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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MEETING MINUTES <br /> <br />Committee Name: Bicycle Advisory Committee <br /> <br />Date, Time and Location of Meeting: <br />September 11, 2008; 7 pm; Rm 111, Town Office <br />Bldg <br /> <br />Members Present: <br />Marita Hartshorn, Stew Kennedy (BAC chair), Mike Tabaczynski, <br />Abe Shenker (FoLB Chair), George Gagliardi, John Frey, Sandra Shaw (Recreation), <br />Peggy Enders <br /> <br />Others Present: <br /> Rich Spencer, Christine Loken-Kim, Laurel Carpenter, Bob Dangel <br /> <br />Members Absent: <br />Hank Manz (Selectmen’s Liaison), Richard Canale (Planning), Jerry <br />VanHook, <br /> <br />Issues discussed <br /> <br />Bikeway Celebration Plans: <br />Peggy, Marita, Chris and Stew are working on plans. <br /> <br />Will include tables, raffle, rides, bumper stickers, safety checks, trivia test, <br />o <br />bike stores (Cycle Loft?), refreshments, newsletters <br />Embroidered shirts with the Minuteman logo are being made for the three <br />o <br />founders who will attend <br />Volunteers are needed: members and LHS students <br />o <br />LBAC picture for Town Report scheduled for 2:15 that day <br />o <br />Signs to be posted around bikeway, permission will be requested by Stew <br />o <br />Bike corrals, video taping, A/V equipment, someone to MC will be <br />o <br />arranged <br /> <br /> <br />Minutes: Reviewed and approved July 10 and Aug 14th (as corrected) meeting minutes. <br /> <br />Membership: As Harvey’s resignation from the LBAC opens a position, a motion was <br />made, seconded and unanimously approved to recommend that Laurel be appointed. <br /> <br />Snow Plowing status: At the Selectmen’s September 8 meeting we presented our <br />recommendation that the Bikeway be plowed, in a pilot program, this winter. Stew and <br />the others who attended reported on the meeting. It included the reading of a letter sent to <br />the Selectmen from the Arlington Selectmen which strongly supports Lexington’s <br />plowing. No decision was made, although two of the four Selectmen present had voiced <br />support for plowing. The main issues of concern by the Selectmen seem to be safety at <br />the intersections when gates are open and bollards removed, and cost of plowing, <br />including the high costs of clearing around gates and bollards. At our meeting the LBAC <br /> <br />