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APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: Sept 10, 2015, Cary Library, 7:00 p.m. Members Present: Peggy Enders, (Chair), Marita Hartshorn, Bob Hausslein (FoLB Chair), Laurel Carpenter, Bob Dangel, John Frey, George Gagliardi, Carolyn Levi, Sandra Shaw (Recreation Liaison), Richard Canale (Planning Board Liaison). Member Absent: Mike Tabaczynski, Others Present: Jennifer Melot, Luis Melendez, Elaine Ashton The July Meeting Minutes were approved as submitted. Should Lexington have a Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee ? The Committee discussed the pros and cons of replacing the Bicycle and Sidewalk committees with a Bicycle/Pedestrian group. Richard Canale suggested instead a “mobility committee,” another member worried about “diluting the agenda” of a bicycle-focused committee. Others members said it is not the right time to restructure transportation groups, since town staffing is in flux. The committee agreed that if a Bicycle/Pedestrian advisory committee is established, then a staff person should be identified who has responsibility for attending the LBAC meetings, working with the committee and coordinating town- wide bicycle and pedestrian issues (e.g., bike/ped advocacy, safety and education programs; bicycle parking inventory and standards; data analysis and sharing of bike and ped accidents; town-wide ped and bike counts, etc.).Peggy will meet with Selectman Barry and David Kucharsky to find out more about what is being considered and to convey the position of the Bicycle Committee. Bikeway Paving, Closures, and Detours: Peggy, Jennifer, Bob Dangel, and Carolyn met with Dave Cannon to discuss detours while the bikeway is being paved. The work is slated to begin on September 21. In a discussion about bicycle accommodations on town arterials, Richard stated that Wood Street was not slated to be improved until sometime between 2021 and 2025. Given the heavy bicycle traffic on that street, the committee agreed to ask for the DPW to budget for sharrows in the immediate future. Peggy said that the group that worked with Bob Dangel to produce “bicycle network” recommendations for John Livsey would meet with John soon to review the status of bike accommodations on newly-paved arterials. For instance, Concord Avenue has been recently repaved; the spreadsheet prepared by Bob Dangel for the Town recommends sharrows. Similarly, the bridge repairs over Route 128 at Mass Ave should be followed by painted sharrows to continue