Traffic & Transportation Committee

RECEIVED By City Clerk at 8:49 am, 1/25/22 Amesbury Traffic and Transportation Committee Meeting Minutes Date: July 9, 2020 Start: 7:00 PM Virtual Meeting Attendees: Matt Einson, Robert Desmarias, Christopher Falcos, Lauren Tirone  Minutes from the previous meeting were approved unanimously (Rob motion to approve, Chris 2nd, unanimously approved. Old Business  Request for speed bumps on Rocky Hill Road and to make Rocky Hill Road “one way” from Main Street to Macy Street, along with “Left Hand Turn Only” signs for traffic exiting the Irving Station (and other businesses) onto Rocky Hill Road by John and Lynne Curtin.  John Stephenson called in to support this agenda item brought forward by John and Lynn Curtin. John wanted to make two points, one being that Main Street and Rocky Hill Road has seen a drop in traffic volume since the onset of Covid 19, and the second being last meeting the Mayor was in attendance and had commented on other projects, however he does not want this project to be forgotten. John would like to see this remain on the agenda, because he does not want to see this area become a Rt. 110 bypass.  John Curtin was present via the telephone and did not have any new comments.  Rob stated that since this project is being funded by the City, they are still waiting on funding. Rob would like to see funding by September, however he is not sure how much it will be or how much it will cover. Chapter 90 funding can be moved around, but there are other projects that have to be done first. If the City funding comes in, we can start the project in the fall.  This item will be continued to the next meeting.  Changes to Downtown Parking and Outdoor Seating by Mayor Gove.  Angela Cleveland was in attendance and stated that all signs have been put up along with jersey barriers. There have been no issues with the jersey barriers, however there have been some issues with the temporary 15 minutes spots in front of the Coop and Greenery Designs. Angela spoke to the manager of the Coop regarding their employees constantly moving the signs to the middle of the block instead of where they are supposed to be at the beginning of the block; however they are still being moved. Rob said that they were supposed be tethered  together, but Angela stated they were not. Rob stated he would check and rectify the tethering of the signs tomorrow.  Angela stated that they have had great feedback regarding the spaces.  This item will be continued to the next meeting.  Request for a 4-Way Stop at the intersection of Pond Street and High Street by Gage Foley.  Rob requested funding for a study on the item to the Mayor’s office.  Item will be continued to the next meeting.  Request for No Parking signs at the intersection of Clark's Road and Main Street by Wendy Borger, Kelly Burke, Enno Tjalsma, and Halid Hatic.  Traffic Committee members conducted a site visit on June 18, 2020, and decided that No Parking Here to Corner signs should be placed 62 feet to the left (East) of the intersection and 50 Feet to the right (West) of the intersection on Main Street.  Halid Hatic (450 Main Street) was in attendance via phone along with Wendy Borger. Wendy was concerned that the distances may not be enough considering the height of some of the vehicles that are parking there.  Rob stated that there was a large truck parked there during our site visit.  Halid stated it would be a great improvement and the neighbor would be able to get out of his driveway.  Lauren motioned to place the signs on Main Street 63 feet to the left (East) and 50 feet to the right (West) of the intersection of Rocky Hill Road. Rob 2nd the motion. The motion was approved. Rob stated the signs would be put up no later than August.  Item will be removed from the agenda.  Request for speed signs and pedestrian signs, restricting trucks, and traffic enforcement on Congress Street by Suzanne Egan.  A traffic study of the area was completed and mailed to Suzanne by Lauren.  Rob stated that he can put up more speed limit signs and pedestrian warning signs from the area of Clinton to the Salisbury line on Congress Street.  Rob made a motion to install the speed limit signs and pedestrian warning signs. Lauren 2nd. Motion was approved.  Item will be removed from the agenda.  Temporary Speed Bump on Oakland Street by Kendra Sell.  A site visit was conducted on June 18th by members of the Committee. As a result cones were placed along Oakland Street. Rob did get some feedback from the residents who at first hated the cones, however it has worked to curb the speed and volume. This was also done on Madison Street (cones and barrels).  Item will be removed from the agenda. New Business  Request for replacement of missing stop signs at end of Huntington Ave and Rondeau Street, and speed study in the area of Madison/Huntington/Rondeau Street by Paul Kerstein and Angela Berg.   Rob has a list of all the stop signs that need to be approved and added to the list. Rob is willing to make a motion to add the stop sign at Huntington and the one at the end of Rondeau to the list. Lauren 2nd. Motion approved.  Item to be removed from the agenda.  Request for a “No Thru Traffic / No Outlet” sign on Rondeau Street by Erik Ingersoll.  Erik was present via phone. Erik stated that he lives at 7 Rondeau Street, and if you look at Google Maps, it shows that there is an extension of that road that does not exist. Because of this, many people turn up that road from Madison due to the detour and end up turning having to turn around. The street is a dead end and narrow so this makes for a lot of unnecessary traffic and it is difficult for vehicles to turn around. Erik stated he was willing to pay for the sign it the City approved it.  Matt stated that he actually drove down Rondeau and saw for himself what the issue was.  Rob and Chris stated that they could go onto Google Maps and list the shown street as “missing” (both of which did).  Rob made a motion to install a No Outlet sign at the entrance to Rondeau Street, with Lauren 2nd. Motion was approved. Next meeting scheduled for August 4, 2020 at 7:00 pm. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.