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MINUTES Greenways Corridor Committee February 25, 2013, 4:30 -6 pm Legion Room, Cary Hall Members Present Rick Abrams, Alex Dohan, Eileen Entin, Bob Hausslein, Paul Knight, Aaron Ladd, Keith Ohmart, Mike Tabaczynski Other Attendees Stew Kennedy (Conservation Commission liaison), Howie Vogel (Recreation Committee liaison) 1. Votes: • January 28 meeting Minutes — approved 2. Current Business Review: • ACROSS Lexington Project (Rick) — Mike, Eileen, Keith & Rick are starting with a "clean slate" and pinpointing locations of interest on a town map to consider possible next routes. Will present ideas at next GCC meeting. • Rick Abrams Trust Fund to be "accepted" by Selectmen tonight. • Bike /Walk/Bus Week (Peggy) — no report in Peggy's absence, but Aaron, Keith, Rick and Stew are all planning to lead activities during the week of May 5 -11, 2013. 3. Current Business Updates: • ACROSS Lexington Community Preservation Grant Update (Keith) — A public Q &A meeting will be held as part of the Town Meeting Members Assoc. info session. The CPC has voted in favor of funding and it is listed in the Town Warrant (p. 12). Next step is Town Meeting vote. • Trail Easement Database — The database is now available through Dropbox. If you make updates, note in title with your initials and date. Some site visits are needed and some perusal of Town records. • Middlesex Greenway Coalition (Rick/Keith) — This group is building steam in an effort to prevent development of the Burlington Canyon, which abuts Lexington. If this property is preserved, the Coalition may approach the Town of Lexington regarding possible access points. The Coalition is planning an informational meeting for other interested conservation/preservation groups in the area. If some access issues are overcome it could be possible to connect the Mary Cummings Estate and Whispering Hills to Horn Pond and the Middlesex Fells in the future. • West Lexington Greenwav Master Plan report to Cabital Exnenditure Comm. (Keith) — went well — Committee interested in what /when of next steps 4. New Business: • Access to Town open space map (Rick) — Changes and improvements are being made to the Town GIS maps. Better information is now available and will eventually be accessible to the public in some form. A sample link is available on the Recreation Department web page. • Stew mentioned the Spring Massachusetts Trails Conference, the date of which was unknown. Addendum — May 4, 2013, at Devens, 8am -4pm.