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• Thomas Romano, Youth and Family Program Coordinator, attended the National Recreation and Parks Association Conference from Sep 25-29 in New Orleans. • The LCC is undergoing a lighting project to replace bulbs and fixtures which will result in an annual savings of$11,454. • LHS SADD Club and Human Services helped to sponsor the Community Center Haunted House on October 2Th. We went into Friday evening with approximately 100 individual child registrations and had an additional 73 sign ups that evening by phone or drop in. It was so fun to be a part of this community event that hosted an estimated 500 people. We look forward to providing this tradition for years to come! • 20 Kids registered for the Half Day of Fun. They participated in a Yamaha Ukulele group, martial arts with Charlie Crayton and Zumba kids with Renae. They also played bingo, ate lunch with seniors and wrote cards to veterans. Doug Lucente asked for clarification about the survey in which 681 people responded. This is a great response and indicates a good support for the building and department. Dan Palant opened discussion about the response to the CPR/First Aid and train the trainer classes. The positive response illustrates the need for more low-cost training. Doug Lucente suggests finding money to fund the dummies that are used during the class. Charlotte Rodgers presented an update from the Human Services Department,including LexConnect taxi vouchers (over$37,000), Lex Eat Together,the upcoming Narcan training, and a production of"The Teen Bedroom." 4. Recreation and Community Programs Capital Update The Community Center campus expansion project will be split into three phases(FY2019- FY2021) rather than two phases as initially proposed (FY2019 and FY2020). 5. Community Center Expansion Update Mr.Alessandrini asked if the carriage house would be included in the overall planning of the property, which was confirmed. Ms.Adler stated that she had attended the override meeting that morning. She stressed that private funding is going to be important moving forward,that we will need to create a mechanism and opportunity to raise money, perhaps a friends system. 681 responses to a survey shows that there is support and interest. How do we go about forming a partnership with other departments,the Town Manager's Office,and the Selectmen? Michelle Ciccolo was the chair of the committee to create the community center and a network was formed but nothing happened at that time. She suggests creating a group of interested people who will become advocates for the expansion. Mr.Alessandrini notes that there were 500 people at the Haunted House,which again illustrates an audience. He suggests making it an agenda item for December,to create language to bring to Recreation and then forth to the Selectmen. Ms.Adler suggests checking with the library to see how they build financial support. Ms.Rhodes stresses the importance of having the data to backup the need for expansion. Mr.P alant suggests using the brochure as a place to request a constituency that will advocate. Ms.Adler adds that the board should make sure that they are as representative of the community as they think we are. Are there specific contingencies that we should be reaching out to? The charge is broader than the committee name may suggest. Mr.P alant stresses the need to let people know about the programming that taking place at the community center. He adds that a suggestion box is an important tool and perhaps the computer at the front desk could be used to take comments. All agree that they would like to see the results of the survey.