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APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: August 12, 2010, 7 pm, Room 111, Town Office Building Members Present: Peggy Enders (Chair), Stew Kennedy, John Frey, Marita Hartshorn, Jerry Van Hook, George Gagliardi, Laurel Carpenter, Abe Shenker, (FoLB Chair) Others Present: Bob Dangel, Liam Hefferman, Luis Melendez, Richard Spencer, Margaret Stebbins, Bob Hausslein Members Absent: Mike Tabaczynski, Peter Kelley (Selectmen’s Liaison), Sandra Shaw (Recreation Committee Liaison), Richard Canale, (Planning Board Liaison) Minutes : The July 2010 minutes were accepted as corrected. Bikeway Requests: The August 14, 2010 MassBike ride use request was approved; a recommendation will be forwarded to the Selectmen. The May 7, 2011 ALS-Cure use was tabled. Peggy will call the sponsor for more details. We questioned the safety of such a large number of runners on the Bikeway (estimated by ALS at 250). We would prefer to have single-file walkers and will recommend that. Reid’s Ride Posters: Peggy wrote the sponsor about the complaints of excessive posters on the Bikeway. The person was unaware of the policy regarding posters and apologized. Hartwell Avenue Traffic Mitigation : The next discussion by the Planning Board regarding Hartwell Avenue will be in September. They have been sent our recommendations. Jerry said he has encouraged members of the Sidewalk Committee to take a closer look at the roundabout design as it accommodates pedestrians and cyclists. Bikeway Intersection Safety Program : John Livsey sent a proposed design of basic intersection improvements. These improvements are a good first step, but the committee considers the plan “inadequate,” not only because each intersection has unique problems but also because the basic plan falls short of