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Minutes <br />Town Celebrations Committee <br />June 10, 2015 <br />Cafe, 201 Bedford Street <br />Members present <br />Lorain Marquis and Rich McDonough, Co- Chairs; Suzanne Caton, Kim Coburn, Linda Dixon, Carol Flynn, <br />Karen Gaughan, Barbara Manfredi, Henry Murphy, Linda Levett, Sondra Lucente, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, <br />Bill Mix, Henry Murphy, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski, Charlie Price, Bob Tracey <br />Members not present <br />Suzie Barry, Melanie Gause, Cerise Jalelian, Paul Jenkins, Tanya Morrisett, Dave Taylor, Sam Zales. <br />Business <br />• Lorain declared that a quorum was present. <br />• The minutes of May 20, 2015 were approved. <br />• This is our final meeting of the season; the next scheduled meeting is September 23, 2015. <br />• Planning for the Dance Around the World Program will continue over the summer. <br />• Lorain and Linda represented the committee at a public forum on Boston 2024 in Arlington. <br />• Lorain encouraged members to offer suggestions in response to the Selectmen's request for input for <br />their 2015 -16 planning. <br />• Linda Levitt reported on several meetings she has attended on town center beautification and <br />revitalization. High rents are driving small businesses out of the center district. The town is <br />considering extending their temporary moratorium on new banks and is exploring alternate parking <br />solutions. The committee discussed the idea of assigning committee members to serve as liaisons to <br />certain key town committees to keep the Celebrations Committee informed. This idea will be followed <br />up in the fall. <br />• Lorain announced that Kim Coburn and Cerise Jalelian have been moved from the subcommittee to the <br />full committee as two vacant positions have opened up. We will need to recruit several new members <br />to the subcommittee. Several possibilities were suggested. <br />• Bill Mix, Henry Murphy and Sandy Podgorski will form a subcommittee to review the logistics, <br />procedures and ceremony components of the Memorial Day activities and recommend suggestions for <br />improvement. They will rely heavily on feedback provided by Gresh Lattimore, Cpt (retired), USN, <br />who served as Narrator for the wreath laying ceremonies. <br />• Lorain and Rich ended the meeting with thanks and congratulations to the committee for their <br />dedication and hard work that resulted in a very successful event cycle. <br />The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Linda Dixon, Co- Secretary <br />