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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 March 1, 2023 A meeting of the Recreation Committee was held on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 in person and via zoom as a hybrid meeting at 7:00pm in Room 237 of the Lexington Community Center. Members Present: Rick DeAngelis, Christian Boutwell, Weiwei Li, Lisa O’Brien, and Claire Sheth Members Not present: Carl Fantasia, Renen Bassik Staff Present: Melissa Battite, Director of Recreation and Community Programs, Peter Coleman, Assistant Director of Recreation, Christine Dean, Community Center Director, DPW Superintendent of Public Grounds, Dave Pinsonneault, DPW Director Others Present: In person: Meg Buczynski (Activitas), Suzie Barry (Liaison to the Select Board), Cindy Arens (Chair of Sustainable Lexington Committee), Lisah and Todd Rhodes (482 Marrett Rd.) Via Zoom: Patrick Maguire (Activitas), Jay Peters (Haley & Aldrich), Maggie Peard (Sustainability and Resilience Officer), Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Naomi Martin (Athletic Director), Deepika Sawhney (School Committee Liaison), Tim Clackson (14 Winthrop Road), Jim Williams (8 Stratham Rd.), Joanne Shorter (7 Bridge St.), Lin Jensen (133 Reed St.), Sean Kennedy (98 East St.), Ken Ford, Diane, Frances 1. Lincoln Park Community Meeting – Evaluating Playing Conditions 7:00pm Slideshow Presentation by Christian Boutwell is included in attachments. 2. Public Comment Resident, Jim Williams, asked for clarification on the field deficit that was referenced in the presentation. Christian Boutwell explained that in attempt to meet the needs of the community, more field hours are permitted than is recommended for the maintenance and resting of the fields. Even so, permit hours fall well below that what is requested in Town. T here is a constant balance – meeting the Town’s needs versus what is good for the health of the fields. Ken Ford and Rob Lyng attended on behalf of Lexington Youth Lacrosse (LYL). Mr. Lyng commended Activitas and Haley & Aldrich for the data and analytics used in their findings. He reported that the testing of the toxicity of the fields is very similar to the practices that are followed in his line of work in the therapeutic drug industry. He went on to add that LYL is in support of synthetic turf for the consistency of playability and that any further loss of field time would result in the need to turn away players. Lexington Resident, Diane, asked what other options and criteria are being looked at, to which Meg Buczynski responded with an explanation of BrockFILL, and other broad scope of organic