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ACTIVETRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARDMEETING MINUTES
Date:Time:Location:
April 4, 2019 4:30 pm City Hall 1st Floor Conference Room
Members Present:
Hendrik Taatgen, Joe Finn, Mike Kaill, Pat Teal
Members Absent:
Sam Feinson (Chair), Richard Dandridge (Vice Chair)
Staff Present:
Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director Alex Wisniewski and Civil Engineer Laura Parsons
AGENDA ITEM ACTION
Approval of Minutes:
March 7, 2019 minutes were unanimously
approved.
Public Comments:
NoneNone
Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA)Training:
None
Heidi Greenwood (City Attorney) provided a power point presentation and training about
the OPMA. The topics covered were: open meetings, conflicts of interest, appearance of
fairness, and public records. Public meetings shall be noticed at a minimum 24 hours
prior to the meeting time.
Safety surveys update:
The group agreed that the next safety survey
special meeting would be held Friday April 26,
Joe Finn and Pat Teal presented findings from their traffic count at
Washington/Harrison and Washington/Van Buren. Both locations are adjacent to 2019 12-1 pm. The location will be Lawrence
the post office. The counts were completed on Thursday March 21, 2019 between and
12-1 pm. Data collected was reviewed and discussed by the group.
Laura Parsons will work with City Cl
to get the meeting advertised.
It was also discussed where to do another count. Two locations were reviewed: 1)
The intersection by n Washington and
one on Water to compare which has more traffic. Hendrik Taatgen and Joe Finn
agreed to participate in the next count/special meeting.
Alex Wisniewski discussed that the counts could be used to help prioritize Easy
Fixes that the group might propose.
Discussion re: Non-Motorized Plan Update:
None
The group reviewed and commented on Chapter 6 Maintenance.
It was discussed that trail work parties are not a violation of the OPMA.
Trail Prioritization / Trail Work Parties:
The group agreed that a work party for
Alex Wisniewski reviewed the results of the dot voting for trail project prioritization Priority 4 will be organized.
with a project feasibility table (see attached).
Alex will come to the next ATAB meeting
He discussed how some of the projects are more feasible than others. The ready to finalize arrangements for an Adams
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AGENDA ITEMACTION
projects that Alex identified as most feasible are Priority 4 (Adams Street Street trail work party.
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Washington to Jefferson), Priority 6 (12 Street Sheridan to Landes), Priority 8
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(16 Street Thomas to Grant), Priority15 (Maple Street J to K), Priority 16
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(Sherman Street 20 to 21), and Priority 17 (23 Street Logan to Sheridan).
Alex identified projects that need clarification in order to be reviewed for feasibility:
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Priority 2 (Sherman Street Sims to 16), Priority 7 (Cleveland Street) Hastings
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to 30), Priority 9 (Hancock Street 20 to 25), Priority 10 (18 Street Hill to
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Landes), Priority 11 (Baker Street 20 to 25), Priority 12 (25 Street_
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Rosecrans to Hancock), and Priority 13 (21 Street Discovery to Sherman)
Alex identified two projects that need to be added to the Non-Motorized Plan:
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Priority 10 (18 Street Hill to Landes), and Priority 18 (Kuhn Street 20 to
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22).
Laura stated that City Council will review and approve/deny the closure of Adams
Street between Jefferson and Franklin Street. The NMTAB/ATAB will be informed
when this council meeting will happen so the group or individual board members
can state their opinion.
Miscellaneous:
None
Laura provided information about street classifications in Port Townsend.
Laura stated that probably in June, Samantha Harper will present to the
NMTAB/ATAB about the Discovery Road project.
Easy Fixes Striping/Trails:
None
No easy fixes were identified by board members.
Resolution 19-032:
None
Resolution 19-032 was approved at the City Council meeting on Monday April 1, 2019.
This resolution amends the name of the NMTAB to the Active Transportation Advisory
Board(ATAB) and adds a liaison to the Parks, Recreation and Tree Advisory Board
(PRTAB). The liaison will be selected by the board at a future meeting. There will also be
a liaison from the PRTAB to the ATAB.
Next Meeting:
The next regular meeting will be Thursday May 2, 2019. None
Public comments and Board comments:
None None
Emails received:
None
David Ehnebuske (Bike/ped/vehicle counts)
Adjourn:
The meeting was adjourned at 6:03 p.m.
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