[Durham INC] INC Resolution in Support of Traffic Enforcement on City Streets

[Philip Azar]

Attached please find (subject to usual battles with the inter webs, human error and PC/Mac/Word/Apache/OpenOffice compatibly), three versions of the same document (Word, electronically created PDF and PDF from a hard copy).  Please read and give comments using whatever version works best with your computer and personal preferences.  (It is hoped that the PDF hard copy, while the least easy to work with is the most reliable and accessible version.)

Some background information:

1.  Approximately a year ago, the InterNeighborhood Council of Durham (INC) identified traffic enforcement, especially enforcement of speeding and failure to yield to pedestrians laws as relatively low hanging fruit to improve safety on neighborhood streets and formed a committee to address that issue.

2.  Volunteers for the committee were sought though various means, including emails to both of the above listservs.

3.  Many meetings were held, including some with Durham Police Department representatives, and more with the Sheriff's Department and the Durham Transportation Department.  Along the way, reports were made to the the Durham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission and the regular INC meetings (generally, first Tuesday of the Month, 7:000, Golden Belt, 3rd Floor of Bldg. 2).

4.  Tuesday night, the 10th, an anticipated near final draft of the resolution (hard to tell with these things) was made to INC with an eye toward circulating to the INC and bike and pedestrian listservs for comments and initiating listserv participants to attend what may be the last drafting oriented meeting of the committee (Wednesday December 18th, 6:30 in City Council Rm. 1-A). 

5.  Changes (other than formatting, insertion of some hyperlinks and other minor matters) since Tuesday night's are marked in the attached document.  (Hopefully, all versions.  Highlighted changes are essentially limited to one paragraph on the first page.)

6.  Typos and other drafting and IT errors are my own, but tremendous credit goes to committee members, fellow travelers and others listed in the INC report that follows for their cooperation, ideas, hard work and good cheer along the way.

7.  Subject to comments received through email and at the next Wednesday meeting, it is anticipated that the resolution will be submitted to INC delegates at the next meeting with the goal of a vote on it at the subsequent meeting.  Please note:  This document has been under creation/review for a while.  To the extent possible and without in any way trying to stifle listserv discussion, comments received through INC neighborhood representatives, BPAC, other organized groups, and people attending the meeting on the Traffic Safety Committee meeting on 18th, which will again be open to the public, can be expected to be given greater weight.  There are, however, committee members who are on either or both of the relevant listservs.  INC has member neighborhoods, and is seeking additional member neighborhoods.  More information at http://www.durham-inc.org/.  

Regards, 

Philip Azar
Chair, INC Traffic Enforcement Committee 

bcc:  Committee members, Captain Sarvis, and most of the other fellow travelers






On Dec 10, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Philip Azar <philip917azar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Scott, Thank you for reserving time on tonight's agenda.  Special thanks and recognition is extended to:
> 
> Fellow committee members:
> 
> Matt Dudek (Co-Chair)
> DeDreana Freeman
> Debbie Royster
> Scott Carter
> Laura Marshal
> Matthew Palmer
> Janice McCarthy
> Jennifer McDuffie
> Barry Ragin
> Ian Kipp
> Floyd Jackson
> John Martin
> Jeff Bakalchuck
> 
> People who have traveled with us, provided technical assistance or casual input:
> 
> Ann Holzem
> John Killiin
> Brent Bateman
> Dale McKeel
> Paul Aiken
> Various DPD officers, mostly from TAC and Central District
> 
> Attached are MSWord and .pdf versions of the current draft.  I will bring some hard copies, however, no vote is expected to be requested until the January meeting at the earliest.  I will also bring a thumb drive with the resolution in both formats (I am using OpenOffice, which does not always convert into Word perfectly), as well as Appendix and potential appendix documents.
> 
> Subject to input during tonight's INC meeting, the following are expected to be done before finalizing the resolution and requesting a vote on it:
> 
> 1.  We would like to  see the results of the BPAC survey which asks about perceptions of driver safety and its impact on people's willingness to walk and bike.  
> 
> 2.  We would like to meet with the Durham Police Department representative.  The full committee has not met with a higher level Durham Police representatives.  I had the opportunity to meet with a police sergeant on on one and some officers of the Bike Patrol were able to make a meeting.  The Sheriff's Department has been a regular participant.  However, due to some scheduling conflicts Captain Sarvis has not yet been able to make a meeting.  Last time I spoke to Captain Sarvis, he did confirm attendance at the next meeting, Wednesday December 18th, 6:30 in City Council Rm. 1-A.  (Gentle reminder for all of us.)
> 
> 3.  Subject to final feedback, I expect that the resolution is in close to final form.  We have a decision to make regarding Appendix A.  We are currently citing a Durham Preliminary Action Plan that is in draft form, but it might be better to switch to a Highway Safety Research Center document.
> 
> 4.  Awaiting a soft copy of some more recent statistics from Durham Transportation Department
> <Resolution on Traffic Enforcement INC meeting 12.10.12.doc><Resolution on Traffic Enforcement INC meeting 12.10.12.pdf>
> 5.  We envision linking to most of the Appendices as they are too long to attach in hard or soft copy.
> 
> 6.  In the next couple of days, we'll send the draft resolution, with the links, to the INC lstserv and the Durham Bike Pedestrian listserv, with a request that comments are either routed through neighborhood representatives, BPAC or someone attending the meeting on the Traffic Safety Committee meeting on 18th, which will again be open to the public.  The expectation is that the resolution would then be formally put before the INC delegates at the January meeting, with a request to vote in February.
> 
> Respectfully submitted,
> 
> Philip Azar
> INC Traffic Safety Committee, Chair

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