July 17th 2012

7.30pm at The Lamb

Agenda

Apologies
Minutes and action points from last meeting
Welcome new members
Finances
Projects update

City Centre Parking – Discuss positions for additional parking to report back to ECDC
Signs
20s Plenty
Back Hill

Other Activity

Pocket Park
Ely City Centre Forum
Ely Cycle Forum
Witchford PC

Suggestions for new projects
Increasing membership and publicity

Station Poster
T-Shirts
Business Cards
Getting in the local press
Market Stall
Alternate meetings / drop-ins for those unable to attend meetings

Organised Rides

CTC
SkyRide

Date of next meeting
AOB

Minutes of General Meeting: Ely Cycling Campaign (ECC)

Tuesday 17/07/12 at 7.30pm: The Lamb Hotel (The Coach House)

Agenda Point	Notes	Action
1. Apologies	None
2. Minutes and Action Points of the Last Meeting	Minutes Approved. Action Points confirmed and Andy will put an action register on the site.	AS
3. New Members	Dave Stevenson welcomed.
4. Finances	The account is £25 in credit. About £15-20 was spent on cards. £70 on insurance.
5. Projects Update
A. Parking	There has been no response to Andy’s emails informing 3 people at the Council that we had created a map of existing parking.Jane Thompson is in favour of increased cycle parking and at the Ely Cycle Forum suggested we create a map of proposed parking sites.Ely City has £2,000 for cycle parking (= 8 stands); ECDC will match this. Cambs County Council will respond to suggestions.Our suggestions are: 4 stands in area in front of Iceland (might need to talk to Waitrose) up to 4 stands under Waitrose roof for trolleys (see item 6B) 2-4 former taxi rank in front of Cheffins office 2-4 Paradise Centre dead end 2-4 stands Market Place outside Fat Face (where phone box used to be) 2 stands outside P Bros chippie (adding to the existing one) 2 stands Market Square opposite war memorial up to 5 stands outside the P Office (possibly taking out a parking space?) 2-4 stands in front of Lloyds chemist (next to the 2 current stands) We will need to contact ECDC in order to find out who we need to get permission from to use the Cloisters area. (See item 6B below)
B. Signs	The campaign agreed on the content and design for the signs at the Broad Street / Back Hill junction (see here: http://elycycle.org.uk/projects/improved-cycling-specific-signage/broad-street-back-hill-signs/), and Sean is to put this to Nick, and ask him about the suitability of the background colour and its reflective properties. Sean will also arrange a meeting with Nick and Colin, preferably before the next meeting.	SM
C. 20s Plenty	The poll on SYP shows 80% of respondents are in favour of the 20mph limit. Michael has joined us up to the national campaign and will send members a link for joining it.Jane has responded to Andy’s query on this and will talk to Kevin Hall (the County Engineer) on 23^rd June to see if 20mph is possible in Ely without speed bumps. A working group consisting of Ely Traffic Management, ECDC and the City Council will discuss this on 15^thAugust. We should email these authorities stating our support for 20mph.Jane has said that Aldi will provide about £188,000 towards infrastructure, and perhaps we should see if some of this money could go towards this project.We should consider getting a paper petition together for this campaign.	MG
D. Back Hill Route	There is no update on this.
6. Other Activities
A. Pocket Park	Christine and Pam spoke to Alison Conder (ECDC Community and Leisure Services), who confirmed that cycling is allowed in Pocket Park and there are half a dozen Sheffield stands available to be placed near the playground. Christine had taken photos of bikes lying around in order to support the request. There is no funding for any special designs.We have suggested signage at Fisherman’s car park indicating that cyclists should give way to pedestrians. We will also continue to suggest that Lovers’ lane should be pedestrian only.Alison reported that the Council would not accept the idea of a cycle track linking the park to Lisle Lane.
B. Ely City Centre Forum	Christine attended this (4^thJuly). Her report is here:http://elycycle.org.uk/2012/07/09/ely-city-forum-meeting-july-4th/ Christine is now on the Town Team and will chase up the contacts from this meeting.	CJ
C. Ely Cycle Forum	This took place on 10^thJuly, with many campaign members attending. There is a report here:http://elycycle.org.uk/2012/07/13/ely-cycle-forum-10th-july-at-the-cutter-inn/ The campaign discussed the matter of the possible changes to the level crossing near the station, and voted against supporting Sustrans’ proposal to get the underpass closed (mainly because it would make congestion on Cambridge Road worse).
D. Witchford PC	Andy will talk to the Parish Council about the possibility of piloting a 20mph limit in the village.	AS
7. Suggestions for new projects	Shared route to Little Downham: John will measure the footpath’s width to compare with approved routes. Sean will email the community website to sound out any interest. Continuity of Witchford to Witcham Toll path route: Bill Perry will investigate. Cobbles on roads (e.g. Gallery, Barton Square): Andrea Haslock (Road Safety Engineering Team for CCC) and Jane Thompson have stated that they are prepared to take this forward. John will follow up. Dangerous Junctions: Andy will look at Norfolk Road / Witchford Road and Cambridge Road / St Mary’s St / West End. Christine will look at West Fen Road/ Downham Road / St Mary’s St Contraflow on Gallery: Andy will create project page content and SYP post. County Council LSTF money: Andrew P will look investigate whether any is available for hard measures. Family-friendly rides: Michael and Christine will organise these on an ad hoc basis. Ely Waitrose supplying cycle trailers: Andrew P will talk to the Trumpington branch about the procedure and for advice about getting this.	JJ & SM BP JJ AS CJ AS AP MG & CJ AP
8. Increasing membership and publicity
A. Station Poster	Geraint can arrange these pretty much as we wish. Nick Ball can also help with this.
B. T-Shirts	Sean will arrange an order once we have 25 requests on the forum.	SM
C. Business cards	Andy will check with Greater Anglia that we can distribute them at the station.	AS
D. Getting in the local press	We must remember to supply pictures whenever possible. We should consider twitter responses (and look into any cost).
E. Market Stall	Christine will find out who we need to contact to get this. There is an agreement that we need a spacious pitch.Suggestions include getting other organisations involved, getting Quella interested, using pedal power to animate gimmicks or film.	CJ
F. Alternate meetings / drop-ins for those unable to attend meetings	Sunday mornings might be a good time. Alistair will start a topic on the website.	AH
9. Organised Rides	These (CTC and SkyRide in the first instance) will be organised through the various meetings and other rides.
10. Date and place of next meeting	Thursday 23/08/12 at 7.30pm: The Lamb Hotel (The Coach House)
AOB	We must keep tabs on proposals for Market Street (via Jane) so we can ensure that bike lanes are considered.

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