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Lexington Sidewalk Committee Meeting Minutes Monday, September 10,2012, 9 AM Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building Present: Judy Crocker, Jill Hai, Bettina McGimsey, Francine Stieglitz, Jerry van Hook; Liaisons: John Livsey (DPW), Marc Valenti (DPW) The meeting of the Sidewalk Committee (SWC) was called to order at 9:05 AM. 1. Update on Membership: Jill Hai is resigning from the SWC as she has been asked to sit on the Town Capital Expenditures Committee. John Davies tenure is up as of this September meeting; he will not be continuing on the committee. Jerry van Hook has agreed to continue with the committee. Judy Crocker is willing to take on the temporary Chair role for the meantime. 2. Review of the June 2012 minutes: The June minutes were approved. 3. Sidewalk projects during the summer and proposed near term projects by the DPW. John Livsey and Marc Valenti provided an update on the work DPW has been doing with Town sidewalks over the summer. Bettina McGimsey noted that the Hastings Elementary community is very happy with the new sidewalk on the south side of Mass Ave. It was noted that the new Lincoln Street sidewalks have met with approval as well. Mr. Valenti gave an overview of the sidewalk maintenance work his crew has done with FY 12 funding (amounting to nearly one mile of repaired sidewalks): • Maintained the brick pavers downtown • Bloomfield Street from Mass Ave to Eustus: replaced sidewalks, driveway aprons, installed 3 ADA compliant ramps • Rebuilt half of the Worthen/ Middleby pathway • Clarke Street from Raymond to Forest — improved ramps and settlement issues • Transferred some dollars to Engineering to help build sidewalks • Hoping to build a new ramp at Bow and Mass Ave, shifting the crosswalk fromTaft to Bow, as well as improve the Muzzey St. sidewalk with remaining FY12 funding With FYI funding, plans are to install the sidewalk on Winthrop Road, continue downtown paver maintenance, and fix the rest of the Worthen / Middleby path (including fixing some drainage issues and replace the pathway to Baskin Road). Jerry van Hook noted that the path between the Old Res and Bridge Elementary needs to be looked at — both the condition of the path and the need for pruning. Mr. Valenti will check on this. During the next construction season (Spring 2013), there will be water main construction on Bedford Road south from the bike path to Revere Road that will provide an opportunity to redo the sidewalks there. In FY13 or FY14, Mr. Valenti is also hoping to work on Mass Ave from Forest to Clark Street. Francine Stieglitz asked about 57 Baskin Street where the sidewalk has been damaged. Mr. Valenti noted that the home is new and the contractor had done the damage and had not repaired it. The homeowner is planning to ask the contractor to restore the sidewalk when they install the driveway. Mr. Livsey noted that the Town should deal with the contractor since he has pulled a permit with them. Mr. Valenti noted that Baskin Road may be worked on using FY 13 or FY 14 funding anyway. Mr. Livsey gave an update on recent and upcoming sidewalk construction: