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MINUTES 08-14-2017
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Commi ee held its regular monthly mee ng on Wednesday, August 14, 2017 at 5:30 pm in the
small conference room at the city office building.
Members Present: Dana Farr, Chair; Cathy Frank, Vice-Chair; Jamieson Goodwin, Clerk; Bob Bri ; Amanda Holland; Donna
Leban
Members Absent: Jim Grossman; Roy Neuer;
City Representa ve: Cathyann LaRose, City Planner
Also Present: Paul Conner, Director SB City and Zoning; John Calcagni
Mee ng began at 5:35 pm.
1. Welcome and emergency procedure review.2. Changes to the Agenda3. Approval of July minutes – Bob mo ons. Unanimous.4. Comments from public not related to Agenda – John came to inquire about the status of grant applica ons forprojects to complete, and hoping to be kept up to date. John also wanted to convey that he supports thecommi ee’s efforts for the city in suppor ng and expanding the recrea on path system. 5. Discussion: Capital Improvement Program planning; Paul Conner, Planning and Zoning –a. Paul’s goal in a ending was to provide a good overview of the budge ng process as a whole, not just CIPitself, to be er allow more complete input to the City. One of the big limi ng factors that commi ees canrun into when making requests to city departments is resource availability, not necessarily a fiscallimita on. In mee ngs with other departments, a recommenda on that surfaced was for the commi eesto elaborate on desired project capacity to the departments within the city so that those resources canbe planned and budgeted for. Also providing a singular priority list as opposed to mul ple lists based onuse or context. Discussion con nued around submi ng a finalized priority list for review and inclusion incoming CIP process. List for inclusion in CIP should not include maintenance and opera ons related items,that would fall into General Fund/Human Resources budge ng, some of which was referenced inpresenta on material provided by Paul. Other considera ons for recommenda ons or priority lists shouldinclude me management, not just physical resources, which would include items like public outreach, me to management, project or otherwise.b. Discussion progressed onto reviewing the commi ee’s Full 2016 Sidewalk and Rec Path Priority Lis ng.Items to be reviewed will include items currently being tracked for submission to CIP: Market St.,Williston Rd – including the streetscape as well as the Bicycle and Pedestrian bridge projects, and GardenSt.
c. Mo on: The South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Commi ee submits its list of top 10 priori es as iden fied insubmi ed documenta on to the Department of City Planning and Zoning for inclusion into the CIPplanning process. This priority list does not include the accepted plans for Market St, Garden St, Williston
Rd streetscape, for which the commi ee has already voiced its support for.
i. Bob mo ons to approve, Cathy seconds. Unanimous. The commi ee thanks Paul for his me and informa on. 6. Updates from the City; Cathyann LaRose –a. Updates on Commi ee appointments: interviews with City Council are star ng to be scheduled for theopen posi ons on the commi ee.b. Planned Unit Development (PUD) Phase 2 – Project to update PUD standards. Plan to have mee ngsscheduled in late fall, likely October, to review some of the dra ed changes. First mee ng will include allcommi ees to review progress and provide updates for what this project is accomplishing. Individualcommi ee mee ngs to provide be er focus will happen at a later me. Some changes will include itemslike street type updates for city quadrants, regula on changes around recrea on facili es, etc. Theul mate goal is to clarify and add detail to provide a clear guide on process and expecta ons for new PUDapplica ons.7. Discussion: Dana; Dra of B&P Commi ee Presenta on for City Council – Dana is s ll gathering content forpresenta on. Bob will provide an updated policy and safety recommenda ons to Dana to be reviewed for
presenta on. Dana will present the dra to the commi ee at the next mee ng. Cathyann will look into current
scheduling window, likely in October for actual presenta on to City Council.
8. Report; Cathy, Master Planning Party for Underwood Property – Cathy had planned to a end, but wasn’t able
to. There is a concern that there appeared to be no considera on for bicycle planning for path connec vity given
materials presented previously. New commi ee was formed, but there is currently no representa on from this
commi ee. Cathyann recommended reques ng recogni on as cons tuent group to be included as part of the
outreach plan for this project moving forward, which should help guarantee some level of dialog as the planning
progresses. It would also be possible to formally request the consultant for the project to a end a B&P
commi ee mee ng to help review the plan.
9. Report; Amanda, Bob, Cathy, Dana: Community Support Ini a ves –
a. Penny for B&P Safety – Bob: Reviewed document provided by Bob that detailed the impact on property
owners and proposed uses. Discussion con nued over ways to improve the proposal. Bob took feedback
and will update proposal accordingly. Discussion con nued about the best path forward with this
proposal. The subcommi ee will meet to review this proposal and work on suppor ng items to be
reviewed at another mee ng.
10. General Ma ers
a. Report: SeeClickFix – No updates outside of document provided at this me.
b. Report: Cathy, Mee ng with DPW’s Jus n Rabidoux – No updates.
c. Discussion: Bob, Policy and Safety Recommenda ons update – No other updates at this me. Par ally
discussed during discussion about presenta on to City Council.
d. Report: Amanda, Cathy, Donna; Phase3 Subcommi ee Update – Work is progressing on the mapping
efforts. Some good informa on gleaned from reviewing the priori zed list and pu ng it into a visual
format. Subcommi ee will con nue to work on this and report on progress as needed.
e. Discussion: Dana, Talking Points – No addi onal discussion. Commi ee will con nue to follow
developments with the UVM parcel request for proposal (Spear St. near Swi ).
11. Homework? Cathyann to send out follow-up items and feedback as needed.
12. Confirma on: Next mee ng September 13th at 5:30.
Mee ng ended at 8:20 pm.
Respec ully submi ed,
Jamieson Goodwin, Clerk