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p V5 Mop p 1 775 Z a APRIL N' �FXI N0 APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time, and Location: March 15, 2012 at 7 pm in Estabrook Room, Cary Hall Members Present: Peggy Enders (Chair), Stew Kennedy, John Frey, Bob Hausslein (FoLB Chair), Mike Tabaczynski, George Gagliardi, Laurel Carpenter, and Jerry Van Hook Members Absent: Marita Hartshorn Others Present: Richard Canale (Planning Board liaison), Paul Callahan (Police Department liaison), Rick Abrams and Alex Dohan (Greenways Corridor Committee), Patria Lanfranchi (Ride Studio Cafe), Richard Spencer, and Bob Dangel Minutes: The February minutes were accepted as edited. ACROSS Lexington Planning Presentation: Rick and Alex described the plan of the Lexington Greenway Corridor Committee (GCC) to develop routes in Lexington traversing and connecting conservation lands, recreation areas, and schools with the town center. Meetings describing the plan have taken place with town administrators; reaction has been favorable. Rick said that his goal for the night's presentation was to get feedback from the LBAC, particularly on informational signage on the Minuteman Bikeway and along a proposed pilot route through lower Vine Brook and Parker Meadow planned for September 2012. Jerry Van Hook suggested bicycle caution signs be placed at the ends of boardwalk trail segments to warn inexperienced bicyclists about the danger of falling from the boardwalks; Mike Tabaczynski disagreed, saying that bicyclists understood the danger. After some discussion, Stew Kennedy said that the question of signage was moot for the LBAC because the boardwalks were on conservation land. Rick said that the GCC would consider the issue. Center Streetscape and Bike Parking on Mass Ave: Patria Lanfranchi reported that, so far, town administrators and businesses are supportive of the