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SIDEWALK COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES -DECEMBER 4, 2006 The meeting was opened at 11AM by Chairman Weeks in the Selectmen's Meeting Room. Attending were Lisa Baci, John Davies, Sue-Ellen Briggs, Judy Crocker, Craig Weeks, Lucy Fletcher-Jones, Marianne Lazarus, Olga Guttag, Jeanne Krieger, Francine Stieglitz, Wayne Brooks and Sarah Chamberlain. Minutes from the November meeting were not available -therefore acceptance was postponed to the next meeting. Brief reports were given to the Committee providing current status of the Safe Routes to Schools (sr2s) programs. The ongoing programs at Bowman, Bridge and Hastings remain successful. Lucy F-J, Bowman SR2S representative, asked for clarification on sidewalk snow plowing priorities within each school district. As Bowman has now compiled a list of well used routes to school, it needs to update the snow plow list for this winter. Wayne Brooks of DPW replied that a list should be put together by the school, approved by the principal and sent to DPW care of Wayne Brooks. Presently, resources are stretched so restricting requests to high priority routes would be appreciated. The new crosswalk on Pleasant Street by E. Worthen Rd is now complete and being successfully used by Bowman students. However, Bowman has made a request for cone' signs to be placed in the crosswalk to further ensure that drivers stop for pedestrians. This has been received by the Police Safety officer and the situation is being monitored. Special attention is still being given to working out infrastructure issues regarding crosswalks and sidewalks at the Hastings School. Engineering (Dave Cannon) has reported that School Street is in the re-engineering phase in preparation for its rebuilding and careful attention is being given to creating effective sidewalks and crosswalks feeding towards the school. The Hastings sr2s group (lead by Jane Kalinslci) is working with Engineering and the Town Transportation Coordinator (Gail Wagner) with support from the Sidewalk Committee liaison of the Transportation Advisory Committee (Francine Stieglitz) to get the best result from available resources. Sarah Chamberlain has replaced Tracey Herbert at Bridge Elementary as the sr2s coordinator. Interest has been shown by Estabrook parents (Weeks reporting) and the principal at Harrington (Crocker reporting) in the sr2s program as plans are underway to initiate activity this spring, hopefully. Interest in sr2s at Fiske is still present, however Sue Bruce (Fislce PTA) reports that the present priority is preparing for the move back to the Adams St. location. The first discussion subject was recommendations for the upcoming fiscal year for sidewalk maintenance and repair. Ms. Krieger and Mr. Brooks stated that the DPW has included in its proposed budget $200K. It was decided that at this time no further created using BCL easyPDF Printer arlver