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A
Good
evening
we're
now
recording
the
meeting
and
the
meeting
is
also
being
recorded
by
cats.
So
that
way
we
have
a
public
record
of
attendance
purpose
for
tonight's
meeting
is
to
hear
from
you,
members
of
the
general
public
about
the
fiscal
year,
2024
2028
Transportation
Improvement
program.
Please
note
that
this
is
a
draft
document.
A
The
transportation
Improvement
program
outlines
the
capital
needs
for
Bloomington
Transit,
rural
Transit,
Monroe
County
and
the
city
of
Bloomington
from
federal
fiscal
year
2024
through
2028.
The
federal
fiscal
year
begins
on
July.
1St
of
2023
is
the
beginning
of
fiscal
year
2024
and
then
that
goes
until
June
30th
of
2028.
A
A
We
have
a
formal
presentation
in
terms
of
the
slides
that
we'll
present
tonight
we'll
go
through
that
and
first
I
want
to
introduce
myself
I'm
Pat
Martin
staff
of
the
Metropolitan
planning
organization
and
then
to
my
right
is
Rachel
Sargent
who's.
Also
with
the
Metropolitan
planning
organization.
We
have
business
cards
available
here.
A
We
have
emails,
we'll
be
meeting
with
everybody
one-on-one
after
this
formal
presentation,
and
we
are
here
until
eight
o'clock
tonight,
so
ask
all
the
questions
you
wish
to
ask
and
we'll
be
here
until
then
we'll
we'll
even
stay
until
after
eight
o'clock,
if
you
so
wish,
but
we'll
have
to
go
out
to
dinner.
First,
okay,
with
that
I'll
let
Rachel
take
over
with
the
presentation
that
we
have
tonight.
B
First,
I
want
to
ask
that
everyone
sign
in
to
the
people
joining
virtually.
Please
put
your
name
in
the
chat
and
we
can
get
started.
Also,
if
you
can't
hear
me
online,
please
let
us
know
so
what
is
an
mpo
we're
a
transportation
policy
making
and
planning
body
with
representatives
of
local
state
and
federal
government,
Transportation
authorities,
multi-disciplinary
experts
and
citizens?
Mpos
are
required
in
urbanized
areas
of
50
000
or
more.
They
ensure
Federal
investment
spending
on
Transportation
activities
that
occurs
through
a
comprehensive,
cooperative
and
continuing
3C
process.
B
What
does
an
mpo
do?
Transportation
investment
means
allocating
scarce
transportation.
Funding
resources
appropriately
planning
must
reflect
the
Region's
shared
vision
for
its
future.
We,
it
requires
a
comprehensive
examination
of
the
Region's
future
and
investment
alternatives
and
mpos
facilitate
collaboration
of
governments,
interested
parties
and
residents.
We
also
establish
a
fair
and
impartial
setting.
We
evaluate
Transportation
operational
and
capital
investment
Alternatives.
We
maintain
a
long-range
Transportation
plan.
We
develop
a
transportation
Improvement
program,
which
is
what
we
will
be
talking
about
tonight.
B
B
The
Bloomington
Monroe
County
mpo
has
four
local
planning
agencies.
This
is
Monroe
County,
the
city
of
Bloomington,
Bloomington,
Transit
and
Rural.
Transit
here
is
the
outline
of
the
BMC
and
po
planning
area.
So
you
can
see
in
green
the
entire
planning
area
in
the
red
orange
color.
That's
the
urban
area
boundary
which
incorporates
Ellisville
and
the
Incorporated
area.
You
can
see
Ellisville
and
Bloomington.
There.
B
This
is
the
schedule
for
the
tip,
so
in
January
we
called
for
projects
the
we
requested,
the
application
deadline
in
the
middle
of
February,
the
technical
advisory
committee,
the
TAC
and
the
citizens
advisory
committee,
CAC
project
request,
project
reviews
and
fiscal
constraint.
Issues
were
talked
about
in
late
February,
the
policy
committee,
the
PC
reviewed
project,
request,
project
reviews
and
fiscal
constraint,
issues
in
on
March
10th,
the
TAC
and
CAC
Federal
program.
Category
allocations,
LPA
applications
received
and
fiscally
constrained
programs
were
reviewed
in
late
April.
B
The
policy
committee
reviewed
the
federal
program,
category
allocations,
LPA
applications
received
and
fiscally
constrained
programs
on
May
12th.
The
legal
advertisements
went
out
on
May
12th
and
May
14th.
The
30-day
public
comment
period
began
on
May
12th.
As
Pat
mentions,
we
submitted
the
draft
tip
submission
to
indot
on
May
15th.
B
B
B
B
We
require
the
contract,
letting
dates
and
also
ndot
designation
numbers.
Construction
engineering
phase
costs
are
required
highway
safety.
Improvement
programs
must
prioritize
low-cost
systemic
funding
projects.
Transportation
Alternatives
require
an
additional
application
and
we
also
require
a
public
comment
period
in
a
public
meeting
for
fiscal
years.
2024
through
2028,
the
tip
requires
a
project
request
form
including
Transit.
The
hsip
application
is
low-cost.
B
For
Monroe
County,
the
Old
State
Road,
37,
South
and
Dillman
Road
applied
for
funding
in
years,
2026,
2027
and
2028.
The
Vernal
Pike
connector
project
requested
funding
in
2024
the
full
rollerton
Pike
phase.
Three
roadway
and
Bridge
requested
funding
for
2024
the
Liberty
Drive
connection
to
karst
Trail
requested
funding
in
2024
the
2022-2026
bridge
safety
inspection
and
inventory
project
requested
funding
for
your
fiscal
years.
2024
through
2028,
the
Rockport
Road
Bridge
number
308
replacement
project
requested
funding
in
year,
2024.
B
The
Pedestrian
Trail
Crossing
improvements
requested
funding
in
year,
2024
Dillman
Road,
Bridge,
83
replacement
project
requested
funding
in
year
of
2024.,
the
eagleson
avenue
bridge
over
the
Indiana
railroad
requested
funding
in
fiscal
years,
2024,
2025
and
2026.,
and
now
moving
on
to
the
city
of
Bloomington
projects,
the
High
Street
intersection,
modernization
and
multi-use
path,
project
requested
funding
in
2024
and
2026
the
covenancer
protected
bike
lanes
and
intersection.
Improvement
projects
requested
funding
in
years,
2024,
2025
and
2027..
B
B
the
B-Line
Trail
connection
requested
funding
in
2024
North
Dunn,
Street
multi-use,
Path,
requested
funding
in
2024
and
2026
as
well
as
2028..
The
signal
timing
project
requested
funding
in
your
fiscal
year,
2024
the
go
Bloomington
Transportation
demand,
Management
program
for
Bloomington
and
Monroe
County
requested
funding
in
fiscal
years
2024
through
2028,
the
West,
2nd
Street,
modernization
safety
improvements,
project
requested
funding
in
fiscal
year,
2024
and
2025..
B
B
for
Bloomington
Transit
funding
was
requested
for
federal
state
and
local
assistance
for
the
services,
including
late
weeknights
service
for
fiscal
years
2024
through
2028,
the
purchase
of
a
40-foot
battery
electric
bus
and
charging
equipment
was
requested
for
funding
for
fiscal
years,
2027
and
2028
purchase
of
a
30
foot
electric
bust
and
as
well
as
the
charging
stations
for
fiscal
years.
2025
and
2026.
B
purchase
of
a
Bloomington
Transit
access
vehicles
for
fiscal
years,
2025
through
2028
lands,
acquisition
for
Grimes
Lane
expansion
for
fiscal
year
2024.,
and
then
they
requested
funding
for
Capital
capitalize,
the
purchase
of
the
engine
and
transmission
rebuilds
hybrid
energy
units
and
tires
for
fiscal
years.
2024
through
2028
purchase,
support
maintenance
vehicles
for
fiscal
years,
2025
and
20
through
2027,
as
well
as
the
design
and
construction
of
the
Grimes
Lane
expansion
funding
was
requested
for
2025.
B
A
We
chose
not
to
highlight
those
in
the
presentation
tonight,
but
we
would
encourage
you
to
review
all
of
those
projects
within
the
document
itself.
The
Indiana
Department
of
Transportation
currently
we'll
go
through
a
public
involvement
process.
I
believe
that's
starting
this
week
and
it
goes
through
June.
A
Their
posting
of
their
projects
is
available
on
their
website
for
the
entire
state
of
Indiana.
The
projects
that
we
have
identified
are
merely
within
the
urbanized
area
of
our
jurisdiction,
anything
outside
of
our
jurisdiction.
We
do
not
include
in
the
document,
so
the
number
that
I
gave
you
total
cost
of
the
five-year
program
of
358
million
dollars.
That
includes
all
the
projects
from
rural
Transit,
Bloomington,
Transit,
Monroe,
County
city
of
Bloomington
and
the
Indiana
Department
of
Transportation.
A
Again,
we
have
printed
copies
here.
We
have
electronic
copies
available,
also
for
downloading.
After
this
formal
presentation,
Rachel
and
I
will
meet
with
you
one-on-one
to
discuss
individual
projects
or
groups
of
projects
or
projects
from
Individual
sponsors
and
and
again
with
the
Indiana
Department
of
Transportation
projects.
We'll
do
the
best
we
can.
We
have
public
comment
forms
that
we
fully
encourage
you
to
use
to
provide
back
to
us.
In
terms
of
how
you
view
the
program,
any
questions
you
may
have
about
the
program
itself
and
I'm
trying
to
think
of
anything
else.
A
C
Hi,
thank
you.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
okay.
Thank
you
I'd
like
to
comment
on
the
transportation
plan
and
these
projects
the
one
that
I'm
most
interested
in
addressing
right
now
is
the
High
Street
multi-use
path.
Project
I
actually
live
on
High
Street
in
the
part
of
the
part
of
High
Street,
that's
going
to
be
affected
by
this
proposed
plan,
and
so
when
I
saw
that
this
was
in
part
of
the
part
of
the
plan.
C
Not
that
being
a
few
feet
away
from
the
street
is
going
to
make
anybody
really
that
much
safer
you'd
have
to
put
a
jersey
barrier
there
to
keep
people
safe.
Some
of
these
texting
and
driving,
but
I
know
people
want
to
be
away
from
a
street
and
still
use
the
path,
but
we
have
sidewalk
there
now
and
so
I
thought
well,
I,
better!
Learn
a
little
bit
more
about
multi-use
paths,
so
I
don't
make
a
lot
of
money.
C
My
salaries
are
better
public
record
I'm,
a
10-year
excluded
faculty
member
we've
lived
in
this
house
for
25
years.
My
salary's
gone
up
20K.
In
that
time
our
property
taxes
have
doubled
and
they
tell
me
the
value
of
my
house
is
doubled.
It's
a
three
bedroom
two
bath
house.
The
bedrooms
are
small
one's
a
closet,
the
others
are
the
size
of
the
dorm
room.
So
it's
not
like
we're
living
in
a
palatial
area
here,
but
it
is
our
home
and
our
children
were
raised
here
and
there
are
Christmas.
C
Trees
are
in
the
yard
and
so
forth,
and
we're
about
to
lose
all
that.
But
I
thought
I,
better,
look
up
what's
going
on
with
multi-use
paths,
and
so
one
thing
that
I
can
do
is
research
and
the
scientific
research
on
multi-use
paths
indicates
that
first
of
all,
they're
not
used
by
bicycles
and
it
shouldn't
be
presumed
that
they
will
be
that
bicyclists,
prefer
roadways
and
bike
lanes
because
they're
quicker
and
more
convenient.
They
don't
have
to
navigate
Walkers
and
so
forth,
and
so
multi-use
paths
do
not
increase
bicycles
as
an
alternative
to
cars.
C
So
it's
not
an
appropriate
location
for
multi-path
use
paths
because
of
the
visibility,
a
poor
visibility
and
the
lack
of
access
and
yet,
on
the
stretch
of
High
Street
that
we're
talking
about
for
this
project,
it
is
all
driveways
and
residential
areas.
It's
a
neighborhood
that
was
put
in
it's
one
of
our
oldest
streets
in
town.
A
lot
of
cities
in
Europe
have
a
high
Street.
This
is
our
High
Street.
C
It
used
to
be
the
dividing
line
between
the
city
and
the
county,
and
my
house
is
in
fact,
over
100
years
old
and
there's
a
notable
house
for
the
third
owners,
and
it
looks
materially
the
way
it
did
over
a
hundred
years
ago
and
High
Street
does
as
well.
It's
mature
trees
and
it's
very
pleasant
in
the
summer,
because
it's
shaded
and
it's
beautiful
in
the
fall
and
we
have
bluebells
and
so
much
in
the
front
yard.
C
You
don't
see
Heavy
use
of
the
multi-use
path,
that's
south
of
Hillside,
but
that
whole
area
was
planted
as
subdivision.
So
when
those
houses
were
built,
they
were
built
with
the
expectation
that
there
would
be
that
potential,
easement
and
setback,
and
when
that
multi-use
path
went
through,
which
is
not
heavily
used
by
any
means
and
the
people
there
have
difficulty
pulling
out,
but
when
that
path
was
put
in,
it
replaced
largely
grass
and
a
few
trees.
C
But
this
is
a
part
of
High
Street
that
was
not
plotted
as
subdivision.
These
are
residents
and
some
of
them
notable
Ross,
lockridge's
boyhood
home,
is
on
High
Street.
There
are
a
lot
of
bigger
houses
there
that
have
more
setbacks,
but
there's
a
lot
of
smaller
houses
on
the
side.
That's
proposed,
where
we
don't
have
those
kind
of
setbacks,
so
I
know
it's
attractive
to
see
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
for
federal.
C
You
know
millions,
millions
of
federal
dollars
with
a
smaller
match
from
the
city
to
improve
things,
but
this
would
be
a
tremendous
and
regrettable
mistake
because
paths,
multi-use
paths
are
not
intended
for
these
particular
purposes.
These
are
not
super
sidewalks
and
they
change
the
character
of
a
location,
so
I'm
pretty
confused
by
a
transportation
plan
that
seems
to
exist
without
integration,
with
other
considerations
of
the
city
and
the
city
systems
relevant
to
transportation
and
our
streets,
which
include
infrastructure
like
the
storm
water
problems.
We
have
here
as
well
as
historical
considerations.
C
So
when
we
look
at
High
Street,
there
is
not
a
comprehensive
storm,
water,
runoff
or
stormwater
sequestration
plan,
and
that's
really
part
of
the
problem
we
have
here
and
the
plan
does
include
pulling
out
countless
mature
trees,
including
things
like
Beech
trees.
There
are
quite
a
few
of
them
on
the
street
which
do
not
compartmentalize,
which
means
that
they
can't
be
cut
back,
so
you
lose
those
trees
and
every
time
in
a
big
rain.
C
Until
you
have
maybe
over
two
to
four
inches
of
water,
they
pull
hundreds
of
gallons
of
storm
water
out
of
the
system.
They
never
reach
it
and
it's
the
same
thing
with
all
the
yards
that
are
in
through
there
and
I
really
don't
see
that
consideration.
So
what
you're
going
to
add,
is
you
add
Acres
of
impermeable
surface,
something
that
you
would
never
allow
any
development
to
do
to
add
this
in
an
asphalt
path?
It's
going
to
add
so
much
runoff
to
a
street
that
already
any
floods
and
throws
potholes
after
every
rain.
C
The
history
of
this
town
and
High
Street
is
also
part
of
the
character
in
the
history
of
this
town.
So
this
solution
to
transportation,
to
add
a
bunch
of
Paving
and
change
the
character
of
a
historic
street
is
a
change
that
can't
be
undone.
This
isn't
like
choosing
to
wear
a
parachute
pants
and
get
a
get
a
different
haircut
than
the
time
will
pass,
and
we
can
look
back
and
laugh.
C
This
is
something
that's
going
to
fundamentally
change
the
character
of
a
historic
Party
by
town,
as
I
said,
not
a
part
of
the
city
that
was
plotted
to
subdivision
that
isn't
substantially
changed,
but
an
older
part
of
the
city.
So
you
know
to
take
all
of
this
out
and
put
in
the
manicured
monoculture
of
subdivisions,
and
you
know
Finding
1.1
million
dollars
to
condemn
people's
property
and
the
budget
to
take
people's
yards.
I,
don't
think,
is
a
wise
decision.
It's
upsetting
to
me
personally
to
have
my
children's
Christmas
trees.
C
Go
to
half
the
reason
I
bought
this
house
go
the
historic
nature
of
the
street.
For
my
neighbors.
My
heart
is
just
sick
to
see,
what's
going
to
happen
to
their
Gardens
and
at
the
first
meeting
about
the
High
Street
multi-use
Path,
one
of
our
councilmen
actually
went
and
said
that
when
he
voted
for
this,
he
was
not
made
aware
that
there
would
be-
and
maybe
it
didn't
really
carefully
that
people's
properties
would
be
condemned.
C
This
is
also
redundant
with
a
with
a
with
a
Greenway
project
and
a
path
that
in
which
somebody's
property
was
condemned,
not
a
half
a
block
to
the
West.
So
there
already
is
a
path
that
goes
north
to
south.
That
goes
to
a
wide
path
that
people
use
to
go
to
school,
to
bike
and
to
go
through
the
neighborhoods
and
the
Covenant
or
plan
for
bike.
C
Lanes
is
another
plan
that
will
improve,
and
if
people
use
these
roads
and
they
use
these
sidewalks,
and
but
once
you
pave
this
in
this
fashion,
which
is
an
inappropriate
solution,
it's
gone
and
you
really
can't
put
it
back.
This
is
a
neighborhood
with
homes
on
it
with
sidewalks,
and
so
it
should
remain.
We
have
our
old
street
light
that
was
part
of
the
original
property.
We
have
a
sister
and
you
see
one
at
Spring,
Mill
Park,
because
that's
how
old
this
Farm
Street
is.
It's
a
neighborhood
street.
C
The
houses
were
designed
for
the
setting
and
the
scale
of
a
sidewalk
and
taking
15
to
20
feet
of
somebody's
yard.
Better
significantly.
Moving
utility
poles,
which
is
an
expensive
proposition
to
put
utility
lines
up
in
people's
windows,
is
really
a
terrible
thing
to
do
so.
I
just
have
to
say,
I
urge
you
not
to
move
forward
with
this
plan
to
reconsider.
C
If
you
want
to
come
up
with
a
plan
that
moves
the
sidewalk
inboard
a
little
bit,
it's
more
appropriate
I
would
really
appreciate
that,
because
people
won't
be
able
to
pull
out
safely,
there
won't
be
privacy
for
all
these
homeowners
and
I.
Don't
understand
how
you
can
do
that
to
the
people
who
live
here,
how
you
can
change
the
character
of
the
street
for
something
that's
inappropriate.
That's
going
to
look
dated
10
and
20
years
down
the
line
just
because
there's
Federal
money
for
something
that
isn't
inappropriate
and
ineffective
solution.
C
I
mean
everybody
wants
to
feel
like
they
can
walk
a
little
further
from
the
road.
But
this
isn't
the
solution.
For
here.
It's
not
an
appropriate
site
for
a
multi-use
path
and
the
transportation
plan
has
made
a
project
that's
more
at
home
in
a
park
or
a
subdivision,
but
not
in
the
cityscape,
where
this
should
not
exist.
C
This
is
you
know,
removing
substantial
things
that
are
here
so
I'm
going
to
implore
you
to
not
pave
our
yards,
to
look
at
the
cost
to
the
quality
of
life
here,
to
use
the
existing
Greenway
and
multi-use
paths
that
are
already
here
and
think
of
something
that
is
not
redundant
with
existing
solutions
that
people
are
already
using
these
Alternatives
using
the
sidewalk,
and
it's
not
going
to
increase
alternative
transportation.
It
will
certainly
not
decrease
car
use.
C
What
it
will
do
is
inconvenience
a
lot
of
people
and
change
the
look
of
the
character
of
the
plan
of
the
of
the
town
and
removing
this
much
this
many
mature
trees,
which
can't
be
replaced
with
climate
change.
We're
going
to
have
more
water
flowing
into
this
system.
We're
not
going
to
be
able
to
grow
these
kinds
of
mature
trees.
We
have
them
now
we're
sequestering
carbon
and
it's
really
not
going
to
get
any
better.
C
So
there
needs
to
be
a
lot
more
intention
paid
to
the
infrastructure
for
storm
water
runoff,
particularly
in
this
area,
which
has
caused
so
many
problems,
and
you
just
have
to
look
at
the
continual
patching
and
look
at
how
many
times
that
that
we've
had
to
put
in
the
potholes,
so
I'm
urging
you
to.
Please
rethink
this
plan
to
protect
the
character
of
the
street,
the
mature
trees,
the
gardens,
the
flowers
and
don't
condemn
my
and
my
neighbor's
properties.
So
leave
us
with
the
sidewalk
that
is
distinctive
to
this
part
of
town.
C
D
D
A
Well,
in
answer
your
first
question
on
the
metrics:
the
metrics
are
Statewide
metrics,
determined
by
Congress,
where
it's
safety
preservation
and
that
the
metrics
are
evaluated
every
year,
but
the
state
of
Indiana
in
the
department
of
traffic
safety,
our
division
of
traffic
safety
at
the
Indiana
Department
of
Transportation
in
terms
of
our
local
metrics.
We
don't
have
those,
but
we
do
keep
track
of
those
on
an
annual
and
actually
less
than
an
annual
basis.
A
I
mean
we're
tracking
those,
sometimes
every
month,
where
we're
looking
at
crash
locations
and
severity
rates,
and
we
investigate
all
fatal
crashes
in
the
urbanized
area
and
answer
your
second
question
about
the
Walnut
College
Corridor
study.
That
is
not
a
federally
funded
project,
that
is
a
city
of
Bloomington
initiative
and
that
initiative
is
being
led
by
the
planning,
department,
planning
and
transportation
department
planning
more
than
transportation,
and
that's
already
begun
in
a
well
a
stepwise
process.
A
In
terms
of
bringing
the
information
out
there
of
look
for
the
study
coming
soon,
there
was
a
call
for
volunteers
to
serve
on
an
advisory
committee
that
closed
I.
Think
in
the
end
of
April
I.
Believe
there
is
a
schedule
being
developed.
Beth
rosenbarger
in
the
planning
department
is
developing
the
schedule
on
that.
A
There
are
links
we're
doing
walks
walkabouts
for
a
lack
of
a
better
word
of
different
sections
of
the
corridors
with
citizens
where
citizens
can
sign
up
for
those
Corridor
walks
and
go
out,
and
actually
we
spend
two
hours
two
and
a
half
hours
out
there
on
the
ground.
Looking
exactly
at
the
problems
and
we're
not
telling
anyone
what
the
problems
are,
we're
letting
everybody
tell
us
what
the
problems
are
and
then
all
of
those
are
being
recorded
by
Beth,
for
when
a
consultant
will
come
along
and
assist
with
that
study.
B
A
E
Hi,
thank
you.
My
name
is
Paulie
terracone
I
just
wanted
to
express
my
hope
that
the
projects
that
are
prioritized
from
these
federal
dollars
moving
forward
are
really
going
to
move
towards
sustainable
Transportation,
not
just
sustainability
in
terms
of
ecological,
but
also
in
terms
of
financial.
It's
been
frustrating
to
see
how
many
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
have
been
kind
of
squandered
on
car-based
infrastructure.
E
So
I'm
excited
to
hear.
There's
like
some
intentions
to
maybe
extend
that
all
the
way
to
Carr's
Farm
but
I'm
a
little
bit
curious
about
like
maybe
which
side
of
the
street
it's
supposed
to
be
on
and
if
it
will
have
any
kind
of
connections
into
those
stores
that
are
there.
It's
got
Walmart
all
the
Sam's
Club
and
the
likes
so
I
appreciate
this
presentation
as
well.
Thank
you
sure.
A
A
or
so,
and
it
currently
goes
to
the
interstate,
69
interchange
and
stops
east
of
that.
This
would
be
the
Indiana
Department
of
Transportation
added
in
capability
to
for
bicycle
and
pedestrian
movement
across
or
through
the
interchange
of
West,
2nd
Street
or
Bloomfield
Road,
whichever
you
would
a
Colorado
State,
Road
45.
They
added
that
in.
But
then
it
ends
on
the
west
side
of
the
interchange
and
the
intent
of
this
project.
A
To
our
understanding
is
a
continuation
of
that
down
to
Constitution,
Avenue
I
believe
it
is,
and
then
it
would
circumnavigate
its
way
through
there
to
Carr's
farm
and
cars
Farm.
Recently,
they've
done
the
connection
or
the
completed
connection
from
the
Cars
Farm
Park.
All
the
way
up
to
Ellisville
and
the
intent
here
is
to
have
a
seamless,
multimodal
pathway
from
Center
of
Bloomington,
all
the
way
to
cars,
Farm,
Park
and
all
the
way
up
to
Ellisville
and
actually
north
of
Ellisville.
B
A
G
Jeff
McKim,
this
seems
kind
of
weird
to
comment
as
a
member
of
the
public
as
I'm.
Also
a
voting
member
of
the
MPL
policy
committee,
but
I
just
I
wanted
to
express
again
just
like
one
of
our
commenters
in
on
Zoom
support
for
the
the
multi-use
path
connecting
to
a
Bloomfield
Road
to
the
cars
cars
Farm
Greenway.
This
is
a
really
exciting
project.
G
It's
been
a
long
time
in
in
conception
and
I'm,
actually
honestly
kind
of
surprised,
we're
going
to
be
able
to
pull
it
off
because
it
didn't
seem
feasible
several
years
ago.
But
the
idea
right
now
is
that
it
will
take
the
existing
multi-use
on
Bloomfield
on
the
north
side
of
Bloomfield
Road
that
ends
at
Liberty
Take
It
on
the
east
side
of
Liberty
North
to
Constitution,
then
the
north
side
of
constitution
to
Curry.
G
My
understanding
is
there'll,
be
a
full
traffic
signal
there
on
on
Curry,
and
then
it
will
cut
across
new
terrain
directly,
almost
as
if
Constitution
was
expanded,
extended
West,
it
will
continue
till
it
hits
the
karst
farm,
Greenway
and
yeah.
So
I
just
wanted
to
express
my
support
and
excitement
for
that
kind
of
project.
A
F
That
would
be
part
of
their
project,
especially
if
they
knew
and
I
heard
them
get
a
lot
of
comments
from
people
at
that
public
meeting
about
areas
of
concern
in
the
neighborhood
I'm
mentioning
the
the
multi-use
pathway,
because
it
goes
up
Second
Street
and
for
many
people
who
want
to
go
West
on.
Second,
it
was
very
dangerous
to
be
bicycling
since
the
addition
of
the
multi-use
pathway,
I
noticed
more
people
walking
and
bicycling
West
on
2nd
Street
in
what
is
now
a
much
safer
environment.
F
There
are
other
places
in
the
city
I'm
thinking
about
Third
Street
as
well,
where
there
is
a
multi-use
path
where
often
those
who
are
on
bicycles
feel
safer
being
there
than
in
the
street.
There
are
those
of
us
who
will
bicycle
regardless
in
the
street,
but
there
are
many
people
who
don't
feel
safe
in
the
street
on
their
bicycles.
F
So,
while
I
understand
that
there
are
a
lot
of
concerns,
ecological
and
residential
and
in
many
other
respects
with
the
High
Street
project,
I
think
it's
an
amazing
thing
for
us
to
be
able
to
have
that
north
south
connectivity,
so
that
people
on
that
South
End
could
actually
bicycle
to
the
university.
For
instance
safely.
F
Yes,
they
can
go
through
some
other
streets,
but
they
have
to
do
a
whole
lot
of
dancing
to
get
there.
This
is
a
direct
path
and
I
think
it's
a
great
addition.
In
fact,
I'd
like
to
commend
the
city
in
general
for
the
number
of
projects
that
I
see
in
the
tip
that
address
pedestrians
and
bicyclists,
those
of
us
who
prefer
not
to
use
Motor
Vehicles
to
get
to
our
destinations,
I'm
complete.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
Okay
for
members
of
the
audience
that
are
out
there,
the
question
is:
did
we
have
additional
metrics
called
complete
streets
through
which
we
evaluated
all
of
the
projects?
And
the
answer
to
that
is:
yes,
we
had
a
number
of
new
projects
that
were
evaluated
in
terms
of
complete
streets
from
Monroe
County.
It
was
the
old
Dillman,
Road
and
State
Road
37
project.
We
evaluated
that
in
terms
of
complete
streets
or
what
are
called
Safe,
Streets
and
roads
for
all
through
the
Indiana
Department
of
Transportation
and
the
Federal
Highway
Administration.
B
C
You
I
have
a
question.
Actually
one
of
my
neighbors
brought
this
up
at
the
first
and
only
other
meeting
about
the
High
Street
multi-use
Path
project
when
everybody
was
pretty
much
blindsided
by
this
kind
of
presented.
Apparently
a
number
of
things
that
happened,
that
folks
weren't
aware
of
and
what
my
neighbor
had
mentioned
was
you
could?
C
Let
me
know
if
this
is
correct,
or
maybe
our
misunderstanding:
it's
not
correct
that
High
Street
had
been
a
secondary
collector
and,
as
such,
it
wasn't
an
appropriate
change
for
High
Street,
but
then
a
change
was
made
and
how
High
Street
was
classified
within
the
last
year
or
two
that
allowed
the
project
to
be
proposed
to
move
forward.
Is
that
correct
a
little
bit
of
background
about
this?
A
little
insight?
Thank
you.
A
Sure
to
our
knowledge,
racials
and
my
knowledge.
No,
we
were
unaware
of
any
functional
classification
change.
It's
a
collector.
Is
that
correct,
I
I,
honestly,
don't
know
it
must
be
a
Well.
It
can't
be
a
local
Street.
It
has
to
be
a
collector
or
a
minor
arterial
or
an
arterial
to
become
eligible
for
federal
funding.
But
as
far
as
the
classification
of
the
street
goes
I,
don't
I'm
I'm,
not
aware
of
that.
A
A
And
please
note
that
this
was
fully
recorded,
it'll
be
online
through
cats.
So
that
way,
other
people
who
may
not
be
in
attendance
tonight
either
virtually
or
in
person,
can
go
online
and
view
that
view
the
entire
recording
and
view
all
the
entire
questions.
The
public
comment
period
again
is
open
until
June
10th.
We
encourage
you
to
fully
respond
to
the
public
comment
period
we
will
take.