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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-03-26-GCC-minMINUTES Greenways Corridor Committee Meeting March 26, 2012, 4:3 Opm Ellen Stone Room, Cary Hall Members Present Rick Abrams, Alex Dohan, Eileen Entin, Bob Hausslein, Stew Kennedy, Keith Ohmart, Mike Tabaczynski Members absent: Peggy Enders, Paul Knight Other Attendees: Howie Vogel (Recreation Committee Liaison) 1. Votes: February 27 meeting minutes — approved ACROSS subcommittee minutes 3/16/12— approved Consider moving May meeting from 4 th Monday to 3 rd Monday due to Memorial Day holiday - agreed 2. Current Business Review: ACROSS Lexington report: (Rick, Alex, Eileen, Keith) • Dave Cannon (DPW) and Manny Ferro (Police) both liked ACROSS Lexington concept, had concerns about crossing Adams St. to North St., and also Hancock St. at Victory Garden Way. Subcommittee will address. ACROSS Route A will use sidewalk along entrance to Diamond Middle Schoolfrom Hancock St. until Victory Garden Way is completed. • Bicycle Advisory Comm. liked concept also. • April 13 is the League of Women Voters first Friday forum on Transportation — Rick & Alex will attend, present ACROSS Lexington concept. • Scheduled for May 7 Sidewalk Comm. Meeting. • GCC needs to have relationship (liaison) with Sidewalk Comm/Safe Routes to School, Traffic Safety Advisory Comm. • Need to work with Conservation, Recreation, Bikeway, Historic District Commission or signage. • Explanation of proposed signage, discussion about logo design with Sean Hagan's early designs.General approval of the color (blue),needs a dominant graphic element. Rick will keep working with Sean. • Discussion about signage system— Mike is working on; system needs to be simple and consistent. Will be combination of logo, directional arrow, route "name" (letter ?) — perhaps more info at confusing junctions. Sign vendor in Waltham has inexpensive signs that are low- maintenance and vandal- resistant. • While our priority is getting Route A up and running, we should also consider future signage, including trail markers on Conservation properties. • Conservation Commission has approved the trail re- routing at Diamond M. S. This is a possible Scout project. The Stewards will manage it; Stew and Bob will oversee with Mike's advice. •Funding —Deb's advice is that the Town should pay, which will give it ownership of route system and also cover liability issues. Keith has submitted budget proposal requesting $850.00 for Route A; no response yet. • Weought to have the money by June 1 (15 ?) in order to get posts in and signs affixed by September. Posts to be sunk by Stewards and /or Scouts. A question arose about the need to call Dig Safe -Dave Cannon should know about that. • Adams St. crossing needs to be confirmed. • Action Item —Rick — continue ACROSS Lexington logo work • Action Item —Mike — continue signage planning 3. Current Business Updates: • Drummer Boy easement — (Bob) Ongoing. • Pelham Rd trail —(Bob) No news from Town lawyer. Next step will be to go to Cambridge to look at the Titles for both Pelham and Highland road parcels. • Report to Community Preservation Comm., Capital Expenditure Comm., re West Lexington Greenway Master Plan — (Stew) The next step for GCC, per Deb Mauger's suggestion, is to develop an alternative trail connection proposal for the central Minuteman Connector portion as described in the West Lexington Greenway Master Plan document, and then bring this back to the Board of Selectmen for approval. Discussion was postponed due to time constraints, but the next GCC "project" should be a revised proposal for the WLG trail connections. Jay Sklar's Lincoln Lab trail is in this area. 4. New Business: • Move May meeting — see Votes Meeting Adjourned 6 : 00pm NEXT MEETING: April 23, 2012, 4:30 -6pm, Ellen Stone Room, Cary Hall Action Items: Rick — continue ACROSS Lexington logo work Mike — continue signage planning Future Agenda Topics • Develop Revised Minuteman Connecter portion of the West Lexington Greenway - September. Respectfully Submitted, Alexandra Dohan, Secretary