Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee

Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting May 18, 2022 In person 9:00am Attendees: Chairman: Gene Brislin Members: John Mott, Sandy O’Keefe, Ned Shows, Ben Hough Absent: Vincent Thurman, John Thurmes Visitors/ public comment: Angelo Anastopoulo, Kyle James (BCDCOG) Call to Order: Chairman Gene Brislin 9:07am I. Acceptance of Minutes: Minutes from March Sandy motion, Ned second II. Agenda Items: Previous Discussion Ask for update from SCDOT on trail during BGM construction AJ will reach out to Kevin with SCDOT and ask him to attend the next BPAC meeting in July. It will likely be about 6 months until the project begins. BPAC would like to host a pubic meeting and have Kevin with SCDOT present the plans for the trail. Discussed the issue with Vincent Thurman attendance to the BPAC meetings, Gene will be reaching out to Vincent and Councilman Brown. Community Designations The town of Summerville had previously applied to be considered a bicycle/ Pedestrian friendly community and was turned down. Things to focus on to get that designation signage, parking, use of road diets, increase of multiuse trails/ paths. Sandy to meet with community advocates Bike Walk Summerville and discuss when we should re apply for this designation once the trail enhancements are complete. Gene to share his GIS google email and explanation on collecting garmin data to share with fleet feet, bike walk Summerville. III. New discussions a. Discussed the new federal grant Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program Kyle James informed us that there are 3 different types of grants 1. Safety and actions plan 2. Supplemental planning 3. Implementation You cant apply for 2 and 3 without already having received 1 (safety and action) Kyle is recommending that we approach the grant from a regional perspective and including Dorch, Berkeley, and Charleston county data. The min amount of funds $200k the max is $2 million. Gene would like to speak with the mayor and those on the CHATS committee on which way they would like to approach this grant, by municipality or regional. b. Discussed the Vision Plan and our role as BPAC committee 1. Provide the town with comprehensive plan 1. Every 5 years we need to redo the comprehensive plan, 5 years is coming up Gene asked Ben to review the plan and report back to how we can alter, change, enhance. 2. Recommend roadway and bicycle ped facility design standards 1. Discussed proposing multiuse paths instead of sidewalks, BCDCOG standards are 12 feet wide 2. Adding bicycle racks and pump stations 3. Methodologies for measuring activity 1. Research adding counters at trail heads and throughout the trail to measure usage. Eco counters. IV. Discussed the finance meeting between Gene and council from march a. Gene presented our sidewalk, crosswalk proposal to council, he went in asking for $300k to work on 5-6 specific sidewalk improvements. Council was very receptive and he received a lot of great feedback. However after the budget meeting he was told they are in a deficit and we will not be allocating funds for these improvements this year.  b. Also discussed the North Maple sidewalk/ project and how dangerous that is to bicyclist and pedestrians as the sidewalk just ENDS. Public comments- Kyla James with BCDCOG reiterated the importance of the grant coming from the Region as a whole we will be more competitive with ALL of the data reported between all 3 counties Dorchester, Berkeley and Charleston. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 Respectfully submitted by Sandy O’Keefe