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• we will need to tailor presentations depending on audience and time allotted • Deb has put the presentation to the selectmen in the works, we will also plan to see planning board (Dick & Michelle can help), and tourism. Do we want a bit of town meeting time, just to let people know what we are working on? • others we might want to meet with: Carl Valente, Linda Vine, Pat Goddard, Bill Hadley, Karen Mullins • we need to get our routes on the Bikeway Map • Action Item — ACROSS sub - committee — meet to work out next presentations /meetings (Keith, Rick, Eileen, Alex) 4. Current Business Updates: a, b: absent Deb, updates on counsel opinion of OPDMD device ruling and trail maintenance were tabled until next meeting c: Pelham Rd trail — Bob spoke with Norm Cohen regarding the Pelham Rd paper extension; Norm didn't know any specific procedures or precedents for this situation. No decision was made as to how to proceed 5. New Business: • Dick Canale commented on the West Lexington Greenway, noting that a Federal Scenic Byway RFP is out. It appears we may have missed an opportunity for around $2 million in grant money if25% design work had been done for the proposed route connection south of Wood Street under the CPA funded West Lexington Greenway project • he noted that the 4 -town consortium (Lexington, Lincoln, Concord, Arlington) likes the WLG link • Dick would like us to rethink the GCC policy statement concerning the different types of proposed trails for the Minuteman Connector portion of the West Lexington Greenway and consider re- wording it. It was suggested that he propose revised wording. This will be on the agenda for the January meeting Meeting Adjourned 9:40am NEXT MEETING (updated): January 23, 2012, 4:30 -6pm, Ellen Stone Room, Cary Hall Action Items: ACROSS subcommittee (Rick, Keith, Eileen, Alex) — will meet to work out next presentations /meetings w/ town entities Respectfully Submitted, Alexandra Dohan, Secretary