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PILOT overnight parking program announced!
During the February 23rd Select Board meeting, a motion to implement a pilot overnight parking program was passed. Details of the pilot program: Recommendations: All Winchester residents who park their vehicles on the street overnight should sign up for snow alerts via the official town hall website. (https://www.winchester.us/445/get-notifications) Residents are encouraged to write to Anthea
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Helpful Information for 2025
On November 17th, the Select Board agreed to investigate the overnight parking ban in order to determine if improvements could be made. In response, the following information is being provided to the Select Board. Compliance On any given night when the winter parking ban is in effect, there are approximately 500+ vehicles parked overnight on
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Preparing for Winter 2024-25
What Happened to the Petition? In February of 2024, a petition was submitted to the Selectboard that requested changes to the overnight parking ban. The purpose of the changes was to balance the needs of the town and the needs of the residents. The town wants the streets clear in the wintertime in case of
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Shifting Strategies
After discovering that the petition request had been rejected months ago, I realized that the Select Board has no intention to bring up this topic in their meetings. It would be pointless to do so, since the Select Board is known to rubber stamp the recommendations of the TRC. This suggests that if anything is
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Rebuttal of TRC Recommendations
Background: On August 19, 2024 I received a copy of the TRC’s recommendations regarding the Overnight Parking Ban Petition, which was sent to the Town Manager 5 month’s prior. On August 20th, I emailed Matt this rebuttal. The Rebuttal My Comments are in bold. Enforcement of Current Ban Snow/Emergency Response Equity Other Communities My research
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TRC’s Recommendations
UPDATE (August 20, 2024) It turns out that the TRC responded to the petition on March 15, 2024. Overall, the TRC does not support any proposals listed in the petition for changing the overnight parking ban. Here is the email: Fri, Mar 15, 9:05 AM Subject: Overnight Parking Ban–notes from: Shuman, Matthew <mshuman@winchester.us> to: “Rudolph, Beth” <brudolph@winchester.us> cc:
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August 2024 Letter to the Winchester Select Board
The following letter was emailed to the Town Manager and Select Board members on August 15, 2024. Dear Winchester Town Manager, Select Boar Chair, Vice Chair and Select Board Members, I would like to follow up on my petition that I submitted to the Select Board on February 16, 2024. This petition was a request
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Public Awareness Campaign Continues
Yesterday, I added a post to the Winchester Facebook group in preparation for a bid to get the Selectboard to debate the petition. Traditionally, there are a lot of people who are against removing the overnight parking ban. However, this time the responses were more supportive. And even more hopeful: one of the current Selectboard
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March 4th: Pre-Election Update
Latest Updates – March 4 Hi everyone, Here are the latest updates regarding the Overnight Parking Ban petition. 1) Town Elections – Select Board:The town election is on March 26th, which will mean at least one (but maybe two) changes to the composition of the Select Board. I don’t know if the parking ban petition will be
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Update for February 26th, 2024
Latest Updates Hi everyone, Here are the latest updates regarding the Overnight Parking Ban petition. Petition Status: Submitted The petition was submitted to the Select Board’s office on February 16th, 2024. I have since confirmed that the petition has been sent straight to the TRC (traffic review committee). TRC Members: Tonight I was able to