HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-12-10-TAC-min.pdf TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, December 10, 1997 Meeting
7 30 PM, Room 105
MEETING MINUTES
Attendees Betty Eddison
Ed Ganshirt
Don Graham
Barbara Lucas
Robert Sawyer
Ben Turk
1 Approve Minutes of November 20, 1997 Meeting
No action taken
2 Status of Transportation Coordinator Replacement
DGraham reported that one applicant had been interviewed by
the screening committee and more will be interviewed on
December 19th
BLucas circulated a note to TAC thanking the members for the
November 12, 1997 farewell dinner held in her honor
3 Letter to MBTA Re Route 76 Saturday Service
EGanshirt displayed a letter he had received from Alan
Castaline, Chief Planning Officer in the MBTA Operations
Planning Unit, acknowledging Ed's comments on Route 76 and
on other MBTA routes serving the Burlington area A copy of
Ed's letter is attached
The draft TAC letter to the MBTA was reviewed It was
agreed to address it to Robert H Prince, MBTA General
Manager, with copies to Hasty Evans, META Director of
Planning, and to Alan Castaline as well as Senators Havern
and Fargo and Representative Kaufman
4 Draft of Town Report
The draft of the town report was reviewed The next steps
are to review it with Pauline Burke, incorporate some
missing budget and ridership numbers, and submit it by the
December 24th deadline
5 Caravan for Commuters December 4, 1997 Seminar
DGraham reported on the seminar A copy of a questionnaire
prepared for discussion purposes by Donna Smallwood,
Caravan's Manager of Planning and Research is attached
6 South Lexington Transportation Committee Breakfast Meeting
DGraham reported that he will be attending the breakfast of
Hayden Avenue/Spring Street developers to be held at the
Sheraton Lexington on December 18, 1997 at the invitation of
Thomas Marcucelli of Boston Properties
7 Other Business
BLucas brought the TAC up to date on a number of items
1 Bikeway Enhancement Grant Application Very shortly it
will be possible to file an application with MAPC A good
candidate for such a grant may be a bikeway along Hartwell
Avenue
2 Hartwell Avenue TMA Grant Second year funding has been
applied for First year funding, not yet spent, must be
spent by September 1998 or be lost
3 CNG Bus Specifications These are now being reviewed by
the DPW BLucas strongly recommends that they be reviewed
by TAC as well DGraham agreed to discuss the matter with
George Woodbury
4 Lexington-Concord Trolley BLucas believes a meeting was
held recently by Lou Sideris of the MMNHP and Concord
officials DGraham agreed to contact Lou Sideris
5 Lexington Representation on the JRTC BLucas reported
that Lexington was not represented at the December meeting
of the Joint Regional Transportation Committee Since the
job description for the Transportation Coordinator assigns
this task to the Transportation Coordinator, DGraham agreed
to attend the January JRTC meeting on January 14, 1998 as a
substitute unless a new Coordinator is on the job by then
8 Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 14,
1997