Town Administrator May 22, 2019

DOWNTOWN PARKING & CIRCULATION PLAN Stakeholder Meetings. Please come share your perspective on Downtown Parking and traffic issues today during the stakeholder meetings for this project. New private buildings are being built in Downtown Erie. There are also frequent public events in Downtown (it’s a happening place!). The Town wants to make sure there is the right amount of parking and that we plan all transportation improvements—including the Moffat Street Bridge—and mobility options for getting to, around, and from Downtown Erie in a way that is safe, convenient, and compatible with the character of Downtown. For more information on the study results so far, please view the Downtown Parking Traffic Study webpage.

So come to the Town Hall Community Room and share your perspective. We hope Downtown Business Owners will join us from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (before the Farmers’ Market starts) and others join us from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.. I look forward to seeing you there!

Public Works

In celebration of National Public Works Week we present to you, Public Works by the numbers:

Snow removal (from Oct. 14 - April 10, 2019)
18 – Events requiring snow crew deployment
1,825 - Staff hours
16,751 - Miles in trucks
46 - Recorded inches of snow

Spring Clean-up
99 - ARC donations
218 - Metal recycling
22 - Prescription take-back bags
109 - Electronic recycling
157 - Combined staff hours
369 – Total vehicles

Distribution and Collection
43 - Hydrants inspected and painted
124 - Valves exercised
27 - Manholes inspected

Streets Department
66 - Tons of road base used for alley maintenance
14,000 - Pounds cold mix asphalt for potholes
100 - Tons of debris from street sweeping in 5 months

Meters Department
243 - New meters installed
157 - Meters replaced
581 - Polymer lids replaced to improve beacon reception

Fleet
403 - Work orders
41 - Out-sourced warranty work

Landfill
936 - Total vehicles including cars, trucks and trailers

Survey

Beginning May 17, residents who did not receive the postcard may submit responses! We invite you to complete the 2019 Town of Erie Citizen Survey!

Police

Members of the EPD very much appreciated the Police Proclamation provided by Trustee von Woudenberg at the Board of Trustee meeting.

On Thursday afternoon, some of Erie’s finest went to Black Rock and then on to Erie Elementary to congratulate the 2^nd and 3^rd place winners of the Respect for Law Enforcement Drawing/Coloring Contest offered by the Optimist Club. On Friday morning, more of Erie’s finest returned to Erie Elementary to congratulate a kindergarten student who happened to be the 1^st place winner of the contest. The winner’s poster depicted a puppy dog on a leash since it’s the law. McGruff wanted to meet this exceptional young man; McGruff refused to be placed on a leash…

Erie Police Officers enjoyed the 2^nd Hero’s Breakfast provided by the United Methodist Church for Wounded Warriors and local law enforcement on Saturday morning.

Following the above mentioned breakfast, Command Staff, several officers and Erie Police Department volunteers worked the Town Fair event on Saturday, May 18. McGruff decided to show up (again without a leash) and walk through the crowd. Send your McGruff sightings our way!