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`OVS MORN' O� 1775 tic (7 N P APRIL 19' �FXI NGSO� APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: Thursday, May 10, 2018, 7 pm, Ellen Stone Room Members Present: Peggy Enders (chair), Mike Tabaczynski, Jennifer Melot, Lou Savarino, George Gagliardi, Bob Hausslein (chair, FoLB), Kevin Falcone Others Present: Sandra Shaw (Recreation Committee Liaison), Joe Pato (Selectmen's Liaison) The March meeting minutes were approved. Discussion of policy issues/project goals for Input to Board of Selectmen Goal Setting: • Commit to comprehensive plan • Get school committee to commit to bike safety ed program. Joe Pato points out that the selectmen can't control what the school committee does. Suggested we identify tangible steps to improve bicyclist safety. • Discussion of how Lexington's bike infrastructure is inadequate. How should this be represented in the goals? Joe acknowledges that sharrows are not met with a great deal of enthusiasm/aren't clearly effective and noted that protected bike lanes are more likely to result in meaningful changes. • Peggy listed other things that might be added: bike crash recording, bike counting, etc. Discussion of proposed "haiku on the path" • Kevin mentioned various issues that have been considered, including need to be aware of HDC historical issues, advantages of using painted art (as it can't be stolen), need to locate "safe place" to put them. • Lou/Kevin discussed the idea of using them as mile/half-mile markers. • Peggy discussed artistic vision - community sourced haikus • Sandra raised issue about when these would get painted given the high level of traffic on the path • Kevin mentioned that September was the goal to coincide with the celebration • Mike T said we should use marking paint as it looks vivid while it's there but goes away quickly • Peggy mentioned the new Maple St ramp might be a good location. Kevin suggested other"pull off' areas such as near the AGM would be good locations. • Mike points out that artist must identify volunteers and put the paint down at a time when it won't be smeared.