2013-07-11-LBAC-min - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

,S US Mop pQ` 1 775 ` �(3 APRIL II � k /NG'V APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: July 11, 2013, 7 pm, Town Office Building Members Present: Peggy Enders (Chair), Bob Hausslein (FoLB Chair), Stew Kennedy, Marita Hartshorn, Bob Dangel, Patria Lanfranchi, Sandra Shaw (Recreation Committee Liaison). Member Absent: John Frey, George Gagliardi, Mike Tabaczynski, Others Present: Rick Abrams, Laurel Carpenter, Hank Manz Minutes: The June 2013 minutes were accepted as submitted. ACROSS Lexington 2: Rick Abrams presented the proposed route for the second ACROSS Lexington walk. A section of the route is on the Bikeway between Fletcher and Meriam Streets. We reviewed the route and proposed signage. A few new signs on the Bikeway were proposed and approved. When the Toole Design plan is realized, it will make sense to combine Bikeway and ACROSS Lexington information in new signage. Parklet /Bike Corral in Town Center: The town has officially opened the new parklet in the town center. Peggy suggested to Melissa Tintocalis that a bike rack design competition be considered to produce some functional pubic art to the town center. (Laurel had shown her a flyer from a Philadelphia competition, and some of the designs were very cool and made great racks.) A challenge is to obtain funding to underwrite the competition. Hank Manz said Michael Young wrote an article about this very topic for a design competition in Kansas and said he would try to find out more about that program. Meeting with John Livsey: • Town streets and bike accommodations: Peggy, Stew, Bob Dangel, and Richard met with Town Engineer John Livsey to talk about bike accommodations on streets being upgraded this summer. Peggy distributed the chart prepared by the "roadways subcommittee ", saying that the discussion focused on Old Mass Ave, and Bedford, Waltham, Lincoln and Adams streets — all candidates for sharrows or bike lanes. The group also discussed with the town engineer the issue of bike lanes on streets where there is intermittent parking (an issue for the