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Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) Minutes April 21, 2026 Members Present: Mary Canales, Grant Zastoupil, Marc Goulet, Sarah Metcalf, Andrew Gunderson, Erik Thompson, Nicole Billings, Matt Haffner, Joshua Miller Members Absent: Staff Present: Al Rinka, PE, Deputy City Engineer Visitors Present: Bibiana Fuentes, Rae Langes of UW-Eau Claire 1. Call to Order & Introduction of Visitors. Billings called the meeting to order at 5:37 p.m. 2. Reading & Approval of Past Meeting Minutes (March 17, 2026) Gunderson made a motion to approve; Metcalf seconded. Motion carried unanimously. 3. Open Public Comment Period for Items that do not appear on this Agenda Bibiana Fuentes and Rae Langes of UW-Eau Claire gave a presentation on a mural proposal to beautify and enhance aesthetics of the path under the Lake Street Bridge west end bridge abutment that is an approximately 750 square foot area. The idea is to create a public workshop in September and come up with a sketch created by ideas of the public and community members. It was noted that the group doing this work was paid for by a grant with no cost to the City, and it was positively received. 4. Business Agenda Items a. Election of BPAC Officers  There was discussion over the roles of the position. Public input: There was no public input.  Goulet motioned for Zastoupil as Chair, Metcalf seconded, and there was unanimous approval with Zastoupil abstaining from voting himself Chair.  Metcalf self-nominated for Vice Chair, Gunderson seconded, and there was unanimous approval.  Gunderson self-nominated for Secretary, Zastoupil seconded, and there was unanimous approval. b. Bike Week Support  After discussion, the group instructed Rinka to place the same order as the previous Amazon order placed in 2024. 5. Discussion Agenda Items a. Bike Week Award Poll Results  Non-Profit Category – Nominees are Valley Girls and West Central Wisconsin Safe Routes To School. By unanimous decision the award will go to Valley Girls with Billings abstaining from voting.  Business Category – Nominees are Blue Ox and Eau Claire Marathon. By unanimous decision the award will go to Eau Claire Marathon.  Individual Person Category – Nominees are Nicole Billings, Micah Davis, Grant Zastoupil. By unanimous decision the award will go to Micah Davis, which followed Billings withdrawing herself from consideration due to being a member of BPAC. b. Bicycle Friendly Community Application Update  Metcalf gave an update on the application status; the plan is for submission in June 2027. c. Request for City Council to Proclaim 5/31/26 – 6/06/26 to be Wisconsin Bike Week  Zastoupil will work with City staff to create a proclamation and submit it to City Council to declare the first week of June as “Bike Week.” 6. Announcements and Future Topics: a. Announcements b. Future Agenda Items  A request was made for BPAC to discuss the process for determining how items appear on BPAC agendas. Rinka indicated he would check with the City Attorney's Office as to the appropriateness of this topic being on a BPAC agenda. Rinka indicated the typical process would first require this topic to be discussed by other City entities, such as the Advisory Committee of Appointments where BPAC members can watch those meeting dates and attend to voice concerns at those forums. Rinka also indicated this topic might only come to a BPAC agenda if the City seeks BPAC input on the topic. Rinka will advise the group next month of how this topic is being handled and if BPAC input is requested. 7. Adjournment Billings made the motion to adjourn at 6:56 p.m., seconded by Canales. Submitted by: Andrew Gunderson Andrew Gunderson, Secretary