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MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: December 11, 2008, 7 pm, Room 111, Town Office Building Members Present: Peggy Enders (Chair), Stew Kennedy, Mike Tabaczynski, Abe Shenker (FoLB Chair), John Frey, Jerry Van Hook, Richard Canale (Planning Board Liaison), Laurel Carpenter, Marita Hartshorn, George Gagliardi Others Present: Rich Spencer, Dave Pinsonneault, Chris Lokem-Kim Members Absent: Hank Manz, (Selectmen’s Liaison), Sandra Shaw (Recreation Liaison). Minutes: Revised and approved October minutes. Reviewed and approved November 13, 2008 meeting minutes. Snow Plowing: Peggy distributed copies of a document dated November 20, “Recommendations Regarding Snow Removal for the Minuteman Bikeway” outlining the terms of the snow plowing pilot as agreed to between LBAC representatives and town staff. Dave Pinsonneault said he hoped to clarify aspects of what the DPW is planning to do and emphasized that a delay in plowing after storms needs to be expected. The contractors and town staff will complete sidewalk plowing first, so that most sidewalks will be clear the day after a storm. It will probably be another day before the Bikeway can be cleared, longer if the storm is severe. The machine will be a 48- or 50-inch blower; an eight foot width will be clear with two passes. Since there will be a delay, snow compaction may occur on the Bikeway from users walking or skiing. The rate charged will be $65/hour for machine and driver; he estimates that the two passes will take a minimum of six hours (which is what a dry run took earlier in the fall); eight to ten hours may be a better estimate. In a discussion about what sort of hand-clearing might be needed around the gates or on street sides, Dave said that he will try to coordinate the street plows so that extra snow is not piled on the crossings, thus adding to the time it takes to clear the Bikeway. Dave was asked to ensure that the person who plows the parking lot behind CVS not to dump snow on the Bikeway and to clear the center Bikeway (Woburn to Revere to Bedford) as soon as possible. The committee agreed that the snowblower should stop at Westview, just before Bedford.