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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-10-19-ART40-min MINUTES Article 40 ad hoc Committee October 19, 2005 Committee members present T Galaitsis, J Krieger, I. Klimoff, S Mason, D Fullerton, J Wilson, T Diaz, W Heiger-Bernays, J Sheehy Lexington citizens present D Eagle, from Arlex/C&W Bus Co Mr Galaitsis called the meeting to order at 7 35 am in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Hall, Lexington MA. The committee reviewed the 9/22/05 minutes, amended them slightly and approved them as amended. (3 members abstained from voting because they had not attended the September meeting.) Education program. The committee established a timetable for the Education Program, anti-idling campaign. The production/distribution schedule of the first batch of leaflets (for schools) was as follows -- List of endorsers will be finalized by 10/21/05 -- Material will be printed by 10/28/05 -- PTA distribution will take place by 11/4/05 -- Leaflets will be handed out at the special town meeting (11/7/05) The Board of Health will have a press release Ms Heiger-Bernays will make a list of organizations, companies, town departments, and schools to contact about the campaign. Mr Fullerton will work on the signs, and brochures He will contact and inform the town departments, including the police department, and also the Chamber of Commerce, private buses, Lexpress, tour buses, and taxicab companies Mr Diaz will talk to the superintendent about an endorsement, and will inform the school committee about the campaign. Ms Klimoff will talk with James Shaw of Colonial Times about the Board of Health press release The Colonial Times, which goes to each household in Lexington, could possibly be used as delivery system of the pamphlets Mr Fullerton will work on the content, and possible distribution of the pamphlets Ms Krieger reported that the cost for inserting an 8 5"x11" flier into the Colonial Times is $300 Printing is an additional expense and would depend upon complexity of job Ms Krieger will also look into enclosing the Education pamphlets in the January'06 tax bill mailings 1 Mr Wilson suggested that we should acknowledge financial gifts of Arlex/C&W Bus Co The Committee members expressed their thoughts on this matter In September'06 the Committee decided that the pamphlet would list only non-profit organizations Ms Heiger-Bernays said that the purpose of the endorsers was to identify the anti-idling program as a health issue to improve public health. Mr Eagle said that Arlex does not want publicity for this In fact, if we needed more money for campaign, Arlex could help out The Committee decided to inform the public of the gifts and grant received in articles about the campaign but will not put this information on the fliers or on signs Mr Galaitsis will draft thank you letter that would be sent to Mr Eagle, Arlex, C&W, and to any other future contributors Ms Krieger reported that the "Safe Routes for Schools", at the Bridge School, has resulted in a decrease of cars dropping off children (from 220 down to 120) This program came from the Sidewalk Committee, and was implemented by the PTO of Bridge Other elementary schools will follow soon. Metric system, to show effectiveness of campaign. It was agreed that the survey results could not be used because they were only about 220 responses Mr Diaz will ask superintendent about the possibility of having LHS environment stewardship students to monitor cars Monitoring will be for 2 hours at end of school day, for 1 week every month, for 4 or 5 months Ms Mason will draft a chart with information including date, time, weather conditions, location, number of cars sampled, and number of cars idling. 2 or 3 students will work at one school. (LHS students get out of school at 2 30pm. Elementary students get out of school at 3 15pm.) It is not clear that this monitoring system will provide an accurate measurement of campaign effectiveness It was expected that car idling in February would be about the same as it is in November Mr Sheehy will speak with Ms Crocker about a feedback mechanism with the student survey to encourage the drivers to drive less and idle less Re future meetings, and need to review what committee is to do Ms Krieger will draft local bylaw Ms Mason stated that she will not vote for local bylaw Ms Heiger-Bernays divided the work into 3 parts 1 Bylaw 2 Education program 3 Questions to be addressed by committee (primarily answered by Mr Eagle in past meetings) 2 The Committee will gladly welcome assistance of Anne Kelly on the education campaign, (and anyone else willing to work) Ms Klimoff will tell Mr Fullerton about EPA grant, and ask him to re-submit grant application to DEP for additional funds The meeting was adjourned at 8 55am. Minutes prepared by Ingrid H.Klimoff 3