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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDAC 10/17/2017Downtown Advisory Committee Town Hall Meeting Room 3A/B October 17, 2017 RECEIVED MINUTES R C! ERKS ©FF10E Appointed Members Present: George Pantos, Jimmy's Pub; 1411 DEC 20 A cI; 24 Walter Wilk, Finance Committee; Nancy Wall, IDC; PpRSFIELD Erik Bendarek, Keep Mansfield Beautiful Brian Quinn, Cultural Council},Ci�1SEYT Beth Ashman -Collins, Planning Board Frank DelVecchio, Board of Selectmen Others Present: Lee Azinheira, Director of Public Works Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7 PM by chair, Walter Wilk. Approval of Minutes With no corrections offered, the minutes from September 19 were approved as presented. Reorganization Walter Wilk asked for nominations for Vice Chair and Secretary. MOTION (Pantos / Quinn) to name Beth Ashman -Collins as Secretary. Motion passes with all in favor. MOTION (DelVecchio/ Bendarek) to name Nancy Wall as Vice Chair. Motion passes with all in favor. Update on Fales Project. Lee Azinheira provided an update on progress. The sprinkler system is installed. Landscaping, riverstone, trash cans, bike rack and benches will all be in within the month. Expect to spend the $80 K budgeted. The sod area will look complete, but leaves a canvas for future improvements. Old Colony Way Feedback from Abutters. Lee Azinheira is planning a community meeting with the abutters along Old Colony Way to get feedback. There are some encroachments currently. Azinheira is inviting all abutters (property owners) via US Mail. The group discussed if additional outreach is needed to get abutters to participate. Wall suggested inviting business tenants as well as property owners and volunteered to distribute the notice. Azinheira agreed to send the notice to the committee. Frank Gay just got Mansfield 1.6 million for fixing the underpass near Ginos. The Town intends to do considerable roadwork in the downtown area in 2018 reconstructing Rumford, Newton, and Pleasant Streets. The Town has submitted a Complete Streets grant application to rebuild the sidewalk on Park Street as a multipurpose path connecting from Hope Street (Safe Routes to School Improvements) to the Bike Path and N Main Street. Pantos asked if the way from Old Colony to Court Street could be open to vehicles one way -removing the bollards. Azinheira will look into it and Wilk is putting it on our next agenda. Parking / Greenspace Downtown Needs Azinhiera reported that the striping on N Main Street downtown is in place and is working well. Development of Document Identifying all parking and Greenspace within Downtown and surrounding area. Wilk requested a map from Memorial Park to Fulton Park and from Mansfield/ Oakland Street to the North to South Common showing all town -owned green space, town property, and parking. Pantos raised the possibility of reassigning parking spaces for residents in a way that makes it easier to clear the snow in the winter. Pantos advocated committing the Fales site and N Main Fire Station as public parking. Wilk asked if the zoning requiring first floor retail is a restriction making parking more difficult. Solving the parking problem is also about making walking pleasant. There is always parking if you are willing to walk two blocks. The little things add up to a big change in how inviting it is. Status of Signage There are three types of signs for the town to order: 1) three dimensional Parking Mansfield Public Parking 2) metal Downtown directional 3) directional from 140 & 495 Beth will follow up with Mark and Lee to see whether we have quotes to get the signs made and identify any hold ups. Bednarek and Wall and did a wayfinding review, which they shared on the computer. He also shared parking layouts for the Public Parking near Mansfield Bank showing the walkway tying it to Main Street. Maybe planters can be used to separate the walkway from the parking. Cleaning up the spaces on along the back row provides new parking spaces. Round the Table We should do a festival next that has events at the various sites to celebrate the connections and progress of downtown. There was discussion of what is next with the loss of the PGA Tournament Adjournment Meeting adj urned t 9:00 pm. (ILI ignature of Secretary date 91