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MINUTES
BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, AND GREENWAYS
ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
Monday, August 2, 2021 3:00 PM
Council Chambers
MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Elizabeth Cunha, David Higdon, Joy Chmelar and Dennis
Jansen.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Kyle LeBlanc, Kathy Langlotz and Rebecca Brooker.
STAFF PRESENT: P&DS Director Michael Ostrowski, Assistant Director Molly
Hitchcock, Bicycle, Pedestrian and Greenways Planning
Administrator Venessa Garza, Transportation Planning Coordinator
Jason Schubert, Long Range Planning Administrator Alyssa Halle-
Schramm, Administrative Support Specialist Kristen Hejny and
Board Secretary Grecia Fuentes.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Call to Order and consider absence requests.
Chair Cunha called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
There were no absence requests for consideration.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Hear Visitors.
There were no visitors who requested to speak.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Agenda Items.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.1: Consideration, discussion, and possible action to approve
meeting minutes.
Board Member Higdon motioned to approve the minutes from June 21, 2021. The motion was
seconded by Board Member Jansen and was approved (4-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.2: Presentation and discussion regarding the Bicycle, Pedestrian
and Greenways Advisory Board calendar of upcoming meetings.
• Monday, September 13, 2021. Bicycle, Pedestrian and Greenways Advisory Board
meeting at 3:30 p.m.
This meeting will be in person. There was general discussion regarding the upcoming
September Board meeting. Ms. Garza stated that Ms. Halle-Schramm will provide an update on
the City’s Comprehensive plan.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.3: Presentation and discussion regarding proposed changes
to the City’s Comprehensive Plan.
Ms. Halle-Schramm and Ms. Garza gave a presentation on the City’s Comprehensive Plan
update with an overview and related changes proposed to the Bicycle, Pedestrian, and
Greenways Master Plan specifically the Bicycle and Pedestrian Maps. There was general
discussion amongst the Board regarding the proposed items.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.4: Presentation and discussion regarding the City Council
meetings related to biking, walking and greenways.
There are no items in upcoming City Council meetings related to biking, walking and
greenways.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Possible action and discussion on future agenda items.
A Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Greenways Advisory Board Member may inquire about a
subject for which notice has not been given. A statement of specific factual information
or the recitation of existing policy may be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a
proposal to place the subject on an agenda for a subsequent meeting.
Chair Cunha requested the following topics for future meetings:
• Follow-up on the definition of motorized vehicles and if they are allowed on shared-use
paths.
• Construction activity around the Lick Creek Greenway trail and if it could cause the trail
to be closed in the coming months.
Board Member Jansen requested the following topic for a future meeting:
• The need for easy access to shared-use paths with sidewalk ramps for bicyclists riding on
the road, like the Lick Creek Greenway trail at Midtown Drive.
Chair Cunha informed the Board Members about the following as it relates to being more bicycle
friendly:
• Free helmet giveaways were held at the Fun For All Playground on July 28th and at the
Lincoln Center at their Back-To-School rally on July 31st.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Adjourn.
The meeting adjourned at 4:03 p.m.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
____________________________ ____________________________
Elizabeth Cunha, Chair Grecia Fuentes, Board Secretary