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MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: March 8, 2007; 7:00 pm; Cary Hall Members Present: Stew Kennedy (BAC chair), Harvey Bingham, John Frey, George Gagliardi, Marita Hartshorn, Abe Shenker (FOLB Chair) Mike Tabaczynski, Jerry Van Hook Others Present: Rich Spencer (FOLB) Members Absent: Richard Canale (Planning), Hank Manz (Selectmen), Sandra Shaw (Recreation), Jim Wichmann Record of Votes taken and issues discussed. Minutes from the January meeting were reviewed and approved. Minutes from the February meeting were reviewed and approved as corrected. Woburn Street: In light of news from Engineering that redesign of Woburn Street is in planning, the Bikeway crossing and other features relative to bicycling on the street were discussed. It was agreed that we would like to be involved as options for safety improvements are considered. Of particular interest is the design of the intersection with Mass Ave. Also of interest is whether pavement widening to allow room for bicycle lanes is possible. Stew will convey our interest to Dave Cannon. Snow pile on Bikeway at Center parking lot: Hank Manz’s proactive work to get the inevitable snow piles not put there in the first place and then promptly removed was reported. Kudos to Hank! West Lexington Greenway project status: Mike reported that the project plan continues to receive helpful exposure at public meetings, and invited members to attend the upcoming TMMA information session on March 14 and the Town Meeting session on a date not yet certain. MassHighway talk on trail surfaces: The invitation we received to attend a talk by George Batchelor of MassHighway on alternative path surfaces was discussed. The talk will be March 12 at the Bruce Freeman Trail Friends Group meeting in Sudbury. We agreed it is important to have representation there, but no one committed, as there are conflicts for many that night.