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APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting: December 8, 2011, 7 pm, Town Office Building Room 111 Members Present: Peggy Enders (Chair), John Frey, Marita Hartshorn, Stew Kennedy, Jerry Van Hook, Bob Hausslein (FoLB Chair), George Gagliardi Others Present: Richard Canale (Planning Board Liaison, Sandra Shaw (Recreation Committee Liaison), Richard Spencer, Joel Adler. Members Absent: Mike Tabaczynski, Laurel Carpenter Minutes : The November 2011 minutes were accepted as distributed. Bikeway Plowing: Peggy reported that the Town and the LBAC have forged a new agreement for this winter’s bikeway plowing. Gates will remain open, barrels will replace gates, and bollards will be removed. Jimmy McLaughlin will be the plowing contractor; it was agreed that the vehicles and personnel used for other town plowing by McLaughlin will not be the same as those used for plowing of the bike path. The Selectmen have approved the placement of signs seeking funds along the bike path. Center Streetscape: At the public presentation on the Center Streetscape plan, Jerry Van Hook and Peggy Enders spoke in favor of reconsideration of a single lane in each direction (with a turning lane). At the meeting, Jerry pointed out that the center is the only four-lane road in town and also the one with the most pedestrian traffic. Richard Canale supported Jerry’s view, saying the plan in East Arlington calls for single lanes and full bike lanes as well as widened sidewalks. There the consultants believe that single lanes will result in less congestion. One lane unimpeded will result in smoother movement through the center. John Frey mentioned that the Design Advisory Committee supports this concept. Perhaps 2013 will be a good time for a trial run for single lanes and a turning lane, allowing for a traffic study that assesses the effect on all users. It was mentioned that, at the public briefing, the designers said that a traffic study was slated to be done in the future. DCR Trail Conference: Stew, Peggy, and Keith Ohmart attended the first trail conference, “Building Connections,” on November 12, sponsored by the Trustees of Reservations, the DCR, and the Massachusetts Recreational Trail Advisory Board (MARTAB). The conference included talks about the economic benefits of