Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting -- April 25, 2007

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition (SDCBC) was called to order at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at the Standley Recreation Center by Board Chair Brian Parent, pursuant to a notice [1,2] mailed to all directors.

The following persons attended the meeting   Name Board Position Office 1 Jim Baross At Large Membership Chair 2 Roman Beck At Large 3 Mike Berry San Diego Century Riders 4 Carol Carr North County Cycle Club Newsletter Editor 5 David Chernay Visitor 6 Eric Converse Visitor 7 Philip Erdelsky Rainbow Cyclists Secretary 8 Silke Fleischer Visitor 9 Serge Issakov San Diego Bicycle Club Vice Chair 10 Kathy Keehan Executive Director 11 Kerry Kunsman At Large Treasurer 12 Tom Lettington At Large Webmaster 13 Brian Parent At Large Chair 14 Tony Pietsch San Diego Tandem Club 15 Michael Satterlee San Diego Cyclo-Vets 16 Judith Talner At Large 17 Stephan Vance At Large 18 Dave White Visitor 19 Greg Zackowski Triathlon Club of San Diego

The following directors did not attend the meeting:   Name Board Position Office 1 Ken King Knickerbikers 2 Andrew Lee GS Adams Ave Bicycle Club 3 Bill Matella At Large 4 Tom Yager Sierra Club Bicycle Section

Printed copies of the minutes of the previous meeting [4] were passed out at the meeting. The reading was waived and the minutes were approved by voice vote.

The treasurer presented a March 2007 Treasurer's Report [5], which was received and submitted for audit by voice vote.

The Membership Chair reported that he was working with Tony to take over the membership database, and that still have approximately 1000 members.

The board discussed the possibility of moving the PO box but took no action.

Dave White reported on the Pedal to the Park event, noting that he had some $30 tickets for sale at the meeting, that he needs volunteers for parking and Tandem captain, and that stage 2 is September 16.

The Executive Director reported on the Fiesta Island Development Plan, and suggested that SDCBC write a letter of support indicating that bicyclists like Fiesta Island as it is, but if you have to mess with it, the current plan is probably OK. A motion that SDCBC support the plan as the Executive Director suggested was made and seconded, and later replaced by a motion that SDCBC support the plan provided no club objects and support is maintained for bicycling events. The motion was passed by voice vote.

The Board then discussed possible support for the SANDAG Regional Transportation Plan. A motion to say to SANDAG that the plan goes in the wrong direction, with not enough money for bicycles, transit, etc. and too much for freeways, etc. was passed by voice vote with one abstention noted.

Jim Baross then presented two proposals: (1) that the City of San Diego should enact an ordinance to require bicycle parking for civic events and (2) that SDCBC should acquire some bicycle racks to provide bicycle parking. A motion to empower Jim Baross to serve on the Bicycle Advisory Board was passed by voice vote.

The Executive Director presented a list of four events to which SDCBC may want to send representatives:

• Pedal Power - May 1 and 2nd, 2007, Sacramento CA $35 registration fee. Current San Diego commitments - Stephan Vance, Kathy Keehan, Matt Politzer, EI Camino Real Bikes, Electra Bikes, K.C. Butler
• Bike Ed 2007 - June 14, 15, 16, Austin TX Registration $250 ($225 for LCI's). Current San Diego commitments - Jim Baross. Possible CBC contribution for registration and airfare.
• Trail Link 2007 - August 8-10, Portland OR. Registration $325. No current San Diego representation.
• Walk Bike California 2007 - September 11-14, 2007, Davis CA. Registration $274.

The Re-Bike representatives proposed to rent a blue building on 14th Street at K Street in Downtown San Diego for $500 per month, on a month-to-month tenancy until the building is razed. A motion to allocated six months' rent ($3000) for this purpose was passed by voice vote. The Re-Bike project has a Web site at http://www.earnabike.org/.

The Executive Director distributed printed copies of the Executive Director's Report, which had previously been distributed in electronic form [6]. She also noted (1) that volunteers are needed for Bike to Work Day, to work at pit stop at Caltrans in Old Town and to appear on camera for Channel 10, (2) there will be no pit stop at the KNBC 7/39 Building in Downtown San Diego, (3) there will be a pit stop at the Visitor Center on Harbor Drive at Broadway, and (4) that we should do something for the San Diego River Day the day after Bike to Work Day.

Carol Carr presented a oral newsletter report.

• At the April 11 volunteer meeting, we assembled and prepared 1120 newsletters -- a record number.
• Articles about the Earth Fair, the Omnium and other activities are needed.
• There will be an Earth Fair article in the next newsletter.
• The deadline for items for the next newsletter is approximately one month from today.
• Serge Issakov noted that there had been recent improvements in the bike lanes on Torrey Pines Road from La Jolla to UCSD.
• Tony Pietsch noted that a small area of back-in diagonal parking had been recently striped in Solana Beach.

The following club reports were presented:

• North County Cycle Club does not send out invoices (renewal notices) for membership renewals; Rainbow Cyclists sends out three notices for each renewing member.
• The Century Riders recently had a 600K event.
• The Tri Club proposes to do another parking lot quick-check thing.
• On May 5 the SDBC will hold its annual Barrio Logan bike races; their Junior Team has 31 members.

The meeting was adjourned by general consent about 8:35 PM.

-- Philip J. Erdelsky, Secretary