Members: Woody Dukes, Deb Comini
Organizations: none
City,
County and State Representatives: Irma Coleman, Neighborhood Services,
Officer Matthew Gill, City of Salem Police Department; Virginia
Stapleton, City Council Ward 1
Guests: none
The
regular meeting of CANDO was called to order at 6:00 p.m., on Tuesday,
August 16, 2022. The meeting was conducted by Zoom video-conference.
The Chair and Secretary-Treasurer were present.
The agenda and minutes of the July meeting were approved unanimously.
Councilor
Stapleton reported in follow-up on her report by email since the last
meeting, that the $13M grant for the McGilchrist project would free up
some (not all) bond funds (bond measure yet to go to the voters). She
said she had expressed interest in serving on the Council steering
committee to oversee administration of the bond measure, should it pass,
and invited comment on her proposal for a bike lane on Capitol Street
and answered questions.
Officer Gill, in
response to previous inquiries about how much attention downtown was
getting from the bicycle patrols, reported they are there about three
hours a day, and that seemed to provide a good balance, though there
remain areas of particular concern. He also reported on the
youth-focused bike rodeo at MAPS, with participation from several
downtown merchants. In response to a question about enforcement of
traffic violations (bicycle), Officer Gill diplomatically reminded the
board that SPD is not able, and is unlikely to be able in the future, to
spend the time on traffic enforcement that citizens might wish.
There being no further business before the board, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 6:33.
