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Semiquincentennial Commission (Lexington 250 ) <br /> Wednesday, January 18, Meeting Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />Pursuant to notice duly filed with the Town Clerk, the Semiquincentennial Commission (Lex <br />250) convened via Zoom on January 18 at 4:00, as allowed by legislation (S. 2475) extending the <br />suspension of certain provisions of the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. <br /> <br />Present: Suzie Barry ( Select Board Member), Steve Conners (Reenactment Community), Barry <br />Cunha (Local Business Representative), Bebe Fallick ( Tourism Committee Representative), <br />Cerise Jalelian (Town Celebrations Committee Representative), Mona Roy (Community <br />Representative), Jillian Tung (Music and Arts Representative), Paul O’Shaughnessy (His torical <br />Organization Representative), Jane Hundley(LPS Representative), Julie O’Leary (Civic <br />Representative), Guests: Linda Dixon (Monuments and Memorials, along with Cassidy Xu, Holly <br />Ding), Hemali Shah( Chief Equity Officer), Sandya Iyer, and Brianne Cassetta(Economic <br />Development), John Rossi(Commision on Disability) <br /> <br /> <br />1. Welcome, call to order, 4:05 <br />2. Minutes approved from November, 4:50 <br />3. Guests: <br />a. Ms Shah voiced her support to ensure the Lex 250 commission reaches and is <br />inclusive of all the diverse demographic groups in town, including advertising etc, <br />b. Ms Dixon along with Cassidy Xu and Molly Ding outlined a comprehensive mapping <br />app(Lexington Memorial Pathfinder) to be presented soon that can be accessed <br />either by computer or mobile phone detailing an impressive system that tourists can <br />access to show them not only where all the significant monuments and plaques are <br />in town, but also the quickest routes to them via walking, bicycle or car. <br />c. Mr. Rossi spoke briefly lending his support on any disability issues <br />4. Updates : <br />a. Ms Tung and Ms. Roy will present a draft for the road show template next meeting <br />b. The RFP is still in progress and a meeting is scheduled next week to discuss next <br />steps <br />c. The update to the town website is in progress <br />d. No opposition for the proposed belfry area site from the select board, and other <br />parties are being consulted to confirm that as the site of the proposed Lex 250 <br />monument <br />e. The necessary part to enable the Lex 250 video at the Visitors center to be shown <br />has been received and an attempt to run the video will be done soon <br />f. The Patriots day stakeholders meeting has been set for Tuesday, Feb.7at 2:00 P.M. <br />in the Select Board meeting room