THURSDAY APRIL 24TH, 6:00pm

The committee currently has $4611 from fundraising efforts. We need a total of $7000 to meet out commitment to RDG for the 13th Street Plan.

The Imagine 13th Street Committee discussed plans to sell pork burgers during the 4th of July fireworks. The Tama Co. Pork Producers will grill in the parking lot of the Salvation Army from 5-8pm. They will charge $4.50 for a pork burger/drink/ chips meal, and $5.50 for a pork loin sandwich/drink/chips meal. The committee will receive a portion of the profits to apply towards our 13th Street fundraising project. Sue Clark will also be selling Shaved Ice from the parking lot the same evening.

The committee discussed how to advertise the 4th of July events. The event will be called ‘13th Street Blast,’ Vicki Bogner will design a flyer. The Embers and Strand’s will both donate their TR advertising on channel 14 to the event, during the week proceeding it. Various committee members agreed to check advertising prices at local radio stations and newspapers.

On May 19th, from 9-10 am, Franklin school is hosting a clean up day for their grounds. 13th Street Committee members were invited and encouraged to attend to show support for this neighborhood school.

In the middle of June, we expect Marty from RDG to come back and present his plan for us to the community. No date is set yet.

Committee members were reminded to continue soliciting donations so that we can quickly reach our $7000 goal.

The next meeting is planned for May 15th, at 6:00pm at the Embers.

Karin Podhajsky

Minutes of Imagine 2011 Bicycle Committee Meeting held April 11, 2008 @ 5:30 PM at the Conference Room at the YM/YWCA

Attending:  Mary, Dave, Charley, Tom, Duane, Terry, Bob

Matters discussed:

A.     Funding for signs

1.      Marshall County Foundation Grand for $5000.00 submitted.

2.      Terry has submitted a grant from KCCI.

3.      Bob will make a presentation to the Noon Optimists on April 24.

4.      Bob will submit a grant application to the Alliant Energy Foundation for $5000.00..

5.      Terry will make a presentation to Morning Optimists April 14, 2008.

B.     A sample of the sign to be used on the approve streets is available.

C.     Discussed other streets and modification of approve streets, i.e.

1.      Rerouting south 3^rd St from Main St. to extend the approve street to 2^nd Street then south to Nevada Street and back west to S 3^rd St. for access to the new library.

2.      Getting City Council approval to paint bike lanes on Main Street from 13^th St to 5^th Ave.  This section of Main Street is wide enough to meet Class 2 code requirements for bike lanes painted on streets.

3.      Other streets were discussed for modification in NE Marshalltown and other will be as well. 

4.      Our goal is to absolutely finalize any and all street designation so only one presentation will be made to the City Council for their approval.  Lynn Couch will help us with this. 

D.     Bob met with Terry Gray, Park & Recreation Director, April10, 2008.  The discussion involved but not limited to:

1.      directional signs to the Riverside Park Trail head on N 3^rd Ave north & south bound lanes

2.      The temporary location of this trail head until Riverside Park renovation is complete.

3.      Utilizing the Iowa Valley Bike Club for bike path maintenance such as weed control, mark painted at half mile intervals starting at Riverside Park, etc. 

E.      Bike Path signs stating “rules” for using the path, for instance no unleashed dogs, bicyclists respecting pedestrians, speed limits for bicyclist, etc. 

F.      Next meeting is Tuesday, May 13 at 5:30 at the YMCA small conference room. 

G.     Meeting adjourned at 6:30 PM.

H.     What did I forget?  Bring it up at the next meeting.

       Respectfully, Bob Peterson

Linn Creek River Walk Committee Meeting April 7, 2008 5:30 pm YMCA Boardroom

In Attendance: Beth Akason, Larry Kester, Mike Miller, Bonnie Thurston, Chad Kunc, Jason Beeghly, Tom Podhajsky, Marla Knight, Belinda Blackburn, Phil Telzloff, Linda Holvik, Sylvia Lowrance

Minutes:

1. Committee met with Marty Shukert from RDG to view design layout details that will be viewed by the public on April 8th.
2. After feedback is received from the public, the next steps will include:
   1. Creating 3 dimensional drawings
   2. Drawings will be created on a larger scale
   3. Cost estimates will be developed
3. Next meeting will take place around June 1st to review the final design proposal and cost estimates

Notes re: School Principles meeting January 8, 2008

Attending:  Terry, Dana, Tom, Charley & Bob

The audience consisted of the school principles, Mr. Cass and others.

We reviewed the streets the City Council has approved for signing for bicycle use noting that they are in close proximity to the schools and left a map which had the streets marked on it.  We suggested that when the Safe Routes to Schools program is initiated that we could and would be happy to work with the principles and PTA,s in helping them plan and implement their suggestions about the best routes for children to use when they ride their bicycles to school. We suggested that bicycle racks be place on hard surfaces rather on the grass for obvious reasons. 

Jon Boston discussed at length the sidewalk issue urging everyone to attend the City Council meeting on January 14, 2008 for support of the Imagine sidewalk proposal. 

Sincerely

Bob Peterson

Minutes of Imagine Bike Committee held in the conference room at the YMCA on February 26, 2008 @ 5:30-6:30 PM

Attending: Terry, Linda, Charley, Dana, Mary, Duane, Bob

Matters Discussed:

We feel that our emphasis now should be to get the approved streets signed because we feel that if this is done  and citizens see “action” they will be more acceptable to other initiatives. 

1. Lynn Couch, City Engineer, gave us the following:
   1. cost per sign = $29.00 each
   2. cost per post = $35.00 each.  These are special posts that are required when posts are placed in the parking because they will collapse when struck.
   3. 240 signs will be needed for mid-block (one on each side of the street) and 60 signs at turns 
   4. It will be possible to mount the signs to existing posts that are in the parking, i.e. alternate parking signs, light poles, etc. so this should reduce the total needed funds considerably.  How much has not yet been determined.
   5. The City will install the signs at no charge to us directly.
   6. He will provide us with a sample of the sign.  We suggested that it be larger than the ones on South 6^th Street and be of a bright color since there will no marked lanes on these approved streets. 
2. We plan to suggest some modifications to the approved streets.
   1. The elimination of South 7^th Ave from Bromley to E. Nevada because E Nevada has been removed from the original plan because it is too busy to be a bike street.
   2. Since these streets were approved the Library has moved and we feel that this is an important destination so we plan to suggest that instead of using South 3^rd Street south of Main Street we use 2^nd Street south from West Main Street to W Nevada and then return west to South 3^rd Street. This would provide access to the Library as well as a direct route to the YM/YWCA when the pedestrian bridge over the railroad track on South 2^nd street is constructed.
   3. We discussed the possibility of  Main Street from 3^rd Street east to 5^th Ave being a “bike street” since it does meet the Class 2 bicycle lane specification and could be easily done and be beneficial with increased traffic to down town.
   4. We are aware that any modifications will need City Council approval.
3. We discussed possible funding sources for the signs and posts.
4. We briefly discussed the Imagine Riverview Plan.
5.  Charley & Terry met with Marie Steenlage, Executive Director for the CBD and its governing body on February 8, 2008 to discuss with them our willingness to serve in an advisory capacity if and when they decide to improving the bicycle/pedestrian use of the down town. 
6. We discussed that Marshalltown participate in the annual national “Bike to Work Week” this spring and expanding it to “Walk to Work Week” as well.  The date is to be announced.  Ken Black from the TR said he would be glad to write an article about it. Its success will depend on how well we can promote it. 

Respectfully, Bob Peterson

Minutes of Imagine Bike Committee held in the conference room at the YMCA on February 26, 2008 @ 5:30-6:30 PM

Attending: Terry, Linda, Charley, Dana, Mary, Duane, Bob

Matters Discussed:

We feel that our emphasis now should be to get the approved streets signed because we feel that if this is done  and citizens see “action” they will be more acceptable to other initiatives. 

1. Lynn Couch, City Engineer, gave us the following:
   1. cost per sign = $29.00 each
   2. cost per post = $35.00 each.  These are special posts that are required when posts are placed in the parking because they will collapse when struck.
   3. 240 signs will be needed for mid-block (one on each side of the street) and 60 signs at turns 
   4. It will be possible to mount the signs to existing posts that are in the parking, i.e. alternate parking signs, light poles, etc. so this should reduce the total needed funds considerably.  How much has not yet been determined.
   5. The City will install the signs at no charge to us directly.
   6. He will provide us with a sample of the sign.  We suggested that it be larger than the ones on South 6^th Street and be of a bright color since there will no marked lanes on these approved streets. 
2. We plan to suggest some modifications to the approved streets.
   1. The elimination of South 7^th Ave from Bromley to E. Nevada because E Nevada has been removed from the original plan because it is too busy to be a bike street.
   2. Since these streets were approved the Library has moved and we feel that this is an important destination so we plan to suggest that instead of using South 3^rd Street south of Main Street we use 2^nd Street south from West Main Street to W Nevada and then return west to South 3^rd Street. This would provide access to the Library as well as a direct route to the YM/YWCA when the pedestrian bridge over the railroad track on South 2^nd street is constructed.
   3. We discussed the possibility of  Main Street from 3^rd Street east to 5^th Ave being a “bike street” since it does meet the Class 2 bicycle lane specification and could be easily done and be beneficial with increased traffic to down town.
   4. We are aware that any modifications will need City Council approval.
3. We discussed possible funding sources for the signs and posts.
4. We briefly discussed the Imagine Riverview Plan.
5.  Charley & Terry met with Marie Steenlage, Executive Director for the CBD and its governing body on February 8, 2008 to discuss with them our willingness to serve in an advisory capacity if and when they decide to improving the bicycle/pedestrian use of the down town. 
6. We discussed that Marshalltown participate in the annual national “Bike to Work Week” this spring and expanding it to “Walk to Work Week” as well.  The date is to be announced.  Ken Black from the TR said he would be glad to write an article about it. Its success will depend on how well we can promote it. 

Respectfully, Bob Peterson

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Minutes of Imagine 7/2011 Bicycle Path Committee of October 31, 2007

Attending:  Tom, Charley, Bob, Dave, Mary, Dana, Duane.

Matters Discussed

Charley, Tom & Terry have ridden the bike routes as they were approved by the City Council in April of 2005. They were satisfied with the route except that they felt that the section of Lincolnway/Madison Street from 12^th Street to 12^th Ave should be deleted because of the heavy auto/truck traffic it carried .  They thought that the proximity of the route to most of the schools was satisfactory and having the routes go closer to the schools could be easily determined in the future.

1. We discussed the access to the South 6^th St Southbound bike lane from the North over the old Linn Creek bridge.  The approach to the bridge from the North needs to be improved for safe bicycling.
2. We discussed striping a bike lane in front of Miller Junior High wondering that if that were done would people picking up children not be able to park along the curb but use the center parking spots. 
3. We were surprised that there was a tunnel under 6^th Street on the south side of Linn Creek. 
4. We discussed that access to the bike path using it as an east-west “arterial” from the south was good but that the access to it from the north was not good because of the need to cross the train tracks unless the South Center Viaduct was used.  That there was a need for a pedestrian bridge across the train tracks somewhere, possibly South 2^nd St. 
5. We looked at the minutes of the Park & Rec bike committee in 2005 to find that the cost of  each sign designating the street for bike usage was about $60.00 each including post and labor and that there would need to be one at each corner and 1 every block or every other block.  With signs of each side of the street this means many, many signs, so the suggestion was made to “sign” only So 12^th St, 2 blocks of Boone St., 13^th St to IVH, Summit St from 19^th St to 3^rd St., Main St from 19^th St to 3^rd St, 19^th St from Summit St to Main St, 3^rd St from Main St to Jerome, Jerome St to 9^th St, 9^th St to Summit St.  This area covers access to Miller JR High, Franklin and Rogers Schools as well as access to the bike path on South 12 St.  It was decided that Charley, Bob & Tom would ride these routes again on bicycles. 
6. We discussed inviting Terry Gray and Lynn Couch to our next meeting to review the proposed/revised routes 
7. Next meeting is Tuesday, November 20, 2007 @ 5:00 PM in the conference room at the YM/YWCA.
8. What did I forget?

Bob Peterson

Meeting with Lisa Koester from Marshalltown School Administration Monday December 3, 2007 @ 2:00 PM

Attending:  Terry, Dana, Charley, Tom & Bob

We discussed the routes the City Council has approved for signing for bicycles and related it to the Safe Routes to School initiative.  The approved streets are in close proximity to schools and we suggested that after more study we could connect them to schools so children could ride bicycles to school. 

She suggested that we meet with the Principles at their monthly meeting on January 8, 2008 and present the above to them.  She will arrange for us to be on their program. 

Bob Peterson