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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-02-23-GCC-min Greenways Corridor Committee February 23, 2015 Training Room, Hadley DPW Building Lexington, Massachusetts Members Present. Kevin Breunig, Alex Dohan, Peggy Enders, Eileen Entin, Don Grant, Bob Hausslein, Paul Knight, Keith Ohmart, Mike Tabaczynski Other Attendees none Votes We made numerous changes to 2015-01-20 minutes, which will be edited and voted on at the next meeting Reports/Updates Bike/Walk/Bus Week will be May 9-17 GCC will provide a "silver sneaker" walk from the Senior Center, and a Route C/D walk. Susan Bennett is interested in working on an historical walk. Keith will coordinate Bike/Walk)/Bus and GCC Rick Abrams memorial events will be June 14 Susan Kenyon is coordinating The Boston Greenbelt Walk will be May 30, and will again utilize ACROSS routes as it goes through Lexington Kevin will be the GCC liaison The new ACROSS brochure will be in print by Patriots' Day All the new information will be up on the Conservation website and the Conservation Department will keep it up to date The brochure will be sent home with school families An initial printing of at least 5000 will be made, and Susan Kenyon will manage the supply and keep statistics on use It will be revised as new routes are added Keith will attend a March 10 meeting regarding the crossing at Lowell and Westminster Streets, and draft a letter explaining GCC's comments on placement of crosswalk, using Mike's graphic Current Business Review. MapMyRun has been a good resource for recording potential future routes Mike will work on getting those onto the Town map MapGEO, the Town online mapping program, has also been useful We reviewed the Criteria List of 6 elements and refined the definitions These will be used as we review proposed routes As Jordan McCarron and Karen Mullins work with the Conservation Stewards to plan the 2015 work list, it would be helpful for them to know which routes we will be developing The Bikeway-to-Battle Road appears to be the most feasible There is an easement between Martingale and Fremont, thought a trail needs to be built. Further south, the Cranberry Hill trail needs re-building and buckthorn clearing We should probably develop a protocol for creating/building a route This will be useful as we work forward on the next routes After the March GCC meeting, Keith will arrange a meeting with Karen Mullins and Jordan McCarron to review the ACROSS strategic plan and budget. Some questions to consider Can we create a route from the High School to the new Community Center? How should we identify the "connectors" (different from loops)? New Business Vice Chair position will be shared by Eileen and Bob For Future Discussion ACROSS Lexington funding review — for March meeting, Keith will update Draft budget review — for March meeting, Keith will draw up Archiving materials/documents for GCC, Keith will investigate Next Meeting March 30, 2015, 4 30-6 00pm, DPW Training Room Future meeting dates May 4, June 15 Pending Matters - Conservation Restriction Data Base - Field Work on West Lexington Greenway Respectfully Submitted by Alexandra Dohan, Secretary