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MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: June 12, 2008; 7 pm; Estabrook Hall Members Present: Harvey Bingham, Peg Enders, Marita Hartshorn, Stew Kennedy (BAC chair), Jeanne Krieger (Selectmen liaison fill-in), Mike Tabaczynski,Richard Canale (Planning), George Gagliardi, Sandra Shaw (Recreation), Abe Shenker (FoLB Chair) Others Present: Carolyn Siccama, Bob Dangel, Tom Fortmann, Terry Gleason Members Absent: John Frey, Jerry VanHook Record of Votes taken and issues discussed. Minutes from the May meeting were reviewed and unanimously accepted. Boardwalk Projects: Mike summarized trail-building progress so far and planned work remaining this season. The broken bridge in Meagherville, and 300 feet of boardwalk in Lower Vine Brook have been completed. The next project will begin on August 2 (in Lower Vine Brook), meeting on Fairfield Drive at 8:30 AM. The work is under budget so far, and volunteer productivity has been higher than expected. Subcommittee Reports: ?? North South routes - Have not met, but plan to this month. They will combine N-S issues with traffic calming planning. ?? CM district (Hartwell Ave) infrastructure – Have not met, but will attend Planning Board public meeting planned for next Wednesday, June 18th. We should also attend the July 9th meeting Richard told about that will also be hosted by the Planning Board and will feature representatives from the MAPC. Parking issues, including bicycle parking will be on that agenda. July Trail Count plans – MPO is setting up midsummer statewide counts on Saturday, July 12th, and Tuesday, July 15th. Stew and George will coordinate, each on one day. Stew will send out messages requesting volunteers. The numbers are useful (for the state and for Lexington) in planning and justifying more trail construction. Additional Items: ?? MBTA Director Dan Grabouskus visited Alewife Station recently to announce installation of a secure bicycle cage there; but he saw so many bicycles locked around the station he said he will install two cages. ?? Lexington town offices are beginning to do data entry into GIS. Mike asked for inputs on why it’s important to get trail data into the database.