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Greenways Corridor Committee October 27, 2014 Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Town Office Building Lexington, Massachusetts Members Present: Alex Dohan, Peggy Enders, Eileen Entin, Don Grant, Bob Hausslein, Keith Ohmart, Mike Tabaczynski Other Attendees: Ginna Johnson, Planning Board liaison; Kevin Breunig Votes: September 29, 2014, minutes: Approved Reports: Kevin Breunig was introduced. He was Rick Abrams’ neighbor and is considering joining the GCC. Memorial to Rick Abrams (Eileen) – the Board of Selectmen accepted the petition to rename ACROSS Lexington “ACROSS Lexington: The Rick Abrams Memorial Trail System. Thanks to Bob and Eileen for presenting at the BoS meeting. The new name will be on the new map/brochure, and a memorial walk will be held on Route C on November 23, 2014. Open Space & Recreation Plan (Keith/Eileen) – GCC is involved, but mostly Town staff. A 4-page survey will be going out soon, looking for input from the community. The consultant firm is VHB. A public meeting will be held on November 20. Brochure/Map update (Eileen) – The new maps will not change much from the old, except to include new Routes C & D. Hope to have ready before Patriots’ Day. Eileen, Keith, Mike, are working on the project with Susan Kenyon and other friends of Rick. The map will soon be too big for a “pocket-sized” brochure. We need to think about future information dissemination for ACROSS. Grain Mill Alley (Peggy) – At a recent public meeting, two proposed designs were presented. No decision has been made because there are lots of people involved, with lots of ideas and no consensus has been reached. Those involved are looking to a December 1 deadline for Community Preservation Act funds requests. Healthy Communities Grant (Peggy) – Funds are available for new maps for ACROSS and Bikeway. Should be ready for Bike Walk Bus Week, second week of May. Can GCC sponsor/lead walks for BWB week? Planning needs to begin in February. Would Library and/or Sustainable Lexington be additional sponsors of BWB week?