HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-09-08-TAC-min.pdf TAC Minutes - September 8, 1986
Present Sally Castleman, Elaine Dratch, Fred Rosenberg, Bill Bordas,
Jackie Smith, Sara Arnold
I Coordinator Position
- Sara Arnold is leaving as coordinator on September 26th
- Applications are being accepted until September 12th
- Susan Adler, Sally Castleman and another committee member will
partake in the interviews The third member will probably be
Joyce or Elaine
- Sally has her information on interview questions that were
asked 7 years ago; she and the other interviewing committee
members will develop new questions
- The Committee will take Sara to dinner on Thurs , Sept 25th
II Commuter Bus
- Hudson is doing well
- Commuters from west and north Lexington find the trip long
- Commuters would like 1 or 2 express buses
- Commuters would like a pass or tickets that could be used for
an insurance rebate
- Perhaps Erna Greene could suggest they pay her to do some
publicity in Lexington
III Lexpress Report
- The new buses are in Lowell
1 - Dick Zimmerman must sign a Direction of Payment that will
allow the Town to pay Peter Picknelly directly before Peter
Picknelly will release the buses to Dick Then Dick must get
the buses registered and DPU inspected Date of arrival in
Lexington unknown: Hopefully soon
- D P U licensing of drivers seems like an unnecessary cumber-
some step Fred may speak to Steve Doran regarding this
IV Electricity for the buses
- The buses need to be plugged in during the winter -- everyone
feels strongly about this
- It is unlikely that Dick Zimmerman will take the steps to get
electricity without pressure from the Town
- The Committee would like to give Dick a date by which electri-
city must be available, Sara will speak to Bob Hutchinson about
this
- Sara will remind Dick of Dave Eagle' s available bay for main-
tenance
- Sara is concerned that Dick has no firm arrangements for main-
tenance during the winter
V Flyer to H S and J H S students
- Sally wrote up a flyer to give to grades 6-12 She will have
Rebecca Haskell & Lili Silvera review it
- Sara will check with the schools regarding distribution
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TAC Minutes - September 8, 1986 ( cont )
VI Safety Program
- Sara has asked Tom Raboian to include references to safe use
of Lexpress when he does his school safety presentation
- We want him to emphasize
1 - Lexpress is not a school bus , don' t cross in
front of it
2 - Wait on the curb to flag
3 - At dusk, stand under a street light or carry
a flashlight
VII Monitoring Lexpress
- We need to do another passenger count, and we need to generally
monitor the buses
- Project Hire (elders who would work for minimum wages) ; could
we pay someone?
- Can we put up a flyer at Stop & Shop, the library and COA
asking volunteers to call?
VIII U-Turns on Lexpress routes
- There was an accident at Drummer Boy Way
- Drummer Boy Condominium units do not want the bus to turn
around on their private property
- Mason St is also a problem
IX Should we ask the T to put T signs on Worthen Road for inbound
Rt 76?
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