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Bike & Pedestrian Committee
Meeting Agenda
August 14, 2019
5:30 p.m.
South Burlington City Hall, Champlain Room
575 Dorset Street
1. Welcome and emergency evacuation procedures (5:30 p.m. - 5min) - Started at 5:35pm.
a. Attendance: Shawn, Bill, Donna, Ashley, Dana, Cathy (called in), Amanda arrived at
5:40pm.
b. Three public members attended - Deb Sachs, Richard Shrake, Sue Fletcher.
2. Changes or additions to the agenda (5:35 p.m. - 5min)
a. Dana official timekeeper
3. Comments from the public not related to the agenda (5:40 p.m. - 5min)
a. Richard Shrake - member of the energy committee. Introduced himself
b. Deb with Go! Vermont & Way to Go!
4. Consideration of minutes - see SBBPC Mintues 07-10-19_DRAFT (5:45 p.m - 5min)
a. Objective: Motion to adopt final draft of July minutes
■ Dana motioned to adopt minutes
■ Donna to second
■ No motioned to change draft minutes
■ Motion passed by attending members.
5. Minor - Kimball/Community/Greggory Intersection - Cathy (5:50 p.m. - 10min)
a. Objective: Official committee comment on design preference for DRB 8/20/19
■ Upgrade intersection because Fedex is building there.
■ Planning department wants to know if a roundabout is better than a signal
intersection. Looking for feedback from BPC.
1. Data is inconclusive
a. We are not in a position to recommend one or the other.
2. Striping rules now allow for bike boxes at intersections
3. Anything we implement will require education for drivers
4. Ashley - no crossing on west side of kimball drive in roundabout plan.
Should it be added to plan?
5. Shawn - Data mixed for U.S. on roundabout and bike safety. A lot of
work to be done to go with the round-a-bout. Traffic speeds have to be
very slow - 15mph.
6. Bill - would the signal intersection be safer as the lane lines wear away?
7. Cathy - people won’t go out of their way to follow the correct path
around a round-about. We don't have the infrastructure to educate
people.
8. Shawn - suggests Cathy go to DRB with BPC concerns (intended speeds,
how will drivers know there are pedestrians crossing? Community and
outreach resources).
6. Major - Updates from the City - Ashley (6:00 p.m. - 15min)
a. New Agenda
■ Committee process:
1. Shawn - Once minutes for August BPC are posted by 8/19, move over to
new Google drive system.
2. Cannot edit documents in Google drive ‘space’. Need to download by
one user at a time to prevent quorum.
a. Also looking into if documents can be “locked” by one user to
edit one at a time in drive folder.
b. Amanda - is it okay to delete files used for research, but not
included in drafts. Ashley to find out.
■ Ashley - suggested more outreach for helmet use.
b. Laserfiche
■ Ashley: link on BPC webpage links to committee meeting agenda documents.
7. Major - VT Way to Go Schools Presentation - Debra Sachs (6:15 p.m. - 25min)
a. Objective: Motion to add Way to Go Schools to the committee priorities (already
existing).
■ Behavior and infrastructure sides of Way to Go! Program.
1. Can we get deeper involvement and participation when partnering with
BPC’s? Yes, from previous projects.
a. Work together for common goals/projects.
i. Grants, infrastructure, etc.
b. Include sponsorships from local companies.
2. Program starts Sept 1st, through remainder of school year.
3. Deb created list of ways BPC can help - see handout.
■ Note: LocalMotion can help purchase bike racks.
■ Go! Vermont as resource for travelers - share on BPC website and social media.
■ Donna - schools need to tell us what they need from us to help make this work
and successful.
1. Create baseline data for each participating school.
■ Objective: Motion to create a subgroup to work on Way to Go Schools
■ Donna makes a Motion to make Way to Go! An active project, create sub-work
group
1. 2nd by Amanda
2. All in favor
■ Shawn makes a motion to nominate Donna to head sub-work group.
1. Dana 2nd
2. All in favor.
8. Major - FY19 Annual Report & FY20 Work Plan - Shawn & Bill (6:40 p.m. - 20min)
a. Objective: Motion to approve final version to submit to the City on 8/16
■ Summarize action plan and prioritizes for FY2020.
1. Align with city goals
■ Amanda had notes from first draft of FY19 Annual Report, we reviewed.
■ Moving all quantitative data information to correct section.
■ Shawn to complete Annual Report, Bill to complete FY20 Work Plan.
1. Committee to send suggestions to each.
■ Need to submit to Ashley by 8/15.
■ Dana Motion to allow Shawn to finalize the report based on the committee
feedback.
1. Amanda 2nd
2. All in favor
■ Amanda motions to authorize Bill to draft and ensure he gets specific updates
from work groups to finalize Work plan, based on 2017/2018 priorities
1. Bill to 2nd.
2. All in favor
9. Minor - September Symposium Presentation & Poster - Group (7:00 p.m. - 10min)
a. Objective: Identify sub-group(s) to develop materials for Committee Symposium on
9/26
■ Ashley - don’t stress, pull out bullets from annual report and work plan to put
on a poster, send info to Ashley. Will print at city hall.
■ Request for an image to use on the Poster - committee group, action shot,
project, etc.
■ When Shawn sends out final Annual report, request committee members to
highlight bullets for poster. Send comments to Shawn.
10. Minor - CIP Updates - Submitted by Bob (7:10 p.m. - 10min)
a. Objective: Motion to approve final recommendations on CIP updates to the City
■ Dana motions we approve Bob’s updates
1. Donna 2nd
2. All in favor
■ Shawn to attend next work section for CIP
■ Ashley - next approval in December.
11. Minor - Proposed Agenda Format Changes - Shawn (7:20 p.m. - 10min)
a. Objective: Review & informal approval on new proposed format
■ Limit number of major topics to 2-3.
■ Limit number of minor topics to 3-5.
■ Updates from sub-groups - 1 to 2 sentences. If bigger discussion, would become
a major or minor topic.
12. Updates: Ongoing Committee Work (7:30pm - 25min)
a. Update: P4P Project Updates - Ashley
b. Update: Monthly DPW meeting - Shawn
c. Update: CCRPC Update - Amanda & Bob
■ No updates.
d. Update: Interim Zoning - Amanda & Donna
■ Still going on. No updates.
e. Update: DRB Update - Cathy & Shawn
■ No updates this month.
f. Update: Article on bike boxes - Cathy
■ Cathy submitted article to the “Other Paper” and city website.
1. Ashley - it is on the list of items to get website updates.
g. Update: General Business - Shawn
h. Donna - trying to figure out rec path directional signage, can’t find city signage design
research article.
■ Sub work group members for way-finding: Donna, Bill, Dana.
■ Possibly add new meeting topic for next months meeting to go over sub-group
and any related topics.
■ Questions about where current signs could be, as well as regulator signage
locations and designs (https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/ standards).
13. Confirmation: Next meeting Wednesday, September 11, 2019 (7:55 p.m.)
14. Adjourn (8:10 p.m.)
MEMORANDUM
TO: South Burlington Bike & Pedestrian Committee
FROM: Deb Sachs, Consultant on the Way to Go!
Team
RE: 2019/20 Way to Go! to School
DATE: August 14, 2019
1) Way to Go! To School Challenge opportunity for South Burlington Schools and Safe
Routes to Schools.
(See attached program flyer).
2) I’d like to encourage a brief dialogue about how SBBPC might support SB schools to
increase walking and biking and shared transportation as a lifestyle.
3) What are the drivers and barriers to a more sustainable transportation future?
a. Engagement comes in many forms, offering interested school officials
and students the opportunity anytime throughout the school year is good.
We’re looking for incremental improvements, no matter how small, from
Walking Wednesdays, to walking school buses, to commute surveys.
We’re developing several stories and examples from both rural and urban
schools.
b. We pair school projects with partners depending on what project they
envision.
c. Often a community group is key as in the case of a sidewalk project to
Cambridge School. RPC and municipality worked together with staff and
students to design and construct the project.
d. Behavior change incentivized and we bring together sponsors and
businesses to help support the program.
We will send a presentation, and encourage continued dialogue.
Suggested ways SBBPC can help.
1. Engage the Superintendent and Principals of each school
2. Identify coordinators
3. Bring information and talent of SBBPC to the school to help identify priority projects
4. Think about short term and long term projects that will effect change in behavior and
infrastructure investments.
5. Engage the team at Go! Vermont and Way to Go! to help achieve your vision and mission.
6. Solicit business sponsors to help incentivize local school activities
7. Go! Vermont has $500 mini-grants to help seed and advance your outreach efforts.
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