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Home My WebLink About2010-05-13-LBAC-min `OV5 MOgN� oQ 1775 hQ (7 p a °m 11 ; s Lop APRIL19' APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting May 13, 2010, 7 pm, Room 111, Town Office Building Members Present Stew Kennedy (Acting Chair), John Frey, Manta Hartshorn, Jerry Van Hook, Laurel Carpenter, Sandra Shaw (Recreation Committee Liaison) Others Present Bob Hausslein, Richard Spencer, Dawn McKenna Members Absent Peter Kelly, (Selectman's Liaison), George Gagliardi, Abe Shenker (FoLB Chair), Peggy Enders (Chair), Richard Canale (Planning Liaison), Mike Tabaczynski Minutes The April 2010 minutes were accepted as corrected Dawn McKenna dropped in and said the metal signs about "no bike riding on center sidewalks" will arrive next week. They will be installed by DPW The Tourism Committee has offered to fund a new bike map Peggy and Bob Dangel are working on this project and should coordinate with the Tourism Committee Bikeway Counts Both the Tuesday and Saturday bike count numbers increased substantially from previous counts [ed note 4,059 trips counted on Saturday, May 1, 949 trips counted for commuter and noon hours on Tuesday, May 4] Stew and John will send the exact numbers to Jerry for his talk on May 16 20th Century Memories Jerry will give a 10-minute talk about the Minuteman Bikeway from a historical perspective on Sunday, May 16 at 2 00 at the depot. The Historical Society sponsors the event. Center Parking Session Peggy represented us at the meeting The town hired a consultant to analyze the parking situation Bicycle parking will be factored in Lowell and Woburn St. Development. Jerry reported on TD Bank's proposal We hope the reconfigured site will be pedestrian and bicycle friendly Laurel circulated a petition to that effect. Scenic Battle Road The Minuteman Bikeway and connectors like the West Lexington Greenway and possibly the Bedford extension will be considered a oQ 1775 hQ t0,2 fA� �W y At 1.1 RILI9'" FXI NG-Os part of the scenic Battle Road Corridor Stew Kennedy, Keith Ohmart, and Dick Canale all spoke in favor of multimodal transportation at the roadways subcommittee meeting and hope the committee will rate it highly when setting their priorities Peggy is our official liaison Some funding may be available to us for improvements with this designation Traffic Mitigation on Hartwell Avenue Jerry Van Hook reported that a rotary is proposed at Hartwell Avenue and Maguire Road A rotary presents problems to cyclists and pedestrians We should be watchful of the final design because this intersection is heavily used by cycling commuters Meeting adjourned at 7 51 pm Record of Discussion of Friends of Lexington Bikeways Stew Kennedy conducted this meeting Treasury Bob Hausslein reported a balance of $5,236 23 Expenses included 20 vests totaling $131 27 Bike Donation Day and Discovery Day Stew, Bob, Marita, and Peggy will be working on the Bikes Not Bombs Donation effort. John Frey is a possible volunteer for Discovery Day Spring Clean Up Bob reported that we had about 15 volunteers and suggested that next year we should revise section assignments for better coverage east of Woburn Street. We should also publicize the clean up one week in advance on the bikeway Stew suggested that we regularly report to the BoS on such Bikeway improvement projects Bob will draft a report on the cleanup Garlic Mustard Pull Bob and Stew have organized a large-scale garlic mustard removal project along the entire Lexington portion of the Bikeway. Grace Chapel offered their 65-member youth volunteer group for community work, and it will happen on Saturday, May 22 from 9 00 to noon Jerry, Bob, Stew, Peggy, and perhaps Sandra will help direct the volunteers Meet at Camilla Way (behind the main fire station ) A similar project was organized recently by Keith Ohmart along the Lower Vine Brook bike path, where a team of Girl Scouts removed garlic mustard from Hayes Lane to North Street. Farmer's Market Stew, Marita, Sandy, Peggy, and John will man the bike corral on June 15 The Boston Sports Club is giving 3-day passes for the first 100 people who ride their bike to the market. Bike Racks at Retail Establishments Jerry Van Hook is working with Stop and Shop to get permission for Starbucks and Walgreen's to install bike racks at `cos MOgN, OQ' 1775 hQ (7 p . a V• "c D a 9 If 8W l� yf 4.4 APRIL19' their stores Stop and Shop owns the land He is also working with Busa Liquors and Neillio's for a rack on their corner Tour de Lexington The ride is proposed for July 10 or 11, and Laurel talked about a route highlighting little known entry points for Lexington for commuters Manta proposed a route highlighting conservation land and boardwalks It was agreed that the theme for the route needs to be decided upon Bob mentioned that we should determine our audience (participants) when determining the route Laurel said we should have cue sheets and a flag system at intersections We will invite all the Selectmen, the town manager, and both state representatives on the ride MassBike Festival August 14 on Hayden Field We would like Bob Dangel to keep us posted Bike to Work Week is May 17 to 21, 2010 The next LBAC/FoLB meeting is Thursday, June 10, 2010, 7 00 p m in Rm 111 Items Distributed Agenda and April Minutes Marita Hartshorn Recorder Peggy Enders Editor