Athens in Motion Commission

Athens in Motion Commission MINUTES – NOVEMBER 29, 2022 Location: ACC Gov Planning Department, 120 W. Dougherty Street Planning Auditorium Attendees ● Stephen Bailey James Barlament ● Lauren Blais Mark Ebell ● Teresa Friedlander Shirelle Hallum ● Randy Halstead Rani Katreeb ● Scott Long Todd Miller ● Daniel Sizemore Dale Van Cantfort ● Blaine Van Note Welcome Lauren opened the meeting at 4:13 pm Public Comment – no comments Agenda Lauren opened and shared the agenda. There were no changes suggested. Dale moved to accept the agenda. Mark seconded. The agenda was approved unanimously. Minutes Lauren shared the previous meeting minutes. Modified minutes to correct Barber St option to remove parking and let property owners keep property intact, with the two-way cycle track. Lauren moved to accept the minutes. Mark seconded. The minutes were approved unanimously. Chair Updates/Housekeeping • Next full AiMC meeting will be Tuesday, January 24th, 2023 (no December meeting) o Discussion regarding meeting format going forward o Committee chairs: schedule January meetings soon Minutes Major Items (15:35) Annual Report ● Minor corrections were discussed and modified ● Vote approval – Teresa motioned to approve the annual report. Dale seconded. Motion to approve annual report approved. 1 Elect Officers ● Review roles ● Nominations for Chair (Blais), Vice Chair (Friedlander), Secretary (Van Note) – Dale motioned to keep all in place. Randy seconded. Nominations approved. Prince Avenue Pilot Project ● Updates ○ Survey closed: Around 1300 survey responses with over 1000 individual map comments ■ Prince Ave user group will review the findings and make a recommendation on November 30th ■ Level of Service (LOS) definition – measurement of motor vehicle traffic, number of vehicles delayed ○ M&C Special-Called Work Session, Tuesday, December 6th ○ M&C Vote, Tuesday, December 13th ● Authorize Chair to Write Letter of Recommendation for M&C Special Called Session on December 13th (awaiting data) ○ Dale motioned to support a letter drafted from the AiMC Chair. Randy seconded. Motion approved, Lauren will draft the letter. Safe Routes to Schools ● Shirelle and James had recent meetings with Community School Organizers ○ Very positive meeting discussing future items. Next will meet with Principals, create routes ○ Develop plan for schools that will domino for other close schools ■ Alps Rd –> CMS –> CCS Staff Updates (49:45) Park Planning Todd Miller, Park Planning Coordinator ● Firefly Trail Expansion – Bridge over Trail Creek will open in February ● Cemetery Trail segment opened in November ● Carr’s Creek Greenway – bid has been received. Waiting on M & C to approve construction contract ● Firefly Trail Phase III – acquiring easements, developing plans ● Firefly Trail East Broad St – under construction, estimated completion December 2022 ● East Campus Greenway/N. Oconee Access Rd Art Projects – artist have been selected, spring 2023 installation ● TA Grant approved. GDOT Transportation Alternative grant submitted by Daniel Sizemore Transportation and Public Works Shirelle Hallum, Vision Zero Coordinator ● Local Road Safety Plan ○ Completed, awaiting staff review ● Submitted report to commission prior to meeting 2 Daniel Sizemore, Bike, Pedestrian and Safety Coordinator with Rani Katreeb Assistant Director of Transportation ● AiM Projects ○ Cherokee Road – 85% completed – expanding scope to expand MUP connection to Lexington Road ■ Had a kickoff meeting on Nov 22 and will bring concepts to AiMC in the future ○ Riverbend Road – Reviewing 85% construction documents ■ Main feedback includes better transitions from road to bike facilities, raised crosswalks where possible, MUP signage, etc ○ Barber St – ■ work session in February to discuss design ■ Finished round 2 of public engagement ■ Present to M & C (entire project) for concept approval ○ North Avenue Project ■ Had kickoff meeting with GDOT and FHWA ■ Just scratching the surface, will be a tight schedule ● Bike Friendly Community Application – due February 15th, 2023 ○ Athens is currently Bronze, hoping to get to Silver ● Athens in Motion Plan Update ○ Daniel will post PDF for AiMC to review and comment in January 2023 ○ Overall due date August 2023 ○ Bike/Ped Network Planning Dataset build is finalized ■ Reviewed tier 1/2 Committee Reportback (1:42:25) Corridor Committees ● Atlanta Highway – Proposal for re-development of Athens Square Mall was briefly discussed ● Lexington Road – Waiting for GDOT to comment on submitted plans ● Prince Avenue – No updates beyond above discussion AiMC Committees ● Grants and Data ○ See annual report ● Policy and Projects ○ See annual report ● Education and Communications ○ See annual report 3 Other Committees/Commissions ● UGA ○ Construction Projects beginning ○ Operation SafeDrive went well ○ New Bike share program launched, SPIN ● Greenway ○ Dedication ceremony for Oconee Hill Cemetery section on November 3rd ○ Three open positions on the Commission ● TSPLOST 2018 – No updates ● TSPLOST 2022 – No updates AiM Commissioner Round ● Mark – Bike escalator from Europe, forwarded to AiMC Adjourn Adjourn: 6:10 pm Next meeting date: Tuesday, January 24th, 4:00 pm 4