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City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

400 La Crosse Street

La Crosse, WI 54601

Meeting Minutes - Final

Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

8:30 AM

Miller Room

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Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 8:33 am.

Roll Call

6 -

Present:

Robert Young, Jeff Fennie, Larry Sleznikow, Grace Janssen, Stephanie

Sward,Chelsey Bodon

2 - Randi Pueschner,Brooke Pataska

Excused:

Approval of Minutes from the July 9th, 2024 meeting.

A motion was made by Young, seconded by Fennie that the minutes be

approved. The motion was carried unanimously by voice vote.

Agenda Items:

Discussion on electric scooters.

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Staff provided an overview of the attached spreadsheet. Staff stated that

overall there seemed to be mixed reviews on electric scooter share in other

communities. The biggest success rate seemed to be in communities with an

attentive local fleet manager.

CM Sleznikow stated that he had a conversation with Legal and they are going

to look into it. The Committee is going to wait to get further information from

Legal.

Discussion on priority projects and implementation of the 2024 Bicycle and

Pedestrian Master Plan.

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CM Sleznikow asked Committee Members to bring forward ideas for future

capital budget processes or grant opportunities. Sward stated that if bike/ped

projects get brought forward that means a different project from Public Works

will be taken away or pushed off. Young asked how the Committee can work

with Engineering to coordinate street reconstruction with priority projects.

Young stated it would be helpful for the Green Complete Streets review to go

further out than one year.

CM Sleznikow suggested forming a subcommittee to discuss and bring back

priority projects to the full committee. CM Sleznikow, James Longhurst, Cathy

Van Maren, and Erin Duffer volunteered to be a part of the subcommittee.

Discussion on Week without Driving and event ideas.

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Cathy Van Maren provided an overview on Week without Driving. The Week

without Driving (WWD) will be September 30-October 6 and is a national effort

to draw attention to transportation challenges faced by non-drivers. The

Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee was invited to co-sponsor the

event. The Committee discussed possible opportunities for events.

Young motioned for the Committee to co-sponsor the Week without Driving.

Fennie Seconded. The motion carried unanimously by voice vote.

Updates (Bike Rodeo, Bike Friendly Community, Committee Member

updates, etc.).

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Staff provided information regarding the city-wide Bike Rodeo on September

19th from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. The event will be held at Copeland Park in the

Oktoberfest Pavilion. Staff is still looking for volunteers and stated the event

will include helmet fittings, bike registration, and bike skills for elementary

aged kids.

Staff also stated that they applied to renew the city's Bike Friendly Community

status at the end of June. As part of that process the League of American

Cyclists is asking community members to fill out the survey about what it is like

to bike in La Crosse. This survey will remain open until October 15th.

Call for future agenda items.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 9:17 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.

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