12-18-19-Bicycle-Pedestrian-agenda-minutes
Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee meeting
7:30 AM to 8:45 AM, Wednesday December 18, 2019
210 Main St., 2nd Floor City Hall, Planning & Sustainability, Northampton (use back door)
MEMBERS
Debin Bruce Maggie Chan (DPW) Michael DiPasquale
Wayne Feiden (Plan) Eric Boudreau James Lowenthal (7:45)
Nick Horton Brett Constantine
1. Public Comment- No public comment.
2. November 20, 2019 minutes- approved unanimously upon motion by Nick Horton and
second by Michael DiPasquale
3. ValleyBike management and update for 2020- the committee discussed the four new stations
planned for 2020, the new CMAQ grant, and the new nine-community memorandum of
agreement.
4. Main Street redesign and demonstration- the committee reviewed the project outline and
agreed that, rather than having a January meeting committee members would participate in
January Main Street redesign public forums and focus groups.
5. Lower Pleasant Street redesign- The city is about to sign a contract with Toole Design for
this project and involve the bike/ped committee in the design process.
6. Edwards Square bike path ramp- The city will be going to bid for the ramp in 2020.
7. ADA improvements- The city will be going to bid for 17 new curb cut ramps.
8. Future traffic calming manual- the committee discussed the draft manual briefly and will
discuss again at their February meeting.
9. Set next meeting date- There are some committee conflicts on Wednesdays. The committee
discussed a willingness to switch to Monday or Tuesday, with slightly more support for
Monday.
The committee adjourned at 8:50 AM.