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HDC sent Melisa a letter regarding the GMA installation. It was agreed that the committee members needed to see the letter to understand exactly what it at issue. (The letter was circulated by email after the meeting. The HDC wrote that that the recently added neon green connect four board was a new item that had not been approved by the HDC.) Some members were to attend the August 1 HDC meeting to discuss the issue but that meeting was cancelled due to lack of a quorum. Howard, Mike and Fred flushed out a number of jurisdiction issues and there was an informal consensus that the Center Business District should be taken out of the HDC's jurisdiction. Some members noted that the Center just isn't that historic and it does not make sense to have authority over the Center. Also, there are no explicit limits on HDC's authority. Joe noted that the proposed guidelines to not reflrct the HDC's recent decisions to allow non-natural materials. Howard noted that the enabling statute Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1956 allows jurisdiction over maintenance. Fred noted the anomaly that Lexington Place is not subject to the general Center zoning (specifically the "ban' on new banks and real estate offices.) Jerry, Mike and Howard will meet with Bob Creech and Bob Peters of the Planning Board to discuss Center zoning issues. The committee voted to approve the minutes for the June 13th, 2019 meeting by a vote of 5-0-1.