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Transportation Safety Group: (TSG Liaison Ram Reddy not present tonight) Planning Board: Tom Shiple says there are no new bike-related items to report at this time. Arnav Arora relates that the School Committee minutes do have bike-related items. He will be attending the next meeting. 7. Other Business — Discuss bike rack and bike parking guidelines and bylaws next meeting Tom Shiple notes that Mark Sandeen suggested updating town bylaws regarding bike parking, Blue Bikes, etc. Suggests making a working group to catalog what we know now, see what other towns are doing, and make proposals to Select Board and Planning board. Mark Sandeen relates that he has been saying to select Board that bike and especially e-bike parking needs have to be considered. — Friends of Lexington Bikeways update Jim Cadenhead reports big progress on the bikeway block Party. Recapping the plan, it will be September 15th, with 10 parks turned into event spaces for arts, sports, poetry hip hop, DJs, yoga, bands, drum circles… Hopefully all the way into Somerville. He is working with chambers of commerce, and relates that this type o event worked very well in Los Angeles. Jim asks for help doing outreach to small businesses. Finally, he notes that FOLB is revamping the Bikeway map, and that their finances are OK right now. To Shiple notes that the Bikeway sign near Maple Street needs to be moved to the eastbound side. Discussion ensues, and we decide to let Ross Morrow know that we are willing to move the sign ourselves if that’s OK with the town. Finally, there was discussion of behavior of a school bus driver honking behind young cyclists, with Susan Barrett suggesting that the topic be brought to the School Committee as well as to the individual school. The meeting was adjourned. The next LABC meeting is scheduled for March 14th, 7-9PM