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Greenways Corridor Committee September 28, 2015 Room 125, Hadley DPW Building Lexington, Massachusetts Members Present: Alex Dohan, Peggy Enders, Eileen Entin, Don Grant, Bob Hausslein, Keith Ohmart, Mike Tabaczynski, Other Attendees: Susan Kenyon Votes : Minutes approved: 8/31/2015 Reports/Updates : • Susan Kenyon is considering the invitation to join the GCC. • The GCC will sponsor the application to the Conservation Commission for a bench in Rick Abrams’memory to be placed in Dunback Meadow. The GCC sponsorship saves the application fee to the Town since the GCC is a Town committee. • The MAPC visit is scheduled for 8:45am in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room on Oc- tober 8. There will be a half hour or so of presentation, including a short presenta- tion of the development of the ACROSS concept and routes by Keith, followed by a walk on a segment of Route A, through lLowervVine bBrook, Chiesa Farm and Parker Meadow. • Conflict of Interest meeting - Peggy was unable to attend. (You probably got an email with the paperwork, and must, as a committee member, complete an online course every two years.) • Brochure distribution - we have about 1000 left, which means we’ve distributed 11,000 brochures in the past year. It cost us about $1,700.00 to print the 12,000. It would only be a small dollar amount more to order 15,000 next time. It probably does not make sense to order more now. We should wait until the new routes are marked. We discussed creating a QR code to be made into stickers to place on the brochure holders so people could access the online maps with a smartphone. Bob will look into QR code stickers. We will leave the lucite brochure boxes up for the winter even though they are empty. We need to think about how often to up- date the printed brochure. The website can be updated easily as necessary. Park- ing areas should be marked on the maps. • The website revision is happening, but there are lots of steps. • There is a residential development going in on Lincoln Street near the Cambridge Reservoir. This could be a good opportunity for developing trails and a parking area. • Shire Trail - there will be more information available by the October meeting. Ongoing Business : • Route E/F work is ongoing, communicating with Conservation and Recreation as necessary, Peggy has been talking with Karen Mullins and Karen Simmons, re- spectively. The Martingale Rd/Freemont St intersection needs a post where the trail goes in at 2 Martingale. Dig Save should be called for post installation. About a dozen posts will be needed between Meagherville and Poor Farm. Also, leaves