2014 Annual Meeting

Agenda
2:10pm Welcome Chris Alvarado, Bike Cleveland Board President

2:15pm

2013 Review and Looking Forward Jacob VanSickle, Executive Director

-Special Presentation Jenita McGowan Chief of Sustainability, City of Cleveland

2:35pm

2014 Board of Directors Myron Bennett, Board Governance Chair -Confirmation of 2014 Board Slate - Board Officer Confirmaiton

2:45pm

Volunteer Recognition Jacob VanSickle

2: 55pm
3pm 3pm-5pm

Committee Introductions Marvin Ranaldson, Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator

Closing Jacob VanSickle Karaoke and Social

Welcome

2013 Year in Review

Bike Cleveland Summit September 2011

Where it all began

Membership

378
Individual/Household/Student

17
Businesses/Organizations (representing over 800 employees)

Advocacy

Bike Share Cleveland

Study finds Bike Sharing appropriate for CLE
Challenges:

Securing funding

Developing organizational capacity

Improving bicycle infrastructure Sponsorship / ad regulations Addressing car culture Emerging bicycle culture Candidate funding partners Positive feedback from community & Stakeholders

Opportunities:

Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community

Cleveland Lakewood Cleveland Heights

Bronze Bicycle Friendly Business NEOs First

Events and Programming

1700 people participated in over a dozen Bike Cleveland events

Random Acts of Brightness

1300 Greater Clevelanders logged over 696,000 miles this summer in the National Bike Challenge burning 14,530,000 calories and keeping 311,000 pounds of C02 out of the atmosphere

In the news
Bike Cleveland was interviewed or mentioned over 40 times by the local or national media

Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community designation earned by Cleveland, Lakewood, and Cleveland Heights from League of American Bicyclists. Launched Ride Together: Greater Clevelands first ever bicycle focused media campaign Biking in Cleveland Guide (authors Julia Kuo and Justin Glanville), available online and soon at 2014 biking events. Rust Belt Battle of the Bikes 1,300 Clevelanders competed in National Bike Challenge. We logged 696,000 miles in just five months, saving over 311,000 pounds of carbon dioxide. 700+ people biked to work through 7 bike-to-work day events, with the Cleveland Bike Rack. Bike Lane Installation on Detroit Ave, Edgehill Rd, and Superior Ave., total 30% increase. Commitment for bike lanes on W. 41st and W. 44th in Cleveland. In partnership with City of Cleveland and YMCA, classified City streets to prioritize bike facilities.

2013 Year in Review

2013 Year in Review

Community conversation & advocacy for bike lanes on Madison Avenue, Triskett Avenue, Denison Avenue, Pearl Road, East 72nd Street and Lakeshore Blvd. Cleveland neighborhood outreach through Bike Fix-a-thons and bike light giveaway events. Fixed 55 bikes and distributed 70 lights to un-lit people on bikes. Countywide complete streets policy and design guidelines to facilitate a countywide approach for better bicycling, in partnership with Cuyahoga County. Completed bike share task force feasibility study and implementation plan for moving the idea forward with RTA and the City of Cleveland. I Bike. I Vote. educated voters on candidates commitment to bicycle facilities and safety. 5 more BikeBox Parking Corrals, unique-to-Cleveland, on-street covered bike parking structures, with LAND Studio. First ever bicycle friendly business designation in Northeast Ohio given to Squire Sanders by the League of American Bicyclists.

Financial Report
Income - Total Contract Revenue Donations Events and Fundraising Grant Income Membership Sponsorships Sales $172,811.12 Expense - Total $25,235.24 $21,424.00 $2,917.54 $91,000 $17,126.64 $6,000 $9,107.70 Events and Programs Membership Advocacy General and Operating $138,676.36 $24,483.88 $3,282.54 $22,886.95 $88,022.99

Net end of year Income

$34,134.76

2014

Better Enforcement

Better Engagement

Central Bikes
Program to bring partnerships, programming, advocacy, and empowerment to Clevelands Central neighborhood

Safe Routes to School

Regional Collaboration
Bike Cleveland Chapter Program: Developing structure to coordinate and grow advocacy efforts among all group across the region.

Goal: To build a unified region-strong advocacy voice. Bike Cleveland sub-committee developed with local groups to discuss

Better Bikeways

Lorain Avenue Streetscape Cycle Track

100 Mile Bike Lane Campaign

Bikeway Implementation Plan

Jenita McGowan, Chief of Sustainability City of Cleveland

Complete and Green Streets

Complete and Green Streets Ordinance in effect in January 2012

o A streets network to serve all transportation modes, all ages, all abilities

Complete and Green Streets Typology completed in 2013 Sustainable Cleveland 2019 and Climate Action Plan

Existing Bicycle Infrastructure

47.5 Miles of Bikeway in Cleveland 3.71 Sharrows 10.33 Lanes 34.6 Trails

Connect Every Neighborhood to a Bikeway Network

Geographic Equity Connecting people to places Feasible for City to implement and maintain Align with Capital Improvement Plan Fill in the gaps for streets not in the CIP

2014-2015 Additions

47.5 Miles of Bikeway Adds 44.8 miles to Bikeway Network.

2016-2017 Additions

47.5 Miles of Bikeway 2014-2015: 44.8 miles of Bikeway 2016-2017: Adds 25.64 Miles of Bikeway

Additional Connections
82.5 Miles that complete the network not in the CIP

These streets can be re-striped similar to Detroit Ave. depending on pavement condition. Implementation will be prioritized based on making key network connections .

47.5 Miles of Bikeway 2014-2015: 44.8 miles of Bikeway 2016-2017: Adds 25.64 Miles of Bikeway

Bikeway Implementation Plan

118 miles of bikeway by 2017 Additional 82.5 miles identified as priority network connections 12 miles of trails planned by other agencies

Next Steps

What do you think? Bikeway infrastructure will follow the

Complete and Green Street typology including signed routes, sharrows, bike lanes, protected bike lanes, bicycle blvds, etc. Community meetings will be held to present striping and/or construction plans as streets approach reconstruction/repaving/re-striping

2014 Board Member Confirmation

Myron Bennett, Board Governance Chair

2014 Board Member Slate

Chris Alvarado (2015) Michael Fleming (2015) Barb Clint (2015) Myron Bennett (2015) Jeffrey Sugalski (2016) Julia Schnell (2016) Ben Newman (2016) Matthew Bruckner (2016)

John McGovern (2015)

Angie Schmitt (2015) Marie Kittredge (2015) Steven Lovelace (2015)

Shelli Snyder (2016)

Mitch Thompson (2016) Mary Ellen Carney (2016)

Proposed Board Officers

Chris Alvarado: President Jeffrey Sugalski: Vice President Julia Schnell: Secretary Barb Clint: Treasurer

Volunteer Recognition

Committee Introductions

Closing