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APPROVED MEETING NOTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: Thursday, March 12, 2015, Parker Room Members Present: Peggy Enders, (Chair), George Gagliardi, Bob Dangel, John Frey, Carolyn Levi, Bob Hausslein Members Absent: Laurel Carpenter, Mike Tabaczynski, Marita Hartshorn Others Present: Jennifer Melot January Meeting Notes : The January minutes were approved as submitted. Bike Lexington Flyer: The flyer as been printed and will be mailed along with the property tax bill at the end of March. Peggy reported that she will approach the town about helping with costs. Minuteman Bikeway Signage (Update): Peggy reported that the proposal to hire the Toole Design Group to develop a master plan for signage was approved by the Community Preservation Committee and the Selectmen, but the Capital Expenditures Committee believes that there is a similar project underway through the MAPC; the majority of CEC members were not in favor of funding the project. Bob Dangel and Peggy both reported that they have had conversations with David Loutzenheiser that the MAPC LandLine signage vision “will not preclude local efforts” and “is a long way from implementation.” Town Meeting will vote on this project in April. Town Meeting Warrant Articles 35 and 45: The Bike Committee unanimously endorsed the Complete Streets Article 35 and the Town Safety Article 45 in its rewritten form. Bikeway Plowing Update: Ice, Floods, Buried Barrels, etc.: The committee discussed the recent icing and melting problems on the Bikeway as well as the work involved in digging out the intersection barrels. The DPW allowed the committee to put down ice melt at some severely frozen areas (e.g., behind the Depot), but sand should never be used because it clogs the wetlands. There were reports of severely flooded areas on the east end of the Bikeway owing to the large amounts of snow dumped by abutters, particularly by the car wash on Mass Ave and the owner of the office complex at the corner of Mass Ave and Fottler Ave.