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Greenways Corridor Committee November 3, 2022 Parker Room - Town Office Building, and zoom Lexington, Massachusetts Members Present:Mal Crawford*, Alex Dohan, Peggy Enders, Eileen Entin, Bob Hausslein, Bobak Moshiri, Keith Ohmart, Stephen Perkins Associate Members Present:Susan Kenyon*, Mike Tabaczynski Other Attendees:Yifang Gong, prospective committee member *via zoom Votes: Meeting minutes of September 8, 2022:Approved (there was no October 2022 meeting) Letter supporting Trees into Art project:Approved - Keith will draft Reports/Updates: ●Keith introduced Yifang Gong as a prospective member of the GCC ●December meeting will be held on the 8th, not the 1st as previously scheduled. ●The GCC Charge revisions are complete and in Suzie Barry’s hands for the Selectboard to approve. ●Peggy reports that the Meagherville boardwalk project is nearly complete - should be finished up on November 12, thanks to work by soon-to-be Eagle Scout Ian Lewis and other volunteers. ●Landlocked Forest signage permission is still up in the air. ●Mike and Keith met with Judy in the Town IT department to discuss getting the ACROSS Lexington routes onto the Town GIS system. It should be fairly simple to get the information uploaded, but we need to decide just what we want to show. Mike will forward us some background to explore the setup. ●Peggy is now officially representing GCC on the WalkMassachusetts network. ●Keith has been adjusting ACROSS signs as he sees the need on his walks. Most are now done, but keep an eye out. ●The Program Improvement Request funds for FY23 currently have a remainder of about $1500 since design expenses for the recent brochure were lower than expected. We should spend the money, or it will “disappear”. We need to update some of the wayfinding signs. We need some more brochure holders. Keith has applied for PIR funds for FY24 to cover more route materials and brochures. Current Business: ●Future ACROSS route possibilities - the Concord Ave/Western Greenway/Hayden Woods connection may be feasible in the spring/summer of 2024. We need the Conservation Dept to give the go-ahead for the Land Management Plan for the “Concord Ave parcel” and it is likely that we will be able to do that beginning in July 2023. ●Discussion of Route 4 options. This is the Paint Mine/Wright Farm/Landlocked Forest route. The section of the current route through the end of Rangeway Rd is awkward and potentially very wet. Is there a good way to re-route it? Decision was made to wait until spring and review the situation at what is typically the wettest time of year. ●Discussion of Route 19 options. This would connect Route G and Arlington Great Meadow via the Harrington School. Stephen brought up the potential Mystic River Watershed Assoc. project as something to consider. That project is currently not funded, but would necessitate trail diversions as they create a flood control basin behind the Harrington School. We also looked at route options through Emerson Gardens, Countryside Village, and around Pheasant Brook Pond. ●Another site walk will be conducted in the Harrington School area in the near future, as this route seems more feasible to pursue at this time. A draft map should be completed before the December 8 meeting, for discussion at that time.