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Traffic Safety Advisory Committee ROLE: To advise the Selectmen on traffic safety issues. The Police Department reviews residents' traffic concerns to assess safety levels and to develop recommendations that may require consultation with staff from the engineering, planning, or school departments. Unresolved traffic safety concerns are scheduled for a public meeting presided over by the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee. The Board of Selectmen reviews meeting reports and recommendations. Recommendations approved by the Selectmen requiring signs or markings are for- warded to the Department of Public Works for implementation, and code changes are forwarded to the Town Clerk's Office. APPOINTED by the Selectmen: Stephen Ades, Steve Frymer, Sudhir Murthy, Stefan Schatzki, Martha Batten ( School Department), Captain Charles Sargent (Police Department), David Cannon (Engineering), Gail Wagner (Transportation Services) . w ftj �r r CDL rD Qa From left to rigb t: Arnold, Bill Leviso Danny Moraff, Gail Wagner. Sally Castleman, Hank Manz, Sara n, Elaine Dratcb, Francine Stieglitz, HIGHLIGHTS: • Installed Stop Signs Ivan Street at Eldred Street (east and west bound). • Installed signage and crosswalks for the new NSTAR parking lot off Edison Way. • Installed 2 hour parking signs at the end of Clark Street adjacent to Center Playground. • Installed No Parking signs on Grapevine Avenue at Waltham Street. • Installed No Outlet sign on Wingate Road at Diana Lane. • Installed Emergency Stopping Only signs on Adams Street in front of Fiske School. • Installed crosswalk signage on Massachusetts Avenue at Tower Road. • Installed crosswalks signage on Lowell Street near Harrington School driveway. • Installed crosswalk signage on Massachusetts Avenue at Locust Avenue. • Installed Traffic Officer Ahead 4:30 pm —5:30 pm signage on Massachusetts Avenue at Wood Street. • Installed Loading Zone signage at Depot Square alley leading to Meriam Street. Ad Hoc Committee on Engine Run -Ups ROLE: To study issues related to engine idling and to rec- ommend whether Town Meeting should adopt anti- idling regulations. APPOINTED by the Town Moderator: Co- Chairs Anthony Galaitsis and Ingrid Klimoff, Judy Crocker, Tom Diaz, Anne Kelly, Jeanne Krieger, Sheryl Mason, Jim Sheehy, Jim Wilson. Board of Health and Town Staff liaison: Derek Fullerton. HIGHLIGHTS: The Committee engaged in the following activities: • Held monthly full- committee meetings and several sub- committee meetings. • Continued the review of relevant documents on engine idling and engine emissions found in the open literature and in regulations by other communities. • Continued the implementation of an anti - idling education program through newspaper ads, "green tickets" distrib- uted as friendly reminders to engine idlers, and communi- cations with school personnel. • Coordinated the production and installation of anti - idling signs, whose production was funded by a grant from a local business. • Produced a report for the 2007 Town Meeting in support of Article 16 of the Town Warrant. • Presented Article 16 to the community during a public hearing. • Presented Article 16 to the 2007 Town Meeting, during which a Town anti- idling bylaw was approved. • Upon completion of its work, the Committee was dis- solved by the Town Moderator. 2007 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 29