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Town of Lexington Recreation Committee Frederick DeAngelis, Chairman Tel: (781) 698-4800 Christian Boutwell, Vice Chair Fax: (781) 861-2747 Carl Fantasia Lisa O’Brien Claire Sheth Renen Bassik Weiwei Li Recreation Committee Minutes of Meeting December 21, 2022 A meeting of the Recreation Committee was held on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 in person and via zoom as a hybrid meeting at 6:30pm in Room 237 of the Lexington Community Center. Members Present: Christian Boutwell, Renen Bassik, Weiwei Li, Lisa O’Brien, and Claire Sheth Members Not present: Rick DeAngelis and Carl Fantasia Staff Present: Melissa Battite, Director of Recreation and Community Programs, Peter Coleman, Assistant Director of Recreation, Christine Dean, Community Center Director, and Dave Pinsonneault, DPW Director Others Present: Suzie Barry (Select Board liaison), Meg Buczynski (Activitas), Rod Cole (Capital Expenditures Committee liaison), Dongling Chen (39 Parker Street, Lexington), Meghan Donahoe (Activitas), Eric Pearlman (47 Parker Street, Lexington), Richard Petrasso (39 Parker Street, Lexington), Mary and Vincent Petronella (7 Jackson Court, Lexington), Marianne Reamer (34 Parker Street, Lexington), Longwei Su (29 Parker Street, Lexington), Ruth Thomas (10 Parker Street, Lexington) 1. Public Comment – None 2. November Meeting Minutes Lisa O’Brien moved to approve the minutes from the November 16th meeting. Claire Sheth seconded the motion. The Recreation Committee voted 5-0 to approve this motion. 3. Recreation Committee Email Correspondence – Lisa O’Brien Lisa O’Brien reported to the Committee about the emails that were received over the past month. There was one email directly to the Recreation Committee from someone who was in search of a hunting permit. There were various correspondences with staff regarding such items as a request for the windscreens to remain up longer at the Clarke courts, the park bench donation by the Canham family at Sutherland Park, the Kinneens playground replacement project public meeting that was held on December 7th, the proposed bike pump track, and comments from Richard Petrasso about the Gallagher/Farias project that were shared later in the meeting. Ms. O’Brien added that the staff is doing a great job of keeping the Committee informed. 4. Liaison Reports Lisa O’Brien, liaison to the Community Preservation Committee (CPC), reported that the CPC voted on 19 applications for FY2024 requests during its meeting on Thursday, December 15th. The vote for the proposed field improvements at Lincoln Park was 7-2. The two dissenting votes