Please join us at Home Street Bank, 4022 SW Alaska St
Lots on the agenda, with Bike Month coming up; grant applications; projects at schools; Greenways; intersections; bike corrals; Alki Summer Streets and summer events to plan. Open meeting. You are invited.
See the Calendar for map, details
Meeting agenda and notes can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qj4O-vYmK_tZi9g5Mv5yme4bwQK7834afbf4zILBoNU/edit?usp=sharing
Tuesday 6:30 to 8:00 PM You are invited! We need you! Agenda will include progress reports, planning for projects and events and sharing news and ideas. This month at Don’s house – see events
Meeting agenda and notes are posted here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DmfbkVcaHHHyXiTZQWUXzIgngUh2FHRZYSpm3zdXuLY/edit?usp=sharing
Tuesday 6:30 to 8:00 PM You are invited! We need you!
Agenda will include progress reports, planning projects and events and sharing news and ideas.
February meeting is in the common room of the Altamira Apartments, 4540 42nd Ave SW.
See Events for details. Thank you Jay Guettler for hosting this month.
from West Seattle Bike Connections monthly meeting:
and we need volunteers to make these things happen, so if you see something interesting, don’t be shy!
1. Visibility at Night event – Jeff Hallman will pick date when weather forecast looks good. Location: Jack Block Park. Port of Seattle Public Information and police are cooperative. Jeff will do videos of people with various gear.
2. Winter Ride. In planning stage, weather dependent. Tweed ride to Junction? Longer WS loop?
3. Bike corrals:
Aili LePard is working with supportive Junction businesses and SDOT’s new person in charge.
Theresa is submitting a grant application on Friday to purchase a bike corral to be installed in front of Proletariat Pizza in White Center.
4. Bike to Work Day station hosting Friday, May 16. Bob Winship will lead again.
5. South Park route. Bob Winship reported on Transportation Committee meeting, and Don Brubeck on visit and tour with M.C. Halvorsen. Bob will continue to work with SP, EOS/TAG and SDOT.
6. Greenways:
Greenways mapping volunteer needed to assist Seattle Neighborhood Greenways with their Google Map project, This is not to start a new route selection process – just to document what is in the Bike Master Plan Update in a format usable by SNG to add specific information about desirable features or conditions, in simple format.
Bike counter installed on 26th Ave Greenway.
Is it time to encourage formation of some new greenway groups for new routes, e.g. Arbor Heights and Admiral-to-Alaska Junction?
7. Neighborhood Parks and Street Fund projects grant cycle coming up. 2/4/14 deadline for NSF grants http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/npsf/default.htm . Will explore the Spokane/Harbor Ave Alki Trail/Kitty Harbor corner, or West Duwamish Trail spot improvements? Or bike corral at park near the Alaska Junction? Community Association support is needed, to get District Council support.
8. City Council to vote on Bike Master Plan Update. Messages of support needed.
9. Terminal 18/Fishing bridge planters: Don will reach out to SDOT contacts to see if there is a planting plan for the empty planters that we could help implement.
10. West Seattle Bike Festival: in August, exact date to be determined. Brad Loetel at West Seattle Cyclery is taking the lead. Junction business association on board. Sanctioned crit race, big loop ride, family ride. We would organize a family ride, helmet fitting and pre-ride bike safety checks.
11. Schools report from Theresa Beaulieu:
• Denny bike to school event January 17th ride your bike for treats and winter riding gear also wear Seahawks swag for an extra prize!
• Denny-Lincoln classic will happen again in May.
• Working on funding ideas to raise money to purchase bikes for a Major Taylor afterschool program.
12. East Marginal Way: Flashing beacon crosswalk at Horton is in place.
13. WS Bridge bike counter: New pavement sensor seems to have fixed it. Go get counted!
Thanks to Bob Winship for hosting and feeding us!
Don Brubeck
WSBC monthly meeting is Tuesday, January 7
at Bob Winship’s house, 3438 36th Ave SW
between Manning and Hinds
Reports and planning for events and projects. All are welcome!
Bob says, “If (brave, layered soul) you’re cycling uphill from the south or east, it’s best to cross Fauntleroy at Avalon/36th and continue up 36th”
First Tuesday of the month is our West Seattle Bike Connections meeting. At West Seattle’s newest bike shop this month: West Seattle Cyclery 4508 California Ave SW, near the Alaska Junction, conveniently located across from the Beer Junction.
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Anyone is welcome to attend…we are all-inclusive!
Agenda includes planning and recruiting for
At Cycle U – see upcoming events for directions.
Agenda will include
Progress reports, planning and recruiting for projects including Trucks+Bikes safety event, Fiesta de las Patrias, Parking Day, lots more. Open meeting – you are welcome.
WSBC members Craig Rankin and Theresa Beaulieu bring this news from Highland Park Action Committee and SDOT. Craig has been working on this for quite a while in his neighborhood. SDOT has now funded the public outreach and planning work.
HPAC and SDOT will be hosting a Neighborhood Greenway Meeting that we encourage everyone to come to. If you are at all interested in having a Greenway come through Highland Park, and would like a say in which street the route is on- now’s your chance, please join us.
It will be on TUESDAY, JULY 9th, from 6-7:30 pm at Highland Park Improvement Club on 12th and Holden.
What’s a Greenway? Neighborhood Greenways are residential streets where signs and pavement markings are used to guide people along the route; and speed and volume management measures discourage cars from avoiding main streets by cutting through on neighborhood streets. These amenities can be especially beneficial for families, children and seniors who might find these routes more comfortable than busier nearby streets. Find out more about them here.
See you then!
Highland Park Action Committee
July 2, 20136:3o to 8:00 pm
at Highland Park Improvement Club, 1116 SW Holden Street, 98106
Special Guest: Sara Zora, SDOT Bike Planner, for discussion of Seattle Bike Master Plan Update.
Other agenda items: Project reports and volunteer recruiting for projects and activities.6 month Progress report on 2013 action plan.
Open meeting – please come!
