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Town of Lexington <br />Lexington Center Committee <br /> <br />Minutes for the meeting of December 9th, 2021 held pursuant to Chapter 20 of the Acts <br />of 2021. <br />Committee members in attendance: Michael Boudett, Richard Brown, Katherine <br />Huang, Frederic Johnson, Pamela Lyons, Innessa Manning Jerold Michelson (Chair), <br />Pamela Shadley <br />Liaisons: Doug Lucente (Select Board), Frank Smith (Capital Expenditures Committee), <br />Janet Perry (Commission on Disability), Sandra Shaw (Council on Aging), Sandhya Iyer <br />(Economic Development Director), Joe Pato (Select Board, informally), Dawn McKenna <br />(Tourism Committee) Ross Morrow (DPW Engineering), Casey Hagerty (Economic <br />Development Office), Erin Sandler-Rathe (Chamber of Commerce) <br />Also: Bebe Fallick, Marsha Baker, Kerry Brandin, Qinghua Ma (Elsie) (Tourism) <br />Jerry gave us the DPW update: the holiday lights and banners have been installed; tree <br />pruning in the CVS and Michelson’s lot is completed; and the lights around and behind <br />the Depot building have been replaced. <br />Ross gave us the Streetscape update: brickwork will be wrapped up next week. Once <br />the work is shut down nothing will take place until after Patriot’s Day. All work <br />undertaken will be completed. Nothing temporary in place. <br />Jerry noted the impact of the loss of businesses, especially Sanyo and Panera in terms of <br />foot traffic in those areas. Dawn asked Jerry to pass along the message of the impact of <br />vacancies like Panera and Sanyo to the Select Board. <br />Casey gave the Economic Development update: there’s a potential tenant for the Sanyo <br />space who has inquired about a liquor license. A bike shop might be coming into the <br />Panera space. The Visitors Center plans to be open over the winter albeit with a <br />reduction in hours. A refill store is coming into the old Omar’s space. Coco Tea had a <br />very successful grand opening. Anisoptera has opened. <br />The Center Committee voted seven to zero to approve the minutes of the October 21st, <br />meeting; and voted six to zero to approve the minutes of the November 18th meeting.