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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee - 06/08/20221 South Burlington Bike & Pedestrian Committee APPROVED Regular Meeting Minutes Wednesday, June 8, 2022 @ 5:30 p.m. VIRTUAL MEETING Committee Attendees - Remote: Havaleh Gagne (Chair), Nic Anderson (Clerk), Donna Leban, Cathy Frank, Amanda Holland, Dana Farr Committee Absent: Bob Britt Other Attendees: Andrew Bolduc (City Liaison), Lucy Gibson (Toole), Christine Forde (CCRPC) Public: 1. Welcome, Virtual Meeting Instructions, Gratitude a. Thanks for Cathy for 9 years of service (among many other) 2. Changes or additions to the agenda a. None 3. Comments from the public not related to the agenda a. None 4. Consideration of minutes from May 11, 2022 a. Motion to approve by Amanda b. Seconded by Dana c. Clarification by Amanda – 6. Update from the City. i. Amanda notes states approval. Needs more reference. Asked what that was. Havaleh confirmed it was around RRFBs. Asked to amend by striking. d. Vote. All in favor. Dana abstained. 5. Updates from the City a. Andrew sharing updates electronically. Will attach to minutes. b. Bylaws. Will have Council liaison per committee. Matt Cota is ours. c. Staffing update. Dir of Capital Projects and Deputy DPW. Fire Chief/Marshall/Captain. New IT position d. Climate Action, Regulations, Charter Committee, Developments e. Muddy Brook rec path complete f. Paving budget possibly has extra for FY23. g. Nic noted that the signs at Kennedy Dr completely block the RRFBs h. Signal Tech Project at Dorset is coming along. i. Nic asked on crosswalk and striping needs j. Bike Friendly Community sign ordered 6. Queen City Park Scoping Study - Presentation and Feedback a. Christine Forde gave summary of project. Lucy Gibson gave presentation b. Nic asked about segment 1. Asked to push for a straight crosswalk and reduce curb cut width from 40ft to 10 or 20. Should not turn left there anyway so could have a single right turn only. Amanda noted that previous development plans straightened the crosswalk and reduced the curb cut width. Should look at that. Lucy will look into it. c. Lucy continued presentation d. Donna asked about shared use paths design standards. Do they not include sufficient base? Seem to deteriorate faster. Should we include more stone base to have them survive longer term use. 2 e. Lucy shared VT Shared Use path standards: chrome- extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://outside.vermont.gov/agency/vt rans/external/CADD/WebFiles/Downloads/Standards/English/PDF/stda78.pdf f. Amanda would like them to incorporate into report the imagery that shows the red overlaid path graphics. g. Havaleh asked if this could fit into the federal Safe Streets for All grant funding? Seems like bridges are expensive and this could be good for federal funding since it involves two cities. h. Nic asked about crossing treatments for “mid block” crosswalk at Pine Street. i. Lucy stated they would have a three way stop there. j. Dana likes the consistent approach k. Amanda – Motion to support the preferred alternative (shared use path for the entirety of corridor) as presented. l. Nic – Seconded m. All in favor n. Havaleh will write a memo of support and send to Andrew. o. Nic asked for 30ft section of QCP to be reduced so that there is a buffer between roadway and shared use path. 15ft lanes seem excessive and concerned about snow storage 7. Chittenden County Regional Active Transportation Plan a. https://www.ccrpcvt.org/our-work/our-plans/regional-bikeped-plan/ b. Paul suggested sending to committee c. Andrew asked if we had formally reviewed in the past d. Amanda – In the past we have likely participated as individuals. e. Nic mentioned that there is the potential to participate individually or Bryan is happy to attend a meeting if we want, but with no meeting in July it seems like individual is best. f. Havaleh – Good to have individuals review and that gives us the potential to see if we align. g. Amanda – Good to push through the city platform is good. h. Nic agreed 8. ARPA funding- final recommendations a. Discussed last month b. Donna noted Climate Action Task force comments on need for bike ped master plan and how we get people out of cars, asking the question why we drive so much. Also one of the Bike Friendly Community comments was needing a master plan. c. Amanda – If conversation is on ARPA funding. Planning is well documented in SB but are there one or two bike ped projects that we could accelerate. One thing that could be used for is school maintenance. Spear Street is also a key corridor for safety. d. Nic – Pitched Hinesburg Road as having the biggest need for connection to services, schools and housing. e. Donna agreed that it is shovel ready. f. Nic asked what Andrew needed. g. Andrew doesn’t need a motion but just ideas from all the different parties. h. Amanda asked if we could do Airport Parkway and Spear Street widening because both don’t have access to sidewalks so would provide a new connection. i. Donna – Mobility and micro-transit for seniors to get places would be great. 3 j. Amanda – VTrans and CCRPC do have a working group to try and address elderly and disabled transit options. The E&D committee does focus on SSTA and transportation. There are working groups that do discuss meeting the needs of elders. k. Cathy – There are senior transportation services. Supports Hinesburg Road proposal which shouldn’t be that much overall. l. Donna need to know where the dis-affected communities are. We don’t know where they are. General problem around the state. Equity concern. Tend to not know where they are. m. Andrew – Surprised at the lack of data the City has. Mainly just census data. Equitable community outreach is thought about a lot and working to get better at. n. Amanda (from Chat) Re disadvantaged groups. Let's invite Marshall Distell from CCRPC to a future meeting. He leads the elderly and disabled regional transportation group. I can help to coordinate it. o. Havaleh – Detailed pockets of disadvantaged people. p. Nic is hearing that the Hinesburg Rd project and Airport Parkway project both rise to the top. Airport Parkway would be providing infrastructure that doesn’t exist yet, so does in fact connect communities at Lime Kiln. q. Andrew will take those two projects forward 9. Safe Streets for Al l- Federal Grant Opportunity FYI a. Havaleh – Was sent this from Bob. Not sure what to do with it but maybe Andrew can pass onto other folks in the City so that it is at least on their radar. b. Andrew will pass along. 10. Updates Ongoing Committee/Liaison Work 1. DRB Update i. Cathy is stepping down from BPC, we will need another liaison, or group of people to share this. ii. Cathy - Time commitment is twice a month (every other week) and can attend remotely. Not always pertinent to Bike Ped. Goes from 7-10pm. Interesting. Do need to pre-read the agenda. iii. Nic – Is this something we can delegate to a new committee member? iv. Amanda could be the backup of the backup but cannot commit. v. Donna could participate but is good to break up. Could be good to include new members. vi. Nic asked Andrew where we are at with new committee members. vii. Andrew doesn’t keep close tabs on it but can find out. viii. Cathy connects with Marla frequently. Asked if we had response about Underwood/Hubbard letter sent. ix. Andrew has not heard from Council. x. Donna will track and call in Havaleh and Amanda as needed. 2. DPW i. Regular meetings on hold for now, topics to relay to Andrew Bolduc? 3. Bike Friendly Community Planning-/Greenway progress i. LM can draft an agreement. Need to know duration of pilot and feedback. ii. Nic to send agreement to Andrew. iii. Andrew could have on July 18th CC meeting as consent agenda item. iv. Amanda – Would like to just get advice from the City or LM v. Havaleh – Need to work out promotion plan before next meeting. 4. Chair updates/comments 4 5. Climate Action i. Donna sent draft copy of Climate Action Plan. Short version. No major details. Not a lengthy read. Please review. 6. Communications/Outreach - None 7. Safety - None 8. Mapping - None 9. Signs i. No Update 11. Confirmation: Next meeting Wednesday August 10, 2022 @ 5:30pm – In Person/Hybrid a. Donna asked to confirm email for agenda 12. Adjourned 8:08 p.m.