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Minutes of the Meeting on August 28th, 2008
Members Present:
- Andy Bindman, District 1
- Richard Tilles, District 2
- Marc Brandt, District 3
- Bert Hill, District 7 (Chairman)
- Rufus Davis, District 10
- Casey Allen, District 11
Introduction
- Meeting was called to order at 7 pm by Chairman Hill
- Minutes from the July meeting were approved.
- Chairman Hill announced that the first “Sunday Streets” event would take place on August 31.
- Casey Allen mentioned that the Slow Foods festival was also on for that weekend.
Public Comment
- Andy Thornley of the SFBC mentioned the second family time festival in Golden Gate Park on September 6.
Chairman and Committee Reports
- Chairman Hill spoke about bicycling as mentioned in the Christian Science Monitor.
- Picking up on the media angle, Richard Tilles cited an excellent article on the bike plan injunction that was in the recent Wall Street Journal.
- Marc Brandt talked about his participation on the Caltrain Bikes on board Committee.
- Casey Allen has met with Supervisor Sandoval who will ask to have a meeting of the Transportation and Land Use Committee to discuss environmental damage caused by the bike plan injunction.
- Thornley mentioned a 9 AM Saturday bike ride in District 3.
- Randall Orr from SF State discussed a Southwest bike committee to discuss issues in Districts 4, 7 and 11.
There was a committee recess between 7:15 and 7:55.
Review of the Draft Bicycle Plan
- The Committee went over comments made by Chairman Hill and Task Force Member Tilles. Dustin White of SFMTA was present to take notes on the comments and to answer questions.
- At the end, Andy Bindman made a motion to accept comments as written and amended during the session. The motion passed unanimously.
Closing
- Brandt said that given recent comments from police on critical mass; a police representative should attend our next meeting. Hill suggested instead that we write a letter to Chief Fong and Brandt said that he would draft such a letter.
- The meeting adjourned at 9:45 PM.