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Minutes
Public Ways Safety Committee
Bolton, Massachusetts
May 12, 2010
Members present: Mary Ciummo (Chair), Leslie Breeze, Rob Hagopian, Barbara Bing, Deborah Kellett, Peter Ross, Tom Kittler
The meeting was called to order by Mary at 7:08
Minutes from the April 28th meeting were approved.
Follow-up:
1. Rob’s letter to DPW re: Yield road painting:
- We approved Rob’s draft, omitting the mid-block section. Rob will send it on to Harold.
- Harold will meet with us on June 23 and wants a list of topics for discussion. Include this topic on list.
- We’ll look at no parking near yield signs along with other sign issues.
2. Yield to Stop:
- Rob hasn’t completed the memo yet.
3. Meetings with town officials:
- Mary has scheduled meetings with Don Lowe for May 26th and with Harold Brown for June 23rd.
- She hasn’t reached the police yet, but hopes to schedule meeting with them in July.
4. Nourse Rd. fence:
- Peter called the realtor and learned that Jack Sargent bought the corner property from Clinton Savings Bank.
- He may call Jack regarding the fence problem.
- The plan is to demolish the house and build a new one.
5. STRAP grant:
- We need to ask Harold about a time-table
- There will be many hearings
- We need to keep people focused on safety issues – calming traffic, not just moving it through town
6. Traffic light at Sugar Rd. and Main Street:
- We discussed safety issues related to the timing of the lights and the difficulty of making safe turns – especially for people turning left onto Sugar Rd.
- Leslie is writing a letter as a private citizen and will bring it to the committee later.
7. No Passing Zone response from Mass. Highway:
- There were some problems associated with its distribution – going to other departments rather than directly to us. Before sending out another letter, we need to clarify the normal distribution procedure.
- DOT does not have a “no passing zone” sign plan on file for Bolton, but has offered to provide us guidance.
8. Master list of intersections:
- Rob has done a great deal of work on this, and has now listed all intersections north of Main St., including Main St. itself.
- We need a current map of the town to have on hand for doing this project.
- Mary will try to get one from Linda Day and make copies, so that we can all be working from the same map.
New Business:
1. Meeting with Don Lowe on May 26th:
We briefly discussed bringing up the topic of a crosswalk at the library, but since Harold wants to wait, we decided not to bring it up at this time. We agreed that it would be good to get it into the engineering study of Main St.
We agreed on two agenda items for this meeting:
- The line-of-sight bylaw. Peter will forward a copy of our revised proposal to Don and to the committee
- Development of the Smith property in the town center.
2.Safety issues related to parking and street crossing at the lacrosse field on 117:
- As the lacrosse program gets larger, we are concerned about the safety of people who park along 117 or across the road (and need to cross 117) near the busy intersection with 495.
- We will bring these safety concerns up with the police when we meet with them this summer.
- Mary will find out who we should contact in the lacrosse league to share our concerns.
3.Smith property:
- Barbara shared what she had learned about the shopping center proposal recently presented to the Planning Board for this property. Among the ideas put forth are those for a large grocery store and/or chain drugstore – with parking for 200-300 cars; traffic being sent directly across Main St. from Wattaquadock into the shopping center; perhaps another entrance being created across from Mechanic St., through the current Houghton Bldg. parking lot; at least one, if not several, traffic lights.
- All agree that the impact of greatly increased traffic through the town center would be enormous and that Public Ways should be involved. We must begin to attend meetings of the Planning Board and other relevant committees (e.g. Economic Development Committee) and monitor the plans as they evolve.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:42 p.m.
The next meeting is scheduled for 7:30 on Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Minutes submitted by Barbara Bing
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