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<br />Community Farming Committee <br />Meeting Minutes <br />September 17, 2015 <br />A meeting of the Community Farming Committee (CFC) was held on September 17, <br />2015 in the Public Works Building, Room 125. In attendance were: Chairman Michael <br />Bliss, members Alan Wrigley, Raul Marques, and Charles Lamb. Also in attendance was <br />Carolyn Goldstein and Sarah Felton from the Lexington Community Farm Coalition, Inc. <br />(LexFarm). <br />Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM by Chairman Michael Bliss. <br />First order of business was a discussion about how to move forward with the <br />Conservation Restriction. The expansion of potential recreational use in the most recent <br />version seemed to be most troubling. <br />As a committee we have agreed to work with the current document. It was also agreed <br />that in order to move to recreational uses a high hurdle should be required to move from <br />the current farm uses. Various ideas were floated public hearings, Town Meeting votes. <br />It was decided that Mike Bliss and Alan Wrigley would meet and attempt to come up <br />with satisfactory language. <br />It was noted that Lex Farm is concerned about the restriction of only a 50% increase in <br />structures on the farm. <br />We need two additional members for the committee and we are encouraged to seek <br />volunteers. <br />Lex Farm Report: <br />The farm stand is doing well with many vegetables grown at the farm for sale the stand is <br />showing a small profit. Lex Farm is working on a budget and plan for next year including <br />what will be down long term on the site. <br />Tim is doing a wonderful job. Lex Farm is adding supervision of the farm stand to his <br />already long list of responsibilities. <br />The farm has had farm tours, a summer block party on August 29, 2015 and a pot luck <br />supper. Tim has started and was on hand for a pop up flower stand in the Center near the <br />police kiosk at Mass Ave and Waltham Street. It is very successful especially as an <br />advertisement for the farm. <br />Food is being delivered to the Lexington Food Pantry and contact with the group Lovin <br />Spoonful is being pursued. <br />The farm is working with people staring a new venture called Lets eat together which <br />invites people to get together for dinner every Wednesday night. The farm intends to <br />donate food to that effort. <br />1 <br /> <br />
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