Monthly Meeting: December 2020

Are you interested in having safer streets in Melrose? If so, we would love to have you join our next monthly meeting to share your ideas, concerns, questions, and comments! Whether you are interested in joining the meeting regularly, or just want to drop in to share something with us, you are welcome. Please drop us a line to be added to the Zoom invite. We can’t wait to hear from you!

DECEMBER AGENDA ITEMS:

• Shared Streets and Spaces 2.0: The state is offering a new funding round; we will be discussing potential ideas for how Melrose could take advantage to build on the success of the first round, including for Lower Main Street.
• Traffic Calming Program: We will be discussing formalization of Committee materials, to help the city and residents approach traffic calming concerns which the Traffic Commission is not empowered to address.
• Hoover Complete Streets Grant: The city recently held the first public meeting on using a $400K Complete Streets grant to improve walking and biking access to the Hoover. We will recap and discuss next steps.
• Local Policy/Advocacy: Updates on local policy initiatives, including efforts around DCR redesigns at LFP/Melrose; upgrades at Ell Pond; MAPC’s Housing Production Plan; and development initiatives at 12-16 Main Street as well as Metro Credit Union (Main/Sylvan).