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Minutes
Public Ways Safety Committee
Bolton, Massachusetts
March 11, 2009
Members present: Barbara Bing, Leslie Breeze, Deborah Kellett, Rob Hagopian, Cia Ochsenbein, Mary Ciummo.
Invited guest: Peter Ross.
The meeting was called to order at 7:05. The minutes from the February 25, 2009 meeting were reviewed and approved.
The Committee first interviewed Peter Ross for the vacancy on our Committee.
OLD BUSINESS:
- School Zone Flashers. Mary presented quotes from the five bidders. ITS Republic was the lowest at $7,195. The Committee voted unanimously to apply the $3,494.11 from Article 3 (STM, Nov. 2002) toward the cost. Mary will get a copy of ITS Republic’s bid package for Committee review and will ask Shelley if we need a contingency allowance. Mary will also contact Linda Day about re-writing the warrant article to include the $3,494.11.
- List for Harold Brown: Cia will e-mail the completed list to all; Barbara will forward list to Harold with cover letter.
- Passing Zones on 117: Barbara and Cia went out into the field and verified Rob’s recommendations. Committee went through list making corrections. Committee agreed that all “No Passing Zone” signs not associated with ended passing lanes be removed. Cia will revise list and Rob will write cover letter to Harold Brown.
- Yield/Stop Signs: Rob will e-mail the Committee with information on stop/yield signs. We may want to consider a public hearing once we have recommendations. We will work in sections. Barbara will e-mail the list and all members are to observe the first five intersections on the list for next meeting.
- Northwoods: We need to know the outcome of tonight’s Planning Board meeting.
- Toll Brothers: Wait for winter clean-up of sidewalk.
- Trinity Church: Deb will adopt. Will check with Planning first about a land use study.
NEW BUSINESS:
- Changing Committee schedule has been deferred to next meeting. It was agreed that in the new Garden Club phone book we have them eliminate our schedule.
- Brought to our attention was Harold Brown’s “shovel ready” projects presented at the January 8 BOS meeting. Several were our items.
ACTION ITEMS:
- Mary will contact Shelley for bid package and contingency allowance and will contact Linda Day about warrant article.
- Cia will complete Harold Brown list and e-mail to Committee.
- Barbara will forward list to Harold Brown along with cover letter.
- Cia will revise passing zones list.
- Rob will write passing zones cover letter to Harold Brown.
- Barbara will e-mail to Committee yield/stop sign list.
- All will look at first five intersections on yield/stop list for next meeting.
- Deb will contact Planning about Trinity Church land use study.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35.
The next meeting is scheduled for 7:00 on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.
Minutes submitted by Mary Ciummo.
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