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1 LEXINGTON SIDEWALK COMMITTEE MINUTES 3rd DRAFT Monday, December 6, 2010 11 am Selectmen’s Meeting Room Attendees: Members: Jerry Van Hook, Judy Crocker, Francine Stieglitz, Lucy Fletcher-Jones, John Davies, Bettina McGimsey Liaisons : Elaine Celi( Transportation), Marc Valenti (DPW), Wayne Brooks (DPW) rd 1.Letter to Minuteman in response to Dec 3 article on pedestrian safety: Judy Crocker drafted a response outlining the need for all street users (bicyclists, pedestrians and vehicle drivers) to follow the law and safety rules. After discussion a th final version was agreed and should appear in this week’s Minuteman (Dec 9). 2.November Minutes : approved. 3.DPW: Wayne Brooks is retiring after sterling service to the Lexington community. Jerry van Hook thanked him for all his help since the committee formed 5 years ago, in installing sidewalks, signs and his knowledge on town public works procedures. Wayne reported that there was now a procedure in place for requesting and installing new sidewalks, that the GIS was now updated with sidewalk status data and would be shortly available on the Town web site. Marc Valenti will take over his duties. 4.Photo: Photo of committee for annual report was taken by DaveTaberling. 5.DPW Master List of Sidewalk Repairs and Construction priorities : This is almost complete now. DPW/Engineering will maintain one master list sorted by street name in alphabetical order, showing whether a sidewalk is ‘new’ construction or needs repairing and a priority calculated from such criteria as connectivity, usage and safety. School reps may request a printout of their school neighborhood streets only. This list will be added to the GIS so it may be viewed by the public. Priority is presently calculated within each school district. Discussion ensued on whether to give an overall priority across all districts. 6.SRTS: Judy Cocker reported that the November ‘Turkey Trot’ successfully took place at the schools and the photos were published online in wicked.lexingtonlocal.com but not in the Minuteman newspaper. Diamond Middle School Discussions at on improving bus access to the school are ongoing. There is not enough manpower to put buses on Sedge Road. Pat Goddard of Town Facilities suggested putting in a segment of 3 lanes which could be achieved in FY2011. Supported by the Committee, Elaine Celi is concerned that this will allow cars to drive by busses while loading students, which is dangerous. Clarke Middle School: The Principal has received many complaints from parents about the safety of the constricted 90˚turn at the front entrance to the school. He favors installing a crosswalk and ‘Stop’ sign at this place to allow students to walk safely to Marrett Rd along the dirt pathway. School Facilities agreed this could be done but must go through TSAC first. Stedman drainage path improvements will be looked at in the spring. MassRides is producing a webinar on sustainability of SR2S programs.