HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-08-2022 Fairhope Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee Meeting MinutesFairhope Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee Meeting Minutes
Date : 3/8/2022
Committee Member Attendees: Gary Gover; Rosalie Stromme; Bill Hall; Katie Bolton; Chris
Riley; Michelle Melton
Committee Member Absentees: John Kavanagh; Chris Knight
Guests in attendance: Jessica Walter; Hunter Simmons ; James Watkins of the Fairhope Times
City Councilman representative : None were in attendance .
Meeting called to order at 4 :02pm by Bill Hall.
Motion carried to approve 2/1/2022 minutes .
Administrative Items: The Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee meeting for the months of March,
April and May shall be held in the Giddens Auditorium; the committee will meet for the months
of June-December 2022 in the second floor boardroom of the Fairhope Public Library.
Arts and Crafts Festival Bike Valet : Festival to be held on March 18-19-20, 2022 will be seeking
volunteers to staff the Bike Valet tent. Many of the volunteer slots have been filled to date .
Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee Input for city projects :
a) Working Waterfront Project -Project has a work session scheduled for Monday 3/14 at
4:30pm.
***Action Item: Bill Hall to advise Chris Knight and John Kavanagh of this work session
to see if one or both of them could attend as committee representatives.
b) Triangle Project -Richard Johnson must first set up a meeting with Alabama Forestry
Management representatives to determine the impact on flora and fauna on this
acreage before any design and soil disturbance can begin.
c) Complete Streets Project -
***Action Item: Bill Hall and Gary Gover will give the Complete Streets Resolution to
the Land Use Team Consultants for possible inclusion into future city planning .
Fels Avenue to Pier Avenue: ***Action Item : Rosalie Stromme to send a committee thank-you
email to Richard Johnson for the installation of the Reflective Pavement Markers.
Sidewalk Improvements: Citizen reactions to the Equality Avenue Sidewalk Repainting have
been positive with suggestions for other Fairhope sidewalk repainting opportunities.
***Action Item: Chris Riley will begin the process of expanding sidewalk repainting to
the Fairhope Furniture Consignment store on North Section and at the Fels Avenue/South
Section area near Rambo's Auto Service.
BCT Safe Routes to School Task Force : Charlene Lee has advised that the Safe Routes to School
Task Force has a full membership at this time; when it becomes appropriate in the future, she
will then recontact the Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee for a volunteer to sit on a future
subcommittee when/if they are formed.
Full Comprehensive Land Use public forums : The final presentation of public feedback
findings will be held on 3/8/2022 at 5 :30pm at the Fairhope Civic Center.
***Action Item: All P & B committee members are encouraged to attend the final
presentation session on 3/8/2022.
New Business: Hunter Simmons provided copies of 4 GIS maps for Fairhope 's sidewalk
inventory circa 2016. Three of the maps are segmented by elementary school districts (i.e
Fairhope East, Fairhope West and J. Larry Newton Elem); the fourth map contains bike routes
(exist i ng and proposed) along or near the Eastern Shore Trail. There are gaps in the sidewalk
inventory as of 2022 and Hunter will set up a GIS application and make it available to
committee members by the April meeting so that a uniform procedure can be followed to
provide corrections/updates as of 2022.
Next scheduled meeting: April 5, 2022 at 4pm in the Giddens Auditorium.
Meeting adjourned at 4:58pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Rosalie Stromme, Secretary