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MINUTES Greenways Corridor Committee October 22, 2012, 4:30 -6 pm Legion Room, Cary Hall Members Present Rick Abrams, Alex Dohan, Peggy Enders, Eileen Entin, Bob Hausslein, Paul Knight, Keith Ohmart, Mike Tabaczynski Members Absent none Other Attendees Stew Kennedy (Conservation Commission liaison) 1. Votes: • September 24 meeting Minutes - approved • October 17 ACROSS Lexington Subcommittee Minutes -approved 2. Current Business Review: • Report on ACROSS Lexington project (Rick/Alex/Eileen) —The logo signs are up and the arrow signs will be up soon. There are a couple of posts still to be set, but the pilot route is basically ready to go. • ACROSS Lexington now has a website on the Town page — acrosslexington.org. Rick will monitor any comments that come in. • Citizens for Lexington Conservation is sponsoring a walk on the pilot route on Sunday, October 28 at 9:30am. • Peggy is interested in video -ing the route. • The grant proposal for Community Preservation Act funds is nearly complete. It requests funds over the next 3 years for completion of the ACROSSLexington route system. Stew recommended speaking with Karen Simmons (Recreation) about working together. • Regardless of CPA funding, planning will go ahead on the next segments. • GCC will need to continue working with Planning, DPW and others on future routes. • Mike suggested getting feedback on the pilot route, and planning out the entire system before beginning to mark the next route. • We need to look into the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan for Lexington by VHB — titled "The Lexington We Want ". Recommended reading for all GCC members before the next meeting. • Looking ahead, we should think about possible routes, walking what is on the proposed map, and considering what is in the Transportation Element. Should we hold a Public Meeting to get input? • Rick brought up the idea of hybrid funding should we need it. 3. Current Business Updates: • Wood Street trail improvement (Keith) —Project is on hold as abutters have sued Town. Town will do survey, and Stew, Keith, Karen Mullins, Jay Sklar, Duke Bitsko and Carl Valente have met to discuss next steps.