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Watertown Town Council
Administration Building
149 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: 617-972-6470
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Report of the Committee on Economic Development and Planning
Mark S.Sideris, Meeting Date: October 29,2019 (TNC)
Council President
The Committee convened on Tuesday October 29, 2019 at 6:15 pm in the Philip Pane
Vincent J.Piccirilli,Jr., Lower Hearing Room. Present were Kenneth Woodland, chair; Lisa Feltner, vice chair;
Vice President& and Vincent Piccirilli secretary. Staff resent was Laura Wiener Senior Transportation
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Planner. Also present were Councilor Anthony Donato; and members of the public
Caroline Bays (Attachment A sign-in sheet). The purpose of the meeting was Review and
Councilor At Large Consideration of Transportation Network Company Funds.
Anthony J.Donato,
Councilor At Large In the meeting on August 14, 2019, the Committee agreed to wait until DCDP applied
Susan G.Falkoff, for the MassDOT Workforce Transportation grant to determine the amount of matching
Councilor At Large funds needed. Ms. Wiener distributed a memo explaining Watertown applied for two
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grants, requiring 2019 TNC funds of$23,088 for a public shuttle service on Pleasant St,
Anthony P and $20,000 for five BlueBike dockingstations Attachment B
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Key discussion points:
Angeline B.Kounelis, 1. The $46,912 in TNC funds appropriated last year to the shuttle pilot have not yet
District A Councilor been spent or encumbered, and are available for use on the Pleasant St shuttle.
Lisa J.Feltner, 2. The initial roll-out of the "Watertown Connector"Arsenal St shuttle will be
District B Councilor available to TMA member riders only, and not the general public, as there will be no
Kenneth M.Woodland, public funds provided.
District D Councilor 3. If the grant application for the Pleasant St shuttle is not successful, the $70,000
($46,912+$23,088) will still be available for another shuttle bus pilot.
4. $13,488 of the 2019 TNC funds will remain unappropriated, for future use.
5. The $20,000 for the BlueBikes should be contingent on receiving the grant, and if
not successful will remain unappropriated and available for future use.
Councilor Donato stated his support for residents to be able to ride the Arsenal St shuttle in the future,
with a public funding contribution. Susan Flint, speaking on behalf of Watertown for All Ages, asked
the Committee to consider grants in future years for transportation programs for seniors.
4 Action Item: Councilor Piccirilli made a motion, seconded by Councilor Feltner, to recommend the
Town Council appropriate the $56,576 in 2019 Transportation Network Company funds as follows:
a) $23,088 to partially fund the shuttle bus pilot program;
b) $20,000 for BlueBike matching funds if the grant is successfully awarded, otherwise the
funds remain unappropriated;
c) $13,488 will remain unappropriated for any allowable future use.
Motion voted unanimously 3-0
The meeting adjourned at 6:54 pm.
Report prepared by Vincent Piccirilli
Attachment A- Sign-in sheet
Attachment B—October 29, 2019 Proposed Budget for Transportation Network Company Funds
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Department of
• Community Development and Planning
PLANNING OFFICE
Administration Building
149 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Steve Magoon Phone: 617-972-6417
Director Fax: 617-972-6484
smagoon@watertown-ma.gov www.watertown-ma.gov
To: Town Council Economic Development and Planning Committee
From: Steve Magoon, Director, Community Development and Planning, and
Assistant Town Manager
Laura Wiener, Senior Transportation Planner
Re: Proposed budget for Transportation Network Companies (TNC) Funds
Date: 10/29/19
We propose using$90,000 in TNC funds to provide 20% local match for two pending
MassDOT grants for Pleasant Street Shuttle, and BlueBikes stations.
TNC Income
2018 $46,912
2019 $56,576
Total $103,488
TNC Proposed uses
Pleasant Street Shuttle $70,000
BlueBikes--5 stations $20,000
Total $90,000
Pleasant Street Shuttle Budget
Town 20% $69,000
Watertown Mews $25,000
MassDOT grant $251,000
Total Cost $345,000
BlueBikes Budget
Town 20% $20,000
MassDOT grant $80,000
Total Cost $100,000