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Town of Lexington Lexington Center Commi?ee th Minutes for the mee?ng of April 11, 2024 held in Estabrook Hall, Cary Memorial Building, Massachuse?s Avenue, Lexington, Massachuse?s at 8:30 am. Members present: Eric Ballard, Richard Brown, Upasna Chhabra, Katherine Huang, Frederic Johnson, Jeﬀery Lyon, Pamela Lyons, Innessa Manning, Jerold Michelson (Chair), and Pamela Shadley Liaisons: Doug Lucente, Select Board, Sandra Shaw, Council on Aging, Heather Hartshorn, Chamber of Commerce, Captain Chris Barry, Lexington Police Department Guests: Kathleen MacDonald, Ting Fang We began with an update from Jerry Michelson @ Town Mee?ng: There was some concern @ TM concerning lack of planning for solar panels in the redesign of the Michelson’s (Muzzey) parking lot. Pam Shadley noted that a good designer will ﬁgure out what is possible. There was some discussion of the complexity of the not very big lot where cars, dumpsters, very large trucks and pedestrians all must be accommodated. The water bo?le ar?cle might be Indeﬁnitely Postponed. On the economic development front: Karma (old Dabin space) redesign has received HDC approval. Revival Café (in old Starbucks space) should open the week a?er Patriot’s Day. Bertucci’s will become a Ta?e in September. Fred asked if we could get some historical materials from the Historical Society for the empty windows in the Center – especially the old Signature Sta?oners. We then turned to discussion the report from the Lexington Center Workshop. Fred Johnson noted that the width of Mass Ave (a state highway) combined with the low building heights is a challenge. The Streetscape Project has helped and the MBTA Act rezoning will slowly begin to produce a be?er height/width ra?o. There was a discussion of HDC’s role in the development of Lexington Center. HDC will be upda?ng their guidelines. Pam S. said that the trees in Emery Park that were taken down last year (for good reason) need to replaced. She noted that the trees were an integral part of the