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MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: September 13, 2007; 7:00 pm; Rm 111 Members Present: Stew Kennedy (BAC chair), Harvey Bingham, Richard Canale (Planning), Peg Enders, John Frey, Marita Hartshorn, Abe Shenker, Mike Tabaczynski, Jerry VanHook Others Present: Rich Spencer (FOLB), Wilma Bingham Members Absent: George Gagliardi, Hank Manz (Selectmen),Sandra Shaw (Recreation) Record of Votes taken and issues discussed. Minutes from the August meeting were reviewed and approved as submitted. Membership changes: Jim Wichmann’s resignation from the BAC was announced, and deep appreciation was expressed for his years of service to the committee. Peg Enders has been approved by the Selectmen to fill this spot on the BAC. The reappointments by the Selectmen for new three-year terms for Abe, Mike and Stew were announced. Bike Racks by the Depot Building: John reported the rack to be placed under the Depot awning was approved by the HDC. The HDC continued the hearing for the second rack to their October 4 meeting, when the design is expected to be ready to be presented (by David Williams.) We can now notify DPW that the first rack may be installed. Hartwell Ave. / TMG / Sidewalk Committee report: Jerry brought the map / plan for striping bike lanes on each side of Hartwell Ave that was presented by Engineering to the Selectmen and approved by them. He will leave it in Room 111 for several days for interested people to study it. The plan calls for painting to create two bike lanes, two traffic lanes, and, where appropriate, a left turn lane – with accompanying signage. It is expected the job will be contracted out this fall. Olga Guttag’s concern that sand and debris in the bike lanes would be a problem was answered at the BoS meeting with the assurance that DPW will keep it swept. It was noted that this will be considered an experiment to be watched for a year and then reevaluated. Sidewalk Committee activities: Jerry reported on plans to improve traffic flow and safety during drop-off and pick-up at Hastings School, and about the experiment with new bricks on the center sidewalk near the shoe store.