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Minutes of the October 16, 2023 Meeting of the Greenways Corridor Committee Members present in person: Keith Ohmart (chair),Yifang Gong, Bob Hausslein, Bobak Moshiri, Stephen Perkins Members present virtually: Mal Crawford, Alex Dohan, Peggy Enders Non-members present in person: Mike Tabacynski The minutes of the September 18, 2023 meeting were approved unanimously. Reports/Updates Route H - end of Monroe alternate connection to Spring Street. Keith recommended against this connection after having walked it and noting that it would need a bridge to cross a stream, then steeply ascends to emerge directly onto busy Spring Street which has a wooden barrier to the sidewalk on the other side. Maintenance of Route H in the Idylwilde area. Mal and Keith installed five new signposts and transplanted two. Mal will schedule volunteer work for brushing and clearing. Keith reported that the Magic workshop of the MAPC has been rescheduled to October 27. The all-day workshop is intended to foster better communication between trail committees and other town committees. Cristina Burwell, chair of the Monroe Center for the Arts, plans to attend with Keith. Peggy will contact Keith to attend representing the Friends of Lexington Bikeways. The next public Bike/Ped Plan drafting meeting has been tentatively rescheduled for November 1 in Estabrook Hall at 6 pm. MBTA Community Zoning Ped/Bike Accessibility. Bobak reported that the working group is coming up with many recommendations, among them to include sidewalks and trail access. He read a message from Barbara Katzenberg recommending interested groups such as GCC monitor Planning Board meetings to ensure that trail and sidewalk provisions are included as each developer meets with the Planning Board. This is an acvity that will play out over the next ten years. Peggy urged.GCC support for sidewalk maintenance and shared use roads. Keith will send out the overlay map. Ongoing Business Keith proposed delaying putting up signage on Route 9, which is mostly streets and sidewalks, until Route 8 is approved, which is more green and connects to the Western Greenway. Discussion noted that if we were to sign Route 9 now, there is no urgency to reprint the paper map to include it. We agreed to continue the discussion at the next meeting. In addition, Keith pointed out that extending the trail on Concord Avenue across Waltham Street to the Five Fields area and Juniper Hill, then looping to Route H