BP May 3 18 approved minutes

Bicycle Pedestrian Sub‐Committee Dover City Hall Large Conference Room Dover, DE May 8, 2018 *** Approved, June 19, 2018 *** Members Present: Others Present: Chris Asay, Jayce Lesniewski, Dave Moses, Gerry Carolyn Courtney, Eddie Diaz, John Fiori, Pennington, Fran Riddle, Andy Siegel Margie Cyr CALLED TO ORDER: Meeting opened at 5:04 P.M. AGENDA The agenda was presented for review. Ms. Courtney asked to remove the meeting minutes from April they are not ready for today’s meeting. With that change the agenda was accepted without objection. NEW ITEMS Private Development & Senator Bikeway Mr. Diaz gave a brief overview of the Capital Station development and Senator Bikeway tie‐in. (Presentation attached). Why are private developments are required to build multiuse pathway? This was started by DelDOT in 2017, as part of their state level project approvals. This prompted changes in what I show you today and well Dover made their own changes so that we have a similar policy when it was needed. Latest route of the Senator Bikeway, route runs east to west and how do we cross over RT13 to head further east. The Capital Station project was reviewed. Discussion on what is going into the new shopping center. This does not include south west corner property at King Highway and Rt13. The Chinese restaurant still needs to come down. The Wells Fargo and Parole building will be staying. Mr. Asay questioned why the bank does not have make changes? Mr. Diaz noted with there is not enough right‐a‐way in front of the bank, they are not installing the 10’ wide pathway due to property frontage that is available. They are not changing the location of number of entrances since they are not involved with the new project coming. The Wells Fargo parking lot does not change. Mr. Diaz reviewed the remaining pieces of the project and frontage issues noting where the gaps are. Three major ones, White Oak Road where paving site is not being developed, the Capital Station Project and the N. Little Creek project about development of this site, to encourage redevelopment DelDOT agreed not require intersection changes here. And the third gap is the city own substation. Gaps were demonstrated in the slides. At Dupont and Kings Highway, here the issue is the Payday site is not being developed. To get to the bikeable shoulder on the South side of White Oak, one would need to do three crosswalks while the more direct route would be to go straight across. It would take serious public action for this to be fixed. We would need to address this another way. Mr. Siegel noted this should be fine, but we need to be sure we can get them to the existing crosswalks. Mr. Lesniewski asked if the Lidl still coming? Mr. Diaz replied that it is not moving forward at this point, they have withdrawn their application. In review of the last site, we are really not going to see any development in the future and the utility pole along this area would be extremely costly to move. Each pole could cost close to a million dollars to move so they are not going anywhere. Discussion took place about the various right‐of‐ways and how we could get the pathway built filling in these gaps. Mr. Diaz was thanked for his time and presentation.

By‐Laws Review Ms. Cyr shared that Ms. Courtney came to Mr. Hutchsion and her regarding a revision to the by‐laws. My response was, if we are going to look, lets look at them as whole as they are 5 years old now. My question to Mr. Hutchsion was to see if a smaller group could work on them rather than this body as a whole. With brief discussion it was noted Mr. Lesniewski offered to assist in the project. Ms. Courtney will coordinate calendars to move this forward. We will add to next months agenda to see where we are in the process. OLD ITEMS Dover Treasure Hunt Mrs. Riddle shared the update we are moving forward with a date of July 20, 2019. We are still in early stages but we are moving along nicely. The next meeting is May 24 at the Library at 3 pm. We plan on having monthly meetings for the smaller work groups and over all meetings to coordinate the smaller group activities. Construction Projects Mr. Asay asked about the workshop on the RT10 project? Mr. Fiori did not have an update for this meeting. Bike Fixit Station Ms. Courtney reported city staff was meeting to discuss the concrete pad and exact location at the library. It is still coming but not in time for Bike to Work Day. Bike Month Events Mr. Siegel continues his plan to ride in from Dover High School (former site). Donations were being solicited for the breakfast. Mr. Fiori noted DelDOT had a group of riders planning to come and they would have their tent set up with Bike Month t‐shirts for participants. Mr. Siegel has sent out notices to all the city employees including the library and police station. Mrs. Cyr asked for a reminder so they be sure to have a door open for us. Ms. Courtney reported the Ride of Silence is scheduled for that same evening, May 16. We do have police escort scheduled as typical for this event. Mr. Siegel reminded everyone helmets are required for these event. Mr. Fiori noted the Legislators Ride is tomorrow. Dover Duathlon Ms. Courtney noted we had 65. Great age group of people participating in and in volunteers. Event was successful. There is some discussion on next year’s date. As we had decided to host this event the 2nd Saturday of April, however it has been brought to our attention due to the Coastal Running Festival. We will address the date of the 2019 at another time after some discussion. It was recommended to stay away from Easter weekend. Potentially, April 6 would be the best date. Everyone was asked to look into other events and report back things that felt would be of major conflict. ANNOUNCEMENTS No announcements. ADJOURNMENT With no further business the meeting adjourned at 6:10 PM without objection.

Private Development & the Senator Bikeway Existing Conditions, Paths to be Constructed, and Gaps to be Filled

Background: Expanded Requirements for Sidewalk and Multi-Use Path Construction  Starting in Spring 2017, DelDOT began requiring 10-foot wide multi-use paths to be constructed as part of approval for development projects in State Level 1 Investment Areas. Previously only 5-foot wide sidewalks were required.  Dover followed by passing an ordinance package in October 2017 (#2017-12) which included a revamp of the Zoning Ordinance’s sidewalk regulations. Under the new ordinance, the Planning Commission could request multi-use path instead of sidewalk in service of an adopted Bicycle or Pedestrian Plan.

Background: Involved Projects Area of proposed developments  Senator Bikeway to run 3.5 miles from Dover High School to DuPont Highway (Rt. 13)  First proposed as part of Dover’s 2015 Bicycle Plan  Route between Silver Lake Park and Rt. 13 not yet determined

Background: Involved Projects  Capital Station project approved by Planning Commission in June 2017; has submitted plans for Final Approval  65,000 square feet (SF) of retail and restaurant space, including a 21,998 SF Aldi grocery store

Background: Involved Projects  Lidl project originally approved by Planning Commission in July 2016; returned with new plan in March 2018 but withdrew application  36,185 SF grocery store, later revised to 25,400 SF with 7,500 SF separate retail building

Background: Involved Projects  Wells Fargo project approved as Administrative Site Plan by Planning Office in August 2017, currently under construction  No change to size of existing building; parking and circulation improvements only  NOT required to upgrade to multi-use path, as DelDOT entrance approval was not needed

Kings Highway Area Existing Conditions H wy nt po BIKEABLE SHOULDERS EDGEHILL CVS N S Du Feet 0 175 350 700 BIKE LANE WELLS EASTOVER FARGO HILLS W hit e Oa kR Hwy N D u pont d CAPITAL STATION p SITE Ma LOAN P TIL LIDL GROCERY le PAYDAY kw SITE ADULT ST. JONES y PROBATION SUBSTATION AND (COD) PAROLE Dr Hwy Park Kings LUTHER TOWERS MEMORIAL PARK Mill Dr visio E Di Lewis n St SILVER LAKE PARK EXISTING TRAIL Dela t Ave Ken CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL w ar e Ave Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community

Kings Highway Area Private Path Development n t H wy po EDGEHILL Du CVS N S Feet 0 175 350 700 REQUIRED MULTI-USE PATHS EASTOVER HILLS W hit e Oa kR Hwy N D u pont d CAPITAL STATION p SITE Ma P LIDL GROCERY le kw SITE y Dr Hwy Park Kings LUTHER TOWERS Mill Dr MEMORIAL PARK visio E Di Lewis n St SILVER LAKE PARK Dela w ar e Ave t Ave Ken CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community

Kings Highway Area Post-Construction n t Gaps Hw y po EDGEHILL Du CVS N S Feet 0 175 350 700 EASTOVER HILLS W hit e Oa kR Hwy N D u pont d CAPITAL STATION p SITE Ma P LIDL GROCERY le kw SITE y Dr Hwy Park Kings LUTHER TOWERS Mill Dr MEMORIAL PARK visio E Di Lewis n St SILVER LAKE PARK Dela w ar e Ave t Ave Ken CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community, Surdex Corp, 2017

Detail- North DuPont Highway and Division Street N Feet 0 45 90 180 Issues: -No path developed on Loan-Til-Payday Site -Must use 3 crosswalks to get from Loan-Til-Payday to bikeable shoulder on south side of White Oak Road, and vice versa -No bikeable shoulder on north side of White Oak Road until Halsey Road and Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, the GIS User Community, Surdex Corp, 2017

Detail- North DuPont Highway and Division Street N Feet 0 45 90 180 Issues: -No crosswalk across DuPont on north side of intersection -No bikeable shoulders on Division Street until John Hunn Brown Road Surdex Corp, 2017

Detail- Division Street and Park Drive N Feet 0 45 90 180 Issues: -Narrow Right-of-Way -Power poles are close to street and cannot be moved Surdex Corp, 2017

Next Steps  Determine which route(s) are desired to access DuPont Highway from Silver Lake Park  Make intersection improvements at DuPont highway for crossing of selected routes  If Division Street route is selected, design path and acquire right-of-way so that St. Jones Substation operations are not impacted  If either major private project does not reach completion, plan to fill additional gaps left by it