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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MEETING MINUTES <br /> <br /> <br />Committee Name: Bicycle Advisory Committee <br /> <br />Date, Time and Location of Meeting: <br />April 12, 2007; 7:00 pm; Rm 111 <br /> <br />Members Present: <br />Stew Kennedy (BAC chair), Harvey Bingham, John Frey, Marita <br />Hartshorn, Abe Shenker (FOLB Chair) Mike Tabaczynski, Jerry Van Hook <br />Others Present: <br />Rich Spencer (FOLB), Dick Canale (Planning Board), Bob Dangel <br />Members Absent: <br />George Gagliardi, Hank Manz (Selectmen), Sandra Shaw <br /> <br />(Recreation), Jim Wichmann <br /> <br />Record of Votes taken and issues discussed. <br /> <br />Minutes <br /> from the March meeting were reviewed and approved as corrected. <br /> <br />MassHighway talk on trail surfaces: <br />Mike reported on the Bruce Freeman Trail Friends <br />Group meeting he attended in Sudbury at which a transportation trail surface expert from <br />MassHighway was the speaker. Interesting information included the competitive cost of <br />asphalt paving over stabilized stone dust, and the probable need, to meet wheel-chair <br />accessibility criteria, for a path with grade around 3% or higher, to be paved. This will be <br />pertinent in WLG planning. The MassHighway rep detailed some of the design problems <br />with the (stabilized stone dust) Battle Road trail in the National Park. <br /> <br />Arlington’s Snow Plowing of Bikeway: <br />Stew had been contacted by Jeff Roth, on <br />behalf of the Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee, asking what Lexington’s reaction <br />might be if Arlington were to experiment with snow-plowing all or parts of Arlington’s <br />stretch of the Bikeway. After much discussion of the issue, on both pro and con sides, it <br />was agreed by unanimous vote that our committee would be interested in seeing what the <br />outcome of plowing would be. Stew will thus let Jeff know we see no problem with <br />Arlington’s giving plowing a try. <br /> <br />West Lexington Greenway project status: <br /> Mike reported that the Master Plan funding <br />request got Town Meeting approval. Work is now underway to produce the RFP (Request <br />for Proposals), with volunteers initiating the task description and Karen Mullins and <br />Karen Simmons in charge of finalizing the RFP. The (aggressive) goal is to have the RFP <br />finished by the end of May. <br /> <br />Hartwell Ave. / TMG / Sidewalk Committee report: <br /> Jerry brought us up to speed on <br />his recent liaison activities. The traffic / safety study on Hartwell Avenue has been <br />awarded to BSG (Boston Survey Group). A BSG member, Samuel Offei-Addo, spoke at <br /> <br />