January 2025 Meeting Minutes Centre Bike

January 9, 2025 17:30

• Welcome and Attending: Matt Cox, Paul Rito, Anne Messner, Lydia Vandenbergh, Anthony Williams, michele chernega, Jeff Luck
• Treasurer’s Reports a Balance of: $21,199.99
• Elections: Matt reports that no one submitting any changes
• Stakeholder Reports
• Centre Region Council of Government Anne reports trying to get meetings to plan for bike events. Anne spoke with CTSP, sub contractor to Penn DOT for Bike Ahead signage. SCASD will get some of the signs cuz CTSP required partnership with a school.
• Penn State/Bike Den: Anthony updated that they are looking for new Director after Cecily resigned but that all events on the calendar still hold.
• State College Borough: 
• Municipalities/Government 
• Centre Region Bicycle Advisory Committee: Lydia said they are planning for elections. Feb 18 is their next meeting.

 

1. Public Comment
2. New Business: Paul will be doing a lot of bike travel and be unavailable at times
3. Cranksgiving Grant awarded for $1,000 from 3 Dots Downtown. 3 Dots wants some video and Matt is working on that
4. MS Ride June 21 + 22 They are looking for riders and volunteers. (Chris Piper is the contact)
5. Bike Counting Project: Matt worked with Anthony & Cecily to either use a raspberry pie or trail cam to measure cyclists. They went with the latter and are still testing. PSU campus wouldn’t allow it until Risk looked into it, but Anne got ok from College Township and it counted cyclists on Orchard Rd connector . Setup for camera was $450
6. Ironman for 2025 is June 15 and Matt was contacted about recruiting a group and/or captain
7. Old Business

Cranksgiving – Results 91 cyclists about $4789.50 worth of food. Matt is considering doing it over two days next year. Sat + Sun. Also considering getting Oscar Meyer WienerMobile and maybe get Todd Minor and Vamos Chariot involved

Light Up The Night – Results: 148 sets of lights 340 cyclists Local police got 100+ lights from CB to distribute as needed. Anthony said he sends out Bicycle Enforcement stats and can share with CB. 2025 date will be Nov 3

Schedule – a google form will be sent to find the best day to meet.

Jeff Luck will be setting up a CentreBike BlueSky account

1. Adjournment
2. New Business

Cranksgiving Grant

1. $1000
2. Need a few people for group photo and b-roll footage (Jan 13-15?)

MS Ride

1. June 21-22. Needs promoted, volunteers would be great
2. https://events.nationalmssociety.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=2260
3. Ride not a race. Ebikes, family kids
4. CVIM June 28th

Bike Counting Project

1. Overview
   1. Original idea
   2. Alternatives
   3. Final setup
2. Camera costs (full, min)
   1. Full setup – 4 battery, 2SD, Solar – 450
   2. Basic – 2 battery 1 sd, no solar – 262
   3. Basic w/Solar – 322
3. Results, so far

Ironman

1. We interested?

 

1. Old Business

Cranksgiving – Results

1. 91
2. 1934.4#  
3. 1694 items
4. $4789.50
5. Brainstorms
   1. Oscar
   2. 2 days (sat/sun)

Light Up The Night – Results

1. We counted 340 cyclists.
2. We distributed 148 sets of lights.  
3. 75 of those were wearing helmets 
6. 2023 results 
7. 206 cyclists
8. 108 light sets
9. 36 cyclists wearing helmets

Schedule

1. Maybe Wednesday? 
2. Anyone for other meetings?
3. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83263015207
4. 2025
5. January 9, 2025 – LINK
6. March 13, 2025 + Exec
7. April 10, 2025
8. June 12, 2025 + Exec
9. August 14, 2025 + Exec
10. October 9, 2025 + Exec
11. November 3rd would be Light Up The Night