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MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: June 14, 2007; 7:00 pm; Rm 111 Members Present: Stew Kennedy (BAC chair), Harvey Bingham, John Frey, George Gagliardi, Marita Hartshorn, Sandra Shaw (Recreation), Abe Shenker (FOLB Chair), Mike Tabaczynski, Jerry Van Hook Others Present: Peg Enders (FOLB), Dick Fleiss (FOLB), Rich Spencer (FOLB) Members Absent: Richard Canale (Planning),Hank Manz (Selectmen), Jim Wichmann Record of Votes taken and issues discussed. Minutes from the May meeting were reviewed and approved as corrected. Bike Racks by the Depot Building: John summarized the history of the two once and future bike racks behind the Lexington depot. Then Marita explained the current situation, including the meeting several of us (Marita, John, Jerry, Tom Fortmann and Stew) had with representatives of the Historical Society (HS) on May 30. (At that meeting the HS offered to return one but not both of the racks to a place of their preference under the canopy, even though they had told us in a December 2006 meeting that both racks would be returned to mutually acceptable spots under the canopy.) After discussion, the BAC voted unanimously to agree to a compromise put forward by Hank Manz and the Town Manager’s office: this would have one of the racks secured by the HS under the depot canopy near the western end of the building (in the location defined in Marita’s email message to the HS of June 6 summarizing the May 30 meeting, to wit, 18” to the right of the electrical outlet and 24” from the back of the depot and perpendicular to the building), and the second rack would be located across the brick pathway from the depot, beside the bikeway, and near the northeastern corner of the building at 9 Meriam St. once that area is suitably prepared and surfaced by the town. The accepted motion explicitly stipulates that this compromise is acceptable only if the rack under the canopy will be installed as soon as HDC approval is granted, if the second one will be approved and installed in a timely manner (within six months), and that the BAC will not be responsible for making all these steps happen. Otherwise, the BAC wants both racks placed post haste beneath the canopy. Hartwell Ave. / TMG / Sidewalk Committee report: Jerry reported that BSG agreed to provide an interim report of their Hartwell Ave. traffic study findings. This will come up in the next few weeks, and he will inform us of the time and location when set.