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<br />Approved 11.19.2014
<br />Minutes for Antony Working Group meeting of the Lexington Tourism Committee on November 5, 2014
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<br />Time: Meeting began at 7:01 PM --- adjourned at 9:32 PM
<br />Place: the Parker Room (lower level) of the Town Office Building, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue
<br />Present at meeting: Kerry Brandin, Christina Gamota, George Gamota , Kitty Galaitsis, Tony Galaitsis, Sandy Gasbarro, Colin
<br />Godfrey, Fred Johnson, Dawn McKenna, David Pinsonneault, Maureen Poole
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<br />Documents available for review:
<br />Email from Maureen Poole regarding 8/6/2014 LASCA meeting
<br />Email from George Gamota re: Message from Antony dated 11/4/2014
<br />Email from Fred Johnson dated 11/1/2014 re: Status of Antony Working Group for a November meeting date
<br />Plan for Antony Park Templates -- created by Tony Galaitsis
<br />Lexington-Antony Sister City Treasurer’s Report, 3 November 2014, 7 pages
<br />Antony Working Group Meeting Schedule, November 2014 – June 2015
<br />Draft of 2013-2014 LASCA posting for the Town Annual Report
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<br />Antony Park Update
<br />David Pinsonneault, Manager of Operations at the Public Works Department of Lexington, presented a review of the Antony Park
<br />project, including specifics regarding all three phases.
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<br />Phase I At this point the water line is in, and since Jim McLaughlin’s company, contracted for Phase 1 to be completed in Spring of
<br />2013, never began or completed Phase 1, in 2013 or 2014 to date, he is being dropped from the project now, and another company,
<br />DHT Golf, is being hired to begin Phase 1, which involves grading, site preparation/ land work, and putting the trees in the ground.
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<br />This work is expected to begin next week, Nov. 10, initial grading and site work, and be completed over the next three weeks, with
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<br />final target date being Dec. 15. David will monitor, over the next 3 weeks, the grading, site preparation/land work, and trees
<br />getting into the ground. DPW will assume responsibility for the survival of the trees.
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<br />Phase II encompasses concrete and stone work. If the weather cooperates, a company is lined up to do the sitting wall, with a
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<br />completion target date of May 15, 2015. Dawn expressed great appreciation for David’s help, working with vendors, to keep the
<br />contracts for each phase at the $10,000 level. David explained the importance of weather’s influence and being sure that work is
<br />not entered into prematurely, with the possibility of being compromised by bad weather. As he said, he wants to do it right and do
<br />it once.
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<br />Phase III, pathways, benches, and landscaping, as well as the underground sprinkler system. The target date for completion is June
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<br />1, 2015.
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<br />Tony provided a “Plan for Antony Park Templates” sheet to all, with suggested formats for documenting development and
<br />construction of the Park, both PRE-NOVEMBER-2014 as well as from NOVEMBER-2014 going forward. Dawn and David plan to
<br />work together on a delineation of Phases and their descriptions..
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<br />Future Phases
<br />Having heard about the construction schedule from David, with questions back and forth from those present, Dawn went on to
<br />discussion of future phases, both artwork and maintenance.
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<br />There will be a central art focal piece, rounded, with 4 quadrants, to represent each of four Lexington groups with close and historic
<br />ties to Antony: the artist exchange, the student exchange, the LASCA group, and the Lexington Minute Men. Once possible
<br />approach to the art work is to have one designer talk to each of the four groups, and assist with an overall integrated plan. After
<br />discussion about this approach the consensus of those present was to eventually hire a designer to oversee plans for the 4
<br />quadrants and work with the 4 groups.
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<br />Questions about maintenance were raised.
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<br />Christina brought up several concerns, including irrigation and what specifically it would cover, as well as who would be doing hands-
<br />on work with the plantings. David explained that they were not that far into the process, but would look to these groups, and others
<br />to assist. Christina reminded all of the need to plan ahead since lists of projects, plans and responsibilities go out in March.
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