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Bimonthly BAC meeting this Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The DC Bicycle Advisory Council will hold its regular bi-monthly meeting this Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 6p - 8p at 441 4th Street NW, room 1114.  Bicycle parking is available at the 4th Street entrance. Please bring government identification to enter the building. Once through security, use the elevators on the right (441 South) to reach the conference room the offices of the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID), NOT 441 4th Street, as previously announced.  Please note that you will still need photo identification to enter the building. A BID staff member will be in the lobby to assist you with the building security.

The Downtown BID is located at 1250 H Street NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005, one block north of the 13th Street exit of the Metro Center Station. There is limited on street bicycle parking in the front of the building.

We will begin the meeting with a presentation by Jeff Miller, Executive Director of the Alliance for Bicycling and Walking. The Alliance recently published its 2012 Benchmarking Report, a real blockbuster of information that will hopefully inform our work in the District.

Please see the proposed agenda for the evening below:

1. Presentation by Jeff Miller, Alliance for Bicycling and Walking (6-6:30p)
2. Introductions - (6:30-6:45) 
3. Committee Reports - (6:45-7:30)
4. Action Items - (7:30-7:45p)
a. 14th Street Comments - Randall Myers
b. Letter to the Taxi Commission - Heidi Goldberg
c. BAC Member Reappointments & Financial Disclosure Requirements - Ellen Jones
d. Approval of Minutes
5. Other Business (7:45-8p) 

As always, the public is welcomed, please feel free to attend.

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