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Sidewalk Committee March 7, 2011 Present: Members: Jerry Van Hook, Francine Stieglitz, Lucy Fletcher-Jones, Bettina Mcgimsey, Judy Crocker, Jeanne Krieger; Liaisons: Elaine Celi (School Administration), Richard Canale (Planning Board) Staff: Marc Valenti The meeting was called to order at 11:04 The minutes of the February 7, 2011 meeting were accepted. Sidewalk Related Public Meetings Shade St. Neighborhood Traffic Calming Study, Monday, March 14, 7 pm Public Services Building, 201 Bedford St. Center Streetscape Concept Plan Workshop, Tuesday, March 15, 7 pm Cary Hall Auditorium, 1605 Mass Ave. Resident Guidelines for Requesting New Sidewalk Installations Edits were offered to Draft #2 to clarify that this is one of several ways sidewalk construction is approved. Sidewalk installations adjacent to commercial areas and associated with developments follow different processes. The Guidelines subject to final revisions were adopted unanimously. The edits will be circulated. The final draft will be reviewed by Marc Valenti and then presented to the Selectmen for their adoption. Sidewalk request for Peacock Farms neighborhood Stephanie Lukez wrote to the Chair inquiring about sidewalk installation on 1)Pleasant St from Luongo Farm Rd toward Bowman and 2)Along Peacock Farm Rd from Watertown St. to Mason St at White Pine Lane. 3)As well as installation of a crosswalk at Pleasant and Mason St. to serve the bus stops and the Moon Hill path to Bowman. Item 1) the sidewalk along Pleasant St. is a condition of the sub-division approval and the Planning Board will pursue completion. The crosswalk (Item 3) is needed, but will require a traffic study to take into consideration the sight lines and traffic flow. The committee recommends that Ms. Lukez contact Hilton Pryce who also is interested in sidewalk installation in this area. A petition indicating broad neighborhood support should be circulated, signatures collected and the process recommended in the recently adopted guidelines followed. Since the Moon Hill Rd path connects both the Sutherland Rd and Peacock Farm. neighborhoods to the Bowman School, these improvements would benefit a large number of residents. Website access to the SWC minutes and GIS data access