PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE


Purpose/Charge:
The Pedestrian and Bicyclist Advisory Committee’s mission is to help make the City of Lebanon more safely walkable and bikeable by facilitating, enhancing, and encouraging safe pedestrian and bicyclist travel and connectivity in the City of Lebanon. (See Additional Duties and Responsibilities)

Meeting Time & Place:
This committee meets on the first Tuesday of each month in City Hall. Meetings start at 7:15 p.m. Please see the City Meeting Calendar for meeting details. 

Current Members:        
Clifton Below (Citizen member) 7/10 - 7/13
John Kelleher, Vice Chair (Citizen member) 07/11-07/14
Kenneth Warren (Friends of Northern Rail Trail representative)
Erling Heistad (City Council representative)
Jonathan Schwartz (citizen member) 4/11-4/14
Elisabeth Berthasavage (Citizen member)  06/09-06/12
Richard DuMez (Citizen member)  09/09-09/12
Earl Jette (Planning Board representative)
Vacant (Recreation Commission representative)
James Ward, alternate 02/12-02/15 
Thomas Linell, alternate  04/12-05/15
Vacant, alternate 
 
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
The existing Committee, formerly the Bicycle/Pedestrian Path Committee, was a short-term Committee which had been charged with drafting a master plan for sidewalks and bicycle transportation improvements for review by the Planning Board and City Council, surveyed potential users of improvement options to help assess relative need and priority, and promoting bicyclist and pedestrian safety education. 

On October 5, 2005, the following mission statement and charge was adopted by the City Council: 

The Pedestrian and Bicyclist Advisory Committee’s mission is to help make the City of Lebanon more safely walkable and bikeable by facilitating, enhancing, and encouraging safe pedestrian and bicyclist travel and connectivity in the City of Lebanon. To this end, the Committee will: Help complete the master plan for pedestrian and bicyclist facilities for presentation to the Planning Board and City Council. Coordinate, consult with, and advise City administration (Planning, Public Works, Parks and recreation, Manager) and City Boards (City Council, Planning Board, Public Safety Committee, Recreation Commission and Conservation Commission) on matters that may impact pedestrians and bicyclists, including reviewing City and State public works projects with regard to accommodating pedestrians and bicyclists, assisting with evaluation and preparation of funding applications (especially for the Transportation Enhancement Program [TEP]), and following through on implementation.

History:
Formerly the Bicycle/Pedestrian Path Committee established 9/7/94, with members appointed 10/5/94 - See Council meeting of 4/19/95. Committee renamed and re-established with new charge 9/20/95 and 10/5/05. Membership appointed 11/l/95. Membership changed again on 3/15/06.