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The committee talked about the prospect of federal funding for “shovel ready projects” to mitigate the deteriorating conditions on the bikeway, including the need for root barriers, new bollards, and a full repaving. Stew mentioned that he and Peggy have an appointment to meet with the new town engineer, John Livsey. Fog Line/Bike Lane Subcommittee Update: The group reviewed the draft of a proposed letter from LBAC recommending to the Selectmen the adoption of new sideline striping standards on major town streets. Comments were offered, including the importance of emphasizing safety in the first sentence, in diminishing references to sidewalks, to being more emphatic. Laurel mentioned that Arlington has a similar initiative underway. It was recommended that letters of support be enlisted from the Friends and other committees and that this be an agenda item for the Selectmen at an upcoming meeting. Setting Priorities for the First Half of 2009 : Peggy handed around a list of suggested priorities for 2009 and asked for comments. After some discussion, the group decided to focus in upcoming months on the following: ?? Sidewalk plowing pilot ?? Striping (recommendation, agenda for Selectmen, gather support) ?? Improve safety and signage on the Minuteman Bikeway at Revere Street ?? Bikeway reconstruction: paving, root barriers, bollards, drainage problems ?? Improving information on the LBAC website ?? Develop community The group talked about speaking at the early April Town Meeting, when the budget is discussed, about LBAC priorities. The LBAC meeting was adjourned at 8:35 pm. Record of Friends of Lexington Bikeways Discussion : Treasurer’s Report: Rich Spencer reported that FoLB received $770 in snow plowing contributions since our December meeting, bringing the current balance to $ 4,656.32. Abe mentioned that he has an additional $1,950 in donations that have not been deposited and $150 more for the Charles Herlihy memorial. Abe said he will send thank you notes to contributors, both for the plowing and toward the memory of Charles Herlihy. He said that he doesn’t think more money will be forthcoming from donors, since the results have not been good and our arrangement costs four times more than plowing Arlington. We agreed that the town managers – Bill Hadley, Dave Pinsonneault and Carl Valente – need to know that “the Friends feel it can be done better.”