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Fairhope Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee Meeting Minutes
Date : 6/7/2022
Committee Member Attendees : Gary Gover; Rosalie Stromme; Bill Hall ; Chris Riley; John
Kavanagh; Katie Bolton; Michelle Melton ; Chris Knight; Jack Graves
Committee Member Absentees : None
Guests in Attendance: Hunter Simmons; Frank Stickney; James Baldwin
City Councilman representative : None were in attendance .
Meeting called to order at 4:03pm by Bill Hall.
Motion carried to approve 5/3/2022 minutes.
Administrative Items :
Meeting location has been temporarily relocated to the Giddens Auditorium for accessibility
until such time that the library elevator is repaired.
Terms for Members Bill Hall and Rosalie Stromme expired as of May 2022 . Motion carried
unanimously by committee to approve extending their term for three additional years to May
2025 . Motion also carried by committee to appoint Bill Hall as continuing co -chairperson and
Rosalie Stromme to be designated as a new co-chairperson .
***Action Item: Rosalie Stromme shall submit a formal agenda request to the City Council's
next meeting to approve of appointments and term extensions . Bill Hall to contact other
committee members for selection of replacement Secretary position.
Complete Streets Resolution Draft: Hunter Simmons recommended that this committee
prioritize specific items listed in the Comprehensive Land Use Public Forum presentation held in
March 2022 . This prioritization list can then be submitted to the consultants and included as
focal points before final submission to the City of Fairhope council.
****Action Item : All committee members to review the March 2022 Comprehensive Land
Use presentation to select top priority items.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee Input for city projects :
a) Working Waterfront Project -No further update from the federal grant review level.
b) Triangle Project -City of Fairhope 's Purchasing Department in conjunction with other
city officials are in the process of rating qualified vendors in preparation for sending this
project out for bid .
c) Sidewalk Improvements: In preparation for submitting request to Public Works for
expanded sidewalk repainting to the Fairhope Furniture Consignment store on North
Section as well the crosswalk near Rambo's Auto Service , Chris Riley i s seeking input
from committee members for any artistic concepts that would enhance the final appeal
of these improvements.
***Action Item: Committee members should submit any decorative ideas to Chris Riley in
the next 2 weeks so that he can complete formal request submission to Public Works by July
5th , our next meeting.
ARCGIS Field Maps Application: Jack Graves and Rosalie Stromme completed Field Mapping
inventory of some areas of the City of Fairhope as test cases to determine overall volunteer
complexity and project completion estimates; their data has been uploaded into the Master
Softwa r e. Hunter Simmons confirmed that the dates of any of these mapping uploads will
remain embedded in the program for future reference .
***Action Item: Committee members (with the exception of Gary Gover who does not have
mobile internet service) w i ll physically examine assigned areas within the city limits of Fairhope.
Committee members are to indicate in RED those sidewalks which exist but which are not
indicated on the Field Map Software (online map with user name and password already
provided in April 2022 meeting). Also, while out in the field , notate in the Application those
sidewalks that need some major type of repair (i.e . hand i cap ramp missing/damages, major trip
1 hazard s, etc); best recommendation is to notate location on the mapping software ('put a pin
on the location ') and then upload a photo of the area of concern . General Fai r hope area
assignments were accepted as follows:
a) Michelle Melton ---sidewalk inventory near the Fa i rhope West elementary school.
b) Katie Bolton -Woodlawn and Sedgefield subdivisions
c) John Kavanagh -subidivisions just north and south of Twin Beech Road between Boothe
Road and Founders Drive
d) Chris Knight -sidewalk inventory from Section Street to the Bluff
e) Bill Hall ----sidewalk inventory near the Volanta area.
New Business :
1. E-bike , motorized scooters and golf cart usage on Fairhope sidewalks has become an
extreme pedestrian safety issue , especially in the Central Business District.
***Action Item: Bill Hall to invite Chief of Police Hollinghead to a future committee meeting in
the near future to discuss effective ways to address this growing safety concern for downtown
pedest r i ans .
2. New crosswalk installations are recommended by committee members in specific
locations due to high usage of pedestrians and vehicles :
a) Coffee Loft access across Section Street
b) Tennis Center access across Morphy
Hunter Simmons reported that this committee may request these crosswalk additions from
Public Works to determine viability; traffic studies for specific locations may or may not be
needed depending on vehicle/pedestrian volume at each site .
Next scheduled meeting: July 5, 2022 at 4pm in the Giddens Auditorium .
Meeti ng adjourned at 5:08pm .
Respectfully submitted,
Rosalie Stromme, Secretary