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Town of Lexington Public Meeting Minutes Turning Mill NCD meeting held Tuesday, January 10, 2017 Cary Memorial Building, Ellen Stone Room Attendees: Diane Pursley (Chair) Bob Creech, Sally Cassells Regrets: Richard Canale, Sally Zimmerman, Turning Mill Neighbors (Public): Tina McBride, Phil and Fern Schafer, Arthur and Judith Sharenow, Menny Eleny Meeting started at 7:03pm 1) Minutes from 12/27/2016 meeting were approved (Sally Cassells /Bob Creech) 2) Sally Cassells volunteered to take notes 3) Review of action items from prior meetings: a) Per discussion at 12/27 meeting, the documents for this group on the town web site have been organized into categories based on input from Rich Canale. Tina noted that Mountain Road needs to be added. b) Bob has taken photos from Mountain Road and these will be added to the web site once they've been reviewed. c) There is a box in the Planning Department for paper copies of the materials on the web site. Diane will add material. d) The opt -out letter has not been completed but is in progress. e) Sally Cassells still needs to do the index card research. f) Tina McBride is working on documenting past efforts at preserving the neighborhood which will include the establishment of the Paint Mine Conservation Area, Hennessy Field, the landlocked forest. g) Tina McBride and Diane Pursley are working on the notification mailing. 4) The committee voted to create a Report- writing Subcommittee consisting of Richard Canale, Diane Pursley and Sally Zimmerman. (Sally Cassells/Bob Creech). 5) Presentations from early owners in the neighborhood. • Phil and Fern Schafer and Judith and Arthur Sharenow provided verbal presentations that were videotaped. (Search for LexMedia, select OnDemand and enter 1/10/2017 in the search field.) • Lettters from Renata Cathou of 23 Partridge Rd, Linda Wolk of 5 Jeffrey Terrace, Pedro and Evelyn Lilienfeld of 28 Demar Rd and John Frankovich of 19 Dewey Rd were read. This was also videotaped and the letters are included in these minutes. • The presentations and letters mentioned the qualities the presenters and writers appreciate about the neighborhood o "contemporary" or "mid- century modern" architecture o the unique siting of the houses and planting that together provide a good amount of privacy the opportunity the neighborhood pool provides for both children and adults to make friends in the neighborhood o the ability to observe nature up close o one thing that has not changed over the years is the friendliness of the neighbors. • They also mentioned