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APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location: Thursday, July 12, 2018, 7 pm, Ellen Stone Room Members Present: Peggy Enders (chair), Bob Hausslein (FoLB Chair), Bob Dangel, Kevin Falcone, George Gagliardi, Jennifer Melot, Lou Savarino Members Absent: Mike Tabaczynski Others present: Sgt. Paul Callahan, Sandra Shaw, Omar Khudari 1. The minutes of the May 2018 meeting were approved. 2. Bike Crash Reporting: Kevin has Bob Dangel's edits to the crash proposal; the last modifications appear to be from the May meeting. Peggy would like to formally submit the proposal to the police. Sgt Callahan explained that the PD has two bike codes in the system - 157 is bicycle crash general, 159 is motor vehicle vs bicycle. The committee recommendations ask for more refined coding. Sgt Callahan said he would like to add another "bike involved" code for medical issue reporting. Sgt Callahan said he talked with his counterpart in Waltham about their short bike form, but apparently its use was part of a one- year grant. Peggy said that she had heard that other communities are trying to improve their bike crash reporting systems, including Cambridge. On another matter related to crashes, Peggy said that the Board of Selectmen had expressed concern about the Lexington bike crash rate as reported by the League of American Bicyclists. 3. Input to BoS Goal Setting: Peggy said she had seen a draft of the BoS priorities for 2019, and that the development of a bicycle plan was included at #18 (out of about 50 goals). Michelle Ciccolo was named as point person for that goal. 4. The Bicycle Friendly Community award to Lexington is again at the entry (bronze) level. 55 people responded to the League survey of local bicyclists that was part of the application process. One comment was noted by the League; i.e., Mass Ave is considered very unsafe by cyclists. 5. Haiku on the Bikeway: Arlington Public Art is leading an effort to paint 10 miles of haiku poems on the bikeway as part of the 25th Bikeway Anniversary. Lexington has been asked to contribute $500 to this cause to help hire a consultant (to cut out stencils) and pay for paint. The committee had discussions about the proposed font size, about concentrating them around areas where people naturally slow down around uphills. Artist wants a "sea of words" but members were inclined to approved just a few for Lexington. Kevin said there are considerations around what side of an intersection to put them on. In Arlington, police were concerned about accidents around haikus, but this has not been an issue. Omar says on the Arlington list, people have mixed