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APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name : Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting : Thursday, August 14, 2014, 7 pm, Parker Room, Town Office Building Members Present: Peggy Enders (Chair), Marita Hartshorn, Mike Tabaczynski, Laurel Carpenter, Bob Dangel, John Frey, Bob Hausslein, (Chair FoLB), Mike Tabaczynski, George Gagliardi Others Present: Richard Canale (Planning Board Liaison), Joe Pato (Selectmen’s Liaison), Sandra Shaw (Recreation Liaison), Carolyn Levi, Jennifer Melot Minutes : The May 2014 minutes were approved as amended. LBAC Membership : Carolyn Levi has applied to be a member. The committee agreed unanimously to recommend her appointment to the Selectmen. TSAC Liaison: The new charge to the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee has a slot for a liaison from the Bicycle Committee; the chair has invited LBAC to send a representative to their monthly meetings. Carolyn volunteered and will attend the September meeting. Peggy has requested that pedestrian crossing bollards at Bikeway intersections be on the agenda. Minuteman Bikeway Signage Update: Bob Dangel shared with the committee a draft list of way-finding signage that he proposes for the Bikeway. (List is provided at the end of these minutes.) Safety signage was also discussed; Peggy mentioned the grant funds from CHNA that are available to test safety messaging. George Gagliardi volunteered to develop some “Burma Shave” messages. Themes should include: keep to the right; audible signal; look behind before turning; dogs; be polite; share the road. Comments from the committee included: mileage should be provided in half-mile increments; take advantage of current mile markers but indicate mileage in Arabic numerals; welcome-to-Lexington signage should be carved letters on a wooden sign to complement Arlington signs. Liaison Reports : Richard Canale questioned the data of the number of bike crashes per “10K daily bicyclists” in Lexington as stated on the “report card” from the League of American Bicyclists. Peggy said she had been in touch with the League about their data; it was based on the reported number of crashes over the last five years (60). She promised to check the data. Richard also talked about the Lexington Hills subdivision discussion upcoming at the Planning board. There was a general discussion about the trend toward developers pressing to make easements private. Other Business: