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,S US Mop pQ` 1 775 ` �(3 APRIL 11- k /NG'V APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Thursday, October 11, 2012, 7 pm, Town Office Building Attending: Peggy Enders, Chair, Stew Kennedy, John Frey, Marita Hartshorn, George Gagliardi, Bob Dangel, Mike Tabaczynski, Bob Hausslein, Sandra Shaw (Recreation Liaison) Absent: Patria Lanfranchi Others Present: Richard Spencer Minutes: The September 2012 minutes were accepted as submitted. DCR Grant for Minuteman Bikeway User Information: Sandra, Peggy, Bob Hausslein, and Stew along with 10 others from Bedford and Arlington attended the inventory training session given by Toole Design to prepare volunteers to assess signage and other amenities on and near the Bikeway. Toole is also scheduling a 3 -hour ride along the full length of the Bikeway. The bike map development is progressing. Bike Safety: Members discussed the apparent increase in the number of bicycle accidents on both roadways and the bikeway. The committee would like to work with Public Safety to develop a systematic method of tracking accidents involving cyclists and the causes. Peggy has suggested this to both Capt Ferro and Sgt Callahan. Bob Dangel will investigate methods that might be helpful. Winter Plowing: The committee talked about plans to have Jimmy McLaughlin again plow the Bikeway. Peggy will talk to Peter Kelley to firm up the arrangement. We hope to repeat our agreement with the town to have the gates open and barrels protecting the entrances. ACROSS Lexington: We voted to write a letter of support for a CPR Grant submitted by the Greenways Corridor Committee. Jerry Van Hook, in a conversation with Peggy, expressed a need for walk - your -bike signs on board walks. Bikeway counts: Margaret Stebbins organized the counts on September 13 and 15. It appears that commuter use continues to increase. Saturday counts, presumably more recreational, were down; however the day started out cold and rainy.