HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-09-2025 Fairhope Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee Meeting AgendaSeptember 9, 2025 - 4:00pm
Fairhope Public Library - Board Room
Fairhope Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee
AGENDA
1. Call to order
2. Review and approve July minutes
○ Emailed 8/22/25
3. Ebike Ordinance - Morgan, Katie
○ Met with Chief Hollinghead and Marcus McDowell 7/24/25.
4. Vulnerable Road User - Katie
○ Met with Chief Hollinghead and Marcus McDowell 7/24/25.
5. Bike Racks - Johnny, Katie
○ Presented and approved by city council 7/28/25 for ESAC.
6. Environmental Advisory Board collaboration - Katie, Cal, Chris
○ Katie, Cal attended EAB 7/11/25
○ Please see attached excerpt from EAB minutes.
7. Flying Creek Nature Preserve
○ Grand opening was 08/23/25
8. Google Drive
○ Emailed on Saturday, 17/12/25, 12:43 PM
9. SS4A
○ Pending completion by Kimley-Horn.
10. Recreational Facility at County Roads 13 & 32
○ Gary suggested make contact with Chairman Mike Baugh.
11. Twin Beech / Boothe and Summer Lake / Twin Beech intersections
○ Update from ESMPO 7/16/25 - survey to be completed by October.
12. Comprehensive Land Use Plan
○ Approved 11/24; includes pedestrian/bike recommendations. The steering
committee hasn’t reconvened since adoption. Katie is a member, will be
informed of any movement and will add to the agenda once there is an
update.
13. Fairwood / Blue Island Projects
○ Pending update from city representatives.
14. Open Discussion
Excerpt from Fairhope Environmental Board July minutes:
Regarding Agenda item #6:
Subcommittee Reports (~20 min)
a. NEW ISSUE: Bike and Ped Partnership
i. Katie wants to collaborate on a few key studies including Land Use, green
space, and more bikeable pathways. Every survey has more green/bike spaces
at top of resident priorities (from recent surveys), and more passive spaces too.
ii. Bike and Ped would like to connect more parcels. Steven’s map is not showing
a lot of City-owned parcels that are not connected. CoF would need to acquire
more properties.
iii. Can we explore connecting the East side of 98 to downtown to help peds and
cyclists? It doesn’t have to be a bridge. It can be lights on the street, music, etc.
Safe Streets for All may have these safety elements in their scope. Could we
explore corridor designation to get to the water (like Sweet Trails)? What is
needed for an ideal corridor, ideal bike access, etc.?
iv. Bike and Ped have a schema for sidewalks that could be used.
v. Steven’s students’ research project will characterize all of the social aspects
(parking spaces, lights, safety, fishing access) of public sites along coastal
Alabama.
1. Katie can provide boat ramp data.
vi. Currently, Chris (CoF) and Steven are comparing their GIS schema(s)
1. Park vs. wildlife habitat - park would be more artificially built spaces
2. We would also identify the types of land use that are under represented
vii. Next steps: FEAB Greenspace WG/USA work to be used by COF to identify
amenities (passive and active) by park, and then go live with it on the City
website. CoF is looking at repeated loss parcels to potentially purchase through
future grant funding.
viii. Next steps: FEAB Greenspace WG (Steven and Ben) will schedule next
meeting to include Katie and Cal
b. Greenspace & Native Habitat