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Lexington Tourism Committee Meeting Minutes Monday, March 26, 2012 4 p.m. Members present: Mary Jo Bohart, Kerry Brandin, Bebe Fallick, Carla Fortmann, Mary Gillespie, Dawn McKenna, Paul O'Shaughnessy, John Patrick, Denise Rickets, Jim Shaw Staff present: Masha Traber til 5:15 p.m. Guest: Alison Falatico, Russ Brami Absent: Nichole Lewis, Lou Sideris Minutes of past meetings: January 23, 2012 and March 12, 2012 approved and accepted. Liberty Ride Operations: - Dawn and Masha have talked with Police and have arranged a parking tag for Liberty Riders to park for free at the Depot Square Parking lot. - Liberty Ride will begin on Sunday, April 1St weekends only until Memorial Day. - The Liberty Ride new brochure is still in process. - A list of street paving is attached to this Agenda. There will be several streets affected used by the Liberty Ride. - Several applications have been received for the Asst. Liberty Ride Coordinator. Dawn asked Mary and Kerry to help with the candidates interviews. Tourism Committee Budget discussion. - AAA Marketplace and GBCVB amounts are spent. - The reprinting of the Visitors Guide will be about $7500. - Expenses for Revolutionary Revelry are estimated at $6800. - There was general discussion about other priorities if increased funding is awarded to the committee by Town Meeting. Members are to list their spending priorities for discussion at the next meeting, keeping the vision and mission statement in mind. Town Meeting Warrant Article Positions a. Article 4: Upon Motion made and seconded, the committee voted unanimously to request an increase in the marketing budget by $10,000 for a total of $25k. b. Article 7: Upon Motion made and seconded, the committee voted unanimously to support the Liberty Ride Revolving Fund request with sufficient funding to allow for a 30 day pilot to run two trollies. c. Article 8f and 12i: Upon Motion made and seconded, the committee voted unanimously to support Phase II funding for the Battle Green Master Plan and to support funding for parking, traffic and pedestrian access in the area.. d. Article 8h: - Upon Motion made and seconded, the committee voted unanimously to support the use of CPA funds to conduct a Buckman Tavern Historic Structures Study. e. Article 34: Upon Motion made and seconded, the committee voted 8 -1 (John Patrick) to support the rezoning of the Dana Home property. The Committee authorized the Chairman to submit our report to Town Meeting.