SOMERVILLE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
May 2013 AGENDA
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone
Community Representatives:
Alex Epstein, Chairman
Charles Denison, Vice Chairman
Ken Carlson, Secretary
Brian Postlewaite
Enid Kumin
Alan Moore
Ron Newman
Tim Talun
Ex-Officio:
Janice Delory, Office of the Mayor
Bob Trane, Board of Alderman
Commissioner Stanley Koty, Department of Public Works
Terry Smith, Traffic & Parking
Chief Pasquarello, Police Department
Sarah Spicer, Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development
Day/Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Location: City Hall 3rd floor conference room
Procedural Business:
- Acting Secretary: Charlie
- Minutes policy reminder
- Guest introductions
- VOTE: Approve Minutes: April 2013
New Business:
- 50 Middlesex Ave community bike storage room--develope seeking input on how to publicize, who can manage access
- Committee stipend
Policy and Enforcement:
- Complete Streets Bill and Somerville By Design Davis Square update (Sarah)
- Traffic Commission regulatory requests update (Alex)
- TRIP Committee update (Tim)
Events, education and outreach:
- Bicycle Friendly Community upgrade--discuss steps/timeline to silver level (Alex/Sarah)
- Bay State bike week
- Rush Hour Race 2013--recap (Ken)
- Bike commuter breakfast--recap (Ken)
- Spring history ride, Sunday, May 12--recap (Ron)
- Tour de Somerville initial--set date for Saturday, October 19 (Ron)
Infrastructure:
- Community Path Extension groundbreaking--recap (Sarah/Alan)
- Wellington/Route 28 underpass update (Sarah)
- 2013 repaving priority follow-up: Medford Street (Sarah)
- Grounding McGrath public meeting recap, any SBC action? (Tim)
- Bike facility network
- Striping plans status for the season (Sarah)
- Bow/Summer intersection striping renewal (Charlie)
- Sharrows on Prospect Street (Tim)
Bow/Summer intersection improvements, e.g.,, Bow and Union Square green bike lanes (Charlie)
Standing Items
- Hubway update
- Beacon Street reconstruction
- DPW bike removal tagging protocol
- Davis Square pedal and park
- SPD bicycle crash reports
- CBD sidewalk biking enforcement
- Citywide school bike parking utilization inventory
- East Somerville Community School
- Cambridge zoning update for bike parking requirements
- Prospect Street at Somerville Ave--making left turns safer for bikes