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Resident proposes school-centered walkability advisory committee for Bow
Summary
Resident Melanie Klunk urged the Select Board to establish an advisory committee focused on walkability and bike access, starting with a one-mile radius around schools and expanding outward; board members encouraged an initial informal working group and asked Klunk to return with a formal charge.
Melanie Klunk, who said she lives at 16 Briarwood Drive, asked the Select Board on Dec. 9 to establish an advisory committee to improve walkability and bike access across the Town of Bow. She proposed a phased approach that would first evaluate the ‘‘first mile’’ around town schools and then expand to a second mile and beyond, using existing trails, signage and targeted grants to create safer walking and biking routes.
Board members responded positively and recommended that Klunk convene interested citizens informally to draft a formal charge for the board to consider. ‘‘Our initial focus would be staged around our schools,’’ Klunk told the board, describing a map she provided that places BES at the center of a phased plan. She said the committee would be advisory, data-driven, and aimed at identifying near-term, manageable projects that could increase daily walking and biking trips.
Select Board members asked for coordination with the town—s ongoing master plan process and stressed the need for the group to provide an explicit scope and deliverables when it returns. One board member encouraged Klunk to begin meeting informally with volunteers and to bring back a proposed charge the board could vote on at a later meeting.
The board did not take formal action during the Dec. 9 meeting; members urged Klunk to draft the written charge and return to the board for possible formal establishment of the committee.
