03-20-2019 PBAC
CITY OF HUTCHINSON
Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
2:00 p.m.
City Center
Meeting Minutes
Members present: Mark Hanneman, Michelle Kiefer, Steve Cook, Dave May
Others Present: Candace Hoversten (Hutchinson Health), Brett Nelson (SHIP), Dolf
Moon, Sara Witte
Absent: Kent Exner (City Engineer), John Olson (Public Works), Sara Turrell,
John Hassinger
1. Review of last meetings minutes – Motion to approve December meeting minutes made
by Michelle, seconded by Steve.
2. Education/Promotion/Community Wellness
a) Bike/Walk to Work/School-
Cancel bike to work May/June event, maybe see about doing a mid/late
summer event. This can be talked about at our June meeting.
Walk to School (Park Elem)-Doug Hanneman and three others will start this
again in April/May walking the Franklin route.
Bike to School-Michelle will talk with Dan Oberg to see if he thinks there is
any interest with students at Park.
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b) Bike Rides- Rotary-Luce Line Loops Bike Ride is Sunday June 9
c) Community Events –Passport to Parks-Bike & Blade bonanza/bike rodeo happening at
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Rotary Park June 1, this is in group effort with Hutchinson Health, JC’s and Rotary.
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Hutch Tigers Cycling Team-Sat. June 22- Oddfellows Park
d) Friends of Luce Line- Plantings to happen in 2019 by E2, will have an April meeting.
Parks & Trails council conducted a state trail inventory using a vibration sensor on a
bike. This will give the quality and condition of all paved trails throughout MN.
e) SHIP-Brett, nothing new to report.
f) Walk, Bike, Fun program updates-Steve/Michelle-BikeMN Ambassador Program to
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be held Wed. 27 at Rec. Center 2:30-5:30. So far 5 people are signed up.
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State wide conference-SRTS meet up- Tuesday May 21 @ Faith Lutheran, Monday
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20 will have another BikeMN Ambassador Training
3. Trail Counts
Cameras will be placed at Bluff, Eheim and Oddfellows-May/June. Group will conduct
the physical counting at Eheim in July, sign up at June meeting.
Any other locations wanting to do counts at, let Sara know.
4. Trail Projects
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2019 projects:Finish Northwood’s trail, 5 Ave. SW to SE corridor, South Grade road
project and Maintenance along Century Ave. SW
Also in process of developing a bituminous trail operations and maintenance plan
5. Street Crossings/Bike racks
Hwy 7 & Montana update-Almost fully funded-HAWK system
Police Memorial-bike fix it station- repainted. Sara will look into adding a bike pump at
that location. Possible cost share?
Also was brought up that a bike station near the Recreation Center might be a good
addition in our community.
Look into AARP grant?
6. Luce Line Trail
MNDOT trail use counter near Arch St.- No update given.
Winsted connection- base work on Winsted connection done and paving it will happen
this Spring
7. County Trail- Dakota update
County workshop to be held soon, next grant needs to be submitted by August
Other:
Regarding the BFC recertification: Michelle will ask her coworker, Natalie Gille about
the report card and what her suggestions would be for improvement and moving up to
Silver status.
Koloni-Bike Share program- Steve will look into
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Auction bikes to have at June 1 Event from Police Dept.- Dolf will ask Hatten
Michelle’s email: The man who invented 30 Days of Biking. #30DOB is coming soon!
Have you taken the pledge? Could you promote at your place of work or social media
outlets?
8. Committee Goals for 2019
New bike map-publish this spring
Community outreach-HCVN-still being aired before City Council meetings-could put
these videos on PRCE Facebook & City PRCE page
NEXT MEETING: Schedule next Quarterly meeting: June 19th, 2019 2:00 p.m.