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Home My WebLink About2011-12-16-GCC-min MINUTES Greenways Corridor Committee Meeting December 16,2011, 8:00am 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) Members 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 4th 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 bikeway signage; 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