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MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: May 10, 2007; 7:00 pm; Rm 111 Members Present: Stew Kennedy (BAC chair), Harvey Bingham, John Frey, Abe Shenker (FOLB Chair), Mike Tabaczynski, Jerry Van Hook Others Present: Rich Spencer (FOLB), Bob Dangel, Peg Enders, Dick Fleiss Members Absent: George Gagliardi, Marita Hartshorn, Hank Manz (Selectmen), Sandra Shaw (Recreation), Jim Wichmann Record of Votes taken and issues discussed. Minutes from the April meeting were reviewed and approved as submitted. West Lexington Greenway project status: Mike reported that work is progressing well on drafting of the RFP (Request for Proposals), with the goal to have the contract awarded and work on the Master Plan started this summer. Hartwell Ave. / TMG / Sidewalk Committee report: Jerry announced that he has agreed to chair the Sidewalk Committee (SWC) for the next year. He related that an important goal of SWC is to continue to expand and solidify the Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) program they started in town. Bob Dangel, who serves on the board of MassBike, said that MassBike is very interested in promoting SRTS and has money available to grant to a good program. It is recommended that the SWC pursue this. Jerry reported that the Hartwell Ave. traffic study has now been started by the consultant, BSG. Request for table by Bikeway during event: Dick Fleiss, a York St. resident, brought forward a request for permission for the Massachusetts Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association to place a table somewhere along the Bikeway in Lexington for four hours on a weekend day in June to promote its 11th annual Memory Ride. The actual event will be on July 28 at Devon. They feel their target audience for this fund raiser will be well represented on the Minuteman. At the table, reps of their association will hand out literature to interested riders about the event. They prefer June 2, with June 3 as a rain date. We suggested a good spot - with good visibility for their purposes but away from busy shopping and historic-area foot traffic - would be west of where Fletcher Ave crosses the Bikeway: near the White House parking lot. We also stipulated that the table should be well off the Bikeway pavement so as not to pose any obstruction to Bikeway