the field trip. Updates Central Oregon Trail Alliance: Working with US Forest Service on a paved path from Entrada Lodge to the new Welcome Center on Cascade Lakes Highway. Also COTA is hoping to work with Bend Park and Recreation Department on getting a bridge across the Deschutes Rivers for non-motorized traffic. The preferred site is a narrow section of the Deschutes between Deschutes River Woods which would tie into the Meadows trail system. Such a bridge would require modifications to state and federal rules. City of Bend: None. Commute Options: None. Deschutes County: None ODOT: None City of Redmond: City has formed a Bike/Ped Advisory Committee. The design for the Pilot Butte Canal trail is coming along. 3 City of Sisters: City is forming a Bike/Ped Advisory Committee. City Council (received or approved application?) for an 8’ path through town on Jefferson Street. South County: None Miscellaneous: Kevin Tanski put out a call for any surplus chain rings as he is the artisan behind the plaques for the Big Chain Ring awards. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 1:32 p.m.