Athens in Motion Commission
Regular MeetingAthens-Clarke County, GA · July 27, 2021
Minutes
Athens in Motion Commission
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 – 4:00‐6:00 pm
Online via ACC WebEx:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhTFmj_VH_s
PRESENT
Stephen Bailey (TPW)
James Barlament
Lauren Blais
Mark Ebell
Carly Evans
Teresa Friedlander
Randy Halstead
Roswell Lawrence Jr
Daniel Sizemore (Bike/Ped Coordinator)
Craig Topple
Blaine Van Note
ABSENT
Jake Maas
Aaron Redman
1. Call to Order
a. Meeting called to order at 4:05 pm
2. Agenda Additions and Approval
a. Agenda approved (Mark moved; Teresa seconded).
3. Public Comment
a. No public comments.
4. Approval of Minutes
a. Previous minutes not complete. Former secretary has resigned. Teresa will assist with
minutes.
b. Lauren moved, Mark seconded. Minutes approved.
5. Commission changes (3:50)
a. UGA Appointee, Roswell Lawrence Jr, is resigning from commission. Blaine Van Note,
Operations Manager‐UGA Transportation & Parking Services, will take care over to
represent UGA.
b. Jake Maas, is resigning from the commission. Carly Evans, Conservation Specialist‐
Athens Land Trust, will take over for Jake.
c. With Jakes resignation, a new secretary must be appointed. Ultimately, Blaine Van Note
volunteered to take on this role. Lauren motioned, Teresa seconded. Motion approved.
6. Committee communication (17:07)
a. Keep listserv to AiM Commission & ACC staff.
b. Lauren will create spreadsheet of list of committees, members, & email addresses.
c. Note to not use Dropbox anymore. All items will be saved to the Google Drive.
7. Budget (Todd) (20:43)
a. Approved for $12,000 this fiscal year. Does have to be spent this year, will not carry
over.
b. Discussions on how to spend: signage (Mark), staff t‐shirts, Open Streets event (Teresa).
PR consultant to help develop message and roll‐out plan. Communications/Education
subcommittee will oversee.
8. Future Meetings (35:55)
a. In person or virtual? Lauren recommended that August 24th meeting be in person.
b. Next committee meeting August 24th, location tbd, with a hybrid option.
9. Park Planning (46:30)
a. Firefly phase 2 September completion date.
b. Wooden Murmur trestle demo complete.
c. Trail parking lot will be created near Circle K.
10. Open Streets (50:10)
a. Open streets event route will be proposed, will require street closures.
b. Proposed date would be Sunday, October 10th, 2021.
c. Commission was joined by Becky Evans, GA Rep (and Carly’s mom), who discussed the
operation of the Emory Village open streets events and graciously invited the
commission to their event on October 24th, 2021.
11. TSPOLST project proposals (1:04:12)
a. Big Bucket first draft is completed. Mark will present.
b. Atlanta Highway is pretty close, but needs a set of exhibits.
c. Lexington Highway: working with corridor committee to fill in gaps and complete stretch
from TSPOST 2018.
d. Small sidewalks proposal is 75% complete. Focusing on obtaining supporting data.
e. ADA sidewalks will be updated when Aaron gets back. One idea is to contact inclusion
office to speak on behalf of users.
12. Corridor Committees (1:40:02)
a. Prince Ave committee submitting TSPLOST proposal.
b. Atlanta Highway asking Mayor & Commission about TSPLOST 2018 survey results
c. Lexington Highway will soon vote on recommendations.
13. Grants & Data Committee (1:44:29)
a. Grant for RRFB “Blinky Flashy”.
14. Communication & Education Committee
a. Discussed Open Streets event earlier in meeting.
15. Greenway Commission
a. Second Saturday
16. Regular updates
a. RAISE grant submitted, announcement in November.
b. TSLPOST submittals by ACC (Stephen/Daniel)
17. Adjournment
a. Meeting adjourned at 6:08 pm.
Agenda
AthensinMotionCommission
Tuesday,July27,2021;4pm
Location:WebEx
Item/Activity Lead Time ActionRequired
Calltoorder,Welcome
Blais 15m
Agendaadditions&approval Vote
Approval
Publiccomments,ifany
Minutes
Blais/Friedlan Vote
● Junemeeting
der Approval
● Julyspecialcalled
AiMCgeneral 35m
● Commissionchanges:
○ UGAappointees
■ Roswell’sdeparture
● Notesfrom
Roswell
■ WelcomeBlaineVanNote
○ GreenwayCommissionappointee
Blais/AiMC Electsecretary
■ WelcomeCarlyEvans
● ElectnewSecretary
● Communications/listserv
● Budget-approved-
○ separatediscussionon
purchases?
● FutureAiMCmeetings
Staffpresentations/updates 5m
ParkPlanning
Miller
● Updates
MinorAgendaitems 5m
OpenStreetsupdate
Friedlander
● Newmembersassist...?
1
5:00pm
MajorAgendaItems
30m
TSPLOSTprojectproposals
● Statusupdates
○ BigBucket-
EBell/Friedlander/Sizemore/Blais
○ AtlantaHighway-
Friedlander/Sizemore
○ LexingtonHighway-
Blais/Maas/Sizemore
AiMC TBD
○ Smallsidewalks-
Halstead/Sizemore
○ ADAsidewalks-
Redman/Blais/Sizemore
● Handouts-AiMCdocs,otherplans,one
pagerconcept
● Presentations-newAiMcommissioners
assist?
5:30pm
REGULARUPDATES
15m
Bike/PedCoordinatorupdates
● RAISE(formerlyBUILD)Grant-
submitted!
Sizemore
● CompleteStreetspolicy-status?
● Otheritemsofnote
CommitteesandCommissions <15m
AtlantaHighwayCorridorCommittee
● Reportback Friedlander 2m
● Nextmeeting:...
LexingtonHighwayCorridorCommittee
● Reportback Sizemore 2m
● Nextmeeting:...
PrinceAvenueCorridorCommittee
● Reportback EBell 2m
● Nextmeeting:...
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AIMCCommittees
● UGA-VanNote?
● GrantsandDataCommittee
○ Items?
○ Nextmeeting:adhoc
● PolicyCommittee
○ SeeTSPLOST2023items
○ Nextmeeting:TBD-shouldthis AiMC <5m None
beadhocduetoTSPLOST
proposalwork?
● EducationandCommunications
○ OpenStreetsEvent-Sunday
October10,2-5pm
○ ReceivedaccesstoInstagram
○ Nextmeeting:adhoc
OtherCommissionsandCommittees
● TSPLOST-noupdateforJuly
● GreenwayCommission-Evans? AiMC <5m
● FireflyTrailEastAthensLocalAction
Committee-Blais-noupdate
Adjourn
Blais 6pm None
● Nextmeeting,August24,4pm
Dates/ItemsofNote:
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