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Meeting Minutes for January 3, 2013
5: 45pm to 7: 00 pm
Stone Room, Cary Hall, Lexington
Members Present: Victoria Buckley, Janice Cyr, Leonard Morse - Fortier, Janet Perry, and
Francine Stieglitz.
Members Not Present: Susan Cusack, Michael Martignetti, and Julie Miller.
Additional Attendees: Harry Mackay, Liaison for Council on Aging, and Christina Mackay
Meeting Began at 5:46 pm.
1. The minutes for the December 6, 2012 meeting were approved unanimously.
2. Discussion of the General Laws Chapter 40 Section 21 from the Mass Legislature
general laws —
a. It must be town meeting approved. This is not enforceable now because it is
not "in place" in Lexington. It may need to be put on the Town meeting
warrant which may be too late to do for this year. Victoria will contact Hank
to follow up to see what can be done.
b. Francine will contact Deb Mauger, chair of Selectman to discuss and see if the
Selectman would support acceptance of the By -laws.
c. Len will contact Jay Kaufman to find out if this is a state law.
Francine gave an update about the Lexpress Program that the Transportation
Advisory Committee is piloting. For six months, the committee will provide free
Lexpress services during non -peak hours for seniors and people with disabilities. The
intent is to get more people using Lexpress services. Francine will find out how the
committee is publicizing the availability of the services.
4. CoD continued the discussion of the draft of the capital plan for completion of Title II
projects from the consultant's report. We need to split off municipal and school
requests and discuss how to approach school projects with the staff and committees.
Victoria will send the letter to start the process.
There was no new business.
Meeting Adjourned at: 6:35pm
Next Meeting: February 7, 2013
Meeting Minutes Submitted by: Janice Cyr, Commission Member