City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee  
Tuesday, September 10, 2024  
8:30 AM  
City Hall - Miller Room  
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Call to Order  
The meeting was called to order at 8:30 am.  
Roll Call  
7 -  
Present:  
Robert Young, Jeff Fennie, Larry Sleznikow, Stephanie Sward, Randi  
Pueschner, Chelsey Bodon,Brooke Pataska  
1 - Grace Janssen  
Excused:  
Approval of Minutes  
Approval of the August 13, 2024 meeting minutes.  
A motion was made by Pataska, seconded by Young that the minutes be  
approved. The motion carried unanimously by voice vote.  
Agenda Items:  
Safe Routes to School Overview and Presentation.  
1.  
The County Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Coordinators (Chelsey Boldon and  
Nikki Kvam) provided an overview and presentation on the Safe Routes to  
School program.  
They stated that the goal of the program is to enable and encourage kids to  
walk and bike to school. They stated that they want to make the program  
sustainable so even if the coordinators were not there, schools could continue  
on with programming and advocacy.  
The SRTS program has a host school program which gives schools money to  
participate in encouragement activities. The La Crosse Schools involved  
include Northside/Coulee Montessori, Hintgen, State Road, Summit, and Logan  
Middle School.  
Randi Pueschner provided context on being a school liason. She stated that  
Summit Elementary does a bike bus where she picks kids up at each  
intersection on Lakeshore Drive.  
The SRTS coordinators stated they assist with bike rodeos, walk to school days,  
slide into safety, and other community/school events.  
Bike Registration and Theft Prevention.  
24-1194  
2.  
Randi Pueschner put together and went through the attached presentation  
about Garage 529. The mission of this nonprofit/website is to put a database  
together of stolen bikes. The owner can input information about their stolen  
bike for other members in the community to see. If the bike were to show up in  
another community it is easier for members to find the owner of the bike rather  
than each community having their own registration system. It is free for users  
but would cost the city $1200 a year to use.  
Sergeant Pataska said she could talk internally to see if this is something the  
Police Department would be interested in.  
Discussion on priority projects and implementation of the 2024 Bicycle and  
Pedestrian Master Plan.  
24-1119  
3.  
CM Sleznikow noted the subcommittee needs to follow open meeting law and  
be recreated with members only for future reference, and he asked staff to go  
over minutes of what was discussed. Staff provided an overview of the  
notes/minutes of everything discussed at the meeting, which are also attached  
to the agenda.  
Young suggested protected bike lanes on Clinton Street and Ranger Drive  
should be considered a priority project with the consideration of a quick-build  
project. Sward stated first parking would have to be studied on Clinton and  
public engagement on the possibility of removing parking.  
Updates (Bike Rodeo, Bike Friendly Community, Committee Member  
updates, etc.).  
24-1120  
4.  
Staff reminded the Committee the Bike Rodeo would take place September 19,  
2024. Staff stated the Bike Friendly Community survey is open until  
mid-October.  
Other updates include:  
-Drift Cycle received grant to expand for five new stations, four will be on the  
north side.  
-Week without Driving is September 20-October 6.  
Call for Future Agenda Items.  
5.  
Young brought up concerns with the traffic circle signs on greenways no longer  
being in the traffic circle and are now moved to the boulevard.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 9:48 am.  
Notice is further given that members of other governmental bodies may be present at the  
above scheduled meeting to gather information about a subject over which they have  
decision-making responsibility.  
NOTICE TO PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY  
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should call the City Clerk's office at (608) 789-7510 or send an email to  
ADAcityclerk@cityoflacrosse.org, with as much advance notice as possible.  
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Members: CM Larry Sleznikow, Brooke Pataska,  
Grace Janssen, Jeff Fennie, Randi Pueschner, Robert Young, Stephanie Sward, Chelsey  
Boldon