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APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: November 12, 2015, 7 pm, Cary Library Members Present : Peggy Enders (Chair), Marita Hartshorn, Bob Dangel, Laurel Carpenter, John Frey, Mike Tabaczynski, Bob Hausslein (FoLB Chair), Sandra Shaw (Recreation Liaison), Richard Canale (Planning Board Liaison) Members Absent : Carolyn Levi, George Gagliardi Others Present : Jennifer Melot, Tom Fortmann, Sgt Paul Callahan (Police Liaison) Committee Photo for Town Report : David Tabeling took a Committee picture on the stairs of the Community Center. Review October Meeting Minutes: The notes were approved as submitted. Arterial Bike Accommodations: Peggy reported that the DPW plans to paint sharrows on Hill and the rest of Massachusetts Avenue near Wood Street before winter. She was told that Concord Ave will be marked in the spring. The repaved section of Waltham Street did not get bike accommodations; only shoulder lines have been painted, although the Committee had requested sharrows and, where possible, bike lanes. Peggy reported that the DPW intends to request a sum in their upcoming budget to provide for new accommodations and to maintain existing ones. Laurel Carpenter stated that the Town should have a transparent process for providing for bicycle accommodations as part of their paving plan. Bob Dangel thought it important to expect the entire bike-marking plan be approved as part of that process, saying that the Committee provided the bicycle network information and recommendations requested by John Livsey several years ago, but was never formally involved after that. Richard Canale noted that our town engineers were present at the Moving Together conference. Master Plan for Bikeway Signage : Sandra Shaw and Richard Canale reported that the CPC approved the request from the Town for Bikeway wayfinding signs and kiosks based on the plan provided by the Toole Design Group. Peggy said that the Committee will be involved at some point to review the plan. East Mass Ave project hearing : Peggy and Laurel each read a statement at the hearing in late October. Tom Fortmann, who opposes the proposed traffic lights on the Mass Ave corridor, brought us up to date on the Battle Road Friends’ support for roundabouts. He and Peter Kelley have hired a consultant to study the proposals, saying that their consultant is optimistic that single lane roundabouts are feasible. The Town has hired the Kittelson