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Minutes for the Master Street Plan Committee meeting on October 23, 2014
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Members present: Jim Abel, Mike Cameron, Marvin Day, Ann Garner, Eugene Holloway, Ben Owens (chair), Bill Smith and Garry Tate
Members absent: Josh Brown, Robin Nix, Sr., Paul Hoelscher and John Street
Mr. Day motioned, seconded by Mr. Smith, to approve the minutes from the September 25, 2014, meeting. All voted aye.
Chairman Owens noted at the last meeting they formed a bicycle plan subcommittee. He asked if there was an update concerning the subcommittee. Mr. Smith explained they have not met yet, but MPO Director Patrick Dennis had indicated he wanted to make some changes in the MPO Plan and then get the changes to them before they met for the bicycle plan. He further explained they did not want to work off a plan that was going to be revised by the MPO, so they are going to wait for the information before they meet.
Chairman Owens informed the committee that Mayor Perrin has asked for a report from the committee before Christmas, but he thinks they will be able to meet the deadline without a problem.
City Engineer Craig Light discussed a north-south route selection. He explained the current Master Street Plan shows the north-south route as Rains Street to Kitchen Street around East School, then using Kitchen to Bridge Street and stopping at Bridge and Johnson Avenue. There has been some discussion about Patrick Street being the north-south corridor. He questioned what the committee would like the corridor to look like. The proposed Master Street Plan suggests using Patrick Street with a new overpass on Patrick Street to go over the railroad tracks. He explained it makes sense to use Patrick Street as a main road because it is already used that way. He further explained there was discussion about tying Patrick Street into Harrisburg Road, but since this map will only have a 25-year timeframe he doesn’t recommend putting that on this version of the map unless the committee ...
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