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RECEIVED Stone Building Committee 9 December Jain,, 10A ° 2021 Minutes TOWN C1,,E 1-1EXHqGTON MA These minutes capture the 9 December 2021 Stone Building Feasibility Re-use Committee discussing visions for combining use concepts in the Stone Building Video is uploaded to YouTube here: !,gyp, ,;,Zzy, ,utu�,be/3G ,� , a, ,f , Committee members present: Cristina Burwell, Jeff Howry, Jaclyn Anderson, Carolyn Goldstein, Anne Grady, Melinda Nasardinov, Lester Savage, Meg Muckenhoupt, Doug Lucente (left early), Paul Smyke Qoined late) Committee members absent: Suzie Barry Community attendees: Elaine Ashton, Kathleen Dalton, Sabine Clark, Janel Showalter, Rosemary Trowbridge Meeting began with reading of the remote Open Meeting Law statement and presentation of the a2,uTu, u„u a, a, p,cep 1 slide deck. Minutes from18 November were unanimously approved by the Committee, as motioned by Melinda and seconded by Anne. 7:17 Started with presentation 15:43 Completed presentation of slide deck 16:43 Kathleen Dalton introduce the Stone Building Advocates for Telling Our History groups Other members of this group introduced themselves 18:46 Mark M - how does a museum promote a building that is alive? What makes this a place that the community will want to return to on a regular basis and make the building Alive? Cristina: Museum portion as an extension of education. Wants to see a comfortable space as you enter the building, an inviting space that people will want to linger in. Upstairs space for more of an events space. Meg(22): Original deed says belong to inhabits of the town of lexington "for their own behoof' & forever- in summary building should benefit primarily the people of Lexington Anne: Left hand side for rooms for conferences and offices? Right hand side is the sunny side, which could be a place for people to sit and gather in comfortable chairs, in front of a fireplace. Meg: Likes Anne's idea of an open space. Building was built with small rooms historically to help benefit heat control. In modern buildings there are other ways to distribute heat.