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MINUTES Greenways Corridor Committee December 17, 2012, 4:30 -6 pm Legion Room, Cary Hall Members Present Rick Abrams, Alex Dohan, Peggy Enders, Bob Hausslein, Paul Knight, Keith Ohmart, Mike Tabaczynski Members Absent Eileen Entin Other Attendees Stew Kennedy (Conservation Commission liaison), Howie Vogel (Recreation Committee liaison), Aaron Ladd (member of public) 1. Votes: • November 26 meeting Minutes — approved • to disband ACROSS Lexington subcommittee —approved • draft of West Lexington Greenway Master Plan for BoS - approved 2. Current Business Review: • WLGMP (Keith) - Keith's executive summary for the Select Board was approved. (see attached) • Trail Easement tracking (Stew) - Stew met with Emily Schadler (Conservation Dept) and Aaron Henry (Planning Dept) to look at data on conservation restrictions. A similar database can be used for trail easements. Stew and Eileen will work on it. • CPA funding proposal for ACROSS Lexington — In a straw vote the CPC unanimously approved sending the proposal before the Select Board. Legal approval is still pending, however. A working group will meet in January to consider next steps pending funding from various sources. Current Business Updates: • Open Meeting Training Session (Keith/Rick) — Rick & Keith attended and learned lots of useful bureaucratic information regarding minutes, subcommittees, etc. • Report from MAPC Green Routes workshop (Rick/Keith) - Rick & Keith attended sessions of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council's recent conference, gathered information on funding of trails and building of trails. State doesn't have much money for projects, but grassroots interest can get votes for such projects. GCC will support regional effort to create coalition of interested trail groups to lobby for funding. Rick will be our liaison to MAPC. • Lexington 300 walk discuss at January meeting, in conjunction with Bike/Walk week, May 5 -11, 2013. 4. New Business: • Rick Abrams ACROSS Lexington Trust Fund —In honor of his retirement, Rick's colleagues have generously donated and set up a trust fund, to be directed by Rick, which will help fund ACROSS Lexington development into the future. Congratulations, Rick, and thank you to all the donors!!