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,S US Mop pQ` 1 775 ` �(3 APRIL 11- k /NG'V APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: July 12, 2012, 7 pm, Town Office Building Members Present: Peggy Enders, (Chair), Stew Kennedy, John Frey, Marita Hartshorn, Bob Hausslein (FoLB Chair), George Gagliardi, Richard Canale, (Planning Board Liaison) Members Absent: Laurel Carpenter, Jerry Van Hook, Mike Tabaczynski Minutes: The June 2012 minutes were accepted as corrected. Bike Parking on Mass Ave: David Kucharsky from the Town Planning Department has requested help for another cyclist /pedestrian count at the weekend bike corral; he has suggested it be done on July 28. George distributed a draft of a card to hand out soliciting support for the continuation of the bike corral. George will order the cards and also do a one -page flyer to be posted on the corral and at various businesses. Mass Ave Striping Options: Peggy met earlier in the day with John Livsey to talk about various options for striping Mass Ave between Worthen Road and Route 128. The committee was unanimous in its preference for the option that provided for bike lanes (where width allows). This option would require that parking be banned along this section of the avenue, but the committee felt that very little parking happens on this section of the avenue, except around Hastings Park during events. Given the importance of the new Battle Road Scenic Byway, and the use of this roadway by commuters, the committee agreed that bike lanes would be the safest and most attractive accommodation. John Livsey also told Peggy that sharrows will be painted on Adams Street from East Street to the Burlington line. Hayden and Spring Street crossing has bike detection, as does the Marrett - Waltham intersection. Complete Streets Workshops: Still no word on whether a 3 -hour workshop will be scheduled, but John Livsey is optimistic, Peggy reported. Bedford Bike Committee chair Terry Gleason asked for LBAC support to changes to the current workshop content; since most committee members have not attended a session, the committee was reluctant to sign on to the letter to Catherine Cagle. DCR Proposal: Bob and Peggy have been working with Russ Brami from Snowy Owl Maps to take the current draft Bikeway map to the next level. The plan is for a