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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee - 11/10/2021 South Burlington Bike & Pedestrian Committee APPROVED Regular Meeting Minutes Wednesday, November 10, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. City Hall Room 301 Committee Attendees: Havaleh Gagne (Chair), Nic Anderson (Clerk), Amanda Holland, Donna Leban, Bob Britt (Vice-Chair), Remote: Dana Farr, Cathy Frank, Matty Larkspur Absent: None Other Attendees: Ashley Parker (City Liaison) Public in Person: None Public Remote: None 1. Welcome and directions on emergency evacuation procedures 2. Changes or additions to the agenda 3. Comments from the public not related to the agenda a. None 4. Consideration of minutes from the October 13, 2021 meeting a. Motion by Nic to approve b. Seconded by Donna c. All in favor (Bob and Matty abstained). Minutes Approved. 5. O’Brien Hillside Development Discussion a. Discussed changes made since last review. b. Committee satisfied. c. Nic concerned about sidewalks that are right beside the parallel parking spaces and snow storage locations. Would like to see a buffer. d. Committee not too concerned. e. Havaleh drafted a memo to send to Marla. Read out. Committee satisfied. Will send to Marla. 6. Updates from the City a. Read from document in agenda packet b. Allen Rd rec path done and stenciling of P4P has been done c. Bob curious if Tom Chittenden might put up a P4P sandwich board on his property for Dorset St path d. Bob asked about location of path at Hubbard. Could it be relocated nearer to crest of hill to reduce the visual impact? Ashley noted that wetland buffers denote the location and that the soils are not that great for permeability. Will have archeological assessment going out next week. Cathy asked if Ashley needed photos of standing water well after storms to help discussions of permeability. Bob wondered if there should be a BPC member on the Project Team. No discussion followed. e. VTRANS would like us to get additional public comments for Spear St. Phase 1 path. Doesn’t think enough was done as part of scoping study. Survey being done for existing conditions in November. Nic thinks the east side seems a much better way. Ashley all options still on the table and will see. Will have public forum as part of December meeting. f. Hinesburg Rd crosswalks. Nic concerned they don’t have RRFBs. State did not approve or recommend them. Would need to go back to them. Havaleh thinks we may need to go back to VTRANS higher up. Doesn’t think they are favoring biking over cars. Nic asked what the speed limit outcome was. Havaleh noted we asked for better reductions but VTRANS accepted a 5mph reduction only. No idea on timeline. g. Ashley continued reading minutes in packet h. UPWP studies for Kimball Ave kicking off and maintenance of the rec path network study too. Bob asked Amanda if the committee has a specific liaison with CCRPC. Only connecting when City staff loops in the committee. Seems like an OK plan because its always a different CCRPC planner. i. Havaleh asked if grant application for Exit 14 bridge has been decided? Not yet. And what ARPA funds could be spent on. Ashley not sure but League of Cities and Towns has a good guide for what ARPA funds could be spent. 7. Review/Update subcommittee assignments a. Reviewed large table of work groups. Made edits. Revised table attached as appendix to minutes b. Amanda noted some projects could be deleted. Can use the Work Plan plans and then connect on pieces of those for different types of tasks. c. Communications – Could we do a 2-3 times per year summary in the Other Paper of what projects we are working on. People would be interested. d. Amanda – Some things are liaison roles, not work groups. Should note that DRB, DPW and Scoping are more liaison. e. Could combine Scoping with UPWP and CIP. Add Havaleh. f. Mapping – Stalled. Need computer that has ArcGIS. Limited availability. Need to try to find someone at City or CCRPC. Donna-Could this be something for the ARPA money. g. Cancel City Rankings and Way to Go Schools and integrate with Communications and Outreach. h. Safety – Keeping workgroup but focusing more to discussing current situations, maybe liaising with City Police. Keeping our finger closer to the pulse. i. Matty – Would like a big ideas working group. Nic suggested more like pushing for a walk/bike master plan which could incorporate those. Ashley suggested Bicycle Friendly Community can deal with those within that group. j. Havaleh suggested picking a project and breaking up pieces into work plans 8. Bike Greenway –Review remaining tasks to complete a. Decided to push to next month and Nic will provide update that better summarizes where we are at and what tasks could be divided up. 9. Updates Ongoing Committee Work a. Quarterly DPW Meeting – Bob – No update. Asked Ashley if we should meet with Justin Rabidoux before he leaves. Amanda thinks we need to meet before so we can get information out of him where things are at. b. CCRPC Update –Amanda & Donna – Next meeting of Queen City is next week and Bob is attending. c. Interim Zoning –Amanda & Donna – Done. Not sure if interim zoning is done but this work is complete from the representative approach. Donna submitted comments in writing regarding plan change amendments to Paul Connor. Seen as good points. Couldn’t change now but could tweak later. Service road bike lanes. Road types need visual. Dislike sharp curbs on narrow streets. Would like to see mountable curbs. Acknowledged that they could be done as amendments and would not take forever. d. DRB Update –Cathy – Not much to do with Bike Ped in the last month so not much to update. Bob – Interesting to see Spear Meadows breaking ground. e. Communication –Cathy f. Safety –Bob – Need to ask Justin if RRFB upgrades can be done in the winter. g. Way to Go Schools –Donna – No action. h. City Bike/Ped Rankings (People for Bikes/League of American Cyclists) –Nic. No action but want to make sure we can keep the dust off the recommendations. Can incorporate those into the next year workplan. Nic asked about a sign. No word from Coralee but should work on that for the Spring. i. General Business -Havaleh i. Reached out to Chief Burke about bike crashes. ii. Bob asked if Transportation Impact Fees have come up? Ashley –Paul Conner is trying to wrap things up. Paul to go back to consultant. CIP projects hoping to be incorporated so they are consistent. iii. Bob asked if CIP projects still has widening of Spear St. Ashley will take a look. iv. Bob noted that crosswalks and ped lights on Shelburne Road are happening as part of the lighting upgrades. Planning to do a letter to editor about crosswalk victories and will run it by Cathy. 10. Review Meeting Cancellation Policy a. Reviewed draft policy written by Havaleh b. Make sure to call it a protocol. Committees cannot make policy. c. Everyone happy with it. d. Need to make sure the contact list is accurate for mobile numbers 11. Confirmation: Next meeting Wednesday, December 8, 2021 @ 5:30pm a. Public Forum for Spear Street Phase 1 Path to be first hour. b. Havaleh cannot make Jan 12 meeting. Bob to run meeting. 12. Adjourned at 7:53 p.m.