20220519 - CSAC Minutes

CSAC Meeting-- May 19, 2022-- MINUTES

Present Members: Shayan Farooqi (Guest Chair), John Prieto, Henry Ratcliffe, Jane Remis, Mary Micale, Chris Rutishauser, and Lorraine Reynolds.
Guests: Sheila Brogan.

Agenda Item by Number

Old Business

1- Reviewed the agreements with Bergen County, at the request of the Manager; Initiated this past Tuesday. No additional details for now. Mr. Rutishauser will follow up.

2- Nothing new to report; Mr. Rutishauser will contact and follow up.

3- Ms. Bamberg sent an E-mail along with an attachment to CSAC members pre-meeting; We reviewed it; Brief conversation of the Ridgewood Police Department information relating to accident statistics to be synthesized in a similar format; follow up with this; Very digestible format. Ask Sgt. Chuck if this is a format we could use again. (See attachments)

4. Nothing to report (Ms. Remis); Will follow up.

5. Working on it; capital paving project contractor; they have initiated work.

6. Some roadblocks with the vendor; we may try Ridgewood Press instead; Current vendor wants payment in full/advance; We discussed reimbursement issue with the tax reimbursement issue; We went over the payment procedures; review/touch base with other vendors perhaps. Ms. Remis to reach out to Engineering to see if they know of any who are Village registered vendors. We will place the Village of Ridgewood logo on the banners. Also, we have a proposed banner reminding students/pedestrians to look up from their phones while walking (“Heads Up, Phones Down”).

7. Map which shows where to park and where not to park on gameday and events; Ms. Micale reported no leads on this for now; this would be helpful for parents and visitors; Table this until September 2022 as the summer months are here.

8. Mr. Rutishauser said that this project is on the back burner for now – considered a striping project; pavement marking, etc.

9. Ms. Brogan provided extensive update: Recreation Department; Bike safety at Graydon Pool, 21 kids participated, 3 classes of kids by age group; 5 to 6th grade- practicing safe and independent riding; Balance bike; 9 kids in the second group in the afternoon- safe skills course; situational awareness, signaling; Ridgewood Police Department- kids had the chance to ride on the streets; this was terrific; repeat in September; This is a successful program; ideal for Middle schools involvement in the future; Let’s do this again in time for Walk to School Month in October; PE Health, safe skills course.

10. Pedestrian mid-street walking sign; costs are significant, especially given the limited survivability of such signs, as per Mr. Rutishauser.  Mr. Rutishauser to review the condition of the road sign.

New Business

1. Mr. Prieto brought a potential safety issue reported to him: ‘Lawns’ bus stop area; junction of Newcomb and Ridgewood; This is a Ben Franklin Middle School students bus stop; Maybe a bus stop sign is needed here to give a heads up to drivers; Would be a good place as a reminder to drivers to stop; Pre-planned school bus stops; these are reviewed by the Ridgewood Police Department, BOE, and the bus company et als. Ms. Brogan and the PD were previously involved in similar signs at Oak Street, which were cited as an example of a potential solution from Mr. Prieto. Mr. Prieto will follow up on this matter by speaking with the relevant Ridgewood Police Department/Traffic Officers. ( See attached photos)

2. Ms. Reynolds raised potential issue of the Left Turn into the Benjamin Apartments complex, at the junction of Broad St and Franklin; brief review and discussion of the permissibility and traffic control options.

NEXT MEETING: Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 7:30 PM in the Garden Room at Village Hall

Attachment 1: Bamberg E-mail.pdfAttachment 2: School Bus Stop Image.pdfAttachment 3: RWIncidents20112016.pdf