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Sidewalk Committee Meeting June 4, 2007 Present: Jeanne Krieger, Francine Stieglitz, Marianne Lazarus, Judy Crocker, Meg Lots, Laura Cecere, Jerry Van Hook, Sue Ellen Briggs and Lucy Fletcher-Jones 1. The first order of business was to approve the minutes of the May 21 meeting. In discussion Francine suggested that last names be added to the minutes. A motion was taken to approve the minutes with the addition of last names. This was seconded and all were in favor of the amended minutes. th 2. Next a motion was called to accept the January 8 minutes, which were distributed before the meeting. In the discussion it was noted that not all business from that meeting has been resolved. Two items of concern are: How projects are prioritized and scheduled and How to see where a project is on the “to do” list. It was noted that the minutes represent what actually happened at the meeting. The motion passed unanimously. 3. The minutes of the February 5 meeting were distributed. After review and discussion names of those in attendance were added to the meeting minutes. In th the third paragraph “scheduled for May 7 at 11AM” was removed since that meeting was not scheduled at the February meeting. The fourth paragraph was removed since these were personal notes. The minutes were unanimously approved as amended. 4. The next item up for discussion was a procedure to address prolonged unexcused absences of members and liaisons. It was proposed that three unexcused absences and membership be terminated. After discussion it was decided that no formal policy should be adopted. All members and liaisons are encouraged to invite prospective members to a meeting. 5. Jerry will be presenting to the Board of Selectmen the new charge and the terms th of the members of the committee on June 18. Jerry has been asking members for their preferred term. All present at the meeting agreed to stay through 9/2008. Olga has asked to defer her decision to continue her membership on the committee until the fall of this year. Jerry will continue through 9/2009, Francine through 9/2010 and Judy, Laura and Meg will continue through 9/2011. 6. The Master Plan was discussed as a vision of what we would like to have for pedestrians in Lexington. It should be a statement of action that doesn’t solve problems but identifies them. Sue Ellen and Lucy will work on this together. They plan to have a draft ready by late summer for discussion. 7. Laura and Jerry are working on prioritizing primary and secondary roads in Lexington that could use improvements for pedestrians. They will review the data collected by the inventory subcommittee. They will also collect data from the safe routes to school groups. Judy and Jeanne will send the data they have from the school groups. 8. Jerry would like to see the committee research walking paths in open lands in cooperation with CLC and LBAC. This would include walking to and parking near open lands. Marianne will gather an up to date inventory of these paths.