August 14, 2017
Meeting held at the State College Borough Building
Present:
- Tristan Avelis, President
- Joan Potter, Secretary/Treasurer
- Brian Dempsey
- Paul Rito
- Courtney Hayden
- Cecily Zhu
- Trish Meek
- Autumn Busbee
- Tom Gesell
- Andrew Artz
- Valerie Burnett
- Melissa Bopp
- Nate Geiger
The meeting was called to order by Tristan Avelis at 5:30 pm.
Treasurers Report
- Current cash balance is $9,141.41. Three membership payments were received plus the donations payment from Centre Gives of $1,991.25; no expenses were paid out.
Discussions
- Shared Use paths:
- The Puddintown Road/Orchard Road path in College Township is in progress with completion anticipated Spring 2018
- Discussed possibility of continuing shared used path along Park Avenue from Orchard Road to Visitor’s Center,
- The Valley Vista path, a joint project of Patton & Ferguson Townships, will likely begin in 2019
- Inquired about status of proposed Boalsburg to Tussey Trail connector path
- Ferguson Township has proposed extending a shared use path to Pine Grove Mills (On the agenda for the Centre Region Planning Commission meeting on Sep 7th)
- Autumn Busbee offered to continue teaching the Bike Safety class in the high school this year.
- Melissa Bopp’s students are available to help with any bike-related projects, i.e., feasibility study, Bike-Friendly Business assistance, safe routes to school initiative.
- Brian Dempsey proposed an “Ask a Cyclist” information table be scheduled for Friday, Sep 1st at Allen Street Gates.
- Paul Rito suggested another bike light giveaway in the Oct/Nov timeframe to coincide the time change. It was recommended looking into the cost of lights from the same vendor Cecily Zhu used for PSU, and ordering a large quantity to have on hand for several light giveaway events. Discussed posting ads in the Daily Collegian & CDT announcing the event when the date has been confirmed. Also notify WTAJ-TV to request coverage of this bike safety event
Action Items
- Courtney Hayden motioned to approve a budget of up to $1,500 for the purchase of 500 white and 500 red bicycle lights for an event to promote bicycle safety; Paul Rito second; motion passed. Joan Potter will obtain pricing and take care of ordering.
Volunteers Needed
- “Ask a Cyclist” information table on September 1st.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, it adjourned at 6:40 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Joan Potter, Secretary/Treasurer
Cecily Zhu, Alternative Transportation Program Coordinator at Penn State reports, “We just broke 500 annual memberships and have over 7400 trips logged. The amount of enthusiasm around bike share has really shown how bike friendly this area is and how much of an appetite there continues to be for bike related program and infrastructure improvements in general.”