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Town of Lexington <br />Lexington Center Committee <br />Minutes for the meeting of April 13th, 2023, Estabrook Hall, in the basement of the <br />Cary Hall Building, Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington Massachusetts <br />Committee members present: Richard Brown, Upasna Chhabra, Katherine Huang, <br />Frederic Johnson, Jeffrey Lyon, Pamela Lyons, Jerold Michelson (Chair), Pamela <br />Shadley, Jon Wakelin <br />Liaisons: Sandhya Iyer, Economic Development, David Pinsonneault, DPW, Captain <br />Chris Barry, LPD, Lorraine <br />Guests: Charlie Wyman, Lextrees.org, Sharon Spaulding, 1666 Mass Ave <br />We began with Jerry Michelson describing the Town Meeting votes in favor of <br />Articles 33 and 34. Although the Center Committee supported the second version <br />of Todd Burger’s amendment regarding stepbacks and shadowing in Lexington <br />Center, the amendment did not pass. There is the possibility of a referendum. <br />Fred Johnson described some of the concerns of those supporting Dawn <br />McKenna’s amendment. Sharon Spaulding spoke about the construction of 1666 <br />Mass Ave in the 80’s. She feels that the Town and the Historic Districts <br />Commission were helpful in the building process – some architectural <br />compromises were made. 1666 prompted the adoption of parking regulations. <br />Dave Pinsonneault discussed the details of getting the Center ready for Patriot’s <br />Day. The Battle Green Project will begin right after Patriot’s Day. Dave also <br />mentioned the two water projects on Lowell Street which will likely cause some <br />traffic disruption. Work on the LexSeeHer sculpture will begin in September. Work <br />is being done at the foot of the Belfrey – creating an accessible point at the <br />bottom of the hill, also to clear out the scrub and plant new trees. Sunday trash <br />pickup begins Memorial Day. The new big belly unit is coming (old one was run <br />over by a car.) DPW Engineering will be attending our May meeting to make a <br />presentation regarding the Conte Bike bus stop. Chris Barry noted that the bus <br />stop sign has disappeared. <br />Sandhya gave us the Economic Development update regarding various Center <br />activities. There will be a ribbon cutting on May 18th to inaugurate Lexington’s