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<br /> Frederick DeAngelis, Chairman Tel: (781) 698-4800
<br /> Lisah Rhodes,Vice Chair Fax: (781) 861-2747
<br /> Christian Boutwell
<br /> Carl Fantasia
<br /> Lisa O'Brien
<br /> Claire Sheth
<br /> Recreation Committee
<br /> Minutes of Meeting
<br /> October 6, 2021
<br /> A virtual meeting of the Recreation Committee was held on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 7:00pm
<br /> through the Zoom platform.
<br /> Members Present: Rick DeAngelis, Lisah Rhodes, Christian Boutwell, and Carl Fantasia,
<br /> Members Absent: Lisa O'Brien and Claire Sheth
<br /> Staff Present: Melissa Battite,Director of Recreation and Community Programs,Peter Coleman,
<br /> Assistant Director of Recreation,Mike Cronin,Public Facilities Director, Christine
<br /> Dean,Community Center Director, Chris Filadoro,DPW Superintendent of Public
<br /> Grounds, Carolyn Kosnoff,Assistant Town Manager for Finance, and Dave
<br /> Pinsonneault,DPW Director
<br /> Others Present: Suzie Barry(Select Board liaison), Suzanne Lau(18 Phinney Road, Lexington),
<br /> Dawn and Steve McKenna(9 Hancock Street, Lexington), Deepika Sawhney
<br /> (School Committee liaison), and Tom Shiple (18 Phinney Road, Lexington)
<br /> 1. Center Recreation Restroom Project
<br /> Melissa Battite, Director of Recreation and Community Programs,provided the Committee with a
<br /> status update on the project. The Department of Public Facilities continues to work with the
<br /> architect, LDa Architecture, on the next level of design and the updated site plans are attached to
<br /> the meeting minutes. Additionally, the project is currently being requested through the tax levy.
<br /> Ms. Battite reported that this project would be eligible for Community Preservation Act(CPA)
<br /> funds. It would not qualify for CPA funds at the 2021 Special Town Meeting this fall as the
<br /> deadline for Special Town Meeting submissions is Thursday, October 7th. With that being said,
<br /> Marilyn Fenollosa,who is the Chairperson of the Community Preservation Committee (CPC),
<br /> has indicated that the CPC would support use of CPA funds for this project if it were proposed for
<br /> the 2022 Annual Town Meeting next spring.
<br /> Rick DeAngelis, Chair of the Recreation Committee, expressed his opinion that the plans are in
<br /> need of further evolution before going to Town Meeting and was in favor of requesting CPA
<br /> funds for this project. Mr. DeAngelis added that since there is an evolutionary process involved
<br /> with concept plans, design development, and construction documents, additional time is needed
<br /> to review the plans as well as to ask questions and receive answers from Mike Cronin,Public
<br /> Facilities Director, and LDa. He stated that the project should be brought forward,requesting
<br /> CPA funds, at the 2022 Annual Town Meeting once the plans have been finalized. Lisah Rhodes
<br /> inquired about the impact on the timeline if the project was deferred until the Annual Town
<br /> Meeting next spring. Ms. Battite spoke with Mr. Cronin and Dave Pinsonneault,DPW Director,
<br /> last week and once Annual Town Meeting closes, CPA funds available. This means that the plan
<br /> for a 2022 mobilization for this project will remain unchanged. Ms. Rhodes questioned if a delay
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