At 6:19 PM -0800 11/6/02, al matano wrote: >Hi Mike: > >Per our conversation today: The Dane County Parks Commission will be >considering the Cap City Trail user fee at its meeting a week from today, >Wednesday, November 13. With apologies, I still have to look up the location.
Here's the text of the minutes http://www.danenet.org/bcp/docs/dcparks_11jul01_cc.html Questions: what is the budget of Parks and Transportation? Here's a draft of the letter I'm proposing for BTA Dear County Executive Falk, We were surprised and disturbed to learn that the Parks Commission has reopened the issue of a trail fee for the use of the Capital City Trail. Cyclists feel strongly that it is unfair to have a special tax for bike commuters.It was our understanding that Parks would investigate ways to fund the maintenance of the Trail without imposing a fee on cyclists. In fact, we offered to work with Commissioner LePine on this issue. The minutes of the July 11, 2001 meeting of the Parks commission state: Mohrbacher, Lowe, and LePine explained the action by the County Board on Res. 29, 2001- 02. After a brief discussion of the issues it was moved by Mohrbacher and seconded by Lowe to postpone the implementation of the state trail pass on the Capital City Trail until January 1, 2002. Motion carried (5-0). It was also a consensus of the Commission to send a letter to the bicycle groups and the Transportation Committee to develop a forum in which alternative funding can be developed, through legislative action and the budget process. This is to be done not at the expense of other park programs. It was suggested that the Commission advise the Executive's Office and the County Board Office that the fee had been officially postponed at the meeting. To our knowledge, the commission never followed through. It appears that the Parks commission has no interest in seeking alternative funding. This is not surprising, since it is not their mission to promote better transportation options Dane County. Therefore, we are asking that maintenance of the trail be handled by the Transportation Commission. Sincerely, Darin Burleigh Steering Committee Bicycle Transportation Alliance of Dane County _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
