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Greenways Corridor Committee
March 27, 2017
Ellen Stone Room, Cary Hall
Lexington, Massachusetts
Members Present: Mal Crawford, Eileen Entin, Bob Hausslein, Keith Ohmart, Mike
Tabaczynski
Other Attendees: none
Votes: Minutes from 2/27/2017 meeting: Approved
Letter of support for CLC assuming Conservation Restrictions on 5 town-owned
parcels:
Approved
Letter of support for Article 43/Forbes Road: Approved
Reports/Updates:
Keith and Mike explained the current status of the 0 Grove St parcel and their review of
the Developer’s plans for Balanced Housing. The developer will provide a trail link
across the back of the property to be developed at their expense to connect the trail
system on Wright Farm to the Landlocked Forest trail system. The developer wishes to
have the access road and sidewalk through the development remain private without
public access. The committee feels that there should be access through the
development roadway to the trail system behind the development. The committee will
send its recommendation to the Planning Board that there be access through the
development to the trail system as well as a sidewalk along the front of 227 Grove
Street to connect to a presumed trail to be developed on the Town’s Wright Farm
Conservation property. This will provide access for the neighborhood and a future
ACROSS Lexington route to the trail system behind the development connecting with
the Landlocked Forest should permission for the public to use the balanced housing
development road and sidewalks not be required by the Planning Board. The developer
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will present its plan to the Planning Board at its April 12 meeting. Two members of the
GCC will attend that meeting.
ACROSS Route Spring Survey: Surveys of the routes are in progress. A couple
of posts on Routes A&B were loose. This is most likely to happen on exposed posts –
particularly ones that could be damaged by plows. Route checking, and any necessary
repairs that do not involve replacing posts, will be completed as soon as weather
permits.
Weston Open Space committee members have requested to meet with the GCC
to consult on the ACROSS concept. Susan will coordinate with Emily Schadler (who
now works in Weston) to arrange a meeting.
Ongoing Business:
Route H – Permissions have been secured for posts needed for Route H,
including permission to install a sign at the Sunaco Station. The management of the
office building at the corner of Lincoln St and Marrett Rd has offered to grind the stumps
along their parking lot. Bob will take care of DigSafe notification and take the lead on
sign installation. Don will coordinate the post installations where needed. Members of
the committee will do the necessary trail improvements at Idlewilde.
The ACROSS Lexington website needs to be updated. Mike sent an updated
map to Susan, who needs to coordinate with Kathy Santos to have it updated on the
website.
Brochure progress – No new information about this since the last GCC meeting.
Carol Kowalski is looking into funds, checking with Carl Valente. It might make sense to
combine with Recreation as our trails also fit their mission.
Regarding additional signage such as traffic warnings, Bob and Eileen found only
2 locations where warning signs would be useful. The committee will revisit this when
more ACROSS routes are completed to assess need. Funding for such signs would be
bundled with a request for town property signs. Carol Kowalski is reviewing this with
Carol Valente.
Strategic Plan review: Keith suggested using the May 22 meeting to review the
proposed ACROSS routes to see which one(s) we should tackle next.
New Business:
none at this time
Pending Items:
Garfield St abutter indemnity.
Brochure reprint funding
Seasonal trail maintenance on non-Conservation properties
Next Meeting: May 1, 4:30-6:00pm, Ellen Stone Room
Future meetings: May 22, June13, July 10: June and July dates are tentative: Keith
will do a doodle poll to assess availabilty.
Proposed later 2017 meeting dates: (Aug 28), Sep 25, Oct 23, Nov 27, Dec 18 (3rd
Monday)
Future Agenda Items: None at this time beyond continued trail investigation and
development
Respectfully Submitted by
Eileen Entin, Acting Secretary