Alexandria BPAC Meeting – Monday, September 9, 2019
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Please join us for the Alexandria BPAC Meeting at the Charles Houston Recreation Center, 901 Wythe St, Alexandria, VA 22314 on Monday, September 9 from 7 to 9 PM. We will have discussions about Seminary Road, the new BPAC logo, upcoming events, and more at Monday’s BPAC meeting; the agenda is below.
AGENDA
1. Introductions and Welcome – Josephine Liu, Vice Chair for Bicyclists
2. Alexandria Police Liaison Discussions – Lieutenant Mike May- Updates on recent crashes involving people walking and biking
- Alexandria Police Traffic Safety initiatives
3. City of Alexandria Vision Zero and Complete Streets Program
- Complete Streets project updates provided separately
4. Project/Event updates
- Seminary Road Complete Streets Project status
- Over 1200 petition signatures
- City Council hearing on Saturday, September 14 – please let Jim know if you can speak or attend
- Aug. 18: Mount Vernon Trail south ride
- Aug. 20: Bikeshare Community Partners program for Community Lodging residents
- Sept. 1: murals ride
- Upcoming rides/events – Josephine Liu
- AlexRenew waterways ride (date TBD)
- Halloween ride (Oct. 27)
- Operation Illumination (early Nov., date TBD)
- Holiday lights ride (Dec. 14)
- BPAC logo update – Casey Kane
- BPAC swag update (deferred to October)
- NVRC League Certified Instructor training – Judd Isbell
5. BPAC Business items
- Secretary’s report and minutes – Zack DesJardins
- Treasurer’s report and financial Update – Erin Meter
- 501(c)(3) Update and Next Steps:
- The IRS certified BPAC as a public 501(c)(3) organization, effective April 15, 2019.
- Online fundraising tools
- Next steps: Business license? Key projects? Grant applications?
- Subcommittee Reports
- Infrastructure subcommittee – Ken Notis, Chair
- Education subcommittee – Eldon Boes
- Upcoming BITS volunteer opportunities and bike rodeos
- Events subcommittee – Judd Isbell and Randy Cole, Co-Chairs
- Legislative and Policy subcommittee – Zack DesJardins, Chair
- Communications – Judith Fogel, Becky Puritz, Andrea Kirk and Bob Trencheny
6. Public Comments/New Business:
- 2019 RPCA Needs Assessment Survey – Open until September 15
Bike and Pedestrian Calendar – Please join us at one or more events!
- Saturday, September 14 – City Council Public Hearing
- September (Date TBD) – AlexRenew waterways ride
- September 21-23 – Car Free Days Metro DC, https://carfreemetrodc.org/the-car-free-pledge/
- Monday, September 23, 6:30 pm – Agenda Alexandria event: Complete Streets or War on Cars?, https://agendaalexandria.com/2019-complete-streets-or-war-on-cars/
- Wednesday, October 2 – 23rd annual Walk to School Day
- Saturday, October 5, 9 am to noon – Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) prioritization and action plan development
- Saturday, October 5, 10 am – Le Tour d’Alexandria Library, https://alexlibraryva.org/alexandria-bike-tour
- Monday, October 7, 6:30-9:00 pm – Alexandria Mobility Plan Innovation Forum, https://www.alexandriava.gov/MobilityPlan.
- Wednesday, October 16, 7-9 pm – BPAC Monthly meeting at the Charles Houston Rec Center
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