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CPPC Public Meeting Recap: July 16, 2020

Posted on July 20, 2020April 22, 2021 by admin

On Thursday evening, July 16^th, 2020 the Community Path Project Committee (CPPC) held a virtual meeting to provide a project update and present the 25% design progress to the public. This meeting was also an opportunity for community members to react to the progress plans. If you were unable to attend the meeting, a copy of the presentation is available for download, along with the design plans, and a forum to share your feedback until July 31st. The Nitsch team will then use the received feedback to fine-tune the 25 % design plans before submitting them to MassDOT in Fall 2020.

Public Meeting Presentation: July 16, 2020

25% Belmont Community Path Progress Design Set

Community Feedback Survey

Community Path Project Committee Meeting Details: July 16, 2020

Posted on July 14, 2020April 22, 2021 by admin

Please join us for a remote meeting to present the progress on the Belmont Community Path Project.

Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 7:00pm

This is in accordance with Governor Baker’s Executive Order of March 12, 2020; “Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law” – All Participation by Committee and Town Residents will be by Remote Access. If the audio becomes unavailable, the meeting will be paused until it can be restored, or the meeting will end.

MEETING AGENDA

Public Information Meeting for Phase 1 of the Belmont Community Path Project Draft 25% Design Documents

7:00PM: Meeting called to order

7:05 PM: Introduction by the CPPC

7:15PM: Presentation on 25% design by Nitsch Engineering

8:15PM: Public comments on 25% design

9:30PM: Meeting adjourned

HOW TO ACCESS THE MEETING

FOR PARTICIPANTS: The Community Path Project Committee meeting will start at 7:00 P.M. and you may join the meeting remotely starting at 6:50 P.M. The meeting will also be broadcast and recorded by the Belmont Media Center.

LINK TO VIRTUAL MEETING:

Zoom Weblink
Meeting ID: 854 1834 0386
Password: 252003

TO PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK:

Enter your Full Name under participant if you would like to provide comments and feedback (only those with a name entered will be allowed to comment and provide feedback to the CPPC team)

When prompted by the meeting chair, you can “raise your hand” to be recognized by the meeting host

Comments will be limited by the Chair, shall be concise, and shall not repeat previous comments or questions presented by others before you Chair is not obligated to recognize all comments and may end comment period prior to your comment being heard

BY PHONE:

Dial-in: 1-929-205-6099
If you would like to provide comments: press *9 when prompted
When the host is ready for you, you will be called on by your phone number or name (when prompted always start by presenting your full name)

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING ALONG ELSEWHERE:

Channel 8 on Comcast
Channel 28 or 2130 on Verizon

Watch online belmontmedia.org
Watch online on Facebook
Watch online on Youtube

Original Meeting Notice Meeting Download

Belmont Community Path Survey

Posted on July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 by admin

Hello! Thank you for visiting this site. Welcome to the Belmont Community Path Survey, which should take less than 5 minutes to complete.

This survey draws from information collected in previous studies of the Belmont community path, and on what we heard from the CPPC, Town Departments and project stakeholders. The goal is to collect additional information that will inform our design moving forward.

Before taking the survey you should ideally look at the draft 25% design files, which are accessible via this website.

The plans will help you to better understand the state of the project as you proceed through the survey.

You may also leave a comment. The survey will be open until July 30^th. Comments and survey answers will be shared with the Town and the CPPC.

Thanks for participating!

START SURVEY

Draft 25% Design Submittal Documents

Posted on July 2, 2020April 22, 2021 by admin

Thank you for your interest in the Belmont Community Path Project. We are excited to share with you, our progress as we work towards the 25% Design Submission that will ultimately be submitted to MassDOT for review and approval. Before we finalize our 25% Design, we invite you to review the 25% Progress Plans posted on our website and encourage you to submit your comments or questions by using the link provided.

Our goal is to address many of the comments we receive at the Community Path Project Committee’s (CPPC’s) Public Information Meeting scheduled for July 16, 2020. We encourage you to comment on the plans through the comment link below. Our comments section will remain open for two weeks after the Public Information Meeting (until July 31, 2020).

We look forward to receiving your comments and hearing from many of you on July 16^th.

Thank you,

Your Nitsch Engineering team

609204-Belmont-Community-Path-Progress-Plans

Belmont Community Path Progress Plans Download

Please provide your comments and thoughts on the 25% designs including the following:

• What are your questions/comments regarding the 25% draft documents?
• What is the most important aspect of the path for you?
• What is your biggest area of concern?

The CAD sheets are referenced as follows:

Section 1 (Clark Street Bridge to 450 Concord Ave) : pg 9-10
Section 2 (Belmont Station to 7 Channing Road): pg 11
Section 3 (Channing Road West: 17 Channing Road to Alexander Avenue): pg 12-14
Section 4: Channing Road East (Alexander Ave to 40 Brighton St): pg 17-20
Section 5: Brighton St Crossing to Fitchburg Cutoff: pg 21

There will be further opportunity to provide feedback as we advance the designs.

25% Design Progress & Public Meeting Announcement

Posted on June 30, 2020 by admin

We are excited to announce a couple of project updates regarding the progress of the Community Path Project.

The project team has finalized the 25% design documents for the Belmont Community Path. The project team has been working hard to finalize these documents, and we look forward to making them available for public review on our website on Thursday, July 2nd.
On July 16th the CPPC will be hosting a virtual public information meeting to allow the design team to share findings from our studies and to present an update on the progress that has been made on the 25% design. We welcome everyone to attend this meeting and invite you to share your comments and feedback with the project team through our website or at the public information meeting.
We will be providing further details about how to access the DRAFT 25% design documents as well as more information about the July 16th public information meeting in a blog post later this week.

Community Path Project Committee Meeting Recap: May 14, 2020

Posted on June 9, 2020July 6, 2020 by admin

On Thursday evening, May 14^th, 2020 the Community Path Project Committee (CPPC) held a virtual meeting and invited Nitsch Engineering to provide an update on the Preliminary Design for Phase 1 of the Belmont Community Path. We identified how feedback received from the community, MassDOT and the MBTA to date has been integrated into the design. Community comments such as the desire to maintain the existing vegetated screening and address existing flooding issues on properties along Channing Road have guided the development of the proposed path location and proposed drainage improvements. Comments from MassDOT and the MBTA were extremely helpful in understanding the MBTA’s preferred process for constructing the Alexander Avenue tunnel and providing guidance regarding the MBTA’s minimum offset requirements to accommodate railroad maintenance activities.

The next step in the design process is to prepare preliminary design plans that will be presented at an information meeting. The CPCC intends to hold a virtual Public Information Meeting at the end of June or early July for the design team to present the preliminary design.

We are very interested in receiving public comments. More information will be provided in the coming weeks about the Public Information Meeting, where to view the preliminary plans, how to provide comments, and how to complete the survey about the Community Path Project. The presentation from the May 14^th CPPC Meeting can be viewed here:

Belmont CPCC Meeting: May 14, 2020Download

Please note: The Concept Design Report dated February 6, 2020 was prepared prior to meetings with the MBTA and does not necessarily reflect the current design shown on the Preliminary Design Plans.

Contribute Art for the Belmont Community Path Logo!

Posted on March 5, 2020April 2, 2020 by admin

The Belmont Community Path Project Committee is seeking artwork for a project log to be used on various materials throughout the project. All entries will be acknowledged on this website! Students are encouraged to submit art as an individual or as a group.

Deadline: April 29, 2020

How to Submit your Work:

Complete the form located at this webpage
Send an email of your work to pathcommitteelogo@gmail.com

For more information regarding this opportunity please see the original flier below:

Project Updates: What’s Been Done to Date

Posted on February 27, 2020 by admin

We are pleased to report that the Belmont Community Path project is well under way! Officially the project kicked-off back in September and since then we have made some major progress. The Field Survey is over 50% complete and continues to progress as we coordinate with the MBTA regarding right-of-way (ROW) access surrounding the train tracks. Thus far, we have conducted property line and deed research, contacted utility companies and acquired existing utility plans, and finished up acquiring the topography of the site. Meanwhile, we are working to prepare survey base plans and compiling all the information we have gathered into one plan that has the most up to date topography, property lines, and utility infrastructure within the project area. In mid-December we finalized the Wetland Delineation Report which was conducted along the north side of Royal Road. Throughout this initial information gathering and analysis stage of the project, we have been meeting with stakeholders and public officials in the Town of Belmont. Some groups we met with include The Belmont Historic District Commission, Middle/High School Building Committee, Department of Public Works, and the Fire / Police Department. In early February, we participated at a meeting with the student focus group at the Belmont High School to discuss the community path. The meeting generated some interesting ideas around biking and other modes of transportation within Belmont, path user groups and ideas for the path design including a possible installation of art i.e. near the school ground. We will be meeting with the MBTA shortly to discuss some project alternatives.

Stay tuned as we prepare for the first official public meeting later this spring in which we will share updates on the project design and the alternatives that will likely move forward in the design.

Recap of November 2019 Abutter Site Walk

Posted on February 27, 2020 by admin

Thank you to everyone who joined us on our site walk on November 16^th. About 30 neighbors abutting the future Community Path came out to gain an understanding of the project scope while also having the opportunity to voice their concerns about the project. Privacy, security, noise, drainage issues, and parking were the primary concerns that attendees mentioned. We’re working on design solutions some of which include setback requirements, screening, and vegetation. For those of you who were not able to attend, we were able to spend time investigating the site and neighboring properties, making longer stops at three points along with the project site. The walk began at the western end of the site at 17 Channing Street and continued to the Alexander Ave Underpass and concluded at the eastern end of the project area around 321 Channing Street. Several abutters invited the project team into their back yards to view the planned community path from their yards. Overall, this site walk offered a great opportunity for us to listen to the concerns of those neighboring the project and to address them as best we can. If you were not able to attend this event, there will be additional opportunities to voice concerns and gain a better understanding of the Belmont Community Path project in the near future. If you want to get in touch with us or have any more design questions or would like to keep updated on any news, please send us a message or subscribe for updates in the sidebar on the right!

Views of Project Site

Welcome to the Belmont Community Path Website!

Posted on November 7, 2019November 11, 2019 by admin

As the Belmont Community Path will help connect your community, we hope this website will connect you with the project information you’re looking for.

Project updates and information about ways to get engaged in the project will be posted regularly, so stay tuned!

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