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Introdactionsa0""id 2. Bike Path Planning—John Hendrickson of Fay, Spofford,&Thomdike Consulting will give a presentation on bikeway planning and design. 3. Existing Salem Bike Path—Frank Taormina of the City of Salem Planning Department will update the Committee on the planning,design,and construction of the existing Salem Bike Path. • 4. Mass Highway Department(MM)Enhancement Funding Contracts—Frank Taormina of the City of Salem Planning Department will discuss the status of the existing bike path funding contracts and update the Committee on the planned and potential items to expend the remaining funds. 5. Old/New Business urk on #v.,u� d.!+11 +" A This rtatICS posted on *0 MCIal gUl(qtM BOGW Clay Hall Ave., Sf,`&m, Mass. on Sap. mss' acola a� /0: 53 fl/yr jri a=rdame with Chap. 39Sea RU & 23B of M.G.L. 120 Washington Street • Salem Massachusetts 01970 • Tele 978-745-9595 • Fax 978-740-0404 • www.salem.com CI; GLER� S OFFICE CITY OF SALEM BI%E PATH COMMITTEE Z� pi lV e4ouQh . 6� MEETING AGENDA You are hereby noticed that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,November 8,2006 at 6.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. F ank Tao no, loner/H bar Coordinator Tentative Agenda. 1. Nominate/Vote for a Chairman and Vice Chairman • 2. MHD Enhancement Funding Contract—discussion regarding expenditure of remaining fiords left in the Mass Highway Department(MHD)Contract for construction of Phase I of the Salem Bike Path. 3. MAPC Bike Parting Program—Metropolitan Area Planning Council(MAPC) is offering a funding program whereby eligible communities can purchase bike racks and/or other securing devices. Discuss funding program guidelines and consider locations throughout the City. 4. Old/New Business This notlas pasted on "Officlal Buil ft Boanr City Wall Ave., Salem, MaSS. on MOV - 1 1006 It p: %O /" in accordo..rzG9 with Gitp. 3.3A 12313 of M.G.L. 120WAS][INcroNSrm-.cr • SALEM, MASSACHUSE-FFS01970 • FrL 973-619-5653 • r',u973-740-0404 • WWW.S;li.ent.CON1 C11 OF SALEM, MA • CLERYx'S OFFICE CITY OF SALEM Bum PATH comm 'I rEE �aoh�Er -� A In: 4 MEETING AGENDA You are hereby noticed drat the Salem Bike Path Committee wilt hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,Dwember 13,2006 at 6.00pm at City Hall Amrex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street FToPHm Coordinator Tentative Agenda: I. Confirm Nominations and Vote for a Chairman&Vice Chairman • 2. East Coast Greenway Alliance--Eric Weiss of the ECGA will discuss the East Coast Greenway Initiative and the potential designation of the Salem Bike Path into the East Coast Greenway Initiative. 3. AIM Enhancement Funding Contract--review observations made at the site visit and discuss the expenditure of the remaining WID funds for Phase I of the Salem Bike Path. 4. MAPC Bike Parking Program—Metropolitan Area Planning Council(MAPC)is offering a funding program whereby eligible communities can purchase bike racks and/or other securing devices. Discuss finding program guidelines and consider locations throughout the City. 5. Old/New Business This notice posted on "Offs l dRI Bki u' tin Boardw 6 0666 at � ¢/{(/�!}cy�^�/ �aa / � fp8 6 .r'vva'1'a aaa<�'tiw� r�ldd p V'8'i'm-p. X23 6o'UiFR�. 2'a:7A a 6230 Qf' ��i:�o5:�1. -- 120 WASHINGTON STREE'r • SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 • TELE 978-619-5685 FAX 978-740-0404 • WWW..SALEDLCOM fl� 0 n Y �yy �y�yi �'� �� 'Ci}i ''yy��,•�YS "��Z",ys t ^eti.�'# !'�, -'w �..� y, y, 2e�. �5� t�'SSY'� y� i'l.t��•♦+�A t: 'a� i�FW p 4i�1�'S LC R .aw} z t a .,, , i r Vr+ Z`k L_:Fa'x '3��..,,,,s '1�� 3 r Z '3`a� * n, y��.+,+y '"•{ fif r rY. . . M1r2• �",rw � r .,p ys+ k°*;lit;l•. �i.. •+..rir � .-b"tw rem h �,.); , � L.„�,y vrr rs fir+..'.. # P► Y v� SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT JULY 1,2006— JUNE 30,2007 In June 2006,the City of Salem established the Salem Bike Path Committee, which is a Committee dedicated to making Salem a bike-friendly community. The main goal of this Committee is to make Salem a more-desirable urban environment by establishing safe and well planned on- and/or off-road bike routes for walking and cycling. Other goals of the Committee are to assist in the expansion of the existing bike path throughout Salem and to our surrounding communities, encourage the Safe Routes to School Program, advocate for alternative forms of transportation to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality, advocates for bike safety, and encourage cycling not only as a form of alternative transportation but as a form of exercise and better health. The Salem Bike Path is an extension of the Town of Marblehead Recreational Trail. In fact, when the City obtained funds from Mass Highway to design, engineer, and construct the bikeway it was referred to as the Marblehead Branch Bike Path until just last year when the City renamed it the Salem Bike Path. The existing Salem Bike Path (Phase 1) is constructed on an abandoned Railroad Right-of-way (former Boston & Maine Railroad ROW). The path begins at the Lafayette Street entrance near the City of Salem and Town of Marblehead line, and continues north approximately 2,500 linear feet alongside the Salem State College Central Campus toward Loring Avenue. Opposite Loring Avenue the bike path continues north approximately 450 linear • feet to Canal Street. In its entirety,the existing Salem Bike Path (Phase 1) is roughly 3,000 linear feet in length. The first meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on October 3, 2006. The Salem Bike Path Committee meets regularly on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm in Salem City Hall Annex, Meeting Room 314, 120 Washington Street. The Committee did not hold any meetings during the month of August. During the 2006-2007 period, the Bike Path Committee membership included Dan Shuman (former Chairman) Stan Franzeen (current Chairman), Jeff Bellin (Vice Chair), Rachel Hunt (Clerk), David Pelletier,Nancy Sachetti, Jerome Judge, and Christine Michelini. Some of the Bike Path Committee's key initiatives completed during the 2007 Fiscal Year were the following: • Completion of Phase I Bike Path Items — Utilizing the remaining Mass Highway Transportation Enhancement Funds for Phase I Construction of the Salem Bike Path, the Committee purchased and installed four (4) Salem Bike Path Entrance Signs, two (2) Message Center Kiosks, and various landscaping at each entrance and along portion of the bike path. In addition, three (3) Boston-style benches and two (2) solar-powered trash compactors were purchased but have not yet been installed by the City. • MAPC Bike Parking Program — The City subscribed to the Metropolitan Area Planning • Council (MAPC) Bike Parking Program on December 19, 2006. This program provides 6n 4 Salem Bike Path Committee PY07 Annual Report Page 1 of 2 municipalities in the MAPC Region with the opportunity to purchase eligible bike parking equipment from three different manufactures and receive full reimbursement for the purchase price. The City must cover the cost of shipping and installation. In the first year of this program, the Committee focusing on installing bike racks in downtown Salem. The Committee selected fifty-four (54) locations to install bike racks. Three different styles were selected to offer Salem residents and visitors convenient and safe bike parking opportunities in downtown Salem while promoting alternative transportation. The bike racks were purchased prior to the end of the 2007 Fiscal Year and as of the date this report was submitted (November 7, 2007) have all been installed. The City will be submitting the reimbursement forms to MAPC prior to the December 1, 2007 deadline. Pedaling Forward Some of the major initiatives the Bike Path Committee is currently working on and looking to complete in Fiscal Year 2008 are as follows: • Off-Season Bike Path Maintenance— The Committee has taken an inventory of items on and/or.along the bike path that need to be fixed, replaced, removed, installed, etc. Those specific maintenance items will be addressed during the winter 07/spring 08. • Bike Safety Seminar—The Committee is currently planning out the details of a bike safety seminar to review the rules of the road and other important bike safety tips. The Committee plans to host the event with other public/private bike organizations and the Salem Police Department Bike Unit in the spring of 2008. • • Green Line Bikeway—The Committee is currently planning an on- and off-road bike route that is structured to avoid major roadways and allow cyclists to go from one end of Salem to the other via a combination of off-road trails and utilizing well marked secondary and tertiary roads. The major goal of this bike route is to link together schools, playgrounds, parks, beaches, and other recreational areas in Salem. • Safe Routes to School Program — The Massachusetts Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program promotes healthy alternatives for children and parents in their travel to and from school. At its heart, the SRTS Program empowers communities to make walking and bicycling to school a safe and routine activity once again. The Program makes funding available for a wide variety of programs and projects, from building safer street crossings to establishing programs that encourage children and their parents to walk and bicycle safely to school. The Committee hopes that the implementation of The Green Line Bikeway will be the first step toward creating a"Safe Routes to School"for Salem children and form the basis for the City to apply for SRTS Funding. Respectfully submitted, Frank Taormina Planner/Harbor Coordinator • r i 1 Salem Bike Path Committee FP07 Annual Report Page 2 of 2 �Cowurj�� • vW CITY OF SALEM {I -' BIKE PATH COMMITTEE IN roe 2007 MEETING SCHEDULE (2^d Revision) You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meetings for 2007 at 7:00 pm, in City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. Dan Shu an,� Chairman )Wednesday,January 10, 2007 • s� �� /Wednesday, March 14, 2007 00r d t,J p /Wednesday,April 11, 2007 ;,-, o n /WednesdayCIL , May 9, 2007 D u� O C-) - d is tednesday,June 13, 2007 a (,i,,uble 1�� „off Qvofv>" .e 6> ' rine ednesday,July 11, 2007 C d (!3 o meetings in August t V Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Cl2$C1e"A t' /Wednesday, October 10, 2007 F1� Q �yL//Wednesday,November 14, 2007 , • J VWednesday, D h t� 7nn7 120 VV,Aiinlrnn Sramr saiem, blassachusctts 01970 • ]-Cie 978-745-9595 Fax 978-740-0404 WWW.SAIA- i.COM CI I Y OF SALEM—MA CLERK'S 0 �CONIIITj, • e P CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE ZOR,IAN —SOLA 10:'4q p,Ne MEETING AGENDA You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,January 10, 2007 at 6:30 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. " DanShuma Chairman Tentative Agenda: 1. Green Line Bike Trail—Discussion of the Green Line Bike Trail, an on- and off-road bike trail proposed by Committee Member David Pelletier. • 2. MAPC Bike Parking Program—Discuss funding program guidelines and consider types and locations of bike racks throughout the City. 3. Old/New Business This notice postal on "{Uffiola! Bulletin Boatdsl City Hail Ave., Saiai-fl, oi • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, January 10, 2007 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. in room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members present were: Nancy Sachetti, Jerry Judge, Dan Shuman, Jeff Bellin, Stan Franzeen, and Rachel Hunt. Also present was Frank Taormina, Staff Planner/Harbor Coordinator Members absent: David Pelletier Guests: Mary Whitney (356 Essex St.) At 6:45 p.m., Dan Shuman called the meeting to order. Frank Taormina suggested that the group move old/new business to the top of the agenda. Old/New Business F. Taormina discussed the taking of minutes, reporting that the group should elect an individual to function as clerk and take minutes of each meeting. • N. Sachetti made a motion to nominate Rachel Hunt as clerk. S. Franzeen seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. F. Taormina stated that the group would review minutes at each meeting. S. Franzeen commented that is would be nice to have more members from the Salem Open Space and Recreation Plan Committee, Friends of Salem Woods, SAFE, etc. on the Bike Path Committee. F. Taormina responded that interested individuals needed to write a letter to the Mayor's Office and she would decide whether to appoint members and they would go through the process. F. Taormina reviewed priorities for spending decided upon at last meeting, including 1. replacing signs, fixing footing, re-striping crosswalk, removing old posts/concrete, and paving around gates. Discussion ensued about pricing and the bidding process and then turned to the question of whether money could be spent on anything else. F. Taormina stated that all plans needed to be drawn up before applying for design funding, etc., but that he had indications that further grants would be funded. D. Shuman solicited other ideas for funding which included the following: solar kiosk, trash compactor, water stop, signage, bathrooms, benches, socially safe lighting (sensor), and emergency call button. F Taormina reported that he would get estimates and report back at the next meeting. 1. Green Line Bike Trail —Discussion of the Green Line Bike Trail, an on- and off-road bike • trail proposed by Committee Member David Pelletier. F. Taormina made a motion to continue agenda item 1 until the February meeting because David Pelletier was not present. • 2. MAPC Bike Parking Program— Discuss funding program guidelines and consider types and locations of bike racks throughout the City. F. Taormina reported that we are subscribed to the MAPC Bike Parking Program and that the City of Salem has a $10,621 reimbursement ceiling on bike racks. Discussion of preferred styles for bike racks in Salem ensued. S. Franzeen suggested that we take three things into account: 1. location 2. cost 3. design The group should consider what we want to accomplish. S. Franzeen suggested the group focus on identifying new locations for racks rather than replacing old ones. F. Taormina suggested that we would likely have more money next year. The group listed locations as priorities for locations (Walgreen's, PEM, Salem Cinema/mall, Salem Woods, Salem Common, Mack Park, Forrest River, Winter Island, Palmer Cove, Washington St. bus stop. D. Shuman suggested discussing placement of racks with businesses. F. Taormina suggested that he send out web links for members to review and it was decided that members would email their preferences to him prior to the next meeting. D. Shuman said that he would email the group the pros/cons of each type of rack. J. Judge made a motion that the meetings start at 7 p.m. and run to 8:30 p.m. R. Hunt seconded the motion. • The motion passed unanimously. F. Taormina stated that he would post a revised meeting schedule, changing the start time to 7 p.m. R. Hunt made a motion to put public comment at the beginning of each agenda. J. Judge seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening a motion was made by Jeff Bellin to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Stan Franzeen and approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Rachel Hunt, Clerk Salem Bike Path Committee BPCO11007 • G1-]-Y OF 01ALLI1, MA CLERK'S OFFICE CITY OF SALEM q BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 1001 FES 1,4 _P-12�. 9 �IMINR Il . MEETING CANCELED NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. a Dan Shuman, 9 pr Chairman Tentative Agenda • Roll Call Dan Shuman Jerome Judge WJeff Bellin David Pelletier Rachel Hunt Nancy Sachetti Stan Franzeen 1. Minutes —!Approval of the minutes for the meeting held on January 10, 2007. r 2. Public Comment 3. Green Line Bike Trail—Discussion of the Green Line Bike Trail, an on- and off-road bike trail proposed by Committee Member David Pelletier. 4. MAPC Bike Parking Program—Vote on preferred bike rack style and continue ' discussion on the installation locations of the preferred bike racks throughout the City. 5 Ol"ew Business This n0i18® {10" lid on %Offici'al Bulletin B08M" • City Hall AV®., Salem, Mass. on 4 X13 . ly Soo a4 /a : 5 Pm Inr tw- WM Adjournment 233 & 239 of M.G.L. 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem,Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com Jy .E1. MA CLERK S OFFICE No �� Z7 CITY OF SALEM t'� ,d BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 1001 MAR -9 A 9: i� NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on.Wednesday,March 14,2007 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. gad . Dan Shuman. .i' Chairman TentadveAgenda Roll Call Dan Shulman Jerome Judge Jeff Bellin David Pelletier Rachel Hunt Nancy Sachetti • Stan Franzeen L Minutes—Approval of the minutes for the meeting held on January 10,2007. 2. Public Comment 3. Green Line Bike Trail—Discussion of the Green Line Bike Trail,an on-and off-road bike trail proposed by Committee Member David Pelletier. 4. MAPC Bike Parking Program—Vote on preferred bike rack style and continue discussion on the installation locations of the preferred bike racks throughout the City. 5. Old/New Business Adjournment This notice poVod an "affICAsf Bulletin °w Clty Hall Ave., ;,'alotn, N�ga,s. op, _7b4n. soaj at 4rA in aco"darm with chap. sm, • 23A ik 23B Of M.G.L. 120 Washington Street 0 Salem,Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com f • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, March 14, 2007 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Dan Shuman, Jeff Bellin, Rachel Hunt, Jerome Judge, Stan Franzeen, David Pelletier, and Nancy Sachetti. Also present was Frank Taormina, Staff Planner/Harbor Coordinator. Members Absent: None Guests: Mike Sosnowski (Ward II Councilor) and Laurie Bellin (Resident, 396 Essex Street) In the brief absence of Chairman Shuman, Vice Chair Jeff Bellin called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm The vote on approval of the minutes from the January 10, 2007 meeting was continued due to technical difficulties in distributing the minutes. S. Franzeen suggested taking the agenda out of order, in order to vote on Bike Racks Styles first to get the ball rolling. The committee agreed unanimously. • S Franzeen made a motion to have Frank give an update on the $19,000 on our Mass. Highway funds and then to proceed to Agenda Item 4. F. Taormina — Group discussed top priorities, which included: • Replace missing signage • Fix footing around bike gate • Re-stripe crosswalks at each intersection (green) • Remove old posts at the Loring Street location • Pave around bike gates After discussing these items with the City Planning Department, Frank stated that these are maintenance items and funding to pay for these items would come from the Bike Path Maintenance funds. The only item considered new construction that we could utilize Mass Highway funds is paving around bike gates. D Pelletier made a motion that Frank draft a letter on behalf of the committee to the Marblehead Light Commission to invite them to our next meeting to discuss safety and maintenance concerns with the portion of the Marblehead Recreation Trail that is located within the City of Salem city limits. S Franzeen seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. F. Taormina stated that he would have a draft of the letter available for the members to review at the next meeting. S. Franzeen made a motion to continue to discuss the expenditure of the remaining Mass Highway • Transportation Enhancement Funding for Phase I of the Bike Path. J Bellin seconded the motion The motion passed unanimously. • Discussion ensued about how to spend the money. D Pelletier suggested that the most important priority is safety, paving around the entrance. D Pelletier suggested that solar powered trash could be helpful. S. Franzeen referenced a letter from Representative John Keenan regarding solar trashcans. S. Franzeen showed pictures of cans that are in Boston. F Taormina reminded the group that there was interest in lighting and mentioned that he had a conversation with Ward Councilor Joseph O'Keefe who recalls a condition in an MOU with the neighboring residents that there would not be light pollution from the Bike Path, but solar or motion- detected lights might be a good alternative. D. Shuman suggested that we locate a couple benches along the bike path. F.Taormina said that he would get quotes on all three items listed above, and report back to the committee at the next meeting on his findings. Jerome Judge reminded the group that kiosks were also discussed. S. Franzeen made a motion that Frank price the four items above. N. Sachetti seconded the motion. Discussion ensued about the look of the kiosk, etc. look of benches, securing them, placement. F. Taormina said that he would price the items and send board members the week before the meeting. The motion passed unanimously. • N Sachetti asked if Frank would send out photos/spec of the items. Dan asked for only two choices of each item. MAPC Bike Parking Program —Discuss and vote on preferred Bike Racks. D. Pelletier described his idea about fitting rack designs for locations (i.e., circles racks for parking meters in dense downtown area, something more aesthetic for the Salem Common/Historic Districts, and the U-Rack Model for schools/parks). F Taormina reminded the committee that the installation of any bike racks downtown must be reviewed and approved by the Salem Redevelopment Authority (SRA) and its Design Review Board (DRB). D Pelletier commented that some of the current bike racks downtown are ill placed. D Shuman said that he got prior approval from the SRA/DRB when he installed a bike rack in front of his store and some other locations. He mentioned that those racks could be replace with the new style. N Sachetti asked if there was an inventory of current locations of racks. D Pelletier said that we have the opportunity to correct something that doesn't exist, racks at schools. Again, fit rack to location. Identify three designs and then go and identify locations. D Shuman commented that businesses could locate a sign to a bike rack, like he currently does. • D Pelletier suggested having a painting party to promote the new racks. He said that he believed everything should be black. F Taormina said that the Bike Hitch model is essentially a sleeve that would cover the existing pole and the parking meter heads would be removed off the existing pole, the Bike Hitch sleeve would be placed over the existing pole and the meter head reattached. However, the City will install all of the racks. F Taormina also mentioned that because all of the meters would not be replaced, not all the parking meter poles would be black, like the ones replaced with the Bike Hitch Bike Rack. S Franzeen said that he did not like the last Vintage Rack Style and stated that Front Street should have Vintage Racks not the Bike Hitch model over the parking meters. They could be off-street as opposed to on the sidewalks. The other committee members agreed that they would rather use the Bike Hitch Racks downtown and use a Vintage Racks Style in Salem Common and the historic districts. N. Sachetti suggested that we talk about style first and then location. The committee narrowed the bike rack choices for the Vintage Racks to the following models: Rack 1 (The Plymouth) — has a lighter feel to it, less to break off of it, more of a flare than 2 which is like a wagon wheel, could be vandalized Rack 2 (The Fulton) — more sturdy, simply, nice arch, looks like 1 with a thing on the bottom, heavy, too much, straightforward. Public Comment offered in support of Rack 2. F Taormina offered support of Rack 1. The committee voted 4-3 in favor of Rack 1. (The Plymouth). U-Racks for schools and parks locations were discussed. Discussion of U-Two vs. Cutless/Heavy Duty Winder to vote. D. Pelletier suggested that the looping of the Cutless was unattractive. D. Shuman • agreed that the Cutless would be less practical than the U-Two model. S Franzeen made a motion to use the U-Two model racks. J. Judge seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. D Pelletier made a motion to find locations, discuss and make recommendations at next meeting. N Sachetti seconded the motion Discussion ensued. The motion passed unanimously. Jeff Bellin made a motion to continue the proposed Green Line Bike Trail until the next meeting. D Shuman seconded the motion. Passed unanimously. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening a motion was made by Dan Shuman to adjourn the meeting, seconded by S. Franzeen and approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:34 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Rachel Hunt, Clerk Salem Bike Path Committee • BPC031407 �Nnr L • a CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,April 11,2007 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. Dan SIman, Chairman MEETING AGENDA Roll Call Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Jeff Bellin David Pelletier Rachel Hunt Nancy Sachetti Stan Franzeen • 1. Approval of Minutes—January 10,2007 Meeting&March 14,2007 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. MAPC Bike Parking Program–identify locations of selected bike racks throughout City 4. MHD Funding–discuss cost estimates of remaining Phase I items 5. Green Line Bike Trail—discussion of the Green Line Bike Trail, an on-And off-road bike trail proposed by Committee Member David Pelletier 6. Old/New Business ♦ Nominate and Vote for a new Chair ♦ Town of Marblehead Recreational Trail–review draft letter to the Town of Marblehead Light Commission ♦ Peter Tracy Walkway/Bike Path—connection with Bypass Roadway Bike Path via an abandoned MBTA Railroad Right-of-Way ♦ Phase II of the Salem Bike Path 9,� This notiss posWd on "0111c, s!s. ^ S�A�I� Board' � �. • Adjournment C hell Ave., saloon, 1 a In at / -'3 �.�. i.'s,.• 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem,Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 97&740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com v • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, April 11, 2007 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Dan Shuman, Jeff Bellin, Jerome Judge, Stan Franzeen, David Pelletier, Nancy Sachetti and newly appointed member Christine Michelini. Also present was Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator. Members Absent: Rachel Hunt Public in Attendance: Annette Louizos (Resident, 7 Glendale Street) Chairman Shuman called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm 1) Approval of Minutes— N. Sachetti made a motion to approve the January 10, 2007 meeting minutes, seconded by J. Bellin. The motion was approved unanimously. N. Sachetti made a motion to approve the March 14, 2007 meeting minutes as revised, seconded by J. • Judge and approved unanimously. 2) Public Comment— Chairman Shuman opened the floor to the public. No comments were received. 3) Massachusetts Area Planning Council (MAPC) Bike Parking Program— F. Taormina gave a brief overview of the MAPC Bike Parking Program for the newly appointed committee member and the public in attendance. Discussion ensued regarding the location of bike racks throughout the City. J. Bellin pointed out that the committee should determine which of the three preferred bike rack styles (the Plymouth, the Bike Hitch, and the U-Two) should locate in the identified area also. The other committee members agreed. D. Pelletier made a motion to review Stan Franzeen's photo slides of proposed bike rack locations, seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. The slides where reviewed and discussion regarding the general location and bike rack styles to locate there ensued. F. Taormina suggested that the committee focus on the downtown area within the Salem Redevelopment Authority (SRA)jurisdiction because that specific area would require the bike rack styles and locations to be reviewed and approved by the SRA and it's Design Review Board (DRB). The committed agreed unanimously. • Chairman Shuman opened discussion and asked each of the members to identify locations. The committee members narrowed the location of bike racks to the downtown SRA District and F. Taormina plotted each location on a City of Salem Parcel/Street Map. • Chairman Shuman opened the floor for public comment and Annette Louizos, 7 Glendale Street, offered her suggestions on the location of bike racks in the downtown SRA District. After the committee/public identified all the proposed areas, F. Taormina suggested that he and interested members of the committee walk the entire downtown SRA District and accurately identify the exact location of each bike rack and take an inventory of each bike rack style to be purchased and installed. The committee members agreed that that was a good idea. F.Taormina also mentioned that he would touch base with Dick Rennard, City DPW Director, and Jim Hacker, City Parking Director to see if they would like to join them on the site walk, since they will be installing the bike racks for the City. F. Taormina stated that he would send out an email to the committee members to notify them of the time/date a site walk could be held. With the general locations of the downtown SRA District finished, J. Bellin made a motion to continue the discussion of the location of bike racks outside that area to the next meeting, seconded by S. Franzeen and the other committee members agreed unanimously. 4. Mass Highway Department(MHD)Transportation Enhancement Funding Grant— F. Taormina mentioned that the concept of locating solar pathway light along the bike path is not practical because the solar lights are on stakes and not permanently installed. After a discussion he had with Lynn Duncan, City Planner and Dick Rennard, City DPW Director, keeping up with theft and maintenance is not worth it. He also mentioned that the light would not necessarily illuminate the bike • path as it should. The committee members then reviewed the other items, benches, a kiosk, and solar trash compactor identical to the ones that were recently installed along the Essex Street Pedestrian Mall. The committee discussed the specifications and cost of each item and F. Taormina agreed to get exact price quotes from the manufacturers and report back at the next meeting. S. Green Line Bike Trail— D. Pelletier outlined his proposal of the Green Line Bike Trail, which is an on- and off-road bike trail that would traverse the city from roughly the Salem Willows/Winter Island to the existing Salem Bike Path at the Town of Marblehead line/Forest River. D. Pelletier explained how the Green Line Bike Trail is intended to avoid major roadways and offer a safer route via secondary and tertiary roadways. The trail is also intended to link to several City Parks, Beaches, and schools. D. Pelletier also explained that where is an opportunity for the committee/City to obtain funding from The Safe Routes to School Grant. D. Pelletier explained the next steps needed, the end result, and potential future links. S. Franzeen made a motion to support the concept of a Green Line Bike Trail and continue discussion to the next meeting. Seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. 6. Old/New Business— • Nominate and Vote for a New Chair—Chairman Shuman notified the committee that for various reasons he is respectfully stepping down as Chairman and would like to have the committee nominate a new Chair. 2 r • N. Sachetti suggested that any member interested in serving as chair speak first before members make nominations. S. Franzeen stated that he is interested in serving as chair of the committee. No other member was interested in serving and no members made nominations. There being no other interest, the committee members voted unanimously to have Stan Franzeen serve as Chairman of the Bike Path Committee. Town of Marblehead Recreational Trail –The committee members reviewed the draft letter put together by F. Taormina. F. Taormina agreed to revise the letter as recommended and mail it to the Town of Marblehead Light Commission to express their collective safety concern and maintenance issues regarding the portion of the Marblehead Recreation Trail located within the Salem City Limits. F Taormina also mentioned that hw received correspondence from the Mayor's Office stating that her honor would be willing to assist in the matter if need be. Peter Tracy Walkway/Bike Path & Phase II of the Salem Bike Path — F. Taormina explained D. Pelletier's proposal to connection with the bypass roadway bike path with the Peter Tracy Walkway via an abandoned MBTA Right-of-Way (ROW). Brief discussion ensued lead by D. Pelletier. F. Taormina also explained the proposed extension of the existing Salem Bike Path from its current end at Canal Street to Riley Plaza via a City of Salem ROW, MBTA ROW, and a portion of private property. F. Taormina stated that he is drafting a letter to the MBTA Real Estate Department to invite them to discuss the two proposals with staff from the City Planning Department, the Mayor's Office, and Representative John Keenan. Adjournment • There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening a motion was made by N. Sachetti to adjourn the meeting, seconded by J. Bellin and approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator City of Salem DPCD BPC041107 3 CONUIT y6�' 'Lt4 y �... TP ihi it CITY OF SALEM • BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,May 9,2007 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. S aAize"en �1 Chairman 0 MEETING AGENDA m -_: Roll Call Dan Shuman Jerome judge C, Jeff Bellin David Pelletier -n Rachel Hunt Nancy Sachetti o C- ` Stan Franzeen rn T C:) _ a- 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes • ♦ April 11, 2007 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. MAPC Bike Parking Program—confirm bike rack installation locations throughout Downtown Salem/SRA District 4. Green Line Bike Trail—continue discussion of Green Line Bike Trail, an on- and off- road bike trail proposed by Committee Member David Pelletier 5. Old/New Business ♦ Remaining MHD Funding expenditures ♦ Maintenance of unimproved portion of Bike Path Right-of-Way ♦ Follow-up on Town of Marblehead Light Commission Letter Adjournment i This r�o#irt; pr„#gid On ^!�t�;:;fa; i3u3ieb-�+ � • Y Ctty /H/ 1;; MAY - ? 001 ai 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Far 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com L i` • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, May 9, 2007 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Christine Michelini, Rachel Hunt, and Nancy Sachetti. Also present was Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator Members Absent: Dan Shuman, David Pelletier, Jerome Judge Public in Attendance: Chairman Franzeen called the meeting to order at 7:13 p.m. 1. Approval of Minutes N. Sachetti made a motion to approve the minutes from the April 11, 2007 meeting. C. Michelini seconded the motion. No discussion ensued and the motion passed unanimously with R. Hunt abstaining. • 2. Public Comment No public comment was made. 3. MAPC Bike Parking Program Discussion of bike map. F. Taormina stated that the mapping exceeded the budget of $10,621 and that the planning board wanted the committee to provide reasons for why there should be that number of racks in those locations. Chairman Franzeen asked if we could just cut down the amount of racks or whether we should do another walk. Discussed ensued. S Franzeen asked for clarification on the deadline for spending the money. F. Taormina clarified that we needed to have approval, purchase, and installment finished in order to submit receipts by December Ist. J Bellin suggested that we could cut the number of bike hitches in half because the group thought that there was more money. N Sachetti suggested that if we cut the bike hitches in half and we save $4,500, we would still need to reduce the number of vintage racks. J Bellin agreed that we could cut the number of vintage racks in half. Discussion ensued. N. Sachetti made a motion that the groups conduct a site inspection and evaluation with the goal of • reducing the cost by $6,430. C Michelini seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. f A • It was suggested that the number of bike hitches by reduced by half and the number of vintage racks be reduced by 10 to reach the budgeted amount. Vice Chairman Bellin suggested that the group make a game plan about where and how to cut. F. Taormina suggested that he had a few suggestions. On the driving section of Essex St., we went overboard. In front of Red's and Starbucks we went overboard. S Franzeen suggested that we really target where the 40 would be cut. Chairman Franzeen suggested that we go to the next item. 4. Green Line Bike Trail J Bellin said that people, including Willows business owners, were very excited about the possibility. D Pelletier being absent, the issue was tabled until the June meeting. S. Old/New Business F. Taormina stated that we had been offered a discount on BigBelly Solar Powered Trash Compactors because the City of Salem has already purchased others. Chairman Franzeen directed the conversation to clarify that the group has $19,000 left and cited the prices of BigBellys (2 for $8,168), benches, (less than $899) and kiosks (KMC3P $858 + $85). Installation would be an additional charge ($3,000 for all). • R. Hunt made a motion that we authorize F. Taormina to purchase the following: 3 four-foot green benches, 2 BigBellys, 2 green KMC3P kiosks, and one picnic table (composite). N Sachetti seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. F Taormina will discuss with Salem State plans to develop a seating area in the middle of the bike path near the Forest River estuary/salt marsh. F. Taormina updated the committee on the letter send to the Town of Marblehead Light Commission and stated that Bob Jolly the General Manager will attend our June meeting Vice Chairman Bellin reported that he would like to have a bike education/safety seminar. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening a motion was made by Vice Chairman Bellin to adjourn the meeting, seconded by N. Sachetti and approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: • Rachel Hunt, Clerk Salem Bike Path Committee BPC050907 �v��CON01Tq��,'P • Agf CITY OF SALEM s� a BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 9R�MIIJ6 NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 1�0 Was ington Street. S�,taClnl//�F�(r/Jraq-na-ztee ,��T: Chairman MEETING AGENDA ti a c; Roll Call Stan Franzeen, Chairman Jerome Judge c N Jeff Bellin, Vice Chair David Pelletier Rachel Hunt Nancy Sachetti Dan Shuman Christine Michelini o :` 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes Cil r y S; ♦ May 9,2007 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. Town of Marblehead Light Commission Letter—Robert Jolly, General Manager will discuss and answer questions regarding the Town of Marblehead Recreational Trail 4. Green Line Bike Trail—continue discussion of Green Line Bike Trail, an on- and off- road bike trail proposed by Committee Member David Pelletier 5. Old/New Business ♦ Remaining MHD Funding expenditures ♦ MAPC Bike Parking Program Adjournment This notice posted on 'Offh;laI i atitl Sawd, CRY Haid Salem, Mass. or9 .a- .�,?� ` -1 a� y . i a in �arx,:'� �i, IM c�rl,��. � . 23A & 338 of M.G.L. 120 Washington Street 1 Salem,Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com v i Salem Bike Path Committee • Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, June 13, 2007 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Christine Michelini, Dan Shuman, and Jerry Judge. Also present was Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator Members Absent: David Pelletier, Nancy Sachetti, and Rachel Hunt Public in Attendance: Chairman Franzeen called the meetingto order at 7:10 .m. p 1. Approval of Minutes D. Shuman made a motion to approve the minutes from the May 9, 2007 meeting. Seconded by I Judge. No discussion ensued and the motion passed unanimously. 2. Public Comment • No public comment was made. 3. Town of Marblehead Light Commission Letter Chairman Franzeen welcomed the invited guest Robert Jolly, General Manager of the Town of Marblehead Light Commission (MLC). Mr. Jolly introduced himself and gave a brief overview of the Town of Marblehead Recreational Trail and explained that the portion of the trail within the City of Salem, City Limits (from Lafayette Street over the Forest River Footbridge to the second footbridge to the Town of Marblehead line) is owned and controlled by the Marblehead Light Commission. The right-of-way has utility lines running directly beneath the trail and extends along and under the paved portion of the City of Salem owned Salem Bike Path right-of-way and that the Town of Marblehead has an easement along that right-of-way to maintain their underground utilities, and pays an in-lieu of taxes fee to the City of Salem in the amount of roughly $8,000 a year. F. Taormina mentioned that those funds go into a maintenance account for the Salem Bike Path. Chairman Franzeen asked Mr. Jolly whether the bollards before each of the footbridges could be widen by 3 to 5 inches in order to allow better access. Mr. Jolly explained the Marblehead Light Commission's concern with motor vehicles entering the recreational trail, but agreed that shifting the bollards apart should still deter motor vehicles from entering the recreation trail. D. Shuman asked if some stone dust could be added to the lip of the footbridge abutments to create a safer passage for trail users and to fill in some of the potholes and rutts. Conversation ensued regarding . the committee's concerns with the condition of the trail. r Mr. Jolly replied and explained the Marblehead Light Commission's concerns with the site. Pointing out • that there is a DEP Consent Order issued for the site because of the subsurface contaminates and that the abutting former Chadwick Lead Mills Property is also contaminated, but is slated to be remediated and developed. The development proposal includes several improvements to that recreation trail and better access from the Lead Mills Site to the recreation trail and to the Forest River flats/beach area. Mr. Jolly stated that the Light Commission doesn't want to do any major improvements to the area because of these reasons. Mr. Jolly explained to the committee that he will discuss both issues with the Marblehead Light Commission but he felt that both were fairly minor and could be done. He stated that he would keep in touch with Frank regarding this matter. F. Taormina mentioned to Mr. Jolly that at the opposite end of the Salem Bike Path the underground utilities come back up above ground in the undeveloped portion of the City of Salem Bike Path right-of- way behind Gardner Mattress on Canal Street/Broadway. The City will be clearing the brush from that right-of-way in order for the City to access an outfall pipe at Rosie's Pond and in order for the Marblehead Light Commission to maintain their overhead utilities, and for the future expansion of the Salem Bike Path to proceed through that right-of-way. Motion was made by D. Shuman to have Frank draft a letter to Mr. Jolly thanking him for attending the meeting and answering the committee's questions. Seconded by J. Bellin and approved unanimously. 4. Green Line Bike Trail In the absences of committee members Dave Pelletier, J. Bellin spoke about the proposed green line bike trail. He mentioned that the only"missing link"to accomplish this on- and off-road bike trail is to • pave a portion of land through Palmer Cove Park. Chairman Franzeen stated that he would prefer to see it run along Palmer Cover and hug the water and the adjacent auto repair shop to connect Congress Street to Leach Street. Discussion ensued regarding the preferred location of this paved path through the park. F. Taormina mentioned that he could email the committee an aerial photo of the park so that they can identify their preferred location and bring to the next meeting to discuss with the others. D. Shuman made a motion to have the committee members investigate the site on their own time and have F. Taormina forward the committee members an aerial photo of the park so that they can outline their preferred location and bring it to the next meeting to share their thoughts with the committee. Seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. S. Old/New Business F. Taormina updated the committee that he placed an order to purchase 2 Big Belly Solar Powered Trash Compactors (green), 3 city standard benches (black seating slats w/green stanchions), and 2 kiosk message centers (green). He stated that all the checks have been cut and he will wait to confirm the products have been delivered correctly and intact prior to payment. He will pursue with the final request for reimbursement from Mass Highway and submit the paperwork to finalize the Phase I Bike Path Contract with Mass Highway. F. Taormina updated the committee on the Salem Redevelopment Authority Committee (SRA) Meeting • prior to this meeting at 6pm to discuss the MAPC Bike Parking Program and the Salem Bike Path Committee's proposal to purchase and install bike racks throughout downtown Salem. He mentioned that Vice Chairman Bellin and Committee Member Jerry Judge were also present. Frank stated that the 2 SRA has endorsed the concept, the locations, and the styles of bike racks and they have referred the • matter to the SRA's Design Review Board (DRB), which meets on June 27`h at 6pm and invited the committee members to attend it if they would like. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening a motion was made by Vice Chairman Bellin to adjourn the meeting, seconded by I Judge and approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator City of Salem BPC 06-13-07 • 3 v r, n r C1 F f I C E 311 . CITY OF SALEM • s��'� BIKE PATH COMMITTEE z0fl 'Ml 23 P 1: Notice of Rescheduled Meeting You are hereby notified that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee held on Wednesday,July 11, 2007 at 7:00pm has been rescheduled to Thursday,July 26,2007 at 7:00pm in City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. Stan Franzern Chairman • This notice posted on "O'�icisi SulletIA 8g 01ty Hall :: Pass. on JUN 2q9 'l 7 at J /n • 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem,Massachusetts 01970 4 Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com v j- 0 ) A �o CITY OF SALEM • G� BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 9FP[nMe . 'i _ {i' r .. NOTICE OF MEETING Yo re h reb notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting onJuly 26, 2007 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room ;tan 20 Washington Street. fT Franze n,/yauN.�J�� . Chairman G MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order 1. Roll Call: • Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelin JeffBellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier 2. Approval of Meeting Minutes ♦ June 13, 2007 Meeting 3. Public Comment 4. Green Line Bike Trail—continue discussion of Green Line Bike Trail, an on- and off-road bike trail proposed by Committee Member David Pelletier 5. Old/New Business ♦ Update on the MAPC Bike Parking Program ♦ Update on the delivery and installation of the remaining Phase 1 items This notice posted on "01ficial Bufletin Scale Adjournment city Hail Salem, Mass. on T;,y jo, J"'o at 8! if ffn) in acwdarwe with Chap. 39 Sec. 23A A 236 of M.G.L. 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem,Massachusetts 01970 1 Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com CITY OF SALEM • BIKE PATH COMMITTEE _ . A Notice of Rescheduled Meeting You are hereby notified that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee held on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 7:00pm has been rescheduled to Wednesday, September 19,2007 at 7:00pm in City Hall Annex,Room 31 ' 17,Q Waslu n Street. Fr Stan Franzeen�� Chairman • This notice posted or, `Official Buttetln Beard" City Hall P Solorn, vilass. on �oE �y aoo7 at Y. in efYl Jfufa;'.i i '•i l � chap. 39 See 120 Washington Street 1 Salem,Massachusetts 01970 Phone 978-619-5685 4 Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com ggNWT,/� �I LT CITY OF SALEM qpm • 70t Y BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,September 19,2007 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 3 4, 120 W�cvhyien�gtnon Street. Franz en, Chairman -, ITS MEETING AGENDA c Call Meeting to-Order C-). z= 1. Roll Call: Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelini JeffBellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge • Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier 2. Approval of Meeting Minutes ♦ June 13, 2007 Meeting 3. Public Comment 4. Old/New Business ♦ Update on the installation of bike racks throughout downtown Salem ♦ Update on the installation of benches, kiosks, and trash receptacles along the Salem Bike Path. 5. Green Line Bike Trail—continue discussion of Green Line Bike Trail, an on- and off-road bike trail proposed by Committee Member David Pelletier This notice posted on "Official Bu ft SoaW Adjournment Coy Hall `: - i, Mass. on 120 Washington Street 0 Salem, Massachusetts 01970 4 Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com r i Salem Bike Path Committee • Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, September 19, 2007 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in room 312 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, Nancy Sachetti, and Jerry Judge. Also present was Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator Members Absent: David Pelletier, Rachel Hunt, and Christine Michelini Public in Attendance: Bill Colehower (6 Fairview Avenue), Sandy Power (18 Loring Avenue), and David Cass (16 Summer Street) Chairman Franzeen called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. 1. Approval of Minutes The Committee agreed to table the minutes until the next meeting to review them further. 2. Public Comment • Bill Colehower, 6 Fairview Avenue, spoke to the committee about the concept of neighborhood awareness. Mr. Colehower is a direct abutter of the Salem Bike Path and discussed some concerns about trash, landscaping, and policing of the area. Proposed the concept of a neighborhood awareness group that would keep an eye on the bike path, essentially be stewards of the area, and contact the proper authority regarding issues that may come up, understanding that the City doesn't have the resources to police the area on a regular basis. Mr. Colehower also mentioned that Salem State College (SSC) also directly abuts the bike path and should also assist in any way possible. Mr. Colehower stated that he would talk to his neighbors and put together a written proposal regarding the Bike Path Neighborhood Awareness group and forward to the Bike Path Committee for their consideration. Chairman Franzeen stated that he is in favor of this idea and appreciated Mr. Colehower and the neighborhoods interest in the area. Frank Taormina stated that we would contact Jim Riley from SSC to see if they would consider partaking in the Bike Path Neighborhood Awareness group. Sandy Powers, 18 Loring Avenue, asked whether the Bike Path Committee/City would be extending the bike path to downtown Salem via Canal Street or some other means? F. Taormina mentioned that prior to the formation of the Bike Path Committee, which was formed by the Mayor roughly a year ago, the Planning Department began investigating the extension of the bike path to downtown Salem. F. Taormina stated that the City hired C &C Engineering to do a Feasibility Study to extend the bike path down Canal Street in the form of a bike lane. He mentioned that the study proved that there is more involved in creating a bike lane than just striping bike lanes down Canal • Street. Curb cuts, parking, width of the roadway, etc all play a part into it and the drainage issue on Canal Street would need to be resolved before any improvement were to likely occur on Canal Street. In short, Frank stated that the feasibility study proved that it is extremely difficult and extremely expensive to extent a bike lane down Canal Street. • F. Taormina said that the focus then shifted to keeping the bike path a bike path entirely an off-road right of way. The bike path right of way continues beyond the current end of the bike path at the junction of Canal Street. It continues behind Gardner Mattress and the businesses on Broadway Street and dead ends at the existing MBTA Railroad Right-of-Way. The City/Bike Path Committee will be looking to make a connection through the property owned by the MBTA from that point parallel to Canal Street to downtown in the near future. 3. Old/New Business F. Taormina updated the Committee on the installation of bike racks throughout downtown Salem. He stated that all the racks have been ordered, fabricated, and delivered to the DPW Garage. The Vintage Style and U-Racks le racks are to be installed b a contractor on contract with the Ci and installation ty ty y ty should begin on Monday, Sept 24 and should be completed by the first week of Oct. The Bike Hitch style racks that are installed over the existing parking meter poles are to be installed by the Parking Department with assistance from the DWP, and should be installed by the middle of October. F. Taormina updated the Committee on the installation of the remaining bike path items. He stated that the two (2) solar-powered trash compactors, two (2) message center kiosks, and three (3) benches have been ordered, fabricated, and delivered to the DPW Garage. He informed the Committee that the Salem DPW would be installing the items over the course of the next week, with the one exception that the two solar-powered trash compactors will be temporarily relocated somewhere in downtown Salem during the month of October and in November installed along the bike path in the approved locations. F.Taormina explained to the Committee that he was out at the bike path earlier today and identified some signs that have either disappeared or been damaged and other items that need to be addressed and requested that the Committee at their next meeting determine a time/date to set a site visit to • review all the items and create a punch list so that during the off season we could replace missing signs, make repairs, clean up graffiti, etc so that we keep up with the maintenance of the bike path. The Committee members unanimously agreed that they would set up a site visit at the next meeting. F. Taormina passed out a copy of a letter received from the East Coast Greenway Alliance (ECGA), thanking the City for designating the Salem Bike Path into the East Coast Greenway Alliance. David Read, Director of the ECGA, stated in the letter that he would like to coordinate a ceremony to officially designate the Salem Bike Path into the ECGA and install trail markers. Frank mentioned that once the day/time has been coordinated with the Mayor he would send out an invite to all the committee members, abutters, and Salem State College. Vice Chair Bellin spoke about the Bike Safety Seminar that he would like to hold next spring, tentatively set for May 10`", 2008. Vice Chair Bellin discussed that he would like to put the item on the next agenda to work out the detail of the event with the committee. Chairman Franzeen stated that he knows someone that could attend the seminar to tune up bikes for a nominal fee. Dan Shuman stated that he has bike mechanics that could attend the seminar for free and offer the service and mentioned that he could get Mass Bike to attend as well. F. Taormina stated that the Salem Police Department Bike Unit should be invited to the event as well to lend any technical support it can. • The Committee started to discuss the preferred location for the event but agreed to put the item on the next agenda and continue the planning for the event at that time. 2 D. Shuman stated that the reincarnation of the Witch Cup Bike Race that occurred last month was a • success and requested that the committee start planning the event for next year. The members agreed that they would put the item on the agenda in the near future. 4. Green Line Bike Trail In the absences of Committee Member Dave Pelletier, Chairman Franzeen briefly spoke about the proposed green line bike trail. P F. Taormina followed up and gave a brief overview of the proposed on and off-road Green Line Bike Trail to the public in attendance. Nancy Sachetti asked what the next steps were. Chairman Franzeen stated that the Committee already voted to approve the concept of the bike trail and that we would need to recommend support for it to the City. F. Taormina stated that the committee members should ride the entire trail and first hand determine whether it is practical and that it works as it is laid out. The committee agreed to set a time/date to ride the proposed trial. N. Sachetti stated that it has been a year since the Bike Path Committee has been formed and wondered it there was a way to disseminate info regarding all that has been accomplished to date by the committee and include a mission statement could be formerly approved by the committee. F. Taormina stated that some City Boards and Commissions are required to put together an Annual • Report each year and he will look into putting one together for this board regardless of whether it is required or not. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening a motion was made by D. Shuman to adjourn the meeting, seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:37 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator City of Salem BPC 09-19-07 • 3 CONUIT ,n CITY OF SALEM '_ [; � l • 1UN;7 BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 9eCIMIN6 NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, October 10,2007 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 31Q 120 Washington Street. —S+taan//1Franz enfA 'r Chairman MEETING AGENDA _ J iTl,- O Call Meeting to Order r TI y 1. Roll Call: Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelini 1; Jeff Bellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge p Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier • 2. Approval of Meeting Minutes ♦ June 13,2007 Meeting ♦ September 19, 2007 Meeting - - - - --- 3. Public Comment 4. Old/New Business ♦ East Coast Greenway Alliance Dedication Ceremony ♦ Bike Path Maintenance Site Walk ♦ Green Line Bike Trail 5. Bike Safety Seminar—discuss the details of the seminar proposed by Committee Member Jeff Bellin Adjournment This notice posted on °Offleial But etin onr City Hall l� Salem, Mass. on -, ZQp 120 Washington Street 0 Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 4 Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com r Salem Bike Path Committee • Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, October 10, 2007 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 313 at Salem City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, Jerry Judge, David Pelletier, and Rachel Hunt. Also present was Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator Members Absent: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Nancy Sachetti, and Christine Michelini Public in Attendance: In the absences of Chairman Franzeen, Vice Chair Bellin assumed Chair and called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m. 1. Approval of Minutes The Committee could not vote to approve the meeting minutes because there was not a quorum of Members who were present at the 6/13/07 and 9/19/07 Meetings. • 2. Public Comment No public comments were heard that night 3. Old/New Business East Coast Greenway Alliance Dedication Ceremony F. Taormina discussed the time/date of the ceremony. Bike Path Maintenance Site Walk Vice Chair Bellin opened this item by stating that the original site walk time/date had to be rescheduled because it fell on the night of the Halloween Parade. He went on to say that the Committee would need to reach consensus on a time/date that works for everyone. D. Pelletier mentioned that the Mayor's Office has been made aware of some of the maintenance issues with the bike path. F Taormina clarified that the purpose of the site walk is to identify all the maintenance issues and take an inventory of the items that need to be addressed during the offseason (e.g. graffiti, missing trail signs, fix broken footing on one of the bike gates, etc). D Pelletier asked what happened to former list. • F. Taormina mentioned that a few of those items have been addressed but most haven't, but we can add them to the list and address everything during the offseason. Vice Chair Bellin asked if Next Tuesday, Oct 16'' after the Eastcoast Greenway Dedication Ceremony • (approx 3:30 p.m.) could work. The Committee Members discussed it and reach consensus that next Tuesday, October 16`h at 3:30pm or after the dedication ceremony would work. F. Taormina added that he would e-mail the site walk time/date to the absent Committee Members. Green Line Bike Trail D. Pelletier presented the Green Line Bike Trail to the Committee in greater detail and asked the Committee Members to vote to recommend to concept to the Mayor. Also asked if the Committee could look into the estimated cost of the'missing links': A hard pack or paved connection from Congress Street to the Palmer Cover Walkway and a connection from the existing Peter Tracy Walkway to the future By-Pass Roadway Bike Path via an abandoned MBTA Right-Of-Way. D. Pelletier also mentioned that the Committee needs decide on how the Green Line Route could be identified by signage or by a painted green line on the ground. D. Pelletier went on the mention that this could be first step toward Safe Routes to Schools and qualify us for grant money. The Green Line Bike Trail can be a model for achieving reasonable results with little cost. R. Hunt stated that she does not prefer a painted green line throughout the city and would recommend that the Committee look into trail markers or signage. D. Pelletier stated that that could be decided at the next meeting, but the first thing we should focus on is making the needed connections to make this work. • Vice Chair Bellin asked if we could forward this proposal to Council President Matt Veno. F. Taormina stated that he didn't see a problem with that and added that he should just forward it to all the City Councilors, since the proposed Green Line Bike Trail traverses several different City Wards. D. Pelletier stated that his goal is to get this in place by Spring 08. D. Pelletier mentioned that we should also start looking into grant programs to help fund this inititive, such as the Safe Routes to Schools Program. D. Shuman added that we can also get money from Bikes Beyond, Mass Bike, and SEED. D. Pelletier made a motion that we send a letter to the Mayor requesting implementation of the connector from Congress Street to the Palmer Cove Walkway as per our discussion. Seconded by J. Judge. Vice Chair Bellin opened the item for discussion and requested that the connection be asphalt, bituminous, or some environmentally friendly paver. F. Taormina says that we should request what we want and then settle for less if necessary. If the rest of Committee agrees that the connection should be bituminous then that's what we will ask for. Vice Chair Bellin asks for a vote to include a paved/hard surface material. Seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. Downtown Bike Rack Installation F. Taormina updated the Committee on the installation. He stated that all the rack were installed except • for four(4) Bike Hitches because the parking meter poles were either to short or to wide at those locations to accommodate the bike rack. He also stated that one rack was not installed in the right 2 r location and needs to be relocated to the approved location (at the corner of Washington Street and • Essex Street) The Committee agreed to review each location and determine whether it should replace the parking meter pole or relocate the rack to another location that works. The four locations were: in front of Beer Works (don't replace pole), Beverly Coop Bank (replace pole), Joshua Ward House (don't replace pole), Rockafellas Bar(replace pole). R. Hunt stated that that leaves us with two racks that need to be relocated. D. Pelletier proposed that one locate directly in front of the Front Street Cafe and relocate one in front of Comcast/Eastern Bank on Washington Street. D. Pelletier also added that one of the existing racks on Essex Street should be relocated in front of Harrison's Comic Shop on Essex Street. The Committee Members discussed the location is greater detail D. Pelletier made a motion to approve the locations above as he outlined. D Shuman seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously. D. Pelletier made another motion to send a letter to the Mayor cc: DPW and Parking Department and thank her for moving this program along so quickly and professionally. D Shuman seconds the motion and it passed unanimously. 4. Bike Safety Seminar • Vice Chair Bellin opened this item by introducing the seminar and outlining his proposal to the Committee Members. He discussed some of the item he would like the Committee to consider in the seminar such as but not limited to: cover rules of the road, cycling safety, perhaps some basic bike maintenance (maybe Dan or someone from the bike shop could assist in that), helmets, clothing, etc. D. Pelletier asked if this type of issue is within the Committee purview or not. F. Taormina stated that one of the goals of the Bike Path Committee is to advocate for bicycling and bike safety so this is in their purview to discuss and advocate for. D. Shuman mentioned that Mass Bike assists communities with bike safety workshops. F. Taormina mentioned that when Jeff first proposed this idea at the last meeting he recommended that it be facilitated by the Bike Path Committee but he wasn't opposed with having Mass Bike or the Salem Police Bike Unit assist in the seminar. Vice Chair Bellin agreed and stated that he doesn't want it to be authoritative. Vice Chair Bellin then asked where the best location for the seminar could be. He prefers Salem Common but understand that a paved surface would be better suited for bikers. D. Pelletier mentioned that it should be in the afternoon, perhaps an event for kid to get out of school early and to learn bike safety before summer. Vice Chair Bellin stated that he recommends that the seminar not be geared solely for kids but for adult riders as well. • F. Taormina mentioned that Chairman Franzeen would be a great resource to discuss the seminar with and try to make it incentive based to draw the crowd that we are looking for. 3 r Vice Chair Bellin agreed and stated that maybe we could have sponsors like Treadwell's Ice Cream and • end the seminar with ice cream. F. Taormina mentioned that maybe the bike seminar could piggy-back with the Green Line Bike Trail. The seminar could be followed by an inaugural bike ride on the Green Line Bike Trail and end at the Willows for instance, followed by food and drinks there. D. Pelletier made a motion to embrace Jeff and Frank's idea and integrate the seminar into the Green Line Trail launch ceremony. Seconded by D. Shuman and approved unanimously. The Committee agreed to continue the discussion of the Bike Safety Seminar to the next meeting on November 14, 2007. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening a motion was made by D. Shuman to adjourn the meeting, seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:33 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Rachel Hunt, Clerk Salem Bike Path Committee • BPC 10-10-07 • 4 r �COMUITA,. . CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 9��MME NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,November 14,2007 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington St/reet. '4L " T. Stan Franzeen, Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order 1. Roll Call: Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christine Miche7}ni Jeff Bellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge • Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier 2. Approval of Meeting Minutes ®June 13, 2007 Meeting ®September 19, 2007 Meeting ®October 10,2007 Meeting 3. Public Comment 4. Bike Safety Seminar ®Continue discussion on the details of the proposed seminar. 5. Old/New Business ®Recap of Bike Path Maintenance Site Walk ®Green Line Bike Trail ® Annual Report Adjournment Th,;s notice �� ' a i1 z +"6f9Un City Hal!at Pft\ 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem,Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com I Salem Bike Path Committee • Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, November 14, 2007 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 314 at Salem City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, Jerry Judge, David Pelletier, Christine Michelini, and Nancy Sachetti. Also present was Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator Members Absent: Rachel Hunt Public in Attendance: Ben Bouchard, Salem Chamber of Commerce At 7:00 pm Chairman Franzeen called the meeting to order. 1. Approval of Minutes D. Shuman made a motion to approve the June 13, 2007 meeting minutes as revised, seconded by J. Bellin. The motion was approved unanimously. N. Sachetti made a motion to approve the September 19, 2007 meeting minutes as revised, seconded • by I Judge and approved unanimously. J. Bellin made a motion to approve the October 10, 2007 meeting minutes, seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. 2. Public Comment Ben Bouchard introduced himself and stated that he works for the Chamber of Commerce and is a Salem Resident. He had no specific questions for the Committee at that time. 3. Bike Safety Seminar Vice Chair Bellin opened this item by briefly recapping what transpired at the last committee meeting. He added that he spoke with the principal of the Charlton School and they would be willing to host the seminar. J. Bellin also proposed Saturday, May 10, 2008 as a potential date for the seminar. D. Pelletier stated that the Bentley School would be a better location for the seminar because it is located on the proposed Green Line Bikeway and because of its proximity to the Salem Willows. D. Pelletier asked who we would need to ask for approval to use the parking lot for the event. N. Sachetti agreed that it is a better location but added that the committee should touch base with the Salem Youth Soccer program to check their schedule because she believes that their may be games during that time, and if there is, the parking lot that we hope to use for the seminar will be full of cars • for the soccer games. N. Sachetti asked if Sunday would work better than Saturday. She believes that they may play games on Saturday and not on Sunday. • D. Pelletier stated that if so it should be after 12pm (noon) because a lot of families go to church and whatnot on Sunday mornings. J. Judge suggested that we hold the seminar on Saturday and hold Sunday as a rain out date. D. Pelletier suggested that the committee touch base with Salem Youth Soccer and make sure that there will not be a conflict with the date before they confirm the location and date of the seminar. Chairman Franzeen asked how much space we would need for the seminar. Vice Chair Bellin explained how much space would be sufficient. D. Shuman suggested talking to Mass Bike and seeing if they can help because they host events like this all the time. J. Bellin stated that he would touch base with them. D. Pelletier suggested that we try to have workshops for all ages. Vice Chair Bellin stated that he really wants to tailor the event for adult riders. D. Pelletier stated that we should include kids, kids will bring the adults. If we gear it solely for adults we may not get as large a turn out. Plus you want to educate all riders not just adults. S. Franzeen said that the soccer game isn't necessarily a bad thing. Folks watching the game provide a built in audience. • F. Taormina suggested that the committee delegate duties and continue the discussion when we have some answers. Chairman Franzeen agreed and said that items should be spelled out in the form of a proposal. N. Sachetti agreed. Vice Chair Bellin agreed to put together a proposal and have it available for the next meeting. Ben Bouchard stated that if the committee needed any assistance in advertising or"getting the word out"the Chambers would be happy to send out an email blast to all its members and/or forward a press release to the Salem News. Ben extended the Chambers assistance and resources to the Committee for any future seminars or projects as well. F. Taormina stated that he would talk to the Bentley School principal to discuss the potential of utilizing the grounds for the seminar. Vice Chair Bellin agreed to talk to Mass Bike regarding their assistance. N. Sachetti agreed to talk to the Salem Youth Soccer Program regarding their spring 2008 soccer schedule. The Committee agreed to continue the discussion of the Bike Safety Seminar to the next meeting on December 12, 2007. 4. Old/New Business • Recap of Bike Path Maintenance Site Walk F. Taormina updated the committee on all the items that need to be addressed during the offseason, 2 r,. J including but not limited to, fix broken footing on bike gate at Loring Avenue, restripe all crosswalks • where bike path crosses the street, remove graffiti off bike path and trail signage, replace all damaged and missing trail signs, pave pads around the bike gates, etc. Green Line Bike Trail D. Pelletier asked that the Committee recommend approve of the Green Line Bikeway to the Mayor. Vice Chair Bellin suggested that the City Councilors also be notified of the proposal. The committee members agreed. A motion was made by N. Sachetti to recommend approval of the Green Line Bikeway to the Mayor and the City Councilors and ask the City to implement the first phase (as outlined in D. Pelletier proposal) by spring of 2008. Seconded by I Judge and approved unanimously. F. Taormina stated that he will review the proposal with the City Planner and then he would draft a cover letter and attach it to the proposal and sent it to the Mayor and to the City Councilors. Annual Report N. Sachetti pointed out one error in the report and asked if it was possible to add a section which outlined the items the committee is working on for FY08, such as the Green Line Bikeway, Bike Safety seminar, off season bike path maintenance, and the Safe Routes to School Program. D. Shuman suggested titling the new section Pedaling Forward"The committee thought it was clever and F. Taormina agreed to add the new section to the report as the committee suggested and forward the revised Annual Report to the committee as soon as it is available. • Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was made by D. Shuman, seconded by Vice Chair Bellin and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:33 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 11-14-07 • 3 3 ",. CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE Notice of Rescheduled Meeting You are hereby notified that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee for December has been rescheduled to Wednesday,December 5,2007 at 7:00pm in City Hall Annex, Room 312, 120 Washington Street. �r S Franzeen� Chairman rn- 7-1 -: • co co N Y J This notice posted on `Official Be11et4n Boar" City Hall Salem, MasS. on `��/,2,r�7 C /.c�7 /J7 in acoardarw with �P. 39 tiW 23A ; 38 of M.G.L. 120 Washin81 on Street ♦ Salem 6 9 Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978- 1 - 5685 Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com 3 �6 CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,December S,2007 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 311,3, 120 Washington Street. Stan Franzeen, Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Calh Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetu Christine Michelini JefBellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier • 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes ®November 14,2007 Meeting ®2008 Meeting Schedule -`- 2. Public Comment ry Co mac;_ o> 3. Bike Safety Seminar n- ® n Continue discussion on the details of the proposed seminar. N --r-y J 4. Old/New Business ®Green Line Bikeway -- - ---- -- - -- - ® Annual Report Adjournment This ttoNc® posted on 'Oiiiciat BdH City H$II SaleM, Mass. on d; at /.of V117 in a rM VAh 38 23 i 23B of 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem,Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, December 5, 2007 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Nancy Sachetti, Dan Shuman, Jerry Judge, Christine Michelini, Rachel Hunt Members Absent: David Pelletier Public in Attendance: Ben Bouchard, Salem Chamber of Commerce and William Peck, 27 Broad Street At 7:04 p.m., Chairman Franzeen called the meeting to order. 1. Approval of Minutes Vice Chair Bellin made a motion to approve the minutes of the November 14, 2007 meeting. C. Michelini seconded the motion. No discussion. The motion passed unanimously. • 2. Public Comment William Peck introduced himself and stated that he is very interested in the committee. He mentioned that he has read the past meeting minutes and would like to assist in any way he can to promote bike safety for young people. W. Peck suggested the creation of a safety brochure that could be disseminated in schools, etc. 3. Bike Safety Seminar Vice Chair Bellin opened the item by reviewing progress on the seminar. He reported on his meeting with Mayor Kim Driscoll and stated that she is available most weekend days in April/May. The meeting place would be potentially at Bentley School or a location along the planned Green Line Bikeway. The Mayor liked the idea of this event coinciding with the opening of the planned Green Line Bikeway. F. Taormina passed out input from D Pelletier on the Bellin Fest. The group discussed dates. R. Hunt suggested contacting Eileen Dunn at the Park and Recreation Department to determine whether Memorial Field at Bentley School was being uses for youth soccer, etc. D. Shuman pointed out that May would likely be a better time to hold the seminar if we want to coincide with Green Line Bikeway opening. • F. Taormina gave a status update on the proposed Green Line Bikeway. He stated that he spoke w/Lynn Duncan, City Planning Director, and she recommended that he plot the • proposed bikeway on GIS and route it to various City Officials for review. F. Taormina also mentioned that the Planning Director requested more information on the Safe Routes to School program and determine what the requirements of the program are before we move forward with finalizing the proposed bikeway. D. Shuman stated that he has information on the Safe Routes to Schools Program and will be happy to forward that along to Frank. Vice Chair Bellin referred back to his notes on the meeting with Mayor Driscoll. He mentioned that she suggested that we contact Doug Bollen, Director of Park and Recreation, and Ellen Talkowsky at Public Services. She suggested maybe making t- shirts, water bottles, or possibility have a raffle to draw folks to the seminar. F. Taormina offered to invite Ellen and Doug to the next meeting on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008. Chairman Franzeen asked Ben Bouchard if he would ask if Rinus Oosthoek, Executive Director of the Salem Chamber of Commerce, would be interested in coming to the next meeting as well. B. Bouchard said that he would pass along the invite and F. Taormina stated that he would bounce Rinus an e-mail invite as well. B. Bouchard said that when the time comes, he could send out an e-mail blast to the Chamber Membership to notify them of the event. Chairman Franzeen said that we should have a work plan. D. Shuman reminded the group that J. Bellin had planned to do so. Vice Chair Bellin said that he wanted to review • past events prior to drafting this. N. Sachetti made a motion to hold the event on the weekend of May 3rd/4`h, 2008 with Saturday as the date and Sunday as a rain date and if Bentley Schools is not available we can locate the event at the Willows or Shetland Park. J. Judge seconded the motion. Discussion ensued about the date. F. Taormina agreed that the Committee should nail down a date so that the Mayor can put that date on her calendar and confirm her attendance. The motion passed unanimously. Chairman Franzeen suggested consulting the Governor's Highway Safety Bureau. D. Shuman added MassBike, Bikes Belong, Safe Routes to School, The Thunderhead Alliance, The Northshore Cyclists, New England Mountain Bike Association, the Salem Police Department, the MA Brain Injury Trust, etc to the list. The group discussed free helmets, deals on helmets, etc. R. Hunt mentioned that at Salem Academy Charter School there is a group of students in grades 6/7 that would be interested in helping out with the project. They are doing a service-learning project on bike safety. Chairman Franzeen asked if the students would be interested in being on the Mayor's SAN show. R. Hunt said that she would provide the e-mails of Vice Chair Bellin and D. Shuman to the teachers coordinating the project. Chairman Franzeen asked if we should assign action items. The committee discussed the • items and delegated the action items as such: 2 r • o F. Taormina will talk with Eileen Dunn regarding the field use and the Salem Public Schools regarding use of Bentley School. o F. Taormina will invite Doug Bollen (Park& Rec), Ellen Talkowsky (Public Services), Ben Bouchard and Rinus Oosthoek (Salem Chamber of Commerce) to the next meeting. o D. Shuman will contact some of the bike organizations including MassBike and let them know about the event, ask about setting up booths, etc. He will also contact Helmet Safety Institute about donating free bike helmets. o Vice Chair Bellin will write up a proposal for the Bike Safety Seminar and will let Mayor Driscoll know about the date proposed date (May 3rd/4tn o Committee will ask D. Pelletier will follow up with David Mohler at Mass Highway/Mass Department of Transportation. o F. Taormina will contact Salem Police Department Bike Unit. o Chairman Franzeen will contact highway o R. Hunt will contact student service group 4. Old/New Business Chairman Franzeen made a motion to approve the Annual Report. Vice Chair Bellin seconded the motion. There was no discussion. The motion passed unanimously. Vice Chair Bellin suggested a new name for the Committee such as Bike Advocacy Committee. Chairman Franzeen asked F. Taormina to discuss the idea with the Director and the Mayor. • Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was made by R. Hunt, seconded by D. Shuman and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Rachel Hunt, Clerk BPC 12-05-07 3 l,— J s e ® a a 1 1 1 I l i {�' try'yvzT,�P �1'�M3�a'dt�, x • i"`Y s+f.:7 � w lnyr) n w air` " � —e+} S ,� k. SALF AI _ P`Y/ S j'S"`'c� � �7 �,p�~,/.�. _4 �•..�sy n�k b KE. PATH` 01 f 5' frit. r 1 • Salem Bike Path Committee Annual Report July 11 2007—June 30, 2Oo8 In June 2006,the City of Salem established the Salem Bike Path Committee, which is a Committee dedicated to making Salem a bike-friendly community. The main goal of this Committee is to make Salem a more-desirable urban environment by establishing safe and well planned on-and/or off-road bike routes for walking and cycling. Objectives of the Committee are to assist in the expansion of the existing bike path throughout Salem and to our surrounding communities,encourage the Safe Routes to Schools Program, advocate for alternative forms of transportation to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality,advocate for bike safety, and encourage cycling both as a form of alternative transportation and as a form of exercise and better health. The Salem Bike Path begins on Lafayette Street directly opposite the entrance to the Town of Marblehead Recreational Trail. In fact, when the City obtained funds from Mass Highway to design, engineer, and construct the bikeway, it had been referred to as the Marblehead Branch Bike Path until 2006 when the City officially renamed it the Salem Bike Path. The existing Salem Bike Path (Phase I) is constructed on an abandoned Railroad Right-of-Way (formerly Boston& Maine Railroad ROW). The path begins at the Lafayette Street entrance neat the City of Salem and Town of Marblehead line, and continues north approximately 2,500 linear feet • alongside the Salem State College Central Campus toward Loring Avenue. Opposite Loring Avenue the bike path continues north approximately 450 linear feet to Canal Street. In its entirety, the existing Salem Bike Path (Phase I) is roughly 3,000 linear feet in length. The City and the Bike Path Committee are committed to extending the Salem Bike Path to downtown Salem (Phase H is currently being planned) and future extension throughout Salem and our neighboring communities. The Salem Bike Path Committee meets regularly on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm in Salem City Hall Annex, Meeting Room 314, 120 Washington Street. The Committee did not meet during the month of August. During the 2007-2008 period, the Bike Path Committee membership included Stan Franzeen (Chairman), Jeff Bellin (Vice Chair), Rachel Hunt, Dan Shuman, David Pelletier, Nancy Sachetti,Jerome Judge, and Christine Micheline. Some of the Bike Path Committee's key initiatives completed during the 2008 Fiscal Year were the following: • Extension of the Salem Bike Path (Phase II) — The City installed fencing to secured the unimproved portion of the Bike Path ROW (from Canal Street neat Gardner Mattress to where it merges with the MBTA ROW behind the businesses on Broadway Street) which now is free of encroachment from abutting properties. The City and the Committee have also made great progress in planning the extension of the Salem Bike Path to Downtown Salem. The City has asked the MBTA for permission to extend the Salem bike bath through a stretch of MBTA property. The City and the MBTA are in discussions regarding a long-term lease ' Salem Bike Path Committee M'08 Annual Report Pa 1�g agreement with the City to facilitate the extension of the Salem Bike Path. By extending the Salem Bike Path, coupled with the adjacent Town of Marblehead Recreational Trail, the City would be able to connect Downtown Salem to Downtown Marblehead via an entirely off- road trial. • Bicycle Safety Day Event—The Committee successfully planned and implemented it's the City's first Bike Safety Event at the Bentley Elementary School Parking lot on Sunday, June 81h from 12pm - 3pm. The event consisted of five (5) interactive stations, free give-aways (bike helmets donated by the Salem Police Department, bike locks donated by Todson Bike Distributors, and water bottles donated by Salem Cycle) to all attendees who completed each station. In addition, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and Upper Crust Pizza provided discounted food and drinks to visitors during the event). Pedaling Forward »» Some of the major initiatives the Bike Path Committee is currently working on and looking to complete in Fiscal Year 2009 are as follows: • Extension of the Salem Bike Path (Phase H) »» The City and the Committee will continue their planning effort in expanding the Salem Bike Path to Downtown Salem. Next steps include executing the long-term lease agreement with the MBTA, securing authorization to utilize any other private property to extend the Salem Bike Path, and applying for and obtaining Transportation Enhancement Funding from Mass Highway to • design, engineer, and construct the extension. • Bike Path Maintenance »» The Committee has taken an inventory of items on and/or along the bike path that need to be fixed, replaced, removed, installed, etc. Those specific maintenance items will be addressed throughout the season. • Green Line Bikeway »» The Committee is currently planning an on- and off-road bike route that is structured to avoid major roadways and allow cyclists to go from one end of Salem to the other via a combination of off-road trails and utilizing well-marked secondary and tertiary roads. The major goal of this bike route is to link together schools, playgrounds, parks,beaches, and other recreational areas in Salem. Respectfully submitted, Frank Taormina Planner/Harbor Coordinator • r,�T, �f Salem Bike Path Committee FY08 Amoral Report Peg ?ofd I �i CITY OF SALEM j' BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 2008 MEETING SCHEDULE You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meetings on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm, in City Hall Annex, Room 3 120Washington Street. n Frm en7� r/. Chairman G. 1 n ri Wntsdary , �w y Z��2ao35✓ V O CD T •� �� ednesda�y Apri19 2008 — mppCdo c ay.,�May 14 2008 CZ / LM gV000p to U:2 eta.Jc2112a C r� 'We39o�a2oef� c= LA s, � w 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Tele 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com � vro�CON111TgA� CITY OF SALEM af � BIKE PATH COMMITTEE • INE�' NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,January 9,2008 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room A 31 120 Washington Street. o �r Stan Franzeen, / Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelini Jeff Bellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier • 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes ®December 5, 2007 Meeting ®2008 Meeting Schedule - 2. Public Comment 3. Bike Safety Seminar v -_ w c7: ®Continue discussion of the proposed seminar with invited guests ;.,� n 4. Old/New Business ®Green Line Bikeway Adjournment This notice posted on "Official Bulletin Board" ;ItlY "i"" � / f/V Hallr r1 as Aa 1:r3 ve 't.t Cilap. 30 Seg, 23A A 336 of M.G.L. 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 0 Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com i • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, January 9, 2008 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 313 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Nancy Sachetti, Dan Shuman, Rachel Hunt, and David Pelletier Members Absent: Jerry Judge and Christine Michelini Public in Attendance: William Peck(Resident, 27 Broad Street) Invited Guests: Rinus Oosthoek (Executive Director, Salem Chamber of Commerce), Ben Bouchard (Assistant Director, Salem Chamber of Commerce), Ellen Talkowsky(Special Projects Coordinator, Salem DPS), and Doug Bollen (Director, Salem Park& Recreation). At 7:03 p.m., Chairman Franzeen called the meeting to order. 1. Approval of Minutes D. Shuman made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 5, 2007 meeting, • seconded by N. Sachetti. The motion passed unanimously. 2. Public Comment Rinus Oosthoek asked if the Committee is considering placing any bike racks at the Salem Ferry property. The Committee mentioned that they would look into that this year. D. Pelletier asked R. Oosthoek if the Salem Chamber of Commerce has received any feed back on the bike racks that were installed downtown. R. Oosthoek replied that he hadn't. F. Taormina mentioned that he was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire recently and noticed that the City of Portsmouth had installed a number of bike racks downtown that are the same as the vintage style racks that were installed in Salem. On an unrelated subject, D. Shuman told the Committee that he heard the Salem Police Department could fine people up to $30 for riding a bicycle through the pedestrian mall portion of Essex Street, discussion about the issue briefly followed. 3. Bike Safety Seminar Vice Chair Bellin opened the item and gave a brief overview of the planned seminar to the invited guests. He mentioned that the seminar date conflicts with the Youth Soccer Program and would need to be moved to Sunday, May 4`". • ti .r . • Vice Chair Bellin reviewed the proposed structure of the seminar with the Committee, invited guests, and public. D. Pelletier added that there should be visual aids like poster boards that explain bike safety items instead of lecturing people. Chairman Franzeen added that there could also be a question and answer session, or stations. R. Hunt asked how the seminar could be organized into stations. D. Pelletier answered by saying there could be tents or booths. One with helmet and equipment displays, one with bike repairs, one with rules of the road, etc. Vice Chair Bellin mentioned that he prefer the event to be a seminar. R. Hunt asked if they could do both. D. Shuman agreed with R. Hunt about booths and added that if folks visited each booth they could get a stamp on a card and if they make their way through all the booths and fill the card with stamps then they get a t-shirt or some sort of prize. D. Pelletier mentioned that you need time for folks to gather first, if you hold the seminar based on an time based agenda people may miss things. The booths or stations allow more flexibility. D. Pelletier also mentioned that you have to inform people a head of time, if children under a certain age need to comes with helmets, etc. • Chairman Franzeen opened the floor to invited guests and asked if they could offer any advice regarding the event. Doug Bollen stated that the Committee should try to keep it simple. He asked how many people you are planning to have at the event. J. Bellin answered roughly 300 people. D. Bollen mentioned that you would need volunteers with a crowd that large. R. Oosthoek mentioned that parents will go with their kids on a bike ride and not split up into an adult group and kids group. He suggested that the Committee rethink that detail. N. Sachetti mentioned that she agrees with Doug Bollen in that we have to keep the event simple. She agreed that there are a lot of good ideas regarding the event but we may be biting off more than we can chew. This is the first year of the event and if we do it again next year maybe we can take on more then. She added that there are still a lot of uncertainties: Green Line Bikeway hasn't been approved by the City yet, have no sponsors, no volunteers yet, etc. F. Taormina updated the Committee on the status of the Green Line Bikeway and added that he sent each of the members a map of the proposed bikeway on a map for them to review. Chairman Franzeen updated the Committee on his conversation with the Highway Department and Statewide Bicycle Helmet Distribution Program. He mentioned that the applications will be available in mid January. He stated that the distribution of bike helmets is based on Salem's population we could receive up to 50 free helmets. • 2 L • D. Pelletier stated that there are still a lot of details to work out and he proposed that the seminar be moved to sometime in June 2008. Chairman Franzeen agreed and added that if it were pushed to June we could parlay the seminar with the"Bike to Work Week"event which is the 3rd or 4`h week in May. F. Taormina interjected and asked the Committee to discuss/vote on changing the date of the seminar toward the end of the meeting and shift the attention of the meeting toward the invited guests. Committee agreed and the floor was turned over to the invited guests. D. Pelletier mentioned that having Bentley School open during the event is important so that there are bathrooms and water available. He also mentioned that in addition to the parking lot we should obtain permission to use the field as well. D. Bollen stated that he likes the idea of braking in stations and perhaps spreading it out between the field, parking lot, and potentially the school gym. D. Pelletier agreed with D. Bollen that they have stations, which will make it more interesting and keep the interest of both kids and adults. William Peck asked about the timing of the helmet grant and, if the city were awarded the free helmets, if they would arrive in time for the event. Chairman Franzeen explained the timetable and if the meeting were moved to June it • would work out fine. R. Oosthoek mentioned that the Committee should consider removing the word "seminar"from the title people it sounds like a lecture which might turn people off. He emphasized that if the Mayor is coming to the event the Committee should let people know when she expects to be there and when she expects to speak. Chairman Franzeen mentioned that a lot of the Committee's questions have been about the followings items: O program, O give-a-ways, O publicity, and ® vendors. The Chairman asked if folks could assist in any of those items or could offer any advice. D. Pelletier offered to contact the Salem News to get the word out and maybe do a press release. R. Oosthoek offered to assist in the publicity with the Salem Chambers resources but cannot assist in helping out in the actual event. D. Bollen agreed to also assist in publicity by adding the event to the City Park and Recreation Calendar Brochure, which is mailed to a significant number of Salem residents, but he would need a solid description of the event by early February. D. Pelletier asked about the Mayor's availability in June if they move the bike safety event. D. Pelletier made a motion that F. Taormina check the Mayor's schedule and see if she is available to make it to the event on June 8th. Seconded by D. Shuman and approved unanimously. • Ellen Talkowsky commented on the vendor. She told the Committee that they may be able to avoid the Licensing Board but will likely not be able to avoid having to get a 3 • permit from the Board of Health. If by chance they would be required to obtain both Licensing Board and Board of Health permits it might be hard to get vendors to come to the event which will likely only be 3 - 4 hours max. E. Talkowsky commented that the event and the group bike ride afterward and stated may require a police detail and the Committee should look into it. Opening the school may also require a school worker/janitor to be present to open and close the facility which may require paying them overtime. N. Sachetti mentioned that the Committee will need to come up with money or sponsors. R. Hunt mentioned that there is grant program through the School for non-profits and a portion of the funding could come from that. D. Pelletier mentioned that he may be able to secure a donation of a couple thousand dollars toward the event. Discussion of a sub-committee to continue working out the details developed and the committee discussed who should be a part of it. D. Pelletier, D. Shuman, and Vice Chair Bellin agreed to be on the sub-committee. William Peck (resident) gave the Committee his contact information and offered to assist the Committee and the sub-committee with the bike safety event in any way possible. 4. Old/New Business • Green Line Bikeway F. Taormina briefly updated the Committee on the bikeway map and that it will soon be routed to City Officials along with a summary of the bikeway for their comments. F. Taormina agreed to share the comments with the Committee as soon as they are available. The newly appointed sub-committee members agreed to meet with D. Bollen at Palmer Cover Park to discuss the'missing link'of the proposed Bikeway on Friday, January 11, 2008 at loam. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was made by R. Hunt, seconded by D. Shuman and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator • BPC 01-09-08 4 l �ONWT a O CITY OF SALEM OFFICE BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 2!;.d ED 5 .A q• 51 Notice of Rescheduled Meering You are hereby notified that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee for February has been rescheduled to Wednesday,February 27,2008 at 7:00pm in City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. tan FrYeeMna �{T Chairman • This notice posted on "Official BufletIn BoaW City Hall PAa ,s on rz.,. 5 aoo� at � � �3 of �b'P f x ViW,wiiea� P `J °�:i.l6 Chap. .`a . • 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 4 Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com CO�UIT A "9' CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, February 27,2008 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313,, 120 Washington Street. den� Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelini Jeff Bellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier • L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® January 9, 2008 Meeting _- 2. Public Comment o J ?l TI� —� 3. Bike Safety Day Event m ® Continue discussion regarding the details of the planned event :n 4. Old/New Business ® MBTA letter regarding Phase II of Salem Bike Path ® Survey and Maintenance of Unimproved Portion of Bike Path Right-of-Way ® Green Line Bikeway Adjournment This notice posted on "Offlclal Bu Mint Board" d 01tY �� q{erre, ry�P+.yt� �;. on �tt°�� 31� M0 tJ o' 011 .:1A/UI.I'16h$Ft tJ:F �� ( P t • 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 4 Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com w • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, February 27, 2008 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 313 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Nancy Sachetti, Dan Shuman, Rachel Hunt, David Pelletier, Jerry Judge, and Christine Michelini Members Absent: Vice Chair Jeff Bellin Public in Attendance: none At 7:07 p.m., Chairman Franzeen called the meeting to order. 1. Approval of Minutes Chairman Franzeen pointed out one clarification on page on of the meeting minutes. D. Shuman made a motion to approve the January 9, 2008 minutes as amended, seconded by J. Judge. The motion passed unanimously. • 2. Public Comment Chairman Franzeen acknowledged that no one from the public was in attendance that night, and as such, no public comments were heard. 3. Bike Safety Day Event Chairman Franzeen opened the item and F. Taormina updated the Committee that the Mayor would be able to attend the event on June 8, 2008 between 12 - 3pm. D. Pelletier mentioned that he can provide a sound system, microphone, and music for the event. Chairman Franzeen updated the committee on potential sponsorships. D. Pelletier asked if the City could contribute tents or canopies for the event, he believes that we would need four or five of them, one for each station. D. Shuman stated that he ahs plenty of tents/canopies and he would provide them for the event. N. Sachetti asked if the committee agreed on what the four or five stations were. D. Pelletier stated that O was Rules of the Road, O Bike Equipment Station (helmets, reflective gears, etc), OO Bike Maintenance Station (bike tune-ups), ® Informational Station were we could promote the Bike Path Committee, talk about the proposed Green Line Bikeway, newly installed bike racks in downtown Salem, the Salem Bike Path, etc, and T Competition Station (bike tire changing competition, drag races, etc). . N. Sachetti asked about potential sponsors and or food/drink vendors. Conversation regarding potential sponsors and vendors ensued. :f • D. Pelletier mentioned that in term or promotions he would contact the Salem News and see if they can do a promotional piece on the event. Chairman Franzeen added that we should also include the Salem Gazette. C. Michelini agreed that the Salem Gazette is well read by Salem Residents and that the committee should use contact them as well. In terms of Sponsors, D. Pelletier mentioned that we could put together a description of the event and request that all interested vendors, sponsors, and volunteers could contact the City. He added that we could send this info to Rinus at the Chamber of Commerce and he could send out an e-mail blast to the business community. F. Taormina stated that each of the stations should be run by one/two committee members. He stated that clearly Jeff Bellin would run the Rules of the Road Station and Dan Shuman would likely run the Bike Maintenance and/or Bike Equipment Stations, but asked if the other members wanted to discuss who would man the other stations. R. Hunt mentioned that that won't take long to determine and stated that the committee should focus their discussion on more pressing items such as sponsorship, giveaways, advertisement, vendors, etc. Discussion regarding these items ensued. Chairman Franzeen mentioned that reflective leg bands could be a good and cheap giveaway for participants. He then brought up the Bike Helmet program which the City could apply for. F. Taormina mentioned that he spoke with Ellen Talkowski, City DPW, and she is looking into potential donations for bike helmets. • D. Pelletier asked what time the event should be. F. Taormina mentioned that the Mayor is available from 12:00 to 3:OOpm. D. Pelletier made a motion that the event be from 12:OOpm (noon) to 3:OOpm on Sunday, June 8, 2008. Seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously by the Committee. R. Hunt asked that moving forward, who is responsible for looking into what? F. Taormina agreed to look into the Sponsors and Vendor items. D. Pelletier agreed to look into the Advertising items with the Salem News and the Salem Gazette. The other committee members agreed to continue to look into the giveaways. Chairman Franzeen offered to video tape the Bike Safety Day Event and then forward it to SAN. D. Pelletier offered to draft a Press Release and forward it to the committee members via e-mail for review/approval and then forward to the newspaper outlets. D. Shuman made a motion to continue discussion regarding the event till the next meeting on March 12, 2008 so that we could discuss the remaining items on the agenda. Seconded by C. Michelini and approved unanimously by the Committee. 4. Old/New Business MBTA Letter regarding Phase II of Salem Bike Path F. Taormina updated the Committee on the letter that the City sent to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) regarding its interest in two abandoned Right-of- 2 •' Ways (ROW). Frank stated that Robert LaVita, an MBTA Official, responded to the letter and he set up a meeting/site visit with him for Friday, February 29, 2008. Frank mentioned that he would update the Committee at the next meeting to fill them in on what transpired. Survey and Maintenance of Unimproved Portion of Bike Path Right-of-Way F. Taormina updated the Committee on the recent hiring of a Land Surveyor to survey the bounds of the City Bike Path Right-of-Way (ROW) off of Canal Street behind Gardner Mattress and Broadway Street. He mentioned that City Councilor Jean Pelletier has asked that the ROW be cleared so that a City outfall pipe can be accessed and maintained by the City DPW. Frank mentioned that the ROW is heavily overgrown and encroached upon by abutting properties. The first step he said was to survey the property and determine where our ownership is. Once the ROW has been staked out he mentioned that he would work closely with Councilor Pelletier to deal with the encroachment and vegetation overgrowth issue. All of these activates will allow the Town of Marblehead Light Commission the ability to access and maintain their overhead utility lines. Additionally, it will allow the City and the Bike Path Committee the ability to start planning the extension of the bike path through this ROW toward downtown Salem. Green Line Bikeway D. Pelletier and F. Taormina updated the Committee on the proposed bikeway. Discussion regarding the bikeway ensued. D. Pelletier made a motion that the Committee invite both the City Engineer Dave Knowlton and DWP Director Dick Rennard to the next meeting on March 12, 2008 to • discuss the details of the Green Line Bikeway. Seconded by D. Shuman and approved unanimously by the Committee. F. Taormina mentioned that he would send out the invite on behalf of the Committee to the City Engineer and the DPW Director and bring them up to speed on the proposed bikeway. Frank also mentioned that if they can attend the next meeting, that this item would be heard first on the agenda to better accommodate their schedules. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was made by R. Hunt, seconded by D. Shuman and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:28 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 02-27-08 • 3 _ -CONUITq an CITY OF SALEM LA BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,March 12,2008 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313,X20 Wjngton Street. Stan Franzeen, Chairman o n Go in r MEETING AGENDA r M or- Call Meeting to Order T p Roll Call: _ Stan Franzeen Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelini Jeff Bellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier • 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes ® February 27,2008 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. Green Line Bikeway ® Discuss details of proposed bikeway with City Engineer and DPW Director 4. Bike Safety Day Event ® Continue discussion regarding the details of the planned event 5. Old/New Business ® Meeting/Site Visit with the MBTA ® No Bicycling Ordinance on Essex Street Pedestrian Mall (Ch.42, §.43C) This notice postA�rd. o_n�, "Official tin sAdjournment City all eo o �q • 2-3A �t 23FI of .6. 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, March 12, 2008 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 313 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, Christine Michelini, and Jerry Judge. Also present was Frank Taormina, Staff Planner/Harbor Coordinator. Members Absent: Rachel Hunt, Nancy Sachetti, and David Pelletier. Public in Attendance: Laurie Bellin (Resident, 396 Essex St), and Ward 3 Councilor Jean Pelletier At 7:02 p.m., Chairman Franzeen called the meeting to order. 1. Approval of Minutes Vice Chairman Bellin pointed out two spelling mistakes on page 2 of the meeting minutes. Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to approve the meeting minutes as revised. D. Shuman made a motion to approve the February 27, 2008 minutes as revised and seconded by J. Judge. The motion passed unanimously. • 2. Public Comment Chairman Franzeen acknowledged that no one from the public was in attendance at this time so no public comments were heard. 3. Green Line Bikeway F. Taormina updated the Committee that City Engineer Dave Knowlton and DPW Director Rick Rennard were unable to attend the meeting this evening. He also pointed out that Committee Member Dave Pelletier was not present and suggested that the item be tabled to the next scheduled meeting on April 9, 2008. Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to table the item to the April 9, 2008 Meeting. Motion was made by D. Shuman and seconded by Vice Chairman Bellin, and the motion passed unanimously. 4. Bike Safety Day Event Chairman Franzeen opened the item. Vice Chair Bellin asked about the five proposed stations to be held at the Bike Safety Day Event, specifically about who they will function and who will be manning them. r' • C. Michelini mentioned that at the last meeting the Committee Members agreed that one or two members would each man a station and that they would propose how to run each station. Vice Chair Bellin mentioned that he wants to make sure that people that attend the event visit each of the stations, and asked how that can be achieved. Discussion regarding the matter ensued. D. Shuman mentioned that he talked to David Watson, Director of Mass Bike, and they are interested in attending the event. Chairman Franzeen talked about the competition Station and mentioned that an organization called Knuckle Bones runs athletic games for children, some that are bike related (e.g. Hub on Wheels) and some that are parent/child related. He asked if the Committee would be interested in seeing if they could attend the event. D. Shuman stated that the Essex County Velo (ECV) hosts bike races and he would be willing to talk to them about the event also. Vice Chair Bellin asked about potential sponsors. F. Taormina told the Committee members that he hasn't had a chance to talk to Rinus at the Salem Chamber of Commerce yet but would do so soon, regarding both potential sponsorship and vendors. Chairman Franzeen asked F. Taormina if Neal Todry, President of Todson Inc. contacted him about the Bay State Bike to Work Week and about our bike safety event. F. • Taormina mentioned that he didn't. Chairman Franzeen stated that he would follow up with Neal and send him an e-mail and cc the Committee. Vice Chairman Bellin asked if the Committee agreed to not have a group ride after the event. F. Taormina mentioned that there is a lot involved with making that happen and at this point we shouldn't advocate for a group ride after the event, but instead mentioned that people are welcome to ride the Green Line Bikeway or a portion of it (if it is implemented at that time). F. Taormina updated the committee about the bike helmet program. The program only allows each community a certain amount of helmets based on the communities population and he mentioned that the Salem Police Department has already applied and he doesn't think it is appropriate to submit two applications and challenge the Salem PD's application. Instead, he mentioned that he will talk to the Salem PD and see if they are awarded bike helmets, if they could donate a number of them toward the bike safety event. Chairman Franzeen asked if Lynn Bassett and/or Nicole Freeman (local Olympic Cyclists) could come and sign autographs at the event. D. Shuman mentioned that he could ask them and confirm there attendance. Chairman Franzeen asked if someone was interested in contacting Knuckle Bones and Essex County Velo. Vice Chair Bellin stated that he would contact them and confirm their attendance. D. Shuman stated that he would contact ECV and confirm their attendance to the event. I 2 • F. Taormina mentioned that he would contact Committee Members Dave Pelletier and ask him about the status of the advertising/press release piece and give-aways from Trek Bikes. Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to continue the discussion to the next meeting. D. Shuman made a motion to continue discussion regarding the event till the next meeting on April 9, 2008. Seconded by I Judge and approved unanimously by the Committee. 5. Old/New Business D. Shuman updated the Committee on his recent trip to Washington D.0 to attend the 2008 Bike Summit and passed out some handouts from the summit. Dan mentioned that there were several items at the summit worth noting, such as a congressional resolution to support Complete Streets, or the design of the new street which looks at accommodating pedestrians and cyclists first and then cars. Dan mentioned that this concept is already being considered in Boston. Dan also mentioned that there was congressional support for the Safe Routes to Scholl Program, a Bike Caucus, and the National Parks Service's centennial challenge in 2016. Update on the Meeting/Site Visit with the MBTA F. Taormina updated the Committee on the meeting/site visit on Friday, February 29, 2008 with Robert Lavita from the MBTA. Frank mentioned that he walked the entire right-of-way (ROW) with him explained the City's interest in the parcel to extend the existing bike path to downtown Salem. He mentioned that the MBTA seemed receptive • to the idea and would do a bit more research and get back to him on whether or not they would entertain the idea of allowing the City to utilize the ROW to extend the bike path thru it. No Bicycling Ordinance on Essex Street Pedestrian Mall(Ch.42, §43C) The Committee members agreed to table this item and discuss it at their next regularly scheduled meeting. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was made by Vice Chair Bellin seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 03-12-08 3 f C04N)n9 CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,April 9,2008 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313, 120 Washington Street. jv4o /Stan Franzeen, Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachem Christine Michelini Je fBellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier b G4 • 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes ® Match 12,2008 Meeting F �m w r rF, 2. Public Comment -77 v ;F u un 3. Green Line Bikeway ® Discuss details of proposed bikeway with City Engineer 4. Bike Safety Day Event ® Continue discussion regarding the details of the planned event ThIS nofe09 P08t0 9 on "0ffcca�G MUjIgtift xq 69� 5. Old/New Business CRY �� p,y e 2 �7+r — ® D Updates on Phase II Bike Path Planmgr� n WLR Sn4., w6 t4.c �.0 c�.,e v✓ i2F a C� ® Bike Path Maintenance Issues ® No Bicycling Ordinance on Essex Street Pedestrian Mall (Ch.42, §.43C) Adjournment • 120 Washington Street ❖ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ❖ Phone 978-619-5685 : Fax 978-740-0404 ❖ www.salem.com f i • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, April 9, 2008 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, Nancy Sachetti, Christine Michelini, Jerry Judge, and David Pelletier. Also present was Frank Taormina, Staff Planner/Harbor Coordinator. Members Absent: Rachel Hunt Public in Attendance: David Knowlton (City Engineer), Ben Bouchard (Salem Chamber of Commerce), and Will Peck (Resident, 27 Broad Street) At 7:12 p.m., Chairman Franzeen called the meeting to order. 1. Approval of Minutes Chairman Franzeen acknowledged that the Committee could not vote to approve the meeting minutes because there was not a quorum of Members present, at that time, who were present at the 3/12/08 Meeting. Vice Chairman Bellin made a motion to vote to • approve the 3/12/08 meeting minutes at the next May meeting. Seconded by D. Shuman and approved unanimously. 2. Public Comment Chairman Franzeen acknowledged that that there were three people in attendance at tonight's meeting, and asked if any would like to comment on anything on the agenda or if they would like to comment on anything else. Each of the people in attendance introduced themselves and stated that they did not have any public comments at that time. 3. Green Line Bikeway F.Taormina introduced City Engineer Dave Knowlton to the Committee and mentioned that he was in attendance tonight to answer questions for the Committee regarding the details of the planned bikeway. Frank also mentioned that explained the concept of the bikeway to the City Engineer and brought him up to speed on the issued that surround the implementation of such a bikeway. D. Pelletier gave a brief overview of the planned bikeway to the City Engineer and the other residents in attendance. The ultimate goal of creating a north south bikeway that links 11 schools and a number of parks, beaches, and other recreational and historical attractions via secondary and tertiary roads, essentially creating a safe route or safer • route to kids and family to ride. He briefly talked about the Safe Routes to School Program. d • D. Pelletier explained the methods in one could sign or mark the bikeway. The method that he recommended to the Committee and the City Engineer was the concept of "sharrows"as used in San Francisco, California and other USA and International cities/towns. D. Pelletier provided copies of the concept to all the Committee Members and to the folks in attendance. He also provided F. Taormina and the City Engineer with a copy of the report titled "San Francisco's Shared Lane Pavement Markings.,Improving Bicycle Safety'which identifies the successful use of this concept in San Francisco, CA. D. Pelletier explained that"sharrows"are not bike lanes but pavement markings that are painted onto the shoulder of a street to lead or direct bikers to a destination and to let vehicular traffic know that this particular road is being shared by bikers. A"Sharow" is essentially a painted symbol of a bike with chevron arrows repeatedly painted onto a street in a determined linear foot interval. F. Taormina asked the City Engineer if he had ever heard of"sharrows" before and how the City could implement this concept. D. Knowlton stated that he had not and that he will investigate whether or not they could be used on local and/or State roadways. .Dave also mentioned that he would need to consult with the Police Department and potentially the residents in the neighborhood. His major concern is that the secondary and tertiary roads that are proposed to be used in the Green Line Bikeway are very narrow and may not lend themselves to accommodating a shared bikeway. N. Sachetti stated that bikers have the right to ride on any roadway despite its width and • the markings, would seem to her, to help vehicular traffic be mindful of that fact. D. Knowlton mentioned that this concept has great potential but there are some glaring issues that we need to work through. One of which is designating it as a Safe Route to School Program. This concept may not be recommended by the program, or may not be compatible with it, etc. N. Sachetti asked if the City or the Committee has knowledge of the Safe Routes to School Program guidelines or if we have even researched that? F. Taormina mentioned that Committee Member D. Shuman forwarded him a link to the program guidelines and he looked through them. He stated that in order to designate a route as a"Safe Route to School"there is a rigorous process we would need to go through which among other things need to be endorsed by each school involved, the police department, etc. Frank stated that he thinks that the goal of this bikeway could be to designate it as a Safe Route to School but at this time we should try to see if we can use the sharrow concept as a way-finding method to sign the bikeway and get the bikeway approved and endorsed by the City first. N. Sachetti agreed that we should try to get the bikeway approved first and then try to designate parts or all of the bikeway as a safe route to school. She mentioned that it may require us to upgrade areas or even re-route areas, but at the very least we should get the bikeway approved and go from there. D. Pelletier also agreed and began discussing the off-route portion of the bikeway which • passes through Palmer Cover Park and where we are with that issue. 2 D. Knowlton stated that safety is his biggest concern and he would need to review the concept further. He stated that he would work with Frank Taormina and the Committee to try to make this work. The Committee Members thanked the City Engineer for his attendance at tonight's meeting and appreciated his willingness to assist the Committee in implementing the planning bikeway. 4. Bike Safety Day Event Chairman Franzeen opened the item and asked that members to share their results of their respective research assignments. In particular he asked F. Taormina to share his conversation with Neal Todrys. F. Taormina mentioned that he had a conversation with Neal Todrys, President of Todsen Incorporated, distributors of OnGuard Bicycle Locks and Topeak Bicycle Accessories. Frank mentioned that Neal is willing to assist the City in the Bike Safety Day Event in a number of different ways, either a monetary donation, donating a number of bike locks or other bike accessories as free give-a-ways, or having some of his knowledgeable staff come to the event and help run one of the stations. Frank asked the Committee what we should ask Neal to donate, money, bike equipment, or staff time. Vice Chair Bellin mentioned that he liked the idea of t-shirts and thought that a monetary • donation would be better. Chairman Franzeen acknowledged Ben Bouchard from the Salem Chamber of Commerce. B. Bouchard mentioned that sponsors could provide t-shirts with there logo on them and then the Committee could add a message on them. Chairman Franzeen mentioned that he thinks that we should ask for bike safety equipment since this is a Bike Safety Event. Items like reflective vests, reflective leg bands, or bike helmets, etc. D. Shuman mentioned that he does business with Todsen Inc and he doesn't believe that they distribute any bike safety equipment. Chairman Franzeen acknowledged Will Peck(resident, 27 Broad Street). W. Peck stated that reflective vest would be a better free give-a-way. The vests could be used all year round.....whereas the t-shirts with the event or biking message could only be used part of the year. D. Shuman mentioned that he like the idea of safety equipment as a free give-a-way also, particularly the reflective leg band. F. Taormina asked if Neal cannot provide any bike safety equipment what does the Committee feel is the best donation on his part toward the event. Discussion of options ensued. • Chairman Franzeen asked what other progress members had with their respective tasks. 3 D. Shuman stated that he struck out with Mass Bike and it seems unlikely that they will partake in the event. J. Bellin mentioned that he also was unsuccessful in getting Knuckleheads to come to the event. He mentioned that they do not have any bike oriented events to offer. Chairman Franzeen recommended the organization as a option to assist in the events portion of the event and explained to the Committee that they were a part of a bike event in Boston and that they were they at it. Vice Chair Bellin mentioned that his conversation with the person from Knuckleheads was that they do not offer any bike oriented events. F. Taormina told the Committee that he spoke to Michael Buckhalter, the owner of Upper Crust Pizzeria in Salem, and he would be interested in being a vendor at the event. He mentioned that they deliver pizzas via bikes with a pizza rack in the back. He also mentioned that the logo of their business is a guy on a bike delivering pizza. He stated that he doesn't think that we need five vendors at the event. This vendor has a connection with the event, since they deliver pizza on a bike, and he feels that that's all the event needs. He mentioned that at this point the owner hasn't committed to whether he would be a sponsor, donate some free pizza for the event, or potentially sell pizza slices cheap. Frank mentioned that he needs to follow up with Michael to confirm. Vice Chair Bellin asked about potential entertainment at the event. Discussion regarding various entertainment possibilities ensued. • F. Taormina asked is a site visit is warranted. He explained that if they hold a site visit at the Bentley School members could start to visualize and map Out the locations of the different stations and work out other logistics for the event. Committee Members agreed and Chairman Franzeen asked Frank to coordinate a time/date for site visit via e-mail and Frank agreed to do that. D. Pelletier asked if there was a way to squeeze in two meeting in the month of May, to finalize the details of the event in June. The Committee agreed, but no meeting date was voted on or approved. Discussion regarding the extra meeting will be discussed at the May 14th Meeting. Chairman Franzeen asked to continue the discussion of the event until the next meeting and address the items under old/new business. Motion was made by D. Shuman and seconded by D. Pelletier, and approved unanimously. 5. Old/New Business Chairman Franzeen mentioned that they are running short on time, and because the No Bicycling Ordinance issue was not heard at the last meeting he wanted to take the agenda out of order and discuss that now and table the rest of the items till next meeting. No Bicycling Ordinance on Essex Street Pedestrian Mall(Ch.42, §43C) D. Pelletier opened the item by discussing why he thinks the ordinance was created and • lead into why he thinks it should be changed. 4 D. Pelletier asked for the support of the Committee to petition to the City Council to change the Ordinance to read instead"allow bicycling on the Essex Street Pedestrian Mall, but only fine those that are recklessly riding through the pedestrian mall'. The Committee verbally agreed. Discussion regarding the Ordinance ensued. F. Taormina read the Ordinance to the Committee and told them that he would look into the process in which the Committee could petition to the City Council to change the Ordinance. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was made by D. Shuman and seconded by Vice Chair Bellin and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:32 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 04-09-08 • 5 3 �-- CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 2008 MAY -b A II: 51 NOTICE OF MEETING H E h CITY CLEQ, S`LEK MASS. You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,May 14,2008 at 7.•00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313, 1 0 Washington Street. Stan Franz F� Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Calh Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelin Jeff Bellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier • 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes ® March 12,2008 Meeting ® April 9,2008 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. Bike Safety Day Event 4. Bike Path Kiosks (message centers) ® Begin discussion regarding the placement of maps and other information to locate within the two existing kiosks along the Salem Bike Path. 5. Old/New Business ® No Bicycling Ordinance on Essex Street Pedestrian Mall (Ch.42, §.43C) ® Bike Path Maintenance Contract ® Living Green and Renewable Energy Fair This notice posted on "Official Bulletin Board' Adjournment City Hall Sdem, klass. on `7„gy �2aoS .' at 1p. 23A & 23B of ' 120 Washington Street •.• Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ❖ Phone 978-619-5685 ❖ Fax 978-740-0404 ❖ www.salem.com 4 1vCJC�'�I N� r � A-IS • 0 may: • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, May 14, 2008 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Acting Chair Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, Nancy Sachetti, Jerry Judge, David Pelletier, Christine Michelini (arrived in the middle of Agenda Item 3), and Rachel Hunt (arrived at the end of Agenda Item 3). Also present was Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator. Members Absent: Chairman Stan Franzeen Public in Attendance: Will Peck(Resident, 27 Broad Street), John Hersey (CIPS) In the absence of Chairman Franzeen, Vice Chair Bellin assumed the Chair for tonight's meeting. At 7:06 p.m. Acting Chair Bellin called the meeting to order. 1. Approval of Minutes Acting Chair Bellin pointed out one spelling mistake on page two of the March 12, 2008 Meeting Minutes and asked for a motion to approve the minutes as revised. D. Shuman made the motion, seconded by J.judge and approved. Acting Chair Bellin asked for a • motion to approve the April 9, 2008 Meeting Minutes, motion made by D. Shuman, seconded by N. Sachetti and approved. 2. Public Comment Acting Chair Bellin acknowledged Will Peck in the audience and thanked him for attending tonight's meeting. No public comments were taken at the time. 3. Bike Safety Day Event Acting Chair Bellin opened up the item and game a brief overview of the site visit that was conducted at Bentley School on May 7, 2008 at 6pm. He stated for the record that he, D. Pelletier, J. Judge, and F. Taormina from the City were present at the site visit. Acting Chair Bellin then outlined the structure of tonight's meeting which involved confirming each of the stations at the Bike Safety Day Event and which member will be running each. He stated that at the site visit there was talk about holding one more meeting prior to the event potentially on Wednesday, May 28th. At the next potential meeting the Committee members would outline the details of their stations, tie-up some other loose ends and finalize the planning of the event. F. Taormina updated those members that were not present at the site visit how the layout of the event would be set up and showed them a map. • • The Committee began discussing the four (4) stations. Acting Chair Bellin recalled there being five (5) stations, the missing one being a'riding/games station. The Committee members discussed whether there should or shouldn't be a fifth station. A motion was made by N. Sachetti to not have a fifth station unless one of the members in attendance would own up to it (at that time Committee Members Rachel Hunt and Christine Michelini were not present), seconded by D. Shuman. Discussion ensued. Acting Chair Bellin mentioned that there were a number of members that were not present that could potentially run the fifth station. N. Sachetti asked if the motion could be tabled to vote until either Rachel and/or Christine arrived to the meeting. Committee agreed to table the item. Acting Chair Bellin reviewed the other Stations with the Committee and asked for members to confirm which station they would be organizing and running: Station 1 - Repairs &Maintenance (Dave Pelletier) Station 2 — Bike Safety Equipment (D. Shuman), Station 3— Rules of the Road (J. Bellin), and Station 4 — Salem Bike Path/Bike Path Committee Info (F. Taormina). D. Pelletier mentioned that we need the Bentley School opened so that we have access to electricity, bathrooms, and tables and Chairs for the event. N. Sachetti asked whether we received approval from the Bentley School to utilize their facility. . F. Taormina mentioned that he tried to calling and e-mailing the Principal of the Bentley School but never received a return call or e-mail. He told the Committee that he would follow up and confirm the request to use the school facilities. N. Sachetti asked if we secured any sponsors or vendors for the event. F. Taormina answered, stating that there would not be any sponsors and one vendor. N. Sachetti asked is and who is putting together a flyer for the event, punch cards for each station, stations signs, and a banner for the event. F. Taormina answered stating that he would take care of all of those items except for the banner because there is no money in the budget to purchased one. He agreed to create a flyer and distribute it, create the punch cards and station signs and see if he can create a banner on the GIS Plotter. D. Shuman asked if Frank contacted Neal Todson about the free bike locks and/or volunteers. F. Taormina stated that Neal has committed to the free bike locks and may also send some volunteers to help out as well. Frank said that he will contact Neal to confirm. Acting Chairman Bellin mentioned that they would move onto the next agenda item and table the discussion of the bike safety event until the other members of the Committee arrive. 4. Old/New Business • F. Taormina asked the Committee if they could take the Meeting Agenda out of order to 2 • acknowledge John Hersey from Central Transportation Planning Staff(CTPS). The Committee agreed and the floor was turned over to John. John Hersey introduced himself as a Transportation Planner from CTPS which provides technical and policy-analysis support to Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). John mentioned that CTPS is performing user counts for all the bike paths in the Commonwealth. He stated that on Saturday May 17, 2008 they will be counting trail users on the Salem Bike Path and Marblehead Trail and was looking for volunteers to count trail users for a block of time on the 17th. He explained who the count would be conducted and what would be expected from those that are interested in assisting them. J. Hersey passed out his business card to all the Committee members and told them to contact him if they are interested in volunteering. The Committee members thanked him for coming and mentioned that they would be interested to see what the tally is once the count has been complied. Bike Safety Day Event(continuation of tabled discussion) Acting Chairman Bellin reopened Item 3 on the agenda because both Committee Member Christine Michelini and Committee Member Rachel Hunt had arrived. With the agenda item re-opened, N. Sachetti briefly updated the recently present Committee members of the past discussion. • Acting Chairman Bellin asked if either C. Michelini or R. Hunt would be interested in organizing and running a fifth station at the Bike Safety Event revolved around games and riding course. Both C. Michelini and R. Hunt volunteered to organize and run the station at the event. F. Taormina asked if the Committee could confirm exactly how many stations there will be and who will be organizing and running each station. Discussion ensued and the following was confirmed: Station 1 (Bike Repairs/Maintenace) Dave Pelletier and Jerry Judge Station 2 (Bike Safety Equipment) Dan Shuman and Nancy Sachetti Station 3 (Rules of the Road)Jeff Bellin Station 4 (Salem Bike Path/Bike Path Committee) Frank Taormina Station 5 (Games and Bike Riding Course) Rachel Hunt and Christine Michelini It was also suggested that Chairman Franzeen, who was not in attendance that night, be the master of ceremony or host of the event, which would involve greeting people that arrive to the event, explaining the format of the event, and guiding people through the event. Acting Chair Bellin explained to the Committee that they will be holding a special meeting on either May 27th 28th or 29th to confirm the exact layout of each Station prior to the event. The Committee discussed when they could all meet next, but no consensus was reached. Acting Chair Bellin asked F. Taormina to e-mail the potential meeting times/dates to the Committee members and confirm quorum. • 3 L • F. Taormina mentioned that in addition to that, he needs at least one person from each Station to attend the next meeting to ensure that they meet the objective of the special meeting. The Committee agreed and Acting Chair Bellin closed the agenda item. Acting Chair Bellin tabled the remaining Old/New Business Items and opening agenda item 5) Bike Path Kiosk. S. Bike Path Kiosk Because of time and the importance of finalizing the Bike Safety tyEvent, D. made a motion that this agenda item be tabled until the next regularly scheduled meeting on June 11, which is after the Bike Safety Event. Seconded by D. Shuman and approved unanimously by the Committee. 6. Old/New Business No Bicycling Ordinance on Essex Street Pedestrian Mall(Ch.4Z §43C) D. Pelletier opened the item and passed out draft language to addressing his concern for this existing ordinance, rewording it to allow biking on the Essex Street Pedestrian Mall, but discouraging reckless riding and trick riding that may/can damage street furniture or endanger pedestrians on the mall. Discussion regarding the Ordinance ensued. F. Taormina stated that he would discuss • this with the Planning Director and with the City Clerk to see what the process is to submit the petition to have the City Council consider changing the ordinance for the reasons stated. F. Taormina mentioned that afterward he'd draft a letter on behalf of the Committee and submit it to the City Council as directed by the City Clerk and the Planning Director. Bike Path Maintenance Contract F. Taormina mentioned to the Committee that the three year contract(2006-2008) with True Green Land Care ends this fall (October 2008). He mentioned that he is putting together a new Bid Document to have the Bike Path Mowed and Maintained for another three years (2009-2011). Once completed, he would have the Committee review the scope of work prior to bidding it. Living Green &Renewable Energy Fair F. Taormina mentioned that the City, the Salem Chamber of Commerce, and the Salem Main Streets Program are hosting the Fair and that they invited the Bike Path Committee to have a booth and a presence at the event. F. Taormina mentioned that he e-mailed the Committee a couple weeks ago to see if anyone from the Committee would be present for the Fair on Saturday, June 14th, 2008 from loam — 3pm and Jeff Bellin was the only member that said he could attend on behalf of the Committee. F.Taormina stated that he would work with Jeff to get poster boards and other materials ready for the event and that he will likely be present for the event as well. D. Pelletier asked if the Committee could use the Bike Path Maintenance Funds for anything other than maintaining the Bike Path. F. Taormina was not able to answer the . question but said that he would discuss it with the Planning Director and get back to the Committee. 4 C • Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening, Acting Chair Bellin asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was made by D. Shuman and seconded by N. Sachetti and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 05-14-08 • • 5 y��cC. Q'LO,�Fl. a, .,, CITY OF SALEM x i M BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold a special meeting on Wednesday,May 28,2008 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313,,120Washi ton Street. Stang Stan Franzeen�� I Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call.• Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelin Jeff llellfn, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes ` ?? e ®'May 14,2008 Meeting 2. Bike Safety Day Event ,. ® Finalize details of the June 8th,2008 Salem Bike Safety Day Event -0 CD Gr � N Adjournment This lootICS posted, ,on "Official ttn �a UD� .�, � �rr, rttss. oti Gityi l 3 S� at "/ ®%�/�/' tri aocord�:�-�� tips, � • - 23A 235 of ,r. . 120 Washington Street ❖ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ❖ Phone 978-619-5685 ❖ Far 978-740-0404 :• www.salem.com Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, May 28, 2008 A Special Meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, Nancy Sachetti, Jerry Judge, David Pelletier, and Rachel Hunt. Also present was Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator. Members Absent: Chairman Stan Franzeen and Christine Michelini, Public in Attendance: none In the absence of Chairman Franzeen, Vice Chair Bellin assumed the Chair for tonight's meeting. Acting Chair Bellin called the Special Meeting to order at 7:16pm. 1. Approval of Minutes The committee members agreed to table the review and approval of the May 11, 2008 Meeting Minutes until the next meeting. 2. Public Comment • No one from the public was present at the meeting so no public comments were taken. 3. Bike Safety Day Event Acting Chair Bellin opened up the item and outlining the structure and purpose of this Special Meeting. He then explained that he is working on an article for the Salem Gazette regarding the event and biking in Salem. F.Taormina updated the Committee on the event material that he has been working on including event station cards, member name tags, event banners, no parking signs, station signs, etc. He also updated the committee that he received the generous donation of thirty (30) OnGuard Bike Lacks from Neal Todson and mentioned that he has not confirmed where or not the Salem Police Department will be able to donate bike helmets for the event as of yet. Acting Chair Bellin started off explaining his rules of the road station to the Committee: Road Rules Station. He passed samples of his handouts and road rules quiz, and then continued to explain the other details of his station. R. Hunt then explained her game station to the Committee: Family Fun Zone Station. She explained that she had roughly six (6) ideas for different bike safety related games to engage both adults and children. • F. Taormina stated that he forgot to mention that he was been able to confirm the attendance of one vendor, Upper Crust Pizza. r 1, D. Shuman asked if he could invite Ben &Jerry's Ice Cream to the event. The Committee agreed that that was a great idea. D. Shuman asked if Upper Crust Pizza was donating pizza for the event or selling it. F. Taormina stated that Upper Crust is not donating the pizza but vending it at a discounted price. He said that they agreed to vend both slices of pizza and drinks for $1.00 each. D. Shuman mentioned that he would talk to Ben &Jerry's and see if they could do the same. D. Pelletier and J. Judge spoke about their bike repair station: Fix-a-Flat Station. D. Pelletier clarified that the station would only be a station to learn how to fixing a flat and that he would not be performing tune ups or other maintenance and repairs. D. Pelletier asked it D. Shuman could bring 4 bike rims, tubes, and tire pumps for the station. D. Shuman agreed. N. Sachetti and D. Shuman then spoke about their bike safety equipment station: Bike Safety Equipment Station. D. Shuman and N. Sachetti outlined the structure of their station to the Committee, and D. Shuman explained what types of safety equipment he would be bringing to demonstrate with. F. Taormina spoke about the City of Salem Bike Path Info Station. He mentioned that in addition to showing and explaining where the existing and proposed bike path and bike routes are in the City. That he would also discuss the installation of bike racks • in downtown Salem to encourage folks to take their bikes to downtown, where they can lock them safely, perhaps with one of the free bike locks that will be given out to attendees of the event. D. Pelletier asked the committee about the design of the flyer and the target audience. Discussion about the type of flyer, style of flyer, and how we would distribute them to the school department ensued. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening, Acting Chair Bellin asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was made by D. Shuman and seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:06 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 05-28-08 • 2 ��c,ONU1TggO� 3 ` CITY OF SALEM � p� a BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will ho l 's egul l sche led meeting , on Wednesday,June ll,2008 at 7:00 pm at City II Annex, Room 3 Wa i n Street. r Stan Franzee F� Chairm r- n c 1 U nI cn MNG AGENDA , ,: Call Meeting to Order > cri 0 Roll Call: Stan r eegChat an ancySaehetti Christine Michelini Jefj e!lin, Vice Chai Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Ruch'1 Hu t, CI r David Pelletier • Appr al of Meeting utes e) May 14, 2008 Mee g May 28, 2008 eeting 2. Public Co ent 3. Bike Path Kiosks (message centers) ® Discussion regarding the placement of maps and other information to locate within the two kiosks along the Salem Bike Path. 4. Old/New Business ® Living Green&Renewable Energy Fair (Saturday,June 14`� ® No Bicycling Ordinance on Essex Street Pedestrian Mall (Ch.42, §.43C) Adjournment This notice posted on "Official n Board" city -Kali Salem, Dass. o .SaOD� at 0 -d 7�� in accordarza yr hap. 39 Sec. • 23A A 23B of M.G.L. 120 Washington Street •.• Salem, Massachusetts 01970 •S Phone 978-619-5685 ❖ Fax 978-740-0404 ❖ www.salem.com �CONUI`9�'Q 3 l` � CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE � N (!.rt'j Notice of Rescheduled Meeting v W cn J You are hereby notified that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee for the month of June has been rescheduled to Wednesday,June 18,2008 at 7:00pm in City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street Stan Franzeen� Chairman • This notice posted on "Official Bulletin Board" City Hall Scttern, Pvl ss on Ju;vF to 4cd,8 at J! rt nm tri acro <«�y i % 39 sn,0 • 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 0 Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.conv Ui�rl CITY OF SALEM •- BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,June 18,2008 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313, 120 Washington Street. Stan Franz en, FT: Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelin JefBellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier • 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes ® May 14, 2008 Meeting ® May 28, 2008 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. Bike Path Kiosks (message centers) ® Discussion regarding the placement of maps and other information to locate within the two kiosks along the Salem Bike Path. 4. Old/New Business ® Salem Bike Path Extension Update ® No Bicycling Ordinance on Essex Street Pedestrian Mall (Ch.42, §.43C) Adjournment • 120 Washington Street •:• Salem, Massachusetts 01970 •:• Phone 978-619-5685 •:• Fay 978-740-0404 4• mnv.salem.com • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, June 18, 2008 t� A regular scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held-on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 312 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Franzeen, Vice Chair Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, Jerry Judge, and David Pelletier. Also present was Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator. Members Absent: Christine Michelini, Nancy Sachetti, and Rachel Hunt Public in Attendance: none Chairman Franzeen called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. 1. Approval of Minutes Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to approve the meeting minutes. D. Pelletier made the motion to approve the minutes of the May 14, 2008 meeting as submitted, seconded by J. Judge. The motion passed unanimously. Vice Chairman Bellin pointed out one error on page 1 of the May 28, 2008 Special • Meeting minutes. Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to approve the meeting minutes as revised. D. Pelletier made a motion to approve the minutes as revised and seconded by D. Shuman. The motion passed unanimously. s. 2. Public Comment No one from the public was present at the meeting so no public comments were taken. 3. Salem Bike Path Kiosk (information center) Chairman Franzeen opened up the item and then turned it over to Frank Taormina who explained to the committee that the two (2) Bike Path Kiosks (information centers) have been installed several months ago and now need information installed within them. F. Taormina mentioned that at the very least the kiosk should have a Bike Path Map showing the existing Salem Bike Path and show all the planned and proposed paths and routes. He also mentioned that a Bike Path Committee's Meeting Schedule should also be inserted within the kiosk with a header letting trail users know that if they have any questions, comments, concerns they can come to a Committee Meeting and voice their opinion. Lastly, he said that a small area of the kiosk should be dedicated to the East Coast Greenway Alliance and their efforts to regionally connect off-road bike paths from Florida to Maine, and how the Salem Bike Path and surrounds links connect to their effort. . F.Taormina asked the committee what other items they feel should be placed within the kiosk. J • Chairman Franzeen mentioned that information regarding the Rails-to-Trails Program and info regarding the Transportation Management Association (TMA) that the City is creating and coordinating for the North Shore should be placed in the kiosk. Discussion ensued and the Committee agreed that both should be placed in the kiosk. D. Shuman mentioned Salem Woods trail info and potentially bike shop or biking info D. Pelletier mentioned that we should have directional signage, signs in the kiosk; or identify it on the maps, the direction toward Downtown Salem and toward Downtown Marblehead. D. Pelletier mentioned that we should add Pioneer Village on the map and potentially advertise for them somehow since they are right down the street. I Judge mentioned that there is graffiti on the kiosk plexi-glass. F.Taormina mentioned that the graffiti is actually on the green film onto of the plexi-glass. Once material is placed in the kiosk he would peel of the film, but then it would be vulnerable to graffiti. Discussed then ensued about how best to deter graffiti on the kiosk. F. Taormina mentioned that the City has a lot of money in the Bike Path Maintenance Account and that we could keep up with the cost of vandalism and graffiti. 1 Vice Chairman Bellin asked how much the city has in the account. F. Taormina stated that the City had roughly $65,000 to maintain the Salem Bike Path and each year the Town of Marblehead Light Commission pays the City of Salem an annual in-lieu of taxes payment of approximately $8,000 for the perpetual rights and easements on, under, • over, and through four(4) parcels of land (which is now the Salem Bike Path) for the maintenance of their electrical transmission lines. The annual funds go into a special account set up for the general maintenance of the Salem Bike Path Right-of-Way (ROW). D. Pelletier asked if there is a way to use some of those funds to other bike routes planned in the City outside of the bike path ROW. He added that that is a lot of money on such a small area of bike path. F. Taormina mentioned that as the Bike Path expands, the maintenance funds should be able to expand and cover the maintenance of the expanded areas in the future. F. Taormina explained that the account is set up to only maintain the bike path ROW from Lafayette Street to the end of the ROW behind Broadway Street where the ROW merges with the MBTA Commuter Rail Line. F.Taormina mentioned that he will talk to the Director and see if and how he could expand the funds to other areas. 4. Old/New Business Salem Bike Path Extension Update F. Taormina outlined the efforts the City has made to date regarding the expansion of the bike path: Frank mentioned that the encroachment issue on the unimproved Bike Path Row from Gardner Mattress off Canal Street to where it merges with the MBTA Commuter Rail behind the businesses on Broadway Street has been dealt with. The City • has sent out encroachment letters to all the abutting property owners, explained the City's interest in expanding the Salem Bike Path through the unimproved ROW and for each of violators to remove their property (cars, boats, trailers, etc) off the City ROW. Frank pointed out that the violators had until June 15th to remove everything from the 2 • City Row, or the City will tow it at the property owner's expense. Frank mentioned that all the abutting property owners complied, and all the encroachment was been removed from the City ROW. The next step, he said was to secure the ROW so that no one encroaches on it in the future. He said that a 6-foot high chain link fence is going to be installed between Lily Street and Tulip Streets (behind Gardner Mattress) ander fence and gate on Canal Street fronting Gardner Mattress. The gate will be locked and, for the time being, only the City (to maintain the outfall pipe near Rosie's Pond) and the Marblehead Light Dept(to maintain their overhead utilities)will have access into the unimproved ROW. F. Taormina also mentioned that the MBTA is amenable in entering into a long term lease agreement to use a stretch of their property.to extend the Salem Bike Path through it. In order to draft the lease agreement and execute it, the MBTA is requiring that the City Survey the property, confirm the ownership and legal reference of the property, and put together a surveyed plan for use as an exhibit to the lease agreement. Frank mentioned that he has requested quotes from Professional Land Surveyors and should award the contract soon. Chairman Franzeen thanked the City for their efforts in moving the expansion of the Salem Bike Path forward. No Bicycling Ordinance on Essex Street Pedestrian Mall(Ch.42, ,§43C) D. Pelletier opened the item and discussed an encounter with the Salem Police Community Impact Unit(CIU) on the pedestrian mall. He spoke to the officer about the no biking ordinance and asked him his opinion about it. Dave told the Committee that he • thinks he could get support from the CIU on changing the ordinance. Vice Chair Bellin mentioned that the fines should be rescinded and that bikers should be allowed to ride down the middle of the pedestrian mall, perhaps, in their own lane.•. However, the cobble stone street is hard to navigate with a ten-speed bike, ok with a mountain bike. Vice Chair Bellin mentioned that in time, if the pedestrian mall were ever redesigned or upgraded, a specific bike lane, made of suitable material could be added. Discussion regarding the Ordinance ensued. J. Judge made a motion that the City contact the Salem Police CIU and see if they will . support the changes proposed by the Committee. Seconded by Vice Chairman Belling and approved unanimously. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening,.Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to adjourn. ri A motion was made by D. Shuman and seconded by J. Bellin and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:22 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: • Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 06-18-08 3 �;Ncaeeur9�. 3 s CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 20DO JUL -3 A 9* 01 NOTICE OF MEETING r ILc #? C I TY CLE ',I, 5 A L 117 M, f,iASS. You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,July 9,2008 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313, 120 Washington Street. San F� 4 F: Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachem Christine Michelin JefBellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier • 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes ® June 18,2008 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. Bike Path Kiosks (message centers) ® Discussion regarding the placement of maps and other information to locate within the two kiosks along the Salem Bike Path. 4. Old/New Business ® FY08 Annual Report ® Salem Bike Path Extension Update Adjournment This flatten posted on "official Bulletin 'Board" • City Hail Salem, *ass. on 'JUL 0 3 G 1200 at ,of In accordance Wb Chap. 8 cam, 23A & 238 of M.G.L. 12Q Washington Street -* Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ❖ Phone 978-619-5685 : Fax 978-740-0404 S www.salem.com f • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, July 9, 2008 A regular scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 312 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Christine Michelini, Dan Shuman, Jerry Judge, and David Pelletier. Also present was Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator. Members Absent: Nancy Sachetti, Rachel Hunt, and Jeff Bellin Public in Attendance: none Chairman Franzeen called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. 1. Approval of Minutes Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to approve the meeting minutes. J. Judge made the motion to approve the minutes of the June 18, 2008 meeting as submitted, seconded by D. Shuman. The motion passed unanimously. • 2. Public Comment No one from the public was present at the meeting so no public comments were taken. 3. Salem Bike Path Kiosk(information center) Chairman Franzeen opened up the item and then turned it over to Frank Taormina who briefly reviewed what was discussed at the last meeting regarding the installation of bike maps and other bike information in the two (2) Bike Path Kiosks (information centers). F. Taormina showed the committee a photo of the two kiosks located out at the bike path and another picture with the dimensions of the information sign area. He asked the Committee how much space we should dedicate to each item in the kiosk. D. Pelletier took the picture with the dimensions and split the information sign area into thirds. He recommended that two thirds of the sign area be dedicated to a map of the Salem Bike Path and the other third for Bike Path Committee Information. The remaining third of the space could be flex space, or space dedicated to other biking information, including info discussed at the last meeting. D. Pelletier also suggested that there be a header at the top of the sign board that says Salem Bike Path with two arrows on either side, one that says downtown Salem with an arrow pointing in that direction and one that says downtown Marblehead with an arrow pointing in that direction. The Committee agreed with Dave's suggestions for the layout. • F. Taormina apologized to the Committee that he was not able to have examples of the bike path map (with aerial photo and without) for their review. He mentioned that he will have those maps produced for review at the next meeting. • D. Shuman asked if in the flex space, there could be contact info for the local bike shops in Salem and Marblehead. The Committee agreed and Dan gave F. Taormina the contact info for each shop. Chairman Franzeen mentioned that he met several bicyclists on the Salem Bike Path over the Fourth of July Weekend, delighted to know about the Committee's efforts. He mentioned that they didn't notice the free-standing kiosk (information center) that we had installed until he pointed it out to them. Chairman Franzeen recommended that some kind of sign or marker that points bicyclists to the kiosk, perhaps a simple vertical sign that says something like Bike Information Centerto the end sides of each kiosk support post facing bicyclists from either direction. He also stated that the signs should not be wider than the width of the support posts to which they are attached. F. Taormina mentioned that the Bike Path needs a new sign that addresses both the issue with why the bike gates are locked. He explained to the committee why the bike gates are locked and mentioned that it seems like the bike path is off limits, but a sign should clear up the confusion. Frank suggested that the new sign read 'Salem Bike Path is open to the public year round and the bike gates are locked for your safety. C. Michelini mentioned that we shouldn't clutter the bike path with a lot of signs. She asked if there was a way to consolidate the signs. F. Taormina mentioned that there are two signs at each entrance into the bike path: one • SALEM BIKE PATH entrance sign and one NO MOTOR VEHICLE sign. He suggested that we take down the NO MOTOR VEHICLE sign and add the new sign'Salem Bike Path is open to the public year-round and the bike gates are locked for your safety'and at the bottom of the new sign include 'Motor Vehicles are prohibited unless authorized by the City of Salem F.Taormina mentioned that we will work on the exact language that will go on the sign and forward a few different iteration of the proposed sign to the committee members via e-mail. J. Judge made a motion that a sign be placed at the head of each entrance into the bike path for the reasons Frank suggested. Seconded by D. Pelletier and approved unanimously. D. Shuman asked if small trail maps could be attached and hung on the outside of the kiosk for bikers to grab. F. Taormina questioned how we would replenish the trail maps as they run out. He mentioned that he could not go down to the Bike Path on a daily basis to check on it. D. Shuman stated that he or other members could check on it and replenish the trail maps. The Committee agreed to continue this discussion at the next meeting. 4. Old/New Business Annual Report(Fiscal Year 2008) Chairman Franzeen reviewed the Annual Report with the Committee Members and asked for their comments. The Committee did not have any questions or comments about the Annual report 2 i : I F. Taormina asked if the Committee would consider tabling the vote to approve the • annual report until the absent members had a chance to comment on it. Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to table the Annual Report to the next meeting on September 10, 2008, he also pointed out that there is no meeting scheduled in the month of August. Motion was made by D. Shuman and seconded by C. Michelini. Salem Bike Path Extension Update F. Taormina outlined the efforts the City has made to date regarding the expansion of the bike path to downtown Salem: Frank mentioned that the MBTA has sent the City a Draft Lease Agreement and the City Legal Department is reviewing that document. Frank mentioned that he is still waiting for quotes from local land surveyors to survey the MBTA Right-of-Way (ROW). He explained that the MBTA has required the City to survey the ROW so that the surveyed plan can be inserted in the Lease Agreement as an Exhibit. Frank said that the MBTA has been very responsive and very eager in working with the City to get this done. The next steps include the survey of the ROW, the execution of the lease agreement, and begin dialog with the property owner of the Hawthorne Animal Hospital shopping plaza to extend the bike path through that last remaining property before it merges back onto the City ROW on Canal Street. Other Old/New Business Items D. Pellletier asked about the status of the Green Line Bikeway proposal. F. Taormina stated that he is still waiting for a recommendation from the City Engineer about the • concept. Until he gets the support of the City Engineer he really cannot move it forward. Frank agreed to talk to the City Engineer about the proposed bikeway again. D. Pelletier asked if it was possible if he could attend the next meeting. F. Taormina stated that he would ask the City Engineer. Chariman Franzeen asked about the Palmer Cover connection. F. Taormina mentioned that he and Dave meet with the City DPW about the link, but isn't certain whether anything was done to date. D. Pelletier mentioned that he spoke to an x-Marblehead Selectman and to the Marblehead Planning Director about the Marblehead Trail, they told him that in addition to the Marblehead Light Commission, the Water and Sewer Commission also has rights to that ROW and that we should reach out to them as well. He mentioned that the contact there is Dana Snow. F. Taormina showed the Committee a letter that the Mayor cc: him on regarding issues on the portion of the Marblehead Trail located within the City of Salem. In the letter the Mayor mentioned that the City would reach out to the Town of Marblehead again, to be if they would work with us on resolving those issues (width of bollards, maintenance of trial, etc). Frank told Dave that he will give him a copy and we could show it to the Contact at the Marblehead Water and Sewer Commission. Chairman Franzeen asked where we were with the petition to change the No Biking on the Essex Street Pedestrian Mall Ordinance. F. Taormina mentioned that he has not had • time to move that forward, but will do so prior to the next meeting. F. Taormina mentioned that he was contacted by the Salem Youth Commission and that they have invited the Bike Path Committee to their Child Safety Day Event. The 3 I • Committee volunteered Vice Chairman Bellin to representative the Committee at the event. F. Taormina stated that he would talk to Jeff about it. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening, Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was made by D. Pelletier and seconded by C. Michelini and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 07-09-08 • 4 �ai+iur9 CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,September 10,2008 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 320 Washington Street. Stan FranzeYP4",� j Chairman r; MEETING AGENDA -r o M o M rn v Call Meeting to Order i gyp, Roll Calk � N Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christine Mtche ii i Jeff Bellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman JeromeVudge o Rachel Hunt, Clerk David Pelletier • L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® July 9,2008 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. Salem Bike Path Extension Update 4. Old/New Business ® FY08 Annual Report ® Bike Path Kiosks (message centers) Adjournment This notice posted on "Official Bulletin Board" CRY Rall Salem, Mass. on at i a_ao Inaccordance with Chap. 33 Sin 23A & 239 Of M.C.L. 120 Washington Street :• Salem, Massachusetts 01970 Phone 978-619-5685 ❖ Fax 978-740-0404 www.salem.com coNuTg CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 2008 OCT -2 A 10. 00 FU # CITY CLENI , S LEH, NA Notice of Rescheduled Meeting You are hereby notified that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee for the month of October has been rescheduled to Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 7:00pm in City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 WashingtonStre� Stan Fra a@n r- Chairman • This notice posted on ^Otficial Bulletin Board,' city Full Salem, Mass, on 23A1 A 238 of M G.L�Ordar,� with C , if a • 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com CITY OF SALEM }{��$ BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday, October,22,2008 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313, 120 Washington Street. e�� S�nzee�M O Chairman MEETING AGENDA = o _ f } Call Meeting to Order --t :t> Roll Call: o Stan Franzeen, Chairman Nancy Sachetti Christqie Micgini JeffBellin, Vice Chair Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt David Pelletier Will Peck • L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® July 9,2008 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. North Shore Transportation Management Association(TMA)—Dinah Cardin 4. Salem Bike Path Extension Update 5. Old/New Business ® Election of Chair Adjournment This notice posted on "Official Bulletin Board" City Hall Salem, Mass. on //1Lwr at p ,4'9 RM in accardarrtco C ¢.`39 Sm • 23X & 23B of R.G.L. 120 Washington Street ❖ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ❖ Phone 978-619-5685 ❖ Fax 978-740-0404 -* www.salem.com f • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, October 22, 2008 The October Meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was rescheduled and held on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 7:OOpm in Meeting Room 312 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Chairman Stan Franzeen, Christine Michelini, Dan Shuman, Jerry Judge, David Pelletier, Nancy Sachetti, and William Peck. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina. Members Absent: Rachel Hunt, and Jeff Bellin Public in Attendance: Hope Benne (SSC Professor& Beverly Resident) and Dinah Cardin (Outreach Coordinator for the North Shore TMA, Salem Resident, 14 Curtis Street) Chairman Franzeen called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. and welcomed new member William Peck to the Committee. 1. Approval of Minutes Chairman Franzeen mentioned that there was no meeting held in the month of August and the meeting in September was cancelled so they were reviewing the last meeting minutes from July 9, 2008. The Chairman asked for a motion to approve the July 9, • 2008 Meeting Minutes. J. Judge made the motion to approve the minutes as submitted, seconded by D. Pelletier. The motion passed unanimously. 2. Public Comment Chairman Franzeen opened the floor for public comment. Hope Benne, Professor at Salem Sate College and resident of Beverly, mentioned that she and student leaders have concerns with bike safety in and around the college. She mentioned that because of prior engagements, all the student leaders were unable to attend the meeting, but she wanted to come to introduce herself to the Committee and express her concerns. She mentioned that she will return at the next meeting with the student leaders to discuss their concerns in greater detail. Chairman Franzeen mentioned that the Committee held a Bike Safety Event earlier this year and they strongly advocate for bike safety and will do whatever they can within their purview to help. D. Pelletier explained that the Committee also has a proposed on-and off-road bikeway from the Willows to the Salem Bike Path at the Marblehead Line via secondary and tertiary roads, utilizing bike safety and bike awareness methods. Will Peck mentioned that he passed out some bike safety information that he got in the City Cambridge, which he use to live in and use to be a member of the Cambridge Bike Path Committee, to share with all the members prior to the meeting. W. Peck discussed • several instances around town where he notices children riding bikes with dark clothing and no reflective clothing or bike with no headlight, which he pointed out was state law when riding at night. He mentioned to Hope Benne that he would like the Committee to reach out to the Salem School system and discuss bike safety with them. r • Hope Benne also mentioned that SSC is willing to assist the Committee and the City with research projects relative to biking and bike safety. The committee discussed possibly research projects and agreed that they would keep that in mind in the future. Chairman Franzeen asked that Hope Benne leave her contact info with Frank so that we could get in touch with her. 3. North Shore Transportation Management Association (TMA) Chairman Franzeen opened up the item and recognized Dinah Cardin who is the Outreach Coordinator for the North Shore TMA. Dinah Cardin introduced herself and explained what the North Shore TMA was. Among other things she spoke about the newly formed North Shore TMA, member benefits, the TMA's marketing efforts, their Board of Directors, and that the TMA is headquartered out of the City of Salem Planning Department and covers the communities of Salem, Beverly, Danvers, Lynn, and Peabody. She mentioned that the newly formed TMA's membership currently includes the following Corporations: The Sylvania Company in Danvers and Beverly and all the City of Salem Departments. D. Cardin also mentioned that there are 10 other TMA's in the State with approximately 300 corporate members involved. She added that Chairman Franzeen is actually the Director of the Junction TMO (Andover and Wilmington) and that Andrea Leary, who is the Director of the North Shore TMA, also runs the Merrimac Valley TMA (Lawrence, • North Andover, and Methuen). Chairman Franzeen asked if the North Shore TMA's database was linked to the state wide database. F. Taormina said that he has joined the North Shore TMA and that he received a confirmation e-mail from the State Department of Transportation confirming his participation. Chairman Franzeen asked if Dinah could talk about the"fire up your foot power"event. D. Cardin explained the event to the Committee and stated that among all 11 TMA's in the State the newly formed North Shore TMA won the event, in large part because of City of Salem Employee Bill Wholley who rides his bike from North Beverly to work in Salem everyday all year round, regardless of weather. D Shuman asked about the Bicycle Commuter Act that is part of the Federal Bailout Bill and the tax breaks for bike commuters. Chairman Franzeen mentioned that he doesn't believe that that the Act hasn't been enacted yet. D. Shuman asked if small businesses could be a part of the TMA or if it is just for Corporations. D. Cardin mentioned that she is working with the Salem Chamber and Main Streets Initiative to best determine how small businesses could be a part of the TMA. C. Michelini asked if individuals could join the TMA. • Chairman Franzeen mentioned that it is too labor intensive to deal with individuals, Large groups are easier to target. -2- w • D. Cardin echoed the chairman and mentioned that the TMA is set up to target large employers that contribute to traffic and to get them on board. Chairman Franzeen mentioned that you can go to www.masscomute.com to see all the TMA's websites and view the TMA guidelines. D. Cardin mentioned that the North Shore TMA is going to meet with some of Salem's other large employers like Salem State College and the North Shore Medical Center to get them on board. H. Benne asked whom from the college Dinah has been talking to. D. Cardin mentioned that she has been talking to Beth Bower from the Presidents Office. D. Pelletier mentioned that better access to alternative modes of transportation would help get more people to join. In particular he mentioned that there should be a grade crossing over the MBTA Commuter Rail tracks behind The Jefferson at Salem Station Complex, to allow easier access for residents that live on Bridge Street Neck and Willows, instead of them having to walk all the way around. F. Taormina mentioned that the City and the MBTA are in discussions regarding the construction of a multi-story parking garage at the MBTA Commuter Rail Station and perhaps that might be a better opportunity to ask about the grade crossing. D. Cardin mentioned that the North Shore TMA is putting out a Newsletter and the Salem Bike Path Committee and all their efforts to date will be highlighted in the newsletter. • D. Cardin mentioned that she has been working closely with the City of Salem Renewable Energy Task Force and is asking for the Bike Path Committee support as well. D. Pelletier asked what the Committee could do to help the North Shore TMA. D. Cardin stated that she is asking that the Committee spread the work about the TMA, because the more people that join, the more opportunities for carpooling and such there will be. C. Michelini mentioned that she works at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) and if she should mentioned it to her Human Resources Department. D. Carding agreed. Chairman Franzeen mentioned that joining a TMA offers companies a new kind of employee benefit. N. Sachetti stated that she works at Winchester Hospital and she would love to have that option. D. Cardin thanked the Committee for their time and mentioned that there are extra handouts regarding the TMA, their member benefits, etc, for the Committee and mentioned that they could contact her if they had any other questions. 4. Salem Bike Path Extension Chairman Franzeen opened up the item and turned the floor over to F. Taormina to give • an update on the City's efforts to date. F. Taormina mentioned that the City is making great progress in the Salem Bike Path extension to downtown Salem. He stated that he has been in constant contact with the -3- MBTA regarding the potential use of a portion of their Railroad Right-of-Way (ROW) to • extend the bike path through it. He mentioned that at the last meeting, he mentioned that the MBTA had asked the City to survey the ROW. Frank reported that the City hired a Land Surveyor and that the survey is complete. F. Taormina stated that once the survey was complete he forwarded the survey and all deed research to the MBTA for their review. Following their review of the surveyed plan, he met with representative from the MBTA out at the ROW to discuss the survey and point out two pinch points that could prevent the extension of the bike path through the MBTA's ROW. Frank mentioned that the City asked the MBTA to shift the fence behind the North Shore Fruit Basket/Hawthorne Animal Hospital property back 10-20 feet to accommodate the extension of the bike path out to Canal Street. At the meeting, the MBTA stated that they would review the City's request to move the fence back along with the request to utlize the rest of the ROW. F. Taormina said that the City is also looking to connect the new Bypass Road Bike Path to the Peter Tracey Walkway via an abandoned railroad ROW that the City of Salem owns between Cross Street and the bypass road bike path near Saunders Street. He mentioned that the City has requested that Mass Highway include this connection as part of the Bridge Street/Route 1A Improvement Project. Mass Highway said that they would consider the request but asked that the City get an engineer to put together a cost estimate for the project. Mass Highway reached out to the City afterward and brought to the City's attention that the existing granite retaining walls located in either side of the former railroad ROW may • have historic significance because it is located within the Bridge Street Neck National Historic Register District and may trigger a Section 106 Review and local Historic Commission review/approval. In response to that, the City informally went before the Salem Historic Commission to explain the proposed bike connection in the ROW by filling a significant portion of the area to meet the grade differences from Cross Street to the bypass road bike path. The City further explained that the granite walls would not be altered in any way, but rather, a portion of the granite retaining wall will be filled in, exposing less of the granite retaining walls. The Salem Historic Commission stated that they believe filling the area between the granite walls will help preserve it and supported the City's efforts in connecting the bike path to the Peter Tracey Walkway via the ROW in the manner explained. F. Taormina explained that they have not received an estimate yet from the engineer and the City has not received word yet from Mass Highway on weather or not they will fund the cost of connecting the bike path via the ROW. S. Old/New Business D. Pelletier mentioned that he met with Anthony Sasso, Marblehead Town Administrator, and discuss the conditions of the portion of the Marblehead Recreation Trail in Salem. He mentioned that T. Sasso said the Committee should talk to Dana Snow, Marblehead Town Engineer, to discuss potential improvements to the area. D. Pelletier mentioned that we should invite him to our December Meeting to discuss. D. Pelletier also mentioned that he spoke to someone at Mass Highway Department • regarding the use of Sharrows (shared lane pavement markings) in the State and asked what the bike pavement markings that Mass Highway used on the new bypass road were for. Dave expressed his displeasure that the person he spoke to at Mass Highway, whom apparently directs all Mass Highway's biking initiatives, couldn't answer either question -4- for him. Dave mentioned that he did some homework and answered his own questions • and passed out information regarding what he found. D. Pelletier made a motion that Frank re-invites Dave Knowlton, City Engineer, to the next meeting to discuss the use of Sharrows in Salem again. Seconded by D. Shuman and approved unanimously. Will Peck, who had passed out information regarding bike safety earlier in the meeting, discussed his material with the Committee and echoed what he had mentioned during the Public Comment period, to meet with the Salem School system regarding bike safety. Chairman Franzeen explained to the Committee that he is stepping down as Chair and would like to turn the position over to another member. Discussion ensued. D. Pelletier made a motion that the Chair position alternate male/female, seconded by S. Franzeen. The Committee discussed the motion. The Committee ultimately did not think it was appropriate, and the motion was denied by at vote of 4-2. The Committee acknowledged that two other members were not present and they would like to wait till next meeting to vote for all new board officers. S. Franzeen asked that the item be heard first on next moths meeting agenda, as his resignation is affective immediately and the Board is currently without a Chair. Committee Members concurred. Adjournment • There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening, former Chairman Franzeen asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was made by D. Pelletier and seconded by N. Sachetti and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:30pm. . Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 10-22-08 -5- L - �cnt�rr9 CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 2059 NOV -3 A R* 5b r IEE 'x CITY CLEPI - S ALE`1, MASS. Notice of Rescheduled Meeting You are hereby notified that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee for the month of November has been rescheduled to Wednesday,November 19,2008 at 7:00pm in City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washingto Street. StanFranzee � /' Chairman y41n0I 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Phone 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com . .. CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 2008 MOV 13 P 3: 10 NOTICE OF MEETING r U— ` CITY CLERh. SY.LE?i, HASS. You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday, November 19,2008 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313, 120 W shi on eet. Fr nk Taormin Planner/Harbor Coordinator MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Stan Franzeen Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelin JeffBellm Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt David Pelletier William Peck • 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes ® October 22,2008 Meeting 2. Old/New Business ® Election of Officer(s) 3. Public Comment 4 Sharrows—discussion with Dave Knowlton, City Engineer Adjournment This notice postedon "Official 13u�1pjin Board " City Hall f jam, 'Va on pp�� yy at 3' 1�' P� in C?W�ViF�r .= t'� tivi..CC Chap. 3J SO— • 2SA 8A 230 Of V.!w L1 120 Washington Street Salem,Massachusetts 01970 : Phone 978-619-5685 Far 978-740-0404 ❖ www.satem.com i Salem Bike Path Committee • Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, November 19, 2008 The November Meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was rescheduled and held on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 7:00pm in Meeting Room 312 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Christine Michelini, Dan Shuman, Jerry Judge, David Pelletier, and William Peck. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina. Members Absent: Stan Franzeen, Nancy Sachetti, Rachel Hunt, and Jeff Bellin Public in Attendance: none In the absence of an elected Chairman and Vice Chairman, Frank Taormina called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. 1. Approval of Minutes D. Shuman made a motion to approve the October 22, 2008 Meeting Minutes seconded by J. Judge. The motion passed unanimously. 2. Public Comment No public comments were taken, as no one from the public was present. • 3. Old/New Business Election of Officers The board considered whether or not they will nominate and vote for a new Chairman and Vice Chairman at tonight's meeting because four board members were not present. Ultimately the board decided to table the election to the December 10, 2008 Meeting. 4. Sharrows— Discussion with City Engineer F. Taormina updated the board that Dave Knowlton, City Engineer, could not make it to the meeting tonight because of a conflict in his schedule, but assured him that he will be present at the next Bike Path Committee Meeting on December 10, 2008. D. Pelletier mentioned that he was heading home from Logan Airport one night and passed through East Boston on his way home and noticed Sharrows and share the road signs on State Route 145 (Bennington Street). He showed the board photos of each and mentioned that until that day he was unaware that the concept of sharrows were being implemented anywhere in the state, especially on a state roadway. D. Pelletier and D. Shuman mentioned that the City should talk to Nicole Freedman, City of Boston Bike Coordinator about the use of sharrows in E. Boston and forward the material to the City Engineer. F. Taormina stated that he would do both and added that the information that Dave shared • with the board should be very helpful for the City Engineer and will hopefully persuade him to support the use of sharrows in Salem. W. Peck asked if the board would consider meeting with the Police Department, Salem Schools, and perhaps Salem State College to discuss promoting bike safety and collaborating on putting together and distributing bike safety literature. The board discussed the topic briefly and agreed to discuss it at the next meeting. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening, D. Pelletier made a motion to adjourn, seconded by C. Michelini and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 7:22 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 11-19-08 • i -2- l �ONOIT� : : CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 2000 JCC -3 A 9. 33 NOTICE OF MEETING ILE ;Y CITY CLERK. SALEM,MASS. You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday, December 10,2008 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 31e12Harbor Coordinator MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Stan Franzeen Nancy Sachetti Christine Afichelini JefBellin Dan Shuman Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt David Pelletier William Peck • L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® November 19,2008 Meeting 2. Old/New Business ® Election of Officer(s) 3. Public Comment 4 Sharrows—discussion with Dave Knowlton, City Engineer Adjournment This ppn��otice posted can "afi`acjn! Bullet€nlBoay{r}�dpO • V7a Y"Pwll On NEC 1 2000 tnt1 4 33 ¢m 3 120 Washington Street-4 Salem,Massachusetts 01970 ❖ Phone 978-619-5685 •: Fax 978-740-0404 ❖ www.salem.com r • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, December 10, 2008 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 7:00 pm in Meeting Room 313 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Jerry Judge, Stan Franzeen, Dan Shuman, Christine Michelini, David Pelletier, Jeff Bellin, and Nancy Sachetti. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina. Members Absent: Rachel Hunt and William Peck Public in Attendance: Dave Knowlton, City Engineer In the absence of an elected Chairman and Vice Chairman, Frank Taormina called the meeting to order at 7:07 pm. 1. Approval of Minutes D. Shuman pointed out the misspelling of someones name on page one of the minutes and S. Franzeen also pointed out an error on the first page. F. Taormina asked for a motion to approve the November 19, 2008 Meeting Minutes as amended. D. Pelletier made a motion to approve as amended, seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. • 2. Public Comment No public comments were taken. 3. Old/New Business S. Franzeen nominated Dan Shuman as Chair. D. Shuman accepted the nomination. There were not other nominations for chair, so the board voted unanimously for Dan Shuman to become Chairman of the Bike Path Committee, affective immediately. The Committee discussed the position of Vice Chair and agreed that they would not vote for a Vice Chairman. Instead, a motion was made by J. Bellin to have a floating Chairman. When the Chair is not present for a meeting the Committee would elect a Floating or interim Chair that night to facilitate the meeting. J. Bellin's motion was seconded by D. Pelletier and approved unanimously. D. Pelletier asked Frank Taormina to have the City Website updated to reflect the new chair and the Committee Member's new term expiration dates. F. Taormina agreed to do that on behalf of the Committee. Chairman Shuman also asked that the City Clerk and Mayors Office be notified of the change so that mail or other notification can be directed to him. F. Taormina agreed to do that as well. Dave Knowlton, City Engineer, who was invited to tonight's Committee Meeting to discuss the concept/implementation of'sharrows' in the City, had not yet arrived so the Committee Members agreed to informally discuss several other old/new business items. ,J . 4. Sharrows— Discussion with City Engineer Once David Knowlton arrived to the Meeting, Chairman Shuman opened up the item and turned the Floor over to Committee Member D. Pelletier who updated the City Engineer, on the Committee's interest to use Sharrows to delineate an on and off road bike route. D. Knowlton told the Committee that he reviewed all the information that was forwarded to him regarding bike sharrows, including the examples of the use of sharrows in East Boston and in Somerville. F. Taormina mentioned that he contacted Stephen Winslow a Planner from the City of Somerville to discuss the use of sharrows. Frank mentioned that Stephen Winslow is extremely knowledgeable about sharrows and the use of them. During his discussion with S. Winslow, he stated that in Somerville sharrows are used when a roadway cannot accommodate a bike lane', which requires a certain width and setback from the curb, parked cars, travel lane, and centerline of the street. In Somerville sharrows were used on narrow road that could not accommodate a bike lane to guide riders back to the bike lane. Frank also mentioned that sharrows also have setback and dimensional requirements. J. Bellin referred to the San Francisco Sharrow Study which identified three different kinds of sharrows. He stated that the sharrow with the chevron sigh (or a pavement marking with a bike symbol and two arrows above it pointing north) was the most beneficial to riders and vehicular traffic. The study identified this type of sharrow tends to keep riders further away from curbs and parked cars, and vehicular traffic identified with the sharrow pavement markings and kept further away from the bikers on the road. J. Bellin recommended that the Committee and the City use that.style of sharrow.in Salem. • The City Engineer recommended that the Committee create a Comprehensive Bike Plan or Biking Master Plan with the assistance of a traffic engineer or bike engineering consultant. The City Engineer understands that the Committee does not have the funds to perform such a task and offered to see if State Chapter 90 Funds may be eligible to fund the plan. The City Engineer said that he met with Mayor Driscoll earlier that day about using Chapter 90 Funds for a Comprehensive Bike Plan and she wholeheartedly supported it. The City Engineer recommended that the Committee spend the winter with the hired consultant putting together the plan. H believes that once a plan is completed it will help the City with future funding for implementing the goals and objectives of the plan. The City Engineer believes that the bike plan will identify multiple bike lanes and create a network of biking routes throughout the City, prioritize those routes,and identify any issues or conflicts, etc. F.Taormina mentioned that if and when the City Engineer secures the money he would work closely with him to hammer out the Scope of Work for the plan. D. Pelletier asked if the Committee's proposed Green Line Bikeway could be implemented first, then the plan could look at other roadways like Boston Street, etc. The City Engineer recommended that the Committee put together the bike plan first to identify and prioritize all potential bike routes throughout the City, and then they could implement the proposed Green Line Bikeway because it may or may not change once it is reviewed by the consultants. • Chairman Shuman asked the City Engineer how he can find out if Chapter 90 Funds are eligible to fund a comprehensive bike plan. The City Engineer said he would have to contact Mass Highway to determine if Chapter 90 Funds are eligible for such a plan and secure the funding on behalf of the Committee. 2 • Chairman Shuman stated that if Chapter 90 Funds are not eligible, then we should explore other funding options. The Committee thanked the City Engineer for his time and his recommendations. Chairman Shuman closed the item and reopened the floor to discuss old/new business. S. Old/New Business(cont.) F. Taormina updated the Committee on the status of the Bike Path Extension. He stated that the connection of the Bypass Road Bike Path and the Peter Tracy Walkway will be constructed by Mass Highway as part of the Reconstruction of Bridge Street (Rte 1A). He mentioned that bike path connection will be on Mass Highway's 75% Design Plans. Frank stated that once the plans are released he will show them to the Committee. The City and State will then hold a public hearing to review the plans with the public. Frank also updated the Committee on the Salem Bike Path extension efforts. He stated that he and Kathy Winn, Deputy Director DPCD, met with two representatives from the MBTA Real Estate Department, one representative from the MBTA Operations Department, and Anthony Gattineri the property owner of 134 Canal Street (former California Olive Oil Company). He explained that A. Gattineri spoke to the MBTA about reactivating a freight spur behind his property, located on a portion of the railroad Right-of-Way that the City of Salem is interested in leasing from the MBTA to extend the bike path through. He mentioned that the MBTA questioned whether or not Mr. Gattineri has rights to that spur and explained to him that the switches, gears, and a portion of track has been removed. • Mr. Gattineri was not certain if he had any rights to the freight spur but agreed to perform deed research to confirm that. The MBTA also agreed to research his deed to see if he has any rights to the freight spur. Frank mentioned that once the deed research is completed he would meet with the group again to discuss the findings. F. Taormina stated that at best, Mr. Gattineri does not have rights to the freight line and the City will resume negotiations with the MBTA to finalize the lease agreement. Or if Mr. Gattineri does has rights to the freight spur, but cannot or will not pay to reactivate the gears, switches, etc in order to make it operational again, then the MBTA will resume negotiations with the City to finalize the lease agreement. F. Taormina stated that at worst, Mr. Gattineri does have rights to the freight line and is willing to pay to reactivate the line to make it operational again, then the City may or may not be able to extent the bike path through that right-of-way. Frank told the Committee that he would update them once the deed research is completed and he meets with the MBTA and Mr. Gattineri again. Chairman Shuman asked if Metropolitan Area Planning Council (state regional planning agency) is offering the Bike Parking Program again. F. Taormina said yes. He mentioned that he spoke to MACP and the application will be available in early 2009. Once the applications are available he will subscribe to the program again and the Committee can start planning the next round of bike parking facilities in the City. I Bellin asked about the next Bike Safety Day and trying to have it on the same day as the race. Chairman Shuman stated that the race event is on a Wednesday and likely would not work. • N. Sachetti recalled that after the last Bike Safety Event, the Committee found out that the Salem Police Department also hosts a Bike Safety Event and that we should collaborate 3 with them instead of holding our own event. Several other Committee Members recalled that as well. I Bellin preferred that the Committee hold a separate event or try to collaborate with a larger bike event like the race. Discussion regarding the next Bike Safety Event ensued. The Committee agrees to discuss the item at another meeting. N. Sachetti asked if the Committee could define a Mission Statement for the Committee. F. Taormina read a paragraph from the Bike Path Committee's 2008 Annual Report which outlines the goals and objectives of the committee and mentioned that the members could use that paragraph as a starting point to hammer out a mission statement. D. Pelletier agreed with Nancy that the Commission should have a defined mission statement and suggested that that be put on the next meeting agenda. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening, Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to close the public meeting. J. Judge made a motion to adjourn, seconded by S. Franzeen and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:29 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator • BPC 12-10-08 -4- � i 0 N • 1 0 o • c V-Pi- MR ��i.''�?�':� P�� f '�,•;t,� -ate ,�4..,�4x,� � >� F'�}�4. . `� is �` "'der Fr+�c.' �`i. +�?' '� $� �r�.�1 �"��.r� R`' C�.:-5 �:�� _• •�_ t I • Salem Bike Path Committee FY09 Annual Report In June 2006, the City of Salem established the Salem Bike Path Committee, which is a Committee dedicated to making Salem a bike-friendly community. The main goal of this Committee is to make Salem a more-desirable urban environment by establishing safe and well planned on- and/or off-road bike routes for walking and cycling. Objectives of the Committee are to assist in the expansion of the existing bike path throughout Salem and to our surrounding communities, encourage the Safe Routes to Schools Program, advocate for alternative forms of transportation to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality, advocate for bike safety, and encourage cycling both as a form of alternative transportation and as a form of exercise and better health. The Salem Bike Path begins on Lafayette Street directly opposite the entrance to the Town of Marblehead Recreational Trail. In fact, when the City obtained funds from Mass Highway to design, engineer, and construct the bikeway, it had been referred to as the Marblehead Branch Bike Path until 2006 when the City officially renamed it the Salem Bike Path. The existing Salem Bike Path (Phase I) is constructed on an abandoned Railroad Right-of-Way (formerly Boston & Maine Railroad ROW). The path begins at the Lafayette Street entrance near the City of Salem and Town of Marblehead line, and continues north approximately 2,500 linear feet alongside the Salem State College Central Campus toward Loring Avenue. Opposite Loring Avenue the bike path continues north approximately 450 linear feet to Canal Street. In its • entirety, the existing Salem Bike Path (Phase 1) is roughly 3,000 linear feet in length. The City and the Bike Path Committee are committed to extending the Salem Bike Path to Downtown Salem (Phase II is currently being planned) and future off-road extensions throughout Salem and our neighboring communities. The Salem Bike Path Committee meets regularly on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm in Salem City Hall Annex, Meeting Room 314, 120 Washington Street. The Committee did not meet during the months of August 2008 and March 2009. During the 2009 fiscal year period, the Salem Bike Path Committee Membership included Stan Franzeen (Chairman until 10/22/08), Dan Shuman (Chairman since 12/10/08), Jeff Bellin (Vice Chairman until 12/10/08), David Pelletier, Nancy Sachetti, Jerry Judge, Christine Michelini, Rachel Hunt, and William Peck(appointed to Committee on 10/22/09). Some of the Salem Bike Path Committee's key initiatives completed during the 2009 fiscal year were as follows: • Extension of the Salem Bike Path (Phase III —The City and the Committee have made great progress in planning the extension of the Salem Bike Path to Downtown Salem. The City has continued negotiations with the MBTA to enter into a long term lease agreement to extend the Salem Bike Path through a stretch of MBTA property. The City Engineer has added the extension of the Salem Bike Path into the roadway reconstruction plan for Canal • Street. Coupled with the adjacent Town of Marblehead Recreational Trail, the completion of the bike path extension would connect downtown Salem to downtown Marblehead via an entirely off-road trial. Salem Bike Path Committee FY09 Annual Report Page 1 of 2 f • City of Salem Bicycle Circulation Master Plan — The City entered into a Consultant Service Contract with Fay, Spofford, and Thomdike Engineering (FST) on March 11, 2009 to assist the Committee in putting together a citywide bike circulation master plan. The Plan will include building upon the significant progress the Committee has made during the past three years, recommend phased measures to improve the bike commuting and recreational environment, and provide sound broad-based technical recommendations for future decisions on creating or improving bike circulation facilities. Aside from creating and/or extending off-road bike facilities (Salem Bike Path or Mountain Biking Trails) this plan will also identify on-road biking facilities. At this time, bicycle travel is permitted on all of Salem's City Streets open to motor vehicle use. This plan will indicate where bicycle travel is encouraged to enhance both local and regional connections. Ultimately, the plan will prioritize all the different types of bike facilities and suggest implementation strategies. The Committee has confirmed the master plan scope and progress by FST Consulting Engineers has begun. During this fiscal year the Committee has started identifying all the potential on- and off-road biking facilities and the Consultants have been performing engineering studies on all the proposed on-road routes identified to date, to determine whether each road is wide enough to accommodate a bike lane or bike sharrow and they have begun ranking each road based on who heavily travelled it is and how safe it is. PEDALJNG FORWARD >>> + • Some of the major initiatives the Salem Bike Path Committee is currently working on and/or looking to complete in fiscal year 2010 are as follows: • Extension of the Salem Bike Path (Phase II)>>> The City and the Committee will continue their efforts in executing the long-term lease agreement with the MBTA. Once the MBTA's property is under the City's control, engineers working on the Canal Street roadway improvement project will begin designing, engineering, and permitting the bike path extension. • City of Salem Bicycle Circulation Master Plan>>> The City anticipates that the Bicycle Circulation Master Plan will be completed by December 2009. Following the completion of the master plan, the Committee will begin implementing the goals and recommendations of the plan, specifically constructing the Priority Bike Route (formerly known as the Green Line Bikeway) identified in the master plan. Respectfully submitted, Frank Taormina Planner/Harbor Coordinator • Salem Bike Path Committee FY09 Annual Report Page 2 of 2 I r t0NNT,�e �y CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 2009 MEETING SCHEDULE You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meetings on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm, in City Hall Annex, Roomm313, 1120 Washington Street. 14W �T Dan Shuman, Chairman Q f7 GV'J !-al - r _ w rel ya. M1be � a 6Ln C➢ u� ; Or ,. 9 v6is��ee��(sA Oc#-lbi " CL 120 Washington Street ♦ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ♦ Tele 978-619-5685 ♦ Fax 978-740-0404 ♦ www.salem.com $,FcadWTq�d . Mr CITY OF SALEM y� BIKE PATH COMMITTEE ZO&I JAN -8 A 9- 12 NOTICE OF MEETING HIE s= CITY F,t_Er i'- You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,January 14, 2009 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room/3113, 120 Washington Street. Dan Shuman, Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Dan Shuman, Chair Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelini JeffBellin Stan Franzeen Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt David Pelletier William Peck • L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® December 10,2008 Meeting 2 Public Comment 3. Old/New Business ® Comprehensive Bike Plan ® Mission Statement Adjournment This notice posteu titl ;,, , ;; duiletin Board" City Heli Salem, Mass. 9o�n{,{� i(.�AN - 8 2at �/9� • 23A A VT G$ ,t�Y.s y�d1l�/ Vies VYW 120 Washington Street ❖ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ❖ Phone 978-619-5685 -- Fax 978-740-0404 f• www.salem.com I Salem Bike Path Committee • Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, January 14, 2009 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 7:00 pm in Meeting Room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: William Peck, Jerry Judge, Stan Franzeen, Dan Shuman, Christine Michelini, David Pelletier, and Nancy Sachetti. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina. Members Absent: Rachel Hunt and Jeff Bellin Public in Attendance: none At 7:15 p.m Chairman Shuman called the meeting to order. 1. Approval of Minutes S. Franzeen pointed out two errors in the minutes, one on page one and one on page three. Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to approve the minutes as amended. S. Franzeen made the motion to approve the December 10, 2008 Meeting Minutes as amended, seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. 2. Public Comment • No public comments were taken. 3. Old/New Business Creation of a Comprehensive Bike Plan F. Taormina updated the Committee on the City's efforts to create a Comprehensive Bike Plan. He mentioned that the City Engineer has confirmed that Mass Highway Chapter 90 Funds could be used for such a plan, but there is an application and selection process that does not guarantee that the City will secure funds, and if the City does secure funds we will likely not receive them until late spring or early summer 2009. He mentioned that both he and the City Engineer are looking for other funding sources that the City could use (ie Bike Path Maintenance Funds) and secure sooner than that. F. Taormina stated that while the City is trying to identify what funding source to use, the City has reached out to one of its On-Call Engineer Firms, Fay, Spofford, and Thorndike, Inc (FST) and asked them to put together a Scope of Services and Estimate for the preparation of a Comprehensive Bike Plan. Frank explained that the Scope would be reviewed by the Committee so that they can tailor it to the Committee's goals and objectives. S. Franzeen asked if the Scope and Estimate could he put together and forwarded to the Committee prior to the next meeting (February 11, 2008). F. Taormina replied, stating that he would talk to FST and request that it be submitted at least a week prior to the next meeting so that the Committee would have ample time to review prior to the meeting. • D. Pelletier was frustrated that the proposed green line bikeway would have to go through such a review process in order to be implemented. F. Taormina stated that in order for the bike lane to be implemented, the City must endorse it first. He stated that the City • Engineer met with the Mayor and other Department Heads to discuss the proposal and they collectively agreed that putting together a comprehensive city-wide bike plan that is done by consulting traffic/bike engineers was imperative. Chairman Shuman stated that the proposed green line bikeway could still be shown on maps but in order to install signs and pavement markings to delineate the bikeway on City Streets it must be reviewed and approved by engineers and endorsed by the City. W. Peck stated that when he was on the City of Cambridge Bike Path Committee, prior to them implementing a bike land system on City Streets they had to go through a similar process and he agreed that it must be done to ensure that the bike lanes are safe and meet State/Federal Standards. F. Taormina stated that the City cannot haphazardly start striping bike lanes and/or sharrows all over City Streets without knowing which streets can safely accommodate a bike lane or sharrow and which street should be avoided. He mentionend that the plan, among other things, will survey our streets and prioritize them into categories to determine which roads can accommodate a bike lane, which can accommodate sharrow, and which streets we should avoid all together. D. Pelletier wanted to make know if the proposed green line bikeway could be fast-tracked and/or looked at first in the plan and/or implemented first when the plan was completed. F. Taormina stated that once the plan is complete the Committee can prioritize which bike lanes should be implemented first, second, and so on. • D. Pelletier stated that the bike plan should also identify ways that the Salem Bike Path and Salem Bike Lane network could connect with our surroundings communities to create a regional system. The Committee agreed that that was something they hope the plan would include. F. Taormina reminded the Committee that they would be reviewing the Scope of Services for the bike plan and they could tailor it to meet the Committee's goals and objectives. Update on the Salem Bike Path Extension S. Franzeen asked if Frank had heard anything from the MBTA or the owner of the former Olive Oil Company on Canal Street regarding the rail spur access and the issues surrounding the extension of the Salem Bike Path through that portion of the Right-of-Way to downtown Salem. F. Taormina stated that he has not heard back from either. He stated that he may do some research of his own at the Registry of Deeds because he has a copy of the most recent deed of the former Olive Oil Company. Frank stated that he would touch base with the MBTA and do his own research and report back to the Committee at the next meeting. 2009 Bike Safety Day Event F. Taormina mentioned to the Committee that the Park and Recreation Department contacted him regarding the Bike Safety Day Event. They were finalizing their Spring/Summer 2009 Salem Recreational Brochure and wanted to confirm whether or not • the Bike Path Committee was going to hold the event again in 2009. -2- F. Taormina mentioned that the last time he spoke to the Committee about it they • preferred to collaborate with another group or event(ie the Police Department) rather than hold their own stand alone safety day event. He stated that he spoke to Captain Jodin at the Salem Police Department about collaborating with them on an event and he agreed. He also mentioned that since their deadline for information submittal for the brochure was prior to this meeting. He and Captain Jodin put together a very generic and broad description of a potential event that is TBA (To Be Announced) and for more info to contact either him or Capt. Jodin. D. Pelletier stated that he doesn't think that the Committee should host another bike safety event because we cannot draw that many people to the event. Instead he recommended that the Committee consider joining the Earth Day Event at Old Town Hall (referred to as the City of Salem Living Green Fair), which is a well attended and successful event. He also stated that he doesn't feel that every member should be required to attend the event, but instead members that want to attend can attend. N. Sachetti agreed with Dave and stated that we should participate in other successful event being planned in the City and not just advocate for bike safety but discuss the bike path and other committee initiatives. W. Peck added that he has spoke to a bank and other businesses in the area to see if they would be interested in donating toward the cost of producing and distributing a City of Salem Bike Map and Bike Safety brochure. The brochure could be mailed out to the Salem Schools, and/or used as a handout at any event that the Committee is a part or at a Bike Event that the Committee is present at (i.e. the Witch's Cup Bike Race). • D. Pelletier made a motion to participate in other events (i.e. The Salem Living Green Fair) as an alternative to holding a stand-alone Committee sponsored event. Seconded by S. Franzeen and approved unanimously. W. Peck and N. Sachetti made a motion to have an 11"x 17" promotional Bike Map/Bike Safety Info Brochure for the purpose of handouts and mailings. Seconded by D. Pelletier and approved unanimously. 2009 MAPC Bike Parking Program F. Taormina updated the Committee regarding the next round of funding for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council's Bike Parking Program. Frank mentioned that the vendor contracts with MAPC have expired and MAPC has put out a Request for Proposals (RFP) for bike rack manufacturers for the 2009 MAPC Bike Parking Program. Frank stated that the City of Salem was the first city in the MAPC Region to subscribe, order, and install bike racks through this program and that the City of Salem has the only community to have order at least one rack from each of the three vendors last year. He mentioned that MAPC has asked representatives from a couple MAPC communities to assist in reviewing the 2009 RFP proposals and making a selection. Frank stated that MAPC is mailing the proposals to him soon and sometime next week he will go into Boston to MAPC's Office to help in the selection process. F. Taormina stated that once MAPC executes contracts with the selected vendors then the program will take effect, and as soon as it does, he will subscribe to the program and the Committee can discuss the location and style of additional bike parking facilites in Salem. -5- The Committee Members asked F. Taormina a number of questions regarding this round of funding and discussion ensued. Other New Business D. Pelletier mentioned that he spoke to Tony Sasso, Marblehead Town Manager and Dana Snow, Marblehead Water and Sewer Commission. He would like to invite one or both of them to a future meeting to discuss linking downtown Salem to downtown Marblehead via the Salem Bike Path and Marblehead Recreational Trial. He would also like to discuss and request necessary upgrades and repairs to the Marblehead Recreational Trail. D. Pelletier followed up on a request he made last year to have the City pave around the bike gates, as the gates are locked and the gravel/pea stone that currently exists around the bike gates at Lafayette Street Entrance and the Loring Ave Entrance are not adequate for bikers. F. Taormina apologized to the Committee for not addressing that request this year. He stated that it is on his list of things to do and he will ask DPW to take care of that this spring and if DPW cannot get to it, he will get quotes and have a contractor do it. S. Franzeen mentioned that there is a Woman's Bike Race in Boston that is being planned and in the coming months would like the Committee to help get the word out. The Committee agreed to help. F. Taormina asked the Committee if at the end of each meeting in the future if they could discuss agenda items for that next meeting. The Committee agreed that that was a good idea. Discussion ensued. The Committee agreed to discuss the following items at the next meeting: O Committee Mission Statement, © Salem Bike Map/Bike Safety Brochure, • © Salem Bike Path Extension Update, O Scope of Services for Comprehensive Bike Plan. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening, Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to close the public meeting. C. Michelini made a motion to adjourn, seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:32 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Staff Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 1-14-2009 -4- ��copwtT,�.o CITY OF SALEM <s BIKE PATH COMMITTEE • 9�'�M1tJ20a 2Q1i4 FEB -4 A c� 12 NOTICE OF MEETING ";LE r CITY CL [`tti. StiLD-1,V�1SS. You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, February ll, 2009 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313, 120 Washington Street. )0?W Dan Shuman, Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll//Call: -Ilan Shuman, Chair VNancy Sacheni �istine Michelini VeffBellin L Wan Franzeen V6deym+ne Judge �nt avid Pelletier Wtlltam Peck . L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® January 14, 2009 Meeting t w't cj 2. Public Comment 3. Salem Citywide Bike Plan—Review and discuss proposed scope of services and estimate provided by FST Engineers, Inc—Gary Heibert,PE,PTOE 4. Old/New Business ® Mission Statement Salem Bike Path Extension Update ® Bike Path Map/Bike Safety Brochure —_ Adjournment This notice poste on ulletin Board" City Hail 120 Washington Street •:• Salena, Massachusetts 01970 ❖ Phone 978-619-5685 •3 Fax 978-740-0404 •3 www.salem.com t Salem Bike Path Committee • Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, February 11, 2009 A regular meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 7:00 pm in Meeting Room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Stan Franzeen, Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, William Peck, Jerry Judge, Christine Michelini, Nancy Sachetti, and David Pelletier. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina. Members Absent: Rachel Hunt Public in Attendance: Nathan White, Curtis White, David Wall, and Tim Law from Boy Scout Troop #59 (Salem/Peabody). At 7:08 p.m Chairman Shuman called the meeting to order. 1. Approval of Minutes Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to approve the minutes as amended. S. Franzeen made the motion to approve the January 14, 2009 Meeting Minutes, seconded by I Bellin and approved unanimously. 2. Public Comment • Chairman Shuman opened the floor for public comments. Curtis White and David Wall introduced themselves and explained that they had no specific questions but were interested to learn about biking and bike safety as part of a merit badge for Boy Scotts Nathan White and Tim Law. 3. Salem Citywide Bike Plan Chairman Shuman welcomed Gary Hebert for attending tonight's committee meeting and turned the meeting over to him. Gary Hebert, Fay, Spofford, and Thorndike Engineering (FST), introduced himself to the committee and explained that he has been involved in bike planning and engineering for over 20-years. G. Hebert (FST) prepared a power point presentation for the committee to review each task in his proposed Scope of Services he prepared for the City. S. Franzeen explained the rational and concept of the Green Line Bikeway to G. Hebert. J. Bellin elaborated further on the Green Line Bikeway and mentioned that it is figuratively set up as a path of least resistance to get from point A to point B, by avoiding Riley Plaza, the cobbled streets of downtown Salem, etc. G. Hebert (FST) continued to present his power point presentation. • J. Bellin asked if G. Hebert to explain the East Coast Greenway Alliance to the public in the audience, so that they could follow along. G. Hebert explained the gist of the East Coast Greenway Alliance and stated that the Salem Bike Plan should address the best way for • bikers to traverse Salem to connect to neighboring community links. S. Franzeen mentioned that G. Hebert should talk to Andrea Leary, North Shore TMA, to discuss their initiative as it relates to our planning. G. Hebert (FST) mentioned that in order to keep cost down for the City of Salem he has proposed that the Committee Members assist in the data collection for the plan. W. Peck inquired about the East Cost Greenway Alliance and how to obtain more information. G. Hebert referred him to their website. Chairman Shuman asked if they power point presentation could be forwarded to Frank Taormina so that he could distribute it to the committee members. G. Hebert agreed to provide that to F. Taormina. D. Pelletier explained the Green Line Bikeway concept and how to delineate the bikeway. G. Hebert(FST) stated that that is one of the tasks in his scope and that FST will look into that. He suggested that the best way will likely be a combination of bike lanes, sharrows, and signage. He emphasized that there is a proper application for each method and they will explore the options and offer a recommendation as part of the plan. D. Pelletier continued to discuss the Green Line Bikeway to G. Hebert and all the time and effort that has gone into the concept. He expressed his concern that the plan will be completed and nothing will get done. He suggested that the Green Line Bikeway be • implemented first before the other tasks are examined in the scope. G. Hebert (FST) and F. Taormina offered their suggestions. F. Taormina asked if the scope could be revised to move the Green Line Bikeway task as the first item to look at and as a separate deliverable that task item could include implementation steps, punch list, and a cost estimate so that when that task is completed the City can allocate the funds need and construct that route. G. Hebert (FST) agreed that that was something he could do. D. Pelletier explained the concept of the Green Line Bikeway in that it connects the Willows and Winter Island to the Bike Path at the Town of Marblehead Line as a means to connect North Salem and South Salem via a bikeway. D. Pelletier expressed his frustration with the process in which the Green Line Bikeway must go through in order to be implemented. N. Sachetti mentioned that she understands D. Pelletier's frustration with process, but in order for the City to implement the Green Line Bikeway, the City Engineer and other City Departments must endorse it first. AND, In order for the City Engineer to endorse the proposed bikeway, he wants us to put together a Citywide Bike Plan with a consulting engineering firm. She mentioned that the City and D. Pelletier want the same thing but we have to go through this process in order to get it endorsed, funded, and constructed. D. Shuman asked G. Hebert (FST) how long it would take to finish Task A —C? G. Hebert (FST) replied that it would take about four (4) months. . S. Franzeen agreed that the Green Line Bikeway should be a priority and bumped up to Task A since a lot of work has been done to date and it is essentially ready to go. -2- S. Franzeen followed up on his earlier question regarding the North Shore TMA and that he would like to see a commuting component to the Salem Citywide Bike Plan. D. Pelletier spoke about other links that could be explored such as the Leslie's Retreat Park/MBTA grade crossing link, the Vinnin Square/Loring Ave Link, Kernwood Ave/Bates School/Orne St. Cemetery link. F. Taormina asked the Committee Members if they were satisfied with the Scope of Services as FST proposed, or should it be tweaked in any way. D. Pelletier asked that the plan look specifically about creating a grade crossing over the MBTA Commuter Rail line to connect the bypass road bike path/Jefferson Station Bike Path to the MBTA Train Station, etc. F. Taormina agreed that the plan should identify the best option to cross the tracks with steps and contacts at the MBTA to get a grade crossing considered for approval. F. Taormina asked if the Committee was amenable to performing some of the date collection needed in the plan, as outlined in FST's Scope of Services. The Committee Members agreed. N. Sachetti made a motion to that FST's Scope of Services be revised as following: Task A would be the Green Line Bikeway including implementation plan, punch list, cost estimate to construct it, and to explore using sharrows as a method of delineating the on-road bike route. Seconded by S. Franzeen and approved unanimously. • G. Hebert (FST) ended by stating that he would make the necessary changes to the scope and forward that to Frank. F. Taormina agreed to forward the revised scope to the committee for one last check prior to contracting with FST under that scope of services. 4. Old/New Business Chairman Shuman mentioned that there is only 5 minutes left before the meeting will adjourn and there are several items under old/new business. He asked which item the committee would like to discuss tonight and the other items would be continued until the next meeting. F. Taormina stated that he could update the committee on the status of the bike path extension. The committee members agreed that should be discussed tonight and the other items would be continued to the next meeting. Update on the Salem Bike Path Extension F. Taormina stated that he still hasn't heard back from the MBTA regarding the title search on the railroad right-of-way property (142 Rear Canal Street) and the former California Olive Oil property (132 Canal Street). He stated that he spoke to the property owner of 132 Canal Street and he is not going to perform a title examination of his deed, and would rather wait until the City or the MBTA proves to him that he does or doesn't have rights to the rail spur. F. Taormina mentioned that he discussed the matter with Lynn Duncan, City Planner and she had a conversation with the City Legal Department and they are unable to perform the title examination on the two deeds so he will be getting estimates from Attorneys that specializes in researching railroad right-of-way deeds. F. Taormina mentioned that the City • is going to take the initiative and hire its own Attorney to get a definitive answer, so that we can move forward and execute the lease agreement with the MBTA. -3- I Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee this evening, Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to close the public meeting. N. Sachetti made a motion to adjourn, seconded by D. Pelletier and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Staff Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 2-11-2009 • • -4- r -'.0 T r6 f, CITY OF SALEM • BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 1069 MAR -5 P 3- 24 NOTICE OF MEETING HLF Fr CITY CLERK. SALD1, MASS. You are herehy notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,March 11,2009 at 7:00 ptm at City Hall Annex, Roam 313, 120 Washington Street. Dan Shuman r T Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Dan Shuman, Chair Nancy Sachem Christine Michelin JejfBellin Stan Frameen Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt David Pelletier William Peck . 1 Approval of Meeting Minutes ® February 11, 2009 Meeting 2 Public Comment 3. Salem Citywide Bike Plan—begin Task A of the City of Salem Citywide Bike Plan— Gary Herbert,PE,PTOE (FST Engineers, Inc.) 4 Old/New Business ® Salem Bike Path Extension Update ® Mission Statement ® Bike Path Map/Bike Safety Brochure Adjournment This notice OnSted on "Official Bulletin Board" City Hall17 w , � s Joe ') q•l. 9A 2w1 ci 39 e'er,. 120 Washington Street ❖ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ti• Phone 978-619-5685 o Fax 978-740-0404 f• www.salem.com cotiu�Tge �b d 1y CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE F= N y µ D Notice of Rescheduled Meeting o You are hereby notified that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee for the month of April has been rescheduled to Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 7:00pm in City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. Dan Shuman, Chairman ThIS notic@ post.1on "C'gfjc1�3 tin �J/, r " ;• ,'1 'X07 veS �yF- x C iia. r, a.r: tsj P, 3P • 120 Washington Street ❖ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 •:• Phone 978-619-5685 .• Fax 978-740-0404 •:• www.salem.com 3 CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE NOTICE OF MEETING You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,April 1, 2009 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313, 120 Washington Street. Dan Shumman, �77 Chairman E o 0 n .w r- MEETING AGENDA '�' a> ul Call Meeting to Order J> cs n Roll Call: J; cno Dan Shuman, Chair Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelin Jeff Bellin Stan Franzeen Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt David Pelletier William Peck • L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® February 11, 2009 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. Salem Citywide Bike Plan—Task A &B—Gary Herbert,PE, PTOE (FST Engineers) ® General Approach to Establish Bike Routes Citywide ® Field Visit Findings—Proposed Green Line Bikeway ® Committee Assignments 4. Old/New Business ® Salem Bike Path Extension Update Thin. notice posted on "OffWal Board" Adjournment city 1 F,'s j` rFj, ai c C t1 /J aSam j'�'l �"n .- Unz'd COW.vp. ms s . 23A Lig 2SC 120 Washington Street •:• Salem, Massachusetts 01970 •:• Phone 978-619-5685 ❖ Fax 978-740-0404 ❖ www.salem.com • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, April 1, 2009 A rescheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 7:00 pm in Meeting Room 313 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: David Pelletier, Christine Michelini, Stan Franzeen, Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, Jerry Judge, and Rachel Hunt. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina and the City's hired engineering consultant Gary Hebert from Fay, Spofford &Thorndike Engineers (FST). Members Absent: Nancy Sachetti and William Peck Public in Attendance: none In the brief absence of Chairman Shuman, Committee Member Jeff Bellin assumed chair and opened the meeting at 7:05 pm. 1. Approval of Minutes J. Bellin pointed out an error on page one (1) of the minutes. Discussion regarding the error ensued. S. Franzeen made a motion to approve the minutes as amended, seconded by J. Bellin and approved unanimously. • 2. Public Comment No public comments were taken, as there was no one in attendance that evening. 3. Salem Citywide Bike Plan—Task A and B Chairman Shuman welcomed Gary Hebert a traffic engineer from Fay, Spofford, and Thorndike Engineering (FST) for attending tonight's committee meeting and turned the meeting over to him. Gary Hebert (FST) prepared a power point presentation for the Committee to review items relative to Task A and Task B of the Citywide Bike Plan. Chairman Shuman mentioned that there is a lot on the agenda tonight and asked if the Committee Members could hold their questions until Gary Hebert(FST) finished his entire power point presentation he had prepared for the Committee. G. Hebert (FST) continued with the power point presentation. G. Hebert (FST) discussed the various different types of pavement markings that could be used to delineate an on-road bike lane or route. He also mentioned that State Regulations requires bike lanes to be setbacks at least a certain distance from a curb or from a parked cars, etc. • Chairman Shuman stated that he believes that it is a $200 fine if someone in a parked car opens their door into a bike lane and hits a cyclist riding by. • G. Hebert(FST) stated that he met with Committee Member David Pelletier on Friday Morning, March 20, 2009 and together they drove the entire stretch of the proposed green line bikeway, and then some. G. Hebert mentioned that along the way he took photos of critical areas and he inserted those into his power point presentation to review with the Committee. One of the areas that G. Hebert felt was critical was passing the proposed bikeway through the Salem Commons. He stated that the Committee and/or the City must consult with the City's Historical Commission and the Neighborhood Association to discuss the plan. He feels that designated paths with tasteful and minimal signage would work best through the historic area. He also mentioned that as a worst case scenario, the Committee should also think about an alterative route around the Salem Common, perhaps using Washington Square to get to Andrews Street. D. Pelletier mentioned that people ride their bike through Salem Common now, and at worst if the Salem Historic Committee and or the Neighborhood Association is not amenable to bike route signs in the Common, that we locate a sign at the entrance and one at the exit and let riders pick their own path through the Common. D. Pelletier also mentioned that this proposed bike route should be affordable and doable. The signs and pavement markings should be done first and the other more costly recommendations to implement this route should be done later. G. Hebert (FST) agreed and stated that his estimate to implement the bike route would reflect that. Signs and pavement markings would be first and construction items such as widening existing off-road routes and paving unpaved off-road routes, etc, could be done as funds are available. • J Judge mentioned that he is concerned with creating a Contra Flow Bike Lane through Andrews Street to connect cyclist from the Salem Willows to Collins Cove. He fears that people that live on Andrews Street will only look one way when entering or exiting their driveways and could conflict with riders going the opposite direction. Discussion regarding the legality of Contra Flow Bike Lanes, or two-way bike traffic on a One Way Road continued. J. Bellin mentioned that the combination of bike route signs and pavement markings along the street will alert residents and should assist in deterring conflict. C. Michelini agreed and stated that pedestrians that walk on the sidewalk can and do encounter the same kind of conflict as well, but it doesn't mean that they cannot walk on the sidewalk. G. Hebert(FST) stated that he will double check the State Regulations and legality of Contra Flow Bike Lanes, but he has seen them used successfully elsewhere, and at this point, is recommending that Andrews Street be utilized as a Contra Flow Bike Lane to connect the bike route from Salem Commons to Collins Cove. F. Taormina mentioned that in addition to legality of the Contra Flow Bike Lane, the Committee should discuss this with the Lt. Preczewski, Salem Police Dept Traffic Division, and the Ward Councilor Mike Sosnowski. G. Hebert (FST) finished reviewing the rest of the bike route slides. He asked the • Committee how they prefer to designate the bike routes citywide. Discussion amongst the Committee Members ensued. -2- • D. Pelletier stated that he liked the combination of the Green Bike Route Sign w/Bike Logo and directional destination sign underneath, as shown in the power point presentation slide, but offered that the color of the sign could change for each proposed bike route. R. Hunt stated that there is too much overlap and that the bike route signs should all be uniform and perhaps use colors and patterns to designate the bike routes on the updated Citywide Bike Path /Bike Routes Map. R. Hunt made a motion that the Committee supports the use of the combination of the Green Bike Route Sign w/Bike Logo and directional destination sign underneath, as shown in the power point presentation slides. Seconded by D. Pelletier and approved unanimously. Chairman Shuman stated that there was only 5 minutes left before the meeting would end and that there was one more item on the agenda: Committee Assignments. G. Hebert(FST) mentioned that he would like the Committee to perform some tasks to assist him. He asked the Committee to reach out to the Neighborhood Association, the Historical Commission, Ward Councilor, Police Department, other area residents, etc about the planned bike route. G. Hebert(FST) mentioned that at the next meeting in May, he would like to discuss other citywide bike route possibilities. Chairman Shuman asked G. Hebert (FST) what you need from the Committee in order to • finalize the proposed bikeway. G. Hebert responded by saying that he needs to committee to get feedback from the various abutters and affected groups. D. Pelletier volunteered to put together an informational piece that could be forwarded to everyone. G. Hebert(FST) and F. Taormina asked if they could review the informational piece prior to its dissemination. Adjournment The Old/New Business items on the agenda were continued to the May Meeting. Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to close the public meeting. J. Bellin made a motion to adjourn, seconded by I Judge and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:38 pm. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Staff Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 4-1-2009 • _3_ ��CONUITggh CITY OF SALEM 'sd BIKE PATH COMMITTEE E� 211 1stY -b P 1: 11 FILL NOTICE OF MEETING%ITY CLERI`t, Sn[--M, 1;A.SS. You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,May 13,2009 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 12 t. 0 Waasshington Stree MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Dan Shuman, Chair Nancy Sachem Christine Michelin Jeff Bellin Stan Franzeen Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt David Pelletier William Peck L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® April 1, 2009 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. Salem Citywide Bike Plan—Gary Hebert,PE, PTOE (FST Engineering) ® General Review and Q&A for Councilor Sosnowski ® Citywide Bike Plan Status Report (Brief PowerPoint Presentation) ® Priority Pilot Route ® Group Discussion of Citywide Routes and Strategic Priorities with Maps/Markers t ® Nest Steps 4. Old/New Business This notice posted on "Official Bulletin Boardj" _. city bait _ S..'RIG n, MaSS. on �� at :it Pm €n foWrdanw VAth C as .:> Adjournment 23A & 238 of .G.L, • 120 Washington Street •:• Salem, Massachusetts 01970 4• Phone 978-619-5685 •:• Fax 978-740-0404 •8 www.salem.com y_ A • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, May 13, 2009 A regular scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 7:00 pm in Meeting Room 313 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: David Pelletier, Christine Michelini, Stan Franzeen, Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, and Jerry Judge. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina and the City's hired engineering consultant Gary Hebert from Fay, Spofford &Thorndike Engineers (FST). Members Absent: Nancy Sachetti, Rachel Hunt, and William Peck Public in Attendance: Ward 2 Councilor Michael Sosnowski Chairman Shuman called the meeting to order at 7:13 PM 1. Approval of Minutes S. Franzeen made a motion to approve the April 1, 2009 Meeting Minutes, seconded by J. Bellin and approved unanimously. • 2. Public Comment No public comments were taken at this time. 3. Salem Citywide Bike Plan Chairman Shuman acknowledged Councilor Sosnowski and asked him if he had any questions or concerns relative to the proposed green line bikeway, which was discussed in detail at the last meeting as a priority pilot bike route. Councilor Sosnowski mentioned that he understood why the committee wanted to pass the bike lane through Andrews Street because it provides the most efficient connection from the Salem Commons to the existing bike path at Collins Cove. His only concern was that Andrews Street is a one way street and that traffic entering Andrews Street from Webb Street is rather dangerous. Gary Hebert, a traffic engineer from Fay, Spofford, and Thorndike Engineering (FST) on contract with the City to assist the Committee/City with the formulation of a Citywide Bicycle Circulation Master Plan explained to the City Councilor that this priority pilot route is only in a feasibility stage and not a final design. He briefly explained to the City Councilor what a contra-flow bike lane is and how to properly sign a contra-flow lane to minimize conflict and keep cyclists, pedestrians, and vehicles safe. G. Hebert (FST) showed the Councilor several pictures and slides from a past power point presentation relative to the priority pilot route and this specific matter and how to engineer the bike lane accordingly to keep it safe. • Councilor Sosnowski asked that the Committee show the proposed bike lane to Lieutenant Preczewski at the Salem Police Department Traffic Division to get his recommendation on a contra-flow bike lane on Andrews Street. The Committee agreed to do so. • Councilor Sosnowski asked how the Committee can connect all the fragmented bike paths in the City. F. Taormina stated that that is what the Citywide Bike Circulation Plan will address. G. Hebert (FST) elaborated further. Councilor Sosnowski thanked the Committee and the City's hired Engineer for answering his questions and would appreciate being kept-in-the-loop on the progress of this proposed priority bike route. G. Hebert(FST) stated that the priority pilot bike route now needs to be fine tuned so that it could be reviewed/approved by all the various permitting authorities, routed to all the affected neighborhood associations in the City, and proposed to the Salem Police Department pursuant to the City Councilor requested. All of this would need to occur prior to FST preparing a cost estimate and implementation schedule. G. Hebert (FST) mentioned that he would now focus the rest of the meeting on exploring other interconnecting bike lanes through Salem's streets. To that effect, G. Hebert prepared a brief power point presentation for the Committee. Additionally, G. Hebert showed the Committee a citywide chart/map of crashes involving bicycles in Salem from 2003-2007. S. Franzeen asked about bike commuting. G. Hebert (FST) replied by stated that the bike lanes would be for commuting and recreation. • J. Bellin stated that one concern he has always had is trying to educate vehicular traffic that bicycles belong on the road. G. Hebert (FST) replied by starting that all the bike routes proposed will be marked with a combination of signs and pavement markings that let drivers know that they need to share the road with bicyclists. The more bike lanes in that are implemented in the City, the more visible it will be to drivers that they need to acknowledge bikes and share the road with them. G. Hebert(FST) showed the Committee pictures of the first bike lane in Salem, which was recently striped and signed in the City as part of the improvements to the lower part of Lafayette Street from Salem State College to the Town of Marblehead line. He explained that FST engineered the improvements for the City and since they were also on contract with the City in the preparation of a Citywide Bike Circulation Plan, they incorporated a bike lane on this stretch of roadway improvements. This bike lane also crosses the Salem Bike Path, which is the beginning part of the priority bike route (green line bikeway). After the brief power point presentation, G. Hebert broke up the Committee into three (3) groups of two (2), each armed with markers and a large map of the City of Salem showing all the city streets. He asked that the committee identify other inter or intra community bike routes onto the map. He stated that they should mark routes where Class I bike facility (off-road bike paths), Class II bike facility(on-road bike lanes), or Class III bike facility (on-road bike sharrow) routing make sense. After 20 minutes, the Committee re-grouped and G. Hebert(FST) compared findings and ranked the proposed bike facilities. • G. Hebert(FST) stated that he would now take all the maps and all compile all the findings, along with FST's recommended routes into a chart and map for the committee to review/approve at the next meeting. 2- i 4. Old/New Business Chairman Shuman asked the Committee if they would support the Witch's Cup Bike Race in Salem on August 12, 2009 at the Salem Commons by putting their name on the race banner. A motion was made by I Bellin to support the event and allow the race committee to put the Salem Bike Path Committee on the race event banner, seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. F. Taormina reminded the committee that instead of holding their own Bike Safety Event this year they agreed to participate in an existing City event with a built in audience. He stated that he signed the Committee up for the Living Green Fair hosted by the City of Salem Renewable Energy Task Force, Salem Main Streets, and the Salem Chamber of Commerce. The 2nd Annual Living Green Fair will be held on Saturday, June 13th from LOAM - 3PM @ Old Town Hall. He asked is anyone from the Committee could participate in the event on behalf of the Committee. Chairman Shuman and S. Franzeen agreed to be present for the event. F. Taormina stated that he would ask the other Committee Members that were not present at tonight's meeting. Once he confirmed who would be present for the event, he would work out the details of the event with them. Adjournment Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to close the public meeting. S. Franzeen made a motion to adjourn, seconded by C. Michelini and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:34 PM. Respectfully submitted by: • Frank Taormina, Staff Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 5-13-2009 • -3- i r Hca , CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE E 1009 JUN -u p 2= 00 FiLc NOTICE OF MEETING CiT7 CLl_l ;?, -zf.. 7py. You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,.lune 10,2009 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 110 Washington Street. Dan Shumanan,, Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Calk Dan Shuman, Chair Nancy Sacheui Christine Michelin JeffBellm Stan Franzeen Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt David Pelletier William Peck • L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® May 13, 2009 Meeting 2 Public Comment 3. Salem Citywide Bike Plan—Gary Hebert,PE, PTOE (FST Engineering) ® Review Proposed Citywide Bike Routes Map and Prioritize Routes ® Review the Cost Estimate of the Priority Pilot Route • Cost of signs and pavement markings only • Cost with pavement and path upgrades ® Delineate the East Coast Greenway Bike Route through the City of Salem ® Next Steps 4. Old/New Business This notice posted on "Official Sulietin Board' Adjournment City Hall SGaalem, Mass. on Jtiyw �aaa9 "A 238 of M.G.I.. trapea . 3� S . 120 Washington Street Salem, Massachusetts 01970 4• Phone 978-619-5685 ❖ Fax 978-740-0404 ❖ www.salem.com R • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, June 10, 2009 A regular scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 7:00 PM in Meeting Room 313 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Christine Michelini, Stan Franzeen, Dan Shuman, Will Peck, Jerry Judge and Nancy Sachetti. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina and the City's hired engineering consultant Gary Hebert from Fay, Spofford &Thorndike Engineers (FST). Members Absent: Rachel Hunt, Jeff Bellin, and David Pelletier Public in Attendance: none Chairman Shuman called the meeting to order at 7:10 PM 1. Approval of Minutes I Judge made a motion to approve the May 13, 2009 Meeting Minutes, seconded by C. Michelini and approved unanimously. • 2. Public Comment No public comments were taken, as no one from the public was in attendance. 3. Salem Citywide Bike Plan Chairman Shuman turned the meeting over to Gary Hebert, a traffic engineer from Fay, Spofford, and Thorndike Engineering (FST) on contract with the City to assist the Committee/City with the formulation of a Citywide Bicycle Circulation Master Plan. G. Hebert(FST) thanked the Committee for their input at the previous meeting. He stated that all their brainstorming was plotted onto the Citywide Bike Routes Map. He then reviewed all the proposed bike routes on the complied map with the Committee. He then asked the Committee to determine which routes where the most important to them in terms of implementing first. Discussion ensued. S. Franzeen stated that all the entrance corridors into Salem should be a priority. The Committee agreed. S. Franzeen added that he is most concerned with bike commuter routes in and out of the City. N. Sachetti asked if the Committee should reach out to neighboring communities about our plans to create bike lanes along our entrance corridors. Perhaps they could continue our efforts into their communities. Perhaps we could give Beverly, Marblehead, Swampscott, and Peabody a copy of the final plan. The Committee and the Consultant agreed. G. Hebert (FST) continued with his presentation, which included reviewing all the proposed • on- and off-road bike routes in the City. The Committee then began ranking and prioritizing each of the routes with the Consultant. • G. Hebert(FST)then reviewed the cost estimate for implementing the Priority Pilot Route (Green Line Bikeway). He also showed the Committee the cost estimate for maintaining the pilot route (striping cost, signs, etc). Chairman Shuman asked if the City has the money to implement the pilot route and if not where do we get it. F. Taormina responded by stating that the City would likely have to find grant money to construct the pilot route. G. Hebert (FST) mentioned that the cost estimates are meant to put things into perspective for the committee and to allow the City to determine how much it would need to allocate in order to implement the planned routes in the plan. He added that the Committee and City must also understand that the maintenance costs are also costly, and that if any of the routes are implemented they need to be maintained in order for them to be visible and affective bike routes. G. Hebert(FST) then reviewed the cost estimate for the construction of all the other proposed on- and off-road bike routes in the City. In short, the total cost to implement the 4.4 mile Priority Pilot Route (Green Line Bikeway) is $66,000. The total cost to implement the 3.9 miles of Class I Routes (entirely off-road bike path) is $1,300,000, the 6.4 miles of Class II Routes (on-road bike lane) is $141,000, and the 22.6 miles of Class III (shared on- road bike routes) is $175,000. G. Hebert (FST) mentioned that the next step is for the Committee to review the proposed • bike routes and determine whether any additional Class II and Class III Bike Routes should be added or removed from the proposed map. F. Taormina stated that he would e-mail the Committee Members the map and the estimates. G. Hebert(FST) stated that his contract with the City only allows him to hold one more meeting with the Committee. Since the consultants only has one more meeting available under contract, S. Franzeen suggested that Gary not attend the next meeting. The next meeting should strictly be a Committee Meeting to review everything that has been discussed to date. The Committee agreed. F. Taormina proposed a timeline as follows....at the next Meeting in July the Committee could compile their comments and forward them to the Consultant. He mentioned that there is NO meeting in the month of August which allows the Consultant to put together the DRAFT City of Salem Bike Circulation Master Plan and distribute it to the Committee and other City Officials for comments. He proposed that the Consultants last meeting could be in September, where the DRAFT plan could be reviewed with the Committee to solicit comments before FST finalizes the plan. The Committee and the Consultant agreed with the timeline. • 4. Old/New Business No old/new business was discussed -`L ,r i • Adjournment Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to close the public meeting. J. Judge made a motion to adjourn, seconded by S. Franzeen and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:32 PM. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Staff Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 6-10-2009 • _3_ jr I � R ,NegNtirrgd . CITY OF SALEM � 4 BIKE PATH COMMITTEE • ' E ?. 2609 UN 30 P 2- 19 NOTICE OF MEETING ;_ You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,July 8,2009 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex,Room 3144�120j4��IrT ashington Street. Ilan Shn Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Dan Shuman, Chair Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelin Jeff Bellin Stan Franzeen Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt David Pelletier William Peck • L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® June10, 2009 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. Salem Citywide Bike Circulation Master Plan ® Review revised Citywide Bike Routes Map ® Compile comments &recommendations for Draft Plan. 4. Old/New Business Adjournment • 120 Washington Street ❖ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 i Phone 978-619-5685 ❖ Fax 978-740-0404 : www.satem.com r • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, July 8, 2009 A regular scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 7:00 PM in Meeting Room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members_Present: Jeff Bellin, Christine Michelini, Stan Franzeen, Dan Shuman, Jerry Judge, Nancy Sachetti, and David Pelletier. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina. Members Absent: Rachel Hunt and William Peck Public in Attendance: none Chairman Shuman called the meeting to order at 7:10 PM and acknowledged those members present and absent for the record. L Approval of Minutes S. Franzeen pointed out an error on Page 2 of the June 10, 2009 Minutes. Motion as made by S. Franzeen to approve the minutes as amended, seconded by J. Judge and approved unanimously. • 2. Public Comment No public comments were taken, as no one from the public was in attendance. 3. Salem Citywide Bike Plan Chairman Shuman opened up the item, and asked the committee members if they had reviewed the revised citywide bike routes map that was sent to them prior to the meeting. He asked the Committee to point out changes, additions, subtractions, etc, to any of the bike routes and mark them out on the large map that was laid out on the table. After the meeting all the comments and revisions to the map would be forwarded to the engineering consultants to be incorporated into the DRAFT Citywide Circulation Plan and Map. F. Taormina mentioned that the engineering consultant pointed out one issue that he asked the committee to look at. He stated that the bike route heading to the Salem Willows via Restaurant Row is not a safe route. He stated that the consultant feels that the speed bumps and road conditions are not conducive to bike riding. Instead he recommends that the route to the Willows go via Memorial Drive near Dead Horse Beach out to Fort Ave to the Willows. F. Taormina stated that the other recommendation that the engineering consultant suggested was that the speed bumps along the inner ten feet of the curb line be removed to better accommodate bikers. D. Pelletier stated that he prefers to see the route stay and the speed bumps removed. The committee members agreed. D. Pelletier asked about the total cost to implement the Priority Route. Chairman Shuman • stated that it was approximately $66,000 for the bare minimum or without all the street and route enhancements recommended by the engineering consultant. F. Taormina and S. Franzeen showed D. Pelletier the breakdown of the engineers cost estimate. 1 I f • D. Pelletier asked if there was a way to cut the cost, as it seems high. He suggested that we use paint instead of thermal plastic pavement markings. D. Pelletier stated that he feels that those types of pavement markings get destroyed by plows in the winter. He feels that paint would be a better alternative that would last longer. Discussion ensued regarding which method would last longer and the cost of maintaining each method. Chairman Shuman suggested that instead of regular paint, perhaps they could use a marine based paint (two-part epoxy paint) which could stand up to the winters better. Following that comment, the Chairman asked that the committee refocus and address those types of questions after they finish reviewing the revised map. F. Taormina mentioned that Chairman Shuman contacted him after the last meeting and recommended that the plan recognize mountain biking and the map identify mountain biking trails in Salem. The Chairman suggested Salem Woods and the Forest River Conservation Area as potential mountain biking area. Frank forwarded that suggestion to the engineering consultant and they added those areas to the map. Frank pointed out both areas on the map to the committee and mentioned that he already received conformation from the City Park and Recreation Department, Park and Recreation Commission, and the Friends of Salem Woods that mountain biking is authorized in Salem Woods and a trail map already exists. He stated that the Forest River Conservation Area however does NOT permit mountain biking. Frank stated that the Forest River Conservation Area is owned by the City of Salem Conservation Commission (Con Comm) and he formally requested that the Con Comm reconsider, and allow biking in the area. He stated that the request in on tomorrow night's (July 9, 2009) Con Comm Meeting Agenda. Frank clarified that ONLY if the Con Comm permits biking in the area, the plan and map will identify the Forest River • Conservation Area as a mountain biking route, if not than it will be omitted from the plan and map. D. Pelletier mentioned that he was aware that Leggs Hill Road is slated to be improved. He asked if the Committee could request that the sidewalk be widened to accommodate an off-road bike path or if the roadway could incorporate a bike lane or bike sharrows and signage since it is shown on the draft plan as a potential bike route. The Committee Members all thought that was a great idea and F. Taormina stated that he would forward the request to the City Engineer. Chairman Shuman stated that the map shows a bike route connection to Salem Woods but does not show one linking to the Forest River Conservation Area. The Chairman recommended that one of the proposed bike routes link to the trail head at the Forest River Conservation Area, provided that mountain biking is permitted in the area. The Committee agreed and began discussing possible links. D. Pelletier suggested that the link come from the Salem Bike Path via the newly constructed bike path spur around the Salem State College Baseball Field, over the Lincoln Street Footbridge next to Pickman Park, down Lincoln Road, across Loring Avenue, and onto Harrison Road to the trail head. The Committee agreed and the new route was marked out and added to the plan. D. Pelletier mentioned that the south bound side of the Bypass Road, where it intersects with Rte IA next to the bridge coming from Beverly heading into Salem, should have a pull off for bikers that want to get out of traffic. He stated that the north bound side on the • direct opposite side of the road is fine, but the south bound side needs one. Chaiman Shuman asked the committee if there were any further questions or comments regarding the bike routes map. There being no further questions, the Chariman asked for -12- i � l a motion. D. Pelletier made a motion to submit the map as revised to the engineering consultant for the purpose of creating a DRAFT Citywide Bike Circulation Plan and Map. Seconded by N. Sachetti and approved unanimously. D. Pelletier made another motion to ask the engineering consultant to rank the bike routes shown on the map in order of highest implementation priority. Seconded by N. Sachetti and approved unanimously. N. Sachetti made a follow-up motion that after the draft plan and map are reviewed by the Committee and the ranking of the bike routes are approved by the committee, the engineering consultants provide a cost estimate for implementation for the top 5 bike routes. Seconded by J. Bellin and approved unanimously. Chairman Shuman asked the committee if they had any other general comments or suggestions regarding the preparation of the DRAFT plan. D. Pelletier stated that he would like to see an emphasis on the Priority Bike Route as a family friendly route and an effort by the engineering consultants to shave the cost of the Priority Bike Route to a more attainable amount utilizing some of the suggestions made earlier I the meeting. J. Bellin recommended that there be a bike share station at the Salem Ferry Pier or at the future Salem Wharf Facility, when it is designed or constructed. J. Bellin also recommended that the new off-road bike link from Palmer Cove, through • Palmer Cover Park, to Congress Street be signed or moved because it is a sharp turn that might be problematic for trail users. The committee discussed the issue and ultimately agreed that they would prefer to recommend that the parking space in from of the entrance be removed and pavement striping and signage state that no parking is allowed. In addition, a sign in both directions at the turn read"Watch for Bikes"to warn trail users. There being not more comments or questions, Chairman Shuman opened the floor for Old/New Business. 4. Old/New Business D. Pelletier asked about paving around the bike gates located at the Bike Path. The Committee agreed that that needs to be done. F. Taormina stated that he has had that on his list of things to do. He stated that he will get some quotes for material and see if the DPW can do this minimal paving work. F. Taormina stated that he is currently drafting the Fiscal Year 2009 Bike Path Committee Annual Report. Once it is complete, he will forward it to the Committee, likely via e-mail, for their review and approval at the next meeting. F. Taormina reminded the Committee that there is no scheduled meeting in the month of August. C. Michelini asked what the meeting date was in September. F. Taormina answered that it is scheduled for September 9, 2009. • -3- r Adjournment Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to close the public meeting. S. Franzeen made a motion to adjourn, seconded by D. Pelletier and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:28 PM. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 7-8-2009 • -4- A(,Ot1f9T' \ CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE 700a SEP —2 A 11: 49 NOTICE OF MEETING F)LE i`3 CITY CLERKS ,L` !, You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,September 9, 2009 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street Dan Shuman, Chairman MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Dan Shuman, Chair Nancy Sachetti Christine Michelini JefBellin Stan Franzeen Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt David Pelletier William Peck • L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® July 8, 2009 Meeting 2. Public Comment 3. Salem Citywide Bike Circulation Master Plan ® Overview/Status of Draft Plan ® Discussion of Proposed Public Meeting 4. Old/New Business Adjournment This t1tYNallpOe@0d On ®OciRl Su"Otin Soar JAg erBaIern, Mass. on 2Zr 0 23A A a ®f Mn.l � 120 Washington Street ❖ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 •S Phone 978-619-5685 ❖ Fax 978-740-0404 ❖ www.solem.com Salem Bike Path Committee • Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, September 9, 2009 A regular scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM in Meeting Room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Jeff Bellin, Christine Michelini, Stan Franzeen, Dan Shuman, and Will Peck. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina and the City's hired engineering consultant Gary Hebert from Fay, Spofford &Thorndike Engineers (FST). Members..A.bsent: Rachel Hunt, Nancy Sachetti, Jerry Judge, and David Pelletier Public in Attendance: none The meeting was started late because the Chairman was waiting for one more member to arrive in order to meet quorum to hold the public meeting. Chairman Shuman called the meeting to order at 7:27 PM and acknowledged those members present and absent for the record. L Approval of Minutes J. Bellin pointed out an error on Page 3 of the July 8, 2009 Minutes. Motion as made by J. Bellin to approve the minutes as amended, seconded by S. Franzeen and approved unanimously. • 2. Public Comment No public comments were taken, as no one from the public was in attendance. 3. Salem Citywide Bike Plan Chairman Shuman opened up the item, and turned the Floor over to Gary Hebert (FST). G. Hebert(FST) gave the Committee an overview of the Draft Plan and walked them through some of the changes to the Draft Bike Routes Map. J. Bellin asked about the status of the Salem Bike Path extension. F. Taormina updated the Committee on the status of the Salem Bike Path extension. He explained the he has received a Draft Lease Agreement from the MBTA. The stated that the City is required to provide two things before the Lease Agreement can be signed: environmental insurance and a letter from Pan Am Railways stating that the freight rights in the right-of-way (ROW) have been abandoned. Once those two items have been obtained, the City will execute the Lease Agreement and the ROW will be under the City's control. He stated that the City Engineer added the bike path extension from Gardener Mattress to Riley Plaza (near Dominos Pizza) into the Canal Street Improvement Project, which is currently being engineered and will be paid for with Chapter 90 Funds. G. Hebert (FST) reviewed the proposed East Coast Greenway Bike Route through Salem. He mentioned that in the Draft Plan he recommends that there be two routes that riders • could take in order to go from Beverly to Marblehead through Salem. Option one is via the Salem Bike Path (from Marblehead) and future bike path extension (off-road), through Riley Plaza and Downtown Salem (on-road, portion of Rte 114 and Washington St), to the r� Bridge Street Bypass Road (on-road, Rte 107), over the Beverly/Salem Bridge (on-road, Rte • 107 and Rte 1A) into Beverly. Option two is the proposed Pilot Route (green line bikeway) which is mostly on-road taking riders from the Salem Bike Path (at Lafayette Street, Rte 114) through several City Streets and connection to Bridge Street(Rte 1A), over the Beverly/Salem Bridge (Rte 107 and Rte 1A) into Beverly. The Committee discussed several different scenarios, but ultimately agreed with G. Hebert (FST) recommendation. G. Hebert (FST) stated that at the last meeting the Committee wanted FST to recommend the top five bike routes to implement after the Pilot Route. G. Hebert(FST) explained that he would prefer not to recommend that, as the bike routes should be implemented to create connectivity to the existing off-road bike path and on-road bike lane routes. Chairman Shuman asked about the costs of each of the bike route facilities. G. Hebert (FST) reviewed all the costs with the Committee. F. Taormina explained that one of the recommendations of the Plan will be that the City Engineer/DPW will use the final City of Salem Bike Circulation Master Plan as a blueprint when City Streets are resurfaced, reconstructed, or improved in the future. For instance, If Lafayette Street was slated to be resurfaced, the City Engineer would review the Plan and determine if the Street will need to include a bike lane, sharrows, signage, etc or not and budget for those improvements to the roadway, thus implementing that planned bike route as stated in the Plan. F.Taormina also stated that the bike routes identified in the Plan will likely be implemented in that manner, not necessarily as we would like to have them implemented. • F.Taormina explained the next meeting in October will be advertised as a Public Hearing to solicit input on the Draft Plan. He also explained that he will be distributing the Draft Plan to several different City Departments, Boards, and Commissions for their comments. He would also post the Public Hearing Notice on the New Link on the City's Website, which in turn e-mails that notice to individuals that signed up through he City's Website to be notified of upcoming meetings and important new. F. Taormina discussed the details of facilitating the Public Hearing with the Committee. He stated that the Chairman would run the Public Hearing and the Consultant would be present to answer any technical questions that may arise. He stated that he would touch base with both of them prior to the public hearing in October to discuss further details. 1. Bellin asked if the scheduled meeting in October will be rescheduled because Staff Planner Frank Taormina mentioned last month that he will be away on his honeymoon the first couple weeks in October F. Taormina agreed that the October Meeting will need to be rescheduled. He suggested that the meeting be rescheduled to Wednesday, October 21s`. He stated that he would send an e-mail to the entire Committee to let them know that the October Meeting must be rescheduled and get a quorum for the Oct 21st date. 4. Old/New Business • F.Taormina stated that he has completed drafting the Fiscal Year 2009 Bike Path Committee Annual Report. He stated that after the October Meeting he will forward it to the Committee, likely via e-mail, for their review and approval at the November Meeting. -2- �l Adjournment Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to close the public meeting. S. Franzeen made a motion to adjourn, seconded by C. Michelini and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:16 PM. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 9-9-2009 • • -3- CITY OF SALEM • `� BIKE PATH COMMITTEE -13' NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING t""1 " N You are hereby notified that the Salem Bike Path Committee will hold a Public Meeting o j Wednesday, October 28,2009 at 7.00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. AnS um2 'tel Chairman PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Dan Shuman, Chair Nancy Sacheui Christine Michelin JefBellin Stan Franzeen Jerome Judge Rachel Hunt David Pelletier William Peck • L Approval of Meeting Minutes ® September 9, 2009 Meeting 2. Public Comment on the DRAFT City of Salem Bicycle Circulation Master Plan Adjournment TMa d�f3tt 120 Washington Street •:• Salem, Massachusetts 01970 •:• Phone 978-619-5685 •:• Fax 978-740-0404 •:• mvw.salem.com r • Salem Bike Path Committee Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, October 28, 2009 A regular scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 7:00 PM in Meeting Room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Present: Stan Franzeen, Jeff Bellin, Christine Michelini, Dan Shuman, Jerry Judge, David Pelletier, and William Peck. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina and the City's hired engineering consultant Gary Hebert from Fay, Spofford &Thorndike Engineers (FST Engineering). Members Absent Rachel Hunt, Nancy Sachetti, Public in Attendance: Bill Whoolley (Beverly Resident, Salem Employee), Alexa Ogno (Federal Street, Salem Resident), Annie Harris (Federal Street, Salem Resident), William Hanger (Winter Island Manager, Salem Resident) Chairman Shuman called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM and acknowledged those members present and absent for the record. L Approval of Minutes Motion as made by J. Bellin to approve the minutes as amended, seconded by S. Franzeen and approved unanimously. 2. Public Hearing to solicit input on the Draft Bicycle Circulation Master Plan Chairman Shuman opened the Public Hearing and asked if anyone from the public had any comments or questions regarding the draft plan. Bill Whoolley (Beverly Resident, Salem Employee) congratulated the Committee on their efforts in assembling the plan. He mentioned that he had no specific questions regarding the plan, but he agreed with the increase of bikes on roadways and the awareness of motors to share the road. He mentioned that Salem streets are very narrow and heavily congested and he understands that full bike lanes may not be able to be installed but the concept of"bike sharrows" is great. B. Whoolley stated that he is a North Beverly Resident and he commutes everyday, year- round, to Salem. Chairman Shuman asked B. Whoolley which route he takes to Salem. B. Whoolley explained his route to the Committee. B. Whoolley suggested that pavement markings alone do not help the year-round bike commuter as the streets get covered in snow. He suggested that the pavement markings such as bike lanes and bike sharrows be complemented by bike lane signs, which can be visible any time of the year. Gary Hebert (FST Engineering) replied by stating that the Draft Plan addresses that very • thing. He mentioned that the signs and pavement markings for that matter will not be installed every ten feet, but rather spaced out appropriately along the streets and at every decision point. • Chairman Shuman thanked B. Whoolley for his comments and asked if there were any other public comments. Alexa Ogna (Salem Resident) stated that he rides her child in a trailer bike from her home at Federal Street to the Horace Man School on Loring Ave nearly every school day. She mentioned that her commute on bike via Salem Streets, in particular Jefferson Ave and Loring Ave, are extremely difficult to navigate. She constantly has to watch for turning traffic and parked cars along side her. She stated that she would like to see those streets improved in anyway to try to better accommodate biking. A. Ogna also stated that the proposed bike path extension is slated to end at Riley Plaza, or the intersection of Canal St, Washington St, Mill St, and Lafayette St. She asked how one navigates through that intersection on a bike. She asked if the bike path could end at a better location. G. Hebert (FST Engineering) replied stating that the Committee spent a lot of time thinking about that very issue. He stated that bike riders should become pedestrians and walk their bikes across the intersection and into downtown Salem. It is not encouraged that signage at the end of the bike path state that"bike riders dismount and walk across the intersection, do not ride through the intersection". D. Pelletier explained the green line (priority route) bikeway concept to A. Ogna. Explaining that it is a north-south bikeway that avoids Riley Plaza and offers a safer route to downtown Salem. • Annie Harris (Salem Resident) asked about the status of the Salem Bike Path extension. Frank Taormina responded by stating that the City has a Draft Lease Agreement from the MBTA and that the City is currently working through two logistical issues that must be completed before the Lease Agreement can be executed. Once the Lease Agreement is executed the Railroad Right-of-Way (ROW) will be under the City's control and the bike path will be extended through it. He stated that once the ROW is under the City's control then it will be added to the Canal Street Improvement Project, which is currently being engineered. Funding is in place to pay for the bike path extension. A. Harris asked if there is any other off-road bike paths planned in the Draft Plan. G. Hebert (FST Engineering) and D. Pelletier replied with several examples, one being a connection to the MBTA Commuter Rail Station from the public access way which encircles the Jefferson at Salem Station Property across the trail tracks to the MBTA Station. A. Harris mentioned that she doesn't believe that the MBTA grants at-grade crossings anymore. G. Hebert (FST Engineering) explained that it is a request that is hard to get granted by the MBTA but it can he done. D. Pelletier sited several area at-grade crossing that do not offer the same benefit or justification that this connection would have. F. Taormina added that at the first public hearing regarding the proposed MBTA Parking • Garage at Salem Station, Committee Member Dave Pelletier advocated for the at grade crossing. He mentioned that that is the forum to ask for such a request and perhaps the Committee as a whole could submit something in writing regarding the importance of the 2 at-grade crossing by linking existing segmented bike trails directly to the T Station and creating better ADA access to area residents. I A. Harris asked is there is any money to pay for the other bike paths and bike lanes planned throughout the City. Chairman Shuman stated that the City only has funds to maintain the existing bike path not to construct any new paths or lanes. He stated that there are a lot of funding grants available and the City will likely apply for them once the Bike Circulation Master Plan is finalized and approved. G. Herbert(FST Engineers) stated that the City currently doesn't have funds to implement any of the planned bike routes, except for the Salem Bike Path extension, however there are low-cost improvements that could be implemented sooner than later, such as striping and signage. F. Taormina stated that one of the recommendations of the plan is to have the City Engineer and/or the City DPW use the plan as a blueprint in the future, so that when any City Streets are resurfaced or reconstructed they refer to the plan and install bike lanes, bike sharrows, bike signs, etc where it is called out for in the plan, so that the cost is built into the project from the start. D. Pelletier discussed the connection of Downtown Salem to Downtown Marblehead via the Salem Bike Path and the Marblehead Recreational Trial. He stated that most bike paths connect from nowhere to nowhere, however we have something rare, a bike path that • connects two downtowns with an entirely off-road bike path, however the Marblehead stretch is not in good shape. He asked Annie Harris if the Essex National Heritage Commission could assist in getting the Town of Marblehead to improve their recreational trail into a bike path so that we can enhance this great amenity. A. Harris replied that she was not certain where National Heritage could help. A. Harris asked if the Guilford Railroad tracks from Salem to Peabody could someday be converted into a rail-trail bike path connecting the two communities. F. Taormina stated that Guilford Rail is willing to give up its freight rights to that right-of-way, but perhaps in the future. William Hanger (Winter Island Manager, Salem Resident) expressed his desire to someday construct a stone dust trail around the perimeter of Winter Island. He suggested that the Committee add that trail to the Bike Circulation Master Plan. F. Taormina stated that he met with W. Hanger and he forwarded those comments regarding the Winter Island Trial to FST Engineering to be inserted in the Plan. He mentioned that if the trail is not built to Mass Highway Standards as a Bike Path perhaps it could be identified in the Plan as a multi-use off-road trail, similar to Salem Woods Trails. G. Hebert (FST Engineering) agreed. A. Harris asked if there was a planned extension to the MBTA Commuter Rail Station near the Rte 114 Overpass to Franklin St and under the Overpass to Leslies Retreat Park. • G. Hebert (FST Engineering) stated that both connections are proposed in the Plan. F. Taormina showed A. Harris the map in the Plan that identifies both connections. W. Peck asked when the next MBTA Parking Garage Public Meeting is being held, as he would like to attend and advocate for bike friendly amenities at the station. F. Taormina stated that he wasn't sure and would have to get back to him. Chairman Shuman asked if there were any further questions or comments from the public. There being none he asked the committee is they had any further questions or comments. G. Hebert (FST Engineering) stated that this would be his last meeting with the Committee as his contract with the City is quickly coming to an end. He thanked the Committee for their efforts and wished them well in implementing the goals and recommendations of the Plan. Chairman Shuman acknowledged that this will be Committee Member Jerry Judge's last meeting as his term expires at the end of the month and he has decided to reject the reappointment. Chairman Shuman thanked Jerry for his service and wished him well in his future endeavors. Adjournment Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to close the Public Hearing. J. Judge made his final motion as a member of the Committee, seconded by J. Bellin and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:15 PM. Respectfully submitted by: • Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 10-28-2009 -4- �OF1�11T z % CITY OF SALEM BIKE PATH COMMITTEE Notice of Cancelled Meeting 0 n � L� You are hereby notified that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Salem dike hath Committee for the month of November has been cancelled. The next regulatly:schMuled meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 7:00pm in City-YA.11 Asnex, Room 314, 120 Washington Street. "` o Dan Shuman, Chairman • natiea� ;icy Hcaii t ;si3, qb�?��. :�fl -i t i o:l4� is Na 2oaq 25A & of .®. . • 120 Washington Street ❖ Salem, Massachusetts 01970 ❖ Phone 978-619-5655 •:• Fax 978-740-0404 •:• www.salem.com City of,Salem, .`Massachusetts fl.. ._ Bike PatFi Committee s, 1: 43 — 209 �7 — Notice of91feeting r1, [, ,Fi lou are hereby notified that the Salem B4(Pathe Committee wif fiord its regufar,5 scheduled meeting on Wednesday, eDecem6er9, 2009 at 7..,o0pm at City7haffAnne,,�Ppom 314, 120 Washington St. Dan Shuman, Chairman %eeting Agenda Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: Dan Shuman, Chair Nancy Sac6etti Jeff Beffln Christine 91ttichefeni eDavidTeffetier `Wifiam(Peck • Pgchef9funt 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes and Annual Report ® October 28, 2009 Meeting Minutes ® Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Report 2. Status of finalizing the City of Salem Bicycle Circulation Master Plan 3. Old/New Business Adjournment t; r I t � r8 g :P �8d � ` sii��i.Pfy�s'-w,'C� 1,liFS • i. e tz • 120 Washington Street S• Salem,Kassacfeusetts 01970 ❖ Phone 978-619-5685 ❖ TaX978-740-0404 ❖ •www.safem.com �s \ Salem Bike Path Committee • Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, December 9, 2009 A regular scheduled meeting of the Salem Bike Path Committee was held on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM in Meeting Room 314 at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street. Members Presents Jeff Bellin, Dan Shuman, David Pelletier, and William Peck. Also present was Staff Planner Frank Taormina Members Absent; Rachel Hunt, Nancy Sachetti, and Christine Michelini Public in Attendance: none Chairman Shuman called the meeting to order at 7:07 PM and acknowledged those members present and absent for the record. He also mentioned that committee member Stan Franzeen has resigned. The Bike Path Committee is now a seven (7) member committee, unless the Mayor's Office appoints more members. 1. Approval of Minutes and Annual Report J. Bellin pointed out two spellings errors on page 1 and page 2. J. Bellin made a motion to approve the minutes as amended, seconded by W. Peck and approved unanimously. • Motion was made by W. Peck to approve the fiscal year 2009 Annual Report, seconded by J. Bellin and approved unanimously. 2. Status of finalizing the City of Salem Bicycle Circulation Master Plan F. Taormina updated the Committee on the status of the Bicycle Circulation Master Plan. He mentioned that all the comments compiled from the Public Hearing on the Draft Plan back in October have made its way into the final draft plan. He mentioned that he has reviewed the entire document and found several minor errors that need to be corrected. He mentioned that he forwarded his edits to the City Planner for her final review and approval before it is sent back to the Consultants. D. Pelletier asked if the final draft plan was sent to the Committee. F. Taormina stated that he did not send a hard copy of the plan to the Committee but he did let them know that it is available for review on the City Website. He reiterated that all the public comments and the Committee's comments did make it into the final draft plan, but if the Committee wants to review the final draft plan again they can review the plan on the website and forward their comments to him as soon as possible so that the plan can be finalized and the Committee can start implementing the plan. D. Pelletier asked about the implementation of the priority bike route (formerly know as the Green Line Bikeway). F. Taormina stated that he has asked FST Engineers to provide him with a quote for the • cost of putting together BID Docs/Plans for the construction of the Priority Bike Route, but he hasn't received that yet. Once that is received, the City will likely contract with them to have the BID Docs/Plan put together. He stated that the City Planner asked him to review �I �n the entire length of the bike route and determine how much of it is located in the • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) eligible areas so that the City could potentially allocate CDBG Funding to pay for that segment. The portions of the bike route outside of the CDBG eligible areas will need to be funding using a different funding allocation. Chairman Shuman asked about the status of the Salem Bike Path extension. F. Taormina updated the Committee on the status of the bike path extension. He stated that he is still trying to get confirmation from PAN AM Railways that the freight rights in the unused MBTA right-of-way are abandoned or not. Discussion ensued. W. Peck asked when the next MBTA Commuter Rail Station Parking Garage Public Meeting was being held. F. Taormina stated that he wasn't sure, he would have to check with the City Planner. W. Peck asked if he could forward the time/date of meeting to the whole Committee. F. Taormina agreed. D. Pelletier suggested that the Bike Path Committee send a formal letter to the MBTA to address their recommendations to install an at-grade crossing, install bike sharing station, and other goals and recommendations identified in the Bicycle Circulation Master Plan. The Committee Members agreed and asked Frank to draft a letter for their review/approval prior to the next meeting. F. Taormina agreed. • Chairman Shuman asked the Committee if they had any other questions relative to the status of the draft final plan. There being no further questions he closed the item and asked if there were any old/new business items to discuss. 3. Old/New Business F. Taormina mentioned that he passed out copies of the 2010 Meeting Schedule to the entire committee prior to the meeting. He asked if they had any question about it. The committee agreed that it look ok. F. Taormina mentioned that the Mayor's Office received an e-mail request to have a dog waste station installed on the bike path. The Committee discussed the request and ultimately determined that pet owners who walk their dogs on the bike path should be responsible for bringing a bag to pick up their dogs waste, and felt that the City should not be responsible to provide bags for them. F. Taormina asked the committee to come up with a recommendation to forward to the Mayor's Office regarding the matter. The Committee recommended that the City either install signs on the bike path stating that pet owners are responsible for picking up their dogs waste, or be subject to fines or perhaps the Dog Park Committee (S.P.A.C.E) could pay to install and maintain a dog station at the bike path. F. Taormina stated that he would forward the Committee's recommendations to the Mayor's Office. • Chairman Shuman passed out some literature regarding the Bicycle Benefits Program. He described the program and mentioned that he has forwarded it to the Salem Chamber of -2- Commerce and Salem Main Streets to get the word out and asked the Committee Members to help advocate for the program as well. The members agreed. Adjournment Chairman Shuman asked for a motion to close the Public Hearing. ]. Bellin made a motion to adjourn, seconded by W. Peck and approved unanimously. The meeting was officially adjourned at 7:52 PM. Respectfully submitted by: Frank Taormina, Planner/Harbor Coordinator BPC 12-09-2009 • -3- vg�,cei+ui?q'20 P City of Salem �► BIKE PATH COMMITTEE Notice of Meeting 'You are hereby notifiedthat the Salem Bike lath Committee wiffholdits regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday,September 8,2010 at 7.•OOpm at City Aaff,4nneG 12gom 314, 120 Washing ton St. Dan Shuman, Chairman Weeting Agenda Call Meeting to Order Roll Call: DanShuman, Chair DavidfPefletier tsch Chnstine 91fichekni 'W lr=m Peck Jamie;YfDavuC7falfo ff&wes Jeffrey Befn Ernest tDeMaio 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes o ® July 14, 2010 Meeting Minutes ro 2. Public Comment N 3. 2010 MAPC Bike Parking Program 4. Old/New Business ® Bike Safety Material for City Website and Distribution to Salem Schools Adjournment ThIS RiftG x�e Q�P"1 114Sfke 9 3 6'lS'9Y ' Sa C 0fi a City h1 I Salem, Mass. onog at 23A �� of M.G.L. • 120 Washington Street-e Salem,Massachusetts 01970 fi Phone 978-619-5685❖Fax 978-740-0404❖ www.salem.com