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Greenways Corridor Committee December 2014'eve mer 15, 2018 Ellen Stone Room, Cary Hall Lexington, Massachusetts Members Present: Mal Crawford, Alex Dohan, Peggy Enders, Eileen Entin, Bob Hausslein, Susan Kenyon, Keith Ohmart, Mike Tabaczynski Other Attendees: none Votes: Minutes of November 15, 2018, meeting: Approved Reports/Updates: • Route K - Keith and Mal completed a survey of Parcel A on Peacock Farm Rd and discov- ered that the driveway of#41 goes through the Parcel and #43 has excavated on the upper part of the Parcel for landscaping. They took measurements from the DOT fence. This has been reviewed with Karen Mullins and Carol Kowalski. The existing trail goes across #41, and could be re-routed, but this is probably not necessary, as it is such a small corner and can easily be done later if necessary. Keith has drafted a letter to the property owners, notify- ing them that trail signs will be going up and a post installed. We have provisional permission from Conservation and the Town. • Bridge School trail NOI - This will probably be applied for as a limited-scope project, which allows bridges on existing trails. It will be a benefit because the trail will be moved out of the wetland. GCC will ask Carol Kowalski for funds for filing costs. • National Development project (Belmont Country Club property) - The Town has negotiated for $35,000 to be used for a public access trail. No boardwalk will be needed - it will all be benching to build the trail. It will need mowing regularly, and that should be the responsibility of the Waterstone facility. GCC needs to take no action immediately, will add to project list. • Battle Road Scenic Byway - Peggy will be a liaison. Toole Design has been hired to work on a re-design of Route 2A for 2022 to improve traffic safety. The National Park Service will also be involved. • Fairland St project - Mike, Susan, Mal, & Keith met with builder Mark Barons for a site walk regarding a trail that Barons hopes to build out to Lincoln St. There will need to be a cross- walk at Middleby Rd, and they asked Barons to reach out to Town Engineering about that. There was also discussion about trail construction, and not using steps. A letter of support to go to the Planning Board has been drafted. Some neighbors are against the development and concerned about runoff. • 0 Grove St trail - Keith and Mike met (along with Karen Mullins, Jordan McCarron, and Phil Hamilton) with Ron Lopez, developer, and Jack Sullivan, engineer, about the trail to be built from the new development into Wright Farm and the Landlocked Forest. There has been a decision made to scrap the new sidewalk along Grove St because it would destroy too many trees, and put in a crosswalk to make use of the existing sidewalk on the other side of Grove St. This leaves the developer with plenty of funds to work on the trail. The proposed trail will require a 24 foot bridge in the Landlocked Forest, and Karen has contacted the conservation agent in Burlington as both Conservation Commissions will be reviewing the Notice of Intent