Dear Neighbors,
After many years of planning and an intensive public process that involved both immediate stakeholders, adjoining neighborhoods and the Ward through our NPA, the long-awaited Cliff Street sidewalk construction begins on Monday. As Laura Wheelock of DPW noted in her FPF post yesterday, the project will begin with work on the lower part of the site area. This project is an exciting one for many; so you can follow its progress, i will be posting frequent (but hopefully not too frequent) updates on the project.
Regarding the resident only parking issue, please note that DPW staff has been working over the past few months to gather all the input residents have given combined with the strategies in the study and best practices. Thank you to all who have offered their insight and feedback. Between now and the end of June, DPW will formalize their strategies for consideration into a draft document to the DPW Commission. This draft will be posted online. I'll send you the link when I have it, probably around the end of next week.
Please note: The next DPW Commission meeting is July 15 at 6:30pm in the DPW Conference Room at the entrance to their building at 645 Pine Street. The Commission's July agenda will include a discussion of the resident only parking study. An agenda of the meeting is posted online no less than a week before the meeting. Here is the link to their page when the agenda is posted: http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/DPW/Commission/Agendas
I would like to mention one point relating to the resident only parking study. It has been relayed to me that there is discussion that some residents on resident-only parking streets are entering into arrangements with the City whereby residents are agreeing to pay the City not to have non-residents park on the streets they live on. I can assure you that there are no such agreements are being made or such agreements will not be entertained. Discussions like this are not in our community's best interest and, while surely not anyone's intent, these discussions are hurtful to some who have had their names mentioned in this regard.
I spoke with Chapin Spencer, DPW Director, and can assure you that the draft will be just that and there will be time and opportunity for discussion and input from the community to the Commission. If you would like to offer input and cannot be at the meeting in July, please do not be concerned that your voice will not be heard. You can email me your thoughts and I will pass them along, anonymously if you wish, to the Commission and DPW staff. Or you can email the members of the Commission directly. All their email addresses and phone numbers are listed here: http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/DPW/Commissioners
The next Council meeting is June 29. I’ll have a preview posted late next week. In the meantime, I hope you all enjoy the glorious Saturday weather and a happy Father’s Day to every father in our community and beyond.
My best,
Karen
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