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<br /> <br />Town of Lexington <br />Lexington Center Commi?ee <br />th <br />Minutes for the mee?ng of January 11, 2024 held in the Parker Room, Town <br />Offices Building, Lexington Massachuse?s <br />Members present: Eric Ballard, Richard Brown, Upasna Chhabra, Frederic Johnson, <br />Jeffery Lyon, Pamela Lyons, Innessa Manning, Jerold Michelson (Chair), Pamela <br />Shadley <br />Liaisons: Doug Lucente, Select Board, Charles Hornig, Planning Board, Sandra <br />Shaw, Council on Aging, Sandhya Iyer, Economic Development Director <br />We began the mee?ng with the DPW update from Jerry Michelson: the Center <br />snowfall cleanup was pre?y good; new lights are up on the Ba?le Green; there is a <br />plan in place for taking the old lights down. <br />Jillian Tung and Laurie Bogdan gave a presenta?on on Lex250 – Revolu?onary <br />Riders program. This is a large scale art project using 4 life size fiberglass horses <br />and 8-10 desk size horses – painted on site by ar?sts. There will be a scavenger <br />hunt for the small horses. Horses out there 2024-2026 then auc?oned off with <br />proceeds going to fund other art projects. Cost is about $5k per (large) horse. Lots <br />of ac?vi?es related to the horses. Plan is to have 4 large horses in the Center in <br />walking distance to each other. Unclear if there will be sponsorships -in a grey <br />area. <br />We then discussed alcoholic beverage regula?ons (which are under the purview of <br />the Select Board.) Right now alcohol is permi?ed only as an ancillary to kitchen <br />use. Basically, only restaurants can serve alcohol. This issue came up a lot at the <br />Center chare?e and the Select Board is considering lightening up on alcohol <br />regula?ons. We then had a discussion regarding the interac?on between zoning <br />and liquor licensing. The Select Board is engaged in outreach to restaurants and <br />business owners to understand what their views are regarding alcohol regula?ons. <br />Motion: The Center Committee urges the Select Board to pursue changes related <br />to expanding and updating alcohol uses in Lexington." Approved Eight to Zero. <br /> <br />Charles Hornig then discussed an assortment of zoning changes the Planning <br />Board is proposing for Town Meeting. Overall the purpose is to remove <br /> <br />