Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting -- April 23, 2008

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition (SDCBC) was called to order at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at the principal office of SDCBC in Downtown San Diego by Chair Brian Parent, pursuant to a notice [1,2] mailed to all directors for whom a mailing address was available and E-mailed to all directors.

The following persons attended the meeting. An asterisk (*) marks those who arrived after the call to order. Another person listened to the meeting by telephone.   Name Board Position Office 1 Odale Baker Major Taylor Cycling Club of SD 2 *Roman Beck At Large 3 Suzanne Behrendt San Diego Wheelmen 4 Carol Carr North County Cycle Club Newsletter Editor 5 Philip Erdelsky Rainbow Cyclists Secretary 6 Frank Hardalo Sierra Club Bicycle Section 7 *Julie Hocking At Large Treasurer 8 Kathy Keehan Executive Director 9 Kerry Kunsman At Large 10 Robert Leone Visitor 11 Tom Lettington At Large Webmaster 12 Brian Parent At Large Chair 13 Stephan Vance At Large 14 *Dave White At Large 15 *Greg Zackowski Triathlon Club of SD 16 Harold Clayton Visitor

The following directors did not attend the meeting:   Name Board Position Office 1 Jim Baross At Large 2 Mike Berry San Diego Century Riders 3 Serge Issakov San Diego Bicycle Club Vice Chair 4 Ken King Knickerbikers 5 Andrew Lee GS Adams Ave Bicycle Club 6 Bill Matella At Large 7 Tony Pietsch San Diego Tandem Club Membership Chair 8 Michael Satterlee San Diego Cyclo-Vets 9 Judith Talner At Large

Printed copies of the minutes of the previous meeting [3] were passed out at the meeting. The reading was waived and the minutes were approved by voice vote, with one correction: "on-half" was replaced by "one-half".

A brief membership report was given by the Executive Director, noting updates to SDBC, Cyclo-Vets and others.

The Executive Director displayed a map to the Quarry Falls development project [on the north side of Mission Valley north of Friars Road and west of Interstate 805], and described the project in considerable detail. After some discussion, it was decided, by voice vote, that SDCBC should write a letter of support, in which we suggest, among other things, the most current signage practices, bicycle-friendly access to a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Friars Road, and reminders such as bicycle racks and icons. The Executive Director will present a copy of the first draft for filing with these minutes [4].

The Treasurer's report [5], which had previously been E-mailed to all directors, was presented and explained by the Treasurer. The report was accepted as presented and held for audit by a voice vote.

The Executive Director distributed copies of an Executive Director Report [6] and commented on some of the items in it.

The Newsletter Editor reported the following items:

• The Executive Director will put out the next issue of the newsletter, and all items are to be submitted to her.
• Robert Leone has submitted, or will submit, an article on T intersections.
• We parked 850 bicycles at the Earth Fair.
• The deadline for articles for the next newsletter is May 28, the date of the next Board meeting.

Stephan Vance reported on the Fair Share for Safety Bill (AB 2971), which would allow developer funds to be used for bike and ped projects, and as a separate matter, it would require the state to spend federal transportation safety funds in the same proportion as bicycle and pedestrian fatalities, currently about 20%. By voice vote, SDCBC endorsed the bill.

Stephan Vance gave a brief announcement of Pedal Power, an advocacy training event with legislators and their staffs on April 30 to May 1, which is the California Bicycle Coalition's annual lobbying event].

The Earth Fair and CBAC items on the agenda were tabled by general consent.

Dave White reported on Pedal to the Park, noting that he had more flyers than registrants, and that the second Bike Sunday will be this Sunday, with others on May 11 and 25.

Dave White reported on Miramar Air Show Bicycle Parking, noting that he received a letter from the Commanding Officer expressing interest, that the Provost Marshall will review our proposal, there will be a meeting tomorrow, and the preliminary location will be inside the flight line fence.

The Club reports were as follows:

• Major Taylor Cycling Club: The club had volunteers at the Half Marathon on March 29 and at the Tour de Cure last weekend, and has one member accepted with Blind Stokers.
• North County Cycle Club: This year the club sent out renewal notices for the first time, and the results have been good.
• Triathlon Club: The club will do a parking lot traffic safety presentation in June, at Barrio Logan on May 3, and tomorrow at the Green Living Expo at USD.
• Cyclo-Vets: On May 23-26 Jeff Primingo (?) will attend the Bike Rally at Paso Robles, arranging to ride there; on June 15-27 Fern Kesoff (?) will do a tour of the Columbia River Gorge; on June 27 to July 6 Will Kronan (?) will do 700 miles in Alaska and vicinity; on September 14-28 somebody will do a Tour of Enchantment in New Mexico. Also a survivor's report from the Sea Level Century.

The meeting was adjourned by general consent at 8:33 PM.

-- Philip J. Erdelsky, Secretary