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Brewster Bikeways Committee
Meeting Minutes C11
November 20 2020
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( Due to the current Corona Virus pandemic the meeting was held remotely via Zoom . ) lit
Attendees : Joe Sullivan, Susan Riseman, George Bausch, Eric Levy, Rick Scannevin ,
Absent : Greg Wright
Meeting called to order at 12PM .
® The review and approval of the minutes from the last meeting, March 5, 2020, was postponed
until the meeting of December 18, 2020 .
® It was clarified that residents with questions or concerns can email them to the Committee .
® Eric Levy gave a review of the work that has been ongoing on the Cape Cod Rail Trail .
® They have been regularly blowing the leaves off.
® They are looking for bids to clear trees from the edge of the trail .
® No further news about the trail spur to Linnell Landing .
® The water bubbler project has been put on the back burner due to the Covid situation .
He suggested talking with Select Person Mary Chaffee to get things moving again . Rick
Scannevin will do more research on bubbler options .
® Eric has not been able to get information from the State regarding the number of users
of the trail at Underpass Rd . crossing where they have installed a counter. Rick will get
some numbers from trail counts done by the Friends of the Cape Cod Rail Trail this past
summer .
® Masks are required on the CCRT.
® Joe Sullivan mentioned the Finance Committee and Select Board have had an item on their
agenda regarding the Rail Trial spur to Linnell Landing . It was brought up that we had met with
the Coastal Committee about the Rt . 6A crossing and they had crafted a letter to send to the
Select Board . We will look for the letter. The meeting was in July of 2018 .
® Joe has been handing out bike lights on the Rail Trail as part of the Massachusetts Light Brigade
campaign .
® Talk about plans for the bike brochure were tabled until the next meeting .
® George Bausch said the repaving of Satucket and Slough Roads was done and the line painting
was to start Saturday, November 21St . There was some conversation regarding the size of the
angled asphalt berm on the edge of the road . Joe was going to talk with Pat Ellis, head of the
Brewster DPW about it.
® We discussed the use of the Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacons ( RRFB) for pedestrian and bike
crossings on Town owned roads . We currently have RRFBs for the Rail Trail crossings . They are
being considered for some 6A locations such as Millstone, Linnell and Crosby, as well as on the
new crossings on Millstone Rd . as part of that project . We will need to review how we funded
the lights we have . Joe will ask Pat Ellis if he could attend the next meeting and bring us up to
speed .
® In addition to talk about the water bubbler, Rick mentioned looking into possibly purchasing a
bike repair station for the CCRT similar to the ones on the Old Colony and Shining Sea Trails . He
will come back with more information at the next meeting .
® The next meeting will also be a Zoom meeting, December 18, 2020 at 12PM .
® Meeting adjourned at 1 : 20PM .