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APPROVED MEETING NOTES LEXINGTON BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Thursday, October 10, 2019, 7 pm Parker Room Members Present: Peggy Enders (Chair) , Bob Hausslein (Chair, FoLB), Kevin Falcone, George Gagliardi, Omar Khudari, Mike Tabaczynski Others present: Sgt Paul Callahan (PD Liaison), Ross Morrow (DPW Liaison), Joe Pato (Select Board Liaison), Tom Fortmann, Betty Gau, Howard Cloth, Alan Nelson, Mark Sandeen Members Absent: Matt Beebe, Lou Savarino The record of the September 2019 meeting was approved. Recommendations to the Select Board. Peggy said she met Monday, October 7, with the Select Board to update the board on recommendations for bikeway signage improvements as well as a bike safety and courtesy campaign: 1. A 15 mph posting on the bikeway was recommended. There was opposition to a speed "limit" on the part of some bike commuters who attended the meeting, even though the motion was not for a speed limit. There were suggestions from board members about how to monitor excessive speed on the bikeway (e.g., a mini-radar). Peggy presented the Shining Sea bikeway signage as an example of posting a speed in the context of other etiquette signs. Chief Corr made some recommendations about how to succinctly clarify the language (e.g., "recommended"), and said the signage should be yellow, not white. The board did not approve the motion and instead asked for a sign that would qualify what was meant by 15 mph." 2. A draft letter that would come from the Select Board to state reps, asking the reps to pass the proposed legislation regarding classification of e-bikes and their presence on shared use paths. The board approved the letter. 3. Peggy outlined the proposal for improving bicycle safety and courtesy and said a Program Improvement Request had been drafted at the request of the assistant town manager. After discussion about the merits of such a program, it decided that, pending approval by Town Meeting, funds for a bicycle safety and courtesy program should be housed in the Human Services department. (Signage improvements toward bikeway safety and courtesy will continue to be developed through the DPW working with the Committee.) With respect to improvements to bikeway signage, Peggy said that the Arlington bike committee relayed they would like to piggyback on what Lexington does vis a vis speed limit as well as on signage.