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HomeMy WebLinkAboutYouth Advisory Board - Minutes - 12/04/2007YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES Regular meeting — December 4, 2007 7:00 p.m. Council Liaison: Lisa Poppaw Staff Liaison: Steve Budner, Recreation, 221-6861 Board Chairperson: Matt Strauch Board Members Present: Lee Swanson, Scott Umbreit, Matt Strauch, Joshua Disney, Erin Rooney, Laura Lamb Board Member(s) Absent: Kai Stuckey Staff Members Present: Steve Budner, Administrator — Recreation Department Carol Fahring, Staff Support — Recreation Department Guest(s) Present: David Kemp, Bicycle Coordinator Call meetine to Order: The regular meeting of the Youth Advisory Board was called to order at 6:02 p.m. by Board chairperson Matt Strauch. Approval of Minutes from November 7, 2007: On a motion by Lee and seconded by Erin, the minutes were approved unanimously. (6-0). A¢enda Review: Other business was moved up in the agenda because Laura needed to leave early. She contacted Walmart about their building on S. College about its possible use as a youth facility. At present they are not renting it and there are no plans for rental in the future. It was decided that Steve would mention the building to the RMT to keep it in the discussion. A discussion was also held about switching the meeting time to 6 pm. Several staff members were unable to arrive by 6 pm so a decision was made to leave the meeting time at 7 pm. The meeting followed a dinner with City management, City Council and ASCSU.All members thought the dinner was great in establishing better connections with the council and the city manager. Also they were impressed with the support shown by council for the Youth Advisory Board. Citizen Participation: There was no citizen participation. Bicycle Plan Update — David (DK) Kemp: The last bike plan was in 1985. There were 4 components: engineering, education, encouragement and enforcement. The next bike plan started in 2006. Under the new bike plan: Engineering projects included linking bike lanes to activity centers, on road bike parking and coordination between city departments. - Education and Encouragment began with hiring a bike coordinator, David. There are many bike events on the calendar such as bike week, fun bike events and bike winter. Smart Trips was a good Youth Advisory Board Minutes December 4, 2007 Page 2 start in education. It just needed updating and refining. One area which needs targeting is child obesity. There needs to be a different focus on both youth and adult bicyclists and motorists. A major goal in education is to teach people to bike respectfully. This includes respecting the laws, pedestrians and motorists. In the past the major form of encouragement was to reward bike riders with coupons, etc. Now the focus is on having fun bike events. Bike Fort Collins and the FC Bike Coop, along with the city just received a CMAC grant to establish a bike library. The purpose of the bike library is to have bikes at hotels and other facilities that the public can use. It would be available for tourists to use or for the working citizenry to use for errands. Another project is the Recycled Bike project. In the past all found bikes have been shipped out of state. If we kept them, they could be used for the bike library, to give to the needy or for classes where students could earn a bike. Bikes going to the landfill could be used for parts. - Enforcement — There are not enough police officers to patrol bicyclists so it needs to be self- governing. That is where education comes in. A few of the illegal bike maneuvers are: riding on the sidewalks in Old Town, riding on College between Laurel and Harmony, and riding at night without a light. DK would like to start a Bicycle Advisory Committee in 2008 with members from many sources. Matt attempted to get Josh to volunteer since he frequently rides a bike. However there was no word from Josh on the matter. How can the bike plan help kids? It gives them a safe way to access recreation facilities. It is important for parents to model safe bike riding skills. To that end DK would like to offer some family biking activities. Chairman's report: a. Restructuring finalization - Matt handed out a final copy of the restructuring plan. Erin moved to accept it and Lee seconded the motion. It was approved on a vote of 5-0. b. Review of Work Plan —Matt encouraged each member to visit a meeting of another board or read their minutes and then report back to YAB. The following boards were chosen: Scott - Transportation Lee — Affordable Housing Erin — Natural Resources Josh — Library c. Annual Report Discussion — Matt appointed Carol to review Janet's files and submit an annual report to the clerk's office. It is due January 31. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, January 2 at 7 pm in Activity room 3 at NACC. Carol will send a reminder on Monday, December 31. Youth Advisory Board Minutes December 4, 2007 Page 3 Matt and Carol will meet on December 20 at 9 am at NACC to discuss the agenda for the January meeting. On a motion by Lee and seconded by Scott, the board voted unanimously (5-0) to adjourn at 7:26 pm. Respectfully submitted, 64'e� x�z� Carol Fahring, Staff support The next meeting will be Wednesday, January 2 at 7 pm at NACC.