Salem Bike Path Committee
Minutes of Meeting
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
A Special Meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street.
Members Present: Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, Nancy Sachetti, Jerry Judge, David Pelletier, and Rachel Hunt. Also present was Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator.
Members Absent: Chairman Stan Franzeen and Christine Michelini,
Public in Attendance: none
In the absence of Chairman Franzeen, Vice Chair Bellin assumed the Chair for tonight’s meeting. Acting Chair Bellin called the Special Meeting to order at 7:16pm.
1. Approval of Minutes
The committee members agreed to table the review and approval of the May 11, 2008 Meeting Minutes until the next meeting.
2. Public Comment
No one from the public was present at the meeting so no public comments were taken.
3. Bike Safety Day Event
Acting Chair Bellin opened up the item and outlining the structure and purpose of this Special Meeting. He then explained that he is working on an article for the Salem Gazette regarding the event and biking in Salem.
F. Taormina updated the Committee on the event material that he has been working on including event station cards, member name tags, event banners, no parking signs, station signs, etc. He also updated the committee that he received the generous donation of thirty (30) OnGuard Bike Locks from Neal Todson and mentioned that he has not confirmed where or not the Salem Police Department will be able to donate bike helmets for the event as of yet.
Acting Chair Bellin started off explaining his rules of the road station to the Committee: Road Rules Station. He passed samples of his handouts and road rules quiz, and then continued to explain the other details of his station.
R. Hunt then explained her game station to the Committee: Family Fun Zone Station. She explained that she had roughly six (6) ideas for different bike safety related games to engage both adults and children.
F. Taormina stated that he forgot to mention that he was been able to confirm the attendance of one vendor, Upper Crust Pizza.
D. Shuman asked if he could invite Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream to the event. The Committee agreed that that was a great idea. D. Shuman asked if Upper Crust Pizza was donating pizza for the event or selling it.
F. Taormina stated that Upper Crust is not donating the pizza but vending it at a discounted price. He said that they agreed to vend both slices of pizza and drinks for $1.00 each.
D. Shuman mentioned that he would talk to Ben & Jerry’s and see if they could do the same.
D. Pelletier and J. Judge spoke about their bike repair station: Fix-a-Flat Station. D. Pelletier clarified that the station would only be a station to learn how to fixing a flat and that he would not be performing tune ups or other maintenance and repairs. D. Pelletier asked it D. Shuman could bring 4 bike rims, tubes, and tire pumps for the station. D. Shuman agreed.
N. Sachetti and D. Shuman then spoke about their bike safety equipment station: Bike Safety Equipment Station. D. Shuman and N. Sachetti outlined the structure of their station to the Committee, and D. Shuman explained what types of safety equipment he would be bringing to demonstrate with.
F. Taormina spoke about the City of Salem Bike Path Info Station. He mentioned that in addition to showing and explaining where the existing and proposed bike path and bike routes are in the City. That he would also discuss the installation of bike racks in downtown Salem to encourage folks to take their bikes to downtown, where they can lock them safely, perhaps with one of the free bike locks that will be given out to attendees of the event.
D. Pelletier asked the committee about the design of the flyer and the target audience. Discussion about the type of flyer, style of flyer, and how we would distribute them to the school department ensued.
Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening, Acting Chair Bellin asked for a motion to adjourn.
A motion was made by D. Shuman and seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:06 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by:
Frank Taormina,
Planner/Harbor Coordinator
BPC 05-28-08
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