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Town Celebrations Committee Minutes of Meeting March 8, 2023 By Zoom Teleconference Members Present Geetha Padaki and Glen Bassett, Co-Chairs; Kevin Collins, Linda Dixon, Yifang Gong, Dave Grabel, Sondra Lucente, Lorain Marquis, Sandy Podgorski, Ashley Rooney, Hong Xie. Members not Present Sudha Balasuryan, Steve Cole, Dabby Harter, Mary Hutton, Cerise Jalelian, Gresh Lattimore, Julie Miller, Kristen Pulkkinen, Sue Stering Guests Jerry Michelson, Chair, Lexington Center Committee Business • Co-Chair Geetha Padaki opened the meeting, read the required Zoom language, and declared that a quorum was present. • The meeting minutes of February 8, 2023 were approved with one correction, to remove The Blues Brothers from the list of approved parade units. The minutes of March 1, 2023 were approved. Request for Committee Feedback by Bertucci's Jerry Michelson explained that Bertucci's, now under new management, wishes to set up a food concession in Grain Mill Alley, the pedestrian walkway adjacent to their restaurant, on Parade Day. The committee was very supportive of this idea. Budget • Glen is using $21,000 as our sponsorship estimate. • Linda suggested we might want to be more conservative, as last year was an extraordinary year and might not be equaled this year. • Geetha suggested as we go forward, to use an average of our last five years. • Geetha and Glen will discuss budget matters with Doug Lucente and Kim Katzenback Dance Around the World: March 18 • Sudha and Elsie have met with TCC and the Arts Council. • Geetha will schedule a run-through of the timing, logistics, etc. with the major planners. • YiFang will send out a volunteer signup sheet; TCC member help is needed. • Given TCC's already heavy schedule, Ashley originally had concerns that TCC was not the right home base for this event. After successfully bringing on the Council for the Arts as event chair, she now feels that the collaboration between these two committees was successful and appropriate.