Mr. Gmeindl:
First, I want to thank you for the opportunity to participate in the reviewing the document. It is quite evident that a great deal of time and energy has been invested.
Second, I want to thank you for your commitment and leadership.
Third, I want to apologize for not keeping to my commitment in sharing my input with you by last Friday. As the hour of this email indicates, my time has been stretched pretty thin.
I have attached the document with my suggested revisions and comments provided within using the track changes function in Word. Please note that I added "FLETCHER COMMENTS" to the file name to aid in organizing the several responses you are receiving.
A few fundamental observations:
- The planning document should set a positive tone throughout by eliminating confrontational and opinion statements. I noted a number of items that may require citation to demonstrate fact from opinion.
- The planning document should be recommendation-based by eliminating "shall" statements.
- It seems that the document is lacking in terms of prioritized infrastructure and programming objectives and tasks; a "punch list" is needed for ongoing quantitative and qualitative implementation evaluation purposes.
- The planning document should include cost estimates for infrastructure and programming investments to inform budget and capital improvement planning and implementation as well as ongoing quantitative and qualitative implementation evaluation purposes.
- The recommended action items towards the end of the document may be better organized by using a table format that includes information noted in my previous two points.
Again, thank you for your dedication, work, and the opportunity to vet the document.
Respectfully,
Christopher M. Fletcher, AICP
Director of Development Services
From: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl@comcast.net>
To: "Christopher Fletcher" <cfletcher@cityofmorgantown.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 11:03:25 AM
Subject: Re: Morgantown Bicycle Plan
Thanks, Chris! I'm glad to hear that you've taken a decent vacation. You deserve it!
Frank
On Nov 29, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Christopher Fletcher wrote:
Mr. Gmeindl:
Good evening. Thank you for the reminder. I am back in the office today following week plus vacation out-of-state. I will review the document and comment by the end of this week.
Respectfully,
Christopher M. Fletcher, AICPDirector of Development Services
389 Spruce Street
Morgantown, WV 26505
(o) 304-284-7413
(f) 304-284-7534
(c) 304-906-7843
From: "Frank Gmeindl" <
frank.gmeindl@comcast.net>
To: tmoore@cityofmorgantown.org, "Jeff Mikorski" <
jmikorski@cityofmorgantown.org>, "Terry Hough" <
though@cityofmorgantown.org>, "Ed Preston" <
epreston@cityofmorgantown.org>, "Christopher Fletcher" <
cfletcher@cityofmorgantown.org>,
mwise@boparc.org, "Bill Austin" <
baustin@labyrinth.net>, "Fouad N Shoukry" <
fouad.n.shoukry@wv.gov>, "Richard Warner" <
Richard.L.Warner@wv.gov>, "Perry J Keller" <
Perry.J.Keller@wv.gov>,
WSTAFFORD@wilbursmith.com,
tarnold@cityofmorgantown.orgCc: "Bicycle Board" <
bikeboard@cheat.org>, "Barbara Shellito" <
bshellito@cityofmorgantown.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 5:20:16 PM
Subject: Morgantown Bicycle Plan
Dear Public Officials,
Thanks to Chief Preston, Perry Keller and Bill Austin for their timely comments on the Morgantown Bicycle Plan v09.
We are hoping to have all your comments by December 7 so we can:
- Summarize your comments for the Traffic Commission at its December 8 meeting;
- Produce a version of the plan that we can present with your support to City Council in January;
- Include the Plan in our February application to the League of American Bicyclists for the Bicycle Friendly Community award.
For your convenience, you can read the plan and stakeholder comments at
http://db.tt/Bse1rpGr . Please contact me if you have any questions.
Frank D. Gmeindl
Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board
LCI #1703
491 WilsonAvenue
Morgantown, WV 26501
304-376-0446
Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles