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APPROVED MEETING MINUTES
Committee Name: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee
Date, Time and Location of Meeting:
September 10, 2009, 7 pm, Room 111,
Town Office Building
Members Present:
Stew Kennedy, Mike Tabaczynski, John Frey, Jerry Van
Hook, Marita Hartshorn, Abe Shenker (FoLB Chair), Sandra Shaw (Recreation
Liaison)
Others Present:
Margaret Stebbins
Members Absent:
Peggy Enders (Chair), Richard Canale (Planning Board
Liaison), George Gagliardi, Hank Manz, (Selectmen’s Liaison), Laurel Carpenter
Minutes
: The August 13, 2009 minutes were accepted as corrected.
Meeting with Carl Valente, Bill Hadley, and John Livsey:
Abe reported that
Carl favors finding outside funds such as grants and CPA funds for infrastructure
restoration. Sandra said a CPA request would be categorized as recreation.
Peggy with help from Dave Pinsonneault is drafting a CPA request focusing on
drainage, root mitigation, and other preservation and restoration issues. John
Livsey is looking into sharrows. We reiterated our position to mark Spring Street
with sharrows and will recommend further use of sharrows and/or fog lines on a
street-by-street basis.
Bike Racks
: We voted to lend the town $1123.50 for the purchase of two bike
racks which will be reimbursed by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and
the state. Marita will contact Dave Pinsonneault.
Tri-Town Meeting:
Monday, September 28, 2009 in the meeting room of the
new DPW. Stew presented the agenda. He will ask Peggy to do our five minute
Lexington summary and George to talk about the upcoming meeting on bikeway
safety at street intersections and related issues (e.g., gates, bollards, signs, user
behavior and repairs/maintenance).
Other:
Marita reported some town action on the paper street connecting Summit
and Fern. She will call engineering to learn more. Stew presented a request
from the LWV requesting a First Friday presentation from LBAC. Supporters of
the Bruce Freeman Bikeway are seeking signers of a petition asking the
Commonwealth to fund Phase two.
Meeting adjourned at 8:07 pm.
Record of Discussion of the Friends of Lexington Bikeways:
Treasury:
$5,274.67. Peggy contacted The Running Company for their
donation for the 5K race. Shire has not released the money yet.
Mass Ave. Safety Report.
A 25% study recommends signals at Mass. Ave and
Marrett, Maple, and Pleasant. A major part of the engineering takes place
between the 25% and 75% stage therefore it is important for us to continue
attending hearings to insure inclusion of cyclists and pedestrians in the report.
The accident rate in this section of Mass. Ave. is far above the average. At the
present time parking is allowed on Mass Ave. between Marrett and Locust
streets. We will discuss recommending no parking in this section at our October
meeting.
Snow Plowing:
We plan to use John DeNapoli this coming winter to plow the
bike path. We need to find a second snow plower for back up.
Conservation Stewards:
Most of this summers ambitious boardwalk and trail
construction has been completed. We hope to finish Hayden Woods on
Saturday. The trail workers appreciation barbeque is this Saturday at 12:30.
Bikeway Count:
Stew organized the count and will email a final list of counters
and hours tomorrow.
Miscellaneous Announcements:
. Tri-Town Meeting September 28, 7:00 p.m. at Lexington DPW training room.
. Next LBAC/FoLB meeting is Thursday, October 8, 2009, 7:00 p.m. in Rm 111.
.Moving Together Bicycle and Pedestrian Conference: October 14, 2009. For
more information go to http://php.ecs.umass.edu/baystate//mt/mt2009
Marita Hartshorn: Recorder
Stew Kennedy and Peggy Enders: Editors