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439 logos; Melissa will start creating design options. Bonnie Hauser brought up a good point that the Subcommittee's 440 initiative being unique because it looks at both bicycle and automotive safety, a collaborative safety project. 441 442 Abigaile Pittman said that Melissa just sent her 8 revised logo designs for the Subcommittee to review. 443 444 Art Menius responded that he looked forward to seeing the designs. He also said that Brennan Bouma, the 445 Sustainability Coordinator, talked to the Subcommittee about what he could do, along with the new the 446 Transportation Demand Coordinator. Through GoTriangle, they could come -up with logo- branded items like rear 447 lights, spoke lights, mobile phone cases, wallets, cooling towels, and stickers to get out the "ride safe" message. As 448 homework, Subcommittee members are reviewing videos from the United Kingdom, etc. to inform their video 449 contest idea. The Subcommittee's idea is to have one video contest open to school children and perhaps one video 450 contest open to anyone. Peter Murphy talked to the video clubs and looked into video programming at Orange High 451 and Cedar Ridge. Cedar Ridge has the capacity for this. Allison West passed out 9 examples of artwork used in 452 safety campaigns, and the Subcommittee continued to discuss how they can humanize the campaign. Mr. Menius 453 developed a list of menu text and content for the website Melissa Blackburn will be designing for the committee. 454 Abigaile Pittman was going to reach out to NCDOT. 455 456 Abigaile Pittman reported back about her conversation with Chuck Edwards of NCDOT who said that the County 457 can install bicycle safety signs along NCDOT routes by way of encroachment agreements. The County would be 458 responsible for the cost of design, construction, installation and maintenance. Prior to installation of the signs, the 459 BOCC requires a resolution of approval and NCDOT has to review and approve the sign design and locations. The 460 design has to comply with MUTCD and NCDOT requirements and signs have to be located independently from 461 highway signs. The proposed signs would undergo a comparable review process as the green and white "welcome 462 signs" along NCDOT routes. Ms. Pittman was not sure if the signs would be state maintained. Commissioner Barry 463 Jacobs worked with NCDOT to request signs saying "Rural Buffer," and an idea had been suggested to create a 464 dual bicycle safety message on those signs. 465 466 Heidi Perry asked about why people should know that they are entering the Rural Buffer. 467 468 Abigaile Pittman replied that she thought that Barry Jacobs felt that people should know that it exists and that it 469 signals lower density development. 470 471 Alex Castro talked about existing signs identifying the various routes (Route 1, Route 2, etc.). Are these considered 472 to be highway signs where other signs cannot be co- located? 473 474 Abigaile Pittman answered yes. Signs can be placed near it but not on a shared pole. Since the entering Rural 475 Buffer signs are not highway signs, they could perhaps share a message where underneath Rural Buffer it would 476 say "Ride Friendly, Drive Friendly" in some locations. 477 478 Art Menius said he thought this was a great idea. Mr. Menius said that the Subcommittee was also looking at 479 additional funding opportunities to augment the $15,000. There are grants available with Carolina Tarwheels, with 480 NCDOT program for children in low income households, and with the Sheriff's Department. 481 482 Abigaile Pittman spoke about the Sherriff's Office about their involvement and they want to get onboard and can 483 help with grants. 484 485 Art Menius said that Ms. Pittman found State Farm safety initiatives and Mr. Menius found more information from 486 Kim, the administrator of the program in NC, who suggested to apply for a grant next spring (even though they do 487 not fund single county operations). The grant is competitive and takes the form of a contest; participating in it would 488 show competitive standing with a national set of bicycle groups. The grant is $25,000. If there was a health - related 489 campaign, BCBS could be a funder. The October 41h Subcommittee meeting will cover more potential funder ideas, 490 update the web contest, Heidi Perry will send video links for Melissa Blackburn; Abigaile Pittman will look into AAA 491 and BCBS funding, and Peter Leousis is following -up with Cedar Ridge on the video contest. 492 13