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BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE
MINUTES 09-12-2018
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, September
12th, 2018 at 5:30 pm in the small conference room at the city office building.
Members Present: Dana Farr, Chair; Cathy Frank, Vice-Chair; Amanda Holland; Shawn Goddard; Jim
Grossman; Bob Britt; Bill Wooden; Katie Dolbec
Members Absent: Donna Leban
City Representative: Cathyann LaRose, City Planner; Ashley Parker, Project Manager
Also Present: Kevin Dorn, City Manager
Meeting began at 5:30 pm.
1. Welcome and emergency procedure review.
2. Changes to the Agenda.
3. Comments from public not related to Agenda
4. Approval of August minutes – Minutes approval raised by Dana and seconded by Bob. Motion
passed with 2 abstentions.
5. Welcome New Members: Bill Wooden and Katie Dolbec - Dana led introductions of old and
new members. New Members: Bill – raised locally, UVM, runs, bikes. Saw the master plan and
got excited to be part of it. Katie D: Runner and cyclist. New to town. Small children, runs with
jog stroller- anxious as she lives and therefore runs near route 7. Moved from Stowe and
previously Maine. Ashley Parker: 2 years working for SB. Family connections to SB brought she
and her family. Old members introduced themselves.
6. Updates from the City: Staffing Changes in Recognition of P4P Project Funding and
Management (City Staff) – Open Space Fund: Roughly $150,000 lump sum and now leverage up
to 1 million dollars. Penny’s for Paths: The $300,000 yearly the voters voted for P4P can
leverage up to roughly $3,000,000. Ashley Parker will be the Bike/Ped coordinator for the city
and oversee the Open Space fund and P4P fund. She will be the person overseeing the
construction of committee and city priorities, as we move into the with the addition of Ashley,
Cathy Larose will be leaving us. A goal is to get digging on our projects and let the public see
results of their vote. Williston Road Streetscape and possible interstate bridge will remain in
Ilona’s jurisdiction. Cathy Larose: GIS mapping project to get all the goals and projects into a
mapped system for SB, allows us to update and prioritize more rapidly. Monitoring striping
benefits from this system. Sidewalks often exist on private lands, so having them on the map
will help locate. Committee provides input into the DRB (Design Review Board) through its’
liason. The DRB is a quasi -judicial board. A new member should be appointed from our
committee to the DRB- time commitment ranges from an hour to six hours monthly. Meetings
are Thursday biweekly. Not all DRB meetings are relevant for Bike/Ped liason. Cathy will be the
head of liason group of 3 with Shawn and Bill. Cathy moved and Shawn seconded that Bill will be
clerk 3 months.
7. Discussion – CIP Proposal: Bob - General Fund Recreation Paths Overview by Expenditure. CIP
draft (Capital Improvement Projects) Presented by Bob. FY 19-29 updated yearly. Presented
to Justin committee by CIP committee. Justin will look at which projects he and his staff can do
and which projects need to be hired out and/or be done without using grant $, which have
additional constraints which raises the cost. Proposals briefly reviewed: (incomplete listing)
Dorset Street- 602k, did not get grant needed to do this. Ashley will reach out to VTRANS as to
why? Looking at possibility of doing as a non-grant project, which would lower costs; Allen Rd-
upper and lower 185k SD Ireland priced this at a very attractive price; Spear St. being scoped;
Spear St. Jug Handle pedestrian path- near sports complex- paved pedestrian path, not really for
bikes; Spear St. UVM side shared use path; Kimball Ave- shared use path extension in 2 sections;
Hinesburg Rd from Kennedy to Williston being scoped for a multi-use path on west side;
Shelburne Road Ped/Bike Facilities- Fayette to QCP Pkwy and to start of Burlington Bike Path;
Airport drive/parkway shared use path to Lime Kiln; Vale to Spear/Swift Streets Path- only if
developer covers if new housing built; Holiday Inn to Patchen Rd. (Recreation impact fees- must
be used for projects developer paid these fees for) Crosswalks: (a few listed) Williston Rd. east
of Hinesburg rd- location(s) TBD; Shelburne Rd and Queen City Parkway near Lindenwood;
Possibility of cost sharing with P4P budget with DPW? Bob and Shawn working with Justin.
8. Discussion P4P – Next Steps: Shawn - P4P Spending Umbrella- Our loose guidelines
Review of committee poll document “What do we want to use p4p money for”
Project type Group Consensus
New Construction- bike path Yes
New Construction- crosswalk Yes
Adding new bike lanes Yes- partner with developers and DPW
New Construction- sidewalks Yes
RRFB’s or Hawks Yes
Matching funds for grants/projects Yes
Fog Line repairing No
Repairing of cross walks No
Repair of existing bike ped infrastructure No
Widening of roads to accommodate bike lanes Maybe
Temporary installations to enable bike ped corridors that will be replaced by more
permanent solutions Yes
Engineering design and drawings where required for more complex projects Yes- if
scoping funds are unavailable.
Widening existing rec paths or relocating existing rec paths away from roadways Yes
only if leveraged with other dollars.
Adding more “pedestrians have right of way in crosswalk” signs. Signage important-
not restrict ourselves to a particular type of sign. Not from our budget.
Strategic port o potty replacements. No. It is needed, but not from our budget .
Brief review of Strategic plan for funding each proposed Rec path and Crosswalk.
9. Community Support Initiatives (p4p)- Status reports. Amanda discussed demonstration project
of crosswalk on Lime Kiln Rd. Strong local resident buy-in, 4 senior housing units.
10. General Matters - Open meeting law review. Policy and Safety Recommendations Update in
drive. Answers to Questions and Issues from 9/12/18 Meeting with Justin Rabidoux. Bob made
a handout and discussed briefly. Ok to use crack filler. Striping- bids were too high, going out
again. Still looking to be done before winter. Talking Points: Dana- Roy would like visitors.
Needed: someone to work with Mary Catherine in Bike to School Programs. Let’s have a
gathering… bike and schmooze.
11. The Bike Rack/Homework Report Out: Cathyann
12. Confirmation: Next Meeting Wednesday, October 10. Meetings- oct 10, nov14, dec 12
13. Adjorn – Cathy motion to adjorn; Jim second.
Meeting ended at 8:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
James Grossman