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Lexington Sidewalk Committee Minutes March 1 2010 11:00 a.m. Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Town Hall Present : Jerry Van Hook, Judy Crocker, Suzie Barry, Meg Lotz, Lucy Fletcher-Jones, John Davies. Liaisons: Elaine Celi, School Transportation; Richard Canale, Planning Board, Wayne Brooks, DPW, Guests : Patrick Goddard, Director of Public Facilities, David Callaghan, Asst. Principal Diamond, Karen Mullins, Conservation Dept., Maryann McCall-Taylor, Planning Dept., Craig Weeks, Clarke School SRTS, Unable to attend: Jonathon Wettstone, Asst. Principal Clarke, Jeanne Krieger. Liaison to Selectmen, Francine Stieglitz, SWC member `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` February 2010 Minutes: Changes were suggested by Rich Canale. Suzie will send out the corrected version. The Committee will vote on the February and March minutes at the April 5 regular meeting. Introductions: The meeting was opened by Judy who welcomed all guests. Of those not present, Mr Wettstone had a death in the family and could not attend and Jeanne Krieger and Francine Stieglitz had election day tasks that precluded attendance Judy said that the meeting would be devoted to a discussion of new initiatives at the two Lexington middle schools in Lexington. At Clarke school, she outlined the general transportation problems and then briefly described the conclusions reached at the previous SWC meeting concerning a walking path for students connecting the school grounds with Marrett Rd. The lower section of this path would be paved to allow vehicle access for a new home. The continuing gravel path heading towards Marrett Rd would have drainage and other improvements. At the prior meeting, SWC members had voted their recommendation to PB that the lower paved section would not need the addition of a sidewalk and that there should be signs indicating no parking on either side of this newly paved section of Stedman road. Judy then introduced Craig Weeks who would lead the discussion on other unresolved issues about sidewalks, footpaths and school busing at Clarke. Clarke School Issues: Craig began by describing the present school bus, private vehicular and pedestrian access, emphasizing the problem areas. He discussed opening the gate on Stedman, now closed, to allow school buses and emergency vehicles only (not private cars) to exit the school grounds. This exit onto Allen St exit would eliminate the present condition of buses circling through the lower parking lot to exit via Brookside Ave. Pat Goddard agreed that this would help but cautioned that public meetings probably would be needed to meet any concerns of Stedman St residents. Pat said that he and Karen Mullins (Conservation) would work together on wetlands issues relevant to a proposed sidewalk on west side of Stedman from Brookside to the main school entry. including increasing the turns radius at the corner of Brookside/ Stedman roadway, a current pinch point