W3NA I-91 Subcommittee Minutes June 26, 2009

MINUTES OF THE WARD THREE ASSOCIATION’S I-91 SUBCOMMITTEE

The Ward three neighborhood association’s I-91 subcommittee met on Friday June26, 2009. The meeting started at 8 am at Bruegger’s .

Present were Frank Werbinski, Bob Reckman, Christine Cahillance, Marianne McKim, Joanne Mackiewicz, Barbara Morgan, and Jim Nash.

First item on the agenda was an update from Bob regarding upcoming meetings with Mass Highway and the City Advisory Committee. He stated that a meeting is planned for the month of July and the purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the Exit 19 project’s Web site. He also stated that Mass Highway is planning a public meeting in September.Christine and Bob agreed to notify the committee as soon as they get word of the date, time, and place of the July meeting.

Bob was not sure if the July meeting would be open to public comment. However, he believes that the public could attend. He also said that a contract has been signed between Mass Highway and Trans System engineering. The committee also discussed how we would inform the neighborhood as to when and where these meetings would take place. One suggestion was a couple of signs on Bridge Street. Frank and Christie agreed to use there property for this purpose.

Next item was the Damon Road project. Bob reported that it is close to being 25% design complete. When it is at 25%, then a public hearing will be held to review the project. He stated that it will take at least a year before any construction could begin.

Marianne reported on the progress of the Traffic safety committee which overlaps this I-91 committee. Her report included a discussion around new ideas for Traffic Safety. She will be sending out notes of our discussion on separate minutes in conjunction with the I-91 minutes.

Jim Nash reported that he is on the City Zoning Committee and they are looking at the King Street area close to the Damon Road intersection. This information will be valuable as we look at the traffic engineering study for the I-91 project.

The next meeting is scheduled for Friday July 24th, 8 am at Bruegger’s. However, if the Mass Highway meeting takes place after July 24th, then this committee will meet on Friday July 31st. Frank will send out reminders for the next meeting.