City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes  
Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission  
Conference Room 1A  
City Hall  
Wednesday, October 15, 2025  
Regular Commission Meeting  
7:00 PM  
701 E. Broadway  
Columbia, Missouri  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
II. INTRODUCTIONS  
Members present: Christopher Halsey, Bry Mink, Tom  
Heitmann, Carol Elliott, Elke Boyd, Tyler Swearngin,  
McKenzie Ortiz, Janet Godon  
Members absent: Detlef Ritter, Frank Schmidt  
Others present: Mitch Skov, Krista Shouse-Jones  
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
McKenzie Ortiz moved to approve; Carol Elliott seconded  
Motion passed  
Attachments:  
Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission Meeting Minutes 9-17-2025  
Minutes.docx  
Tom Heitmann moved to approve; Bry Mink seconded  
Motion passed  
V. STAFF/COMMISSION REPORTS  
A. Vision Zero Report  
i. Updating action plan to feel more local to Columbia  
ii.  
Formally changed October 6, 2025  
Only one fatality with traffic crashes this year  
Serious injury crash summary  
Projects  
iii.  
iv.  
v.  
1. Action plan update  
2. New branding for more engagement  
3. Four Surveys at the moment  
a. Business Loop Road Safety Audit  
b. Complete Streets  
c. CoMo 2 Zero  
d. Climate Adaptation Plan  
B. Parks & Recreation Report  
i. Celebrating 40th anniversary of MKT, dedicated  
1985  
ii.  
Garth and Sexton, storm water retention project,  
across from Paquin Towers  
C. Planning Staff Report  
Clint Smith, new Community Development Director as  
of September 29, 2025 (hired back in August)  
D. Commissioner IP Meeting Reports  
None.  
E. Commission Correspondence  
None.  
VI. NEW BUSINESS  
A. Pedestrian Accidents Report  
i. Presentation from Krista Shouse-Jones: Pedestrian  
Fatality Crash Analysis 2020-2024  
ii.  
Source data: MODOT  
iii.  
Findings: unhoused population overrepresented  
in fatalities  
VII. OLD BUSINESS  
A. Formalize Sidewalk Master Plan Procedure  
Attachments: Narrative-Current State Sidewalk Master Plan.docx  
B. Pedestrian Level of Comfort Map & Procedure  
C. Business Loop 70 Road Safety Audit Update  
VIII. OTHER BUSINESS  
a. Elke’s clarification on MODOT Project 1 and 4  
b. BeHeard, COMO to zero, Complete Streets, Climate  
adaptation surveys  
IX. GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, MEMBERS AND STAFF  
X. NEXT MEETING DATE  
19 November 2025  
XI. ADJOURNMENT  
Motion to adjourn by McKenzie Ortiz, seconded by Bry Mink  
Motion passed, Meeting adjourned at 8:33 p.m.  
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