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Greenways Corridor Committee February 1, 2016 Training Room, Hadley DPW Building Lexington, Massachusetts Members Present: Alex Dohan, Peggy Enders, Eileen Entin, Bob Hausslein, Susan Kenyon, Keith Ohmart, Mike Tabaczynski Other Attendees: none Votes: Minutes approved: 12/14/2015 Reports /Updates: • Bob has been investigating the possibility of re- routing the B route to go through the Munroe Cemetery. This would simplify the access to the Bikeway by eliminating some street cross- ings. The best location for trail construction appears to be at the east end of the cemetery, but that will require some negotiation with a private landowner. The bank along the Bikeway is less steep there than further west. • Citizens for Lexington Conservation will sponsor a Route E walk in the spring. Bob, Peggy, and Eileen will collaborate on that. • An abutter of the Route E segment on Garfield Rd would like an indemnification letter from the Town since that segment of the road is Unaccepted (the Town does not own it) and he is concerned about the possibility of lawsuit should someone get injured while using the ACROSS route. Michelle Ciccolo, the GCC Board of Selectmen liaison, and Carl Valente, Town Manager, are working on how to handle this. • Susan went to a meeting of the Dana Home Foundation (at the suggestion of Dave Wil- liams). The Foundation gives grants for programs designed to aid senior citizens in Lexing- ton. It might be a good place to apply for funds to develop a trail from the Community Center to Upper Vine Brook,or toward Youville Place. The Town is considering purchase of the Ar- menian Sisters Academy building in the same area. This will affect what routes might be de- veloped in that area. Ongoing Business: • Brochure revisions, reformatting, and reprinting, including hiring Laurel Smith for design work, can be funded through our existing CPA funds. A working group including Mike and Susan will get started with a goal of finishing by March in order to have new maps printed by Patriots' Day. We will print 12,000 brochures. Susan will work on getting high school "interns" for summer map distribution to the map holders around town. She will also meet with David Neal about updating the ACROSS app. • Peggy and Keith will be meeting with the Aloft and Element hotels about accessing Route F from there, and with Nancy Nelson of the National Park Service about our connection to the Minute Man National Historical Park. We need federal permission to mark the trail over Fiske Hill. • 2016 route development - Youville Place & Nat'l Park already mentioned. Currently labelled #7 through Shaker Glen is a route that requires no special permissions. Please walk it - be- fore Feb 29 meeting, if possible. The connection to Lot 1 from Brookhaven is another possi- bility, though it requires Division of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) permission.