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Home My Public Portal AboutBikeways Committee -- 2020-01-16 Minutes X91 i 1 , Brewster Bikeways Committee L Meeting Minutes January 16, 2020 1 Attendees : Susan Riseman, Joe Sullivan, Hal Minis, Greg Wright, Eric Levy, George Bausch, Rick Scannevin , Guest : Michael Gradone ( Brewster Recreation Dept . ) Meeting was called to order at S : OOPM . ® Minutes of the December 19, 2019 meeting were approved . ® Michael Gradone reported that we will be permitted to use the Stony Brook School parking lot for the Brewster Bike Day event on Saturday, May 16'" . If the weather is an issue the event will be moved to the Eddy School Gym . Signs will be posted redirecting people to the Eddy School . ® It was decided that we would send out emails and also post flyers in the schools to call attention to the Bike Day activities . It was also suggested we send out a "save the date" notice to the public . ® We reviewed the format for the event which will be similar to last years . We also talked about getting local bike shops involved . We will continue to work on preparing for the day . ® Joe Sullivan will get in touch with the IT people for the Town about getting Bikeways items/agenda on the Town 's website . ® Greg Wright will contact Kathy Lambert about developing a new Bikeways Facebook Page . ® George Bausch said the Police Department is planning to work with J1 students again this year in regards to bike safety. The Bikeways Committee would like to get involved . ® George also mentioned they have about a dozen "share the road" signs that could be used . He will be attending the Safety Committee meeting and will discuss the locations, probably some on Town Landing Roads . ® We plan to invite Pat Ellis, Head of the DPW, to our next meeting . We have a few things to discuss, such as the possibility of having "sharrows" painted on some of the preferred cycling roads . Those are used to indicate to drivers that the road is also used by cyclists . We also would like to talk about the lane striping on Satucket Road after it is repaved to see if we could get a little more elbow room for people on bikes, and pedestrians. ® Rick Scannevin contacted the Accounting Department for the Town to see what if any funds were available . We have $ 4285 . 28 leftover from money that was appropriated at Town Meeting in 2015 . The original amount was $5000 . 00. It can only be used for maps and brochures . ® Joe will send the Committee members a list of the bike rides that are expected to pass through Brewster this year. At a future meeting we will decide which rides we would like to get involved with . ® Greg and Hal will continue to work on the map of the routes in Brewster that Greg presented at the last meeting . Eric Levy, who also represents Mass DCR, said the CC Rail Trail through Town needs some attention . The brush on the edges of the trail needs to be cut back . He mentioned that both Harwich and Orleans DPW departments help to clear the brush by flail mowing. Ideally it should be cleared about 3 -6' on each side . He made a motion to ask if the Brewster DPW could do the same . Motion passed unanimously.