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Home My WebLink About2023-04-13-LBAC-minTown of Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee- 04/13/2023 13 April 2023 / 7:00 PM / Hybrid Meeting in person at the Parker Hall, Town Office ATTENDEES (present in bold) Committee Members: Betty Gau, Ram Reddy, Jim Cadenhead, Suzan Chen, Sarah Hews, George Gagliardi, Matthius Beebe Also Attending: Ross Morrow, Mike Tabaczynski,Tom Fortman, Nishanth Veeragandham Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee and Friends of Lexington Bikeway/Bike Lexington Meetings Thursday April 13, 2023, 7:00 pm Parker Room, Town Hall and conducted by Remote Participation* https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81649559285?pwd=U2FGaEl5RVppUnJQNHFyNExveDhOZz09 Meeting ID: 816 4955 9285 - Passcode: 092229 FoLB/Bike Lexington 7:00 – 7:30 pm 1. Treasurer’s Report / Snow plowing costs Friends of Lexington Bikeways Treasurer's Report 4/13/2023 Assets-Bank of America 24,051 Last plowing bill (not yet paid) (2,470) Remaining cash 21,582 Expenses since last report 493 Safety signs (bikeway & sidewalk); Quickbooks 2. Upcoming Events: • Patriot’s Day parade April 17th - everyone welcome to march/bike with us. 1:30pm gathering • Tour de Cure Update; Kick-Off Ride (Saturday April 22nd 10 am)- Rev Hall • Walk Along Bikeway Past (Saturday, May 6 10-12 noon, meet behind Visitors’ Center)- History of the Railroad/Photos all the way to I-95 • Bikeway Clean-up Day - Sunday May 7th 9am - 11am; Sarah, Suzan and sign-up sheet • Bikeway Counts (Saturday, May 13 and Tuesday, May 16. Volunteers needed to do one-hour blocks of time behind the Depot • Tough Ruck - Sunday April 16 - 700 people. Turn around Seasons Four • Friends/CRW Second Sunday bike rides starting in May 14th at 10 am – volunteers needed • Breakfast on the Bikeway, Friday, May 19, starting at 6:30 am behind the Depot (also Bike to Work Day). • Discovery Day, Saturday, May 28th - volunteers needed to work shifts at Friend table • Survey - See https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42374635 Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee – 7:30 – 9:00 pm 1. Approve March 9, 2023 Meeting Minutes Motion to Approve, seconded. Minutes were approved. 2. Committee Business: upcoming LBAC meetings, ● Can we reschedule to May 4th and June 1st - Committee voted to reschedule 3. East Lexington Wayfinding presentation – Sandhya Iyer Sandhya Iyer presented - Regional Wayfinding Signage, East Lexington Village presentation ● Received Redo grant - $150,000 to attract businesses (for 3 Towns) ● Kept signage similar to Toole Design ● Locations Identified ● LBAC voted to approve with a few discussion points ○ Graffiti tagging ○ Map Updated ○ Lighting/Solar ○ Jim to send information to Sandhya - sign pollution 4. Council for the Arts Bikeway Project – Steve Poltorzycki In Late 2020 - Painted Doors project was done ● Now another outdoor project is being proposed ● Small Sculptures- ○ Needs ideas, thoughts, letter of support ○ Small sculptures will be located in trees near Visitor Center ○ If more than 5 sculpture, then the remainder will be located near the Police Station ○ Sculpture will be present sometime in June 2023 till September 2023 ○ Local sculptors and architects will be featured ○ Sculptures will be located in trees 10 Feet from bikeway ○ The LBAC Approved this art project on the bikeway. Betty emailed the letter with the Committee approval to the Select Board and to Steve Poltorzycki. 5. Worthen Rd Bike Lane Pilot Update Waiting for Letters of Support - PTO, Farmers Market, Blue Sox, LHS School etc. David send some letters - Lexington Farmers Market - Pushback Jim is the only person working on this. He needs help. Betty, Sarah and Matt all agreed to pitch in along with Dave Armstrong. They formed a sub-committee and agreed to meet. Letters from Schools and Parents are better. Betty to get the item on the Select Board Agenda (end April/early May). - Jim confirmed that we are on the Select Board agenda May 8th. How do you reach students? Arnav? Nishanth? Kunal? Others? Tom will find out - who in the school (maybe a Teacher) that can be helpful Johnny Cole - DEI Person who can suggest (Betty to approach). Susan Barrett - Maybe can help (Sarah to approach). Sheila Page (Ross will ask her) - Planning & Safety / TSG Coordinator Meet - Zoom session - Tuesday April 18, 5:30pm Jim will send the update/letter that he sent out, to the group. It was suggested to bring kids to the Select Board Meeting to confirm the unsafe riding situation to commute to LHS 6. Safety Sign Update from FOLB/LBAC sub-committee Bedford Committee accepted signs (all except the 15 mph sign) The sub-committee worked with Ross at DPW to survey the bikeway and identify sign locations, which are now identified on the map Within 1 week - finalize it (being tweaked) 7. Liaison Reports No liaisons were present to report.