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Ad Hoc Stone Building Feasibility/Reuse Committee RECEIVED Town of Lexington, MA 2021 20 11Mov, 4,��02 Ipii7"i November 3, 20217:30 AM TOWN CLERK LEXINGTON MA MINUTES Attending: Cristina Burwell, Jeff Howry, Mark Manasas, Meg Muckenhoupt (Appropriations Comm. Liaison), Melinda Nasardinov, Paul Smyke, Carolyn Goldstein, Jacelyn Anderson , Anne Grady, Suzie Barry (Cary Library Trustees Liaison), Absent: Doug Lucente (Select Board Liaison), Lester Savage Guests: Elaine Ashton, Stephanie Hsu Recording Secretary: Cristina Burwell The meeting began at 7:38 with an online Roll Call & Reading of Statement on Use of Virtual Meetings. Minutes were put on hold for review and approval at the next meeting. There were no public comments. OLD BUSINESS Carolyn & Melinda talked through the highlights of the history museum focus group, and are working on a document to submit to the group on the details of the meeting. There were about 40 people in attendance, including community history stakeholders and those who already submitted a proposal. Discussion revolved around fleshing out concepts and what it would mean in the Stone Building, and explored a history museum in a hybrid mode (mixed use). There was also feedback on the committee's process, suggesting that we should be focusing on the broader vision rather than a specific one. There was interest in the concept, but it was/is hard to imagine the actual space usage from only the floorplans. Cristina is interested to see the Committee explore related structures and how they use the building (business model, programming). She has drafted a case studies spreadsheet to collect examples and asked SBRF committee members to send her what they find, for the Committee to review. Cristina asked about sending out this online spreadsheet if members only had View access vs. Edit access (thereby seeing updates in real time). Suzie said she would ask Town Council if this violated Open Meeting Law. And in the meantime, a static copy will be sent to members to review as a PDF. It was requested that we develop language to guide us in looking for case studies (e.g., similar scale, or similar programming), and It was decided that we should be looking at a range of models - with the net cast wide to loosely related structures (such as the Simes House which also provides affordable housing) such that we might serendipitously find related models. It was also requested 1