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Town of Lexington Tourism Committee Dawn McKenna, Chair (781) 862-0500 ext 256 Approved 9/12/2014 Minutes for the meeting of Friday, March 14, 2014 Members present: Mary Jo Bohart, Kerry Brandin, Bobbie Carlton, Margaret Coppe, Bebe Fallick, Dawn McKenna, Members absent: Trisha Kennealy, Wim Nijenberg Center Committee Liaison present: Fred Johnson Staff present: Jeanette Rebecchi, Mark Corr Guests Present: Tom Fenn, Tanya Morrisett 1)Updates & Miscellaneous th a)The March 29 Tourism U topic is a presentation on Group Sales and Marketing and will be held at the Boston Park Plaza. Committee members are invited to attend. Masha will try to attend. b)The plans for Revolutionary Revelry in May are shaping up. The event planning meetings are every Thursday. c)There was nothing new to report regarding the FY2015 Budget Request d)Attached is updated Committee contact information. We continue to seek applicants with complimentary skill sets to join. e)An update on signage was provided. f)The requested funding for the BrandUSA Program Improvement Request will be brought to Town Meeting. g)The AAA Travel Marketplace took place at the beginning of March. In order to help us track the o visited the Linger in Lexington table. We hope to create similar cards for additional events so we can get some objective data regarding the correlation between our marketing and direct visits. Executive Session 2)Upon role call it was unanimously voted to go into Executive Session under Exemption 2 in order to recommend compensation to the Town Manager for Liberty Ride Coordinator, Assistant Coordinator, Veteran, and New Liberty Ride Guides, from which we will return to Open Session to continue the agenda. 3)Town Meeting a) Article positions i) 30 Medical Marijuana facility locations. The Committee discussed whether or not to take a position on this article. It was agreed that the only proposed location that warranted comment from the Tourism Committee was the recommendation from the Planning Board to allow such facilities in the CB District, which is adjacent to the Battle Green Master Planning Area, including the Visitors Center. Tom Fenn was present to discuss his proposed amendment to exclude such facilities from the CB district. Chief Corr also provided his perspective. At the conclusion of the discussion, upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously (6-0) to oppose the location of Medical Marijuana facilities in the CB District with or without a special permit because of the unique historic character of the CB District and its economic effect on tourism dollars. The Committee authorized the Chair to 1625 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02420