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Greenways Corridor Committee November 23, 2015 Training Room, Hadley DPW Building Lexington, Massachusetts Members Present: Alex Dohan, Eileen Entin, Don Grant, Bob Hausslein, Susan Ken- yon, Paul Knight, Keith Ohmart, Mike Tabaczynski Other Attendees: none Votes: Minutes approved: 10/26/2015 Transportation Safety letter approved unanimously Reports /Updates: • The ACROSS and GCC websites are being revised by Kathy Santos at the Town office - ongoing. The entire Town site will be updated. • Ruth Rose did a lot of work on the websites for us. We "passed the hat" and Susan will take care of getting a gift certificate to Artistry on the Green, and delivering it to Ruth. • Keith, Eileen, Don and Mike all attended the Trails Conference on Nov. 14. Takea- ways were: Consider user experience; lots of signs; consider primary use, multiple needs; ADA compliant trails are a LOT of work. (Jordan McCarron, Laurel Carpen- ter, Bonnie Newman also attended on behalf of Stewards.) Keith will have Karen Mullins hold funds for participation in next year's conference, usually held first or second weekend in November. • Stewards project list, as it pertains to GCC: The Shire Trail needs to be walked with new owners at Journey's End off Shade St, to confirm route. This will be built on a Steward spring work day and Stewards will work with Conservation on how to deal with wetland areas. This trail will include use of the Fire Road off Shade St and connect to Spring St. The other Stewards project that will affect ACROSS is a trail through Concord Ave conservation land that will connect Brookhaven to the Beaver Brook Reservation, between Waltham St and Walnut St. Ongoing Business: • Routes E & F are signed through the Freemont St Play Area from the Bike Path and Garfield St. From the end of Asbury St at the Freemont St Play Area, the route (F) will follow Freemont to Constitution to Revolutionary to Ross. Route E will fol- low Cedar from Meagherville, go through Poor Farm Conservation Land and get to Lincoln Park via Hastings Rd and Lincoln St. • Keith arranged for full -size maps to be printed for each of us, for use in future route planning. In addition to route planning, topics for consideration should include sign - age to mark Destinations and Conservation trails when necessary. What Destina- tions do we want to mark? Schools? The Center (of Town)? Conservation parcels? We may wish to purchase some signs at this time as we cannot "save" the CPA monies for later on.