Yeah!!!! great work Amanda, Bike Fed, the Trek crew and Mr. Mayor!!!! Huge Kudos to all for what will be a great program for Madison!
________________________________ From: Robert F. Nagel <[email protected]> To: Amanda White <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tue, April 26, 2011 3:08:33 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] B-Cycle Moving Forward in Madison Great news! Despite my being an apologist for Soglin here on this list-serve for his winter-cycling statement, I was quietly seething over the b-cycle demise. Looks like he knows how to drive a hard bargain and deliver, though. --- Robert F. Nagel [email protected] www.nagel-law.com Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001 Madison, WI 53703 608-255-1501 office 608-255-1504 fax 608-438-9501 cell On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Amanda White <[email protected]> wrote: NEWS RELEASE > >Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 > >Contact: Eric Bjorling, Trek Bicycle Corporation, (920) >478-2191, >x12526 / [email protected] > >Mayor, Trek Bicycle Announce Agreement on B-cycle Bicycle Sharing Program > >Trek and Madison Mayor Paul Soglin are pleased to announce that they have >reached a modified agreement that will allow the installation of B-cycle, a >citywide bicycle sharing program, in the next month. > > >The capital costs of the new system will be donated by Trek Bicycle. > >Trek, sensitive to the City’s current financial difficulties, has agreed to >modify the contract so that the cost to the City will be $1 per year rather >than >the original $100,000. In return, the City, recognizing the significant >capital >contribution by Trek, will agree to extend the contract from the originally >proposed three years to five. In addition, the City will not share in any >profits generated during this contract period. The parties, by mutual >agreement, can renew the contract in 2016. > > >“We are very excited to bring bike sharing to Madison,” said Trek President >John >Burke. “Madison is our home town and we are thrilled to be able to give back >to >this great city.” > > >In order to meet critical time deadlines, the original three year contract for >$100,000 will be executed with the understanding that the terms will be >brought >before the City Council for approval. To wait for adoption of the new terms >would delay the installation of the program by two months. Mayor Soglin said, >“I >am confident that as we team up to make this program work, getting the second >contract approved can be done expeditiously. This is going to be a great >program >for the people of Madison, our visitors and B-cycle.” > > >The parties agreed to work closely throughout the contract period to make sure >that issues regarding signage and use of the public right-of-way are >minimized. >The Mayor indicated that much needs to be done in the coming weeks to get the >system installed and reporting to critical city committees as to the details >of >the plan. > >### > >________________________ >Amanda White >Associate Director >Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin >(608) 251-4456 >[email protected] >www.bfw.org > > > >-- >________________________ >Amanda White >Associate Director >Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin >(608) 251-4456 >[email protected] >www.bfw.org > > >_______________________________________________ >Bikies mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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