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<br />Town of Lexington
<br />Recreation Committee
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<br />Frederick DeAngelis, Chairman Tel: (781) 698-4800
<br />Christian Boutwell, Vice Chair Fax: (781) 861-2747
<br />Carl Fantasia
<br />Lisa O’Brien
<br />Claire Sheth
<br />Renen Bassik
<br />Weiwei Li
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<br />Recreation Committee
<br />Minutes of Meeting
<br />October 19, 2022
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<br />A meeting of the Recreation Committee was held on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 in person and via
<br />zoom as a hybrid meeting at 6:30pm in Room 237 of the Lexington Community Center.
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<br />Members Present: Rick DeAngelis, Christian Boutwell, Renen Bassik, Carl Fantasia, Weiwei Li, Lisa
<br />O’Brien, and Claire Sheth
<br />Members Not present:
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<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, and Dave Pinsonneault, DPW Director
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<br />Others Present: Suzie Barry (Select Board liaison), Michael Broderick (8 Pine Knoll Road,
<br />Lexington), Tim Clackson (14 Winthrop Road, Lexington), Sonal and Vivek
<br />Gupta (24 Parker Street, Lexington), Jerry Harris (25 Parker Street), Suzanne Lau
<br />(18 Phinney Road, Lexington), Kathleen Lenihan (School Committee liaison),
<br />Gerry Paul (43 Highland Avenue, Lexington), Lisah Rhodes (482 Marrett Road,
<br />Lexington), Carol Rose (11 Parker Street, Lexington), Sonali Shah (21 Parker
<br />Street, Lexington), Tom Shiple (18 Phinney Road, Lexington), and Longwei Su
<br />(29 Parker Street, Lexington)
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<br />1. Public Comment
<br />Carol Rose, resident of 11 Parker Street, introduced her concept to transform the eight remaining
<br />tree stumps at the Center Recreation Complex into a work of art. The stumps would be
<br />transformed into wood carvings with the theme being birds of New England. Each of the wood
<br />carvings would have a QR code where people could learn more about birds and ecology in New
<br />England. Ms. Rose indicated that she would like to apply for Community Preservation
<br />Committee (CPC) funding under the open space and recreation category. She is willing to
<br />volunteer her time for project management and if approved, the CPC funding would pay for the
<br />artists. This would serve as a link between Lexington High School, Hastings Park, and Cary
<br />Library. Ms. Rose informed the Committee that this proposal has been supported by Cary
<br />Library, DPW, and the Munroe Center for the Arts, support is pending from ACROSS Lexington
<br />and the Greenways Corridor Committee, and she is attending this meeting to seek support from
<br />the Recreation Committee. Ms. Rose stated that the trees have been capped after being cut to a
<br />height of 10’ and added that Dave Pinsonneault has been great to work with. Dave Pinsonneault,
<br />DPW Director, added that the tree carvings would complement the tree replantings at the park.
<br />Members of the Committee said that the concept sounds like a good idea and it will be a formal
<br />agenda item at the November meeting.
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