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APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: September 10, 2009, 7 pm, Room 111, Town Office Building Members Present: Stew Kennedy, Mike Tabaczynski, John Frey, Jerry Van Hook, Marita Hartshorn, Abe Shenker (FoLB Chair), Sandra Shaw (Recreation Liaison) Others Present: Margaret Stebbins Members Absent: Peggy Enders (Chair), Richard Canale (Planning Board Liaison), George Gagliardi, Hank Manz, (Selectmen’s Liaison), Laurel Carpenter Minutes : The August 13, 2009 minutes were accepted as corrected. Meeting with Carl Valente, Bill Hadley, and John Livsey: Abe reported that Carl favors finding outside funds such as grants and CPA funds for infrastructure restoration. Sandra said a CPA request would be categorized as recreation. Peggy with help from Dave Pinsonneault is drafting a CPA request focusing on drainage, root mitigation, and other preservation and restoration issues. John Livsey is looking into sharrows. We reiterated our position to mark Spring Street with sharrows and will recommend further use of sharrows and/or fog lines on a street-by-street basis. Bike Racks : We voted to lend the town $1123.50 for the purchase of two bike racks which will be reimbursed by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and the state. Marita will contact Dave Pinsonneault. Tri-Town Meeting: Monday, September 28, 2009 in the meeting room of the new DPW. Stew presented the agenda. He will ask Peggy to do our five minute Lexington summary and George to talk about the upcoming meeting on bikeway safety at street intersections and related issues (e.g., gates, bollards, signs, user behavior and repairs/maintenance). Other: Marita reported some town action on the paper street connecting Summit and Fern. She will call engineering to learn more. Stew presented a request from the LWV requesting a First Friday presentation from LBAC. Supporters of