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APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Thursday, April 13, 7 pm, Room 221, Lexington Community Center Members Present: Peggy Enders (chair), Bob Hausslein (FoLB chair) John Frey, Bob Dangel, Jennifer Melot, Carolyn Levi, Jennifer Melot, Sandra Shaw (Recreation Committee Liaison), Paul Callahan (Police Department Liaison) Members Absent: Laurel Carpenter, George Gagliardi Guests: Tim and Deborah Reagan 2. The March meeting minutes were amended and approved. 3. Updates MMBW signage – The Toole-designed signs for the Lexington section of the Bikeway will be installed this season. Peggy reported that the Bedford Bike Committee had some questions about the proposed mileage markers; David Kucharsky has been keeping his counterparts in Arlington and Bedford informed about the design. Mike Tabaczynski has prepared an ARC-GIS map of all the chronic flooded areas along the Bikeway in Lexington. This will be combined with the spreadsheet already submitted to John Livsey showing the other problems along the path (e.g., divots). The DPW plan for Bikeway paving this summer is to repave the section between Meriam Street and Hancock. Town Meeting has approved the funds for bicycle pavement markings as part of the regular DPW budget. The Committee talked briefly about how decisions would be made about sharrows versus bike lanes, and the suggestion of a protected lane on Hartwell Avenue was discussed – perhaps as part of the improvements to Hartwell Avenue and Bedford Street generally. Peggy said that there has been no apparent activity in the quest to find an alternative access point to the Bikeway on Spencer Street. 4. Letter to DPW re Proposed Maple Street Ramp: Bob Dangel’s draft letter to the Town Engineers regarding the 100% design for the new Maple Street ramp was approved. 5. BWB Week Planning Forum on Bicycling – Peggy described the Bike Forum being planned for Monday, May 15 and said she could use some help with publicity and planning. The objective is to focus on the status of local and regional efforts around education, infrastructure and legislation, and get some consensus around the way forward for Lexington. A regional infrastructure person will be invited; so far Richard Fries has been lined up, along with Michelle Ciccolo.