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MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: January 11, 2007; 7:00 pm; Cary Hall Members Present: Stew Kennedy (BAC chair), John Frey, George Gagliardi, Marita Hartshorn, Abe Shenker (FOLB Chair), Mike Tabaczynski, Jerry Van Hook, Jim Wichmann Others Present: Rich Spencer (FOLB), Bob Dangel (Lexington resident and member of MassBike board), Terry Gleason (Lincoln Lab) Members Absent: Richard Canale (Planning), Hank Manz (Selectmen), Sandra Shaw (Recreation) Record of Votes taken and issues discussed. Minutes from the December meeting were reviewed and accepted as corrected. Hartwell Ave safety: Jerry reported on the TMG’s meeting this week at which the draft scope of services with BSC Group for engineering services for a traffic study of Hartwell Ave. was presented and discussed. The work will be done this spring. It was agreed here that, with adequate involvement of the BAC and our partners at Lincoln Lab in watching the progress of the study, this proposed contract can satisfy our request for determining the effects on Hartwell traffic of improving safety for bicyclists and pedestrians. Terry pointed out that the suggested changes recommended by the BAC and LL include a left turn lane at Maguire Rd and a possible turn lane at Wood St, as well as striping. And Jerry pointed out that the BAC has gone on record as recommending sidewalks on both sides of Hartwell from the Bikeway north to Bedford St. Terry explained that MassHighway regularly does traffic counts of key roadways every three years or on request. He showed data he had obtained from MassHighway for Hartwell Ave. from the January 2002 and July 2005 counts there. Jerry agreed to make sure the TMG is aware of this data. West Lexington Greenway CPC Application: Mike Tabaczynski reported the good progress made in collecting support for this project. The Conservation Commission and the Recreation Committee have agreed to be cosponsors, and the Planning Board and Traffic Advisory Committee have written letters of support. The Minuteman National Historical Park has also promised their support and agreed to work with the Town on planning for the trail connection. The CPC is scheduled to decide whether to recommend the project at their January 18 meeting.