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Doug Kelley
Mar 23, 2018, 8:48:45 AM3/23/18
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Hi all: here are minutes from last night's RCA meeting. Please suggest edits as necessary. I'm missing a few last names...
--Doug
-=- Attendees -=-
Kecia McCullough, Jackie, Bob, Richard Desarra, Jesse Peers, Kristana Textor, Bill Collins, Chris White, Scott Wagner, John Lam, Brendan Ryan
-=- Jesse: Bike Week -=-
About one event per day. Wagner getting information about new rides. Light up the Night Friday 11 May, table at Public Market 12 May, maybe Kidical Mass on Mothers' Day, Ride of Silence on Wednesday, Taco Tuesday, maybe Kecia will lead a women's ride on Mother's Day. Unity Ride on Thursday. Friday is National Bike to Work Day, also table at the Red Wings. Black Girls Do Bike and Richard Fries on Saturday 19 May. Jesse leading a ride for churches on 20 May. City of Rochester will help publicize. Jim McIntosh retired but continues working part-time to train new City Engineer, Kamal Crues.
-=- Kecia: Ride of Silence -=-
16 May. Kickstands up at 7. Kecia and Mayor Warren will speak. Mayor will ride 1-2 miles (not 8). Invited Senator Schumer. Will invite Robach. Will have police escorts. A pastor will say a prayer. "Amazing Grace" to accompany. Start at Court St. and Exchange Boulevard, across the street from the Hall of Justice. 300 fliers printed.
-=- Doug: Bike to School Day -=-
Carlos Cotto, La'Ron Singletary, and Barbara Deane Williams to ride along at School 23. One new school so far: School 52. Looking for more. Have emailed principals. Glenn Cerosaletti and Karen Rogers will speak to RCSD Physical Education staff 23 March, hopefully get more schools signed up. Past B2SD organizers are serving as mentors.
Wagner: Get RBC to serve as marshals?
Bob volunteered to marshal.
-=- Scott Wagner: National Bike Summit -=-
Kecia, Wagner, Scott MacRae, Karen Rogers, Paul Winkeller, Rich Conroy, Tom Polk, Ken attended. Perception: Rochester is a leader in biking. "Experience was extremely valuable." Met with staff of Schumer and Gillibrand during Wednesday legislative day.
Karen and Kecia presented a poster. Was "fabulous", lots of good conversation. Met Macy, national president of Ride of Silence; also Richard Fries.
League of American Bicyclists seems to be on the rebound.
Mendon Center Road to be resurfaced with 12 ft travel lanes and 6 ft shoulders. Richard asked Deputy Director Thomas Fries to consider bike lanes. He replied, "The policy will continue with the new director," which means Monroe County is unlikely to be supportive of bike projects generally.
-=- Richard: LCI activities -=-
Jesse and Karen doing much work. Jesse will give 6-hour training at Brighton Recreation Center on Idlewood, 30 May and 6 June and 13 June. Jesse and Tracy giving safety training at U of R River Campus and Medical Center, starting with traffic safety in April, then basic mechanics in May, and so on to September. Lunchtime. Jesse teaching 9-hour smart cycling church at Artisan Church. Currently 11 enrolled; could accommodate 3 more.
- Jesse will send the U of R flier to Doug and Kristana.
NYBC hiring safety ambassadors in Buffalo and Syracuse. Jesse and Karen will oversee (extra work). Laurie Birch teaching classes with RBC, 24 and 28 April at a church on North Winton. Working with Carlos Cotto, RCSD Director of Physical Education, to get NYBC cycling materials into PE curriculum. LCIs will train PE staff, contracted through Exercise Express. Working with La'Ron Singletary to have LCIs train School Resource Officers and Community Resource Officers / Crime Prevention Officers at Rochester Police Department, probably late summer or fall. LCIs or those officers would then train officers who ride bikes. Tracy is certified to teach traffic and bikes to police in addition to having LCI certification.
- Richard will talk to her.
Jesse and Richard will meet with Public Market leadership (Evan) to talk about bike safety classes there. Jesse presenting "Getting back on your bike" at Sully Library, Nazareth College. Benefits of biking, safety statistics, basic safety (45 minutes). Enthusiastic to present at many places.
-=- Bill: ROC the Riverway -=-
Brendan Ryan, Richard, Bill, John Lam, and others attended public comment meeting. City is gathering comments, still early in the process. $50M from NY State to improve Genesee River, probably with City (~$10M) and private money added to total $500M. Area spans from Ford Street Bridge to railroad bridge north of High Falls. Bill expects "a real fight for this money". RCA recommends making River Trail continuous through downtown as a key priority. Talking point: the trail will bring people and commerce into downtown. City website accepts individual comments on every preliminary project idea. Most controversial idea: remove top level of Broad Street Bridge to make a reflecting pool. Five additional stakeholder meetings upcoming. City has prioritized connecting the riverway. John attended a meeting about it tonight, along with Richard Glazer and Brendan Ryan.
Invite Sean Dunwoody to speak at RCA? Brendan talking with Clement Chung (both on ROC the Riverway advisory board). Need concrete proposals before inviting anybody? Brendan meeting next week with Erik Frisch and Jason Hernza to learn engineering side of ROC the Riverway.
Broad Street to become two-way this summer.
- John, Bill, and Brendan to work on RCA proposals for ROC the Riverway.
Bill: Joe Morelle gave presentation about Governor's budget. Bill attended and spoke out about all users (cyclists, pedestrians, disabled people) being considered.
Chris: Working toward partnership between BikeIndex.org and Rochester Police Department. Idea: stickers on bike racks showing safety information, etc. http://cityofrochester.org/bikerochester. Asking City to pay for stickers. Evan wants to put stickers on racks and Public Market. Hopes to have stickers before Bike Week.
--Doug
-=- Attendees -=-
Kecia McCullough, Jackie, Bob, Richard Desarra, Jesse Peers, Kristana Textor, Bill Collins, Chris White, Scott Wagner, John Lam, Brendan Ryan
-=- Jesse: Bike Week -=-
About one event per day. Wagner getting information about new rides. Light up the Night Friday 11 May, table at Public Market 12 May, maybe Kidical Mass on Mothers' Day, Ride of Silence on Wednesday, Taco Tuesday, maybe Kecia will lead a women's ride on Mother's Day. Unity Ride on Thursday. Friday is National Bike to Work Day, also table at the Red Wings. Black Girls Do Bike and Richard Fries on Saturday 19 May. Jesse leading a ride for churches on 20 May. City of Rochester will help publicize. Jim McIntosh retired but continues working part-time to train new City Engineer, Kamal Crues.
-=- Kecia: Ride of Silence -=-
16 May. Kickstands up at 7. Kecia and Mayor Warren will speak. Mayor will ride 1-2 miles (not 8). Invited Senator Schumer. Will invite Robach. Will have police escorts. A pastor will say a prayer. "Amazing Grace" to accompany. Start at Court St. and Exchange Boulevard, across the street from the Hall of Justice. 300 fliers printed.
-=- Doug: Bike to School Day -=-
Carlos Cotto, La'Ron Singletary, and Barbara Deane Williams to ride along at School 23. One new school so far: School 52. Looking for more. Have emailed principals. Glenn Cerosaletti and Karen Rogers will speak to RCSD Physical Education staff 23 March, hopefully get more schools signed up. Past B2SD organizers are serving as mentors.
Wagner: Get RBC to serve as marshals?
Bob volunteered to marshal.
-=- Scott Wagner: National Bike Summit -=-
Kecia, Wagner, Scott MacRae, Karen Rogers, Paul Winkeller, Rich Conroy, Tom Polk, Ken attended. Perception: Rochester is a leader in biking. "Experience was extremely valuable." Met with staff of Schumer and Gillibrand during Wednesday legislative day.
Karen and Kecia presented a poster. Was "fabulous", lots of good conversation. Met Macy, national president of Ride of Silence; also Richard Fries.
League of American Bicyclists seems to be on the rebound.
Mendon Center Road to be resurfaced with 12 ft travel lanes and 6 ft shoulders. Richard asked Deputy Director Thomas Fries to consider bike lanes. He replied, "The policy will continue with the new director," which means Monroe County is unlikely to be supportive of bike projects generally.
-=- Richard: LCI activities -=-
Jesse and Karen doing much work. Jesse will give 6-hour training at Brighton Recreation Center on Idlewood, 30 May and 6 June and 13 June. Jesse and Tracy giving safety training at U of R River Campus and Medical Center, starting with traffic safety in April, then basic mechanics in May, and so on to September. Lunchtime. Jesse teaching 9-hour smart cycling church at Artisan Church. Currently 11 enrolled; could accommodate 3 more.
- Jesse will send the U of R flier to Doug and Kristana.
NYBC hiring safety ambassadors in Buffalo and Syracuse. Jesse and Karen will oversee (extra work). Laurie Birch teaching classes with RBC, 24 and 28 April at a church on North Winton. Working with Carlos Cotto, RCSD Director of Physical Education, to get NYBC cycling materials into PE curriculum. LCIs will train PE staff, contracted through Exercise Express. Working with La'Ron Singletary to have LCIs train School Resource Officers and Community Resource Officers / Crime Prevention Officers at Rochester Police Department, probably late summer or fall. LCIs or those officers would then train officers who ride bikes. Tracy is certified to teach traffic and bikes to police in addition to having LCI certification.
- Richard will talk to her.
Jesse and Richard will meet with Public Market leadership (Evan) to talk about bike safety classes there. Jesse presenting "Getting back on your bike" at Sully Library, Nazareth College. Benefits of biking, safety statistics, basic safety (45 minutes). Enthusiastic to present at many places.
-=- Bill: ROC the Riverway -=-
Brendan Ryan, Richard, Bill, John Lam, and others attended public comment meeting. City is gathering comments, still early in the process. $50M from NY State to improve Genesee River, probably with City (~$10M) and private money added to total $500M. Area spans from Ford Street Bridge to railroad bridge north of High Falls. Bill expects "a real fight for this money". RCA recommends making River Trail continuous through downtown as a key priority. Talking point: the trail will bring people and commerce into downtown. City website accepts individual comments on every preliminary project idea. Most controversial idea: remove top level of Broad Street Bridge to make a reflecting pool. Five additional stakeholder meetings upcoming. City has prioritized connecting the riverway. John attended a meeting about it tonight, along with Richard Glazer and Brendan Ryan.
Invite Sean Dunwoody to speak at RCA? Brendan talking with Clement Chung (both on ROC the Riverway advisory board). Need concrete proposals before inviting anybody? Brendan meeting next week with Erik Frisch and Jason Hernza to learn engineering side of ROC the Riverway.
Broad Street to become two-way this summer.
- John, Bill, and Brendan to work on RCA proposals for ROC the Riverway.
Bill: Joe Morelle gave presentation about Governor's budget. Bill attended and spoke out about all users (cyclists, pedestrians, disabled people) being considered.
Chris: Working toward partnership between BikeIndex.org and Rochester Police Department. Idea: stickers on bike racks showing safety information, etc. http://cityofrochester.org/bikerochester. Asking City to pay for stickers. Evan wants to put stickers on racks and Public Market. Hopes to have stickers before Bike Week.
Chris Olin
Mar 23, 2018, 11:17:39 AM3/23/18
to Doug Kelley, Rochester Cycling Alliance
Now that I'm behind a computer, here's the final copy of the sticker that was mentioned. Emphasis on it being co-sponsored by RCA.
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