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Home My WebLink About2011-06-09-LBAC-min `00 MOgN� ins (7 p O IS loP, APRILI9'" APPROVED MEETING MINUTES Committee Name Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Date, Time and Location of Meeting June 9, 2011, 7 pm, Room 111 of the Town Office Building Members Present Peggy Enders (Chair) George Gagliardi, Stew Kennedy, Jerry Van Hook, John Frey, Richard Canale (Planning Board Liaison) Others Present Richard Spencer, Margaret Stebbins Members Absent Laurel Carpenter, Bob Hausslein (FoLB Chair), Manta Hartshorn, Mike Tabaczynski, Peter Kelley (Selectmen's Liaison), Sandra Shaw (Recreation Committee Liaison) Minutes The May 2011 minutes were accepted Selectmen Annual Goal Setting The committee has been formally solicited for its input for the Selectmen's annual goal setting session Members agreed to recommend to the Selectmen that a) the Town should strive to become a more bike-friendly town, 2) that doing so would advance bike-related tourism and economic development, and 3) that the Town should invest more resources in improving bicycle transportation facilities generally, both in terms of shared-used paths and "complete streets " A document outlining these recommendations will be forwarded to the Selectmen in time for their June 28 meeting Plans for Bikeway Drainage and Root Control (Update) Peggy shared a memo from John Livsey describing delays on the CPA Bikeway project associated with the discussions at the Conservation Commission Stew talked about some of the issues associated with the delay The committee directed Peggy to contact John Livsey to express its hope that the work was completed by winter Bikeway Intersection Safety Upgrades (Update) The committee asked again about the proposed new bollards and how the bollards will join at the ground level Peggy agreed to write the DPW again and ask about the bollards and whether they can be removed during plowing and to send the committee pictures of the same bollards on the Bruce Freeman Trail There was no other information about intersection upgrade plans Other business OV5 MOgN� ins aQ (7 p O '°m IS 5 p, l /6 APRILI9'" 10, A member mentioned that there is a trash can at Camillia Way with the "no riding on sidewalks" sign on it. Record of the Discussions of Friends of Lexington Bikeways Treasurer's report Bob Hausslein was not present to report, but sent a note saying, "there is $9672 30 total between our new account at Cambridge Savings and what is in the town account." Bikeway Counts Margaret Stebbins reported that the count on Saturday, May 14, went well, although it was a chilly and cloudy day A total of 2,585 trips were counted during the 12-hour period, including 1,826 cyclists The Tuesday count was cancelled Community Bike Rides (Saturday, May 14) Laurel led the morning ride, and Stew the afternoon ride Laurel put together a history of the ride as well as a cue sheet. There were close to 25 riders and much enthusiasm Parking outside of Ride Studio Cafe worked very well Bike Donation Day/Discovery Day (Saturday, May 28) 128 bikes were donated, as well as a bunch of bike parts Members agreed that it was a worthwhile project and will repeat it next year Bike Corral at the Farmers' Market Members voted to contribute another $100 to the coupon effort (bringing the FoLB contribution to $200, with the Farmers' Market staying at $100) The first market corral will be on June 14, followed by one on July 12 Garlic Mustard Pull on the Bikeway Stew reported that there were seven leaders from FoLB, and 60 volunteers from Grace Chapel They pulled weeds between 1 and 4 pm, yielding about 80 trash bags The area covered was shorter, and the goal was to get all of the garlic mustard pulled up from between Revere Street and Woburn Street. Bike Racks at Businesses Jerry reported that Ace Hardware has decided not to purchase a full rack, they offered to pay half if FoLB would pay the other half Members declined to do this, and suggested that a better spot for a full rack would be in the mall across from Ace Hardware Jerry also talked about his discussions with the TriCon Sports owner, and said that there are no bike racks at the Great Road Shopping Center (where there is one owner of the entire complex) The meeting was adjourned at 8 45 pm Upcoming Dates `OV5 MOgN� 09- ins aQ (7 p O 6116 APRILI9'" • LBAC/FoLB meeting Thursday, August 11 at 7 PM, Room 111, Town Office Building • Farmers' Market Bike Corral Tuesday, July 12, 2 — 6 30 PM • MassBike Summer Century and Family Bike Ride, Saturday, July 30, all rides leaving from Lexington High School Recorder. Peggy Enders