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Minutes of Greenways Corridor Committee Meeting 5 June 2025
Present in person: Keith Ohmart (chair), Eileen Entin, David Frohman, Daisy Liu, Bobak Moshiri,
Stephen Perkins, Millie Webster (nonvoting)
Present virtually: Peggy Enders, Bob Hausslein, Susan Kenyon (nonvoting), Mike Tabaczynski
(nonvoting)
Votes: 5 May 2025 minutes accepted
Reports/Updates
● May 16 Bikeway Breakfast: Stephen picked up the bagels. Daisy David, and Keith
helped out. Both return and new people stopped by the ACROSS table.
● Discovery Day (May 24): Bob, Eileen, Daisy and David covered the table. Several
people praised the ACROSS program and said they use the trails.
● VO250 Community Volunteer program: The program asks people to log their volunteer
hours. The goal is to obtain 25,000 volunteer hours in a year. Keith will log the meeting
hours for attendees, all other member hours spent on GCC activities should be reported
individually. All hours spent on GCC-related activities can be logged. The website
includes a list of groups that need volunteers.
Ongoing Business
● Review of current routes in development:
o Rte 3/Bowman Park: Mike reported we are still waiting for the scout to complete the
fund raising for his half of the project cost (approximately $1200). Mike wants the
scout to get a specific date on the calendar. If the Scout-led group does not complete
the 100 feet of boardwalk needed, Mike will coordinate with the stewards to complete
the job. It will also be to brush out a new section of trail and put up Route Q signs on
the necessary remaining part of the new route
o Proposed Rte 22/Arlington’s Great Meadows/Lower Vine Brook Connector: Waiting
on scheduling a site visit with Karen regarding potential wetlands as the next step.
o Proposed Route 8/Concord Avenue East Loop – Keith will follow up with the newly
hired Conservation Dept assistant regarding the required boundary surveying as the
next step.
Brochure redesign update
Stephen is working on 2 pared-down versions of the text that will leave between 4 and
4.5 panels of the brochure free for pictures. Bobek said we need about 20 good photos –
with a consent form for each photo that has people in it. The idea of soliciting photos
from people who have completed the ACROSS challenge was discussed as a useful
approach. We could send a letter to each of these people asking if they have photos to
contribute. Keith will contact the people on the list to confirm he can share their names.
Bobak will draft a letter, and we will divide up the list of people to be contacted among
the GCC Board members. The key point regarding timing is that if we are going to
redesign the ACROSS brochure and include pictures, we need to gather them and select
the ones to use during the summer. Once we have decided on the pictures and the
reduced text, Jon Sachs, our designer, can put together a revised brochure.
New Business
Response team to summer alerts for clearing obscured trail signs:
Sometimes people walking the trails send notes to Keith regarding obscured trails.
Keith will forward the relevant information to Bobak, David, and Eileen who
volunteered to trim the brush where appropriate (i.e., when not on private property).
Proposed development for the Tortola property south of Wood St:
Keith displayed a map showing the area that may be sold and talked about its
importance for the ACROSS trail system – in particular a route going from the
Minuteman National Historical Park to the northwest corner of Lexington where it abuts
Burlington. Presently there is no action the GCC committee can take, but we need to
follow the developments on this property as it proceeds.
Adding ACROSS routes to All Trails as a means of advertising:
Presently the information on All Trails is crowd sourced. Anyone can add a route.
There was discussion on the viability and wisdom of making it an official project to add
the GCC routes. Mike noted that there are several platforms on which GCC routes could
be added (such as open streets), and suggested we should consider the value of such a
project in light of the time required and which platform would be most appropriate for
our purposes. Committee members concurred with Mike’s suggestion.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 5:40 pm.
Next Meeting: 11 September, 4-6 pm in the Parker Room