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Home My WebLink About2011-12-16-GCC-minMINUTES Greenways Corridor Committee Meeting December 16, 2011, 8:OOam Room G -15, Town Office Bldg Members Present Rick Abrams, Alex Dohan, Peggy Enders, Eileen Entin, Bob Hausslein, Stew Kennedy, Keith Ohmart, Howie Vogel (Recreation Committee Liaison) . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ........ .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ....... .... . 1V$embers absent ,Paul Knight, Mike Tabaczynski, � Deleted Duke Bitsko (Conservation Commission Liaison), Michelle Ciccolo (Planning Board Liaison), Other Attendees Richard Canale Deleted: Deb Mauger (Board of Selectmen Liaison) 1. Votes: October meeting minutes — approved ... ... ... ... ... November meeting minutes — approved Annual Report — approved 2. Discussion of 2012 meeting schedule: • Mike T. cannot make morning meetings. The decision was made to switch to the 3rd Thursday, 4:30 -6pm through April. (Subsequent conflicts arose after the meeting, necessitating a further shift, to the 4 Monday, 4:30 -6pm.) 3. Current Business Review: Rick gave a brief overview of the presentation made to the Recreation Committee, including printouts of his PowerPoint. The Rec Comm was generally interested and supportive, and had some good suggestions, including: • Complete marking & construction on ONE route for Lexington 300 — it can be a showpiece and encourage interest in the entire ACROSS Lexington project • Differentiate trails as appropriate for different activities; strollers, running, etc. • Signage; selectmen need to approve, should be sturdy to deflect vandalism • Made us aware of the Recreation & Open Space Plan • Signs will also need to be approved by the Design Advisory Committee and the Historic Districts Committee • per Peggy — the Bicycle AdvisoryCommittee has a DCR grant to work on design for ... ... . ... ............. bikewaysignage; it will be important to coordinate plans for ACROSS Lexington with Deleted: . ........the work undertaken for this grant. • in addition to the Rec & Open Space Plan, also consider Vision 2020 Goals — we should be aware of these documents and refer to them when appropriate as we continue presenting plans to other town entities • other groupsto approach for presentations: Design Advisory Comm, Selectmen, Center Committee, Conservation Commission, Planning Board, Bikeway Comm, Sidewalk (also Safe Routes to Sch) Comm, Tourism Comm, School Board, DPW • we need to choose a first trail to mark and complete — once we have that, Mike can work up a budget for that segment of the project which we can then use to estimate a ........budget for the entire project • Dick Canale suggested we have a mechanism for taking comments on routes, and noted that there may be some places where the route might have two options; one for walking or mountain - biking and one for road - biking • we will need to tailor presentations depending on audience and time allotted • Deb has put the presentation to the selectmen in the works, we will also plan to see planning board (Dick & Michelle can help), and tourism. Do we want a bit of town meeting time, just to let people know what we are working on? • others we might want to meet with: Carl Valente, Linda Vine, Pat Goddard, Bill Hadley, Karen Mullins • we need to get our routes on the Bikeway Map • Action Item — ACROSS sub - committee — meet to work out next presentations /meetings (Keith, Rick, Eileen, Alex) 4. Current Business Updates: a, b: absent Deb, updates on counsel opinion of OPDMD device ruling and trail maintenance were tabled until next meeting c: Pelham Rd trail — Bob spoke with Norm Cohen regarding the Pelham Rd paper extension; Norm didn't know any specific procedures or precedents for this situation. No decision was made as to how to proceed 5. New Business: • Dick Canale commented on the West Lexington Greenway, noting that a Federal Scenic Byway RFP is out. It appears we may have missed an opportunity for around $2 million in grant money if25% design work had been done for the proposed route connection south of Wood Street under the CPA funded West Lexington Greenway project • he noted that the 4 -town consortium (Lexington, Lincoln, Concord, Arlington) likes the WLG link • Dick would like us to rethink the GCC policy statement concerning the different types of proposed trails for the Minuteman Connector portion of the West Lexington Greenway and consider re- wording it. It was suggested that he propose revised wording. This will be on the agenda for the January meeting Meeting Adjourned 9:40am NEXT MEETING (updated): January 23, 2012, 4:30 -6pm, Ellen Stone Room, Cary Hall Action Items: ACROSS subcommittee (Rick, Keith, Eileen, Alex) — will meet to work out next presentations /meetings w/ town entities Respectfully Submitted, Alexandra Dohan, Secretary