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Meeting Notes
4 March 2021
Remote Meeting via Zoom Conferencing Tool
Members Present Keith Ohmart (Chair) Eileen Entin Peggy Enders
Alex Dohan Bob Hausslein Susan Kenyon
Mike Tabaczynski Mal Crawford
Other Attendees Mark Sandeen (Select Board Liaison)
Francesca Pfrommer (Recreation Committee Liaison)
Charles Hornig (Planning Board Liaison)
Stephen Perkins (New GCC member candidate)
The meeting was called to order at 4:02 PM by the Chair.
• Approval of Meeting Notes for the 4 February 2021 Meeting of the Committee
All eight Committee members present voted in favor of approving the Meeting
Notes.
• Committee Membership
Don Grant has resigned from the GCC in order to spend more time on his
Lexington Conservation Stewards work activities.
Stephen Perkins has been recruited to fill the open position and his application
will be reviewed by the Select Board in mid-March.
• Volunteer Drivers for Town Vehicles
As Select Board appointees, members of the GCC are allowed to drive Town
vehicles. Conservation Dept. Conservation Coordinator Amber Carr is looking to
expand the list of volunteer Town vehicle drivers for conservation work projects. Please
contact Amber for more information if you are interested in this volunteer activity.
• Recreation and Conservation Priority Planning Task Force
The Task Force met on 24 February 2021 with GCC member Alex Dohan
representing the committee. The Task Force will be setting up a template for members
to use in identifying possible projects to work on and determining priorities.
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• Recreation Dept. Spring Walks
Bob Hausslein will be leading walks in Town in the April to May time frame. He
is looking for volunteer assistant leaders to act as sweeps for the walks.
• Liberty Ridge Trail Connector (Jefferson Drive) Project
GCC Chair Keith Ohmart attended a recent meeting of the Wright Farm
Advisory Subcommittee. The Subcommittee will support the use of an existing tread
way on the Farm property for an ACROSS Lexington trail until the Wright Farm
planning is completed and a permanent trail alignment is chosen.
The Jefferson Drive housing developer has sought permission from the Town of
Burlington Select Board to build the section of trail in the development that will run to
the Land Locked Forest.
The Friends of the Land Locked Forest will include the use of ACROSS signage
in the Forest as part of their signage proposal that will be presented to the Town of
Burlington Select Board.
• ACROSS Lexington Wayfinding Signage
GCC member Mike Tabaczynski is preparing a prototype sign to use for getting a
cost estimate from a local sign vendor.
• 2021 Project Improvement Request Budget
GCC Chair Keith Ohmart will send a list of upcoming GCC projects to the
Assistant Town Manager for Development Carol Kowalski to consider for inclusion in
the budget.
• Concord Avenue -Brookhaven Loop Project
The GCC is considering the use of a consultant who would be funded with non-
Town sources to speed up the development of a management plan for the Concord
Avenue Conservation Land. The GCC has proposed a meeting with the heads of the
Conservation Commission and Conservation Department to determine if they would
agree with this approach prior to the 17 May 2021 meeting of the Conservation
Commission. If an agreement can be reached more details on the funding and the
consultant would be presented at the May meeting.
• ACROSS Lexington History Documents
Two local organizations were suggested as possible places for archiving the two
documents produced by Larry McCray on the history of the ACROSS Lexington trail
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network. The organizations were the Cary Memorial Library special Lexington history
collection and the Lexington Historical Society.
• Ad Hoc Committee for Cultural Tourism
The group is applying to the Commonwealth for the designation of Lexington
Center as a Cultural District. GCC member Susan Kenyon will attend an informational
meeting of the group scheduled for 16 March 2021.
• Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting
The meeting was attended by GCC Chair Keith Ohmart. Based on discussions
held at the meeting he will attempt to expand the committees range of transportation
options to include pedestrian access for resources in the Town.
• ACROSS Lexington Tenth Anniversary Celebration
The sense of the GCC is that the 10th anniversary celebration date should be
based on when the first section of trail was opened in 2013. An early Fall date in 2023
was proposed based on having good weather for an outdoor event. Select Board
liaison Mark Sandeen suggested a re-union theme with current and former GCC
members and volunteer workers walking on their neighborhood ACROSS routes to a
meeting location in the Center.
• ACROSS Lexington App
The updated ACROSS Lexington mobile device app is now live in the Apple
Store. This is the last update planned for the app since future replacements are
expected to be on WWW (World Wide Web)based platforms.
• On-Line Hiking Trail Information Services
GCC member Alex Dohan will continue investigating WWW replacements for
the current printed paper ACROSS Lexington brochures. Other sources to be contacted
are the Recreation Dept. and other towns in the area.
• Approval of a Motion to Adjourn
All eight Committee members present voted in favor of adjourning the Meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:35 PM EST.
Respectfully submitted by,
Mal Crawford, GCC Member
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