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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 Date, Time and Location of Meeting: September 13, 2012, 7 pm, Town Office Building Members Present: Peggy Enders (Chair), Stew Kennedy, John Frey, Marita Hartshorn, Jerry Van Hook, George Gagliardi, Mike Tabaczynski, Bob Hausslein Others Present: Joel Adler, Patria Lanfre Richard Canale (Planning Board Liaison), Liaison) ichi, Sgt. Paul Callahan (Police Liaison), Sandra Shaw (Recreation Committee Members Absent: Laurel Carpenter Minutes: The August 2012 minutes were accepted as corrected. LBAC Memberships: Jerry Van Hook and Laurel Carpenter have chosen not to continue serving on the LBAC. The committee thanks them for their years of service; Jerry has been a 20 -year charter member of both the Bicycle Advisory Committee and the Friends of the Bikeway. He has agreed to be an informal liaison from the Sidewalk Committee. Peggy reported that Laurel hopes to continue her contributions as a member of the Friends. Peggy reported that Patria Lanfranchi and Bob Dangel are applying for LBAC membership; the committee unanimously supported their nomination. John Frey will be recommended for reappointment. There was some discussion about whether there should be term limits for the committee chair. Mass Ave Bike Accommodations: The committee's recommendations regarding sharrows and wide shoulder striping in the section between Worthen Road and the 128 bridge were accepted. The committee discussed the recent temporary paving in Lexington Center and the desire to have sharrows as well as a pilot bike box. Richard Canale agreed to draft a letter to the DPW. DCR Grant for Minuteman Bikeway User Information: Members are asked to help with the existing features inventory. Toole Design will hold a training session in early October. Toole will post the edited Bikeway user survey on -line next week. Paper copies and flyers will be distributed it at this month's Farmers' Market. Peggy distributed the most recent version of one side of the proposed Bikeway map. The committee agreed that green spaces and contiguous bike routes should be shown.