APPENDIX E: MORRIS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TEAM MEETING NOTES Morris Meeting 1: 1/11/21 Discussion: Where is there need of work Parking lot near school is a barrier to getting kid sot walk and bike to school Shane: Kids cutting through parking near crossing of Columbia. No crosswalks. Need to address the safety piece. Blaine: This area used to be a grove of pine trees until hospital put in parking lot. Shane: I have gotten calls from medical center that kids are cutting through parking lot Diane: Backroad where buses come in between school and college. But no path in winter. Filled with snow. Tony: I drive up hill and see younger students. Gets nervous because they have to cross 2 entrances in the schools. Cars in 4 different places flying in and out. Challenging for little kids. Darcy: Distinct West side and East side of town. No welcoming invitation for kids to get from West side of town. Wayne: During walk audit, didn’t spend much time on West side of town. Spend more time there navigating what is going on. Morris has a very good sidewalk network that are good shape and on most of streets. Blaine: Completed length of sidewalk green river park to 7th street. Cali ave to 7th st. Sidewalk around green river park. There are pink markings in sidewalk for cracks. There will be major sidewalk project this year, but it is ongoing. Morris has worked on SRTS grant before. South side Morris below tennis, put in sidewalk along backside of school that links up path at university, that links up other trail system. This would allow students not to walk in the front. Need to change attitudes on whether parents will allow students to ride bikes. Lots of parents driving kids to school. Discussion: Great place to walk or bike Blaine: Missed boat with MNDOT. Took sidewalk out by Dairy Queen, there is no good sidewalks along main highway. Not putting in highway project. A lot of people and bicycles traveling along the highway. Good opportunity along entire length. This would get people to uptown. Jeff: South and east of county rd 22 along highway 9. Todd: Riley edition, NE part of town. There is no good way to get their on highway. That whole neighborhood is isolated. Comes along 7th street across baseball field. This area is landlocked. Parent has to drive kids out of neighborhood. Reggie: They let kids goes into church parking lot by H28. Blaine: No consideration for how neighborhood built to allow for walking and biking. Across 28 on other side. Northside. Newest neighborhoods. Not just bicycles. It is water and sewer. In future link up all infrastructure with neighborhood. Trailor court and houses too. Reggie: Could SRTS partner with school to create bike path. Wayne: Possibility. Have talked about people cutting though yards. Could be find 2 homeowners to give up space to create sidewalk/paths for kids. Talk more about it in the future. Great opportunity. Formalized shortcut. End of discussion
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