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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />APPROVED MEETING MINUTES <br /> <br /> <br />Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee <br /> <br />Date, Time and Location of Meeting: <br />October 13, 2011, 7 pm, Rm 111 Town <br />Office Building <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> Peggy Enders (Chair), John Frey, Marita Hartshorn, Jerry <br />Van Hook, Laurel Carpenter, Bob Hausslein (FoLB Chair), Richard Canale, <br />(Planning Board Liaison), Sandra Shaw (Recreation Committee Liaison), George <br />Gagliardi. <br /> <br />Others Present: <br />Margaret Stebbins, Richard Spencer <br /> <br />Members Absent: <br /> John Frey, Stew Kennedy, Mike Tabaczynski, Peter Kelley <br />(Selectmen’s Liaison) <br /> <br />Minutes <br />: The September 2011 minutes were accepted. <br /> <br /> <br />Bikeway Plowing for 2011-12 <br />: Peggy met with Peter Kelley to discuss some <br />changes to the current agreement with the Town. We propose to hire Jimmy <br />McLaughlin at $70/hour pending approval by the Selectmen. We will request that <br />all the gates be left open on one side and that barrels be put in place, as was done <br />at limited intersections last year. <br /> <br />Road Inventory of Streets and Roads <br />: Bob Dangel, Stew, Richard Canale, and <br />Peggy met again with John Livsey on the inventory of Lexington streets as they <br />related to bicycle friendliness. The objective is that the town engineers will <br />consult the advice on this document when streets are slated for some sort of work, <br />so that improvements for cyclists can be addressed. For example: on Worthen <br />Road and Spring Street, sharrows will be painted on the road to indicate that both <br />bikes and cars have a place on the road (the Share the Road signs on Spring <br />Street have been removed). Although the recommendation was made, John <br />Livsey indicated that a bike box at Worthen and Bedford is not feasible because of <br />the current traffic signaling system. The next step in this project is to set priorities <br />based on safety, use, connectivity and condition. Jerry Van Hook has <br />volunteered to help with this. Granite curbing was discussed. The issue of cycling <br />on sidewalks outside of the center and safe cycling to school should be discussed <br />at a later meeting. (Currently, individual schools principals set cycling to school <br />policy.) Information about sharrows and the laws supporting the rights of cyclists <br /> <br />