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Monuments & Memorials Committee Meeting Minutes Thursday, June 24, 2021 Conducted by Remote Participation 7:00 PM Members Present Linda Dixon, Chair; Avram Baskin, Bebe Fallick, George Gamota, Leslie Masson, Danjun Pu Members Not Present Glen Bassett, Chuck French, Charles Price Guests Doug Lucente, Vice Chair, Select Board Dave Pinsonneault, Director, Department of Public Works Dawn McKenna, Chair, Tourism Committee Wei Ding, Gabriel Sui, Trevor Xing-Xie, Town Celebrations Committee Citizen participation: Betty Gau, Valerie Overton, Jessie Steigerwald, Corinne Steigerwald, Michelle Tran Business Linda convened the meeting at 7:08 p.m. and read the Town notice regarding the conduct of public virtual meetings. Battle Green Master Plan Dawn McKenna, Chair of the Tourism Committee, presented slides on the Battle Green Master Plan, which was approved by the Board of Selectmen (now Select Board) on March 14, 2011. This planning document lays out a set of key goals that define the area of the Battle Green, describe appropriate uses, and identify the need for an oversight committee to monitor the execution of the Plan. The Battle Green has been designated a National Historic Landmark, one of only 2600 in the country. Dawn described the various monuments that have been installed on the Battle Green, beginning with the Obelisk in 1799, the oldest war memorial in the country (pages 43-46 of the Master Plan). She indicated the boundaries of the area, (pages 11-13 of the plan). There are private, public, and Historic Districts land included. The 2011 plan recommended the creation of an Advisory Committee to assure overall coordination of the site and to avoid turf wars and a"fractured approach." The Select Board assigned this responsibility to the Tourism Committee, who works closely with the Select Board, the Historic Districts Commission, and most recently, the Monuments and Memorials Committee.