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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTraffic Study docsMansfield Traffic Study June 61 1973 7130 P.M. This meeting was called to order at 7s4O P.M. John Wellington and Phil Huebner were not in attendance. Phil Huebner had given a letter of resignation plus his completed report on the downtown merchant's survsr,. No action was taken,at this'timel regarding Phills`resignation, Ralph Tartaglia also presented his report on the parking spaces that are already provided for in the downtown area. Vicky Lawrence presented her report on the individ- ual survey. David Bryant gave a detailed listing of many points of information, which will be part of our final report. The next meeting was scheduled for June 209 1973 at 7130 P.M. in the upstairs offices of the Town Office Building. This meeting was adjourned at 1Os00 P. M. Clerk Z4_ a1z all IVZ e- 71 allr 5Y a- ,C Minutes of Meeting April 16, 1973 MANSFIFLD DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC STUDY COMMITTEE The meeting was called to order at 73b5 p.m.. Secretary Vicky 1,awrence was absent' so David Bryant acted as secretary. Reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was postponed until the next meeting. John Wellington provided each member with a copy of the chapter of the draft master plan dealing with traffic and parking. The remainder of the meeting was an informal discussion of the contents of this chapter and of how the master plan relates to the work of this committee. The meeting adjourned at 9.15, with the next meeting planned for 7%30 on April 259 7.973. P11`MFIELD THL2210 STUDY April 11, 1973 7:30 This meeting was called to order at 7:35 P. M. All members were in attendance.. The minutes of April q., 1973 meeting were read and approved. Information received at this meeting included the results of the traffic count taken by the assachusotts Department of Public Works, a partial summary and detailed listing of the downtown occupancy of parking spaces from Chad I'arxer, and the tabulation of the results of the merchants survey from Phil Huebner. Phil will be writing a draft of the section of the report which will deal with the questioning of the merchants. Letters of thank you are to be written to !'. W. Burrows and Barry A. Rosa for their letters of interest. Discussion continued about the town wide circulation, including proposed route 25 and 140 and its affect on the downtown area. ffe decided to obtain the Paster _Clan and review it as part of our study. Our next meeting will be April 16, 1973 in the upstairs offices of the Town Hall Building. Our meeting adjourned at 10:20 P.M. Clerk LCCbY Mansfield Downtown Traffic Study Committee MINUTES OF MEETING- March 21, 1973 The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m.. Secretary Vicky Lawrence and member Phil Huebner were not present; David Bryant acted as Secretary for the evening. Minutes of the previous meeting were not available and will be read and agreed to at the next regular meeting. The questionnaires for a survey of downtown merchants were distributed among the members, and the downtown area turas divided into five areas for performing the survey. Each member will conduct the survey in one of the five areas. David Bryant reported on telephone contacts he had during the week with officials of the Massachusetts Department of Public forks. DPW headquarters officials reported that Routes 140 and 25 will be built as planned, but design details are not com-A pleted. The Mansfield sections of these roads will not be built for at least 5 years, and other sections will be later. The Environmental Impact Statement for these roads will be distributed in about a month, and a copy will be sent to this committee. DPW District 6 engineer Walter Medeiros stated it is possible Mansfield will be eligible for TOPICS and could possibly get a study if the Town acts quickly. Chairman Bryant will pursue this with the Town Manager. The next meeting of the committee was set for April It at 7-30. Meeting was adjourned at 9-00 p.m.. v C=�ls�1'PiL�-GSL/ �i��:,.ti_,Y//��f-C,� �,�c2✓r/�''`.,E/J'r�i C�.i� G 5j wa /od �O ,t�7> -2�_�2 1 e�zz Cpm a' i rTee, i Mansfield Traffic March 7, 1973 7:30 P.M. This meeting was called to order at 7:40 P.M. All members of the commission were present. The minutes of February 28, 1973 meeting were read and approved. One Thousand envelopes,contaJbhg the individual questionnaire, had already been stuffed and given to the electric department. The commission, at this meeting, is continuing to stuff the remainder of the envelopes. Discussion resumed on the downtown merchants A rough draft was formulated. The draft was to by the clerk, for presentation and approval at meeting. questionnaire. De prepared, our next Our next meeting is scheduled for March 14, 1973 at 730 P.M. on Wednesday night, in the upstairs T own Hall Offices. The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 P.M. Clerk MANSFIELD TRAFFIC STUDY COMMISSION February 28, 1973 7:30 P.1I. This meeting unofficially began at 7:30 with the commission discussing the measurements of the width of North Main Street according to the map available in the Planning Moom and the new figures acquired by member John Wellington. The meeting was officially called to order at 8:05 P.M. Ralph Tartaglia was not in attendance. The minutes of February 21, 1973 meeting were read and accepted. The individual survey questionnaire was presented and approved for distribution. We will notify Chad Maurer, Town Planner, so that he may process the form. The members agreed to stuff the electric bills with the questionnaire. Discussion resumed pertaining to the article submitted at our last meeting. The commission left the building to go to the area in question. (Dyer -Martin Driving School to the Old Colony Way entrance.) We felt this way we could more effectively reach a decision. A motion was made and carried 4 - 0 to submit our decision, to the Board of Selectman. Our decision was to recommend to ban parking on the east side of North Main Street from the driveway south of the point at which the road width changes near Dyer -Martin Driving School to the entrance of the Old Colony Way public parking lot. The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 so the commission could present our recommendation to the Board of Selectman. Our next meeting was set for March 7, 1973, at 7:30 P.M. at the Town Offices Building. Discussion at that time is scheduled to include the circulation pattern of the town and the downtown merchant's questionnaire. 01erk MANSFIELD TRAFFIC STUDY COMMISSION February 21, 1973 7:30 PM This meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M.. plus Chad Maurer, Town Planner, were present. All members, The minutes of February 14, 1973 meeting were read and approved. Chad explained several points of information which were request- ed at the February 14, 1973 meeting. A letter was written to Chief Highway Engineer, Mr. Robert Tierny, requesting a traffic count. He also reported a September 28, 1972 Park Street, Main Street traffic count of 9,650 cars. Statistics were also given on available parking spaces, both on and off street. The commission discussed the individual survey idea more and delegated victoria Lawrence, David Bryant , and Phil Huebner to prepare a draft and present it for approval at our next meeting. The motion was moved and carried 5 to 0. The permission of the,light department must first be obtained. A motion for a second questionnaire for merchants was moved and carried 5 - 0. At this time Dennis Hannon, Town Manager, appeared requesting our opinion,on an article to be submitted to the State Depart- ment of Public Works, whether to prohibit or allow parking on the portion of the road from high Street to Dyer Martin Auto School (West Side). The point in question was discussed and a motion was made and carried 5 - 0 to continue the discussion at our next meeting. The next mmeting was set for at the Town Offices Building. 9:30 P.M. February 28, 1973 at 7:30 P,M. This meeting adjourned at Clerk y _ T'u✓V411tl %.�''9 �:�Z�Xl�.�LL�C�'..G� /��C' �'✓tiGC�"� �-tJ �'71%Y(-C.GG�%G8h paw / 9 73 ;�c,��E.CL�1''2 �' X3'72 ��-Cdi2.�.1 �' �2 �, ,✓ /c %�, �" r a. 9