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<br />Sidewalk Committee Notes (No quorum present) <br />July 7, 2008 <br /> <br />Attended: Jerry VanHook, Francine Stieglitz, Wayne Brooks, Sue Ellen Briggs, and members of <br />the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church: Jim DeCoulos and Mark M. <br /> <br />There were not enough members of the sidewalk committee present to accept the June minutes. <br /> <br />Jerry is working on shortening the master list of sidewalks created by the individual school safe <br />route to school programs. <br /> <br />Members of the Greek Orthodox Church presented their proposal to lower the sidewalk adjacent <br />to their building on Oakland St. They are working with DPW. They have considered drainage <br />and water issues as well as heights of curbs and transitions to neighboring sidewalks. <br /> <br /> <br />Traffic Mitigation Group (TMG) has four projects it is working on: <br />Marrett Rd. and Waltham St. $1.1M completed in 2011 <br />Spring St. and Marrett Rd. intersection $500,000 <br />Spring St. sidewalk $860,000 <br />Hayden Ave and Spring St. intersection $140,000 <br /> <br />Dave Cannon is working on defining a policy on traffic calming initiatives. <br /> <br />The Sidewalk Committee needs to keep an eye out for these projects to see that pedestrian access <br />is brought up in the planning stages. <br /> <br />Citizen Comments: Wood St. residents would like to see traffic calming on this street. The <br />Engineering Department sees this road as arterial. <br />Hartwell Ave.- The Planning Board recommends sidewalks on both sides and bike lanes the <br />whole length. <br />Meeting adjourned at 12:45pm. <br />Respectfully submitted by Sue Ellen Briggs <br /> <br />