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Board of Selectmen Transportation Planning Goal for 2011 Goal: Provide an organizational framework for coordinating transportation planning and implementation within the Town government by September 2011. The goal was endorsed by the Board of Selectmen, by unanimous vote, at its goal- setting meeting on June 28 th , 2011. Tasks: 1. Identify all stakeholders. 2. Review the duties, interests and purposes of the various organizations, looking for areas of common interest and overlapping responsibilities. 3. Verify that there is a continued need for each entity, or if it can be subsumed by another party. 4. Identify options for transit operations, parking management and planning that will address identified needs: • Transit Operations — includes Lexpress, other transit programs, customer service, and marketing. • Parking Management — includes Center permit parking. • Transportation Planning — Center Parking, Business Transportation, Streetscape, Battle Green Master Plan, Pedestrian Safety Efforts, Bicycle, TMOD and other area plans, TIP projects, regional planning efforts. 5. Propose options to the Board of Selectmen regarding location of the above operations within the organization. Please note that an interim report was made to the Board of Selectmen on August 1, 2011. Process: An internal staff team consisting of Deb Mauger, liaison from the Board of Selectmen, DPW Director Bill Hadley, Planning Director Maryann McCall - Taylor, DHS Director Charlotte Rodgers, Police Chief Mark Corr, and Town Manager's Office staff were tasked to work on this goal and offer recommendations for consideration by the Board of Selectmen. This group held eight (8) planning meetings and involved a number of stakeholders, including: • Transportation Advisory Board • Planning Board (Chairman) • Council on Aging (Chairman • Human Services Committee (Chairman) • Transportation Staff 3