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Input from cyclists on Route 7
by D. Williams 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Hello Everyone, I am presenting next week on the truck traffic impacts on Route 7 through downtown. Do any of you take this route regularly and have a comment? Do you have any images or assessments that you would like mentioned? I have some data from cyclists on Brockway, but that is not the focus of this presentation. I do think it is important to mention however as I counted 4 cyclists during my last field survey. This is not a full impact study, but I want to reach out to you for accounts and occurrences that you have witnessed on this commuting route. Thank you for your input and additions to this research. Have a nice day. Danielle N. Williams Assistant to the Director TDM Coordinator Morgantown Monongalia MPO 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 Morgantown, WV 26505 Office: 304-413-0297 FAX: 304-291-9573 Mobile: 571-213-1336 Commuterchoices(a)gmail.com http://plantogether.org/commuterchoices.html "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead "Planning is about leading, innovating and inspiring the next generation." -APA, Communication Bootcamp

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Morgantown Bicycle Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

Dear Public Officials, I have added Perry Keller and Wes Stafford to the list of recipients of this message and am resending it to everyone so that you all know who's getting it. There are no other changes. Frank Dear Public Officials, Please find attached, the first preliminary Morgantown Bicycle Plan developed by the Bicycle Board. Within the next few days, you will also receive a paper copy. Please review the plan and give me your comments by December 7. We would like to include the plan in a February application to the League of American Bicyclists' for the Bicycle Friendly Community award. Since you are a key stakeholder in the plan, we want you to make it your plan. We will revise it to address your comments. We will ask you to approve the revision before we release it to the public. Please provide me your comments in whatever way is most convenient for you. You could open the attached MS Word document and mark it up using track changes and comments, or you could mark up the hard copy with pen and ink, or you could write your comments in an e-mail message, or you could simply tell me what you think. If you would like to discuss the plan, please contact me at your earliest convenience. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Fwd: BFC application
by Frank Gmeindl 28 Dec '11

28 Dec '11

Damien, Thanks for the update. I have uploaded your file to the BFCapplication folder in Dropbox at http://db.tt/72JvIyum with filename EngineeringV02.doc. Thank you for the exemplary completion of the engineering section of the application. I'm amazed at the data you have found and entered! I can't imagine how the engineering section could be more complete. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles Begin forwarded message: > From: Damien Davis <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Date: December 26, 2011 10:14:28 PM EST > To: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Subject: Re: BFC application > Reply-To: ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org > > Frank, > > Sorry I did not get this out on Friday. I left work Thursday without my final info and haven't had a chance until tonight to get over there and get it. Attached is the final engineering section. If you have any questions feel free to give me a call. > > J. Damien Davis, PE, CFM > Assistant City Engineer > City of Morgantown > Public Works Department - Engineering Division > 389 Spruce Street > Morgantown, WV 26505 > Office: 304.284.7398 > Fax: 304.284.7409 > www.morgantown.com

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Re: [Bikeboard] updated E&E file
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

Butch, I uploaded it to the BFCapplication folder in Dropbox at http://db.tt/72JvIyum . I renamed it, Encouragement&EvaluationV02. I also renamed the previous version, Encouragement&EvaluationV01. I don't understand why you can't add a file to the folder. Is anyone else having this problem? Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles On Dec 27, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Graber, Stephen wrote: > Hi Frank, > Can you upload our most recent file to the dropbox folder? I can view the folder but not add to it. > Thanks, > Sutch > > > ------------------------------------------- > Stephen G. Graber > Biochem & Mol Pharmacology > PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 > West Virginia University > Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 > phone: 304-293-2305 > > ------ _0 > ------ _ \<,_ > ---- (*)/ (*)<SGnewEncouragement&Evaluation_2011.doc>

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(Nearly) Final version of "Let's Start Biking"
by director 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

Good morning, Robby sent me the link to the latest video of "Let's Start Biking" yesterday and I've previewed it and am passing it on for review by the Bicycle Board. I've found 2 minor corrections to be made, but would like to get everybody's inputs and send them all to Rob at once to make the best use of his time. If possible please make the edits in the YouTube comments so everyone can see them and avoid duplicates (150character limit - one edit/comment please) - this requires that you have an account (your Google sign-in). Note that this video is posted so it doesn't show up in a search, you can only view it if you type in the link. Otherwise feel free to email me with your edits and I'll put them on the YouTube page with your name for credit. You can follow up with a call at 304-276-0213 if you think it needs discussion. I'll leave it open for comments for about 2 weeks (until Jan 10) to give everyone a chance to get back from holiday break. Then we should finally be able to release it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNlCoHGZqBI Total running time is 10:09 min Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213

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Bike share becoming more popular
by director 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

Good morning, Saw this on Treehugger this morning and thought I'd share it. http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/bikes/bike-share-bikes-around-the-worl… Nick Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213

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Cyclist injured at trail & Green Bag Rd.
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

Sergeant McCabe, This morning's Dominion Post reported that a pick-up truck struck a 10-year old cyclist riding the Deckers Creek Trail when the cyclist was crossing Green Bag Rd. Can you tell us the direction that the cyclist was heading and the direction that the truck was heading when the truck hit the cyclist? We have pointed out in the past that crossings of paths with roadways are dangerous and that one in particular is blind for the cyclist heading upstream. The article said that the cyclist failed to stop but if he was headed upstream, he would have had to proceed out onto the roadway before he could see if a motor vehicle was coming from his left. As you know, the Bicycle Board has provided several recommendations for improving that crossing including realigning the intersection, installing cyclist activated crossing controls, installing a speed table and improving the signage. You may also be aware that the Bicycle Board has suggested that the pending replacement of Southern States by Walgreens presents an opportunity to implement some of the these recommendations. Here's a link to the article in the Dominion Post: http://ee.dominionpost.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RFBvc3QvMjAxMS8xMi8yNyNBcj… Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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BFC Info (Not received)
by Ryan Post 25 Dec '11

25 Dec '11

At the last meeting I offered to draft my knowledge on the questions for the BFC application if I was sent the work that was already done. I did not get anything from which to start. I just read EVERY email sent last night, nope not there. If I can get that in the next couple days, I can have it done before the next meeting, Jan 5. I'm getting old. I might forget things. Ryan Post

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Untapped gold mine???
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 24 Dec '11

24 Dec '11

Butch's other email: Subject: Untapped gold mine??? From: "Graber, Stephen" <sggraber(a)hsc.wvu.edu> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:14:32 -0500 To: "bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org" <bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org> Do any of you know this person? She's been here since 2006 and has an incredible cycling CV. Getting her involved would likely add a lot to our efforts, especially in the youth development area! http://cpass.wvu.edu/faculty_staff/kristen_dieffenbach Happy Holidays to all- can't believe our next meeting is right around the corner! Butch ------------------------------------------- Stephen G. Graber Biochem& Mol Pharmacology PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 phone: 304-293-2305 ------ _0 ------ _ \<,_ ---- (*)/ (*)

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What the heck?
by Gunnar Shogren 24 Dec '11

24 Dec '11

Is it just me or did most of you just receive a complete wrath of BB messages? Some about a month old. Were the emails sent *just* to the BB sitting in some obtuse queue or where they circling the globe waiting for a port to be opened? Whatever it is, I would have to say it's not good, specially considering what most of the discussion was about. Harrumph. Oh yeah, and Happy Holidays! (Hope you get this before the start of the New Year)

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Morgantown Bicycle Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Dec '11

24 Dec '11

Bicycle Board Members, Over the past several weeks, I have had several dialogues with various stakeholders in the bicycle plan. I have produced 4 revisions since v09 that you signed. Keeping up with the various reviewers comments, 'our' responses and the revisions is a bit of work. You can see it all at http://db.tt/Bse1rpGr . I think we're getting close to having all the stakeholders on board. To do so, I softened the plan considerably by removing all the "shalls" and most of the "wills" and even deleting the responsible individuals for the various Es but the essence of the actions that we've identified that need to be taken to make Morgantown a bicycle friendly community are still in there. Attached, please find MBPv13wchanges.docx . This version only shows the changes from v12. (To see all the changes from v09, the version you signed, forward, go to http://db.tt/Bse1rpGr and review MBPv12wchanges.docx . To see the reviewer comments and 'our' responses to their comments, go to http://db.tt/Bse1rpGr and review the various files that have their names in the the filename.) I plan to send the attached to all the stakeholders and the TC Monday. If you could review it and give me your concurrence, I wouldn't feel so out on a limb. Also, if you could indicate any improvements, that would even be better. Merry Christmas! Frank

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TC meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Dec '11

24 Dec '11

Bicycle Board Members, The Traffic Commission unanimously appointed Colin Dierman to replace Jim Rye. Welcome Colin! Chairman Nutter recommended that the TC "go with the BB to take the Morgantown Bicycle Plan to City Council". The TC members agreed to read the plan and e-mail comments to me. The version they reviewed included changes in response to comment from Terrence Moore, Ed Preston, Bill Austin and Perry Keller. I told them that after we sent it to them, we received comments from Terry Hough and Chris Fletcher. I told them that none of the comments were show-stoppers and summarized them all as follows: 1. Prioritize projects 2. Include project budgetary cost estimates 3. Soften wording from directive to guiding 4. Limit scope to within Morgantown or separate within City from Greater Morgantown 5. Don’t allocate projects to people that are not empowered to implement them 6. Include maps to show engineering project locations 7. Provide more citations for statements I promised to send them within 1 week (by Dec. 14), a revision that addresses all the comments received so far. Each of the above could be addressed separately and in parallel with the others by separate individuals/teams and could even be fun. Some of them could even be fun. Please let me know ASAP if you'll work on any of them. Other TC outcomes: In the BB monthly report to TC (attached), we reported accomplishment: Completed bicycling education video for children aged 5-10 years. Commissioner Paul Steel who represents 2nd ward and who works at North Elementary asked if he could use the video. I promised to send him the YouTube link when we have it. First Sergeant Matt McCabe will not be an ex-officio member of the BB. He discussed it with Chief Preston and they decided that McCabe's ex-officio position on the TC is adequate since the BB is an advisory board to the TC. But, he also said that he would advise the BB and attend BB meetings whose agenda includes specific enforcement topics. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] Morgantown Bicycle Plan
by MARGARETorMIKE＠aol.com 20 Dec '11

20 Dec '11

Frank, The language is vastly improved in the new document. This document plus the added attention being afforded the "campus connector" through the Sunnyside Up initiative should go a long way in promoting the Traffic Commission agenda. Thanks for all the hard work, Margaret Roberts In a message dated 12/19/2011 9:32:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net writes: Traffic Commission Members, Please find attached, version 12 of the Morgantown Bicycle Plan. This version is a revision of the version that I distributed at the the December 8, 2011 Traffic Commission meeting. Version 12 contains changes in response to comments from Ed Preston, Perry Keller, Bill Austin, Terrence Moore received before our Dec. 12 meeting and from Terry Hough and Chris Fletcher received after our Dec. 12 meeting. Since we canceled the Jan. 4 Traffic Commission meeting, we will not be able to discuss the plan again before we present it to City Council on January 31. Therefore, we ask you to review the attached and reply with comments at your earliest convenience but soon enough for us to incorporate any changes before Jan. 31. Say, Jan. 17? (please) To make the plan as good as possible, we will remain open to comments and suggestions as long as we can. The versions of the plan, the comments that we receive and our responses to the comments can all be found at _http://db.tt/Bse1rpGr_ (http://db.tt/Bse1rpGr) . (When we received comments in MS Word or other editable format, our response to each comment appears within the document adjacent to the comment.) Merry Christmas! Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles = =

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Morgantown Bicycle Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Traffic Commission Members, Please find attached, version 12 of the Morgantown Bicycle Plan. This version is a revision of the version that I distributed at the the December 8, 2011 Traffic Commission meeting. Version 12 contains changes in response to comments from Ed Preston, Perry Keller, Bill Austin, Terrence Moore received before our Dec. 12 meeting and from Terry Hough and Chris Fletcher received after our Dec. 12 meeting. Since we canceled the Jan. 4 Traffic Commission meeting, we will not be able to discuss the plan again before we present it to City Council on January 31. Therefore, we ask you to review the attached and reply with comments at your earliest convenience but soon enough for us to incorporate any changes before Jan. 31. Say, Jan. 17? (please) To make the plan as good as possible, we will remain open to comments and suggestions as long as we can. The versions of the plan, the comments that we receive and our responses to the comments can all be found at http://db.tt/Bse1rpGr . (When we received comments in MS Word or other editable format, our response to each comment appears within the document adjacent to the comment.) Merry Christmas! Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] Youth Cycling Video "Let's Start Biking" Final Edits
by director 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

Good evening, Sorry I've been delayed in following through on the bike video since the last Bike Board meeting. I met with Robby on Friday, Dec 1 and discussed the required changes. Specifically the following: - He'll make the requested changes as agreed at the meeting: * Correct spelling in Jonathan Suite's name * Make changes to "Funded by" credits as requested by Frank * Correct of re-shoot the Hand Signal scenes * Make an annotation in the sidewalk riding scene to the effect "Sidewalk riding may not be permitted in your city, check local laws." - He'll put the video up on youtube (and provide the link) so you can only see it by linking. Earlier versions will be removed. We'll leave it up for a week to collect any additional comments (this is where you can ask us to spend up to 2 hours for more edits) before finalizing and delivery. He's started a new job that is keeping him busy, but he expected to get to it tonite as of the last time I heard from him. I've sent an invoice to Jeff Mikorski for the full contracted amount. Haven't heard from Jeff as to when payment will be received. Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213

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Fwd: Notice of Public Meeting (Mileground Improvement Project)
by Frank Gmeindl 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

FYI. This may be an opportunity to make 705 more bicycle-friendly. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: Damien Davis <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Date: December 9, 2011 9:51:47 AM EST > To: mmccabe(a)cityofmorgantown.org, wes(a)wnugent.com, Jeff Mikorski <jmikorski(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, j4im3s(a)gmail.com, "mckain, david" <david.mckain(a)gmail.com>, "Henry, Adam" <Adam.Henry(a)mail.wvu.edu>, christophergluck(a)gmail.com, psteel(a)access.k12.wv.us, "Gmeindl, Frank" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, Andrea Soccorsi <Andrea.Soccorsi(a)Mail.WVU.edu>, Barbara Shellito <bshellito(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Christiaan Abildso <Christiaan.Abildso(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Ken Martis <kmartis(a)wvu.edu>, Margaret Roberts <Margaretormike(a)aol.com>, Mike Lantz <mlantz(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Roy Nutter <rnutter(a)wvu.edu>, Bill Austin <baustin(a)labyrinth.net>, Terry Hough <though(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Christopher Fletcher <cfletcher(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Subject: Notice of Public Meeting (Mileground Improvement Project) > Reply-To: ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org > > All, > > The West Virginia Division of Highways will hold an informational public meeting on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm in the cafeteria at Easton Elementary School. The project consist of improving WV 705 to either a 4 lane or 5 lane facility or a combination of the two for approximately two miles from Stewartstown Rd to Hartman Run Rd. The public meeting will update information from the last meeting on September 30, 2010. Highway officials will provide details, including a handout on the project. > > http://ee.dominionpost.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RFBvc3QvMjAxMS8xMi8wOSNBcj… > > > J. Damien Davis, EIT, CFM, Assistant City Engineer > City of Morgantown > Public Works Department - Engineering Division > 389 Spruce Street > Morgantown, WV 26505 > Office: 304.284.7398 > Fax: 304.284.7409 > www.morgantown.com >

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Bicycle Plan Revision
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Bicycle Board Members, By the end of the day tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 8, please let me know if you want to work on revising the Morgantown Bicycle Plan and what you want to do. After I present the plan to the Traffic Commission tonight, I would like to get working on a revision ASAP so we'll have plenty of time to perfect it before we present it to City Council January 31. One thing is clear to me already: we will have to prioritize the projects and, if possible, have some kind of budgetary cost estimates when we present the plan to City Council. So far, we have received comments and/or marked up copies of v09 of the plan from: - Terrence Moore, City Manager; - Terry Hough, City Engineer; - Ed Preston, Police Chief; - Chris Fletcher, City Director of Development Projects; - Bill Austin, MPO Executive Directo,r and - Perry Keller, WVDOT Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator. Except for Terrence's, you can see their comments at http://db.tt/Bse1rpGr . (Terrence just asked us to change "City Manager" to "City Manager and/or his or her designee".) I admit that I was dreading getting comments from these stakeholders but having read their comments, I find them very positive, insightful and constructive. If you took 15 minutes to scan through all their comments, I think they will energize you as they did me. Tonight, I will present the plan to the Traffic Commission at 6:30 pm in Council Chambers. (It would be nice if some BB members were there to help me remember what they say about the plan.) I don't plan to walk through the plan. I plan to tell them that it has been reviewed by the key stakeholders, summarize the comments and say that we will revise the plan in response to their and the TC's comments in preparation for presentation to City Council January 31. I don't know how much of the plan they will have read in preparation for the meeting. I don't expect they'll have much to say. I hope they will read it and send us comments. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] Morgantown Bicycle Plan
by Christopher Fletcher 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Mr. Gmeindl: First, I want to thank you for the opportunity to participate in the reviewing the document. It is quite evident that a great deal of time and energy has been invested. Second, I want to thank you for your commitment and leadership. Third, I want to apologize for not keeping to my commitment in sharing my input with you by last Friday. As the hour of this email indicates, my time has been stretched pretty thin. I have attached the document with my suggested revisions and comments provided within using the track changes function in Word. Please note that I added "FLETCHER COMMENTS" to the file name to aid in organizing the several responses you are receiving. A few fundamental observations: - The planning document should set a positive tone throughout by eliminating confrontational and opinion statements. I noted a number of items that may require citation to demonstrate fact from opinion. - The planning document should be recommendation-based by eliminating "shall" statements. - It seems that the document is lacking in terms of prioritized infrastructure and programming objectives and tasks; a "punch list" is needed for ongoing quantitative and qualitative implementation evaluation purposes. - The planning document should include cost estimates for infrastructure and programming investments to inform budget and capital improvement planning and implementation as well as ongoing quantitative and qualitative implementation evaluation purposes. - The recommended action items towards the end of the document may be better organized by using a table format that includes information noted in my previous two points. Again, thank you for your dedication, work, and the opportunity to vet the document. Respectfully, Christopher M. Fletcher, AICP Director of Development Services ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> To: "Christopher Fletcher" <cfletcher(a)cityofmorgantown.org> Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 11:03:25 AM Subject: Re: Morgantown Bicycle Plan Thanks, Chris! I'm glad to hear that you've taken a decent vacation. You deserve it! Frank On Nov 29, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Christopher Fletcher wrote: Mr. Gmeindl: Good evening. Thank you for the reminder. I am back in the office today following week plus vacation out-of-state. I will review the document and comment by the end of this week. Respectfully, Christopher M. Fletcher, AICP Director of Development Services 389 Spruce Street Morgantown, WV 26505 (o) 304-284-7413 (f) 304-284-7534 (c) 304-906-7843 cfletcher(a)cityofmorgantown.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Gmeindl" < frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net > To: tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org , "Jeff Mikorski" < jmikorski(a)cityofmorgantown.org >, "Terry Hough" < though(a)cityofmorgantown.org >, "Ed Preston" < epreston(a)cityofmorgantown.org >, "Christopher Fletcher" < cfletcher(a)cityofmorgantown.org >, mwise(a)boparc.org , "Bill Austin" < baustin(a)labyrinth.net >, "Fouad N Shoukry" < fouad.n.shoukry(a)wv.gov >, "Richard Warner" < Richard.L.Warner(a)wv.gov >, "Perry J Keller" < Perry.J.Keller(a)wv.gov >, WSTAFFORD(a)wilbursmith.com , tarnold(a)cityofmorgantown.org Cc: "Bicycle Board" < bikeboard(a)cheat.org >, "Barbara Shellito" < bshellito(a)cityofmorgantown.org > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 5:20:16 PM Subject: Morgantown Bicycle Plan Dear Public Officials, Thanks to Chief Preston, Perry Keller and Bill Austin for their timely comments on the Morgantown Bicycle Plan v09. We are hoping to have all your comments by December 7 so we can: 1. Summarize your comments for the Traffic Commission at its December 8 meeting; 2. Produce a version of the plan that we can present with your support to City Council in January; 3. Include the Plan in our February application to the League of American Bicyclists for the Bicycle Friendly Community award. For your convenience, you can read the plan and stakeholder comments at http://db.tt/Bse1rpGr . Please contact me if you have any questions. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Morgantown Bicycle Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Dear Public Officials, I have added Tom Arnold, Director Morgantown Parking Authority to the list of recipients of the Morgantown Bicycle Plan. I'm copying you all so you know who got it and so you may communicate among each other about it. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Fwd: Agenda for December Traffic Commission Meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

FYI, Pedestrian Board 2011 accomplishments and 2012 goals. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Christiaan Abildso" <Christiaan.Abildso(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Date: December 6, 2011 11:36:42 AM EST > To: <psteel(a)access.k12.wv.us>, "Margaret Roberts" <Margaretormike(a)aol.com>, "Barbara Shellito" <bshellito(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Jeff Mikorski" <jmikorski(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Mike Lantz" <mlantz(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, <mmccabe(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Terry Hough" <though(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, <christophergluck(a)gmail.com>, "david mckain" <david.mckain(a)gmail.com>, <j4im3s(a)gmail.com>, "Adam Henry" <Adam.Henry(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "Andrea Soccorsi" <Andrea.Soccorsi(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "Ken Martis" <Ken.Martis(a)mail.wvu.edu>, <wes(a)wnugent.com>, "Roy Nutter" <rnutter(a)wvu.edu> > Subject: Re: Agenda for December Traffic Commission Meeting > > All - > I did not submit the attached to Damien in time for the agenda as I wanted it reviewed by the Pedestrian Safety Board at our meeting last night. Please find attached a PDF summary of PSB accomplishments to date and goals for 2012. I hope it will be included in our minutes, but wanted to provide it ahead of time for your enjoyment. > See you tomorrow. > Christiaan > > >>> On 12/5/2011 at 4:54 PM, <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org> wrote: > All, > > I apologize for the delay in getting this out. I have been waiting to here back from the Rahall Institute to see if they would be available before I set the agenda. Attached is the agenda and attachments. If you have any question please give me a call. Thanks. > > J. Damien Davis, EIT, CFM, Assistant City Engineer > City of Morgantown > Public Works Department - Engineering Division > 389 Spruce Street > Morgantown, WV 26505 > Office: 304.284.7398 > Fax: 304.284.7409 > www.morgantown.com >

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20111201_Bike_Board_Meeting_Minutes.doc
by Elizabeth Shogren 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Happy Holidays and Season's Greetings! Betsy

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Terrence accepts Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Bicycle Board Members, I met with City Manager, Terrence Moore and Damien Davis today. Terrence said he looked over the Bicycle Plan and accepts it. He put a presentation of it on the agenda for the January 31 City Council meeting of the whole, He understands that the plan is an essential element of our LAB Bicycle Friendly Community award application and shares our determination to get the plan and application done by the February 17 application deadline. At the meeting, I used the attached outline to guide our discussion. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Bike lane
by Frank Gmeindl 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Today's DP article, "Bike Lane along U.S. 60 complete", says WVDOH spent $1.6M on an 11-mile bike lane from St. Albans to Charleston. http://ee.dominionpost.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RFBvc3QvMjAxMS8xMi8wMyNBcj… I wonder if they're getting a 50% cost share from the communities through which it passes. They wanted Morgantown to pay the full $25K for the Mon Blvd. climbing lane and then Terrence negotiated a 50-50 cost share. Do you think we should try to get them to stripe a climbing lane on the other side of the hill with their funds? (BTW, I think it's cool that a couple of WVDOT administrators ride and live in St. Albans.) F

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Re: [Bikeboard] Dec. Traffic Commission Meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Damien, At http://db.tt/eNc5RBYL , there are 2 files: 1) Bicycle Board Report to TC for next Wednesday's meeting, and 2) v10 of the Morgantown Bicycle Plan. v10 of the plan contains changes made in response to comments by Chief Preston, Perry Keller and Bill Austin on v09. As we discussed at tonight's BB meeting, we would like the TC to review v10 in preparation for next week's TC meeting and to give us comments at the meeting. Thanks for supporting the TC and the BB! Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles On Nov 30, 2011, at 8:31 AM, Damien Davis wrote: > All, > > I am putting together the agenda for next weeks meeting, if you have something you would like to discuss please let me know by Friday morning. Thanks you. > > J. Damien Davis, EIT, CFM, Assistant City Engineer > City of Morgantown > Public Works Department - Engineering Division > 389 Spruce Street > Morgantown, WV 26505 > Office: 304.284.7398 > Fax: 304.284.7409 > www.morgantown.com > >

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Plan revised for TC
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached v10 or the Morgantown Bicycle Plan. It shows changes that I made to v09 in response to comments received from Chief Preston, Perry Keller and Bill Austin. I will also send this file to the TC through Damien with the changes accepted. If you find any changes with which you disagree, please let me know and I'll revert them but I'll need your response before the TC meeting at 6:30 pm tomorrow. Frank

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Dec. 1 BB meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Bicycle Board Members, I usually create and send the agenda for the monthly BB meeting the weekend before the meeting. With this weekend being Thanksgiving weekend, I would like to complete and send the agenda this Wednesday. Two items we probably should discuss are Jim Rye's replacement and the Bicycle Friendly Community award application. To save meeting time, please identify potential candidates to replace Jim Rye, confirm with them that they'd want to serve and reply-to-all to this message with their names and invite them to the meeting. I'm suggesting we discuss the Bicycle Friendly Community award application to help the teams that volunteered to write the application. Following is status of on-going activities. Let me know which, if any, you want me to put on the agenda for discussion at the meeting. If I missed something, let me know. Distributed preliminary first draft of Morgantown Bicycling Plan to key stakeholders: Terrence Moore, Jeff Mikorski, Terry Hough, Ed Preston, Chris Fletcher, Mark Wise, Tom Arnold, Bill Austin, Fouad Shoukry, Perry Keller and Wes Stafford. I requested their comments and changes by December 8. So far, I haven't heard from any of them. We need to get on the City Council's agenda to present. Thanks to Chet, he and I met with Damien and Jeff to discuss a joint Morgantown-Star City TEP grant application for a bicycle climbing lane from Star City Bridge to WVU Coliseum. Subsequently, Chet met with Star City Mayor Sharp. Unfortunately, Jeff later informed me that Morgantown will not apply for this funding because they're afraid it will jeopardize their application for street scape funding. We may still pursue it with Star City. Nick asked for $500 more to complete the video for 12-year old and younger cyclists. Two BB members replied to me and one replied to all with their agreement so I told Nick and Jeff that we're OK with it. Ryan taught 3 WVU students CCC TS101 class Nov. 3, 11, 13. Thanks, Ryan! Thanks to Hugh, we're just about complete establishing a 1-credit hour CCC course at WVU CPASS to be taught for the first time in Spring 2012. Participants will be able to take it for credit or through the Lifetime Activities program. Price is TBD. On Nov. 9, the Parking Authority approved bicycle lockers for 2 city garages. Chip is working on specifications to enable Tom Arnold to submit a purchase order. The City's 2012 budget has $5,500 for bicycle parking. The lockers will cost about $4,000. Trying to determine status of grant application that we submitted to Jeff Mikorski in September for him to submit to Bikes Belong for $10K to fund Mon Blvd. bicycle climbing lane from Eighth St. to Evansdale Dr.. Brandon Crawford, WVU Cycling Club rep has resigned. I've asked him to find/recommend a replacement. WVDOH replaced in-line drainage grates by Coliseum with bicycle-friendly grates. Remaining in-line grates to be replaced are on Westover Bridge, Walnut St. Bridge, South University Ave. northbound between Pleasant and Walnut. (We need to inventory in-line grates on campus.) Delivered to Paul Mattox, Ray LaHood, Earl Ray Tomblin, Joe Fisher, Asel Kennedy and Brent Walker, petition with 125 signatures to enable cyclists to cross Cheat Lake at Ice’s Ferry during bridge replacement. MPO Policy Board chaired by Joe Fisher planned to discuss the application and may write a support letter to DOH. I'm working on the education grant final report. In his completion of the Enforcement section of the BFA application, Chief Preston said that First Sergeant Matt McCabe "is an active member of the bicycle Advisory Committee". May I have your concurrence to invite Sergeant McCabe to join us as an ex-officio representing the MPD? Welcome Adam Henry! I would appreciate your replies to this message before the holiday. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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LAB feedback to 2007 BFC application
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Bicycle Board Members, At tonight's meeting, Butch mentioned the feedback that LAB gave us in response to our 2007 BFC application. That reminded me that last January, I made a spreadsheet in which I listed their feedback in column A and then in column B, what we have done since 2007 to address their feedback. I just uploaded that file to Dropbox at http://db.tt/QgsuwTnb . (I haven't updated it since January.) It may be helpful in completing your sections of the new application. Frank

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Tonight's BB meeting in Training Room
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Tonight, we will meet in the PSC Training Room. Boys & Girls Club is meeting in Conf. Room. RDVIC is meeting in Training Room until 6:30. Look sharp. Frank

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Walgreen
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Chris, Roy, Bill, I read in this morning's Dominion Post that Walgreens is going to replace Southern States in Sabraton. How is that going to effect the Deckers Creek trail and bicycle traffic? As you know, the Deckers Creek trail currently runs adjacent to the Southern States site. Behind Southern States, the crossing of Deckers Creek Blvd. heading upstream is quite dangerous due to the poor sight line. Looking to the left, Deckers Creek Blvd. curves out of the sight line and the fence and stuff in the Southern States lot blocks visibility. Permitting the Walgreens project should consider mitigating this disaster waiting to happen. Certainly,we can't let it be worsened. If Walgreens is permitted to have a traffic exit/entrance onto Deckers Creek Blvd., that crossing will become an even bigger disaster. With the WVDOH also planning to install a westbound left turn lane from Rt. 7 at the other end of Deckers Creek Blvd. do we have an opportunity to improve the dangers presented by the misalignments of the Deckers Creek trail with Deckers Creek Blvd. at both crossings? The Walgreens project, the Rt. 7 left turn lane project, the Hogback turn project, and the perpetual uproar about truck traffic through downtown, seems to present us with an opportunity to take an overall systems view of living, business and traffic INCLUDING bicycle and pedestrian between the Mon River and the Sabraton I-68 interchange. Chris, please don't let the Walgreen's project proceed without considering the impact on bicycle traffic in that area. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Education section of BFC
by Marilyn Newcome 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

Hello All, Second try of sending the Education section of the Bike Friendly Community application. Please read the Education section to see what I have so far. If you have anything to add, please let me know so I can change or add. Marilyn

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