Bikeboard September 2011

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Re: [Bikeboard] Mon Blvd. Bike Lane Grant
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Jeff, Please find the updated grant application at http://db.tt/L7J1A8K . You should find 7 files there. Of the files at http://db.tt/L7J1A8K, only BikeLaneGrantAppToBBv06.doc is different from the package that I sent you in March. The changes are tracked so you can see them. Please accept the tracked changes before you submit the application. (Damien may want to update the cost estimate (files Cost Estimate for Monongahela Blvd-2.doc and TotalCost.xlsx) based on recent discussions about using paint rather than retro-reflective vinyl.) The application is due February 29, 2012 for a May 2012 award. In the application document, BikeLaneGrantAppToBBv06.doc, you will see comments. These comments are of two types. One type of comment is instructions from the application form that I cut from the form and pasted into comment bubbles. Practically every section has these instructions. The other type of comment identifies information that the application requires or that I think it needs but that I don't have. I hope you can easily read through the application to, 1) see that I've completed most of the requirements and then delete the relevant comments, and 2) complete the parts that I couldn't and then delete those comments, and 3) roll all files up into one PDF and submit it. Christiaan Abildso is personally acquainted with Bikes Belong CFO and agreed to alert him to our application once we've submitted it so could you please notify me when the application is sent? If you have any questions or need any help, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please also note at the end of the application, before the appendix is contact info for Zoe Kircos, Grants Manager, zoe(a)bikesbelong.org, 303-449-4893 x5. I spoke with her while completing the application in March and she was expecting it. She's also very pleasant and helpful. Frank On Sep 1, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Jeff Mikorski wrote: > Frank, > > I do not recall making any changes, so you can use you last version. > > Sincerely, > > Jeff Mikorski ICMA-CM > Deputy City Manager > City of Morgantown, West Virginia > 304-284-7404 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > To: "Jeff Mikorski" <jmikorski(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 9:39:37 AM > Subject: Re: Mon Blvd. Bike Lane Grant > > Jeff, > > > If you made any changes to the application that I sent you > > From: Frank Gmeindl < frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net > > > Subject: Bike Lane Grant Application > > Date: March 30, 2011 4:22:04 PM EDT > To: Jeff Mikorski < jmikorski(a)cityofmorgantown.org > > Cc: Damien Davis < ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org > > > > please send me your version so I can work from it. > > > Otherwise, I'll update the version that I sent you. > > > Frank > > > > On Aug 30, 2011, at 11:37 PM, Jeff Mikorski wrote: > > > > Frank, > Yes, please revise the grant and re-apply > > Jeff Mikorski > Deputy City Manager > City of Morgantown > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:47 PM > To: Jeff Mikorski < jmikorski(a)cityofmorgantown.org > > Subject: Mon Blvd. Bike Lane Grant > > Jeff, > > Today, Terrence Moore and WVDOH vocally agreed to split 50/50 the cost of > the Mon Blvd. bicycle climbing lane. They talked as if the cost was $25K. > So, the split would be $12.5K City; $12.5K State. Would you like me to > update the grant application that I wrote for the City to submit to Bikes > Belong? > > I think the bike lane can be done for considerably less than $25K. If > Bikes Belong provides $10K, I think the City could do it without spending > any money. > > Frank

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Fwd: Booth at Mountaineer Week
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Bicycle Board Members, Looks like we'll have a booth at Mountaineer week. Who wants to follow up with Mary Ann and make it happen? (My action item for our last meeting was to contact Hugh about getting a booth.) Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "Hugh Kierig" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Date: September 6, 2011 8:35:28 AM EDT > To: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, "MaryAnn Barill" <MaryAnn.Barill(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Subject: Re: Fwd: Booth at Mountaineer Week > > Mary Ann > > Please work with Frank on arranging this booth. I am including him on this email so that you can forward to him the information that he needs to provide. > > Hugh E. Kierig, AICP, Director > Department of Transportation and Parking > West Virginia University > Post Office Box 6561 > 1112 Van Voorhis > Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 > 304-293-9095 (o) > 304-293-3939 (f) > > > > >>> MaryAnn Barill 9/6/2011 8:33 AM >>> > I just talked to Sonja and that will be fine. She just needs to know how you want it worded on the schedule. The dates are Oct. 31- Nov. 4th. > > >>> Hugh Kierig 9/6/2011 8:26 AM >>> > Mary Ann > > Can you please check on how the Bike Board can get a booth for Mountaineer Week? We can register it under the Department of Transportation and Parking if they need a University organization to sponsor it. > > Hugh E. Kierig, AICP, Director > Department of Transportation and Parking > West Virginia University > Post Office Box 6561 > 1112 Van Voorhis > Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 > 304-293-9095 (o) > 304-293-3939 (f) > > > > >>> Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> 9/5/2011 7:00 PM >>> > Hi Hugh, > > Can you tell me how the Bicycle Board can get a booth at Mountaineer Week to display our banner, bumper stickers, etc.? > > Frank

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"Let's Start Biking" youth cycling skills video - Script and Video edits
by director 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Good morning, I've just finished making script and video edits, they are attached. The script should now conform to the video exactly for all of the scenes that have been completed. The video edits reflect all of the things I could find. If you have additional comments on the video please send them to me in a format similar to the one I've used that gives the sequence time at which the comment applies. I'll collect them and send them to Bobby tomorrow nite. Both of us have used up all of the hours we committed to on the contract but we still want this to be a finished product that presents well and gets the message across effectively. Bobby thinks he's got about 6 hours of work left to get to that point, and he expects to have that time while on the road this weekend. For final delivery, Bobby will send a DVD on Tuesday and I'll provide an invoice for payment. Once the video is accepted we'll provide 5 copies in HD resolution with boxes and printed labels. Chip asked if Bobby will edit a PSA out of this. I assume the answer is "yes" since we've talked about it before, just let us know which scenes you want. Thanks and have a great weekend. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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"Let's Start Biking" youth cycling skills video
by director 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Good evening, I received the video in rough draft form from Robby at about 6pm today. We viewed it on his computer and since that time I've been figuring out how to upload it to YouTube. It now available at this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ic1XlJKZVM I apologize for this additional delay, due entirely to my unfamiliarity with the process. I'd like to make the following disclaimers about the video in its current form: - The whole thing is in rough draft form. This is as much as Bobby could get done in the time available. He's spending the rest of his time before leaving getting ready for his trip. He thinks he has about 6hrs work left to get it in final polished form. That will include finishing the Title Page, Intro, musical soundtrack, graphics and concluding scene/credits. - He expects to have time over this weekend after he gets to Orlando to complete the work. He'll send us a DVD Tuesday, and final copies with cases and graphics following our final approval. He has already exceeded the number of hours he forecast on the contract, but is willing to put in the additional time necessary to make it look polished. - I've reviewed it myself and am making some comments, which I will post tomorrow morning. I welcome your additional comments. Thanks again for your patience, and guidance. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Re: [Bikeboard] Wes Nugent declines
by Chip Wamsley 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 16:23:07 -0400 Frank et al. It sounds like Adam and Ken would be the front runners from the TC. Adam may be more helpful with his grad students and work on evaluations and I think our dealings with the planning commision might be limited, making Ken second choice. I think Jenny is very interested in what we do and would be good to get on board in a more official capacity to have the link with city council. Chip >Bicycle Board Members, > >In a telecon with me, Wes Nugent declined to be the TC's rep on the BB because he's committed to work on a Mainstreet Morgantown Economic Restructuring committee that also meets Thursday nights albeit somewhat before us but perhaps would sometimes overlap. He suggested Adam Henry from 5th Ward or David McKain from 3rd Ward. At past TC meetings, Adam has expressed both to the TC and personally to me that he is interested in what we're doing. He is a professor at WVU and has graduate students that could really help us out in Evaluation activities. I don't know much about McKain except that he said I was arguing over semantics when I tried to point out to him that riding as far to the right as practicable is not the same as riding as far to the right as possible that he was saying cyclists are required to do. Jim Rye had recommended we ask Ken Martis since Ken represents the Monongalia County Planning Commission on the TC. Ken has also been a vocal supporter of BB recomme ndations and mission. > >Whether we get Adam Henry, David McKain or Ken Martis, that still leaves us with a disconnect from City Council. I know Jenny Selin is on the BB mailing list and I would ask her if she would consider becoming a little more active on the BB as say ex-officio representing City Councilor or even BB voting member representing City Council. > >I don't know if this is all appropriate but it seems it might accomplish filling the huge gap left by Don's leaving. > >What do you think? If we don't go into next Wednesday TC meeting with a recommendation and a justification for the recommendation, we'll get who they give us. > >Frank >_______________________________________________ >Bikeboard mailing list >Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >

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Re: [Bikeboard] "Let's Start Biking" youth cycling skills video
by Chip Wamsley 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "director" <director(a)positivespin.org> Reply-To: director(a)positivespin.org Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 22:45:28 -0400 >Good evening, >I received the video in rough draft form from Robby at about 6pm today. We viewed it on his computer and since that time I've been figuring out how to upload it to YouTube. It now available at this link. >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ic1XlJKZVM > >I apologize for this additional delay, due entirely to my unfamiliarity with the process. >I'd like to make the following disclaimers about the video in its current form: >- The whole thing is in rough draft form. This is as much as Bobby could get done in the time available. He's spending the rest of his time before leaving getting ready for his trip. He thinks he has about 6hrs work left to get it in final polished form. That will include finishing the Title Page, Intro, musical soundtrack, graphics and concluding scene/credits. > >- He expects to have time over this weekend after he gets to Orlando to complete the work. He'll send us a DVD Tuesday, and final copies with cases and graphics following our final approval. He has already exceeded the number of hours he forecast on the contract, but is willing to put in the additional time necessary to make it look polished. >- I've reviewed it myself and am making some comments, which I will post tomorrow morning. I welcome your additional comments. >Thanks again for your patience, and guidance. >Nick > > > >-- >Nick Hein LCI# 1705 >Director, Positive Spin >803 East Brockway Ave >Morgantown, WV >ph 304-276-0213 >-- > >_______________________________________________ >Bikeboard mailing list >Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard > Looks great so far. Is Bobby still going to edit a 30-60 second spot to e used as a psa? Chip

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Wes Nugent declines
by Frank Gmeindl 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Bicycle Board Members, In a telecon with me, Wes Nugent declined to be the TC's rep on the BB because he's committed to work on a Mainstreet Morgantown Economic Restructuring committee that also meets Thursday nights albeit somewhat before us but perhaps would sometimes overlap. He suggested Adam Henry from 5th Ward or David McKain from 3rd Ward. At past TC meetings, Adam has expressed both to the TC and personally to me that he is interested in what we're doing. He is a professor at WVU and has graduate students that could really help us out in Evaluation activities. I don't know much about McKain except that he said I was arguing over semantics when I tried to point out to him that riding as far to the right as practicable is not the same as riding as far to the right as possible that he was saying cyclists are required to do. Jim Rye had recommended we ask Ken Martis since Ken represents the Monongalia County Planning Commission on the TC. Ken has also been a vocal supporter of BB recommendations and mission. Whether we get Adam Henry, David McKain or Ken Martis, that still leaves us with a disconnect from City Council. I know Jenny Selin is on the BB mailing list and I would ask her if she would consider becoming a little more active on the BB as say ex-officio representing City Councilor or even BB voting member representing City Council. I don't know if this is all appropriate but it seems it might accomplish filling the huge gap left by Don's leaving. What do you think? If we don't go into next Wednesday TC meeting with a recommendation and a justification for the recommendation, we'll get who they give us. Frank

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Let's Start Biking!
by director 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Good afternoon, I talked to Bobby about noon today and he's nearing completion of the video editing - he's through scene 4 of 6 and expects to be done by 5pm today. I told him that seems to be the consensus of the Bike Board that the State will probably allow us to turn it in on the 6th, and he said that although he flies to Orlando, FL tomorrow his workdays will typically be over by 3pm so he'll have more time to work on it this weekend. We agreed that it would be best if he have a complete edit done by 5pm today, and we put it up for the Board to comment on via YouTube or similar format (I'll provide the link at that time). I'll email him any comments I receive for him to make revisions. Sorry for another delay, but it seemed that everyone would be served best if we use the available time to make this the best possible final product. Thanks for your patience. I am, of course, taking it somewhat on faith that turning the video in on Tuesday won't disqualify us from payment. Please let me know immediately if that's the case and we'll get something there today. Thanks, Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Street Smarts
by Frank Gmeindl 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Butch, Street Smarts Here's a link to Bicycling Street Smarts, the booklet that the Bicycle Board recommended the City buy and distribute to bike shops to include with every new bike they sell: http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm As shown at, http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/index.htm state-specific Street Smarts are available. I have a paper copy of the PA version is you'd like to see it. It includes PA's specific bicycle laws. The Bicycle Board discussed years ago making one for WV but I think those members may have moved on. Frank

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Youth cycling skills video - Final Script
by director 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Good afternoon, I've attached the final (almost) script of the video for your review, along with the sample scenes I'll be showing at the meeting tonite. I realize this is coming to most of you too late to read for tonite's meeting so I'll have copies of it when I come. The final video will be delivered tomorrow about noon. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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