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MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: September 14, 2006; 7:00 pm; Rm 111, Town Office Building Members Present: Stew Kennedy (BAC chair), John Frey, Marita Hartshorn, Abe Shenker (FOB chair), Mike Tabaczynski, Sandra Shaw (Recreation liaison) Others Present: Rich Spencer (FOB), Erna Greene (FOB), Becky Chambers (FOB) Members Absent: Harvey Bingham, George Gagliardi, Jerry Van Hook, Jim Wichman Record of Votes taken and issues discussed. Minutes from the August 10 meeting were reviewed and accepted. Hartwell Ave safety: We discussed our recent appearance before the Board of Selectmen and our letter to the board, and considered ways to keep the momentum for corrective action going. It was decided and so voted that the BAC should place an article on next spring’s Town Meeting warrant requesting that money be allocated for striping (painting fog lines) along Hartwell Avenue, as a short- term safety solution. Stew agreed to talk with DPW to get an idea of the amount of money that would be needed. 2007 Trail Grant Application: Mike summarized the recreational trails grant request that will be submitted by the BAC next month for 2007 work. The proposed projects are about 700 feet of boardwalks in Lower Vine Brook and a bridge in Meagerville that is unsafe and needing replacement. Mike has done a fine job, as usual, in getting the application together and ready for approval by the necessary groups. Signage Policy on Bikeway: Marita presented and explained a request she received from Joey Glusko of the Arlington Planning Department for us to consider joining Arlington in coming up with a standard policy among the towns along the Minuteman regarding signage. After reviewing a draft of the Arlington suggested policy (which was very preliminary), and discussing the existing Lexington sign bylaw, we decided to instead suggest working toward a set of common guidelines for directional signage. It was felt that Lexington’s bylaw already suffices as a general signage policy. Marita agreed to convey our decision to Ms. Glusko. Request for a sign beside the Bikeway: Marita presented a request from Rising Star Quilters for approval of signs beside the Bikeway announcing their Oct 14 and 15 quilt show at Cary Hall. It was approved with the conditions that the sign be at least 6 feet off the pavement and that it be brought in overnight (Saturday).