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Approved Meeting Minutes — February 18, 2011 Committee Name: Lexington Greenways Corridor Committee (GCC) Date, Time and Location of Meeting: February 18, 2011, 8 am, Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building Members present: Peggy Enders, Bob Hausslein, Stew Kennedy, Paul Knight, Deb Mauger (Selectmen's Liaison), Keith Ohmart Members Absent: Duke Bitsko (Conservation Commission Liaison), Alex Dohan, Mike Tabaczynski Others present: Richard Canale (unofficial Planning Board Liaison) Previous Minutes: Initial meeting; no previous minutes. Personal Introductions: Individuals introduced themselves as needed. Election of Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary: Candidates were nominated, and elected by unanimous voice vote. Election results: Chair: Keith Ohmart Vice Chair: Stew Kennedy Secretary: Paul Knight Term Lengths: Keith Ohmart reminded members that initial terms of GCC members vary in length up to three years, to provide for staggered three -year terms in the future. Meeting Schedule /Time: It was proposed and accepted that future meetings should take place on the third Friday of each month, at 8:00 am. Next three meetings: March 18, April 15, May 20, at 8:00 am, in the Ellen Stone Room, Cary Hall. Liaisons from Town Committees: It was proposed that Liaisons be identified from additional Town Committees. For the Sidewalk Committee, [Action] Peggy Enders will contact Judy Crocker, coordinator of the Safe Routes to School program. Deb Mauger suggested that a liaison with the Sustainable Lexington Committee would be valuable. [Action] Keith Ohmart will contact Mark Sandeen, chair of that committee. Keith suggested assembling a list of the affiliations of the individual members and liaisons of GCC. Compiling that list could be an agenda item for the next meeting. Additional GCC member recruiting: It was proposed that the GCC should fill the two remaining open GCC positions, for a total of nine standing members (not counting Liaison members). The possibility of inviting some of the suggested new Liaison members as standing members was discussed. [Action] Stew Kennedy will contact Dick Thuma and /or Rick DeAngelis regarding establishing a liaison or maybe a standing member from the Recreation Committee. Creating GCC web site as part of Town web site: Peggy Enders noted that Candy McLaughlin in the Town Office can provide information and assistance on developing the GCC web site. As GCC