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Minutes of Greenways Corridor Committee Meeting May 7, 2026, 4-6pm
Present in person: Keith Ohmart (chair), Eileen Entin, David Frohman, Peggy Enders,
Stephen Perkins, Joe Pato, Millie Webster, Bob Hausslein, Daisy Liu, Alex Dohan, Tom ?.
Present virtually: Bobak Moshiri, Susan Kenyon (nonvoting), Mike Tabaczynski (nonvoting).
Location: Community Room Lexington Police Department
1. Votes: 19 March 2026 meeting minutes was approved unanimously.
2. Reports/Updates
New brochure came out very well – Kudos to Mike/Bobak
Bikeway Closure Update: it’s still a month away, they’re paving, paving in sections, a
huge piece of equipment was seen on the path, still have something to be finished,
but it is getting there, will be open on weekends.
Patriot’s Day Parade Report: the conclusion is there weren't as many spectators,
other than that, it's fine and fun, as always. We had been waiting for a while before
we finally started moving. We were the spacer between two marching bands.
Commuter Breakfast Report: There weren’t many people in the early shift before
8am maybe partially due to the weather and the rain. Once the sun came out, a lot
of people showed up, all the food was gone. In terms of business, some people
stopped by, and we (GCC) passed out some brochures.
Discovery Day May 23, 10-3 pm: Keith and Millie will be in touch about sta?ing the
first shift. We will share tent with Friends of Lexington bikeways; Bob will bring two
tents and three tables for the shared space.
Review Brochure Holder Assignments: link has been sent separately, please do fill
the map holder under your name.
Review Route Audit Assignments – Each of us is supposed to do 1 or 2 routes,
checking the signs along the route, it would be great if later this summer to do
another round checking for vegetation blocking ACROSS signs.
Across Lex App update: Susan and David Neal, the original developer, exchanged
information recently. He is willing to update the existing app for Apple phone to add
the new routes, O and Q, as well as develop an App for Android system, but timeline
is uncertain. We also discussed alternative plans, probably can learn from other
town which has a “You are Here” feature to see how they worked with a particular
company. David F volunteered to follow up with that.
3. Ongoing Business
Safe Routes to School issues – Nothing new to report.
Tra?ic Safety Advisory Group Report – Peggy introduced the TSG liaison role and is
looking for someone to take her place. Bobak is interested and she and Bobak will
be in touch after the meeting.
Memorial Bench Program (Bobak): the Conservation Commission has policy on
bench, and it is very limited. If we want this to be much broader than a handful of
people, Bobak was suggested to go to talk to Conservation (Karen Mullins) first. We
need to have concreate idea for the meeting and identify people who are going to be
the muscle behind making it happen. Bobak will talk to two relevant people from
conservation and DPW and see what happens and bring it back to the next meeting.
Peggy suggested we collect and submit some high-quality photos to be used by a
town community group, called Lexington Together? Those photos were meant to
capture meaningful moments of service, leadership. community impact. The
deadline is May 16th; Keith will share the photo folder which was created for the
brochure with Peggy.
Updates current route development projects:
a. Proposed Route 8/Concord Avenue East Loop Update – nothing to report
b. Widnall property trail build, the Widnall family donated the property, Widnall
woods, to the town as Conservation land, giving us a chance to realign Route
L & Q through this area once a new trail is built.
c. Rte 22/I AGM Connector, the Arlington Great Meadow connector to Lower
Vinebrook, Keith suggested that we go right down the bike path, then link
back up here through Joyce Miller's Meadow, the main reason for that is, we
want to keep people o? of the streets There are a number of posts, 6 or 8,
that need to be installed to make this all happen. Stephen and David have
volunteered to do the installation.
4. New Business:
5. Adjourn at 5:45 pm.
6. Next Meeting: June 11, 4-6pm – Parker Room