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Minutes
Public Ways Safety Committee
Bolton, Massachusetts
January 14, 2009
Members present: Barbara Bing (Co-chair), Mary Ciummo, Deborah Kellett,
Cia Ochsenbein, Rob Hagopian.
Called to order at 7:15. Minutes from the December 10th meeting were approved and accepted.
Old Business:
- MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 19, 2008: Not yet corrected and available. Rob will have ready for signing at next meeting.
- PONDSIDE PATHWAY: Plan for photo-op and public ‘Thank You’ tabled due to inclement weather.
- FOLLOW UP OF 11/19/08 MEETING WITH HAROLD BROWN, DPW, TO-D0 LIST: Barbara presented a draft list of 11 items reviewed with Harold Brown at last meeting with him. He requested a To-Do list of items agreed upon. List was reviewed and changes were suggested. Barbara will make changes.
- PATHWAYS ESCROW ACCOUNT: Cia reported on her contacts with Town Accountant, Town Treasurer and Town Planner all of which resulted in no clear plan at this time. Cia will continue to pursue with Town Planner and others as needed.
- STOP SIGN, CENTURY MILL AND SO. BOLTON ROAD: Rob has created a diagram showing our preferred placement and type of sign at this intersection. It will be included as part of Harold’s To-Do list.
- Y INTERSECTIONS, BERLIN x SO. BOLTON, BERLIN x FRYE: Rob has created a diagram showing our preferred placement and type of sign at these intersections. Diagram will be included as part of Harold’s To-Do list.
- FARM ROAD, MURCH INQUIRY FOLLOW UP: Leslie was handling this and in her absence, action was deferred.
- TOWN REPORT: Reviewed Cia’s draft of Annual Report and approved with some minor changes. Cia will make changes and submit.
- WARRANT ARTICLE RE/SCHOOL FLASHER REPLACEMENT: Mary will follow up with DPW re/their progress on getting a price quote. She will also draft a generic place holder warrant article and send to Linda Day.
- TRINITY CHURCH SURVEY AND PATHWAY: Cia was going to check with Trinity Church as to whether they had a land survey that would be helpful to us in marking out a potential pathway. Not yet done.
- REVERSE PARALLEL PARKING ON 117 IN FRONT OF LIBRARY: Cia reported on status of this issue and requested that it be tabled at the present time. Committee agreed.
- PASSING ZONES ON 117: Reviewed this item and realized that there was still some uncertainty as to locations of inappropriate and/or missing signage. Rob will review his data and present a report next meeting.
- ACTION ITEM STATUS LIST: Deb has updated lists with status changes made during last review by the Committee (i.e. changes from Active to Deferred, Resolved, etc.) and is working on feasibility of collapsing some items.
New Business:
- THANK YOU TO DPW RE/ICE STORM CLEAN UP: Committee agreed that DPW had done an excellent job of cleaning up after the December 11 ice storm. Barbara agreed to draft a send a note of commendation.
- PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER GROUNDBREAKING, 1/24/09: Groundbreaking ceremony noted and several PWSC members plan on attending.
ACTION ITEMS:
- Rob will have 11/19/08 Minutes corrected and ready, 1/28/2009.
- Cia will monitor weather and re-initiate publicity and thank-you for Pondside Pathway.
- Barbara will re-organize Harold’s To-Do list, Cia and Rob providing drawings and formatting.
- Leslie will draft letter to Murch as follow up to his Farm Road signage inquiry.
- Mary will follow up with DPW re/progress on price quote and will draft a generic place holder warrant article and send to Linda Day.
- Cia will make our requested changes in Town Report and submit.
- Rob will review Passing Zone signage and report at next meeting.
- Deb continues to review Action Item list for possible consolidation of items.
- Barbara will send a note of commendation to DPW re/ice storm clean up.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
The next meeting is scheduled for 7:00 on Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Minutes submitted by Deborah Kellett
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