Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting -- July 22, 2009

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, July 22, 2009, at the principal office of SDCBC in Downtown San Diego by Chair Brian Parent, pursuant to a notice [1] E-mailed to all directors.

The following persons attended the meeting. Those marked with an asterisk (*) arrived after the call to order.   Name Board Position Office 1 *Jim Baross At Large   2 Suzanne Behrendt San Diego Wheelmen   2 Suzanne Behrendt Sierra Club Bicycle Section   4 Carol Carr North County Cycle Club Newsletter Editor 5 Myles Pomeroy Visitor   6 Fred Ollinger Visitor   7 Samantha Ollinger Visitor   8 Everett Hauser Visitor   9 Philip Erdelsky Rainbow Cyclists Secretary 10 Orville Fitz-Henley   Education Program Coordinator 11 Julie Hocking At Large Treasurer 12 Serge Issakov San Diego Bicycle Club Vice Chair 13 Kathy Keehan   Executive Director 14 *Kerry Kunsman At Large   15 Robert Leone Knickerbikers   16 *Tom Lettington At Large Webmaster 17 Brian Parent At Large Chair 18 Judith Talner At Large   19 Dave White At Large   20 *Greg Zackowski Triathlon Club of SD

The following directors did not attend the meeting:   Name Board Position Office (vacant) Descenders Cycling Club   Julie Hamilton San Diego Cyclo-Vets   Andrew Lee GS Adams Ave Bicycle Club   Bill Matella At Large   Paul Mitchell Major Taylor Cycling Club of SD   Tony Pietsch San Diego Tandem Club   Terrence Relles La Mesa Bicycle Racing Club   Stephan Vance At Large   David Voris At Large Membership Chair

Printed copies of the minutes of the previous meeting [2] were passed out at the meeting. The minutes were approved by voice vote.

The Treasurer's report [3], which had previously been E-mailed to all directors, was presented by the Treasurer and then accepted and submitted for audit by voice vote.

In the absence of the Membership Chair, a brief oral membership report was presented by the Executive Director, who noted that SDCBC has roughly 1100 members.

The question of the Sierra Club representative was brought up but not resolved until Miles Pomeroy and Suzanne Behrendt can discuss the matter.

The Executive Director gave a report on the K-rail in the bike lane on Jamacha Blvd. The County promised to remove it in three weeks but did not do so. After some discussion, the Executive Director decided that SDCBC should have an attorney send a letter to the County and bring up the matter during public comments at a Board of Supervisors meeting.

The Board discussed the recent fatal accident on the San Diego River Path under Interstate 5, where there are no pavement markings or railings. It was agreed that the city should be urged to add edge and middle stripes, and perhaps railings.

Carol Carr reported that the San Dieguito River Conservancy had asked SDCBC to nominate the David Kreitzer Lake Hodges Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge for an orchid (in the local newspaper's annual Orchids and Onions contest, a listing of the best and worst in a number of categories). The Board took no action.

The Board considered whether the Membership Monitor should be required to be a director. By voice vote, the Board ruled that the Membership Monitor need not be a director.

The Board then considered formalizing the selection of spokesperson(s), but took no action. Jim Baross will bring a proposal to a future meeting.

The Board then considered whether a director can represent more than one club, and whether a director who represents more than one club gets multiple votes. By voice vote, the Board ruled that each club gets one vote on the Board, even if two clubs share a representative.

The Board received an oral report on Bike the Bay event. Jim Baross noted that more volunteers are needed, and that the next training session will be on August 11.

Under the Bicycle Friendly Community/REI Grant Project Update, the Executive Director noted that SDCBC will go to some farmer's markets, and that there will be a social ride this Sunday at 4:00 PM from Velo Cult in South Park.

Dave White reported on the Pedal to the Airshow event on October 2, 3 and 4, noting that bicycle parking and the ride from Mira Mesa Park and Ride lot had been successful, and that four shift captains are needed.

The Education Program Coordinator gave an oral report, which included the following items:

• The class in Oceanside was canceled for lack of enrollment. There will be classes in Ocean Beach on Wednesday afternoon, and in Oceanside on Thursday evening.
• SDCBC will have more presence on the Internet.
• A number of Oceanside bicyclists are interested in becoming LCIs (League-certified instructors).
• Parts of the San Diego River Bike Path painted by SDCBC volunteers have received hardly any graffiti.
• San Diego River Bike Path maintenance will start at 9:00 AM every second Saturday on Pacific Highway where the path crosses it.

The Executive Director distributed printed copies of an Executive Director Report [4], which had also been E-mailed, and explained some items in it, in particular the following:

• A meeting of the Oceanside City Council will consider the right of way for the Coastal Rail Trail.
• Some unincorporated communities want greater flexibility in the County Road Standards, but SDCBC wants definite bicycle-access standards with less flexibility; the next meeting will be on July 31.
• Samantha Ollinger will put up a comprehensive bicycle event calendar on the SDCBC Web site.

The Newsletter Editor reported on the following matters:

• Newsletter folding and assembly will be done at the Standley Recreation Center on Wednesday, August 12, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
• The deadline for material for the next issue is the evening of August 3.
• Material for the front page is still needed; perhaps something on the Ocean Beach/San Diego River Bike Path and a Bike the Bay announcement.
• There are new bike racks in the Oceanside commercial district.
• The Knickerbikers did some fundraising for Adventure Cycling mapping.
• Illegal asphalt ramps built across the bike lane on Hotel Circle North have been removed and the perpetrators were cited.
• Possibly an article on the Jamacha Blvd. K-rails.
• An article on rear view mirrors.
• An article on the Pedal to the Airshow event.

The Board received the following Club reports (and similar items which are not actually reports of member clubs):

• North County Cycle Club has lots of century rides, and will advertise members' services free on its Web site, but only for sole proprietorships.
• Jim Baross announced that the traffic ticket issue discussed last month has apparently ended with a lost appeal.
• Rainbow Cyclists parked roughly 250 bicycles at the Lesbian and Gay Pride Fair in Balboa Park on July 18 and 19.
• Knickerbikers will lead a ride to the Flying Leathernecks Museum (at MCAS Miramar) in preparation for the Bike to the Airshow event.
• Suzanne Behrendt announced that the temporary bike path on the north side of Highway 52 (between Santo Rd. and Mast Blvd.) has a lot of debris in it, and that it will be that way for another three years.
• Tom Lettington announced that the Board mailing list will soon be moved to Google.

The meeting was adjourned by general consent at 8:56 PM.

-- Philip J. Erdelsky, Secretary