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Town of Lexington Lexington Center Committee Minutes for the meeting of November 10, 2022 in Estabrook Hall, Cary Hall Building, Lexington, Massachusetts. 8:35 am. Members present: T. Eric Ballard, Jr., Richard Brown, Upasna Chhabra Frederic Johnson, Pamela Lyons, Innessa Manning, Jerold Michelson, Jon Wakelin Liaisons present: Doug Lucente, Select Board, Charles Hornig, Planning Board, Sandra Shaw, Council on Aging, Sandhya Iyer and Casey Hagerty, Economic Development, John Livsey and Dave Pinsonneault, DPW, Bridger McGaw, Economic Development Committee John Livsey led off with the Streetscape Project: the project is substantially complete, DPW is doing training for lighting, water systems and drainage, and of course there’s a punch list. DPW intends to conduct twice a year inspections of the Center so that things are always fixed within one year. TM passed additional sidewalk bricking (as described in the October minutes.) Obtaining materials is the single biggest issue. Fred Johnson inquired as to the status of the Depot Square bus shelter. Pamela Lyons explained that “we seem to be stuck somewhere in the ARPA queue” for funding. The Center Committee voted 8 to 0 to support DPW’s request for funding for semi-annual (2xyear) engineering inspections of the Center and for repairs and maintenance. Fred remarked on the excellent result of the repaving at the intersection of Woburn Street and Mass Ave. The downside, of course, is that cars are approaching the Center at a higher rate of speed. There was some discussion of how to achieve traffic calming in the Center. John Livsey noted that road design and enforcement affect speed. Jerry Michelson said that Winchester has temporary speed bumps. Fred suggested more signs and taking photos of license plates of speeds, Charles noted that this is illegal in Massachusetts.