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The Center Committee voted NINE to ZERO to recommend to the Select Board that the CVS lot be resurfaced and improved to the extent possible prior to the 250th festivities and events. Pamela Shadley noted that a single brick is missing near CVS. Dave Pinsonneault had noticed it too and will get it taken care of. Susan Barrett described a recent issue with the Rev where its morning pickup location (2x between 7:30 and 9 am) needs to be moved because it dwells (for about 4 minutes) in the cutout space in front of the Depot which is owned by the Historical Society. An assortment of suggestions were pitched and discussed. The committee was sympathetic to the needs of mass transit balanced with the needs of local businesses. The Center Committee voted NINE to ZERO to recommend to the Select Board a pilot where two parking spaces in front of 7 Depot Square be used as the morning pickup location (between 7:30 and 9 am weekdays) for the Rev (with the parking spaces remaining intact for use as parking the rest of the day.) (It was not known as the meeting but there is a handicapped space there so a new location will be suggested to the Select Board.) We then embarked on a detailed discussion of the Planning Board articles heading toward Town Meeting. Abby McCabe joined us for a deep dive into signs and banners. Doug noted that we need to understand what will the article do in light of the HDC’s guidelines. The consensus was that the HDC by-laws need to be updated to be consistent with Town zoning. At the very least there should not be any conflict between the HDC and zoning. The whole purpose is to give clarity to businesses. The Center Committee voted Eight to ZERO to approve the minutes for the meetings of December, 2023 and January, 2024.