MEETING MINUTES Philadelphia Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan Steering Committee Meeting August 3, 2009 2:00 – 4:00 P.M.
Consultants in attendance: Toole Design Group Carol Kachadoorian, Project Manager Campbell Thomas & Co. Bob Thomas Mike Szilagyi Steering Committee members in attendance:
Alex Doty Charles Carmalt Stephanie Craighead Trish Ellis Ben Fabens-Lassen Gretchen Sweeney Darin Gatti Kyle Gradinger Peter Hecht Sarah Clark Stuart Marisa Waxman Dennis Winters David Kanthor Greg Krykewycz Giridhar Mallya Debbie Merlin Deborah Schaaf Laura Spina Alan Urek Anthony Santaniello Bryan Rodda Nic Baker Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Mayor's Office of Transportation and Utilities Fairmount Park Commission SEPTA Councilman Kenny’s Office Pennsylvania Environmental Council Streets Department – TEPS Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Philly Walks Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Design Advocacy Group Sierra Club Center City District Del. Valley Regional Planning Commission Department of Public Health Mayor’s Council on Aging PCPC - Project Manager PCPC - Community Planning PCPC – Director, Strategic Plng and Policy Div PCPC – Strategic Planning – Transportation PCPC – Strategic Planning – Intern PCPC – Strategic Planning – Intern alex@bicyclecoalition.org Charles.Carmalt@phila.gov Stephanie.Craighead@phila.gov Pellis@septa.org BeFL6@pitt.edu intern1@pecpa.org Darin.Gatti@phila.gov kylegradinger@gmail.com prhecht@comcast.net scspa@comcast.net marisa.waxman@phila.gov dennis.winters@verizon.net dkanthor@centercityphila.org gkrykewycz@dvrpc.org Giridhar.Mallya@phila.gov Debbie.merlin@phila.gov Debby.Schaaf@phila.gov Laura.Spina@phila.gov Alan.urek@phila.gov Anthony.Santaniello@phila.gov Bryan.Rodda@phila.gov Nick.Baker@phila.gov
1) Project status Debby Schaaf introduced Carol Kachadoorian from Toole Design Group. Carol is serving as the coproject manager with Nick Jackson, who is now based in Boston. 2) Summary of community meetings and public survey response Carol gave a presentation on the public input thus far. • 1800 responses were received for the on-line survey. Of those, 1600 answered every question. Analysis of the survey results is in progress. • Four of six public meetings have been held to date, in four different parts of the city. Carol presented a sampling of the concerns raised at each meeting; some of those concerns common between and some unique to the neighborhoods.
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3) Policy development: • Committee members received an abstract of all policies, regardless of status of completion. For each policy topic, the abstracts provide an overview of current policies/practices, goal, objectives, and references that may be useful in drafting the policy. • Debby provided the following summary of the policy development process: o The policies focus on recommendations that go beyond the recommended physical changes in the study area. o The policy papers will include a proposed goal, objectives and strategies, and may include design standards in some cases o Four subcommittees of the Steering Committee are writing the policy papers. The initial grouping of policies by subcommittee has been re-organized and streamlined within the following 4 categories: Pedestrian Design – Debby Schaaf, lead Bicycle Design – John Boyle, lead Health & Safety – Alex Doty and Charles Carmalt, co-leads Management & Monitoring – Sarah Clark Stuart, lead (and possibly David Kanthor) o Draft policies regarding bike parking zoning regulations and sidewalk width standards have been circulated to the Steering Committee. Next steps/tasks o Subcommittees will meet at least once before September Steering Committee meeting o Subcommittees will complete drafts of all policies by November 1, i.e., reported from the subcommittee to the Steering Committee o Include pavement restoration after utility work to one of the policies
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4) Plan organization, goals and objectives • In response to a question about how the final policy documents will be group or presented, Carol suggested that the policy documents will be incorporated into the plan, based upon the organization of the plan. • Several Steering Committee members asked when the Plan’s overarching goals will be determined. Debby replied that this will be a topic for the next meeting, when we will have the benefit of input from the questionnaire. • Several members suggested that the plan goal include specific measurable targets, perhaps with interim goals during the Plan’s 10-year time horizon. • Steering Committee members also suggested the plan’s goals and objectives be aligned with Greenworks Philadelphia. • Debby will circulate previous discussions about plan goals and objectives, categorized and summarized, before the next meeting. 5) Review project schedule and future meetings • Steering Committee members asked that a common space such as an ftp site or Google Docs be established to share documents. • The meeting is tentatively scheduled for September 21, 2009. • Proposed agenda for next Steering Committee o Review Street Classifications o Review Preliminary Bike Network o Status Report on Policies o Plan Goals & Objectives
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