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MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: February 12, 2009, 7 pm, Room 111 of the Town Office Building Members Present: Peggy Enders (Chair), Richard Canale (Planning Board Liaison), Stew Kennedy, Mike Tabaczynski, Abe Shenker (FoLB Chair), John Frey, Jerry Van Hook, Laurel Carpenter, George Gagliardi Others Present: Susan Yanofsky, Dave Cannon, Rich Spencer, Bob Hausslein, Bob Dangel Members Absent: Marita Hartshorn, Sandra Shaw (Recreation Liaison), Hank Manz (Selectmen’s Liaison) Minutes: Reviewed and approved December 28 and January 9 meeting minutes. Snow Plowing: Peggy said that she, Stew, and Abe had met with John DeNapoli, a contractor from Arlington, who is prepared to take on Bikeway plowing once the town approves his insurance credentials. He will charge $70 per hour and will use a small snow-cat with an 8-foot blade. The gates will need to be opened, and Peggy and Stew plan to talk with Carl Valente and Bill Hadley later in the week to ask for approval to open the gates. At the present time, she said, there is too much ice on the Bikeway to resume plowing. The committee was in agreement that they would rather wait on clearing the Bikeway until conditions improved. Spring Street: Jerry said that the Sidewalk Committee had made recommendations to the Traffic Mitigation Group regarding aspects of the Spring Street project: 1. The maximum pedestrian signal delay at the Marrett Rd/Spring Street intersection should never be longer than 30 seconds following the Mass Highway Manual stipulation for Level of Service; 2. Sidewalk alignment "Option 3" (west-side sidewalk to Hudson and then on the east-side from there) as approved by committee with the possible alternative of "Option 1" (sidewalk only on the west side) also being an attractive option;