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Planning Board Meeting August 25, 2026

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Okay, we will go ahead and get started.
Thanks all for coming. Uh, this is the
Tuesday, August 25th, 2026 meeting of
the new London Planning Board. Just a
reminder that we are recording this
session, so you can watch it later or so
others can watch it who aren't here
tonight. Uh, first up, we're going to do
a uh, tree cutting for uh, the Bannery
Trust, 135 Lamson Lane. Who would like
to talk about that? if you just come on
up and then just hit the button so that
the light turns green. Thank you.
>> So, and I'm happy I told Monica I'm
happy to sort of um present why we're
here and then she can jump in and answer
questions if folks have them. But um
while this is a waterfront property on
Lampson Lane um that is having some tree
work done within the waterfront buffer,
the tree work within the waterfront
buffer is able to be done um and
maintain the minimum of the 25 points
required in each cell that we can
approve administratively. This property
is unique in that it also has a stream
buffer that runs the length of it which
has a different process for tree cutting
as you all remember um where the uh
property owner must just present you
with a um plan of the tree cutting along
the um the stream buffer uh to be
approved. There's no point minimums um
required. Um it's just a matter of
saying these are the trees that we are
cutting. Um, so you can see in some of
these pictures, Vicki and I did a site
visit yesterday with Monica. Um, and you
can see some of the debris that's
fallen. You can see some of the dead
trees um, in here. Um, and these are all
hazard trees. It's hard to see, but the
power lines actually run through here as
well. Um, and so you can see the brook
at the bottom here. Um there's still a
pretty um vigorous uh tree buffer that
will be left once these hazard trees are
removed. It is a total of
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
trees um in this vicinity. Um sort of
spread out on both sides of the driveway
from the pictures that you saw. Um and
they all seemed like um reasonable
removals. um with the vegetation that
will be staying in place.
>> That's perfect. Thanks, Adam. Did you
have anything you wanted to add?
>> Uh it's about accurate. It's u large 200
foot or 200 lb limb uh landed right
where I park [laughter]
go. So, I'm a little edgy about the
whole thing,
>> but it it Yeah, it would be appreciated
because most majority of the cutting
there's about five that are on the brook
side. The others are on the other side
of the driveway for the power line.
um
doesn't seem to going to be disruptive
at all and obviously the uh trunks are
the uh roots are going to be left,
>> right? Yep. Thank you for that. Um are
there any questions from the board?
>> Any questions from the public? Any
comments?
Okay. So, I would need a motion to
approve this.
>> Yeah.
>> Second.
>> Okay. Approved. I'm sorry. Motion and
seconded. All in favor?
>> I
>> I Any opposed or abstaining?
>> I'm going toain.
>> You're going to abstain. Okay. All
right. Um so all in favor um and then uh
one abstension.
>> Excellent. Thanks.
>> Then Monica Vicki will um email you a
copy of the um approval sometime this
week. Great.
>> Okay.
>> Thanks very much. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
Um
I think I'm also going to
the next one that reads
>> we're going to do that. Yep. Read.
>> Okay. Um so I will also I don't think
Ashley read Nope. Come in. So this is um
a fairly straightforward volunteer u
voluntary lot merger. Um, and so as you
remember, um, voluntary lot mergers do
not require a public hearing of any
kind. Um, it is simply a form that, um,
we approve and sign administratively.
This is a pretty unique, um, setup
that some of you may be familiar with.
Historically, this is on the back side
of Little Lake Cipe. Um, if you see this
tiny little lot here, um, that measures,
let's see, it's
What is it
like 45 feet by 112 feet? This was a
whole section of town that was
originally laid out. And Clayton, you
probably know the the history here more.
Mine's regurgitation from Pierre over
the years, so jump in if I'm wrong, but
these lots were all created and given um
the deeds with suits that were purchased
in Boston in the early 1900s. Um and so
the vast majority of them have been
purchased up by one um property owner um
and then merged back together and they
then um have one piece all the way up in
the um the back that they left just sort
of ceremonially. Um and then there's the
suit lot that um is part of the read
application tonight and then one other
down on Burnt Hill. But in this
situation, the Reeds, who you can see
lot nine here, have recently bought this
house. They also own um this adjacent
suit lot that is not large enough to
ever be built on when you take into
account setbacks and there's no valuable
reason for them to leave it as a
independent lot of record. Um so they
would simply like to delete the lot line
that they share in common with their
house lot.
>> Thanks, Adam. Uh, are there any
questions from the board on this one?
>> Adam, just
so we know what what standards do we
apply for these mergers?
>> Essentially, the registry just needs
your signature. We really um I don't
think you can actually say no to a
voluntary law merger um unless there
were some
very unique set of circumstances that it
was unsafe or um something or they're
not contiguous if there's something
between them. But
>> yep,
>> thanks Paul. Uh and thanks Adam. Any
questions from the public?
>> Okay. Uh just like last time I would
need a motion and a second. We'd like to
>> All right. And can I get a second?
>> We'll go with Janet maybe on that one.
All in favor?
>> I. Any abstaining? Opposing? Okay. Thank
you. Um and because we always forget to
sign this at the end of the meeting, I'm
going to have you and Paul both sign it
right now.
And then we just need one one additional
member. If you want to pass it to Emily,
she can be the chosen one.
And yeah, Emily, do you mind just
signing on that last open line there?
>> All right, thanks for bearing with us
while we do that paperwork. Uh, all
right. Next up, we're going to talk
about the annexation at 553 Pleasant.
And did you want to talk about this
initially? Okay. I thought you had
intro. All right, Clayton, you want to
come on up? Thanks.
>> Sure. This is the u older property. Um
it totals about 100 acres more or less
with a conservation easement on
um most of it all except five acres that
was subdivided I think three or four
years ago. Um,
this is kind of the culmination of 10
years of planning by the older family to
pass the farmhouse and a little bit of
farmland down to the next generation and
protect the rest of the land so it isn't
a become a big another big subdivision
in London. Um, Osman Sergeant recently
acquired a conservation easement on the
92 acres shown and the 13
acres shown that we're proposing to
annex. And uh I think the idea was that
the the farmhouse should have a little
bit of farmland. There's a field there,
some old barns, um a little bit of
forest land. So it's a the possibility
of actually having an active farm with
the farmhouse
um can happen. And so this we actually
planned this annexation out about three
years ago. It was all pinned and ready
to go. And we're just waiting for the
conservation ement and everything else
to kind of fall into place. and now it
has and um and I think two members of
the OR family are going to retain the
remaining land in the family.
So yeah, so that's kind of it.
>> Do you want to do finding effects real
quick and then we'll I'll ask for
>> sure. I mean if you want to ask for
comment um does anybody have questions
on the from the board?
>> Clayton, I'm sorry. I was trying to get
the map up. Did did you say that the uh
easement that was purchased by husband
sergeant applies
to this land that's being
>> Yes. The
>> the 13 actually end up behind you his is
has a conservation easement on it.
>> Osman Sergeants reviewed it. I think
they're with it. Osman Sergeants
reviewed it. They knew this was going to
happen. So
>> great. I I just didn't know the answer.
Thank you.
>> Yep.
>> Thanks, Paul. Uh questions from the
board. Other questions?
Okay. From the public, comments,
questions.
Okay. Now, do you want to do finding
facts? Thank you.
Uh, so the facts are fairly simple. The
two lots meet the minimum um area for
the zone of 2 acres, and they each meet
the minimum of the 150 foot uh, road
furniture requirement.
Okay, I'm guessing there are no
questions on that. If not, could I get a
motion?
>> Okay, so moved and seconded. All in
favor?
>> I any abstaining or objection? Okay.
Thank you very much. Thanks, Clayton.
>> Uh yeah, we can sign the myar um at the
end. We'll put it up here. Make sure
don't leave without signing it,
everyone.
Clayton, did you drop um checks for the
registry off to Vicki already or
>> what's that?
>> Uh we typically do the mailing once it's
signed so that we know that it um but uh
I can talk to her in the morning and
we'll we'll coordinate.
>> Okay, awesome. Thank you.
All right.
Uh, thanks Clayton. Moving right along
here, we're going to talk, uh, Adam and
Sam are going to talk a little bit about
sidewalk plan
that is in motion,
but it's always fun to get an update.
So, um, for those of you who have
endured, um, a fair number of CIPs, uh,
over the last few years, um, you know
that Sam and I have been honing the
order of operations of these sidewalk
improvements that have been, are we
three years into projects now?
>> Two,
>> two. Um and so with the evolution of how
the CIP is represented in the budgeting
software, um while the overall display
of information in the CIP is much more,
um all-incclusive, it has made it
difficult to see the details behind the
projects and the way that the reports um
generate for you, which we'll talk about
on Friday at the actual CIP meeting. um
you lose a lot of the details that we
have put behind there. And so Sam and I
just started discussing simply for our
own use um how do we sort of keep track
of what project is what year? Um because
even for us to um have it the usability
is not there. And then in the last year
the um the current fiscal year's
sidewalk project was modified. the
section that was under um construction
was modified in December or so. Um and
because the CIP is adopted once a year,
we didn't have a mechanism for recording
and planning that change and how that um
filters out through the successive years
because we can only change the CIP in
the summer and then you adopt it. And so
we started talking about doing a more
comprehensive 10-year sidewalk plan that
really just puts um actual narrative to
each one of the projects that on
Thursday you will see represented in the
the CIP for the next 10 years, but then
also gives Sam and I an actual living
document that we can um edit and modify
as we go along. Um there's no this is
not like an official plan that you have
to have by any state standards. Um, so
while it's not something we're looking
for you to um adopt in a way that um
doesn't allow us to change as we need to
change in the future, we're hoping that
we can have this sort of live as an
advisory document that the planning
board supports. Um, and so that we can
sort of use this as our north star in
sidewalks. Um, and so that's sort of the
plan for why we're here is so that
there's something that lives on the
website that folks can see what is the
plan for sidewalks, where are they going
next? It's not just this number in a
financial spreadsheet that says we're
spending $250,000 next year. Why? What
is it? What is the benefit? What's the
section? You know, what other things
might be included in that? So, that's
why we're here. Um, I think we're
thinking that if we go through the um
sort of high level details that that
might save us some time on Thursday,
too, because I know we have kind of a
lengthy amount of um projects to get
through on Thursday. So, if we can spend
a little bit of time now and you're all
more familiar with sidewalks, we might
not have to go as deep on that Thursday
morning. So, that's our plan. Any
questions before we jump in?
Period.
I haven't had a chance to read this, but
just very briefly is are bicycles and
things like that mentioned, bicycle
traffic mentioned in this plan.
>> This particular plan does not get into
bike lanes at this point. Um, this plan
is is really directly tied with the
sidewalk infrastructure improvements
that we've been planning for. Um and so
at this point um bikes are not a part of
this. If we wanted to at some point
develop a bike plan,
it's probably a much larger planning
process because we really don't have any
bike infrastructure as of right now.
Whereas this is really focusing on how
do we rehabilitate and maintain what we
have and then make some minor additions
in places that they really make sense.
So, I think that's a great next step at
some point. Um, we're not, at least I
don't feel like I'm quite there yet. You
might feel differently, but
>> wholeheartedly agree with you.
>> To Maryanne's question,
uh,
trying to make this simple and move it
forward.
If uh do you believe that what you're
doing that what we're going to see here
uh will adversely is likely to adversely
affect any or would change if you were
doing the bicycle plan at the same time.
I assume the answer is no. That's why I
asked the question.
>> On the whole, I would say no. But um
keep that question in mind as we go
through a couple of things and we can
highlight a couple spots where Sam and I
have um pointed out that there may be
some modifications to things we would
like for specifically for bikes and it's
actually in the first one. So why don't
we just jump right in there if you want
to go on to page two.
>> I want to clarify I want to confirm my
understanding of Paul's questions
question. Are you essentially asking
is there any impediment that will be
established in executing this sidewalk
plan on a potential bicycle plan? Is
that your question, Paul?
>> Yeah. I impeded I don't know. that
I just said through what they have gone
through
um do they foresee that what they're
proposing is going to adversely affect
a bicycle plan if you were doing it at
the same time
>> and and even if it's sequential
>> well I'm I'm asking it at this point
>> yeah well I'm adding to it
>> I think once we get into the projects
we'll answer some of these questions.
Um,
>> yeah, I think David had a question. I
think David had a question before got
started.
>> Just flip your mic on. Thanks, David.
>> Coming down Main Street to Newport Road.
We're coming down Main Street and the
sidewalk is on the right hand side and
the Newport Road is on the left hand
side and we have an intersection there.
>> How are you going to make that sidewalk
go into the intersection and go to the
lefthand side?
more so than it already does.
>> I can't hear you.
>> More so than it already does. Like right
now, you transition through home
>> intersection. And so you're there's a
there's a place there that they're not
going to be on the sidewalk crossing
Little Suny Road into Newport Road.
That's a terrible intersection. So how
are you going to make the sidewalk
available from one side coming down Main
Street to the Newport's road on the left
hand side? What what about the
intersection there? How are you going to
how are you going to put a sidewalk
there?
>> So, maybe we should hold the specifics.
I mean, that's a good point to raise,
David, but do you want to get to that as
you get to that portion of it? Does that
make sense?
>> That'd be great.
>> Is that okay with you? Because they're
going to talk about phases about what
they want to do in certain phases. Okay.
>> And we'll get to that.
>> Well, it's it is it's all to do with
safety.
>> Yep. That makes a lot of sense.
>> Absolutely. That's why the plan has been
developed. So, if we don't have any
other questions, we'll let these guys
jump in and start to walk us through it.
Does that work for folks?
>> Yep. So, um before we even get into the
plan too, I just want to mention that,
you know, like Adam said in the
beginning, this is kind of an evolving
document and it evolved before we even
put um Inc. on paper by the fact that
the paving or the repaving of Main
Street in 209 or 30 or 28 when the state
decides they're going to do it greatly
affected how we are going to approach um
redoing the sidewalks as you're seeing
this year. in the past year. And so with
that, we condensed our plan already to
have the main street corridor sections
of sidewalk completed by 2029 at the
latest. Um so that when the state comes
through to repave Main Street, the
sidewalks are 100%. So not right after
they've paved the road, we're not coming
through and ripping it up and putting
curb in and all those things. So, you
know, like we were saying, it's an
evolving document, but on top of that,
we're condensing it and also trying to
improve it. That's why you're seeing a
10-year plan as well is that we're
trying to foresee what the next steps of
New London are going to be for
pedestrian way and things like that. So,
um, jumping right into our like first
phase of the project, um, for fiscal
year 28 is from Main Street, Cougar
Court to Seaman's Road. Um, and again
kind of emphasizing on what Adam was
saying, it's pretty simple to understand
that most of the time sidewalks is just
curbing and new pavement, but some of
the improvements you're seeing in
general is that we're installing curb
ramps that are 2 ADA compliance along
with widening the sidewalk, which
increases um traveling for the
pedestrians or somebody that is disabled
or needs uh better accessibility along
with on the first map that you see
there's three triangles. Um those are
crossing improvements and those are
areas that we've identified either by
ourselves or with the assistance already
of DOT and started conversation with
them of how we can improve those
crossing areas um in general along with
potential parking improvements um by the
common.
Um, and so David, I a question I know
you are going to ask. I'll try to um
preempt in the the blue triangle on um
the Pleasant Street and Main Street
intersection. And so it's while I think
we would love for the scope of one
year's sidewalk improvement project to
be able to redesign an entire
intersection, we do have to live within
the the realistic confines of what we
have set aside in um each fiscal year
for these projects. But as Sam was
saying, those blue triangles, they
represent the intersections where we
want to focus on a little bit more. Um,
and so Sam and I have been discussing
utilizing some of the funding that um,
the town has that's set aside from your
registration fees that can go towards
transportation to um, get some design
consulting services to see what minor
modifications we might be able to make
at those three to improve the crossings.
Um, and certainly in front of Bar
Harbor, we were hoping that the bank was
moving along on their project a little
bit quicker than it seems like they are,
and they seem to have a willingness to
work with us on um, providing some
financial um, partnership there.
However, as you all know from sitting
through the conceptual a couple weeks
ago, that bank is not their focus at the
moment. So, um, I don't think that
that's, you know, plausible. So, we're
going to see what can we do and what can
we accomplish. This is the one spot that
Sam and I have talked about these
improvements not designed properly could
be a hindrance to bicycle traffic. And
that's why we think it's important to
see if we can get some design
consultation. Um, primarily the idea
that Sam and I have um gone out and
looked at right here in front of the old
alleyoops over to the common. Um, so
sort of directly across from the band
stand. if we were to create um some bulb
outs. And so you're narrowing the
crossing. So essentially the sidewalk
kind of um bulbs out to the edge of the
parking so that the crossing is just
parallel parking to parallel parking. Um
that can create some challenges for
cyclists who are trying to use the sides
of the road. Um, and so that's a
scenario where while we may not have a
townwide bicycle plan at that point, we
want to make sure whatever crossing
improvement we're putting in doesn't
just create a problem for another user.
And that's really the complete streets
philosophy is that everything is
designed for all users regardless of if
you have different abilities or you have
different modes of transportation. So
any design consultant is going to look
at it through that lens. So that's why
we're hoping to to be able to utilize
some outside services there.
>> Adam, [clears throat] Adam,
we've talked a lot about the the
whatever the the the buildout that comes
in in front of the bank. Um, and I think
everybody agrees that that is a not a
well-designed intersection for any
purpose with the parking and sight
lines. Um,
are you have a difficult thing because
you're looking at whether you build the
sidewalk there or you wait and build it.
Where are you on that?
I mean, I I think it's hard to wait for
private land owners because
I it might just not ever come to
fruition. Um and so I think we sort of
move with our
>> plans. that year.
>> Yeah, I think that um ultimately we'll
just move forward with um straightening
the curb line through there so that the
parking in front of um Bar Harbor is
it's not reduced, but you're probably
going to lose one spot ultimately, but
it will narrow the street there, which
should help that intersection in general
with speed going through it, but also
help pedestrian way through there by
having a straighter curb line, wider
sidewalk, and better um crossing visual.
because with straightening the curb
there, when you come to the crossing,
you should be able to see down the road
better. Um, and that's what we're hoping
is going to improve that intersection.
>> And it would potentially allow folks
that are going from Pleasant, whether
they're going across to South Pleasant
or making a turning movement,
everyone kind of has to inch out into
the middle of the intersection now in
order to be able to see and they're sort
of sitting ducks. If the curb actually
came out to a safe,
>> that's what I was talking about.
you have the state involved there. You
can't just move it out there, right?
>> Correct. And that's um another reason
why we would like to seek the um the
help of a design consultant so that when
we have to go to the state with the
plans, we have nicely designed may not I
don't think the state's necessarily
going to require full-on engineered
plans.
>> No, I don't believe so.
>> Uh but at least we would have visuals
that we could show them this is what
we'd like to do to get their buy in. And
just so that we we understand is this
dependent on some agreement with the
bank.
>> No, I mean I think this figure that you
see in here is based on us taking on
100%.
>> No, I mean you legally could do it.
>> Okay. Correct.
>> It's all within our right away or the
state's right away. So we're allowed to.
If anything, you know, we're moving
further away from the private property
and more into the rightway of the state
that we get to access due to the
sidewalks.
>> I think the question there, Paul, would
then become, do we leave the current
northern edge of the sidewalk as close
to the building as it is or do we pull
the whole thing forward, not knowing
what future use is going to come at that
particular spot? I mean, I think the
bank has been pretty open with not
knowing what the future is there. Having
a wide sidewalk there might not be a bad
thing. If you ended up with a cafe that
you wanted to have some sort of a lease
agreement to have a couple of seasonal
tables, that sort of thing, you could
potentially accommodate um something
like that for whatever use may come.
Even if you just want public street
chairs there, or you end up having a
little bit more space um that we could
do something interesting with. You have
to address I'm sorry. You also have to
address where you put the crosswalk on
Pleasant Street
>> because
I don't see very many people that can
respect the crosswalk and actually
navigate through there.
>> Maryann, go ahead.
>> I'm not sure I understood exactly what
we were talking about there. Um,
are we talking about the crosswalk
um near Spring Ledge Farm near the curve
or are we talking where are we talking
>> Pleasant Street and Main Street by the
Street Building
>> which begs the question then about can
we move the crosswalk at the curve and
has that been considered because it's
smacked in the middle of the curve if it
were to be moved either
closer to Spring Ledge Farm or closer to
74 Main Street or
>> we're we're down on the other end,
Marian, at the the library.
>> I'm sorry.
>> The library, Bar Harbor Bank, the KDER
building.
>> Yeah, I'm not there. I I understand
you're talking about that and I'm moving
the conversation to if you're going to
consider changing that, can you also
consider changing that where the current
crosswalk is at the intersection of
Little Suni Road and Newport Road
>> and moving that?
>> Stay with us. Okay. Yes. Stay with us
for future years.
>> We'll get there.
>> Future years.
>> We're going to walk. It's a
>> We're moving down.
>> And I have one other suggestion or
question.
>> Um
>> Yeah. Marian,
>> excuse me. It seems like we're going to
be moving to the next thing. And it
seems to me that we need to have listed
in the project benefits some reference
to the bicycle plan. You know, it's
going to be No,
>> I think the bicycle plan is not
necessarily a short planned thing at
this point.
>> It let me put it this way. Does the
board feel as though some mention some
reference to bicycle either
accessibility or the the fact that it's
going to be part of the benefits
delivered by this in the future? I'm I'm
really interested in having bicycle
appear as a
reminder, shall we say, that it's an
integral part of our
transportation
pedestrian
engagement.
Okay.
Yeah. I think um to kind of touch on
that a little bit, the thing to remember
about this too is it's a sidewalk
preservation and improvement plan. And
so sidewalks and bicycles kind of don't
necessarily go handinand and this is
kind of a guiding light for a financial
document, not for um bicycles and things
like that. So it doesn't like specify
road improvements and things like that
because you might see those things
happen as well. At the same time, when
we get to the portion of the plan where
we talk about um Parkside Road or
Pleasant Street or Seaman's Road, at the
same time um sidewalk work is done, you
might see road reconstruction work being
done at the same time, but we're not
mentioning that in here because it's not
part of the same plan because this is so
specific to sidewalk improvement and
preservation.
>> So, this is really the scope at a micro
level of sidewalks and the pedestrian
experience. I understand
>> not saying we won't undertake other
planning processes at
>> so I'm like one click up in terms of my
recommendation and you want to stay at a
more focused on
sidewalk basis
>> correct yeah please
>> I'm going to be asking questions in
future meetings about bicycles
[laughter]
>> thank you Marian David did you have
something you wanted to add
>> Did you have something you want to say
David
>> did you have something you wanted to say
I know you're going to get there, but I
I feel I just need to say this one
thing. Back in 2021 when we we did the
master plan under transportation, we
still had a discussion back then about
that intersection on Little Sunby Road
and Newport Road. and and I feel that
safety is the number one concern and to
get people to that walk the sidewalks
hit that area have to go through that
intersection and get on Newport Road.
Maybe I'm not supposed to say this, but
I'm going to say it anyway. Wouldn't it
be better if we limited the number of
people driving on Newport Road to make a
left there on Little Sunby Road and that
people on Newport Road just went right
through to Main Street, but they can't
stop and go to Little Sunby Road. That's
where the intersection becomes hazardous
and not safety for the people that are
working.
I I think the difficult part with that,
David, is that it's a state road and we
don't have the jurisdiction to control
that intersection in the means that
you're talking about. Um, you know, the
town doesn't have an urban compact in
that area. So, we really have no control
over that intersection. So, we kind of
have to make do the best we can based on
the safety we can implement with our
sidewalks, with our signage, with our
crossings and things like that. And
that's why we've over the last couple
years been trying in that intersection
area to like try different crosswalk
techniques and you know improving the
sidewalks and improving the visibility
in that area. But we are limited just
because it is state controlled. So it's
difficult for us to handle it in that
situation. The only way that I could see
being able to handle that in a longer
term plan would be to add c uh sidewalk
to the other side of the street. So both
sides of Main Street the full length and
then you could have a crossing before
you get to the Newport road crossing but
that obviously requires a road layout
and design and then a lot of
infrastructure change and a lot of
addition of curb and sidewalk and then
we have to have also the blessing of the
state on that. So it's that's a longterm
goal I think of the town probably would
be to have sidewalk on both sides of
Main Street the full length. But I think
that it's you have to weigh what is the
um how often is it traveled, how many
crossings are there, and then how many
incidents are related to that
intersection. But
>> thank you.
>> Yeah, thanks David. So we're going to
get to some of these other intersections
as we move down. So let's keep keep
track.
>> So fiscal year 29 is the next one on
>> page three.
Um, and so in this you'll see that
there's um a section of the um road that
is illuminated orange and then two blue
um bookends on either end. And um Bob
and we have other paper copies. I'm
sorry it's hard to keep it up on the
screen if you want back to them.
>> There's two here if you want paper
copies.
>> Sorry, I meant to put them over on the
other side.
It's easier to keep the monitors running
when I'm not the one speaking.
>> Um, so thanks.
>> Um, on page two there, um, the blue
represents areas of sidewalk that are
not currently in towned existence. Um,
and so that's an important caveat. and
that the eastern most blue section there
um in front of the just directly across
the street right here in front of the
village green. You might think um
there's a sidewalk there. There is a
sidewalk there. It is a privately owned
section of sidewalk that we do not
maintain. We don't plow it. Um it is it
was put in by the private land owner
many many decades ago. Um and so at some
point it would make sense for us to own
that last what 75 ft maybe
>> maybe yeah maybe 75.
>> Um and actually reach the crossing that
goes from this side to the other side.
So that's that blue section there. And
then on the far end, um this is a
section that runs from um Bonan
architecture down to the corner of
Parkside, which is sort of the um
missing tooth between um Parkside and
the sidewalk on the south side of Main
Street. Um and so David, this really
does illustrate though that um in a
similar fashion to the forced crossings
at Little Centipe Road, we are looking
at how to eliminate those forced
crossings. Um because someone coming on
Parkside right now, even if they're
headed to Blue Lon, they're forced to
cross in order to safely walk just to
cross back to go to Blue Loon. Um and so
ideally, we would be able to round the
corner and connect over these last three
properties. so that we could fulfill
that that section. Obviously, the
parking at Bonan um is unique. Um we may
not end up with a fully curbed sidewalk
the length of their building. It may be
just like when um before uh
uh Pella Windows was um there when it
was Lady Peas and the sidewalk just went
to um surface and they backed over it.
That may be all we get there for a
while, but we're hoping to have
conversations with the building owner
and talk about, you know, how could we
potentially, if you bring the sidewalk
back next to the building and add
parallel parking there, could that um
some of those spaces be sort of traded
there? Obviously, getting rid of people
backing into Main Street out of their
parking spaces would be a um a double
advantage. Um, but it may not be a
perfectly curbed sidewalk from one
intersection to the next, but we're
hoping to sort of improve upon that. And
then obviously the next building has one
driveway curb cut, but is a fairly
substantial um section that could be a
curbed sidewalk.
>> Correct.
>> Um,
anything else on that section or are we
good to move on to year three?
Yeah, let's do it. Thank you.
>> Page four.
>> Yep. So, the third year 2030,
[clears throat and snorts]
>> do you want to
>> Could I just Yeah. ask a quick question?
Um, you've now gone both ends of Main
Street
in the planning for the crosswalk, say,
at the at the uh
gazebo.
>> Will that be part of that project? Yeah,
hopefully that will be part of basically
next summer and you know the following
spring of you know 2028. So
>> yeah, absolutely.
>> And so that's where Sam was saying
before the the idea is to finish Main
Street by the end of fiscal year 29
which could actually end up
being
because you were trying to even if the
state speeds up if their construction
season is the fall, you would try to do
it in the spring.
>> Yeah, correct. Yeah, it's going to be
based on, you know, the state also
changes things whenever they choose
necessary and based on community input.
Um, so this plan could be modified or we
might end up having part of Main Street
paved while we're doing sidewalk
construction. We're hoping not to. The
state's been really uh gracious to work
with us as much as they have been um and
understanding that we need to get this
sidewalk work done as well because it is
within their um rightway. And so it if
we don't bring it to ADA compliant and
they start to pave the road, they have
to do partial implementation and we
don't want anything kind of chopped up.
So we're trying to just keep it all
smooth and clean from one side to the
other.
Um so going on to fiscal year 2030 that
completes um the main street corridor
that we have at this time for planning
with those improvement to crossings and
also the possible extensions that we
talked about or that Adam just talked
about. Um and what you see in 2030 is
that we're planning to do a Newport Road
sidewalk preservation plan. And it won't
be like we've done on Main Street where
it's a total reconstruction. Newport
Road still meets ADA compliance. It's
just starting to age out in the sense
that it needs to be repaved. Um the
state obviously just went through and
repaved Newport Road this year. We did
not have to do any curb work um which is
nice. So, it should increase pedestrian
traveling um along with ADA compliance
because the stamped concrete or uh
pavement that's there now is not
necessarily ADA compliant as it is
because of the fact that as it's aged
the um cement has or excuse me, the
asphalt has uh shrunk and it's made it
so it's very like porous and bumpy. Um
and so what we're trying to do is remove
that and then just repave without having
to replace um curbing and all that. So
um and so part of the we don't have a
lot of latitude to switch which fiscal
years any of these projects fall in
because of the the planning that's gone
into it. But one example of why this
project comes directly after the last
two is that we recognize that by
condensing the um the main street
sidewalk plan. The next two years are
relatively expensive. Um you know
they're well over $200,000. And so by
having this be the project that follows
that third year, it's a cheaper project.
It's only about $100,000. So, we've put
that um that thought into the planning
as far as um how do we make this most
palatable to the capital reserve long
time long term. Um
um so then if you look at page five and
fiscal year 31
um this looks starts to look to some of
the side streets um and the um the
existing infrastructure there and
similarly to um what Sam was just
talking about on Newport Road. It's a
lot of preservation and um
rehabilitation of existing
infrastructure. Um you will notice the
one um blue triangle there that is at
the Kder Cleveland Kluff um trail
crossing. Um we've discussed that it
would be nice to have something a little
bit more formal for trail users to be
able to safely cross the street there.
Um Sam even pitched the the idea of
maybe we could um squeeze out
potentially a couple of parallel parking
spaces. That is all very planning level
stages. don't take that check to the
bank. Um but those are the the types of
things that would be um nice to be able
to accomplish along with that so that
folks have good pedestrian access not
only to um use the sidewalks as a means
of transportation but as recreation
>> Adam
um with regard to Seaman's Road are you
talking about extending the sidewalk
farther than it is? No.
>> No. No, not this time. The drawing that
we have ended up getting a little
overrun, so that might be what you're
looking at, but it would just continue
to stop at the um the cottage lane
intersection there. Yeah.
>> So, you wouldn't be Okay.
>> Yeah. Thank you.
>> Uh Adam,
>> although I do think as devoted as Emily
is to walking, she should have a
sidewalk all the way to her [laughter]
house.
>> they
there's been things in
online and stuff about the crossing at
uh
>> I don't know what the name of the road
is, but on Pleasant Street there,
>> Birch Acres and Job Sean Acres.
>> It I use it all the time. It's
dangerous. And you know, there's a nice
sidewalk all the way up there and then
it's no man's land and there's a lot of
kids on those streets.
>> Yeah. So, actually, I'm happy to talk
about that as well because it's not in
this plan because it's currently
happening as you'll see some pedestrian
and crossing improvements there in the
next couple weeks. Um, last week our
crews went out and cleared some brush
and removed some trees that were
blocking line of sights. Uh today the
crews were actually out and they painted
the crosswalk and it's been painted
yellow instead of white. Kind of what we
talked about last year. So it will
improve visibility for travelers on the
road. Um along with we're adding two uh
illuminated crossing signs as well along
with in street um crossing warnings. So
in the next two weeks you'll see the
signage um and those go in. And then in
the fall we're looking to replace the
covert at the end of um Birch Acres. And
what you'll see there is that where the
crosswalk um crosses from the sidewalk
over to the Birch Acres side, it kind of
just lands in a ditch and that's
obviously not very safe for pedestrians.
So, what you'll see is we're going to
actually realign that cross uh the
culvert and allow it there to actually
be a pedestrian landing on that side and
kind of a partial sidewalk to get you
into Birch Acres. So, as a pedestrian,
you're getting off and out of the
intersection quicker and safer. So, um
that's not in the plan just because it's
happening right now. So,
>> well, I think that's great and I I it
wouldn't hurt to get a little bit more
um publicity about that.
>> Yeah. Um
>> I mean, everybody will see it, but
>> it does tie into these what you're doing
here.
>> Yep. Absolutely. Article on municipal
matters or something.
>> All right. Six.
>> Yep. So, 2032 fiscal year. Um
those of you who have been on the board
long enough remember that um the
extension of Parkside Sidewalk was part
of the deal with the continuum
developers. Um obviously that project is
um not going anywhere. Um and so we will
not be able to um rely on the private um
investment in the sidewalk. Um, so that
is the other than the preservation of
the existing Parkside sidewalk, that is
a a primary goal for this is to extend
the sidewalk all the way to Lion Brook
so that um in the development that is
relatively concentrated number of people
that live there, they would have um the
ability to get on the sidewalk if they
want to go over to the um the outing
club or to the Nightell nature. um they
would have that um pedestrian access
that um connects the recreational
opportunities with pedestrian from motor
transportation.
>> And the nice part about projects like
this is in this area um the roadway is
pretty wide. We actually have a deed to
that road and the project itself is
relatively simple based on the fact that
there's not a lot of driveway accesses
and things like that. So you get
basically a really nice long extension
of your sidewalks for a really good bang
for your buck. So, which is always
excellent.
>> All right.
Page seven,
>> just the bottom. Oh, yeah. Okay. Um,
yeah. So, in 2033, at the bottom of page
six, you'll see that we just do um
networkwide sidewalk maintenance. The
reason we kind of dropped that in there
is that the sections of Main Street that
we have already worked on are going to
start needing maintenance already. We're
already doing maintenance on the um
section of sidewalk that we installed
last year. And so we want to just make
sure that we're continuing to preserve
what we have, what we've installed, and
maintaining it so that, you know, we're
not doing these major reconstruction
projects every 10 years because we're
letting things, you know, go too far and
fall apart or become out of compliance.
That's the other thing with um ADA is
that every year there's a board that
reviews ADA requirements and they're
updating that. And so we technically
don't have to change those until
something in that area forces us to
change it. But I don't think that that's
the mindset the town should have. It
should be as things um improve, we
should try to chase after that with ADA.
So if something were to change, it would
be covered under that like 2033 network
sidewalk maintenance plan would be to
try to upgrade things that need to be
upgraded and uh maintain the things that
we already have. So,
>> this would also allow for um a little
bit of focus on some of the Elen
sidewalks. I think they're often the
forgotten sidewalks. Um and so they are
they're really the newest full like
redo. Um but they'll be needing some
maintenance, too. So, they'll be getting
some attention.
>> Yep. Um on page seven, you'll see where
we kind of go to network uh Newport Road
uh corridor engineering. And you see
that in two areas because it talks about
the engineering and then the expansion
and the phases of the expansion. Um
obviously this is something that AM and
I have come up with ourselves. This is
not the directive of the selectman or
something like that. So this could
change but this is where we see a need
for um additional sidewalks on both
sides of the street to improve
infrastructure and crossings. It's one
of the areas where we get the largest
amount of feedbacks from um users of the
businesses, but also the businesses
themselves talking about how they'd
really like to see crosswalks on Newport
Road, but at the current state we're in,
we can't just put a crosswalk in that
lands nowhere. It needs to land on
infrastructure. Um and so what you'll
see over the next like two pages is that
we're talking about adding um sidewalk
on both sides of Newport Road. Then
you'll see the implement implementation
of that cost um of the engineering and
then the actual expansion of that.
>> So and David, this is where um
where your point of the sidewalk at
Little Sunipe um is addressed. And so
while we may not have the um the ability
within this 10-year plan to add a
sidewalk to the south side of Main
Street for the full distance all the way
to Homeman's Corner, we are looking at
the potential of adding that on the
north side. So that maybe that does cut
the crossings in half simply by somebody
may already be on the north side. They
would still have to cross Little Suny
Road because we're always going to have
side streets that come off, but they
wouldn't have to do the funny cross
Newport Road and then cross Little Sun
Cipe Road if we were able to um to pull
that off. Um and then another key part
of this um is the um the Robert Bowers
extension to Fenwood um that we would
like to extend from the um the end of
the existing sidewalk actually going to
the bog if possible. Um, as you're all
aware, on a Saturday, the BOG parking
lot is at capacity. If we had a
pedestrian um, connection, people could
park elsewhere, whether they use public
parking, um, if they're going to
Hanfords and then they want to walk down
and go to the bog or the hospital or the
gallery or all of these other places. If
they had a pedestrian access, presumably
if you're going to the bog to go for a
walk, you're okay with walking a little
bit further. um if we could sort of help
facilitate that without um the
conservation commission or the town
having to um expand a sidewalk or a um
parking lot rather um in a
environmentally sensitive area um as it
is
and and we recognize that the
implementation of that is not an
insignificant sum and it's we don't know
exactly what that sum would be. um you
know Sam put pen to paper as far as
making some estimates but the
engineering um is going to provide us a
lot more information there.
>> Yeah. And the difficult part with that
too is that again we're talking about
state roads that we don't really have
control over. So they have a lot of
infrastructure in those roads that we
don't necessarily want to take on the
cost of or the ownership of. But on the
other hand we want sidewalks installed.
So it does become this kind of give and
take and it becomes a little bit
difficult when we get into the
nitty-gritty of what the cost is. but
then also the planning of it in general.
Um, I do think that like Adam was
saying, the extension of Newport Road,
but then the addition on the side with
Bar Harbor and 74 Main and the lamp
lighter and the co-op and all that, I
think that that would really be um a
benefit to the town and then the users
of the sidewalk and such. So,
>> can I can I I mean, I think I think this
is a great
road map start, walk map, whatever. Um,
but
I think I would agree with David that
we at least have to give some thought
to uh the Newport Road main street
within this 10 years. Like I I think I
think we you know we we need to see if
there aren't
some simple things that'll make it
safer and if that you just you know
spitballing if that means that Newport
Road comes down that sidewalk comes down
and goes a couple hundred feet
down Main Street
and there's a crossing there. I mean,
and that at least that would, I think,
encourage people to be safer than trying
to take on that inter intersection. I
think the intersection's bad enough for
cars. It you put people in it and it's
it's scary.
>> There's I I don't know what the solution
is and I don't I don't think you can,
you know, there's a lot of issues, but
we should be able to make that safer
somehow.
>> Yeah. Adam and I have talked about um
the like pedestrian controlled rapid
flash beacons there and if we could
convince the state to allow us to put
them there that could help just as far
as you know similar to what's at Hilltop
and Hannerfords where you push a button
and it starts a rapid flash beacon and
then allows you to cross safer because
the motor vehicles can actually see
that. Um that might be an option. The
other thing that the state has kind of
made us more aware of too is um
intersection lighting in general. just
having better illuminated uh crosswalks,
especially for the early morning walkers
and the evening walkers. Um so it's
definitely on our mind. It's not
something that we've put like ink to
paper on yet. Um but the feedback to
hear those things is good because we'll
work on that as well as when as we
refine this document and modify it over
time and that's the beauty of this. So
and I think Paul, one place we could put
that is in um fiscal year 34 in the
Newport Road engineering. Um, instead of
just saying the roundabout to H
Homeman's Corner, we could say the
roundabout including Holman's Corner and
and expand the scope of it a little bit
to go whether we we can look at the maps
and come up with a measurement, but 200
feet or you know, whatever it may be
around the corner. Um and then it could
be that um whether phase one and two can
accommodate whatever potential solutions
may come out of that engineering um or
year 10. Right now we put year 10 in
here sort of as a a placeholder. Um you
know 9-year sidewalk plan doesn't have
quite the same ring as a 10-year plan.
Um and so we put year 10 in as a
placeholder, but maybe year 10 really
next year becomes the um phase three
implementation for the main street end.
Um and as Sam was saying, that's the
best part about having this additional
document is we can continue having those
planning conversations at a time that's
not July, August, September with the
CIP. We're under the gun to get this
adopted and approved.
>> Every time I walk Hullman's Corner and
stand there, I keep thinking, is there a
way we could widen that island a little
bit in the middle to make that a safer
place to go?
Because you can't you can't put a
crosswalk between Spring Ledge and
Homeman's Corner because then if you go
across the street, there's no place to
put a sidewalk right where that
Bonafiglio building is. But if you got
people in at the end of the sidewalk
into the island and then came across to
take to meet the sidewalk, would that
make any sense? Is that something we
could do?
>> I think that that's it. It's potentially
yes. Um I think the hardest part is just
again I I sound like a I feel like a
broken record saying that you know it's
a state controlled intersection and it
does make it difficult but I don't think
that it's out of the realm of
possibility. um it the area like the
refuge area in the center of that island
and that's I think where you're kind of
pointing to where the gardens are and
stuff. I know that there was some issues
with that when they installed it in
general that the state was kind of like
didn't want it. Um but I don't think you
know as district engineers change and
things like that and we modernize and
ADA um becomes better that I think it's
something we can revisit and have those
conversations with especially like Adam
was saying when we get into the Newport
road corridor engineering um I think
that that's where we might see the
refinement of those things where you
know an engineer we only have so many
ideas and so many options that we can
come up with but you know exactly and
you know they may be able to design it
better along with what Adam was talking
about where if we had if we can add
sidewalk to both sides of Newport Road
and it comes all the way down to the to
the little Sunipe, that's where we might
get to redesign that entire island and
maybe it becomes like a two-way crossing
island. And so it just would naturally
have to become larger, but it becomes an
area where you're more visible and more
protected. So I think that there is the
potential of that just by nature. And I
think one spot, you know, so if we add
in the engineering on this section in
here, one potential scenario that could
exist is that they actually redesign the
intersection so that it works more like
a tea and the island is not there at
all. And so it sort of forces traffic to
come around the corner and then make a
harder right-hand turn. And I think
while we don't have as much control over
that, I think Sam's right, the state
does not love islands in those
situations. And so they may be more
agreeable to taking them out. They're
difficult for maintenance.
>> For plowing is the issue.
>> I think it's plowing and pedestrian
safety. And I think you end up with a
potentially higher um speed uh
collisions when someone can essentially
keep going straight versus when they
have to touch the brakes in order to
safely turn right. Even if they end up
hitting someone or something, they're at
a slower speed. Um and so I think there
are potentially small modifications that
could be made. And even just looking at
the um you know the tip down that we
have here that presumably is a similar
width to what's there.
if this lane didn't have to be here as
sort of a whole another lane, we may be
able to shift the the road layout a
little bit to sneak out the what two
feet that we would need to hug that
corner. Um and so I think that's a
worthwhile um modification to change the
description so that in year 2032
three four um that that is looked at um
comprehensively.
>> Thanks. Can we hear Ashley? You want to
say something? I just want to ask a very
uh clarifying question. I believe I am
correct. Not only is Newport Road a
state road, Newport main Newport Road
Main Street, but Little Sun Cipe is also
a state road.
>> Little Sun Cipe and Main Street are
technically the same road state side
because it's all 114.
>> So I think that's important as we're
thinking about things that this isn't
necessarily a towned road
meeting a state road. That entire
intersection is all state.
Yeah,
>> great point, Ashley.
>> David.
>> Yeah, David, you had a question.
>> One more statement.
>> Yeah, please.
>> There's a solution here, Sam.
Put a bridge [laughter]
from Main Street over to Newport Road.
The cars can continue to go and the
pedestrians can walk over the bridge and
be safe.
>> Are you opposed to Vegas?
>> Because I like tunnels, too. But okay.
>> [laughter]
>> li blimps are also effective,
>> right?
>> Thanks, Stephen.
>> Yeah, [laughter] Montreal. Nice. Uh, did
Yeah, Marian,
>> I appreciate this, you know, being
having a chance to review this. It
really appears as though you've put a
lot of thought into it and um you know
trying to catch all the marbles at the
same time while they're flying around um
is very challenging.
>> Yeah, it's been a fun project for both
Adam and I. It's kind of been nice to
work with him as a team on this,
especially he's good at kind of
implementing it on paper and um you
know, we're gonna I'm kind of
brainstorming prices and numbers and
things like that while he's taking notes
and then fielding questions from the
public and things. So I think we make a
pretty good team on that and you know we
have a lot of as you said marbles kind
of coming at us in from different people
and different ideas and it's kind of
like you know the sign of a good
negotiation is everyone being mildly
unhappy but we're trying to really make
as many people happy as we can here
because it is you know such a it's near
and dear to a lot of people's heart but
it's also there's some frustration there
over the last many years of where
sidewalk infrastructure wasn't really
changing and we weren't seeing a lot
happen there. So um we're doing the best
we can but we're happy to be doing it.
Amazing.
Thanks. Um, any other questions from the
board? Comments.
Again, this is going to be a living
document, so I think it'll be nice to
watch it evolve. Yeah. You know, over uh
over time. So, um, yeah, appreciate your
efforts on this. Do we have questions
from the public? Yeah, come on up.
>> Only if you're nice to us, Bob. Just
Bob, just make sure the [laughter] right
just make sure the lights on.
>> I thought he was going to
>> um as perhaps one of the marbles you
just referred to. I really appreciate
what you've done. This is a
comprehensive deep schematic look and I
understand exactly we're going and I
appreciate it because that's what we've
I've always felt we needed done. It may
take more than the 10 years you got out,
but you got a plan that you can modify
as you go along. Perfect. I will take
the chance to throw out a couple of
ideas.
The Newport road thing, you may remember
that uh 103A
butts up on County Road and years ago
the state was willing to put in stop
signs on a state road. they might be
willing to consider a stop sign in both
directions on Maine and Newport. Doesn't
cost a lot of money. Really makes it a
lot safer probably. Uh I would hope you
are considering I didn't quite see it,
but I think you were talking about
extending the Newport road sidewalk on
the south side um down toward the barn.
And I know there's a little width
problem there, but if you look at the
map, it looks like you got 5T that
touches the post for the house, but you
can probably do that. But overall, uh,
thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Wonderful. Other than the brick sidewalk
at the town green, which I will
>> Maybe you'll see something. You're
making me get at that a year earlier
than I thought. So,
>> yeah. Try to beat you to the punch.
>> Thank Thank you. Yeah. Thanks,
>> Bob. While you're at the podium, I'm
going to show you the the design.
>> Don't walk away, Adams. I'm going to
show you.
>> I'm sorry. Were you sorry?
>> I'm going to show you the design scheme
that um
>> Oh,
>> that we both like
that.
Come on.
>> A little faster.
>> I know. Seriously, the So, Stow Vermont
has recently redone a lot of their um
crossings and um I went to the planning
conference there last year um when they
were brand new. Um and this is a maybe a
compromise situation where you get some
of the um the brick aesthetic in spots,
but then the main sidewalk is actually
and I know you probably really love the
concrete. I don't know if we would if we
would get the concrete. Um but the idea
being that while no one material may be
perfect in every setting that there may
be an opportunity um especially in like
oops sorry let me zoom out a little bit
in the bulboutouts like this if we were
able to accomplish a similar bulbout in
front of alioops over to the band stand
we might be able to incorporate some of
those materials that um give it a
dressed up look that's not simply the
asphalt
>> if if you were able to come up with
something that was more aesthetically
pleasing, drawing people to town, making
it more comfortable and feeling better
for people in town. I mean, that my
brick sidewalk idea is a, you know, fine
now that you asked me back, you idiot.
The yellow crosswalk that you talked
about, I believe in Elkins. There's one.
>> Yep. We have multiple in Elkins. Yep. I
believe in I was in either handover or
Lebanon.
Can't remember where it was. Hanover. I
was in Hanover. No, I was in Lebanon.
>> Sorry.
>> Lebanon has painted all
>> Lebanon has orange.
>> Yep. They're part They were able to do
that in even on state roads because
they're an urban compact. So, they've
taken on the responsibility of the state
road. We did try to twist the state's
arm to let us try it at least and they
>> could you just do it and then when they
call you say we went to the hardware
store and we asked for white. [laughter]
You can ask the city of Franklin how
that went. They tried that. Didn't go
well.
>> Thank you again. Thank you so much.
>> Yeah, absolutely.
>> The sidewalks just for this year by
spring where it's wide.
>> Oh, sure.
>> And maybe we can just show.
>> All right. One quick addition here. Is
that what I'm hearing? And then
>> Well, I'm pulling it up. You can
>> Yeah. Um, so something to Bob's point,
but then also just in general interest
of like the sidewalks and intr improving
how they look and travel and just being
more enjoyable in general. Um the area
that we're doing right now in front of
Spring Ledge is like exceptionally wide
and we've purposely left it very wide.
It used to be, you know, you had a 48
inch sidewalk, then you had this dirt
path that was kind of in between the
curb and the pavement. We've chosen to
pave all of that. So you're going to
have like a 7 foot plus wide sidewalk
there. But obviously we don't want just
a sea of black asphalt. And so we've
talked with Greg, the owner of Spring
Ledge, about if we were to purchase some
planters and put them on the curb's
edge, would he then plant in them and
then maintain them so it' increase the
like, you know, just the beauty of it,
but also as a pedestrian walking on the
sidewalks, you wouldn't be walking right
on the edge of the curb and you would
kind of have this planter as a buffer.
That's also an idea that we're talking
about maybe implementing here in front
of like the common and things where you
already have a pretty wide sidewalk. If
we make it slightly wider, we could
install seasonal planters and then
plantings and things like that. it would
kind of act as like a guardrail, a
buffer, but also just make the main
street corridor a lot more like visually
appealing. So,
>> and we're trying to look for vendors
that sell a line of um basically street
equipment that are all um tied in. So
whether it's new benches or trash cans
or recycling or planters that they from
one end to the other have the same
aesthetic.
That's great stuff. Um, thank you guys.
Any other comments or questions from
anybody? Really appreciate all the hard
work on this. It's fun to to look at
this in more detail. Excited to see how
you guys evolve this over the years,
too.
>> And so, I guess the question would be,
are you guys um you know, we will
certainly make the um the two edits that
I had were the um making sure the
inclusion of Homeman's Corner and then
the one picture where the line vector
got extended down to Emily's house.
Coincidentally, um [laughter]
if we make those two edits, are you um
we can certainly bring back a a um
edited plan, if you want to take a
ceremonial vote of support, or if you're
comfortable doing it now, conditional
upon those two edits, you're welcome.
>> I don't think there's any reason to make
you guys come back. Okay. Um I something
>> I don't have to come to
>> I've seen this, but uh yeah, exactly.
Adam,
>> you guys would people like to do a a
vote of support for this plan?
>> Absolutely.
>> Yeah, I figured as much. Um, okay. Well,
let's let's do that. Could I get a
motion then if assuming folks are in
support?
>> Have the uh planning board
um register its approval of
the 10-year sidewalk preservation
improvement plan.
>> And who had a second? I'm sorry,
Emily. Thanks. Okay. Uh, all in favor?
>> I opposed abstaining. Okay. Thanks
everybody. Appreciate it. Thanks for all
the hard work on this, guys.
>> Um, okay.
>> That's the last of the agenda items. Um,
you all know that we have a longer
morning on Thursdays, so we'll start
here at 8:00. Um the [laughter] the
sidewalks are a big portion of that. So
we've made it through a big portion. So
you'll get to focus on all of Sam's
other fun equipment um instead. Um
so that is here. And then just be aware
that on September 8th, our meeting
coincides with the um primaries. So um
that meeting will be at the professional
development center. So keep that in
mind.
>> So everybody hear that? September 8th
SAU. And if you think you can't be there
for September 8th, um if you have any
election responsibilities, if you could
just shoot me an email so I can keep
>> Yep. Okay.
>> Okay. Well, thank you. We now we just
need a motion to adjurnn.
>> All in favor? I. Thanks everybody.