HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-02-06-STAS-minAd Hoc School Transportation and Safety Study Committee
February 6, 2014 at gam
Conference Room, Central Administration Building
Meeting Minutes
1. Attending: Judy Crocker, Elaine Celi (LPS Transportation), MaryEllen Dunn
(Assistant Superintendent), Sharon Kendall, Craig Weeks
Guest: Bonnie Brown
2. Meeting minutes were not ready to be reviewed.
3. Proposed LPS School Traffic Safety and Mitigation Policy
At this point in time, the process of moving the school policy forward would be
better served if it happened internally to LPS. Therefore, Ms. Dunn will now be
managing the document.
Ms. Dunn will be making a presentation at the quarterly Town Transportation
Forum on the proposed policy. The Committee considered whether asking for a
letter of support would be beneficial.
Action items for the policy include needing an April date from the School
Committee for the first and subsequent readings. It is unclear if the SC's policy sub-
committee needs to be engaged to have this transpire. There are also town
roadway projects that will be occurring this spring /summer that will directly
impact access to school grounds, such as the Hancock Street rotary and Robinson
Rd upgrades.
4. Estabrook Update
The final Estabrook Traffic Planning Committee will consist of Ms. Dunn, Captain
Ferro, John Fleck, Mr. Goddard and Ms. Trach.
The Robinson Rd project is expected to occur from May - October. There will be no
parking on either side of the roadway. The SC has voted on no parking and no idling
in the cul- del -sac. Ms. Dunn also has made a requested permission for authorization
for a delivery address for each school delivery dock so that a specific GPS address
can aid delivery drivers. This will be worked through Engineering and the Fire
Dept.
5. Clarke Update
Beta Engineering will be asked for a school management plan in addition to
designing a new traffic plan, incorporating the proposed school traffic policy, and
establishing a pedestrian plaza.
6. Safe Routes To School Update
Ms. Crocker will forward Ms. Dunn a job description of the Safe Routes To School
Coordinator and the program's calendar as well as the names of the SRTS PTA
representatives from all schools. A point person is needed at LHS to work with
traffic issues and Ms. Lasa will be asked for name.
7. Educational Campaign for proposed LPS Traffic Policy
It was decided that Estabrook should have a targeted mailing in order for that
school's community to better understand that there will no queuing permitted on
Grove Street beginning in September and to expect Robinson Rd reconstruction
delays from May - October. LPS should work with LPD so that the targeted mailing is
distributed in a timely fashion during the bus registration period, whether in
conjunction with or independent from the LPS mailed materials. The new
Estabrook School will be the first school to have the new policy implemented
immediately with its change to present operating procedures and this needs to be
communicated to the community.
The concern of principal interpretation was expressed and will be addressed by
LPS administration.
The bus registration period will be April 7 - May 16.
A communication to the PTA's informing the that change is coming for September
And that they may need to reconsider utilizing the Safety Greeter's program to help
smooth out any communication problems during the start of the new school year.
8. New Business
The capital requests for Town Meeting will include Bridge and LHS.
Our next meeting will be March 6, 2013 at gam in the Conference Room at Central
Administration.
Respectively submitted,
Judy Crocker