The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My Public Portal AboutBikeways Committee -- 2020-03-05 Minutes i r Brewster Bikeways Committee Meeting Minutes March 5, 2020 Attendees : Joe Sullivan, Susan Riseman, George Bausch, Greg Wright, Eric Levy, Hal Minis, Rick Scannevin . Guest : Michael Gradone , Director of the Brewster Recreation Department . Meeting was called to order at 5 : 00 PM . There was much to cover at this meeting . ® Minutes from the February 6, 2020 updated and unanimously approved . ® There was a brief discussion to clarify how citizens input should be addressed . ® Most of the discussion revolved around the upcoming Bike Day event called the " Brewster Bike Fest Expo 2020" and the format that will be used . It is hoped that 100-200 people would be attending/ participating . ® Joe Sullivan presented a flyer that could be used to promote the Expo . Hal Minis suggested we be more specific in the flyer by describing some of the events so people would have an idea about what to expect when they are there . ( See attached flyer for all the details) ® The event runs from 24 PM on Saturday, May 16th at the Eddy School Gymnasium . Registration will be at 1 : 30. Participants will check in, sign a waiver and be directed to their starting point. ® Mike Gradone offered the use of about a dozen tables from the school that could be used by various groups . Some of the groups we hope to attract : ® Local bike shops ( George Bausch ) ® Brewster Water Department ( Eric Levy) ® Friends of the CC Rail Trail ( Rick Scannevin ) ® Brewster Fire Dept. rep ( George ) ® Mass DCR ( Eric) ® Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority ® Mass Bikes (Joe Sullivan ) ® Cape Cod Cycle Club Race Team ( Greg Wright) ® Council on Ageing (Susan Riseman ) ® Mike will help us with procuring snacks . ® Advertising the Expo : ® Mike will promote the event in the schools . 1 ® Possibly set up a table on the CCRT the week before to hand out flyers , ® Make flyers available at local bike shops . ® George thought we might be able to get the flashing billboard from the DPW . I ® Maybe a sign at the landfill . ® Town website . i ® Town Facebook page . 3 I I t i I i ® Water Bottles . It was hoped we could purchase about 200 plastic bike water bottles to hand out to the participants . We looked at a sample logo for the bottle and discussed the cost, roughly $ 1 .00 each plus a one time $ 55 logo set up fee . We will try and see if we could get some financial assistance from the Brewster Water Dept . and the Brewster COA , The Water Dept . could fill the bottles at their table while promoting their "Drink Brewster Tap" which is a joint venture with the Recycling Commission to encourage drinking local water while reducing throw away plastic bottles . ® We hope to use some of the $ 4200 that was approved at the 2015 Annual Town Meeting for the Bikeways use to cover the costs of printing for the flyers or possible maps . ® Biking Brochures . We discussed, briefly, having a Brewster Biking Brochure , The Brewster Police Department has a map that we will review at a future meeting . It was brought up that maybe we could get the Graphic Arts program at one of the local schools involved in the design . ® We talked about bike safety and training concerning the incoming group of summer help that will soon be here . George said the Brewster PD was handling the J1 students . Joe said the Bikeways would be willing to assist. We will ask Ocean Edge if there is anything the Bikeways Committee could do to help them out . ® There are a number of rides that pass through Brewster over the course of the summer and Joe presented a list of quite a few . We decided we would need to sift through the list to see which ones we' d like to get involved with . We shelved this for future consideration as we were getting short on time . ® Eric said the State is pushing forward on the Rail Trail extensions at the Yarmouth and Wellfleet ends . As far as the spur trail down to Crosby Landing it seems to have lost steam . The Town doesn't like the idea of crossing lights and a bridge or tunnel is too expensive . ® There is money available for bike racks again from the CC Commission . Greg had done a survey of Town properties a few years back and was going to come back with that at a future meeting . ® Eric thanked the Brewster Department of Public Works for their outstanding job of flail mowing along the CCRT in Brewster. Thanks Pat Ellis and crew ! ® We are undecided on whether or not to participate in the Brewster in Bloom Parade this spring which is May 3rd . ® Hal Minis announced he is stepping down from the Bikeways Committee . As you all know, Hal has been active in many different committees here in Brewster. Thanks Hal for all you have done for the Bikeways Committee ! ® Next meeting April 2nd , 5 : 00 PM ® Meeting adjourned . 1 Respectfully submitted , , Rick Scannevin Clerk, Brewster Bikeways Committee i i a i i I i i G i I