Peoria Standard

City of Batavia Bicycle Commission met July 13.

Here is the minutes provided by the commission:

1. Roll Call: Steve Ericksen, Joanne Spitz, John Gamble, John Burnham, Dave Pedersen, Jen Ress, Troy Simpson, Jared Heck

Absent: Brett Garrett, Amy Moore, Randy Deicke, Emil Jensen

2. Approve Minutes

3. John wrote a letter to Laura Newman, in support of E Bikes, as requested by Ryan Peterson. Brett is writing a letter to the Mayor, requesting to be a commissioner. John asked the mayor to write a letter of commendation to thank Matt and Scott for their service on the BBC. Scott Brassel resigned from the BBC, so Evan Thomas, or Jared Heck will become the new commissioner.still to be determined. Evan is taking over the Bikes for Batavia program, with Jared as his partner/Assistant to the Director. THANK YOU so much to both of you!!!

4. Bikes for Batavia: Joanne/John and Evan/Jared will share the 2 keys and will continue to arrange times for anyone to pick up some bikes to tune/fix at home. Evan has worked tirelessly to organize all the bike donations, contact parents to get bikes to their children, contact adults to get bikes, deliver them, get them registered with the police, and fix them. We could not do this this program without him. And, then he brought in his friend, Jared Heck, who is also helping with all of this. THANK YOU!

THERE IS A GOOGLE DOC WE ARE GOING TO KEEP FOR ALL BIKE REQUESTS. IT WAS STARTED BY BPS101/Amy Nelson, AND WE WILL ALL USE THIS TO TRACK REQUESTS AND FINISHED DELIVERIES OF BIKES. IT IS CALLED: BIKE HELP LIST 2020/2021. I added most of you to the document. Let me know if you did not get it and will do another invite. Evan has improved this document, adding a sheet for bikes given to children/adults, and a sheet listing the entire inventory of bikes.

John Burnham will share admin info with Evan for the website and facebook. Evan suggested we start a Bikes for Batavia (BfB) facebook page, to get more bike donations and to get the program in front of more people. Evan also suggested an updated logo, and wonderful Dave already sent some fantastic ideas.so we need to take a consensus to pick one. Dave will get stickers to put on every bike donated.

Evan and Jared will make a list of parts they would like on hand, and we will all look for suppliers. Joanne has a contact in Plano at Mudslingers, who may be able to help. John B also knows about a supplier. Prairie Path may be able to help once it gets cold and have more time. Parts: locks, helmets, lights, wheels, tires, etc.

We also want to buy locks.need to check with Randy if he can order and pay with BBC funds. If not, CHIP IN will buy some.

We agreed that Evan should try to sell bikes that cannot be repaired but could bring in money for the program. Evan would like to use the trailer at events, such as the Farmer’s Market, which we have done in the past. He would also like to do a “Fix your own bike day” at the storage facility.more info to come.

5. Ride the Frog: Register! $90 for early registration. Late registration is after July 31 ($120). $50 if not using the bus. Sponsored by The Rotary Club. Extra days of riding are about 50+ miles/day. SHARE ON FACEBOOK! File attached. Dave sent everyone several files.

6. Bike Share: Several towns postponed the program: Oswego, St. Charles, and S Elgin. And no docking station in S Elgin, as originally planned. Towns who will start the program include Batavia, Elgin, Montgomery, and Aurora. There is a ribbon cutting on July 31 at 10am at city hall.all are invited. Ads are available- City working with the Chamber. And the 4 cities starting with Koloni will get a bigger piece of the money coming back to them from the county. Marketing materials are coming out soon.

7. Meeting ended at 8:05PM and worked on Bikes for Batavia bikes!

http://www.cityofbatavia.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07132020-1580