Email address for Stuart Fuller of the E'town Highway Dept is: edghighway@verizon.net. 
Email to request a copy of the Power Point presentation is: HTE-capstone@googlegroups.com. 
Despite being ignored by Prof. Dulaski, I did jump up at the end of the Q&A session and asked for 1) a copy of the RFP (Request for Proposals) relating to this project that had been mentioned at the beginning of the presentation and 2) the complete charge given to the students for their senior project. Dulaski hedged and hid behind a question of what info the university could share, etc. My opinion is if the conclusions and recommendations of the project are made public then so should the underlying origins of the project. 
Also, apparently it was Stuart Fuller who put the students in touch with Bob Colvin, so the students could study the Bike Path issue. The students choose for their senior project an issue of Transportation, Structural or Environmental interest. The students said they seek "a sustainable design for a transportation system on Chappy for years to come." Note that it is not a study per se of traffic safety or bike/vehicle safety. 
Dulaski said that this meeting was to focus on the 'technical merits' of the choices and not the 'politics' of the recommendations. I found that statement to be disingenuous, insulting and showing their inherent bias towards construction of something. It clearly showed the intention not to allow dissenting discussion at today's session. 
Also alarming was the student project head basic assumption that 'there is a missing link (of bike paths on MV and Chappy) that is needed here on Chappy.' Starting with this assumption (of the need of a bike path to complete MV bike path routes) certainly slants the recommendations of the group and diminishes the role of bike safety on Chappy. Not everyone would agree that it is Chappy's obligation to enlarge MV bike path routes. 
The tone underlying the presentation was of fear, 'to prevent a disaster before it happens.' This disaster was likened to an earthquake, while not likely was still possible. This example was cited several times in the Q&A, as the students acknowledged that car/bike accidents are not common on Chappy. 
The proposed bike path would be on the NORTH side of the paved road and the Dyke Road. Students had not looked for any safety studies about separate bike path/driveway intersection incidents. They had not considered the impact on a path crossing on the side of the Store. Students had not read thoroughly all the information on the Chappy Path website. 
The multimodal facility (aka the separate bike path) would be minimum 8' plus a 5' buffer of treed vegetation. The students say this space could be accommodated within the existing right-of-way or by shifting the existing paved road 1500' near the ferry plus 3 places of about 300' each plus any shifting of the road near MyToi on the Dyke Road. That equates to almost 2500' of road shift. 
Most interesting was the data that most bike/car accidents begin to occur when cars are traveling at 30 mph and higher. The students talked about 'traffic calming' measures. However, when questioned by an audience member about other less intrusive traffic calming measures (i.e. speed bumps, police presence), they were discounted as being too intrusive for a 'problem' of only 2 months/year! Cost estimates were requested of the students for these alternates measures. 
Stuart Fuller, when asked, said that the newspaper ad announcing this meeting would be paid for by Bob Colvin's group and not by the Edgartown Highway nor Planning nor Selectman's department. 
The next steps for the students emerged during the informal discussions around their long paper map of the proposed multimodal facility. These steps include 1) another presentation to the public in April and 2) a survey designed by them and sent to "Chappy", whomever that includes. The students offered to hold their next presentation either at the CCC or in Edgartown; Mrs. Kagan preferred it to be held in the Town Hall. It is critical to have the survey sent to all Chappy property owners and not just to registered voters, as suggested by one of the students to us. 
It was disappointing that the students had to return for the boat so quickly and not gather even more field information from the many attendees for their project. There clearly was much that the students had not researched nor considered at this point. If the next presentation was to build on their first presentation, as they said, it was a lost opportunity for them. Their only other field information was gathered Jan 27 and 28, 2010 when they came to Chappy. 
The other sites considered were the T intersection by Dyke Road and the ferry staging area. 
These comments are not "minutes" of this meeting as various others have already carefully written/emailed their observations and comments. 
It was a beautiful day to be on Chappy. I also drove out to the Wasque tire deflation area and was astounded by the tremendous new erosion and washover there. Nature is awesome! 
Ginny