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MINUTES Greenways Corridor Committee January 28, 2013, 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 Other Attendees Stew Kennedy (Conservation Commission liaison), Aaron Ladd (soon to be member) 1. Votes: • December 17 meeting Minutes — approved • Change March 25 meeting to April 1 — approved 2. Current Business Review: • West Lexington Greenway Master Plan (Keith) — Keith will go before the Capital Expenditures Committee to report, and will return to the Board of Selectmen for more details regarding available funding and the Stewards work schedule. A work group of GCC members will convene late Feb or early March to plan next steps. • Trail Easement Database (Stew) - Stew has entered the existing data into an excel spreadsheet. The next step is to look through Town paper records to fill the information gaps. Eventually we may need to go to Cambridge for the deed records. It would be good to find a way to add visual /photographic data to the record as well. Peggy will check with Marita Hartshorn about work they did for the bikeway. Rick will set up a dropbox so we can all access the Db and add to it as time allows. • CPA funding for ACROSS Lexin on — CPA funds will be available for materials only, but $5000.00 will be available for use July 1, 2013, providing the measure is approved by Town Meeting. There is no deadline for using the money. Rick and Mike are leading a Task Group building a framework for the types of trails and markings for the next route installment. The rest of the GCC will be engaged as appropriate. • March 16/17 is Incorporation Weekend for Lexington 300. Keith & Rick will be running a public session with an overview of ACROSS Lexington, and seeking feedback on 3/17. On 3/17 there will be another walk on the pilot route. • Bike/Walk/Bus Week (Peggy) — This will be May 5 -11. Rick will be leading 3 walks: on the pilot route, a gentle one from the Senior Center, and a possible future ACROSS route. Keith will lead an early morning walk through Wright Farm and the Land Locked Forest. Aaron will work on a "bike & beverage" event. Peggy will represent the GCC at the "Amazing Race" planning meeting. We also discussed the possibility of other neighborhood bike events in town. Current Business Updates: • Transportation Forum Meeting (Keith/Rick) — Rick & Keith attended and learned about proposed street improvements along Mass. Ave. between Marrett Road and