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The top issues emerging from this survey will be discussed in detail at our 2009 Annual Meeting coming up on February 23 at 7pm at Summit Commons Nursing Home 99 Hillside Ave.
Miriam moves date of parking meeting
Miriam Hospital has moved the date of the neighborhood Parking Meeting (see below) to April 19 to avoid conflicts with public meetings on the city’s Comprehensive Plan.
The hospital has provided this schedule of upcoming events:
Landscaping Meeting
Tuesday, April 17th 6:30-8:30pm in the Fain Building second floor Lecture Hall.
This meeting is being held solely to discuss the landscaping that will accompany the completion of the new Clinical Services Building.
Please call 401 793 4040 to RSVP your attendance at this meeting.
Neighborhood Parking Meeting
Please join us on April 19th at 6:30pm at the Rochambeau Library Community Room to discuss issues related to parking. The Miriam Hospital has hired Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc as parking consultants to help us plan for our future parking needs in an effort to reduce hospital parking that affects the neighborhood.
Representatives from the firm of Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) will lead this meeting. Members of The Miriam Hospital Parking Committee will also be present.
Neighborhood Tree Planting
Our newest and leafiest members of the neighborhood will be planted on Friday, April 27th. New trees are being placed on sections of Third, Seventh and Eighth Streets beginning at 9am on that Friday. Please call Monica Anderson @ 401 793 4040 if you are available to lend a helping hand!
Questions or comments?
Please call the Miriam Hospital Neighborhood Hotline at 401 793 4040 or email us at tmhneighbors@lifespan.org
Miriam wants resident input on parking
Miriam Hospital has invited residents to a meeting on parking issues on Thursday, April 12 at 6:30 in the Fain Building on Fifth St (2nd floor lecture room). The meeting is part of a traffic study being conducted by consultants as a condition of Miriam’s approved master plan.
Officials from the Providence Police and the Providence Department of Planning and Development will be there as well.
Miriam treated more than 100,000 patients, including inpatients, emergency room visitors and outpatients in 2005, all but a very few arriving by car. A staff of more than 2,200, plus 800 or more affiliated doctors, must also come and go. With the current expansion and created a planned future growth in emergency room capacity, we can expect hospital parking needs to increase in the years ahead.
Zoning Board says “no” to second driveway
The Providence Zoning Board of Review refused to grant a variance to build a second driveway at a house at 170-174 Fourth Street on August 22. SNA argued against the variance, the second parking-related variance requested and refused for this property in the last year. Former SNA Board member Bonnie Robison mobilized neighbors to oppose the variance. Two neighbors spoke at the hearing and 14 more expressed opposition by letter or petition. Read more
Takin’ it to the streets
Over the past few months, we’ve had an increased volume and variety of conversations about the streets of Summit - traffic calming, parking enforcement, signage, and resident parking permits. Some of these (traffic calming Phase I) are done deals, and some (parking permits, further traffic calming) are long term discussions. But parking signage and enforcement are every day issues. Read more
Citizens responds swiftly to neighbor concerns
SNA salutes Citizens Bank Hope Street Branch Manager Sandra Carey and Regional Manager Dennis Wyatt for their rapid action on a neighbor concerns about safety at their lot on the corner of Hope and Lauriston. Neighbors cited traffic and pedestrian safety, noise, some after-hours uses of the lot and the property’s appearance among their issues with Citizens. At the bank’s request, neighbors are now developing requests for improved landscaping. Read more
Help wanted with Citizens Bank lot upgrades
Are you interested in improving the parking lot of the Citizens Bank on Hope Street?
If so, please join us!
What: An informal, initial meeting of neighbors to discuss potential parking lot improvements (traffic flow, security, landscaping, etc.) to suggest to Citizens. It has come to our attention that Citizens is considering upgrading the parking lot, so this is the perfect time to give our input!
Who: This event is sponsored by the Summit Neighborhood Association. All are invited.
When: Thursday, February 9th at 7pm – 9pm
Where: Rochambeau Library Public Room (Downstairs)
Contact: Jack Templin, 47 Lauriston St., Email: jtemplin@gmail.com, Phone: 401-709-4433
We look forward to working with you to improve our neighborhood!
Thank you for your support!
Traffic Calming Details
To accompany Jon’s post below, here’s a downloadable map/schedule for the Summit Neighborhood Traffic Calming.
Traffic calming - take a deep breath
Those funny lines at corners along Rochambeau, Summit and Hope and the major work along Lorimer is the long-awaited traffic calming project first developed almost five years ago through a series of meetings on each affected street. Councilman Kevin Jackson and SNA worked very hard to get the plans completed and to keep this project on track. However, it has taken much longer than expected to get things underway, so even though SNA has regularly posted updates in our newsletter, it’s not surprising that people have forgotten this was coming.
The City Department of Public Works and the contractor, Narragansett Improvement Company, did not notify us or individual residents (or even Councilman Jackson) that they were beginning work, an oversight they have promised to remedy when they start new sites. Kevin Jackson has shared the schedule (posted below) and a full set of plans. Please call John Bazik at 331-1644 (eves and weekends) if you have questions about the design.
A few clarifications. First, this project was demanded by Summit residents responding to the increased volume and speed of cars traveling through our residential streets. The specific sites and designs were discussed and reviewed at public meetings during 2001. Second, the main purpose of the project is to make our streets safer for people on foot, particularly children. Read more
Meters highly unlikely on Hope Street
Following up on the Mayor’s May 11 statement that he has seen no plans for meters on Hope Street, SNA contacted the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services to determine whether such plans might be made in the future. The answer: not for a long time and not very likely in any case. Read more