Streets & Roads Commission

Streets and Roads Commission Meeting Minutes June 25, 2015 Commission members in attendance: Chair, Tom Flemming; Lori Stone; Councilman Ken Phebus; John Stuehmeier; Jennifer Smith, Mayor Pat Rockinberg. Citizens: None I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 7:31 p.m. II. Administrative items a. Notes from the Chairman 1. Traffic improvements on South Main Street and Ridgeville Boulevard have begun. The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is installing ADA compliant pedestrian crossings, and pedestrian crossing signals at this intersection. 2. SHA has indicated the warrants are not met at this intersection for left turn signals for vehicles traveling on Ridgeville Blvd turning left in either direction onto Main Street. 3. The Opticom signal installation is in the process at the intersection of MD 27 and Mill Bottom Road. 4. The improvements for Northbound MD 27 at Center Street remain in the SHA budget for this fiscal year. This project will involve constructing a left turn lane for the Knills Farm and Seventh Day Adventist Church entrance. b. Departmental Report/Council Liaison Report Presented by Councilman Phebus. The following items were discussed: 1. Town Paving Projects – The Town is currently performing patch paving repair work around Town. 2. The Town is upgrading sidewalks and ramps along Park Avenue from Cross Street to Windy Knoll to meet ADA requirements. 3. The Town Council has decided to table potential sidewalk improvements along North Main Street. The funding available for this project remains in the budget. Coucilman Phebus asked members of the Streets and Roads Commission to think about other traffic improvement related uses for these funds. 1  4. Route 27 Corridor Study – The Town Council has selected the consultant to perform a regional transportation and traffic study along the Route 27 corridor. The hired consultant has begun performing traffic counts in the area. 5. Councilman Phebus has received complaints about vehicles parking on both sides of Center Street at Lookout Street. The complaints suggest difficulty seeing around these vehicles to safely make a right or left turn from Lookout Street to Center Street. There was a motion by Tom and a second from Councilman Phebus to recommend the Town install “No Parking” signs along the north side of Center Street between Lookout Street and Cross Street. 6. Councilman Phebus has received a request to restripe the parking area on Center Street near the Gun Shack to provide at least one ADA compliant handicap parking space. The Streets and Roads Commission will look into making a recommendation to the Town regarding this request. c. Approval of prior minutes The minutes from the April 25, 2015 meeting were approved. III. Old Business See “Council Liaison Report”. IV. New Business a. Sidewalk Maintenance Tom has received a list of questions and concerns about sidewalk ownership and maintenance from Town residents. The Town will perform maintenance on sidewalks where roots from a tree located within the grass strip between the curb and the sidewalk causes sidewalk destruction. All other sidewalk maintenance issues are the responsibility of the owner of the property fronting the sidewalk. The only exceptions to this are along Troon Circle and in Summerwood 1 and 2 where the Town owns the sidewalks. b. Town Traffic Management Plan Tom would like the Commission members to develop a Town Traffic Management Plan document explaining what traffic management is required for a potential event. This document would be available for anyone planning an event in the Town or near the Town where traffic 2  management on Town or State owned roads would be needed. The Commission members agreed this would be a good and proactive project to undertake. Tom will contact Commission members on a possible future work session to develop this document. c. Flashing Stop Sign at the intersection of Buffalo Road and Scotch Heather Councilman Phebus requested the Commission consider recommending the installation of one or two flashing stop signs on Buffalo Road at the intersection with Scotch Heather. The Commission members voted in favor of making a recommendation to the Town to install 2 flashing stop signs at these intersections. V. Adjournment The next meeting will be held on Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by, Jennifer M. Smith 3