Town of Mansfield

Transportation Advisory Committee

Minutes of the Meeting

March 18, 2003

 

 

Present:      Stephens (Chair), Nash, Zimmer, Taylor, Hall, Padick (staff), Aho (WRTD representative), Grunwald (staff), Zolnik (staff), Hultgren (staff)

 

The meeting was called to order by Chair Stephens at 7:30 p.m.

 

The minutes of the 12/10/02 meeting were approved on a motion by Nash/Taylor.

 

Correspondence was reviewed and circulated including the January ’03 Transportation Strategy Board report, the 2003 D.O.T. Master Transportation Plan and staff’s report on re-spacing bicycle route signs on Town roads.

 

Hultgren circulated the latest WRTD ridership statistics and explained that Mansfield’s payment for the fare free program was going to increase $10,000 next year because UConn had dropped out of the program.  Nash and the committee worked-up a letter to be sent to the Town Council and others seeking support for the program.

 

Hultgren updated committee members on Traffic Calming requests that were ongoing and waiting for the conclusion of winter.  He also updated members on the status of the Town’s transportation enhancement projects and new grant applications.

 

Town Planner Greg Padick spoke of the effort to update the transportation related portions of the Town’s plan of development which was in the agenda packet.  After some discussion it was agreed that staff would send out a draft of the update and members would discuss it at the next meeting.  Padick encouraged members to comment or contact him with questions.

 

The next meeting was scheduled for April 22^nd, assuming the Plan of Development drafts are ready before then.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Lon R. Hultgren

Director of Public Works

 

 

cc:   Town Manager, Town Clerk, Town Planner, Assistant Town Engineer, Transportation Planning Aide, Social Services Director, UConn Transportation, H. Koehn, file