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LBAC Meeting Minutes 7 Implementing a bike plan is NOT a goal – the facilitator helped create the goals. So the goal was “All kids to be able to bike to school safely”. Transportation committee and disabilities committee also participated. The goals are different from our Committee Charge – The focus of the goal is on the outcomes we desire. The Committee Charge gives us the bounds of the Committee. Within the Charge we make recommendations and SB wants to hear the outcomes we desire. We want the bike ped plan to deliver the outcome we desire. The SB has put together their goals based on the session Sarah attended. As a committee we need to determine our goals. We need a good punchy goal then it helps build relationships with other committees too. 4. Discussion on a regular report to the Select Board In the Sept meeting we discussed the bikeway maintenance concerns and how we need to inform the SB and provide an official record of concern. Jim and I took the action to write a letter for review by the Committee. Letter we sent around about our maintenance concerns was discussed. Peggy provided input that was incorporated into the letter. There was a motion to approve the letter and the Committee voted to approve. Betty took the action to email the letter to the Select Board. 5. Discussion on Work with Police Department Bike Team to monitor bikeway Officer Chris Barry and Officer Mitch Caspe, LBAC Police Liaison, attending. We have received a significant number of emails, Facebook posts, comments in person at events about the dangerous behavior on the bikeway. There have been suggestions to ask the Police Dept to use their E-bikes and trained officers to patrol the bikeway 2 hours on Saturday or randomly during the weekends. There have been suggestions to recruit a group of people to become “Bikeway Ambassadors”. The