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APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: October 10, 2015, 7 pm, Cary Library Members Present : Peggy Enders (Chair), Laurel Carpenter, John Frey, George Gagliardi, Mike Tabaczynski, Marita Hartshorn, Sandra Shaw (Recreation Liaison) Members Absent : Bob Dangel, Carolyn Levi, Bob Hausslein Others Present : Jennifer Merlot Review September Meeting Minutes : The September minutes were approved as corrected. Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee? : Peggy met with David Kucharsky and Suzie Barry regarding the possibility of combining the Sidewalk Committee with the Bicycle Advisory Committee to form a Bike/Ped committee. Peggy briefed Suzie on the Committee’s mission, accomplishments and relationship to other committees and the town and voiced the Committee’s position with respect to the need for Town staff support if such a committee were to be formed. Bikeway Paving, Closures, Detours (update): A number of detour options were provided to Bikeway users while the Bedford Street to Bedford town line was being repaved. Jennifer developed great messaging for users; Peggy had large signs printed and posted them at the various detour points. As of now, the paving is complete, but there are berms along the newly paved path that are quite steep; the edges need to be filled. Arterial Bike Accommodations: Peggy reported on the September 25 meeting with John Livsey, Jennifer Melot and others to review the status of bicycle accommodations on recently paved town roadways and the Bikeway. The results of that meeting were summarized in a document shared with the Committee and include a number of roadways that were repaved several years ago. Peggy said that the DPW plans to request a budget for on-going bike striping (sharrows, bike lanes, etc.) at the spring Town Meeting. Laurel Carpenter suggested that such documents be made more public and transparent and that the process allow for more input on priorities. th New England Bike/Walk Summit : Laurel distributed the program for the Sept 24 event. She attended Engineering and Design Done Right Parts 1 and 2 and Greater Connectivity for Greater Utility. She noted that many people are working hard to improve bicycle/pedestrian accommodations. Master Plan for Bikeway Signage : Peggy reported on the meeting held on September 24 with the Toole Design Group to launch the “master plan” phase for Bikeway signage. Mike, Jennifer, Richard Canale, Bob Hausslein and Bob Dangel attended with Peggy, John Livsey and David Kucharsky. She said that Toole Design will consider the preliminary