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Town Celebrations Committee Minutes of Meeting January 25, 2017 Parker Room, Town Offices Building Members Present Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Suzanne Caton, Kim Coburn, Linda Dixon, Carol Flynn, Cerise Jalelian, Sondra Lucente, Rich McDonough, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Henry Murphy, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski. Members not present Glen Bassett, Dick Crogan, Karen Gaughan, Mary Hutton, Paul Jenkins, Wayne Miller, Linda Levitt, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales Business The Chair reported that a quorum was present. The minutes of the meeting of January 11, 2017 were approved as corrected. The next meeting will be February 8, 2017. Sondra passed on to the committee congratulations from attendees on the Veterans’ Day program. Patriots Day, Monday, April 17, 2017 Linda announced that a draft interactive parade application has been created and will be distributed to the committee for review before it is posted. Geetha reported that she has spoken to LexMedia and they said they could help with editing of a video about Patriots’ Day activities. Bill Mix suggested that the Minutemen activities on the Saturday before Patriots’ Day should be included in the video. Other suggestions for inclusion were the Pancake Breakfasts and information about where people can get the full schedule. Sandy reported that she got a quote for printing the 2017 schedules from the Town central printing office but she thought the quote was high. She will get additional quotes from other vendors. Committee members recommended that she look at vendors outside of Lexington for lower pricing. Cerise reported that she has ordered proofs for all the Patriots’ Day tickets and tags. Cerise also reported that Jimmy Wilson will host the Hallamore horses and that he will do a float with the Minutemen. Steve Connors is working with Jimmy Wilson on the float. Carol reported that she spoke with Bev Kelly about getting a second convertible for the Grand Marshall for the parade. Suzanne reported that she has started revising the sponsorship letter and list of sponsors needing sponsorship donations. Lorain suggested that we ask SNAP to participate in the parade and the suggestion was discussed by the committee. June Baer raised the issue of parking for visitors on Patriots’ Day. She suggested that the committee might approach businesses on Hayden Avenue about using their parking lots for visitors, and also suggested that a shuttle bus to carry visitors from Hayden Ave to the Town center might be subsidized by the companies. Kim mentioned that we should not contact Shire because they are currently in litigation with the Town. Sandy suggested some other possible locations for parking with shuttle service. Rich McDonough volunteered to talk with Grace Chapel about using their parking lots. He also volunteered to talk with the Community Center about using their parking lot for visitor parking.