Board Members Present

Members Present

Guests Present

• Meeting was called to order by Kristi Regotti at 7:00pm and it was acknowledged that we did not have a quorum and would therefore not be able to conduct any official business.
• Treasurers Report (Tom Foote)
  • Checking & Paypal combined Balance: $7806.00
  • Earmarked for Sprockids (from Cycle Idaho ’06) $650.
  • Earmarked for Survey of Bogus Basin trailhead, $2000

OLD BUSINESS:

• Bogus Basin / Shafer Butte Master plan (Peg Havlovick-Bogus Basin)
  • Dave Gordon (R2R), Dave Beck (SWIMBA) and I sat down with Mike Surely (Gen. Mgr. BB) to discuss the 10 yr plan and the trail plan for BB. Peg’s role is program development director for year round activities. We are at a great point now since BB has gained 501c3 status about a year ago. This opens the doors for a lot more things to happen.
  • Inquiries have been received as to why BB isn’t moving on MTB trails. Dave Beck indicated that any trail construction that might contain a “structure” would likely be considered a free ride trail and would need to be located on the BB property.
  • Dan Meeker asked who would be the contact for clean up work on the mountain. Peg will ask and get back to SWIMBA.
• Vacant Board Member Position:
  • Tom Gattiker is present at the meeting and is the only member to date that has responded to the email soliciting interested parties. Unfortunately, we cannot vote tonight since we don’t have a quorum. Tom indicated that he would try to attend the August meeting but wasn’t positive that he would be able.
• Shafer Butte Master plan (Dave Beck)
  • The plan is finalized and the NEPA process is started but the process got bogged down due to the difficulties associated with the Big Wood Trail Issue. Dave Beck expressed frustration with the email and online (chat room) criticism that has been exchanged and stated that none of the individuals offering criticism has ever requested a copy of the plan for review.
  • Dave Beck indicated that he had taken the plan about as far as he was prepared to take it and suggested that it was time to hand it over to someone else for implementation. He suggested Dan Meeker for the job.
  • Dave Beck has a draft partnering agreement that he will email to the board. Once it is approved the project will likely move forward.
  • Dan meeker indicated that the GPS data has been compiled and that he would be working with David Gordon to finalize mapping next week. This process needed to be finished so the information could be delivered to Dan Miller @ NFS.
  • The Forest Service has requested that SWIMBA remove all structures from the trail system before moving forward.
  • David Beck indicated that SWIMBA had received a $5000 grant from REI for maps and signage of Phase 1. More is on the way from the NPS ($14K).
• Velo Park Update (David Beck)
  • There is nothing like the proposed facility currently existing in the world. It is proposed on what is currently Ada County landfill ground.
  • Facilities will include: MTB short course, Ridge to Rivers Trail Head, BMX track, Jump Park, Dual Slalom course and Skills Park in addition to the Velodrome. Note that many of the facilities have MTB appeal.
  • David Beck asks if SWIMBA could support this project and help spread the word.
  • Ground will be owned by the City of Eagle and the facilities will be owned by Idaho Non Profit Velodrome Organization.
  • Proposed structures include space for the BYRDS to train indoors, offices, rental area, etc.
  • The plan is to break ground mid-late summer ’07.
  • Board members present (no quorum, no vote) indicated that they would support SWIMBA’s monetary support of the project.
  • This facility is intended to be the hub of the cycling community in Boise.
• Tour de Fat (Margie)
  • The cruise theme is “The ride of the Valkyries” and will start at 11:00am
  • Help is needed with clean up after 7:00pm

NEW BUSINESS:

• None

MISC. BUSINESS:

• Big Wood Trail Discussion (David Thomas):
  • David wanted to put on the record frustration with the string of emails that have circulated since the last meeting regarding the proposed meeting with the local land managers to resolve the big wood issue. The emails seem to be very critical of Ted Tokumoto for not including Chris Cook in the discussion and therefore not allowing him to defend himself of the accusations. It was pointed out that the direction given to Ted at the June board meeting was for Ted to contact the land managers personally and to determine whether or not they (the land managers) believed it necessary to meet with SWIMBA representatives in order to move past this issue. It was further agreed by the board that the representatives would include Ted Tokumoto, Kristi Regotti, David Thomas and Chris Cook (should he wish to participate. Please note that Ted has done exactly what was requested of him by the board. His initial email to the board on this subject (following the June Board Meeting) was meant simply to state that he had done so and the land managers didn’t see this as a SWIMBA issue therefore there was no need for a meeting. Chris Cooks name wasn’t ever mentioned in the email and for all we know it was never mentioned in the conversation Ted had with the land managers. Criticism of Ted for not allowing Chris to defend himself is simply unfounded.
  • Dan Meeker indicated that his emails were not meant to be critical of Ted’s actions.

• BRYDS (David Beck):
  • Our juniors are in need of bikes or quality parts for builds. Any donations would be appreciated.

Meeting Adjourned 8:50pm