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Minutes of the Greenways Corridor Commi?ee Mee?ng 6 April 2023 Members Present: Mal Crawford (virtual), Alex Dohan, Eileen Entin, Yifang Gong, Bob Hausslein, Bobak Moshiri, Keith Ohmart (chair), Stephen Perkins Non-voting Members Present: Susan Kenyon, Mike Tabaczynski Meeting Minutes of Feb 23 were approved unanimously. Reports, Updates: Change of meeting day: Committee members were all in agreement with a change of the meeting day from Thursdays to Mondays in order to accommodate one of the members’ constraints with Thursdays. Patriot’s Day Parade: Bob, Keith, and Steven will hold a GCC banner in the Patriot’s Day parade. A fourth person would be helpful if anyone else is available. Discovery Day, May 27. If GCC committee is interested, we could share a table with the Bike Committee. The committee was in agreement this would be good. Keith will register for a table. Keith also noted the need for people to help at the commuter breakfast on May 19. There will be an opportunity to pass out GCC literature. Bike/Ped plan update. The first of 3 public meetings was held on 4 April. Bobak, Mike, Yifang, and Keith attended. Lots of bike people were in attendance. Bobak reported that everyone at the meeting was very engaged. A lot of the focus was on safe routes to schools. This discussion provides an opportunity for the GCC to think about what we want to do to support emerging ideas. There will be an invitation-only stakeholders meeting that Keith and Mike will attend. The next public meeting will be on 8 June. Periodic drafts of the plan will be circulated. Spring trail signs audit: Committee members should sign up for the trails they will audit on the spreadsheet that Keith has provided. Materials (trail signs, trail letters, etc.) are available in Bob’s shed. Report any problems that can’t be fixed on the spot to Keith. Bobek showed some pictures he took where both brochure dispensers and Wayfinding signs along the Bikeway are hard to see, especially in places where there are distractors that need attention such as cars and bikes. Having the brochure holders and signs on both sides of a post facing traffic flow would make people more aware of the trails and provide good advertising. Keith suggested keeping these ideas in mind as we do sign auditing. GIS interactive mapping update: Mike reported that no progress on the town’s part has been made. Mike looked at two systems (Alltrails, Strava) and neither is good for what we want. There is a limit to what we can expect from the Town GIS mapper, but we may be able to use what the town has and make it better. The town needs to clean up the maps, especially if it is serious about trails. Keith suggested putting the current map on the website without publicizing it. Ongoing Business 2023 route development projects: Keith, Mike, Peggy and Yifang met with representatives from the Drummer Boy homeowner’s association concerning the Rangeway trail entrance site. The existing trail intrudes onto Drummer Boy property rather than going on the 50-foot conservation easement around it. We would need 60 feet for a boardwalk and a permit from the Conservation Commission as well as funds to build the trail around Drummer Boy property (Option A). If Drummer Boy association is willing to develop a memo of understanding, we could improve the social trail (Option B). Mike voiced a preference for Option A, which gets us off the Drummer Boy property. We need to get back to Drummer Boy on what they prefer. We will need one or the other solution in order to put in an ACROSS trail. There is also the question of how to get from the trail to Grove St. Amber has so far found no record of an easement, even though there is a sign on the street. Resolving these Issues will take completing this trail off the table for this year.