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2 • Stairs have new extended handrails. • They installed offset hinges to widen doorways. • Ramp was installed near the studio to accommodate the raised dance floor. • Visual identification was added to stairways inside and out. • Christina talked about the new design plans, working with architect, Brian Healy. There will be a small annex in back providing sufficient space to add an elevator and gender- neutral accessible bathrooms. The plans call for the elimination of the existing dated bathroom facilities and the addition of new bathrooms in the new annex • Accessible parking spaces will abut a ramp that leads to the main entrance in the back of the building. Martha Duffield helped to connect the Center to receive rail tie barriers for the parking lot to prevent cars from parking on top of the accessible pathway • November 1 is the deadline for CPA application with the goa l of getting on the Town Meeting Warrant for the spring. They are applying for $3.5M. • They are planning to prepare drawings by Town Meeting and if approved, work on the annex would start in the spring. • Christina has already met with the Design Review Team, Select Board, the Monroe Community, HDC, and others. They have not met with the Permanent Buildings Committee • Jim Kelley offered that he is noticing some momentum in this effort and is hopeful that Christina will be successful moving forward. • The Commission voted by verbal roll call unanimously to support the following motion: To support the renovation and addition to the Munroe Center for the Arts to make it accessible Review of Parker Meadow Event • Francine read a statement written by Victoria at the ope ning. She reported that there were at least 50 people at the event with a high level of enthusiasm. Len attended and Michael Martignetti provided food. Meg Landers also spoke at the event. This can be viewed on cable. • Francine would like to develop UA Trail Guidelines, such as: o should bikes yield to all other users on the UA sections of the trail , o should bikes be dismounted and walked, o should dogs be leashed. • Discussions: o Mark offered that a conversation with the Bike community would be of value to help sort out the definitions related to “Yield to all other users on UA sections of the pathways”. Meetings on the Bike Committee are the 2nd Thursday of the month o Mark is asking if the guidelines are a proposal? Or a reality? o Len offered that the pathways of crushed stone may not hold up over time if a variety of vehicles are using it (wheelchairs and bikes). o Jim Kelly offered that a permeable surface may hold up better.